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behind a mask of mere surface

goodness.

For example, a shoe has two
soles. But do you ever ask, do
you ever stop to think—“What is
behind the Outer sole? What is
the second sole?”

We cut apart several shoes that
looked like Ward’s—shoes made
to sell for 25 cents less. The
second sole was made of leather
that cost 20 cents per pair. When
the first sole is worn out, the
second sole will “disappear” with
a few days’ wear.

Ward’s second sole is mace of
45 cent leather— as sturdy and
strong and long-wearing as the
outer sole.

but at a loss of two dollars in
serviceability.

At Ward’s “we never sacrifice
quality to make a seemingly low
price.’ For fifty-five years this
has been the Golden Rule policy
back of every article we have sold.

We do not adulterate, “skimp,”
or use inferior substitutes to take

. a few cents of the price.

Ward’s prices are as low as reli-
able merchandise can be sold—
always. And no merchandise
power in the world can buy at
lower prices than Ward’s!

Over 60 million dollars in
cash is used to buy goods in the
largest quantities to secure low
prices. But we never make a price
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service and your satisfaction.

A Price too low—makes the
Cost too great.

The price of the inferior shoes
is seemingly lower than Ward’s.
A quarter can be saved in cash,

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A ”pythe' inVention and Constructmn ot-
elabOr saving devices as a summer

project.

This project is to be arranged into - p
A score »

a conteSt between students
card will be prepared giving propor-

tionate credit for the invention of a ,

new labor saving device, for its con-
struction as well as for the construc-
tion of devices already in use 'BlSB".
where. The amount of time or labor
saved over a year will also be con—
sidered in'scoring the efforts of the
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cient farm help makes the‘ utiliza—'

tion of labor saving devices impera-
tive. C. V. Ballard, County Agricul-
tural Agent Leader, who addressed

the Short Course Club, at one of its.

weekly meetings, is responsible for
setting this labor saving thought
astir which has developed into a.
contest between students.
’Irhecontest is being promoted by
the First Year Sixteen Weeks Class
in General Agriculture, and will be

limited this year to members of this

I

class only. As the plan continues to ’
grow it is quite possible that this or ’

a similar contest may spread to the
other fifteen Short Courses conduct-
ed at the College along various lines.

The new Short Course catalog,
which is now being prepared at the
College, and will give a full descrip-
tion of the work offered in the vari-
ous courses, will also contain further
information regarding this labor sav—
ing contest. Copies of this catalog
may be secured by writing Director
of Short Courses, Michigan State
College, East Lansing.

IONIA PARENTS AND TEACHERS
MEET

BOUT two hundred and fifty

parents and teachers met at

the Emerson School in Ionia,
Saturday, March 19,1927, it being
the regular annual meeting at the
Ionia county council.

A short business session was held
in the torenoon of the Parent-
Teacher Association, at which time
the annual election of officers was
held. The following officers were
elected: County chairman, Mrs. Er-
nest Leach, oi Orleans; first vice-
chairman, Mrs. Richard DunSmore of
N. LeValley; second vice-chairman,
Mrs. Pauline Ingram of Woodward
Lake; reéording secretary, Mrs. Joel
Palmer of Orleans; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Edith Face of 0r—
leans; treasurer, Mr. Bert Snow of
Belding.

At 12:30 a delicious cafeteria
dinner was served in the kinder-
garten room, after which the meet-
ing was again resumed in .the audi-
torium and the following program
given: Music, Orthophonic Victrola.
Several physical culture selections
were played while Miss Lange, phy—
sical education instructor of Ionia.
Schools gave the demonstration ex—
ercises. Vocal selections by Leslie
Stedman, Woodard Lake; Address
of Welcome—Supt. A. A. Rather.
Response—~13}. M. Brake, Commis-
sioner of Schools. Gypsy dance and
“comb music” by girls of Academy.
”Club Work” drill by 5th grade
from Jeiierson school. Two exer—
cises, “Spring and the North Wind”
and “The Cafeteria,” were given by
the A—first and B-second grades of.
Emerson school. Also a negro dia-
lect song by Norene Adgate and Lois
Druckenbrod. Address—Mrs. Maud
Weaver of Cedar Springs. Prizes
were awarded for the “Better Eng-
lish” and " “Penmanship” contests
which were conducted by the County
P. T. A. First prize, $5.00 in gold
for composition, “What Patriotism
Means to Me,” was awarded to Edith
Ransom of Easton; second prize,
$2.50 in gold to Marion Munn of
Woodard Lake; third prize, $1.00 in
gold to Ruth Shamp of Palo; fourth
prize of 1.00 in gold to Wm. Holt of
Cooks’ Corners; fifth prize of $1.00
to Elizabeth Cotterman of Brink.

First prize in penmanshlp 0! $5.00
in gold was awarded to Idalene Sted-
man of Woodard Lake; second prise
of $2.50 111 gold toMarguerite Bend

nis or Brink; third prize or $1 00 in

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House Frowns on Raising Mere Road Funds

Proposal to Boost Gas Tax Without Any Relief in Weight Tax Defeated, Then Reconsidered and Tabled ‘

BOUT the only way that I can
think of to really have these
reports up to ‘the minute would

be to give them by radio. Things
are happening so rapidly in the
_ Legislature these days that by the

time anything is set up in type and
mailed out, it is likely to be out of
date. Take the matter of highway
finance for instance. As far as sur-
face indications go, legislation to
amend the gas and weight tax laws
is pretty much at a stand—still as
this is written, but no one can pre—
dict what the next few days may
bring forth.

The House sprung quite a surprise
by defeating decisively, to the tune
of 38 yeas to 50 nays, the bill of
Sen. Geo. Leland of Fennville, which
would have increased the gas tax to
3 cents a gallon without modifying
the weight tax. The Senate had pre-
viously passed this bill with only
three negative votes, those of Sen.
Peter B. Lennon of Genesee county
and Senators Wood and Wooruff of
Wayne county. The House of Rep-
resentatives, in defeating the bill,
ran true to form as reflecting more
accurately than the Senate the de-
sires of the rank and file of Michi-
gan citizens.

The hostile attitude of the fifty
Representatives who voted against
the Leland bill was probably not
due to any opposition to a higher gas
tax, but rather to their determina-
tion not to stand for a gas tax in-
crease which ‘was not accompanied
by some relief in the weight tax. A
considerable portion of these fifty
Representatives have indicated in
public debate and private conversa-
tion that they would much prefer a
4 cent gas tax as provided in a bill
by Rep. 0. J. Town of Onondaga, if
it could be accompanied by a modi—
fication of the weight tax, such as
that proposed by Rep. John W.
Goodwine bill would provide per-
manent licenses for passenger cars
at a cost of 50 cents per cwt., a re—
duction in the annual licenses on
light trucks, increased returns to the
counties and the payment of all
back highway awards and accounts
during 1928.

Defeating Vote Reconsidered

Following the defeat of the Le-
land 3 cent gas tax bill, the vote was
at once reconsidered and the bill
placed on the table. It may be re-
moved at any time and taken up
for consideration'whenever its sup—
porters feel that they have converted
additional strength to insure its pas—
sage.

Hopes of the backers of the Town
and Goodwine companion bills fell
considerably last Friday when at
the conclusion of a two—hour meet—
ing of the House Committee on
Roads and Bridges it was announced
that neither the Town nor the Good-
wine bill would be reported out. The
chairman declared that he had been

7 in conference with the Governor and

the Governor had said that even if
these bills were passed by the House
and the Senate, he would promptly“
veto them. This announcement was
accompanied by the statement that
the 3 cent gas tax proposal Would be
taken from the table and passed.
Time alone will tell whether this
prophesy is true or false. ‘
Before you read this article, the
1 Senate will probably have taken
final action regarding capital pun-
imment. This bill has at last been

‘ on Judiciary where it has been

”' nested from the Senate Commit}; - “

By STANLEY M. POWELL

present form it provides that electro-
cution would be mandatory for per-
sons over nineteen years of age con-
victed of first degree murder. The
bill carries a referendum clause so if

'passed by the Legislature and signed

by the Governor, it would not go into
efiect until approved by the voters at
the general election in November,

'1928.

Chicken Thief Bills to Governor

We are happy to report that the
Hall and Huff bills regarding poul-
try stealing and discussed in pre-
vious article have at last completed
their journey through the House and
Senate and have been forwarded to
Governor Green for his signature.
The first bill was introduced by Rep.
Luther E. Hall of Ionia. It is in-
tended to assist in catching and
convicting‘ poultry thieves. It pro—
vides that dealers purchasing poul—
try for re—sale would keep certain
information relative to each transac-
tion on file for the assistance of
police officers. The second bill re-
lating to poultry stealing was intro-
duced by Rep. Otis Huff of Marcel-
lus. It specifiies the penalties for
various degrees of poultry stealing.
As finally amended, stealing poultry
valued in excess of $25.00 would be
punishable by at least one year in
prison, with the maximum sentence
fixed at five years.

M. 'S. C. Bills Pending

Friends of the Michigan State Col-
lege will be interested to know how
the aprpopriation bills for this in-
stitution are progressing. The Sen<
ate has unanimgusly approved rais~
ing the limit of the M. S. 0. mill tax
from $1,000,000: to $1,100,000. The
House has voted to allow the College
$724,672 for cooperative agricul-
tural extension work for the next
two years and $1,114,250 for new
buildings and improvements.

No matter what action the Senate
may take on capital punishment, the
Legislature has already gone on rec—
ord as favoring drastic punishment
for robbery while armed. It has
passed a bill by Senator Herbert J.
Rushton of Escanaba establishing
life imprisonment as the penalty for
this crime and carrying and amend-
ment providing “The court may in
its discretion further sentence such
guilty persons to receive not more

, Lansing Correspondent of Tan Business 3112111111

than six strokes at any one time of
a porous cow-hide strap, two inches
in width, two and a half feet in
length and one—sixteenth of an inch
in thickness, on the bare back, well
laid on, at intervals to be designated
by the court at the time of such sen-
tence. Such flogging shall be done
by the warden of the prison or‘his
aides and under the direction and in
the presence of the prison physi-
cian.”

To promote private re—forestation
on Michigan farms the Senate has
unanimously passed a bill by Sen.
Chester M. Howell of Sagindw which
would make the farm wood-lot tax
law more liberal and attractive from
the farmers’ point of view.

The truth-in—fruit-juice bill spon-
sored by Sen. Geo. S. Bernard of
Benton Harbor has been passed by
the House unanimously. It is in—
tended to provide protection for fruit
growers against artificially flavored
and colored imitation fruit juice
drinks.

The Senate has passed two bills
to repeal the 35 mile per hour max—
imum legal speed limit for automo-
biles. The first measure is by Sen.
Seth Q. Pulver of Owosso. It would
abolish the definite limit by provid-
ing that if an automobile were going
more than 35 miles per hour at the
time of an accident, that fact would
be taken as evidence of reckless driv-
ing. The second bill on this subject
was introduced by Sen. Howard F.
Baxter of Grand Rapids. It contains
a provision repealing the 35 mile
limit, but providing that an auto«
mobile “must be able to stop within
the assured clear distance ahead.”

Plan To Adjourn May 13

Senate and House leaders have
reached an informal understanding
that May 13 will be the date for
winding up the work of the present
session of the Legislature. This will
have been one of the longest biennial
legislative sessions held in many
years.

Although they are criticized for a
great many things, we can hardly
say that the members of the Legis—
lature are selfish. We know that
they receive $800 per two—year term

and they get no more or no less no ,

matter 110w long the session of the
Legislature continues. In other

 

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SOME OAT CROPS HARD TO BEAT

certainly started something When we published the facts about

v; the 802 bushels of oats from 191,4 acres on the Ormsby Brothers
farm in Benzic county, and John Utley’s record of 1,064 bushels

from 22 acres and already we have receive several letters containing

records that beat them a mile.

For instance, there is one from C. Plowman and sons, of Dc‘Vitt,
Clinton county, who have a. record of nearly sixty bushels of outs to
the acre, producing 1305 bushels on 22 acres. —

Producing between sixty and seventy bushels to the sore we have
the records of John Graham, of Roscbush, Isabella county, with, 1052

.bushels off of 16% acres;

J. A. Witrnorc,

of Tecumseh, Lenawce

. county, with 980 bushels from 16 acres; Cashmere Lcmzmski, of Har-
bor 303011. Hnmn county, with 750 bushels from 12 acres; and Homer
Henney. of Clarksville, Ionia. county, with 760 bushels from 12 acres.

Next we enter the, 70—bushol class with Bennie Pocuis, of Muir,
Ionia county, threshing 490 bushels from seven acres, also Fro-d Win11
"1d 80'“. of Columbus, St. Clair county, who got 2250 bushels off of
40 acres, and 14 acres or the 40 produced 1092 bushels or 78 bushels

totheume‘

At the top at prosont is Joseph Inbair, of Richmond, Mammb

county mmmnrmmmams

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words, they are working “by the
job” and if they were selfish they
would be inclined to finish the task
just as rapidly as possible. Their
expenses pile up and their personal
affairs are interrupted. However,
they seem intent on staying in Lan-
sing until the more important of the
hundreds of perplexing questions
presented to them have been settled.

We aprpeciate their spirit and
hope that their unselfish devotion
may result», in genuine achievement
for the promotion of the best inter-
ests of Michigan citizens.

It will be remembered that the
Legislature passed a bill embodying
a provision allowing each member
$5.00 per day expense money for the
days he was actually on the job. In
vetoing this proposal G o v e r n o 1'
Green declared in part as follows:

“It is admitted by all who come in
contact with the Legislature that its
members are underpaid. Their
salary of $800 for a term of two
years is so small that every member
must submit to a financial loss. ' The
imposition of this hardship does not
reflect credit upon our state and
should be remedied.

“This bill is an attempt to increase
the compensation you are to receive
for your services as members of the
Legislature.

“The voters at the November elec-
tion refused to approve any increase.
I believe they were absolutely
wrong. But I believe also that the
very foundation of popular govern-
ment is the theory that the people
have a right to make their own mis—
takes, and that no power save the
people themselves has a right to pre-
sume to rectify those mistakes.

‘We have, however, the right and
clear duty ot go back to the people,
lay the facts before them and ask for
a new and Wiser decision. The
facts have never been properly pre-
sented to the people. When they
are made clear I have no doubt of
the result.”

The House has passed a resolution
for the submission to the people of
a constitutional amendment raising
the salaries of members of the Legis-
lature and permitting them to re—
Ceive an expense allowance.

House Would Regulate Members

The House is considering a bill to
prohibit any member from receiving
compensation for any activity in
connection with pending legislation.
It remains to be seen what will hap-
pen to this measure and it is an open
question as to whether or not it
would prove of. any value if enacted.
However, it calls attention to the
fact that members of the Legislature
are charged with having been guilty"
of directly or indirectly receiving
pay for promoting or opposing vari-
ous measures. As long as the law-
makers are paid less than an honest
living wage, it will be but natural
that some of the members Will be
sent there by various interests or.
retained by certain corporations or
organizations.

One factor in the situation which
should not be ignored is that some
of the Senators and Representatives

are salaried men and unquestionably '

theit regular private compensation
runs on just the same even though
they are spending their time at La!»- .
sing discharging their duties as law-.
makers. Obviously it would be dif--
ficult for these members to approach
certain questions from an entirely
unbiased and unprejudiéed point 0
view. The Scripture tells us, "Where
a man’s treasure is, there will him
heart be also. "

While a reasonable increase in th
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. ho goverstay their welcome.
about the first of February

‘ him buy his ticket to wherever
anted to go and we might agree
, to drive him to the station and
fihim ofl——but no! Winter hangs

' ' n‘d Michigan sometimes . well

A haughty reception indeed the fol-
, ' Lowi‘ng December, if we did not have
have snow for old St. Nick’s

o it is not hard to see why, when
_ invitation came to accompany
'Third International Tour of the
,érican Agricultural Editors Asso-
ion on its 1927 jaunt into Mex~
"-1 leaving St. Louis on the twen—
l’é‘h of March, your humble scribe
'ped at the chance to give old
an Winter the slip.
» In St. Louis
Even! the third week in March
ound the spirea in bloom on the
terraces and the beautiful magnolia
N ees in gorgeous array in St. Louis,
ii souri. We had found spring but
_ nights ride from \Detr01t The
ississippi, “the old yeller snake”
,Edna Ferbers “Show- Boat, ” with

eternal memories of Mark

,ain’s “Hirck Finn” and river

f-atgries, was already above its nor-
m1 stage.

-". Once the fitting- out place of the
vered wagon, Where the long, haz-
ardous trek towards the land of the
Betting sun began, St. Louis today
,. ghts for its place as the central
market- basket of the great plains
and proudly points to its smoking
tory chimneys, as indicative of its
re greatness.

nly a well-filled art museum re—

hnildings which housed the World’s
air in 1903, but Forest Park
. o boasts one of the finest zoos in
f.fish'erica, and the stately Jefferson
:Memorial building contains a collec-
flon of Indian relics and pioneer me-

  

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1‘ W. Anderson, of Clarkston, Oakland
06 ty, lost 100 chickens to the thieves
had the satisfaction of seeing the of-
fenders sent to prison.

VER in Oakland County the
labors of a chicken thief pay
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uic Detroit only a stone’s throw
——,two markets that every hon-
janitor knows are the world’s
and Mr. Chicken Thief is wise
some facts.“ .

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and, fiboys are slowly but
.l‘e'a 11mg that after all it
. , pay—thanks to the efforts
e ‘eff Frank Schram and ,his ef-
corps of deputies. /
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and eight ducks have been stolen
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New Orleans boasts of seven miles of warehouses and a. harbor which is surpassed in
tonnage only by New York.

memtos which stir our imaginations
and fill us with pride for our an-

cestors who, defying death, pushed-

the frontier ever westward to the
Pacific.
011 Into Louisiana

Morning found our special train
several hundred miles further south
and rolling through the fertile lands
of Arkansas and into Louisiana. No
longer can this section be called only
“the land of cotton" for today long
trains of refrigerator cars hurry
northward towards the great winter-
locked cities, loaded with celery,
radishes, strawberries, and fresh
vegetables which bring fancy prices
and still are sold to our factory and
office workers, who give scant
thought to its point of origin.

That has been the problem of the
south, to diversify its products and
break down the gamble' of de—
pendence on a single crop, the price
of which has been, particularly since
the war, a foot— —ball of the fickle cot-
ton market.

The Missouri Pacifiic railway,
which, through the kindly offices of
E. H. McReynolds, assistant to the

Two Officers Get

terms—in the right kind of a coop
at last—since the first of the year
by the officers of Oakland county
alone. This is a fine record that any
sheriff can well be proud of and our
hats are off to Sheriff Schram and
his men. So well are these officers
carrying out their duties that other
sheriffs from various counties have
gone over to Pontiac to learn the
secret. In a conference with Sher—
iff Schram the other day he told the
writer that there was no hidden
secret to the thing at all, that their
success represented many hours of
hard chasing and long nights of
struggle to catch these chicken
thieves. Men with courage, not
afraid to work, and with the desire
to land the thief will bring results
is the belief of Sheriff Schram.
Steal 100 from Our Reader

On the night of January 13th one
hundred White Orpingtons, valued
at $200, were stolen from the home
of R. W. Anderson of Clarkston,
Oakland county. Mr. Anderson, a
reader of THE BUSINESS FARMER for
a good many years, notified the
sheriff and he immediately sent out
deputies Walter Arnold and John
W. Copp to investigate the robbery.
The Deputies gathered ‘all the evi-
dence possible following the steal-
ing of Mr. Anderson’s chickens.

'Several of Mr. Anderson’s neighbors
reported losses the same night or.

within a few nights following and

from these clues officers Arnold and.

Copp were able to land their men al-
though it was thirty days later be-

fore they finally got. the goods on,
them in such a way that a Conviction 1

could b made in court- . -
Valued at $3,599 to $5, 000

As nearly as can be ascertained I;

from reported cases in Oakland
county 952 chickens and 27 geese

 

president, acted as our host on the
way southward, has fostered a sys-
tem of agricultural development
which is probably unmatched any-
where else in America. Competent
agricultural advisers under pay of

this railway, are located at all straj

tegic points long its route and give
their full time and energy to helping
the farmer and planter succeed in
his attempt to “get awaycfrom cot-
ton." ,

Their method of handling the cul-

tivation of strawberries in Louisiana .

was particularly interesting, as ex-
plained to me, by G. F. Wallace,
Missouri Pacific Marketing Agent.
The beds are prepared in late sum-
mer, September to November, and
the planting is done from October to
December. From one-half to a ton
of fertilizer is used to the acre and
the planting is in rows from 31/2 to

4 feet apart, with 12 inches between.

plants. Only a shallow cultivation
is given, but the Louisiana planter
is .fortunate in having an ideal
mulch in the form of pine needles,
which contain no weeds and dry
quickly. The strawberry harvest

Chicken Thieves

By R. J. McCOLGAN

estimatedat from $3,500 to $5,000
which shows the extent to the oper-
ations of chicken thieves in this one
county alone and we of THE BUSI-
NESS FARMER know that Oakland
county is no exception to the general
rule for thieves are working in
every/county in the state to a great-
er or less degree.
Arrests and Convictions

Since the arrest and conviction of

Edward Colburn, Maxwell Station,

Macomb county, and his brother
Herbert E. Colburn, 156 Candler
Avenue, Highland Park, together

with Frank Kenney, Christy street,
Macomb county and Homer T. Hill,
Milton street, Royal Oak, there has
been less chicken stealing in Oak-
land county. The two Colburn boys
were sent to Jackson prison and the
other men to Ionia with sentences of
five to fifteen years each. Its going
to be many a night before these
boys work at their chosen profession
of stealing chickens for that is what
they told Judge Covert when brought
before the court—that they had
made the stealing of chickens their
, occupation.

When brought before Judge Co-

    

. Then the fields are ploWed up and

starts in March and April and the
picking is profitable for two months. 1

    
 

only enough plants saved for the fall
plantings.

    
   
  
   
   
   
  
 
  
   
  
    
 
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
   
      
     
    
   
  
   
     
      
   
  
  
  
    
   
  
  
  
     
 
  
  
   
      
  
 

Acres of Radishes ‘v " ' ‘
They were loading cars with i ’

crates of radishes, beside our train

at a small station. “That makes 19
cars of radishes out of this point so
far this year,” said Mr. Wallace.
“Two years ago the crackers around
here hardly knew what a radish
looked ilke. The production here is
unusually high, running two hun-
dred 24-pint crates to the acre
which would bring on the track here
six hundred dollars. Right now we ~
are pushing Satsuma oranges and
domestic figs, which have heretofore
been unheard of as a 00mmercial
crop in Louisiana.”

There is still much cut-over land,
not yet cleared for cultivation, ‘ -
where the hungry saws of the north- '
ern lumberman stole the standing
wealth of a hundred years’ growth
and left the country a barren waste
of stumps for the settler to wrestle .
with, as he did in Michigan. 1

Since the first oil well in Louisi-
ana poured forth its molten gold less
than twenty- five years ago, more

1an a billion dollars worth of oil
has been produced in the state and
our train paSSed through new fields
where the derricks Were still bright ‘-
and the pipe- —lines shining.

Louisiana employs her convicts in
building roads and we passed a
camp in the very heart of a great
swamp-country which was doggedly
pressing a roadway paralelling the.
railway line, through what appeared
to be a bottomless bayou. Soon
probably, automobiles, trucks and
busses will be hurrying along this
highway and farm house, church and
village will mark its course.

Baton Rouge, La.

Baton Rouge had been to me
merely the hard- to— ~pronounce capital
of our school-days geography, but in
reality it is today much more, for it
is the site of the State University,

(Continued on Page 24)

and Split Reward

vert these men stated they had been
unable to get work and that stealing
chickens became an occupation with
them when they found out, last
Thanksgiving how easy it was to get
a Thanksgiving dinner. Starting the
first of the year they said they had
made a regular business of it, using
two new trucks. All four came from
East Jordan where they had known
each other as boys. ,
Believes Farmers Deserve Protection
“Chicken stealing is not con—
sidered a serious offense in some cir-
cles,” Judge Covert remarked in
passing sentence. “The state law,

.however, says it is burglary and the

law fixes a maximum penalty 0 5
years for conviction. Farmers re
entitled to some protection. The
farmer’s wife spends much time rais-
ing a nice flock of chickens and
then when they are large enough to
be of some value, someone comes .
along and cleans out the coop, leav-
ing nothing to the farmer’s wife to .
show for all her hard work. It is
most contemptible. It is done in the
dead of the night when there is but
little chance of being caught.

“We have had a lot of trouble
from this source in this county in

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\VADING IN THE CREEK.-—I\Irs. R. ' ALL READY TOGO SOME PLAC .—George, Gordon and Helen
Roles, Gratiot county, sent us this picture Marie Rose, of Isabella, county, have their dog harnessed and hitched
of her nephews, Carl and Earl Trotter, to the wagon and are now ready to go some place—we don’t know

of Illinois.

HER ARMS FULL. — M y 1' a. A REGULAR H

where. The picture was sent in by G. W. Holcomb, Emmet county.

“DADDY’S IIFLPERS."——Twins, DIay-
nerd and Donald \V 'ight, four year old sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred “'right of Arenac
county.

“VVHOA, IIORSIE”—Raymond is

Ries. of Genesee county, with August 22, 1926,” writes Mrs. John Fox, of Isabella. county. It is these “big times” the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Longe-
her dog, Rover. ' that help us to get over the rough spots in life.

“EVERYBODY’S HAPPY ’CAUSE SPRING IS HERE.”
——That is the title that Bay Beach of Gratiot -county, gave
to this picture. Mr. Beach failed to xive‘us the names of
all parties shown here but the young man in the foreground
is Frederick Oliver Beach.

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THREE GENERATIONS.-—Here we have Grandpa.
and Grandma. Allen, of Oceania county, with their three
daughters and three grandchildren. John Allen. ()ceunn
county, sent the picture to us. Note. the proud and
happy look on the faces of Grandpa. and Grandma.

wuy, Saniluc county.

“ALL ABOARD!”—‘Mrs Roy Yarger,
of Barry county, says this is Beverly
Dolph and Royden out for a. spin. They
better watch out or some speed cop will
get them.

“a.

you A’" sebum; nonsm—Not so good you ” 7 ‘nu- SUNFLOWER.—Thi ISN’T HE A DANDY?—-We are sure that Orin Reynolds.
0. Rather; ,e and .Allce- enjoyed .thomselves ,aunflower was grown on Chas. owner and holder of this fine stallion, will agree with any!

it , .
influential-in, in Lancer county. ‘

ray farm, Mlssaukee county. one that he is.

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Government authOr‘ities a tee that
ensiling of corn is sure
the European corn borer.

They also agree that silage increases
milk yield, as numerous tests have
shown.

Build a concrete Silo
Feed Cattle From

It All Winter

A Concrete silo solves the winter
feeding problem, especially when
drou-th makes short hay crops.

“Concrete Silos, Monolithic and Block” tells
the whole story. Write for your free copy.

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION

A national organization to” improve and
extend the uses of concrete

Dime Bank Building, DETROIT, MICH.

Concrete for Permanence

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“THE FARM PAPER OF SERVICE”

If we can be of service do not hesitate to
write in. Advice costs nothing if you’re a paid-up subscriber.

The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

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cane here in Sanilac county and
would the corn (borertwork onwsugar
cane? I have a silo and will fill it
with corn it com grows this year.
But only have a small farm and in-
tend to feed 15 COWS and would like
to, raise my own roughage. How is
Japanese millet or' billiOn dollar
grass as it is sometimes called, for
feed, and would it be like quack

p grass to get rid of?—-Reader.
ORGHUM,-trequently called “su- ‘

gar cane,” is not equal to corn

in production of ensilage. In
several tests we' have found that the
sorghum produces from two—thirds
to three-fourths the tonnage per acre
of corn. The sorghum makes quite
(a palatable ensilage, however, and
is sometimes put in the silo. As a
fodder crop, sorghum is not consid-
ered quite as good as corn but can

seed corn is very scarce can be used
as an emergency crap. It tends to
leave the land in a more depleted
Condition than corn, the top few
inches being quite compact and of a
poorer tilth. ‘

. Japanese millet or billion dollar
grass produces much less food ma-
terial per acre than either corn or
sorghum and is not to be recom-
mended. I believe you will secure
better results by using corn for both
ensilage and fodder.—~C. R. Megee,
Associate Professor of Farm_ Crops,
M. S. C.

DO NOT NEED STATE LICENSE

Will you please tell me whether
a person would need a license to run
a store? I would like to buy eggs,
meat, chickens, etc, also sell those
things and store goods. Would I
need a store license to do that or
what kind of license do I need?—F.
B., Curtisville, Michigan...

0 state license is necessary to

run a store, nor to sell therein

the articles mentioned in your
letter, to-wit: eggs, meat, chickens,
etc., and store goods.

However, there are some cities, I
believe, in the State that require
city licenses, but in these cities the
matter is covered by city ordinance
and not by Michigan statute.——-—M. J.
Smith, Solicitor, State Department of
Agriculture. -

CORN FOR SILAGE

As I am going to build a silo this
year, I want to ask what other vari-
ety of corn can I plant besides Leam-
ing Fodder corn that will produce as
much tonnage and mature about a
week or ten days earlier?-——C. M. H.,
Pentwater, Mich.

UNCAN Yellow Dent Corn pro-
duces a vigorous stalk and leaf
growth, is earlier than Learning,

and would make an excellent silage

corn for you at Pentwater. It prob—
ably will not yield as much gross ton-
nage as some of the giant types of
ensilage corn, but better results in

 

SOBGIIUM IN womanly " I
Could I get a paying crop of sugar

be planted a little bit later and when,

- feeding out silage are‘nsuaily bbtain-
ed when you have a variety tiratwfll ‘
. come someWhere maturity. I‘b'e'lieve

Duncan ,Gern would give you: fully '

asmuch feed value per acre as Leam- _
ing and weuid be somewhat earlier,»
for, you. Another variety“ even
earlier than the Duncan, and other-'
wise possessing many of the same
characteristics, is then. A. 0. Yellow
Dent. which should mature inyour
locality, when seed is purchased from
central Michigan.—-—H. C. Rather, Ex-
tension Specialist, 111:8. C. r '

LAW AFPLIES To INJURY .

It a person is a steady employe of
a railroad company and gets sick
while in their service, can he draw
compensation or‘is this compensation
act meant alone for injury? Is any
one compelled to keep his chickens
off from another man’s property?———-
J. D., Dorr, Mich. ' , ~

. HE Workmen’s Compensation
Act does not apply to ordinary
cases of sickness of employees,“

but applies to cases where the em-

ployee is injured in the course of his
employment.- There is .no law in

Michigan providing 'for the recOvery

‘ of damages in the case of trespass-

ing chiCkens+~Legal Editor.

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REFUND OF GAS TAX
I buy" gasoline from a gas com—
pany for agricultural work and théy
promise _,to give me papers to send
in to get the gas tax 01!, but they fail
to do so. What will I do to get said
tax otE?—C. 8., North Street, Mich.
RITE the Secretary 013 ,State at
Lansing, for forms on which to
apply fora refund on your gas
tax. You should require the dealer
to give you invoices when you buy
gas, and should make yohr applica-
tion Tor a refund within 60 days
from date of purchase—Legal Edi-
tor.

 

BOILING SYRUP. .

Can a person boil maple syrup in .
:11“ icopper kettle?-———A. W., Sterling,
ch. ’

APLE syrup may be boiled in a
copper or tin utensil. Galvan-
ized pans are. not recommend-

ed. The best product is obtained by
rapid evaporation in a shallow vessel.
Boiling the sap in a deep utensil will
cause a darker and stronger flavored
product, especially if fresh sap is
continually being added. ———R. F.
groodsma, Extemion Forester, M.

 

AMERICAN CITIZEN .
If a man and wife, American cit-
izens, are traveling on- an‘ American
owned ocean liner and a child is born
to said man and wife on an Ameri-
can boat flying' the American flag
but in French waters,is that child a
French or American citizen?———A. T.,
Dollar Bay, Mich. _
——A child ~born of American parents
is an American citizen regardless of
where birth takes place—Legal
Editor.

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OFFICIAL NOTICE

of Annual Meeting

Michigan - Potato

Producers’ Association
The Annual Mteting of the Michigan
Potato Producers’ Association will be held

o'clock P. M. Central .Standard time.
All potato growers are anted' to be pres-
ent. A banquet. Will he won at the
Hotel. Perry at six o‘clock . M. by the

Association.
($2.00) are due at.

Membership fees . .
the annual business meeting accordiii, t:
cos

the by-laws dof the Association.
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come pr pa ERNEST PETTIFOR, See.
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will receive a personal reply ,by early mail if you are a paid-up subscriber.)

‘A Rainy Day
HO would be brave enough to

even guess at the work a farm-3

or puts off with the idea he Will

do it the “first rainy day.’.’ Does
he do it? Yes, in many instances he
‘ does, but so far
this spring there

have not been

enough rainy

days! Two or

three such days

have been in evi—

dence lately and

a few years back

these days would

have found us in
the shop doing

repair work on

equipment of dif-

ferent kinds, and

probably making

some new things

such as crates, a wagon box, etc.
But rainy days, in the spring, on our
farm find us in_the potato storage.
There seems to be no end to the
work of grading, sacking, etc.‘ until
the stock is all delivered. The other
day we had our first rainy day for
some time, and we planned we would
accomplish considerable in sacking
potatoes ready for shipment. But
did we? We just got fairly started
when a car drove in, and our good
friend allowed being as it was a
rainy day he would come for his
seed potatoes. We were glad to
see him and before he left the next
car came, and so on all ay long.
Most of these “local” customers fur—
nish their own sacks and these must
be filled and weighed while they
wait. Not many years ago, the so—
called local customers meant those
living within a radios of six or eight
miles, as that was about as far as
any one would drive his team for
seed potatoes. Local now means any—
where from eighty rods to eighty
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farther a fellow drives his car or‘

truck on this or a similar mission,
the better he likes it. We enjoy
having these “local” patrons call.
There are always many things in
common to discuss, and when one of
them seems in a hurry to get away,
we imagine he has a slow leak in
One of his tires!
* alt III

The Sunrmer’s Work

A friend was recently telling the
writer how much work he had ahead
of him for this summer, and he
wondered if he could get it all done.
Isn’t that just like a farmer? Would
you ever hear of a, factory hand, a
bank clerk, a grocery man or a bar—
ber looking ahead at his summer’s

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work and wondering if he could get
it all done? No, you would ne'ver
hear of them piling up a season’s
work and looking at it all in a
bunch and worrying about it. A
farmer sees things differently. He
sees so many acres to plow, fit and
plant. He sees the cultivating, the
haying, the harvest, more cultivat-
ing, more alfalfa cutting, corn cut-
ting and the whole season’s work:
before him at one time, and it
looms up like a mountain and seems
almost as unsurmountable. But the
work fades away day by day, one
task blends into another and the
week’s somehow mesh together like
cog wheels and these make the
months go round until the last of
November, when Thanksgiving time
is announced, he ‘finds his mountain
of summer’s work all done, and he
wonders how it all came about.
Well, how did he do it?

Simply by doing a. part of it each
day——and that is the secret of ac-
"complishing the seemingly herculean
task. A furrow is rather a narrow
strip when compared to the field,
but really count them up and there
aren’t so many furrows in the field,
after all, and pshaw, it doesn’t take
long to make one furrow.

The factory hand, the clerk, etc.
do not see a year’s work all in one
pile. The work is there the same as
the farmer’s work, but they don’t
see it. They just behold the day be-
fore them, or perhaps the week.
They do not see the great pile of fin-
ished gears and auto bodies they
have got to make during the year
all as one job. They do not see the
trainload of sugar and crackers
they must-weigh out in five pound
sacks all as one job. So to my
neighbor, who wonders how he will
ever do all his summer’s work: to
my farmer friends, everywhere, I
would suggest we take the factory
man’s and the clerk’s View, and do
a bit each day, and while we must
plan ahead for our work, there is no
reason why we should work it all
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POTATO PRODUCERS MZEET MAY
' 10 AT PETOSKEY ‘

FFICIAL notice of the annual
0 meeting of the Michigan Potato

Producers’ Association, to be
held in Petoskey, May 10th, has
been sent out by Ernest Pettifor, of
Gaylord, .who is secretary of the as-
sociationg According to the notice,
the meeting is called for two o'clock
in the afternoon, Central Standard
time, and all potato growers are
cordially invited to attend. A ban-
quet will be given at the Hotel Per-
ry at six o’clock by the association.

Plowing Under Tall Sweet Clover

“ NOTICED a picture of a field of
I sweet clover in a recent issue
and thought perhaps you might

like to see some of ours," writes
Martin Van Deusen, of Clinton coun—
ty. “This was turned under last.
July and due to the dryness and
hardness of the ground I had to use
the sulky which did excellent work—
providing the plowman kept his seat.
This field is in wheat now. In July,
1923, I plowed 14 acres alone with

just as heavy a growth using the
tractor and 14 inch two bottom plow
and did not experience much trouble.
That was sown to wheat October 7th
of that year, using 200» pounds 16
per cent acid phosphate per acre
and yielded 50 bushels per acre.
One should use rolling coulters ,only
well set down and with the proper
side adjustment not much trouble is
experienced with the plow plugging,
if the plow stays down to business."

 
  

 

    
 
    
   
 
    

  

           
  
    

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Bulletin No. 1.
” —-"POUL'I‘RY RATIONS.
Bulletin No. 2.
—MODERN WATER SUPPLY.-
Bulletin No. 8.
-——SOIL FERTILIZERS.
Bulletin No. 4.
—SEED CORN CURING, STORING.
Bulletin No. 5.
——THE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDINGK
Bulletin No. 6. .‘
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Bulletin No. 7.
——FARM SANITATION.

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—FIIRST MOR’IGAGE BONDS.
Bulletin No. 9.

—FEED FROM EGG— TO MARKET.
Bulletin No. 10.

——-WHEl\T AND HOW TO DUST.
Bulletin No. 11.

«MINERALS AND FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 12.

-——LINSEED OIL MEAL.

Bulletin No. 13.——FIGHT THE EURO-
PEAN CORN BORER. An excellent bul-
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pest which will interest every farmer.
The illustrations include a map of the in-
fested area. and pictures of the various
kinds of machinery used in the eradica-
tion work.

Bulletin No. l4.——A GOLDEN HAR-
VEST FROM YOUR UNDER-GRADE
APPLES. The modern method of ex—
tracting apple juice is the subject of this
bulletin, and it tells some interesting
things about selling fruit juice at the
roadside. Making better cider vinegar is
also discussed.

Bulletin No. l5.—RAISING DOMESTIC
RABBITS. The production of domestic
rabbits has increased r'apidly during re-
cent years and promises to become im-
portant. This bulletin has been prepared
by the U. S. Department of Agriculture
and contains the latest information

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proper inflation pressure and shows with
illustrations what hamens if you fail to
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M. S.- 0., makes a special study of taxes
so this bulletin prepared by him is of
unusual value. It takes up assessing of
property, levying and collecting taxes,

quent for taxes, and contains a farm
tax calendar.

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\ RULE FOR ESTIMATING HAY

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cutting, position in the mow, etc. For
making an estimate in, a given case
multiply together the length, breadth
and height of the mow or stack in
feetand divide the product by 400.
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Branch—There isn’t much of any re-
ports to be given in our vicinity vat pres-
ent. We have had ’so‘ much rain the
ground cannot be worked at all, as we
are heavy on ground. It is still raining.
Farmers are busy taking care of ,_ their
sheep, having them sheared, etc. Eggs
are only 20c doz. ; butterfat at I‘ltchfield
where we sell our cream is 57c.—:M. V.
,A., April 21. , ,

Calhoun—Farmers are busy disposing
of last year's corn stalks ‘and fitting their
ground for oats. Have had so much rain
everything is behind. _ Quotations at Mar-
shall: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 80c bu.;
.oats, 480 bu.; rye, 92c bu.; beans, $3.75
cwt.; potatoes, $1.00 cwt.; butter, 55c
1b.; eggs, 220 doz.—M. M. P., April 27.

Wexferda—Weather warm. Rain the
fore part of this week. Farmers plowing
and discing. Road repair work still go-
ing on. ‘ Grass started enough to provide
quite a little feed. Alfalfa looks good.
Special lime, legume and livestock train
stopped in Manton Wednesday. Quota—
tions at Cadillac: Wheat, $1.10 bu.; corn,
80c bu.; oats, 500 bu.; rye, 70c bu.; beans,
$5.00 cwt.; potatoes, $1.67 cwt.: butter-
fat, 50c 1b.: eggs, 19c doz.—E. H. D.,
April 28. ‘

Saginaw (SE).——We have had some
rough weather this past 10 days with
frequent showers. Some snow and freez-
ing nights. Farming operations nearly
at a standstill, ground too soft.
sown cats are up nicely but some to be
planted yet. Wheat fields are very spot-
ted but looking better since the rains.
Meadows are starting nicely but still too
short _for grazing. Several miles of
gravel roads to be built in this section
this year. Quotations at Birch Run:
Wheat, $1,18 bu.; corn, 82c bu.; oats, 40c
bu.; rye, 80c bu.; beans, $4.05 cwt; po—
tatoes, 90c bu.; butter, 1480 lb.; eggs, 23c
doz.—E. C. M., April 28.

Midland—Oats about all in and most
of them under water. No beet ground
ready yet. Very little can be done.
Ground is so wet and it keeps so cold.
We can soon go fishing and that will
keep our minds off from the water stand-
ing on our fields. Quotations at Mid-
land: Wheat, $1.18 bu.; oats, 35c bu.;
rye, 77c bu.; beans, $4.05 cwt.; potatoes,
75c cwt; butter. 50c 1b.; eggs, 22c doz.
—-—B. V. C., April 27.

Alpena.~——F‘armers here getting ready
for spring grains. Some have sowed
spring wheat and few oats. Weather has
been warm with some rain but colder
today. Quotations at Spratt: Wheat, $1.00
bu.; oats, 50c bu.; rye, 70c bu.; beans,
$4.00 cwt.; potatoes, 90c bu.; eggs, 200
doz.—R. 11., April 21.

Newaygo.——Farmers are busy putting
in their oats. Weather being wet has
delayed them some. Potatoes most-
ly all marketed, also' beans. Not many
auction sales this spring. Farmers and
renters are sticking to the farms this
spring. Not much pox-non the market.
Most all the farmers are using up their
corn. Young pigs are commencing to sell
now. Not many to be had yet—E. M.,
April 21.

Tnscola (W).—On accoun’t of too much
rain farmers are behind with the work
of plowing under the corn stubble. It
looks as though considerable of that work
will be done in May. Wheat has been
damaged some by the ice in the winter
time. A smaller acreage was sown last
fall on account of wet Weather. Mea-
dows are coming fine but some alfalfa
killed by winter heaving. Live stock
look fairly well this spring. Quotations

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at Vassar: Wheat, $1.17 bu.; corn, 90c -

bu.; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 78c bu.; beans,
$4.20 cwt.; potatoes, $2.00 cwt.; butter,
580 1b.; eggs, 22c doz.—J. T., April 26.

Cass—Last night was the first night
it did not rain for’ about a. Week. Oat
sowing will be very late this year, but
if the weather is just right there may be
a good crop yet. The heavy rains of last
week washed the hills of Cass county
badly. It was good that there was not
much ground plowed for corn as the most
of it would have ‘been in the hollows.
Quotations at Marcellus: Wheat, $1.16
bu.; corn. 70c bu.; oats, 450 bu.; rye,
90c bu. ; butter, 56c bu.;~eggs, 20c doz.——
W. H.. April 28.

uneven—Farmers very busy sowing
oats and barley; not over one—half done.
Lots of poor. seed coma More grass seed
sown than common. There will be forty
per cent less corn planted than the aver-
age on account of the corn borer. Lots
of missing being done about the method
of control as you cannot him help. More
potatoes will be planted than for years.

"Quotationsdat Cadmus: Wheat, $1.20 bu.;»

oats, 41c bu. ;" eggs, 23c doz.—C. 3.,
- April 27. - ‘ ' '

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is the workof most farmers where ever
it isn’t too wet. Peppermint is starting.
Farmers are reporting a poor crop of
spring pigs. Lots of 'corn molded in the
crib.—-A. J. Y., April 28. .

Hillsdale (NW).——Corn borer clean up
coming along fine. Some oats yet to be
sown. Some farmers plowing corn ground,
others have theirs plowed. , Lots of rain
and cold weather holding pasture back.
Alfalfa fields beginning to look fine.
Good spring for baby pigs. Quite a few
sows and pigs being sold at fair prices.
Most everyone reporting good success
with baby chicks this spring—C. IL,
April 28.

Hillsdale (OJ—Too much rain for cat
seeding. 'Fact is the land is in many
places more soft and wet than it has
been for several years at this time in
April. A large amount of barley will be
grown this year. Corn borer; talk is the
main subject where two or ’three get to-
gether. Considerable loss in spring pigs
is reported. Cows are in good demand by
the number of buyers who call. Great
competition for dairy products: creamer-
lea, condenser-lea, and whole milk stations.
L. W. N., April 27.

Misseukee.——Spring work is held back
by cold and wet weather. Not much oats
in yet. Pastures are not picking up very
fast, too many frosty nights. Fall grain
on low ground very much. spotted and
some of it is being plowed up again.
Dairy and alfalfa train due here this
week, everybody to attend as most fields
are too wet to work on. Cream 56c and
eggs 20c. Most calves, are vealed now
and prices have been good—J. H., April
26. -
Berrien (KL—Hard frosts visited this
section on April 1, 22, and 23. Sweet
cherries and early grapes were consider-
ably damaged. Strawberry buds were
also damaged some. Peaches, apples, and
concord grapes came through 0. K. on all
but the poorest locations. Rain has been
plentiful lately. Weather has ban ideal
for development of apple scab. Price ‘of
lime—sulphur is 15c per gallon. Last year
it was 11c.-—-H. N., April 28. .

Mason.——Plenty of rain. Baled hay
$15.00, loose $10.00. IJttle call for either.

A few early gardens and peas are up.‘

Early potatoes are planted. Horses and
cattle prices better than last year. Cream
prices stay up. Veal is 12c on foot and
lie dressed. However one farmer sent
a six weeks old nursing calf (run with
two cows all the time) to Scottvjlle.
Hired hand took the veal down to a local
shipper, who gave him a check for>$9.20
for the veal which he claimed weighed
120 pounds and he claimed would not
make a cent by shipping it. Those things
are what makes the farmer fight the mid-
dleman. Quotations at Scottville: Wheat,
$1.07 bu.; straw, $9.00; oats,.65c bu.;
rye, 700 bu.; beans, $5.50 cwt.; potatoes,
90c bu.; buttarfat, 400 1b.; eggs, 20c doz.
——G. P. D., April 26.

Saginaw (NW).—We had a big rain
the 19th. Not much farming done since.
Rain, snow and freezing all week.
Farmers behind some. Oats to sow yet.
Some are plowing. land that is tiled is
dry and some can’t get on their fields.
Wheat is coming on better since the rains.
It wants warm weather. Oats are up
that were sown early. Young clover win-
tered better than old meadows. Lots of
old alfalfa fields killed bad.Quotations
at Hemlock: Wheat, $1.16 bu.; corn, 750
bu.; oats, 87c bu.; ”c.4800 bu.; beans,
$4.05 cwt; potatoes, $1.30 m; butter.
600 1b.; eggs. 22c doz.——F. D., April :7.

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with their spring work from so much rain.

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raspberries. To
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, I have a patch of red raspberries
planted .in hills.
years old this spring and would like
to know if it would be alright to put
two or three forks of chicken ma-
nure around each hill close so that
when I cultivate it will» not move-it
away from the plants—F. H.,
Spratt, Michigan.

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close to the plants. Spread it out

around the plants. This will enable

the feeding roots to get it and will

not concentrate too much in one
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BUILDING UP OLD ORCHARD

The orchard here is very old and
neglected. Please send me informa—
tion about spraying and anything
else that will help to put it into
better shape again—E. N., Palms,
Michigan.

PRESUME that the orchard in

question is an apple orchard.

The first thing that this orchard
will need is pruning. This can be
done at any time during the winter
or early spring. When you start on
a. tree cut out 111 the dead wood first,
then, remove all branches which are
interlaced or which rub together. If
more thinning out of the branches is
needed do it but be careful not to
cut large “holes" or vacant places
into the bearing surface. One of the
main objects of the thinning is to
let in sunlight so do most of the
thinning in the top. If the trees
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‘By Doris Baker, Ionla County

The chewers andeaters we must kill,
And if we can’t the poison will;
For the leaves that are poisoned they
will eat,
As do the rats the poisoned meat.
To kill these insects it’s plain to be
seen,
We must use arsenate of. lead or
paris green.
'Arsenate of ”lead in the paste form
Is good for the chewers when the_
weather is warm, ‘
One and a half pounds of poison’s

branches than absolutely necessary

— , because this practice causes sucker
‘_ growth and large"pruning wounds

are often a starting point for heart
rot.‘ At'all events do not try to do
the entire job of renewing a tree in
one year. Spread it over two or
three years and the shock tothe tree
Will not be so great.

Work the orchard, early in the
spring, as early as you can get on
the ground, 'and if the trees have
been~ making a poor growth, give
them an application of nitrate of
soda about three weeks before blos-
so mtime. Cultivate the orchard
thoroughly until about the first
week in July or a little later and
then stop all cultivation and sow a
cover crop, such as oats.

In spraying the orchard we would
advise you to follow the regular
spray schedule as outlined by the

tion you need for your spraying
operations.

DORMANT SPRAY
What is the best, dormant spray
for apple trees and also peach trees?
Is there anything better for the blos—
som spray than plain arsenate of
lead and water?——A. H., Willis,
Michigan.

HE dormant spray most gener-
T ally used by iruit growers is
limeeulphur diluted at the rate
of 6% gallons in 50 gallons of wa-
ter. For peach trees the- spray must
be put on before the buds begin to

  

swell and will control both the scale

and the leaf-curl. For apples the
spray can be put on any time until
the tips of the twigs show green.

I do not know just what you mean
by the blossom spray. Fruit trees
should not be sprayed while in blos-
som as this is apt to kill the bees.
No doubt you have reference to the
calyx .spray which shonldrbe put on

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9th issue there appeared a pic- i
ture of an ox team and several .,
people. The information we had in-
dicated that a Thos. Toland, of Ben-
zie county, was the owner of the.
oxen, and we so stated under the '

picture. Apparently we were wrong

as we now have a letter from Bur— - a
ley Brs., of Antrim county, advis- .Q
ing us that the owner is Frank ‘ "*

Prutki, their nearest neighbor, and
that they raised the calves and sold
them to this man. '

>Nobody likes a beggar. If you haver
anything to sell, don’t whine an apolo-
getic question “What will you buy from
me today?" That would be classified as
laziness. Tell your customers the merits
of your goods or show him the quality,
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time is worth too much for one-row work. Modern
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will be a money-maker for you. It saves time, when
time is gold, and opens the way to easy cultivation of
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the sewer." Matthew 13:18-28.. ’_
“ ND there were gathered unto
him great multitudes so that
he entered into a boat and sat;
and all the multitude stood on the
beach.“ The ruralist will have no
trouble picturing'this scene. -Our
Master would get away from the
push of the crowd. :He steps into a
fisherman’s boatand rows out into
the lake a little way. The eager
masses are on the shore, and out
beyond [and above-are the little hill-
side farms that get into His vision.
A fine cement highway runs near my
little farm in Michigan. Not so with
those small Galilean farms. Foot-
paths run crookedly here and there
that were beaten hard by long trav-
eling. This afforded the natural set-
ting for this parable that came so
suitably from Jesus’ lips.

But why this parable? Jesus by
now had got well acquainted with
people. As a public teacher he had
met all classes. He had answered
questions and studied attitudes long
enough to know what was in man.
Now he is ready to describe the four
kinds of hearers, or to show what
kind of soil to look for in God’s hus-
bandry.

There, on his little hilly farm, is
the sower at work broadcasting
seed on his difficult fields. H9 has
done this so often that his arm
swings gracefully and accurately.
But even so, some seed falls on the
footpaths. Jesus spontaneously calls
the listeners’ attention to this, and
remarks that this seed will be eaten
by the birds. Of course, they, under-
stood so far. But he explains fur-
ther thereare hearts just like this.
These had heard the “word of the
Kingdom” but were too hard to un-
derstand it, and this all is the work
of the “evil one."

What clever insight! How well
this describes many modern hearts;
hearts that are made hard by the
pressure of just things! Social
ideals and plans for community bet-
terment are seeds that the devil
quickly devours. How little impres-
sion the higher call makes upon the
farmer who is wholly absorbed in
personal afiairs, on the covetous
man known for his business tact, or
the woman who is buried in her
social engagements. These are well-
nigh insensible/ to the Redeemer’s
call.

Not a few go to church, but leave
their hearts elsewhere. The prophet
says “When ye come to appear be-
fore me, who hath required this at
your hands, to trample my courts?"
These come ostensibly for worship,
but their hearts are‘set upon the
egg—crates, the litter of pigs, Mon—
day's business transactions or the
funny page in the Sunday paper.
Sincere devotion and honest purpose
to worship God are lacking. The
voice of God is cried down by the
clamorous call‘ of self. Jesus is
crowded out of his rightful domain.

But is there no hope for such
hearts? Well, there is the same
hope that there is for such soil. A
ploughing and breaking up is the
first essential. Trials, losses, and
disappointments have been known to
do this. Amid all the suffering and
want in a far country, the prodigal
comes to himself. Like a sweet
dream he has visions of the old
home and decides to go back. There
is hope in a broken heart. '
And there are the “rocky places.”
These are covered with a thin layer
of soil that soon becomes moist and
warm and sprouts the seed quickly..
But it as quickly withers because
of “no deepness of earth" in which
to root.
soil in your community? Do you re-
member the last revival when neigh-
bor Brown got religion? It was the
talk of the whole country-side. How

*grand and glorious for Brown to be

converted? But the meetings closed
and the preacher took his exit. Aid
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superficial experience. _ Religion has
not rooted to the depths so there
can be no permanency. “Such folks
make good stage performers, but
will not bare their backs to the dif-
ficulties of the narrow way. A way
that is so rugged as the Cross, is not
for them. Work is to be done and.
money is to be given,but these fake
professors have a religion of other-
ing; that is,'they believe in letting
others do it. Such folks are long on
creeds and short on deeds. They
soon become unsympathetic and un-
charitab‘ie toward others. They will
not allow their life-blood to, be
tapped for righteousness’ sake.
"Jesus- says they have no root in
themselves. Certainly. Their reli-
gion is rooted only in the incidents
of the occassion. It lacks intelli-
gence and understanding. It lacks
Christ. Can’t these folks be helped?
If so, their hard hearts will require
some smashing blows. Let us hope
the weathering of the years will con-
dition them. That is usually the
farmer’s attitude, so he leaves this
unpromising soil-to the storms of
fate.

. “Sewn among the thorns." How
.foolish, Mr. Farmer! Don’t you
know that if the, briars and weeds
are not rooted out the harvest will
be checked? The tender growths can
make no headway in a soil pre—oc-
cupied by weeds. And what are the
weeds? Our Rural Friend says,
“Cares of the world” and “Riches."
Worldly worries and the delight of
having money fill the focus of the ,
heart. Jesus is partial and selective
and demands the whole heart. He
declares we cannot serve God and
mammon. He condemns the man
who takes just enough time for his
religion to keep up a show of piety.
The issue of this man’s life is “un-
fruitful.” He has gone to church
for years and has come to know his
conventional place, but his life has
never come to fruitage. It has
plenty of pretention (foliage), but
no fruit. Other interests and loy-
alties have sapped his vitality.
Now, a tree does not bear fruit for
itself, but for the welfare of God’s
creatures. So bearing the fruit of
Truth and service for others is what
takes the measure of a Christian.
And this thorny heart cannot be
helped until it renounces its love
for material things, and seeks first
the Kingdom of God.

“‘Sown upon the good ground.”
How well every farmer knows here is
where he reaps his harvest. And
this soil will produce a hundred,
sixty, or thirty—fold, or according to
its degree of fertility. Thank God
for these honest and understanding
hearts, who love the Truth and give
the best of their lives to bring its re-
deeming charm and grace to others!
Seeking first the Kingdom brings its
owu full harvest.

Finally, everyone is his OWn soil-
fixer. He can plow up the heart
trodden hard by earth’s lumbering
invasions, blast into condition the
rocky places, root out the thorns of
worldly anxieties and money—love,
and open the life to the precious
things of character. To do this is
to hear perfectly- “He that hath
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A NEW COMMANDMENT I give
unto you, That ye love one another:
as I have loved you, that ye~a1so love
one another. By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if
ye have love one to another.---—John
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THOU SHAL'I‘ LOVE THE LORD
thy God with. all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and withall thy mind: and
thy neighbor as thyself. This ,do .-
grsid thou shalt live—Luke 10:27.» ‘

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, DIFFERS WITH THE PRESIDENT

' of slavery if not to final destruction.

- I. it (was judging from ,my own condi-
,é‘y‘tionfi and of those that I‘am acquaint-

 
  

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as: main" tfi‘pubflonlon on not. ' . ,

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‘ TION PERIOD ~
EAR EDIITORz—At a directors’
meeting of the‘ National Farm
Loan Association of' Lapeer
'county, held in Lapeer, March 26,
there was a unanimous vote cast for'
me to write to you and ask you to
fight against the amendment of short-
ening the redemption period on a
farm mortgage. As it is now we have

~. one year to redeem a farm after fore-

closure proceedings start.

Our reason is in case we have a
bad year we still have another chance
on another year’s crop. We don’t
think it is fair to those Who have
farms now to pass such an amend—

~ ment for when we bought them we

had one year’s protection and if we
had not had this protection a great
many of us would not have bought
farms. We also think’it will keep

,. a great many others from buying .|
'farms. '

Some moneyed men may take ad-
vantage of such an amendment, if
it was passed, in case a farmer has
had bad luck on weather conditions,

W. Weir, Lapeer' County.

TAX: EXEMPT BONDS .
EAR EDITOR:—Say I wish to
congratulate you for publishing
in THECBUSINESS FARMER Wayne
Newton’s address before the Michi—
gan State Grange, showing up the
farmers’ tax load; It is getting to be
unbearable.‘ Last spring when the
supervisor came around, he cut our
assessment ten per cent and last fall
my taxes were almost $20.00 more
than the year before. That makes
a man feel good. Land values are
shrinking all the while what are we
coming up against?

I am going to ask you a question.
Why is so many learned men who
haVe a remedy for the farmers’ ills,
high taxes, etc. never mention the
taxless bonds? That might have
something to do with high taxes as
I read there are millions of dollars
righthere in the State of Michigan
invested, dbt paying one cent of tax.
Is that law a just law? I think it
a dirty proposition on the tax-payer,
I think you are doing a good work
getting after the chicken thieves.—
W. J. B., Allen, Michigan.

ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS

EAR EDITOR:~—I don’t consider

my ideas conclusive but I am

about to expose my mind on
some current events. I am in sym—
pathy with that farmer that shot
that chicken thief. I think the thief
got just what he deserved. I think
our trapping laws are a little wrong.
We have open season on mink in Feb—
ruary and March to take in anyway
without traps. I think December
would be better‘. One skin caught,
in December is worth as much as
three in February or March. I catch
a few skins not for pastime but for
profit so why not take them while
they are good. About tax reform I
think a reform in spending would
help a lot. I think the men that
handle the taxpayers’ money don’t
use it as they would their own.—
0. D., Mesick, Mich.

EAR EDITORz—Mr. Coolidge in

his message vetoing the “Farm-
. Relief” bill states that the solu—
tion of the farm situation must come
from the farmer himself. This would
sound better if the labor unions were
not protected-by government legis-
lation in the shape of emigration ex—
clusion laws and government legisla-
tion in'the shape‘of tariff laWS that
protect the industries [enabling these
two, labor and capital, to unite and
bring the farmer to his present state‘

I see by the report of the Nation In-
dustrial Conference Bhard that the
average conditioner-the farmer to— .
day men: and one-halfper cent worse .
off; than it was in Grover Cleveland’s
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purpose of) getting together all those
that haveAhe interest of agriculture

' at heart believing that it must be put

on an equal basis with other industry
and labor if our national prosperity
is to" continue and they form and put
into execution an organization non—
partial that will act united in getting
a square dealpfor agriculture in local,
state and national elections and also
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Not an expensive job, for instance
the two beams could be cheaply
spliced for the rear bob. They do
not tip over in loading or unloading
or on the road. They follow ethe
wagon or car track or make a wider
track for themselves. , People ask if
I don’t see why
they should, especially after a few
wide sleighs are using the road. Per-
haps my sleigh is 50 or 75 pounds
heavier than it was. What differ-
ence does that make? I would stop
any time to let a nice—school-marm of
from one to three-hundred pounds

W , , , ,iierience’as. fused ‘7
.a pair’ of Twide. sleighs. this last winter.
The'job was done at an expense.

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‘ BELIEVES WILSON DID RIG

EAR EDITORz—Iam a reads,
Tm:
farmer too. ,
pleased with the way Mr. L. J. Wil-‘dt
son was tried and was proven to have
been in the right.

Wilson did to arrest chicken

thieves.

who lost all their chickens through

thieves.

have done for us.—~F. W. T., Gage-
town, Michigan. ~

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I am very much.’

We have several neighbors

So thanks for what you i?

ture and see those unfavorable are
repealed?——-'C. E. Ackerman, Shia—
Wassee County.

ride.

LAST WORD ON SLEIGHS Sleighs.

EAR EDITOR:——The old saying
is a woman will have the last
word. Let’s ,get the start of
them this time. I wrote you an
article nearly two years ago in favor
of wide or standard gauge sleighs in
reply to Mr. Newtonof Saginaw. At

“The result of precision .,
construction is long v ife Its/1‘ .,
and enduring good will” “

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Many say “I wish all or half
or more of the sleighs were wide”.
That is not the way to get wide
Go to work and widen them
out is the way to do it.
friends said “When it comes winter
I tie Old Hank in the barn.”
him he was mighty glad last night
when the doctor could step in his
roadster and beat'the stork by a nice
little margin tohis house even if he
did have to make the last quarter of

   
       
  
  
  
  
  
 
   
   
   
 
  
  
  
 
 
   
  

Enclosed please find check for $1.00 in;
payment for my subscription to TH. , :-
BUsIans FARMER for three years. I _
would like to join your Protective Asso-'
ciation which you have recently formed to
prevent chicken thieves from getting away.
after trying to steal chickens in the vari-
ous rural districts of Michigan. .Please
list me as a. member of that Association.
~Herrnan Poll, Ottawa County.

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So much has been said and written about
the standards of accuracy to which the
Greater Oakland Six is built that “Oakland
super-precision” has become almost an every-
day phrase.

Owners, in discussing the car’s flashing
acceleration and buoyant smoothness . . .
mechanics, when explaining the why of its
infrequent repairs and adjustments——

-—and even women, when exclaiming over
Oakland’s steadiness and steering ease—
sooner or later use the words “super-precis-
ion,” or others very similar. But we wonder,
sometimes, if the users of that

. S E D A N life and flawless operation . . . the rev '
abra‘sie .realily appreciate its pro- sult of rigidly controlled quality,
thu? . Slgtfil cance. Do they know which is lasting owners satisfaction '
sh: nglagdniannglilrfiaecnlre of .tlie $ . .h. tlhe issilt of enduring value,
. a one eig — w ic is a land’s ' "
teen operations are held to limits of will! - enduring good -
Oakland Six, $1025 to $1295. The New and Finer Pontiac Six, $775 to $975. Pontiac .. r

ix Commercial Cars, $585 to $770. All prices at factory. Delivered prices incl d
Minimum handling charges. Easy to pay on the General Motors Time Payment P127:

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five ten’thousandths of an inch? That thirty—
three additionaloperations cannot vary more
than three ten-thousandths of an inch? And
that three ten-thousandths of an inch is one
thirtieth the thickness of an average human
hair? ‘

Yet, after all, what if they do not know it?
What if they do not even care that Oakland
has invested millions for laboratories and
equipment to make such accuracy possible for
the first time ina car of Oakland’s price? '

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SATURDAY, star 7, 1927 I ‘ L; .

‘ Till RURAL poeuemuu co PANV. Inn.

George M. Slocum. President

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GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH MEXICO

B have a rare treat for you, folks. Mr.

George M. Slocum, publisher of M. B. F.

was a member of a party of farm paper edi-
tors of the United States to be the guests of the
Missouri Pacific Railway and the Mexican gov-
ernment for three weeks recently. A carefully
planned tour to study agriculture along the Mis-
sissippi River through Louisiana and Texas,
across the border into Mexico, on dowu to Mexico
City and even further south, was mapped out by
the men in charge so as to give the editors a
true picture of farming conditions in the South
and in our neighboring nation. It was a won—
derful trip and Mr. Slocum is going to tell you
all about it, beginning at St. Louis, Missouri,
where the tour started and ended. In this issue
we have the first installment, other installments
will appear in coming issues, and we urge that
you do not miss this story.

MORE CHICKEN THJEVE IN PRISON

AKLAND county is certainly an unhealthy

place for chicken thieves to ply their trade.

It was not long after we announced that we
had posted $1,000.00 to be paid out in rewards
of $50.00 each that-we were called on to pay
one to an Oakland county farmer who lost eight
hens but later succeeded in landing the thieves
and getting the $50.00. At that time we were as-
sured by Sheriff Schram that he and his deputies
were doing everything in their power to put the
chicken thief where he belonged—behind prison
bars—and his record to date is one that he can
be mighty proud of.

Several times we have thought that another re-
ward would be paid in that county but it hap-
pened that none of the victims were subscribers
to M. B. F., until the case of R. W. Anderson, of
Clarkston, came to our attention. Two of Sher—
iff Schram’s deputies went fifty—fifty on one of
our rewards by working together and getting the
evidence on our men who were later found
guilty of robbing several chicken coops. Complete
story appears elsewhere in this issue.

Oakland county can be proud of its sheriff, his
deputies, its judges and other law enforcing of-
ficials for the way they handle the chicken thief
problem. An example that could well be fol-
lowed in other counties.

‘ MB. AVERAGE FARMER

CCORDING to figures recently released by the
U. S. Census Bureau, at Washington, the
majority of American farms are owned whol-
ly by the farmers operating them. The average
farm contains 145 acres, is valued at $7,776, and
the land exclusive of the buildings is worth
$40.85 per acre. Farm machinery and imple-
ments are worth $422 and the buildings $1,847.
, Sixty-one acres is crop land, of which 54 acres
is harvested, with 64 acres in pasture. A total
. of 24 acres is in woodlot.
farm include 13 acres of com, 11 acres of bay,
8 of wheat, 6 of cats, 56 bushels of potatoes,6
bushels of sweet potatoes and 11 pounds of tobac-
._ co.

1 ‘36 pod, [s a“: mi,

Brosdecope Farm News and Views.
Frui

Crops on this average .

The orchard contains 22 apple trees produo- ‘ '

Of 1, 444 gallons of :11
produced on his farm 418 gallons are sold wit

 
  

One hundred pounds of butter are also made. ,
Fertilizer takes 338 of his incdme each year,
$118 goes for feed, $26 for lumber, posts and

- firewood, and the hired help gets $136.

The government report gives 6,371,640 farms,
with a total population of 28,981,693. The
figures show one farm in live mortgaged for an
average of more than 40 per cent of its value.
Only one out of every twelve owns a tractor and ‘
only one in 25 has a radio. The figures were
gathered two years ago .and since that time the
number of radios has increased greatly over this
figure. Also during the past two years the farm
population is estimated to have dropped to 27,-
892,000.

Taking everything into consideration, just how
near do you come to being an average farmer?

RUN TRUNK LINES THROUGH TOWNS
believe there is an old saw, “The longest
way around is the best way home," referring
to a fellow and his girl when they are out
for a ride. Maybe we haven’t quoted it exactly.
but that is the general meaning at least. Now
we could apply this to our State highways.

If you are going some place to transact busi-
ness and are anxious to get it over with and back
home of course the shorter the distance the better
you like it. .But how often are you or anyone else
in such a hurry? Seldom, we would say. Then
when you are taking your time as you travel
along you are interested in the scenery, are you
not? We are and we have no reason to believe
that we are any different than the rest of the
folks. We would rather take a route 125 miles
long through several towns and villages to reach
a certain point than a. direct road 100 miles long
with no municipalities along the way, although it
probably would take an hour or more longer. We
believe that most people would agree with us as
to which was the most desirable route.

Cities, towns, and villages are in the most
prosperous and most fertile parts of the country.

 

 

THE FATE OF A CHICKEN THIEF
By Dom Youngs, Osceola County

We have all heard toll of the chicken
thief,
Who comes around at night,
Andmkesawayaflockatatime
Then hurries out of sight.

They made a visit in Gmonville,
Only a few months ago. ‘
They flopped at Mr. Wilson’s 00011,, _

Their skill they tried to show.

But Mr. Wilson heard them conic,
And when they started to run
He told them not to run away
Or he’d fire with his gun.

They heeded not his warning
They didn't even stop;
Then Mr. Wilson kept his word,
And fired the fatal shot.

He tried to scam the chicken thief,
He didn’t shoot to kill.

But he tried to protect his own property,
For most everybody will. -

Now this has been a question
Ever since that night,

Whether it was considered as a crime
Or just a farmer's right.

’ We all sympathize with Wilson
And this is our belief.
If Mr. Wilson gets his freedom,
'Twill down the chicken thief.

When Mr. Wilson’s t. 1 was held,
The Judge let go hoe. ‘

The people’s hearts are filled with joy
For he won the victory.

Now, this shot-1d be a lesson",
' Which the chicken thief should heed,
. And we hope he'll be a true American

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 gallons of cream and 166 pounds of butterfat.‘

' where borer infestation is 100 per cént.

 

The best farms of any section are. usually near ,. ,
a municipality [or at least two reasons; the mund- .‘w
are of the city, town or village chose that loan“ ': -
tion because of the desirability of the spot and »
surrounding country, and the farms become bets 1
ter than they were at first and continue to lead f ‘
because of the nearness of the market for {lief-71
products. . 3
Then if our State bighways lead through our ~'
municipalities, even though they have to be a ‘"
few miles anger and cost a. few thousand dollars
more, our visitors and our own folks travel
through the better parts of our fair State. Par-
ticularly does this appeal to our visitors, the-
tourists from other states, who are possibly 899- ‘~
ing Michigan for the first time. A, '
Gov. Fred W. Green has stated that he is in
favor of s'uéh a policy, which is contrary to the
ond‘adopted during the Groesbeck administration,
and we commend him for his Stand. He has an "
eye to the future. "

 

PUT UP A SILO ’
F the European corn borer could have its way
every silo in the country would be destroyed
because the silo is one of its worst enemies. .
You see few silos in Canada where the corn acre.- ‘
age has dropped from 100,000 acres to 8,000
within recent years, and there is reason to be-
lieve that much less than 8,000 acres will be
planted this year in Kent and Essex counties
In this
country where the silo plays a prominent part in
the feeding program oanost of our farms pro-
ducing corn in any quantity. the borer will not
have things so much its own way. Farm lands in
Kent and Essex counties, Canada, are said to have
declined $25 per acre in value because of this ‘
post. It doesn’t take long to pay for a silo at _
that rate.
CLEAN-UP-WEEK .

0V. FRED W. GREEN has set aside the week ‘

of May 16 to 21 as Clean-Up—Week. and urges '

the people of Michigan to remove‘all rubbish
and inflammable material from dangerous prox- _ ,
imity to buildings. Figures show that 75 per
cent of all fires are caused by carelessness. Last ~
year there was a total property loss of $17, 538. -
503. 26 from 18, 309 fires, according to the State
fire marshal. Much of this could have been
saved if we had been more careful.

Of course, this Clean-Up-Week applies mostly

to our cities and other municipalities, but there
is plenty of need to observe it on the farm. In
the city they have fire protection while in most
parts "of the farming sections there is practically
none. Let’s make every week Clean-Up-Week on
the farm. ,

GOOD OIL WELIB’SCARCE

N thispage in our April 9th issue we had

something to say about Michigan's oil wells.

Y0u will remember that we stated there was
oil in Michigan in paying quantities but for you
not to get excited or over anxious to sign any
leases, or rent or buy more property than you can
successfully handle, thinking that you are going
to get rich from an oil well. You will find the
statement of Charles W. Haensel, secretary of the
Saginaw Board of Commerce, of interest. Sagi-
naw is, you know, the oil center of Michigan at
present.

Mr. Haensel says that 90 per cent of the oil
areas around that city are failures so f r. Sum-
ming up the situation he says there are @9115
in the district yielding around 1, 800 barre s, or
an average of 11 barrels daily. This is only a
profit of $10 a day at present prices. Then when
you take into consideration the fact that it costs
from $9, 000 to $12, 000 to drills. well you realize
that it will be some time before an actual profit
is shown.

 

COMING W
July 19- 23. ——Internationel Baby Chick con-v
vention, Grand Rapids, Mich. k ' i

' ' August 14,1927.——International Country Life

annual meeting. M s. 0.. Managing. 1111111.“ 91*
August 4 .«Farmers' nay, KIWI! '
1086' East was! Mich. J .. 5'.

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‘ flight-i1 in the]! B: F. about

[Ever-en” representing the "Never
"Idlearonltryi Tone.” ‘
"Everett' called at my; house selling
, ...tl're“Neve'r Fail Poultry Tonic.” He
‘ g‘ was about five feet tall,- heavy set,

Today a “Mr.

blue eyes, were gray felt hat, lum-

qberjack shirt ,and dark pants. He

had another man with him, about
the" same size but a little older. They

were driving a Ford'roadster; about.

  

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1920 model, with a truck body. He”

,wanted to cull my hens but I would
'not let him. He said his tonic would

kill worms and body lice. It was
$1.50 a bottle or $10.00 a gallon
and he oifered to take seven old
hens for a gallon. The tonic was to
be~put in the drinking ater. They

' had a chicken crate with them. Is

this the same "Everett’ you have
warned us about?—R. L., Cass

j County.

cannot say whether ‘or not

the is the same “Everett" we
have written about in our col-
umns several times, but We do know
that , his “tonic” will not do what
he claims it will. There are no in—
ternal remedies. that will kill ex—
ternal parasites, and the next time
some fellow tries to sell you one
which, he claims will just show him
the road, then go into the house, get
the sheriff on the phone and tell

him which way the fellow went.

 

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HAS THE ‘PICTURE AGENT
CALLED ON YOU?

VERY year at about this time we
E have a siege of spring fever,
, house cleaning and enlarged
picture agents. Once in a while the
latter fails to'put in an appearance

but usually he is “Johnny-on-the- ‘

spot”, although the publicity he has
received through M. B: F. has just
about mined his game in the rural
sections. At one time the farmer
was the chap he could "fleece” the
easiest, but that was before we turn-
ed the spotlight on him. Since that

. time he has received a cool reception

at the home of our readers. ,

Has he called on you yet this
spring? One of the men here at the
home ofllce tells us that he was “fav-
ored” with a visit from one the other
day. When our friend opened the
door he was asked by Mr. Agent,
“You received a letter from me re’
cently, didn't you?” ’

“As I don’t know who you are or

'what your business may be I can’t

answer that question,” was the an-
Then he gave his name
and stated he was with an art house
located in Chicago. As he began to
talk about the “beautiful” enlarged
pictures being put out by his concern
he took from his pocket a handful
of envelopes. Holding the envelopes
before our friend he suggested that

"he draw one and started to explain

how he might be lucky and get one
that contained a coupon that entitled
him to a free picture. We say
“started to explain” because that is
as far as he got before our friend

opened up on him and told him what

he thought about the proposition,
about the company, and last butlnot
least about him for working such a.
scheme. At first Mr. Agent tried to
act offended and put up a defence
but he soon found out that it was of
no use because our friend knew what
he was talking about so he beat a

 

 

' The purpose oi this department "We Ores
tee: our subscrlbere from fraudulent deeflnil
0rd nfelr treatment by pemne er eeneerm It
I

In every one we will do our beet to mel-
e utlflaetery settlement or force action, in
which no charge tor our servlees wlll nor be
made, rovldlne:

1.—— he olelm le made by e Dela—up sub-
, Ierlber to The Induces Farmer.

‘ 2.—-1’he Velelm le not more than 6 mos. old.
8.——The claim Is not local or n lee-
le'vmhln my dietenoe of bee amines
.heee ebeuld be slowed at first hand and net

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cunt ee‘ee. eto.. ‘ellel ne else red: a
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hasty retreat-with our friend calling
after him, “And when I do want any
enlarged pictures I will go to a local
photographer“ because then I am sure
of satisfactory work at honest prices
without any misrepresentation.”

If» one of these agents calls on you
turn the dog loose and let him do
his “darnedest.” These cusses are
so tough and poisonous that it might
prove fatal to the dog if he tried to
make‘aineal on one of them but one
good nip will. not make him very
sick. If you have no dog try apply-
ing the toe of your shoe to the proper
,place as he is headed away from
you. A broom or rolling pin in the
hands of a, woman also works won-
ders in getting rid of these agents.

 

FTPI‘INGEYBBBYMAIL

Am enclosing advertisement sent
out by the True-Fit Optical Company
of Chicago and would like to know
if they are reliable—Subscriber,
Mecosta County.

ERHAPS this company is thor-
oughly reliable, we cannot ad-
vise as to that, but why even

consider the proposition of properly
fitting your eyes with glasses by
mail? You would not employ a
blacksmith to operate on you for
appendicitis, would you? Still the
chances of the operation performed
by the blacksmith being a success
would be just about as good as the
chances of getting your eyes fitted
properly toglasses by mail.

Your eyesight is too precious to
experiment with. Go to someone
who makes .it his business to fit
glasses and have him make a thora
ough examination of your eyes.
Sometimes poor eyesight is caused
by some ailment elsewhere in the
body, and when that is corrected
there is no need for glasses.
out from one who knows.

 

USE on runs DENIED nosmnv
“mm"

HE Victor Hosiery Mills of Phila—
delphia, Pa., has been denied
the use of the mails by the U.
S. Post Office department. William
Victor, who operated no mills, was
conducting his business from a fur—
nished room by means of advertise-
ments featuring “Men’s Silk Socks,”
“Men’s Silk and Wool Hose,” and
“Men's Wool Hose,” endeavoring
to sell mercnandise through the
mails. Investigation revealed that
the hose wese chiefly cotton, cheaply
made and in some cases imperfect——
decidedly different in quality from
that which prospective purchasers
were led to expect from his adver-
tising.

 

WEEKS CARBURATOR

EAR PUBLISHERz—I noticed in

M. B. F. of April 9th that one of

the Clare county subscribers
would like to know about the Weeks
Super Carburetors. Will say that I
do know all about them. I sent $3.00
for one of them and any one want-

.ing one can‘ get mine for postage to

cover cost of mailing. The only
thing I ever got from the use of it
was an overheated engine. We used
ours for a couple of trips and found
it useless. The old carburetor on
our Fprd has it beat forty ways.—
W. J. I... Cedarville, Mich.

 

I wish to express my gratitude to you
for your aid in securing a settlement of
my claim against the Company.
Your. second letter brought results as I
received a. check for $6.00 a few days
later, with explanation that their records
showed my claim settled but no check
forwarded. This is just another lesson
in united effort. Thanking you again
and hoping I may be able to reciprocate
in the near future, Lard—A. N. Larsen,
Allegan County. .

 

 

I am writing to thank you for the help
in getting me my money from the Tire
Company. They sent me a check yester-
day for “.09. When I sent the tire back
they sent me another that} wouldn’t ac,-
Ept. Then they sent me a check. It it

   
  

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Buenrllee» quflro ,

f ‘ x “Good ' I b ings”  
are really GOOD?

You know the fellow who always has a speculative
“good thing” which he will tell you about in con—
fidential whispers. But did you ever make a real
check—up on these so—called “good things”?

If you did you’d probably find that for every one
that would have made you money, there were 19
others that would have involved the loss of your
entire investment.

The safer, surer and Wiser way is to invest system-
atically in the First Mortgage Real Estate Bonds
offered by the Federal Bond 87. Mortgage Company.

For then you incur no risk-of losing your money,
and you can build up an estate in an amazmgly
short time.

We have werked out a plan of invest—

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you invest $10 or $1,000 each month.
Send for our booklet describing this plan.
Just tear off the lower portion of this ad—

vertisement, write your name and address
on the margin and mail to us.

Federal Bond
, 8Mortgage Co.

Federal Bond & Mortgage Building
Detroit, Michigan

 

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MENTION MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

 

 

 

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Large Increase in Business for April

15,000 More Cars Insured in One Year than
Any State Competitor

. REASONABLE RATES
TWELFTH YEAR OF SUCCESS
State-Wide Organization to Give Prompt Adjustments

 

Increase in Business and Assets as follows:

Dec. 31, 1922 $226,499.45
Dec. 31, 1923 375,945.95
Dec. 31, 1924 565,225.96
Dec. 31, 1925 704,152.41
Dec. 31, 1926 840,845.24

The leading farmers insure in this company because the
local agent and the home office are convenient to give
prompt service on claims.

 

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write to the

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(Continuedfrom April .23- issue.)
DIDN’T say anything but kept right on
going as I Wasn't' anxious Mike
should know what I found.

Say, I couldn’t get home fast enough.
Jim Was getting the car shined up to
take the family to church when I came
up. I .showed him the tag, without say-
ing anything and he looks at_me‘and

ys, “Well, what’s the joke this time?"

“Nothing,” says I, only I found this
down to the Dike house,” and then I pro-
ceeded to explain further.

“Well, I swan,” was Jim’s reply, and
instead of going to church, him and me
went back that afternoon to see what else
we could find. We looked all over the
place and couldn’t find another and any—
way finally gave it up as a bad job.

“Anyway,” I says. “It’s a clue,” as we
was riding home.

“Yep, Bill,” Jim replies. “You found
an ether can at Frosts as a ghost clue
and now you got one of my markers for
a clue to my hog stealing, but so far
there ain't nothing else. When you going
to produce the stuff?”

Well, I didn’t care for that kind of
kidding. Right there I made up my mind
to get busy and solve the mysteries. Just
how I wasn't sure, but Jim let me keep
the ear marker as a beginner and hoped
I‘d have better luck with it than he had.

Meanwhile the sheriff continued to take
all the praise that was bestowed on him
by folks for capturing a gang of bandits.
It looked like the News was satisfied and
they was writing nice things about Mr.
Thomas, “our local arm of the law.”

But the praise was short lived. Just
before the fall term of the grand jury
met we had a big storm. It was a terror
as far as the wind was concerned and the
worst thing it did was to put the light

I

again. Well, Jim excused the hold up.
and with profuse apologies to Mike, per-
mitted him togdepart.

“That . darned sheriff," says Jim,
~causes more trouble than he does ood.
Come ‘on. Bill ,that’s enough for to ight.
I might have shot one of the neighbors
on account of that cuss. Say, Mike is
sure a genius. Getting that ol‘ rattle-
trap to working. I s’pose 'he will haul

more junk than ever to his place, now .

that he can travel fasten"- _

. Next day I made up my mind I would
call on Mike. I wanted to see the car.
We weren't so busy on the farm, so I told
Jim I wanted to go see Mike, and he
agreed. Said as long as I was up half
,the night on account of the fool sheriff,
I ought to expect a half-day off to catch
up on sleep.

So I proceeded to call on Mike.

When I arrived, Mike wasn’t in sight,
and I wandered around through the junk
piled here and there, hoping to find the
car and inspect it. I spied the auto under
a lean—to shed and was heading that way
when Mike came out of the barn looking
excited and hurried over to me.

“Hello, Mike,” I sang out. “Came over
to see the car. You sure did a good job
fixing her up.”

“Glad to see you,” he says. “Just put—
ting out some stuff for the hogs,” and he
sat a couple of pans down over by the
house.

“Hogs sick?” I asked, concerned like.

“Not exactly,” Mike explained. “They
are off feed, and I think maybe a little
of this worm remedy will help. By the
way, what did you hear from the sheriff
this morning? Hope he caught the fellers
he was after.’f

“No, they didn’t; least, that’s the latest
report I had. Jim is so blamed mad to

 

 

 

get busy.

was on the right trail.

“’HAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

HIEYES were active among the farmers in Millbank township although
T things quieted‘ down right after they stole six hogs from Jim Barton.
Folks had their own ideas as to who the guilty parties were but they had
no evidence on anyone so nothing was done until one night old Mrs. Shaster
was shot at when trying to keep someone from carrying off her chickens.
Right then and there it was decided to Organize a protectiv association and
Bill, former apprentice of the local county weal-L3}
for the Bartons because of poor health, decided to solve the mystery if possible
and get the reward of $100 which the association had offered.
stallment he found one of Jim’s hog markers which led him to believe that he

And that is where we left him.—F7ditor.

who was working

In the last in-

 

 

plant on the bum. So Carter was in
darkness for several days and folks had
to resort to lamps again. Then the next
thing happened. While Carter was strug-
gling along as best it could without its
electricity one night the jail was held up.
One man walked up to the jailer and hit
the turnkey over the head, took his keys,
unlocked the cells and Thomas' swell
catch of bandits just naturally walked
out and disappeared. Maybe you think
there wasn’t excitement when the turn—
key came to and staggered upstairs and
routed Thomas out of bed. Thomas sent
out calls for help wherever he could and
it was one of these calls that got Jim up
to answer the telephone. They wanted
him to call out his association members
and patrol all roads and see if the ban-
dits couldn’t be captured again. Thomas
sure put up a swell appeal, Jim said after-
wards, and I guess he knew what the
News would say if he didn’t act fast.

Jim did get some of the boys to turn
out, but they got tired of waiting along
the roads and nothing happening so we
didn‘t catch» anyone. We was just about
ready to turn in when we saw a car
coming down the road and Jim says,
“Well, here’s our chance. Maybe this is
some of the gang, so look out.”

The car wasn’t moving fast so Jim
didn’t have any trouble stopping it. Jim
isn't afraid much. I’ll hand him that
but he was all ready to shoot when the
car stopped.

“Come out and be recognized,” Jim
yells. “Sheriff's orders to stop all travel-
ers, who are you?”

Maybe you think we wasn’t surprised
when the driver says sure and out gets
Mike Albert.

“Well, I swan !” Jim exclaims. “What
in time you doing out this time 0’ night
and driving a car like that?”

Mike was laughing, like he thought it
was a good joke, and says, “Don’t blame
you, Jim, for being surprised. The thing
that surprises me is that I got so close
to home in this wreck before it stopped
again."

Then Mike proceeded to tell how he
had got the wrecked car assembled and
running ,and how he had gone to town
to hunt upAsome parts. . He had left town
all right, he said, but not being used to
the car, he stalled it up the road a few,
miles and fled” :been tinkering with it for

 

 

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L a impugn hadrs'befoize he'ggt&§dtai‘tod

think he might have shot you last night,
he ain’t the same today."

“Well,” Mike says, “you know I came
near not stopping. I wasn’t used to the
gears and brakes, and almost forgot to
put on the right brake, I was so scared.
Well, get in, and we will back the thing
out and I’ll show you how she runs.”

I got in all right, but the bus would
not start. Mike discovered the reason
and had to get out and go to the house

-to get the‘ig‘ni'tion key. Said he would

be back right away. But several minutes
went by and he didn't come, so I decided
to look around. Was curious about what
was the matter with his hogs, so decided
to look at them. Went over to the pen,
or over to the place where Mike had
come from, but didn’t see any signs of a
hog. Was just turning to look another
place when’I saw Mike running around
the barn toward the house. Thought it
was funny, too. as he could have got to
the auto shed by coming direct, but sup-
posed he had forgot just where he left
that key. So I turned to go back to the
car and wait, as I hoped he would ,be
along in another minute. Well, he came
out all right and I mentioned I had been
over to look at the hogs and had seen
him ducking back toward the house...

Mike looked at me kinda funny just
then, but before I could say anything,
he says, “Yep, I left that blamed key
out there in the barn. Was afraid I’d
lose it when I was putting down hay,
and hung it on a nail and then forgot it.”

He scon had the car running with a
terrific noise and rattle and we backed
out into the road. Then the darned thing
stopped, and we tried and tried but it
wouldn’t do nothing but sputter.

Well, ‘Mike cussed, and I did, too, but
it didn’t help or start the car. Then
Mike had an idea,

“I got a can of high test gas I used
to start her the other day,” he says.
“Wait here and I will get it."

He left me sitting there, and soon came
back with an ordinary oil can and we
raised up the hood and opened the pet

cocks and he squirted the mixture into.

the cylinders. He closed them and set

the can down, and then cranking the car.

and it started off line. '
(Continued in May 21st issue.) ‘

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‘ I have often noticed farm
. , "gardens located at an inconven-
‘— ~ lent: distance from ' the house and
. hays tufted wondered if the garden
_ would not have been more enjoyed
, and more healthful vegetables eaten
’ if.it* had been located nearer the
farmstead. At times theseinconven-
ient locations may be justified due
to lack of space near the house, but
whenever possible at least a small
space near the house should be de-
voted to raising the vegetables most ,
relished‘and used most often by the
family, which will vary of cOurse
with the family in question. ’

By companion and succession
cropping it is possible to materially
increase the productiveness of a
small plot of ground, not to mention
the advantages to be gained by so
doing. ‘ .

As an illustration of companion
cropping as practiced here at Maple—
side Gardens we set our early cab-
bage 18 inches apart in rows two
feet apart. Between each cabbage in
the row we set a well grown lettuce
plant and between the rows we sow
radish seed.

The crops follow each other in
quick succession. Radishes first, fol-
lowed by lettuce and cabbage.

The lettuce in conjunction with
the cabbage tend to shade the
1 ground thus conserving moisture
. needed for the cabbage and keeps

the weeds down. ~4
The cabbage maggot which often
. destroys early cabbage will attack
l the radish in preverence to the cab-
bage and many of them will be de—
stroyed when the radishes are har—
vested even though they do some
damage to the radishes.
. As an illustration of succession
cropping we often grow a crop of

 

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crop of beans or late cabbage and

follow this up with turnips or bagas.

Either of the above outlined methods

may be varied under difierent con-

.ditions and aside from increasing

l the production of the garden they

will also decrease the labor and

time required to care for the garden.

It may also tend to keep the house

/~ garden nearer to the home, which I

‘ am sure the housewife will appreci-

~ ate. The garden so located can be

cared for at odd times when the

time available would not justify go-

ing far from the house such as a

few moments before or after dinner
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KILL OU‘TWORMS

Can you tell me of anything; to
put on or in the ground that will
kill cutworms? I have a large gar-
den about one acre and the past two
1* years the cutworms have taken

everything I put in it till in July so
I get no early garden at a11.——-C. ‘B.,

Maybee, Mich. ‘
HESE pests are usually more
.l troublesome on land that has,
recently been in sod, but some-
times invade stubble land. Person—
ally we have never been troubled by
them to any great extent, but the
following poison is widely used and

recommended: ten pounds bran, 174-;

pound Paris Green, quart cheap syr—

up and two gallons water.
Mix the bran and Paris Green to-
gether dry, dissovle the syrup in the
\water and add to the bran. Scatter

thoroughly over the field. In a

small way wrapping paper may be
\ wrapped around the stem of trans-
‘ planted, plants and left project 11/2

or 2 inches above ground. This meth—
od is not to be recommended on ex—
tensive acreage.
Thoroughly remove all trash such
' as weeds, corn stalks, etc., from
garden as the cutworm frequently
winters over in such.

APPLE HAVE VALUE AS FEED
’ FOR DAIRY cows

'PPLE'S may be fed to dairy cows

and other cattle with results

nearly as good as when corn

silage is fed, for ripe fruits have
about 40 per cent of the feeding
value of corn silage, according to
the. New York experiment station.

All classes of stbck relish apples,
pears andsimilar fruits, and no bad
on ts . spurge hollow “if, they! are. . fed

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I am 60 years old, and had almost given
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gaming in weight and strength. My as—
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feeling fine in every wa .”

This remarkable letter is just one of
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THE CHILDREN’S HOUR
CLUB .

Motto: Do ‘Your Best
Colors: Blue and Gold

lildred Darby, President
‘ Thomas McCarthy, Vice~Presldent
Uncle Nod, Secretary-Tremor ,

8 a momber of The (hil-
dren’s Hour Club I pledge
myself: ,

To live a Christian life and keep
the Ten Commandments.
To do my best In everything I do.

-To‘ be true to my country, the
United States of America. ‘

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 and.
male.

To become educated.

To always conduct myself In a way
that is becoming to a lady or

* gentleman.

letter in print I’ll be like one of two‘klngs

. made it.

 

 

 

EAB girls and boys: I am told
that forgetfulness is a sign of
old age. If that is true I will

have to admit that I am gettting old,
although I hate to do it. Now, what
do you suppose 'I forgot? Some of
you may know but not very many
I’ll bet. Well, I forgot to give a
closing date for our Book Contest.

How many of you thought of that '

when you read about the contest in
our April 9th issue? ,

Because of my forgetfulness I
must now announce the closing date.
It shall be May 9th which will give
you just one more chance to send in
a letter if you have not already done
80. Letters must reach my office
not later than noon of that date.

It makes me very happy to see
how great the interest is in Our Club
and I am enrolling new members
daily. If you have not judgedyet
you can do sov-at any time. All you
have to do is accept our pledge

-. which appears on this page and send

in two cents as an initiation fee.
Also be sure to give your complete
name and address as well as your
age and date of birth. Then your
name will be entered in our member-
ship book and you will receive a.
membership button and card by re-
turn mail. You can wear the but-
ton while the card which contains
our pledge is to be hung up in your
room.

If you can form local clubs among
your friends let me know so I can
help you. I am sure you can have
great fun holding meetings this
summer. You can make these meet—
ings regular picnics with plenty to
eat and lots of games.

We are led to believe that spring-
time is when the poetical side of our
nature, if we have any, comes to the
top, and we are most inclined to
write verses at that time. The large
number of poems received during
the last few weeks indicates there
is much truth in this statement. And
most of these poems are really ex—
cellent and would be a credit to
people many years older. I only
wish that I could do as well.’ Also
I appreciate all the stories, drawings
and pictures I am receiving. You
may be sure I want more of them
and .will use all I cam—UNCLE
NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Dear Uncle Ned: —-I received your lot-
ter telling I could join the merry circle.
I sure was glad. Now I will try to win
a. pin by writing a story. I hope I can
but anyway I will do my best as our

The Party
One of my girl friends had. a. Valiantine

 
   
 
  
  
  
  
   
   
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
   
  
    
      
    
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
     
    
    
  
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
  
   
       
    
    

after we not through , 7
that is another of my nms. told for!
tunes. I, was dressed up like a. man
gypsy. The once that got their. fortunts
told had to pay a. penny. Our gypsy
name was Mr. and Ira. Moonshine. '-
wish the census could have been thereI
Well I must sign of! for tonight—Amour
your niece.
Michigan.

~—-It certamly would be some large Party
with all of the members of the Children’ s
Hour there. wouldn’t it, Anna? Fact is.
I think it would have to be held out of
doors because there are so many that _we
could not find a house large enough to
hold all of then.

Dear Uncle Ned:--If'I don’t see this
that fought but I hope to see it in print.

Once two kings were fighting against
each other. One king lost. his army, they
got scattered all over and the king came
to a. cave and Went in and laid down.
He saw a spider trying to spin a web
from one rock to another. Six times the
king had tried to get his army together
and.had failed. Six times the spider had
tried but failed. At last she made ready
for the seventh time and that time she
The king then arose and got
all his scattered army together and won
victory. So I’ll be like him. I would
like a. card with the motto on it. If you
have enough please send me one.

I’ll be taking up all the room so will
close. Hoping to see my letter in print,
I am your want-to-be niece—Madonna.
Chaney, Route 2, Morley, Michigan.
—You win, Madonna. It. would be im-
possible to resist you, after that story.
Come again.

 

Dear Uncle Ned :—I received my pin
and I thank you for sending it. I am
going to see if I can get some new mem-
bers. May I ask you“ one thing. How old
should they be before they can join The
Children’s Hour? I hung up my pledge
card in my room. I will try to get some
pictures to send to you. I will send you
my picture soon.

How many children do you have to get
before you can have a club of your own?

I live out here it is nice and we

havegoodroadswlwilldoalllcauto
help the club. Your friend—Elton H.
Hickmott, Route 3, Box 10?, Birmingham.
Mich.
—Glad you like your pin and will try to
get some members. You can start a. club
with only two members and add to your
membership. It makes no difference how
young they are, just so they read and env
joy the Children’s Hour.

 

 

A Game to Play

 

 

SA(IKE!)

IVE each guest to a party a yel-
low sack which he must put on
over his head, punching holes

for the eyes, nose and mouth. Char-
coal and black crayons are applied
so that each one may draw any facial
expression he desires on his own face.
When all have put on sacks, they
start shaking hands with each other,
calling by name anyone whom.they
recognize. If a person’s guess is
correct, he is privileged to mark a
large X on the face of the one whose
identity he guessed. The one who
first gets his face full of X’s is taken
in hand by the leader of the game,
and penalized in any way to suit the
audience.

    
 

 

 
     

  
 
  
 
   
   
   
    
   
        
    

 
   
 
  

   
 

    
   
 
  
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
  
 
 

  
 

  
    
 
 
  

  

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certainty... _, 0pm 9 at thebill;
Whichisheing speeded through the
Legislature-to raise the compensa-

 

'L-tion of 'hstices of the Supreme

Court from $10,000 to $15,000 per

year." . Why should those who inter—W
pref. our laws be paid' all out of pro‘

portionto those who draft and enact

. them!

" State Ofl’icials Want More Pay

We don’t feel any enthusiasm over ‘
the bill to give the State Administra: .
tive Beard poWer to boost the salary
of the State Health Commissioner,
Chairman of the. Securities Commis-
sion and Director of Conservation.
As long as it has always been pos-
sible to obtain good men‘at the pres-
ent $5,000 salary we see no crying
need for raising the remuneration
for these jobs to $7,500 or $10,000
as proposed. The House failed to_'
pass this bill by the narrow'margin
of four votes, but it was reconsid-
ered and tabled and maybe passed
any day. '

Then there are 15 or 20 execu-
tives of the various State educa-
tional, penal, corrective and chari-
table institutions who seem to have

.. bandedtogether in a league to pre-

sent a united front in demanding
higher salaries. Some of these may
possibly be warranted. However,
we feel that in passing judgment
upon such matters, the lawmakers
should not forget that many of these
heads of State‘Tnstitutions have
their (residence, high—powered auto—

_mobile and practically all their liv-

ing expenses furnished by the‘State,
and hence their salary, whatever it
is, is largely “velvet." _

The function of government is to
protect the many against the few,
to defend the majorityyof decent
citizens against the smaller group
who would exploit them. It is a
perversion of government to tax the
many unreasonably to follow the be-
hests of little cliques, forgetful of-
the desires of the over—whelming ma-
jority of citizens.

EIFTH ANNUAL CORN GROWING
CONTEST FOR 1927

H0 will be the 1927 Corn King

of Michigan? The Farm Crops

~ Department of Michigan State
College ‘will again conduct a five
acre corn growing contest among
Michigan farmers. Last year, Paul
C. Clement of Britton was awarded ’
this honor when he obtained a yield
of 90 bushels of shelled corn to the
acre. ‘

This year the State has been di—/
vided into three districts. ~ The
sweepstakes prize of 80 rods of wire
fence donated by the Keystone Steel
Wire Company and 80 steel fence
posts donated by the Red Top Steel
Post Company will be awarded to
the grower having the greatest mar-

rm , . ,
each ior the'lfthree “district‘s: let—1
tenor 20 'per cent acidphosphate,
,rlonated by the Supply Service of the
Michigan Farm Bureau; mid—IA
‘ bushel of .Hardigan alfalfa seed,
donated by the Seed Service of the
Michigan Farm Bureau; 3rd—50
pounds of binder twine, donated by
the Michigan Industries Inc., of
Jackson, Mich. . '

Entries for the contest close July
lst. Last ‘year, many growers sent
latheir entries too late in the sea-
son. Each contestant .must be - a
member of the Michigan Crop Im-
provement Association. He keeps
an accurate account of the seed, fer—
tilizer, labor, etc., used in‘producing
his crop. In the fail, his field is
sampled by a representative of the

.Cr'ops Department and his yield de-
termined. ’

The Association will award a gold
medal to the growers producing 100
bushels of shelled corn or over, a
silver one to those with a yield of 85
bushels and a bronze one to, the
growers having a yield of 75 bushels
or over. , '

Applications blanks may be ob-
tained from county agricultural
agents and from the Farm Crops
Department of Michigan State Col-
lege—Donald Kline. ’

CROP REPORTS
(Continued from page 10.)

Monroe.—Good weather and roads in
country places improving. Farm work is
progressing nicely. Much care is being
given to destroying the corn borer. Pros—
pect is good for fruits in this section.
Potatoes not priced in market list but
good potatoes for planting can be had as
low as $1.00 bu. Prices vary greatly on
potatoes for table use and quality also
varies. Supply is plentiful. Quotations
at Monroe: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 900
bu.; oats, 38c bu.; rye, 90c bu.; butter,
450 1b.; eggs, 200 den—«F. H., April 28.

Washtenaw.—Have had three hard
frosts the past week. Some damage done
to fruit buds. Some oats remain to be
sown. Some wheat fields look good.
Others have large spots of winter killed
plants. Farmers are as a rule cooperat—
ing splendidly in the corn borer cam-
paign. Pastures and meadows are very
backward. What farmers can do if they
cooperate was shown in the recent elec-
tion whenvthe Washtenaw farmers elected
their candidate for school commissioner
on a. non-partisan bas'is against the 0p-
position candidate who carried the cities
with a large majority. Quotations at
Ann Arbor: Butter 45c 1b.; eggs, 27c
doz.—A. W: 8., April 29.

Shiawassee.——Farmers doing best they
can to get rid of corn stalks. Some fields
too wet to plow. Large acreage of oats
in but not all sowed. Freezing has dam—
aged alfalta and other clover very bull.
Most Wheat looking good. Pigs scarce.
Cold weather holding pasture back—G. L.
P., April 29.

 

It rarely pays to cut or grind hay, ex-
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Y NEIGHBOR’S feeling

pretty sore, he says each

year his tax is more,
it keeps a—goin’ up and up.
they tax his car and tax his
pup, they tax his poultry and
his swine, in fact, they go
right down the line and tax
him on each bloomin' thing
he has around the place, by
1mg. His mower and his radio
on the assessor’s list must go.
there ain’t a thing that he has
got they overlook, he don’t
know what to do to get the
cash to pay so they won’t take
his farm away.

The trouble with my neigh«
bor is he’s got too many things,
gee whiz, his place looks too
blamed prosperous; when the
assessor comes to us and sees
the buildings needing paint
and that my barns and fences
ain't had no repairs for years
and years, he just says, “Lazy,
. it‘appears that you ain't mak—
in anything so I won’t soak
you hard, by jing!" My pup
is mangy and so thin it ain’t
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NOTHING harder to keep clean than'

the farm-house rug—takes a lot of
beating and sweeping—but no woman
does this on the electrified farm. 9

All G-E products are
marked with this mono-
gram On motors for
vacuum cleaners, sewing
machines, water systems,
or for general utility, it
means that the design of
skilled engineers has been
carried out with the best
material and workmanship.
G-E motors are doing the
hard work of the world
both indoors and out To
insure lasting service look
for the G-E monogram
when you buy MAZDA
lamps. Wiring System, or
any other electrical equip-
ment for the farm.

Electricity cleans carpets and rugs with'
a vacuum cleaner for a few cents a day.”
Washing, pumping, cooking, and sewing I,
can also be done cheaply by electricity.‘-
The electric refrigerator keeps things
cold. Electric motors do heavy outside
work—such as hoisting, grinding, and '1
sawing. MAZDA lamps provide instant,i-
cheery light for house and barn.

 

If you are on an electric
line or hope to be soon,
ask yourf electric power
company or a c o the
G—E Farm Boggywhich
explains marry uses for
electricity on the farm.

The old “carpet stick” is put away and
everybody enjoys some spare time on "
the electrified farm. '

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Insist Upon
This supply you. If you want to know about
“I Trademark the success others have with it, write

0 Dept. D.

 

THE M. F. B. SUPPLY SERVICE
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T/w 5660770’ time

IT’S home, but it isn’t perfect. You know more now than when you first hung

       
    

up those curtains and moved your furniture in. You have lived with those

walls, bookcases, stoves, cups and saucers long enough to know their
merits and demerits. The kind you would buy the second time, and the kind
you wouldn’t buy. If you and Sarah could start all over again, you'd profit
from that experience. Avoid what has proved unwise—study advertisements,
home-furnishing pamphlets let the potatoes scorch and the lima beans boil'
dry—just comparing new refrigerators, bathtubs, patterns of delicate china.
You’d want to make sure what you bought this time would please you as much'
tomorrow as today. ’ - ..

Yet day by day you are making that home~place over. “We do need some
new curtains.” "Hadn’t we better get some butter knives?” The only diifer- "
ence is a gradual instead of ‘a wholesale affording. And by knowing the advero '
tisements you know the future of what you buy. You know by name, for in-_‘
stance, the curtains that won’t sag or fade.

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sun, rain would write out for you slowly about those curtains,
season—you get in one swift reading of the curtain advertisements. Experience
usually deals with the past. With advertisements, it deals with .the funnel,
You buy the now and the will-be when you buy advertised wares. ' -
Read the advertisements to know what is advertised—what is certain to
satisfy you. ' ‘

Mn; advertisements prepares you for happy- . onto choice. I! at a...
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,;tree,"that‘ loo s at‘God all; day ,'
Q lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A r‘ee that may in Summer wear
_, nest of-robbins in her hair;
Upon 'whose bosom snow has lain; ,
Who intimately lives with rain. ,
‘ épms are made by fools like me. \
hutonly‘ God can make a tree.

JOAN EARLY, SAVE FUEL AND
TEMPER
ARM Friends. I began my can-
‘ ning operations for 1927, the
other day and I expect to do
wmore soon, so that when hot weather

 

 

if {ind the ”busy season” arrives, I shall

’have less to do than I would other-
,{,wise.
,ing the big range for a dual purpose,

Vi. e., heating the kitchen and cook-

‘, ing my fruit.

 

 

 

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:wmethod ‘of making preserves, mar-

: fresh will

.. I had a very generous supply of
‘canned tomatoes, so I opened several

_ .quarts, added cup for cup of sugar,

a teaspoon of salt to the gallon, and
baked in a moderate oven with the
grate under for about 2 'hours and
behold some delicious red preserves.
Cat hot.

, By the way, baking is the only easy

. malades, or fruit butters as it elim-
inates all danger of sticking on the
bottom and requires but little stir-
ring. '

Next I shall make plumbutter by
using equal parts of plums and finely
~hooked apples? (either canned or
serve.) Cook plums
until pits loosen readily, put through
the colander, add apple sauce, a lit—
tle salt and $4“ as much sugar as
fruit. Bake slowly about,2 hours
from time fruit begins to boil. Pour
into quart or pint jars and seal hot.

Huckleberry and raspberry jam
are also fine .made in this manner
except that it is unnecessary to rub
berries through the colander.

To make cherry marmalade, pour
oi! juice to use for jelly, put cherries
through the food chopper using the
crumber, add equal amount of apple
sauce, a little salt and cup for cup of
sugar. Bake as for plum butter.

Fresh fruits may be used later in
the season but why not now if sup-
plies are plentiful?
canned piping hot in sterilized jars,
keep almost indefinitely—B. O. R.,
Gratiot County.

NUTRITIOUS BREAD

WHOLE wheat and graham flours

are much more Wholesome than

the refined flour with the coars-
er elements left out. B'read made
'from them is more nutritious and
also aids digestion.

It is very easy to make delicious

whole wheat or graham bread set—
ting it right with the white bread
sponge.

Make a soft sponge using white
*flour one or two yeast cakes, and one
tablespoonful eachvof salt and sugar,
and a tablespoonful of melted short-
ening. When the sponge is light
make the white bread in the usual
way. To the part left add from one—
half to two-thirds of a cup of sugar
and mix the dough stiff with graham
flour or Whole wheat. Raisins may
be added if liked. It does not need
to be moulded with the hands or
kneaded. Let rise either once or
twice before dipping ‘with the mix-
ing spoon into deep bread tins. Let
rise again. Bake 3. little slower
than white bread, increasing the heat
it necessary to brown—E. H. D.,
Wexford County.

USEFUL STAND FOR SMALL
ROOM
F your kitchen or bedroom is
small the suggestion of one of our
good friends. Mrs. S., of Montrose,

, .on how to make a small stand will

 

be helpful .to you. Her husband
made one for her for less than a dol-
lar and she would hate to part with
it for several times that amount.

Get a piece of lumber one inch
square and about twelve feet long.
Out of this out four pieces all of the
same length to be used as legs for

our‘ stand. Next get from a. grocery
.store a. cheese box, also purchase

 

“wifinto the top ‘of the stand you
fondly separate the rim from the
’theglegs. are to be;

 

Also I have saved fuel by us-.

These recipes .

 

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This impressed me as
a long time.‘

such a deep reverence for
God’s handiwork, and while
there is still time, let every
family plant a tree.

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properly bolted to the rim. Now take
the rest of the cheese box and trim
it down until there is only two, or
three inches of side or rim ,above‘the
bottom, cut four holes at proper
places in bottom, insert the four legs
and belt at height desired.‘ This
makes a shelf on which you can set
your water-pitcher. Also a cheap
soap dish purchased at your local
variety store can be hung over the
edge, and a towel rack placed on the
legs just below the top.

Mrs. S. says that they sandpapered
their’s and then went over it with
white enamel. Cracks Were filled in
with putty. I am sure it was very
pretty when done.

I would like to hear from others
who have handy home made furni-
ture and will welcome their letters.
Help someone else and perhaps. they
can help you.

SUGGESTIONS

T is a pity we cannot have more
1 space for our department. Here
~ is a wee bit contribution to help
along. Try a few raisins in rhubarb
sauce and make your rhubarb pie
one-third raising. Before stewing
rhubarb cover it with boiling water
and let stand five minutes. Pour
one-third raisins. Before stewing
lessens the amount of sugar required
and is better every way than adding
soda. Cranberries may be treated
the same way.

I wOnder if you all know that your
bouquets of pussywillows will keep
much longer and better if no water
is put in the vase with them. Those
who have not raised straw flowers.
have missed a treat. I had Heli-
chrysm and Statice last summer and
will have more kinds this year. They
make very nice Christmas gifts.
They cost almost nothing. Hang the
heads down and dry in the shade.—
Mrs. F. S., Traverse City, Mich.

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

Cause of Cohen—What causes goiter of
neck? Some say it is from lack of iodine,
others say it is caused from the lime in
the water here in Michigan. What do
you think? I would like to know the
cause and how to prevent it for my little
daughter is already showing signs of one
in her neck.
want to check its growth.——Mrs. E. T.,
Petoskey, Mich.

-—Laok of iodine in the drinking water
is one of the causes of goiter. This De-
partment has demonstrated that simple
goiter is much more prevalent in sections

Edited by Mas. mm Tarpon ,
. EAR FOLKS: I have been heading about the movement of the
'*~ Girl Scouts to replace the beautiful trees of our land. In some,
parts of the chuntry they have planted thousands of trees, that
will make forests in years to come. , L 4 "

being one of the finest things I’ve heard in -
It is just another of the splendid things which every
community may do to add comfort and beauty to their surroundings.
Some sixty years ago my grandfather planted about eight maple
trees in a half circle along the road in front
Lake Shore road west of Cleveland. - ,

Today the 01d farm-house and burns are gone, a, popular club house

occupies the site, but all 'of grandfather’s trees, except one, are stand-
ing as stately monuments to his memory. ‘ _ , ,

I hope every one will head the poem in the corner, which expresses

Mrs. Annie Taylor. care The Business Fei-mer,‘fllt. Clemens. Mlehleen.

I feel worried about it and,

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of his/home, on the

 

 

of the state Where the water supply con-
tains no iodine than in other sections
where there is a small» supply of iodine
in the water. ~

If your daughter is suffering from

‘ simple goiter she can be helped by giving

hir iodine. A simple way to do it is to
u e iodized salt in the family, as that
substance, used» both for the table and
cooking, will give sufficient iodine to sup-
ply the deficiency.—Guy L. Kiefer, M. D.,
Commissioner of Dept. of Health.

 

Taking Slips.—-Will you please tell me
when is the best time to take slips from
flowers? Also, to transplant and what is
good for the little black flies on plants?
—H. C. E., Remus, Mich.

—Your question is hard to answer. Dif-
ferent plants have different times at which
cuttings or slips .are taken. If reference
is made to house plants such as coleus
or geraniums the work may be done at
any time from now on. -

Black flies on plants may be eradicated
with nicotine sulphate. It usually comes
under the trade name of Black Leaf 40
and may be bought With directions attach—
ed from any seed house—Alex Laurie,
Charge of Floriculture, M. S. C.

Pin Wheel Quilt Block—Here is a.
rather attractive design and it makes a
pretty quilt. It is called the "Pin Wheel”
design. I have one of the blocks which
was sent to me by one of our good friends
and I will gladly loan it to you if you
will promise to send it right.back.
have many requests 'for it and want to

 

  

 

 

 

 

PIN WHEEL

take care of them as fast as possible so
it will be necessary for each to return it
by an early mail. If you have requested
any of the other designs that have ap-
peared and have not received them just
remember that I have many requests and
your’s will be taken care of in its proper
order. I am anxious to serve you all.—
Mrs. Annie Taylor.

Ever Hear This Onei—I wish some of ,

the M. B. F. readers would help me get

Ice Cream Called Health in' Frozen Form

EALTH in frozen form is the

description given ice cream by

James A. Tobey in the April is-
sue of Hygeia. Because of the car«
bohydrate contained in this food it
is often called frozen heat. - It is one
of the most valuable of American
nutriments and should not be con—
fined to the athletic. training tables
or to hospitals. ‘ . .

Ice cream, properly made, 'isysims
ply a concentrated and‘ refined form
of milk and milk is the most nearly
perfect food in; existence. ‘
fruits and; other flavors to ice cream

merely increases its value as a food.

Ice mm m 1:“ AW 1) #9 art

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ca . d

cold food, should be eaten slowly
and it should be included in the meal
and not added after the stomach has
been already overcrowded.
Sometimes ice cream is made with
condensed or evaporated milk, some-
times with whole milk and cream,
but always the process must be a
sanitary one andthe milk must be
free from disease germs. Ice cream,
although a" typically American dish,
was first made iant'aly in 1756. It

Ives served'for'. thelflr'st time in this

country by Daily Madison at a White
House dinner in 1809., It is now
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”TIP—Alina Hurling Rapids, Mich.
, "Prisoner’s
to, get ,the Words to the song, "The Pris-
Oner's 'Sweethea t”, a sequel to "The
fingmef‘s' Sang ’—Miss A., Hudsonville,

Wants Onion Pie~Recipe.—Can some
good German cook tell me how to make
onion pie?——Mrs. BNackson, Mich.

 

Two Songs.—I am writing to ask you
to help me get the songs, "The Blind Girl"
and "The Boston Burgulaf’.—Mrs. P.,
Coiling, Mich. ‘ ‘

 

Dialogue Wanted—I W'Ould like to get
the dialogue, "Slight Misunderstanding."
It is the conversation between an old
tramp and a deaf lady. I used to have it
but lost it.—Mrs. H., Ithaca, Mich.

 

Favorite songs

 

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nosnwoon CASKET

In that little rosewood casket
That is resting on my stand,
Is a package of old letters
Written by a lover’s hand. *‘

Will you go and get them, sister?

»‘ Will you read them o’er to me?

For oftimes I’ve tried to read them,
But for tears I could not see.

Read these precious lines so slowly
‘That I’ll not miss even one,

For the cherished hand that wrote them, ,

‘ His last york for me is done.

You have got them now, dear sister,
Come sit down upon my bed.

And press gently to your bosom
This poor throbbing aching head.

Tell him that I never blamed him,
Though to me he's proved untrue,

Tell him that I’ll ne'er forget him
Till I bid this world adieu.

Tell him thit I never blamed him,
Not an unkind word was spoke,

Tell, oh tell him, sister, tell him,
That my heart in coldness broke.

When I’m dead and in my coffin

And my shroud’s around me bound,
And my little bed is ready

In the cold and silent ground.

Place his letters and his locket,
Place together o’er my heart,

But the little ring he gave me
From my finger never part. ’

You have finished now, dear sister,‘
Will you read them o'er again?
While I listen to you read them
I will lose all sense of pain.

While I listen to you read them
I will gently fall asleep,

Fall asleep to wake with Jesus,
Oh, dear sister, do nct weep.

 

For the Movie Fan

 

 

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Special Deli.ery.—I hamold about so
many comedies in this department that I
am sure you will think that my sense is
highly developed. I will admit that I do
enjoy good, clean comedyk but that is
not the reason I talk about so many of
them. The reason is that the larger per-
centage of the best pictures issued are
comedies.

This picture is the second one to be
made featuring Eddie Cantor, famous
stage comedian, and I. recommend it to
you if you like to laugh. Some time ago
I told you about “Kid Boots” his first
picture and at that time said he was a.
coming screen star. This last picture in-
r" 'th88 that I was far from wrong, that
he already ranks with the best of the
funny men working before the camera.

In this play Eddie is disowned by his
father because he is considered a no-
good and told not to come back until he
had earned $20,000. He becomes a. post-
man which accounts for the title of the.
picture. Of course he is in love with a.
sweet girl, played by Jobyna Ralston. A
young chap, posing as an oil company
promoter but later found to be a crook,
also pays attention to Eddie’s girl. Ed-
die flnds out the man is Blackie Morgan
on whose head there is a price of $20,000
and finally places him under arrest and
turns him over to the police.

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The Courteous Automobile Driven—Tho
courteous and careful driver never fails to
observe those procedures which make for
the convenience of others: '

1. He remembers that the carrying 0f

licenses and identification cards. is a civic
courtesy as '

g , well as“ 5a., civic. regulation. '
2. He never forgets that “‘gas and
booze" do not mingle well, and
though the hand
the steering-wheel, good judgment isliot
geared up to normal even sitar a (few
drinks; and good judgment. is on
corner-stones of random , ' h
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lie just ahead.
'5'. He bears in mind ‘that when so-
called "whistle-boaters. " "comer-cutters"
and "jay-walkers” on foot offend, that
these are ill-bred persons ‘who simply
carry their bad manners from the side-
_7 . . ‘ walk into the street, and that he places
a I himself. on their level if he loses control
‘ of his temper.
‘ . He does not have to be told that
.racing trains, when he is carrying women
, passengers, is one of the crudest forms
$ or discourtesy because of the almost un-
avoidable danger it entails.
‘/ 7. Finally, he always gives the small
, car an equal chance, and is invariably
,' courteous on the road because courtesy
; is .the only means of safety. —--
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MT”. llhxloys'dg SuIL—Cut in 4 Sizes: 2, 4. 6
and8 years. A 6 year size requires 1% yard of
Bhuler. and 1 yardy for the Trousers in material
36 inches wide, if Blazer is made with long
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Mudles' Apron._—Cut tin 4 Sizes. Small.

18.

24-53 edruln. 38-40 Large, 042- 44; Extra

48 inches In A Medium

82180. without the contrasting material will require

28/4 8 inches wide For fee of con-

trasting material on the pockets $4 yar 7 inches
wide is required.

Child’s Play Frock. —Out_ in 4.812682:

 

yard will be reuuir

(Be Sure to State Size)

ALL PA‘I‘T ERNS 13c EACH...
2 FOR 25c POSTPAID
' ' ADD 100 FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
1927. FASHION BOOK ,
Ordi- {rem thls or sou-hie: Issues at The luslness‘
Filmer. slslna number and u on my
. . name and address Ilal

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then shall there be a reward, and thy
gxpectation shall not be out off. ——Prov.
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WOMEN’S EXCHANGE

F you have semethlno to exonrge. we will
grlnt' It FREE under thls head nlg provlels.
t'appoals hto women and Is a bonln o
enhances. no cash Involved. on t w III
In three ,llnss hIrd—You are a paid-u
The Buslnoss Farmer and attao
recent Issue to rose
in"! be num an In-
serted In red as we have room.
-—-MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR. ldlm

MIL—Choice gladiolia and dahlia bulbs
'for geese or duck eggs. -—-Mrs. Richard
Perkins. Harrisville, Mich.
' MIL—Annual flower seeds for others or
perennial flower seeds—Mrs. Florence L.
Saundres, Traverse City, Mich.

147.—House plants and flower seeds to
exchange. What have you?———Mrs.
Dupine, R. 1. Standihh, Mich. '

 

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Recipes

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' wlddge o: wisdom be '
unto thy soul: when thou hast found it. ,

  

 

 

 

Graham Loaf. —3 cups graham flour,
2 teaspoons salt. 34 cup sugar, .1 tea-
spoon baking powder, 2 teaspoons soda,
2/3 cup molasses, 1 cup raisins, 2 or more
.cups sour milk to make it thin enough
but not too thin. Bake one hour in slow
oven—Mrs. D. E. P., Cadillac, Mich.

 

Graham Bread.——3/4 cup of sugar, 1
tablespoon of lard, butter. or compound,
1% cups of sour milk or butter milk if
you have it, 1 teaspoon of soda. 2% cups
of graham flour, 1,4 cup of white flour,
1 teaspoon small of baking powder sifted
with flour. One can use raisins if they
like than—C. A. S.,M., Pewamo, Mich.

 

English Plum Pudding .—-One—half cup
of sugar, 1 pound of raisins. 1 pound cur-
rants, %, pound of bread crumbs having
been put through food chopper, 5%. pound
of suet put through food chopper, 1/2
pound of flour, 1,4 pound citron and 14,
pound orange peel, can be bought already
sliced in cartons, 175 nutmeg, pinch of
ginger. Mix all together with 4 or 5
eggs and coflee liquid to mix soft or omit
liquid and use 9 eggs. Put in cloth bag
and boil six hours. Excellent with
whipped cream served on it. Slip a plate
under pudding bag while boiling so it
will not stick to kettle bottom. ——Mrs. W.
W. Albion, Mich.

 

Candy and Cookie Becipes.——I sure en-
joy the Farm Heme page. I always look
for new recipes as I do enjoy the new
dishes of food.

Here is a recipe for good hard candy
for those who like the kind that stays
for a while. 4 cups granulated sugar;
2/3 cup corn syrup, 4 tablespoonsful of

molasses, 1/3 teaspoonful cream 'of tar—.

tar in 4 tablespoonsful vinegar, 1 table—
spoon butter and 1 cup water. Cook un-
til it will snap when dropped in cup of
water. One cup of walnut or hickory
nut meats may be added if liked We
like the walnuts meats best. If ground
or crushed they season better and you
will find you have a. good hard candy.
Can” be pulled when cooked enough. if
liked.

Here is one for graham cookies: 2 eggs,
1 cup sour cream, 179 cup sweet milk, 1
cup melted shortening, 117$ cups sugar
(part White and part brown,) 1% cups
oat meal, a little salt, so teaspoonful of
baking powder, 2 tablespoonsful vanilla
extract, and enough graham flour to
make a stiff dough, use white flour on
board for rolling out. Then sprinkle with
sugar and bake in quick oven until light
-brown.—Mrs. P. V., Ada, Mich.

Dandelion Nesta—Butter a. baking dish
and fill it 5%. full of cold boiled rice.
Make as many depressions inthe rice as
there are persons to be served. Break
an egg into each depression, sprinkle with
salt and :5th with pieces of butter.
Bake until eggs are set Serve hot, with
little balls of. stewed dandelions that are
rolled in hot fried bread crumbs.

Dandelion and Boot Frittersr—Cut cold
roast beef into fine shreds, make a batter
of 1 egg well beaten, 1 cup water or soup
stock, ,1 tablespoon butter and flour
enough to make a batter of ordinary
thickness. Season with salt and pepper.
add shredded beef, and 1/3 as much of
boiled dandelions. Drop by small spoons
Fry brown, serve with a
slice of lemon or some crisp lettuce.

 

Dandelion Salad—Dandelion leave 3
must be small to be tender. Cut the root
out, wash the leaves with care, then drain,
dress with salt, pepper and vinegar, toss
1,4 cup crisp small pieces of fried baqon
over salad, or if desired use a regular
French dressing. A slice or two minced
onion may be used with the dandelions.

 

Cream of Spinach Toast—Boil some' ‘

fresh spinach in a little salted water, un--

- til 'quite tender, season with salt, pepper
also 2 tablespoons thick

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the~19,965 cows under test reported

. in 76 Michigan .cow testing associ-
4 ations out of 106 operating produced

an average fat amount of 26. 5
pounds per cow.

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terfat production with an. average
of 35 pounds per cow. 0. J. Becker
of Lansing, Michigan, member of- the
Ingham-Lansing C. T. A. and owner
of a. herd of mixed grade Holstein
and Guernsey cows, had the highest
herd average of all Michigan herds
under test for March. For the last
four months this herd has been un-
der retest conditions and the produc-
tion for March was 64.98 pounds
butterfat. .

The Pontiac State Hospital is the
owner of the highest producing cow
for all Michigan aesociations for
March. The five year old purebred
Holstein owned by this institution
produced 27,062 pounds milk and
110. 5 pounds fat under four times a
day milking and was retested by the
tester, Harold Elmer.

Reports from the testers indicate
that there will be a large number of
new seedings made of sweet clover
and an enlarged acreage of alfalfa
during 1927.——A. C. Baltzer.

 

DRY CORN STALKS AND BEAN,
VINES

Would there be any feeding value
in dry corn stalks after cows have
eaten the leaves, also the vines of
beans after pods are off if these
stalks and vines were put through a
feed grinder and ground line? How
about grinding hay?—-—T. E, Bay
City, Mich.

HERE is, of course, some feeding
value in both these parts of the
plant. I do not think however,

it will materially increase the feed-
ing value by putting it through the
feed grinder and grinding it fine be—
fore feeding. In a trial conducted
here at the College with a poor grade
of alfalfa hay we found cows pro-
duced as much milk on unground
hay is they did on ground hay. Un-
published work at other experiment
stations tends to show that ground
‘and unground barley have the same
feeding value. Consequently I do
not think there is any advantage in
putting roughages through the grind-
er for the dairy cow.——J. E. Burnett,
Associate Professor of Dairy Hus—
bandry, M. S. C.

SOUTHDOWN SHEEP

Will you please tell me about the
Southdown sheep? How do they
compare with the other breeds on a.
general farm where the lambs are
generally sold off the grass? Is it
well to cross grade medium wooled
ewes with the rams? Are they good
rustlers on rough pastures? Are the
ewes good milkers and mothers? Is
there any reason why they are not as
extensively raised as other breeds?
———F. K., Burr Oak, Mich.

HE Southdown breed of sheep is
T ideal from the standpoint of
mutton conformation, t h e i r
lambs making perhaps the best cut-
ting lambs to be sold over the block.
They are low down, compact and
blocky. The ewes are also very good
milkers and produce well over a 100
per cent of lambs. Furthermore
they are one of the most attractive
sheep from the standpoint of appear-
ance. °

There are two reasons why the
Southdown has not been more widely
raised. These are the fact that the
Southdown is a rather light shearer
netting about six pounds of wool to
a clip and they are also rather small,
the lambs not being as heavy at six
months of age as most of the large
breeds such as Shropshh'e, Hamp-
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I would like to know what I can
do for a cow that scratched the ball
of her eye's. little on a nail about
seven months ago, and now there is
some proud flesh growing in the
eye. Is there anything that I can

--put in the eye that will take the
Daggett, '

proud flesh out.?.———J. 0.,
Michigan.

HIS is really a case that should '

be examined by your veterin-

arian and then have him pre-
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twice each day for a few days it
will possibly help it. Try it but re-
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SEVERAL QUEsTIONs

I have been informed,that bue
stone or suphate of copperas, Was
good for sheep as a drench, as a
worm exterminator and as a health
measure. Would it be feasible to
use the same in their drinking water.
It so, what quantity should be used?

I have a mare that has a bunch
on her leg, the symptoms of a thoro-
pin. ‘She is not lame. Would you
advise using anything on it, or wait
until she goes lame? If. so, what
should I use?

I have a cow with a swelling on
the outside of the hind leg, 8 inches
above the hoof, which runs at times.
She is not lame, but it seems to be
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7 "‘SOME” CALF
EAR EDITOR: A call
weighing 150 pounds was
born recently on the Har-
rison Farm, three miles east of
Athens. Dr. Soofield, the Ath-
ens veteninary, reports it to be
the largest “baby calf" he ever
saw. Mr. Hitchcoe who is liv-
ing on the farm, also has a
call that was sixteen days old
and weighed 117 pounds. Note
the difl‘erenoe.—A. L. 11., Ath-
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there three months. Can you in-
form me what this is, and what to
do for it?——J. P. Burton, Mich.

0, you cannot give blue stone in
the drinking water.

For the bunch on the horse’s
leg I think that equal parts of iodine
and glycerine painted on each day
for several days with an old tooth
brush might be very good for it.

For the cow’s leg have your drug-
gist make up some epsom salts with
glycerine into a thick paste; place a
thick coating of this over “this swell—
ing and bandage it up. Apply every
two or three days as long as needed
to reduce swelling and pain.

FEEDING LINSEED MEAL
Please tell me if it is profitable
to feed raw linseed oil to an eight
month old sucking call which is get-
ting ground corn, ground barley and
molasses—A. D., Traverse iCty,
Michigan.

GOULD see no advantage. in feed-

ing raw linseed oil to this calf;

it is often used as a laxative but
never as a feed as far as I know.

  
   

   
  

    
 

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Where Everybody Loses

NJURIES and death to live stock in transit are
a direct loss to live stock feeders, shippers, stock-
yards and the railroad.

Seventy-five percent of such losses are avoidable.
For example, sixty-three percent of the hogs that die
in shipment do so from congested lungs causedby
over-exertion, excitement and over-crowding before

going aboard the car.

And seventy percent of broken bones are caused by
lack of mineral substances in general feeding.

Through careful handling, properly balanced food

    

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and exercise, live stock casualties can be largely elim-
inated. And What have been losses to everyone con-
cerned can be converted into profits.

NewYork Central Lines

Boston & Albany—Michigan Central—

Big Four—Pittsburgh & Lake Erie

and the New York Central and Subsidiary Lines

AgriculturaI R eIations Department Offices
New York Central Station, Rochester, N.Y.

La Salle St. Station, Chicago, I11.
466 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y.

Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich.
68 East Gay St., Columbus, Ohio

 

 

 

 

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Address: MICHIGAN BUSINESS FABMEB, Mt, 01mg,” mm‘m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEEDS AND PLANTS

OSTP B‘ CABBtAGE AND ONION PLANTS;
”large 53811411311 (plantsm all varieties; quick
shipment; Pmd, quahbyo 0. Expressed 76c
thousand. Farms, Pavo, Ga.

NE JULY DELIVERY.
JU Dutch, Danish Ball-
; 300, $11.0;0
E collect,

pa Myers, R2, Iss-
Iillon, Ohio.

BUST BEANS ABSOLUTELY
1M1”BOYEDoiclzieos , seven dollars per hundred,
prepaid. mproved American Banner
t and Wolverine Cats in season. B.
Owos'so, an.

COPENHAGEN AND WAKEFIEI'D CABBAGE
$1. 00, 1000; Collard, .00 ' Tomato,

p00 “B11 r, $1.60; Onion $1. 56; Porto
coPotau 0.0 La e openfleld grown, care-
cked. Quitmin 1r nt 00.. Quihnan. Ga.

" RE ISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN—

einent’s white cap yellow dent, fire —dried on
and germination guaranteed.
Good- seed is scarce, order yours early. Paul
Clemsnt,B1-itton, Michigan. Member of the

’ Michigan Crop Improvement Association.

 

ECORN HOLDS WORLD mGH GEE
1.16313 bush. per acre. Dunpla
o.

DIRECT

ALEALEA SEED
or, Whigw $1: 1' foun-

cclimat'ed .to severe

  

    

1867. A. B. Lyman
flash» The Home of.

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HAB'I‘ADON—THE MABVEIIMIB EVERBEAB-
10031111115 ‘3

ing strawberry, p
Enpes, shrubs, 12 ea $1.100 E orqu
lackberry 31.76.110u. . shade
Eveéythifig to plant. 7 «we; 130 Wea-
mg n sparagin roots . 000 - . .
Gardeners Hubbard in need 131 pound? Wax
beans, sweet corn.

 

000 straw- Dlantii 33.
Write Prestige Nursery. Allegan. mien.
FOR SALE. STRAWBEBIIY AND RASPBERRY

pnla ts. Dunlap, 83. 60 per 1000. Write for
our special bargain prices. Fred Stanley. Bangor,
Michigan.

STRAWBERRIES $3. 00 to $8. 60 1000 RASP-
berries black rries, grapevinm. holessle
prices. 88Cloverleaf Nursery, Three Oaks, ch.

PINK BOSE BUSHES, DOZEN R5$.76.
MacLaren, Hesperia, Michigan.

 

 

 

Myrtle

 

DAHLIAS—CHOICE NAMED VARIET DES.
Price list free. Mrs. Ge eo. Spear, Mariette,
Michigan.

 

TOBACCO
ME UN CHEWING AND‘2 SOFOKINSG
notabagcro; five lbs 81. 2y6; cm
for $2. 00; p 11810 free, when received.
Association. ..Ky

UARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO——CEEW-

 

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ig.“ I33: Ergo-I5 :hen received! nited
gainers .kenitcy
TOBA:CCO KENTU
1616s.1..60 ”.1132 0. ”1”?wa
rugged. Emgst Cheats, Wingo,

 

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lbs. 750
ii iii. 60c ramifi‘l 1'0. 0031.211.

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: than this fact on th ' fr

. 11 , . . neg
whale Dean W. R. Dodson showed.
, he progress they are making in .
teaching a. diversified agriculture to
‘of the new .

the future “planters”
South.

The agricultural college buildings
are all very new and built on a site
especially selected and arranged, so
that the grouping, architecture and
landscape ensemble 3. modern college
of uniform style which has not been
penalized by the changing moods of
many generations of trustees, as
have our older schools and colleges
in the North.

One of the interesting sights was
the Brahmas, or so-called “sacred
cattle” which have been imported
from India to cross with the cattle
of the South, because of their im-
munity to the ever-present tick.

We were shown a unique experi-
mental sugar—refinery, largely built
by the students themselves, a. five
story building of considerable pro—
portions, which is equipped to handle
either sugar-cane or sugar—beets.
The theory being, that with this
combination a refinery in Louisiana
could be kept in operation practi-
cally the year around. Obviously,
Michigan cannot compete in sugar-
cane growing, so it is to be seen
whether Louisiana can successfully
grow beets, if she can, then here
looms another competitor for our
beet-sugar market.

New Orleans

We were up before.the sun to
visit the old market in this quaint
old city, so rich in French—Spanish
history. Except for the fish section
it might have been the Eastern mar—
ket at Detroit on a July morning.
But here we watched them cut. up
giant turtle, open oysters and shuck
schrimps, and at noon, when we
sampled these delicacies of the Gulf
of Mexico in the famous old “Lou—
isanne” restaurant, we understood
why this city is world—famous for
its sea-food cooked as only the
Creole knows how.

In striking contrast to the old
French section of New Orleans, with
its over-hanging balconies, streets
so narrow that two vehicles cannot
pass, and its ancient cathedral, is
the modern metropolis with its forty
story skyscraper, and a harbor de-
velopment second to none in the
world.

We rode for miles up and down
the mighty Mississippi, which is
widened here into a harbor over a
mile in width, past warehouses owned
by the city which will hold more Cot-
ton than it would appear to the ob-
server one small world could ever
use. These warehouses actually af-
ford an area of more than 5,715,289
square feet and will safely store six
million bales of cotton, are seven
miles long, built of steel and con-
crete and represent the largest de-
velopment of their kind anywhere in
the world. A public grain elevator
with a capacity of 2,500,000 bushels
also faces the wharves. Yet from
the boat on which we are riding we
can barely see the tops of the factory
buildings, which are behind the le-
vees and thirty feet or more lower
than the surface of the river on
which we are floating. One must be
a native of the Mississippi valley to
calmly go about his business, never
giving a moment's concern to the
tact that only a narrow levee holds
back a flood of yellow water!

Houston and Galveston

Once proud Galveston, principal
harbor of the great state of Texas,
smiled at the growth of a village
forty-five miles from the sea and
chuckled at its apparent immunity
for all time from competition with
its matchless port. The ships at
Galveston wharves bore the flags of
every maritime nation in the world
and discharged their cargoes and re—
loaded with the products of the
great and rapidly developing empire
of Texas.

Today, we watched a merchant
ship bearing the flag of Japan, swing
out from her berth at the Houston
turning basin and head down a man-
dredged canal, for Tokyo, Osaka, or
Yokohama, and she will pass Galves-
ton 'two or three hours from now

‘without so much as tooting a salute. ‘

It is perfectly safe to make this
statement in Michigan,

 

 

 

 

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t. ' abou chicks
I10“ order for0 the sessohou‘r Orde one?!
owhen you want 111. 0m;

‘ eecn ve circ r
er’s- tcgeryfgridgewugr. Michigan;

mama-neon s Epoxy RIDGE DAY AND
. two weeks old chix . Stock blood

years for bacillary w hits diarrhea. W. Richards
son, Hanover, Michigan. ’

BETTER cmoxs AT LIVING muons—-
0123,6333 SigtfiieraEmiiiy 15” $31511 our Chic“
Litchfleld, Michigan. n 0 ed Hatchery”

PULLETS——8 AND 10 WEEKS OLD, 85c EACH.
Special May yand June Sprices on our

Pure
130030 perh t.hdus(si1nd.k15 th
per un re er 1: d. -
rowhead Farm and Hatchery outragewflich. Ar

MICHIGAN ACCREDITED WHITE LEGHORN
~ chicks. 10 0-$9.00; 200- 17. 60; 600- $40. 00.
Safe arrival guaranteed. Or er from this ad and
save time. Ottawa Hatchery, Holland, Mich.

EIGHT WEEK OLD WHITE LEGHORN PUL-
lcts $90. 00 per 1.00 ~Cockere1s free. Live
deliver guaranteed. Gumser Willow Farm, Hol-
ln'nd, ichigan.

REDUCED 00PQI’HCIES 9N BABY CHtICdKS 1{FOR
lVe 81V gua

bred MaInsghlorns ”10¢. Rocks 61131:! Belg: ee u"-

dogg: ansd Oi‘pfingtogis 13c. cimlDiscountdon large

0 8 end 01‘ 1'39

Model Hatchery, Box 8, Monro:,g‘ler,id. an prices.

WHITTAKER’S MICHIGAN CERTIFIED REDS.
Both combs. Trapnested. Blood tes.ted Mich-
igan’s Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Chicks.
g , Cockerels. Cats talog Free. Interlakes Farm,
Box 2, Lawrence. Mich.

OiUAILTY ACCREDITED CHICKS.
ollywoo and Tancred S. C. Whitea Leghorns
11E; 00 131101000 Bibriifi 13“” HBO h 2

er
lauds 'Iizichigan p ueen tc enry. ee-

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BARBED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS.
crat strain, $160 per 16, $6.00 per
N. Ayers and Son, Silverwood, Michigan.

WTiBYJVIIZ’ANDOTTIg HfITCHuIJIINIgr flECkGS FROM
e s egg 3. ay me e e
100. M.rs Tracy Rush, Alma, Micohf 3 $5 per

JERSEYO BLACK GIANT EGGS. . 16- 1.6 ;
1110048. 00. Guaranteed. Gus Grassman, inongr,
incis.

 

 

 

. TUbRKEY EGGS FROM OUR FAMOUS PURE

bred Mammoth Bronze, Bourbon Red
sett and White Holland flocks.
Bros, Powhatan Point, Ohio.

WIgITE “HOLLAND ('iI‘UBKEgS. 1;)ng dAND
ens on ones gsn ers. e u
drakes. Alden Whitcomb, Byron Center. Michcn_

EDGEtWOOD GIANT BRONZE—LARGE HARDY
1‘ 1092661211 [turkeys Best! Ehtmjn£3 Es? flson
o - merican gran c am ion e 3

Mrs. Edgar Case, Benzonia. Michigan. a Wk.

Narragan-
Write Walter

 

 

 

TOULOUSE GEESE EGGS. ALSO
Runner duck eggs. Write H. /A.
West Unity, Ohio.

IMPERIAL WHITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS, 1.60
per 11. Postpaid. Chas. Stilts, Saranac. 'ch.

INDIAN
Hershiser.

 

 

 

FARMS

FOR SALE. 240 ACRES, PARTIALLY CLEAR-

ed, with spring creek. Good house and cellar
shed, barns, small orchard. Good pasture. Priced
right for quick sale. Thomas McLaughlin. Scars,
Michigan.

 

 

FOR SALE SEVENTY ACRE FARM. WILL

sacrifice for less than cost of buildings. For
full particulars, write. Worden, B4,
Ionia. Michigan

HELP WANTED

 

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IF YOU ARE A MAN WORTHY OF THE NAME
and not afraid to work I’ ll bet you $50. 00 you
can't work for us thirt days and earn less than
$200.00. Think I’m b, Orig? Thgn answer this
p. penings or man: ers.
Wonder Box sells on si ht. The best sellin R
sition in America to Write Tom a er.
e.pt 163. Pittsburgh, Pay -

 

 

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RABBITS WANTED FLEMISH G I A N T S
311W: “ “€11.19? c?‘°".1 “351.351" "u”

an price. re -

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RICH MAN’S HABVE TE,R POOR MAN’S

price—only $26. 00 with bundle tying attach-
ment. Free catalog s[showin%‘mm pictures of har~
vester. Process Co. .,

 

WANTED—BQVAIIDING HOME FOR 13 YEAR

old boy. illing to work. 5 d
g‘xperience. Write Box 4 6, MichiganhflBusinfaZane1
armer.

 

YOUR DARREN COWS CAN BE "
With Calf” or none refunded. MARanDEedygA £213

Bookl t Free. Breed- -Reinedy Co... Box E

Bristi . Conn. '

CHOICF WHITE CLOVER HONEY. _
$133111 2:: pounds $1. 00. Homer Buzzard, FEES):

 

FARMERS‘ WOOL MADE INTO BLA

batting and yarns 9111‘ prices. 813151151311
dmll “Wisco Monticello Mills, (Estsb. 1886) Monti-
CO 0.

SPECIMENS WANTED, MET"
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By Victor W. Page

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their opinion of each other is the
10nly thing they hold in common.

3 One cannot take a ride down the
,‘I-Iouston ship canal without getting
sucha thrill as ‘comes only at the
Culebra cut, or at some other place
where the mastery of man over na-
‘tureshandicap is apparent. Hous-
ton, destined by geographical posi-'
ti-on to forever be an inland city,
- dependent upon Galveston as an in-
let and 3. outlet for her industry,
dug a canal forty—five miles to the
Gulf of Mexico, and Wide enough and
deep enough for the largest ocean-
going vessels to traverse safely and
speedily. Thus in one grand ges-
ture did Houston become an ocean
port for all time, which destines her

to be the metropolis of this amazing

state.

, (Editor’s Note: In the next issue
we will follow Mr. Slocum to Corpus
Christi, to the largest ranch in the
United States andrthrough the won-
derful Rio Grande Valley to the
Mexican border.)

RADIO DEPARTMENT

By B. K. OSBORN

(Any question regarding radio will be gladly
answered by our radio editor. You receive a per-
sonal letter and‘ there is no charge if your sub-
scription is paid up.)

 

The Business Farmer broad-
casts daily, except Saturday
and Sunday, through station
WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave
length of 270 meters.

6:15 ...................... Farm School
6:40 ............ Markets and News

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WHICH STATIONS DO YOU
PREFER?

ADIO broadcasting stations have
R become so plentiful it seems

as though it is almost impossible
to tune—in one station with any de-
gree of satisfaction unless you are
right near the station you want to
get. If you try to get distance you
have two or three stations on at
once. Something must be done to
clear up the air, and it is for that
reason a Radio Commission has been
appointed with headquarters at
Washington, D. C. Their main duty
will be to pick from over seven
hundred stations now on the air
the ones that deserve the most
consideration, the ones that are the
most popular and should have the
most favorable wave lengths and
hours for broadcasting. You can
imagine what a big job they have on
their hands. To help the Commis-
sion get this information practically
all of the daily newspapers of the
country are requesting their readers
to write in advising which stations
they like best. In most cases a list
of the first ten is requested. When
you consider that thousands upon
thousands of those readers will re-
spond you can readily see how valu-
able this information will be in help-
ing the Commission to decide. How-
ever, most of these folks will be resi-
dents of the towns and cities, and
we want to see the farmer have a
voice in the matter. It is only na-
tural that his taste differs some from
the city man’s, and one should have
his wishes respected just as much
as the other. Write in telling us
which stations you prefer, listing
them in the order of their popularity
so that we can put the information
in the hands of the Radio Commis—
sion to give them the farmer’s view-
point. Address your letters to The
Radio Department, THE BUSINESS
FARMER, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

No Athlete

One Boy: “My brother has a gold medal
for running five miles, an’ one for 10
miles; a silver medal for swimming; two
cups ior wrestling, an’ badges for boxing
an' revving!”

Another Boy: “He“ must be a wonder-
ful athlete "

"He’ 9 no athlete- at all. He keeps a.
pawnehop.” '

 

'i, The Place For“ It

“Iio you want me- to put the inn-lie
on your dog for you?" > _
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Camels are superb tobaccos in

,a joyous blend

NO DOUBT about it, you can’t beat
Camels, regardless of how much you
pay. Here are the world’s choicest
tobaccos combined with a skill that
makes Camel the masterpiece of ciga-
rettes. Smoke a pack or a million and
each successive Camel opens a new
understanding of tobacco enjoyment.
Never a tired taste in a thousand
packs of Camels.

For smoking pleasure supreme,
get acquainted with Camels. There 1
is or can be no better tobacc0s or

blending. Camels are first in popu-

larity, and your own pleasure, as soon-
as you try them, will confirm the
experience of millions.

I In fact, you’ll agree, after a trial,
that this is the one sure call to smoke
contentment: "Have a Camel!”

R. J‘. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.

 

PULLETS

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later centsE er chick

 

LOWEST PRICES WW caresses:

IN OUR 30 YEARS BREEDING EXPERIENCE
CE NT Per Chick With Order

Pay Only ONE

Tom Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorns, 270-
300 egg foundation; 300- -egg strain Anconas;

all large, long bodied birds with large combs.
Heavy winter layers. Also Evergreen strain
Rose Comb White Wyandottes. Reduced Prices

for last of April and for

Line Bred Barron Strain
They are all culled. In-
spected by Michigan State
Accredited. Discount f o r

May.
25 50 100 500
. Price $3. 00 $5. 50 $10 $48. 00
M” delivery ‘ . 10 per cent with order.
50 0 Balance 6 days before shipment. 100

 

50100 010 0
_ White Leghorns ...................................... "$8- 00 $111- 1-28 552- 80 $100.00 per cent safe arrival.

I. 0. Sheppard's Anco

 

Rose Comb White Wyansdottes ......... .
t t the Broiler or Mlxed Chi Gk 4.75 8. 50 D d 1 /
{me 0 order 5'0“” f m otheser rices for June delivery. e net 1

P“ Dean“ 2 cents {git Ibcrloifile‘rs.m p EXTRA SELECT ED MAT 1N GS ADI?)
2 TS PER CK TO THESgl I‘PRIOES. Order dirlect from this 11d~~

SaVCeE time and worry We guarantee satisfaction and

on all chicks. Shippyed postpaid. Reference: Zeeland State

Reliable Poultry Farm 3. Hatchery, Route 1, Box 41,

 

:03 ‘°°°° ELGINHATCHERY,
0' 0° Zecland, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

OOZanlive deliyery Just mail your order. We ship 0. O. D. and uulr-

antee repaid 100% live delivery of flsturdy, re-

ed c icks from healthy bred- to-ia RN11"
Zeeland, Michigan. l’iri‘ & Bu Leghorns 101:; Eng. Whack Leg. 11c,
- tra nested W11. Leg 130; Bd & W11. Rocks R. I.

 

   

 

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DILIGEN T CHICKS

and will do it for you

We confidently believe we are sending out the finest,

3 PULLETS AFTER MAY FIRST

 

 

 

   

hi h t u ri es. Twelve ears of honest dealing behind us.
0 else t t e 3: 1335’s: laro 0 Holland, Micll. on M-ll. Visitors welcome.

Mixed 8c; 21111 heavies 100.1delrs for 50 chic hi
DID I I la 1110re,chiclrs 20 mo

strongest, real guelity
Flocks. pecial E.ng Whites, S.

  

SEND NO MONEY FOR SILVER LAKE CHICKS

s, Anconas, Iii.Minorc.1s,121c; Bufl ming-
tons, W11 Wyan.. Buff Rocks,Minorcas.m13c:

      
    
      
  

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Eng. White and Brown Lech ems. An-
conas, R. I. Reds and Assorted chicks.

 
         
       
  

  
    

 

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g. 9. agilgnmhoggnh , $215 $5.25 $10263 flag-g3 _‘ po‘litliiiiuild.ey 63:10: free.% e W
Rm Inlandmflods 8691i ....... m huh. ....................... sag £11,; 13'33 2;. 23 1'" 308 HATOHERV: 3- 2-31 1”Will- '5!"-
Inna lights. ' ii 9 omcir :ZZZIZZIIZZZZIZ .... 222.21; ' 25 3.00 31.50 THE MIIIOHIGANPBUSINtEsss £13m
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Finish What You Started—-
Feed Lawn, Growing Mas/J Now

No other feed does as much as a good growing
mash to give young chicks the big, husky bodies, the
appetite, the ambition and the capacity they need
for the work ahead of them.

That is why we spared no efl’01t or expense to put
into Lari-o Growing Mash—minerals and dried but-
termilk and other choice ingredients — everything
needed to make it the ideal feed for the growing
period.

That is why, before we sold a pound of it, we made
hundreds of tests with our own chicks at the Larro
Research Farm, the proving ground for Larro feeds,
just to be sure that Larro Growing Mash would get
better results than any other growing mash.

Expert poultrymen have written from all parts of
the United States telling us that they, too, have had
similar experiences with Larro. Growing Mash. Mini-
borya Farm, Drewry’s Bluff, Va., for instance. on-
tered in the Georgia Egg-Laying Contest, a pen of
ten white leghorns developed on Larro Growing
Mash. The ten birds. laid 258 eggs for the month of
January and received the highest rating of any single
pen entered in any of 27 contests held in the United
States and Canada.

In the Southeastern Egg-Laying Contest, Miniborya’s
{harm-grown pullets took first, third and ninth places
in a field of 1200, entered from 12 states. First place
was given for a laying record of 309 eggs in one year.

, Make Larfo Growing Mash a permanent part of your
feeding program. You'll be amply repaid through
better production when your flock’ starts laying.

THE LARROWE MILLING COMPANY
DETROIT. MICHIGAN

 

 
 
  

Look for the red,
white and blue
bull’s-eye sack.
It’s your assur-
ance tbatyou are
tting the but
feed made and
one that 1: always
uniform

 
 

Semlfor interest-
mg and he lpful
Free Bulletin on
"Finishing the
Pallets”. Askfor

Number 28 M

  
  
 
 
 
 

  
 
  

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

 

 

and the partial plan.

shall detail later in \this report.

There are at present eleven states
operating under the complete plan,
namely, namely: Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary-
land, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia.

In all these~ states the administra-
tive authority of school affairs is

"civic. " -- . .
It is claimed 8.1130, and with abuse , , ,
element of truth, that. the people do.

force, that known as a complete plan '
The only dif-
ference is in the degree of adminism.
trative authority experienced as I

not now have Sufficient interest in
their schools. .- In most districts
there are some who are not particu-

larly interested in school affairs ex—"
lcept from a taxpaying (standpoint,

but it is my observation that parents
of pupils of school age are inter-
ested.

Interest and control are inter-'
dependent and it necessarily follows

 

 

g N our January 15th issue we published an article regarding the or-
ganization oi' the rural school officers of Washtenaw county known
as the “Rural School Officers and Patrons Association of Mich-

igan.” The purpose of the organization is said to be to encourage that

people in the rural communities have more of a voice in rural school
matters. Since then the‘ county unit committee of the association
made a report to the rural school oflioers of their county from which

we are publishing excerpts—Editor.

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vested in a county board of educa-
tion of five, seven or nine members,
elective by the people. The power
of this board in different states is
not identical but in general may be
classed as follows:

1. To appoint a county superin-
tendent of schools (school commis-
sioner) and determine his salary; 2,
Determine annually the county
school budget; 3, Determine the ed-
ucational policies for the school
county; 4, Levy uniform school tax
for the county; 5, Expend all school
money for county schools; 6, Issue
bonds if necessary for school build-
ings within constitutional limits; 7,
Appoint all school teachers, super—
visors, principals, attendance ofiic-
ers, bus drivers, janitorsand other
employees and fix their salary; 8,
Provide the necessary modification
of the curriculum for each school
county in harmony with state law;
9, Abandon, combine or consolidate
schools in its discretion. If you will
examine the general school laws of
this state and note the changes
which have been made in the last
twenty years or less you will be im-
pressed with the fact that during
this period there has been a gradual
diversion .of school control, away
from the people they serve and the
placing of that control in the power
of state and county authorities.
Chiefly in the hands of the state.

That effort is not singular to Mich-
igan, it is not sporadic, but it is ap-
parently a well defined plan of pro-
fessional educators and administra—
tors of the country to centralize into
compact bodies the educational facil—
ities of the nation. Furthermore
these changes have been made not
at the insistence of the people them-
selves, but generally without their
knowledge or consent.

It is at once apparent that under
a complete county plan once the ma-
chinery is provided you have a board

I of complete autocratic control, able

to dictate the school policies With-
out serious interference from the
people who are affected.

that with control entirely removed,
interest would,also diminish. A
single board in one county could not
be interested in the individual dis-

tricts as are the local patrons and”

could consider their problems only
in the aggregate and therefore would
be less amenable to the desires of
any individual or any particular dis—
trict.

In general, the county unit system
provides the ”master stroke” to re-
move the control from the people
and to permit the introduction of
many changesf'without the necessity
of obtaining those changes by separ—
ate eflort, nor in separate locagties.

Eight states have the partial plan,
namely: Arkansas, California, Mia»
sissippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas,

' Washington, and /Wisconsin.

The duties of the county board
under the partial county unit system,
like the complete, diners in various
states, but in the main, applies to the
directing of the policies or the super-
intendent or commissioner's office
with that official acting in an advis—
ory capacity, and as executive odicer.

Michigan patrons should be- par-
ticularly concerned with the cha 8
taking place in other states, ow us
to the presenting to the legislature
and subsequent defeat last year and
the reintroduction this year of a bill
for the partial count unit plan. Its
interest should not end with the par-
tial plan because of the fact that sev-'
eral states which now have the more

drastic complete plan first adopted"

the partial.

This bill which was introduced
last year, a copy of which I have in
my possession, briefly, provided for
the election of five members as a.
board of education in each county.
The terms of each overlap, similarly
to district and city boards. They
draw no' salary, save travelling ex-
penses. No two members can hold
office simultaneously from the same
township or city.

Their duties are to employ a coun—
ty superintendent of schools, depuo
ties, supervisory teachers, clerks in

 

 

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LIVINGSTON, FOLKS
ROF. L. F. LIVINGSTON is an Extension Spe-
P cialist at M. S. C. as many of you know. Agri-
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might add his play also as he is greatly enthused
over (it. He was born in Ohio in 1889, and scoured
his education in the states of 01110, Iowa and

Washington. It was in the latter state that he so-

cured his B. S. degree in civil engineer work. That
was in the year of 1908. Nine years later he came

east and .aflfliated himself with the University of ‘

Wisconsin, in charge of land clearing work. Be-
ginning in January 1918 he spent over a. year in

’the service of his country. After that he married

and in 1921 moved to. Marquette, Michigan, as an

expert in charge of agricultural engineering for M. S. 0. A- year ago ; I
he was placed in charge (if all agricultural engineering extension work
in the State. Michigan is proud of him and the fine work he is doing”
Others appreciate him also as is evident from the fact that he has "
' served as chairman of the Land Clearing Committee of the American ' "
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mil 1', some} tiOn-gof’ super;
1 tendenfl'any‘ employeepbut has no
pOWer to removm the superintendent.
That removal" is provided for in the
Inmanycounties, 'Washtenaw in-
‘cl’u'dedywlth the cities participating
in: the selection of this board, it
would‘ result in few townships, hav-
ing representatives on this board
unless it had a Vilage or city within
its borders. Because of the con-
gested voting centers, rural patrons '
Would have only slight control over
an office which functions entirely for
rural schools. The passage of this
bill would also provide for the crea-
tion of several hundred new teach?
ing officers in the state by its pro-
vision for supervisory teachers. '
. Is the county unit system the sall-
tation of higher educational stan-
dards? '
Permit me to point to some out-
standing records of achievement by
states which have no county unit
system. /—"
From a survey. by the Russell Sage
Foundation of the educational stan-
dards of all states the following may
be noted: In 1900 Montana ranked
tenth; in 1918, ranked first: Ari-
zona, 32nd in 1900, third in 1919;
Idaho 34th to 18th in the same
period, Michigan 19th in 1910, tenth
in 1918; North Dakota 27th in'1910.
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and 27 we will deliVer‘to you prepaid and 100% live
delivery guaranteed, Superior S. C. White Leghorns
at the following remarkably low delivery prices.
Just fill in the coupon below for the number you desire
and mail it today. We will ship your order when you

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same period and Indiana 18th to 4th '
in 1924. ' ’

The only states ranking above In-
diana in 1924 were California, New
Jersey, and Ohio, none of which
have the complete plan. Further-
more, with the exception of Utah,
not one of the states having the
complete plan rank in the upper one-
third of educational standing—-

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Bring your everyday problems in and get
the experience of other farmers. Questions ad-
dressed to this department are published here
and answered by you, our readers who are
cream: of the School of Hard Knocks and
who have their diplomas from the College of
Elmrlence. I! you don't want our editor's
advice or an expert's advice. but Just plain,
evervdav husinoos farmers' advice. send in
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CARING FOR CHICKS

EAR EDITORt—I' have worked
D out a simple method in the care
of baby chicks which has been
very successful. Perhaps it may help
some of the readers of your paper.
.I do not feed until they are three
days old. Then I start with all the
new milk they want and a small
amount of good commercial chick
starter mush to which is added about
a teaspoon of cod liver oil per 100
chicks. After the first week increase
the oil to about three teaspoonsiul
per day per 100 chicks and keep it
before them all the time. I continue
to give new milk at the rate of. one
quart per 100 chicks after the first
week and also keep water before
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I do not feed any scratch grains
the first two weeks as a dry mash
alone prevents them from eating
more than they want also preventing
bowel trouble. After two weeks old
I feed about ten T of scratch teed
per day for one hundred chicks. This
is fed whenever I am in the brooder_
house during the day.

I have lost only 2% of them by
using this method and expect to have
2 1b broilers at ten weeks of age.—
E. V., Evart, Michigan.

THRUSH IN FOOT
EAR EDITOR:—-——I notice in your
March 12th issue an page 33,
Mrs. S., Paw Paw, wanted to
know what to do for thrush in horses
feet. I have a cure that never failed.
Get two Ounces of tincture of salts,
pick upthe horse’s foot, clean, then
apply and hold foot up a. bit. It
won’ttouch anything but bad flesh.
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Even at these low prices these chicks are Michigan Accredited and Will pass
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Farms breeding plant is where we blend our Tancred and Barron strains ’ 0
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500 for $45.00
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0 1000

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REDS ........ 7.00 13.00 82.50 120.00

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Collie Process Pure Dried Buttermilk con-
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need to stimulate digestion, regulate the
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If you want authoritative ideas on correct
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ing eggs this year.

but do not hatch. Will you kindly
give me the cause and a remedy?—-
W. O. P., Sturgis, Mich.

ANY times we find that chicks
develop until the 20th day, at
which time death occurs. This

is usually attributed to either of two
faults. First, it may be that the
stock from which the eggs came was
of rather low vitality, and the germ
weakened, or second, it might be
that there was not sufiicient mois-
ture in the incubator to properfi
soften the membrane, thus making
it possible for the chick to pick the
shell. _

A suggested remedy might be to
improve the vigor of the parent
stock, or to add extra moisture to
the incubator either by placing mois—
ture pans in the bottom of the :‘n-
cubator, or by sprinkling the eggs.
———C. G. Card, Professor of Poultry
Husbandry, M. ‘S. C.‘

SPACE FOR 100 IIENS

Please tell me what size of poul-
try house I would need if I had
about 100 hens and brooder room
and incubator room and if stone is
.good for veneer for a chicken coop?
—R. K., Gladwin, Michigan.

OR 100 hens, we recommend a
house 20x20 feet. A brooder
house should be about tenfeetf

square, to readily care for 300
chicks. I can see no objection ex—
cept the expense, when one uses
stone as a veneer for a chicken coop.
—C. G. Card, Professor of Poultry
Husbandry, M. S. C.

TWO OFFICERS GET CHICKEN
THIEVES AND SPLIT REWARD

(Continued from Page 4)

recent months and the courts have
been called upon to make some ex—
amples of men caught in this busi—
ness. The sentences have been heavy
and are intended as a warning to
others. If chicken stealing continues,
the men engaged in it may expect
sentences that will not make them
happy. I am satisfied that the wives
of these men were aware of what
they were doing.”

We wish other judges were at all
times as courageous as Judge Covert
and that other men on the bench had
the same viewpoint in regards to the
farmer’s rights in this State. Brave
officers backed by stern justice in
the courts will solve this chicken
thief evil as nothing else will do.
Oakland county shows to other coun-
ties in the State a splendid example
of cooperation between officers and
the court and other counties can
well afford to follow their example.

Fifty-Fifty on Reward

T111: BUSINESS FARMER after a
careful investigation of the facts in
the case of the stealing of Mr. An—
derson’s chickens and a personal
conference with Sheriff Schram are
very happy to split the fifty dollar
reward between Deputies Copp and
Arnold, each officer will receive a.
c’hicek for $25.00 as a reward for
their efforts in leading to the arrest
and conviction of the thieves in-
volved in this case. We have Sher-
iff Sc‘hram’s word for it that these
men deserve the credit and should
get the reward. Our reader Mr. An-
derson also deserves considerable
credit for his efforts in calling our
attention to the loss of his chickens
and pointing out the fact that he
would like to see the officers get the
reward, for after all they were the
men who by their untiring efforts
put the men where they belonged——
behind the prison bars.

The Reason

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(1 Success of Mrs.=;;llithel
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White Diarrhea

Mrs. Rhoades’ letter will no dotib‘t
be of utmost interest to poultry rais-
ers' who have had serious losses from
White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs.
Rhoades tell it in her own words:

“Dear Sir: I “see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with

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White Diarrhea, so thou -ht'I would‘

tell my experience. My f rst 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 discouragedfi;
with the chicken business. Finally,I

sent to the Walker Remedy Co. .,
Dept. 528, Waterloo, 121., for a, $1.00

l'box of their Walko White Diarrhea

Remedy. It’s just the only thing
for this terrible disease. We raised
700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never
lost a single chick after the fi.s’1t
dose "—Mrs Ethel Rhoades,
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 First Dose

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 50c pack-
ages, raised 300 White Wyandottes
and never lost one or had one sick
after giving the medicine and my
chickens are larger and healthier
than ever before. I have found this
company thoroughly reliable and
always get the remedy by return
mail.”—Mrs.
consfield, Iowa.

“ You Run No RiSk

We will send Walko White Diar-
rhea Remedy entirely at our risk—
postage prepaid—so 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 50c for
package of Walko (or $1.00 for extra
large box).—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~
ly if you don’t find it the greatest
little, chick saver you ever used. The
Pioneer National Bank, the.oldest
and strongest bank in Waterloo,
Iowa, stands back of our guarantee.

WALKER REMEDY 00.. Dept. 628.
Waterloo. Iowa.
Send me the 50c re 1' size or
economical lard 3128) par: ge of Walk orWhite
arrhea Rome y to try at your risk. Send it on

your positive marantee to promptly refund my ‘,

mone if not satisfied in ever wa enclos-
ing 0c (or 81.00%. (P. 0?
or currency accepts. le. )

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COMMERCIAL MICHIGAN
MATING 7;: . ACCREDITED

For .1 MAY and JUNE Delivery

5. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
$45.00 per 500 $85.00 per 1,000

. ' , S. C. MOTTLED ANCONAS
.$10.50'per 100 $50.00 per 500 $95.00 per 1,000
Odds and Ends (not accredited) $7.00 per 100 $32.50 per 500

BORDER DIRECT, sending Cash-With—Order for MAY and JUNE
deliveries. Illustrated Catalog with description of Wyngarden Special
Matings sent FREE with special price list of Pullets, on request.

WYNGARDEN HATCHERY 8 FARMS
2211mm), MICHIGAN

$9.50 per 100

 

 

 

 

UNEXCELI‘. - NTHEIR PRICE CLASS
Rural Leghorns won more Firsts in Zeleland 1926 Show and Lansing State Show than

any competing Leghor
. RE AD OUrRs WINN1INGS' dON STANDARD PRODUCTION STOCK
LANSING STATE SH Pen, 1st 2nd Cock, 3rd
Cockarel. ZEE LAND 8rd Yo uong Pen,
1st Cock. WEST MICSHIGAN STATE FAIR—1stn0ld Pen, 2nd Hen. In competition

with some at the best and most noted stock In Michi an. ‘
glfioflwo‘? man); FIRISAI‘S on Alncoinzif 1mg. Brown Leg iorns. Send for FREE Catalog.
0c 8 (‘ 088 Y CIIA every 111‘ and

PR Es GRE TLY REDUCED FOR MAY 18th. 2rd, 30th DESLIOVERY. 0 0
WHITE LEGH $110. 00
10.0
.100. 00

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Pure Hollywood, 260 -2
Improved Hollywood Matgd
TancredwmgtedL h 90 00
rn .
e eg 0 110.00
90.00

Barron
1 00.00

RO OCK 120.00
BROILER CHICKS (not accredited) ............
Shipments on Monday and Wednesday of every week Write for Prices
Other Quantities. WIRE ORDERS PROMPTLY HANDI ED.8
PULL TS: White and Brown Leghorns, Free Range Raised. to 12
weeks 1%01 shipment starting May 15th. WRITE FOR PRICES.

RURAL POULTRY FARM
Route 1. Box B. Iceland,

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06¢

pedigree .............................. $
.09360- 290 egg pedigree.

CONAS—Famous Sheppard Mated

Utility Anconas

BROWN LEG HORNs—Very best grade.
BARRED S

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11:25:11 CHICKS REDUCED

Our stock is the result of 14 years of breeding for SIZE, TYPE. WINTER
GGS and HIGH FLCOCK AVERAGE . insteadt of a few high individuals. We have
HOLLYWOOD, TAN and EN LISH e S. . White Leghorns, SHEP-
ARD ’S Anconas BrmRvn Leghorns and Barred ocks. Hollywood foundation stmk
from 260- 290 cgg record; Tancred fournddation stock from 250 up egg record stock.
Ancona foundation direct from GOShgpgard . The very best in Brown Leghorns and
Our chicks are H A T Y,t VG S, Newtown hatched chicks from free range
breeders. The strongest proof of the ouahty of our chicks is that we have doubled our hatching
capacity over last year. With ”TOWNLINE’ you also get “PERSONAL SERVICE

HE PRI E V
BIG PRICE REDHCTEON ”SEviEsfiEop fiiiigkifitfiofifi" 00
C. White Loghorns,....::g. 30 $38. 88 ggfigggsfiggds Brown Leghorns, ...... $11. 00 osgg. (6%

..... For week of Jun une 6- 13 all prices 2c per chick 41:15, except.
100% live delivery guaranteed. Discount on early orders.

R. F. D. No. 1. Box E. ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

Barred Rocks.

E Ty S.

Hgflywood or Tencred Leghorns,..
td or Mixed Chicks 80 as

312?ng lo. Chicks shipped postpaid.

Large New Catalog Free.

J. H. GEERLINGS, Manager,

MihiganAccredited Chicks

These prices apply May 18 and after on our first class Michlogan Ac1creoditod Chicks:
RED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 500
. C. R EDS.

 

 

 

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ORA W TE LEGHORNS, ...................................

ENG SH WHITE LEGH OSRN 100 00

ASSORTEID CHIch (Wlnonh wgaliaveoulhtgglkor 10 ye Id 11 11 t1 s9 00 p0,. 100
h v can pro ucing 11; c s ars an our c 1c 3 . 1 f

”Seal-ii; You will not be disappoihted. Write today. log upon iéfiueie. rtsut 0 "108'; careful

Washtenaw Hatchery, 2502 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

REDUCED PRICES EFFECTIVE MAY 15TH

LakevieW/ chicks are Michigan Accredited Official re—
cords up to 252 eggs at Michigan egg contest 1923, 24,
25. Every breeder inspected and passed by inspectors
supervised by Michigan State College. Smith Hatched

Prepaid prices on 25 oo 00
31.96.: ‘mi‘i,Ls°.“"d.’"i ‘1‘“? Eyeing sag: $3 33 $13103 $32.83 $1000 0.83
fifties?abrififegfingfdelrliliggsrlnterriiéiiiongl gifbys Cgigk ”Xiaolcfifi’in heavles $10.00. Order from “Jig" 11d Rt
LAKEVIEWJ’OULTRY FARM, R. R. 8, Box 3,

Bar gain Sale of Baby Chicks

All Mlchlggan Accredited. From the Very Best Ebg sir-yams In the Country.

To M 15 M 15
For Promt BeliveryE In Lots of 00 ay ay ”“301 Juseondélgly
8. C.W ion In and Anconae $10.00 $47. 50 0:235" .00 $42. 080 SE30 .00 $37. so

35. 00
aficfirfidsau .géggigtl bargain vge o:h11.ove£_e ever 0361-ng on aI'Baby Ogleii§1§
ears 0 1 r e
| 'e deli? (kw _ 8 De nce. r or NOWI Direct
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HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

 

 

ROCK BOTTOM PRICES

Read these new low prices on Silver Ward Ac-
credited chicks. Every breeder approved by

s ecialists under supervision of Michi 1Ean State
ollege. 100%i live delivery postpaid. Re Zeeland
State Bank. ember International Baby Chick Assn.

For ship June or

Extra Soloctod 8.00

Bar-tons. C. Wh. Leghorns
Tapered S. C. Wh. Leghorns
Sheppard’s Anconas

.55"
88

 

Order right now
from this ad and
got your chicks
when you want
them. Free price
flu and catalog.
Write or wire for
special prices In
lots of over 1000.

Standard Heavy Laylng

S. C. English Wh. Leghorns
.nasAnco

easy... 8:.

'88 8221918 sssss' ' ' ' '

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sees $8888 8 s
8's s's'ss'srss

s90 $5391»

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Selected Ind-today
Barred Rocks

...
Eggs 88”...
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390 .58?“
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Acct. lrollor ChIoh
All Breeds
SILVER WARD HATCHERY BOX 30

'8'8

39200
ZEELAND. MICHIGAN

 

 

 

SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER

We want you to know the High Quality of Knolls Mi<higan Accredited Chicks
and Stoc Thats uh} we .ne offering 0111 811811211 Low I’riles 011 May and
June Chicks, and April Hatched Pullets. 1’1'r100’10 i 00
White Leghorns, Tamred Strain .............................. $12.00 $57- 58 $110- 00
White Leghorns, Barron Strain. 10. 00 00
Brown I l-ghorns (made 11. 00 52.50 100. 00
Barred Rocks Grade A ................. . 14. 00 67.50 130.00
Mixed (‘hirks (not Amreditcd) 32. 50

We gusirantee 100% Live Delivery, Postpaid. PULLEI'I‘SO 8 to H weeks 850
to $1.10 each according to age for delivery before May 5'th. Your order
must reach us by May 15t t.h Order from this nd.SatiSf:1ctiOll guaranteed.
KNOLL’S HATCHERY, R. R. 12, Box 8, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

 

Write now for our latest price list giving our new low prices on this old 1e-
liuble strain. This is your chance to save. Eveiy (l1i(k hat1hcd from
selected ru gg,ed free range breeders officially passed by inspectors supervised
by Michigan State College.

PRICES EFFECTIVE MAY 15th 100 500 1000
S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS .............................................................................. $10.00 $47.50 $90.00
ANCONAS .......... 10.00 47.50 90.00
BARRED ROCKS 12.00 57.50 110.00

 

Last December one of our customers reported $1037 .70 worth of eggs from 935 hens in the last
five weeks of 19"6. This is $28 .05 income per day or a profit above feed of almost $23. 00 per day.
This is just the chance you have been waiting for—strong, husky chicks. high egg palcnt stock, Michigan
Acc1cditcd. 100 % safe arrival guaranteed. Free catalog and 111111: list.

VAN APPLEDORN BROS. HOLLAND HATCHERY & POULTRY FARM. R7-B. HOLLAND, MICH.

 

 

Michigan
Accredited Chlokl
—Everv breeder

approved bv
authorized
State Inspectors.

, BuI‘l Leghorns
((Dr. Heasloy Egg
Basket strain)
Barred Rocks
R. C. R. I. Reds

CHICKS AT REDUCED PRICES

Try chicks this year from Silver 011p winner. The above winnin made December 1926 in Pro-

ttililiction and Exhibition classes in strong competition. The maleliI and their brothers are among
age heading our matings this year. We are the oldest hatchery in Western Michigan. 25 years

131; usmcss. Have made as many winnings in the last five years as any other hatchery in Western
ichigan. Our free catalog and price list tells all. A trial will conv1nce you.

MEADOW BROOK HATCHERY, H. DePree Sons, Proprietors, Box 8, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

 

hatched from free range breedels carefully selected. 0111‘
inspcrtcd and passed by representative of Michigan State
Order from this ad

(‘hicks that are
flocks and hatchery
College. Befrr you to sum (Alliilllt‘rPlll Savings Bank
Our Chicks are Michigan Accredited.
Prices Effective May 91h. 25 50100 400 1000
S. C. White 88: Brown Leghorns ................ $3.00 $5. 25 $10.00 $38. 00 $90. 00
Barred Rock __ 6.75 13.00 50. 00 120. 00
S 0. Red . 8.25 12.00 46.00110.00
Heavy Mixed $11.00 per 100—nght Mixed $7. 00 per 100.

10% down books your order. Free catalog. 100% Live delivery prepaid.

HUNDERMAN BROS., R. R. No. 8. 3011 M, ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

 

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79% OF OUR CHICKS

are being sold to old customers this season. One of the reasons is this
1 9 96 was the amount received from was in December 1926
400 May 11 hatched puliets as reported by r. Glenn E of
.ake, Michigan. This is probably the reason ML Ells again

ordered 3500 chicks for deliver on the same date this year.
DOWNS POULTR,B10ute 1, Romeo, Mich.

 

 

BUY ASELTINE’S BLOOD TESTED PEDIGREED

Trapnested Ba. 11 11 hit L h In in famil of he -
poultry rs. agglkoofinwflia sgln strain W s cc orns and 50 o y ppy prosper

Mums POULTRY FARM. BURLINGAM, cam RAPIDS. momenta.

 


   

  

  
 

’ the day if rains are promised.

 

Choice Heavy Steers Are scarce
’ Hogs Off—Lambs In Demand At Good Prices

By W. W. FOOTE, Market EditOr.

HQUSANDS of farmers in the
s o u t h e r n and southwestern
states are suffering from the
terrible floods that have devastated
several states, and the situatiOn is
appalling, requiring quick assistance
from more prosperous parts of the
country. Farther north heavy rains
have caused apprehension that
planting would be delayed in corn
districts, as well as in the wheat
region. Otherwise, there was no
material difference in the reports
from most agricultural districts, and
so far as grain was concerned there
was a general feeling of dissatisfac—
tion because of the abnormally low
market prices, especially for wheat,
corn and oats. Rye and barley were
the exceptions, bringing good prices
owing to last year’s short crops. A
normal acreage of Several grains ap—
pears probable, with a moderate in-
crease over last 'year probable un-
less. cut doWn by unseasonable
weather. Live stock prices this year
have been 'much less satisfactory for
hogs than for beef cattle, despite the
country supply of the former, and
profits have turned out much short
of most expectations. Probably, the
remarkable boom in prices for fat
cattle in the markets of this coun-
try has been a great surprise to most
stock feeders, but it was the natural
outcome of marked reductions in the
shipments of stockers and feeders
to most feeding districts. A great
deal of damaged corn has been fed
to cattle and hogs, and in this way
it returned good profits. Prices for
sheep and lambs have ruled high
most of the season, prime fed lambs
selling at times up to $17 per 100
pounds for flocks with the wool on
their backs. The sheep industry is
a very profitable one for experienced
men, although low prices are still
paid for wool. Of late the big Chi—
cago packers have bought a large
part of their lambs on the Denver
and other distant westernmarkets
and shipped them through.
Ligit Trade in Grain
For many weeks/speculative trad-
ing in the several grains on the
Chicago Board of Trade and on other
produce exchanges of the United
States has been only moderate in
volume, and cash transactions con-
tinue to comprise a large share of
the daily business. Hostile legisla-
tion has lessened speculation, espe-
cially in wheat, and the aggregate
weekly sales of wheat, corn oats, rye
and barley have run short of those
reported a year ago. Rye and barley
sell high, but this cannot be said of
the other cereals, and wheat sold
around $1.37 for May delivery, while
last year it sold as high as $1.71
and two years ago at $1.57. Scan-
dalous commercial transactions on
the Board of Trade have tended to
lessen speculative sales of wheat,
and the rather large world supplies
made it no easy matter to put prices
higher, traders being in a hurry to
sell on little advances and pocket
their profits. Corn and oats still sell
not materially different from a year
ago, but over two years "ago May
corn sold as high as $1.10. Rye sold
a short time since for $1.08, which
compared with 88 cents at the same
time last year. Crop reports are
closely watched and the government
radio reports on the weather are
highly regarded, many farmers stay-
ing away from their field work for
Oat
seeding is late.
Prime (httlc Scarcer

For many weeks there has been a
steadily growing scarcity , of the
choicer kinds of long fed heavy
steers, and as is always the case
when there is 'a lack of any particu-
lar kind of steers, the demand far

exceeds the meager offerings shown
'in the Chicago stock yards from day

to day. A year ago conditions were

reversed, and heavy steers were

" V Iarfiely marketed, the result being

y ttheée sold comparatively low

 

On a recent Monday about 17,000
cattle of all kinds arrived in Chi-
cago, and the highest sale was that
of 17 head of prime long-fed Here—
ford steers that averaged in weight
1619 pounds at $14. They came
from a Cherokee County, Iowa, feed
lot, and graded extremely high, as
well as unusually heavy. The next
best sale on that day was that of
180 steers averaging 1390 pounds at
$13. 25, and the best long yearlings
brought $12. 50. The top cattle sale
of that day stood the highest of this

- earlier or a year ago.

prices, and a much smaller premium;

is now paid for the b'est light hogs.
During the last week of April there
was a general let-up in the move-
ment of hogs to Chicago, and sup-
plies were smaller than a week
At the close
hogs sold at $8.80 to $11, comparing
with $9.30 to $10.90 a week earlier.
The demand from eastern packers
has continued the principal support—
ing factor. Hogs weighing below
225 pounds were the highest sellers.
'_ Lambs Scarce and Higher
Recent supplies of lambs offered
on the Chicago market were no-
where near sufficient to meet the
demand, and prices had a substan-
tial advance, with the best wooled
lambs selling up to $17.25 per 100

 

 

M. B. F. MARKETS BY RADIO
UNE in the M. B. F. market reports and farm news broadcast on
Mo‘nday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday plans at 6:40, east-

ern standard time from WGIIP of Detroit.

It is broadcast at.

6:15 on Tuesday evening. The wave length is 270 meters.

 

 

year, and cattle prices were from $1
to $3 higher than a year ago. Recent
receipts in western markets have
been far smaller than last year, and
for the year to late date supplies for
western packing points show a large
falling off. Recently sales of steers
were largely at $9 to $12, with com—
mon light steers as low as $8.50.
Prime heifers sell up to $10.25 to
$10.85. Stockers and feeders are
in good demand, selling largely at
$8 to $9. During the last week of
April cattle were in unusually small
supply, and prices moved up about
25 cents.

Low Market for Hogs

Within a short time hogs have
been sold on the Chicago market at
the lowest prices recorded in over
two years, with some unusually
sharp declines at times, the packers
having things pretty much their own
way. In a single week prices
dropped 60' to 70 cents, despite light
receipts, and for the year to late
date the combined receipts in seven
packing points were only 8,068,000
hogs, comparing With 8,196,000 a
year ago, 19,327,000 two years ago
and 11,072,000 three years ago.
Hogs sold far lower than one and
two years ago, but much higher than
a few years back. A year ago they
sold on the Chicago market at
$10.65 to $13.50, two years ago at
$9.90 to $11.70 and three years ago
at $6.50 to $7.40. There has been
a great narrowing in the range of

pounds, the highest point of the
season. Feeding and shearing lambs
were scarce and very largely nominal
at $13.50 to $15.

WHEAT

The wheat market is in about the
same condition it was two weeks ago
—-fair1y demand but the tone {is easy.
Wet weather has held up spring
planting in both this country and
Canada but drying weather has been
reported in most sections during the
last few days and the ground is dry-
ing out rapidly. Foreigners appear
to be taking considerable wheat at
present.

CORN
.Corn has followed wheat fairly
close, both in demand and trend of
prices. Sentiment is that prices are
lower now than they will be later
in the year.

OATS

The price of oats should work
higher according to traders who are
bullish on the market. It is believed
the. the carryover is the smallest in
years and the prospects of a big crOp
this year are slim. Wet weather has
delayed planting considerably.

BEANS
After several nice advances in
price which brought the bean market
up to. a level it had not reached for
some time there was some reaction

 

 

THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘i Den wit Chicago Dem-on Detroit—-
May 2 May 2 Apr. 19 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No. 2 Red $1.34 1.37@1.37% $1.31 $1.75

No. 2 White 1-35 1.32 1.76

No. 2 Mixed 1-33 1.30 1.75
CORN——

No. 2 Yellow '77 -'76 .75

No. 3 Yellow -75 -71 @ -73 .74 .70
OATS

N0. 2 White .52 .49 @ .50 .50 .47

No, 3 White .49 .443 @.48 .47 .46
RYE—-

Cash No. a 1-07 1.06 .91
BEANS—

c. H, p. out, 4.65 4.70 4.05@4.15
POTATOES— '

Per Gw't. 3.50 2o55@20% 2.50 4073@4e77
nar— , - ' . ‘

No. 1 Tim. 17@18» 19 20 17@18 23.50@24

No. 2 Tim. 15@16 19 15@1o 21sz

No. 1 Olover 17 .18 20am. ~‘17@18 20@24

Ughtmmd . f, 16 17.50 - ”@210 16@ 17 22@23

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. for rye.

 

Monday, May 2.-—Whegot. corn and oats Wed.
bee market. tyne

  

Good export ‘demand

butstrongth returned and the price .
is at the same level quoted in 0111‘ ‘~-

last issue. Light red kidneys are
ggitgd at $6. 85 and dark ones at

 

an:

Exporters are the main customers '

in the rye market and their demands
are sufficient to hold the price firm.
A one cent gain is noted over two
weeks ago.

 

POTATOES
Potatoes are plentiful with prices
about one—half what they were a
year agop Old stock is holding well

at the present level and is expected.

to clear up well.

New potatoes con-
tinue to decline. - -

'

‘mY _

There has been little, activity in
the hay marekt this spring. .In most
sections prices are under a year ago.

DETROIT LIVE ROULTRY
(Commission merchants' gross returns
per pound to farmers from which prices
5 per cent co lesion and transportation

charges ,are eductlble.)
LIVE P0 TRY—Broilers firm,

§

all

other lines asy: Hens: Good selling col-
ored, 290; leghorns, 250. Cocks, 16c.
Stags, 20c. Broilers, 2 lbs up, barred

rock’s, 50c; other colored,“ ”@450;~ under
2 lbs, 2@4c cheaper; leghorns, 38c.

Ducks. White, 4% lbs 'up, 38c , smaller

or “k, 350. Geese, 32c.

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS

Butter is easy with best Creamery .in ‘

tubs quoted at 41@42c per lb. Eggs are
22% @230 per dozen for fresh firsts.

BOSTON WOOL MARKET

April closed in 'the wool market With
everything quiet and price changes few.
Ohio fleece wool, fine delaine in grease
was quoted‘ at 4464M, and quarter-blood
at 42@43e.

SEED MARKET .
DETROIT.—-Clover, c a s 11 y . domestic,

$26.50; imported, $16.85. Alsike, cash,
$24. Timothy, cash, old,“ $2.60; new,

$2.70.
CHICAGO—Clover, $29 @ 35.70.

Timothy, $4.50 @525.

Tim-

LIVFBTOCK MARKETS

CHICAGO.—-HOGS—Slow with 5 to
10c losses on weight, averages 200 pounds
up compared with high time early; top,
$11; bulk desirable, 150 to 200 pound
averages, $10.65@11; 210 to 240 pounds,
$10.35@10.85; 260 to 300 pounds, $10@
10.40; most packing sows, $8.90@9.25:
pigs upward to $10.90; better grades,
$10.25@10.75. '

CA’I‘TLE—J—Steady to strong, market on
all classes except bulls, the latter weak
to 25c lower; light vealers up to $10.85;
medium strong weight sausage bulls, $6.25
@650; light heifers, $9@10; shippers and
small killers $11.50@12.50. ‘

SHEEP—~Fat lambs 15 to_mostly 25c
higher than Thursday, medium to good
80 pounds, $16.25; desirable 75 to 90
pounds, clipped lambs, $11.50@16.00;
choice 87 pound lambs, $16.25; sheep
steady; choice clipped ewes up to $8;
packing medium wooled ewes, $7.50.

 

EAST BUFFALO, N. Y.——HOGS—-—Ac-
tive, mostly 256@35c higher; spots 500
up; pigs slow around 12; 150 to 160 lbs.
$11.75.; few 210 to 230 lbs. $11.40@11.60;
240 to 260 lbs. $11@11.10; packing sows,
”@925.

CATTLE—Cows steady, others slow.

CALVES——-—Active, strong to 50c higher;
good and choice vealers, $12.50@13.‘Cull
and common grades, $8@9.

SHEEP—Market strong; good and
choice clipped lambs, $16.25; good wooled
lambs $16. 50@16 75, few cull and com-
mon clipped $12@13.

.MISCEIJANEWROIT MAB.‘

KET QUOTATIONS

May 2.———DRESSER CALVES—Steady:
best grades, 17@18c; medium' grades, 14
@150; poor grades, 11@12c. (Best city
dressed calves are‘ selling in Detroit for
20@2lc 1b.)

LIVE RABBITS—Steady, 4% lbs up.

250.
WHOLESALE FRUITS
(Wholesalers' prices to retail merchants.)
APPLES—Delicious, boxes, $3. 5004:
Stagmen Winesap, 162-count boxes, $2.75! ,
l1x2)5-cou1‘1;; boxes, $3, ' Arkansas
xes, Northern S bu. 3: other
varieties, 1111.315061]?” ’

    
     
   
 
   
  

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‘ ere; spring Wheat bran,

1. N
lo. Kip: No. 1 cured, lic; green,

'80; No. 2 edit and kip 1% under No.1,

horsehides: No. 1, :3 75; ..No 2, :2 75.

JEEDS—ACarlots: Winter wheat bran,
$35. ' cracked
corn, $84; coarse cornmeal, $22; cho;.
$29; poultry feed. with grit, $39; without

.rgrit, :32 a ton.

" clear back pork. $23@28.

FLOUR——Extra fancy spring wheat
patent, $8. 75; standard spring wheat pat-
ent, $8. 50: extra. fancy winter wheat pat-
out, :9. 40; standard Kansas patent, $3.15;
standard winter wheat patent, $7. 90 .
fancy winter rye patent. $9.60; pure med-
ium rye patent. $6.35: granulated com-

. meal, yellow, $5; white,~ $5 a barrel in

Jobbing lots.
Salt pork in barrels, family, $34@38:

Hams, 28@3lc per lb; shou ders, 200;
picnic hams, 18@19%c; bacon, 28@32c.
Dry salt briskets, 18@20c. Lard: Pure,

18%@16c; compound, 11%. Tallow: No..
Fresh pork“
loins: Lights, 26c; medium, 24c: heavies,‘

1 edible, 110; inedible, 80.

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GRAND RAPIDS MARKETS
May 2, 1927

‘Butter fat, 470 lb.

Eggs by jobbers, first 216220 doz; by
retailers. ”@240 doz.

Poultry—Live weight, heavy fowls, 24
0260 lb; Leghorn fowls, 20@22c lb;
stage, 14@16o lb; old roosters, 12@16c
lb; Leghorn broilers, 80@360 lb; Rocks
and Reds, 36@40c.

Pork—Dressed hogs, heavy, 12@12%c
lb: light, 13@18%c lb.

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those who depend upon
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' Apples-Northern Spy, fancy, $2 75 bu:
A grade, $2@2. 60; B grade, $1.75; Bald-
wins, fancy, $161.10 bu; A grade, 85@

900 bu, B, grade, 760 bu; Ben Davis, 50c

bu: Geno, $0@75c bu.
Wheat—No. 1 red, $1.14 bu; rye, 80c
bu; corn, 85c bu; oats, 48c bu; barley,

900 bu; buckwheat, $1.50 ’cwt; beans,
white, $4.15 cwt. .
CROP REPORTS

Allegan.—-Wheat looks good. Alfalfa

started out Hue but looks sick since heavy
freeze. Oats about all sown; some rot-
ting on poorly drained ground. Pasture
corn“? along slow; some have stock out.

Qul a. number of early potato patches. ‘

Large acreage of alfalfa will be sown this
year.—L. G. 111., April 28.

Herons—Dry spell followed by heat
culminated in wind'storm evening of April
19th. Many barns levelled, ‘some live-
stock killed. Rain and snow since has
made fields unfit but wheat and clover
benefltted. Plenty of hay. Labor scarce.
—E. B... April 28.

(Editor’s Note: Other crop reports
will be found on pages 10 and 19,)

WATCH LIVESTOCK SHIPMENTS
IN WARM WEATHER
ITH the coming of hot weath-
er, it is imperative that ship-
ments of livestock be watched
closely,” is the warning sent out by
the Michigan Livestock Loss Pre-
vention Association, an organization
made up of representatives from all
industries interested in . the live-
stock business from producer to
packer.

Mr. J. H. O’Malley, President of
the Association, says further, "The
first hot spells come suddenly and
usually cause our most severe losses.
One day in May of 1926 over 1100
animals arrived dead or crippled in
one terminal market on account of
an unexpected rise in temperature.
Common sehse, suplemented with
good sound judgment, is sufficient
to avoid these losses.”

A poster has just been issued by
this Association and is being placed
on display at shipping points and
other points where the shippers can
note the important points to consider
in hot weather. Among them enum-
erated on this poster are: (1) Han-
dle animals patiently to avoid excite-
ment; (2) bed cars With sand in-
stead of straw; (3 spray water on
feet of hogs, but not on their backs;
(4) do not feed just before loading.

 

 

 

 

Week of May 8
GOAL storms of rain and wind
that will do damage in many
parts of the state will be in ac-

tion as .this week begins. Not later
than Monday the temperature will
take a sudden drop to much cooler
readings.

This condition will be modified
about middle of week as a result of
the threatening to rainy weather
expected at that time. From this
time on through the rest of the
week rainy weather will be more or
less prominent in the state.

The latter part of the week will
turn cooler; so much so, in fact, that
there is grave danger of frosts even
to those counties in‘ the southern
part of Michigan.

Week of May 15

Many counties of the state will be
visited with general showers and
some high winds during the early
part of the week of May 15th. As a.
result of this storm area tempera-
tures will have returned to more
normal readings than of previous
week. However, before the middle
of the week has passed middle to
northern counties of the lower pen-
insula of Michigan will be visited
with light to killing frosts.

In keeping with the radical
changes we expect will take place

this week in the state, temperatures
will be higher about tlgjfddle of

y, the week with some thu der storms.

wind and perhaps hall 10
with some general rains
The balance“ of the week will

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The high carbon steel teeth
have the correct shape and are
always in position to dig in and
clean out the underground stems
and roots of quack grass, thistle
and other weeds that rob the soil
of fertility.

Alfalfa fields are greatly bene-
fitted by cultivations with this
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All Weed Pests

Killing weeds, cultivating alfalfa and making seed beds
are three important jobs you can do better with the

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cutting stimulates growth and
increases yield. An inspection
of your field a week after culti-
vation will convince you of the
merits of this cultivator. En-
dorsed by leading alfalfa experts.

Use it before planting corn; in
hard gumbo; in stubble; for fall
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great as it has been this year.

Ourd demand from old customers was never so

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Blood Tested for the Past Three Years.
Rocks $13. 00. R. 1. Beds $15 00

KRUEPER POULTRY FARM & HATOIEERY,

Demand for Veal is Good

SHIP YOUR

DRESSED CALVES and
LIVE POULTRY to

Detroit Beef Co.
1903 Adelaide St., Detroit, Mich,

Oldest and most reliable commission
house in Detroit

Tags and quotations and new shippers
guide. free on application.

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of THE Busmsss Farm to tell the
farmers about their products. We
believe these manufacturers are re-
liable and suggest that you patronilo
than. When writing to than pieces

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7 ‘ Choice Heavy Steers Are Scarce

  

’Hogs Off—rlambs In Demand At Good Pribes
By 'W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor. 1 ’

HOUSANDS of farmers in the
s o u t h e r n and southwestern
states are suffering from the
terrible floods that have devastated
several states, and the situatiOn is
appalling, requiring quick assistance
from more prosperous parts of the
country. Farther north heavy rains
have caused apprehension that
planting would be delayed in corn
districts, as well as in the wheat
region. Otherwise” there was no
material difference in the reports
from most agricultural districts, and
so far as grain was concerned ,there
was a general feeling of dissatisfac-
tion because of the abnormally low
market prices, especially for wheat,
corn and oats. Rye and barley were
the exceptions, bringing good prices
owing to last year’s short crops. A
normal acreage of several grains ap—
pears probable, with a moderate in—
crease over last'year probable un—
less. cut doWn by unseasonable
weather. Live stock prices this year
have been ‘much less satisfactory for
hogs than for beef cattle, despite the
country supply of the former, and
profits have turned out much short
of most expectations. Probably, the
remarkable boom in prices for fat
cattle in the markets of this coun-
try has been a great surprise to most
stock feeders, but it was the natural
outcome of marked reductions in 'the
shipments of stockers and feeders
to most feeding districts. A great
deal of damaged corn 'has been fed
to cattle and hogs, and in this way
it returned good profits. Prices for
sheep and lambs have ruled high
most of the season, prime fed lambs
selling at times up to $17 per 100
pounds for flocks with the wool on
their backs. The sheep industry is
a very profitable one for experienced
men, although low prices are still
paid for wool. Of late the big Chi-
cago packers have bought a large
part of their lambs on the, Denver
and other distant westernrmarkets
and shipped them through.
Light Trade in Grain
For many weeksyspeculative trad—
ing in the several grains on the
Chicago Board of Trade and on other
produce exchanges of the United
States has been only moderate in
volume, and cash transactions con-
tinue to comprise a large share of
the daily business. Hostile legisla-
tion has lessened speculation, espe-
cially in wheat, and the aggregate
weekly sales of wheat, corn oats, rye
and barley have run short of those
reported a year ago. Rye and barley
sell high, but this cannot be said of
the other cereals, and wheat sold
around $1.37 for May delivery, while
last year it sold as high as $1.71
and two years ago at $1.57. Scan—
dalous commercial transactions on
the Board of Trade have tended to
lessen speculative sales of wheat,
and the rather large world supplies
made it no easy matter to put prices
higher, traders being in a hurry to
sell on little advances and pocket
their profits. Corn and oats still sell
not materially different from a year
ago, but over two years ago May
corn sold as high as $1.10. Rye sold
a short time since for $1.08, which
compared with 88 cents at the same
time last year. Crop reportsare
closely watched and the government
radio reports on the weather are
highly regarded, many farmers stay-
ing away from their». field work for
the day if rains are promised. Oat
seeding is late.
Prime Cattle Scar-oer

For many weeks there has been a
steadily growing scarcity . of the
choicer kinds of long fed heavy
steers, and as is always the case
when there is 'a lack of any particu-

‘lar kind of steers, the demand far

exceeds the meager oflermgs shown

1;: the Chicago stock yards from day

to dam; A year ago conditions were

, a. green

On ,a recent Monday about 17,000
cattle of all kinds arrived in Chi-
cago, and the highest sale was that
of 17 head of prime long—fed Here—
ford steers that averaged in weight
1619 pounds at $14. They came
from a Cherokee County, Iowa, feed
lot, and graded extremely high, as
well as unusually heavy. The next
best sale on that day was that of
180 steers averaging 1390 pounds at
$13.25, and the best long yearlin‘gs
brought $12.50. The top cattle sale
of that day stood the highest of this

 

- earlier or a year ago.

is now paid for the best light hogs.
During the last week of A ril there
Was a generalist—up in t e move-
ment of hogs to Chicago, and sup-
plies were smaller than a week
At the close
hogs sold at $8.80 to $11, comparing
with $9.30 to $10.90 ‘a week earlier.
The demand from eastern packers
has continued the principal support-
ing factor. Hogs weighing belOW
225 pounds were the highest sellers.
', Lambs Scams and Higher
Recent supplies of lambs offered
on the Chicago market were no-
where near sufficient to/ meet the
demand, and prices had a substan-
tial advance, with the best wooled
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M. B. F. MARKETS BY RADIO
TUNE in the M. B. F. market reports and farm news broadcast on
Mo‘nday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nigxtsat 6:40, east-

ern standard time from WGHP of Detroit

It is broadcast at

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year, and cattle prices were from $1
to $3 higher than a year ago. Recent
receipts in western markets have
been far smaller than last year, and
for the year to late date supplies for
western packing points show a large
falling off. Recently sales of steers
were largely at $9 to $12, with com-
mon light steers as low as $8.50.
Prime heifers sell up to $10.25 to
$10.85. Stockers and feeders are
in good demand, selling largely at
$8 to $9. During the last week of
April cattle were in unusually small
supply, and prices moved up about
25 cents.

Low Market for Hogs

Within a short time hogs have
been sold on the Chicago market at
the lowest prices recorded in over
two years, With some unusually
sharp declines at times, the packers
having things pretty much their owu
way. In a single week prices
dropped 60' to 70 cents, despite light
receipts, and for the year to late
date the combined receipts in seven
packing points were only 8,068,000
hogs, comparing with 8,196,000 a
year ago, 19,327,000 two years ago
and 11,072,000 three years ago.
Hogs sold far lower than one and
two years ago, but much higher than
a few years back. A year ago they
sold on the Chicago market at
$10.65 to $13.50, two years ago at
$9.90 to $11.70 and three years ago
at $6.50 to $7.40.
a great narrowing in the range of

There has been ‘

pounds, the highest point of the
season. Feeding and shearing lambs
were scarce and very largely nominal
at $13.50 to $15.

WHEAT
The wheat market is in abOut the
same condition it was two weeks ago

. “fairly demand but the tone is easy.

Wet weather has held up spring
planting in both this country and
Canada but drying weather has been
reported in most sections during the
last few days and the ground is dry-
ing out rapidly. Foreigners appear
to be taking considerable wheat at
present.
CORN

Eorn has followed wheat fairly
close, both in demand and trend of
prices. Sentiment is that prices are
lower now than they will be later
in the year.

OATS

The price of oats should work
higher according to tmders who are
bullish on the market. It is believed
the. the carryover is the smallest in
years and the prospects of a big crop
this year are slim. Wet weather has
delayed planting considerably.

BEANS
After several nice advances in
price which brought the bean market
up to.a level it had not reached for
some time there was some reaction
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THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
  

 

 

 

Den wit Chicago Uetron Detroit—j
May 2 May 2 Apr. 19 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No‘ 2 Red $1.34 1.37 @ 1.37 34 $1.31 $1.75

No. 2 White 1-35 1.32 1.76

No. 2 Mixed 1-33 1.30 1.75
CORN— _

No. 2 Yellow .77 .76 .75

N0, 3 Yellow .75 .71 @ .73 .74 .70
OATS

No. ‘2 White -52 .49 @ .50 .50 .47

No. 3 wmw ~49 44% @ .48 .47 .46
RYE—-

Cash No. 2 1.07 1306 .91
BEANS— ‘

c. H. p, (m. 4.65 4.70 4.05@4.15
POTATOES— ,, ~ -

Per owt, 3.50 2.55 @2195 2.50 4.73@4.77
HAY— ‘ ' ‘ ’

No. 1 Tim. 17@1s-

No. 2 Tim. 15@ 16

No. 1 Gover- . 17 ‘18 .

[unsuited [if 16 17.50 -

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prices, and a much‘ smaller premium 1" ‘but‘TStrength’ returned

    

‘ 125-cOunt boxes,

_ a"?

7 _ endithe ’ ..
is at the same level quoted ; in our
last issue. Light red kidnefl‘flfi

Quoted at',$6.85 and dark 9335;858:113}

$5.10.

 

Exporters are the main customers:

in the rye market, and their “1,133,135,133 ,.
are sufficientto hold the. price firm.
'A one'cent gain is notedj‘over “in" .. ‘

weeks ago. '

 

,POTATOEs , .
’ Potatoes, are plentiful with prices]

abOut one-half what they \Were‘ 3:5;
year ago.~ Old stock is holding wen __ _ _
at the present level and is expected": :7

to clear up well. New potatoes con?
tinue to decline. ( ,~ -

‘HAY .

There has been little, activity in“ i
the hay marekt this spring. In most ;

sections prices are under a year ago.

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DETROIT LIVE BOULTRY ,

(Commission merchants' gross return‘sg .'
per pound to farmers from which prices , ~-

5 per cent commission and transportation
charges ,are deductible.) - . .

LIVE POULTRY—Broilers firm, all; ‘

other lines easy: Hens: Good selling col—
ored, 29c; .leghoms, 25c. Cooks,
Stags, 20c. Broilers, 2 lbs up,
2 lbs, 2@4c cheaper; leghorns, 38c.
Ducks: White, 4%
or ‘ik, 35c. Geese, 320.

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS _

Butter is easy with 'best creamery in ‘

tubs quoted at 41@42c per lb. Eggs are
22% @2342: per dozen for fresh flrsts._

BOSTON WOOL MARKET
April closed in the wool market With
everything quiet and price changes few.
Ohio fleece woo,»flne-dela.ine in grease
was quoted at 4 @45c, and quarter-blood-

at42@43a '

' SEED MAW _ _
DETROIT—Clover, c a. s h; domestic,
$26.50; imported, $16.85. Alsike, cash,
Timothy, cash, old, $2.60; new.
$2.70. , .
CHICAGO—Clover, 329635.70; Tim-
Timothy, $4.50@5.25. ' ,

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

CHICAGO.—HOGS—Slow with 5 to
100 losses on weight, averages 200 pounds
up compared with high time early; top.
$11; bulk desirable, 150 to 200 pound
averages, $10.65@11; 210 to 240 pounds,
$10.35@10.85; 260 to 300 pounds, $106
10.40; most packing sows, $8.90@9.35;
pigs upward to $10.90; better grades,
$10.25@10.75. ’

CATTIE—l—Steady to strong, market 0113
all 'classes except bulls, the latter weak
to 25c lower; light vealers up to $10.85:
medium strong weight sausage bulls, $6.25
@650: light heifers, $9@10; shippers and
small killers $11.50@12.50. ‘ . ‘

SHEEP—Fat lambs 15 tounostly 250‘
higher than Thursday, medium to good
80 pounds, $16.25; desirable 75 to 99
pounds, clipped lambs, $11.50@16.00;
choice 87 pound lambs, $16.25; sheep
steady; choice clipped ewes up to $8;
packing medium wooled ewes, $7.50.

 

EAST BUFFALO, N. Y.——HOGS-—Ac-
tlve. mostly 25c@35c higher; spots 500
up; pigs slow around 12; 150 to 160 lbs.
$11.75; few 210 to 230 lbs. $11.40@11.50;
240 to 260 lbs. $11@11.10; packing sows.,
$9639.25. "

CATTLE——Cows steady, others slow. _

,CALVES——Active, strong to 50c higher:
good and choice vealers, $12.50@13. Cull
and common grades, $8@9.

SHEEP—Market strong; good ’ and
choice clipped lambs, $16.25; good wooled
lambs $16.50@16.75; few cull and com—
mon clipped $12@13.

 

. MWOUS DETROIT MAR-l

KET QUOTATIONS

May 2.—~DRESSER CALVES—Steady:
best grades, 17 @18c; medium‘ grades, 14
@150; poor grades, 11@12o. (‘Bestcity

dressed calves are” selling in petroit for .

20@210 lb.)

25c. - : -
WHIOLESALE FRUITS. ,
(Wholesalers’ prices to retail"mer(:hants. ;
APPLES—Delicious, boxes, 33.50047
Stagmen Winesap, 162-00unt’box‘ésfsz :13:
$3; sas " 7
boxes. :3; Northern n V ‘ Bug

varieties, bu. $35062.

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LIVE RABBITS—Steady, 41,5 lbs up, .

 

 

 

  

 

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rocKs, 500; other colored,‘ “@450: under'

lbs lup, 38c; smaller,

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’ clear back pork, $23@28.

  
    
   

 
   
 

   

‘1, ‘ i4 sored, 14c;
11c: Ki- ,_ No.1. cureg_,r'llc; green,
" 'xcplilo. .2 caugan'd kip 1% under N0. 1,

gnorsemdes; No.~'1,,$3.'76;,No. 2, $2.75.
':';EEEDSe1Qarlots:_'Winter wheat bran,

"336’; .‘spring Wheat bran, $35; cracked
$22; ch02,

829'; poultry feed, with grit, $39 ; without

fizrit, $32 a ton. '

FLOUR—Extra fancy spring wheat

‘ patent, $8.75; standard spring wheat pat-
,1 agent, $8.50; extra. fancy winter wheat pat-
ent,.$9.40; standard Kansas patent, $8.15:

standard winter wheat patent, $7.90;
fancy winter rye patent. $9.60; pure med-
ium rye patent, $6.35; granulated corn-

meal, yellow, $5; white,~ $5 a barrel in

Jobbing lots. .
Salt pork in barrels, family, $34@38;

Hams, 28@31c per lb; shou ders, 20c;
picnic hams, 18@19%c; bacon, 28@32c.
Dry salt briskets, 18@20c. Lard: Pure,-

13%@'16c; compound, 11%. Tallow: No.-

1 edible, 'llc; inedible, So. Fresh pork
loins: ‘Lights, 25c; medium, 24c: heavies.
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GRAND RAPIDS MARKETS

. May 2, 1927

.. Butter fat, 470 1b.

Eggs by jobbers, first 21622c (102; by
retailers, 23@24c doz. "Z“

Poultry—~Live weight, heavy fowls, 24
0260 lb; Leghorn fowls, 20@220 1b;
stage, 14@16c lb; old roosters, 12@16c
lb; Leghorn broilers, 30@35c lb; Rocks
and Reds, 35@400. ,

Pork—Dressed hogs, heavy, 12@121;éo
lb; light, 13@13%c lb.

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WI'IAT will become of
those who depend upon
you when your usefulness,
your ability to earn a reg-
ular income comes to an
end? Have you provided
for their future and your
own as well?

Howmuchoiyourpresent
earnings are you putting
asidetoguamntecymhee—
doni iromworry when age
creepsalong? You owe it
to those dependent upon
you to give a thought to
your future and to theirs.

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' in hot weather.

tion as this week begins.
than Monday the temperature will
take a sudden drop to much cooler
readings.

about middle'of week as a result of
the threatening to rainy weather
expected at that time. ‘From this
time on through the rest of the
week rainy weather will be more or
less prominent in the state.

turn cooler; so much so, in fact, that
there is grave danger of frosts even
to those counties in' the southern
part of Michigan.

visited with general showers and
some high winds during the early
part of the week of May 15th.. As a
result of this storm area tempera-
tures will have returned to more
normal readings than of previous
week.
of the week has passed middle to

will be higher about, tbspmiddle of
J the week-with some thunder storms. _
wind and perhaps hallo locally along
with 'some’flgeneral rains. .

pplesseNorthern Spypfan'cy, $2.75 bu;
A grade, $2'@2.50; B‘grade, $1.75; Bald-
wins, fancy, $1@1.‘10~bu; A grade, 85@
90c bu; B, grade, 75c,bu; Ben Davis, 500
bu; Gano, ~$0@75c bu. -

Wheat—No. 1 red, 31.14 bu; rye, 80c
bu;o com, 850 bu; oats-480 bu; barley,
900 bu; buckwheat, $1.50 'cwt; beans,
white, $4.15 cwt.

CROP REPORTS

' Allegan.———Wheat looks good. Alfalfa
started out Mud but looks sick since heavy
freeze. Oats about all sown; some rot-
ting on poorly drained ground. Pasture
aorn-‘rralong slow; some have stock out.

in
Large acreage of alfalfa will be sown this
yeah—L. G. 13., April 28.

HuronF—Dry spell followed by heat
culminated in wind'storm evening of April
19th. Many barns levelled, “some live-
stock killed. Rain and snow since has
made fields unfit but wheat and clover
benefltted. Plenty of hay. Labor scarce.
—-E. IL. April 28.

(Editor’s Note: Other crop reports
will be found on pages 10 and 19.)

WATCH LIVESTOCK SHIPMENTS
IN WARM WEATHER

“ ITH the coming of hot weath-
er, it is imperative that ship-
ments of livestock be watched

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vention Association, an organization
made up of representatives from all
industries interested in . the live-
stock business from producer to
packer.

Mr. J. H. O’Malley, President of
the Association, says further, “The
first hot spells come suddenly and
usually cause our most severe losses.
Oneday in May of 1926 over 1100
animals arrived dead or crippled in
one terminal market on account of
an unexpected rise in temperature.
Common sense, suplemented with
good sound judgment, is sufficient
to avoid these losses.”

A poster has just been issued by
this Association and is being placed
on display at shipping points and
other points where the shippers can
note the important points to consider
Among them enum—
erated on this poster are: (1) Han-
dle animals patiently to avoid excite-
ment; (2) bed cars with sand in-
stead of straw; (3 spray water on
feet of hogs, but not on their backs;
(4) do- not feed just before loading.

’31.“.1256 lb ;» No.1, ‘

a number of early potato patches. '

  
  
        
    
   
 
      
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
     
  
    
   
    
 
  
  
   
  
    
  
      
   
   
 
 
  
   
   
 

The Greatest Foe of
All Weed Pests

Killing weeds, cultivating alfalfa and making seed beds
are three important jobs you can do better with the

John Deere-Syracuse
Quack-Grass Destroyer

The high carbon steel teeth / cutting stimulates growth and
have the correct shape and ar creases yield. An inspection
always in position to dig in an \ of your field a week after culti-
clcan out the underground stems ‘” vation will convince you of the
and roots of quack grass, thistle merits of this cultivator. En- "
and other weeds that rob the soil dorsed by leading alfalfa experts. '
of fertility.

Alfalfa fields are greatly bene-
fitted by cultivations with this
machine. Using it after each

Use it before planting corn; in
hard gumbo; in stubble; for fall
seed beds.

Writ. today for literature describing this labor-saving machine. '
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Week of May 8
GOAL storms of rain and wind
that will do damage in many
parts of the state will be in ac—

Not later

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The latter part of the week will

. Week of May 15
Many counties of the state will be

However, before the middle

Hanson - - Tancred - - English.

Remember that; 'Raoyal Leghorns are Contest winning Leghoran
the same bloodlmes that_have produced these winners.
great as it has been this year.

so . 00 500 1000
A MATING sflfio 11.00 55.00 . i
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101' direct from this ad

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ROYAL HATCHERY a FARMS, s. P. WIERSMA Prop.

Blood Tested for the Past Three Y rs.
Rocks $13.00. 15.

KRUEPER POULTRY FARM c! HATCHERY,

Demand for Veal is Good
DRESSED CALVES and

Detroit Beef C0.
1903 Adelaide 5L, Detroit, Mich,

Oldest and most reliable commission

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ZEELAN D, MIOH.

. Michigan Accredited Chicks .,

Halter-man Barred Rocks, $15.00.
Mixed Chicks $9.00.

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