.5335. :&)L~$.¥4,)_ x . a: e , 1:: ,“wnml‘wqtniiwr . , I . , E r cture- Page—— Pi , d mm’ d many other features ne lgan ills of Interest to F airmen—Regulations - ‘ B I --Our Own Readers OW 1Ch ME POINTERS ON EGGS gan M i »’s Desk—an agazme ch Independent in m 4—Discussion of Mi isher A72 Farm M n —Publ Edited jres‘sm S 12 Bureau COUNTY AGENT GIVES so g erm‘Qe 301 THE om ers’ S. . g, : ~What Legislature Is Doin min I ' 18 Issue Gave h .7 \ 5,: ,_~_ 5 Int _ g. . n e ,V ’4‘ .. £3me .z. .5 . BILLthatisofgreat‘interesttof'at'mersisonethatisbeing ’ A Sponsored by J. G. Boyle'of Buchanan. which, if passed. will shorten the period of redemption underfia forecloSed mortgage. Some are in favor of it and some are not. We are publishing this article by Mr. O. P. Gossard and, whether you agree or disagree with him, we would like your opinions on it. Also express your views to your__rep- Wives and senators at Lansin is best for all of us.-—Editor. g in order to help them decide what LA ONSIDERABLE interest among farmers and farm organizations 7 has been evidenced in a bill, re- cently introduced in the House of Representatives at Lansing, which purposes to shorten the period of re- demption under ,a foreclosed mort- gage. » Under the present Michigan law, full title to the property securing a mortgage does not pass at the sher- iffs sale which culminates foreclos- ure proceedings. The mortgagor is given one year in which he may re- deem his property by paying the principal sum of his mortgage plus accumulated costs. Theoretically, a long period of re- demption should assist the farmer by permitting him to operate his farm over a full crop season in an eleventh hour attempt to work him- self out of indebtedness. Practically, however, the lawmakers’ leniency has milltated against the best in’ter— ‘ ests oi the farmer. Varenot ‘ ‘ . .8. .th ‘ gs satcon .1; __ of credit they deserve co the security they hays to ‘oilfer f‘a er as’ compared with other states where there is no redemption period after a sheriff’s sale. The borrower, aside from being penalized by paying a higher rate of interest and securing a smaller loan on his security, is further handi-. capped by the fact that there,are no bidders present at a foreclosure sale to buy his equity. The advertising done in connec- tion with the foreclosure is fruitless because no one is interested in the advertisement except the borrower himself and this expense is charged to him. It is of no more advantage to him than the formal notice that is served upon him because no one is interested in buying real estate where possession cannot be given until a year later. ' If the period of redemption came before the sheriff’s sale, the adver- the rate of interest charged is high-l ‘ \ l “OicomsqtheBoasdidnotwant th :f ‘ ‘kngWUl/l'nf r. E ‘ @fired at , fifty-file” By Mullins~Himself mm mo- than fimuflwbegaastwinga Never earned more OSOauwdtiuhislife. yetrairedatSStvith 825,000 .ofitaway. Itwasnoteasy. Iliad bills to pay,bmlwasdetermined. Saving is like all other profitable habits, it’s the startingthatisthelm'dest. “Isavedmy‘ZSeverymonth. When! hadmyfinthundredlboughtaFirst metoleave Ihadbeenon esame RealEuamGoldBondAft johiornearlythirtyyearaandnowl thefiratiourmomhsitwmeasysailing. Wilsreaflytoplayllmlew' Icon“ Everyfourmonthsaddedanotherbond mnenloy it- tomyoollection. ‘ “Ihadnevasavedaeentinmylifeup “Inthirtyyearslhaveaocumulateda tothetimelwastwentybfivelinabmn snug little am By putting away '25 thattimeablueelipcameinmypey eachmonthlhave . And, en Rightoutotabluekyans asidehomthefintfewmondmlnevcr fired. mmtoqin missedacuuotitlre-inveutedmy timeasnditwasmightyhard along. Imadeupmymind “ thatwhenlgotmotheriobl’d saving; thematoerhowithurtl’d :eayor nextumyday. ,E Itwasn’tlongaiterthatwhenlcame ‘ withthefiunlamimlesvimWhen thehzbitorf Igormyfirstmomh’speylpnt’zioo takethath’omM your intentions with action! Mail the coupon — Now! The Milton Strauss Corporation Wherewiilyeubetenyearshun ‘ Pmbpot Mg now? Where you are Illa: will 5 Deco“. MIME“ depem‘lu what on do now! Please send me without obligation copy of Send fig this book “Before You Invest" booklet. today. Itwillshowyonhowyou can build for independence no N‘m" matter how small your pres- Aunt en: income may be. Back up C1 : l y . . THE MILTON STRAUSS CO FIRST MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE-BONDS is money when the bonds were due. I made my saving my working partner. ,, i i E g g Ioeqlniuonleeee-n senescence-ee-u-enunna S noose-I . v nrortMIoN Under the Supervision of the Banking Department ‘of_ the State of Michigan Ponobsoot Building, Detroit, Mich. VOfl'ices in TwelveOlties V lined ‘of'redemption has expired and k few people have in mind the refinin- . s" »- n locations. fore the interface- tion date, so if any results are to be obtained from the advertisement in attracting bidders,-it must be done all over again immediately prior to or after the redemption period in order to bring it to the attention of the parties interested. " . Under the Ohio law, where the title passes at the time of the sher- il's sale, it is not unusual to find enthusiastic and competitive bidding for the property. a An example of what actually hap- pened and what is happening in most cases occurred with a loaning agency operating in both Ohio and Michigan. In the case of the Ohio loan of $5000 on a term, a sheriil’s sale was held and the farm sold for $10,000 cash. There was competi— tive hiding at this sale. The dif— ference between the mortgage and the selling price went t, the borrow- er and he received approximately $5000 for his equity. 0n about the same date a farm sold in Michigan at a sheriff’s sale upon which there was a $5,000 mortgage. The Michigan farm was better located and originally cost the borrower more money than the Ohio farm, but there were no bid-I ders at the sheriff's sale of this farm. ’ The year’s period of redemption was directly the cause as the farm was well located and one or two parties made inquiries regarding- it but found that they could 'not get pos- session before one‘ year after the sherifl's sale and for that reason did not bid on the farm. ’ The Michigan man retained pos- session of the farm for a year, at the end of which time he was un- able to redeem because he lost his credit through the fact that the foreclosure became necessary and he found that he not only had to raise the delinquent interest but the cost of the foreclosure sale together with the entire amount of the principal. This he was unable to do without assistance and in one case was of- fered assistance but because of the cost of the new loan and the exces— sive toll asked by. the local money leaner, he declined to accept the odor. He had not duly concerned himself regarding the redemption of this farm until a few weeks before the time expired. The result was that he lost his farm and all he re- ceived for-his equity was the privi- lege of using his'farm for one year. The fact that depreciation on real estate which is being neglected or possibly laying idle is so rapid, that a discount of 15 to 25 per cent is usually made by the loaning agency at the time the loan is made and for the reason that money is being loaned under adverse conditions a higher rate of interest is charged. The fact that few people if any are interested in buying a piece of prop- erty which they are not permitted to take possession of until a year hence, is causing the Michigan borrowers to lose their equity in a majority of cases. If it actually is not lost, it is costing them a big penalty to re— finance. Because of the results of the Michigan Foreclosure Law an of- fort is being made to shorten the re- demption period and bring the re- demption period closer to the date of the sheriff’s sale so that the bor- rower may realize something for his equity and it is a well known fact that when the loan is made the her- rower is going to receive more liber- al terms, both as to rate of interest and amount of loan granted. ' The change in the law is expected to bring more competition, among loaning agencies with a tendency to grant larger loans considering the . amount of security, on more liberal terms. This change will avoid the embarrassment which has come about through. the fact that the her- rower has hoped for a change of at:- fairs which would enable him to re- deem his mortgage and through fail- ure to do so has lost his entire w equity. _ Uncle Ab says ‘a done ll, better than a good 10b poorly clone. a o~ , Abgéqgé.. . . .. . Qfi wasmw~ - r. “waxmflanfl f... -_nu .n . Arman-aux. . . Q9 4 .-M21.~.W. .. . ” .—»«....g-.,‘- c. . has}! ‘ The Only F arrn Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan hushed Eli-We 1y at Glenienl. Hands That Wield the Scepter The Life of Our State Officials At Lansing Is Far From Bed of Roses \ ITY the poor State officials at Lansing! No matter what‘they do or don’t do, somebody is always cussing them. Take the Legislature for instance. The public is always wailing about the multi- plicity of laws passed by the Legis— lature and urging that this session be noted for the quality rather than the quantity of its enactments, yet every individual seems to have one or two pet bills that he wants intro- duced and every organization that meets passes a long list of resolu- tions favoring all sorts of legislative proposals. ‘ It's hard for a lawmaker to knew whether the majority of his con- stituents really want a measure or whether the support for it is only on the part of a noisy minority. Then again everybody sobs about high taxes, but at the same time asks the Legislature to launch the State into new fields of activity and appropri- ate additional thousands of State funds for various purposes. The troubles of the members of the present‘”Legislature and of Gov- ernor Fred W. Green are further ag- gravated by the fact that unexpected bills against the State are constantly coming to light and the further the investigations into various institu- tions and their finances go, the more discouraging the situation becomes. Rep. Fred R. Ming of Cheboygan charged, in a speech on the floor of the House last Friday, that only four State institutions had received all of the money appropriated by the Leg- islature two years ago. He said that these were the University of Michigan, the Michigan State Col- lege, the State Prison at. Jackson, and the Boys’ Vocational School at Lansing. All or part of the appro- priations for the other State insti— tutions was held up by the previous State adminisration, probably in an attempt to keep down the State tax rolls. » Disclosures are Alarming The investigations of the Chelsea cement plant unearthed conditions which were. bad enough, but recent revelations of conditions at the new State prison which is being con- structed at Jackson eclipse all for— mer disclosures. The Governor sent to the Legisla- / ture last Friday a most astonishing and discouraging report by Harry L. Conrad of the firm or H. G. Christ- 4? SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1927 : By STANLEY M. POWELL Lansing Correspondent of THE BUSINESS FARMER man Company who had been making a thorough investigation of the con- struction and cost to date of the new Jackson prison. He estimated the cost of the new institution at $12,— 750,000—-a remarkable in c r e a s e over the $5,000,000 estimate given out by ex-Governor Groesbeck. The report showed that the new prison was being built on 156 acres of swamp land which cost the State $23,624.24 and that $135,042.94 had been expended in leveling the site and filling the swamps and $55,- 725.45 in installing a drainage sys-' tem. This makes a total cost of $214,392.63 to provide the site for the new prison. The actual area within the walls will be only 57 acres. 0 In addition to the drainage system a seWer system will be necessary which will involve an additional ex- penditure of about $250,000. The report showed more' than three times as much construction equipment as is necessary had been used on the job thus far and that in the one cell block which is practically complete the cost has run over $1,200 each for the 380 cells therein. The report states that the prisoners who will be confined in this cell block will have as beautiful, as comfortable and as sanitary accomodations as any other prisoners in the.world and more conveniences than in the rooms of some of our finest hotels. The report concludes, “It must neces- sarily be inferred that the State of Michigan has paid. a tremendous price for what it has received.” In transmitting this report to the , Legislature, Governor Green said, “I would respectfully recommend that we do not undertake to com- plete this work, but that provision be made for the building of the wall and three or five of the cell blocks. I would also recommend that we continue the use of the old prison, but abandon the poorest cells. I will submit for your consideration estimates of the cost of these re- ‘ commendations.” While the lawmakers are gradu- ally wading through a mass of ap- propriation requests and other rou- tine legislation, many of the mea- sures in which readers of THE BUSI- NESS FARMER are undoubtedly most interested are languishing in various committee pigeon holes. The House Highway Committee has thus far been unable to reach an agreement regarding the various proposals to amend the present gas and weight tax laws. It begins to look as if nothing might be done along the line of a 40 gas tax, a reduced weight tax for trucks and permanent licenses for passenger cars. Although the committee has figures approved by the Secretary of State’s office and the State Highway Department which show that the Town and Strauch bills to carry out the fore— going program would produce ample revenue, the committee has thus far been unable to reach any agreement, and all developments along this line seem to be deadlocked. From the standpoint of agricul- ture, probably the most important action of the session to date was the passage and approval by the Covers nor of the corn borer control bill and appropriation measure. As originally introduced, this bill empowered the State Department of Agriculture to establish quarantines and enforce clean—up regulations and appropri- ated $200,000 for each of the next two years for this purpose. The House Committee on 'Ways and Means cut this amount in half, but on motion of Rep. Denis C. Clancy of Hillsdale an amendment was adopted which gives the State Administrative Board authority to expend not to exceed $100,000 addi- tional if in its opinion the emergency demands it. The House Committee on Conser- vation has approved a bill by Rep. David H. Brake of Fremont which contains the following provision, “No person shall hunt with firearms, or dogs, or in any other manner upon any farm lands or farm wood- lots connected therewith without the written consent of the owner or lessee of such lands.” Chicken Thief Bills Retarded The House has passed bills by Representatives Hall and Huff which are intended to discourage chicken thieves and impose stiff jail and prison sentences for poultry stealing, but the Senate has not yet taken any Entered as 2nd. class matter, Au . 22. l at Mt. Clemens, Mich. under act er. 3. l ust Be Busy action on either of these measures. Changes in the grading laws for potatoes, apples and grapes would he provided by measures which are making steady progress through the Legislature.’ These bills would de- crease the tolerance for various grades of these products and strengthen the enforcement provi- sions. The potato bill, which is being sponsored by Sen. Chas. R. Herrick of Fenwick, would bring truckers under the operation of the law. It has already passed theSen— ate unanimously. A truth—in-fruit juice bill to pro— tect Michigan fruit growers against unfair competition from dealers who sell imitation fruit juices which are artificially colored and flavored, has been proposed by Sen. George S. Barnard of Benton Harbor. Protection of farmers’ live stock against dangerous animals is pro- posed in two bills now pending in the Legislature. The House has passed a measure sponsored by Rep. Alonzo B. Green of Hillman to pro- vide that farmers would be reim- bursed by the State for damage to their live stock and property caused by bears. Sen. Phillip O’Connell of McGrcvcr is fathering a bill to declare w u coyotes and Wildcats to be nox. animals and to place a boun.y on them. Propose Earlicr Door Season Sen. Vincent A. Martin of Fruit~ port would advance the deer season ten days so that it would be from November 5 to 20 instead of Novem- ber 15 to 30. Carrying out one of his campaign promises Governor Fred W. Green is giving his support to a bill intro— duced by Sen. Norman B. Horton of Fruit Ridge which would permit five of the seven members of the State Administrative Board to over-ride tho Governor's veto of any of their actions. "I‘his bill has now passed both the Senate and the House with no opposing vote, except that of Rep. Virgil A. Fitch of Ludington who previously made a name for himself by being the only member to vote against the Horton corn borer bill. Postponement of the final date for the payment of toxes without pen- alty from January 10 to February 10 as provided in the bill by Rep. Doug- las Black of Twining has been ap- proved by the House Committee of the Whole. 700 More Hospital Beds Needed To Care For Tuberculosis Victims By THEO. J. WERLE Executive Secretary. Michigan Tuberculosis Assocaitlon 0 man interested in sheep rais— ing would invite disaster by pasturing his sheep in a marsh. Every man who knows sheep knows that prolonged exposure on wet ground means disease and disaster for sheep. There are fixed principles in all branches of agriculture and stock raising which successful farm- ers do recognize and which guide them in the plans they make and the money they spend on land purchases and building construction. In the same manner and to fully as large a degree, men who are interested in disease'p‘revention have learned sci- entific‘facts from observation and re- search. These facts are their guides in what they do and recommend that others do in matters dealing with humanlife. ‘ . The legislature of Michigan is at present considering the question of , providing more tuberculosis sans- .goriurn beds for the tuberculous sick ‘ of masters; in Michigan between ‘- m we swan and approximately 700 hospital beds be— low this number. The proposed program on which the State might be expected to spend several million dollars of taxpayers’ money for new buildings and nearly a million dollars a year ultimately for up-keep should be of particular interest to our rural people; first, because the'distinctly rural areas of Michigan with few exceptions, are almost entirely without provisiOn for the tuberculo and second; because farmers are t‘djbagers and cannot af- ford to see the" directed any more who pays taxes. Briefly, the situation IS this. Twenty years ago. or more, the State of Michigan established a state tu- berculosis senator-lam. In the light of- our knowledge of that day, the highest point in the hilly country about’three miles from Howell was tax money mis- an any one else ' chosen for “the site of the senator-1‘ ’ PW 5? ' mt t L A time that much more-than ten years would be required to reduce tuber— cul-osis to a negligible disease. Therefore, the tuberculosis sanatori— ums of that day were of cheap and not very durable construction. \VronL' Ideas Since 1905 when the bill creating a State sanatorium passed the legis- lature, we have learned much about tuberculosis and tuberculosis hospi— tals. It still is the most important cause of death for the age period 18 to 40. It still is a most baffling enemy of man about which many things remain unknown. But these things have been learned in the years of fighting the disease: First, that an expos d hill top, instead of being a good 1) so for a sanctcrium is really a bad place; the cure modern tuberculosis hospitals are not being located as the old State sanstoriunr at Howell is located. Second. that hills are good as wind- that , but? that there must be much ‘r V} ‘ 1‘...“ i_ V m} level ground close at hand in order to give patients exercise room with- out having to pump up or down hill. Third, that there is much other kind of sickness among the patients in a. tuberculosis sanatorium which re« quires the attention of doctors, sur- geons, and dentists other than those who are treating tne patients for tuberculosis. Fourth, that because such a staff of experts cannot gen- erally be maintained in a tubercu— losis hospital, it is wise to locate such a hospital near a large "medical genter so that the doctors can be called in for consultation at little expense. None of these above factors are available at Howell. culosis expert who has seen the old institution has said unhesitatinglih that if he were given a chance to begin over again, he would not build on the old site near Howell,“chiedy for the reasons given above. - ., ‘j’ The 1925 legislature prayide “a half million dollars and a commit- ‘ tee to choose the site for an addition. (Continued on page :1) -, a..." I: m - o\ ._ Every tuber- ' . iii _Warlto Save Corn Crop Is; On All Farmers Need ,to be: 'a..a.‘s.id.4... SLY virtue of the power conferred . on the Commissioner of Agri- culture by the statutes of this state, the following regulations are imade and promulgated governing the suppression of the European ‘Corn Borer in the State of Michigan. 7 .Now, therefore, 1, Herbert E. Pow-_ "91], Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of Michigan, do hereby promulgate the following clean—up regulations for the control of the ' European Corn Borer in the State of HE war on the European corn borer is about to begin in earnest. _ Ten million dollars have been appropriated by the Moral gov- ernment to combat it in five states. Michigan wiil get $1,000,000 a year if $200,000 of State money is used, and- there is every reason to believe there will be. With $1,200,000 to fight this pest in Michigan there will“ be much activity between now and the end lOf the 1927 harvest. Much work must be done this spring and we are publishing the latest regulations so that you 'may become familiar with them. —Ed:itor. ‘ ‘ * Michigan. These regulations will be enforced .in the Counties of Monroe, Wayne, Lenawe, Washtenaw, Macomb, Oak— land, Livingston, St. Clair, Lapeer, Genesee, lSanilac, Tuscola, Huron, Hillsdale, Branch. Jackson, Calhoun, (Ingham and lShiawasee, and the townships of Fawn River, Burr Oak, Colon and Leonidas in St. Joseph county: Wakeshma, Climax, Charles— ton, Ross, Brady, Pavilion, Com- stock, Richland, Portage, School~ craft in Kalamazoo county; Birch ; Run, Frankenmuth, Blumfield, Tay- ~ ' mouth, Bridgeport, Buena Vista, Zil- waukee, Maple Grove, Albee, Spauld- over sheds and shelters, and all sim- ing, Saginaw, Kochville, St. Charles, ilar places on farms are included un— James, Chesaning and the city of der Regulation 2. Likewise the Saginaw in Saginaw county; Merritt, premises around and within canning Portsmouth, Hampton, Frankenlust, factories, grain elevators, seed hous- Monitor, Bangor and the city of Bay es, and the premises around and City in Bay county. Wlfihin the shipping and. receiving REGULATION 1. All corn stalks Domte 0f llvestock and gram, and the and remnants of corn stalks, all corn Premises "around and Wlthln 'bUIId— cobs not being stored for the grain mgs 0’: Other pI_‘0perty used 1n the attached thereto, and all remnants. processmg 0f_11VBStOCk and gram of such cabs, of each yearvs com products, are included under Regu— crop, in fields or feed lots, around latlon 2- canning factories and grain eleva— tors, in or about stock yards, stock I pens, loading chutes and similar places, if not fed, made into ensil— age, shredded or finely ground, or if not tramped into manure, shall 'be destroyed before May 1 of the year succeeding the growth of that ‘ orn. . REGULATION 2. Unfed portions of corn stalks, of cobs not being stored If for the grain attached thereto, and of other corn remnants, which exist on the premises, which are of form to harbor living borers, and which are located in places other than the r field in which the corn was grown, Shall be destroyed, preferably by -' burning, prior to May 1 of the year C succeeding the growth of that corn. “interpretation of Regulation 2 “Destroyed” in these Regulations V‘ and recommendations shall be con— : strued to mean that the material is so placed or so treated that the bor- ers included therein will be killed or that the material will be rendered unfit to harbor living corn borer. “Burning” shall be construed to mean the actual consumption of ma- terial by fire, or subjecting all por— tions of it to sufiieient heat to kill all living borers which may be in- cluded therein. Feed lots, feeding sheds, feeding floors, barnyards, manure bins, ma- nure piles, stock paths, lanes, exer— cise pens, barn floors, mows, corn fodder stacks, shelters, coverings In case all of the corn crop rem- nants in such places, or similar plac- es on the premises shall consist of the uneaten portions of silage, of shredded corn stover, or of finely ground material, then such remnants may be handled without regard to corn-borer control requirements. But in case any of the corn crop rem- nants in such places shall not consist of the residue of the ensilage, of the shredding or of a fine-grinding pro- cess, then such remnants must be destroyed as required above under Regulation 2. Burning such mater- ial is by far preferable and will be required, excepting where in special cases which meet with the approval of the proper corn borer control au— thorities a farmer wishes to use such material for fertility purposes and he shall so treat the material as to render ihharmless from the stand- point of rn borer control, or spread it on fields which are to be plowed prior to May 1st following, provid— ing that such field or fields then \ \ 95 CRATES 0F STRA‘VBERRIES FROhI ONE-EIGHTH ACRE DI. H. Butler, of Calhoun county, picked 95 crates of strawberries off of a patch one- eighth of an acre in size, and sold them readily at $2 a crate. At that rate an acre of strawberries would bring in $1,520. Not bad. This picture shows him with his last load of 24 crates. There’s a rectord for some of you to shoot at. Let's hear rom you. ROUND twenty representatives of farm organizations, farmers, elevator men, bean jobbers, and egislators from bean growing ounties of the State met in the ffice of Hon. Herbert E. Powell, ommissioner of Agriculture, on ‘March 10th to discuss a bean mar— lketing plan proposed by Jas. N. Mc— ‘Bride, of Burton, which was to be ubmitted to our legislature if ap— roved. . p' The plan offered by Mr. MCBI‘lde as somewhat along the line of the CNary—Haugen bill recently passed y Congress but vetoed by Pres1dent . oolidge and'after cons1derable de- ‘ atlng it was decided to have Com— issioner Powell appoint a commit— ee of ten to give more study to the lan in hopes that something can be Worked out that will help the bean ‘ dustry of the State and be satis- Ctory to 3111. Something is very much wrong ith the bean market, was the 0pm- ‘ of all present and Mr. McBride’s n as a remedy received [careful ntion. His idea is to try to set price of‘beans, to a certain de- and have a fund to use to store 118 when sales from farmers are By MILON 'GRINNELL vators would be licensed by the State and they would collect a certain sum, perhaps 10 cents, on each bush— el of beans that came into their hands, this money to go into a fund to use in storing beans at a time when there was an oversupply. Fed— eral grades, or some grades to be operated by the State Department of Agriculture is also considered in the plan. That the State Operated grades might give prestige to Michigan beans and the fixing of the price . i would cause the market to travel on of the opinion that the price fixmg a more steady basis was hoped. might cause an increase in the acre- Several agreed that the plan 3139- AS A- 13- 000k: formef MfiStfir sounded good and would work well Of the .State Grantie’ said, T 9 during a year when the beans were farmer 19 IOOkmg 01‘ Home 0:09 dry but it would have been almost Where he can be? sure or a gOOd lpdr cev impossible to do anything with it find I am afrald t1?“ heifV‘ilouk go during the last couple of years be— Into beans Father eavy ,9 fig“; cause of the large quantity of damp- igeokvgilsgfgérfig ~t0 get a Prlce 6‘ b ans. Even thou h the best meth- - , 033 were used to gdry them before The present d9mandt 11’: comparg storing they would have become son to the acreage was a 9“ up an . . - bout . ordm to the it was found that they remain a ggggfiglfbfiggislopgigea§€ g the same. The demand from the canners shows an increase during Approve Federal Grades heavy that they are far ahead of the last two or three years while it xA committee, representa- Federal grades had many friends has dropprglilie Ogcggghe tgzswggézgfi t; those interested in beans.” present, and even those opposed to‘ gfiogfiil'.» . I _ I' meet in September 013 each them admitted that there were no 8 g Y- r: o discuss the crop and deter- CHP beans shipped from Michigan 'eywh‘iit’the opening price should this year although there were cars "rid-all elevators would be obliged 'sold on that basis. One elevator man y at least that mach. Theielef stated that there werecma-ny buyers as. guilty of doing this and that he thought this was doing much towards breaking the market, and causing beans to become a losing proposition for both the farmer and the buyer. The trade was suspicious of Michigan beans in his estimation. Some expressed themselves in fa- VOr with the price determining idea, declaring that the grocers were afraid to buy only on the hand-to- mouth basis because of the present instability of the price. Others Were Quotes Letters The question ‘of what is,wrong with the bean- market this year was put up to LeE. Osmer, manager of} I f, . “fiat” "‘ v ,fi, “,3 . “3‘1 ’ is working on a E g ‘ shall be considered to fall under Regulation 3 which follows, and that the requirements of Regulation 3 shall be fully met. . Excluding the ensil‘e’d or shredded or finely—ground residue of the corn plant, as described above, Regulation 2 includes all corn crop remnants ly— ing above and including the top two or three inches of, the layer of ma- terial which is soaked in or satur— ated by the water, manurialliquids of feed lots, feed sheds, feeding floors, barnyards, manure bins, ma- nure piles and similar places. REGULATION 3. Unfed portions of corhstalks, corn cobs not stored for the grain attached thereto, and other corn remnants, which exist in a field in which corn was grown, and all coarse stemmed, pithy weeds within that field shall be so treated or handled by regular or by special field procedure, prior to May 1 of the year succeeding the growth of corn in that field, as to insure that, between May 1 and June 1 of that year, no portions of such material or trash in condition to harbor liv- ing borers shall appear on the sur- face of the field after it has been plo'wed, disced or harrowed or plant- ed or cultivated. ‘ Reoonunenda’tions and Methods to Meet Regulation 2 Condition A. Fields Containing Corn Stubble. ‘1. Where the field contains no crop remnants in condition to har- bor living borers, other than the stubble itself, and the farmer wishes to let the field lie fallow_during the succeeding season, or to plant it without plowing, he may use on this field and stubble a stubble pulverizer so operated as to meet Regulation 3. To be fully effective the stubble pulverizer must be set and operated in a manner to destroy the stubble as far down in the stubs as the borer ordinarily is known to hibernate; this is from the ground surface to an inch or two below the surface. 2. Where the field contains, in addition to the stubble, small crop remnants of form to harbor living borers, and if the farmer wishes to let such field lie fallow or to plant it without plowing, he should clean such field of these remnants either before or after the proper use of the stubble pulverizer. A close-toothed horse rake or a special side—delivery rake is sometimes used for this cleaning process especially after the stubble rows have been beaten down (Continued on Page 19) Proposed Bean Marketing Plan Discussed at Lansing Meeting v the Michigan Elevator Exchange, and he replied by quoting from let- ters they recently received from 26 elevator operators and farmers in reply to the very same question. Their main reasons were too many elevators bidding against each other for the crop, federal grades are needed, excessive moisture in the 1926 crop, and lack of confidence of competing elevator men ' Mrs. Dora oM. Stockman, of the State Grange, was convinced that de-- mand could be Stimulated consider- ably. A few years ago baked beans were just as much a part of any meal served at a farmers’ gathering as was the bread and butter, but she. finds that it is not true nowadays. Then the foreign bean was also crit- icized by her. kinds of foreign beans and beans grown in other states at \the Lansing grocery stores, but no Michigan beans. eign beans and some were 'of the opinion that if the price was fixed very high it would encourage impor- tation. would have to be raised. She could buy all Several others spoke of for— To prevent that the tarifi As no agreement could be reached Commissioner Powell was asked to appoint a committee of ten, made up of elevator men, bean growers, legis- - lators and others interested in Mich- igan beans to meet and givethe’mat- « ter further consideration. , As this is written thecommittee ' @990 has not been if " nted but Commi ion? ' raw xi _""V’ia ll IllEET BERTHA AND OBIARIAN. ——They are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Victor V. Hahn, of Hillsdale county. and sent it to us. 4 here she is feeding the calf. The picture came Stratton. and Lil's. V V V . v V1.1“; GOING FOR A RIDE.—Duke’s mistress is Helena Schultz of Tus- cola county. farm products, we say. 9 ' 4‘ ROOM FOR ONE MORE7—The old saying is “There is always room for one inure" but it doesn’t look like it here. Left to right, we have Ellen Meroe, Erma Adrian, Helen Lentz, Cleo Adrian and Dwight Elwell, of Arenac county, The picture was taken and sent in by Mildred Dorleyk of Arenac county. HUNTING WAS GOODi—Looks like some folks found hunting real good during the 1926 deer season, doesn't it? Members of the LeRoy Hunting Club of Alpena county shot these, and Richard J. Coombs, of the same county, “shot” the picture Note there is-dear as well as deer in the picture. FEEDING THE CALF.—Merodoan Beach likes to help her brother—in-lnw F. D. Stratton, of Tuscola, county, do the chores, from son “SOME OF OUR FARDI PRODUCTS.”—This is the title that Blrs. Fred Gleason, of Wayne county, suggested for the above picture when she sent it to us. Good A REAL dog belongs “'aync “30 POUNDS TO THE BUSHEL."-——Rol)ert, small of Mrs. Annie Fcigh- ner, Oscoola. county. igmi Aid Society, Very happy lust year. on the Beng farm. “HA! of Mr. and 89‘ ' .x. 0 .f’ V . NICE LONG CURLS.—“My little THREE GOOD niece, , Reatha Clock, of Monroe county,” writes Mrs. John Clock, of the same county. In this day of bobbed hair, long curls are rather unusual. years. horses. Mrs. Little sent the picture. \ V .9 Kg 7 , $9 TRICK DOG.—-—This to B. “’ilkin. of county, sew-ml tricks. LIAKING TWO BOYS HAPPY.-——l\lcrtie Boga], of Shiawassce county. made Robert Baker and Billie Redsnn, They spent the summer Mrs. of Ionia county. NES AND THEIR MAS tor is a wonderful piece of machinery but it will never take the place of horses entirely because of man’s afl‘ection for." the four-footed friend with which he has worked for many This is William Little, of Mecosta county, with hi TER.—-The tra'é‘é and he can do " , N from the Mich- ll.\!”-—Lu(~ille, daughter J u Ines Binnan, 1a, . i‘ h ‘ . J 1 _.”. 'IAf/lp/ ~ I Q. .o 7 more grower: ‘ ‘noap experiencer’ ’ Here are a few reports of actual experience: with Arcad- ian Sulphate of Ammonia. Study them! crop caown. . “Bailo- m Wm persons Sweet Corn D. M. Chalcrott, Beech Grove, Ky. 240 lbs. - 528 dz. Apples A. M. Nichter, Elisabeth, Ind. 200 lbs. 80 bu. Potatoes H. 0. Brandt, Luther, Mich. 150 lbs. 55 bu. Tomatoes Roger Sondag, Valmeyer, Ill. 100 lbs. 217 bu. Cabbage Lynn Heatley, Midland, Mich. 200 lbs. 12,840 lbs. Apples A. J. Marble, Omro, Wisc. 200 lbs. 24% bu. Cherries Donald C. Pharis, Harrisonville, M0. 325 lbs. 81 bu. Top-dressing with‘ Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia— 25%I per cent Ammonia guaranteed—will help all kinds of crops—backward or bumper. Try Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia for yourself. 'Will send you—eFREE—-enough Arcadian Sulphate to fertilize 25 square feet of soil. Just fill in and mail the coupon. mummmmmmnmmng Results prove the availability of the nitrogen in ARCADIAN .Yu/johaz‘e cf/lmmom'a THE BARRETT COMPANY, AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Atlanta, Georgia Medina Ohio Montgomery, Ala. New York! N. Y0 Raleigh, ’N. 0. Memphis, Tenn. Berkeley, Gal. Shreveport, La. Washington, D. O. uuumnuummmunumnmmnnummmImlnummmmumnmmmmnu:nmmmunnnmmmmunmunxammswam«autumnmumIImumnuuuummnmnf~ The Barrett Company (address nearest office) Please send me sample package of Arcadian Sulphate of Am- "é Mira-27 E E E llllllll monia. I am especially interested in ..................................... .. E and wish you to send me bulletins on théé‘mfi‘ifi‘e'éézf‘”“.”"""’ 3 Name . . E Address .... g mnmmmmmmumwmmlmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmumnum1unnmmmmamnmmnmmmmnunnmmmtmmImmummnnumlg ~ it advisable to sow that ,State Farm Bureau Seed ’fi WHEN WRITING T0 ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER H W/ who fine“! looK$ . NEIGHBOR DAVE 5M5- L... she’ll fies ’bod' friend Bill says they're ma? ) jihad“: focal like ‘lh'éi'r no, on .I Hdhcodcd lle 1b} 3am, pa’ an’ h- Q’boil‘oll. ~ 0? Course) omc Wat-K6 some Ch fi'nca you pu ‘ _ ll'll'l? rascal ’ll be “ladd'lin’ all over 1h" house. fiiil: a lEADG-AD fenctyou pu up 50 link a q ordinal Ofelia a «V aCKe /J (co in’ 0'F I'M. '0‘ . de'Fences , bf"de émcog’ll'mes long? fin ordt’nay «who. I‘ll 5‘? all‘sal'llv‘l‘ éome'h‘ckjdd‘ la..." +52“? ‘atian abou'tllfi‘mem of 15 3:3” an’by ‘lfi' 15-M— df lead faces. up, is ’bodl‘sont; “3" 1k" laSl‘ l o b ' ‘ ‘ll have a adfencé when hes mama ttffijl‘: er 1k” 33145, IEADHAD fences la‘s‘l~ fame, basalt? a #wea‘flifi; m9 «Kl LEM farmfinw, Mm Q9 |EADCLAD if if lend co‘ 'll'i‘ 5N“! a". 9,001. a; P“. , Vrll'c‘ Tb EWMOK DAVE“ momé‘.’ AWNMW'LLE) WWA- ‘ SEED OATS I . Wish to ‘Say that there was an agent in our neighborhood selling Swedish imported seed cats at a little better than $4.00 a bushel. Is kind of oats and is the price lair? He sells for a New York firm. ’Would it be better to buy from the Michigan State Farm Bureau Seed Service?— H. P., Holland. Michigan. have tested in varietal tests W, at this _station and over the state. many varieties of oats‘ from outside of the state for which great claims were made. These tests and the experience of many farmers . show that certified seed of such Michigan varieties as the Wolverine and Worthy consistently give high- est yields over a wide area. These varieties were developed by F. A. Spragg. Plant Breeder. Michigan State College, and are well adapted to Michigan, and seed which has undergone a field and after thresh- ing inspection and which is certified by the Michigan Crop Improvement Association can be purchased at prices ranging from 90 cents to $1.46 per bushel. The Michigan Service handles this seed\ also. - In our estimation, it is the best, available and there is absolutely no reason for Michigan farmers to pay exceedingly high prices for seed oats which tests and experience in the past have shown to be'not as good as, or, at the best, no better than, leading Michigan varieties.——-J. F. Cox, Professor of Farm Crops, Mich- igan State College. - CAN FORECLOSE If a party bought a farm for $10,- 000 and paid $4,000 down and was to pay interest at 6 per cent, taxes and $200 on the principal, could he foreclose first year if $200 principal was not paid but taxes and interest were? Mortgage is for five years. How long do they have to redeem it in?.——A. E. K., Flint, Mich. HE seller could foreclose the contract if the principal is not paid when due, even if the taxes and interest are paid up to date.— Legai Editor. TRAINING FOR TEACHER Can you tell me what the new law is concerning a grade teacher's edu- cation which allows her to teach. I would like to start college next sum- mer’s term, go in the tall term, the spring and summer term. and teach in the next fall term. Could I do this under the new lawi—Miss K., Allenton, Mich. ~ HE law provides that after Sep- tember 1, 1926, the county board of school examiners shall issue teachers’ certificates only to persons who shall have completed at least one year of professional train- ing in an approved teacher training school and this work must be beyond the completion of a four year high WHERE ‘OUR READERS LIVE school course; provided, county board of examiners shall be authority to renew certain certifi-' cates that were valid and in force- on September 1, 1925.4. N. Ot-', well, Supt. of Rural Education. 1101' soon PRACTICE We would like to know u it would. be alright to sow sweet clover in the corn field at the last cultivation. Please answer as quick as possible. --W. J. EL, Snorer, Michigan. ‘ WERE clover seeded in corn at the last cultivation would prob- ably malts a stand provided on- vironmental conditions were favor- able for immediate gerrhination or the seed. In other words it is es- sential that the land he compara- tively tree pt reads, that it contain a fair amount or moisture and be in a fair state of fertility. . The practice of seeding clover in corn in the last cultivation is not a very dependable one. When conditions are favorable fair stands are secured, frequently conditions are unfavorable and'the stands are failures.——C. R. Megee, Associate Professor of Farm Crops, M. S. C. CHANGE rm BOOKS Has a district board any right to order books without having it veted on at the school meetingl—D. 0., Ashley, Mich. HE school board is the legal authority to adopt textbooks to be used in their school; pro- vided, that textbooks once adopted by the school board cannot be changed within a period of five years without the consent of the electors of the district. A district board also has authority to purchase school books for the use of the pupils and to sell the same to the pupils for the actual cost plus the cost of transportation. A school board could not furnish free textbooks to the pupils without a vote of the tax- payers of the district.-——-G. N. Otwell, Supt. of Rural Education. min on mom no SELL? I rented a farm from a man tor $400.00 cash rent without having - any agreement or lease drawn up. My lease has now expired and the man has sold the farm. It'was agreed between us that if the farm Was sold that the owner could also sell the live stock and tools owned by me and pay me a certain sum for these. This was a verbal agreement. When the farm was sold, the tools and live stock were sold with it and the owner also sold the straw and ma- nure. Had the man right to sell the straw and manure or was it my prop- ertyl‘s—J. K., Macomb County. AM of the opinion straw would be considered a part of the crops and would belong to the renter. The manure is part of the real estate and would belong to the owner of the forum—Legal Editor. s? r a We at e or in buildings that we n print undu- heading! an: "arm how’s... . “wars-um... a&mmm first “Wt‘h '3.'W . .3 ms View?” '4'"? ‘ of outlet“ we we (a; 5 It m that '- sweet ' Kl . and A small dry goods, shoe and clothing store was opened in a small town in the west, serving a few hundred homes. The one small store has grown into a Nation-Wide Institu- tion of 773 Department Stores serving millions of homes. FROM AQQBNWTO OAK 117721” 25 years now a nation~ wide STORES WE are celebrating with pride and thank- fulness ourTwenty-fifth or Silver Anni- versary—With pride for the privilege of serving the American public—~with thankfulness for the generous response that has come to our effort. ' Since the Spring day in April, 1902, when Mr. Penney inaugurated, in a small and inconspicu- ous manner, a Retail Shopping Service which was destined to become one of Nation -wide Helpfulness, a quarter of a century has passed. It has been a period of notable growth and ex- pansion, of Winning millions of friends, of serv— ing them faithfully, of basing achievement upon the good will of mutual satisfaction. During all these eventful years, we have been mindful of our responsibilities to the legion of patrons who have contributed and are today contributing, so continuously and so generously, in helping make our Service one not of profit alone but of the confidence that rests on good will. Never for a moment have we knowingly wav- ered from the responsibility of this relationship. It has always been to us an inspiration to reach out for greater things, that we might be the better prepared to render a Service which should , oprove to be more and more beneficial to the in~ creasing numbers who come to. us. ' . ‘ 'mm mm}? m , «was STORE NEWS” goons! A . t ' . k , ~ 4. ll- OUR ANNIVERSARY 77 FRON COAST 3 s TO COAST Where Some of Our 773 Stores Are Located MICHIGAN Adrian Ironwood Albion Ishpcmjng Alma Kalamazoo Alpena Lapeer Battle Creek Ludilngttm Benton Harbor Manistee Cadillac Manistique Calumet Marquette Caro Monroe Cheboygan Muskegon Goldwater Niles Escanaba Owosso Hillsdalc Petoskey Holland Port Huron Houghton Saginaw Ionia Sault Ste. Marie Iron Mountain Sturgis Iron River Traverse City WISCONSIN Antigo Monroe Appleton Oshkosh Ashland Portage Beaver Dam Racine Beloit Reedaburg Bulin Rhinelander Bmcobel Rice Lake Chippewa Falls Richland Center Fond du Lac Sheboygan Green Bay Stevens Point: Jmeeville Watertotm unite-woe Weusau W Wisconsin Rapids JL of growth . 5h oppmg service if Not only is that one little Golden Rule Store of 1902— now itself grown to far larger propOrtions-still serving the people in and about Kemmerer, Wyoming, but there has sprung from its applied principles and policies, others to a present total of 773 Department Stores, scattered over 46 States. All these are children of what we now affectionately term, The Mother Store; all happily operate in the Ser- vice of the public under the name of the J. C. Penney Company. The Founder of this Organization—Mr.James C. Penney—builded in his pioneering days more endur- ing and substantially than he knew. His ideals and practices—square treatment alike to all always—and the extent to which he packed Value into every Dollar of purchase—these constitute the pattern according to which this enormous business has been shaped and which has caused it to grow until it has now become a Nation-wide Institution, serving more than 3,000,000 homes. The dynamic selective and buying power of the Com- pany created by its tremendous volume of cash sales, which, in 1926, amounted to $115,682,737.86, gives a saving power to the public which means much to the thrift and to the economic life of the people of every ' community where it operates a Store. At this milepost in our history, we pause only long enough to express our thanks to the great American people for their continued confidence and appreciation of our efforts in their behalf and to offer the assurance that in the future as in the past we shall strive to serve not only well but better and better with each succeeding business day. 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The best test of success and popularity is the testi- mony of owners. When you buy a cream separator, ask the men and women who use McCormick-Deering day in and day out. Satisfy yourself about every point— cream saving, cleaning, taming, sanitation, lubrication, sim- plicity, durability, and service. Go by what they say about the ball-bearing machine. Made by the Harvester Company. Sold everywhere by the McCormick-Deering dealers. You will profit by investing in a McCormick-Deering Cream Separator. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY 60 s. ' ' ofAmerica , 6 o MichiganAve, Unmanned) \\\n§\\\\\\\\\ ‘ m“ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\i\\\\ uuuuunu‘m“\\ / / z’ / WWW/WWW // Chicago, Illinois WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER Write Put down in black and white what want your Silo to be. Then let ' that stand as OUR Guarantee of the IllWlllll] Your Own Guarantee e ' l3 E AL SILO Most Practical Silo, E D Metal throughout. Many exclusive features. 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Prices are low -nght FREE Silo Book Tells W7AZOO TANK 8: SILO CO. , enter first 'cost than g - pl'OO ' A Greater BUTTERFLY Separator, _ cs. cl -vary light-running an 0111ng new feetnres. ‘ LY$2 DOWN Illlnhle f Lime Service Spread good lime while you’re at bother are the Comes to you clean, pure, packed' in strong, 50 lb. paper sacks, every superior as a. neutralizcr of acids. lts analysis guaranteed. B u n n e r Agricultural (our other dependable quality) and Superior Agricultural Hydrate Lime are on sale at nearby dealers. AGRICULTURAL '2 PEERLESS LIM E PRUDUETS [I]. HILLSDALE MIEH. . D ' ‘ ‘ U '\ EW' 3 - (A, I ~'n 1'08 dscope arm them the Fatbening Steers “ HAVE a carload of feeding steers that I got on December 15th, and I am feeding them corn en- silage and alfalfa hay, also a min- eral feed. I expect to sell them a b o u t J u n 6. With the feed named would you advise me to buy some cotton seed meal at $38 per ton or shelled corn at $1.90 per hundred weight? As a paying pro- , position to make cattle gain more, which is the b es t? I have enough ensilage L. w. MEERS and hay’.”—A. T. St. Johns, Mich. In answering inquiries like this one has to consider the quality of the ensilage and alfalfa now being fed. As A. T. doesvnot say, We take it for granted that the ensilage con- tains an average amount of corn and that the alfalfa is of good quality. These two feeds in themselves fur— nish a good ration and in adding a. grain feed to these, one would nec- essarily have to see that the cattle consumed the hay in sufficient quan— tities to balance the grain feed. Cot- ton seed meal is an ideal feed and is highly recommended where a ra- tion does not contain sufficient pro- tein. Alfalfa hay however supplies protein in large quantities when enough of it is consumed, and if A. T. has hogs' with the cattle it would seem the purchase of corn would be the best buy, if the cattle eat all the alfalfa they want. If, however, the consumption of hay is not maximum the addition of cot— ton seed meal along with the corn would be commendable. A. T. also asks the following: “These cattle are lousy. “What can I do to get rid of same? Is there a powder one can buy to sprinkle on cattle to kill the lice?" In fattening cattle one of the first things to do is to be sure the cattle are free from lice. Cattle infected with lice will not make the best gain and the presence of lice will surely injure'the looks of them, and while the appearance of the cattle does not always have a bearing on the gains they make, it does have a large hear- ing on the price they will bring. Smooth, sleek cattle always sell bet- ter than rough scraggy looking ones, and with lice present the smooth agi- pearance will be lacking. The-era '- cation of lice on cattle is not difficult. Take a can similar to a baking pow- der can and punch holes in the cover. Drive the nail from the inside of the cover so the roughness will be on the outside. Fill the can with com— mon sulphur (such as may be pur— chased at all drug stores) ,and sprinkle it along their backs and necks, letting the rough can cover work in the hair. This is a. cheap and efficient remedy which an old N ' .1 V' ' CW8 an IGWS » Edited by L. w. MEEKS, Hillsdale County ‘(Men eople write for Mr. Meeks' sdvlce on ulnar-on! roblems and h In elwe 3 led to Ive _ y geneflt of his wlde expel-lance wlthout oherge. ddme hlm ear: of M y “F ende will resolve a personal reply by early mall I! you are a pald-up subscriber.) I .l I dairyman recommends, and one that has given us satisfaction in times past. The cattle should be kept dry. ‘ ill II! t , . . Alfalfa Yield This same friend writes ofhis a1- falfa, “I have 14 acres of alfalfagthat I sowed in 1925. I used two tons of lime per acre and inoculated the seed. Had a good stand, and last yearcut two loads the first cutting, one load the second, and only 17$ load the third cutting. Would you think this gradual reduction in,yield was due to weather conditions or lack of plant food of some nature? Would you advise me to drag the field this spring? There are some spots in this field that drowned out. How could I remedy these?” This yield of alfalfa is about the same as was obtained in this section. Some old fields stood up under the dry weather and made a better show— ing in the second cutting but the fields of one or even two year old alfalfa acted much as A. T.’s did. This was a result of weather condi- tions, and not the lack of plant food. We only cut our field twice and the third cutting would have been well worth the effort, but for young fields of alfalfa we believe a heavy growth left on for the winter is a fine thing. One thinks he loses this much hay, .While the fact is he will get it back with good interest in the next year’s crop. Take the days we are having now and walk across a field where a. heavy growth was left last fall, and then step on the fields where no growth at all was left. Notice the difference. There is also a differ— ence which cannot be determined by “feeling” of the soil. Ever notice where a corn shock set on the ground all Winter and was removed in the spring and then the ground plowed and sowed to oats? Almost invariably the oats are much larger where the shocks were. Surely the shocks left no fertility under them. What, then, is the cause? It is a. physical effect on the soil caused by being protected. About the spots which drowned out. We have never thought'it paid to try and reseed them to alfalfa. It will kill out again. We would rather sow orchard grass on these spots and drag it in. \It does not seem to be easily killed out and is always ready for cutting when the alfalfa is. We are feeding alfal- fa hay now which is almost one—third orchard grass, and it certainly is a. fine hay. For horses we prefer it to the straight alfalfa. We have never taken kindly to dragging alfalfa. It is said to be successful in keeping the June grass, crab grass, etc., out of the field, but we imagine it would take consider- able dragging to do this. The old notion was to let alfalfa stand for- eight or ten years, or until the other grasses did run the alfalfa out. Modern practice is to let the alfalfa stand only as long as it is a good one, and then put the field in the crop rotation. It used to be expen- WINDMILL GENERATES ELECTRICITY FOR OLIVER HOME: .. Oliver Brothers find a. windmill a most profitable investment on their 424-aore farm, located near Martin, Allegun county. The windmill you see back of their house‘wu . erected in 1928 and since-that time has been. furnishing electricity to .* gal-agencies er‘ .thmch’ou WW 1'. lights ' two-family house and their ‘arns and power to open-st washing maomnf 9h“ . and cream sepsrator.‘ It’slrfep‘smne wot the gush I I .. .r tin #3013 ./ If my 0.115” “ withst'alfal’ta as clever, there is no excuse in trying I work harness. ' .mp3: about sellln “ Making b Ion ‘ ' ‘ ap’ (if-"ch .3, _v’!-"~- - e ea-per to keep it “too long. ' up It *7 The. McNary-Haugen Bill When the ‘McNary-Haugen Bill first came before the public and was taken seriously as a means of “great aid to American agriculture” by many people, the writer gave it con—- siderable study. The more it was studied the more he was convinced it was very far from being the pan- acea for the troubles the farmers are said to be suffering with, the «greatest being over-production. ‘Far too many favored the bill, 'or would have favored any bill that proposed aiding the farmer, without .studying it out. Strange so many oflicials of one kind or another were enthusias- tic for the bill. They were not farmers, and seriously, I don’t be- lieve the dirt farmers of the “Great Middle West” are half as strong fer the bill as some officials seem to think they are. The old law of sup- ply and demand is no doubt working some hardship on us farmers today, but how it is possible for the dear, government of ours to remove the supply and let the demand keep up the price, is beyond my comprehen- sion. It would seem far more rea— sonable to increase the demand so as to consume the supply. We read of eleven cent cotton. Does the price you pay for socks and shirts denote to you that cotton is worth only one third what it was a little while ago? Are your. breakfast corn flakes only half price because corn is cheap? ' We sold a good cow hide recently, and the same day paid just twice what we got for the large Hol- stein hide for a set of tugs for the How come?. BULLETIN SERVICE (The bulletins llsted under thls headlng are free. If on want a copy of one of more Just Not them on a postal card or In a letter and mall to us wlth your name and address. They will be sent to you wlthout charges of any Ind.) LIST '01“ BULLETIN S Bulletin No. 1. —POULT‘RY RATIONS. Bulletin No. 2. —-MODERN WATER 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. Bulletin No. 8. —FIIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. Bulletin No. 9. . -—FEED FROM EGG TO MARKET. Bulletin No. 10.——WHEN AND HOW TO DUST—This, booklet is made up 01 complete schedules for dusting to control disease and insect pests in the orchard and the garden. Each disease or pest is described and treatment by dusting given. A valuable booklet for those who grow any fruit or much garden. Bulletin No. 11-——MINERALS AND FEEDING.—Prof. John M. Evvard, au- thor of this 87-page booklet, is Professor of Animal Husbandry at the Iowa State College and chief of swine, sheep and beef -cattle investigations at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin No. 12.—HOW TO MAKE MONEY WIITH LINSEED OIL MEAL.— A plain talk on the use of linseed oil meal by Prof. F, B. Morrison, head of the ani- mal husbandry department of the Uni— versity of Wisconsin and assistant director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin No. 13.——FIGHT THE EURO- PEAN CORN BORER. An excellent bul- letin .on the methods of controlling the pest which will interest every farmer. The illustrations include a map of the in- fested area and pictures of the various kinds 01' machinery used in the eradica- tion work. . ' 'Bulletin No. 14.———A GOLDEN HAR-’ VEST FROM YOUR UNDER-GRADE APPLES. The modern method of ex-' tracting apple juice is thesubject of this bulletin, and it tells some interesting 3 fruit juice “at the s1 “ otter vinegar . is Milan“: Mill II llllll-' I THE ALBERT DICKINSON COMPANY a Buffalo Minneapolis '2' J Get This Valuable New Book :- «The new “Hip-Pocket” Farm Guide fills the need for a complete, practical guide to the growing of hay, pasture and forage crops of all kinds. Contains more useful farm information than has ever before been assembled into one book. Substantially bound in pocket size for constant reference. Fully illustrated. Contains oflicial planting table for your state, checked by your experiment station. Would cost $1.00 or more if sold in the usual way. Ask your “Pine Tree” dealer for a copy, or send 10 cents to The Albert Dickinson Company, Chicago, and it will be sent by return mail. "Whenever. conditions are favorable, W. E. Archbold,“ central Ohio farmer, “saves” Clover seed. He had a nice crop in 1925. Circle No. 1 shows ,a much: ' magnified sample of the seed as it came from his huller.‘ Before selling his seed Archbold cleaned it over his OWn mill. Circle No. 2 shows how it looked after he had “cleaned” it. One of Archbold’s neighbors, John Wells, saw this seed and liked its looks. He bought five bushels to sow last spring. ’ The remainder of Archbold’s crop Was pur- ‘ chased by The Albert Dickinson Company, whose representative also knew its history. Dickinson re-cleaned this seed with special machinery. ‘ Circle No. 3 shows the re-cleaned “Pine Tree” seed. Circle No._4 shows a sample of what was taken out in the “Pine Tree” re-cleaning ‘ process. The microscope revealed, in addition to bits of stem, immature clover and other inert matter, seeds of buckhorn, mustard, curled dock, lamb’s quarters, foxtail and several other kinds of weeds. , These are the weeds that “Jack” Wells ' sowed along with his good seed. Weeds so few as to pass unnoticed in a growing field often produce an amazing crop of weed seeds which only specially designed machinery will remove. For your protec- tion, genuine “Pine Tree” farm seeds of known origin, are packed only in branded , bags, sewn with a red string, and sealed with 3 the orange and green “Pine Tree”certificate. 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LOCAL DEALERS I Insure Your ' Dec. 31, 1922 Dec. 31, 1923 Dec. 31, 1924 Dec. 31, 1925 Dec. 31, 1926 11th Season of Snowm- State Wide Organization Rates Reasonable Largest number of automobiles insured of any company In Michigan Assets have increased each year as follows: Automobile \ $266,499.45 375.945.95 565,225.96 704,152.41 840,845.24 There is an agent in your city or county or you may write THE CITIZENS’ MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE com-m Hewett, Michigan Cured His Rupture I was badly ruptured while lifting a k several years ago. Doctors said my hope of cure was an operation. Truss‘es’did me no good. Finally I got lid of something that quickly and com- pletely cured me. Years have passed and the rupture has never returned. although I am doing hard work as a carpenter. There was no operation, no lost time, no trouble. I hsvr nothing to sell, but will ive null intermation about how you may and a complete cure without operation, if you wrigea t; me. Eu ene Psalm, 0:: . ' . Has-ceiius m Ken V Better cut out this notice tured—you may save a life or at least ate the misery of rupture and the worry an danger of an operation—(Adm) WHATIHAVE YOU SALE? Find a market. through , the Business F a r m e r 3 Exchange. Business Farmer .guntiClemene -:-_‘ Michigan. Demand for Veal is Good 8.1? you DRESSED CALVES and LIVE POULTRY to Detroit Beef Co. 1903 Adelaide St, Detroit, Mich, Oldest and most relieble,cemniselen house in Detroit Tags and quotations and new shippers 'gnlde. free on application. ' poultry .r‘ W sees. Gross roses in Order! lag in run blast. m Whom than 1.1: It“! can “a Water. 'flie early m: Mons of! with a rush. and vaccinations are hinder- may orders for early chicks Quotations at Soottville: ., n ; veal cava 16c lb. ; oats, “' e. 70o bu.; $1.12 bu.; . : potatoes, $1.33 cwtr; or. m sea :- bitter, 40:: 1b.; butterfat, s tsp-4. P. 13.. 346-27. W (Rwh—F‘rom: out of ground. Weather warm. A few days more at warm weather and tanner: will be putting on sets. Warmest Mush that I ever 'saw. as! or 1553:} i nights. are getting ready to , ; oats, 38c bu. ; rye, 80c bu. ; beans, $3.“ cwt; butter, 50c 15.; eggs, 200 dosqu. D., 3-16-27. mus (NWM—Weather exception- ally warm for March. Not much sugar weather. Looks like an early spring to make up for the cold and wet last fall. ‘Roads in bad shape. Some of them im— passible. No surplus of seeds. Very lit- tle for sale. Many auctions. Some going to town. Many farms without renters. Quotations at Elsie: Potatoes, $1.50 cwt; butter, 500 1b.; eggs, 220 don—G. L. P., 3—17-27. St. Joseph.-——Farmers are beginning to plow for oats. The ground is in fine shape for plowing except low and springy places are too wet yet. Wheat is showing up wonderfully. Young, cloves and alf- alfa are starting. Grass is also start- ing a little. farmers are going into the harness We! than over before. Stock went throqu well. Horses and cows are" seam and ‘ real prices when eater-4m J. Yoda, 17-27. ‘ Saginaw (DE.)—-We are having some fine some weather, something unusual for this time of year. Unlmproved roads impassable for meter oars. Some gravel roads ruttcd up badly. Wheat is looking quite favorable on low spots, where the water and ice smothered it. Not much doing on farms except chores and plan- - ning the spring work. A low auctions. Good cows bringing from ninety to one ; hundred dollars—E. G. M2,, 3-17-21. Kent (W).——A fine rain yesterday put moisture in the ground and filled cisterns. Some farmers drawing wheat to the ele- vator at $1.18, others drawing beans at about $4.00 for dark red. Farmers with pure bred flocks of chickens selling eggs to different hatcheries. Eggs at the grocery stores 18c to 20¢. Butterfat for first half of February 520. Farmers who make maple syrup getting things ready. -—F. E., Sparta, 3-14-27. Neweyge.——On account of so much ice the greater part of the winter, ‘wheat is - expected to be a poor crop this year. mefldbeplowlngbutatwodays rain is holding the plowing back a few days. Expect eggs will be higher when the incubators get going. Beans sure took a slump this spring, also potatoes. Buckwheat is a good and sure crop for this, locality. Partners oflered the low price of 20c 11. pound for chickens. Quoo tations at Hesperla: Wheat, $1.15 bu.; corn. 85c bu.; oats, 50c bu.; rye, 76c bu.; beans. 85.00 cwt,; potatoes, 81.18 cwt; butter, 66c 1b.; eggs, 20c don—E. M., 8-14—27. Bandy—Wheat not looking very good but is alive and to look a little is sue-ting to grow and tarmere are busy this nice weather getting ready for spring work. Quotations at Sherwood: Wheat. $1.16 bu.; com, 600 bu.; oats, 38o bu.; rye, 90c bu.; beans, “.60 an; potatoes, $1.00 bu.; butter, 601: 1b.; eggs, 20c don—A. W. L, 346-27. m (NWh—Ail lands of signs of spring. roblns, bluebirds, maple buds Saturday night and Sunday morning which settled the ground and started the grass. Grain fields beginning to look seed down. Some see sowing lime, get- ting ready for sweet clover. Eggs are more plentiful with a slight increase in price, 22c. A low tempers have started to plow on light soil. , . Some are beginning to work in their orchards. Some road work being done.-C. E., $47-27. WexforL—Mcalhor warm and all the . snow gone except in a few bad cuts along less traveled roads. Ground could be ‘_ m : potatoes, $1.50 cw‘l.; butter-fat,- 63c 1b.; 0885. 220 den—E. H. D., 3-17—27. Denies (BIL—Peach buds swelling rap- idly due to abnormally Warm Weather, Pruning is about finished. Some spray- ing started. Mr. H. J. Lurkins has been named county agent for Berr‘ien county. ', H. N., 3-17-27. Midlands—Freezing and thawing has damaged wheat badly. Rains have put the river over their banks and all the ditches are full. All spring birds are here. Grape vines are all trimmed up and ready for business. We may have a. summer. who knows? Quotations at Mid- land: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn. 70c bu.; oats, 37c bu.; rye, 80c bu.; beans, $3.70 cwt: butter, 60s “5.; potatoes, $1.00 owt.; eggs, m dos—an. V. 0., 8—10—27. AMMMW all gone here and roads in bad omuon. Hay and mm moving slow. No auction sales advertised yet. Quotations at Spratt: He. , $12.00 ton; eats, 50c bu.; wheat, 31. o bu.; beans, $4.70 ewe; eggs, 226 (102.; better, 300 lb. ~R E., 8-11.27. Ides, sprin‘g weath“ or. Roads bed but improving as rest team around. Crops seem to have waiters! quite well. Political bosses busy as usual around election time. People need to study the situations well in order to Vote for their own best interests, especially the rural folks. Quotations at Monroe: Wheat, $1.21 bu.; com, $1.05 cwt.; oats, 400 bu.; rye, 850 bu.; butterh 45c lb.; eggs. 2‘30 don—Mrs. F. H., 3-16—27. ' Washtenaw.—-—Roads in worst condition for years during the past two weeks. Sunshine and scraping of roads have fili— prroved them very much. Farmers on sand can work, their ground. Pruning and spraying are the order of the day. Wheat that looked well last fall came through the winter in line shape. A large acre- age of alfalfa will soon be sewn. Lime— stone ls coming into general use. Also fertilizers. Quotations at Ann Arbor: Corn, 50c bu.; oats, 50c bu.; butter, “c 1b.: ms. 22c don—A. W. 8.. 8-17-27. Monroe (EL—Robins, the “more or springarewlthuseauin. Uptedate March has been a beautiful month. On account of our inadequate highway sys- tem dirt roads have been been impassable. Stock that has beenn well housed and cared for is “looking tine. Rye. wheat. and meadows are looking good. Man and money will be thrown into the fight to check the aggression qt the corn borer throughout this count . Our young men and women are wor lag in stores and factories in Toledo leaving the old men and women on the fame. Land values are holding their own Buildings are de- preciating—4. W. Eisenmsnn, 3-17-27. Defiance (Ohio).—Nloe March W: had good rain last week. Grass and wheat beginning to look green. Shower of all kinds appears to have gone through winter well. Buzzing wood, repairing fuses, doing chores, as too wet to do much on the term. Sales our only a flew terms changed owners. Quotation? at Bryan. Ohio: Hay, 810.00 ton; confine owt.; oats, 38c bu.; h 31136 out: wheat, 31..” bu.; veel. 4.50 m; 90- tstoes, 31.50 bu.; eggs. as don: butter- fat, 65c lb.-—-W. E. B., 8-16-27. LOCATING THE 1119” "Just Where did the automobile truck hit you?" asked the dealer. 1 "Well," said the injured young m- men, "it I had been wearing a license plate it would have been , so WILD, » - "34,, help!" cried the ma." 1 some jihs' , “.ms W damaged." 'F‘this section new» answered l'State, it is my opinion that a good . many farmers are looking for some steps for cash crops other than the as representativefot the. condi- tions existing elsewhere in this old “stand-by” beets and beans. To those fortunate enough to be located Within trucking radius of the larger cities, I see no reason why the grow- ing of truck crops should not offer unusual possibilities to those looking for new fields to conquer. Most farmers have or usually pre- pare a piece of land suitable for growing truck crops. Due to the wide variation in the planting dates as well as the varia- tion of the time of. season in which they mature it is usually possible to select crops which will fit in well with other operations on the farm in question. It is not a venture requiring a. large outlay of capital for special equipment as most of the. work can be accomplished by tools 'usually found on the ordinary farm. It would be advisable to select crops on which the work involved would not come at a time when the work of caring for the regular farm crops was at its peak. It would also seem advisable for the grower to limit himself to one or two crops rather than small plant— ings of a large number. By so doing he is in position to create a market for his product and in event that the crop could not be disposed of locally, there will be a sufficient amount to pay him to ship through a » commission house: Bunched vegetables should usually be avoided unless the help can be obtained to grow and prepare for market a crop of this nature. We have found the Felins tying machine to be almost indispensable in grow— ing bunched crops. It would be im- possible to recommend any certain crop to grow as farm cash crops, as climate, soil, markets, etc. would be the governing factors in selecting a ‘ crop. MELON ’VARITIES UDGING. from inquiries I have J received in regard to melon cul— ture, I am led to believe that a good many of our readers are grow— ing varieties not adapted to Michi- gan climate. It is hoped that a brief discussion of varieties will not be put of place at this time. We have always confined most of our plantings to the Sugar Sweet variety, also known as Knight, Early, Knight and Sweet Air. This melon l has been instrumental in creating a strong market for our melons. It is a very early, green fleshed melon of medium size, ripens well up to a thin firm rind. The flesh is medium thick, of fine texture and excellent quality. ‘ Each year we conduct a field test by planting a few of the newer intro- ductions side by side with this vari- ety. In the season of 1925 we se- lected two very‘ promising varities and inasmuch s the merits of these varieties were repeated in our 1926 tests I do not hesitate to recommend 1 them for Michigan culture. Lake Champlain. This is an extra early, yellow fleshed melon and excells anything we have tried in regard to- quality. Its use is limited how— hnz‘m ‘IM' Rs' EST ACHIEVEMENT * film New and Finer Oakland announces an entirely new line of Pontiac Sixes,notably enhanced in beauty, incorporating numerous re— finements in design and carrying new low prices. .New Fisher Bodies Never in any low-priced six have been achieyed such commanding beauty and luxury as in this latest achievement of General Motors. Lending luster to even the Fisher tradition of masterly crafts— manship, the new bodies by Fisher are longer, lower and superbly executed to the slightest detail. 11'” New Duco Colors To emphasize their inherent smartness, all body types are finished in new com— binations of Duco colors. New Beauty and Style Pontiac Six beauty has always been outstanding. But now in these new and finer models has been achieved not only new beauty but also an arresting rakishness—the results of a deeper radi- ator; larger, heavier, and more sweep- ing crown fenders; and more massive \u 2 SEDAN $775 ‘ headlamps. Windshield pillars are narrowed to conform to the accepted custom-built vogue and to provide a wider arc of visibility. Window ledges are smartly recessed and finished in a contrasting color. Mechanical Refinements In addition, the new and finer Pontiac Six introduces many new features and refinements in engineering design— such as tiltingebeam headlights with foot control, new transmission and brake levers, a clutch even smoother and more positive in action and an oil- sealed universal joint. Two New Body Types Two entirely new body types ofcharac— teristic beauty have been added to the Pontiac Six line. These are a dashing, youthful Sport Roadster, finished in Lucerne Blue, striped with Faerie Red; and a 4—passenger Sport Cabriolet, with Brevoort Green top and fenders, and body in Cherokee Gray, striped with orange to rival the vogue and smartness of the highest priced cars of the day. AT NEW LOW PRICES Sedan $775 Sm? ROadsstuef $775 sport Cabriolet(4-p.ss) $835 With Rumble Seat) Coupe LandauSedan DeLuxeLandauSedan 975 All prices as factory OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY. PONTIAC, MICHIGAN ever to the local market as the flesh and rind do not permit its being shipped any great distance. As a home garden variety try it by all means. , The other variety known as Ben- der is sOmewhat larger than either of the above' and somewhat later. 'The flesh is very thick and firm which lends it to shipping and the quality cannot be surpassed. It, like the Champlain, is orange fleshed. I would especially recom— mend this melon to those of our readers who have facilities for. start- ing the plants under glass. I have taken your paper for at least five years and like it very well. Be- newed for it again last summer..——M. ’ Buoluwr, Meona County. - Itekéntheme‘versincoitwu' v 4.1139170 is much informs» I’ll Save Ni no Do you know that loan save you a lot of money op your paint bill? I’m doing it for over 3 mil- lion farmer customers. You_can make this sav- ing too, by getting your paint DIRECT FROM MY FACTORY It low ‘ Facto Fre prices. wsnaffio'; prosper: Send .1“ C, J ,L . . V be much 'gr-e instructive {older ' in Seed is the Greatest Single Factor in Determining the Prosperity oi the Farm Home EATHER and disease may be uncon- trollable, but the quality and adapt- ability of seed can be determined. It is a known factor that high quality seed insures a more Certain crop than low quality seed. Everything on the farm depends upon the harvest. Livestock depend upon pasture, hay and grains, soil upon legume and man depends upon the results of both of these. You reap as you sow. If you sow well ada ted, high quality seed, your chances ‘for etter banking credit, more comfortable living conditions, better opportunities for Your family and your general well known ater than with sowing poor quality unadapted seed. “Take the Uncertainty out of Seed.” Farm Bureau Seed Se Lansing, Midas“ . '74 Who- “is \. a" '5. . $4,: , 3:, . “vs .33- of your soil. . 39354 My: 1" ( J A." 4 pull/k ' "M4. |' ' ’ "l" l .‘ ‘ ’ I i uVY /, I ‘r " SUB ‘.’.»v‘ Pittsburgh Perfect and Columbia Fences meet the first requirement for modern, diversified farm- ing. They make and keep your fields hog-tight so you 'l 1:. iul' " WHEN you haul away corn, wheat, cotton and such crops you pay high marketing costs and reduce the fertility of your land. 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Write and say what kind of farmingyou want to do. and we’ll tell you where and show you how to do it wand emoremon- eyfarmingthsneverin your life, before. Ad- amazement of all. a; ' g ' A News-gr A -SE'RM / Werner and he wll be D 'If you are e paid-up subserlber. TEXT: “Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto menrbut the bias- phemy against the, Spirit shall not be far- given." llIatthew 12:31. “ URINIG the last thirty days nine university students of America have committed suicide. This is startling. * * '1‘ Now the question arises, why this self-destruction of life?” So runs an editorial in yes- terday’s press. But what about the folks that commit spiritual suicide? 0r don’t we have any such? A number of readers think we have and are much concerned about this soul-poison. And is there any coun- teracting remedy? We have anti— dotes for many poisons, but what about this one? What is this sin that will cause a man who is made God-imaged, to mar that image into an unworthy and unforgivable like- ness of the evil one? And can we be saved against it? The so—called unpardonable sin is defined in our text as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. It is a. state of heart that continually and deliberately insults the, Spirit of grace. ‘But first of all, we must answer these questions: Who is the Holy Spirit? And, how is He re— lated to Christ and Christianity? “No man,” says Paul, “can say that Christ is Lord exCept in the Holy. Spirit.” Jesus was supreme in His day. But His day is closed. Since His departure we have been living in the dispensation of the Holy Spir— it; and under his teaching, guidance and power.‘ God sent him to disciple the nations and convert the world into a realm of goodness. Sentence of doom hangs over the man who blasphemes this goodness of God in the world and denies the supremacy of His spirit. “Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit,” says Peter. But why did not Peter tell Ananias that he was lying against God or his Christ? Because the Holy Spirit is now su- preme as God’s appointed successor of the historical Christ. Peter and the church were moving on'under his direction and power. They felt his operations in their hearts and sur- rendered to him. But Ananias re- belled and you know the rest. Ste— phen, in his defence of Christianity before a blood—thirsty mob, cried out, “Ye stiff-necked and uncircum- cised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit." Now, the point is, that the Holy Spirit is Gods final and fulfilled rev— elation of Himself in the world, and that He is here in the person of the Spirit to create increasing goodness in the hearts of men. He who al— lows his spiritual capacities to atrophy and die in this Holy Pres- ence forfeits all forgiveness. In the very nature of the case,.there re- mains no mercy for him for he has been unmerciful in the rejection of the Spirit’s favor. “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy." There are those here and there who rail against this age of the Spirit. They refuse to believe that the «Spirit is willing to bind the devil just now. Do they blaspheme against the Holy Spirit? Well, their heart state is not without its serious as- pect. . But now, we shall take a brief look at our context. Jesus had healed a blind and dumb man to the It 'was truly a miracle and was recognized as such. The religious leaders admitted that Jesus had done something super- human but they said it was because he was in league with the unseen forces of evil. They bore, witness to the healing but denied the Spirit of healing. And by judging the Holy Spirit of power so unvworthily, they judged themselves. Such malicious abuse of the Healing Spirit is to for- feit all healing. ‘* ‘ _So, when the charge was made that Jesus was in league with Satan, ‘His {answer is simplefland )0 serve you without chem ' -BY - ' <.. ‘ ‘7 ’ R .- {alt-Khmer -5 (If more is any questions rggardlng religious mum gyeu would llke answered wrlte to Rev. A personal reply wlll be sent to you evident as His manner is tender. Let the reader study the context. The red lantern of danger is there. The . Master, in a patient concern for those who have rebuked His work, is swingingit across the pathway of those who may be maliciously blind. Soon, they might be lost in the outer darkness though ‘the Light was pleadingly present. 0, said the Calm Voice, “You can speak against the Son of man and it shall be for- given you, but—” and there fol- lowed that dreadful note of despair. Verily, the Son of man had been itinerating in Palestine as a Teacher’ of ideas that were as “vast as they were new. *The disciples had been under his daily tuition. But did these ideas make them great and powerful? I hear Peter now in that last, awful night, denying his Master not only once, but thrice. Here is a man, who with all his knowledge of Christ, lied and swore about Him. But he is forgiven. So were the rest of the disciples who were in a. re- bellious mood. One wonders how this could be. They had been eager learners under the Great Teacher, and had had many wonderful lessons in love, humility and brotherhood. But knowledge is not power. What good is a man who, knows a lot but has an evil heart? The disciples knew enough but their hearts yet lacked the Spirit of creative good— ness. But one day something un— usual occurs. The Master had gone away, and the disciples, timid and joyless, gathered into a secret cham- ber to meditate upon recent happen- ings and to anticipate future ones. Then, one day, a Marvelous Prescnce enters the room. The Holy Spirit comes to grip his children with pow- er, courage, and certainty. Soon Peter is on the outside defending before a great multitude the cause of renewed joy and strength. He‘ will never be rebellious any more. Filled with the Spirit, he cries out to his countrymen to repent that they might .be saved ‘from the “crooked generation” ‘that was blas— pheming the Hely Spirit. “That they were filled with new wine” was. tO'Peter, a mocking and'profaning of the ‘Gracious Spirit. Peter’s brethren stubbornly repudiated the coming of the mind and spirit of Christ into the world, and thus be- came the pioneers in the sin that dis- unites men from God. But the apostle tells his revil- ing brothers that they were sinning through ignorance, but now “Repent ye therefore that your sins may be blotted out.” Peter, himself, denied Christ, and Paul blasphemed, though he said he did it ignorantly in un~ belief. But both repented and came within the pale of God’s forgiveness. Ignorance, weakness,“and careless- ness, give us a claim upon God's mercy, but not a willful renunciation of Christ’s presence and power in the world. Heb. 10:26. And such other scriptures as Heb. 6:4-6 and I John 5:16 probably relate to this uncurable crime against the Spirit. But these have reference to no par— ticular sin of the flesh, of passion, of impulse, or of mistaken opinions. They refer to a state of inveterate wickedness; of a personality whose rage is stirred up by the presence of good}. of a. condition of heart to. _ whom wickedness is food and good. is poison. This is blasphemy that knows no repentence and so can have no forgiveness. Heaven is not shut against the vilest and most des- perate of sinners, if there be a show of penitence. But one can make one- self incapable of receiving pardon and cast oneself into outer darkness. Whatever this means, it is the simple teaching of the New Testament. But to fear little sins is to put one in ' the way of avoiding the fatal one. No one becomes ’yicio'u’s all at pacer-"W Not a.“ few’ souls hays fallen because ‘ they have not felt the gnawing-of“ the, littlexwhite ants ofsinsifiilierthat peggeth sin. (:puraueth’: it“ ii. i \ l».- ./)o L. ._1 . _.-n _ 4"! 4 l . » AR EDI'I‘ORrivhave been a. "reader of your paper for some time and I am interested in “What the Neighbors Say” very much. I wish to contribute a, plan ,which I believe might help solve some of us farmers problems. The Preident has vetoed the lMoNary-Haugen relief bill for the farmers and I am sure he did it with the best interests of the farmers at heart. I believe that farmers, in order to get what they think they want, should solve their own prob- lems. I am aware of the fact that it is impossible to get farmers to stick together and why is that? For farmers won’t, as a rule, put up the money to join farm relief organiza- tions unless guaranteed a big bonus or their money ‘back. White collared gents have always been willing to tell the farmers how to raise big crops and “we’ll take care of it at goodfat salaries.” But, do they ever tell the farmers to regulate crop production? I’ll say not, be- cause it might throw a monkey- wrench in their well organized ma- chinery. Now the question is, can the farm- ers organize to control crop produc- tion? I am sure they can because they .do that_without being organ- ized, just according to how the price is on any commodity, whether it be high or low. If high, the farmer will increase his acreage and then what happens—all have to take a low price; whereas, if well organized and held steady the good price would be maintained. I am going to take beans as an example. With the bad weather con- ditions last fall, a good many farm— ers did not make enough to pay ex- penses, and what is going to happen this year? *Some farmers will per- haps decrease their acreage while others just on tha account will in- crease theirs and naturally the price will likely go lower. Whereas, if the bean growers of Michigan or any other state would rise up and say, "We have fooled along independent- ly of one' another long enough, let’s organize and form a bean growers’ union,” no telling' what might hap- pen. What will this plan cost? Prac- tically nothing, only the farmers’ time and moral support. .Here’s the plan. All bean groWers of each loading point should meet at least once a month. The first meeting should be just as soon as possible. in order to get a line on acreage in— tended for planting. At the first meeting a chairman and secretary should be elected. After the chairman has explained the purpose of the meeting and the growers present expressed their opinions, a vote could be taken on what per cent reduction in acreage the growers could agree on. If 50 per cent reduction was voted, which is as it should be, there Would then be ample crop for next year. A roll call of all bean growers present could be taken, giving number of acres planted last year and what number of acres this year; that would give a total acreage for both years for that loading point. The secretary of each loading point could send in to some one at Lansing his report of acreage intended for planting. Before the next meeting the official at Lansing could send to each loading point the total bean acreage for Michigan this year. At the second meeting the grow— ers would have the State acreage for discussion. Also any growers not present at the first meeting should be urged to be present at second meeting, so as to give a complete acreage for the State. After planting time. and as the plants advance in growth a roll call could be had on conditions of each bean grower’s crop. This report of each loading point could be sent to State head- quarters and the total report/On con- ditions of State be sent to each load- ing point. This would be very im- portant to growers as they would have at every meeting a complete report of their own crop worked out by themselves. , t Then nearvor at threshing time another " roll call could, be had on -' number of bushels threshed and an estimate of those not, thrashed and .p . 4’ x."(Continu':e"il"on~PagerZQl - one thing, it has been too costly} mind L runs 15 WHAT ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP MEANS 10 THE near CAR BUYER The Whippet is the only light car nationally equipped with 4.wheel brakes. The Whippet is the most economical car on the market. The Whippet has all the speed you will ever want. The Whippet has more legvroom than any other light car. The Whippet is the smartest appearing light car. The Whippet has established a new National Economy Record, averaging 43.28 miles per gallon in a 3,559 mile coast-to-coast trip. The Whippet has standard tread with ample road clearance. Now at these remarkable reduced prices, the Whippet is more than ever the leader in'light car value. V3323“: $62.7.5 Be Protected ' You want insurance for your car but you don’t want the cost based on the risks of city owners. Farm— er I‘lSkS mean lower insurance costs. Since we began writing policies last Noyember our applications are numbering into the thousands. That indicates volume business; a busmess built on FIVE years of successful operation in other states. Assets $786,620 December 31, 1926 No need to renew policy at end of year. Pay only what it costs to cover_ losses. Only farmer owned cars insured. A local agent to serve you. Michigan State Farm Bureau State Agent For State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company of Bloomington. Ill. LgiNerG, moment. Touring 8625; Roadster $695; Coupe 3625; Sedan $725; Landau $755, f. o. b. factory. Prices and specifications subject‘to change without notice. Willy6¢0verland, Inc., Toledo, Ohio. OVERLAND : abet WHEN WRITING T0 ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER A WONDERFUL SUCCESS “Nothing succeeds like success,” they say, but where success is constant and increasing there must be some unusual merit back i of it. The continued success of the Auto-Oiled ' Aermotor is based entirely on merit. It has been made better and better year after year. Improvements have been added as experience 1 has shown the way. The Auto-Oiled Atrmotor ..a- of today is -a wonderfully durable and :5 efficient windmill. The Aermotor Company, more than 12 years ago, solved the problem of complete self-oiling for windmills in such a way as to make the system absolutely reliable. The oil circulates to every , bearing and'retums to the reservoir with never a " failure. here are no d‘elicateparts to get out of order. The double gears run in oil in a tightly enclosed gear case. - . AERMOTOR C0. ‘ n nouns omANn hm curenoo MARCH 2‘. 1’27 Edited and Published by “ THE RURAL MLISHINO OOHPIM. lne. George I. Slocum, President ' IT. OLEIENS. IIOHIMI DETROIT OFFICE—2444 General Home; sum. _ LANSING OFFICE—232 8. (km Ave. Represented in New Iork. Chicago, 8;. Innis and m3 u The mum-Business Fm Trio Member of Alfie-hr“ Publ'fliers Won Member of Audit Bureau of Nations SATURDAY. R firmer: GRINNELL .n Edit" OBERT J. McCOLGAN................._. ..... ..Field “vice Manner I’dflifilAlfillekTaylor B F Fens 110.211.:I l ee 5. ......................... .. an“ n." Herbert stxiger ......... -__.. ______ _rm?§‘ruiit‘:‘fl Charles A. Stvrinnle ‘ . . 0 liev. n vid r. w . _ . . a . .. James 6V. H, Wdtmer """""""" "W “““““ " ....-- ' Dr. G. n Conn .1 mm" L. N. Pritchard Wu?! Henry F. mun... Plant Wtsudeni Published li-Weekiy lettenr; stamps and men rd. er recbtered you" 112" We movies" by rot—clues msi] every do eceivrl. Address all letters to MLQEEFE'ELWQ'BF“! Rt ___________ Advert.th Bates: 50o pu- eaate line. 14 lines to the column inch 772 lines to the page. Flat rates. Live Stock and Auction Bale Advertising: we can't-{pedal low rates to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry; t' “'- W RELIABLE ADVERTISERS e will not knowing! a the edvertisin of any or firm who we do not believawgtbe thoroughly honest a reliable- Shonld any reader have on cause for complaint against any ad- vertiser in these columns, {he blisher would appreciate an in- mcdiate letter bringing all fee to light. In ever one when Writinr say: "I saw your adrertisement in The Michigan Business Farmer!" It will mrantee honest dealing. "The Farm Paper of Service” ’A NEW GAS TAX UR lawmakers over at Lansing are discussing some changes in our gasoline tax and sev- eral different bills are being offered. We have several times on this page spoken in “favor of a higher gas tax and a permanent license good for the life of the .car, and we again want to come out in favor of such a. tax. To our way of looking at it the ideal tax would be a gasoline tax of four cents and a permanent license for the passenger cars, but continue the annual weight tax foi- commercial vehicles. We understand that our legislators have something before them along this line and we urge our folks to get in touch with them to urge that they act favorably whenit comes up for vote. We have yet to find anyone who can prove that the gasoline tax is not the best and fairest way to secure funds for building and maintaining highways and the permanent license idea is pop- ular. The higher gas tax could be collected for only slightly more than it is costing us to get the present one, and by adopting permanent license plates, good for the life of a car, we would cut a tuge expense. This new arrangement, according to the Secretary of State’s office and the State Highway Department, would bring in as much, if not more, than our present system, and would do so with greater fairness. WHAT’S THE MATI‘ER WITH BEANS? HAT is the matter with the Michigan bean market? That is the question that was foremost in the minds of several people who met week before last in the cities of the State Commissioner of Agriculture to discuss ways of improving it.. Many reasons for the present condition were offered and among them were excessive moisture, over-production, too many elevators for the amount of business there is, misi'epresentation, need for federal grades. importations of foreign beans, lack of publicity, and dropping 01! in demand. Perhaps all of them play some part in making the bean market what it is today but we feel that if federal grades were in general use in Michigan, and were compul- sory, the market would be in better shape than it is today. It has been admitted by buyers that cars of 1926 beans have been shipped out of the State as choice hand picked that were far from that. In fact, they state it is impossible to make this last crop CHP because of excessive moisture, yet some have been sold through misrepresenta- tion. Perhaps the sellers got away with it in a few cases but they were found out as a rule-and they got paid for just what they shipped, not what they claimed to have shipped. What has the result been? Wholesale, grocers and can- ners are now suspicious of Michigan beans be- cause choice hand picked meaue very little this year, except to the grower and he sells on that basis. Compulsory federal grades would make a lot of difference we are thinking. Also we believe that Mrs. Dora M. Stockman, of the, State Grange, hit the nail on the head when she aid that the boa’u growers themselves were m‘uluteembeaaeaetheydidaflewyeurs at... "ere Acoupleof weeks * a ring the evenint they group Olin-mere and do served a bountiful supper with plenty off meat, ' bread and butter, pie and cofi'ee,'but note been in sight. We feel sure that every person who sat down: to the tables that evening would have relished a generous serving of baked beans, either warm or cold. And that meeting was no different that hundreds of others about the State. We must increase our own consumption and encourage others to use more of them. Farmers should urge their city friends to ask for Michi- gan beans atthelr grocers and insist that they get them. Explain to the friends that the canners use Michigan beans and they use only the bestso that their product will be liked and the consump- tion increased.’ We cannot sell all of our cream and butter and eat a substitute if we want to build up our dairy industry, nor can the southern farmer help the price of cotton by soiling cotton and buying silk. Let us all eat more beans and boost them to all you talk with. During the summer many of us have opportunities to tell tourists about Michigan beans so we can spread their fame to other states. “Eat Michigan beans, there are none better." Make that a slogan. FEWER FARM LOANS IN MICHIGAN _T is interesting to note from the report of the Michigan Federation of National Farm Loan Associations, which held its seventh annual convention in Grand Rapids recently, that the Federal Land Bank of St. Paul has lent less money in Michigan than in any other state in its district. The capital loaned in Michigan amounts to $24,189,000, while in Minnesota it is $38,677,- 700, in North Dakota it is $39,236,700, and in “Wisconsin it is $29,568,600. Michigan in 1926 had more delinquents than in any of the seven years that loans have been procurable from the bank, loss and damage to several crops during the year being the cause. The bean crop in par— ticular made financial conditions had in many sections. RURAL POLICE PROTEOI‘ION ‘ECENTLY we talked to Governor Fred W. Green regarding the activities of the State Police in the rural sections of Michigan and he assured us that be appreciated the posi- tion of the farmers in the matter of police DIO- tection and he was in favor of the State organ- ization doing all it could to protect them and their property. We are pleased to know that the present administration entertains ideas on this subject similar to those of the one that passed out the first of the year because of the great need of protection in the rural sections. Of course there is the sheriif in each county and we .believe most of them are doing the best they can but it is impossible for them to do all that is asked of them, so they have deputies in (stench work. for ' ass . "fiend position to act on cases er law ,violation‘as the trained oificer. ‘ ‘ “ The State Police is an organization of many” trained men and we teelgsure that crime in the rural sections would decline it in those sections were increased. ‘ N no nor PARK *on m plummets:~ IF you puncture a tire. hairs engine trouble. or for any reason must stop your car along one of the State highways be sure to pull of! the road before you stop. If you part the pave- ment you are not only taking a chance or gettinr injured by' a passing car but you available to arrest as the State Police have instructions to war on pav’emmt parkers because so many acci- dents have been caused by cars standing on the road. . We have before'us several clippings takon from recent issues of the daily press and they are all about people being killed or severely injured by passing cars as they stood by their own machines changing tires. Several were instantly killed, others will be crippled the rest of their days, and only a few ecaped with slight injury. '-One man’ lost the sight of one eye caused by being struck by a small stone thrown by the:wheel of a pass- ing car. One might better ruin a tire by driving on a “flat” rather than to invite death to themselves and ‘others by parking on the road. N‘ A NEW FEATURE E are publishing a new feature in this issue. It is “The Song of the Lazy Farmer.” It appears in many other term papers that cir- culate in other states and is very popular with the readers, so we thought our folks might like it. If you‘do, let us know; and if you do not, be sure to tell us. If you like it we will make it a regular feature, if you don’t we will discontinue ‘- it. M. B. F. is your paper, your hired man, and we want to publish only what you want. Let us hear from you. PETER. PLOW‘S PHILOSOPHY I noticed that some teller tried to introduce a bill into Congress about the middle of Febru— ary to prohibit so much talking on the different matters to come before the Congress. Shucks, that bill didn't get to first base 'fore it was tagged out. That teller ought to have knowed better'n to try to stop a Congressman from talkin'. If a Congressman couldn’t let oil steam, just like water does when it boils, why he’d blow up. ' COMING EVENTS August 1-4, 1927.——-Internatioual Country Life annual meeting, Michigan State College. East Lansing, Mich. ' ‘ August 4, 1927.———Farme_rs‘ Day, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich. K " r plow, yard, hired robin at ’ " géiiésbfigmy‘thg L’Sz’g W m _ m' M Y I about a-greasing harnesses until I don’t believe he could sit still. and with the tanning all up until there ain't that teller'd rather work than not. His hired men is workin‘ get. their seeding done. I like the days of springtime too, but when there is so much to and so I sit and take to waste a-tixin' up done somehow. This rub and bustle doesn't pay. What do we live for anyway? cleaned up yet. I wouldn’t be a slave to tail to not more bushels from my soil, a teller'e to get some fun and when the work has wee begun there ain’tnotimetoeitaudreetaudeorithtnowl'll do my best to ion! and take things as they come. i aim in any rent, by an: NEIGHBOR likes the smell of‘ spring, it fills him full of pep, by jing, he's getting his machinery out, all through the day he stirs He’s sharpened up his disc and. his seed oats all are treated now for smut, mill be cleaned them oats a weed seed in the lot. hard to clean manure from out the minute that the fields get dry they'll while I am waitiu' tor my man to get things ready if he can. the do I can’t enjoy the balmy broom my ease and listen, to the are much to fine, by jinx, a plow, we’ll get our seeding I sing, these days These lazy days it's 801: .L “ Th Baring: Farmzr’ ’\ .11“, - .12 'ac (IrffiW-‘WV' their activities fee ; m, TEEN, now and * - 'me' the decision as g. :thne'hisnranoe into a permanent poli . ‘ , of ourreaders who know came that I consider the privilege of con- ,__too‘valuable to pass by. of the many plans 01ch and keep your soon put the lice , when the armisti {intended and my replyhas tanning this war-time By all means soled: one , loved ones protected with the entire $10,000 policy. but'surely no dollars sounds like a lot of money, or married, who has dependents can in these high-priced days. Better sacrifice a little each month now in case of your death. boy who is letting thk opportunity pass, tohlm. Remunemthomhehnslethisoldprotection hasmadeprovisionsnnderwhichitcan ones unprotected If you know of any since the war, the government ' be reinstated. Your local postmaster to know about government insurance Business Farmer and we will be happy to answer help you secure a reinstatement.—Geo. M. Slocum, Publisher. KEEP YOUR wan INSURANCE midnight at the second day of July, every B American wm.sewed his country during the world war. must to Whether or not he will convert his war- will be glad to tell,you anything you want that- your humble publisher was (andafteri) have asked me what Ten thousand man, whether single aflord to protect them with less than to leave your loved talk or if you prefer write The your questions or INTERNAL RELIEDIES FOR EX- TERNAL PARASITBS ECENTLY we warned our read- R ers against a man giving the name of R. L. Everett who was selling a “Never Idle Poultry Tone," claimed to be a remedy for poultry lice" The “Poultry Tone’ was to be put in the drinking water of the poultry and he claimed it would out of business. And his argument was good enough to get $10 per gallon for the stuii, until our folks got wise to it through our columns, after that he found it advisable to skip the homes where M. B. F. was a regular visitor. We advised turning him over to the believed he authorities because we was defrauding the people. The U. S. Department of Agricul‘ ture has now issued a statement, covering experiments. their experts carried out, and they declare that the internal remedies were useless r in trying to kill external parasites. Their result was negative in every case. ____._____— ‘SICK AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE What is your opinion of the worth of the sick and accident insurance oifersd with a subscription to Suc- cessful Farming1—I. C., Brecken- . ridge, Mich. F Successftfl Farming is offering a ' I sick and accident insurance pol- icy as ‘a premium with a sub- scription, your letter is the first time it has been brought to our attention. We are informed that agents for Successful Farming have been ofler- ing an accident policy for a dollar in . connection with a subscription, and as we have stated many times in our columns, these accident policies are ‘ worth only what you pay for them, and the insurance they give. is so limited by restrictions that they oi— ier a rather false protection to the ' farmer or his iamily. We understand the standard rate for full accident coverage for a farmer in most of the regular insur- ance companies, to be $34.00 per- thousand per year, so you can ima- gine how much protection you get from one of these cheap accident in- surance policies, which are sold in The pun-now of-thls department lo to rum to“ our to fraudulent doe-ll!!! or unfair treatment by persons or mm at a stance." on can. we wlll do our host to mpg: V I nuns-m animal or (out a which no charge lor our «files. will out no 8.-—'fho’olslm.ls not- $.——Tho ,olalm I: notional or mu , within our" dlmnoo of one cannon ' should be settled at «attend, and not . attempted by null. ' Lavoi- oll- lotion. om lull particulars -,--omflnu‘.m.oto..ono noel-ma- "drill the nonlqu oi Ina Issue ‘3‘ n ' 3.’ , ‘ H t . . ’v' n“ 7 L: ‘1 A" I} ' [n ,. ‘ litigation , courts over the purchase of stock. connection with a publication for a dollar. - THE BoerEss FABMEB. has discon- tinued this service to our readers be» cause of the misrepresentations which have been made by unscrupu- lous agents of various publications toiarmers in this State. We will not be a party to any such schemewhich can be so easily over- estimated by the buyer, until he wakes up, after a serious accident, to find that his protection is next to worthless. - MUSKRAT FARMING have had a great many in- quiries recently r e g a r d i n g muskrat farming. Some were from folks who wanted to go into the business themselves while others were thinking of investing in one of these muskrat “farms” that . have been organized in diflerent parts of the country. No doubt there will be money made in the game for a time, but how long it will continue profitable’ we are unable to estimate. Muskrats multiply very rapidly, averaging, it is said, around thirty for each parent ‘ pair per year. At that rate the sa- turation point may not be very far off, although the pelt market is wide. Most of the muskrat farms we have heard about are operating on about the same plan as the fox ranches did a few years ago. What has happened to the fox ranches which were so active for a time? Most of them have gone out of busi- ness. The great trouble with the fox game was that they sold the foxes on a breeding stock basis instead of a pelt basis, which is wrong. But the same lstrue with the muskrat farms we have heard of. They are getting as high as $10 per pair when the pelts are worth about $1 each. When the prices get closer together per- haps it will be a fair proposition but as it now is handled it must be regarded as highly speculative. 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She heard somebody in her poultry house and went out to see what was up, and when they saw her they up and shot her. She managed to get to the telephone and holler for help and the boys are organiz- ing to catch‘the criminals." HOSE of our readers who read the first installment of our new T story will be watching for the mailman tobring this issue con- taining the second installment because it is so interesting that one wants to just read on and on to the end without stopping. Those who missed the first installment can begin with this issue as what has passed is told briefly' in the first few paragraphs of this installment. Most of you knew what it is to have poultry or produce stolen, that is what the folks in Millbamk township form an organization to deal with. ’How they succeed in catching the thieves and putting them in jail makes a “corker” of a story—Editor. and put in a claim for the reward. Jim wasn't the only one who had lost stock. 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HOOSIBR , 5.1.9 it uo-nlL-rn Bearing! \ * STAR * WI N D M I L L S FCOISVKQID In!“ "ARA-ha“ 0 "a. t Hutu” "Ila-l When Writing to 'Advcrtis- ers Please Mention The Michigan Business Farmer OAT S “ N S O N One of the most pro‘ 5 E dugtive cats in (Hilfi- ' . 75 bushels and upwsr er acre are re- figgg with large W 'te meat-yfgraihs,_welgh1ng 44. 6 be. per measur bushel o the highest. quality. furnished as low as 650 per bushel m quan- ti ea. -'You should by all means try these oats. ‘ 3 - ,Send for sample and circular. maroon. Box use. nan-m. om. . era’s just no" load. But when I got to the stockyards I found that Dan Carey was two hogs short. The gang had visited his place the night before. At the same time we learned that an auto had been smashed up the night be- fore in front of the collection of junk that Mike Albert called his feed yard, where he fattened for market the runts he picked up around the country. We went to look at the wreck, and found that pigs had evidently been given a free ride in the car. It looked as tho it might be the car driven by the folks who had made way with Carney’s hogs. “Who do you suppose it was ?” I asked. . “Can’t say,” said Jim. “The sheriff ought to be here soon, and maybe he can tell us.” Then the sheriff came up. to hear the worst. The sheriff, Thomas was his name, wasn't much. That was my opinion, any- way, altho he thought he was consider-, able. He looked the wreck over casually, asked a few questions, and said to Jim, “Well, guess this is Hansen’s car, all right. It’s a wonder you farmers don’t take care of your stuff. I been looking for this old bus all morning. It was stolen up in the northern part of the county last night, and old man Hansen has been on my trail ever since to find it. Hope he will be satisfiec.” “Ought to be,” says Jim,” now that you found it, ’specially since it can't run no more. Say, seen anything of my hogs ' that I asked you to look up a few days back?” The sheriff didn’t act very cordial then. “No, I ain't; but we’re still looking. Been too busy looking for a couple of birds that took a box of books off the railroad platform over at Carter last Week. The railroad’s mad, and I gotta get 'cm or they will make it hot for me. 'Well, I can’t do much here. W111 you call up my office and tell them that the Hansen car is out here? I’m in a hurry. If I see your hogs, I’ll let you know. So long.” Jim was hot now. “That’s the sheriff,” he says to me sar- castic like. “Always willing to hunt up a crook for the railroad, but if the‘case gets him out of town he is afraid of what might happen to him.” So we went back and I helped load the hogs into the freight car and stuck around till the 4:52 frieght came along and took them to Chicago. After it was all over and things were quiet, Jim and I walked up the lane to 1 house. t1(‘a‘You know, Bill, something’s gotta be done around here or real criminals are coming along and we will all be kllled off; It’s getting so nothing’s safe any more. Whether that speech was prophetic or not, I always wonder; ’cause it was only a few days afterwards when we were busy preparing for the seeding and had put in a big day disking down corn stalks and were all tired at night when. the phone rang about six short, jerky rings. We were sitting around getting organized to start to bed, and the ringing kinda started us up. Jim jumped right quick and grabbed the phone. _ “What’s up,” I asks, innocent like. “General alarm,” Jim. says. “It’s,.some big news or they wouldn’t ring that way. Keep still so I can hear.” _ , We were quiet as death, the missus and me, while Jim listened. So I waited “Sufferingwmackerel !“ saygfiJim, ,as "So we went to join in the hunt. I sure was scared, but I wanted to see just what had happened. We arrived at the Shaster place in a hurry. It was a small place and made the gathered man—hunters look like a big- ger crowd than it was. Some of the wo- men had come along to see what could be done, and that added to the excite- ment. Old Lady Shaster lived alone most of the time. She had a son who worked out as a hand whenever he could get a job that suited him, and the rest of the time he was assistant, to his mother, who ran quite a poultry farm. Jim plowed right thru the gang to the house, me a-following. To our surprise, we found out the old lady hadn’t been hit, but that she was scared pink. Seems that whoever tried to steal the poultry did shoot, and missed, but the scare was enough to start things. When the 'boys heard about the shoot— ing, they were indignant, to say the least. The old lady was well liked and they were mad to think that the thieves had picked on her. .Some of the gang were for starting out to hunt the culprits, but Jim said it was no- use. They probably were miles away anyhow. There was no way of telling who they were and what they looked like. - The gang talked among themselves and finally agreed that if a couple of the boys stayed all night on guard that it would help the old lady to get calmed down and make her feel safe. So Ted Raymond and his wife were appointed to stick around and the rest of the gang started drifting off for home. I found Jim talking to some of the bunch, and what he was saying inter— ested me. “Look here," Jim was saying; “it’s about time something was done to curb this kind of stuff. If these crooks are going to shoot, we ought to ‘be protected. I was reading the other day about them old—time vigilantes and how they worked, and I'm thinking it might be the thing for us to do." ‘ “Fine,” says some of the boys. “Let’s organize,” said another. “All right," says Jim, and he cleared his throat and called the men that were left to listen. “We can’t stand this wholesale stealing forever, men. We don’t seem to get much help from the sheriff, so I propose we form our own guard. My idea is to start a vigilante committee and see what we can do. Let’s start a Millbank Protective Association. All of us can belong, and maybe we can stop some of this crime ourselves.” ‘ Well, maybe the boys were anxious to get home, and maybe they felt it was a. good stunt. Anyway, they yelled, “Fine” “You bet!” “That’s the ticket, Jim!” and other things. use» to organise ._. . , ' DilimSF-red Frost and myseif'win see what steamed to piit ~ can-the ~‘When shall this across?” “No time like the present,” shoutedgvff “I move that Jim Barton be elected president. Those in favor ”. 8011190116. and before he finished, the cheering show- ed Jim was elected. "Herman Dain for vice-president,” an- other voice says. “Frost for secretary and treasurer. All those in favor holler ou ." ‘ Just then one of the ladies came out of the house and announced " that Mrs. Shaster was feeling better, and that she had instructed her to serve feoffee, and it was all ready. . v , _ So the meeting moved to the kitchen, where the coffee and refreshments were handed out. Meanwhile, allthe boys were talking about the new organization and all were enthusiastic. The moon was Well up when the boys went home. ’ It was agreed that Jim, Dain and Frost were to see what could be done to organize and that a meeting was to be held the next night at the schoolhouse. Jim re- marked he didn’t suppose Dain‘ would do much, as he never did enter into anything new, but he was sure Frost was a live Wll‘e. -I was of a practical turn of mind, and knowing that the News would be inter- ested in this new stunt, I found time that morning to call up the editor and tell him about the meeting. Also told him the report about ‘Mrs. Shastcr being shot was all wrong and that she was 0. K. The editor said he would be out that night so as to get a first-hand report. So I finished thechurning and Went with Jim later in the day to see that the teacher didn’t look up the schoolhouse that night. “Don’t know just what we will do." Jim says, “but it’s high time this com-‘ munity took action to stop this wholesale stealing.” It was 8 o‘clock when Jim and me went down to the schoolhouse. Evidently the word had been passed pretty good about the meeting cause there sure was a gang of folks there. My old boss had come out and he was talking to the boys. When he spied me he came over and told me how glad he was I called him. Then he spoke to Jim and assurred him the News would give. all the help it could and said some things to Jim I didn’t catch. Jim opened the meeting .by telling the purpose of the gathering and went on to say how there was no protection in the country against the thieves that were stealing anything and everything and how it had to be stopped. He then told about some places he had read about where the farmers had organized to com- bat the crime era and how it was going to be done in Millba'nk township. “Now, folks, all we got to do is get every one of the folks in the township to join up. If we all join and pay a couple of dollars dues that will give us a. hun- dred dollars to offer for rewards. If we all sign a note apiece for a couple of dollars more which will be collectable when a crook is captured and convicted it will make it worth any one's.while to spend a little time looking for the pests. Who wouldn't be willing to hand out a five dollar bill to know that the folks at home was as safe as if they lived in town? Why it ought to be worth some- thing to know that our wimmen folks won’t be shot when they step out of the house. As president of this new associa— tion I am handing to Fred Frost my two dollars and I will be glad to‘ sign a note payable to the association on the terms I mentioned. How about it?" Well, Jim says he isn’t an orator but he sure made a dent on these folks. In ten minutes Fred Frost had checks and cash amounting to $108 and the rest of the folks who signed up. as members all said they would take a list of folks living in their section and got them to sign up. The editor of the News made a speech and was rather sarcastic when he re- ferred to the sheriff. He got a good hand by telling the boys he was going to use the columns of the News to see that crime was checked and that farmers had as good protection as railroad box cars. Herman Dain had to talk too. He was rather apologetic in referring to the sheriff and said he felt sure that if more deputies was put on it would be easier to keep the laws enforced. (Continued in April 9th issue.) I MEET DR. JOHN P. BUTTON, OF M. s. 0., FOLKS on a farm 1911. in Ohio. John r. Hutton Q year of 1884, of Scotch parentage. the rural school and- later Wooster College. Fol- lowing this he entered the Ohio State University to study veterinary medicine and graduated in The next year was spent country prairtioe In the fall of 1912 the Michigan State College offered him the position of instructor of veterinary surgery in the Veterinary Division and he accepted. ‘ His work has been so that he has remained sheer—pally? R. JOHN P. HU‘TTQN, of the Veterinary Divi- sion of the Michigan State College, was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in the He attended Ff ' been that ‘ pearance and its good shipping qual— ‘ 1y ~our cost . , neither?!“ _ZIQER . and .30 "rm: .. no em. for this service If your submrlptlon ll’ ‘peld- In advance and you wll receive a per- conqme by early mall. THE FRUIT VARIETY MOVIE ' ARKET preferences and con- _ ditions sometimes have a dis- concerted habit of changing, with the result that the grower finds himself with trees of an undesired variety on his hands. ‘ ' The Duchess apple is a classic example of this condition and many thousands of trees of this _ variety are being topworked. It seems reasonably certain that the D u c h e s s will never again be profitable here in Michigan except in Seasons when the s o u t h e r n . early crop is Wholly or partly destroyed by frost or some other reason. It is perhaps true that the Duchess can be pro- duced at comparatively low cost but, nevertheless, the Duchess grower nowadays is a gambler who is back- ing Jack Frost against the southern crop. Mr. Ralph Rees, President of the American Pomological Society, re- cently voiced an interesting opinion on this matter. Mr. Rees is the au- thor of an apple survey of the United States and Canada and is an author- ity on future trends in the apple in- dustry, having studied the matter at first hand in many states. He finds that early apple planting is still on the increase in the southern states and that the market position of Michigan’s Duchess crop is due to become increasingly unfavorable as time goes on. Another apple variety which has of late years been showing signs of weakness is the Grimes Golden. This variety, unlike the Duchess, is a late variety of very fine quality. Some people prefer Grimes above any other as an eating apple and it is without doubt an excellent variety. Certain Ohio cities have long been known as Grimes markets, but even there this variety is now said to be losing its popularity. Apparently the chief, or only reason for this backsliding is the outward one of color. The Grimes is a yellow ap— ple and that obstreperous person, the consumer, says he wants red ap- ples, not yellow ones. On such slender threads does the fate of fruit varieties depend! The whims and preferences of our ' customers may sometimes seem silly to us but, nevertheless, they must be served. It is possible that an edu- cational advertising campaign could be of some assistance in restoring the yellow varieties to favor. The line of least resistance however is to give the consumer what he wants. This is the principle upon which most successful merchandizers build their business. The advertising campaigns are then concentrated upon giving the consumer a clear picture of what he wants and persuading him to want more of it. . Our experience with peaches has the commercial buyer wants Elbertas. In former years we found a good market for Prolifics, Engles, Salways, and other varieties whose quality far surpassed that of the Elbertas. We have, however been forced to pull out all but the Elbertas, and, at present it is only growers with local markets or road- side stands who can profitably mar- ket other kinds. Horticultural speakers and writers have rallied against the Elberta, calling it a peach of low quality and an actual detri— ment to the industry, but all this does not seem to disturb the old El- berta, which seems to hold its own against all comers. The Elberta’s secrets are its size, its attractive ap— Herbert Naleger ities. It arrives at the other end in good condition and attracts the customer by its beauty and sound— ness. It is also a favorite with growers, because though somewhat tender in bud, it produces large crops of No. 1 grade at comparative- and With'less labor for 0 crime. not illegal— Chicago Kansas City RICE cutting sins against quality. Price cutting sacri- fices serviceability — because low prices are often made by “skimping,” by adulteration and substitution. 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THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMEB “The Farm Paper of Service" TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT The New Worrisou, when completed. will be the largest and tallest hotel in the world, containing 3,400 room: When in I ’ Chicago Stop at the MORRISON HOTEL . Tallest in the World ‘6 Stories High Closest in the city to offices, theatres, stores and rail- ‘ ,road depots Rooms $2.50 up . , all outside, each with v -Wrmlixeifr “n.3,”: gun-1 . 'Wsaszwi :3, “.63!be - . ."~“ ' ' Motto: D «it “ “mares: THE CHILDREN’S HOUR ‘ CLUB Motto: Do Your Best Colors: Binoand Gold Mildred Darby, President Thomas McCarthy, Vice-President Uncle Ned, Secretary—Treasurer S a member of The Chil- dren’s Hour Club I pledge myself: To live ‘- Chrlstian life and keep the Ten Commandments. - To do my best in everything I do. United States of America. To be true to my country, the To do at least one» good deed each day. To assist the less fortunate than I. To be considerate of others. To be kind to people and to ani— mals. To become educated. To always conduct myself in a way that is becoming to a lady or gentleman. EAR girls and boys: The elec- tion is over and those who were boosters for Mildred Darby and Thomas McCarthy can say "We told you so” because they won. Mildred is the one who suggested the Club, and she lives on Route 3, out of Standish. She was made president. Thomas McCarthy was the only boy entered in the election and he won the office of vice president by a close vote. Thomas lives on Route 7, near Bad Axe, And you know "who was elected secretary—treasurer—it was Uncle Ned. These officers will serve until February 1, 1928. Now I hope we can get President Mildred Darby and Vice President Thomas McCarthy to send in their pictures so I can print them on our page and show everybody how our oflicers look. Don’t you hope so, girls and boys? As election is over, let us talk about the Weather. Hasn’t it been wonderful? Seems to me that it is almost too good to be true. I will frankly confess that I do not like the real cold, cold days, although I do enjoy winter. When I was as young as you I never minded the deep snow or zero weather but now I am getting old and cannot stand as ‘ much cold or climb over and through deep snow banks without puffing considerably. Even though my long white whiskers do cover my chest I feel the cold very much when it gets around zero. Spring is a wonderful time of year anyway, because you see nature come to life. The buds come out on the trees and gradually the leaves form, the grass comes up fresh and DAYS “ONE Bye; 0 YOUR BEST Colors: BLUE AND GOLD ' 'come forth from the soil to yield the ‘ some more contests right away soon, A . \ green, and the ground‘ is prepared for the new crops which will later grain or the produce that is so neces- sary to the world. It is a time of great hopes,‘when we make plans for the future. So it is with life. It is in the spring of life when folks, with most of their life before them, make great plans and look forward with eagerness to what the future will bring forth. But every season of the year and of life has its beauty and its advantages, and if we live the “best we can we enjoy all of them. By the way, we are going to have possibly we will announce one in the next issue, so keep your eyes open. ———UNCLE NED. - v WAY SAVE THE WAGES or , THREE MEN PER} SEASON AND ADD TOYOUR PROFITS mm A TRUCK-FARM HILL! ousnsrzmn » THOUSANDS m" use cunt ‘ WAMGUB, union, - ‘ CABBAGE rmrs, mama, ,. FELINSTYING MACHINE co. Our Boys and Girls Dear Uncle Ned :-——-I am a boy thirteen years of age and am in the seventh grade. 'I have two pets—a dog and a cat. My dog’s name is Sport and my cat's name is Goofy. I have tw0 brothers and two sisters. I would like for some of the cousins to write to me. We have taken the M. B. F. for six years and would like to take six more. I hope to see this letter in print as I like it very much—‘— Henry Budd, Route 4, Stockbridge, Mich. -—-Tha.t is a. rather odd name for a cat, isn’t it, Henry? Don't believe I ever [heard of it before. Dear Uncle Nedz—Have read THE BUSINESS FARMER but have never written before. I like the paper fine. Have an- swered two or three contests but have never won but am far from discouraged. I am just a country girl, five feet, two inches tall, bobbed hair, light complexion, blue eyes. Now guess my age. It is be- tween ten and twenty. I wrote in answer to Mildred Darby's letter. I heartily approve of the plan and am very interested in it. I sincerely hope we can start the club soon. We’ll never regret what we do to help someone else. Do you think so, Uncle Ned? Will close with high hopes for the Club. Your niece,—-.Miss Verna Farward, Route 3, Box 120, Sheridan, Michigan. ——-The Club has already started, Verna, and we want you with us. We are going to have some great times, I can assure you. Dear Uncle Nedz—I am going to write again.‘ I hope to see this one in print. I will describe myself. I am thirteen years old and sixty-five inches tall. I am dark complexioned. I live on a nine acre farm. We have a. dog and one cat. I am going to tell you about a. ’trip we once took. It was to a stone quarry. The title is "A Trip To a Stone Quarry.” Once upon atimewehadatriptoa. stone quarry for a. picnic trip. We all went in an old Ford. We took ice cream and cake. We sure had some fun. After We ate we all went for a little walk to see the stones, we got our feet wet. After we got through eating and playing we all jumped into the old Ford and started for home. We had good luck all the way home. We all enjoyed our trip to the stone quarry. I will end my letter now. ———-Nora Harm, Route 1, Franklinville, New York. Welcome, our New York friend. 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'~>~a remnants remaining, are picked up by hand or by the use of a close- tinedpitch fork. The dangerous crop remnants, re— ferred to above, when gathered up must be burned or otherwise de- strayed; 3. if the farmer’s plowing equip ,ment is such, and so operated, as to meet Regulation 3, he may plow the field without the previous use of a stubble beater. 4. It, the farmer’s plowing equip- ment is not such, and not so operat- ed, as to meet, that part of Regula- tion 3 which refers to the appear- ance of trash on the surface, the farmer should use a stubble pulver- iser, properly operated, prior to the plowing; or prior to plowing, he should use a, sharp disc harrow or any other device he chooses. which materially assists the plowing oper- ation to meet Regulation 3. «Break- ing down the stubble with a pole or rail, as described under Condition B, as follows, may assist The use of a home-made stubble s aver may as- sist materially. Condition B. Fields Containing ' Uncut Stalks. ‘ 1. Where the farmer Wishes to let the field lie fallow during the succeeding season or to plant it without plowing, he must rake and burn the remaining stalks and other crop remnants in a manner satisfac- tory to meet Regulation 3. The stalks first should be broken down and cut or broken off as much as possible by a good job of poling or mowing. ' If poling is done, it is preferable to perform the operation while the ground is frozen because the stalks are then more brittle. A heavy pole or beam should be used, preferably one with sharp corners. An old rail- road rail is used by many farmers and makes an‘ excellent device. Some railroads are selling old rails at practically jufik prices for this purpose. If the pole or rail is not heavy enough, of such form, and so operated as to do a good job of ac- tually breaking off the stalks, the subsequent raking prOcess will be greatly handicapped. The raking process must be thor- ough; cross raking is often necessary and is recommended strongly. Sulky dump rakes, sidedelivery rakes and the wooden “flop-over" rakes are used. Special close-toothed sulky dump rakes are on the market, and there is evidence that a special side- delivery rake for corn stalks either is now or soon will be available. If the raking. process does not carry into the windrows all corn remnants of form to harbor living borers, then such remnants remain- ing between the windrows should be raked into the rows by hand or otherwise placed in the windrows or in piles preparatory to burning. As the fires in the windrows and piles burn out, unconsumed crop rem- nants remaining must be raked into the fires in such manner as to cause their consumption or to subject them to sufficient heat to cause the death of all borers included therein. In the fields of this kind which are not to be plowed, the use of a disc hart-ow or stalk cutter to break down stalks preparatory to raking them is very questionable practice. If the use of these implements, in place of the pole. rail or mower. tends to bury the stalk parts slightly and thus renders the raking process less eflective, then the use of the disc or stalk cutter is to be condemned for this particular purpose and condi- ti .‘ 2. Where the farmer wishes to plow the field preparatory to imme- diate seeding, and his plowing equip- ment is such and so operated that he can meet Regulation 3 without much previous treatment of the surface trash, he may proceed with the piow- ‘ in: operation immediately pl'eflding .. on pole a». previous to or gardens the dangerous r film-Id I” had . plofinz,xah‘d this process is recom- mended; or discing, or cutting with a stalk cutter, as hereafter described under Point 3 may assist materially, In plowing down or mowing stalks preparatory to plowing, it is usually advisable to pole or mow in the di- rection in which the plowing is to be‘done. This is especially true in fields into which livestock have not been turned. ' 8. Where the tamer wishes to plow; and his plowing equipment is not such and not so operated as to meet Regulation 3 without previous treatment of the surface trash, then, preceding the plowing operation, he should break down, rake and burn the corn remnants as previously suggested in Point 1, taking precau- tions to rake into the fires all re- maining remnants which the plow may not fully bury. In case there is serious objection to raking and burn- ing the corn remnants, discing and double discing with a sharp disc har- row, or thorough treatment with a sharp stalk cutter, may be substitut- ed for the burning process providing the ultimate results fully meet Regu- lation 3.~ 4. Obviously, the single process of discing or double discing corn fields in preparation for seeding, without previously burning the corn crop remnants as previously sug- gested in Point 1, or without pre- vious or subsequent plowing as sug- gested in Points 2 and 3, is emphatfl ically condemned, unless the farmer, after the seeding process meets Reg- ulation 3 by gathering up and de- stroying all dangerous crop rem: nants remainirg on the surface. Condition 0. Fields Containing Both Corn Stubble and Corn or Fod- der Shocks. 1. The corn or fodder shocks must be”thoroughly destroyed by fire, or the stalks contained therein shredded, or the stalks fed out and the remaining remnants disposed of as_prescribed in Regulation 2. 2. Such fields, after the proper disposal of the shccks, fall under Condition A as previously men- tioned. See and apply the directions under Condition A. Condition 1). Fields Which Con- tained Corn the Previous Year but Whidi Already Have Been Plowed or Disced or Hal-rowed for the Suc- ceeding Crop. . 1. If any trash in condition to harbor living borers appears on the surface of such fields, or appears within the fissures between the clods of soil, .such trash is a decided men- ace. If the subsequent tillage oper— ations will not completely bury such material prior to May 1, then steps must be taken to render such field or fields safe, according to Regula- tion 3, from May 1 to June 1. If no other method is possible, all such trash must be destroyed. Condition E. Fields Already Seed- ed and Containing on the Surface Com CrOp Remnants in Fbrm no Harbor Living Borers. 1. If the field contains such crop remnants only in the form of undis- turbed stubble, a stubble pulverizer, properly used and operated, should be used. 2. It the field contains such crop remnants only in the form of loose trash, all such trash should be gath- ered up and destroyed. It the field contain.» such crop remnants in the form or both un- disturbed stubble and loose trash, each class of this mater! should be treated according to Poi. ts 1 and 2 directly above. MGUIA'I'ION 4. Corn fields or premises not properly cleaned by May Ist, may be cleaned at the dis- cretion of the Commissioner of Agri- culture aud a charge made against the owner tor the some. Rules and Eegldations No. 155, promulgated January 14th, 1926, areThheI-eby g , see ru es and regulations shall 11;: filed!” on and after Intel: 8, In M, I have here- ! t ’ -_ ‘~ '. ,0“ ,} .y sun: 1" l ' .Fg’ *' ._ ‘ " .gfi’gr I Harrison Powell, of Boonville, Indiana, won First Prize in the Hoosier IO-Ton Plus Tomato Club. Powell \ ' , produced 43 tons of Tomatoes on 3.1 acres or nearly 14 tons per acre and "The Fertilizer Leaders of America” helped him to win the Indiana Championship. 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' ‘ ‘ 1H: corn field stood all summer. growing 81‘0011- ' i . nrished by suns and soothed by moon- light nights, .c'l’he crowning glory of a peaceful scene. ' Now like a crown indeed the corn is stacked. . , .AnrgI proudly stands upon the autumn " l.‘ - Soon in the crib the treasure will be packed; Alli winter long the stock will have its 11. And then our hill will wear a snowy crown! , Its harvest over, winter days will bring White nights of peace, until in lilac gown Upon the hilltop, gaily trips the Spring! (Copyright, 1 9 2 6.) HODIE FOLKS OFTEN NEED FIRST AID ’ CCIDENTS are bound to happen sometime in every home. It may be months before there is need for first aid, but when the time comes the mother should be pre- pared. If she has learned how to use simple remedies which she has ready, she need have no fear until the doctor comes. Extension special- ists declare that the slightest cut or scratch should be treated with an antiseptic as a precaution against more serious trouble. It is the in- fection of wounds where the danger lies. Antiseptics are chemicals used to make wounds germ free. Tinc- ture of iodineis one of the best. Two per cent mecurochrome is good. It is painless. No board with rusty nails should be left lying around. In case of ac— cident because of rusty nails, the wound should be washed thoroughly with a disinfectant. Antiseptic gauze should be placed over the wound and the foot bandaged. In case of dog—bite a doctor should be sent for. The dog—bite should also be immediately treated with a disinfectant and the dog shut up and watched. The dog may have been only teased and angered or it may have rabies. If the dog has rabies, the child should be treated by a physician for rabies. In removing a splinter a sharp needle should be used. It should first be sterilized in boiling water or in a flame and allowed to cool before using. After the removal of the splinter an antiseptic should be used on the wound. In the case of burns which often occur in the household, if the skin is not broken, cover the burn with a. past. “waking soda. Keep this damp a1... ,..ndage tightly. A blis— ter should not be broken. In time the body will absorb it. If necessary to do so, use a sterilized fine sewing needle. When the skin is broken in a burn, cover the spot with carron oil. Sterilized gauze should be used on a burn; never cotton batten. HEAIJIHY SWEETS MADE FROM FRUIT VERYONE likes sweets that are made of fruit, and they are not likely to cause indigestion or other troubles. Candied fruit, ap- ple paste and similar confections may be made from fresh fruits; and dates, dried figs, prunes or apricots may be stuffed. Apple paste needs little sweeten- ing and it will keep indefinitely. To make it, follow these directions: Wash ‘the 7 apples; cut them in eighths; cook them in a small amount of water until they are ten- der; then press them through a sieve. Cook the pulp again until it is thick, stirring it to keep it from sticking. For each cupful of pulp, add one—third of a cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of corn syrup, and cook the mixture until "it is clear. Turn the paste out on a greased plate or platter and put in an airy place ‘to dry. When a film forms over the top, turn the paste on a cloth over a drying rack or screen. and, dry it thoroughly. The paste may “be cut into squares or any shapes and rolled in powdered or granulated suganor chopped nuts. ~' Nut meat fondant, marshmallows .or mixtures of chopped nuts and ,ca-ndied fruits are suggested as fill- 1'35:ng dried fruits. Prunes, apri- cots, and figs should be washed and steamed over a kettle of boiling wa- - ter? until they are plump and tender, be not soft before they are stuffed. is hillypend atop the heighfi~ Eli should bef'cut' in half, for a ‘ M4 —.——.—.. cleaning;" and then it is on. moil dispositions get upset as well. them. ‘ during the process. lays other work later on. It really does not matter if the job does last a day or two longer and if you work according to your strength it does not matter a great deal to you. Address letters: ' ADeDartIdeut'for the wamn Edited by mas. ANNIE rams -—-——-——-$‘ EAR FOLKS:—When the weather gets so it invites us to come out of doors, somebody says, “It's time the house had a thorough Rugs come up, curtains come down, furniture is disarranged, meals are irregular, and in the general tur- indoors, the fresh breezes, the birds, and the sunshine are neglected and when it is over everyone, for several days, is too tired to enjoy Some one asks “why .all the rumpus” but otherwise it is possible to take one room at a time and avoid some of the confusion which other- wise prevails at this season of the year, trying the patience of those who do the cleaning and of the others-who have to live in the house I know just how anxious each one of you are to get out of the mess when once it is started but do not oven-tax your strength and continue to work after you are very tired—it only upsets your digestion and de- ¢W, Mn. Annie Taylor. care The Business Farmer. Ilt. clemem. llomuen. While making things spic-and-span , .whole stuffed fig is too large. After the fruits are stuffed, they may be rolled in granulated or powdered sugar. MOTHERS CAN MAKE CHILD’S HAT ANY pretty patterns for chil- M dren’s hats are available with directions so clear that any mother who is handy with her needle can make a hat for her little daugh- ter. Felt, silk or velvet are attrac- tive materials. A touch of color and hand trims make the hat pretty and still inexpensive. CLEANING WITH ABSORBENTS GOOD LEANING with absorbents is good for collars, cuffs and other parts which show soil before a whole garment is in need of clean- ing. It is convenient for babies’ coats, light wool hats, caps, etc. Warm the meal or powder (French chalk, magnesia, fuller’s earth, corn meal or flour). Spread it on the materials and rub it in with the hands or a brush. Let it stand several hours. Renew the powder or meal as it becomes soiled. Re- peat the treatment if necessary. ONE RECIPE MAKES MANY KINDS OF CAKE PLAIN cake recipe which the housewife has found to be de- pendable, may be used as the basis for many different kinds of cake. Add cocoanut, chopped nuts, raisins and citron, spices 'or dates to the batter for variation. I 4 Personal Column Know This OneT—My father knows one verse of a song that was very popular in the early twenties. I was wondering whether you would take the bother to help find the other verses. I do not know the title of this song but I can give you the one verse that I know. It runs like this: “Passing policeman found a little fl tears and smiled and said. Now you must not cry. I will find you mamma for you by and by.” Will you please favor me with the following verses. I would be obliged if you will ask some of the sub- scribers if they could remember them.— Miss H., Standish, Mich. A Pretty Design.—This quilt block re- quires some more work than the others I have published but surely is very pretty and worth the time. It was sent to me by one of my good friends, Mrs. John Van Antwerp, of Tuscola county, and she failed to tell me the name of the design. It is made up 'of two colors, one a plain blue and the other a white with flowers in it. If any of you want i \ borrow it just write, but I must have ‘ k by early mail so as to take care « Ir requests as they come in.—Mrs. Ammo Taylor. For the Movie ‘Fan The Canadian—Here is a story of the great wheat fields of Western Canada that is sure to interest one. The scenery is Just wheat, scores and acres of it, with a few unpainted buildings. In my esti- mation, it appears to be a very true pic- ture of what life of the pioneer of western Canada must be. Thomas Meighan is “The Canadian" so the part is in good hands. In the province of Alberta the Canadian has a farm, but because of fail- ure of his wheat crop he is obliged to work for a neighbor for a year to earn enough for a new start. .Thls friend comes from an aristocratic English family. While the Canadian is working there child, stepped up beside her, wiped her word is received that the last of the par- Myriadscf Colors Popular For Spring HAT will be the new colors of women’s spring clothes? This question is probably the most popular one of the hour among wo- men readers of the fashion maga- zines for many are already planning new spring frocks. There are a myriad of colors that have been men- tioned as popular this season. , There are eleven greens. These includ mignon, lido green, turquoise, Erin, artichoke, paroquit, sage, al- mond, fairway, spruce and forest. Eleven blues are also among the popular shades. They are sky,’gla- cier, radio, alpine crayon, French, Flemish, Sinbad, Memphis, bluebird and whirlpool. There are eight mauves and pur- ples; orchid, viola, iris, crocus, Par- ma, onion, str'awflower ‘ and Bec- chante. One can ailmost see colors from the names. 0f the pinks and] rose there are six: shell, geranium, meadow pink, wild rasp- berry, begonia and wool flower. Of yellow and orange there are five: mallow, linden, sulphur, banana and marigold. ‘ The melon shades are two in num- ber: heart 0’ melon and sunkiss. There are five reds: troubadour, lob- ster, claret, sesqui and Monterey. Eight greys are included in the list of popular colors: quaker, Chateau, Jaffi, Corbeau, bark, silver pitch, rock, and tapioca. There are six tans: popcorn, mushroom, polo tan, sawdust, syru and pigskin. There are also eight browns that should be included in the list. They are Pe- kinese, cork, oakcrest, acorn, cher- , oot, snuff, copper and, mountain..— L. J.’ a m .snemon “ms ' es of r Wests Causal an :11th than what» she; has been used to. She and her brother‘s wife are .unable to get along because of her inability.“ do housework With any degree of satin- faction so when the Canadian prepauhs to return to his owu farm and suggests that he will have to get a woman to keep house for him ‘she drives a bargain with him to be his wife in name only and keep his house. In the end they learn to love each other, and everything turns out rosy. Doris Kenyon is 'the heroine. :7 —if you are well bred! fi 3 The Right of Way When Motoring.— The technical right of way on the road is something which must be interpreted with courtesy and common sense. Generally speaking, the rule is that the driver on the right has the right of way at a street crossing. But there are exceptions, when mere position does not count. The right of way law in most states even instance these exceptions. So, where the right of way is open to another interpre- tation, do not think you are always justl- fied in darting across in front of a car coming from the left—the man on the right, for instanct, may have trouble with his brakes. Common courtesy takes it for granted that you will let common sense tell you when not to insist on what‘ you consider your rights. r The Runner’s Bible God is love. 1 John 4:16. It will help your understanding to sub- stitute the word love for the word God in many scriptural passages. Love is a synonym for God. Favorite Songs IN THE BAGGAGE COACH AHEAD On a dark and stormy night, as the train rattled on, All the passengers had gone to bed, Except one young man with a baby in his arms, Who set there with o bowed down head. The innocent one began crying just then, As though its poor heart would break; One angry man said, “Make that child stop~ its noise, For it’s keeping us all awake." "Put it out," said another; “don't keep it in here, We’ve paid for our berths and want rest." But never a word said the man with the child, As he fondled it close to his breast. "Where is its mother? Go take it to her," This a lady then softly said, “I wish that I could,” was the man’s sad reply, While the train rolled onward, a husband sat in tears, Thinking of the happiness of just a few short years, For baby's face brings pictures of a cher— ished hope that’s dead. But baby’s cries can’t wake her, in the baggage coach ahead. Every eye filled with tears, story _he told. Of a wife who was faithful and true, He told how he’d saved all his earnings for years, Just to build a home for two. How, when heaven had sent them this sweet little babe, Their young, happy lives were blest. His heart seemed to break when he men- tioned her name, when his And, in tears, tried to tell them the rest. Every woman arose .to assist with the child, . There were mothers and wives on that train, And soon was the little one sleeping in peace. With no tho’t of sorrow or pain. Next morning at a station, he bade all“ good-bye, “God bless you,” he softly said. Each one had a story to tell in his home, Of the baggage coach ahead. Recipes Graham Loot—We are constant read- ers of M. B. F. Could not be without it. I am sending in a recipe for graham loaf. It never fails me, if made as it reads: 1% cups brown sugar; 3 cups sour milk or butter milk; 4% cups graham flour; 3 tablespoons lard; 3 teaspoons soda; 2 eggs and 179 teaspoon baking powder. This makes two leaves. ‘ Cocoanut Frosting.—I cup sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 cup cocoanut, 2 eggs. Boil 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Cherry Cake—1% cups in ; cu shortening; 1 cup cherries, if one: juice drained off ; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 scant teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon soda; 1 teaspoon nutmeg and 1 cinnamon; 8 eggs, 8 cups flours: be made, a layer or loava ' This is fine. . u can .9? ‘ _._‘.. i' Wmmfi ,__ —.__. pgd Painting Book for the Kiddies—10c \ *Q’iii’a‘i ‘ eota 8ft} Economy {in Baking A farmer’s Wife says, "‘CERESOTA‘ seems to go farther than other brands of flour and this, is an , item in our large family.” _ Ceresota is uniform and dependable. The ideal bread and pastry flour. Order a . sack from your grocer. . It’s real baking economy to use Ceresota Flour —-Pure, Wholesome and Not Bleached. Manufactured by Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company Minneapolis, Minn. ’ y interesting y colors and gold. Q g Company painting book set of M. B. F. g charts—complete and the pages—12 magnificently ions to young artists—set of beautiful for your beautiful CLIP COUPON—MAIL TODAY Minneapolis, Minn. :The Northwestern Consolidated Millin ventures of Ceresota” Japanese water colors. story—cover in man nose water colors—wonderfull ed pictures—12 paintin instruct t postage prepaid. Y gBig, beautiful 6:18—48 -Here is my 10c ": 001 01' fair {Sen , “The Ad ‘ Japa . clip boiled rice, sees it; ' likens Sugar. In N lespoon orange juice, candied orange peel; hScald a rempieces of orange peel with the milk and rice. To the beaten egg yolks, add the sugar and salt. Remove the orange rind and add the sugar mixture to the milk.- Stir over hot water until thickened. Remove and chill. Just before serving, beat the egg whites, and a few grains salt, a tab— lespoon of powdered sugar and the orange juice. Pile on the custard and decorate with chopped candied orange peel, if de- sired. Serves four. WOMEN’S EXCHANGE F you nave eomethlng to exchange. we wlll grim It FREE under thls heading provldln : lrst-—lt appeals to women and Is a bonlfl e exchanges, no cash Involved. Second—It wlll no In three lines. Thlrd—You are a paid-up subserlber to The Buslneee Farmer and attach your address label from a recent issue to rave t. Exohen e offers will be numbered on In- serted In t e order received as we have room. -—MR8. ANNIE TAYLOR. Edltor. l42.—One year of Comfort, 1926, for other reading—«Mrs. C. A. Wright, Box 152, East Tawas, Michigan. ‘ 143.—House plant flower seeds and bulbs for others. Mrs. Joe Dupine, Stand- ish, Michigan. AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING (Be Sure to State Slze) Boys’ years. inch material. _ . Ladles’ Dress.—Cut in 6 Sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A A 38 inch size requires 1 yard of 36 inch lining for the skirt or itions. 4 yards of 32 inch material, and % ar of contrasting material, The. width of the_ ress at the lower edge With plaits er tended is 1% yard. Sum—Cut iii 4 Sizes: 2, 3, 4 year Size requires 21;; yards 5762 5782. Child's Dress.—-——Cut in 4 Sizes: 4, 6. 8 and 10. years. A. 4 year size requires 1% yard of SQ inch material With % yard of contrasting material. 5743. Ladles" Apron.—Cut in Medium.. It requires one yard 0 terial with 134 yard of contrasting materiak"x\ ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH—- .2 FOR 25c POSTPAID ADD 100 FOR SPRING AND 1927 FASHION BOOKSIJMMER o f h mini-2:129} It'lvf;l'o;31m" Mill's o'Ill‘illlh.yflnll‘:'unm . name and address plainly. Address all orders for patterns to _ . Pattern. Department '. I _ THE BUSINESS . 2:5. 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Keep Musterole handy and use at the first sign of tonsillitis, croup, neuritis, rheumatism or a cold. To Mothers: Musterole is also made in milderform for babies and small chil- dren. Ask for Children’s Musterole. The Musterole Co., Cleveland, Ohio Jars 85 Tubes Neuritis Toothache Just add one-half tea.- spoonful to each gallon of cream before churning . and out of your churn 0 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 cream- eries. Doesn’t color but- termilk. Absolutely taste~ less. Large bottles cost only 35 cents at drug or grocery stores. “'i'ite for FREE SAMPLE BOTTLE. “'ells & Richardson Co.. 1110., Burlington, Vermont. EnHven listless children BETTER THAN A MUSTASRD PLASTII Give them Colds Can be ended tom'orrow That cold can be ended in 24 hours. You can open the bowels, check the fever and tone the whole system quickly. 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We reimburse the dealer. Dr. Hess & Clark, lnc., Ashland, Ohio Dr. Hess Stock Tonic Improved .—— ______..._..____ g ’1‘mmlmIllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllilllllllilllllllulllllillillilllllillllimlllllulllililllllllllllliiilimlIiiumIIIIIll|IIIIllmInlllililiiliimmuuilih“0",”in 1 . =1. “fin-Q31: 1,, it i ili‘ ‘i Alma-uncut: mm miner bl ritualm. Iw .wuum greener» 0| LIVG oldie! u spoon: na- b encourage the growing 0? ends on the farms of our readers. 0.! advertising rats n Dom (80¢) per cm inc. our Insertion. Fourteen new lines to the column Incl: per inch. loss 21, for cash if am. with order or paid on or store 10a. ll following date of Indian. OEID ll YOUR AD AID WE WILL PUT IT "P3 III . u m an no how men ilnoe ll. um ml. Address all letters. IRIEDERS DIREDTOHV. IOHIQAI IWHESO FAFIER. If. OLEMEII. moo. EOIBIEINS HOLSTEINS dates I. 'l" «hoot To "our conflictl stack Id. in out an the date any live Ilchlm. H you on commit! a od- ‘ ’ ’ r. o , :2°‘s.“.u°:.":..:°.w thrill“: .\ . ,. ,. x11? hardy F.. t. elem: “ '_ _> ,1 3 lurch 29. interim. W. 1!. Harper and , Bone levillo, . May 2%;e—egergdfpcrgféantlrapo r‘urms, Swartz for ’ . u. ruggedness. They thrive in all . climates and sections without exp , ‘ ‘4'“ pert care and produce profitably ! i E under varied conditions. / >- ' ‘ ‘ i I Wfiteforucemm _;; GUERNSEY. be. M Saab. HOLSTEINWFRIESMN GUERNSEYS mm~%'°°m'°' " “m” mu“ FARHER’S PRICES FOR BULL GALVES BIRID la, bl 0d lines. Write for circular. by ,MillldboEILArNDOFARMS. Monroe. Mich. REGISTERED GUERNSEY COW 5 YEARS OLD, fresh. Grand daughter of Merry May D 8200. 0. REGISTERED HOLSTEINS. WE CAN-SUPPLY you with choice bred stock for foundation " souruwou: sTocK FARM. Fremont, Michigan. or. Price M. STARBUCK, n1, Corunna, Mich. ' HEREFORDG SEVERAL NICE HIGH—GRADE ' will? fifuivmc’é‘h’fi‘} LAKEWOOD FAR . ox . I r. . Sale, SM“. quedzg' J'- J'- ' o in ms ng program room y udgmg 31-23“? 6 gfiwiacllfu" ecglilii)" radii?" tiVi'rilte _f¥mpu%ciglalés.u Ogr 31188131 bulls ' ' ' om. wm . es . . » r . . 'I'onflliigor, Wouwatosa. Wisconsin, 61‘3"” ram, 8 l c ' h I o—R Istered Guernsey Bull Searchlight springing 0. 101537. three year: old. ‘ W. L. chenoy a Scum-llama. liohlgan. ~ SHORTHORNS Calves y .Well our . Beef .v . ‘ " VCR -‘ ' 1 a? ‘ Hereford Steers - (minufianm . TUBERCULOSIS EWCATION IN N 1926_ the first area test of all cattle in Iron county was con- ducted. The results of this test were certainly gratifying as out of a total of 8,700 head,:on.ly thirty re- actors were found. This is a trifle over one third of one per cent and has not been equalled before in any county in this State. As a result of this test the county has been (16-, ciared a Modified Accredited Area. Our dairy interests are greatly en: couraged by this favorable condition. It is not many years ago since the first pure bred sire was used here while now fifty-five per cent of all rows are being bred to pure bred sires. As a pioneer county the foun- dation fog dairying is being placed on a. stron‘gfoundatlon. Even now excellent herds of grade Holsteins and Guernseys can be seen and a few pure bred herds are being established. It will not be long before this district will be ready to supply goodly num- bers of high class grades to other districts especially so since practi- cally all the milk 3 marketed via the cream route leaving a full supply of skim milk for calf feeding. Prices for good grades are very reasonable as compared with most other regions and this coupled with the certainty of disease—free stock places us in a very favorable posi- tion—Earl Roberts, County Agri— cultural Agent. FEED FARM STOCK GOOD CULL BEANS ULL beans may be fed to stock if they are not seriously dis- eased, but they should be free from stones and should be ground instead of cooked. They contain about 18.8 per cent of digestable nutrients and may form 15 to 25 L per cent of a grain mixture for dairy 1‘ cattle, according to the animal hus- bandry department at the New York state college of agriculture‘at Ithaca, N. Y. A suggested dairy mixture con— itaining ground beans includes 200 pounds of corn or barley, 400 pounds of bran or oats, 200 pounds of ground beans or gluten feed, 100 pounds of cottonseed mea1,~and 100 pounds of "oil meal. In large amounts, beans are too laxative for cattle, and they are unpalatable also. For older cattle, larger amounts ‘may be fed than to younger ones, and, for fattening they serve the same purpose as_any high protein feed. Best results are usually ob— tained by mixing the ground beans in an amount not exceeding twenty- flve per cent with some other low protein feeds. » Beans that are not too seriously damaged may be fed to sheep and lambs in amounts up to one—fourth of the total grain ration. They should be left whole and should be fed with such feeds as corn or bar- ley. When legume hay is fed, the amount of beans should be reduced. When fed to hogs, they should be cooked, preferably in water with a small amount of salt added. They should not form more than one half of the grain ration and should be mixed with other feeds such as corn or barley. . ' dil‘EfiDING MOLASSES '1‘0 PIGS lam feeding molasses to pigs two and one—half months old. How does it compare in value with other feeds?——F. K., Elkton, Mich. 00D cane molasses, weighing in the neighborhood of eleven pounds per gallon, have approx-.) imately the same feeding value in“ the ration as does grain when the molasses are used to replace a small part of the grain fed. In other words, if a man was feeding ten pounds of grain per head daily he could replace two pounds of grain with molasses to, excellent advantage. In many cases where no succulent feed was being fed such a change would, in- crease the. results obtained. Onvthe, other hand. where momma are hit in, large quentlties'their value is not is,- ‘With your cattle 001334 nether-v \ ‘ tensor of Animal Husbandry, M. S. C.~ fss grant as the autumnal; theirs- ‘ Antone; .1. _. feed them 1% wflmd, ses per mg daily with excellent or" suite. With the pigs molar-es should be fed in very mall. quantities. I would not advise the use of more than a. quart of molasses daily for , each eight pigs two, and one—half months old—Geo. A. Brown,“Pro-' RAISING GOATB Can you please tell me what kind‘ of goats are the largest and best for meat? What is their color and about how much do they weigh dressed? ——R. C. S., Mich. ' THE Angora goat is the one most commonly raised for meat and The other distinct breeds of goats are milk pro- ducing animals. The Angora goat is always white in color and pro- duces a fleece of mohair which sells [for somewhat more per pound than. does wool from sheep. The clip of mohair, however, as a rule is not as heavy as a clip of wool from good. sheep. ~ As a general rule we have not ad- vised the raising of Angora goats in mohair. Michigan as the sheep is hardier, the g lambs are easier to raise than kids '~ L and also grow much more rapidly, f attaining more size at six months 0f age and also selling for consider- 5’ ably more per pound than do the' kids. The Angora goat is not as large as is the sheep, one hundred pounds being a good weight for an Angora doe. Mr. C. E. DeGroft, Reed Springs, Missouri, is secretary of the,Ameri- can Angora Goat Breeders Associa- tion and would be glad to send you further information regarding these animals—Geo. A. Brown, Professor of Animal Husbandry," M. S. C. HOLSI‘EIN BREEDERS RESERVE PREFIX NAMES , EVEN Michigan Breeders of H01- steinvFriesian cattle recently reserved prefix names for their exclusive use with the Holstein-Frie- sian Association of America. Follow-. lng are the names of those reserved and the names and addresses of the breeders for whom they are regis— tered. V “Ramblewood,” A. F. Rockwell, Grand Rapids; “Rolling Prairie,” Armstrong Brothers, Fowlerville; “Twin Ash,” Oral J. B‘brden, Snover; “Laraway,” Herman Mulder, Grand Rapids; “Kilmernook,” Marvin F. Leach, Ionia; “Kirkson,” James C. Kirk and Son, Fairgrove; “Shubred,” Clare H. Shue, Armada. Home Mule 5 Hone Plow PM cinnamon...“ - ;—:~\ A: . : 33‘s. ' .A a“ v \ i «7“; :- -‘ , r»- Dimennion-diown '1 ‘ r‘ "‘ cox-mot for .: ’ we noun-n not ‘ «N; a. plow. M lndi bot- "" man. No lagoo- ' u (mt. I". w IIOI'IIId all “la: " ’4': plows your: m: .cm- :1“; hunt to plot 15* “5-K . in. M- uw .1! or on . , EAR EDITOR: I wish to say a L word against using poison pow- a ,. . do:r on chickens. am not " . "keeping. chickens at present nor “for " the past several years but previous ' to, that raised poultry for a long ‘ ‘ period of yours and in all that time only employed poison powder once and then with total results. I set a hen not knowing she was an egg-eater and she ate some of the egg! and died: The poison used was an insect powder. My method, as soon as the chicks are hatched .and dry, is to apply to top of head and the‘ throat a drop “each of crude carbolic acid mixed with about 1-6 vaseiine. Take the chicks away from the hen and keep them in a warm- place, covered so they will not make a noise. Take ~ the hen and wash her well and r‘e- ,” v 1, move all soiled feathers. If she is ‘ going to be kept with the "chicks . rub her head well with the mixture f’ and put some on the neck and be- ', ‘ tween the wings on the back and 1." also on the tail feathers. Conflne her all day in a small warm yard or pen in the sun with fresh ashes on the ground. Apply the mixture to the .chicks every two weeks, using a little more every time on the back of neck,. between the wings, etc., until they get their large feather and they can then be sprayed with this mixture mixed with kerosene. Spray, mixed with the stron car- bolic acid, around the pens. ~t will keep skunks, weasels, etc. away. Keep ashes on the floor of chicken houses. It prevents roup.-—~L. Dc, Barry County. ADVICE To “8. “T.W EAR EDITOR: In reply to in- ; dairy of “S. W., Auburn,” as to what share he ought to get of his father's estate after staying with them for 28 years and taking care of, them._ I will say first he ought to have an agreement with his par- ents when he became of age. Under the statute of the State of Michigan he is entitled only to his share the same as the other heirs. If there is personal property in question at: the time of his father’s death he must be able to prove what belongs to him in‘ a court or equity. Otherwise. all property found on the estate if his father dies is supposed to belong to the A boy who stays at home With his parents and cares for them is looked upon by the court as a goodgboy and that is all.—E. D., Shepherd, Michigan. ' INTERNATIONAL JUDGING PRIZES HE International Live Stock Ex- . - position announces that the Chicago Association of Com— merce for the fourth consecutive year will award agricultural college scholarships of $500, $300 and $200 to the three highest ranking individ- suiie'ru the non-coilegiate five stock mam contest to be held 815 Chile- ‘ 26. The scholarships ed by this organization? during the last three years have been won ‘ three boys in: Nebraska, three in ones, and one each in California, C‘olorad’o, Oklahoma; and At eschcot the recent In;- termm twenty-tw’ states have v represented By 1: champion 1 judging team. a O , no: mm cows 1 ‘y the ,wtn’ter‘ My «WI feed- . M Indeed, 1.8110 does not cost more, no matter what you compare it with—not if you figure costs the way they ought to be figured—in terms of milk produced and profit earned per dollar spent for You needn’t take our unsup- . ported word for this, either. 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Trade allowances made on old separators of any age or make. -r8ee and 159' the Do you tell your friends about the free service ! l IT' they can get if they are paid-up subscribers to The Business Farmer? If you do you are doing them a service, yourself a service, and us a service. If they join our growing family they save con- siderable money through getting free advice, you benefit because the more names there are on our subscription list the more we can serve you, and we are pleased that we have so many friends to serve. THE BUSINESS FARMER, 1\It. Clemens, .‘Michigan. At .3; rs" /’ ./.= ’ .7/ ' 2 .‘~‘ NV .0‘ # If you are thinking of building, remodeling, ventilating or buying any equipment for your cow - ' ' ’ or .horse barn, hog or poultry house, write for these two books. These books tell how we help you plan and J ‘ equip yourbuildings to make them more convenient,practical -\ r . and economical—how we save you money by cutting down PRESIDENT . material and constructiOn costs. 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' I Name--- ------- --------------- -- " * n‘ "dummy" “hm” '7 I Poet Ofice----..----.-- ............... ---_- ’9“... ‘ HE champienséfiaBr 8* .endeG Club work for 1926-1nflMic‘hie ' gan were recently ‘announCed by 'State Club" Leader 'A. G. Kettunen. corn, potatoes, poultry, canning food study, calf, sheep and pig rais- ing. Three places were. awarded in most of the 30 divisions. Under provision of the State Board ‘of Agriculture the Winners of first place in each division receive a $45 schol- arship to the Michigan State College for the freshman year. maintain a Satisfactory scholastic standing their, freshman year, they are again preSented with $45 for the sophomore year. The names of the 1926 winners, their addresses, and the counties in which they live, are as follows: GARDEN. 1. Celia Johnson, Crystal Falls, Iron; 2. Morris Huberman, 516 Frederick St., Detroit, Wayne; 3. Signe Koskinen, Iron- wood, Gogebic. BEAN 1. Mildred I. Hagle, Kinde, Huron; 2. George Dershem, St. Louis, Gratiot; 3. Hillsdale; 3. Anna Flashberger, Iron River, Iron; Carl Widger, Gaylord, Ot- sego. POULTRY Project A. 1. Mary Murray, Milan, Washtenak; 2. Mabel Armstrong, Osseo, Hillsdale; 3. Laurence Erickson, Ironwood, Gogebic. Project B. 1. Zella Lyon, Pittsford, Hillsdale; 2. Lloyd Thomas, Hemlock, Saginaw; 3. Evi Sillanpaa, Crystal Falls, Iron. Project 0. 1. Herbert Aue, Muskegon, Muskegon; 2. Albert Heisel, Stambaugh, Iron; 3. John Bentley, Eaton Rapids, Eaton. Project D . 1. Gustav A. Aue, Muskegon, Muske- gon; 2. Ingred Mattson, Iron River, Iron. CANNING First Year 1. Ida Cetas, Good Hart, Emmet; 2. Julia. Allen, Waters, Otsego; 3. Mildred Short, Hemlock, Saginaw. Second Year 1. Dorothy Zimmerman, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw; 2. Evelyn Moore, Nunica, Muskegon; 3. Margaret Ford, Lowell, Kent. Third Year 1. Amy Markley, Trenary, Alger; 2. Eva Racer, Concord, Jackson; 3. Leona Gale, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Fourth Year 1. Doris Gilbert, Nunica, Muskegon; 2. Helen Gilbert, Waldron, Hillsdale; 3. Mary Richmond, Hemlock, Saginaw. Fifth Year 1. Bernsteen Watson, Hemlock, Sagi- naw. FOOD STUDY First Year 1. Alice Newell, Seneca, Lenawee; 2. Mathilda Jungnitch, Hemlock, Sagi- naw; 3. Gladys Egger, Topaz, Ontona- gon. Second Year 1. Pauline Schafer, Seneca, Lenawee; 2. Valla Mae Campbell, Hemlock, Sagi- naw. , Third Year 1. Mae Watson, Hemlock, Saginaw. BEEF CALF Baby Beef 1. Norman Hurd, Port Hope, Huron; 2.Elton Hawkins, Armada, Macomb; James Milligan, Cass City, Tuscola. Heifer Calf 1. Thomas Ogston, Dafter, Chippewa; 2. Francis Pangborn, Bad Axe, Huron; 3. Ivan Austin, Springport, Jackson. The projects included garden, beans, v If they ' Verness Wheaton, Charlotte, Eaton; George Mueller, Hemlock, Saginaw. CORN 1. John Converse, Union City, 03.1- houn; 2. Raymond Griffith, St. Louis, Gratiot; 3. Edward De Lamater, North: Adams, Hillsdale. _ POTATO 1. Norvel B. Farrell, Milford, Oak— land; 2. James Meeks, North Adams, . . , . up; 2. Earl Mann, Ann Arbor; x, 1. Willie Stark . » Cow and‘5=0alt-= 1. Milton Stewart, 2. ' Waldemare Bus.'Ann Arbor, Wash- tenaw. ' ‘ ' SHEEP CLpB Feeding“ ' 1. Kenneth Rocker, Wixom, Oakland. Ewe and Lamb » _ 1. Waldemare Bus. Ann Arbor, Wash- tenaw; 2. John ErwinLPittsford, Hills- dale; 3. Herbert Ames, Charlotte, Eaton; Victor Sanborn, Morenci, Lenawee. Flock ‘ ‘ 1. Edward De Lamater, North Adams Hillsdale; 2. Robert Hunt, Eaton Rapids, Eaton; 3. Thurman Lusk, Morenci, Len— awee; 4. Cecil Hindee, 'Pinckney, Liv- ingston. PIGS ' Breeding Gilt , 1. Harold MoGrath, Cass City, Tua- cola ; 2. Victor Robb, Hubbard Lake, Alpena; 3. Truman Bliss, NuniearMus- kegon. ' ‘ Sow and Litter 1. Raymond Girbach, Saline, Wash- tenaw; 2. Lyle D. Gilbert, Nunica, Mus- kegon; 3. Franklin Clark, Hillsdale. Hillsdale. . _ Herd d Raymond Laser,“ Waldron, Hills- a e. DAIRY CALF Calf Project 1. Emil Kober, Conklin, Kent; 2. Er- I win Williams, Saulte Ste. Marie, Chip- pewa; Claude Mitchell, Decker, Tuscola.; . 3. Hugh Austin, Saline, Washtenaw. Yearling Heifer 1. Carl Greenland, Iron River, Iron; 2. Harold Becker, Evart, 0566019.; 3. Stanley Hill, Frankenmuth, Saginaw; 4. Russell Partridge, Plymouth, Wayne. Production 1. Kenneth D. Parish, Fairgrove, Tus- cola; 2. Francis Farrell, Dexter, Wash- tenaw; 3. J05 Wurzer, Stambaugh, Iron; 4. Clifford Smith, Charlotte, Eaton. Herd Management ’ 1. Clare Monroe, Pittsford, Hillsdale. RADIO DEPABTMENT By JAMES W. H. WEIR. R. B. (Any questlon regarding radlo wlll be gladly answered by our radio edltor. You recelve a per- sonal letter and there ls no charge If your sub- serlptlon ls paid up.) The Busines Farmer broad- casts daily, except Saturday a n (1 Sunday, through station WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave length of 270 meters. 6:40 to 6:50..‘......Farm School 7:05..............Markets and News THE ‘AN’I‘ENNA Of course we know there is no aerial as good as an outside aerial. Now please state the reception and distance one would get with a good 5 tube set using an indoor curtain antenna, hung on inside of room. Curtain antenna is 3 feet wide by 6 feet long. Also distance with good reception one would get using the loop aerial.—S. S., Vicksburg, Mich. ELATIVE to indoor antenna would say that efficiency de< pends entirely on sensitivity of set and distance from stations de- sired to receive. Usually the indoor type of aerial is about half as good as outside. With a five tube set any great distance would be nearly pro- hibitive. This, same applies to the loop aerial. This latter type of aerial must have a supersensitive set if the best results are to be obtained. Plain reception will be had with a. small speaker but the tone quality will not be entirely natural. - '«irumnezw? _ '03: r,- on m ‘3. I. “be m -- nnnr. “poms.” :, I m V v I Masai, li‘h'i'l‘us'oola :‘ is: ' » read. .. The book is- sent free of charge . K R. qno. ‘H. CONN tram was new CATARAOT Am writing to ask if there is a cure for a cataract on one of my horse’s eyes. It covers one eye and is partly over the other.——-A. 8., Im- lay City, Michigan. OM what you say about your horse’s eyes I am of the opin- ion that there is nothing that can be done now and that the ani- mal will soon go blind. You might get some yellow oxide of mercury ointment one-half per cent and place this in the eyes night and morning. Also give the horse 15 grain doses of potassium iodide on the feed night and morning for 5 or 6 weeks. FEED MAY LACK MINERAL I have 6 head of pure bred Jersey cows and heifers. Come in heat reguarly until bred. Four of them now come in heat from '30 to 50 days after being bred. Had them T. B. tested. What is' wrong?.—-——F. P. Bradley, Mich. HERE are a number of things "that might cause this but rest assured that the testing for T. B. had nothing at all to do with it. It is most likely due to some error in feeding; probably they are not getting enough minerals in their ration. Would suggest that you sup- ply each cow with 5 to 6 tablespoon- fuls of special steamed bonemeal on her feed each day. It might also be well for you to have your druggist fix you up some potassium iodide so that you can give each cow 5 to 10 .grains once or twice daily on her feed for a few weeks. If you give much more than this it may turn the milk bitter. 'ABORTION My cows have contagious abortion. Is there any way to cure the disease? —-Reader, Kent City, Mich. THINK abortion can be cleaned up; have your veterinarian treat them with a vaccine, not a bac- terin or anything else but a vaccine; either Pitman—Moores or Mulfords. Then do this each year for at least two years and three if necessary. In addition to this clean up and dis- infect after each abortion and keep the aborters away from all other cows for at least one month after they abort. It takes time so do not expect to get it under control at once. The vaccine will keep it from spreading to cows that are not af- fected so in two years you should have it under control but cows that are now afiected would.no doubt abort any way but new ones would not get it. » . TREATING COLIC Please publish a cure for colic and a cure for indigestion in horses.— Subscriber, Lennon, Mich. OLIC and indigestion are the same thing. owd. nux vomica, 3 ounces; ammonium carbonate, -5 ounces; powd. ginger, 3 ounces. Give one heaping tablespoonful in a little water as a drench or with a dose syringe every two hours for 4 or‘ 5 doses; if this does not'bring about a. cure better call a veterin— arian. CHRONIC CONDITION Please give advice in regards to the whites, a disease of mares. I have one young mare which I un- derstand has the whites—W. H. B., Bendon, Mich. HIS is a chronic condition afiect— ing the uterus and fallopian tubes of mares: only the most valuable show horses or breeding stock would be worth treating for it would take a, long time and would be veryexpensive; you would find it necessary to get your veterinarian to give the treatments; better see _ him- about thisparicular case. . AN_ INTERESTING BOOK ,The' Leadclad Wire .Company, of Moundsviiieh'we'st Virginia. puts out a .;iri,ttereSting‘_~_oatalogue, in.:which there ' is-a valuable article on stretching fence on steel posts that every farmer should a. without bunt! Goodness made Camel famous CAMEL is the cigarette that won the world through quality. Camel’s blending can be found nowhere else. It is rolled of the fchoicest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos grown. Even Eh; ciga- frette paper is the finest—made especially for Camels in France. If you want fsmoke enjoy- ment full and satisfying, 'get acquainted witli Camel ciga- rettes. They will never tire your 'taste nor leave a cigaretty after- taste, no matter how many of them you smoke. To light a Camel is to discover a goodness tohaccos — an entirely new sense of smoking pleasure. Camels are famous because they are good. They lead the ;world in popularity and demand. They invite your comparison with any cigarette made. "Have a Camel!” R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. C) 1927 —Its Healing Ointment That Works Like Magic 'Corona Wool Fat is made from the oil extracted from Sheep a wool. It 3 different from any salve or ointment you ever tried. It heals and soothes. but will not smart or blister the most sensrtive wound. It has healed thousands of stubborn wounds where other lotions have failed. Hardly a day passes but what you'll find some use for Corona. For sore shoulders, sore necks, collar boils. split hoofs, scratches, sore teats on cows. _ca_ked udders, cuts, wounds, burns of any kind on man or beast it is unequalled. . LIBERAL SAMPLE FREE gfrgnaissold by 35am; ' . . t ' from us on receipt of price —- 8 oz. tins 65c,n2l “32.5.2131; 1‘ pgsltgaléfiérg you lWill gegd 01p namFe and “address. we’ mail samp can 00 0 “888 . or yourself the wonderful healing properffies ofergggriziou to see “RONA'MFG. co... 813 Corona Bldg" Kenton, 0. Wonder Healing Common A a. V 00!. Soothing FORMAN or i BEAM, Thai Dread ll sease Contagious Aboriion— llali It One case of miscarriage—one lost call—is a. warning that the greatest scourge of ail—conta- gious abortion may be in the midst of your herd and like a lague bring complete destruction. Heed that warn ug of the first lost caltl It means that the time has come for action. Send uickly for the secret formula. of John W. Froberg. me years ago the abortion treatment of this Swedish farmer was made available to American dairymen. It had halted the disease that tell 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 vangulshed the dread disease—it has been—literal y—tho saviour oi herds. It could be that tor your herd. FREE TRIAL—SEND N0 MON“ coughs. commun- orml. Mootior con. ,~ ugwfdfi-s Hooves . :‘r. IV . we cant enlists 8 [leaves or money We owflfgg ’5‘. W M him-IL. SAVE CALVES 522333: John Frobe wants you to learn what thousads know—when case seems hopeless turn to I Cali Control (0. C. 0.). He has made the m teasytogiveand‘. thepncesoamauyouwil 3,, - . L Beowulf with new cars, radios, light plants and all the rest. They might have waited for Con- gress to help the farmer. But they helped themselves instead. They figured that a 5% cut in the cost of producing milk and a 10% gain in production would just about double their actual net profits—give them twice the money to enjoy life with. 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Delay figmbgmgosily. yglilrite a? once for our new free analog that gives the whole story of Silver Ward Chicks. Michigan Accredited Chicks—Strains at Master Breeders. All b eeders are selected and sealed. leg- handedrb specialists approved by Michigan State Ce ego. The careful breedms of such famous sis-slat: is Barronetsc-nd Tsngrnetd neonas, woo Leghorns, Shopper wad 8 for the unity of Silver G t our New, 3 Free Book. It’s free and it will help you. «Write today for latest prices. SILVERWARD HATCHERY Box 30 Zeeland. Mich. 5m ‘hSELTlNES soul, poultry . A . . f Asstrln murmur rants. still-IMAM .03.!“ 3.5"“: _"°“'°‘“'..-. B Y o n I 0 K s . . . ‘ ‘ . ~ OsflrO-OEMA profit makers. “mtg: ' I Class A Cluck: v. in the : ,fl' : 1:57” v.1 BLOOD“ TESTED PlGREED ‘ strain teLeh nd hmumnyotlnppyprosper- Whi some 50 ‘ H ' tr . h thy. A. $2,813 will}th flows 4 ‘ R The J: H. Hale 'is: newsgrm its head as a possible competitor for the Elberta. ‘ peach but seems to be rather diffi- cult to grow. Its blossoms are self sterile and require the presence of other blossoms and plenty of bees to bring about proper pollination. Many growers have also found the trees rather weak and hard to grow. Considering all things the Elberta. is probably destined to continue its rule until another variety is found which has all its good features plus the additional one of fine quality. The Champion, 9. grape of rather low quality, is another fruit vari- ety for which oblivion has been pre- dicted, because of competitiontrom early‘ Concorde grown in Missouri and Arkansas. In the southern part of Michigan's grape belt, however, it has thus far proved to be a die—hard and is still grown with profit. No one knows, however, when its death- knell may be sounded and the grower should hold his grafting tools in readiness. RED SPIDER - Could you tell me what is the mat- ter with my red raspberries? I set them out last spring. They grew very nicely until in August I noticed the leaves were curling and there seems something like mold on the under side—A. T. S., Rhodes, Mich- igan. UDGING from your description we would say that your red raspber- ries are suflering from the red spider.. This is a very small louse- like insect which lives on the under side of the leaves and sucks the juice from the leaves. In order to protect themselves they spin a mass of very fine silky webs. These webs are what you took for mold. spider does its work during the warm weather and is usually at its worst in a dry spell. To kill these insects we would recommend that you dust your plants with finely powdered sulphur. Regular dusting sulphur wouldbe best. A hand dust- er which would shoot the dust to the under side of the leaves should do very well. If you prefer to spray you can use one pound of fine powdered sulphur and a little soap to three gallons of water. The sulphur is very apt to settle to the bottom and the mixture 'should be kept thoroughly agitated all the time. BULLETIN FOR FRUIT GROWERS VERY apple grower and prospec- E tive apple grower should write to The Director at M. S. 0., East Lansing, Michigan, for Special Bulletin No. 161, “Varieties and Lo- cations as Factors in Apple Produc- tion.” HELP SOLVE FARMERS’ PROBLEMS (Continued from Page 13) the report sent to State headquar- ters. This report sent back to each loading point gives each an accurate estimate of state yield. At any meeting, the growers could work out some plan of more even marketing of the bean crop. No doubt, this plan may sound visionary to some, but I am sure it is sound financially. As I said be— fore, it won’t cost the farmers a cent, only their time, and their willingness to put something across that will not only help others but will help themselves, as well. There is no commodity grown that can not be worked out on this plan, it the farm— ers only have the will to do it. But The Hale is a beautiful I The‘ that word IF is quite a big word- sometimes.——Geo. A. Gillespie, Gen- esee County. THREE 0R FOUR GEESE TOVA GANDEB Would you be kind enough to tell. me how many geese it. is best to keep with one gander to havexgo‘o‘d luck with hatching asset-11“. L. A. H.,' Decekerville, Mich. ' .CONSIDER-.;three.2- or,- .to'ur- ~‘to one'gand '3 .v a no: _- . a” (sun-essence, ll) , ‘ ' "ADH'M' ForScmmmm machine-oaths. Min—mm“. Describe-undead mwmtdhmmum Rein-mm. “herniated” etfleeeendtobeb’neestdme. rem-seem. Canteens-tine! mammal” MISS-mm Gives molest dine- mmmmaamsogm. No. léimm. Row to get rid of Essa-d ‘ mitemsndtoprevemdbe-e. “continent-slimmed- «Alma-us. mm Ilium elm-m or Parke, Davis & Co. DETROIT. HIGH. Stop Your Baby Chick' bLossesh .this esr.Rsiae 21b. lamilerllsB'eeks— u or hate yourychicks earlier and get higher prices. on can it you hive e Harsh. " Monroeville (0.) Betcha! writes—“HM 91w cent. boler- h 8 weeks. ' ' Menthol-stir: in the spring. ' ‘ is er euier surer, wwlfimrmmffln .“fw' . a...- .m— even sure weather, stove In center. no corners—prevents .W' “Rey-P'eu”mgw‘f,§°wmsm a... Iet so u . 2.. . sissy-32%.... ° “2...? If.- folder-pd The m Steel Pied-stills. mus... c will be a HEALTHY Chick if you use the BLUE HEN BBLflIY BRDBDEB It has a capacity equal to its rating—and the chicks on the outside edge won't shiver be- cause its new hover spreads an even, healthy heat from the stove to its outside edge. It is easy to fcontrol—and , A real, live the large magazme needs I moggamoglugg loading only once a day. to User- A eats. Wr to us It is inexpensive to operate — and built to last. No . ,, ~ - castings to burn 91“ out in a season . _ or two. 4‘ I ‘t ‘ 53w, ' Write TODA Y for the free new "Blue , Hen Book for Breeder Facts” LANCASTER MFG. m3? ' SOFT BUNCH-OR BRUISE on ankle, hock, stifle, kn I throat is cleaned off promptly " by Absorbine Without aying up horse. No blister; no pain; no hair gone. At druggists, or $2.50 postpaid. Describe your case for special instructions. Valuable horse book 8-8 free. A satisfied user m:“colt'e‘knee swol- len fourtefiwfimasamlsinnroke ABégflfilNE a warm” ‘1 for. the mi ‘ eh wing Armada-Inseam ‘ any T57: ,‘c‘nwfl' “"‘“~"‘_ , i ‘1 l x L' ‘._, ~ 00... Dept. 828, t ‘T ‘5’". I" . “Mrs. Rhoades’ letter will no doubt the of utmost interest to poultry rais- ‘era who have had serious losses from White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs. Wes tell it in her own words: “Dear ‘Sir: I see reports of so many losing their little chicks with White Diarrhea, so thought I would tell my experience. My first incuba— tor~ chicks when but a few 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 I sent to the Walker Remedy Co.,\ Dept. 528, Waterloo, In... for a $1.00 box of their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy. It's just the only thing for this terrible disease. We raised 7,00 thrifty, healthy chicks and never lost a single chick after the first dose.”-——Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shen- andoah, Iowa. Cause of White Diarrhea White Diarrhea is caused by mi- croscopic 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 White Diarrhea. Don't wait until it kills half your chicks. 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. Prevent it. Give Walko in all drinking water for the first two weeks and you won't lose one chick where you lost hundreds before. These letters prove it: Never Lost a Single Chick Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of chicks from White Diarrhea. Fi- nally I sent for two packages of Walko. 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 chicks strength and vigor; they develop quicker and feather earlier. Never Lost One After Dos Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw writes: “I used to lose a great many chicks from White Diarrhea, tried many remedies and was about discouraged. As a last resort I sent to the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 528, Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy.‘ I used two We pack- ages, raised 300 White Wyandottes a d never lost one or had one sick agar giving the medicine and my chickens are larger and healthier than ever before. I have found this company thoroughly reliable and always get the remedy by return mail.”—-—-Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Bea- consfield, Iowa. You Run No Risk We will send Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy entirely at our risk—- ~ postage prepaid—~40 you can see for yourself what a wonder-working rem- edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby chicks. so you can prove——as thou- sands have proven—that it will stop your losses and double, treble, even quadruple your profits. Send 500 for package of Walko (or $1.00 for extra large Mule—give it in all drinking water and watch results. You’ll find you won’t lose one chick where you lost dozens before. It’s a posi- tive fact. You run no risk. We guar- antee to refund your money prompt— ' ABY chick ‘- raising is really a sentially fundamental facts are borne inimind. The proof that this is true is that millions of chicks are raised by five or six million people each year,"often with poor or no method in caring for the chicks. There are heavy losses in chick rais- ing owing to this want of method or improper method. These losses oc- cur largely in the first two weeks. Let’s take it forgranted that your chicks are well hatched, strong and sturdy and you have the proper house, breeder, and other equip- ment. v ' Then the three very fundamental things necessary for you to furnish your chicks to make your chick rais- ing highly successful are proper feeding, necessary warmth, and healthful sanitation. Proper feeding includes the prop- er kind of feed, as well as the way of lgiving the feed. Here it must be iborne in mind that the chick for two weeks requires very nourishing food and one easily digested. Mash- es are gaining ground in chick rais- ing. Many chick raisers feed a finely ground mash as the first and only feed in'the chick's early life. The mash is placed before the chicks in shallow pansat first and in feed hoppers later on. They are encour- aged to eat mash all the time. They will not over eat on a dry mash. Finely cracked grains may be fed occasionally but are not cesential. A good mash and to eat lots of it is essential. There are many good chick mashes for sale. Also you will find good formulas for chick mashes in this paper. Buttermilk in some form is needed by the chicks and is furnished in most of the ready pre— pared mashes. You cannot feed too much buttermilk. Some good chick raisers give buttermilk as the one and only drink for chicks. A damp mash can be fed in lim- ited amounts once a day. The chicks should clean it all up in twenty minutes. Barely dampen the mash with some form of milk. Do not feed sloppy, sour, or too much damp mash as it will cause bowel trouble. All the warmth a chick needs, when it needs it, is the second es- simple matter if only a few es- ‘ sential. With it goes good, pure fresh air. It is easy enough to sup- ply the chick with plenty of warmth, if doors and windows are closed tight and the breeder stove set run- ning. But this way you will have a heavy gaseous air that ‘is harmful. See that there is ventilation in the house, and plenty of heat in the breeder stove also. The stove must be a uniform heat night and day. To allow the fire to go out will chill the chicks and bowel trouble is sure to follow. Give chicks access to'heat and they will choose from 95 to 100, degrees. So manage to keep your stove hot enodgh to furnish this amount of heat over wide enough floor space to care for all the chicks. Don’t crowd to many chicks in a house or under one broader stove. Last, and just as important as any, is healthful sanitation. This in- cludes washing and disinfecting the drinking fountains daily. Droppings and filth must be removed often and clean litter replaced on“ the floor. Mites and lice must never be al- lowed to enter. To prevent these vermin spray weekly on the walls, floors and roosting boards with a good. disinfectant. Yards and runs must be fresh and sweet with grow- ing vegetation on them, and not filthy or bars. ‘ ly if you don't find it the greatest little chick saver you ever used. The I Pioneer National Bank, the oldest and strongest bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands back of our guarantee. .u-—--—_--———_——-~— , .~ .. lam 1.?th as ' “"31"”. Smitten ” t promptly refund any we. I meios- flm—w’ new o-o p .»&t I.“ ~ . c i .reach back in the house. 7 to.“ Then comes the greatest sanitary agent in, the universe, the sun. The sun should shine directly on chicks without going through glass. Plenty of windows should be provided in the building so the sunshine will I Chicks should be outdoors in the sun on days the weather permits. ' Fresh air is an important agent in sanitation but where you get plenty of sunlight and open the‘windows. fresh air will take care of itself.— Reese V. Hicks, 1'. B. an. - Amco summo- [ & aaowmo MASH THOUSANDS of poultrymen are discarding special chick starters as inefficient, costly, and out-dated. For several years, in fact, colleges of agriculture and many poultrymen have used one mash for their chicks from 48 hours to maturity. with re- duced chick mortality and greater economy. Therefore, in making available to poultrymen a single, ready-mixed mash for starting chicks and growing them, Amco follows the best poultry feeding practice. Of course, AMCO STARTING AND GROWING MASH is I mixed on a public formula. 3' By discarding its special chick , starter, Amco effects economies in . mixing and distribution which are ;passed on to Amco patrons. The extent of these economies can best be measured by comparing the price of any secret formula special chick starter with the price of AMCO START- ING AND GROWING MASH. mvxsxou orrrca: COLUMBUS. omo. MCO ' FEED MIXING SERVICE AMERICAN MILLING COMPANY Executive Oflices—PeoriaJfl. ‘ l 7 d 55 6 tied m Milk D H S M a.- PEORIA, ILL, OMAHA, NEB., OWENSBO‘O, KY. Alfalfa M “5 Powell. Curl-ad, and Wetland. Wm iiichia n1 Bureau Supply Service Whites are the Limiting Factor in Egg Production ONE hundred .unds ordinary grain ration produces 45 omore yolks than whites. Hens need protein to produce whites. Michigan Egg Mash . with Buttermilk supplies the protein ingredients for whites in the proper proportion to balance the yolks for maxm'ium egg produc- tion. The public formula for Michigan Egg Mash with Buttermilk is your assurance of con— stant high quality feed and production records. .Send for pamphledof our Poultry Feeds con- taining valuable feeding suggestions. Distribution all over the State Lansing, Michigan We i Specialize in the Production 'of S.C.W. Leghorns and Barred Rocks 0 rChicks From High Egg Production Stock I Bay View Poultry Farm Route 1, Box B Holland, Mich. Hollywood and Ferris Strain Leghorns .Barred: Plymouth Rocks Every bird in our flocks has been culled by a recognized culling expert. Only birds with big, broad backs and long bodies, well carried out, having the large abdominal capacity that indicates the heavy layer are retained. All breeders are mated to Large, Vigorous, Healthy Males. SEND FOR OUR 1927 CIRCULAR Tells all the facts in detail, just why you should specify Bay View Leghorns, and Rocks, and how you can make big profits with poultry. 1000/0 LIVE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED ...... .. Also BLOOD TESTED in all leading varieties. 35 VARIETIEiS. S. C. White, Brown and Butt” Barred and White Rocks, White w Send for large Price List inclu sider this when you place your ance 2 weeks. before Chicks are from this ad direct. ‘ prices. CHICK er s. Our White eggs. ()iir “‘lllllt‘l'S lll any wonder WIN“ EN mand- as a muueofizigcwmm be Sure_ andots and Bufi‘ Rocks Mixed ali Heavies, ...................... .. Prepaid Prices on 25 50 1 50 Leghorns, ........................ _.$3.75 $7.00 $13.00 $62.00 . Reds, .... .. 4.25 8.00 16.00 72.00 . ......... .. 4.50 8.15 17.00 82.00 3.75 7.00 13.00 62.00 ding Ducklings Con- (,HICKS Hatched from TRAPNESTED S Hatched from BLUE RI BABION’S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARMS, DILIGENT CHICKS DID IT High in quality,‘ one customer writes. . _ Twelve years of honest dealing behind us. Postpaid prices on glngle Comb White C. Rhode Island Reds ................... .. Mixed Chicks Diligent Hatchery & Poultry Farm, Harm J. Knoll This year our lien No. Money refunded if order can’t be filled when specified. ROYAL HATCHERY J: FARM, S. P. Wiersma, in highest producing strains CHICKS fro Live Delivery Guaranteed. 100 per cent . Please remember Quality goes ahead of Price. order. No. I. . 1) orders shipped. 10% delivered. BANK REFERENCES. You cannot go wrong in ordering LAYERS, 30 per Chick higher than above PENS all BLOOD TESTED, 8c per Chick higher. Write at once .oday. FLINT, MICHIGAN. will book your order, bal- Lock Box 3543, and will do it for you low in price. “I have always liked. your chicks the best,” Do not pay fancy prices for chic s that are not better. I’ullets after May lst~ . 72.50 15.00 12.60 42.50 25 50 1 00 500 ..$3.25 $8.25 $12.00 $51.60 Plymouth 4.00 7.15 1 5 00 9.00 R. R. No. 11, HOLLLAND, MICHIGAN. EST WINNING BLOOD LINES Michigan Egg ontest.’ Contest average 176 You get same blood lines as produced these N EGG CONTEST . at the American Egg. Contest. Is it ’ In spite of heavy de- Order early and Free literature. Mich. CHICKS FROM CONT Leglioriis won the 1925 en averaged 2-11 eggs. oyal Chicks. 303 EGGS AT AMERICA 2151 lnyed 303 eggs “75% of our business is from_old ciistoniers‘ '? result of these winnings our price remains the same. Prop. R2, Box B, Zeeiand, KEYSTONE HATCIIERY wate'r. drain. If you have an extra lard tub pour your oats from one tub to the other once each day, and keep the oats in a warm place. It you have no extra tub then stir the oats~ up thoroughly each day until they are covered with sprouts and roots and begin to mat. Then begin to '\ Lavinia. Heminger, of Kent county, work- ing with her poultry. feed. If the oats are kept covered with a paper while in the lard-tub sprouting, they will grow twice as fast. Do not let them dry out, but do not water too much. These oats make, fine green-feed for chickens and hens. Give the chicks all they will eat after they once get used to them, and give the hens from one quart to each twenty hens daily, up to all you can sprout for them, and all they care to eat. I If seven of these lard tubs are kept full, so one can be emptied and refilled each day, they "will sprout all the oats a large flock of hens can eat, for a tub one—third full of dry oats will make a tub-full of sprouted oats—Lavinia Heminger. WHAT IS W'RONG? For some time my hens have been dying off. They would first limp and after a while die. Sometimes a few days is all they dumped about and again two weeks. Some I opened had spots on their liver. Often they would be heavy hens and quite fat, then again poor in body. This week a hen was killed by mis- take that appeared to be in good shape. Its liver I discovered was lighter in color, no spots were on it, but beside the part where the eggs are was a blackish growth the size of .two kidney beans. It was rather pointed at one end andinside this casing was meaty dark, very dark red hard substance, another such growth adhered.to the outside of an intestine in that same region. The hen was real fat. They have layed good all summer, are Leghorns and have been fed wheat, oats, corn and a mash all su mer till now. In summer or spring hey have a diar- THE S 100 (/0 HIGL \Vhen you want better chicks buy KEYSTONE QI‘ALITY STOCK. you of the best financial returns which an investment in baby chicks can produce. live CAPITAL KEYSTONE HATCHERY. HA! ‘ Lawrence Hatchery, R. 7, Phone 76761, Grand Rapids, Mich. AND L —0UR WINNERS L Y— OUR LAYERS IN We assure IGII OF QUALITY 8: SERVICE write for tree catalogue and prices. LANSING. MICHIGAN. post paid, Dept. 101. delivery guaranteed, SELECTED CHICKS, 90 UP. 15 Varieties. Can ship at once. Rush orders. IJIJHPIJHEBlflflfl Some flocks are blood tested and trapnested 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. 4 to 10 weeks old pullets. Order your Leghorn Chicks now right from liifiiillimi-n-wlg and Barron Strains. Satisfaction indicated b " ‘ “‘“"“' this a . Highland Leghorns are Production 3’ large percentage of customers that come back each year. Leghorns. Can .furnish Tancred, Hollywood Unusual Values—Get Our Latest Prices. \ Our big free catalog is ready. \V’rite for it todaar. Describes our stock and special matings at higher prices. 10 % prepaid live arrival guaranteed. HIGHLAND POULTRY FARM. Box 7?. HOLLAND. MICH. white Leghorns, of 2 A: LOOK! 15 pure bred_varieties. Some won lot and 2nd prizes in his ribbons in large lPoultry show. 5 to 312. 3g ' Ever-3' one of our Ibreeders has been culled an ' ctr , ‘ with big discounts on baby chicks aigi/ r ' ‘ " i O ‘r ’ , ire arenas); Our Big Husky‘Easy To Raise Chicks CAN SHIP AT ONCE! . production class. Won lat rises have one flock . The owner paid 150 for.6 eg s to 8 selected for bre ing quality. ‘Write 6 to 10 weeks old. pulleta. Also, breeding. improve our flock. and get our free brooders. ‘ man of Morgan-Tancred Strain. $1006 ~ estedl mammogram rhea, black in color. I fed sour milk plentifully and put precipitate of potash in all their drinking water. Can it be a disease spread from a dirt floor in coupe and would lime spread generously over the earth and spaded in destroy such a germ? We have sprayed with sheep dip, floor, walls and roosts, as an antiseptic. I would appreciate some advice.——Mrs. J. B., Remus, Michigan. 0U may have either tuberculosis or tape worm in your flock and since it would require an exam- ination would suggest that ybu take one or two of the worst ones to your lnearest veterinarian and have him make 'a post mortem. That is the only way to be safe about it. Other- wise it will only be a guess which might be wrong—Dr. Geo. H. Conn. My husband and I both like THE Bus- INESS FARMER very much and could hardly farm without it. We feel free to ask advice from you and we know your advice will be the best—Mrs. Herbert L. Avery, Ionia County. CANCER—FREE BOOK SENT ON REQUEST ’ Tells cause of cancer and :what to do for pain, bleeding, odor, etc. Write for it today, mentioning this Ind notional. Indianapcmi‘ ' Adv . paper. Address Indianapolis Cancer», V . . . . flmhea In few hours, disease is at d sick chicks full of pggfgg an For It’s easy to stop chicks dying from white diarrhea. All you need do is , drop an Avrcol tablet in the drinking water. Thousands of poultry raisers, . , year after.year, raise nearly every chick by this Simple precaution. Mrs. . E. Franks, Ramsdell, Tex., writes: "I was losmg 10 to 15 chicks a day before I re- ceived the Avicol. I haven’t lost one since.” A free test of Avicol will show ,how easily white diarrhea is prevented and stopped. The way it makes sick chicks lively and healthy, in just a few hours, is positively amazing. If you have never tried Avicol, write for a free sample, or send 500 for a full-sized package, to Bur- rell-Dugger Co., 835 Postal Station Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. It costs nothing to try the 500 package, because Avicol is guar- anteed to do the work or moneyrefunded. But if you prefer, try the free sample first. Michigan ‘Accredited Hatcheries And— KNOLL’S S. 0. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 8 WEEKS PULLETS ALL MICHIGAN ACCREDITED LIVE. 6. ROW, LAY and PRODUCE PROFITS Every bird in our ‘floeks has been approved and passed b an inspector from the Mich- igan State . Improvement Associa— tion and the ichigan State College. All males and females have been indind- ually leg banded. These facts _eoupled with our long years of close culling and breeding are the important factors in roduction of Big, Lively Chicks that ive, Grow, Lay and Pay. And therein is the big reason for the genuine satisfac- tion about which our customers writeus. — Write For FREE Catalog. Gives ALL the facts about our Breeders ind tells how you, too, can make big profits with Ipoultry. 100% Ive Delivery Guaranteed. KNOLL’S HATOHERY R. R, 12, Box 8, Holland, Michigan. Ihoh-I-III oultr Leghorn Chicks Our chicks are frpm Egg Line Bred Barron Strain. They are all culled. In- spected by Michigan State Accredited. ‘ 25 50 100 500 Price $3.25 $6.50 $12 $59.00 w". a 10 per cent with order. Balance 6 days before shipment. 100 per cent safe arrival. ELGIN HATCHERY, Zeeland, Michigan. White More Egg Money Make $1000. yearfrom 300 hens like others are doing. Poultry Tribuneslnowl how ; explains brooding, culling. tee management: monthly. 80-160 patel- 3 Months’ Trial \100 50 Cents a Year Colored art chicken pictures suitable for framing FREE every other 1.0.0.. Sold stain be or coin today at our risk. I’oullry Tribune, Dept. 9 ,Mml Miriam. GET THEM FROM KLAGER. P ’ selected and carefully culled paren‘trgtotcukfidfirgdog lay. Five most molar b White ocke the! 0“All . 1 8n . a Klager’e chicks lyre ‘ Cert-O-Culd unlity comes first. e ’II Ive. grow and Day. Ith- ntchod healthyfiigorouolnd or his. Order earl? smo- when wanted. outage i . Live delivery ' nu for 011'“ cw. Ringer’s Hatchery Box 1 ’ ‘ Brld ’ ‘- ' ewater 68 breeds. flue pure-bred‘chlckens,‘ ducks. . 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