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T’S NOT economical to attempt to reduce the
amount of feed consumed by your poultry flock
when it goes out on range this summer. For iiz.
is the time of year when every poultryman faces
the problem of keeping his birds from falling oil
in production due to the hot summer weather. .

Many flocks are culled and a large number of
birds removed when the fault is not with the
birds but with the feeding.

The flock that is so fed as to secure an increas-
ed consumption of egg mash during these months
will continue to lay all summer, and'then the
poorer birds may be culled out from time to time
as they cease to lay. The result will be an in-
creased net profit from the flock.

AMCO EGG MASH, freshly mixed according
to college teachings, from sweet, wholesome in—
gredients sustains the birds and keeps them lay-
ing through the trying days of summer. Your
Amco Agent can supply you.

DIVISION OFFICE: COLUMBUS. OHIO

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FEED MIXING SERVICE _

AMERICAN MILLING COMPANY:
Executive Offices—Peoria, Ill.

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Clare (Rwy—Weather continues cool
with considerable rain. Farming is dit-
ficult. Potatoes going to market at $1.00
per bushel. Cows are selling .at unheard
of, prices. Eggs away down. Lots ‘0!
chickens this year. Everybody seems to
be going into thepoultry-business. ' Mea-
dows are getting green.
inches high. Trees beginning to leaf out.
Cattle looking well. Lots of oats to go
in yet. Last night’s downpour will de-
lay work still more.——Mrs. R. D., May 9.

Clinton, Inghameaton.—The ground
around here has been wet holding up farm

in general are farther ahead than last
year at this time. Seedings are looking
very good, also wheat except for a few
spots where, the ice killed it. Oats are
coming fair being. held up some by the
cold weather. Stock looking good. Quo-
tations at lensing: Eggs, 21c don;
wheat, $1.21 1311.; oats, 410 bu.; beans,
pea, $4.40 bu.; beans, dark red kidney,
$4.50 bu.; beans. light red kidney. $6.50
bu.; com, 750 bu.; potatoes, old, $1.75
bu.—-—B. B. D., May 9.

Tuseoln (W).—0n account of too much
rain during past—week farmers can not
work on land. Some corn planted already.
Most farmers have cleaned up on corn
borer situation. Wheat looking good ex-
cept where the lee smothered it in the
winter time. Cows are being tested for
'1‘. B. with some losing an occasional one.
Quotations at Vassar: Hay, $16.00 ton;
corn, We hit; oats, 44c bu.; rye, 85c bu.;
wheat. $1.27 bu.; beans, $4.50 cwt.; po-
tatoes. $1.25 bu.; eggs, 210 don; butter.
48c lb.—-J. T.. May 10. '

Midland—Had hard rain on 8th and
9th and land is now under water. Many
oats are destroyed by water standing on
them. Wheat has made a wonderful
startandlooksgood. Allcropssetback
by heavy rains. Pasture fair. Fruit
treesshowingupgood. Roadsbadafter
you leave the gravel. Quotations at Mid-
land: Wheat, $1.26 bit: oats, 40o hm:
rye, 85c bu.; beans, $4.40 cwt.; potatoes.
900 bu.: butter. 45:: 111.; eggs, 20c dos.—
B. V. 0.. May 10. -

measured—Heavy rains are holding
back work on low ground. The last few
days have been much warmer and pas-
tures are greening up nicely. Some have
sheared their sheep before lambing. while
others are waiting until after lambing.
The dairy and alfalfa meetings were well
attended. Everybody plowing and disk—
ing for corn and potatoes, wherever the
ground is in good condition—J. 11.,
May 10.

1m.”va dry. No rain in four
weeks. Farmers not done sowing oats.
Barley soon will come. Ground dry and
lumpy. Lots of sweet clover being sown
this spring. Not quite so much corn will
be planted. More potatoes. Wheat is
very good. Hay will be short as it is
very thin on ground. Lots of chicks be-
ing hatched. Quotations at Cadmus:
Wheat, $1.28 bu.;'oats. 44c bu.; potatoes,
$2.25 cwt.; eggs, 22c don—C. B.. May 12.

We (NW).-—-Most farmers busy
fitting ground for corn and cabbage.
Some corn planted early. Gardens com-
ing along fair. Oats a good color but
coming slow because of cool weather.
Fruit trees blossoming full. A hard frost
now would do a lot of damage. C. H.,
May 12.

8t. Joseph—Wheat is doing extra good.
Oat fields are greening up nicely. Farm-
ers have nearly completed plowing corn.
Young clover looks good, what there is of
it. Some farmers will be ready to plant
corn as soon as the weather warms up.
An, enormous crop of poultry products will
be harvested this coming fall if nothing
happens to it as certainly everybody is
going into the poultry business—A. J. Y.,
May 12. .

Emmet—Rain past two days bringing
meadows and pastures along fine. Farm-
ers well along with their work. More
certified potatoes will be planted than us—.
,ualandlessomers. First truittreesiust
beginning to leaf out. although spring is
early. Farm labor same but not much
demand as farmers have got in the habit
of not hiring as wages have been too
high. Quotations at Petoskey: Beans,
$4.09 cwt.; butter, 49c 1b.; potatoes, $1.85
hugeggs, 25c don—R. D., May 11. ,

Wozniak—40001 weather with lots of
rain. Marlowe give promise of a good
crop of hay.» Some potatoes and early
gardeas planted. Price of potatoeshlgher
thanearlyinihesprlng. Cherrycrop
damaged to some extent by frost. A

, its oWn highest attain-ment  ‘Dr. caro—

- 'line ~Hedger of Chicago at the Woman’s-

Nutrition Clubs' Achievement Day. I Quo-
tations at Gadillac: Wheat, * $1.10Mbu.;v
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sash" (8E).——We‘ek ending May 7th,

was quite favorable for farming, but on
the 8th it began raining again and is still
raining at this writing. Fields too soft
to work. Oats about all planted, some
early potatoes. Stock being turned out
on pastures. About halt of 'the corn
ground plowed. Not many beans to be
planted in this section. Seed potatoes
scarce. a smaller acreage anticipated.
Quotations at Bird: Run: Wheat. 31.29
bu.: corn, 82c bu.: oats, 490 but: beans,
$4.45 cwt.; potatoes. $1.26 bu.;' butter,

486nm eggs, 22c doz.——E. C. 11.. May 12.»

Kenyan—Farmers have cats in. also
quite a lot of early potatoes planted and
gardens are most all planted Farmers

g getting the corn, beans, and buckwheat

ground ready to plant. There won't be
somanyplckles thisyearasthedisesSes
thatgowithplckleshasbeenbadlast
two years. Quite a lot of rain lately
preventing much rush on farm work.
Treuanmtuhieetevenoreherdsare
showing up their bloom. Quotations at
Hesperlaz Wheat. $1.10 bu: corn. 85c
ha: oats. 70o bud rye. 750 bu.: beans.
85.25 cwt.; potatoes, 81.35 be: butter.

Defiance (Ohio).——Been very cool and a

_ few rains past two weeks. Oats will be
finished this week. Only a few gardens
and truck patches planted. No plowing
for corn. Cattle on pasture. Usual num-
ber of little pigs. Lambs and chickens
from hateheries are cheap this spring as
prospects for big prices are poor. Good
weather and all will be going strong “on
the Ohio". Quotations at Bryan, Ohio:
Hay, $10.00 ton; corn, 75c cwt.; oats,
420 th; milk, $1.95 cwt.; Wheat, $1.32
bu.; hogs, $9.50 cwt.; potatoes, $1.25 bu.;
eggs, 220 don; butterfat, 450 lb.——W. E.
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JOINS CORN J30RER CONTROL
STAFF AT TOLEDO

. H. HADLEY, formerly Director

of the Bureau of Plant Indus-

try, Pennsylvania State Depart-
ment of Agriculture, has been made
assistant to L. H. Worthley, admin-
istrator of the corn borer control
campaign with headquarters at T0—
ledo. He will assist with the field
work, relieving L. H. Worthley, in
charge of the field organization, of
much of the office routine and the
executive and administrative work
incidental to the vast Department Of

Agriculture program for the inspec- ‘

tion and certification of infested
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STATE FIRE LOSS CUT

ICHlGAN’B fire loss for 1926 _.

was reduced 'more than two

million dollars from the 1925 A

total. according" to the report recent-
ly issued by Charles “V. Irene, chief
of the lire marshal’s divisiontdepart—
ment of public satiety. Last year's
loss amounted to 517,538,503 116
compared with $19,654,324 in 1925.
Wayne county sustained the largest
loss, 35,3905“. but no other county
in tire state went over ‘the 
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LL, let's cheer up. We have

one less thing to worry about,

new that the lawmakers have
dispersed and returned to their
homes. When the Governor finish-
es his task of signing and vetoing
the bills dumped‘ on his desk by the
Legislature as a result of its
eleventh hour spurt of lawmaking,
we will be in a position to look over
the taccon'iplishm'ents of the session
and pass judgment upon it. _ ‘
 the smoke of battle has
died down a little, your Lansing
correspondent will prepare a sum-

ms Pawns, showing what the Leg
islature did and didn’t do for rural
people. - ‘ .

I suppose you all read in the daily
papers how the House of Represen-
tatives reversed itself on the Leland
8 cent gas tax and approved it by a
voted! 65 to 26' after having killed
the same bill eight days previously
by a vote of 38" to 50. There is no
use crying over spilt milk or wast-
ing valuable space in our paper
trying to figure up alibis for the law-
makers who disregarded public opin-
ion and voted for this bill to boost
highway revenues $6,000,000 a year
without providing any relief in the
term of lower licenses n for autos or
light trucks or possibly permanent
licenses for passenger cars.

Rumor has it that now that the
Governor has signed this bill, refer-
endum petitions will immediately be
circulated to- place this measure be-
fore the voters at the general elec-
tion in November, 1928. Onlyabout
30,000 signatures would be required
on such petitions and the law would
not become operative. until, and if,
approved by the voters. It wouldn't
“be much of a job to secure the neces-
sary signaturesto such petitions and
it is doubtful if Michigan citizens
would approve such a proposal as
the Leland bill if they had a chance
to vote on it.~‘ .

7 The farm papers and farm organi-f'
_ nations consistently opposed this

bill not because they. were not in
favor of a higher gas tax, but be-

Souihwestern Michigan Holds Great Blossom

LOSSOM Time in Michigan."
What pictures and impressions

_ these words bring to the mind

of one who witnessed the annual
blossom festival in southwestern
Michigan’s fruit belt during the first
week in May. "
" First of all one reqnembers the

blossOms themselves. Acres of them,

miles of them; delighting the eye,

loading the sunny air» with heavy '

perfume, ‘ Pear, cherry, and apple
 drifting to the ground like
fragrant snow—flakes. Pink peach
blossoms tinting the hillsides. No
one who has never seen these sights
can appreciate their beauty.

3"  The celebration itself was a nota-

ble one." First came the selectiOn of
The candidates

various high schools in the fruit belt.

“7‘: ': The final selection of the Queen then

v  place .atthe Liberty .Theater in
' out-of-town

Benton, ’ Harbor; ' five
 experts being the judges;
 7 J ‘ of .tlaistyear’scontest was
 being: selected, this»
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islature Ends Longest Session in Years

 ‘ Course Nobody Got- All They Wanted But Farmers Secured Several Desired Laws

By STANLEY M. POWELL

Lansing Correspondent of Tun Busnrnss Faun

cause they insisted that if any such
measure were passed, it should be
accompanied by a corresponding re-
duction in the weight tax. '
{hues and Salaries

That the recent session of the
Legislature will go down in history
as noted for its activities along the
lines of increasing taxes and rai-ing
salaries was the doleful prophesy
voiced in the Senate during the

closing days by Sen. Peter B. Len-
non of Genesee county. However,
Gov. Green has already vetoed a bill
to increase the salary of the State
Banking Commissioner from $5,000
to $7,500 a year, and is quoted as
saying that he will veto the bill to
give an additional $2500 a year to
each of the Circuit Judges in the
State. Probably at his suggestion,
the Senate side-tracked a bill to per-

Potato Growers Demand Inspection Change

, R the past several months
rumors have been that the po-
tato growers of northern Mich-

igan were not satisfied, with the in-
spection work being done by the
Michigan Crop Improvement Associ—
ation. According to these rumors,
the growers feel that the Crop Im-
provement Association is controlled
by grain growers in the southern
part of the State and they desire to
have a separate inspection service
for potatoes. At the annual meeting
of the Michigan Potato Producers’
Association held in Petoskey on
May 10th the gathering storm broke
and the members vested “full power
and authority” in a board of direc-
tors to make request of the Farm
Crops Department of the M. S. C. for
its" crops inspection service. The
board was empowered also to com-
plete plans for certification of the
seed potatoes by its own organiza-
tion. _

No doubt before you read this the
directors will have made requests to
the College for inspection service.
It is intended to take the matter up
with the State Board of Agriculture
and, if necessary, the Legislature, if
the Department of Farm Crops re-

. fuses to grant members of the Pota-

to Producers’ Association the College
inspection unless the Vcrop is certi-
fied through the Michigan Crop Im-
provement Association.

The potato growers feel that they
are entitled to the College’s inspec-
tion service as much as any other
body in the State. So that there
would be no leop—holes in their peti—
tion, the growers reorganized the as-
sociation and employed an attorney
to advise them in their action, indi-
cating they are set for a finished
fight

A similar resolution was adopted
by the Michigan Potato Growers’
Exchange at Cadillac last August.

During the business session Mr. R.
C. Bennett of Alma and Mr. Ernest
Pettifor of Gaylord were returned to
the ofiices of President and Secre—
tary—Treasurer respectively. Direc-
tors are William Bowers of Central
Lake, Claude Schmaltzreid of Lever-
ing and J. F. Brudy of Wolverine.

More than one hundred new mem-
bers were assigned at the meeting
and half of these made application
for inspection and certification serv-
ice. The others intend to request in-
spection.

The meeting was brought to a
close Tuesday evening with a ban-
quet at Hotel Perry with Mr. Frank
S h i p p of Gaylord toastmaster.
Among the speakers were E. C. Row-
land of Elyria, Ohio; L. L. Drake of
Bay City, Professor Moore of East
Lansing, Paul MacDonald of Gaylord
and R. G. Carr of the Michigan State
College.

By HERBERT NAFZIGER

consisted of special blossom services
in the churches of the fruit belt, and
many were the fervent prayers that
the promise of the blossoms be car-

. ried out in a bountiful harvest of

fruit.

On May 2nd occurred the May-
'I'ime Pageant, by high-schbol stu-
dents, and the crowning of the
Blossom Queen. This beautiful cere-
mony teck place at Filstrup Field in
Benton Harbor, The pageant con-
sisted of a series of interpretative
Greek dances representing the story

of Ceres. and Proserpina, ending in

the return of Proserpine, who was
The Queen was
crowned with fitting ceremonies and
the pageant was concluded with'a
Maypole :dance. A 'flower decked
Grecian temple furnished the setting

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j " Twoginiportant social,_events were
included in the blossom festivities:

"and"? “1°. iiBlmsdr “Queen’s Dance; “

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Cleopatra’s barge.

or. The grand march was led by
the Governor and the Blossom

Queen.
Crowning Event

The great and crowning event of
all, however, was the Blossom Time
Parade. This took place on the
afternoon of May 3rd. The parade
formed in St. Joseph, crossed the
bridge over the St. Joseph River, and
then into Benton Harbor. Partici-
pating in the parade were fully one
hundred beautifully decorated floats,
and nine bands. Many of the floats
were works of art and showed the
unstinted work and thought that had
been put into them. In the van-
guard marched the color guard,
made up of members of the St. Jo-
seph American Legion. Then came
the Michigan State College Band,
closely followed by the, Blossom
Queen’s float. This pure white float
was built to represent a huge beat,
it reminded one of vikingships or of
Seated in the
float was the Blossom Queen' on a
throne, surrounded by her maids of
honor and ladies in waiting. Al? in-
tervals ,in the parade marched the
other b sing the

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Entered as 2nd class matter, Aug. 22, 1917 at
m. Olanens, men, under act Mar. 3. 1879

mit higher salaries for the State
Director of Conservation, and Chair-
man of the Securities Commission
and Public Health Commissioner.

The Senate defeated a, proposal
previously approved by the House
to increase the salary of the State
Boxing Commissioner from $3500
to $5000 and the salary of his depu-
ty from $2200 to $3500.

Although it thus appears that sev-
eral State officials are going to be
disappointed in their desire for in-
creased compensation, the Legisla—
ture has approved a proposed con-
stitutional a m e n d m e n t providing
that the pay of Senators and Repre-
sentatives would be $3 per day for
the period for which they were elect-
ed. This seems so reasonable that it
would appear that such a constitu-
tional amendment would have a fair
chance of passage when submitted
to the voters at the November elec-
tion in 1928.

However, it is easy to see that if
adopted it means that the members
of the Legislature would receive
$2190 per two year term which would
provide a considerable increase over
their present salary of $800 per
term.

One of the surprises of last week
was the approval. by the Senate of
the bill fathered by Rep. Wm. J.
Thomas of Grand Rapids, providing
for the replacement of the present
State Tax Department by a State Tax
Commission. It is said that one pur-
pose of the bill is to legislate out
of office George Lord of Detroit,
present Chairman of the Tax Depart-
ment; the second purpose is to se-
cure a commission which will be
more friendly to the rural districts
in matters of assessment and equali-
zation of property for state tax pur-
poses.

A novel proposal to relieve the
heavy tax burden now borne by gen-
eral property in this and other
states, was advanced by Senator Len-
non ot Genessee' county and ap-
proved by the Senate. This sugges-
tion was in the form of a petition

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Festival

Dame University band, the St. Jo-
seph High School band, the Benton
Harbor High School band, and the
St. Joseph City Band.

The parade was witnessed by a
crowd of spectators who packed both
sides of the line of march and whose
number was estimated at fully eigh—
ty thousand people. Among the spec—
State
Senate and Legislature, for whom a
special reviewing stand was erected.

After the parade eleven silver lov—
ing cups were awarded to the prize
winning floats. The Grand Sweep-
stakes prize was Won by the Auto
Specialties Company of St. Joseph.
This prize consisted of an enormous
silver cup donated by the Toledo
Rex Spray Company of Toledo, Ohio.
The ten divisional first prize Win-
ners were as follows: civic, Water-
vliet; retail, Theisen-Clemens Oil
Company; rural schools, Stewart
School Community; lodges, Benton
Harbor Elks; religious organiza-
tions, House of David; industrial,
Upton Machine Company; city
schools, Stevensville; bicycles, Joe
Beadon; private cars and motor-
cycles, Charles Burg; clubs, St.
Joseph Kiwanis.

The remainder of Blossom Week

was given over to tours through the '

blossom laden countygide, For the :;
convenience of visitors, eight «1, a .
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' . ers’ Week.

T_ ' \IXTE E N hundred agricultural

 , farmers, gathered together on
May 5 and 6 at Michigan State Col-
lege'forthe annual Junior Farm-
‘ These young boys and
150. Smith

girls came from the

’Hughes High Schools from all sec-

tions of Michigan to meet for the
largest annual judging contest of its
kind ever held in the United States.
If the farmers of Michigan could
have seen the vigor, the enthusiasm,

, and the spirit of these future rural

leaders as they met for their friendly
competitive contests, they would
have no need to worry about the fu-
ture outlook of our agriculture.
Educators and agricultural lead-

ers from neighboring states came to ,

learn how the leading state in agri—

cultural education carried on its
program of Smith Hughes High
' S c h o o 1 Agricultural educational

work in Michigan. The" manner in
which this two day event was carried
on, the care and fairness, the carry-
ing out of the program, and the ex-
pert organization and manipulation
of each and every event, was a credit
to the agricultural education depart-
ment of the college.

The judging contests were per-
haps the biggest of the events car-
ried on at Junior Farmers’ Week.

Thursday forenoon the boys judged
Four rings

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The 1927 crop from this 250-acre cabbage

field in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas

had in March already been shipped to
northern markets.

F you will borrow Willie’s geog-
I graphy, or take down the wall-
map of the United States and
look for Texas, I will point out to
you that the next city we are to visit
in our rambles southward, is in
reality a star in the crescent which
the Gulf of Mexico forms.

Corpus Christi, newest of the
Texas deep-sea harbors, is easily the
most attractive and hardly requires
the over-zealous boosting of its en-
thusiastic citizens, to make the visi—
tor realize its charm. We were
hardly out of our berths it seemed,
before we were climbing to the top-
most roof of the city’s pride; 3. new
twelve-story office building of the
most modern type, which crowns the
hill back of the older city. The mem-
ory of that view will long remain!

‘The earlymorning sun was lifting

itself up from the turquois waters of
the Gulf and making a pathway of
glittering diamonds into the harbor
at our feet. We tried in vain to cap-
ture its beauty in our kodaks, but
only an artist in pastel tints could
have hoped .to catch it. Like the
clown who longs to play the vil-
lain’s part orithe peacock that tries
in vain to imitate the ,song of the
thrush, Corpus Christi would prefer.

to find her fame"; in Smelly freight-_'
[- ,ers. .under, foreign flags, loading . cot-
 ' sulphur er oil, at hernewly

t3“.d‘ocks, but kind Nature Jen-
d- her with attractions which
at Baach, Miami,~-or the gulf re-

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L'enty-‘five mile drive

students, a small army of young 
of dairy cattle were exhibited and

. ceedingly keen.

Boys and Girls fromn150’Smith'Hughes High Schools AtiAnnuiaiyl‘ Meet    C. I

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the manner in which the trained
young farm-ers looked over the se—
lected rings would be a credit to
many experienced dairymen of to—
day. The grain judging consisted of
the placing ,Of'rings of corn, oats,
wheat, and rye; and an identifica—
tion of 20 ‘common Michigan seeds.
On Friday afternoon the stock judg-
ing, poultry judging and potato
judging took place. The stock
judging consisted of placing a ring
each of horses, beef cattle, sheep,
and swine. Thex poultry judging
consisted of placing four rings of
different breeds of poultry for pro-
duction, and the potato judging con-
sisted of placing four rings of po-
tatoes and identifying 20 plates of
different varieties of potatoes. Hun-
dreds of students entered each con-
test and the competition was ex-
The teams repres-
enting the various schools were well
trained by the agricultural instruc—
tor of their school, and each school
tried to win over the others. Large
silver loving cups were given to the
winning teams in each contest to be
held for one year, or until the next
annual state contest.

The afternoons of Junior Farmers’
Week were given over to the other
activities and enterainment. Inas-

 baseball
State C'ollege and Hope College. The

much as Professors Walpole and
Linton believe that‘all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy, they
arranged for the boys to attend the
game between Michigan

visitors were given complimentary
tickets and loaned their voices in
aiding a victory for Michigan State
College. ~ v ‘ -
Gov. Green Talks

In the evening the banquet at the
Peoples’ Church proved to be the
biggest of its kind ever held in the
state. State Supervisor E. E. Gal-
lup presided as toastmaster, and to
see the eager 1600 rural lads with
their youthful enthusiasm and coun-
try appetites brought a hearty smile
on the old man’s face. Space will
not «permit a detailed account of this
young farmers’ banquet, but it was
considered important enough that
Governor Green, who had been ill,
left his bed and came out to give the
boys from all sections of the state a
splendid talk on the value of work
and character. Coach Ralph Young,
director of athletics at Michigan
State College, spoke to the boys on
the value of athletics, and also intro-
duced the World’s Champion Relay
Team from Michigan State College.
Professor Taylor, of the music de-
partment, presented the R. E. Olds

'a living, but how to live.

Silver Loving Cup to the Hastings
High chool Agricultural Singing
'Team‘ hich won first place in the
singing '- contest“ in the afternoon.
They sang severalsongs ,at the ban-
quet to show their appreciation of
the cup awarded to them. They
certainly proved that farm boys are
good singers. -- i
' 'Benefits Are Many

Although the events at "Junior
Farme/rs’ Week were filled with in-
terest and pleasure for these young
and future farmers, there is a great-
er. significance to, this occasion'which
W111 mean much to the agricultural
industry in ay—few years. These boys
and girls are learning the spirit and

thrill of competition. They are
learning the power and force of co—
operation and organizatiOn, and

they are meeting their fellow work-
ers from all parts of the state, gath-
ering ideas and ideals which go to
make agriculture a science; a science
which means not only the making of
The four
year courses which these Smith
Hughes students receive from their
high school training are taught with
those aims in view. The science,
art, and culture taught all tend to
bring the rural folk to a high plane
and place in business and society so
that the farmer of tomorrow will be
a better, more efficient, and more
satisfied farmer than he is today.

Rambling Through the Land Where Mex Meets Tex

By GEORGE M. SLOCUM

 

 

N the May 7th issue, as most of you Will recall, we published the
first article of a. series on the recent ramblings of Mr. George M.
Slocum down the Mississippi river, through Louisiana and Texas,

and into Mexico, a trip made to study the agriculture of the sections
visited. First he told of St. Louis, then of their departure into Louisi-
ana to Baton Rouge and New Orleans, on into Texas, discussing the

farming all along the line of travel.

His second article, published

here, picks up his story where he left ofl’ and takes us through Corpus
Christi, Texas, to the largest ranch in the United States, and then
into the Rio Grande Valley which we have heard so much about.

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black land prairie of more than two
million acres which surrounds Cor-
pus Christi, that we were first to
see a Texas "mirage." We were
speeding casually along noticing
only the mile-long rows of the trac-
tor-cultivated fields, on either side,
when we lifted our eyes to the hori-
zon and were astounded to find our—
selves surrounded, in the distance
at least, by shimmering lakes, with
here and there a red barn, a house
or a windmill lifting itself par-
tially out of the water! The illu;
sion was complete and only our
drawling sombreroed driver could
convince us that the miles of prai-
rie in the distance were not literally
covered by a mighty flood. We un—
derstood then why the parched pi.—
oneers of the covered-wagon days
whipped their dying horses forward
until they fell and then crawledvon
their hands and knees towards the
lake of water which beckoned to
them like a will-o’—the—wisp from
the horizon. I
that we first found the Mexican im-
migrants who are the farm laborers
of southern Texas. (The town of
Taft, the center of this great ranch,
named after Charles-Taft, brother
of the Ex-President who once owned
it, was spick and ‘span, although
rather old as these towns go, as it
was laid out some five orsix years

'ago! “ '

A ,Million Acre Earm
“‘ Late afternoon found our special
train in the-townof Kingsville, the
headquarters, :ofvthe famous King
ranch; easily the largest .‘ffarm’h‘in
the "United States, embracing, as,,1t
does, more than "a million fertile
Texas acres! The story goes fithat
Capt. Richard King, a seacaptain,

who came ashore to found» this. 'vast' ‘
. ranch in"1_85f4, hadto rid

ease miles
is»: out-sate to

on horse-back trough
in; I ,.

It was on this ride too, -»

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er or not this is true, we do know
that his widow, who died a few
years ago, paid taxes on this one
“farm” in nine counties!

The “ranch-house” which crowns
a hill over-looking Kingsville, is a
Spanish-type castle which would
easily house a garrison. We rode
for an hour in automobiles around
the barns and through the dairy-
sheds and the nearest count of the
Shorthorns, Herefords and cross-
breed Brahmas which bear the in-
verted W, the brand of the ranch,

is today estimated at from 65,000
to 75,000 head.

The present owners of the King
Ranch, the heirs of Capt. King, were
more interesting, if that could be so,
than the ranch itself. Our host, R.
J. Kleberg, the managing, director
of the ranch and a grandson of the
founder is a graduate lawyer and he

would need to be, to protect the in- _
_ terests of so vast an empire. is

sister, a girl of perhaps twenty, in
riding - knickers and short - sleeved
khaki waist, with a bandanna
around her throat, bobbed hair, and
face bronzed by the sun and wind of
the open plains, was as an artist’s
conception of the “girl of the golden
west" brought to real life. She
knew the language of the cowboys,
the relative breeding of the cattle

shown in the ring, seemed to take as \

lively an interest in the business of
the ranch as her brother and yet,
they told us, she has been educated
in eastern boarding Schools and is
as much at home in Paris or Wash-
ington as she is spurring her bron-
cho to a foaming lather in a wild
dash across the open prairie!

A choice Texas baby-beef and sev-
eral sheep, were'barbequed in true

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FEEDING THE CALF.-—“This is my sister with one of our calves,” writes
Zona Culver, of Montcalm county. “We are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Tom

Culver.

NOW FOR A FRIEND“ GAME.—
Folks, meet Karl and John Berlin, of
Midland county.

“LETLS G0 SWIMMIN’!”—-Arlene
and Lavern Stratton, Tuscola. county,
invite you.

TWO PAIRS OF TWINS.—“Myself. and my twin BUTCHERING ON A MECOSTA COUNTY FARDI. TH Y LIVT‘ IN EIONTCALBI COUNTY.—Tho
sister, Mrs. Herrier, With her twm daughters, —Albert Laser and his wife, of M ostu county, butch— young lady with the kittens in her lap is Marie
December 6, 1926. Guess nobody starved Davis, of iiiontculm county. The one standing is

her niece, Virginia Coo.

Martha and Marcelene',” writes Mrs. \V. P. Eichorn, ering 0n
Gratlot county. to death at their home during the past winter.

ALONZO AND RAYMOND JOHN- HA-UL'ING A LOAD OF “PIE TIMBER”.—Ralph L. Bordner,‘of St. Joseph WHICH IS WHICH?—Hard to tell
SON.—Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harry county, advises this is, “Earl Bordner with his pony gathering a load of these twins, Veda and Vera Scudder,
, Barry county, apart.

Johnson, Isabella county. pie timber”. '

HAP?

. ~ . . . , i .. , a ,  Y N0 SHOBTAGE 0F HELP ON THIS FABM.—“0ur three sons help:
35"“; 'v‘nder- Quits!" QttBW9 Quint! WEE. dogs-71¢?" 'It‘ 'j' .M-IL, MAID.-— ing their grandfather with his farm work,” writes Mr. and Mrs.
wm not' hurt you—it’s when they sit . Sent in by Mrs. Robert-Busch, of Ottawa county. Such a willing crew ought to» get

lots, of work done. Looks like they were headed tor the field to rake

,troniplowstoftge' [Harold's mother, Mrs. Williamflvon- M. 1.. Winner, at .
. 933W“ *1! ll ' " ' . ’ t ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ v v '. ' (Montcblm‘counity. some hay with one horse and tour drivers.

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SIX DOLLARS and
Twenty-five cents isn’t
a lot of money, but in-
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firstmongagerealestate
bonds~withtheinterest
reinvested regularly it
will amount to more
than $4,150.00 in a
hundred and twenty
months.
Thinkoithethjngsyou
can do with a nest egg
. like that.
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If you are interested
in your financial in-
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coupon—today!

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you have any ques-
tions on fruit and or-
chard address them to I
this department and they
I“; will have the prompt and
5—. careful attention or our -.
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BORER IN 1925 CORN mph

Can you inform me if the quar-
antine law on corn borer" requires a
man to plow and do away with all
rubbish of a 1925 corn field which
he could not get time to plow last
year? Shiawassee- county wasn’t
under quarantine until last fall.
Some say it must be plowed the
same as last year’s fields, otherssay
that it doesn’t come under the quar-
antine law. I wish that you would
answer at once.———J. B., Flushing,
Mich. -

‘ .CCORDING to official informa-
tion put out by L. H. Worthley,
in charge of the corn borer cam—

paign for the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, 1925, corn does
not come under the regulations.
Any live borers which were in the
1925 crop would have emerged as
moths last summer and them moths
go into new corn fields rather than
staying with the old corn refuse.
One place where old corn refuse
is dangerous and must be cared for
is where corn has been planted on
land which had old stalks or stubble
turned down. This spring when that
land is plowed, all of those old stalks
and stubble, not completely decom-
posed, would furnish- harbor for
borers which had infested the new
corn. It would therefore be neces-
sary to clean off the surface of any
old 1925 corn refuse iua 1926 corn
field if it were in condition to harbor
living borers—H. C. Rather, Exten~
sion Leader, Corn Borer Work.

FERTILIZER FOR POTATOES

I would like to try some kind of
fertilizer for potatoes but do not
know which to buy nor how much.
I wish you would kindly advise me
which kind would be the best to buy
and also how much?——-M. B., Otsego,
Mich.

HE kind of fertilizer to use on
T your potatoes will vary with the
soil and the previous treatment
it has received. If your soil has
been heavily manured, acid phos-
phate at the rate of from “)0 to
600 pounds per acre should balance
the plant food condition quite nicely
for potatoes. In case insufllcient
manure is available, a complete fer-
tilizer such as a'3-12-4 or 4—8-6 used
at the rate of about 500 pounds
per acre should give satisfactory re-
sults.——C. E. Millar, Professor in
Soils, M. S. C.
MUST OUT WEEDS
I am enclosing a notice about cut-
ting noxious weeds growing on the
highway and I would like to know if
this is a law or not: I think I saw
once in the paper where the high-
way commissioner should cut all
weeds and brush on highway and
was liable to fine if he did not do
it. Am I right or noti—A. E. F.,
Litchfield, Mich.

law requires the owner of
the land to cut all noxious
weeds on his farm and on the
highway running through or ad—
joining his farm.
the highway commissioner to see
that this is done and this is the oc—
casion for the notice which you en-
closed—Legal Editor.
OOWPEAS
Will you please send me informa-
tion concerning the planting and
harvesting of, cow peas for emer-

gency feed at your earliest conven-
ience?-——J. G. J., Jeddo, Mich.

OWPEAS should be planted after
C the seed bed is well warmed,
say about the first of June. It

is customary to sow in 28-inch rows
using 35 pounds of seed per acre.»
The Black Eye and Michigan Favor-
ite are good varieties. The seed
should be inoculated. Material for
inoculation may be obtained from
the Department of Bacteriology.
Michigan State College, at 25¢ per
bottle, one bottle-beingsuiricient for
treating one bushel of seed.; -’ _ w ' V
The crop is usually harvested for
hay when  are dumb]?an in
 fluid mohair- be

is».

It is the duty of V

of our, voters are put toll!
' six lsh't '

Michigan soybeans are usually . pro-V
ferred. to cowpeas as an. emergency -

hay crop, due to the fact that soy-

beans are more upright in grdwth V

and are less likelyto be injured by
early forests. Cowpeas are some-
what viney and, more difficult _ to
handle "and are very susceptible to
frosts.——C. R. Megee, AssOc. ‘Prof. of
Farm Crops, M. S. C.

CAN WILL 'I‘O WHOM
BE PLEASE '

Can an uncle make a will ‘and
leave out his niec‘e’s children (niece
is not living)? Should they receive
their mother’s share? All other
nieces are living. If- they should
receive mother’s share, how should
they go at it to get it‘lx Can the will
be broken?—H. A., St. Louis, Mich.

HE uncle could will his property
to whenever he cheeses and
would not be bound to leave

any property to his niece’s children.
-—-Lega1 Editor. _

V  antigen with use   j
'- Tell me, how much of each to '

1 s l cull

as.
N. G” Pigeon, Mich. f‘

l - ULL- .‘beans “do not contain 
common plant food elements in  »

- the proper proportion to make, o 
well-balanced, fertiliser. ' The hill; ‘ "

ture of gréifnd. cull beans, salt-and _‘

limestone'dustdvill notwmake' a good

which is in a “poor state of fertility

,‘ sugar beet fertilizer. 'A fairly well.- I: 
balanced fertiliiér for beats on soil-  .1 /'

ground beans with 1 part of 20 per

cent acid phosphate and 34 part of. r 

muriate of potash.

I suggestthat the beans may 

worth more for feeding purposes

than as a tertiliner.—C. E. Millar. '1 

Professor in Soils M. S. C,

V ‘NEED NOTOWN PROPERTY

Can a non-taxpayer holdtownship
officer's—H. B., Cheboygan, Mich.
—-It is not necessary for a person'to

own property in order to hold a
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a What the Neighbors Say ~

me leased to resolve letters from our subscrlhere and
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COMllfl'Ij'llEE HOLDS UP BILIB

EAR EDITOR: I read with in-

terest the article by Stanley

Powell in THE Bosmss FABMEB
of April 23rd. I have a little fever
on my brow as I have been wonder-
ing for the last thirty days where
the farmers of Michigan would find
an Abe Lincoln that would stand up
and start something, but I believe
we have a. good meaning bunch at
Lansing and they seem to want a
hunch. There seems to be three or
four men called a committe to hand
out such bills to our lawmakers as
they see fit and are holding back
some important ones. The farmers
believe we have a governor that will
do things and is doing them when
he has a chance. I have farmed in
Tuscola county for the past fifty-two
years and I am glad to take off my
hat to the letter of Apri1423rd in
THE BUSINESS FARan and I feel as
I write this note I would like to
have the authority to clean out such
committee and I only ask the privi-
lege of standing on one foot for eight

seconds and I will hand out the 0891-.

tal punishment bill for considera-
tion—J. J. England, Tuscola Coun-
ty, Mich. ‘

OUR ELEOI'ION LAWS I
EAR EDITOR: I have been a
reader of your paper since it
was first started as a little pink
sheet and admire the way you have
of saying what you think and saying
it out loud. I am built a little that
way myself, and I have been think-
ing a little this morning, so 410w if
you have a moment to spare I would
like to whisper in your ear.

While our legislators. were raking
their brains for a way to reduce
State and county taxes, why not give
some of our election laws' a little
consideration? On March 7th in
Osceola county, as well as in many
others, if not all of the counties of
the state, we held a special primary

election to nominates. candidate for _

the office of county commissioner of
schools. With all due respect for
the commissioner of schools still I
cannot see why our lawmakers could
not have made some arrangements
whereby this office could have been
filled at the same time our other
county oflicers were elected last fall.
When one realizes that it costs from
$1,600 to $2,000 to hold a county
election owing to the '_number of
election boards in the county, it
would seem that a tidy little sum
might have been saved, .the 
.of our commonwealth through this
one little item to- say nothing of the
time spent and inconvenience: my
having”
 v to;

thus sustain their reputation as a
good citizen in getting out to vote.
Is it any wonder many are slack in
getting out to vote at all under
such conditions? Yours for a square
deal and a reduction of taxes.—
Worth B. Smith, Osceola County.

NO RABBITS NEEDED

EAR EDITORz—I see by the

paper that the State, through

Leigh J. Young, Director of Con-
servation, is going to have 1,200
cottontails brought in this State, the
most outlandish thing that they could
do, and they tried to get some snow
shoe rabbits also. The woods are
full of them here and the only way
we can set out forest trees, apple
trees and berry bushes is to poison
them oil by giving them cabbage and
arsenic of lead which we do here
every year.
gave us the right to get rid of them.
If the State would allow us to sell
them we could stock up the Detroit
market. One afternoon I let two
hunters go on my land or woods
forty and they shot 23 in four hours.
I think it is just rotten to allow'such

things to go on and if Mr. Young’s '

rabbits get north of Grand Rapids
they will get some cabbage. They
will get what the pheasants got in
this country. We wish you won
get the people’s opinion on this sub-
ject—H. Loomis, Osceola County.

 

 

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gladly answered 3"?» r lo editor. l'Vou
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126 PER CENT

GURES based by the Depart-' I

,ment of Agriculture on returns
by county agents, indicate that

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LIST OF BULLETINS
Bulletin No. l.
—1POULTRY RATION S.
Bulletin No. 2.
e—MODERN WATER SUPPLY.
Bulletin No. 3. ‘
‘ F—SOIL FERTILIZERS.
I Bulletin No. 4.
—SEED CORN CURING, STORING.
Bulletin No. 5.
—THE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 6.
——BEFORE YOU INVEST.
Bulletin No. 7.
—FARM SANITATION.
Bulletin No. 8.
—-FIIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
Bulletin No. 9.
—FEED FROM EGG TO MARKET.
Bulletin No. 10.
—-WHEN AND HOW TO DUST.
Bulletin No. 11.
—MINERALS AND FEEDING.
Bulletin No. 12.
——LINSEED OIL MEAL.
Bulletin No. 13. .
—FIGHT THE CORN BORER.

   

Bulletin No. 14.—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. 15.—RAISING DOMESTIC
RABBITS. The production of domestic
rabbits has increased rapidly 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.

Bulletin No. 16.——-TIRE CARE. A very
little bulletin on how to get the most ser-
vice from your tires. It gives you the
proper inflation pressure and shows with
illustrations What happens if you fail to
give this matter your attention. Every
car owner Who is not a tire expert needs
a copy.

Bulletin No. 17.-—qMICHIGAN FARM-
ERS’ TAX GUIDE. R. Wayne Newton,
Research Associate in Farm Economics,
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,
sale and redemption of real estate delin-
quent for taxes, and contains a farm
tax calendar.

Bulletin No. 18.——STAR BARNS AND
HOW TO BUILD THEM. Barn construc-
tion and arrangement is discussed fully
in this valuable bulletin containing 48
pages. Illustrations are plentiful.

 

 

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HOW TO GET RID OF RATS
OWDERED barium carbonate is
one of the best poisons for de—
stroying rates. It is inexpensive,
odorless, and tasteless, and baits
containing it are readily taken by
the pests. It is slow in action, and
the rats usually have an opportunity
to leave the premises in search of

  

 

water or return to their burrows be-
fore they die.

There are various kinds of baits
that can be used, including:

('1) Meats such as h a m b ur g
steak, liver and bacon.

(2) Cheese.

(3) Vegetables or fruit such as
sliced apple, canned corn, or baked
sweet potato.

(4) Cereals, such as rolled oats,
corn meal bread, etc.

The powdered barium carbonate
is thoroughly mixed and worked into
the soft baits, in the proportion of
one part of the poison to four parts
of the selected bait. Baits mois-
tened to the consistency of soft mush
are’particularly acceptable to rats in
dry weather.

Barium carbonate is a relatively
mild poison, but the dangers from
accidents cannot be over emphasized.
Keep it out of reach of children, ir-
responsible persons, domestic ani-
mals and fowls. , - .

Antidotes: Give an emetic con-
sisting of either mustard or salt dis-
solved in warm water.__Induce vomit-

: ing' by inserting. finger in the, back

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Any buyer who 'will show that Banner Posts, purchased through his dealer, have
failed to ive this service, will be supplied by us 'with new posts, free of charge and
'without elay.

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delivery. Banner fence Posts may be
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results, ask your dealer to supply you

Banner Steel Posts are not affected by
frost. Your fence is grounded wherever
a steel post is used and danger to your
stock from lightning is greatly reduced.
With Banner Steel Posts the fence line
can be burned off every year, thus getting
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Go into the store of your John Deere dealer and
see the real improvements that are built into this
Light-Running New John Deere Grain Binder.

See the improved flexible
capaCity elevators that han-
dle the extremely light or ex-
tra heavy crop equally well
without waiste and without
clogging.

Notice how easy it is to
oil this new binder—how
every bearing can be reached
with plenty of oil with an or-
dinary oil can—to prevent
wear, lighten the draft and
reduce repair expense.

Inspect the new non-clog-
ging sickle that results in
cleaner cutting, less wear and
easier replacement of parts.
Operate the improved bun-

dle carrier-this . is a real
labor-saver. orkthe gear-
controlled reel — note how
quickly and easily it can be
shifted. This reel will not
whip, sag or'bind in any of its
operating positions.

These are only a few of the
numerous binder improve-
ments built into the John
Deere 4—- improvements that
save time, labor and crop.

This light-running binder
is on display at your John
Deere dealer’s. Go in and see
it. You are sure to want its
superior features.

FREE BOOKLET

Tells all about it.
end ask for booklet 58-7 33

Write today to John Deere, Moline, "Knoll.

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Your Herd

Barrenness or Sterility, Shaking of v
Calves, Retained Afterbirth, Goiters in Calves, fi'
. .  .v . u a v. Soours in Calves, Infected Sire, Shortage of mm. 1‘
.If your herd 1s aflicted with any of these ailments you will know they are not 
domg their best. You can stop these losses at small expense.
Ask for FREE copy of "The Cattle S ecialist” and learn '
profits. Write Dr. David Roberts for fro: Veterinary Advice. how to Increase your

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your crop! Government bulletins say: ~'
'Utilize as much of the corn crop as
possible "we h the silo since the
fermentatiod‘gills all the insects.
The Old Reliable

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The Clean Up

’ HERE are several counties in
the southeastern part of Michi—
gan which are in the corn borer
infected quarantine territory. Hills-
dale is among that number. Nothing
I can say here
 will be of special
i n t e r e s t to a.
farmer in these
infected counties
but as two-thirds
of the State is
not in quaran-
tine territory, I
w o u l d like to
tell them what
they are missing.
The writer can
11 o t remember
when any move
—m a d e by the
government has
been more thorough, unless it was in
war time. And this is war time on
the corn borer. At the beginning of
the campaign, there were some farm—
ers who at first resented the idea of
an anticipated inspector coming on
their farms to boss them. There are
I none of these ornery farmers now.
Every one has entered into the clean
I up with seemingly good grace. Those
dreaded inspectors proved to be
farmers, who were very congenial

and reasonable.

'I have talked with men who have
visited the corn borer infected ter-
ritory in Canada, and they have seen
such serious work done by the borer,
they say a cyclone could not more
completely ruin a field. It certainly
is going to cost a vast sum to eradi-
cate this pest. It will cost more if
the infection in this country gets as
bad as it is in Canada.

Soon after the United States en-
tered the World War, Theodore
Roosevelt, in a speech said, “It is
going to cost the United States a.
vast sum to win this war, and it will
cost more if we do not win it.” This
is true in our fight against the corn
borer. If it can be eradicated our
Agricultural \Department will have
accomplished a marvelous feat, and
if the clean up is as effective as I
have reason to believe it will be,
there seemingly is nothing the gov-
ernment can not do when they get in
» earnest. And so to the farmers in
the uninfected counties let me say,
you are lucky.

The borer travels some distance in
the moth stage. If, along in thelate
summer you find some corn in your
fields which shows signs of crinkling
up and falling down with no appar-
ent reason for it, you will be doing
a favor to yourself and the other
farmers of your section if you re-
port the matter to your county agent,

LW. 

thoroughvexamination; of your trou-

bles will be made, andlthe reporting‘ -‘

of the first appearance 1'of the pest
will go a long ways toward driving
this menace from our country.

The hardest piece of corn stubble'
todispense with, for us, was a small
one—about one acre. This was set
to fruit trees last spring, and corn
planted on it. We did this so the
trees would be cultivated the same
as the corn. About half of this
corn was cut, the other... half was
husked from the stalk. We did not
want to plow this field, so we, took
an old axe, and, by striking with the
side of the axe, a heavy blow, we’
were able to break the corn stubble
or stalks off level with the ground.
These were afterward picked up and
burned.

II O I!
Agents - I

The past six months have_ seen
more agents of one kind and another
visit our place than any other six

' months I can remember. I think only

two of them went away with orders.
I have sometimes wondered if agents
would be as. numerous as they are
if no one patronized them more than
we do. Only one of these agents had.
what seemed to be a “snide” game.
This was one where you were re-
quested to draw an envelope from a
pack he had. If you were fortunate
enough to 'draw one containing a
certain number you could get an en-

larged picture for half price. . I did ,

not hear, his line of talk when he
was here, or I should have 
something to say to him. Inader-
stand a neighbor drew an envelope
and actually was fortunate enough
to find the desired number. It does
not seem that any upright, straight-
forward concern would have to use
such methods to sell their wares. '
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Feeds

I am-often asked an opinion of
this or that prepared stock orpoul-
try feed. There are many excellent
feeds on the market and all are good
value and desirable if a farmer is not
situated so he can mix his own.
However, it has always seemed a
farmer or poultry man may mix his
own feeds and save money. I have
been reading some circulars which
state it is impossible for a farmer
to thoroughly mix his own feeds as
well as a factory. , This may‘be true,
but I believe a farmer can mix his
own feed thoroughly enough for any
poultry or stock feeding if he will
take the time—~and in most in-
stances he will be very well paid for
doing it. A good smooth floor of
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_ wait if. The mixer willtake up
at little..space and will the more
~ convenient. ' '
 Shipping Is Over ,
‘We feel somewhat relieved in the

 {mwurk line today. The last loads of
1 seed potatoes have just left the farm - ' ‘

‘ior the station. This year there were
. many small orders and it is somee

 thing of a task to hate everything

about them correct. Some do not
realize the extra labor, etc., connect-
: ed with the seed business. Farmers

' 7' _ call it labor, city men call it serviEe,

but whatever it may be rightly
termed it makes a cost that must of
necessity be considered in the price

of the seed. .. This is not only true of .

seed potatoes, but of all other seeds.

, : FRUIT and ORCHAR

Edited by HERBERT IAFZIGER
Inflahlerwmhe Whenever our
V oue‘etlone "sanguine the fruit and orchard. There
Is no chemo for Is eel-vice if {our euhscrlptlon
In held In advance and you w" receive a per-
sonal letter In: earl! mall. .

FRUIT GROWERS ELEOI‘
OFFICERS

HE Michigan Fruit Growers Inc.
at' its recent annual meeting
went on record as strongly fa—

voring the passage of efiective
Truth - in - Fruit - Juices legislation.
.. Officers eiected

at the meeting

were as follows:

President, Amos

Tucker, of South

Haven; first vice

president, Her—

bert Nafziger of

Millburg; second

vice president, 0.

R. Gale of Shel-

by; secretary-

treasurer,‘ F. L.

Bradford of Ben-

ton Harbor.

' Members of ex-

Herhert Nntzixer ecutive commit_
tee, J. F. Higbee, Benton Center;
Harry Hogue, Sodus; H. D. Bus-
kirk, Paw Paw; D. H. Brake, Fre-
mont; Mr. Prentiss, Saugatuck.

F. L. Granger, sales manager,
made his annual report. The report
showed that the association has en-
joyed the best season in its history
and made important gains both in
prestige and financial strength.

BLUEBERRD‘B

Can you give me any information

on blueberry plants? Will they

grow in this part of the country and

'produce good fruit?——H. R.,~ Temper-
ance, Mich.

‘ HE culture of blueberries is

something comparatively new

 Mower 

I - Eighteen outstanding

Features of the

'nrcconmcn-nnnnmc

1. Increased strengthsnd durability
due to better methods of heat treat-
ing, casting and shaping of parts.

2. Frame cast in one piece. Perfect
alignment of parts assured.

3. Roller and ball bearings assure
light draft.

4. Wider and heavier driving gear.
Well protected from dirt. Stronger
bevel gears.

5. Improved clutch—tension equal-
ized by spring pressure.

6. Improved bearings with better
oiling facilities.

7. Easy access to crankshaft bear-
ings for replacement.

8. Automatic pitman maintains per-
fect connection with knife head.
Easily removed and replaced.

9. Greater flexibility of cutter bar.
Follows ground better. Weight of
bar carried on wheels.

10. Unusually high lift, with both
foot and hand levers.

11. Improved lifting device with
simple adjustments.

12. High carbon steel cutter bar,
heat treated to prevent sagging.

l3. Hardened steel plates protect
the cutter bar from wear from the
knife.

14. Improved guards, equipped with
steel ledger plates with serrated
edges. -

15. One-piece, drop-forged knife
head, with case-hardened ball con-
nection for pitman.

16. Simple adjustment to set regis-
tration of knife.

17. Wider range of tilt for cutter bar.

18. Stronger and more serviceable
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Easy-Dump Rakes
Cushion-Frame Tedders
Adjustable—Section Loaders
Combined Side Rake and Tedders
High-Lift Stackers
Handand Power-Lift Sweep Rakes

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The No. 6 High-Lift
McCormick-Deering

DO you know that there have been more im-
portant changes and improvements made in
the old familiar mower in the past few years than
in the previous thirty years? Probably it is news
to you, but every man who has bought a McCor-
mick—Deering No. 6 lately knows it well enough!
He reaps the benefits at haying time.

The modern mower shown
above looks about as it has
, \ \4 always looked, but the improve-
,»  x  ments are in quality of materi-
.   als and in many details that
 ‘3’ 315;. r. mean clean mowing of every
I .  ind, in rough or smooth going
~improvements that mean

light draft, long life, and general satisfaction.

The McCormick-Deering No. 6 Mower is so
much better than you can realize that it is like a
light hidden under a bushel. We have a new 24-
page booklet “More Than Just a Mower,” which
describes it in detail. Drop us a line for it, and see
the mower at the dealer’s store.

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but experiments and plant se-
lection work has been going on for
some time and varieties have now
been produced whose berries meas-
ure from ya to ‘14, of an inch in di—
ameter. The soil for blueberry cul-
ture must be moist but not wet.
Above all it must be acid. Blue-
berries will only grow on acid, or
“sour” soil. A. mixture or sand and
peat has been recommended, but
souring the soil by the use of chem-
icals is now being tried. We would .
advise you to bu a few'good plants *’ .    333mg
.\ from a thoroug 1y reliable source a r   The" draulllo Press
and then propagate your own plants '- . ' ‘e'  ‘ “"'?."A,,,,,

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their undergrades in form or cider.

who grow a thousand bushels or more. can
own presses which Will .add 25 % to 33-1—3 %
to the income from their cro ; those who ow
lea can secure the same a vantage by oing

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ducks in TE” (rick, an’jumped in
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UST then a vibration shook the squirt
J can off the running board and iit fell
on the ground. I reached over .and
picked it up and some of the stuff got
on my hand. Then I got a good whiff.
It was ether! >

We took a little ride in the car, but
somehow I was worried. That ether
stirred me up and called back to my mind
all the trouble I was having looking for
my missing case. But I couldn’t see' why
I should connect Mike with it, as ether
was used, I heard quite often, to start
slow motor cars.

Then I decided that it was foolish} altho
I couldn’t just figure why Mike had called
it gasoline when it was something else.
When-I got home I told Jim about the
visit I had had with Mike. I also spoke
about the ether and Jim sure kidded me.

“Every time anyone says ether now you
are going nutty, I ’spose. Have to see
that you don’t frequent hospitals or drug
stores.” And Jim had a. «big laugh.

“Just talked to Fred Frost," he said,
“and he’s been to town and there's sure
excitement. The sheriff is running wild
over the jail breaking. Had a couple of
state agents out here from Des Moines.
From all descriptions looks like Thomas
had a couple of real bad crooks here and
didn't know it. Maybe they was the ones
that was stealing our stock. You know,
Bill, I been a-thinking about that ear tag
you found, and wish we could decide the
question. What do you think about turn-
ing it in to the sheriff and telling him
about it?”

I wasn’t so sure that it was worth while
to turn over my best clue to the sheriff.

‘1  Min-bank" rifig‘s, Back
Its Baco/n » '

How a Protective

. By W. E. DRIPS

   
 

Arxaciation Sal‘ved tlze Neighbor/toad
T/Jie‘very Prob/em

   
  
 
 
 
 
  
     
  
  
  
  
     
 
  
  
    
   
     
      
    
     
  
      
   
  

been in a different pen, and which were
a trifle rough, so that we didn’t plan to
ship them at that time. But when the
others were stolen, Jim says we might as
well finish the sows off and ship them
before they went away in the night.

Jim would weigh the hogs as they came
in, and generally there were some of the
boys on hand to act as inspectors- We
would look at the hogs, check up on the
ear tags. and then drive them on to the
pens, waiting for the loading.

Fred Frost brought over ten, and others
contributed from three to ten, so that a.
load was made out in this manner. The
day was a trifle warm, and so between
times when no one was unloading, I went.
over to the yards and pumped a trough
of water and threw a bit about the yards
to give the hogs a chance to cool off. It
was while I was doing this that I had
the shock of my young life. Two of the
hogs at the trough had holes in their
ears, but the tags were missing. They
might have had tags, but somehow they
had been lost. It sure looked suspicious,
and I was all excited.

I went up to Jim While the rest were
talking and called him off to 'the side and
mentioned the fact that two hogs were
peculiar. He went over to look at them.

“Which ones, bill?"

“Those two over in the corner,” I said.

“Why, those are mine; we brought
them down.”

“No, they’re barrows," I says; “we only
had sows."

“No tags. I swan, Bill!
of the stolen hogs.
did they come from?” .

Well, you bet we are excited. Jim
says, “Keep it quiet, and I’ll check up

Them’s some
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“'HAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR
HIEVES 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 oli‘ her chickens.
Right then and there it was decided to organize a protective association and

get busy.

Bill, former apprentice of the local county weekly who was working

for the Bartons because of poor health, decided to solve the mystery it possible

and get the reward of $100 which the association had offered.

Finding one of

Jim Barton’s hog markers he believed he was on the right trail so he told Jim

about it.
read this installment—Editor.

“If we hear a track of the jail-birds,
maybe Thomas would pay more attention,"
says I. “If Frost heard right and they
are a couple of old-timers, maybe there’s
a reward on them, and so the sheriff is
going to look harder for them than for
hog thieves.”

“Well, if they stole my hogs and he can
prove it, there’s a hundred up for that,”
was Jim’s retort.

“Maybe so," I says. “Your truly is go-
ing to collect that cash."

“Well, if you do, it's going to need more
than a tin can that had ether in it,” says
Jim.

“I know it; maybe I’ll borrow Mike Al-
bert’s renewed car.”

That got a laugh out of Jim, and then
we went out to do the chores.

Next morning the mail came about
nine—thirty, and sure enough the News
had plenty on the sheriff. A complete
story telling of the get—away was there
and all about the record the two were
supposed to have. Then the News went
on to retell how a crime wave had swept
over our country since the present sheriff
had been in office. It listed the two
stealings Jim Barton had suffered. It
told about the attempt to steal Mrs. Shas-
ter’s chickens, and how they tried to shoot
her, and how Dan Carney and others
had lost stock and chickens.

Then the story told how. Henderson
county had experienced a similar diffi-
culty, and how the efficient sheriff had
cleaned up the crooks single handed. It
sure was hot stuff, and I’ll bet Thomas
was mad when he read it.

Jim laughed when he looked‘dt over.

“Only missed one thing; didn’t tell
about Hansen's auto being stolen. Maybe
he didn’t care to mention the fact that
Mike Albert had inherited it for fear he
would get in bad with the Women’s Club.”

No arrests were made either. The
sheriff made a lot of fuss and actually
started suit against the News for the
slander in the paper, and that gave every
one a chance tovtalk all the more. Jim.
was shipping again that week, and when
the boys got together it waygreat to hear
them tell alloab'out what they would have
done‘ if they had been theturnkey and
had been attacked. ' -

They were so busy talking that da
that something else happened.» As usual,
following my tag system, all hogs deliv—
ered were supposed to be inspected. ,;, ‘

‘ Jim~and me had driven a desert, sows

we we: at

down to the scale ardvto makeour jpart ‘
  use; x nah i

 ice was» no use waiting lon'f

Then things started happening real sudden, as you will find when you

on who brought hogs, and maybe we can
trace. them back.

Before the gang was gone, Jim called
Fred Frost off to one side and asked him
to stop at the house. Gosh, you should
have heard them fellows talking over
every one who had brought hogs. First,
they decided their own hogs were marked.
Then there was Dan Carney; his were
marked. Then Mike Albert. Frost said
he personally examined his hogs and re-
membered the tags. Then they debated
over Peter Swain. No; they finally de-
cided it couldn't be his, as they were a
different color, and anyway Jim finally
remembered seeing a shiny metal on them.

Well, they started all over again and
finally decided that it was either Carney
or Albert who had brought them. Just
about that time, I piped up that it was
darned funny Mike brought any hogs at
all, for I says I never saw any at his
place last time.

That set them off. If Mike Albert had
come along then and they had met the
sheriff, Jim would have had him arrested.
It sure was lucky, too, he didn’t, or we

might have missed some real excitement. '

'That night a few of the members of the
protective association met at Jim’s and
they went over everything, and there was
some excitement. Some of the boys were
for going right after the sheriff and hav-
ing, Mike arrested at once, but Jim held
out, because he knew Mike was all right.
They finally ended up by agreeing to
keep a watch from'then on, and Jim says
he would look up Mike personally and see
what he could find out.‘ So the meeting
came to a close; and when the gang left
they all says they were going to have
action soon or know why.

But they didn’t get a chance. Maybe
luck was against them and maybe it was
with them, I don’t know just how you
would rate it.. - ' '

Jim went to town the next morning in
his new car, and was going to see the
sheriff and find out how things were

(’ coming there, and left me home to run
:1 the churn.

‘ I, _ V Being anxious to know all the .
details, I sure had a hard time waiting,

.and when supper time came and Jim
hadn’t returned, I felt that he'sure had

solved the case and I wasn’t in on it. 1“SO’
[put the cows in and did the milking and '.
got :11 the chores done and was waiting
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'TEXT: “Let them grow side by side
till harvest." Matt. 13:30. (Moh’attJ

HE cattle were pasturing in the
"wheat of luscious green. I said
to the farmer, “Why do you do
this?” Said he, “If I didn't pasture
down this wheat now, it would grow
rank, fall over, and produce a short
crop." Would you say that the rav—
ages of the brute had.a beneficial
influence on the wheat? Is it true
that the wheat of righteousness
grows tougher and stronger through
having to oppose the weeds of ini-
quity? ‘Well, the lesson we have
taken is a study in antagonism. He
that hath ears let him listen.
“The realm of heaven is like a
man who sowed good seed in his
field, but while men slept his en-
emy came and resowed weeds among
the wheat and then went away.
When the blade sprouted and formed
the kernel, then the weeds appeared
as well.” We are helped to under-
stand this parable by Jesus interpre—
tation in part. “He who sews the
good seed is the-Son of man; the
field is the world; the good seed
means the sons of the Realm; the
weeds are the sons of the evil one.”
Now, we see that the world is
Christ’s field of operation. He is

reigning now in conquering power;

He is broadcasting the/ good seed
(the children of God) upon all na~
tions in anticipation of the trium-
phant end. The field, in its world-
wide scope, is his as much now as
when the sowing will have been
completed. But it is to be spiritual-
ly conquered through the Word be-
coming flesh in good and honest
hearts. These are engaged in a
world—wide scattering of the vital,
living Truth.

‘ But, meanwhile, the enemy is
busy in his opposing efforts. The
history of the Kingdom and the ex-
perience of Christians testify to the
bold opposition of evil men to the
progress of Christianity. We have
hard, thorny and choked hearts
everywhere. Some are in the church
and blemish her fair name. They
pose as “the elect,” putting on the
King’s raiment and official robes.
They are sly and artful at times;

_then again they are manifestly braz-

en and defiant. But, as said, this
has been true from the beginning.
The Creator made all of us with in-
stincts and faculties that were in-
tended to be used to construct and
preserve the good. Morally, we are
deep-rooted in the soil of a Loving
Will that we might become wheat
for_ heavenly garners. But many
have yielded to the appeal of evil
temptations. They are offering their
lives for destructive rather than
constructive purposes. They have
turned into weeds and are set to
despoil the wheat. This is vandal-
ism in God’s world and is sure to
come to defeat and judgment. The
individual who insists on having
selfish liberties, forbidden exper-
iences, or unrestrained self-expres-
sion, is a social weed that cannot
eternally remain in God’s realm. ‘He
is to be entirely separated from the
best—and that is hell.

Now, are yOu wheat or weeds? An
enemy of social righteousness or a
promoter? A suporter of the Christ-
ian‘program' or a ravager? Do you
stand for wholeness in the commun-
ity life, or are you pouring the ven-
om of disloyalty into it? Are you
sowing goodseed- or bad? Jesus
Christ declares that at heart we are
either good 0r bad. We cannot be
neutral. "I'he worldris inclined to
weaken the line of demarcation be-

tween white and black, and strike'a '

compromise on gray. Butgour les-
son:.,says thatiif we are not willing,
.open._ active , friends of=,,Christ, we: are

‘ .:His,enemies.”fl‘he “kernel” ,of’a‘ction

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done this.’ The servants said to
him, ‘Then would you like us to
go and gather them?’ ‘No,’ he said,
‘for you might root up the wheat
while you were gathering the
weeds’.” This sets forth the rela-
tion of wheat to weeds during the
Both are to grow
in a mingled way until'the harvest.
To pull up the weeds would destroy
some wheat also. How the wgeds
came to be in the field puzzled the
servants. But they were there.
Ver’ily, so it is with sin. It is here.
The happiness of mankind has ever
been antagonized by it. But how
did it come to be here? You may
answer that. But heaven knows
only the good. Yet our churches
have plenty of bad. Isn’t it sad
that we good folks have to live with
these bad so long? The servants of

' the parable did not propose to put

up with these bad weeds, so they
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He' will not take. the. King-
«dom \by‘violence- Let us copy Him
and go on to convert the false opin-
ions and sinful attitudes of men into
a divine society according to God’s
purpose. “God so loved the world
that he gave . .” We are God’s
children and must live up to this
ideal and give nobly and lovingly.
It is not within our right or power
to ban others from society, but it is
for us to live generously. Then the
Kingdom will advance in the teeth
of antagonism. This is its principle
of growth.

“Let them both grow side by side
till harvest; and at harvest time I
will tell the reapers to gather the
weeds first and tie them into bun-
dles to be burnt, but to collect the
wheat. in my granary.’ This is a.
picture of human society as it is
now, but also as it is to be dissolved
in the end of the world. “Side by
side” are the good wife and the bad
husband, the good church member
and the bad one, and the good neigh—
bor and the bad. These lives inter-
mingle socially, they develop togeth-
er; but each to their own end. The
good are benefited through antagon-
izing the bad, while the bad are
made into an unsavable worst
through the progressive and con—
quering nature of goodness. They
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Finally, a separation is to take ‘
place.
[and the good has so crystallized that '
society is divided according _to the
principle, “For he who hasr-to him
shall be given and richly given; but
whoever has not, from him shall be
taken even that which he has.” You
see that heaven or hell is to be of
our own making. Only our spiritual
qualities are to determine our eter-
nities. The separation will be abso-
lute and uncompromising. The ties
«of kin, of friends, or of church will
matter not. Character is the touch-
stone. God will not tolerate the bad.
This leaves the good in close and:
unhindered fellowship in the King-
dom of their Father. This is heaven.

 

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County Achievement day at which time
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MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT REWARDS

ORKING on a chicken thief case the other

day we found a man who misunderstood

one of’ the rules regarding the rewards of
$50 each we are giving. He thought that to be
entitled to a reward one must be a subscriber to
THE BUSINESS FABMEB but the victim of the thief
could be anyone in Michigan. That is just the
opposite of the rule, which reads:

“For information or arrest leading to the con-
viction of any thief or thieves ofschickens, ducks,
I turkeys or guine’a fowl, from the premises of a
member of The Michigan Business Farmer Serv-
and Protective Bureau, living in Michigan,
whose subscription to THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS
Faamm ’is paid—in-advance at time of the robbery.”
That means that anyone, man or woman, no
matter whether they reside in the city or in the
country, whether a common citizen or an officer,
can receive a reward providing the convicted thief
or thieves took poultry from a paid-in-advance
subscriber to M. B. F. Of course there are several
other rules governing the rewards but this was
the only one misunderstood. Copies of the com-
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MEMORIAL DAY
ERHAPS one of the brightest spots in our
boyhood days was the Old Soldiers' Reunion
often held in the park in the town where
we did our trading. For weeks in advance of
this great event we went about al-

. bonds, plus one per cent.

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the gray almost entirely. Young men with erect
figures and firm steps preddminate. Toe, the
music has changed ;v the life and drum have been
replaced by. a band. Still the same spirit that

prevailed thirty years ago and more is with us. Iv

‘iust as strong as it ever was. '

1111.6. purpo'be, of Memdrial Day: to honor our-

dead, will always remain the same. But we
should not restrict Memorial Day to only one day
of the year. ‘Let us do daily honor. .

 

HANDBANKSINGOODSHAPE

EN a hundred million dollar bond issue
sells quickly at a premium of one and one-
fourth points it is considered a mighty
sound investment. That is the way the last bonds
issued by, the Federal Land Banks sold. even
though the rate of interest is only four and one-
fourth per cent. 'As the law limits the amount of
loans to 50 per cent of the appraised value of

the property, based not on price but upon pro- '

ductive capacity, and 20 per cent of the insured
improvements, these bonds are bound to be a
choice investment. At the same time the farmer
can get his loan at 5 34 per cent as the law limits
the interest on loans to the rate borne by the
It is a good thing for
both the investor and the borrower.

JUSTICE STILL LIVES

N these days when it is common practice to
heap the coals of animosity on the head of
any political appointee whether faithful to
his trust or not, it is rather encouraging to find
a court ready to give so sweeping a rebuke to
this sort of thing as is contained in the verdict of
not guilty given to George W. Dickinson, former

secretary and manager of the Michigan State
Fair.

Circuit Judge Collingwood, who heard the case
at Lansing handed down a decree on May sixth
which not only completely'discharged every claim
of dishonesty with which Mr. Dickinson had been
charged, but awarded him back salary for
$833.37 and his costs of defence.

As David Lawrence, one of the best known
political authorities in America, said before a
large gathering of Detroit business men the
other day, “The talk of graft and unfaithful serv-
ice from our political appointees and office hold-
ers is mostly talk. I have been in Washington
as a political observer for more than 20 years,
I have watched Democrats and Republicans come
and go and I will say to you, that I believe that
more than nine out of every ten give faithful
honestservice for which we are ready to give too
little credit in the United States. We will never
be able to attract the best sort of talent to the
administration of our government until we are

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able to control some of this political back-
biting!"

Under the management of Mr. Dickinson.

Michigan built up a State Fair ground with'

buildings second to no fair in the United States,
and during the last year of his administration.
gave the state a profit of $177,000 on its opera-
tion. For this sort of untiring effort he was at
’ the end kicked out, and his desk and office locked
by state police in the most humiliating manner,
all as a political rebuke before an election!

The only hopeful sign is that this decree, com-
pletely absolving a faithful public servant and
chastising his persecutors, is still possible under
the laws of the State of Michigan and the United
States of America. 

 

BUY A ~“BUDDY POPPY"

URING the week of Memorial Day the Voter-
ans of Foreign Wars will conduct a “Buddy
Poppy" sale, the entire proceeds to be used

for relief work. Part of the money raised is to
be allotted to their National Home for Widows
and Orphans of Ex—Service Men.

These poppies are made by disabled and needy
ex—service men, many of them patients in govern-
ment hospitals, and if you buy a poppy you are
helping those veterans gain. a livelihood which

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most in a dream. The reunion

earn because of their handicapped

 

took up an entire week and it was
our ambition to attend every day
but of course that was out of the
question so we had to be content
with only a day or two. It seemed
as though we could not get there
early enough in the morning and
we dreaded the coming of night .
when we must make our way home-
ward again. But cows had to be
milked and other chores were
awaiting our return.

During the day there was much
music, made by men whose hair
turned gray many years before and
whose step was not quite as firm
as it used to be. How it thrilled
us! It made our heart heat so fast
that we felt sure people could see
it. But others were having the
same feeling it seems, as the music
of the fife and drum brought a
shine to the eyes of those veterans,
their stooped figures straightened
and new blood seemed to flow-
through their veins.

As they fell into the line of
march, some with gray uniforms,
others with blue~enemies once but
friends now—following the music
and led by the flag, they seemed
inspired with a spirit of the past.
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pay. You’ll be astonished, I
expect, but we’ve decided we’ll
elect you to be justice of the
peace; this chicken stealing’s
got to cease and we all flgger
you’re the man who’ll soak ’em

are

' plenty if you can.

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that you’ll never fail to put a

chicken thief in jail;

never etc for the expense nor
lacg of evidence."

I told him that it would play
hob with my rest if a
job, but all I said was no avail.
they voted for me without faiL
They counted up the votes and
found the other teller was
I beat that fel-
ler three to one, and so my
days of rest are done;
this day on I'll spend my time

in the haunts of crime,
I’ll listen to the tales of was
I and lawyers pleadin
 fro. No matter wha the cir—
whenever I may , t
a. chance '11 sentence them 0 
their pleas for

my court
_, 1 hate.»-

condition. The purchase of a
“Buddy Poppy" accomplishes two
things; honors the dead. and assists
the living but disabled and needy.
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BIG CHICK DEMAND

AN you imagine a railroad car
sixty feet long ’loaded with
125,000 day old baby chicks?
On Monday, May 2nd, two such
cars were/loaded and shipped
from Zeeland, Ottawa county. The
following day two more cars were
shipped. making a total of 600,000
chicks in two days. Chicks taken
from one large hatchery in that
district filled one of the cars.
Michigan’s baby chick industry is

growing by loaps and bounds.

'You ain't

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COMING EVENTS

July 19—23, 1927.-——International

Baby: Chick convention, Grand
Rapids, Mich. ' ,

_ August 1—4, 1927.—-—International

IKCouutry Life: annual meeting, EL.

,8. (3.th Lansing, Mich. ' " '

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 CHICAGO room num'mcmoAN? .

  PUBLISHER: We have a  going through our township

tailing subscriptions for’the Prairie Farmor publishedin Chimgo.

They; oifer the same services as you people do or pradically the
same. The price is$5.00 for 10 years. He gets nearly every farmer
tortake the paper and then puts up a sign in front ofthe house
‘Mmber of Prairie Fauna- Protective Union." He claims they are
making a‘ law,“ preseht for the Michigan farmers to protect our poul-
tryorratiieralawtogetthcthlefaindinthntwayprotectour poultry.
Gautheydothls? Gantheyinanywaymakclawsmourstmeifthey
are inflame? I see in the M. B. F. sometime ago that such schemes
areworhedtoscllpapersf Iknowthispapaastheycanvusedacer-

'tainpai'totlndianawhilelwasresklingthereaboutflveyearsago.

At that time they told the farmers" they were getting up a petition to
ougthclmardofmdeandcertainlyeveryfarmerfeuformbutat
anymte theboard of tradeisstilloperating.

Ithinkthepaperisallrightinitself,butwhatlwanttolmoware
‘flieyinapositiontohelptheMichiganpeoplemakelawsthatarein
favor of the farmer? * He also told me after this poultry thief law
wasthrouditheyweregoingtoputauniflormschoolbook lawinfor
usthatwouldmeanwe wouldn‘t have to change books so often. How-
ever,IdiIh’ttakethepapcrasItoldhimeasgettingthc same
services that they ofler from the M. B. F'. and I knew this M. B. F.
wusgoodenoughforme.

I had the opportunity to talk with perhaps a dozen of my neighbors
about it and some think it is great of them to work in our favor in
makingthesolawsforus. Itriedtoexplainthatourliegslaturc
was voted in to make our laws and that I didn’t believe the people
ofChicagoomildcometoour—stdze amimakesuch laws. Hc‘azlsohad
ussignourmmesayingallthesehameswouldgotoImnSingbefore
our leghlators and in that way they would make these laws. He spent
alongfimetryingtogetmetakethepapcramiwhenhesawthere
was no hopes at all he mentioned that I wouldn’t like to be left
aloncinaneig‘hborhoodwhenallthese namesgotoLansingandthen
minewoulth’tbeonthohist. Butthiswasonetimeltooktheadvioe
oftheM.B.F.,thatsud1flrmssaytheyputthi-oughlawsforusto
sell their 'papers only. '.

Hadltookyouradvioconthelicedopeforpoultrywhichlwroteto
you a short time ago I could have saved $7.50. However, I had the

glorious opportunity to speak to a man that knows the Goshen '

scoundrel personally and he told me he was a complete fraud. He was
selling this same dope to the farmers around Goshen for 30c .a gallon
andnowtheyarewisetoitsohemiakesalargercircleandsells it
for $1.50 a gallon. All it is is the used crank case oil with some-
thing put‘in it to mnell like dip and thicken it.—A. Y., 61:. Joseph

County.

 

 

 

Ryears Jim
Fowler had
grumbled at
what he called
his wife’s “stin-

gmess.
It annoyed him
greatly because out of every month’s
income she insisted on taking 325 to
invest in some bonds which she was

1 buying on the partial payment plan.

"What’s the use of living if we don’t
have any fun,” he would say. 1‘325 a
month is only $300 a year and that
will never get us anywhere. We’d
better spend it and get some fun out
of it." '

But his wife only smiled—and kept
on investing $25 a month.

' A few weeks ago Jim, now 50 years

old, was stricken with paralysis. He'll
never walk again.

He was desperate, for he could see
nothing but disaster facing his family.
“I’m glad you saved,” he told his wife,
"but even our little savings will soon
be used up.”

"Do you know how long we’ve been
putting by $25 a month?” his Wife
answered. '

Federal Bond

gev C0.

   

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“We’ve been do-
ing it for 29
years.”

Jim figured a
moment. “But

$8,700,” he said.
“and that won’t last more than six or
seven years. Then what will we do?”

"Maybe that’s all we’ve saved, butyou
must remember we haven’t just been
saving this money. We’ve been bred-
ing it, and that’s a difl’erent thing.”

She showed him a package of bonds.

"This is what our 325 a month has
grown into, Jim. We own $28,000
worth of First Mortgage Real Estate
Bonds. The interest on that at 6%%
is $1,820 a year, or $151.66 a month.

“We’ll have that for the rest of our days
without even touching the principal. »
And we’ll never have to worry about
it, because it is a safe, sure income.
That’s what investing $25 a. month has
done for us, Jim.”

1 I f

It will do the same for you. Send the
coupon below for a booklet describ-
ing our interesting estate -building
plan, under which you can invest any
amount from $10 'a month up.

Federal Bond & Mortgage Co. (1910A
Federal Bond &Mortgagc Bldg” Detroit

Please send me the booklet described

above.

Name
Address

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‘ SAVE roan WAR mamas

ETERANS of the late World
V War have until July to convert
their war time insurance into
permanent policies, but it should not
be put 01!, until the last minute. Any-
thing put oil until the last minute
is seldom done. We are inclined to
believe that the number of young
farmers retaining their war insur-
ance in comparison to the total
number that fought in the interests
of their country is alarmingly small.
Perhaps they tail to realize what a
good thing they are allowing to get
away from them.

By all means every man should
keep up this insurance, especially if.
he has loved ones dependent upon
him for their daily food. shelter and
clothing, and at til; lo: ulrlazitebemaifie
b the government a s o a e
t: carry the entire $10,000. or
course, it may mean sacrificing a
few pleasures today but what are
they compared to the hardship those
loved ones might suitor it his life
was snuffed out without warning.
Many people who appear to be en-
joying perfect [health one day are
numbered among the dead the next.
Prepare for the future now.

You can get complete information
from the U. S. Veterans' Bureau at

 

 

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Washington, D. 0., from local Amer-
ican Legions, postmasters, or
through Tm: Busmss Firm It
matters not which place you get it
from, as long as it is authoritative,
Just be sure and get it, not “some
time” but right away.

ACME ADDRE$ING COMPANY
Enclosing find a letter trOm the
Acme Addressing Company, Green—
field, Ohio, which is the answer to
a letter I wrote them regarding their
advertisement. Their ad read some—
thing like this: “Earn from $25 to
$40 weekly. Have you an hour or
two extra each day? How about
earning $25 to $40 weekly? Easy
work, no experience necessary. Ad-
dressing cards for the Acme Address-
ing 00., Greenfield, Ohio." ,
You note from their letter they
want a dollar. Are they a reliable
concern?—-G. 'l‘., Oakland County.

read their letter which start—

ed out with the line, "The Gold-

en Gato of Opportunity is Now

, Swung Open to You". in bright red
letters. An interesting way to start

a letter, don’t you think? As we

went on through the letter we found

many promises of “the pot of gold”

{ but the details as to how to get it

were omitted. However, they would
be promptly sent on receipt of one
dollar.

We had an idea that this was the
old newspaper clipping scheme they
were sponsoring .but wrote them for
details to make sure. Our letter
was returned to us by the post office
department unopened so apparently

their own desire or by request we do
not know, but there must have been

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lood hues as our

as chicks have the
direct from this ad.

eggs in one year.

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75% or 0 UR 5A LES EACH mRARE T0 010 cusroML'Rs

ENGLISH ---TANCRED --- HANSON Strains

Contest Winning S. C. White Leghorns
REDUCED PRICES

50 100 500
A Mating  ........ .. $5.25 $10.00 $47.50
B Mating ............................ .. 4.25 8.00 37.50

Broilers $6.50 per 100

For the weeks of June 13, 20 and _27th we will offer our chicks at the above low prices.
Th same b

er 25
one week before shipme date. Reference: Zeeland guts
\WILL SHIP 0. 0. D. IF YOU PREFER.

ROYAL HATCHERY AND FARMS , g 
R. 2, Box B, Zeeland, Mich.'¥

winning contest pen.
down books. our order,
Commercn and Burma Bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wfly are Mere 50 many warming
women today?

EVER before have there been so many charming women. Wherevnr you
51‘), you find them. Vlvaclous, happy, beautiful. delightfully dressed in

e most exquisite taste.

Clear plnk-and-whlte complexion, luxurious. well-kept hair, gleaming teeth;
trim athletic carriage—these are almost universal characteristics of American

women of ’today.

y.
At first thought it may sound absurd, but one of the most powerful teachers

has been advertising.

Advertising has helped to teach us all that the real basis of beauty in
We are the greatest users of soap in the world.
Advertising has taught us how to care for our teeth, our hair, our feet,

health and cleanliness.

our hands and our complexions.

   
   

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Advertising has taught is how to dress—how to choose colors and fabrics 

andbecomlngstl
Adverti

y es.
has taught usnhow to talk, how to entertain.
women are charming is because so many

Onereason whysoman

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rwerds and prayers were my. young :

‘ spirits dew.—
when she used to leave

  

5, ‘ fireside every eve, ‘

I ew it was for prayer that she with-
. drew.
How often has the thought
'01 my mourned mother brought
Peace to my troubled spirit, and new
. power
The tempter to repel!
Mother, thou knowest well ._
Thaththou has bless’d me since my natal
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, VWOMA‘N MUST KNOW TYPE FOR

, «y.  wt «. 4

    

 It is not a sign of laziness,

f APPROPRIATE ATI‘IRE
' AS it ever occurred to you that
before you consider the color or
design of the dress you intend
to purchaser—before you even start
thinking about it—you must know
more about yourself?

In asking this question, Mrs.
Catharine Griebel, New Jersey Ex-
tension clothing specialist adds:- “I
find many women who ask me if they
may or may not wear this or that or
the other thing, and when I, question
them as to hip measurement, height,

_ or even how much they weigh, they

plead ignorance.”

It is absolutely essential, insists
Mrs. Griebel, that you determine
your own type; otherwise you will
never be successfully dressed. Are
you stout or slender? Are you tall
or short? Are your hips large in
proportion to your bust or vice
versa? Do you wear your clothes
with grace and charm and, if not,
can you learn to do so? What color
do you wear well? Are you young,
middle aged, or elderly?

The first step toward improvement
in dress, asserts the specialist, is in
determining just where the need for
improvement lies.

LITTLE THINGS THAT SAVE
STRENGTH
would be less tiring to walk
down the road a mile than to
stand for the same length of time

I in one place, yet a husewife stands

for an hour or more in one spot in
her kitchen. Why not sit down?
but

rather of good sense. Dry crumbs

r that crunch under foot, and sand,

sugar, or salt that seems gritty are
all tiresome to the busy housewife.
A warped board in the floor or a
hard floor like one made of cement
are also tiresome. '

If a housewife had a mirror at the
side of the room so she could oc-
casionally see herself as she stands
or sits at her work, he would proba-
bly correct her posture When it is
not good, and save her strength by
doing so. Shoes which do not allow
the person to stand erect on low
heels and broad soles are tiring.
Working surfaces that are so high
that the shoulders must be raised or
so low that the back must be bent
and the shoulders stooped are also
tiring. Little things like these affect
the housewife more than she real-
,izes unless she takes the trouble
sometime to correct them.

FELT, RIBBON AND STRAW ARE
LEADING HAT MATERIAIB

one looks at hats in the shops,

one finds that most of them are

of felt, ribbon, or body straw. A

few fabric hats are shown, but those
are usually of the matron type.

Felts are smau, of course, and

either of the skull—cap type or

draped. The skull-caps are very

smart, yet difficult to wear, although

 

‘ the severity of some of them is re-

lieved by a flange of felt that gives
width and height. The draped felts
are very lovely and can be worn suc-
cessfully by almost anyone.

Ribbon hats are delightful and can
be made easily if a simple model is
chosen. Belting ribbon may be pur-
chased in various widths, and there
is a wide color range to 'choose from.

- There is a belting silk, too, 18 inches

wide,'which may be cut in two,
lengthwise, and used for the side
crown. This has the appearance of
wide ribbon.

Body straws will surely‘be worn
later on but if a woman intends to

ave one. it is better not to attempt
block it at home. Felts can be
{locked quite easily, but the straw

 

odies‘are too dilicult for most ama- "

11:9,.
The i smartest black hats are of

silk, satin, or .feit'.’ ’Either
heirsst or  tweet 

 

  

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loved one.

to their service.
love for those who have gone on.

on, would like to have us?

we all measure up, and
thereby find the cheer and
inspiration which we are

seeking.

 

 

The grass must be trimmed, the earth loosened about the flowers,
or new plants set out to shed their message of love and perhaps a
new marker is .to be placed, all done in memory of those we loved.
Last of all, our Nation’s flag graces every soldier’s grave as a tribute

It is truly a day of Memories, each one of us, by these silent tokens
of love, trying to express the longing of our hearts and showing our

There is another thought that lingers in my mind—how many of ,
us are really striving to carry on our tasks as those, who. have gone

Aslongasweareblessedwithnclearmind,nothingcanstealthe

predous memories of a dear mother or father, or any loved one.
know what they would like to have us do and be.

. 37.14..“ ,

Adams letters: Mn. Annie Taylor. can The Business Farmer, Mt. clement. Michigan.

I  . 
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Edited by’m ANNIE TAILOR
EAR FOLKS: Before we go to press again Memorial Day will , '

havecomeandgone. Eadiofuswill,duringtheremaining
May days make our annualvisittothefinalresflng place of some

lift _

 

 

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combined. TWO textures—or even
three—make interesting combina-
tions. A bangkok brim with a felt
crown may be trimmed with belting
ribbon.

CLEAN STOVE WITH BLACK-
BOARD ERASER
COMMON blackboard eraser is
good to clean stoves. It will
dust the surface and keep it in
excellent shape. A high polish may
be obtained by first applying ordin—
ary blacking, then rubbing over the
entire surface with the eraser.

ROASTER ELIMINATES
BASfI‘ING
F a double roaster is used, it is
not necessary to basic meat as
the rising steam condenses and
drips back on the meat. If an open
pan is used, baste the meat with the
drippings every 20 minutes to make
the roast juicier. When a double
roaster is used, remove the cover for

 

DOUBLE

the last ten minutes of cooking up

the roast is not browu enough.

USE GOOD CLEANERS ON
PORCELAIN

SMOOTH, white sink is a joy

and pride to any homemaker.

The thin glossy surface of an
enameled or porcelain sink is easily
destroyed by harsh abrasives or
acids. For this reason it is a good
precaution for a homemaker to avoid
the use of any coarse and sandy
cleaning powders. There are smooth
fine cleaning powders on the market
which clean and yet do not destroy
the glossy surface. The most eas y
obtained cleaning liquid for e
home plumbing is kerosene. A very

helpful abrasive which may be com-
bined with kerosene is salt. This
form of abrasive does not scratch the
enamel surface but instead would
dissolve yet it serves to loosen grease
or dirt which may have settled on
the surface of the sink.

 

 

Personal Column

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The Aeroplane Block—How do you like '

this quilt block? Rather pretty, I think.
It is called “The Aeroplane” and is done
in two colors. If you would like to see
a block made up I will be happy to loan
you the one I have. All requests will be

 

 

 

 

 

AEROPLANE'

taken care of just as rapidly as possible
and in the order they are received. I
have had many requests for the other
designs published and if you have re-
quested one or more of them and have
not received them just be patient and
your turn will come—soon I hope—Mrs.
A. T.

Feeding Babies in Hot Weather

ABIES should be nursed by their
mothers, except in case of tu—
berculosis or some other con-

tagious disease. Investigations have

often shown that nine-tenths of the
infants (whose diets are known)
who die are those fed artificially. If
however, babies must be fed arti-
ficially, cow’s milk—fresh, clean,
modified to suit the baby—should be
used.

Infantile diarrhea or “summer”
diarrheais the most common com-
plaint which results from unclean
milk. Park and Holt, well known
investigators, state that “without
doubt milk fed without previous
heating shows a contaminating ef-
fect on the health of the infants, es-
pecially during hot weaher."

Does heating” lower the food value
of milk? The C vitamin, which is
scarce in milk-anyway, is probably
destroyed by heating. This may be
supplied by orange or tomato juice.
There is a‘ question as to whether
heating partly destroys mineral. If
it does,“ then vegetable juice, pre-
pared by steaming. green vegetables
and "the juice), may be
added to the , miik- diet. 

 

   

“Bringing milk quickly to a boil is
as eflective as pasteurization in de-
stroying bacteria, and tends to make
the milk easier to digest," says Mrs.
Mary Swartz Rose, Columbia Univer-
sity. Therefore, either fresh or pas-
teurized milk may be brought to the
boiling point and cooled again
quickly if one wants to be doubly
sure of its safety. Neither pasteur-
ization nor boiling cleans milk or
keeps it clean. It is necessary to
protect this milk both before and
after pasteurization or boiling. Milk
for the baby should, when heated, be
placed in clean sterile feeding bot-
tles (washed with hot water con-
taining soda and boiled 10 minutes)
stopper-ed and kept cold. Just be-
fore feeding time ,the milk can be
warmed to body temperature by
placing the feeding bottle in hot
»water.

If fresh milk cannot be obtained,
dried whole milk may be substituted.
This milk must, _of course; .beJnodi-
fled’. to suit, the baby’s needs. and
must be supplemented even" more
with orange and vegetable "‘ juice.
The main idea is to get the ( baby
through the summer; his "time of
least resistance, .withoufi  to

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frou? I love you so much I" can't tell
you how." I think there are four verses,
I am not sure—Mrs. J. W. R... Olivet,
Mich. ‘ ,

Got Thesefé—Will you please get three

‘ songs for me? One is “Wild, Wild Wo-

men,” another "Till We Meet Again,” and
the other “The Lightning Express”.—H.
C., Remus, Mich. .

“Turkey in the trnw."—¥-I would like to
get the words to “Turkey in the Straw.”
—-H. V., Bannister, Mich. ~

 

“chi-us... Leroy.."—-I would like to re-
ceive the words to the song “Christine
Leroy."—Mrs. E. J. R, Jackson. Mich.

 

New Findings—Will you please ex-
plain how to get plants from three shrubs
I already have? I have a California
Privit, a splrea Van Hout and a Pur lilac.
How can I get plants from these this

,spring?—G. R. 0., Ann Arbor, Mich.

-—-The shrubs mentioned may be propa-
gated by cuttings of semisoft wood taken
in June and placed in a hot bed. These
should be six inches long, taken at a node.
The foliage should be trimmed and the
cuttings kept in a close moist atmosphere
until they root. Usually three weeks are
required. After rooting, they should be
potted and kept close until firmly estab-
lished—Alex Laurie, Charge of Floricul-,
M. S. C.

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F avorlte Songs

 

 

 

AFTER THE BALL

A little maiden climbed on an old man’s
knee,

Begged for a story: do, uncle, please,

Why are you single, why live alone,

Have you no babies, have you no home?

I had a. sweetheart long, long years ago.

Where she is now pet, you soon shall
know.

List to my story, I'll tell it all,

I broke her heart, pet, after the ball.

After the ball was over, after the break
of dawn.

After the dancers leaving, after the stars
are gone;

Many a heart was aching, if you could
read them all.

n

' guy   ian if
"  om  ’ rm going" i"

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Many a hope had vanished, after the ball.) ‘

Bright lights were flashing in thegrand
ball room.
Softly the music played a. sweet tune;
There stood my sweetheart, my love, my
own,
Get me some water, leave me alone,
When I returned, pet, there stood a man,
Kissing my sweetheart, as lovers can.
Dowzufell the glass, pet, broken, that’s
Just as my heart did, after the ball.
Long years have passed, child, I have
never wed,
True to my lost love, though she is dead;
She tried to tell me, tried to explain.
I would not listen, pleadings were vain;
One day a. letter came from that man.
He was her brother, so the letter ran;
That's why I’m single, you know it all.
I proved her faithless, after the ball.
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For the Movie Fan

C j

Tell It To The Marines—Ion Chaney,
as a veteran marine sergeant rough na-
ture covers a heart of gold, is the star,
with William Haines and Eleanor Board-
man next in line. Mr. Haines is real
likeabie as a recruit and Miss Boardman
makes a very sweet nurse. This picture
was filmed with the cooperation of the
U. S. government. which permitted the
actors to take their places inthe ranks
of the regulars in battle practice with
the Pacific fleet, and lent several hundred
maflnestostageashambaxtle. Iamnot
going to use space here to tell you the
whole story but will describe it with the
expression of a young boy who sat in
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children that reciprocity is the keynote
of an ideal family life. Every '
of the family should share in its work
and play, its duties and interests, its re-u
auctions and amusements.

Never confuse purely practical with
purely sentimental issues in "your dealings
with your husband. . _

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you may be, do not. despise an attractive
table as a concession to the gross and
material, and thus try to ’ convert your
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learn some particular thing if you are
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while cooking her children's dinner.

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that mothers-in—law and daughters-in-
law are natural antagonists. If you are
an intelligent daughter-in-law this need
not be so. Suppress all tendency to jeal-
011”. borrow and use your mother—in-law‘s
favorite recipes for your husband's fav-
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pray, believe that ye receive them, and
ye shall have theme—Mark 11:24.

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Rhubarb Pier—Cut rhubarb in small
pieces and fill crust. Mix in a bowl, 2
egg yolks, 1 cup sugar, 1‘ heaping table-
spoon of pastry flour, 1 tablespoon water;
pour over rhubarb and bake. Use the
whites for meringue. This is very good
and a pleasant change from the usual
rhubarb pie.

Spinach and Potato Oroquettosr—Boil,
mash and season potatoes, with salt. but-
ter-and cream. Add whites of z 6:83.
according to quantity of potato used,
cream mixture well, add 1 cup cooked
spinach to every 2 cups potatoes. Make
into croquettes, crumb and fry until brown
in a wire basket.

Spinach, Green Peas and Bacon—Wash
1quartoffreshspinach,drainwell,then
shell 1 pint green peas and boil with
spinach, also 6 thin slices of bacon, until
very tender. -Season with a little salt.
pepper and butter. Very delicious served
on slices of crisp toast.

Cottage Cheese Saint—Rub salad bowl
with garlic. then line with crisp lettuce
leaves. In a small bowl put 1,6, teaspoon
salt, paprika, one teaspoon chili sauce,
one tablespoon vinegar, two tablespoons
olive oil. When thoroughly mixed add
cheese and finely minced green onions
Pour into salad bowl and ‘serve with rye
bread and butter. ,

Baked Custards—1 cup milk, 1 egg,
pinch of salt, 1% tablespoon sugar. Beat
egg slightly, add salt, sugar and scalded
milk. Flavor to taste with nutmeg, cin-
namon, lemon or vanilla extract. Pour
into individual cups. Set in deep pan
and pour in boiling water nearly to top
of cups. Test with a silver lmife.
Serves two.

Cheese Pie.—2 eggs, 2/3 cups sugar, 1
teaspoon salt, 4 tablespoonfuls melted
butter, #4 cup cottage cheese, 1/5 teaspoon
cinnamon; 1 cup milk, 1,4 cup currants,
juice of IA lemon. Put into a pie tin
with an undercrust only. The currents
may be put into the pie tin to insure even
distribution. They should be pressed
down under the surface. Bake in a mod-

* erate oven.

THE FARM GARDEN

_—By...___ 0. H. BARRIER """—_..__
(Questions aladly Answered.)

MAGGO'IS WORK AROUND
ROUI‘S OF ONIONS

Will you kindly advise me in re-
gards to raising onions? Every year
I have planted more or less and have
lost them all, from a white maggot
that begins to work in the roots.—
F. A_, St. Charles, Mich.

NOTE what you say in regard to

maggots working on the roots.

I do not think 'there is an insect
powder that can be depended upon
to control this pest. We have had
the same experience here at Maple-
side Gardens but feel that our pres-
ent methods will give almost com-
plete control.

First remember that one ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure.
I therefore plan a systematic rota-
tion of crops and do not let onions
follow crops of onions, cabbage, tur-
nips, bagas, cauliflower or radishes
as this same maggot is disastrous to
all these, crops.

As a chemical treatment dissolve
one ounce of corrosive sublimate or
bi-chloride of mercury in 8 gallons
of water and apply toboth sides of
the' row in suilicient quantities; to
thorOughly moisten the soil. This,
mixture must be mixed in wood or
earthen receptacles as contact with.
metal neutralizes the poison, render-
ing it useless' and it will also eat
through any metal it comes in con-_
tact With.

It may be applied to the row by
removing the “rose” of the sprink-
ling can and inserting a wooden
plug with a 95:1th hale bored-
through it. The can should be
given a coating at hot wax inside to
keep the mixture from coming- in
contact with it;

This treatflent has given us-oom-
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“Nothing succeeds like success, ” they say, but where success is
constant and increasing there must be some unusual merit back

. .- of it. The continued success of the Auto-Oiled
, Aermotor is based entirely on merit. It has
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Aermotor Company, more than 12 years ago,
 solved the problem of complete self-oiling for

windmills in such a way as to make the system
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 issue 1927, .at 50 cent.
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9 tons Burnt Line containing 7% tons line oxide, or

10 tons Hydrated Lime containing 7% tons lune oxule. '
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MENTION MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

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, Motto: Do Your 3...
Colors: Blue nnd Gold

Mildred Darby, President
Themas McCarthy. Vice-President
,: Uncle Nod, coronary-Treasurer

S a. member of The Chil-
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 ani-
mals.

To become educated.

To always conduct myself in a way
that is becoming to windy or
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EAR girls and boys: I have a

new kind of a contest for you

this time.‘ That is, it is new,
yet it is old. It is new to us as we
have never tried it before, and it
is old because it 'has been used else—
where many times.

We will take the words THE BUS-
INESS FARMER—seventeen letters
—-—and see how many words can be
made from them. If you have never
tried a. puzzle of this kind you may
not fully understand how it goes so
I had better explain to make certain
that all get the “know how." ’You
can start off your list of words with
the first one, “The.” Then the sec-
ond word on your list can be “Bus-
iness,” and the third one “Farmer.”
Now you must think up some new
words using the letters in these
three words which we have. Think
carefully now. If you take the last
two letters away from the word
“Farmer” you have “Farm.” That’s
another word for you. Take the “T”
away from the “The” and you have
“he”———another for your list. Now
you probably notice “arm” in
“Farmer,” or by changing the let-
ters around you locate “ram” in the
same word. Add those to your list.

But I will not help you out any
more, because it I do you will not
have anything to do with it. Just
remember that you can change the
letters around in these three words
-—THE BUSINESS FARMER——any
way you wish, but you cannot use
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example,“ you cannotwuse thefletter‘ 
"‘N”. morethan once in the same

word because there is only one let-
ter of, this kind in the three words.
The same is true of several other
letters, but when it comes to “E” or
“S” you can use three or them for

'there are three or each. Following

these rules the word “runner” could
not be counted "as it contains more
than one “11,” while “barter” con-e
tainingr' two “r’s” would be all right
as there are two of them in the last
of the three words .we are using.
Notice how you can take letters from
the different words and combine
them together into one word.

Write the three words —- THE
BUSINESS FARMER—or better yet,
print these words on a sheet of pa-
per, then get a. dictionary and see
how large a list of words you can
find using these letters. Write on
one side of the paper onlyxand be
sure to sign your complete name and
address, also state your age. .

After you have made up your list
write a paragraph of not more than
200 words telling‘which department
in M. B. F. is the mostvaluable and
why you think so.

The contest starts right away and

closes June lst. As for prizes, there
will be six of them, ranging from
first to sixth, and all will be worth
working for. They will be “Mystery
Prizes;” I will not tell anyone what
they are so you will not know what
you are going to get if you win a
prize until you receive it. I always
like to be surprised, don't you?—
UNCLE NED. .

 

 

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Dear Uncle Ned :-—-I have written to you
once before but I have not seen it in
print. I suppose when my letter arrived
Mr, Waste Paper Basket was so hungry
so he ate it up. I will describe myself
now as all the other cousins do. I am
twelve years old and in the seventh grade.
I weigh eighty three pounds and live on.
an eighty acre farm near Marion, Mich-
igan. I have two sisters and six brothers,
so we have merry times together. I am
going to write a poem that I have made
up.

'The Birdies
I will tell you about the birdies and the
one I love the best,
Is dear old Robin Red Breast, for he
comes before the rest.
Of course, we like the Bob-o-Link, the

Wren and the saucy Swallow,

The Whipperwill and Oriole and all the
rest that follow.

Now I’ve told you all about these birds
of ours.

Will some one else now please tell me
about the bees and flowers?

Now, Uncle Ned, may I have one of

your buttons?—Opal McCrimmon, Route
5, Marion, Michigan.
—-Indeed you can have a. button. OpaL

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yhave  been announced as May,

‘ held at the Fort Shelby Hotel, De-
-' , trait. . > ‘ ,

- Thus, they will acquire an insight

_ Jersey Cattle club there is some pos-

, exhibition, the winners of which will

.ing {a copy oi, this history otflthe

 

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.matiou "Association
25thVand' 26th, the meeting'to be

Several prominent speakers, -~in-
eluding Dr. W. J. Embree 0! Chi-

cago ‘,and  R. Dav-lean of the .-

Institute, of American Meat Packers.
are scheduled to appear on the ban-
quet program. Michigan men prom-
inent in the livestock business, such
as Hon. L. Whitney Watkins and
Professor G- A. Brown, will also ap-
pear on the program of the business
session which will be held the first
evening.

, The discussions on livestock loss
prevention are not the only reasons
why groups of livestock men in all
southern Michigan counties are pre—
paring to be in Detroit on May‘26th
and 26th. In co-operation with the
Michigan State College, this Associa-
tion has arranged for a tour oi! in-
spection through Detroit which will
include the stockyards, a packing
house, the 12th Street Produce
Yards, the Eastern Market, the. De-
troit Creamery, the Detroit News,
and Several other points of interest.

into the marketing operations—to
see what happens to their products
alter it leaves the farm.

MIGHIGAN‘S CHAMPION
Home
ONl'IAC BABINE VERA, owned
by the Pontac State Hospital,
is the new Michigan Holstein
champion for the production of but-
tertat of senior 8—year-old cows in
30 days. According to announw
ment by‘ the Hoistsin—Friesian Asso-
ciation of America she produced
during that time 109.212 pounds of
butter-tat from 2,480.1 pounds of
milk.

In the production or buttertat of
senior 3-year-old cows in seven
days Pearl Mooie Ormsby now is
champion got Michigan, her produc~
tion being 28,648 pounds oi! butter-
fat from 532.6 pounds of milk. She
is owned by ,J. F. Berkheimer of
Homer.

In the production of butteriat of
junior 2-year—old cows in 305 days
Traverse Sylvit Ryma, another Pon-
tiac State Hospital cow, now is
champion of Michigan, her produc-
tion being 600.86 pounds of butter:
fat from 18319.5 pounds of milk.

TRAVERSE CITY MAY HAVE
SHOW OF JERSEY CATTLE
E. DENNISON, field man for
the American Cattle club, has
assured the Grand Traverse

sibility Traverse City will be the
scene of a Jersey parish show next
year.

Mr. Dennison stated that Michigan
will soon be divided in parishes,
with each parish holding an annual

compete at the state fair.

.The Grand Traverse .Jersey Cattle
club plans to hold a sire show at the
annual picnic June 28, on the James
Hilbert farm, a Michigan State col-
lege dairy specialist to act as judge.

INTERNATIONAL REVIEW ‘AND
. . ALBUM READY
F y6u are a follower of the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition
at Chicago you will be interested
in knowing that the “Review and
Album" of the 1926 show is now 01!
the press. Like in past years the

book is printed on ’flne papefr,‘ cloth '
, .bound, and well illustrated! with
‘ .prize .s'iainning antmals,. exhibits,
Judges, and judging teams. .It con-‘

tains 360 pages. Any ofyyon Wish—

1926 International can secure it by
sending. adolljarrwith your name and

" 1 ,_ address to B; H. jHeide, International .7 
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4 Bigger and Better Communities

DEQUATE and dependable railroad transportation service always is the deter-
mining influence in the location of new industries or the relocation of old ones.
Communities grow and deVelop by the acquisition of new industries. New in—

dustries add to the population, increase the potential wealth and purchasing power .

of any community or section and stabilize the prestige of the community. The Missouri
Pacific Lines management stands ready to help any community in this connection.

The territory served by the Missouri Pacific Lines offers superior advantages for
industrial development. And the Missouri Pacific has become, in a comparatively
short space of time, the dominant railroad of the Middle West and Southwest. With
unparalleled facilities for reaching the gateways to the East, the Gulf ports on the
south and Mexico and the Pacific coast points, the Missouri Pacific and allied lines
are in a position to offer unequalled and unexcelled advantages to any industry in
search of a location.

There is, somewhere on the Missouri Pacific, a desirable site for any industry
seeking a location. There is an available site, the right community, accessible power,
cheap fuel, available labor supply and adequate and dependable railroad transpor-
tation service. And there is available trained and thoroughly posted men, within
the Missouri Pacific organization, to aid and assist any industry or the leaders in
any community in development of this kind.

The Industrial Development Department of the MissourlPacific Lines and the
officials of Allied Lines have available industrial urveys showing population, trans-
portation tacilites, available raw materials, power, fuel and water supply and rates
on same, labor supply and housing conditions, tax rates, school and church facilities,
highway development and available sites for industries. And the Missouri Pacific
experts are prepared to co-operate with all persons interested in industrial develop-
ment matters.

The Missouri Pacific Lines are desirous of being of utmost service to their
patrons and the communities served by these lines. There were 508 such new in-
dustries established along our lines last year with aggregate capital investments of
$41,628,900. The number can be increased this year and the wealth of the com-
munities and territory served by the Missouri Pacific Lines will be correspondingly
gggatgnéf those interested will permit our organization to oo-operate in matters of
t .

I solicit your co-operation and suggestions.

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Missouri Pacific Lines

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known an equal. At 0 prices given w. These chicks are strong, heal by and pure-bred.
D I . or and We guarantee 100% live delivery and satisfaction.
:10: {or bi‘ cake. 5. C. White Leghorn, 9c; Barred Rocks, S. C. Reds, 11c;AssoIled, 7c
Reliable chicks have proved satisfactory for years. You can depend on them.
mm - REMMERS. Order today at above prices. ()rdcrs less than 100 1c more. Bank reference. '
GRAHAM C0. RELIABLE HATGHERY. 92 EAST SEVENTEENTH ST.. HOLLAND, MIOH.

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100 200
$11.00 $21.50
9.00 17.5

OTTAWA HATCHERY & POULTRY FARM

HOLLAND. MICHIGAN. ‘

MICHIGAN

WHITE LEGHORNSAccmnm

The Ila, Deep Bodled Hens With Large Combs That Produce The Large White Eggs

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or Silver Laced Wyandottes, $13.00 per 100.
But! Leghorn: 8%c.

miggg broilers 11c.
Bl tested ncr bite Leghorns, 312
less than 100 ordered add 35c extéial.

less. 4 to 10 weeks old pullets. cular free.

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Barred. White and Buff Rocks, Reds, Black Minorcas, 12c. _
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$9.50 per 100

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ACCREDITED

  

S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS
$45.00 per 500

S. C. MOTTLED ANCONAS
$50.00 per 500

ORDER 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

BOX B

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or a!  niust,reach us promptly. Order from this ad.

ZEELAND, MICHIGAN

    

SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER

  
 
  

We guarantee 1 0% Live Delivery Postp
or de ivery before June. First.
Satisfaction guaranteed.

KNOLL’S HATCHERY, IR. R. 12, Box 8,

  
  

$85.00 per 1,000

$95.00 per 1,000
$7.00 per 100 $32.50 per 500

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We want you to know the High Quality of Knell’s_ Michigan Accredited Chicks

and Stock. That's why we are offering our Specml Low Prices on May and
June Chicks, and April Hatched Puliets. Per 100 500 1,000
White Leghorns, Tancred Strain .............................. ..$10.00 $47.50 $90-00
\Vhite Leghorns, Barron Strain.” _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . . .. 37.50 70.00
Brown Leghorns, Grade A ....... ..  9.00 42.50 80.00
Barred Rocks, irade .......... .. . 12.00 57.50 110.00
Mixed Chicks Not Accredited .......... _. 0 35.00

fijfiEfgf’g to 14 weeks, 85c N. Coulter and George Megison of
Your order

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On Request.
Write For It.

HUNDERMAN BROTHERS,

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OUR CHICKS ARE MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED
LOOK! REDUCED PRICES! EFFECTIVE MAY 23rd
selected from our heavy laying breeders. Every

sealed leg hand put on 'ofiicnuliy by state inspectors.
Postpaid (100%, Live Dehvery Guaranteed)

 
 
  

MAY 23 AND THEREAFTER 25 50 100 40 00
s. C. White Leghorns BlaType .................. ..$2.15 $4.15 $9.00 $34.00 $80.00
8. C. Brown Leghorns lg Type... ..... .. 2.15 4.15 9.00 34.00 80.
Barred Rocks ......................................... .. 3.15 6.25 12.00 46.00 110.
t c. ........................ .. 3.15 8.25 1200 46.00 110.00
Light Mixed and Left Over 2.00 4.00 1.0 28.00  
Heavy Ix ....................... .. . 3 00 5 25 9.00 36.00 . . . . . ..

8 TO 12 WEEKS OLD PULLETS—White and Brown Leghorns only.
R. R. 4, BOX “M”,

      
 

Here’s your opportunity! Buy Chicks “hatched right,” "bred right” to males
breeder Ill our flocks wears
Order now from this ad.

ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

 

  
  
 
   

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Proven Dryers—Mic
Laying Type. All from carefully culled.
IBavbe Delivery Guaranteed. Bank Reference.
6 V
Barron Eng. White Leghorns, S. C.
Brown Leghorns and Anconas ....... ..
Barred Rocks and S. C. R. . R
Mixed Chicks (Not Accredited)..

$5.25
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liveries. F 0 Circular.

WINSTROM’S

‘ F airview Profit Producing Strains

+I’I BIG DISCOUNTSP NOW FOR EARLY ORDERS ON HATCHING EGGS.

ULLETS AND EARLY BREEDING COCKERELS.

Michigan Accredited. Six Leading Varieties. Trapnested Leghorns Under R. O. P. Work.

“ S. C. Heavy Type White Leghorns.
.  Rhode Is Reds.

White and Barred Rocks. S. C. Anconas.
We Guarantee Satisfaction.

WRITE FOR OUR LIVE AND LET LIVE PRICES.

Box B,
I Michigan Accredited Bred-to-Lay Chicks

S. C. Brown Leghorns.

Michigan Accredited. S. C. White and Brown Leghorns, Anconas, Black Minorcas,
Our Leghorns are large, deep bodied birds With full lopped

WRITE for SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. on MAY and JUNE DELIVERIES.
how to raise Baby

and Barred Rocks.
combs.

Describes in full. giVes full details of our matings and tells
Chicks for Greater Profit. Write for prices. FREE 1927 CATALOG.

We Guarantee 100% Safe Arrival in Good Health.
Member International Baby Chick Association

American Chickliarm, Box B, zeeland Michigan

h' n A ed'ted—H' h uality Profit Producers. Hea
W W 1 1g galacted breeding stock. 100 o

Chick Prices for June and July 50 100 500
10.00 41
512.00 s57
 . 40.00
Also heavy laying type profit producing puilets. Order now for assured de-
ATCHERY, Albert Winstrom, Prop., Box C-5, Zeeland, Mich.

CHICKS.

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SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON 8-10 WEEKS OLD PULLETS

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All Michigan Accredited.

 

from this ad to insure delivery date.

MICHIGAN POULTRY FARM. Box 1,

KS!-'--LOOK!'---READ!

White and Brown Leghorns and Anconau. F‘loclgs culled by an expert. S‘ro
edsfihigékg from Ffiee Iiigbge Bliieeders.i II M teed
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$11.00 per 100; $52.50 per

4.

Bargain Sale of Baby Chicks

From the Very Best Egg Strains in the Country.
seem that three dairymen in Mich-

For Prompt Delivery in Lots of i 100 p 500 100 500
s c w L h dP'iices ‘° 9 616' “£3350 i“33“"%§’i‘

. . . orns an nconas ................ .. . . .

Barred Rocliasg ............................... .. $1.50 55.00 0.50 50.00
Broilers Assorted .................................... .. 6.5 32.00 6.00 30.00
All Firsts—No Seconds. Biggest Bargain we have eVer offered on Baby Chicks
of this high grade in all our long years of experience. Order NOW! Direct

HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

Tells cause of cancer and what to
do for pain” bleeding,
Write for it today, mentioning gtliis
paper.

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“BID BULLS”, 0N PENNSYLVANIA

, SPECIAL FIND NEW HOMES

HREE' gentlemen who boarded
the Pennsylvania ' R a i l r o a d
“Lime-Legume-Livestock S p e-

cial” at Grand Rapids, Michigan,
never came back!

The trio—we might explain—were
of the bovine nobility. They were
“bid bulls” put on the train so that
any dairyman impressed bythe build
and pedigree of any one of the bunch
might put in a sealed bid for him.

The “buggy ride” enjoyed by ’the
three lasted five days. It extended
from Grand Rapids to Levering, with
side trips to Ravenna, Boyne City,
At twelve stops en
route 5,631 people cast appraising
eyes at the young dairy sires, and
three thotful men out of thatwnum-
ber, combining good judgment ‘with
courage registered bids that took
the bulls. ' -

The Guernsey bull calf—five
months old—stayed the farthest
north, being unloaded at Levering.
His new owner is Mr. Pearl Bonter,
who lives near Levering at Pellston.‘
“Freddy” ought to make good for
Mr. Bonter as his dam was grand
champion last year at West Michigan
State Fair. She is now running
in cow testing association work with
196 pounds of fat made in the first
six months. His sire Won first prize
in his class at the last State Fair.

R. A. Holmes, prominent Guern-
sey breeder of Grand Rapids, raised
“Freddy” and put him aboard the
train.

Fate decided the new home for the
six months old Jersey gent. For
three men put bids in that were
identical even to the odd dollar!
Coin flipping ceremonies held by the
personnel of the demonstration train
decided his habitation to be with E.

Charlevoix. There is every reason
to believe that the Jersey herds of
these two neighbors will be improved
by the addition of this well-bred
younster. His dam has three con—
secutive C. T. A. records that aver-
age over 425 pounds of fat. Her last
year’s run was 482 pounds of fat
made at five years of age. The bull
was strictly the product of the good
Jersey herd of M. E. Post and Son
of Rockford.

When the special train rolled into
Cadillac at 12:00 p. m. it took “all
hands’ ’to transfer the Holstein bull
in his crate to the waiting truck. He
sure was a well—grown fellow for
eight months of age! Bulls don’t
weigh more at midnight, they just
grow ’em that way at the Traverse
City State Hospital, the outfit that
furnished him for the train. John
A. 'Finkbeiner, the lucky man whose
bid took this fine Holstein bull, ex-
plained to “Traverse Ona King
Echo” that he had ahead of him a
thirty mile jaunt to Falmouth, then
he could be released from the nar—
row confines of the crate in which
he had lived a week.

The dam of the Holstein “bid
bull” has over 18,000 pounds of milk
and 700 pounds of butter made in
semi-official work in 253 days. She
should finish the year with over 900
pounds of butter. She is out of a
cow with over 30' pounds of butter
in a week, and sired by Echo Sylvia
King Model, the leading “Honor List
Sire” for 1926.

The sire is out of cow that made
two yearly records of over 1,133
pounds of butter: She has a daugh—
ter that made 1,038 pounds of but—
ter in a year as a tWo-year-old.

Considering the type and the
backing of these three bulls, re—
membering the .old saying, “The
hull is half the herd,” it would

igan were all set now to operate
under the ‘

“Follow the Cowpath to Prosper-
ity."—J. G. Hays.

CANCER—FREE BOOK SENT ON
REQUEST

odor, etc.

Address Indianapolis Cancer

 

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demand“. "Daemon:

by most gill-3mm blood lines.

slogan of the ‘W _
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 new powdery
kills rats and mice
but nothing else

Get rid of rats without danger to your
children, livestock, pets or poultry.

Think what this means to you!

K-R-O may be, used free] in the home;
ham or ultry house with a lute safety.
Actual tests have proved that it kills rats
and mice everyfime but other animals and
poultry are notinjured by theiargest doses.

NOT A POISON
K-R-O does_not contain arsenic, phos-
Bhorusor barium carbonate. Made ofsquill
ulbs—the new safe way urged by gov-
ernment experts. 75c at your dru gist or
mailed direct if he cannot MP? 9 you.
Satisfaction guaranteed. .

mm 00.. Dept. 12 Springfield. Ohio

Demand for Veal is Good

SHIP YOUR

DRESSED CALVES and
LIVE POULTRY to

Detroit Beef C0.
1903 Adelaide St., Detroit, Mich,

Oldest and most reliable commission
house in Detroit

   
  
 
 
 

 

Tags and quotations and new shippers.
guide. free on application.

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Ads under this heading 30c per agate
line for 4 lines‘or more. $1.00 per
:: insertion for 3 lines or less. ::

 

 

    

To avoid conflicting dates we will without
cost list the date of any live stock sale in

lchlgan. I you are considerin a sale ad-
vise us at once and we will clam the date
for ou. Address Live stock Editor, M. B.
F., t. Clemens.

May 28.-—Herefprds, Crapo Farms,
Creek, Michigan.

 mm:
"” JERSEYS“. "

JERSEY BULLS: 3 T0 8 MONTHS, RALEIGH,
Flying Fox, bred for type and production. Also
cows. ROBERT BRUCE, Aurora, ,Indlana.

 

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GUERNSEYS
GUERNSEYS

FARMER'S PRICES FOR BULL CALVES 8 RED»
Write for ci cular.
AND FARMS, Monroe, Michigan.

 

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  SEVERAL NICE HIGH-GRADE
l Guernsey calves, three months old.
LAKEWOOD FARM, Box 121, Whitewater, Wis.

 

Guernsey Dairy Heifer Calves.
re , E2“ 0 each. ship

Practically Pure
e . . D. Write
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HEREFORDS

 

Hereford Sale, Saturday, May 28, 2:00 P. M.
Also interesting rogram promised by MSC Judging
Team. .Write . or particulars. Our herd bulls.
International Winners. Oldest U. S

Crapo Farms, Swartz Creek.

Hereford Steers

(Valves, yearlings and two’s, Well marked. Beef
type, showmg splendid breeding. Dark reds. Most
a1 bunches dehorned. Good stockei' order. Can
show few hunches around 45 to 90 head. Each
bunch even in size. Also a few bunches short-
horn steers. Will sell on choice of one car
load from any bunch. rite stating number and
weight you prefer. 450 to 800 lbs.

V. V. BALDWIN, ELDO.N, IOWA.

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  PURE BRED POLLED SHORT--

horns. High class cows and heif-
ers at reasonable rices. Geo. . ur 'c gr..
BRANCH COUNT FARM, Goldwater, Michigan.

Re . s rthorn Cows—Good Individuals, Heavy
nu] gig. main. calves at side, some yearling bulls.
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m  Shorthorn bull calves, I,

DICK L. DeKLEINE. Iceland, Mich., R. 3.

   
 

 

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-_ harming stock?——Mrs.~.W. 0., sum_
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THE LAND WHERE TEX "
MEETS MIEX

(Continued from page 4)

Southern style over an open pit in
our honor, and in the closing dusk
we broke bread with these-hospitable
folks-of the great‘open‘ spaces, while
over-head a flock of wild geese
honked slowly ‘ northward towards
the land‘ we called “home.”
The Rio Grande Valley

I think it was only shortly after
we. left St. Louis, that we began to
hear of “the valley” and so often
and so commonly was it mentioned
by the railway officials who Were
our hosts, that I dared not show my
apparent ignorance, by demanding
what they meant by “the valley.”

Soon enough we were to learn and
so lavishly was “the valley" un-
rolled before our eyes and poured in
the form of verbal statistics into our
ears by its boosters, that I scarcely
know where or how to begin to un-
fold its wonders to you. I was re-
minded of the California real estate
promoter who dropped in on a fun-
eral service and when the minister
had three times asked “if anyone
had anything to say about the de-
parted” and there was only a silence,
rose from his seat and said “I don’t
have anything to say about the de-
parted, because I didn’t know him
When-he was living, but I’d like to,
tell you folks just a few things about
California! " .

The Rio Grande Valley, for that is
what “the valley” turned out to be,
lies in the southermost tip of Texas
and stretches up the river for a
hundred miles or' more in a fan-
shaped delta about fifty miles Wide
at the Gulf.» To quote one of its
boosters literally “the soilis an allu-
vial deposit, which the Rio Grande
river has been storing up for count-
less centuries, waiting for the plow
of man to tickle into production.
'This soil, the richest in all the world
(California please note) lies in the
zone of the most perfect climate

'known to man and-with the abun-

dance of irrigation water available,
produces ravariety of crops, in ever.
increasing quantities, known no-
where else in civilized Christen-
dom!"

After you have digested that, you
will probably be interested in know-
ing that the Valley does actually lie

- many miles south of the most south—
' ern tip of California or Florida and

a thousand miles south of the

, northern boundary of the State of

Texas. The average temperature is
73, the average maximum 82.6 and
minimum 64.4. and because of a con-

'stant breeze from the Gulf, heat

prostrations are unknown. The
growing season is for the entire
twelve months.

But water the Valley must have
and it is pumped by twelve huge
pumping plants and a number of
smaller ones into more than 2,000
miles of irrigation ditches which
reach 466,500: acres of land and is
sold to the land-owners at So much
per acre a year, according to the
water-consumption of the fruits or
vegetables grown. From December

~  March all sorts of vegetables in-
.i'_ig,,;gluding cabbages, carrots, beets, po-
f'fltatoes, tomatoes, beans. green earn,
«spinachg... lettuce, ,

, parsley, peppers.
onions. sewn; and asparagus are “

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v A NEW kind of smoking pleasure

A lighted Camel leads straight

to contentment

We into the world with Camel. For
Camel presents your taste with choice
{Turkish and Domestic tobaccos at
their best. What a mellow mildness
each lighted Camel brings! And you
:can go all the way with Camels—
bmoke them as liberally as you chggse
—-they will never tire the taste.
Smokers of the world have placed
Camel ahead of all other cigarettes

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,

in popularity. Demanding the taste
and fragrance that only choice to-
baccos can bring, and finding it here,-
they have placed Camel first.

Introduce yourself to contentmenfi
with a pack of Camels. Never-ending
smoke enjoyment is in store for you
pnce you meet the cigarette that’s all
quality. As contented smokers say
throughout the land, inviting you td 7
smoking pleasure: "Have a Camel! ”‘ 

WINSTON-SALEM,

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Babion‘s Hire Bred C hicksf‘v’fé‘ - '

Also BLOOD'TESTED CHIC-KS from highest producing strains
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Pre Id Prices on 25 50 1
g- 0- White. Noun 0. Buff Leghorns, Anconas ..................  ............... ..sz.15 $5.50 $10.00 $45.00
my :Whlte I Buff Rocks R. I. Rods . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3.15 7.00 13.00 62.00
glth Wymdoms. Black hlnoma . . . . . . . . _ . _ . _ . . . . . . . .. 3.15 1.00 13.00 62.00
uff-‘ White Orplngtom, s. L. w andottes... ...... .. 4.25 8.00 15.00 12.00
s xed_ Hayley $2.15: .505 $10. Mlxed nghta. 2.50: $4.50' $8.00.
“and for large Price List ,includin ckiin 3. Please remember litby goes ahead of Price. Con-
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C rom . C per in 12 61' n a 0V8
prices. CHICKS Hatched from BLUE RIBBON PENS all BLOOD mSTED. 80 per Chick higher.

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From Michigan Accredin Glass A.
,1 ‘ F'locks. .Special Eng. Whites. S. 0.,
> . Eng. White and Brown Leghorns,_An-
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No money down. 100 % live delivery

iii postpaid. Catalog free.
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SEND NO MONEY FOR SILVER LAKE OHIOKS
Just mail your.order. we 3h1D‘C. 0. D. and
guarantee prepaid 100% live delivery of sturdy,
purebred chic s from healthy bred-bo- flocks:
Vh. Br., Buff Leghorns 8c; Rd. and

. l. Reds, Anconas, Blk. Minorcss 1001’
0rpingtons, Wh. Wyandottes Bufl Rocks 11c;
Mixed 8c; all lieaVies 100. ‘Orders for 60 chicks.
1c more, 25 chicks 2c more. . ‘ '
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gAgREDHROCKS a n. I. REDS ...... "$1.00 13.00 03.50 120.00

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5113555"; Oils .1. n. I. REDS '0300 11200. 12.1.6 102.50

Brollongail heavles $9.00 per 100; $42.50 per 500. Mixed Broilers $8.00 per 100: $31.50 per 500.

Will Ship C. O. D. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed;

t ur hicks. Just write or wire your order. _ We have large. hatches
33h ‘33:]: 1:10:31! :13) vallelicryg?cideri'ioprOiiiptly. Write for free catalog that describes our special matings.

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Own iii/m WERE} -
Accredited  

k is the result of 14 years of breeding for .SIZE, _'I‘YPE, WINTER
(fig-thggld HIGH FLOCK AVERAGE. instead of a few hi h indinduals. We have
HOLLYWOOD, TANCRED, and ENGLISH ty 0 S. . hite Leghorns SHEP-
PARD’S Anconas, Brown. Leghorns and‘Barred ocks. Hollywood foundation stock
from 260-290 egg record; Tancred foundation stock from 250 up egg record stock:
Ancona foundation direct from .hepfiiard. The very best in Brown Leghorns and
Barred -Rocks. Our chicks are HEALTHY, VIGORO S, Newtown hatched chicks from free ranse

 

       
 

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. h on est iroof of the quality of our chicks is that we have doubled our hatching
33:23; ovgi' eugiryeir. ith "TOWNLINE” you also get “PERSONAL SERVICE.

JUNE PRICES  $450080 $1705ng

33.350wé‘3‘é’xs‘".‘1.?.T?Y'T.__E‘?fil?fl‘fi.If}???:1::11::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"12.00 55.00 105.00

Mixed Chicks $1.00 per 100—orders for less than 100 10 per chick more.
THOUSANDS OF 8 TO 10 WEEKS OLD PULLETS AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES.
Assorted'or Mixed Chicks 70 each. Chicks shipped postpaid. 100% live delivery guaranteed.
count on early orders.

J. H. OEERLINGS, Manager,

Dis-

LARGE NEW CATALOG FREE.
R. F. D. No. 1, Box E,

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ON MICHIGAN ACCREDITED CHICKS J3"

Write now for our latest rice list giving our new low prices on this old is- -\
liable strain. This is ydjur chance to_ save. Every chick hatched from
selected rugged. free range breeders officially passed by inspectors superVised
by Michigan State College.

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‘1‘ PnIcEs EFFECTIVE MAY 1501—100 500 1000
g s. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS ............................................................................ ..$10.00 $41.50 $90.00
J ANchAs ....................................... .. 10.00 41.50 90.00

BARRED ROCKS . . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.00 51.50 110.00

 

f ,iistomers reported $1037.70 worth of eggs from 935 hens in the last
five Ivfiisgksnggeqlgglii 0m'al‘liois iodlr$§8.05 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 parent stock. Michigan
Accredited. 100% safe arrival guaranteed. Free catalog and price list.

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

 

Big Reduction for May and June

Ou bre din stock has free form range and is selected by a trained
oditry Specialist. High record male birds are used exclusively. Buy
rom experienced poultrymen and save. 5 1000
Post aid rices 50 100 00

Eng.p Whrl’te Leghorns and Anconas ....  $9.80 $45.00 $80.00

ar 0c 5 2. 0 55.00 100.00
Assorted Chicks and Broilers ................ .. 8.00 87.50 70.00

We guarantee 100% live delivery. Order direct from this ad and save. Reference: Zeeland
State Bank.

8 WEEK OLD PULLETS, 900 EACH

We will deliver to you, immediate.
Healthy vigorous stock that you Will like.

Village View Poultry Farm, R. 3, Box 4, Zeeland, Mich.

shipment guaranteed 8 week old pullets at 900 each.
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T" m... _ .   LOWEST PRICES

. 0"” IN OUR 80 YEARS BREEDING EXPERIENCE
 Pay Only ONE CENT Per Chick With Order
._ ., ,  Tom Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorns,‘ 270-
/ g.   300 egg foundation; 300-egg.stra1n Anconas;
.f$/’  ||/ all large, long bodied birds With large combs.
 ' \“Ml . Heavy winter 'layers. Also Evgrgreen strain
. f/mll //‘-" Rose Comb White Wyandottes.
yL~\‘ ies For Immediate Delivery
PM 50 100 500 1000
............................. .. 5.00 $9.00 $42.50 $83.00
White Leghorns ......... .. ' $5 00 9 00

S. C.
Is . . h ard's Anconas ..... ..  . . 42.50 88.00
 isles: Cgmlippwmte W andottes.  7.00 12.50   
Right Now is the Broiler or Mixed Ch cks .......... .. . 3.15 1.00 .
’ e to order your

10-12 weeks P1111618 a. ELECTED MATINGS ADD 2 CENTS PER CHICK T0
for M!“ and later   SOrder direct from this ad—Save tinie and worry. W
delivenes- guarantee satisfaction and 100% live delivery on all chicks. Shipped post—
Write for Prices. paid. Reference: Zeeland State Bank.

Reliable Poultry Farm at Hatchery,

 POULTRY FARM 

REDUCED PRICES FOR JUNE DELIVERY

Lakeview chicks are Michigan Accredited Ofi‘iciai 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.

 

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B. 0. White Le horns Ta red) ____________________________ ,_; ________ ,_ 2. o 4.75 9.00 $42.00 $30.00
Barred Rocks 9 c a‘n "3 R _________________ j ........ as 5 $5 00 $1.00 32.00 100.00

, . . . . . I. Reds - - .
S in] Matings higher. Mixed Chicks $7.00 ‘per 100;—a11 heavies $9.00. Order from this ad at

t see prices. Member International Baby Chick Assocmtion.
LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM, R. R. 8. Box 3,

DILIGENT CHICKS DID IT

and will do it for you

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Morrison had made. Seven
years ago, so he told us, he had come
from Missouri and'of the 97 acres he
had purchased, 31 acres were al-
ready in grape-fruit or orange
groves, now in full production as the
trees are not allowed to bear until
the fourth year and only fully when
they are six years old. A produc—
tion of $25 to the tree is not unusual
and they approximate 70 trees-to th‘e
acre. Only the lurking danger of a
frost, reminds the visitor that man
has not found here an “Eden-on-
earth” and yet the boosters of the
Valley showed us an orchard 17
years old as a convincing argument
for the pessimist. -

After lunch in the cafeteria of a
$500,000 schoolhouse in a. town of
1,500 which would have been a
credit to a. Michigan city of 50,000,
we drove out into the “new valley,”
which is in reality, the high country
to which the, irrigation ditches can-
not reach and which must depend on
“dry farming.” We drove along
roads where the Mexican peons were
grubbing the mesquite brush and
cactus from the virgin land on one
hand and on the other, cotton, corn
and even citrus fruit orchards were
being planted. One development
company is now clearing 47,000
acres in one tract by employing
6,500 Mexican laborers on a. weekly
payroll of $55,000.!‘ The average
price for clearing is $30 an acre.
Seventy-one giant tractors are used
to turn under the cactus and plow
the land after the bush has been
cleared away and burned by the
peons.

This then, is “the Valley” and in
marked contrast to the finished in-
habited section of the lower irrigat-
ed land which is now so well under
cultivation, is this parched, dusty
jungle whch is being prepared for
“dry-farming” and which the pic-
neers who are being herded south-
ward by the land promoters today
must expect to wrestle with.

We passed an unpainted shack,
smelling of new lumber and the nails
still shining. A new shed housed
the old Ford which bore the signs
of long travel, much mud and an
Illinois license! “There’s a couple
of newcomers, a farmer and his
daughter; who used to be a school-
marm up north,” said our driver,
and even as he spoke the “school—
marm” appeared on the tiny front
porch, and waved a tired greeting
as we passed; but in her wan smile,
one could not help but catch the
home—sickness which was in her
heart! I ,

(Editor’s Note: In the next is-
sue Mr. Slocum will take us across
the Rio Grande River and into the
land of our oldest and least under-
stood neighbor, Old Mexico.)

STATE HENS SHOW UP WELL
/ 1N CONTEST

HE week ending May 1st con—
cluded the twenty—sixth week

of the Fifth International Egg—
Laying Contest now going on at the
M. S. C., and found Michigan flocks
standing high in all classes. In the
Barred Rock class two Michigan
breeders had flocks out in front, F.
E. Fogle of Okemos taking first and
A. J. Ernst of Saline second. New
York State took first in Rhode Island
Reds but Michigan came into its own
by taking the next two places, a.
pen entered by Mrs. John Goodwine
of Marlette being second and third
going to Mrs. Thos. Whitfield’s pen
from Cass City. Of the first five pens
in the Rhode Island Red class four
of them belonged to women. Michi-
gan lost out onfirst place in the
White Leghorns also, a pen from
Washington carrying off the honor,
but second, third and fourth posif
tions remained in the State. Harry
Burns of Millington placed second}
Geo. ‘B. Ferris ‘of Grand Rapids Was
third, and F. G. DeWi-tt of Grand
Blanc took fourth. There are 100
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Isn’t'that‘fine? ’
Dolly":—-Yes,. and He knOWs where ,the',

‘money’s conning from. to keep them; In

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The following letter will no doubt
be of utmost interest to, poultry
raisers who have had seriOus losses
from White Diarrhea. We will let
Mrs. Bradshaw tell of her experience
in her own words:

“Dear Sir: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with
'White Diarrhea, so thought I would
tell my experience. I used to lose a
great many from this cause, tried
many remedies and was about dis—
couraged. As ,a last resort I sent
to the Walker Remedy 00., ‘Dept.
520, Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko
White, Diarrhea Remedy. I used two
500 packages, raised 300, White Wy—
andottes and neverlost 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 reli-
able and always get the remedy by
return mail.”—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw,
Beaconsfield, 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 invall 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 Chlick

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. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,
Iowa,‘ writes: “My first incubator
chicks,'when but a few days old, be-
gan to die by the dozens with White
Diarrhea. I tried different remedies
and was about discouraged with the
chicken business. Finally, I sent .to
the Walker Remedy 00., Waterloo,‘
Iowa, for a box of their Walko White
Diarrhea Remedy. It’s just the only
thing for this terrible disease. We
raised 70:0 thrifty, healthy chicks
and never lost a single chick after
the first dose.”

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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 remedy it 18 for White Diarrhea
in baby chicks. So.you.can prove—:03. thousands
have proven—that it Will stop your losses’and
double, treble, even quadruple your profits. Send
500 for package of Walko (01" $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 positive
fact. You run no risk. We guarantee» toJre-
fund your money romptly if you don‘t audit the
greatest little chic saver you ever used.‘ The Pio-
neer National Bank. the oldest and strongest bank
in Waterloo, 1a., stands back of our guarantee.

Walker Remedy 0)., Dept. 520, Waterloo, lows

TheModern

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BEE-Oi? SAFE ARRWAL
w: Li. GUARANTEED MICHIGAN

 SPECIAL JUNE RICES

Order Direct from this ad. and Save Time, or Semi for Catalog

BABY CHICKS

50 100 500
Grade 'A Mating, Our Very Best $7.50 $14.00 $67.50
6.00 11.00 52.50

Grade B Mating, from Selected Stock

On All Orders Mailed Us Before JUNE FIRST
Deduct 10% from the°Above Prices

'Send $1.00 for Each 100 Chicks Ordered. Pay Postmaster Balance
When Chicks Arrive

100%, Safe Arrival Guaranteed. We Pay the Postage.
Have You Tried Wolverine Leghorns?

Wolverine Leghorns have large lopped combs; big
deep bodies; are uniform in size and type; and
produce quantities of large, white eggs in winter
when egg prices are high. Satisfied customers
everywhere endorse Wolverine Baby Chicks.

V .Bred for Size, Type and Egg Produc-
tion Since 1910

All breeders accredited by Michigan State College and
Michigan Poultry Improvement Association. Don’t buy
any other chicks until you have our new 1927 catalog
explaining our matings in detail and how you can have
greatest success with poultry.

Write for copy, it’s FREE.
WOLVE‘RINE I‘IA'I‘CIIERY & FARMS
H. P. WIERSMA, Owner. Dept. 5, ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

  

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.ROCK BOTTOM PRICES

Never before have you been offered a better value in
chicks than you are here. Read these low prices and
realize that here is an unusual buy. You get Michigan
accredited chicks which means every breeder is a roved by spe-
CIalists under supervxsmn of Michigan State Co ege. You get -
100% live delivery. postpaid. You get prompt shipment. You get

low prices. And of greatest value of all. you get that famous Silver Ward Quality
' C O. D. If you desire. We can also

hich means so much in ouitry profits. Will ship .
offer splendid 8—10 week 01 pullets at very reasonable prices. of the same high quality.
Low Chick Prices—Immediate Delivery—C. C. D.
50 100 600 1000

Extra Selected 25
Barron S. C. White Leghorns

   
   

   
 
 
  

  

 
 

Tancred S. C. White Leghorns $8.00 “.50 810.00 “7.50 890.00
Sheppards Anconas

was erases.
; ; C; A3535,” ‘t" 9‘ °m' 2.75 5.00 0.00 45.00 85.00
iielected Bred-to—lay Barred Rocks 3.75 7.00 13.00 62.00 120.00
Assorted Broiler Chicks, all breeds 2.16 6.00 7.00 85.00 70.00

 

     
         
       
    
     
    
     
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
    
 

   

You can order right now from this ad and save time. Wire our order and we will shi at
once. We refer you to the Zeeland State Bank-«ii Member of Interns onsl Baby Chick Association. Start
now With some of these famous money-makers. You can never do it cheaper than now. We will send you
a large free catalog that tells you the whole story of Silver Ward if you wish. It will be a great help to you.

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75% or am SALES EACH YEARARE 7'0 OlD CUSTOMERS

Hanson - - Tancred - - English

Remember that Bo a1 Leghorns are Contest winning Leghorns—and that you get in our chicks
exactly the same boodlines that have. produc these Winners. Our demand from old customers
was never so great as it has been this year.
SPECIAL LOW PRICES FOR JUNE
50 100

500 1000
A MATING  $11.00 $55.00 $105.00
4.50 9.00 45.00 85.00

B MATING  ......... ..
BROILER CHICKS $8.50 PER 100.

Order direct from this ad at the above Prices. We guarantee 100% live delivery and we

ow you will be pleased. Circular fuly describing sent free. Reference—Zeeland State

Commercial & Savings-Bank

ROYAL HATCHERY Id: FARMS, S. P. WIERSMA, Prop. R. 2. Box 3. ZEELAND. MICH.

  
   
      
  
   
  

D. C. Whlto and
Butt Leghorns
(Dr. Hensley Egg
Basket Straln)
Barred Rock:
a. C. R. I. Rods

Michigan
Accredited Chloks
-—Everv breeder

approved bv
author-Izod
State Inspectors.

  
   
   
 

Try h. ks this CHICKS AT REDUCED PRICES

.0 1° ' car from Silver Oup winner. The above winnin made Dec mber 1926 in Pro-

$§§$°fi 351-“ Ex hm“? 0135593 in Btronfl competition. The male: and their 6brothers are among

I. 12:5.weighsirsnnzss3:" see hatchery in was“ momma 25 m
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Mlchlzan. Our free catalog and price list tells all. 8A dialyexifi acznavti‘r’i’cgtygii. hatchery m western

MEADOW BROOK HATCHERV. H. DoPI-ee Sons, Proprietors, Box B, HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

. 79% OF OUR CHICKS

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record. $1497.96 was the amount receIVed from e s in December 1926
for 1400, May 11Ihatched puliets as reported byg r. Glenn '1‘. Els of '
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White Leghorn Chicks

Our chicks are from Egg
Line Bred Barron Strain.
They are all culled. In—
spected by Michigan State
Accredited.

JUNE PRICES

50 ' 100 500 1000
- .=.-.‘ Price $4.50 $8.00 $38 $76.00
" 10 per cent with order.
days before shipment. 100
per cent safe arrival.

ELGlN HATCHERY,
Zeeland, Michigan.

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eflectwe for the balance of season- 5.33 logofgge. even at prices much higher than we'are asking. / ‘9
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s. gawk "mowifllflbo 3M 353 , THESE CHICKS ARE MICHIGAN ACCREDITED / 
Left Over Odds and Ends....,8.00 35.00“ 68. Even at these low: prices these chicks are Michigan Accredited and will pass  0‘
pm. Bey Poultry Farm, first. 4, uollsnd,  the exacting requirements to be‘classed as such. Furthermore on Superior 5.." ‘5'
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doing everything we can to’ live' ‘
up to it. We‘ are at the service
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During the weeks of May 16, 23, 30 and June 6, 13, 20
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

$375 Net Profit in One Month

“ That is what Guy Burgis of Fair Grove, Mich., made last January with 832 pullets / «
raised from 2000 Superior chicks bought last June.

to pr0d3uce those big bodied profitable birds.
iiigftho'usands of chicks.
special matings at slightly higher prices.

   
   
  

          

    
  
  
 
   
    
 
 
 
    
 
 
   
   
   
    
    
 

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DOWNS POUiIr°isYEI§KfiM “3.333% if ififiieo, Mich.

UNUSUALWHITE WW1"; 
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Blood Tested for the Past Three Years. Krueper H lter n B ed R .k 1. 0
Rocks $13.00. B. I. Reds $15.00. White LeghorSs sin&00.a"Mixed0(Ctiiclii 2.9.0.0. SBICCth Barred

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1000 fora$85.00

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Wet Weather Boosts Grains On All Markets
By w. W. room, Market Edam.

HILE it is rather early to know
much about the crop prospects,
all reports agree that the coun-

try has had more rainy weather
than in normal years, and the ter—
rible flood in the southern states
have effected the utter destruction
of all chances of raising any food in
an extremely large territory this
year, this applying to the several
grains, fruits and berries, vegeta-
bles, etc., and obviously this is a
decidedly bullish feature. In more
northern parts of the United States
there have been continuous heavy
rainfalls, and eat sowing has been
seriously delayed in quite a number
of states, resulting in lifting prices
for that cereal considerably higher
than a year ago. Wheat, too, has
had some good upturns in prices, as
have corn, rye and barley. So far
as live stock is concerned, hogs
failed to join in the large advances
that have taken place in cattle and
lambs, but nevertheless numerous
farmers have come out ahead by con—
verting low—priced corn into pork
and lard. The Michigan fruit and
berry crops promise as well as is
possible in May.

The government crop report on
winter wheat and rye was the most
important event in the grain mar-
kets. It points to a winter wheat
crop of 593,540,000 bushels, com—
paring With 627,000,000 bushels
raised in 1926, 402,000,000 bushels
in 1925, and 592,000,000 bushels in
1924. The rye crop is given as 47,-
861,000 bushels, comparing with
40,024,000 bushels harvested in
1926, and a ten year average crop of
67,000,000! bushels.

The Advance in Gratis

During recent weeks there has
been quite a« change in the several
grains on the produce exchanges of
the United States, based on their
bullish surroundings, and most of
the time wheat has taken the lead.
On the Chicago Board of Trade May.
wheat sold around $1.44 at times,
with wider fluctuations than usual,
but it was still cheap as viewed from
the standpoint of a year earlier,
when it was sold around $1.64.
Wheat as well as the other grains,
was very largely a weather market,
and crop reports, especially that is—
sued by the Department of Agricul—
ture, exerted great influence in mak-
ing values. The milling and foreign
demand for cash wheat was of fair
proportions, particularly on moder-
ate breaks in prices. The prelimin-
ary government report gives the
abandoned winter wheat acreage at
3,550,000 acres, which is more than
expected. The rye crop is expected
to show a fair increase over last
year, but it is estimated at not far
from 20,000,000 bushels less than
the last ten year average. This is
a remarkable showing, and it is evi-
dent that farmers are neglecting the
production of rye in many districts.
The price of rye for May delivery has
advanced to $1.10, comparing with
86 cents a year ago, and unusually
high prices have checked the usually
large export demand from diflerent
European countries. Barley sells
far higher than last year, and the
advance is about 20 cents in the Min-
neapolis market, Where recent sales
were made at 84 cents. May oats
are selling on the Chicago market
around 49 cents, comparing with 40
cents last year, late sowing owing to
rainy weather being a powerful bull—
ish influence. Corn, too, has ad—
vanced for the same reason, and re-
cent sales were made at 83 cents;
being 14 cents higher than at this
time last year. A great deal of
plowing and corn planting remains
to be done.

Fat Cattle Sell High

Nearly everything favors the
farmer who understandsthe .produc—
tion of good fat beef cattle, whether
heavy long-fed or ’ yearlings, and
even the common and medium kinds

   _’returning much larger. profits _

:1

than in recent years. Late sales were
made in the Chicago stock yards of
common to prime beef steers at
$8.85 to $13.85, comparing with
$7.50 to $10.35 a year ago and $8
to $11.65 two years ago, while
twelve years ago steers sold for $7
to $9.35. Recently the bulk of the
steers sold at $9.75 to $12.75, with
heavy steers of the better class going
at $1 to $13.85 and the choicer year-
lings at $11.50 to $12.75. Strictly
prime long—fed steers are unusually
scarce and sell at an accordingly big

packers have bought sparinglydu
Chicago, and lack. of competition

, among buyer's enabled the, big pack-
ers to force further declines in val- ,

ues. The range of prices has nar-
rowed greatly and the premium paid
for light hogs is much smaller.

Most stockmen are making their:

hogs fat, and Chicago receipts of late
have averaged 244 pounds, equalling
the heaviest in seven months and
among the heaviest for the time of
year in more than half a century.

WHEAT .

Wheat has been rather disappoint-
ing to its friends. The tone of the
market is easy, as it has been for
several weeks while demand has de-

clined, both domestic and export.

 

 

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UNE in the M. B. F. market reports and farm news broadcast on

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Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights at 6:40, east-

v- on standard time from WGBP of Detroit.

It is broadcast at

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

 

 

premium. Fat heifers sell at $9 to
$11 and calves at $8 to $13.50.
Stockers and feeders are having a
large country demand at $7.25 to
$10, largely at $8.25 to $9.50, steers
at $9.75 or more being good enough
for killers. Stock and feeder cattle
sell at the highest prices of the year,
with a good demand from grazing
districts, and stocker and feeder
heifers are wanted at $6.25 to $7.25.
Recently a buyer in the Chicago
market gathered a bunch of over.
100 head of stock steers that were
well bred and averaged around 660
pounds at about $9. They Were
really fair killers, and were shipped
to Michigan for grazing.

The Hog Industry

Receipts of cattle and sheep for
the year so far in western markets
have run much behind a year ago,
but the shrinkage in hog supplies as
compared with average years is far
greater. Up to a late date the com-
bined receipts in seven western pack-
ing points aggregated 8,970,000
hogs, comparing with 9,008,000 for
the same time last year, 11,195,000
two years ago, and 13,710,000 "three
years ago. With such a showing
hogs should be selling at high prices,
but they are actually much lower,
with late sales in the Chicago market
at $8.25 to $10, comparing with
$11.80 to $14 a year ago and $11 to
$13 two years ago. On the other
hand, they sold three years ago at
$6.60 to $7.50. Recently eastern

I

Foreigners have been the main buy-
ers in the market up to this time.
Spring wheat is late but winter
wheat looks good in most sections.

Reports indicate winter wheat above ‘

the 10 year average in general con-v
dition but production is expected to
be at least 30 million bushels less
than a year ago. '

CORN

Prices at Chicago rose’ sharply
at the close of last week reaching
the year's high level. Recent bad
weather and flood conditions have
contributed considerable to the sup-
port of this market, although there
has been a feeling prevalent that
prices were about to advance because
of various reasons. Many of our
correspondents about Michigan re-
port that the crop will be late get-
ting into the ground because it has
been too wet to plow many places.

OATS
Oats were affected by the advance
in corn prices. However, any upturn
in prices brings out plenty of grain
as dealers are apparently anxious to
unload at any figure above the pres-
ent market.

RYE
A nice increase in price is noted
over two weeks ago, due mostly to
the activities in other grains. For-
eigners are taking much of our rye.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

f Detroit Chicago Deu nit Detroit
May 16 May 16 May 2 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—-

No. 2 Red 31-42 $1.43 $1.34 $1.64

No. 2 White 1'43 1.35 1.85

No. 2 Mixed 1~41 1.33 1.04
003N5— . 1

No. 2 Yellow '93 ~77 .75

No. 3 Yellow ~91 .87 .75 .70 3
OATS ,

No. 2 White -57 .51 94 @ .54 .52 .46

No. 3 White t. .54 .481: @5254 .49 .45
RYE—- ' " ,_ ‘

0,81, No, a 1.11 1.07 .85
BEANS— '

o. H. r. om. 5-05 4-65 4.40@ 4.50
POTATOES—

per cm, 3.83@4.15_ s.25@s.40 3.50 3.65
HAY—‘1

No. 1 Tim. ' 17 @ 18 19 20., 17@ 1s 23.50@24

No. 2 Tim. 15®16 17, 19. 15@1e ,21@22 ,

No. 1 Clover 17 @ 13 \ 20@21 -17 18 20‘ 21

Light Mixed 10 @ 17.50 19@V20? 16 ' 17.50 22 28

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Monday, May iii—Wheat quiet. Corn strong; Export ’
tinues. Bean market in good condition. Butter,  

   

  

I1‘ng rapidly.
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but Poli'tionit‘hiey have bféen in  

. some time. Market/experts say as.

unand is the best at present that’git 
has been atvany time within the last -~

four months and prices are expected
to go higherfbe‘fore the next crop.
Predictions on how. much higher the

50c per cwt. Light reds are $6.50
and dark reds $4.50. '

 

.POTANEB
Old potatoes are holding at pres-
ent prices and the supply is decreas-
The new crop in the
nth has been damaged consider-
ably so it is possible that higher
prices for old stock may be expected.

 

HAY ,

Markets continue irregular with not
much change in price. Receipts ot tim-
othy at eastern markets have been light
and there is a. strong tone. Timothy is
in demand in the central western mar-
kets. Alfalfa is about steady.

WOOL
A moderate demand exists for wool

with a considerable volume of business ~-

reported and more buying for the mills.
Prices have been about stationary during
the last 30 days. '

DETROIT LIVE POUIII‘RY

(Commission merchants’ gross returns
per pound to farmers, frdih which prices
5 per cent commission and transportation
charges are deductible.) ,

All lines easy. Hens: Good selling
colored, medium weight, 27c; extra heavy,
26c; leghorns, 24c. Cocks and stage, 150.
Broilers, 2 lbs up, barred rocks, 47c;
other colored, 43®44c; under 2 lbs, 2@4c
cheaper; leghoms, 1% lbs up, 34c. Ducks:
White, 41,5 lbs, up, 340; smaller or dark,

28c; geese, 18c. 1

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS

Best creamery butter, in tubs, .ls'steady
at 38@40%c per lb. Eggs are steady. at
236231530 per doz. forfreeh firsts.

DETROIT SEEDS

Clover, cash, domestic, $26.50; imported,
$16.75. Alsike, cash, $24. Timothy, cash,
old, $2.50; new, $2.60.

W mums

EAST. BUFFALO. N. Y.— (United
States Department of Agriculture.) Hog-
—Slow, steady; few pigs and light lights,
$10.40610.50; 190 to 220 pounds, $10.15
@1035; 260 to 300 pounds, 95069.75;
packing sows, $85009. Cattle-Nominal.
Calves—~Few choice vealers, fully 50 cents
lower, at $12.50; cull and common, $9.25
@10. Sheep—Market at standstill; choice
fat lambs, nominally quotable at $15.50;

few cull and common mdeo..$10@10.50. -

CH1CAGO.-—The hog market after sev- ‘

oral days of weakness, turned strong
Saturday. There was little doing in cattle
and sheep. Hog prices were firm from the
start. Light grades weighing 220 pounds
and below had the best of the market,
selling strong. Prime butchers sold to
$10 for the day’s top and this was also
paid for underweight hogs of choice qual-
ity and for best mediumweight butchers.
This compared with $10.40 paid a week
ago for the best. Heavy butchers were

- quoted at $9.70 and below, while few pigs

and packing hogsl were offered. The sup-
ply was 4,000. -

No good steers were on hand out of
the supply of 500. For the week, steers
weighing 1,100 puimds and below were
25@40 cents higher, but better heavy

' grades closed weak to 25 cents lower.

The week’s top was $13.85. Feeding
steers closed strong and killing cows sold
at the high point of $‘9.50—-the highest
since war time. Bulls gained 25 cents.
Calves were higher.

Sellers had little to do in the sheep
house, with most of the run of 7,000 di—
rect to packers. Choice shorn lambs
placed at $15.50, against $16.25 early in
the week. Choice spring lambs held

steady for the week and aged sheep were '

unchanged. Few wool lambs arriveds"

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' RY early part of this week will
v  a touch of the etarmineec
j of’last-week. However, Monday
and Tuesday are expected to be
' mostly fair. v _ ‘

Temperatures will be cool before
the middle of the week but by this
latter date rapid strides will be made
by the mercury on the upward scale.
Warm weather will then continue
more or less until about the middle
part of next week. Threatening
weather with some scattered rain
and wind storms, more or less se-
vere, and perhaps a ‘tornado or two
locally are conditions to expect dur—
ing last half of this week. Rainfall
may be heavy locally but not general
throughout the state. 1

Week of. May 29

With temperatures high for the
season thunder showers and wind
. storms are to be expected during the
, first couple days of this week in
Michigan. This condition will last
more or less until after the middle
of the week with perhaps a day or
so of fair weather in between.

About Thursday the weather will
turn much cooler and until Saturday
the skies will remain generally clear.
On the last day of the week temper-
aturea will be rising and the weather
becoming unsettled with consider-
able wind.

Jnne a Month of W

Weather elements will be rather
unsteady during June in Michigan.
There will be some rather sudden
changes to opposing extremes. The
monthly average, we believe. will

run a little shy on temperature as
well as moisture, both ranging be-
low the normal.

   

 

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SEEDS AND PLANTS

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I mbéiIum rejections, 28c; fine clothing; 25c.

DES—Country buyers are ying the
lowing prices per pound for h dos: No.
. cued. 90: green. to. Bulls: No. 1.
cured. 60; green, to. No. 2 hidesaml
bulls lo under No. 1 Calf; No: 1 cured,
140;. green, 11c. Kip: No. 1 aired. 11c;
Shoal. 8c: No. 2 calf and kip‘lléc under
fine 51. Horsehides: No. 1, $3.75: No. 2.:

 

LEGISLATURE ENDS LONGER!
SESSION IN YEARS

(Continued from page 3)

addressed to Congress asking for a
Federal law to return 20 per cent of
the income and inheritance levies to
the states in which they originated

The Armstrong - Palmer (1 e a t h
penalty bill perished on the rocks of
disagreement between the Senate
and the House. The Senate insisted
on referring any capital punishment
bill to the people, while the Repres—
entatives were equally determined
that they would not sanction any re-

__ferendum on this subject.

Trespass Bill Passes

From an agricultural point of
view one of the most important
measures enacted during the final
week 'of the session was the Horton-
Brake bill requiring hunters to ob-
tain permission of the owner or les-
see before entering upon any farm
land or farm woodlots connected
therewith. The bill contains defin—
ite provisions for its enforcement
and provides heavy penalties for any(
violations thereof.

Under the terms of this law it will
not be necessary for the farmer to
post his land as the burden of re-
sponsibility will have been shifted to
the hunters whose duty it will be to
secure the farmer's permission
whether or not the property is

After having once defeated it, the‘
House revived and passed a bill by
Senator S. Karcher of Rose City,
providing for a $1.00 angler’s license
for trout fishing. The bill would
apply only to males over 21 years of
age. The revenue so raised will go
into the game protection fund of the
State Conservation Department.

One of the most voluminous bills
passed by the Legislature during its
final week, was the new school code
consisting of 324 pages. It was pre-
pared by the. State Superintendent
of Public Instruction and introduced
by Senator Norman B. Horton of
Fruit Ridge. It repeals and replaces
more than 100 separate statutes rel-
ative to educational affairs.

During the closing hours of the
session, final agreement was also
reached regarding the Turner bill
appropriating S 1.0 0 0,0 0 0 annually
of special state aid to the poorer
school districts.

 

COUNTY CROP REPORTS
(Continued from page 2.)

human (E).—-—-Heavy rains on 9th and
10th. Oats and barley sowing stopped
hr some time. Deeply plowed com stub-
bio hard to manage; will probably re-
sult in increase of hoe crop. Many pas-
tures not yet stocked to capacity. Few
more sheepthis year. lamb crop prom-
laing. More chickens being hatched. Le:—
horns chiefly. Improvement of lake shore
property uses all surplus help usually
employed on the farms—E. R, May 12.

Monroo.——Fruit trees blooming fine.
Prospects good for fruit in this section.
Plowing well along for this season of the
year. Much care being given toward de-
stroying corn borer. M fine weather
prevails and roads are quite good—F. H.,

May 12. .
' imp—Fruit moments appear
good. Recent frosts apparently done little

expect
ad. More busy doting ground for can.
that average acreage to be planted.»—
A. W. 8.. May 13.

Guam—Plowing for corn. Oats almost
allunandmdmcomingnlceiy.
'Wheat will be in shock early unless we
hove serious, setback. Storms at begin-

but to

still.  bis  on nitht of 8th.

‘ ground too wet to work. Oats on low
N   Lonoffplowing to) do for
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F REE Catalog. All. flocks closely culled, every bird banded.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED FOR DELIVERY TO JUNE FIRST

 

WHITE LIQHOR. For 100 500 00
Pm Hollywood. 230-290 MI roe ......................... _. 18.00 87.50 170.00
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. WIRE ORDERS PRO PTLY HANDLED.
. . and Brown Leghorns. P‘ree
weeks for shipment starting May 15th. WRITE

Route 1. Box I,

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Ran s Raised. 8 to 12
It PRICES.

RURAL POULTRY FARM
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Also wmm Leghorn mum cid'w' sat...” in

. . ord'er. Balance

‘ m thll sale are from a

Order direct from ’

mediate attention. U1. Delivery G

SHADY GROVE CHICKEBY,

SALE OF MAY CHICKS

TREMENDOUS PRICE REDUCTION FOR IMMEDIATE ORDERS

For Immediate Delivery in Lots of 100 500 100

S. C. English White Leghorn: 0
Brown Le b d 8 o

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Add TWO CENTS PER CHICK in any quantity. For any shipments of
rd time prices.
a lots of or over at the low price of 81.00 each.

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100% Wheat-Poster id.

BOX 8,

People's State Bank of Holland.

Wire orders Riven -
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HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

 

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discounts.

 

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POULTRY

RICHARDSON'S ROCKY RIDGE DAY AND

two weeks old chix. Stock blood tasted three
years for bacillary white diarrhea. W. Richard-
aon, Hanover, Mi

 

 

BETTER CHICKS_ AT LIVING PRICES——

Eleven breeds. Eighty. per cent of our clucks
o to old customers. erte. thchiield Hatchery.
itchfleld, Michigan.

 

PUIJ.ETS—~EIGHT AND TEN WEEKS OLD

sure bred Tancred S. C. White Leghorn chicks
$1 .00 for hundred. Barred Rocks and R. I.
Reds $1 .00,- from our own special mated flocks.
Write for prices on Let c quantities. Arrowhead
Poultr .F‘arm and Hate cry, Montroso. or Birch
Ram, chizan. \

 

MICHIGAN ACCREDITED WHITE LEGHOBN
chicks. 00—89.00' 200—$l7.50; BOO—$40.00.

Safe arrival guarant . Order from this ad and

save tune. Ottawa Hatchery, Holland, Mich.

 

EIGHT WEEK OLD \VHITE LEGHORN PUL-
lets 890.00 per 100. Cockerels free. Live
deliver . _ Gunner Willow Farm, 110]-

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WHITE LEGHOBN CHICKS 7c. 8 _WEEK
millet: 804:. Ed. Kroodsma, Zeeland, Michigan.

 

REDUCED oPRICES N_ BABY CHICKS FOR

Ma . 10, live livery mnnteed. Pure—
bred Iaghor 10c B and Beds 12c. Wynn-
dotta and rpindons 13c. Discount on large
orders. for free catalogue and prices"
Model Hatchery. Box 8, Monroe, Ind.

 

WHIT‘I'AKEB’S DB. MICHIGAN CERTI-

iied. B. - P. pnested. 'Both Combs. June

ggécks and at Reduced Prices. Cocks. Hens,

kerels. cut. Write for. prices. Interlakea
Bo mhlzan.

Firm, x 2. Lawrence.
QUEEN-. UAIJTY.. ACCREDITED-
01 and Tailored S. C. White
£10 per hundred. Barred Rocks $13. Rose C
O and S. . 81 . June one cent per
chick lees. Queen Hatchery. Zeeland. Michigan.

 

HICKS.
ghorns.

 

BARRED PLYMOUTH BOOK EGGS. ARISTO-
1: strain. Sngv.

(:ra per 15 .00 60.
N. Ayers and Son. mood. flirfiun. Der

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100. Mrs. cy gush, Alma, Mich. 3 per
JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGGS. 15- 1.50;

inonk.

10048.00. Guaranteed. Gus Grassman,
Illmms.

 

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dollar. Smith hatched
Orders booked now do—

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Peruse prepaid. Four leading br White'Leg-

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State of Mlchlgen

C ity Dealer
Adrian .............. ..VVilcox Hdwe. Co.
Alabaster.. ..... ..D. E. Christenson

   
  
 
 
  
 
 

Albion . . . . . . . . . ..Albion Maytag Co.
Algonac.. ...... ..C. F. Bertrand

 

Allegan.. .....Vos Electric Co.
Alma .... .. ....Ahna Maytag Co.
Almont .......... ..Pollard Hdwe. Co.
Alpena ...................... ..J. A. Smith
Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Maytag Store
Armada .......... ..Russell J. Lawrence
Bad Axe.. ........... ..Slack Brothers
Bangor ........... ..J. G. Miller & Son

Battle Creek ............................ ..
.......... ..Battle Creek Maytag Co.

    

 
   
   
   
   
 

  
 
  

 

Drayton Plains .... ..Noble N. Phelps

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able with electric motor

Bay City .......... ..Walton-Morse Shop
Beaverton .......... ..A. T. Brown, Jr.
Belding ................ ..Brown—Hall Co.
Belleville .................. ..John E. Rice
Benton Harbor....Cutler & Downing
Berville .............. ..Parker Hdwe. Co.
Big Rapids....J. R. Bennett & Son
Birmingham ............................ ..
.......... ..Hawthorne Electric Co.
Blanchard... .... ..N. C. Mason
Brant . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1....A. J. Locke _
Britten... ...... ..Alexander Gibson
Bronson .......... ..Forbes Maytag 00.
Brown City .................. ..Lorn Koyl
Buchanan .... ..Hamilton & Anderson
Burnips ................ ..John Hoeksema
Cadillac .................................. ..
.... ..Kryger & Currier Furn. Co.
Caledonia ........ ..Wegner & Clemens
Capac ............... ..John A. Bower
Carleton.  W. Hartsig
Caro ............. .. ....Fred J. Purdy
Carson City ................  Harden
Cassopolis....Hamiltonx & Anderson
Cedar Springs .......... ..John Buecus
Centerline .......... ..Rinke Hdwe. Co.
Charlotte .... ..Charlotte Maytag Co.
Cbeboygan .............................. ..
.... ..Michigan Public Service Co.
Chelsea ............ ..Chelsea Hdwe. Co.
Chesaning ...... ..Chesaning Elect. Co.
Clare, Clare Hdwe. & Implt. Co.
Goldwater ........ ..Forbes Maytag Co.
Coloma ............ ..Coloma Hdwe. Co.
Columbiaville .......... ..R. C. Osborne
Coopersville .... ..Durham Hdwe. Co.
Covert ..... ..  C. Vand’erboegh
Croswell ................ ..C. W. Lindke
Dearboru ...... ..Nuendorf Hdwe. Co.
Decatur ........  0. Waters & Co.
Deckerville....Stoutenburg & Wilson
Detroit ............ ..Detroit Maytag 00.
Dcwagiac .... ..Hamilton & Anderson

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State of Mlchlgan

City Dealer
Dundee ................ ..Cauchie & Gray
Edmore .................................. _.
....Edmore Hdwe. & Implt. Co.
Elkton ........ ..George Wilson & Son
Elmira...:....S. J. Burdo Gen. Store
Elsie ....................  Williams
Evart ............................ ..W. B. Orr

Fairchild, Fairchild General Store
Farmington..N. J. Eisenlord & Son

 

Fennville .......... ..Dickinson Brothers
Fenton .............  A. Lockwood
Flat Rock ............ ..M. F. 'Keenan
Flint .................. ..Flint Maytag 00.
Fowlerville ........ ..Will Sidell & Son
Frankenmuth ...... ..A. Nuechterletin
Fraser .......... ..Arthur H. Schneider
Fremont ...... ..Henry VanTatenhove
Gaylord ............ ..John M. Brodie
Goodells .............. ..Lewis W. McCue

Grand Haven ............................ ._
........ ..Grand Haven Maytag Co.
Grand Ledge ............................ ..
.......... ..Grand Ledge Maytag Co.
Grand Rapids .......................... ..
........ ..Grand Rapids Maytag Co.
Grayling, .... ..Grayling Electric 00.

Greenville .............. ..Brown—Hall Co.
Hale ............ ..Nunn’s Hardware Co.
Hamilton .......... ..Harry J. Lampen
Harbor Beach ........ ..Wilham Glass
Hart ...................... ..R. J. \Veitzke
Hartford .... ..J. W. Walker Hdwe.

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self. It ' sets underneath the tub in
the same position as the electric
motor on the electric Maytag.

Whether you have electricity or
not, you can enjoy the advantages
of the famous Maytag Aluminum'
Washer; enjoy its cast-aluminum,
seamless, lifetime tub that holds four
gallons more than ordinary washers,
that’keeps the water hot throughout
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next washing
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washing in an hour—wash such

  

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state of Mlchlqan

  
 
 
   
   
   
   
  
 

City Dealer
Hastings ........ ..Fleming Mavtag Co.
Hemlock... .............. ..J. E Fuller
Hesperia:.. ..Husband & Anderson
Holland... .....DeVries & Dornbos
Homer .... .. ...Albion Maytag Co.
Hopkins.... ...Vern A; Washburn
Howell ........... ..Charles H. Sutton
Hudson..  H. T. Dillon & Co.
Ida .... .. N. A. Weipert & Sons
Ionia . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ionia Maytag Co.

Jackson ........ ..Jackson Maytag Co.
Kalamazoo....Kalamazoo Maytag Co.
lake Odessa ...... ..LaDue & Snyder

  
 

Lakeview .................. ..G  Wood
Lamb ..................... ..L. H. Fitz
Lansing ........ ..Lansing Maytag Co.
Lansing..... Fleming Maytag Co
Lapeer .... .. ....Lapeer Hdwe. 00.
Lawrence ...J. Thompson & Son
Leland ...................... ..Otto Schwarz
Leonard..... ....Frank Hdwe. Co.
Linwood .................. ..T. J. Wright
Ludingtun ...... ..Palm Mrniture Co.
Mancelona ...... ..Schroeder Furn. Co.
Manchester .......... ..Fred G. Houch
Manistee ......... ..Warren A. Graves
Marine City ............ ..A. J Rochon
Marlette .............. ..A. R. Schlichter
Marshall.... ...Albion Maytag Co.
Maybee .... .. .C. & G. Hochradel
Memphis. ...Haight’s Hardware
Merrill .................. ..Alex McDonald

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City Deal" Cilll Dealer
Middleton .... ..Middleton Hdwe. Co. Pigeon ..................  Paul & Son f“
Midland ................  C. Eastman Plymouth. ....Conner Hdwe. 00.
Midland .................................. .. Pontiac ........ ..Pontiac Maytag 00
__,.Maytag Multi-Motor Sales Co. Port Hope ............ ..Engle & Smith
Milan ________ ,,__.___.(J.eddis & Norcross Part Huron ............................ __
Milford ........... ..Reid Hdwe. Co. .......... ..Port Huron Maytag Co.
Millington .... ..Fred B. Wills & Co. Port Huron ............................ _,
Minden City ...... ..Frank E. Mahon .......  P. Smith Hdwe. 00.
Mio _________________________ ..Orvin Kurtz Prairieville ............  J. Hughes
.......... ..Monroe Maytag Co. Reed City.....-  R. Ringler
Mt. Clemens Remus E A. Walsh
.......... ..Mt. Clemens Maytag 00. Riverdale....................R. E. Moblo
Mt. Pleasant .......................... -~ Rochester .... ..George Burr Hdwe.
...... ..Mt. Pleasant H. &. F. CO. Romeo....'.._. .....W. George Smith
Muir .............. ..Branyan Hdwe. Co. Rothbury.... .....  F. Newman
Muskegon .......... ..N. G. Vanderlinde Royal Oak. .....Peters Washer 00.
New Baltimore ........................ -- Saginaw .... .. ...VValton-Morse Shop
__________________ ..Fountain Electric Co. Saginaw... ......_Smith Hdwe. Co,
Niles .......... ..Hamilton & Anderson Saginaw .......... ..M. w; Tanner Co.
North Branch....Daniel Orr & Sons Sault Ste Marie..Cowan & Hunt Co.
Northville .......... ..J. N. Van‘DYne St. Charles ...... ..Thorsby Furn Co.
Otsego _ _ _ _ . . _ . . . . ..The Jones Hdwe. St. Clair ...................... __E. S, Hart
Ovid ............. ..Marshall & Olson St. Johns, St. Johns Electric Shop
Owosso... ...Fleming Maytag 00- Sandusky .............. ..Otis Hdwe. Co.
0xford.... ...Johnson Hdwe. Co. Saranac ...... ..Wilkinson Hdwe. Co.
Parma .................. ..Geo. W. Hunn Sebewaing ...... ..J. C. Lilien & Co.
Paw Paw ......  C. Waters & 00- Shelby ...................... ..A. J. Rankin
Perrington ____ .. E. H- Luca-5 South Haven .......................... ..
Perry ...................... ..Rann & Hart ....Mersons Furn. & Music Store

Petersburs..A. C. Gradolph & Son
PetosKey A. Fochtman Dept. Store
Pewamo ........ ",Pewamo Hdwe. Co.

South Rockwood....John Strong Co.
Sparta .......... ..J. C. Ballard & Co.
Standish... ....Gwisdala Implt. Co.

  
  

  
 

  
  

  
  

Stanton... ......... ..Glen Gardner
Btrasburg.. ........... ..J. F. ’Meyer
Sturgis ............ ..Forbes Maytag 00.
Tawas City .............. ..Fred Luedtke
Tecumseh . . . . . . ..Baldwin Hdwe. Co,
.Temperance .......... .J:...R. W. Brunt
Three Rivers....Forbes Maytag Co.
Tipton .............. ..Conlin & Shroyer
Traverse City....Wilson Furn. Co.
Tre‘nton.....' ..... "Trenton Hdwe. Co.
fl‘rufant ................ .....A. G. Miller
Unionville. ..J. H. Kemp & Co.
Utica ..... ..‘. ................  W. Hahn
Waldenburg... ...William Stiers
Walled Lake.. ..... ..Frank S. Nook
Waltz ................ ..Krsyszke Brothers
Warren .................... ..Fred Lutz
Watervliet... .... ..H. Pierce & Son
Wayland ........ ..M. L. Looyengood
Wayne ...................... ..John J. Orr
West Branch ......  H. McGowan
Wheeler .............. ..C. W. Lanshaw
White Hall ..........  O. Snyder
Wyandotte..,..-..Gartner Hdwe. Co.
Wyaudotte....Russell Slipply Store
Yneuanti ..... .......Sha’efer Hdwe. Co