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Deadarmisnot tethelevelofits' ’9 E After the regular meeting, a com- mittee of grape growers from Ber- rien County met with a similar com- mittee from Van Buren county and agreed to ask the legislature for cer- tain changes in the grape grading laws. The changes agreed upon were substantially as follows. In the Fancy Table grade the use of the words “well formed" instead of the word “compact” was asked, as was abo a definition of the words “well formed" as follows: "Well tea-med means that the bunches must be well filled for the variety, bat.does not mean that they must be closely united, solid, or tight.” IntheNe. 1gradea15percent tol- erance for “less well formed" bunch- cementum“ causingittoforgeaheadofthe Mr. Farley begins thinning imme- diately after the June drop. He likes to employ boys 14 to 16 years ef age for this purpose because he believes they are not as hesitant as older men about taking oi! enough fruit. All defective fruit is re- moved, one fruit is left on a cluster, and the apples are spaced about 4 inches apart. The thinning is done by hand without shears, and care is taken not to loosen the remaining apple in the cluster. After a tree has been properly thinned it may look as though it has been thinned’ too much but results at harvest time will prove that this was not the case. Burplusapplesonatreeareweeds and are inst as detrimental to this crop as weeds in a corn field are de- trimental to the corn crop, said Mr. Farley. Some of the benefits of thin- ning were given as, earlier ripening, better flavor, better size, better color, better quality, and better price. Mr. Farley is a strong be- liever in the growing 'of high quality fruit and said, “I prefer to class everything below the A grade as culls." In response to a question as to whether it pays to aim Baldwin apples on old trees, the speaker said, “If you can afford to spray a tree and harvest the apples, you can afford to thin." “Trying is believing," said Mr. Farley. Mr. Raymond C. Hitchings of Rochester, N. Y., is also a strong be- liever in quality production and thinning. Mr. Hitchings thins his apples 7 inches apart and said, “The only successful way to grow good fruit is to properly thin it. No grow- n has nerve enough to thin too Balmy Weather Speeds Legislative Machinery ByBl'ANLRYLLPOWHLL 081' of the legislative measures of particular interest to farm- ers made serving the habits of Michigan law- makers, I feel fairly safe in predict- ing that the balmy days of Spring which we have been enjoying will speed up the legislative machinery. Spring fever in the Legislature takes the norm of increased activity so that the members may complete their legislative labors and return to their homes. Thus far during the session most ef the important decisions have been made in the committees, but from now on an increasing number of measures will be coming up for final action on the floor and some lively debates are in prospect. However, we couldn't ask for anything more, either in the form of audience or eloquent debates than was provided when Rep. Armstrong’s capital pun- ishment bill, proposing the death penalty by the electric chair, came up for final vote in the House. I thought the whole matter had been pretty those-gth thrashed out in the Senate Chamber the day previous in the ' public hearing which lasted all con and evening, but themoesurepassed >VhyavjoteufClio”. Milan Grinnell,'Editor of Tn: Busmnss ram, whosatwith me .rduringparteftheatternoen will agree I were tom fully who spoke and what they said, he wouldn't have room for anything else in this issue of the paper. The measure has now been sent to the Senate and referred to the Judiciary committee where it is reported to be in a somewhat unusual situation. The majority of the Senate Judiciary committee are known to be opposed to the bill. The most interesting issue loom- ing up on the horizon is in regard to what is to be done with the pro— posed amendments to the gas and weight tax laws. A big public hear- ing was held last Thursday by the Honse Roads and Bridges Commit— tee at which all the various measures dealing with this subject were dis— cussed long and lustily. While con- siderable diflerence of opinion was manifested among those who testi- fied, still all of them seemed to be agreed that nothing should be done to retard Michigan's road building program andpractically all of them voiced their aprpoval of an increased gas tax if any change were to be made from the present arrangement. The representatives of the bus men, the owners of the fleets of heavy freight trucks, highway commission- ers and spokesmen for other inter- ests were on the job. However, the farmers were not urn-represented by any means. A whole row of agri- cultural leaders sat in front of the audience and the agricultural view- point was ably presented by two hers—M. B. McPherson of .Low- and Floyd Walworth of Corunna who testified on behalf of the Mich- igan State Farm Bureau. r They declared that the Town and (Continued on Page 3!). much." According to this speaker a great deal of the work of grading can be done in a preliminary way by thinning. Said he “The best place for undergrads stat is on the ground, under the tree at thinning time.” Mr. Hitchings has his ap- ples picked into padded picking bas- kets and carefully emptied into field crates. The grading is all done by hand, directly from these crates, thus giving a minimum of dumping and handling, and preventing much bruising. Mr. Hitchings also made a plea for the regulation of roadside stands and stated that the practice of a few stands of selling poor stuff at high prices is blackening the repu- tation of all roadside stands. Talks on “Spray Dape” Prof. W. C. Dutton, Michigan’s well known “spray dope” expert from M. S. 0. spoke to a very attentive audience on the subject of spray ma- terials and times of application The pear psylla was called out of the worst fruit pests in the State. For this insect the speaker recom- mended a very thorough early dor- mant spraying with oil emulsion, to prevent the psylla from laying its eggs. The spray material should be a 3 per cent lubricating oil emulsion made with heavy oil. If this spray fails to completely control the psylla then a summer follow~up with nico- tine spray is necessary. As fungi- cides for pears, bordeaux, dry mix, or sulphur dust were given prefer- ence over lime-sulphur solution. For apple aphids Prof. Dutton again recommended a delayed dor- mant or “green tip” spray with lime sulphur and nicotine sulphate, and stated that regular yearly spray- ing for this insect is a better prac- tice than trying to hit the bad years. The much discussed summer oils were not recommended for Michigan. They were said to cause foliage in- jury and have not proved to be a sure control for codling moth. Dry lime—sulphur, when used strong enough, was said to be equally as effective as the regular liquid lime-sulphur. Four pounds of dry lime-sulphur were said to equal one pound of liquid lime-sul- phur. To satisfy a strong demand --for spray materials for apples that will give satisfactory control of fungus, give a good finish, and at the same time avoid foliage injury, Prof. Dut- ton made suggestions as follows; use lime-sulphur solution for fungus in the prepink, the pink and the calyx sprays, and, thereafter use either dry~mix, wettable sulphur, or dust. A number of resolutions were adopted by the Society, among them being one that legislation be passed to stop the "bad-check" and “check- stopping” evils, whereby unscrupu- lous buyers have, during pas. years, swindled many fruit growers out of the proceeds for their fruit. An- other resolution adopted was one that the grape growers’ desire for amendments in thir grading laws be heeded by the passage of the neces- sary legislation. Mr. H. D. Hootman and Mr. Gorge Friday made eloquent pleas for greater membership in the lich- igan State Horticultural Society and announced the beginning of a drive for more members in this great society, which might ilttingly be called “the fruit growers’ guide and champion." . Another announcement was that‘- the annual summer tour of the, ciety would this year be held Berrien county, the heaviest ' producing county inNMicMm -t 4— .2 in calorie 0 you like T-bone steak? Would you miss pork rchops or spare g I ribs if a prohibitive price had to e on all meat? Our whole god supply is being threatened by . eEuropean corn borer. It is the oblem of everyone who eats, as 11 as the corn grower. The farm- is merely in the first line trenches he whole prosperity of our cities is ‘ lg‘ht now within range of a damag- ing attack. ' In Monroe county, Michigan, L‘where the people have had a chance to observe this foreign invader long- er than any other place in the state, the city people are becoming heavily concerned. The three banks of Mon- ":roe have purchased machinery cost- ng them $1,050.00 and have donat- .ed it to the farmers’ corn borer or— Vzganimtion. In Lenawee county three '~ {ydifierent commercial concerns have Emurchased about $500.00 worth of {equipment and given it to the cause. {It is not charity which prompts this ’ fighting; it is self preservation. (Wherever people are best informed ’gof the menace the cooperative action ‘ ills the greatest. “- _ In the eight counties of Monroe, ILenawee, Wayne, Washington, Hills- gdale, Macomb, Oakland and Sanilac, ‘a cooperative campaign on a whole- .sale scale is now being organized. -;”I‘he primary purpose of these or— 5ganizations, sponsored by the Mich— :igan State College, is to give the cor- ;J‘ect information as to fighting the 1, corn borer in this most infested area. fSome individual farmers are quite ; up against a problem which they can ’mot'handle alone. They must guard v against next year by regulating the u acreage which is planted the coming season, but the present fight is on :now and any unprotected place in the defense is a danger to all. All {people are concerned and the indi— ‘vidual unable to do his duty must be 'generously assisted. Control blethods ‘ The present methods of corn borer control are all mechanical. Experi— ‘lment stations are trying all methods which give any promise of helping, 'but no help is in sight from the corn .borer parasites or in a resistant va- riety of corn. Sprays have not proved practical. Much work is be- ing done searching for a way to hold this pest down but now the most The Past, '1‘ this time last year stockmen were looking forward to a good summer and fall on cattle. The summer and fall came and passed. Markets were bad, and left many cattle feeders who had heavyweight stock on hand in a state of despera— .‘tion, but apparently not without " ', hope for a better year in 1927. Cat- tle feeders and sheepmen both were going through a period of great anxiety then, watching the markets 'and hoping that they might be for— tunate enough to strike One which would at least pay the board bill for fftheir stock. Many of them, how— ;ever, fared worse than this. ' J ‘ If it had not been for Mr. Hog, who went through the entire year ,with banners flying high, there "would have been more digging of .the toes deep into the bottom of boots by cattle feeders. But the hog came to market in a peaceful frame of mind, untroubled concerning his value after arriving. He always brought a good price. The pig fol— cattle in the feed lots fre— y converted slim cattle mar- into profits and when steers {failed to even pay the market price for the corn they ate. the busy worker salvaged the wasted and un- digested grain. and went to the vari- markets at handsome profits and little cost. ow the new year is well on its , ten weeks having elapsed. The , al instinct born into the souls to hope for something” better M irtually as many cattle . tho business. an equal ‘repmen and as many "Were fortunate enough gelling stock. important tools are the: plow, silo filler, corn shredder, forage grinder, and stubble .pulverizer. pulverizer is’ a machine put out by the International pany and is satisfactory in destroy- ing borers in stubble under eighteen inches of height. mense g stubble without plowing is the pre- ferred practice in seed bed prepara- tion wheat or rye has been sowed in corn ' stubble this machine satisfactorily takes care of the borers in‘ the stub- ble without damaging the growing wheat or rye. also a good machine for cutting off standing corn stalks which were left after hill husking or hogging off the grain. borers in merely provides the best method for breaking ed the stalks at the surface of the ground so that they may be raked and burned or successfully plowed under. The ‘stubbl-e Harvester com- This tool is of im- value where discing corn for spring planting. Where The pulverizer is It does not take care of the this case, however, but Attachments have 2’ Cooperation Must Be 100 To g ‘ By GEORGE HEDRICK I been tried but none have been made '. .‘whficlnare satisfactory” for standing stalks without following with fire or -the plow, or, better yet, both fire and plow. Good shredders kill ninety-eight per cent of the borers in the stalks. The silo filler will also do a satis- factory job on stover as well as corn for the silo. The LBtZ' forage mill also destroys those put through it. T‘iese machines are of service in getting the worms now in shock corn or cut stover, but the greatest dan— ger is in the stubble and the un— usually large acreage left uncut in the field. The machine which will do more to get these than all others combined is the plow. Plowing Is Satisfactory The‘experience of the Canadians caused the first recommendations to say that plowing was not a satisfac— tory control method. It is much of a relief to find that one kind of plowing is efficient since most farmers prefer plowing their stub- - cvccpt possibly a small spot in Illinois. in print. 0 Q 0 <1 I, ’9 5 '5 O 3 2 ( . _. 9 p r . - 3 M U@ H. / 2 nu.” E: u S t e“ at ©H ll @ U N @o gen?an mom:mm- L “033.”? must .. / P . I ALBANY I// /, w. 4 the. chasm Maud tron 1924 SHOW’ING THE ADVANCE OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BOREB This map shows you the territory in this country so far invaded by the corn borer, out of date before it can appear At the rate this pest travels a map is really “’0 are indebted to the International Harvester Company for this map. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Marked changes have occurred in the cattle market during the past two or three months, and for the most part they have been very ac— ceptable changes to the cattle feeder. The big weight steers which sold at such relatively low prices all sum- mer and fall have staged a grand “come—back,” and are now selling at substantial margins over light— weights of similar quality and flesh. They are now commanding the top prices at all of the, markets and es— pecially at markets contributing to the large eastern consuming centers. Many feedersof heavy cattle last year forgot to remember their ex— perience of 1924 when heavy steers all of the leading cattle markets from $2.00 to $3.00 per cwt. below prices paid for light weight cattle of similar flesh and because it was a good market during the summer and fall of 1925 for weighty stock, they again glutted the 1926 market with heavy beeves. The consequence was many months of low prices for big stock. This apparently influenced them to specialize in yearlings for the 1927 crop, the great bulk of stock cattle last fall going to the pasture and corn fields as calves or light- weight stocker steers. A few long headed beef producers slipped out a few loads of strongweight feeder sold on the Chicago market and at steers with their calves. and now L... - am--. GENERAL new or x. s. This ‘lves Farmer. W exhibits of potatoes 3 State Co , cornund groin." Just on on mean! the general lanai; at «m m kgronnd can be «on {yo c. “mourn”. snow ; fl) .,m:howsputon.¢uflng . 1.009; ' ' W you have ‘ 0 ask of these is the p, she an ' on may egg" 1 ' d ble to the discing alone method in the preparation for spring grain. The one successful way of plowing which will kill enough corn borers la chan plowing. ' . ' Clean plowing means one hundred per cent without stalks, shacks or other debris on the surface. The fit- ting process must not drug any to the surface. This means a rest for the springtooth harrow in most cases. When corn borers are plowed under either‘early in the fall or in the spring, they come immediately to ' the surface. When plowed under late in the fall so that freezing weather follows right away, they spend the winter under the ground in the stalks, but emerge as soon as the ground thaws out in the spring. In experiments they have come out after having been buried below thir- teen inches of soil. But when on the surface, if noidebris of any kind can be found after a trip of about thirty— five feet, the greatest possible for them to take, the elements kill the borer. They can adapt themselves to any kind of cover, if any is left after plowing, but if the surface is absolutely free of every shuck or leaf, then the sun, birds, shrews, or some other natural enemy of worms destroys them. The whole success of plowing comes not in killing the worms by burying them, but in tak- ing away the shelter upon which they depend for survival. "*" - Early‘and Late Punting Most observing farmers in infested districts have observed that their early corn was most damaged. This has caused many people to bet on late planting as a means of combat- ting the borer. The" moth does pre— fer to lay her eggs on a plant com- parativer well advanced toward ma- turity, but if she does not find one of right maturity she does not hesi- tate to lay them on a less matured individual. Late corn escapes as long as there is early corn about. The planting of a trap crop of early maturing/corn about a later matur- ing field does give the later field some protection, but if the trap is' not .thoroughly destroyed in time such a. procedure acts as a boom- erang and creates havoc the next season. (Continued on page 34) Present and Future Of the Beef Cattle Market they are enjoying the urgent demand for big cattle. What will come to pass during the remainder of the year, or even the next few months, is anybody’s guess. It was the gen~ eral opinion of the trade last fall that heavy cattle would come into their own after the first of the year, and it takes only a glance at the markets now to see that that opin- ion was well founded. ' ‘ Speculating on future market con« ditions is obviously futile when one of the most significant. factors in the equation, the capacity of the dressed beef market to absorb the supply, cannot even be approximated. The line between deficiency and adev quacy so far as supply is concerned is finely drawn. Three. years ago this summer the day of heavy cattle was thought to have gone forever, but it was not true. It is certain that the trade will take and needs a much larger proportion of yearlings and light Weight stock, but there is always a certain call for heavy beef as well. . Heavy Steer at Toy ' Glancing back over a period of six years it will be noted“ that heavy steers have sold at the top of, the list nearly as oxen as yearling; and it. is interesting to find that those periods alternate quite regularly. In 1920 heavy steers were in the lead, but during th .middle of 1921 year- llngs went a e heavy steers. and held that position until i dle of 1982. Again big cattle sold at the top of the list re- flere until “the were”. ‘ From that time until thol‘latormlng , of 1524 you.er ex ' premiums, : n it was V . “MW '9'"-z~v~ , \ w. Ann—um”, .m’ -1. -.__-: .. .1 A..-w* ‘ “WANT A BITE?”—“My little OUT FOR, A RIDE AMONG THE DAISIES.—Herman Ellis, of Saint DURING PHEASANT SEASON.—-Wil~ brother and two motherless cousins, Clair county, sent us this picture and writes that the young chap who is bur Smock, of Monroe county, and his of Detroit, eating candy,” writes Mrs. giving us such a broad and pleasant smile is his nephew. but doesn’t tell dog always “bring home the bacon” we John Clock, of Monroe county. what his name is. understand. w ,wre, ,.. W ,AKA an (1 “UP FOR THE 'IGIIT.”—Mrs. John Fountain. of Inghnnl county, took this picture of this fine team of Percheron colts raised by her husband. That was a good idea. Then she JUST VISITIN’.—Ellen sent us a print. which was a still better idea. -EVERYBODY SEEMS HAPPY.——“My family’, except my oldest daughter, with most of their pets," writes Harry M. Jimmy are apparently talking Brennan, of Gratiot county. “Besides the pets shown here the matters over. Miss Isabella. Craig, children have a pony." Tuseoia county, sent the picture. 4% TAKING A BATH.—This youngster is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James f A JOLLY GBOUP.——This Jolly looking group, which appears to be on a picnic, is made up of Mr. and Mrs. ell Bearss, o! Oceana county, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin House and Basil Boals, ot Benzie county. "OUR GRANDSON.”—Mrs. W. '1‘. Allen of Genesee county, sent us the picture of her grandson, Junior Clark. . ‘. v '4, ' . i - f - ' W333 ’0 , ' _ . looks, PURE-BRED ANIMALS.—-Louise Baker, of .Shiawassee county, was kind *0 u“ Joyfldhll- 0913.2“ 1311' , ‘ ‘Mr‘s. enough to loan us this picture but neglected to advise who the man is. Evident- borrowed the outfit. The picture came “03131118. D. W.‘ 5 XY pure-bred cattle is a business and a hobby with him and he seems real proud V ‘ ' ' f; . w' 9* ’ a“ ‘- . r of theherd sires shown. Helms a Mt to be proud. A 50am Fall sweat . 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Hallie .Me hen lead Cofifin" as ,I‘Efléflpfimé il‘éuredoes k131i .” WRITETDDAY To ‘ AEMHBOR‘IDAVE' 3 p , l‘lWflPéilu. .during first half of June. bu in' The same old éure-‘t‘o- rugi‘fznca. ' , ¢aresf17£emeE¢r 1- what is iahi‘it perfect . 1 » ' his "earth that is without blem ish armistake outside of the. Mich- igan potato, apple and celery? Yet to follow these forecasts is much less of a gamble than to follow the: farm- er who knowswhat kind of a crop he wants but is ignorant as to whe- ther Mother Nature will let him map it. It is always better to side in with the influential fellow for you can more often “kid” him into help- ing you over the bad spots. For instance, we look for an early. spring, .so it .behooves all live farm— ers to get their machinery and seed ready for the first day Jack Frost gets out of the ground and hikes northward. -However, be sure he has taken all his trunks and suit .tio'n,."yet*we feel fairly. safe’in", t" ing that the-first few days of June, or 'close to the 15th will be marked with low temperatures and, probably . frosts, insect-ions. ‘T mp‘eratures for the month will ave age below nor- mal; in fact, we expect the entire summer will record temperatures- below the average in most parts of the state. . The rainfall, as we see it, will be deficient from usual 8 u m m e r amounts in many parts of Michigan during July and August but before September will have used up all its 30 days, the rainfall will have been found moderately heavy. Averaging the fall months of 1927 together .we. arrive at a figure that E have received a large number of letters requesting information v; on the weather throughout the year of 1927 so we had Mr. Prit- chard, our weather forecaster, wnite up a forecast for the year which we publish here. ‘As he writes, his forecast in each issue of the M. B. F. is not perfect—but nothing else is—and we believe it has been more accurate, week after week, than any other forecast we have heard of .—Editor. cases because he does forget one sometimes and kicks up an awful fuss if he comes back and finds some one in his recently relinquished berth. They say history repeats itself but, be this as it may, we know it never stutters. Weather conditions are usually very positive and it, does not ' take long for one 'condition or an- other to decide whether the farmer replants, plows under or changes his politics. The first three months of 1927 we figure will be similar to the year 1922 as far as the general tem- perature and precipitation depar- tures are concerned. To many that year was probably a red letter sea- son since there were several se ere sleet storms during early part of year. These we are not expecting this year, at least, not as many nor as severe. March precipitation will be a little stronger than January and Febru- ary. With temperatures also expect- ed to be above the seasonal normal during March, there is much reason to expect the soil will be getting into good shape for early planting. The farmers of Michigan must take into consideration that the weather this spring promises to be drier than usual which may develop a more or less dusty condition at times. The temperatures, also will range above the normal. This latter condition, alone, might endanger the fruit buds but, like, April 1922, we figure on enough cool to cold weather to hold them in check against some extremes of weather we expect during May. Precipitation will generally range below,the seasonal normal during the fifth month although there will be periods when moisture will be sufficient for present needs. Fogs may also prove troublesome during parts of this month. It is not going to be an easy time for the farmer because of the sudden changes that will take place. June also is going to display some rather sharp extremes in Michigan this year. We even feel that frosts will be more than usually present Specific shows the state as a whole will have more than the usual amount of precipitation. The most of this will 'come during early part of the sea- son. This condition will not, natur- ally, be the best for many fall farm operations. The weather will be es- pecially bad for fall sown seeds be- ?auss. 31191591212233: *wil‘. be slaw. The ground will be too wet, especial- ly for some soils, and the tempera- tures will average below the normal. November, however, will take -a little pity on the Michigan farmer, even though late in' the season, with the result that the weather will be warmer and drier than the previous months when considering the nor- mals of each. With proper planning this month may be useful to many tillers of the soil. It will all be over in December, except the worries. With radical changes of the weather during the last month of the year there is every reason to believe that all fall sown grains will not be safe from alter— nate thaws and freeze. To sum up the welfare of the farmer for the year of 1927 there is no need of making any scare— heads or sensational predictions, unless it should be that the farm- ers of this section of the country stand very well towards procuring a successful harvest. We believe the farming situation will look somewhat dubious during the early growing season, although it will not be a down and out busi- ness. There will be rosy spots. As .1 the sun gets higher in the sky and the days begin to get warmer, yet shorter, we believe the smile on the farmers’ face will get wider. There will be increased activity in the farmers' world and the financial con- dition of the majority will be much better. The farmers’ outlook will continue good during the latter part of the year, at the time the reaper and thresher are in operation and we see no reason at the present time to feel very sorry for the average farmer who works his ground and and business on sane principles. u ." W‘ww‘ i .- , “ , _ 3* a , in — "um Pf »' canto ' in Chevrolet Hillary . Ichefl‘olet .' .Wwfl warn-u V a: ._ Q‘ l ‘ - v ’r . . ' ’ . E x ._ zmpmvemm s a n L Not only does this most beautiful I :— - . I of all low—priced cars offer new The Touring aneled and headed Fisher or Roadster . odies but also man new fine car features and mec anical re— ? $ ‘ _ finements such as: » I ‘ . . (. The Coach . ' r ' Full—Crown Fenders r 3 New full-crown one-piece fenders add avnote $ V a {finger-glue to the new and supremely beau- ' 4 ‘ u res. : - The Coupe . : Bullet’type Lamps Modish new bulletvtype head and cowl lamps $ add a pleasing touch of beauty and style. 9 5 AC Oil Filter C The Sedan . 6 A new AC oil filter removes all dirt from the oil supply—Fssuring greater oil mileage and a ‘ $ - 3?, minimum 0 motor wear. S < A”; a e port ' AC Air Cleaner Cabriolet ; I E ; ggf 0 A new AC air cleaner safeguards motor parts from excessive wear by removing all dust and grit from air passing through carburetor and g $ 7 5 into the engine. New Tire Carrier The Landau % A new tire carrier of improved design is mounted on the frame—entirely free from the LTon Truck $5 body. (Chassis Only} I New Door Handles V2301! Truck $395 (Cha ' O I New remote control door handles—handily 55” Hy) located in centerof doors—provide a beauty . d u and convenience feature new to low—price E v Balloon Tires now Standar on 3' field. models. All prices '5. o. b. Flint, Mich. CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Division of General Iviotors Corporation a Peas, Vine Peach . ' "’ The'_Lima Pea is a most Ripe Frnltln 80Days After Seed ll Planted delicious vegetable, and ' , This wonderful sureto _ ome as popular Vegetable Peach as the Lima Bean. The is the most beau- peas are larger than the tiful of all v 0- largest Lima Bean and tables The “:9 nearly the same shape. sembl'e oranyegii; Very hardy:can be plant- ‘ ' ‘ c0101- ghap: and ed as soon as the ground \ : siz 'and r0 thaws outinthe spring. In vine'es lik 8m l, on growth it is unlike other The roe axing“. _ varieties of peas, for in- beayu gnu“? an: stead of being a vine it is tom a ~ . . p ng appearance when canned; make deli- :guszld ugnlélgigfiowilk cious preserves and sweet pickles; and are fine an?“ "V: 39 gas"; “7113‘ for pies. There is nothing like them. Extremely ta Qngl-IB filirbylfl 3° l?‘ early, of the easiest culture and very prolific; H3103 By f9 “1.185 g? t i9 covering the ground with golden fruit.Thev grow ‘, _ maize “13:33 :12;yéh;1: : from the seed in 80 days. Apackageof theseed will ' fl _ we have buta limited amountof seed. so be sent postpald for 10¢. 3 packages for 25¢. selling it in packets only. Packet 1 01:; 3 Dktfi- _7 packets 50c; us packets $1.00 postpaid. ThiswonderfulBeanlooks like a gigantic Pea.When ry ' b '1 d ‘t h ii 11‘ 25c, postpaid. these flower seed bargains ,for y one of only 100; all three for The Garden Hucklebe rows ' from seed the first yea?7 i new boil“; elll‘esmum' 8.1“? ‘5 ‘ fruit that cannot be excel- fine 0 t 6 most dehcmu' led for Pros and {’reser- “in”? grovgn‘ G1“ °§ 3 ihn ; '1 ves.Veryprollfic.y1elding ans ism“ ° lattla I us a tiniimmenselcrop of fruit. with pods cggfagtfpygl’gifli d . apfigsaz 8311511523: key stufi‘ing it can not be sur- from seed Grows and passed. It is a Spanish Bean, ‘ thrives in hllclimates and 13 known as the "Ga" andon aukindsofsoil banzo. "We have but a limited The fruits grow I”: _ . .-~- amount ofseed toofi’er. so are gel. than the common selling same in packets only. Packet 100:3 pkts. .\Hucklebe"y or Blue_ 250: 7 pkts. 50c; 15 pkts. $1.00, postpald. . berry. If cooked with - apples, lemonorany- Japanese Climbing Cucumber ‘ / thing sour.they make A thefinest jelly. You will be (I . - ‘ ‘ C w°nderfm 3; delightedandastonished with ' J " > , l ucumberfrom this easily grown and wonderful novelty. Pkt. ‘ J up 9"" vmes pissed 10c: 3 for 25¢. postpaid. “,1 O 0 Japanese Giant Radish . n This is the great Sakurijima Radish from Japan. T he largest radish grown,oftenattain- ing the enormous weight of 15 lbs.. and sometimes 20 or r 30 lbs. It is not only acuriosity but a rad- .2: ext 1' a strong, vi go r o u s and great climbers, producing sur- prising amount 0 f s u p e r i o r fruit on poles. fences. side of house.etc.Tbree times the usual crop from a giv- en area can be _ grown with this variety. A good from An leS sert to plant to s a v e g a r d e n ‘ ‘space. Fruitsof lab of extraordinary ‘ quality. The flesh is solid, firm and brittle. , _ and of most excellent _ V large Blze. nice flavor; can be eaten green color. and , all summer long, and fine for slicing and pickling. Sets fruit constantly E’a/ . also be kept through throughout the season. Pkt. 10c: 3 pkts. 25c. ‘ 'the Winter. Will thrive postpaid. ‘ ,‘lasnyloil or climate. Pkt.10c;3 pkts. 25o. postpaid. Yard Long Bean Golden Honey Watermelon . A delicious yellow-fleshed Watermelon. Rich ‘ all: féa‘zyils' golden color. firm, crispnnd glistening, sweet as we“ as beiné an honey. and fairly melts in your month. No hard interestingcub core or stringiness. An early melon. average 105i ty Thevines about 20 lbs. each, and very few seeds. Pkt. 100: are iampan t 8 pkts. 25c. postpaid. growers and “Bean,, produce an en- The New Guinea But- ): ‘ Vt \ . ormous crop of long slender. , roun ods,which teere is awonderful aging ggfeglfgg vggetabled: exfiensively a vertise as t eGigan- nggsgrggfigggfg t ic G u i n e a "Bean." m4 [egg in length Grow to enormous size. having the thick- one fruit often weigh- ness are lead ing15lb3.andfrom4 DOMIL T e n d 6 1' to 5 feet long. Deli- i cious eating and of fine flavor. Will grow any- where. Pkt. 10c; 3 ’ and of fine flavor. _ Packet 101:; 8 pkts. 25c: 7 pkts. 50c. postpaid. packetsZSc, postpaid. 3‘ Banana Muskmelon c. We haven wonderful vegetable novelty of extraordinary ment, that should be grown in every garden, and we are going to give a package of same With each seed order amount. ing to $1.00 or more. You must order direct from this ad to get thlfl present. Catalog Free. masses all other melons in its delicious fra- grance. The flesh (the melon being nearly no (1) is of a rich salmon, of the best quality very sweet and meltin . It is Very prolific. we from 18 to 86 inches in fiangth and looks almost 300 Varieties of Flower Seeds 100. Send Perennial Flower Garden—25 Oriental Flower Garden-50 handsome variet today for this Big Flower Garden Package. varieties of hardy perennials,lOc. Japan and China, entirely adapted to our climate, 10¢. e an overgrown banana.Pkt. 10c; 8 pkts. 25c. p.p. i THE greatest time-savingconvenlence ever invented in barn equipment is the West Bend Automatic Stanchlon With locking, releasing lever-Abe original, lev- er-operated, swinging stanchion..Costs no more than ordinary stanchions that in locking up or releasing cows. One throw of the lever looks from 2 to 50 stanclnons. Cow stops u? i w, I I 1 ‘ ’ ‘0 l / WEST BEND EQUIPMENT CORP. . . V ._ l. min... 1/ I I / ’ 1 West Bend. Wis. Write nearest ofilce, Dept.) G EQUIPMENT I must be closed and opened singly by hand. It also assures safety releases the entire row of cows, controls operated at the same time, guiding‘the cows into the stanchions. Enthusmstlc owners everywhere. Write today for big free catalog show- ing complete line of West Bend Barn Equipment. Syracuse. N. W. 01' are sum ‘3‘ .. - i 3‘ ‘ ‘ " I want to show you how flake little pigs big—big pigs fat—save all I drive out the worms. save feed and get ket in less tune. To prove it— You a $1.00 Package ‘ " at. Justsend me your name and address. on 2 regular 3.1.00 packages of HOg Fat. W- J- ' = - only 81.00 plus 15 cents postage when he deliv- The extra package is yours—free. no man ea: 30 more [1190 do . If not entire] Iat- " rltqatoaceto g3. Masha", so. ' You not on Set 'l ' well worked for planting. KO 233mb land is ideallyfiulted t sets. ow 13 the tune to soil for win'tier wheat and r pre are all the quack and other noxious we out of the field. but our or beans and Ovatorrm ti AB your s. Get’ ree Folder ABBY. Dmgwllle. Mlohlgan. amateurs. (A on» a assortment?" all so lsln " or 4‘s u it for info In you. Insulrlss mdgt be scomopenlsg by BEETS FOLLOW BEETS “Will sugar beet land grow sugar beets the second time or will pota- toes planted be better? I turned over a piece of sod last spring. Will that grow potatoes by putting a hundred pounds of fertilizer on the acre?——IG. M., Armada, Michigan. UGAR beet land—fields in which sugar beets have been grown, will grow sugar beets again. In fact sugar beets can be grown year after year in a field. But when the results from a large number of fields are considered—fields where beets have been planted the second and third years—it becomes evident to the most casual observer, that it is poor policy to plant sugar beets fol— lowing sugar beets. The second crop of sugar beets is not always poorer than the first crop but in a sufficient number of cases the second crop is not sufficiently satisfactory to make the practice advisable. At least two other crops should be grown following the sugar beets be- fore the field is again planted to sugar beets. Potatoes would probably be a safer crop to plant as there would be no danger of the potatoes suffer— ing from any disease left in the soil by the sugar beet crop. It is impossible to state whether the piece of spring turned sod would grow potatoes or not. The chances are that it would. However, as the formula of the proposed fertilizer is not stated, it is impossible to tell whether it would be of any benefit to the potato crop or not.——J. G. Lill, Research Assistant in Farm Crops, Michigan State College. HOLDS THREE OFFICES How many township offices can a man hold at one time and be legal? We have a man in this township holding three offices, township treas— urer, justice of the peace, and on the board of review and one member of the board of review is not a citizen of this county—A Taxpayer, Glen— nie, Michigan. HERE is no state law prohibiting T one person from holding more than one township office, so long as the duties of one do not interfere with the duties of the other. However, if one office is such as to require duties of the hold- er which would prevent from pro— perly performing the duties of the other, he would have no right to hold both—Legal Editor. KILLING \VEEDS I have heard that there is a chem- ical manufactured which will suc— cessfully kill Canadian thistles, also all vegetation for three years. I would like to know if this is true, also the name of the chemical and Where it can be obtained—C. B., Shiloh, Michigan. HERE are several chemicals that T may be used to kill weeds but none are used very extensively. One of the most common, cheapest and safest chemicals is a strong salt .‘a dt' ,ta: 1i: mom.» ‘ o‘er - v tul mineafidiiaddrmwuanvs not used Ill-to vacuum. solution. When this strong brine solution is applied during hot,“ dry weather it is very effective. not likely that the land will produce for one or two years after this solu- tion is applied. Another chemical which may be used for this purpose is white arsen- ic, a‘ solution should be made up consisting of 1 pound white arsenic, 2 pounds sal-soda and from 6 to 9- gallons of water. This chemical is Very poisonous and extreme“ care must always be exercised in its use. The strong brine solution, is much safer and cheaper.—-C. R. Megee, Associate Professor of Farm Crops, M. S. C. n DOG ‘KIL'Ls CHICKENS Will you please inform me as to the law on dogs killing poultry, geese, ducks and turkeys? I live on a rented farm and there is not any fence in front of the house. The man across the road owns his home and has no fence. My poultry once in great while gets over on his land. He has an ugly dog and says he keeps it to kill my fowl. It has already killed or injured several. I have had it shut up twice as it comes over to our place. Is there a law to shoot a dog .on your own place caught killing poultry, or on the road?—Mrs. T., Clio, Mich. 0U could recover damages from the owner of the dog for the fowl killed. You could not kill the dog unless he is on your farm at the time and is engaged in chas- ing or injuring fowl. Even then, it is usually a question for the jury to decide as to whether it was neces- sary to shoot the dog in order to protect your fowl. For instance, if he has only done this once or twice, this method would hardly be justi- fied, whereas if it is of everyday oc- currence you would have a right to kill the dog if no other means were successful in putting a stop to it.-——- Legal Editor. CANNOT COMPEL HIM TO SELL The school board sent for a car of coal. Some parties bought three or four ton and now our coal dealer says he Won’t sell any coal to the folks who bought coal of the school board. Can he be compelled to sell to anyone _that has money to pay for it?—~—A. B., Lacota, Mich. HE school board cannot sell any property to the district unless directed to do so by the people. A coal dealer cannot be compelled to sell the coal.—-W .L. Coffey, Supt. of Public Instruction. OUTLAWS IN 6 YEARS I would like to know if a note given in the year of 1911 is still collectible now? The man giving this note was not worth a dollar when note was given. Parties never tried to collect before—G. K., Hills- dale, Mich. -—The note would not be colletible after seven years from the date it became due—Legal Editor. WHERE OUR READERS LIVE 't 'u itu of 'our home or farm buildings that. we can print under this heading? ggdvevnthehhthenr xidbmbirs of3 The Business Farmer's large famlly where you hve. Kodak angina? are all right if the details show up well. Do not send us the negatives, just a goo It is lltghénl low price I . But we never sac”; ‘ flee quality to make \ a low price ’a Ti Your orders are shipped within 24 hours Your orders will be shipped within 24 hours. Tha< saves time. Besides, one of our seven big stores is near to you. Therefore, your letter reaches us quicker. Your goods go to you quicker. It is quicker and cheaper, and more satisfactory to send all your orders to Ward’s. H I" m i" / w i . —— ""‘"""”"“‘"‘"'iiiiiiiL - lin‘'umum(mumImumumnm 1i __ I‘ 2' x a ' y pi i “ ' in" ,' 7 Jim "V, H” N vl’ .V g ‘,‘I i 5.9? L - " Wt. ANNIVERSARY - ~ 3 \\ I. . Eli. \ . f f . v ' g. . .. . .. l i. i FURNISHGS M. W .TheSule Couhlndthe Panv Rider were theben mem- ol communication — I l ‘ I 170i)! I - I i | 1 . ' ., 3 '5 \» lhmghlheWmehanontgomryWudbeganbulncuinian. Montgomery ‘ m 1‘ V h "- i ll“ will!!!” Ward 6:. Co’s. progress bu been I: [rent an the improvement in transportation. Yet ____ _ __ \lll'llfll ; I WARD'S DRY coon f i: l; 70d": to always 017:! a living on merclundise of honest qualuv. and to deal ’ V r. y - I u 43' ~ '1 "w '. 'g» .5 i W ‘ Mp . '. 1 ‘ \ J L! ml , l __ ....... v. 1.. . ‘V t , , ‘ under I Golden Rule Guarantee. Thu has been our unbroken policy for 55 vem ill. r _ — - .' i ‘ WARD‘S ' ' caocemes l, i' . i "l‘ - | r; I “h. . ‘ i V \ I ’ r 22—51 m *— Ii luv... ‘ ARD'S MUSICAL \ E" 4 ‘ Catalogue l0 6 Jpnnq G“fummer 197.7 ll NSTRUMENTS 1 install ‘ nun-wuwnwiwawuw'wu— DO'O’lfi-l 1i .1ij in AL AL 1; .141 u "? __‘\ MONTGOMERY WARD GCO. ' irrlrlll'llWl‘iW- WARD’S I ARDWARE ' unii“"‘*'—" "1 iui‘IMJv pith! I; «88 Big Stores are brought to you in the Pages 0 Ward’s Catalb gue A whole business street—88 Big Complete Stores—are com- bined in Ward’s Spring and Summer Catalogue. ; A vast furniture store, a shoe store, a men’s store, a women’s store—each filled with very large assortments of fresh new mer- chandise—are shown complete in your Catalogue. Almost your every need is supplied in one of these 88 De- partments of Montgomery Ward 85 C0. Do you “Shop” With Ward’s Catalogue? Do you look through each big store in your Catalogue? Do you look in your Catalogue as you would in the most modern complete store located near to you? Do you use your Catalogue for everything you need to buy? Do you take advantage of its bargains to save as much as you could save? Do you always compare prices? Here are lower-than~market prices for you. Low prices based upon sound business principles. A dozen of anything can be bought cheaper than one. Ward’s buys by the thousand dozen for you and 8,000,000 other customers. We buy by the train load and we buy for cash! $100,000,000 of Merchandise Bought for this Book — for Cash Cash gets a lower price than credit. We pay cash for your goods. And the saving is always passed along to you! So use your Catalogue. Use it every week for everything you need to buy. Take every advantage for saving this book offers you. You can save $50.00 in cash this season by send- ing all your orders to Wards. I". E " \xsxir fl; M $\..l-f A. W \\\.\\\\\\ ‘ F 4 \fl’k “was ' wuh “ —— ~ .\ ‘— . '[JgV , -,..nuw' Mfr, VI {4 Quality—your satisfaction—comes first at Ward’s. For 55 years Montgomery Ward & Co. has backed every purchase with an iron-clad guarantee that assures you of satisfactory quality always. At Ward’s we never sacrifice quality, never cut serviceability to make a low price. MontgomelyWard ecu The Oldest Mail Order Hausa is Today the Most Progressive “A. Kansas City ‘ st. Paul Baltimore Portland, Ore. Oakland, Calif. Fouéwqah‘“; an ,“gm . 1"" ml 12mm ~* ~ mun-n car-a on 1r: ,0:- vfmnn v Gena-d Electric makes mic; washing mac chines. Look for the GE monogram when . you come to buyv—it is l a symbol of dependa- He performance and long file under hard (on! use. Your Wiring System. lam a, and «her electric equip- ment should also hear {his monogram. ‘ ..lll\‘\\‘.‘:‘ tug _»._ull I Hi p When the Wash Tub Disappears ASHING—eweek after week—has * always been the bane of the farm woman’s life. Now, on farms with elec- tricity a little motor does all the hard Work of a big wash for a few cents. The whole operation, from sorting clothes to “hanging out,” often takes less an hour. Electric motors also pump water, clean carpets, churn, and run the sewing machine. And the men find their work is made easier with the electric milker, separator, and cooler, the motor hoist- and the light 'of MAZDA lamps. The old wash-board is put away on the electrified farm. There is more time for everybody to enjoy the pleasanter things of life. If you are on an electric line or hope to be soon, ask yourelectric power company for a copy of the GEE Farm Book which explains many uses for electricity on the farm. GENERAL ELECTRIC LWHEN WRITING T0 ADVERTISERS, PLEASE MENTION ; THE BUSINESS FARMER miéw Poultry MashFeeder This Mash Feeder is making a tremendous “hit” with poultrymen. It is a wonderful feed saver-soon pays for itself with feed it saves. Hens eat what they want, when they want it—consquently lay more eggs. New Low Prices! There is a Drew Line Dealer near you who will be to show you this feeder—see it and compare it with others for price and quality. It’s a REAL feeder and at the new low prices is a bargain you cant dupc licate elsewhere. Write for descriptive literature telling all about it. Will also send you the name of your nearest Drool Dealer. Write today. Learn all about due {complete Drew Line of finality Equipment—- the belt equinox“: for thekust money. - V' I . The blow Line Co. on ' Ft. Ammo, Wis. Elmira, Ever Since 6898 Better :qu: went ':.*.V' ' V ‘ .» an. r. . . u w .. x than mdmwmc “In-ulna How M We flow Oats? ‘ MOM} the many letters of the past week is one from A. W. of Stockhrldge. It is a my inter- esting letter and the receipt of such letters encourages one. Among other things he writes, “Some time ago I read in a farm. paper about sow- ing oats. This article told (of a method whereby the oats were sown on the ground and then covered by shal- low plowing. The soil was then worked into a good seed bed on which alfalfa. seed was sown. Thus the alfalfa had a fine start before the oats came up. It also claimed in the'article that the oats stood up better and produced a large crop. Do you think such a plan safe?” Well, there are some excellent thoughts in that article. For in- stance, if alfalfa could be given a fine start before the oats came up, it would almost spell success. Plowing the oat-s under would certainly get them in deep and I think this is an advantage with oats. it helps them to stand stronger. The great trouble with this practice would be in bunch- ing the cats almost too much by plowing them under. If they Were sown in a growth of sod they would go under quite uniformly, and if sown on plain corn stubble they would fall and form uneven bunches as the soil was turned. 'On corn land, why not drag them in before plowing, or if the ground was in suitable condition a disk drill would cover them enough to hold while plowing. Here is a new system of oat seeding to most of us, why not try it out on a small scale and learn first hand what it will do? Further on, Mr. A. W. says he gets many seed catalogs and com- pares prices. Some of these firms offer money back guarantees, etc., and still have prices much below other dealers. He wants to know, “Are they sacrificing quality in or— der to make low prices?” The writer has often wondered how good seed can be sold by one dealer very much cheaper than any other dealer can sell it; for. Good seed has a market value very much like wheat. In buying seed from a firm at a. distance one should always figure the freight expense in on the price. It is quite possible that by securing seed in large quantities, some firms can sell cheaper than others and still sell as good seed. Buying seed, however, is different than buying some other supplies. If you deal with your local dealer and find you haven’t seed enough, you can get a few pounds more. If you have a few pounds left he will gladly take it back, and Whether you have a few pounds to sell or a few L. W . MERE scope F arm “.mmc- by L. w. mus. Hillsdalo County (fig m on H. Itin' advice on different mm) a he ls always d to Ive We? at M. and "you ow "may hymlvmall "humanoid-op 3W bushels or more, he is always glad' to buy it of you. Many seed firms ofier attractive prices on seed mixtures. These mix- tures never appeal to me. I gener- ally favor the mixture of grass seeds but I waubto do it myself! A. W. also states his field for cats this spring is rather low and liable to be overflowed at limes. He wishes .to seed this field to some kind of grass that will make both hay and pasture. [have yet to find a better mixture for this kind of land than good old timothy and shake. If I expected to use it for pasture I would add some orchard grass. How- ever for hay, orchard would get too fibrous if not out before timothy was at it’s best. Some would add a little red top and perhaps this would be the proper thing to do especially if the field was to be left for a term of years. It is almost a certainty that alfalfa sow-n on such ground would be a failure. it I: ll: Fertiliser for Early Potatoes Mr. H. B. of Albion wants to know what is best fertilizer for early potatoes, and if planting last year’s potato ground to potatoes again this spring is to be recommended. Early potatoes require much the same fer- tilizer as late ones. There is, how- ever, some diflference in meeting "this requirement. Planting late allows the manure and material plowed under to become more available as plant food than the earlier planting will. Therefore the early planting will depend upon commercial ferti— lizer for more of its food than the late plant will. Perhaps for this reason a 4—12-6 would be better for the early crop, willie 3. 342-4 is or- dinarily sufficient for the late ones, and the growth of early potatoes should get his fertilizer sown as soon as possible after ground is plowed. H. B. also asks about seed treat: ment for scab on the early ones. We use formaldehyde for the early seed. Soaking the seed before cut ting for two minutes in a solution of one pound formalin to fifteen gal- lons of water. This should be done as far in advance of planting as pos- sible, as treating seed for scab re- tards the growth of sprouts. Seed left longer than two minutes in this strength of solution will be seriously injured. They should be dried soon after removing from the solution— say in twenty minutes. This can be done by allowing the wind to blow through them after placing inlerates. II‘ I: 1: Seven Years a. Meadow “ haVe seven acres that I am‘ goi to plant to. potatoes this spring. It has been meadow for seven years. The soil is heavy sand loam. I would like to use commer« cial fertilizer on same but never, have had any experience in it’s use. What mixture and how much per acre and how to apply same for best results? The average yield per acre on this land has always been one The tan and: or! com shown ‘ new county...“ Farmer}?! Week ,0 wnzs swmsmms AT THE} SEW. jfivwm I“: “‘ or m \ .1 'i n r tact-that the 39'. . .onlyfi, one f_.hundred bushel per acre. - their ‘ r magws‘m has indicate that Ithe soil was not as strong-as, some? soils are andyet it may,‘ bevery strong soil and the low ' yield due to diseases of the potato, which lessens the yield. In'a mead— ;owuof seven years standingit would .be. safe to expect the clovers had about all disappeared, and as far as furnishing , any perceptible amount of nitrogen for a ,potato crop '3 one would not want to depend upon it. In view ’of this fact it would seem advisable to apply a complete fertilizer of something like 3-12-4 at three hundred or four hundred pounds per time, These old sods must be plowed early, if plowed late they very often give a poor account of themselves. - A-fertilizer agent called on me the other day and laid great stress on using the fertilizer (plant food)‘ the crop would be expected to remove from the soil. Our ideas of using commercial fertilizer varied a little as I have found it pays to use more of it than the own will be expected to remove. It is impossible for any crop to take all the plant food from the soil. Feeding rootlets are nu— merous, I admit, but they do not get all the plant food. It is a good prac— tice to apply more than will be used, and get the benefit of it in the next crop. There is Very little waste by leaching of commercial fertilizers. Phosphorus and potash will not waste any by leach, and generally the nitrogen part of a fertilizer is all used in the first crop. If, however, partpf the nitrogen is derived from tankage or fish scrap it will remain a long time in the soil. The writer’s opinion is we should get our potato fields built up to such an extent of fertility that when the potato year comes we do not have to use exces- sive amounts of plant food. BULLETIN SERVICE (The bullet-ins listed. under thls heading are . If you went a copy of one of more Just list them on a postal card or In a letter and mall to us wlth your name and address. They wlll be sent to |you without charges of any Ind.) LIST OF BULLETINS Bulletin No. 1. —~POULT‘RY RATIONS. Bulletin No. 2. —MODERN WATFR SUPPLY. Bulletin No. 3. -——SOIL FERTILIZERS. Bulletin No. 4. —-SEED CORN CURING, STORING. Bulletin No. 5. ——THE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING. Bulletin No. 6. ——BEFORE YOU INVEST. Bulletin No. 7. —FARM SANITATION. 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Began to feel pe- ""Ll"culiar, and one day when old Doc Bor- '-ter came in. he looked at me and said it must be a case of lead poisoning. He ' went and told the boss about it, and they decided the sooner I got away from such work the better. The boss was a square sh’ooter, tho, and he promised me that he . would line up something else for me. . I was kinda glad of that. The fold- ing machine that we used to put the paper out every week had its weekly spells. The bands that were supposed to carry the papers thru the rollers that folded the sheet was always busting. That meant I had to get the boss and we would monkey around getting things go- ing again. That was how I happened to hear about the hogs; it was when I was entering the office for the fourth time thatjnorning to complain about the belts that ‘Jim Barton came in. I waited for him to get thru before I said anything. The boss made a few ascratches about the hogs and the reward on a sheet of paper. Then he turned to Barton. "Jim," says the boss, eyeing me at the time, “don’t know anyone out your way that needs a good husky hand this sea- 9" . “Well, I dunno,” says Jim. “Who is the hand, and maybe I can tell you more about it.” “You’re lookin’ right at him," says the boss, meaning me, of course. “Bill here is in need of a dose of fresh air. The type and the News ain’t agreeing with him." “4“Well, now." Jim begins, “me and the missus was talking just the other day. We are churning a bit this spring and Maria hates to spend all morning with it. If you are sure Bill's a smart fellow"— and I saw him wink at the boss—“maybe we could use him ourselves." 'The upshot of it all was that just a. week to the day later I was packed up .132 F119 frcrzt. 9mm 5'3" Barton to drive in after me.‘ He hair . phoned a couple of days before and told h the boss they would take me, and the boss in turn told me how lucky I was to get the job. “Jim Barton’s rated as being one of the best fellows in this county, and so you better be good if you know a snap when you see one,” says the boss to me, father- like. “If you don’t overdo, you soon ought to get back to first class, and I’d like to have you on the News when you get thru. If you catch them thieves, be sure and let me know, for the News wants news.” That made me feel good, too, for the boss of the News was a fine man. .He had been looking out for me ever smce my folks was killed in a wreck and I had quit high school and gone to work. Just then Jim Barton drove up and I loaded the old grip in the wagon along with some groceries, butter jars and harness, and climbed into the seat alongside of him. So I went farming in Millbank town- ship. Had never thought very much about that occupation. but Jim was so well re- commended that I felt like I was pretty important as I sat on the wagon while we made a couple of calls at different stores. We got the egg crate from the Empor- ium (groceries, dry goods and general merchandise) and we were off for the country. Jim asked a lot of questions, and I could see he was trying to find out what A\_. I knew. In turn, he explained what. a time folks were having of late With thieves. “Regular gang of outlaws," he explain- ed. “Why, nothing is safe any more less it’s bolted down. Last night one of the neighbors lost his best harness, and Just after my losing the hogs, Fred Frost, anv other neighbor, reported that his poultry house had been robbed. Bill if you are any good as a detective, here’s a chance to make a reputation. Maybe that item in the News will start some of the law enforcers to work.” As we went along, he told me how his hogs had been taken. Said he had planned to ship some nice ones he had finished for market, and get them out to finish them off on corn. Then one morn- ing he went out to the pen to feed the hbgs. and maybe he wasn't surprised. ‘e scooped out a couple of shovels of >111. and for the first time no hogs re— ren’t around. Jim said he began to , bk about, and soon found that it was "Mont that the hogs had been dragged ways. as there were plenty of marks ‘ vthe‘gr‘ound and they all led toward vThere were no footprints that be identified, and what had been ' hogs was a mystery. 1 t like a lot of other thefts ported to the News while d. Vlbet’Jim there was and as: he didn't 'You,’see, I had been with the News aI-- I >9 Ham: 4 Protective Auctiatt'on Salami the. Neighbor/tam!» 'J By w. E. DRIPS l t r Tbiervery Problem need to bet—he knew it. The thing. he said, was that they Ought to be caught. Then he Started to lambast the sheriff. That led up to his pointing out a place on the right of the road as we came up the hill. . “That’s Herman Dain’s place. He’s a supervisor and one of the substantial cusses of this county. If they was as hard working as Herman, maybe things might be different. I tried to get him to stir up the sheriff, and have hopes yet. got quite a history: it’s where old man Detray hanged himself—oh, it's twenty years ago now. If that old cuss had any idea what a lot of trouble he started when he did it, he might have been more careful.” Then Jim related how the old man had. got in had over his debts and one day up and committed suicide by putting :. rope over his head and jumping off r. manger in the barn. Late the same night. his wife and girls—he had two daughters 1' h OBODY likes to go down to the barnyard in the morning and find , a half dozen of the best shotes gone. that comes too frequently to lots of farmers in the corn belt. Yet this [is an experience The thieves that used to be content with stealing harness and a few chick-, __ ens now use motor trucks and carry off a load of fat hogs or an en- tire flock of poultry. Something like thlis was happening to the farm- ers of Millbank township in the story that starts on this page. What they did about it and how they fer-reveal out the thieves is the theme \ Herman is busy, tho, as he operates on a big scale.” We came to an old stone house along— side the road. I says. “That must be an ol’-timer." "Right you are,” says Jim, “that is our haunted house. Got quite a history. too. Lately it’s been a hang out for gamblers. Maybe you remember hearing about the raid the sheriff made a few weeks back; only he got there too late. Well, that’s the place. Herman rents the land, and he was telling me the other day what a lot of trouble the place was getting to be." “Anyone ever see a ghost there?" I asked, kinda awed-like. "Can’t say as to that,” says Jim, “lots of folks has seen and heard queer things there, but no one I ever heard of stuck sound that long to find out. Place has I —got worried about him and began to kook around for him. Mrs. Detray finally ent into the barn and into the back part, and came onto the old man hanging there. and it was such a shock to her that she just let out one yell and fainte‘d. When she come to, she was stark, starin' mad: plumb insane,” Jim said solemnly. Never was in her right mind after that and finally died years later in an asylum. Course the girls left. An aunt took them to California and they never came back. "For a long time the place was vacant,, as no one would live there, and soon after rumors began to float about that it was haunted. Well, Herman Dain was needing pasture for his stocker cattle, and he eventually rented the place from the First Natio al Bank, "which had charge of the pro erty for the girls." ‘The house was pretty well fallen down, It. 01;" 1/] fl 1/ 3“ 11“‘ -1.—“\\‘\..‘A ‘\ .. ,I \ . \. \ \\ \\\~\,\3< - \}\\\ \ ‘_ s“-.‘—_ “.—‘_ ‘\ ~ ._<_~‘_‘_ :1! ‘ '1 .v ,p' ‘\\\\\‘L . ~_‘v\ _-~ “ g «‘1‘.» neighbors and telling them about, the ship: . smears . .0 itfila , place is about as vile as‘they m. j ‘He' Was approaching about as. mble-“~'~ down a place as I have seen. Junk", con-' scattered all over the yard, and it we. hard to say. which was the house. Might have passed for a junk dealer’s head‘- quarters. \Then an. odor met us that just topped off the suspicion that it might be a graveyard uncoVered. “Mike Albert’s‘place," Jim says apolo- getically. “He's kind of a farmer, part one, part feeder, and collector of relics. He gives the women’s club more trouble " than all the restof the county put to- :ether." "How?" I asks. . ‘ “Well, you see, they have been trying to get._thc place cleaned up. Mike runs a feed yard and collects garbage to feed his hogs on». Now and then he runs a kind of slaughter house. and so the folks have been trying to make him quit. But Mike is foxy and manages to out-smart them every time. He ain't so bad in some ways and so he has a few friends and they manage to keep him out of trouble." Then Jim told me how Mike had come/ there a few years ago and made a prac- tice of buying up runty pigs, and kept them around till he had them fleshed up a_, bit and fit to sell. Mike always paid his bills promptly. and when. anyone needed extra help Mike could be counted on to come in. He was a good worker. too, Jim said, and knew how to do a lot of things that stood in his favor. He was the best man in the community when it came to stacking grain. He could lay a round stack and put the swellest bulge m it, and never a bundle slid out of place. Apd when; it came to breaking horses, J 1m said he was a dandy. Knew just how to quiet them down, and could have the wildest one eating out of. his hand in less time than anyone. Seemed to know how to keep ’em quiet. Mike was 'a. widower, Jim said. Some folks said if he ever had a wife it would have killed her off, living in that mess. But it didn’t matter, as Mike had always lived alone ever since he came there: But there was no denying it, Mike's place sure looked like there was plenty of room for improvement. I wondered how any- one could live in that mess. At least it had one advantage, for most folks would not be hanging around there visiting. ' The team was picking up in their gait. and We soon came‘to a better looking section. The road angled. and soon we saw a house set back on a hill with a neat yard and fence. “That's our place," Jim proudly indi- cated with a flourish of his hand. Didn't blame him for feeling proud, as the Bar- ton farm house sure was a good looking one. I found out later that the Barton place had been in the family for sixty years. It' was homesteaded by Henry Barton, Jim's father, when Iowa- was opened for settlers before the Civil war, and he was one of the best farmers in these parts. Jim was born there he said, and I found out he had a boy. that was to have run the place, but he died a few years before. It was a blow of no small consequence to Jim and Mrs. Jim. We soon were up in-front of the place. and I helped unhook the team and put them in the barn. Then we went to the house, where I was introduced to a kindly lady who showed me upstairs to a fine, airy room. I sure was in luck, I said to myself. when I had time to look around. Mrs. Jim. as Jim called her, was a dandy. “Just make yourself at’home,” she says. “You can put your clothes in that'warJ- robe and kinda get settled before supper. Jlm can get along without you tonight with the chores." ' But I had my new overalls on in a few minutes and was headed for the barn, where Jim introduced me to the stock. Told me all the horses’ names, showed me where the oats was kept, and explained which cows went in which stanchions. We soon had them fed, and I was at- tempting to milk my first cow. “Let you experiment on Brindle,” Jim says. “She won’t kick, and when you get used to them you can work on the rest of them." Felt pretty proud of the half a bucket of milk I finally extracted, but it was tough on my wrists. A few turns on the separator showed me what there was to that job, and then supper. Hot biscuits, cold 'meats, fried potatoes. plenty of sauce, cookies, and, best of all, a big glass of fresh milk, soon made me glad that there was thievery in Millbank township; otherwise Jim Barton might never have found me at the News ofllce. After I ran the phonograph a little while and looked at the papers Jim was reading. I went off to bed. If farming was all as good as that first day, I was satisfied. I went.to sleep thinking about the hogs that Jim had lost and wondered who took them. ‘ . Next morning was shipping day. It didn’t mean much to me, as I was intro- 3’ duced to the churn right after breakfast. : But I heard Jimrcalling afew. ,offthc ' ping and I gathered that he was going £3.03“ “P. e WW4, the - meme “ em.’ ' , sisting of old lumber and machinery. was ' / "wereme mdmnhtothe 'yardatherewereaheltdoeenwagone law. "all I know is I heard a crack like .e."paper.the w is family ,GM‘I , H I arrivad‘ at the place where the hogs ands-manme Themenwemell gathered about the scales and talking to Jim. -So I Went that way to hear what was dong. “Strangest thing I ever heard about,” Jim was saying as I came up. "What do you aimse it's doing here?” “Well. sir,” says a tough looking fei- someone was breaking up boxes, and then a scream. I got up quick and went out, and here was the wreck of the car. It hit a post and believe me it is ruined." “How in time did all the folks that was supposed to be there get away, Mike?" Jim asks. , “can’t say as to that. MW they walked at and maybe another car that ‘came along later picked them up. I thought maybe you might know about it. There the main reason I name over this morning.” So that was Mike, I guessed. It was, too, I found out later. He looked the partofbelngfiebouoftheplamhe was'keeping .end I didn’t tom e. very favorable opinion of him as he kept on talking. Seems that during the night an old touring not had gone wrong some way and melted into a telegraph pole a few rods west of Mike‘s place. Mike had heard the crash and got up right away to see what was doing, and when he got to the mr. no one was there. The front end of the auto was a wreck and there were no traces of any human beings about it. Mike discovered that morning that it hadn’t any license plates and several of the others who had come past the place had examined the wreck and agreed they never saw the car in that section More. er finally stopped talking long enough to notice mo and introduced me to the boysJ Then the talk of the wreck con- tinued. Just then old Dag). Carney came driving down the read. I rememth iearins 9‘;th aslhfiheardm trying. yalnly IO. get him oil the phone and had finally heard him tell some one else to ask Dan to bring his hogs. So I was looking for Dan whm I overheard one of. the boys say, "Here comes Carney." Dan was a rugged old farmer. lean and‘ driving a team that followed his general line of make up. He was excited, I bought as he pond upwithaa‘erkalsdflwpedneutheun— loading chute. Jim greeted him. I .Wi‘thout waiting for further sugges- tions, Dan m to venue and It was evi» dent in e.ll ho had had experiences. “Brought what’s left of my hogs." Dan finally got out. “Them blankety blank robbers and low down tides-es got two of thebeeteneshstughtbeforelhwit. Yep. they was there all right~ the danced scoundrels. I’d like to ketch than. .Bay, Isupposeyooboyseawthetwneekup the road, well that car's got time u: just like the one that made tracks at my place or I'll eat my hat." Now we all were excited. We tried to talk to Dan, but he kept right on going.i “Yep, Jim. two of my best Ihotes was gone. I’m clean mad all thru and I'm going to get the sheriff out right away, dang ‘em" Say, I was indeed-now. Here was a car that Dan Carney said had been to his place and it was wrecked. Then Jim says to me, we better go up soon and look at it. I was willing. But before he went he stepped over to the depot and called the sheriff and asked him to come out if he could and see if he could find out whose car It was. We soon got over to where the car was and I looked wise like at the wreck. Who ever was driving must have been- lucky to get out cause the radiator was jammed up bad and the windshield was busted and both front wheels were down. They were others there as Jim and mo looked the mess over. They all com— mvnted and was interested in the way the car was smashed. but I was more curious. I began to look into the car. Then I saw a bunch of stuff that looked like hair. I pulled it off and casual like asks Jim "What's this?" “Where’d you get that?" he says, right ‘ quick. “In there." says I. Jim looks again. "Well," he says in a calm manner, “that’s pig hair and its the same color as that on the hogs Dan Carney brought in this morning. Guess Dan’s right and this‘ is the w the thieves had been using.” "Who do you suppose it was," I asks. “Can’t say," says Jim. "file dierii! ought to be here soon and maybe he can tell us.” . And just then the sherii! me up, so I waited to hear the worst. (Continued in March 2% he.) .a IenareaderetKIRI-dlih "Why 1" mepaperverymch. Wewonhh’tbel without the men—W. A. Sharp, m eels: 091m, mum. I. l Inn Busnnss Fm is coming 0. x; endweenioyit. Itsureisaxoed _ _(‘ miles and E I ‘. z \\ /' \, NE of the most convincing proofs of Chrysler “60” is trying to match its features in any other six of its type and price. ' . 7—Bearing crankshaft) 1m lee Wiser; Oil—filter; Air—cleaner; 4-Wheel hydraulic brakes: Full pressure I r Manifold heat control; Levelizers from and rear- These, with many other features that can- not be imitated, have been embodied in the Chrysler “60” ever since its introduction. 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Donn ’ .Vettfirins Editor “mud or F, mpun. Plg)? Superintendent Published Il-Weekly “I "AR ‘00, THREE YEARS 81, SEVEN YEARS 82. The date following your name on the address label shows when you Inan expires. In renewing kindly send this label to r mistakes. Remit by check. draft, none -order or registered , : Itampl and currenc are at your me We acknowledge ii every do lar received. Address all letters to IT. CLEMENS. MICHIGAN Rates: deeper-antennae. 1elineetetheeoiumn 772 lines to the page. Fist rates. I flock and Auction Sale Advertising: We clawed-l loo “MWMofhveltockandpoaltry; to“. RELIAILE ADVERTISERS We will knowin accept the advertising' of any M ‘ e to be thoroughly _oneat an reliable. - cause for complaint against any ad- in thee columns. e uhlisher would appreciate an im‘ letter bringing all face: to light. In every case when lay: “I'll-Jaw your advertisement in The Michigan Business ’mf‘ It mmntee honest d mu 0! "The Farm Paper of Service” FORD’S 20-DAY FARM YEAR Y FORD’S statement that a farmer can do his farm work in twenty days out of the year and be employed in a factory the rest of the time has aroused more interest and con- cern than it really justifies in our estimation. (Of course we may be wrong, and possibly Mr. Ford can prove it to us, but we are going to re- quire that proof before we are convinced of our error. In the first place there is the weather to take ‘hto consideration. vents some way of regulating the sun, moon and stars. so that we can turn on the rain when we want it or bring out the sun at just the right time, then possibly we will be able to regulate the number of days it will require to produce a ‘ certain crop. Also we can then regulate the sup- ? “ ‘ ply so that there need be no over-production one 1‘ year and an under—production the next. Granting that, with ideal weather conditions, J map can be produced and marketed .within 20 dtyl out of the year, What of the many other A m produced in Michigan that mature at dif- : brunt periods and are harvested over several ;; months? ' Henry Ford makes his flivvers the same way . and markets them the same way, rain or shine, year in and year out. At times demand is greater Gian at others but the plan he uses does not vary. 4 He merely increases or decreases production. But ; with the farmers it is different. For example, I when the price of corn is down the farmer often 5 finds it profitable to market his surplus through I H8 hogs. ’ Several of Michigan's leading farmers were re- - cently interviewed on the subject and none of them treated the matter with much seriousnesss. ‘ On stated that the Indians beat Mr. Ford to the i, flea. as they planted their corn and then went " hunting until it was ready to harvest. Another expressed the belief that Mr. Ford was getting an : American price for his product and paying an I American wage to his help, and what the Amer- Ican farmer needed was an American price for 3 Es product instead of a world price. All of them "2 thought it might work on a gone—crop farm, but -. “ted the weather had a lot to do with it. 2 Hr. Ford’s experiment, which he states he is 1 m on his farm, will be watched with much M, and we trust he will give out detailed figures on his operations, so that our farmers can ‘ hllow his system, if it proves profitable and will : work for the best interest of the country. ‘ SOLVING THE SURPLUS PROBLEM 1 NY chance at the farmers gaining relief from ! their surplus problem through the McNary— Haugen bill has been killed by—the veto of Coolidge. We are not prepared to ' ‘ or condemn the President for his action we are not certain just how much benefit reasons for vetoing the bill have been given mingthbutcanbebriefiystatedasfol- . That the bill was unconstitutional; that it Mutated in favor of the cotton, corn, rice, 00‘ SS FER Just as soon as someone in» ‘7 would have been to the farmers of Michigan. - consumption would be lowered, ~which would make a greater surplus; that the bill would create actual “trust” conditions; that the foundation of this nation was based on the theory of healthy competition and this/bill would discourage such activity; that on a whole the measure'was struc- turally unsound and would bring about financial and agricultural chaos. ‘ So apparently the surplus question will con- tinue to be a sword over the head of the farmer, at least until such a time as demand catches up with production. According to a Chicago professor by the year of 2000 there will be 325,000,000 people in the United States, and he can not see how America. or even the world, can support them. Cheer up, farmers, if this increase in popula- tion is mostly in the cities of our country the surplus problem of the American farmer will be solved in another generation or two. But in the meantime what are you to do? Really, you are getting too inquisitive. EXPLAJNTHISONEFORUB MONG the many letters we receive about the operations of poultry thieves in different sec- tions of Michigan we recently found one from a subscriber in the central part of the State who had lost some turkeys. She wrote that one night they locked their chicken coop about eight o’clock without noticing if all the chickens and turkeys were in there. Chicken thieves had never called on them and their poultry had always gone to roost of its own accord every night so there was no reason; to expect they would be minus any. However, when they opened the coop next morning the turkeys were gone. Without'notify- ing the sheriff she immediately wrote us asking what to do, but before we could reply we received a postal card from her advising us to drop the whole matter as they had found the turkeys in the cow shed back of the coop. Now we are in a quandary. Could it be that someone stole the turkeys, then happened to hear about our campaign and got cold feet? Or can it be that the turkeys heard about there being so many chicken thieves around the country and de- cided to find a safer place than the chicken coop to roost? s'rsnrr OUR NEW STORY ‘ UR new story, ‘7Millbank Brings Back Its Bacon” starts in this issue and we are warning you right now not to miss it. It is one of the best, if not the best, of all stories we have ever published. Most of you will re- member “Forty Years of Faking” and “How Bill Bucked the Tiger,” two stories on the work- ings of crooks among the farmers, whichap- peared in our columns some time ago. Well this new tale is equally as good as either of those two, telling of the operations of a gang who are stealing farmers' hogs. Then the farmers get their dander up, organize a protective association, and things start happening. It is action right from the start. You will be sorry if you miss part of it. TIDE} CORN BORER AVE you read the article on the European corn borer appearing on another page in this issue? in was written by a county agricul- tural agent in the quarantined area of Michigan who has made a careful study of it so that he can be of the greatest benefit to the farmers of his county, and we requested him to prepare this article for us. Whether you are in or out of the quarantined area you should read this article carefully and then file it away for future refer- ence, along with the other past issues of M. B. 1". containing articles on this pest. NORTHERN COUNTY AGENT APPROVES HAVE been reading about your efforts inbehalfotLJ.WflsonotGi-eenvifle. You certainly are doing a good piece of work mhelpingtheflghtagatnst chicks euthieves.WcinthoU.P.arenotbothcred with chicken thieves but we are‘greatly interested in the outoeme.-—Art Imam-f, CountyAgrlcultunlAgentlmMountah, J Michigan. > 1 “Tie Business It 134?) Institution of, ream jinx-me the prices» ' to the consumers;. that because of high prices . iide viola: ‘ ,_r , w ,: . .. declared‘r‘thst “each, man, should spend sixty in the county jail, the first so days living on. bread and water, the next 20 days 011 regular meals, and then return to the bread and water ‘ ' diet for the remaining twenty days. Such 5. sent— ence may sound foolish to some but it strikes ul as a very good one. As a rule the law breaker gets 01! too easily. This does not apply only to the dry law but many others as well. What does a fine amount to? It is paid and that is the last of it, the offender go- ing on his way believing that money is the oil that ,quiets troubled waters. What if he does break a law? All he will have to do is pay a fine. And those who cannot afford to pay fines have to- go to jail where, many times, they have things so much better than they are used to at home that they are loath to leave when their sentence expires. deprived of their liberty, but many times they are to only a small extent. No law should be passed unless we expect to live up to it, and violators should be punished. If one of your children does something that you told them not to, you do not praise them and make them feel that they are right and you wrong. Of course not, you punish them so they will not do it again. The same rule should ap- ply to those who break our laws. They should be made to realize that we passed the laws to be obeyed, and if they do break them they have to pay the penalty. What we need is more judges who will give out more jail sentences and fewer fines. Also our jails need to be maintained so that prisoners will consider it a penalty to serve time in them rather than a luxury. We do not mean to treat pris- oners in a brutal manner—far from it—but we do think they should be made to realize that it is a serious matter to break a law. _ . N0 CAUSE non ALA- RM N article by Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, ap- pearing in the current issue of one of our leading magazines, indicates that the writer believes that the farmers of America are getting ready to raise only enough for their own needs and let the rest of the country starve. We think that Mr. Lowden, who has been endorsed as a farmers’ candidate for President, is unduly alarmed over the present situation. It is true that farmers in many sections of the country looked for much good to come from the McNary- Haugen bill if it was made a law but we do not think they will curtail production to any great extent because President Coolidge vetoed it. What has happened when there has been spe- cial warnings issued to reduce the acreage of any certain crop? Most times there has been an increase instead of a decrease. ' Many farmers thought that if a smaller acreage was planted prices would be good, so they increased their acreage to get those good prices, and so many of them did it .that. It is only human nature to look out for yourself. It happens in any line of business, unless it is highly organized, which farming is not. Mr. Lowden is a very fine man and we usually have great regard for his judgment but we are of the opinion that he wrote this ’article without giving it enough careful thought. , It might be a good idea, but it is one of those things that will not work, Not for some time anyway. FEDERAL GRADFE WHY FAVOR WE have it on no less of an authority "than the Bean-Bag, a magazine devoted to the bean and pea industry, that federal grades for beans are winning favor among the trade. It reports that when federal grades and grading were first proposed a year ago the canners could not see it but this year they are boosters. Several western states have tried them and the advan» tages outweigh the disadvantages. Big buyers are beginning to think federal grades and they are going to demand them. So are the smaller buyers. Will Michigan deliver them? v COMING EVEN“ August 1—4, 1927.——Internatlonai chantry Lu. annual meeting, Michigan State eons-gs, nu: Loam M m 4, nut—Farmers" nu. mm sue 'ce/ It is true that they are supposed to be ' 3 i i i r i i mmmuyammmmmmummms dollarthmughchicunerye—O. W. Eisenmann,liom~oe County. L WWISSION MERCHAN'IB andinalargepercentoithecases Work" . his weight does not agree with the cause of considerable trouble. In a mission company. 400mm INSURANCE February 13th issue about no more yum—just and I was wondering if the policy $6.96”, plus nee Company. through the Chicago been. 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You are lending money on sound security, and receiving ample return. And you have this further advantage: The security for your loan can never be in ' N 0 one has ever had to sufier the slightest delay in payment of principal or interest due on securi- ties p m us. _ 6% 8c 6%% Normal Federal Income Tax Up to 155% and 2% Paid by Borrower Federal Bond 89’ __ Mortgage Company Federal Bond & Mortgage Building, Detroit, Mich. ALI .he Solvay-limed farm ‘ ismthe successful a r, r nemtenyeurtrlenisahentthetreeeerdee MIMWHIW~W£M m a I tea-mm... .....- an" 99% or Better Purity is 'Hardiest Alfalfa - i The results of experiments at Government Stationsjare “given below. Dr. C. A. Zavitz (head of the Experimen-' tal Dept. of the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege) describes the development of the gag- riety as follows: ‘ About seventeen years ago we discovered a. variegated alfalfa growl in Ontario, which was exceptionally hardg. his was a blend of alfalfas obtained over fty years ago from Lor- raine and from Baden, the latter being the original home of the Grimm. It has had the natural selection caused by our Ontario win- ters for upwards of fifty years. The winter of 1917~18 was probably the severest on record. It destroyed the tenderest plants in the fields of hardy alfalfa, leavin only the very best. We, therefore, have in ntnrio at the present time an alfalfa the seed of which is sure to create a big demand in both Canada and the Northern S ates, where an exceptionally hardy alfalfa is required. In an experiment conducted at the Ontario Agricultural College, extending over a period of ten years, the Ontario Variegated made the highest record of those hardy varieties which are grown more or less extensively in Ontario and in some of the Northern StateSr The ex- act average percentage of livin plants from the ten-year period was as fol OWS: Ontario Variegated, 66.9; Grimm, 66.0, and Baltic, 61.9. In an experiment started three years ago, in which there are seven plots of Ontario Varie- gated from five different sources and also seven plots of Grimm from live difierent sources, the average yield of hay per acre per annum for 1923 and 1924 was 4.6 tons for the Ontario Variegated and 4.4 tons for the Grimm. (Re- printed from Toronto Mail and Empire.) Replying to your alfalfa, would ter, our 821 y that we Kansas and tor-killing, A consnlemblc number of lots Argentina and South Africa, Cooy of letter from IOWA STATE COLLEGE, AMES, [OWA' ' enquii‘ just at hand regarding the (‘anadian \airiegated have had this variety in test through o_nly one \vm- first sccding having been made the 17th _of August, 192;). seeded in comparison with Grimm, Cpssuck. Utah, also with various imported lots. _ . came through the winter of 192526 in splendid shape With no apparent wm- pcrforming fully as well as the same conditions the Kansas common Dakota common about thirty—five percent. . ' rvpresentlng 1 u t Wllilter-killed ortie P conditions will be sue) 1a a arse amoun 0 . nually in Southern Canada and that steps will be taken to insure the genuine- ncss of seed supplied under this name. Very truly yours, _ . II. I). HUGHES, (‘hief Ill Farm Crops. This was Baltic and strains_from Dakota. The (‘nnadlan Variegated Cossack and Grimm. Under these wintenkilled fully fifty percent and the commercial importations from undred percent. We hope that this seed can be produced an- Insu're aenulneness by buying seed that is branded, tagged and sealed as shown. in illustration; also look for purple stam on 1_% of seed. from your local dealer, he either has stock or can easrly get it for you. CANADA SEED COMPANY, Limited TORONTO, CANADA “Carload Shippers to Wholesale Trade” Buy Pays well, because of the distinc- tive advantages the South affords farmers: such as Climate, permit ting outdoor workjevery month in the year; low-cost Living for farm~ era and their hired help, which makes farming all the more profit- able; Land on which varieties of crops can be abundantly grown; cheap and reliable farm Help. Add to these advantages those of good Neighbors, good Schools and good Roads» and happy is the farmer who lives in the South. 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KeystoneSteel threCo. 4317:! [I‘ll- inch, on. I BERRIEN ‘FRUIT GROWEBS HOLD LIVEle mm N spite of mild weather, ideal for farm work, a large turnout of fruit growers from several coun— ties attended the all day meeting of the Berrien County Horticultural Society at Ben- ruary 23. The meeting Opened with an ; address on grad— . ing laws by Mr. M. S. Fuller, 3. fruit inspector a n d practical grower. Mr. Full ler reviewed the various grade laws and gave it as his opinion that there is no pressing need for changes in any of the grades, with one notable exception. This exception is the No. 1 grape grade. Mr. Fuller, as well as many, other growers, inspectors, and saleSmen recognizes the weakness of this grade and the dangerous possibilities which lie in its unpopularity with so many growers. The speaker advo- cated a No. 1 grape grade which al- lowed 10 per cent tolerance for strageg bunches and 10 per cent tolerance for defects of various kinds. The color requirements, it was stated, should be held rather high and should be placed at 85 per cent or near that figure. Mr. Ful- ler’s suggestions, it was said, repres— ented a slight loosening of the pres- ent Michigan No. 1 but were still well above the requirements for the U. S. Federal grade. Mr. F. L. Granger, sales manager of the Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. described the immense increase which has taken place in commercial fruit production in recent years. After viewing the national fruit in- dustry from various angles Mr. Granger has come to the conclusion that Michigan enjoys a better posi- tion, both present and future than any other large fruit growing sec- tion in the United States. This does not mean, however, that the careless fruit grower can make money. Ef— ficiency in marketing and produc- tion, in other words, business fruit growing, is the price not only of success but of survival as well. Here are some of Mr. Granger’s high points. “Michigan urgently needs a complete orchard survey, showing what varieties are being grown, where they are located, the number of trees of each variety, etc.” “Mich- igan fruit growers suffer less loss from adverse Weather conditions than the growers of any other east— ern state." “Michigan suffers a higher loss from apple scab than any other state in the Union. This is preventable.” “Michigan orchards are not overplanted. Forced aban- donment of poor varieties will bal— ance a normal increase in planting.” “Grapes are heavily planted, but there is still a profit in grapes for the grower who can produce an average of 3 tons per ahre over a. 5 year period. Low average yield per acre means a loss.” Professor N. L. Partridge, of M. S. 0., announced the start of three pruning projects in Berrien County Herbert Natziger ‘ ton Harbor, Feb- and stressed the importance of qual- ity production when m a. r k e ti n g grapes in competition with other sec- tions. Correct pruning makes qual- ity, fertilizers make quantity per acre, and both are needed to make grape growing profitable, said Pro- fessor Partridge. In touching upon the grape grades the speaker stated that no change should be made in the Michigan grades which would lower them below the requirements of the U. S. Federal grades. ' Dr. K. L. Butterfleid, president of Michigan State College, in an in- teresting address told the growers that business farming is the greatest need of agriculture, that it will be increasingly important from now on and that cooperative marketing and other organized effort must go hand in hand with efiicient farm manage- ment. “The individual farmer is like a drop in the ocean when, work- ing alone, he throws his products at the market,” said Dr. Butterfield. At the close of the afternoon ses- sion Mr. H. J.- Lurkins conducted a question box, during the course of which the growers expressed a desire for local inspection for peach dis- eases and appointed a committee of six to confer with the growers at Paw Paw relative to needed changes in the grape grades. The activities of the day were pleasantly concluded .by a banquet given by the Agricultural Club of the Benton Harbor High School at which Dr. Butterfield addressed the assembly on the work of the College and its program of service to the farmer. ' BEAUTIFUL SPRINGTIME EAUTIFUL springtime, “Blue-birds and robins are its heralds, first in line. (An’ the dwindling silage pile is another sign). Beautiful springtime, Nature sheds it robe dons the green. (I shed my sheepskin and pull on blue jeans). of white and Beautiful springtime, Soft breezes carry blossom perfume by. (An’ blow the spray—dope in my eye). Beautiful springtime, Warm showers drip from nature’s brow. (An’ make it too durn wet to plow). Beautiful springtime, The wild-goose army, northward bound, begins to thin. Oh gosh, I wish them oats was in). That is how a farmer feels in the springtime. His enjoyment of the beauties of awakening nature is con- stantly interrupted by pressing con- siderations of a practical kind. ED McINTOSH SAYS: HIS here fruit variety business is like a movin’ picture; now you see it, now you don't. I’ve got a number of big old Duchess ap- ple trees on my place, and, speak- in’ of movin pictures, I guess this particular show ain’t gonna have no happy endin'! MEET THE sum) PorrA'ro nxrnn’r A’I‘ M. s. 0., FOLKS ROF. II. C. MOORE was born in the state of farm. Maryland and raised on large fruit and truck His early education was gained the same way as nwst farm boys and his last school- ing in the state of his birth was a year at West. em Maryland College, Westminisoer. he wont to Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y., graduating from that institution with a B. S. de- gree in 1915. He then had two years’ experience in Illinois and Minnesota in horticultural work. » During the summer of 1917 he decided Uncle Sam From there . needed his services so he signed up with the field H. 0. Moore ’ arflllery division. Since 1919 he has been with the Michigan State College as an extension special- ist in potato culture and is chief of the certification saviour—Editor. seed potato imp-{don and ( “x is ,1 saw as ‘ Afl‘. l.- «A V‘l-‘Fl—l-IKU'TI It“. A... 47*..- a..- __._. Afl‘. g‘ 43* ’ HERE seems to" be a wide differ- ence of ‘opiniori as to when to plant‘ the different garden crops. Each year we have an increasing number of people coming to our farm after tomato plants when they should be setting cabbage and call for cabbage when they should be set- ting tomatoes. If they were the ast observing them would notice that our cabbage is in the field and well along toward the heading stage be-n fore we set tomatoes. It simplifies matters if we divide the garden crops into three groups and following are the groups in order: v l—Frost proof or nearly so. 2——-Frost hardy. Plants of this group will stand a few degrees of frost. 3—Frost tender, those injured by temperatures below 32 degrees. Among the first group we find radish, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, onions, wrinkled varieties of peas and cauliflower. The last mentionel - crop is frost prodf it well “hardened off” previous to time of setting. The seed of these crops or the plants can be sown or planted in the open as soon as ground can be worked. They not only do better during the cool months but it gets that much of the work out of the way. In the second group are included beets, carrots, smooth seeded peas, turnips, parsley, kale, kohl rabi, and celery, which, while not as frost hardy as some of the crops of this group will stand several degrees of frost. The reason for placing the smooth and wrinkled peas in differ- ent groups is because of the ten- dency of the smooth peas failing to germinate readily in cold wet ground. This group should be planted somewhat later than those of the first group. The third or frost tender group will consist of beans, corn, peppers, egg plant and the vine crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. These should be planted to avoid their being up before danger of frost is past. In the case of toma- toes, peppers and other crops usually transplanted we usually plant in field about Decoration Day. This time will vary according to latitude and season. In case of corn it might be well to plant somewhat early as the ad- vantage of having it early justifies the small risk of losing it by frost. HARDENING 0F PL‘AN'TS GROYVN IN HOTBED ON’T fail to harden off plants by gradually reducing tempera- ture and withholding water be- fore shifting to cold frames or set~ ting in the open. This will tend to harden the plant tissues and elim- inate loss due to adverse weather conditions after setting. The latter part of March will not be too early to start hardening off- the cabbage, cauliflower and other frost hardy crops which will go to the field first. When well hardened these crops will stand 10 to 15 degrees be- low freezing without noticeable in- jury. The ideal way to harden them is to transplant them into the cold frames about March 20 leaving the tender crops in the hotbed. Where no cold frame is at hand they may be hardened in the hotbed if a di- vision board is installed in the hot- bed to prevent the cold air striking the tender plants which should not be hardened until about May 10 to 20, depending on latitude. But most important of all, don’t fail to raise a garden. Some farm- ers claim they can buy their garden stuff cheaper than they can fuss with argarden. But they usually neglect to buy it and consequently do not en- joy the season’s vegetables as they would if they were raised on the farm. CO-OPS GROWING CCORDING to the U. s. Division of Cooperative Marketing the cooperative marketing assOcia- tions in this country are not only gaining in numbers but are also rowing in sine. 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Have you tried it? t t t ' THE BUSINESS FARMER Mt. Clemens, Mich. Don‘t neglecta €010 Dangerous sickness often starts With a cold. Ward off your colds With Musterole be- fore pneumoma starts. Musterole is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. It has all the healing properties of the old-fas hioned mustard plaster without the blister. At the first sneeze take Musterole from the bathroom shelf and rub the ointment gently over congested spot. It penetrates the skin and goes right down to the seat of the trouble. Rheumatism, tonsillitis, lumbago, coughs and colds are all, symptoms that call for Mustcrole. To Mothers: Musterole is also made in milder form for babies and small chil- dren. Ask for Children’s Mustcrole. g The Musterole 00., Cleveland, Ohio Jars & Tubes "no . Motto : EAR girls and boys: What a great reception the announce- ment of our new club is getting! I did not realize how many there were who really wanted something like this or we would have started it IOng ago. That just shows that we can not tell what you really are in» terested in unless you write in about it. Memberships are coming in rapid- ly and to all of those who have never received buttons I am sending one. Also I have had our pledge printed on a gold card in blue ink and to each I send one card for them to hang up in their room or wherever they wish. The card is very attrac- tive and I know you will want to hang it up where you can see it daily. Not that you will need it to remind you about our motto or pledge, but it will show your friends that you belong to the Club. Votes on the candidates so far are pretty near even with no new candi- dates, but I will not be able to ac- tually tell who the successful ones' are until after March 12 which is the closing date. I will repeat the old saying, “May the best man win.” I do not know how any of you could find one better than the other, be— cause I think they are all best, that is all except Uncle Ned who is run- ning for secretary-treasurer and I haven’t a very good opinion of him. But if 'you think he is alright and he wins the election I promise not to protest. Soon as we get this election out of the way we will start some con— tests so be careful not to miss an issue of the paper. I am very anxious for all members to send in their date of birth for our membership book and hope they will not forget this when writing.— UNCLE NED. Our Boys and Girls Dear Uncle Nedz—We just started to take this wonderful M.‘ B. F. paper the first of January 1927 and we signed to take this paper for three years because we think this is the best paper. I am a girl thirteen years old, attend the district school and am in the 6th grade. I live on a farm, have medium complexion, dark hair and I am five feet and eight inches tall. We have eighty acres on our farm and two horses, Nat and Tony, ten cows, the names of them are Daisy, Nigger, Fatty, Penny, Brick, Cherry, Spotty, Rose, Snowball and Polly. We have twenty— two pigs, two hundred chickens and a cat. Her name is Pussy. ' We have quite a lot of cows to milk, don’t you think so? But I enjoy it very A BOOKWORM Lizzie Sich, R. 5, Elsie, is a regular book- worm. She writes, “This is 1, me and myself With my favorite book, history.” Apparently the girl shown is her. do you think? well anyway. I have to milk four of them every morning and night. I like to get up early in the morning and go outdoors in the fresh air and hear the roosters crow and then go into the barn and hear the cows say "moo" to me, and then after a while the great ball of red, Imean the sun, comes out of its resting place and I hear the sparrows chirp merrily on the bare branches. Then I take my pail, and take a little stool and place it beside the cow on the right side and then start milking. Don’t you think it is fun? Well, well, my Chatterbox is getting louder and louder, I mean that my letter is getting longer. —--Laura Lesesky, Route 1, Breckenridge, Michigan. _ -——Well Laura, you make milking a. real ‘ tion interesting job with your desert ‘ mus, b a , ' ‘ " , I my. YOUR BEST Colors: BLUE AND GOLD What Your want-to-be niece. ~ Dear Uncle Ned:—-—I have wanted to join the Merry Circle for a long while. but couldn’t make up my mind, We have taken the M. B. F. for several years and like it very much. All the rest of the cousins describe themselves so I will. I am five feet, one inch tall, have blue eyes and brown hair. I am twelve years old and in the seventh grade at school. For pets I have a Shep- herd dog, three cats and twoducks. I live on a large farm. There are two lakes on the farm which are called “Twin Sisters”. to us on one of the lakes. We started down the hill to the lake followed by a. pet lamb, a fox terrier dog, We got in the boat and and my kitten. GOOD SCHOOL RECORDS Here are two brothers who can be proud of their school attendance records. Clar- ence Welsh, standing at the left. lives near Brant in Saginaw county, and he has at- tended school flve terms without missing a day. He is 8 years old. His brother John, standing on the right, is two years older and has attended school for five yea-rs without missing one day. John is in the sixth Krade. started acress the lake and got about half way across when we heard a “Baa” and looking around saw that pet lamb swimming toward us. My father thought the lamb would drown, so he turned the boat around and went to meet the lamb, He managed to pull him into the boat which almost tipped over. He gave the lamb to my mother and told her to hold him. She did and my father rowed to shore and we didn’t want any more rid- ing that day. I could tell you a lot more adventures but have taken up too much room now. How can I get a button? If I see this letter in print I may write more. Your niece—Margaret Bell, R3, Columbiaville, Michigan. —Oh do tell us about some more of your adventures. Perhaps your name should have been. Mary, because your lamb wants to follow you every place you go. Tell us more about your adventures and we will send you a button. Is that a bar. gain? Dear Uncle “Ned‘1—I wish to thank you for the jack knife that I received last Saturday. Am very pleased with it. That is just what I needed. That is a very nice prize. The boys are all going to watch for the next contest. Will try and write you a letter soon. I go to school every day and my time is taken up with my studies, so will close nd hope that some of the other boy readers will have the good luck that I did—Byron Lee, Stanton, Mich., R. 1. -—Glad you liked the knife Byron. I know when I was a. boy I could always find use for a new jack knife. Fact was, I need a new one about every week be- cause I lost so many. My dad used to say that if jack knives grew like corn we would certainly have a big crop on our farm. I’m going to give more of them away so you tell the boys to keep their eyes open. Dear Uncle Nedz—I received your let- ter} today and thought I would try again. One year on the last day of school all of the pupils went to Potters Park at Lana sing to spend the day. It was about 11:30 when we got there so we had dlnu ner. After dinner we went to ‘see the sights. First we went to see the animals and then the birds. Then we found the slides and swings. After we had played a while it was time to go home. I hated to leave but I hope to go back some day. From your friend—Henry Budd, Stock-s bridge, Michigan. ‘ ——I too have bee; to Potter’ Park. It I will tell you what happened] - signal, each first couple walks to the ‘ of the American clipper ship “Sovereign l " and full-sized plans of each part, with muggy dand rigging aTi givon to scale. e . "h “Ht " dudeweigh 80. of tall? I in: light complex- ionéd (but I’m‘tanned in summer). I [have light hair, my hair is bobbed. I have three brothers and one sister. I'm in the 6th grade at school. My teacher’s name is Miss Lounsberry. We have only ten children in our school. I have never been tardy or absent. I took music les=_ sons last summer. I live with my grand- ma and grandpa. I live on an eighty- acre farm. We have a dog named Collie, and a eat. We are going to have the county's test next Thursday and Friday. If I pass I will be in the 7th grade next year. I can knit and crochet a little. I like to work fancy work. I have a pillow‘ cover already worked and a towel. Now I have a dresser cover and a pillow cover. I have Jots of nice things in my trunk. I have a large quilt and I'm makmg a little one now. I guess I will close. Your want-to-be niece.‘—Miss Leona If you can guess what my last name is I’ll give you something. My last name is the same as one of our last Presidents. It starts with “H”. My address is Route 5, Santlusky, Michigan. Please put a board over the waste paper basket so he can’t get any- thing to eat. Please put my letter In print, Uncle Ned. —I’ll bet I can guess your last name. It is Harding. Am I right? ' , n’ Dm‘r coST I MUCH To KEEP Heugrnry LAY Tim :3 THE HEN ww :st PAtzE m um! \ ILLUSTRATED JOKE We have Fred Connor, of Turin, to thank for this fine illustrated joke. Fred is quite an artist, isn’t he? Maybe, some day he will become famous. A Game to Play RACES BY COUPLES IX or eight couples are placed in groups of two couples each, one couple standing behind the other, the entire group about 20 feet from a goal line. The girls take their partner’s arms and retain pos- session throughout the race. At a goal line, carrying out directions given by the hostess before each event of the relay; then hurries back and touches off the second couple. 1. Each man carries a glass of water in his free hand. At the goal he hands it to the girl, who must drink it before both partners, with arms still linked, can. rush back to the starting point. Then the next couple starts and does the same thing. ‘ 2. Each man has a cracker. At the goal he gives it to the girl, who must eat it, and is not allowed to start back until she can whistle. 3. At the goal line the man sings up the scale and waits for the girl to-sing down before they can go back. 4. While they are hurrying to the goal line, the leader may blow her whistle at any time, which is the signal for them to turn completely around once, and then continue their course. Because their arms are locked and because they always have difierent ideas about the right way to turn, complications arise. Good fences make a big difference in the size of acres measured in profits. The biggest acres in profits always belong to the farmer who rotates crops and raises hogs, cows and chickens. More acres simply mean mere taxes, but bigger acres through modern farming keeps dewn taxes, saves hired labor, increases profits and adds to the fertility of the soil. See your dealer now for those fences you need to make your farm yield larger profits. Sunlight mean bigger acres and larger farm profits because they provide the first essential to modern, diversified, profit- able farming, which is hog-tight en- closures. They are made of special formula steel and Super-Zinced against rust by an extra heavy coating of zinc so closely bonded to the steel that it will not crack or peel. They enable you to have complete control over crops and live stock, and to operate your farm with the utmost economy and profit. .AI...‘ ‘ k A "Pittsburgh Perfecfénd Colii’fiibia Fences Super-Zinced Fences meet every re- quirement for field, poultry, garden and lawn enclosures and are guaranteed unexcelled in quality and durability. For the same high standard of quality insist also upon our brands of barbed wire, gates, steel posts and wire nails. Be sure to send for your copy of our new vest pocket booklet “Farm Rec- ords” which will be mailed free, to- gether with Super-Zinced Fence Cata- logue and name of nearest Super-Zinced Fence dealer. WWWWT FREE 4 Send coupon or Postal card for these valuable books. N o obligation. _t_ .L, LAAAAA -AJI “h Pittsburgh Steel Co. 710 Union Trust Building Pittsburgh, Pa. Gentlemen: Please send me FREE, your new booklet “Faun Records". also Super-Zinced Fence Catalogue. -IL-—J-‘I—— Name Address H r3 i l! l ll llfin.‘ Ll’l' est Colds Need Direct Treatment )1 IT IS an obsti- nate cold indeed V ,— that can, resist the direct, double action of Vicks. Rubbed on the chest, it acts two ways at once: (1) Direct to air passages with its healing vapors released by body heat; (2) Like a poultice, it “draws out” the soreness. \ggcns A P O R U B OVER SIM/womer 0:50 Yam OUR BQQK REXIEW (Books reviewed under this heading may be secured through The Michigan .Business rmer. and w111 be promptly-shipped by pfizrttéeilfost on receipt of publisher’s price 3 . How to Make a Clipper Ship.—By Capt. E. Armitage MoCann. This book explains how any handy person can make a model ‘ of the Seas”——-Donald McKay’s most’ beau- tiful Vessel. There are ample descriptions §.Norman W. Henley. Pub- - w Pk B. ' r ‘. ~ a reg, $2.50. rue. nuslusss an": n. FORD OWNERS--- engravings and plates. Price $2.00 The. Book Review Here is a complete reference book on the \_ Universal Car, Truck and Tractor. Contains 4 9 5 pages .. TE‘HARBKELT Alligator Steel Belt Lacing gives ex- tremely long service. The tight Alligator grip of steel protects the belt ends where trouble usually starts. Quick and easy to put on, too. Use the two sections of binge pin. Follow directions. Recom- mended by agricultural schools, manu— facturers of farm machinery and belting and by millions of farmers. Your regular dealer has the size you need in stock. With 1 8 8 detailed hit. Clemons. Mlch. ASK US first class mail. LEGAL EDITOR, THE BUSINESS FABMER, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Address your letter, ' If you have any questions regarding legal matters that you want answered Just write in to the Legal Editor and he will reply by ' Wad..-“ . gy— “this .Ofou'lh, so hurt by one continuous strain 0! human discontent and grief snd pain. not filth. The world is better or! Without your uttered ignorance and mor- bid doubt. . If you have faith in God or man or self Say so; if not, push back upon the shelf 0! silence all your thoughts till faith shall come. No one will grieve because your lips are dumb. Talk health. The tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You can not charm or interest or please, By happiness on that minor chord—— disease. Say you are well; or all is well with you. God will hear your words and make them 15. dreary, never ending OMIT TURN-UP HATS WITH TURN-UP NOSES F your nose turns up, don't wear a hat with trimming that does _ likewise. A person with 3. turned— np nose looks best with a brim which comes down slightly over the face. Hats can be chosen to emphasize good points and to make defects less conspicuous. A weak chin is more noticeable when the hat is heavily- trimmed in front but if most of the trmming is at the back the chin seems more normal. A slight alteration of the lines of an unbecoming hat might make it suitable both to the face and to the figure. Long diagonal lines in the brim to increase the apparent height of a short stout woman and a brim turned up in front a little to make I. short thin person seem taller are suggested. For those who wear glasses, a hat with a brim to shade the eyes is most becoming. The shape 9f the face, the hair. the lines in the face and the shape of the head all need to be consid— ered in choosing a hat. Another 'point is to make the selection in front of a full length mirror. A hat which may look well as seen in a. small mirror has a different effect when the whole figure is seen. Other points in becoming—ness are ‘given: A V’shaped neckline makes a round face seem longer and thinner. A but with a drooping brim and side trimmings makes the neck seem shorter and the face seem wider; an upturned brim and center trim— ming seems to increase vertical length and continues the effect of the V—neckline. VARIATION MAKES MEAL INTERESTING ARIATION in the forms of food served make meals more ap- petizing. It is better to serve cream chicken with potato cro- quettes, or fried chicken with escal- loped potatoes, than to serve «creamed or partly liquid foods in the same course. It is better to have but one food cut in the form of ‘cubcs, as chicken a la king, than to serve a vegetable cut in the same way. The same applies to mashed. NYS HELP CHILDREN TO GOOD DEVELOPMENT OYS should help develop chil- dren both physically and men— tally as Well as entertain and amuse them: stutcs Margaret Wylie of the New York State College of home economics at Ithaca, N. Y. f‘Good toys are those which are safe, durable, and adaptable to different kinds of play. They need not be ex- pensive. ‘Contrary to general opinion, large toys are best for small children be- cause the child's large muscles de- velop first. Large, light-weight blocks of bussw00d or soft pine may be pushed or pulled or carried about by the young child. It little tots have crayons they should be the large marking type that are nearly as large around us a spool. Beads to string should also be large, with large holes. A shoe lace is conven- ,, ient for stringing large beads or , spools. “Toys that require muscular elort .Hdevelop athe child physically. A egos or something which he can push or pull. and which he osn load aid unload, or a tricycle are good . ical rs. ‘ Children like things that make a ,L’for" the places that “are And talk of them, to greet the weary our MW...— It is not a the knowledge already available. from the housekeeper’s burden. helps to make happiness, riches, and better homes may 'be had for little more than the asking. 12W. spasm. ‘ § Wham,;mmrsrms EAR FOLKS: It is animated that if man applies what he knows about preventive medicine and better living, within ten or fifteen years he could add the or six years to the average age. matter of finding new methods of prolont life or of making startling discoveries about what one should eat or wear or where one should live; it is dmply the use of common sense plus better bodies and keep them in better working order. mankind pay as much attention to his own rations as the farmer does tethemtions forhisdsh-ycoworpig? Certaintypes‘otclothing mean better health; yet badly-shaped shoes are bow every dsy. Houses arranged to be more convenleut’fsko hours of wearing toil fm, Adar-en letters: Mn. Annls Taylor. are The Iuslnsu Farmer, Mt. Clemens. Michigan. 1 The ridzt kinds of food will build But does Much of the information which noise, and well-chosen musical toys are desirable. A rubber ball helps to teach a child rhythm; spools to clap together may be used for the same purpose. Picture books devel- Op 3. sense of color; and objects of various textures, such as rag dolls, hard blocks, and other things, rough and smooth, help to develop the sense of touch. “Dolls, dishes, and other toys for make-believe play should be usable and workable, not poor imitations, such as painted tin dishes which cannot be used because the paint comes ed on the food. WASH we,me W6 QUICKLY OOLEN clothes should not be Dre-soaked’ and shOuld be Washed ad‘qulckly as possible. Wash them in luke-warm, not hot, water, as heat makes the wool fibres shrink. Make a good suds before the clothing is put into the water and squeeze this sudsy water through the clothes. Avoid rubbing or twisting the garments. Rinse in lukewarm water. WAX THE KITCHEN LINOLEUM COATING of wax on the kitchen linoleum makes it easier to clean, makes it wear better and gives it a rich luster. Scrubbing is seldom necessary if the floor is gone over daily with a dust mop. Foot—- prints and stains may be removed with a. damp cloth. Where Wear is constant, renew the wax when it looks badly. NEW FEET ON OLD LEGS 0 help others I will tell how I put new feet on legs of old socks. We buy a good grade to begin with. When the feet are past darn- ing, cut them off and rave] out a couple of inches of the leg; take up the stitches on three needles, and when knitting the first round, nar— row every 5 stitches, till you have 18 stitches on each needle. making 54 stitches all together. Then knit 2 inches on the leg with the new yarn, before starting the heel. When knit— ting the heel take a spool of coarse ecru crochet cotton and knit right along the wool. This makes it Wear much longer, and when the wool wears out you have a network of the cotton as a fundation to darn on. Knit the foot of the wool. When within 2 inches of narrowing the toe, put the cotton in again and continue till finished. The reason for nar- rowing when knitting the first round is that our knitting yarn is so. much coarser than that used in store socks—Mrs. H., Nor’West Farmer. g J Personal Column L x "‘ h mm“ Windmill Quilt Block Pattern—Here is u. very pretty quilt block and one that is easily made as there are eight pieces all of the samg sh pe and size. I will gladly loan the big ‘I have to any who Wishes it so that they can cut a pattern mumunxmmmwretmodat WINILL once so as to take care of the numerous requests as quickly as possible. Many have expressed interest in the other blocks I have published Ind I am loaning them to each of the ones requesting them. lSend in your favorite—Mrs. Annie Tay- or. Using Smoked Bulb—Recently we pub- a letter from a subscriber asking for advise on the use of smoked salt for curing meat, and in the last issue we pub- lished some of the letters we received. Below are others that have come to hand: Saves “'ork and Timc.——-We have used smoked salt for curing hams and should- ers and like it very much. It saves a great deal of work and time. Directions for using are on the packageHMrs. R. Kent City, Mich. “Great”.——I noticed the inquiry regard- ing smoked salt. To my notion it is great. Can get my meat taken care of in a jiffy. No trouble, no smokehouse, no bother. Ilave used it for three years—A H., Traverse City, Mich. Used It On All Mesh—Will say to M11. Pointers on Raising the Gladiolus 0 get a little more pleasure out T of your home life try planting more flowers. The gladiolus bulbs should be planted first about April 15th and from then until the 15th of June in any good garden soil from two to four inches deep, larger bulbs deeper than the smaller ones. After bulbs are planted a top dressing of well pulverized sheep manure is good and again when flower buds appear for nice flowers. Can use bone meal instead of pul- verised sheep manure if more con- venient. Select your bulbs from good growers lists. Not all h h priced kinds are best. Some of t e cheaper 6... are often better than some of the high priced ones. Then it is not necessary to buy the larg- est size bulbs but what some growers list half size at one—half the 'pl'lCl or two bulbs at the price of one. They also list them in different sizes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. I have planted lots of sizes 5 and 6 that flowered the first year ‘but the spike and flower were not so large the first year.. I like sizes 2, 3, and 4 better unless prices are too high. If you have large bulbs they may be cut in two if they are cut with an eye at the top and part or the root at the botom. Sometimes large bulbs can be cut in three or four pieces. but each piece must have part of bottom root. This is done by growers to renew the old bulb and _ ‘ stock. . I like them better when I can cut from five to more of a kind for out flowers-7A. W. , ., asst prom-tr” law to- > i m! ‘ u.i‘fll:‘ . has the best i 3., Battle Creek. Mich. Second Fiddle Wanted.—I would like very. much to get the poem, "The Second Fiddle”, and a song in which the chorus starts out, “My name is Charles Geteau. The name I never deny; I leave my aged parents, In sorrow for to die.” I hope some of the readers can supply these. Thanking you in advance, I arm—Miss L. St. Johns, Mich. Tulips.—-I bought .a dozen or so tulip bulbs late last fall. intending to plant them on a grave but could”not get away so I have them yet. Could you tell me if and how I could manage to get them rooted so I could transplant them this spring?——D. E. P.. Cadillac, Mich. -—If the tulip bulbs have not sprouted and are,solid. they may be planted in pots and are kept in a cool cellar until it is time to set out. It is only by means of a cold atmosphere that the growth may be held back sufficiently to prevent their blooming long before the weather permits of outdoor planting.—-—A1ex Laurie. Charge of Floriculture, M. S. C. Can You Assist?——I would like the song. “Oh, Spare My Mother’s Picture From the Sale," also "The Ship That Never Be- turned."——Mrs. M., North Adams, Mich. Three Songs—I am sending in the words to two of the songs requested and in return would like “A Boy’s Best Friend is His Mother” and “The Miner's Child" and "Cast Out on the Cold Stroetsddes‘ Poor Little Joe.”-—Miss H., Marion, Mich. Got This Song?——I would like very much to have the song “Tittle Tattle Tale” words and music. The chorus starts out "Tittle tattle, tattle tale, shame on you.” Mrs. Carl 8., Hart. Michigan. ‘ Other Songs WQQthI—Wmfld like flu songs "Lassie Glanshay,!f ' Fa.va i W HEAR DEM BELLS We go to church in do early mom. When do birds am a—slnging in de trees. Sometimes dese clothes am berry much worn,‘ But we wears dem out at de knees: ’At night when do moon am shining bright An' do clouds hob Md away. Do bells keep a—ringing for the Gospel fight Dat will last till do Judgment Day. Chorus—— Hear dem bells, don't you hear dem bells? Dey’s ringing out do glory of do Lamb. Hear dem bells, don’t you hear dem bells, Dey’s ringing out do glory of de Imh. De church am old and de benches worn. De Bible am a—gittm' hard to mad. But do Spirit am dere, as sure as yo’r born, ' Which is all do comfort we need. We sing and shout wid all our might To keep away de cold. Demubfills keep a-ringing out do Gospd g t Till de story of de Lamb am told. All day we work in do cotton an' do con Wid feet an' hands so sore; A-prayin’ for Gabriel to blow his horn So We don’t have to work no more. I hear dem charits a-comin’ dis way. An’ I know dey’s comin’ for me, So ring dem bells till de Judgment Day ‘ In de Land dat I’se gwine for to see. ; For the Movie Fan W“ The Potters.—I have seen several pio- turcs in which W. C. Fields. former Fol- lies star comedian, has been featured and they have been funny in a way but this is the first one I have really thought good enough to recommend to my readers. and this is extremely funny. Pa Potter has a great opinion of himself and his busi- ness ability, but no one else agrees with him. After 20 years of married life the Potters have saved $4,000 and then a salesman comes along and talks him into investing it in a doubtful oil well. Ma Potter finds out about it and makes life miserable for him until he starts back to try to force the salesman to refund his money, but he gets on the wrong train, and the result is that he returns to his work the next day very much down- hearted. In the meantime a gusher is reported on the property and the sales- man is anxious to buy back the leases at almost any price. Pa Potter’s boss being a crook promises to help get the leases. and finally otters Pa a bonus. claiming that he is afraid that Pa might lose everything he has invested, there be- m; such a chance in the oil game. Re— turning home Pa Potter looms that oil has been reported found on the property .nd mrybody is much discouraged until it/ is loomed thst Po. had forgotten one extra lease on another piece of pm which the solemn had thrown in to: medications. sod upon Mu; it is round that the well MI W at a . aha. : ' amalgam tasted—lure; : ' H in th Meadéyfie —-1 who: ‘4 ouse e . ." , Michigan. ‘ 'p ‘ "' ' I m. ,,.., - . Wham—1.... new». 4. ._..nm~ We; MAMMfls. W. . s. . . . MANSOJI’)..." .. mm we“. l i - 4f you drew m. w". ’ ‘ , When ‘a. Week-End Begins and Ends.— The "week—end," in the United States, may begin either on‘Friday, at tea-time, or. on Saturday, at luncheon. And every guest: at a week—end house-party should 'know that he 'is expected to conform to the unwritten, but strictly observed law which requires him to leave before lunch— eon the following Monday. Very intimate friends among the guests you expect to entertain may be invited by telephone (the word of mouth may be confirmed by a brief note), but, in general, it is best to send a written invitation. The writ- ten invitation and a ceptance have the advantage of being a actual record to which a hostess can refer. 0.11"? bred! The Runner’s Bible _J And one of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, andcknowmg that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? Jesus answered, The first is, Hear 0 Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord 15 one: and thou shalt love the Lord "thy God from all thy heart, and from all thy soul, and from all thy mind, and from all thy strength. The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, Of a. truth. Teacher, thou has well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: and to love him with all thy heart, and with all thy understanding, and with all thy strength, and‘to love his neighbor as himself is much more than whole burnt offerings and sacrifices—Mark 12: 28-33. (E. R. V.) Recipes English Plum Pudding—I saw a request for English Plum Pudding in THE BUSI- Wans FARMER. I have a few recipes ' given me by an old English lady when I was a girl, so I am sending them along. I enjoy THE BUSINESS FARMER very much especially the Farm Home depart- ment. I always praise the paper when I have a chance. I have some more good recipes I will send if you want them. 13‘» "-1: a" r ....,..._..;rum Fudmngv—(N’o. IJ—l‘l 'lb. of flour, 1 lb. of suet, I lb. of raisins, 4 eggs. 1 lb. of bread crumbs, 3:4 db. of sugar, 1 nutmeg. English Plum Pudding (No. 2.)—1 lb. of suet chopped fine, 1 lb. of sugar, 1 lb. of grated bread crumbs, 1 lb. raisins, 2 lbs. of currants, 2 .teaspoonsful nutmeg, 1 teaspoonful ground cloves, pinch of salt, 1 pt. of milk. Beat together well and steam 5 hours. Serve with sauce. Suet Pudding.—1 cup of molasses, 1 cup of raisins, 1 cup of suet, 1 cup of sweet milk, 31/2 cups of flour. 1 teaspoon of soda,“ pinch of salt. Boil three hours and serve with sauce. Fruit Cake.—3 cups of brown sugar, 1 cup of molasses, 1,4,) cup of butter, 1 cup of sour cream, 4 eggs, 2 teaspoons of soda, 1 cup of raisins chopped fine. Dredge with flour, season to taste. Cocoa Cake—1V2 cups of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of cocoa, 2 level teaspoonfuls of soda, 1 rounding. teaspoonful baking powder in the flour. Fine seasoned with maple flavor. For spice cake omit the cocoa, and season to taste with spices. This makes three large layers. I just use white sugar sometimes instead of brown—Mrs. B., Perrinton, Mich. Deep Dish Apple Pie—This is made in a. shallow dish with no under crust. But- ter the baking dish, place an inverted cup in the center of the dish, and pack sliced apples closely around it. Sprinkle with 1%, 0. sugar, bits of butter, cinnamon or nutmeg. If the apples are dry add 2 or 3 tbsp. of water. Put on a top crust made of plain pastry. Do not slit top. Bake in a moderately hot oven until the apples are tender and crust is brown. Serve hot. The inverted cup prevents the crusit from becoming soggy, Escalloped Apples.-——Add to 1 pint of apple sauce enough sugar to make it quite sweet, add a,little nutmeg and 1 tsp. of grated lemon or orange peel. But- ter a baking dish and add a layer of stale cake or cookie crumbs, cover with a layer of apple sauce, then crumbs, more apple sauce and crumbs, over the top. Sprinkle the top with a little sugar. Bake in a moderate oven until the crumbs are brown. Serve with cream. Chocolate Custard—3 cups milk, 1/2 cup cocoa; 4 egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, 34, tea- spoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Add a little cold milk to the cocoa, sugar and salt and mix to a smooth paste. Add to the rest ,of the milk, scalded. Beat yolks slightly. Pour the milk mixture onto the eggs slowly. Add flavoring. Put into custard cups and place in a pan of water. 1.,Bake according 'to directions. Beat the , .eg'g‘whites stiff. Add three tablespoons ‘ of pgw'der'ed suga spread dyer 9. pp of custards. 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Penney Company Department Stores serv- ing farm families from coast to coast, it is obvious why the tremendous Co-operative Purchasing Power of this Organization can secure quality goods at savings which run into millions of dollars a year. If you have visited the J. C. Penney Company Store nearest your home—if you have enjoyed the pleasures of Personal Selection—if you have examined quality, studied styljs and compared Value§—, you must realize that the great savings effected by our Co-operative Buying Power are passed on\ to YOU! ~ Since 1902, when the first J. C. Penney Company Store was opened, savings from intelligent buying have always been reflected in our} low prices. Today, in our 25th year, this world’s greatest chain of department stores is a monument to clear-thinking Americans who appreciate our purposeful effort to lessen shopping burdens for the farm family and to supply real Value for every shopping dollar.’ .4 M4 T/ON- WIDE lNSflTUT/O/V- JCPENNE C a. few‘ drops vanilla, . SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSISTI Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are «not getting the genuine Bayer ASpirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years. | DOES Nor AFFECT THE HEART ’ /. q { ' 9g “sentineld'estertfot‘ Salicylwgeid Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. L Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets 4130‘ battle; of 2.4. and 100~Druggistm . Business 1? me . , “Rt-019mg”,- .. I Colds DO [/1(.' ZIfIIIOJf—Z‘OfiZg/JZ‘ A cold calls for quick help. Stop it ‘ at once. Open the bowels, check the fever, tone the system. HILL’S is the best way known. It is so efficient that we paid $1,000,— 000 for it. 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' is thus clued you free. my ‘42s second man. I found a treatment that cured me com- . pieter and such a pitiful condition has it to a number who were terribly ducted; leven , some of them seventy to eighty years old. and the results were the same I want every snflerer from any form of muscular and sub-acute (swelling at the joinh) rheumatism, to try the great value “Home Treatment" manufncturers—makers Since 188‘) direct; I‘ Guaranteed by the Pioneer Cincinnati Washer . o Well-known and time-tried BOSS Washers. if your dealer does not have them, we Will ship Better Prices “Dandelion Butter Coior’; gives Golden June Shade which Brings Top Prices Before churning add one-half teaspoonful to each gallon of cream and out of your churn comes butter of Golden June shade. “Dandelion Butter Color” is purely vegetable, harmless, and meets all State and Na- tional food laws. Used for years by all large creameries. Doesn’t color buttermilk. Absolutely tasteless. 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' “It: ' ears 0 O m . » . for Your Butter that Au.— material. edze is 1 ‘53 be attractive in the new prints, dimity, size will require 1%, together ‘with 95 inches Wid 5724. new bloused eifect, for combinations of. materials, kin . :12 and 44 illustrated in Will require 3% yards of tone] and ' wide. _ With plaits extended is 1% 573B. 12 and 14 years. ‘ _ yards of 32 inch material With 96 mg material for racing; on collar the string girdle. . inches wide for iscmg on the vestee 5 Led! ' 36, 38:40, 42, 44 A 38 ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH... Order "pm this or tumor issues U The luolnm I , also up... 1 ‘ name: i“? ' . I you not“: something to citation”. we will grim it FREE under this heading providln : Irst—It d s a bonlfl e d——lt will You are a paid-u agar-{nor em: etteo a r on nos 0 rovo m.” “a? . sin 2: " mi.“ i" W ev as we ave roe . no. sum: runes. Editor. . m “or—«Gladiolus bulbs for large flower- gloannas. ers. E. F. Kafer, Morenci, R. 3. Michigan. 141. Gladiolus bulbs for dahlias or poeniee. Mrs. Geo. V. Fast, R. 1, Honor, Michigan. AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING (Be Sure to State Size) 5132. Frock for Tiny Tot.—This .style will bntiste or China silk. Sizes: 1, 3 4 and 5 years. A 2 year yard of 27 inch material yard of contrasting mtacrial 14 e. Pleasing Dress,——This model and iichu collar. Attractive as well as in one features F1 iii Delight Your Home Folks Order a sack of C E R E S O T A from” your grocer. There is no sub- stitute for good flour. It’s real economy to use Ccrcsota. Goes farther and makes attern cut in 6 Sizes: 34, 36, 38 inches bust measure. the large . To make_ as View, for a 38 inch Size, . plaid or. checked ma- ,yards of plain material 32 inches The Width of the dress at the lower edge yard. -9 ~91. Q—oo-o‘. 5735 E13 Glrls' Dress.—Cut in _4 Sizes: 8, 10. A 10 year Size requires 2% yar of n s, and of material 6 _ Sizes: 34, and 46 inches bust measure. inch size requires %' yards of 54 inch The dwidth of the dress at the loWer yar . also $5 yard Drm.—Cut in 7 2 FOR 25c POSTPAID soosoo re course no sun-En ionnnsmou sooK ‘ / / armor. ivl . - “alarm Address allied-star patterns to better bread. The Prize Bread and Pastry Flour of the World— P u r c , Whole- some a n d Not Bleached. Manufactured Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company ancspolis' ' . Him. C 0 hag—aw. % «HI. . o=§§21§ s W: "‘ gag-fight a. 375m lEogi‘ic g ""2 a E) nut: Ho go .9: ad Hg“ 4512.55 g 55%;“! 5:? go ' 523%??? “$35 ‘ ISO . “i it??? 33273-55 .2 fi ts'fiég final .1 up...“ 21:: in U; 3.3. J. zSgsd to. ”‘ mhfiwcgdo IS§§ «moi‘z’h'é’ 4“” Octal? a“ o gulls» Mg 52.9,» o 08 m H uu ‘ O .33 c6 who H "2:223:33? s .5 §9833”°§ 5 . \ .“/ ‘2 ‘. gestalt“; IE . Q'mgfihsfi g ‘ ii: 1; -4... -m... wer” --. .. ducts available for stock and quite 'young elm trees Were loaded on a 'stone boat and reset just a few \ y We. can. al- ways besafely made of general con- dltiOns. The .mral "statement however may he that aside from special products these lands are grossly over valued and sometimes. worthless. Marsh hay in in pioneer days would carry stock through the winter. Yet animals greatly prefer straw where and when available. The observation is the assumed value of Swamp pastures, when the same grass if matured into hay is practically without value. Leafy, timothy hay grown on reclaimed land and perfectly cured is rejected by horses- and only eaten as a last resort. A bale of swamp grown timothy bay of equal bulk as com- pared to upland grown is much lighter in Weight. Swamp pastures furnish much less of bone making material and depraved appetities 6i cattle seeking bones to chew on are predominant of such lands. No swamp pasture ought to be without an adequate supply of mineral pro- trw ouqu as essential as salt. There is con— siderable evidence of reproduction difliculties with cattle on swamp pastures such as abortion and fail- ure to “clean” at time calves are born. A few crops of roots or cereals seem to exhaust the available phos— phorus and potassium and produc— tion. is diminished in quality and quantity. A crop of corn allowed to stand in shocks soon shows signs of deterioration and decay when grown on swamp soils, and often the ears are unfilled with grain. Po- tatoes grown on these soils are dis— tinctly inferior in quality, while sugar beets grow large tops, 21 gréat mass of fibrous roots and are lack- ing in sugar content. Swamp lands are largely in the marginal class and with low prices of farm products, should be assessed at a much lower rate than fertile uplands, there being exceptions to this rule always. Many swamp lands and especially the small swampy “sags” would be more val— uable if planted to adopted timber than if cultivated or pastured. There should be legislative provision made for legal determination of these areas and segregated from fertile uplands with provision made for re— forestation and exemption from tax— ation. ‘ These areas would be excellent places for game refuge and restora- tion of wild life. Reforestation and pasturage are not possible and the opinion and observations 11 o t e (1 above are that the pasture return is overvalued. There are so many small swamps in the hardwood area of Michigan susceptible of local re- forestation and to a large extent without planting but merely to fence against live stock that it offers one of the quickest and least expensive plans for conservation possible. The rapid ’growing trees like the elm, black ash, and soft maple will grow in the drained, or practically drained areas, formerly too wet for these moisture loving trees. I have seen a growth,.of 140 elms on less than one-eighth of an acre, grow tall and erect within the last 20 years on reclaimed tamarack swamp land. These trees will aver- age 8 inches in diameter. One has but to go'into an unpas- tured upland forest to see the myri- ads of elms in all stages of growth; transplanting these trees costs prac- tically nothing. Many years ago I had an old fence row cleaned up and when plowed inches apart in a furrow along the edge of low ground. Today there is a solid hedge of elms which should be cut out in part to allow tree growth. As it is no animal could get through this elm hedge. Elm trees in swamp land make ex- cellent line fence posts and are set as cheaply as posts. Conservation and wild life are” problems of the lower. part of the lower peninsula quite as much as in the former pine areas and the actual accomplishment m h easier and quickerythan else- w; are. The plan needs oflicial sanc- t The European ,Com Borer is a plowing problem. Experts agree that clean plowing is the solution. They recommend the following method of control: lat. Start in the center of field and plow outward with OLIVER CORN BORER PLOW before May 1, covering all stalks and debris. .. 2nd. When all the field is plowed except the out- side 12 or 14 rows of stalks, remove mouldboard and lift the stalks by plowing about two inches deep on the row. 3rd. Rake stalks over onto plowed ground. 4&1?! Replace mouldboard and finish plowing the fie . 5th. .When stalks are dry enough to burn completely destroy them by fire—Stalks must be destroyed before May 1. Get in touch with your Oliver dealer immediately. Have him demonstrate the OLIVER CORN BORER SULKY OR TRACTOR PLOW in your fields. You have to plow anyway . . . it is just as easy to protect your crop while you are doing it. Write for our latest literature on the control of the European Corn Borer. OLIVER CHILLED PLOW WORKS SOUTH BEND. 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WWW“ In 1.1—!) a .r f, ‘ 4 “cg ' I 0y: Allow—Farmers busy finishing husk- ing corn, drawing manure, cutting wood and attending sales. Bad weather on wheat meadows, although there are not many new meadows here on high land, alfalfa excepted. Silage does not seem as good this winter as usual. Some farmers trying to get to city and some city dwellers coming on farms. About as many farmers as last year. Quotations at Wayland: Milk, $2.35; eggs, 23o dos. —.L. G. E., 2-24-27. Monroe (8).—-A.lbert Linehan and Son, auctioneers, broke all records for selling hogs on Saturday. this feat being ac- complished by selling 48 grade spring gilts. They were driven on auction plat- form and sold in 36 minutes averaging $43.80 per head. They were sold to men from Riga and Blissfleld, Mich, Delta, Berkey Lime City, Pettisville, Wauseon, Bowling Green, Mornineetown and Swan- ton, Ohio. The auctioneers attribute the succe of the sale to the thorough adver- tising as an important part of a good sale. Quotations at Temperance: Wheat, $1.22 bu.; corn, $1.05 bu.; oats, 39c bu.; rye. 75c bu.; potatoes, $1.50 bu.; butter, 45c 1b.; eggs, 22c doz.—C. W. Elsenmann, 8-2-27. Midland—«Snow and winds seem to be the order of the day. Unless something new sets in wheat is coming on better than expected. Hard to tell about new seedings yet. Sudden changes of weather makes it very interesting for old fellows like me. Quotations at Midland: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 70c bu.; oats, 80c bu.; rye, $30 bu.; beans, $4.00 cwt; potatoes, $1.50 cwt; butter, 40c 1b.; eggs, 220 dos. -—B. V. C.. 2-28-27. Clare (NW).——Idea1 spring weather. Some farms being rented. A few auction sales. Clare county parties are starting a hatchery at Mt. Pleasant. Farmers optomistic. Too early to tell how grains wintered. Cattle are looking good. Pros— pects of plenty of feed to see them through. Some calves being vealed at a. good price. Lots of ice not much snow. Considerable sickness owing to so much damp weather. Quotations at Harrison: Butter, 450 1b.; eggs, 30c don—Mrs. R. E. D.. 3-2-27. Monroe—February weather unusually fine. Roads that are unimproved have been bad. Fruits seem to have withstood the cold'weather thus far. Buds examin- ed look well. There has been much dis- cussion about the corn borer. . Some think too little workable advice has been given. It is not likely that a majority of farm- ers will go into debt for expensive ma- chinery if that is to be required of them. The price of corn would not warrant the undertaking. Many want information to- ward exterminng the pest with the equipment they now have. Quotations at Monroe: W’heat, $1.22 bu.; corn, $0e cwt; oats, 390 bu.; rye, 850 bu.; potatoes, $1.40 bu.; butter, 450 1b.; eggs, 220 don—Mrs. I". H., 8-3-27. Bhiawassee (Fwy—Ground froze solid yet but most of snow and ice gone. Most farmers planning on reduced acreage of all crops for coming year. Do not look much for Coolidge administration to bring better times, not for farmers at least. Ford’s 20-day plan might learn them a lesson but where would city workers get anything to eat. Quotations at Elsie: Wheat, $1.17 bu.; com, 800 bu.; oats, 37c bu.; rye. 70c bu.; beans, $3.70 cwt; potatoes, $1.00 bu.; butter, 500 1b.; eggs. 200 dost—G. L P.. 3-4-27. WashtenawF-Snow about gone. Cold raw weather about all gone. Roads are rough except state highways. Cutting wood and getting ready for spring is the order of the day. Farmers are greatly interested in the corn borer. A meeting was held in Ann Arbor on February 21, called by Mr. Osler, the county agent, to consider the situation. A large crowd was present. Many auction sales through- out the county. Farm tools sell very cheap. Grain and stock bring good prices. Cows sell up to $200.00. Quotations at Ann Arbor: Butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 300 don—A. W. 8., 3-3-27. - Saginaw (SE).—-We are having some fine weather. Ne snow on ground. Not very favorable for wheat. Not much do— ing along marketing lines. Prices too low. A smaller acreage of beans antici- pated. More com and potatoes. _A po— tato meeting was held at Birch Run, con- ducted by Mr. A. B. Love, our county agent, which was well attended. Stock in healthy condition. ,Hens beginning to lay. Egg prices dropping rapidly—E. 0. 1L. 3-3-27. Hillsdale (NW).~—Except for the cold March wind we are having fine weather for this time of year. The ground is frozen again and the roads are very rough. Sheep feeders are beginning to ship their sheep and are getting fair re- turns. A number of farmers are still buy- ing . to feed for late CV S'v ' 0 ‘V‘ I é‘r‘ .6" ' o 1;? s). . f \ mo— r *" leaflet e‘ new +~ «9 9&5 ‘ g ’afi’fw : 5" 9‘6 3“” e 6(- fsv NCH ‘5‘, .534 (g weather to get everything in good repair so as not to lose time when spring gets here as there was not much fall plowing done. The hatcheries are reporting fair hatches for so early in the season. Eat- ing potatoes are being advertised at 800 a bushel. Eggs are down to 20c a doz. .—C. H;, 3-3-27. Saginaw (NW).—Weather fine. Snow all gone. Not much doing. A few auc— tion sales and well attended. Things go high. A few farms changing hands. Some corn to husk yet Bad weather nor wheat and new seeding. Thawing and freezing. Not much grain going to mar- ket. Beans have been a disappoinunent to farmers. There will not be as many sown this year as last. Quotations at Hemlock: Wheat. $1.20 bu.; corn, 75c bu.; oats, 89c bu.; rye, 80c bu.; beans, $3.70 ewt; butter, 520 1b.; eggs, 220 don—F. D., 3-3-27. Wexferdr—We still have quite a bit of snow. More came on February 26. The weather is pretty cold. Roads in good condition. Eggs are plentiful and price lower than two weeks ago. Dairy cows are bringing good prices at this time. A few farmers are having sales. Quotations at Oadillac: Wheat, $1.15 bu.; com, 800 bu.; oats, 600 bu.; rye, 70c bu.; beans, $4.25 cwt; potatoes, $1.25 cwt; butterfat, 50c 1b.; eggs. 28o don—E. H. D., 3-3-27. Emmet—The past two weeks has been fine winter weather. A thaw four or flvo days settled the snow some but it is cold again today. Cows at an auction yester- day went from $40.00 to $90.00. Farm machinery brought fair prices. Looks like somebody intends to farm another year. Quotations at Petoskey: Oats, 50¢ bu.; potatoes, $1.25 cwt; butter, 450 1b.; eggs, 300 don—«R. D., 3-2-27. Harem—More snow—better than glare - of ice for rye, wheat and clover. Farmers fearful for wheat on flat land, much the same of 26. Several sales billed, many on fine looking farms. The full force of poor crops and deflated price still in evidence. Some land sold, price around assessed value, on time. Gray haired milkers are giving “Milk Producers Ass'n.” a .hard race with milk on stand at $1.85 for 3.5 test. Got to keep those children in school, so they won’t have to farm like us. Very little farm butter made, price 55c. Oleo much used at 250 to 35c perlpound, artis— tic packages free. Milk hauler says his patrons use it regularly. Agitation for T. B. test for county.-—-E. 3,—3—3-27. 8t. Joseph—Nice spring weather. Farmers are hauling manure, and sawing wood. Auction sales are plentiful With live stock of all kinds bringing good prices. Wheat has stood the winter good so far. also young eleven—A. J. Y., 3-3-27. 7 Alpena.——Well we are getting a little more snow, weather cold but bright. Hay and potatoes not moving at present. Quo- tations at Spratt: Hay, $12.00 ton; oats, 500 bu.; rye, 75c bu.; wheat, $1.12 bu.; beans. $4.75 cwt.; eggs, 35c doa; butter. 50c lb.——R. H., 3-3—27. Defiance (0hio).——Good old fashioned March weather. Clear and cold. Farm sales nearly over. A few went to town, some returned. Some real estate changed hands. Not as much as past. Prices are lower. Produce down also. We are get- ting fucl, tappig sugar trees, getting ready for spring work. Quotations at Bryan, Ohio: Hay, $16.00 ton; corn, 80c cwt; oats, 38c bu.; wheat, $1.23 bu.; milk $2.25 wt; potatoes, $3.60 cwt; eggs, 20c don: butterfat, 55c.——W. E. B., 3-3-27. CANCER—FREE BOOK SENT ON» REQUEST » Tells cause of cancer and what to do for pain, bleeding, _odor,..-etc: “'3 Write tor it today. . UN“ 7”». _.-;,va.. .. ;., “III—- :1 ' .2: amw. ’ n ‘ _ takind'of gu examin- _ . anon loan "you pass? We hear and-read 130* Such about examina— tions, intelligen Attests, and entrance ‘ v 4, ' ” , ’ requirements in diiferent . trades, professions, and schools that I believe we tarm— in line and see how our" know— ledge and re- quirements com- pare and grade in an examina- tiou. A short time - ago I gave one of my agricultural classes .an examination, and to my surprise, and unlike the majority. of students, they asked if they could not be given an examination of similar character in the near future. I showed the questions to one of my farmer friends, and he too seemed to enJoy answering them and said, “Why don’t you make out a similar set of questions for the farmers of Mich— igan?” . This is not an easy task as farm policies and practices in one part of the state may not be similar to those in another part. Nevertheless, ac- cording to his suggestions, I am pre— senting a set of general questions which are made for the diversified farmer of Michigan. Get out your pencil, scratch your head, follow directions carefully, and see how high a grade you can make on this examination. The an- swers are given on another page, after you have completed the test. It you miss three, your grade is eXcellent. It you miss six, your grade‘ is very good. It you miss nine, your grade is good. It you miss twelve, your grade is fair. If you miss more than twelve, your grade is not so good and you may blame the teacher for asking such peculiar V. 0. Brain questions. If the statements are true, place a plus sign on the blank before the question, and if false, place a minus sign on the blank. \ 1. A high wheel wagon will draw easier than a low Wagon. 2. The world champion dairy cow’s yearly milk record is over 30,000 pounds. 3. Clay soils usually contain more hu- mus than sandy soils. ‘ 4. The Guernsey cow produces the most yellow color of milk of any dairy breed. . 5. The floor of the dairy barn should be built of cement. 6. An ash fence post will not decay as quickly as tamaraek. * 7. Food must be in the- form of a liquid to enter the plant. 8. Mites live on the hens in the day time and go to the roost at night.~ 9. A cross-cut saw is “set” by using a file. ‘ 10. A number 9 wire is larger than a number 7. 11. An 8 penny nail is larger than a ‘1; penny nail.” ’ 12. A dairy cow has all her permanent teeth at 5 years of age. 13. A hog’s pasterns should slant at a 45 degree angle. 14. Sheep manure than hog manure. 15. The Northern Spy apple ripens at an earlier date than the Wealthy. 16. The size of the soil particles affect the movement of the soil water. 17. Michigan raiSes' more winter wheat is more valuable than spring wheat. 18. Corn l a native crop of America. ers ought~ to fall _ 19. ' A, dryinuart measure is larger than agliquldvqua'rt measure. 20. ' A cherry tree needs more pruning ' tha‘nfla. peach tree. ' 21. The ,stiflle joint is in the front " leg of ahorse. '22.’ The cow has no teeth in her upper ‘ «jaw. 38., The Duroc Jersey hog is red. 24. A cubic foot of dry sand weighs, ’more than a cubic foot of dry clay. 25. Michigan’s annual rainfall is over 20 inches. 26. Planting wheat early will avoid the Hessian Fly. 27. Oat straw is better feed for stock than wheat straw. 28. The Ben Davis is a popular apple in Michigan. 29. An ear of corn always has an even number of rows. 30. Kentucky Blue Grass and June Grass_are the same kind of grass. 81. A dirt floor is a good floor for the poultry house. 32. The White Wyandotte has a rose comb. ‘ 33. A complete fertilizer contains Nit- rogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium. j horns. v‘ ~~ is. _, 7 mam. ,4 . at. * no Abe deen Angus new has ’36. A ten acre field, ’20 rods wide. will take more fence than one 40 rods wide. 3'7. A four-inch tile can carry four to variety I‘ ' times as much water as a two-inch. 38. A six months old dog should weigh more than 150 pounds. 39. The highest priced out of beef ' comes from the loin. 40. Milk is over 85% water. 41. A sow has a. longer gestation per- iod than a ewe. 42. The codling moth causes wormy apples. 43. A cow’s horns are behind her cars. In the following questions underscore the words which make the statements true. 44. The following trees are hardwood: oak, maple, elm, hickory. 45. Manure should be kept compact, loose, moist, dry, wet. 46. A bushel of barley weighs 48, 56, or 60 pounds. .. 47. Russet Rural potatoes are cubical, oblong, oval shaped. 48. Alfalfa seed is oval shaped. mitten shaped. kidney shaped. 49. Dr. K. L. Butterfield, Dr. C. C. Little. Dr. R. S. Shaw is president of Michigan State College. ‘_ “auction of white pea beans. to. M1 mechanic: f2, 3, in as PUZZLE!) ; "Oh, doctOr, I forgot to ask you. also t‘ that eye medicine?" v " .1 “What about it?" -: "Do I drop it in my eyes before/or after meals." ' \ r. ACCIDENTLY - _, “Green says he descended from one of V the wealthiest houses in America." ’ "Yeh! he was painting on the second story and the staging broke.” RIVALS In a certain English town two pork butchers were keen business rivala In the window of one there appeared the sign: “Fresh sausages, as supplied to His Majesty the King." The next day the rival merchant had pasted this sign: “God Save the King.” ONE TOO MANY "I’m glad you‘re hired," said the store joker to the new clerk. “The boss has been looking around for a long time for some one who could play the fool." “What’s his idea ?" asked the new clerk. “Is he going to fire you or keep the two of us?" no... pleasures of life. SMOKING is chic of the keen The choice of a cigarette Reserves your most careful iudgment because it determines the degree of enjoyment you Lwill have. Camels welcome comparison 'on every count. :Compare their goodness in Every way. Each successive ‘ brings a fresh pleasure J. asruonos TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, N. c. Camels bring enjoyment to living smoke. choicest to the fullest. no matter how constantly you Such mellow mildness can‘ 'come only from the world’s tobaccos, blended, with the sole purpose of giving you, the smoker, a- cigarette which you can enjoy supremely The verdict of l- the experienced smoker is —- "Have a Camel!” TOP dreading the time when . your cows freshen! The .. troubles you’ve looked upon in v the past as part of the hazard of dairying are no longer a men- ace to your profits. Dairymen without number are now using Kow—Kare at freshening be- cause of its marvelous invigor- ating action on the reproduc- tive organs. Kow—Kare is a concentrated tonic- medicine that has no other function than the building up of the digestive and genital organs. By using this famous cow medicine with the feed for two or three weeks before and after freshening you are assured a 7 health cow—and a strong, vigorous calf. etained Afterbirth and the other disorders you have learned to dread have no terrors for you if Kow- Kare is your reliance. Kow—Kare, used sparingly with the feed helps your cows fill the pail under the most adverse conditions of winter feeding—when dry, heavy feeds put an added burden on digestion and assimilation. Try Kow—Kare when‘ troubled with Barrenness, Retained Afterbirth,Abortion, Bunches, Scours, _ Lost Appetite, etc. Its health-building action will give you a convincing demonstration of its money value to you in 'the business of dairying. ' . Dairy Asso. Co., 1110., Lyndonville, Vt. ' Maker: ofKow-Kara, Ba: Balm, Grant: Garret Remedy. Amara-an Horst Tonic. arc. OW-KARE FAMOUS CONDITIONER OF MILCH COWS ,Feed'dealers, general stores " druggists have Kow-kare — $1.25 and 66c sizes (six large cans, $6.25). Full directions on the can. Mail orders sent postpaid if your dealer is not supplied. W rite for free boog ‘ “ The Home Cow Doctorg ONE YEAR ‘ si N Bu mwdggayct fiomevfzsctory. achine ‘ earn-its t and h f y :1 ply. Wejfimutflguefidepag-fi ' I“ e _ l” . 3.50 PER MONTH , ‘ In 0 extras. Ev N chine r< ,“‘firmiepmme d: scum in ma rial ' p Tris! on your farm at n m cl our Nearly . n . $211.14" #521, (22) M 6. co. chicane, Ill. Cream Ola-aha" Blvd. -‘ x ‘ niacin: ‘ ,Spkyfinmmflnflifimm 1 {pie French term home. It was his (We Invite youuto contrib' ‘ . , u one 19,005 COWS UNDER TEST -~ ' IN MICHIGAN - . URING Januarythe 102 Michi- gan Cow Testing Associations reported that 148 cows were disposed of as unprofitable animals. This figure is taken from the 74 associations that reported testing 19,005 cows. Five herds were re— tested and are listed with over fifty pounds butterfat each. The highest producing herd for the state is owned by J. K. and J. M. Barien, members in the Allegan-West Cow Testing Association. Four out of the five highest pro- ducing herds are either purebred or grade Jersey herds. The Allegan— West Association also is credited with the highest butterfat produc— tion for the state. A1 cows under test in Michigan av- eraged 25.01 pounds fat. The high cow for the month was a purebred Holstein owned by Dewey C. Pierson, member of the Lapeer C. T. A. This cow under retest and four times a day milking produced 113.0 pounds butterfat. EXERCISE EWEIS TO GET THRIFTY LAMBS F breeding ewes can be made to walk at least one mile every day in getting a large part of their roughage, the chances for a crop of strong, thrifty lambs this spring are much better than if the ewes are allowed to loaf in the yard around the barn or shed, according to live— stock specialists. It is a good practice to scatter the roughage in the fields or pastures each day during clear weather when the ground is frozen or dry, they say. In this way the ewes will have to take exercise in getting the rough- age feeds. , When it can be done, the flock should be shut away from the barn— yard in the field or pasture during the day and made to rustle for its food. In so far as housing is concerned, warm barns, except during the lamb— ing season if the lambs come in cold weather, are not desirable for breeding sheep. The wool protects the sheep from cold and all it needs is a shelter from cold, sharp winds and a dry place to sleep. The extension specialists also say that the feed rack or trough in the shed or barn where sheep are fed in bad weather, ought to be made so that chaff and litter from the hay of other roughage which is fed will not get into the wool around the necks and on the backs of the sheep. Such litter and dirt cuts the selling price of the wool. For the same reason, and feed rack should be arranged so that chaff and litter will not be scat- tered over the backs of the sheep when the racks are being filled., It is also a poor practice to force sheep to make their living during the win— “Jim and e. ream} unite“ tip-tn] fully answ‘ I lit a ,__. . ter ‘from.straw stacks as a larger ' amount of straw. and litter gets into the wool and lowers its value. , VALUABLE HOLS'TEIN Cow HITNEY V’BROS., of I .Ingham county, have ’a‘ six year old _ registered COW- sired by a son of the $100,000 bull, Pontiac Hen- 'gerveldt Fayne, that freshened~the last of December 1926 which has produced at the rate of 70 pounds per day of 4 per cent milk in cow testing association work. I In 31 days in January and 28 days in February this high producing cow will have made 4,130 pounds of milk containing 165.2 pounds of butter- fat. She is fed a balanced ration composed of 2.00 pounds of corn glutten, 150 pounds corn meal, 100 pounds ground oats, 100 pounds bran, 75 pounds oil meal, .50 pounds cottonseed. She is fed about 16 pounds of the mixture per day with 23 pounds alfalfa hay and 30 pounds corn silage]. That she is a profitable producer may be seen from the fact that feed costs were 180 per pound of butter- fat and 68.1 cents per 100 pounds of milk. Such dairy cows are rare. At $3.00 per hundred for milk the value of her milk for the two months is $123.90. The cost of her feed is $28.15, and the value of the produc— tion over the cost of feed is $95.75. With the ability to maintain this production over a long time, this cow would prove a very valuable one indeed. \VARM WATER FOR COWS OWS will not consume as large amounts of water as they should if the water is very cold. Heat it just enough to remove the icy chill. Take care not to have it warm, hOWever, for cows, like peo— ple, do not find lukewarm water pal- atable. High milk production re- quires that a cow drink large amounts of water, so give this at- tention in cold weather. ‘ FEED PIGS MORE CORN WHEN FINISHING ORE corn and less protein con- centrates are fed to pigs dur- ing the finishing period. A good ration would contain 10 pounds of corn to 1 pound to tankage. The change in the ration must be gradual and the increase in feed not too rapid, in order to keep the pig from going off feed. HOGS AND POULTRY NEED WATER OFTEN OGS and poultry need water often, and should have it close at hand where they can drink whenever they want it. If horses, cattle and sheep' can get a good drink once or twice a day, they will do well. We are indebted to, Eugene Honda, 01' New homo a.“ eh. than of this count tame" ' wnnnn AN M. 13.1. sunscninnn oxen: LIVED V ./ ALL . '. the , Dirt, Dust and Sediment Dr. Clark’s PURITY Strainer, with its steri- lized cotton disc clamped to the bottom. is ’ GUARANTEED to strain your milk 100 per cent clean—or your MON E . BAQ . Clean milk gets bettezifradmg, brin 'ces. That’s why the .S. Goy’t an est creameries and condensaries endorse and recommend Purity Strainers. Qver 50,000 dairymen and farmers use Purity Strainers daily, because no other strains 39 easy —— so quick—so clean. _ Also best for straining maple syrup, vinegar, older and home beverages. Mode in two sizes -- 10 qt. and 18 qt. Sold by “Midwm m’lXWhfi'Farlégé‘l-i $335.33? Bu 0!] —' WI‘ 8 l1 ' n ppgribes and our “10 Day Triqlfi‘est Ofi‘er.” ,3. higher DRCL RK . "1'1 MILK STRAINER l Thai Dread Disease Contagious Aboriion- Ilall li case of miscarriage—one lost calf—is a that the greates scourge or elk—conta- gious a ortion may be in the midst of our herd and likes Plague brin complete destruc on. Heed that warn ng of the rst lost calil It. means that the time has come for action. Send uickiy for the secret formula of John W. Fr berg. his years ago the abortion treatment 02 th& Swedish farmer was made available to American da. en. It had d the disease that fell like a estilence upon the herds in his native country. ere its success has been an amazing revelation to farmers and veterinarians. Again and again it has van uished the dread disease—it has been—liters. y—the saviour oi herds. It could be that for your herd. FREE TRIAL—SEND NO MONEY John Frobe wants you to learn what thousands know—when e case seems hopeless turn to Cow Cali Control (0. C. 0.). Be as made the treat- ment easy to give and the price so small you will be lad my for it. _ ' rite y for details of free trial offer. There a no obligation at all. FROBERO REMEDY 00.. 40 LINCOLN ST.. VALPARAISO. IND N OW—for the first time, the farmers of. . . 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V _ , . a ‘ m won some «mourn-ms ' a .- 0 1 "'R EDITOR: 1 will give all . , . «of your meadows :a guaranteed . _ I , D a. ‘ ‘ \ cure for all xpump «troubles. II studied them .out myself. 11 have . g . hall dots of pump Moubles. Just take , _ (Winner and put ill. down at tthe lbot- ‘ «2.; tom pf your pipe and bore 3. am“ ' ' hole as big as .a rthnee :penw {shingle nail just always your «asunder. 'illhls will .allow the water it“) settle in dine pipe to the dowel of {the water in dire well and will also :not Ileak out When you are pumpirg so {fast it would Ja ‘ _ Vet ‘i. at. .. l '- isgggflé‘lé’ Myonarethinking ofzbuildingaremodelingtor ventilating a cowor horse 2.7: 2:: '«. x.‘ , o‘ewater. I I, , XhY§u;oot¥hggiive:afsfl? mum “Ry ,bam, .hog or ,pdnltry house, or If you are considering «the purchase of ’ 5‘ out or wear out as fast as above who Ilabor—and dime. _ vung equipment for such buildings, 2by all :means, fill Water nine and win (Dwmp as long as out coupon in this advertisement and let us send you free our valuable there «is anything left to them. «Gilly ‘Jarinesw . a {Smau job .30 make the .change and :I‘his‘book-wfll show you how you can save money and have your'bmld- ‘ you sure will be rid of your pump 1 ings planned and equipped so that they are most convenient :and I. tmubles.__M_ 4S" Essexvfile, 'Mich. practical. If you will avail yourself of Jamesway ‘ ‘ ’ servnee, you’ll have thesame gratifying experience as ‘ 3H. 1.. Eartly, Manager of Island Farms, TDuluth,‘ \Exmmon was PGZULlIlWY lEA‘R EDITOR: If you Should consider these few lines worth 'space in our M. B. F. which is our .main “library” someone may benefit by them. My first experi- ence with 23 white leghorn pullets, R. C. lhatched the latter part of May, 1926. {I fled scratch feed and clean water until the first of November l when I gave them a regular laying mash of 20 mounds bran, 20 pounds 1 , midlings, :10 pounds shorts, .or other— ' wise calmed meat scraps. ’I keep 'the hopper always filled with this mix- ture, also I keep plenty of grit, oy- ‘ster, and charcoal in another hop— per. Now «tor scratch feed. half wheat and half cracked corn, one pint of this gnain morning and after- noon. My chifiken 000p is poor. Our many years’ experience in Minn. Here’s what he writes: [planning and designing farm buildings enables us to save you .money on materials and con- struction—showyou how every door, window and .general ,arrangement should be to make buildings convenient. This book also tells you all about ‘. - - ~Jamesway Equipment—Stalls,Stanchions, Drinking ' ‘Cups,Li.tter Carriers,.etc., .for the cowbarn. Troughs, Waterers, etc., for hog houses. Feeders, Nests, 1n- .cubators, .Brooders for the poultry house—«a com- plete line of every kind of labor-saving, money- .making equipment for any farm building. J amesway Equipment is better and costs .less in the long run. Manoeuan today. Tell us just what you are in— .terested ilk—whether building, remodeling, venti- lating a: .eguinping :cow :barn, horse barn, hog or poultry house, .and we will send you .the book. that .tells you just what you want to know. "‘ We very much appreciate the splendid architectural service you have rendered us. The abil- ity you showed to adapt plans :to rmeet results (desired were a 0- »revelation to me. ‘Your sugges- ' tions saved me consider-able (in ‘mterial and time.’ ’ DE ‘ DD. Time Saving. Money .Malu'ng H08 and Poultry Home Mail Coupon “Mice mm Have ‘JA‘MES MFG. CO., Dept/664,Ft. Atkinson, Wis. just it flew boards that sumiee deer a “VWMW Ask?“ Our Pantry Equipment look {la flofii‘. «alxwazy-S manage to keep JOtS — - A \ Shows our full line of Feeders.Watere_rs, ~ Elmira, N. Y. Minneapolis, Mimi. 0f hay 0n the flOOI‘ Which keeps the gagggyfgf°wr°°dmfiaby Ch‘ck Iam interested in DBuilding DRemode‘ling " , i chickens so busy they don’t tool the ’ ' :3 Equipping DVemzllatinga DCow 13am .-; 061,111. . [3 Horse Barn . C] Hog 'House [3 Poultry House 3;.“ , These chickens drink much more U POUItW EQUIPmem 300k i water :with this laying mash. Four ’, times a .day I take out fresh warm Name ........................................... -.. water to them. These chickens cost us seventy—five cents per week feed post omce _______________________________________ u‘ cost. They have laid 50‘ per cent more since two weeks after feeding I R. F. D ____________________ "State ____________ --_... this mash and extra warm water. I always put the water up off the floor, on an old chair, otherwiseif I leave the water on the floor they upset it and make it dirty, and they won’t lay without lots of water.— Mrs. A. M. G., Muskegon, Mich. Tune in on WGHP, Detroit, every night except Saturday and Sunday at 7 :05 o’clock for MICHIGAN BUSI- NESS FARMEB. Market Reports You’ve never [niece of machine! torinls by men wl in the milking l Equipped with Heavy Aluminum Pails seen u finer, like lj‘ords Milker, give freely with little stripping; easy to handle and clean. nme finished '5'; llllltlt' of lines! mm U) have spent it lifetime Machine business. (lows The Famous motrm‘fi/ead Line of Presses OR fifty years the Hydraulic Press Mfg. (“ompzmy has built (‘ldvr presses for farm- ers and m'chardists. \thther it‘s a hand mess for making :1 few lmrrvls of older or n. XVABTS ~ send to” £09k!“ "0- 5° hydraulic custom press that rcsses hundreds of ,. l EAR EDITOR: I DOUCGd an in- 840101." WVMOde‘ I" "971/ gurpose?‘ gallons :1 day, there‘s a filmnt Gilead press ‘ . . , ‘ ample, ouble,doublesmgle,dqub double, that exactly fits Km" needs. , v: ’ fllu‘lm‘y 1111 it back number ~0f z {gaffe}: open mm. Wflte MORE alum—MORE ,PROFl-rs v‘ M. B. F. *llQI‘ 8. {3.11.158 four wavrits on I arc m s' C Mollant ijlead Hfidrnugc presses incrcufsc your ' - u M e 0 mac an mm c more money or you. 3 COW’S teats- caStor 011 1f kept W811 m .. my ’slr‘llmy avgruge 3’75; to 4 gallons of cider el‘ 213'15N‘W8“°“'Ch'°ag°' 111' bushel. \thn used for custom purposes, they ‘ greased with it. We had a full blood Jersey heifer that had from five to seven warts on each of the tour teats and they were had, long wants. W11 she calved she had an ex- sewed forM . S PROH' , UCTSminmiond nepuo '_ “(wed Fords frequently pay for them- selves the first year. And the ‘Mount Gilead Orchard Press for road- ‘ cider sales 18 a re money maker. "Write for free book- let. full. of valuable Information for win tromer ‘large hard udder. We ‘ rubbed it with raw linseed oil leav— cation for completely eatis— amt. um: I, ing on all we could of the oil at] vi Dd . Complete ' ' . \l The Hydraullc Press , SCI. (:3: 11 Ct . . - I ' Mfg co misstated “at can» mom e mm gem" -- . « ' .2 0W l ays, 1n .0 y ‘ fl , e \ r" lionntfllhad. and morning until qsweimng “MYERS” “atlds {at ' Mam 0m“ was gone and before the calf was Headquarters for pumps. “wmms mu... cough-.condlflo- 0“ * - - ready for veal the warts two-re all Ema“ engneefing ,ae‘sj n. ma; ‘ l " itftl'zt'..i‘l‘iitf3:y°‘ll'; K ‘ I I a gene, teats nice and soft and smooth..—A. L., Sherwood, Mich. PREVENTS FREEZING Elli! Haring noticed } a cam tor i-help to keep a pump . ’ {from treeziag, 1 though I would try and help out, as I with Lots 0;! others have had the same trouble. Home is What I do and have done shoe freezing weather commenced. I raise my pump handle as high as ; possible and place a *board, one ma j on the Miorm and the other under ‘ thefhasitfle close to the pump. It has i done the trick. ‘Try {ta—W. 3., Kent Gity. Michigan. _ . ‘ - 3 . aboutyourliustoek alimentaoApsefl mlldo. ‘ flwmy '31 feeding many W” ' , some m V .. , m “mum-annals. for the added trouble. a semi ban shown how a: square Ith of wow. we: sex. film “Id 1) vengl‘y distributed. . , qu ‘ macaw and care ul work» ‘ mans ip assure 'Myan customer: the utmost in «due. Let he tell y Stodk‘DoctorBook,withoutcost. “V Humor money baokJI.” ; ’5” pet can. Dealers or by mail. The Newton Remedy Go. dado. Oblo- paper. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISE PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER Inlay are, you arehlhgmney! Youcan stop this Wat-self AT SMALL 1 ,- Wri-te for FREE copy at “The - ' k ,/ Cattle “Specialist,” our cattle ‘ Answers all questions asked (Emir; I the past thirty years about this trouble in cows. I on how to get the “Plastics! Hoe-o 'Vobrinariau”, a Mary‘advicel‘m Wrier tonight.1 ‘CIDER PRESSES J? strong appeal to others. edall like the ease and security of the adjustment of the \“klniaps to tile shear plate. The third roll is great, especially on loose or crooked corn, and feeding millet or straw.” . . . It ' ” com a man can throwoifand practically does its ownfeeding . .. “Noiseless and slow—running motion”. . . “Requires the leastpower of an filler I have knowledge of”. . . “The )4 inch cut makes enellage shelled com.” . . . “Will blow ensilage to the clouds, if necessary” . . . “It Works perfectly in every way.” Your Dealer Will Show You a Model Suited to Your Power Send for FREE 1927 Papec Catalog look ' ltlgieflshowoopur pee :0uroop’y.‘lOW. Elm. "Your Neiéh Tmuble'fl'ee MaChine \ Sail/3575M a Farmer Owns” , HAT is how one user, C. A. Rogers, Harford, N. Y., T describes the Papec Cutter. Papec Machine Company “MO” ‘ end-Blows. \ Man/ ‘9“ H? 5 ll ' These features make a takcsallthe eileoeatleeeooet. Hoveomake inoneortwoeeasous. Writefor v -' him-L wmm. Inserted sneer this healing M nu a ereeeen or Live Steel It I new votes to encourage the growlng er en 3: fame of our readers. 0' Hum rate h Cents (loo) per agate lne. r Insertion. Fourteen leete "nee to the eehunn Inch er our Inch, lees 2% rerees If senth erderereeld enerbeferethe'Ioth at month following date e1 Insertlen. END ll YOUR AD Alb WE WILL PUT IT In "P: FRII. ee reu een Ilnee It wm llll. Aldus al I see new DRIEDERB DIR EOTOIV. IONIC“ IUCIIm FARIEI. If. OLEIEIO. IIOH. 5| Ii. 'ilfhlld l QUEENS!“ GUERNSEYS mars toss Fen IULL cALvse slneo I,” "r blood lines. Write for drulnr. " LAIIo reams. men. Guernsey lull Mist Am . 101537, three years old. ‘fiLchezeydm,flasen,llehIg-i. KI HEREFORDS HEREFORDB. OLDEST HERD [I k of all kinds for sale. (1 Bulls International Winners. cnm FARMS. Swan-u Greek. Klemeen. Hereford Steers and but Well marked. $Mmmkm s hunchesdeherned. Geodeteckererd. Ihewiewbnnohesmund46m90h Iveninlixe. Alsoefew choiceofone eel] bunch. rite stating number prefer. 450 lbs. to 800 lbs. V. V. BALDWIN. ELM. IOWA. JERSEYS THIU... priese.0ur er Fer Sale. 20 Females Between maths and ten years. 60 head Also I. few good a Sea. Ila-tuna, llehlgaa. We Berk Reglrtsred 4-1 Heir Sire, m 5?“ Bred uzzouz' Scot. 11.3, 13 be me. en high clns bull. mum. Ieldlm. mfg“. AYRSHIRm nzelsvl In I Sheila} IULLs, euu. and heifer: for sale. Free red J. Vreeland. R2, Is: 1s, Wyandette, a HOIEITJNS SHORTHORNS iemfln uostems. we can eon-u r.- mhgm WWI“ a mmie' :sroolmil 'rtnt’cnknfuérdnae'“ lean. =13 ar‘eul Quest. can: so nuns. llehIeen. COMPLETE DISPERSAL SALE OF Ill—SUPREME H0 SlHN CAM—'30 W. R. HA-RPERJ: SONS ‘lHlilAl’PlE Hill SWBK fAlM, Mllllflllll, Milli- TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1927 . m We. ammonium-mums. " forgesrhtwedsugend 3“. .e—aoied evince cow). :2; #3 E. ifis’fii-E‘fi-Efi mexmw 3 I. “new Wt else- to 7 rmmat‘aamsahrtn hmm.wmuuuuueu--‘ redid that a market 1y burdened with bigrcattls ,. sold as much as $3.00 or more vs at below the baby beef \type; Cattle finishers immediately heavy feeder steers, and it was not many weeks after the‘turn of the New Year that heavy cattle were scarce enough to advance to the top of the list. No one who marketed cattle last year will forget the con- tinual draggy market on heavy cat- tle, but now it is 1927, and the big steer is again at the top. How long will he remain there? Until pro- ducers can food out another exces~ live supply of them. Will they do it? At present the country is still specializing in light cattle and de- manding quality. However, there have been a few who have rewritiy taken out steers averaging from 1000 to 1160 pounds at Kansas City, Chi- ugo and other western feeder mar- kets and if conditions in the market on fat heavy steers continue to re- main as bright as at present, this de- mand for strongweight feeding stock will undoubtedly increase. Will the country forget the bad year of 1926, and 1924,-and overload the 1928 market with weighty bullocks again? That remains to be seen. Only a few loads in excess of immediate de- mands results in a break of 25c or more now, but it takes a larger pro— portion of lightweights to cause mnc change in prices. In other words, "demand for weighty stock is more or less rigid while for yearlings it is of more flexible nature. There is a greater risk on heavy cattle, yet more to be gained if markets are “silt. An Illinois feeder learned a bitter lesson on the Chicago market. He marketed his 1800 pound hooves six weeks ago at the top of the Chicago market which was around $3.50 per ewt. more than he could get for them in December. He was de— lighted at the price he received, but was good natured enough to tell a little of the history of the cattle. They had been shipped to the market as fat cattle a year earlier, but because of the bid which seemed exceedingly low at that time, the cattle were loaded back into the cars and shipped to his food lots again until the market improved. But there was no reaction. On the contrary, prices kept going lower and lower. In the mean time the cattle kept getting fatter and heavi~ or. The year passed by. The feed bill expanded to enormous size. The spurt in the market after the first of the present year brought the cattle back again in prime condition, and they went to the same buyer who bid on them a year previous. The ex— pense of those cattle was not di— vulged by the owner, but he said that they lost him plenty of money, but added as a redeeming feature that they had fattened several ship- ments of hogs which followed be— hind them. His resolution was nev- er to rely alone on heavy cattle. Since the turn in the heavy cattle market this year, there has been I. tendency for many cattle finishers to purchase heavy feeders but they are competing with killers. There are comparatively few two year old feeders available and reports from the western range territories are that the bulk of their stock this fall wfllbeyoungstockoflightavmge weight. It takes more than a year to produce a crop of heavy hooves regardless of the inclination of the country ‘or the supply of feed avail- able and some think it is doubtful that another big supply of heavy fat cattle can be produced until well alongintheyearoflizs. Asitis new. demand is broad, the popula- ueu is steadily herons ene- mainfthisyearflbeleestha: warm ope-lads beefsla .TheLentenseasen Musuallyhas mos-oer all factors, here seems to be little of adverse influence in the path of the cattle trade during the remainder of the year. Breeding animal- Ihonld be kept thrifty, but never ova-fat. MIDDLE V ILLE, scores of new on the farm. Bag Balm, in the big IO-ounee 60catieeddealers,geu- canisters, ‘ Wfllmail, W if your dealer is not In ed. Dairy Association Co., Incorporased Lyndonville, Vt. r MAJ}: BY rs L- V‘,"KARE PEOPLE ’ enablahnehoreetoworkundertrentueent. tense. Keepithandymndyoucanplw mowers meta. ephet,m‘b.daoulder.hip.tmdonerfeet HQ 02"!!! fl TROY CHICAI. co. ' 839 Oh!- m WAY. I mammxm ‘- Cured His Rupture Iwasbadlyrupturedwhilelifflnga trunkscveraimago. “H...” m - . s~ ‘9‘“- tree. m ‘Mnfifialfw' °""‘ .e ; , rem “Wh- y y i lbw. ,. For Farm Use You will find Cham' pions used regularly _ in tractors, trucks ‘; and stationary en— ; gines on two out of three farms just as two out of three motorists look to Champions , to give them the utmost in car performance. . 5:1,, I“? {i . C h a m p i o n i s known the world over as the better spark plug—insurv ing dependable spark plug per— formance wherever it is used. 599:3qu A new set of dependable Cham- pion Spark Plugs every 10,000 miles will restore power. speed and acceleration and ac .W tually save their cost many times over in less 011 nudges used. ’ Champion X— uelusively for Fords - packed ' in the Red Box 60 cents each. Set of : Four 240 . Champion—‘ for cars other than Fords— paeked in the Blue Box ' 75 cents each s t f 0 sins: o arm“ CH AM P ION Spar/{Plugs TOLEDO. OHIO rmonths and may live only a few _ GDANDERS In a. case of glanders in a horse, does the discharge from the nose get oflensive‘to smell? How long does a horse live after getting glanders? What is its cause and give symp— toms.—.——L. M., Grass Lake, Mich. HE discharge may be absent or T nearly so in a glandered horse. Have seen a large number while in the army, but not often that they had a discharge. May live for There is a wide variation in this respect. Caused by the germ called Bacillus Mallei. The symp- toms are very indefinite but usually the animal becomes thin and no cause can be given for it; small ulcers may be seen inside the nos- trils. Occasionally small abscesses of the lymph glands may appear, just under the skin. If glanders is suspected every horse on the place or that has been exposed should be tested at once with Mallein test. Have assisted in doing at least 50,000 of them but we did not depend in any measure upon clinical, symptoms. We usually found some signs of the disease on post—mortem as the mili- tary regulations require an examin- ation of this kind be made on every reactor to the test; all are destroyed. It is very contagious to humans in which it is always sure death. days. COWS CHEW ON BOARDS I have two cows that chew on boards afid rotten wood and and. will eat fine roots. They are both fresh and give a big flow of milk. I give them two feeds of good clover hay, corn stalks and bean pods of oats and corn ground per day. What can I give them to overcome it?—-C. F. D., Standish, Mich. OUR cows are suffering from mineral starvation. Get some special steamed bone meal. Mix 25 pounds with 10 pounds of salt. Give each cow about one-third of a pound or seven tablespoonsful daily on ground feed. This will make a wonderful improvement in your cows in a few weeks. IIEAVES I have a horse that has the heaves. Can you tell me a remedy to give her and work her right along? The heaves are bad, sometimes she can hardly breathe—A Subscriber, St. Johns, Mich. ,EEDING carefully will help this horse as much as anything; do not feed heavily of hay at any— time. Feed regularly and give larg— est feed of hay in the evening; very little in the morning and none at noon. You might sprinkle the hay with lime water. Make this up by putting a pound of lime in a large pail of water, then sprinkle the hay with this water. KICKING I-IEIFER I have a heifer that kicks so that it is almost impossible to milk her. When I get her fast so she cannot ,kick she will throw herself. How can I cure her?—~(}. V., Mich. WOULD tie this heifer’s hind feet together and then I would take a long pole and bind her against something solid like the wall of the barn or the side of the stall and hold her there while I milked her; put the pole high enough so she can’t fall over it and let er fight. I know of nothing else to do. TImUSH What shall I do for thrush in horse’s feet?——Mrs. S., Paw Paw, Michigan. ‘ 0R thrush in horse’s feet—clean out the cleft as well as you can and remove any shreds of horn; then mix iodoform and Calo- mel equal parts; work this into the cleft well and cover with oakum or cotton to keep out the moisture; keep in a dry place and repack this every day for a few days then every other day. hears. “a. an. rm y other crop. V I _ Manure helps pastures as much as it 11965» . ‘ Mitts Cows m t //, o _ . V lllllllllllllll‘l‘nmm “VJ/4%, Mflked-CowsBefom ‘\ history ! new SURGE Milker! A machine that is making records for Breeders who never dared use a ma- chine before. A machine that produces low count, premium priced milk — and does it with no more work than you now ive to washing milk pails. he ' \ulH/l/ thing before it! 4/ On] 771 4 12b yTo $228113“ on Think of thatl You men who have tried to keep old fashioned milkers clean—mark this! Only 4 simple pieces of rubber to wash. N0 long tubes. No claws. No places for the milk to lodge and breed bacteria. Easy to produce Grade “A” milk and get premium prices. Bemw‘msstraiion after. Just mail the coupon below ——now—and we will install The Surge Milker complete in your barn— Which easier to keep clean .7 WithThe Surge Milker Free—and show you what it will do on your own the milk travels ONLY cows. No cost or obligation on your part. 4 from Teat to Ipllfiiirf‘lIllllllllIlllllllIII-IIIIIIIIIIIII-IIIIIII- _ . REE MILKING MACHINE CO. D t. 32- Pall. W 1 th 0 t h e r 2843 West 19d: Street. Chicago, Illinois ep 83 milkers it travels through 4 feet of curling rubber tubes and twnsted claws—where bacteria breeds and contaminate Please send me without cost or obligation Free Surge Catalo and tell me all about your special Free D l t ' g the SURGE Milker. emons ration Offer on (Please give this information) the milk. To produce CLEAN milk Number of cows milked ________ __Do you h ave Electricity? an y milker must be thoroughly ........ ... washed EVERY DAY. The Surge Nam is so easy to clean that there is no temptation to slight the Job. Address R m D WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER A, Better De Laval Separator f_ For Fewer lbs. of « Butter~ (Based on average price of 92 score butter for each year. Present in- dications are that butter prices for 1927 will he as high or higher than l. - {191$ ‘. lg! - n We! 1' 1922 In re- g for ‘9260 (guired 2:0 lbs. oil l lb g _ M: utter to uy a popu ar . p < _ ( size De Laval Separator; l g l j 1926 I \ five years ago 221 lbs. were 1 ‘ required to buy the same size . De Laval; while today approxi- I mately only 214 lbs. are required to buy it. But the De Laval Separator of today is greatly improved over the 1914 and 1922 ‘ ‘ machines. It has many improvements and U refinements, including the famous “floating l bowl.” It skims cleaner and runs easxer, and . is more convenient to operate and handle. c > It is the best De Laval Separator ever made, i and that is saying a great deal. n :3 / See—Try—and Trade \ .7 I See and try the De Laval. Run the skim- ,ch milkfrom your old separator through it. If you 3,. you, I 7/ s, b are losing any butter-fat the new De Laval a, Lawn I; [/29 ‘95 will surely recover it. Thousands of people Agent or /, ‘Q’oy have tried this simple test and many have ":2 :00“; Q . 0 been surprised at the saving made by the new a.“ m“:- 1Q 89° é De Laval. Trade allowance made on old mono". 0% centrifugal separators of any age or make. .fi/ De Laval Milken There are now more than 650,000 cows milked with De Laval Milkers. They soon pay for themselves in Bevin time and producing more and e esner milk. Outfits or live or more cows. At last something really ' Mail Coupon Poi-BREE, ' M... her Machine Eve? , new in machine milking . The wonderful 3 I l Surge is sweeping every- I The old-fashioned ways that made money in. , before the war have gone M the beard. Everything " ischanged. The manwhom'cl‘ns to-the old ideas has a hard: time of it. nowadays. Yields must be increased. operations must be handled more My, labor! mow be saved; Better equipment must produce bigot and" Better crops: at lower costs—or there ielitdc profit. F'usqmustbepuo in the soil, and; the scientific. method: is McCormicltoDeei-ing Manure Spreader. speed and’ easewith which fresh manure; handled put evenly. on the. fields-with. this spreader. encourages the oi valuable , You Mad easy ladle; i new dikent‘ minutes and huh: or New ab fiancee at right. W machines bundle crops; this at chine Willem. “chem dealer's stove; :fl anNAL HARVESTER . “swarm. WA Chicumm McCormick - Bearing t” —. m- ~.—--“ -v> WWW». HA! L; Our Big Husky Easy To Raise Chicks! am.» be so- meway-under. _ he the mmunsmm'm-ct'oflwh the new should be kept out ot the bedding and burned it one is to be“ safe. Corn- olr the ear' in cribs‘ does1 not offer the- denger that at me 3117 pears" possible ei’hco the: fhw borers“: which dbl not! futo the ooB‘a-re so" weakened? By crib— conditions} that they emerge» late and seldom are able to lay eggs.. The cobs should be burned; if the corn is shelled: ns Am outline of recommendation! ibr control are summarised us. fill- lbwsz. 1. Pl‘ant‘ no _mor.e corn than can he thoroughly. cleaned up by May 1. 2’. Out early. o _J‘o‘.- j u: r V v ' lg ' v r L loom-In I 2 l- I X i i ~~<. M-yzoL‘ / 3 / E . 37 I “I..§’ l i x I ,l i l I “"0, I. l 2 I / I M!!- pqrfi! \ho . Tm.» ' ' neat Stanciescapeu -._ heavier , the“ Borer. 3. Cut low, leaving no. more than two inch stnhhle. ' 4. Stalks not going. into the sflio v'sfiould be shredded. ‘ 5. Any surviving material and. ,weeds about the edge of the field shock! be Burned; .6.Plow withoutlhamanyd‘ob lvris our the: surfaces. Mary 1:. to. leave! material containing borers :aal‘smm the undemoyed; or not pl’owem completely under. Amy la- ‘ter than: the first. of my will; find some of the worms emerging as moths and laying eggs. All» the bat- tle must be fought for the» 1927 cr0p in the next seven weeks. Congress and hegislatures are busy. on corn. 1:213! mph fio‘fiilh‘! fho late, I May 1 its the latest. data it is sate. ‘ f ‘- mone isthi, clean up work. The amount and plan of this reward has not been an- nounced. Protection: in that way of atfm'cedr clean up is promised by the Michigan State Department of Agri- culture to t-hosomen‘ who voluntarily do a new job whom the: M a. neighbour unable or unwilling to (lb the work on his own farm. The European corn borer is a na- tional enemy and; threatens» to make our food om double. (lam ii our Biggest national commodity. The: slice clenli,. file! mm. ’ Banker and. the soap manufacturer should alll Be alert: to help give mist national menace a blow. It will“ never be. down- by merely “lottlh. the other fb’ll‘ow do it.” “NY POTATO DEMONSTRATIONS ALONG N; Y. (3.. was HE Michigan State College will establish. a lam number of potato demonstrations through the operation of the Potato Demon-- stration Train over the New York Central Linear in southwestern. m i'gan during March 14th to 2m. Certified seed. potatoes, which in— clude the‘ Russett' Rurals; and Irish“ cobbler vaeefiesnill bedistfllzu d from the traini'togreworsat'each " ' Approximately , the scheduled stops. farmers have signed up to use, some of this certified seed and; cons du'it demonstrations. he 99.x. _. seed. neodflcefi “mt t1}; potato t V will be we in a fiblin many the-tit. @3333; as a demonstration in '53 commune ity. The Michigan State Couegmwih assist the grmr in ouflihhg' dour-- onstrations and conducting field meetings; The grower will! seem detailed information on the demon- stration m his county Mum. ml Agent of from the Michigan State College We Anvil 15m. The following changes have Been made in the schedule. llhmh. 21.12: read: Marshall, Monday rimming, lurch 21, 8:30 to 11:00; Battle Creek, Monday afternoon, March 21, 15:60 to 5: 1m Month: night, March. 21,. 81:15 to 110:.” March 24 to read: Eon. Claim; Thursday am" m 34,. 11:00 to 5:00; Niles, Thur-shy night. March 24, 7:00 to 10:00. QUARANTINE. ACCOUNT OF EUROPEAN r CORN BORER. No. 209 - '. . y"? _ , ,_ - ,. mahtwark. mum; ’ on “patrols, and in reimbii‘r‘sings farmers who do go to expense, in 1‘. k: I varieties. Bone won 1 pins in Mncflon A Won many 1st ' Wu}: gigsmi .g- Alw- b .0" Hmdom H “mil-gm“ . l 7 rut having be... determined; by the U. s. Dopnrtment of Rtriculturo an his ilock.’ Every one of our breeders has been culled and selected for gratin": mug. Whit “mt “I indium mar “10' Euro?“ I Com Borer (Pymm nubllhlo', get our free circular with big discounts on baby cm and breeders. Michigan, exist: Within- certiuin counti‘es of tilled SM as We: Counties: of Hormone. Wayne} Lumen; Washtenaw, Macomb, Oakland; Livi’nm ten, St. Clair, Lspeor, Geneeeo, Emilee, Tuscan. Huron, ' ’ e’, lunch. Jackson, Calhoun, ‘Inghmn and Shinwaeseo. Townships of FIWn River, Burr Oak. Colon and Leonidas in 81". JOSEPH COUNTY; Wakoshmag Climax, Charloeflm, Boss, Brady, Psvillon, Comstbolt, Richland, Portage, Schoolcraft in KALAMAZOO COUNTY: Birch Run, Frank- enmnth, Blnmflold, Tamouth. Bridgeport, Donna Vista, Zil'wnulcee, Maple Grove. Albee, Spamming, Saginaw, Koch-ville, St. Charles. Jones. Chemin: end- tlxe city of Saginaw in SAGINAW COUNTY: Merriit, Portsmouth, Hampton; Frankenlust, Monitor, Bangor and the city of Bay City in BAY COUNTY. Now. therefore, I,_ Herbert E. Powell, Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Michigan, under authority conferred by Act 196, P. A. 1925, do Ker-ob! establish the counties, townships, and cities above defined a quarantined area in the State of Michigan, and forbid. the movement or distribution from any ‘ point or points within the described are. to any point or points outside of such "L quarantined arcs, of corn, broom corn, (including all parts of the stalk), all sorghum: and sudnn grass. Shelled corn- ond seed of broom corn must be we- l. companied by a certificate showing that it has been inspected by an inspector E of State Department of Agriculture or inspector of the United States Department ' of Agriculture. . ;, Provided, that certification for movement of corn and broom con lhnll‘ ho ‘ ‘ restricted to clean shelled corn and clean seed of brown corn. ' Provided, further, that with respect to any article found to. be infected with ' c— the European Corn Borer. disinfection or treatment may be nuthoflbd by tho inspector is I. condition at certification for interstate movement. When in the judgment of the said inspector such disinfection on treatment will Me 311 risk of transmission of infestation; such treatment should be. under 111'. [aper- vi‘si'on of, and satisfactory to, the cold. inspector. No restriction are placed on the movement from pm area not under regulation through a regulated area of the "tides covered hr . _~ quarantine when such movem‘cn’t it made on. o~ through an oil Mug. Article. covered in this quar- antine which originate codeine of” tho mutilated are: my be shipped from within the quarantined oreafito points outsfdc such on“ under permit, and such permits will be issued by the inspector only whom in the Judgment of said in- spector, the orticloo merged in this quarantine originated outside of the quar- antined area and are not infested by the European: Corn Borer. Nothing in this quarantine shall‘ be cormth to prevent the free movement of lrticlee covered by quarantine from poiht to point Within me quarantined area. No person growing or controlling corn or the parts thereof shall sell or give to ‘ any person any corn or parts tirch to We taken outside the quarantined area. € This order shall apply to transportation companies, automobilists, bookstore, , nnd others. All mvibuv aura-thee m m be hand in conflict wfilb tflb mflkr m hereby annulled; _ ( This notice at quarantine shall be doctiu on end after February I, 1027.. ; I’N WITNESS WWI, I here 12ch see my ' um meal lam my“ of the Depormnt 'of' Agriculture, tfloddith. doyj o1 Fob-worn nineteen hunde and‘tfwcnty-eeven. HERBERT E. POWELL, . minis-loner of Agriculture. Co Violation of Quarantine Order it Nimble by Fine or ' Imprmonmont’ " or Both ’ . ' Kuhn.) new to and not widely disseminated in BECKMAN HATCHERY :: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN . - SELECTED CHICKS, 9o UP. ' 7 g , 1'5 Varieties. Can ship at - ‘ ' ‘ ‘ once. Rush orders. Some flocks are blood tested and trapncsted with cock- erels of 200 to 312 egg guaranteed pedigreed. Every . breeder culled and selected. Get our FREE circular giving big discounts on baby chicks, hatching eggs, and brooders. Lawrence Hatchery, R. 7, Phone 76761, Grand Rapids, Mich. v More Egg Money fluke m- ye-rfrom zoos-u, like Mandolins. 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The Doc told him he had an inferiorty complex. -~-When Soren got home he undressed and looked ‘himself all over but he says as how dummed if he can ‘find .any breaking out. When we was in school the teacher neglected to teach us how to buy fifty nine Christmas presents costing $9.98 each with total cash on hand consisting of thirty two cents saved from egg money from hens what aint laying no eggs. The mothers club met at the sChoolhouse on Friday. There were six old maids, two grass widders, eight young girls and a sprinklin’ of mothers. When lunch was served, Ella Perkins explained that she was redusin so all she et was six sand— witches, four helpings of cake and five fillin’s of cocoa. -Grandma Perkins knows how to take off warts by sayin’ a spell over them. She said it over Zeke Martin’s thumb wart the other day and it was so powerful it took all the warts ofi the hubbard squashes in the cellar. The subject at the debatin’ club meetin’ last week was “Aint it awful how these foreigners are comin’ into our neighborhood." The affirmative team consistin’ of Budge Budinowski, Lipscha Ibinovitch and Ignatz Polly— binski won the. dabate. Mrs. Jim Martin gave a new fan— :136 party in hbnor Cf 2‘31“ “it? niec' and nephew what are v’isitin’ her. 'She called it a' Bunco party so no— body went. We are too smart to be buncoed by those city slickers. o t g (Questions answered free of charge.) A LOST MANY TURKEYS I had bad luck with my turkeys this past summer and lost over half I hatched. When they Were about two or three weeks old they get sore eyes. Som died and some in about a month got a swelling around the eyes and a choking in the throat. Would like to know what caused it, or is it a disease and What treat— ment to use—Mrs. L. B., Wolverine, Michigan. EXT time get a baby chick mash containing cod liver meal, meat scraps, calcium carbonate, bone- meal and dried buttermilk. These poults were not getting a balance ration. Feed them carefully for a few days. They should have had sour milk and nothing else to drink. The sick ones should be separated from the well ones as fast as noticed. Clean up and then disinfect with stock dip.———Dr. G. H. Conn. SEVERAL QUESTIONS Kindly-forward at once informa- tion as to how to cure chickens that have roup. We have about 300 ca— pons that are badly affected due to the weather conditions. We may be mistaken, however, as to it being roup. They have a discharge from the nose with bad odor and are al— ways droopy. We’ve tried patent remedies, also remedies giVen by our home veterinary but nothing seems to take effect. Would it be advisable to caponize roosters from two to three pounds? Also advise us how to feed laying hens—A. R., Elkton, Michigan. HEK first and most important thing in roup is to see that the ventilation is right. It must be free from, draughts and the house must be dry. Remove all sick birds and cleanup and disinfect often. Get- a small atomizer such as doc- tors use and then have your drug- gist mix up the following: Tincture of iodine, 1_ ounce; glycerine, 3 ounces; and alcohol, 3 ounces. Take the sick birds and spray the inside of their throats twice each day. -Do not try to caponize the roos- ters at the size you mention. The following is a good ration laying . hens: ground yellow wheat middlings, 20 pounds; meat scraps, 15 pounds; bone'meal, 5 pounds: salt, 1 pound. For scratch grain .use..equal parts. of r Red “ we feeling I BABION’S FRUII_QLD Poung Fggyls,n_ Prevents and relieves little-chick ailments GIVE chicks no feed until their systems are strong nough to receive it. Nature provides nourishment for the first 48 hours. Then raise them the Pam-a—ce-a way.; Pan-a-ce-a prevents indigestion and indigestion leads to bowel troubles which cause more chick losses than all other causes combined. Pan-a-ce-a keeps the system free from poisonous waste materials, which are often the cause of fatal maladies. No indigestion, no bowel troubles, no gapes, no leg weakness where Pan-a-ce-a is fed regularly. Pan-a—ce-a is a valuable nerve tonic which brings into healthy action every little-chick organ. lt whets the appetite and enables chicks to get the good of their feed. Pan-a-ce-a contains the best blood builders known. It supplies the important minerals so necessary to bone development, muscle making and feather formation. A Pan—a-ce-a chick outfeathers a non-Pan-a-ce-a chick every time. ' v' , ‘ ' ' Pan-a-ce-a your half-grown "fowls ‘ If you want early broilers, if you want pullets that i; will mature into fall and winter layers, you must prevent :i the backsets in your Hock. Pan—a-ce-a is your insur- ance policy. Add it to the ration daily—one pound to every fifty pounds of mash or feed. Costs little to , use. The price of one two-pound broiler will pay for all the Pan-a-ce-a 200 chicks will require for 60 days. If Pan-a-ce-a does not do all we say, and if it does not make you a real profit, take the empty container ‘ .- back to the dealer and he will refund your money. V f: Dr. Hess & Clark, lnc., Ashland, Ohio . Chicks From High Egg Production Stock Hollywood and Ferris Strain Leghorns we Barred Plymouth Rocks ' . . speCIahze Every bird in our flocks has been cullcd by a recognized culling in the expert. Only birds with big, broad backs and long bodies, well . " carried out. having the large abdominal capacity that indicates the Production Of heavy layer are retained. All breeders are muted to Large, Vigorous, S C w L h Healthy Males. - - - eg 0"“ SEND FOR om 1927 CIRCULAR and Barred Rocks Tells all the facts in detail, just why you should specify. 33)" View Leghorns, and Rocks, and how you can make bn,r pronts With poultry. 1000/9 LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED Bay View Poultry Farm Route 1, Box B Holland, Mich Ben‘s Hire Bred Chicks. ' Also BLOOD TESTED CHICKS from highest producing strains in all leading varieties. 100 per cent Live Delivery Guaranteed. 35 VARIETIES. Prepaid Prices on $3515 $1530 $121100 $62000 . . Wh‘te, Brown and Buff Leghorns, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . garged anld White Rocks, I. Reds, ......... .. 4.25 8.00 15.00 12.00 White Wyandots and Buff Rocks, ...... .. 4.50 8.75 11.00 82.00 Mixed all Heavies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _3.75 7.00 13.00 62:.00 0 Please remember Quality goes ahead of Pl‘lCE‘. Cons ‘ K 'r l “2 L‘.t 'i luding Ducklings. 331$? tfliis lilllgell lybiiipluifc 31inch order. No. (‘. . ) orders shipped. 710% Will book your .order. bal- ance 2 weeks before Chicks are delivered. BANK REFEBEBL‘EP; 1qu cannot go wrong in ordering from this ad direct. CHICKS Hatched from TRAPNESTLI) LAiluRS,’§g per (hick lnghery‘than above prices. CHICKS Hatched from BLUE It‘llileNt PENS; £1111 BLOOD lLSTluD, Sc per Llnck higher. r1 e u once got 213'. Look Box 3548,AM this ad. (FLINT, women". Order our Leghorn Chicks now right from y Highland Leghorns are Production J Le horns. Can _ I . I . mun-mun.” a...._ ,, an Barron Strains. Satisfaction indicutcd by V large percentage of customers that come back each year. HIGHLAND LEGHOIWS/ furnish Tuncred, Hollywood Unusual Values—Get. Our Latest Prices. Describesfonrf, ' fee catalog i.‘ ready. “'rite for it today. gggkblgndr special nmtings zit higher prices. 100% prepai '=-llve. arrival guaranteed. ‘ V. I'llGl-ILIINI!!_lfglfl-V1l3fY_[-'VIVLR0Mv Box 7?, HOLLAND. MIDI!" . . . —oun ,wmusns Ll , Official records made In various egg laym contests nndyproductlon shows each is positive proof of the abflifiy of EYST NE QEUALIT STOCK. ( W, ' 0 E QUALITY—0N. PRIO . b t THE SIG" 0F QUALITY SEflva o u n 'L A v E a s " WI ‘31? KEYSTONE HATCHERH We assure you of the best financial returns which an investment in be can produce. Member. of International Baby Cluck Association which " absolute protection, write 0 free cats ozue an ,_,mirnl. revere“ its 100% “3' div uni-mm NATURE provid and nutritious. Migan Farm B ‘ ' Lansing, Michigan reading" Ba sufficient food farther first three days, for the'chick absorbs the yolk of the egg just before it is hatched. This food is rich in fats and carbohydrates. the third day to the sixth week, Michigan Chick Starter, assists nature by giving the chicks a similar feed that is easily seen, easily digested Michigan Chick Starter is rich in vitamine content, balanced with the‘necessary cereal and animal proteins to give the highest feeding efficiency. Michigan Chick Starter is not ‘ Waste material from the mill. the latest scientific formula for baby chick feeding. Ask for a pamphlet of our poullry feed: containing valuable. feeding suggestions. ureau Supply Service From It is based on MICHIGAN ACCREDITED HATCHERIES THE RIGHT fits. 77A good chickw—vigorous, Chicks give such a start. from Superior Chicks. credited. and Barron strains blended. We have the largest breeding . plantx U; any‘Hatchery in Ottawa \County. (:0ij and see: .YPU. are Welcoms. " GET YOUR COPY OF, OUR CATALOG Write today for our free 32-page catalog. It will help you with your poultry. Send at once for the complete story of this famous strain of Leghorns—you are under no obligation. . SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS, INC. The wise commercial poultryman turns to Superior Leghorn Chicks for the right start of his year’s pro- well-bred from high- record foundation means the best start. 65,000 EGGS IN 4 MONTHS That’s the record secured by Prof. Holden months this fall and winter from 1200 pullets raised Our chicks are Michigan Ac- this year. 600 pullets in R. O. P. 118-. START Superior in4 Tancred in business. Box 401 Zeeland, Mich. Michigan I“ a. o. Whlte and Accredited Ohlcks , Buff Leghorns -—Everv breeder 1 r. - .y ,, ’ (Dr. Heasley Egg approved by Q . g- _, z Basket strain) author-Izod ” Barred Rocks a. ' State IIIBPMOI‘S. 'I‘ry chicks this year fro Silver ducnon and Exhibition classes in strong competition. those heading our matings this year. Have made as many winnings in the last five Cup winner. The above winning made December 1926 in Pro- e males and their brothers are among We are the oldest hatchery in Western Michigan“ ears as any other hatchery in Western B. c. R. I. Redo 5 years Michigan. Our free catalog and price list tells all. A trialy will convmce you. MEADOW BROOK HATCHERY, Box B, HOLLAND. MICHIGAN Free Catalogue an“ rte" an 5’ no 0‘ Bidew‘l’fiexb" w "give ‘3: s‘°°“’\%v°’"‘°n1 d “ b‘ecdza‘ebmlg’xtcfifi . D 9’5 a. ' ' .3 9.: \ elk ' Right - e newt: 9“ “e19” 5° “flew Esau Bk... Wk“. c goc 0.9- -ficlflc N ' b“ Ans?" “an” D 3 Established 191 l—Frec Catalogue— .Tr ROYAL sow” [[GHORNS HICKS FROM CONTEST WINNINGOELOOD LIN28 0 Our White Leghorns won the 1925 Michigan Egg ntest._ Contest avers e 176 eggs. Our 11 avers ed 241 eggs. You set some blood lines as produc these Winners In ya c . . 803 2008 AT AMERICAN EGG CONTEST . E“ This year our hen No. 261 loved 303 eggs at the American Eu Content. Is It ' .3... H any dwonder “751:2; tpfflful' bunniess is immiold mmertg’? In spigiflo! heelvyy (I; man as a rem o eso nngs our nee rema a some. er a ~mvrmmt be sure. Money refunded if order mn’tpbe filled when specified. Free gamma. I92 ROYAL HATOHERY & PARK, 8. P. Wlmmo. Prop. 32, Box 3, Iceland. Illeh. Describes in full Chicks for Greater Profit. Write for prices. FREE 1821 OATALOG gives full details of our matings and tells how to raise Baby Michigan Accredited Bred-to-Lay Chicks Mlchi an Accredited. S. C. White and B Le h An , B Min 3 3gb trod Rocks. Our Leghorne are 1:192:13 deo‘p owdled Egg: 13mm 8. We Guarantee 100% Safe Arrival In Good Ilealth. Member International Baby Chick Association American Chick Farm, Box B, Zeeland Michigan ENGLISH AND TANCRED STRAIN WHITE ,LEGHORNS. SHEPPARD‘S ANCONAS RHODE ISLAND REDS. Also Mixed culled selected breeding stock. Heavy La lets, rom Eigish and Tancred White L Circular Gives Full deliveries, Live Delivery Guaranteed. Bank Reference. Pnovsu LAYERS—MICHIGAN nccnsol‘teo‘.‘ GET rues: men ouaurv pnonr mentions Assorted Chicks. ng Type. orns. stalls. dPro t 1' 81' . rite at once. 100 We. . meg Son. 'Ietstfinllglifgancimnhr' MICWFlmécgo‘dficd . Mere. WHAT MARKETS DO you ’ .ADCAST?" listen in any night fona , avelenatho! flame-i ‘ V wane-mom's HATCHERY, Albert Wlmtrom, Prop., Box wand. High. ' s, o, m Leghorn Chicks From Bred To‘ Lay ' “ i Q n A Bill H '1926. county agricultural’agent, and the. Michigan State College. I who; farm-'7 0 or purchased five females from a man who had been trap-nestlngand one male from the College. ’From this mating 6'6 pullets were raised and that fall were carefully culled, mated to some College males. These birds Were selected both for color and production. V In the spring of 1924 this flock of 66,pullets was made a Demonstra- tion Flock and was carefully culled and a breeding pen of the best birds were picked out and mated with the best male that could be found. Selec- tion was again made for color and production. From this choice mat:- ‘ing 77 pullets were raised. The fall of 1924 out: of the flock of 77, ten birds were selected and put in the International \ Egg Laying Contest on Nov. 1, 1924, and at the close of the contest this per; , of ten birds finished fourth with,an average of 180.4 eggs per. bird, with three of the hens making 200 eggs or better. “an the fall of 1925, the owner. had culled carefully and another breed- ing pen was picked and mated with a good male. It was the practice of the owner to use only the eggs from her small breeding pen for their own flock. In this way it gave about ten birds from which to pick one for the breeding pen. Also out of this 140 birds another pen of ten hens was selected for the International Egg Laying Contest, begl nlng Nov._ 1, 1335‘. and ermine NB 1, 1926: {is ten birds had laid on average 'of 178.8 eggs, with two birds having gone wrong. Eight birds had an average of 202 eggs each. ‘ In the fall of 1926, the owner had selected 110 pullets again from twice that number and now has a. beautiful flock which has been pro- ducing very well all winter. An- other pen was selected for the Con- test last fall, which opened Nov. 1, This pen is now holding second place and all the birds with the exception of one, are making a. good record. This strain of Sanilac County Rhode Island Reds has all come from this one particular strain until now they have several flocks that have both color and production and extraordinary vitality. It is also stated by authorities who know, that this strain of Reds is about the best that can be found for both color and production. A number of breeders last‘ year made a county exhibit at the State fair and as a group they obtained three first, three seconds, three thirds, two fourths and two fifths. 'Sanilac county has five of these pens in the International Egg Laying Contest at the Michigan State Col- lege and the production for the month of January for the ten birds Pen No. 18, Jan. 9, 54; Jan. 16, 16, 60; Jan. 23, 51; Jan. 30, 46. Pen No. 22, Jan. 9, 39; Jan. 16, 42; Jan. 23, 46; Jan. 30, 49. Pen No. 24, Jan. 9, 48; Jan. 16, 48; Jan. 23, 37; Jan. 30. 39. Pen No. 25, Jan. 9, 44; Jan. 16, 42; Jan. 23, 28; Jan. 30, 46. Pen No. 35, Jan. 9, 42; Jan. 16, 46; Jan. 23, 49; Jam 30, 42. According to County Agent John D. Martin these hens are not only good producers but all have good color and meet the standard qualifi- cations. EGGS MADE lAGE-PROOF MEANS of rendering the egg of the hen immune to the ravages of time, in which electricity plays an important part, has been devised. Technically, the process is knewn as sterilization of eggs, and is accomplished by means or a re- cently invented machine. The steri- lization is accomplished by passing the eggs through an oil bath at 235 degrees Fahrenheit. This hot oil; fills~ the pores in the eggshell, pre- vents air from entering, and dis- courages any tendency which the egg ,. may have toward becoming a chick-1:; leaf-" ~ ' . yarns 4'chlckens; should; have aplenty range aan roosting space they . pullets after they had been‘ g1 .r . l .. ,w u- is Stop Your Bay‘CIsick Loom ' .i i this!!!" Robe 21b. boiler-{In Swath— you handler-tin. , , ' r l (0.) Elisha write-“Mud In]; an." » A. J. neford writer-"Bad 2n». holler: In 8 vagina.- m- macaw-w «mm-w. «u -' ng-ngfigaiidzmd . dry: m1 even in up weather, above in eans-e. no mwm' “Ray-Glace” WI ‘ - - r fifi‘fifigaiws“ .1. A. - up. lint. m ~- ‘ .. 1 is? . The Martin steel Products 06.. We. COLONY BROODER mothers ALL your chicks too healthy maturity V Its new hover is large enough to cover its rated chick capacity—and it .spreads an even healthy heat tom the stove to its outside edge. Its new stove is easy to control and inexpensive to A 2“" H" ope ate—the lar maga- “ “22!, "his: zme holds enoug Iner- coal to maintain an even tem— perature 24 hours 111.- the coldest weather. A out . ‘ , WrIte [It ‘ . today It aye for 4 ‘ . itsel in the _ - »_ ~ " aura. crickl - ‘ it raised u“ the labor It saves you. V > , Send today for new Blue Hen Book ’ Broader F acts, FREE LANCAS'IER MFG. co. Michigan Accredited Hatcheries KNOLL’S S. 0. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 8 WEEKS PULLETS ALL MICHIGAN ACCREDITED ' LIVE, G , LAY and PRODUCE PROFITS Every bird in our flocks has been approved and passed by fl inspector from the Mich— o igan State ry mprovement Associa— tlon and the Michigan State Colle 9. males and females mdi - are Jud tells how you, too, can KNOLL’S HATCBERY n. a. 12, Box a. Holland. mohlgm. Woo/Emma S.C.WHITE LEGHORN 81.300 sugzamun: . will GLANAH-Hl' "gangsta STATE ACCREDH’EC ' TELL Your next winters' egg pro- duction depends on the qual- ity of the Chicks you order fiNOW! Our 1927 FREE Catalog tells how. - Write for It. WOLVIRIIF; Inflow" II. P. Wienmo. Owner and I v - Dem. 5. Iceland, mailman. FAIRVIEW Profit Producing. Strains fllohlun Accredited ~ . 8lx Leading Varletles to choose from. Trspneshd Leghorn: under R. o. P. Work. Records 'show 67 to 71- eggs laid per hen in e 92 days. S. 0. Heavy White Leah Ins. White a B ed Begin. . o. , g. . Rhoda Iglandalieds. . 0; ran horns. £0 Guarantee Satisfaction. , , Write for our, Lin and Let Live Priest; 8. Iceland. Iloh FAIRVIEW "arouse? a Mun-m! "filmy-5 _ Box 88'” x I yourchidkl earlier and m A LA "7‘" w W‘s-Jva ‘rr figf’é‘b‘g v avfl‘w‘w m . ‘1’ Loom, .sasun 'sngpn ahead f i I'Im‘ 1' ' dose.”-———Mrs. Encodes in Preventing rr We m Mrs. Rhoades’ letter will no doubt: be of utmost interest to poultry rais- ers who have had mentions losses from White Biamrhoa. We will let .Mms. Ms told tilt (in her own monds: “Dear Sir: I see reports of .so many hang their ltttle chicks with White .ililiumhea, so thought I woods! - ten my emails-nos. My first incuba— tor whims when but a dew days (old, began to die by the dozens with White Diarrhea. .I tried different remedies and was about discouraged with the chicken business. Finally, I sent to (the Walker Remedy '00-, Dept. 5.2.2, Waterloo, 1a-, for a $1.00 boat of their 'W-adko White Diarrhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing for this terrible disease. We raised 700 thrifty, heahthy chicks and never Iost a single chick after the first Ethel Rhoades, Shen— andoah. Iowa. Cause of Who Diarrhea White Diarrhea ’is caused by Ini- croscop‘ic organisms which multiply with great rapidity ‘in the intestines of diseased birds and enormous numbers are discharged with the droppings. Readers are warned to beware of Wh‘iteDiarrhea. {Don‘t wait until 'it kills half your c'hic‘ks. Take the “stitch in time that saves nine.” Remember, there is scarcely a hatch without some infected chicks. Don’t let these few infect your entire flock. ‘Preve'nt it. Give Walko “in all drinking water *fior the first two weeks and you won’t lose one chick where you lost hundreds before. . These letters prove it: Never Lost a. Single Chuck Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, Ind., writes: "I have lost my share of chicks Tram ’W‘hi‘t-e Diarrhea. Fi- nally I sent for two packages of Wa‘lllm. I raised over 500 chicks and I never lost a single chick from White Diarrhea. Walko not only pre- vents White Diarrhea, but it gives the wok-s mm and vigor; they develop quicker and feather earlier. Never Lost One Alter [first Dose Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw writes: “I used to lose a great many chicks from White Diamhea, tried many remedies and was about discouraged. As a last resort ’I sent to the Walker Remedy (10-, Dept. 522, Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy. .I used two 500 pack- ages, raised 300 White Wyandottes and never lost one «or had one sick after giving the medicine and my chickens are larger and healthier them ever believe. I have found this compamy thoroughly reliable , and always get the remedy by return mail.”—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Bea- consfield, Iowa. You Run ,No Risk We w111 send Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy ‘entirely at our r1sk— ostage prepaid—«so you can see for yourself what E wonder-working remedy it is for hitc ‘Dmrrheu in 4 by' . . _you_:cu.n JEDVe—flfl thousands have mama ——:that at mil stop your losses and double. he ,. even 'q‘gadruple your profits. Send 60c ‘foraMge’vo‘I "WED .(-or_ $1100 for extra Inna monk—«give at on, .all drinking water and. watch results. You’ll find you won't lose one, chick' eregryou lost dozens ‘before. It's a posmve r fact. -u rrm inc .’ _\\Ve guarantee to ’re-r fund your money romptly If you don’t find it the , greatest little chic saver you ever used. The P10- neer-- onal IBan‘k, the oldest and strongest @bunk ; in Water on, do... stands .back of this guarantee. wan... Remedy ‘00., oept. 522, Wad“, 1...... a d mm ' .Wxfifi“ coder house to admit thesem. the windows. roduces amazinghoalt E1136)? - Woman ‘t.l- eta-untan Wfimmfir window glass died. wwmmwm W ; COMO lh‘INNEl. 1' umv—ro-usm W'Wim moan PCRCHE’ . FUR .LICE WENT WH ‘BLiUE GINTMENT iguérazghgedoxw 1:4 {IL in * m flicker -; m kipfio; '47. ovagl’; ‘ ‘Kmneyat'shapea RM‘IONS FUR KENS mums Home advise the best home made rafioms {for hens and baby chicks.— W. J. 1., flakley, E ration which is being suc- cessfully :used at the Egg Lay- ing Contest is as follows: Scratch .feed equal parts of cracked corn and wheat. 150 pounds corn meal; 100 pounds bran; 100 pounds ground oats; 100 pounds middlings; 50 pounds alfalfa; 50 pounds meat scraps; 15 pounds calcium carbon— ate; -3 pounds salt. The bind-s one given all of the milk they will drink or, 3 pounds condensed buttermilk per 100 hens per day with sprouted oats for green feed. The Wisconsin ration for baby chicks consist of: 80 pounds corn meal; 20: pounds middlings; 5 pounds pea-r1 ; 5 pounds bone meal; 1 pound- e salt. ‘Th'is ration is giving good results and has been used with slight varia- tions by various poultry‘men in the State who are well satisfied with it. —'Clarence M. Ferguson, Manager Inter. Egg Laying Contest, M. S. C. ROBE OF STATE INSURANCE GROUP T a meeting .of the State Associ- A atien of Mutual insurance Oom- Tpanics of Michigan, held at Lan- sing,Fehr-uary 3, W. E. Robb of Howell, Michigan was elected vice- president. Mr. Robb was born on a farm about t w e l v e miles north of HOWell, taught school in his early life and is .a graduate of the University of Michigan. He or- ganized the Citi- zens Mutual Au- tomobile Insur- ance Company of Howell in 191.5. . . The c o m p a n y now has over 56,000 members and $840,000 of assets. A large number of these members are farmers in all parts of the state. Edwin Farmer, president of the company, owns a 3004acre farm near :Stoc‘kbridge and Mr. Robb is the owner of a large farm. The company has well rep- resented the farm interests of the state for the {past twelve years, many farmers joining the company when it was first organized. The company is equipped to handle the Wm. E. Babb liability claims in any part of the state. There are about one hundred farm mutuals in the state of Michigan and most of them were represented at the State Association meeting at Lansing. ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONNAIRE ON ANOTHER PAGE Are you looking for the answers to the questions appearing on another page in this issue‘? Well, here may are. Now check over the list and see how many you have right. 1, ms; 2. plus; «3, 119.118.; 4. plus; 5. plus; 6 minus; 7. plus; 8 minus; 9, min- us; 10, minus; 11, plus; 12, plus; 13, minus; 14, plus; 15, minus; 16.. plus; 1.7, plus; 118, plus; 19, plus; ‘30. mmus; ‘21. minus: 252. wins; :23, plus; ’24, plus; .25, plus; 26, m; 27, plus; 28, minus; a». plus; m. mm; 31, minus; 3.2. minus; 33., plus; 34, minus; 35, minus; 36, plus; 37, plus; a. mm; 30.. me; u. “5.41.. minus; 42. plus; 43. minus: 44, on}; W; ‘I .. wu Buy y mafigan Accredi‘tion prondes Competent Inspection of all flocks, hatcheries and chicks *1 117 member hatdheries of the Michigan Poultry mam Assodipltmn, furnishing Michigan Accredited or Certified Chicks and s of known \high quality. All inspection on or supervision of Michigan State College. ~ - . Aeonedtted Chicks are from Inspected _ ’ ,1 " flocks, hatched in Inspected Hatchelies and For Full Pa_rtlculars andah‘st of Michigan carefully cuued before Shlpmem' Mauritian ‘ ' ' I.L—-- number,“ m m _ Certified Chicks are mom inspected Mocks, _ ‘ erred by 200,0gg males, hatched in an In- _ 4- ‘I- “mm. spected Hatchery and carehmy culled be- flhh. State ‘college, Em Lambrg, Mich. 'fore shipment. 5mm x own 51m PER??? Michigan Accredited ,mmgh’wflm This is an average of ‘21 eggs per pullet per month. YO‘U can'de tie same \wi ia‘t‘csst03iiawi‘r’rcdii‘“Fil‘dcl‘émlkfimm: 1 IL A ‘1 1" m J Y‘Vom’v I , Instead rites. cu'stomer from n of a few high Individuals. W 118.“! ) .H TANCREB, and ENGLISH in; e . . White Leghorns, P- IARD‘yb Anconas, Brown Leghorns and Barred ' ocks. Tlollywood foundation stock from 430490 egg record; Tam-red ‘fnundation stock from 250 up egg record attack. Amcona ‘foundatlon direct from Shogggnl. The very best in Irown Leghorns and Our chicks are HhALTHX, VIIIO‘RO ,. Newtown Imtdhed chicks from free range The strongest proof g‘of theyouuhty of our clocks is that we have doubled our hatching With fl‘OWhLINE” you also get "PERSONAL SERVICE.” NOTE THESE LOW PRICES Barred Rocks. breeders. capacity over last year. Assorted or Mbred chicks 10c each. Chi .ks sli) ed rt. ‘ . 0 ‘ ive r '. count on early orders. LARGE NEW UA’I‘ALbld) B‘RriglsflPmd 100 [‘7 mm de] W guaranteed. D13 J. ‘GEERLINIGS, Manager, R. F. D. No. 1, Box E, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN. HILLCROFT FARM ACCREDITED LEGH’ORNS are bred from high production strains. CONTEST QUALITY CHICKS 'OF sPlROMEN STRAINS 'F’ROM A NATIONAL B'REEDER FOR GREATER POLILTRY PROF-ITS. ZOV/o DISCOUNT THIS MONTH ONL'V. 0‘11; Oklahoma Contest J’en averaged 2-10 eggs. Ten othor hens mode official records of 2‘40 eggs each. Wmners at Chicago and National l‘rmtests. $7.81 ofiioiul roflt on (.ontest Pen. FREE (latulou tollsOaIl facts. 'l‘ancrcd, Hanson, English, erris (Tlcasley Bred) Pullets, lIcns, Mules, Chicks. lc per chick books your order and holds your shipplng date." first hen 1'0 date Missouri and Arkansas Laying Contests. Second Pen New York Contest. m. L. E. FEWEY ‘FIHRMS, Dept. ~14, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. E31064 Egg Revenue From 680 Unculled Pullcts In Seven ‘0 t ttlill'dtf Al 10 I; S De cus omer repor s. 18‘ sp em} ~rc.11rn rom our pri bate 1cd made A \Vhitc Iegborn Chicks, . Nov. 1 to Dec. 39, 1920. 07111:»; IS fine, but not unusual recon! fofr our regular stock. 750 sur- plus cookcrels raised from his .1000 elm-ks also gave him additional revenue. Our hens now lead- ing Miclngun and Oklln'honm (,‘ontcsts arc birds of similar breeding. All our stock blood—tested. and every breeder on our own farm tru mutated from its ‘lirHt to its LISI. vgg. All birds have been handled, passed, leg—banded and CERTIFIED by the Mu-lugnn Poultry Improvement Association. Write at once for I’rloe List and FREE (‘utalog on Ruby Whit-ks and Matching 19%;. 1V. 6. HANNAH £7 SON Route 10, Box I} G 'and Rapids, Mich. It will pay youAto investigate one of Michigan’s oldest and bust lmtnbvries. ‘Nino— _ teen years experience. Lycry chick lmtub’ed'from rugged free range lvl‘t'mlm‘s ofllmully uncredited by Inspectors SllUPl'VlSl‘d by Mlclllgnn State College. Lame percentage of business to satisfied old customers. WHITE LEGHORNS (Elmhsb and American), BARRED ROCKS. ANCONAS. r-lnwks bought (V this old rcliublv concern with un _ Your .Mivll. .v\(-(-rollitctl osmbllsbcd reputation for squan- (louling are sure to plengc. 100% live de‘ livery prepaid. (let our new FREE catalog before placing your order. Van Appledorn Bros. Holland Hatchery 6': Paul. Farm, R. ’7-B, Holland, Mich. ,‘ "W ING CHICKS FIRST HAT-GMfl JANUARYm31fST - G ° ' ,, .m are 71' mm 1‘ ' ' ’= . MlChlga." Accredited Every breeder wears (1178215221 lglgoggmgnfg- dicuting ofliciul approval by authorized state inspectors. PAY $1.00 DOWN—BALANCE C.- O. ‘3. Pay for your chit-ks when you got them. Send $1.00 and we will :Bhip (l. 0. I). (let our big new catalog. It is free. It will hel you. Your choice of three profitable breeds. 100% live delivery guaranfeed BRUMMER FREDRICKSON POULTRY FARM. Box 38. ‘Rfllland. HIGH. 5|.AKEIEW 0"" Buy Michigan Accredited Chlcks from Lukoview. Official records up to 252 eggs, Mu-h. Egg Contest, 1028, 24. 25. Every brccdcr Inspected and passed by lxlspcctors superwsed by Mich. State (lollegu. Smith lxutclml. . Prepaid Prices on 25 50 100 600 1000 White Leghorns ncred‘) ................ ..‘$3.75 $7.00 $18.00 $62.00 $120.00 Bd. Rocks, S 25 800 15.00 .03 (Ta . G. 8: R. c. R.. I. Reds ...... .. . . . 12410 140.00 Special matings higher. Mlxcd chicks $10.00 per 100. All Ilk‘lelL’H $12.00. Order from ad. New catalog: free. Write today. Member I. II. (T, A, LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM. R. 'R. 8, BOX ‘3, HOLLAND, MICH. BABY CHICKS---Big, Vigorous, Chicks From high egg producing flocks selected for rapid growth and high vitality. Michigan Accredited chicks that will grow faster, and lay more eggs than ordinary chicks. Sate arrival guaranteed. WRITE US BEFORE BUYING MAPLE HILL HATCHERY, Martin, Michigan. Chicks that are hatched from mice mange breeders carefully selected. Our ' flodks and hatchery inspected and passed herepresentative of Michigan, tate College. Refer you to State Commercial Sayings Bonk. Order thorn 9 ad. Our chlohs am Michigan Wind. Prepaid Moss on— 100 - 500 000 . . . d B . L horns .......... .5400 m 018.00 new ' .0 2d. Rook! .8. I39 I. 5:06 8.50 MM 2150 *. .08 ivllxed chicks swan p‘er Hundred. 00% down 'books your order. Free catalog. 100% Live delivery prepaid. "W 3808.. I-fl.flo.l. 630'“. new WN- IUI m Imus, BLOOD “ESE II no an i aimed M an! Hanson cm White “chm and .1... an My aim album “a” "M m" '22.... momma-nun. m auras. mom“. 1 th . 14 years of breeding for SIZE. TYPE, \VIN’I‘ER ‘ ()ur breeders have been inspected and approved by inspectors super-vised Mialngan .. State (.‘pllcgc. The statements in this ad have been 0. K’d as truthful 011% at below III‘IL‘OS III complete confidence. Postpaid prices on 25 ' 100 ‘500 ‘1‘000 S. . Whlte Leghorns .......................................... ..$ (75 $7.00 $18.00 $62.00 $130.00 _‘\V<* guaran‘roe 100 "/n safe arrival. Semi for free catalog. It’s free. Referencezj '(Ioonersvxllc State Bank. Member Mlclugun and International Baby Chick Association. . _ o HILLCROFT FARM Box 52 Coopervme, Mich. '96 'UNGUL'L‘E'D WIRL‘FTS ’L‘I‘Y 7611' a l I l r English Type s O W $100000 $650030 A d I. 100 $853300 . . ................. .. . . nconaa .nn . h ......... .. . Hollywood or Tancred .................. .. 15.00 70.00 Barred Rockafif‘ .... .......... ~ Firmer Underto'ne To Wheat Market Future of Livestock Market Looks Bright By W. W. FOOT], W Edit“. may look a little early to speak intelligently about what plans are being made by the farmers of the country regarding spring grain planting and other lines 01 work, but many reports are coming in from various corn growing sec tions that a moderate curtailment of acreage is quite likely to take place. This applies particularly to such farmers as depend upon raising corn for the market, the experience of re- cent years having shown the folly of,this course, and it may be stated positively that the present outlook points to a considerable development oi.’ the good old-fashioned practice of feeding the corn on the farm. This has always been the course pursued by the most successful farmers of the great middle west, and we are fast approaching a period when be- cause of our enormous and rapidly increasing population, an expansion of the production of beef. part and mutton will become necessary. Al- ready a hog shortage looms up in the corn belt states, and farmers are not marketing suiticient numbers of tat long ted beet steers to satis- fy the demand. Lambs are still a source of. profit, particularly in the state of Michigan, despite the failure of wool to advance to a good paying basis. As for wheat, Michigan tarm- ers are not at all likely to cease re— garding it as a staple crop, and the same holds true of the dairy and trait industries. Apple orchards are receiving much better care than a few years ago, and as a result of scl- entinc pruning, graiting and spray- ing, old orchards are becoming a source or large profit to farmers in the fruit belt. “Tapping time" has started in the maple groves of In- diana, and a good flow of sugar syrup is reported. Most of the maple groves are only moderately large, and the larger ones are very profit- able. Firmer Undertonc m Wheat While it can hardly be claimed that any marked improvement is taking place in the wheat markets of the United States, there is a little better tone on the whole, and the May future is a trifle stronger, with late sales on the Chicago Board of Trade around $1.42, comparing with $1.50 a year ago. Plenty is market— ed ior all domestic and foreign re— quirements, and the visible wheat suppty is well ahead of last year. Domestic millers are only moderate btyers, and exporters are most 01 the time much smaller buyers .0! breadstnis than in recent years, al- though a little,more than two years ago wheat for May delivery sold around $2. Crap scares may develop . later, but so far the outlook is pro- mising, with no large amount of win- ter killing reported. Crop experts place some stress on the fact that around 41,000,000 acres were seeded to eat last fall, comparing with 37.00 ,000 acres harvested, and they figure that considerable acre— age might be lost without the pros- pect of a good crop being greatly reduced. Farm reserves of wheat are estimated at 124,000,000 bushels or 24,000,000 bushels in excess of a year ago. Less Corn Reserves Farm reserves of corn are esti- mated at 1,068,000,000 bushels, comparing with 1,330,000,000 bush- els a year ago, but available sup- plies in the United States are in- creasing and are much larger than last year. Corn has had moderate advances recently, sales for May de- livery being made on the Chicago Board of Trade around 79 cents, a little higher than a year ago. How- ever, there is known to be a very large proportion of damaged corn of poor feeding quality. May oats have sold up to 48 cents, being seven cents higher than a year ago, prices responding to reliable reports that the farm reserves were down to $84,000,000 bushels, comparing with . 071,000,000 bushels a year ago. May ‘no u up to $1.07 because of the notmakingsnchapoorabowing . Dowsing Hog Receipts Hogs,aswellascattle,havehad good advances in prices owing to last decreasing marketings and a much better local and eastern ship- ping demand. Heavy beet steers have sold on the Chicago market at the highest prices recorded since December, 1025, while choice light hogs sold much better because of the great tailing oil in the oterings. Pigs and underweights advanced the s E E 2 year ago steers were selling at $7.75 to $11.25; two years ago at $7.25 to j LEEWWBY RADIO VERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday, at 7:05 o‘clock. WWMTMEMMMWW marketinformadonandncwsotinwrcettotarmcmthroughraflo stationWGHPotDetl-ot. nihstaflonoperatesonawavolcagth of 270 meters. most, as usual, being rather scarce, and the general market was much higher than in most recent years. There is an extremely wide range of prices, covering a spread of $2. Word comes from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that brood sows are in demand at $35 to $60, but not as much so as tall and summer pigs for feeding purposes. In a number of auctions pigs weighing 50 pounds sold at $10, and in a few instances higher. Buy- ers think prices are too high. but the demand keeps up. Recent Chicago receipts of hogs averaged in weight 281 pounds, comparing with 242 pounds a year ago and a live year average of 231 pounds. The receipts in seven western packing points for the year to late date amounted to 4,030,000 hogs, comparing with 4,- 880,000 a year ago, 0,861,000 two years ago and 7,200,000 three years ago. Recent sales in Chicago were made of hogs at $10.50 to $12, com- paring with $10 to $13.60 two years ago and $6.25 to $7.25 three years ago. Choice Cattle Go The Lenten fast started oil with an advancing market tor desirable tat cattle and, as’ usual this season. prime long ted heavy steers took the lead, these being the scarcest in the some of the $12.35 and twelve years ago at $5.25 to $8.65. Fewer attic than usual oflerings. I vanced as much as 50 week, and choice light steers moved up 25 cents, the top being $12.25. WHEAT Well. the McNaryJiaugen bill was vetoed and it didn’t ruin the wheat market mach to the mprise of iarmers’ friends. In iactthemarketseemstebeiairly nrmandhigherpricestorthonaxt thirty days at least are predicted. The fact that the world’s supply is inexcessoi'thepresentdemandis the bearish feature in the market asthepricedoesnothavemuchoi a chance to function in the Ameri- can market as the price of our wheat is under that of many other count- ries. . (DEN Corn continues about the weakest of all grains due to large receipts and small demand. Before the mar- THE BUSINESS F ARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY andComparisonwithMarkatsTwoWoeksAgoandOIsYoarA‘o Den wit Chicago Detroit Detroit—J Mar. 7 Mar. 7 Feb. 21 1 yr. ago WHEAT—- No. 2 Red $1.87 01.87 1.73 No. 2 White 1-88 my 1.88 1.74. No. 2 Mixed L86 ~ 1.30 1.73 CORN—— No, g Yellow .70 .79 .75 No. 3 Yellow 3'8 see no“ .70 .7o OATS No. a White 451 .51 .50 .44 No. a White .43 .43 .47 .43 RYE-— Cash No. 2 LOO 1.06 1-07 .86 BEANS— o. n. p. cm, 4.25 amgaso 4.10 Porarons— , (New)Per Owt - wean» 1.80@1.95 8.50@2-60 1.00@4.oe HAY— '0 No. 1 Tim. 1731:! 200:2 1s@ 19 assogzs No. a run. 159 10 18820 10 17 20321.50 No. 1 (lover 17 18 as as 13 19 ~ 20921 light nixed 10 17 20921 17 Q 18 aagmno . . M decline. Bean t inactive. . larch 7.—W'heat- and oats unchanged. (Demand :70 quiet after morn Potatoes hand. I v large number who will profit by their patience. Red kidneys are quoted: $4.00 for dark and $0.00 tor light. about 18percentgreat¢ thana:earage,butahoperrnlteat- areiamereportotlighisapplyin tinneth Mmybeeewoeh theaterde Ohtogradob- sunfl;eutms,ue. BEECH SEEDS Clover. cash, domestic, $25.25: hues-s— ed, $11.00. Alanna cash. $22.15. cash. old, $2.45; new, $2.50. \. x 5 Week of March 13 ' HE week at March 13th will open, and also close with mostly fair weather in Michigan but with plenty of stormy and unsettled weather conditions during the mid— ,die days. From about Monday or Tuesday to Thursday: or. Friday Michigan may eXpect moderate to heavy precipitation and some high winds. ' Toward the end of the week the storm period will be passing and as a result temperatures will fall to much lower readings. ~ o Week of March 20 Low temperatures of last week will continue into this week but as the middle of the week approaches recorded readings will be higher. The fair weather of last week will also run into this week but will soon ‘give way to heavy storms of rain or snow in many parts of the state. Added to these effects will be some rather high winds. Between these periods or in other parts of the state there will be mists and fogs, some of them quite heavy. Shortly after the middle of the week temperatures will fall but about Friday the weather will again become much warmer and will re- main so during the balance or the week. Uunsettled weather conditions with some locally‘ heavy precipita- tion may be expected near the end of this week and running into next. Dry Warm Spring in Michigan Air currents will .be such during the months of April, May and June in Michigan as to preclude a normal amount of moisture. It is also ex- pected that this condition will be further augmented by temperatures "for the period averaging above the seasonal normal. In some sections of the‘state parts of April will prove very good to the farmer and his ac- . tivities. nearly met duties or t_ . , typo: the Farm Bureau; members ‘sit they ' were amended to matesially decrease ii- cense rates 'on light trucks. ' These two measures taken - together pro- vide a 4c gas tax. permanent $5.00 license for passenger cars, annual weight tax license for commercial vehicles and the return of two mil- lion dollars additional to the coun- ~ties annually. / Rep. Win. P. Strauch of Vernon, Chairman of the Roads and Bridges Committee, quoted statistics which had been endorsed by the Secretary of State’s office and the State—“High- way Department which showed that the Town and Strauch bills would provide ample revenue for the State highway purposes. Would Aid Northern Counties During the past week Senator A1— bert J. Engle of Lake City and Rep. H. Earl McNitt of Cadillac introduced bills intended to assist the more sparsely settled counties with their highway finance problems. These measures propose __an additional cent gas tax, the proceeds of which would be used during 1927 to help the State pay its delinquent awards to the counties. Beginning with 1928 the revenue from this source would be apportioned equally among the 83 counties of the State, on the con- dition that their program of work would have to be approved by the State Highway Department. After spending weeks studying the financial needs of the various State institutions and scrutinizing their budget requests, the Senate Commit- tee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Ways and Means are beginning to report back the appropriation bills for ac- tion and vote on the floor. Practic- ally the flrst measure of this kind passed by the Senate was the Horton Bill, appropriating $200,000 for each of the next two years for the control of the European corn borer. It is necessary that this measure be speeded through the Legislature in order to meet the requirements of the ten million dollar appropria- tion recently made by the Federal government. Another reason for haste is that Spring is the time of year when most of the clean-up work must be done. The office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is considerably in the limelight just at present. Sen. Tom'Read of Shelby has introduced a resolution providing for a constitu— tional amendment to make this office appointive by the State Board of Ed— ucation. The same measure has been introduced in the House by Rep. Joseph E. Warner of Ypsilanti. An— other measure is being considered to place the Superintendent of Public the ' exactly the in 125 years and the Blat everywhere. save. Send for FR coupon. Also if interested in M PLE and complete informa- tion about the old reliable " BW‘ "FILL THE BASKET" Chick losses are due to wrong feeding and lack of proper Care at the start. Sto the losses—save the baby chicks by feed)- ing Blatchford's .Chick Mash. C ts chicks need to keep them healthy and make them grow big quicker. 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'N ' KLAGER'S‘TU‘BEB ' : won- 3wo- °°" °' writers-r °" m "2: “marshals aspirates ' one (3 runs am sinus OLIOE rurrms Gerto- India: wnrrn HOLLAND TUBKEYS AND from import-a infirm. £12 and :15. Pine flocks . ~ in. . iil' . Hill Farm. Board . niobium 16* I“ - “I I ‘ V 4.3.? 38%20'fitf' Byrvgn fingegguili‘lifh . NY. E a pm ens . 0‘" 0' the 3 do . mfmfiiiffi‘mr‘izo. 1%a%.m, Niobium. ’3 11.3“? M - m. FARMS _ , . "’I% m- 5 L s I? m. r . Hm . _ r » roa so scans, soon use AND . ' . I _ ‘ . (‘ m csnwr Tz‘hélee RiVei-s. - gas 0mg no: . 1935 than“, aunt'ntilit 1. .. . . - ‘ - geanut ‘ so am: 2 smut our LOAH. . k :- Il'roe _ z : l «.mwwmi- gnaw . mm... m E" ' ' t *5“ 7 ‘ . ms I oar, “fl 2.» 8 MAN. AGENTS ble-Truss Gates. week canvassin farm MARTIN ‘PBO 0T8 WE PA! 200 MONTHLY SAL-Al! ' ’ a . “alias-as “M: em...” * - O . n n Darin eld. ois. 1' IF. YOU HAVE INVEN IO . write Bartlet 3 Cam seal? We. W- SELL r30..whr1¥:tingmp 1&3: a ALL—STEEL A 1/8 Cost _ of, Glass '1 KEEPS BABY ' CHICKS HEALTHY PREVENTS WEAK LEGS, DISEASES and DEATHS Don’t keep chicks behind glass. It shuts out the sun’s Ultra-Violet rays, causing leg weakness, rickets, disease and finally death. Leading State Experiment Stations and scientists have proved this in many tests. But these scientists also found that chicks kept under FLEX-O- GLASS were safe from rickets, weak legs, stayed healthy, were full of pep and grew amazingly in this warm sunlit room—because the chicks absorbed the energizing Ultra— Violet rays that FLEX-O—GLASS admitted. See the proof in center column. These tests were made for you. Put your chicks under FLEX-O-GLAISIS. Prevent weak chicks, disease and deaths in this easy way. Every chick will mature or reach fry— ing size much sooner than ever before because they ab- sorb the tissue building Ultra—Violet rays that pass thru FLEX—O—GLASS. Poultrymen everywhere have replaced glass with FLEX-OJGLASS, which makes use of the sun- shine—Nature’s chicks are out of slush, snow and rain. chick growth will actually amaze you. Just build a FLEX-O—GLASS scratch shed easily and replace all poul- try house windows with FLEX—O-GLASS. The results will be astonishing. Use 15 yards for 300 chicks. This cozy sun-lit brooder—house will pay for itself many times the first season alone and next winter keep your hens in it. The Ultra-Violet rays will keep them healthy and active, stimulate the egg glands and make them lay to the limit in coldest weather. Mail the coupon with re— mittance today for a trial roll. Satisfaction guaranteed. Better Than Glass for HOT BEDS . "\s _ >7 . l Gardeners ~— get stronger, b i g g e r plants that will new when trans- planted. Because FLEX - O - GLASS admits concentrated U l tra— Violet rays and Infra—Red (heat) rays, it makes plants grow much stronger and faster than when under plain glass, (Glass stops these rays). Have plants earlier. Get more money for them. FLEX-O—GLASS is in- ,. ‘ stalled much easier, holds heat better and costs far less than glass. Scatters light just as needed. Does not chill like glass. 'Frames are lighter and easier to handle. 15 yards of FLEX-O- GLASS covers a hot bed of 135 sq. ft. Ideal for greenhouses. Enclose Porches and Storm Doors _ . Just nail FLEX-O-GLASS over screen porches and storm doors. Changes snow - d w trap into healthful sunroom or chil— dren’s playhouse, cheaply. Fine for i ' sleeping porches. FLEX-O—GLASS is 7 ; also used on ordinary curtain rollers to ,9), . "."n, diffuse healthful light to every corner . ‘ .. v‘ of the. room. Actually makes room much lighter. Tested and Proven Strongestnnd Best Hofi'man Poultry Farm of Indiana writes: "We_used FLl