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SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1927

Part VI—In the Banana Country

HEY grow bananas upside down
in Mexico! At least, you would
think so, if for the first time,

you saw this old familiar fruit hangs
ing from the tree, instead of sus-
pended from its customary string in
the fruit store window. You will
not be long in learning, however,
that the golden yellow fruit you buy
in the States, is quite unlike the
huge bunches of grass—green fruit
that the natives are loading into the
cars alongside of your train as-you
stop at El Hole.

By rearranging the letters and
dropping two vowels, U and one E,
from the name of this town, you can
get an idea of how- hot we thought '1!)
El Halo is not a town you W111
find on most maps of Mexico and yet
from this point where the Papalo-
’apan river meets the National Rail—
ways of Mexico, several train loads
of bananas are dispatched every day
in the year for northern markets.

Sight-seeing busses are unknown
down here, so we clambered aboard
improvised trucks and rode for near—
ly twenty miles, up hill and down
vale, over bumps and stumps, With
only the soft side of a pine plank
for a seat. But always we Were sur—
rounded by a forest of banana trees
and when we arrived at the top of
a promontory from Which we could
see, it seemed, for miles in every di—
rection, the waving leaves stretched
away towards the horizon for all the
world like a giant’s corn field. ‘

We thought of the old rhyme,
“water, watereverywhere, but not a
drop to drink,” for there were ba-
nanas everywhere, but those that
were ‘yellow enough to be in the
least inviting, were only the length
of your big finger. We did sample
them, but like the city boy who com-
plained of the fresh eggs in the coun—
try because they didn’t have any
flavor, these little tree-ripened ba—
nanas were too sweet and slimy to
satisfy our perverted appetites.

Most of the bananas, which form a
staple article of diet in every section
of the United States, now come from
the little republics, Columbia, Costa
Rica, Venezula and Panama which
surround the ‘Carribean Sea. Great
liners form a steady procession from
New York and New Orleans to these
ports and carry millions of bunches
northward each year in refrigerated

By GEORGE M. SLOCUM

holds. But in recent years Mexico
has become a. serious contender in

g the world’s banana market, for prac—

tically her entire coastal country lays
claim to the requirements of the
grower; a highly fertile, well-drain—
ed soil, in a tropical climate and pro-
tected from high Winds.

Much American capital has come
into Mexico in recent years to develop
the banana industry and competent
authorities are quoted as predicting
that here, will someday be, the larg—
est producing section in the world.
Much loss has been experienced in
the Central American countries in
the past few years because of a dis-
ease which attacked the banana trees
and laid whole groves low, but so far
this entire district in Mexico has. es—
caped the malady. In 1922, over
66,000,000 pounds of bananas Were
exported to the United States and the
figures for more recent years would
undoubtedly double this figure.

Refrigerator cars can be loaded
here and shipped direct from the
plantation to the central western
cities of the United States, an advant—
age which no other banana produc—
ing country has. So far, much of this
section is served by narrow gauge
railways built by English engineers
and with English capital many years
ago, and at Orizaba, a junction point,
we watched with considerable inter—
est how they substitute in a compara—
tively few minutes the Wide—gauge
trucks of'our heavy freight cars, for
a set of narrow—gauge trucks so that
these cars could proceed to the plan-
tations and load for delivery at some
northern city. It is said that the
land suitable for banana production
in Mexico would easily supply the'en-
tire market of the United States.

Every Day is Hay Day

There is no season for the banana
harvest in Mexico; they are cutting
the fruit and shipping every day in
the year and the groves are always
in blossom. Humboldt says that an
acre of bananas will produce as
much food as forty-four acres
of potatoes or one hundred and
thirty—three acres of wheat! Were it
not that we fear a stampede of north—
ern farmers into the banana country,
we might tell you, with how
little labor this crop is planted

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and grown: A few.
acres of jungle
are cleared and
t h e b a n a n a.
shobts are plant—
ed, usually about
twelve feet apart.
Within a year,
these plants have
a r r i v e d a t a
height of fifteen
to twenty feet
and the great
leaves (1 r o o p
away gracefully,
often three feet
wide and ten feet

long. After the
g r e a t purple
blossom, comes

the fruit, a single
bunch w h i c h
hangs “up—side—
d o w n ” a n d
weighs from thir—
ty to one hun-
dred pounds. A
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arms of a dexter—
ous native as
g e n t 1 y as he
would catch a_
baby, for no fruit must be lost and
none bruised, in it long trip, un—
packed, to distant markets. As soon
as the fruit is out, the stalk is cut
down and from the shoots at the base,
a new banana plant is selected and
allowed to grow to maturity.

At the end of the long, hot dusty
ride, we came to a little town, twenty
miles as we had come, from the near—
est railway, but quaint, and interest~
ing with its few hundred souls de—
pendent on the banana crop for their
livelihood. No circus parade could
have had more attention from the
populace than we here received. We
had come unexpectedly and our ap—
pearance caused an immediate ces—
sation of the town’s activities, what—
ever they had been before we ar—
rived; even the school was let out
that the wide-eyed youngsters could
see the “Americanos” and I doubt if
we got half as much amusement out
of their quaint ways, as they did
from ours. Not fancying the risk of

impure water, we made a raid on the

(Above)
(Below)

Road thru a Mexican banana grove.
Unloading bananas

brought down the Papaloapam
at El Hulc.

river
cocoanut stand
pcon did a rushing business chopping
off the tops of green cocoanuts with
one slash of his giant machete—knife.
If you have never tasted the milk
from a green cocoanut drawn
through a straw from the open end,
you have missed a rare treat indeed.

We had lunch el fresco, as guests
of the banana planters of the vicin-

ity, in.- the cool shade of the palms,’

while the ever-present marimba or-
chestra, played lively Spanish dance
music and a hundred or more hun-
gry faces peered at, us from behind
an iron fence. When the feast of
fresh caught shrimp, sun~dried sau-
sages, goats-cheese and fruits was
over and we had departed, the hun—
gry rabble were allowed to pounce on
the food we had left, which is, so
they told us, an old custom in the
rural districts of Mexico.

(In Mr. Slocum’s seventh install—
ment, We will meet President Calles
in Mexico City and his possible suc-
cessor, Gen. Gomez, in Vera Cruz.)

Farmers Having Ideal Weatherand Crops Are Coming Along Fine

llilsdale (NVV).—Good growing weather
with several nice rains the past two
weeks. Corn coming fine with quite a. lot
of it knee high the Fourth. A number
report having green peas and new potatoes
for the Fourth. Haying in full swing,
with alfalfa. about all up. A good deal
timothy and clover yet to cut. Raspber-
ries are beginning to appear in the local
market. Wheat and rye will be ready to
out within a. weekbr ten days—C. H.,
July 6th. _

Cause—Wheat is ripening fast and in a
few days the binders will be at work.
Corn is much ahead of last year. If the
weather stays right will mature in sea-
son. Early potatoes are coming fine and
late ones are almost all up. Clover and
timothy cutting is in full swing and alfal-
fa has a. good start for a. second crop.
Young clover was helped out by the rains
of the last two nights—W. N. H., July 7.

8t. Joseph—Harvesting grain has just
started.~ Quite a hit of bay to put up
yet. Oats look fairly good since the re—
cent rains. Corn is behind but 18 making

"r good progress lately. Potatoes look good

and a large acreage are put out this sea—

somc looks very good.——A.~J. Y., July 7.
" ‘Ghm-lngm-btonr—On June 27th
we .had a light frost not doing any dam-
agei'fwhich {was _ fohoWed by three very

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better and quite weedy. Wheat is turning
and oats are heading out. Everyone .is
putting up hay. There seems to be quite
an acreage of laté beans. Cattle and
sheep are in very' good shape. Strawber-
ries are about over. Quotations at Lans—
ing: Hens, 220 1b.; chickens, 2.50 lb.;
strawberries, 2.00 quart; wheat, $1.28 bu.;
corn, 95c’bu.; oats, 45c bu.; beans, $5.50
cum; butter, 44c 1b.; eggs, 20c doz.— B.
B. 1)., July 5th.

Midland—After a long delay in plant-
ing there has been many acres of beans
put in and the few hot days have set
them going and they are looking fine-
Oats are a full crop so far. Sugar beets
in. gpod condiition. Haying well under
way. As to com, I have nothing to say.
Quotations at Midland: Oats, 39c bu-;
beans, $5.40 cwt.; potatoes, $1.50 cwt.;

butter, 41¢: 1b.; eggs, 20c don—B. V. 63.,

July 2nd.

Gladwin (NW).——Good growing weath-
er is helping crops here. Bay making is
in full swing here. A. nice rain this morn-
ing will put a stop to hayrnaking for a
little while. Street. clover is a good crop
here. Wheat and rye is not going to be
very heavy. Com is growing fine. Past-
ore is short now. Pickles are quite a bit
ahead of last year at the same time.—
L. C. Y., July 6th.

Walnut—Very dry weather .lately.

 as for advanced asvthey 

  

 Wheat, $1.91 bu.; oats, “on;

be. Rain came this week. Haying is in
progress with a good crop. Strawberries
are ripe and a fair crop. Peas and string
beans blossoming. A few early gardens
in bearing. Weather cool lately. Some
very hot days last week. Quotations at
Cadillac: Wheat, $1.10 bu.; corn, 80c bu.;
oats, 550 bu.; rye, 85c bu.; beans, $4.00
cwt.; potatoes, $1.80 cwt.; buttcrfat, 44c
1b.; eggs, 16c dos—E. H. D., July 7th.

Tuscola. (W).—-Farmers are now in the
midst, of haying with the weather unset—
tled since the hot spell. Corn is coming
good but is three weeks late. Oats look
the poorest in a. good many years. Some
fields are very short while others look
yellow. Wheat looks good all over the
country. Beans and sugar beets are com—
ing along fine. A poor outlook for apples
in this locality. Quotations a: Vassar:
Wheat, $1.31 bu.; corn, $1.00 bu.; oats,
38c bu.; rye, 85c bu.; beans, $5.80 cwt.;‘
potatoes, $3.00 bu.; butter, 150 1b.; eggs,
21c doz.-—J. T., July 7th.

Lenawee (W).——Wheat is being cut
some places. Will be in full swing next
week. Crop’good but some thin on ground.
Hay about two-thirds .made and also
good. Early oats and barley heading
fine. Late sown not so good. Corn fair
but late. Weather cool and some rain.
Eggs not so plentiful. Cherries one-half
crop. Strawberries. gone. Quotations at

butter,

' nicely.

$1.32 bu.; corn, $1.15 cwt.; cats, 4 'b

450
July 7th.
Saginaw (N‘V).—Had a. rain the 5th.
First we had since the first of June.
Farmers busy haying and cultivating. Hay
will be a normal crop. Wheat looks good.
Oats] are good on clay but on sandy land
they are short and light color. Beans
and corn are small. Lots of poor stands
of both. Wheat will soon be ready to
cut.. Oats are heading out fast. Not
many potatoes planted. Weather is cold‘
this morning. Quotations at Hemlock:
\Vlicat, $1.30 bu.; corn, $1.00 bu.; oats,
380 bu.; rye, 900 bu.; beans, $5.80 bu.;
butter, 43c 11).; eggs, 20c doz.—-F. D.,
July 7th.
Monroe.——\Vcather‘ fine.
for present needs. Haying progressing
Crops looking well generally for?
this time of year. Pe'ople are now eon.fl
sidcring school matters. Many scant.-
school laws more carefully observed in,
the belief that it will help future me‘nr'

1b.; eggs, 22c don—C. B.,

      
  

   
 

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Honsn RADISH AND RHUBARB

Please tell me how long it takes
horse radish to grow from seed large
enough to use, also pieplant.—J. 0.,
Cadillac,_ Mich.

T is very seldom that horse radish
will produce seed although the
blossoms freely set large clusters

of flowers but most of these drop 03

and no pods are formed. It is cus—
tomary to increase the crop by
means of so-called sets. These are

the side roots which are trimmed ofi

when preparing the crop for market. _

The end which should go upright
when planted is cut off square while

the lower end is cut with a slanting '

cut. 'The best root or set is one six
to eight inches long and about the
size of a. lead pencil. These sets

may be purchased from almost any.

seed - house.

It is quite possible to grow good
rhubarb plants from seed but only
a small portion of the seed will pro-
duce plants which are true to name,
hence, it is customary as a rule to
start a new plantation through the
use of plants which are obtained by
cutting up old clumps. A fair sized
piece of root with one bud will make
a good plant. If the subscriber
wishes to grow plants from seed we
would advise that he sow the seed
early and as the plants develop, thin
them out leaving only the strong and
most vigorous and the oneswhich
have a tendency to be red in color.
It does not pay to cut a crop from
seedling plants until about the third
year and in order to produce a good
crop at this age they should be fer-
tilized very heavily.—Geo. E.‘ Starr,
Assoc. Prof. of Agriculture, M. S. C.

PARENTS’ CONSENT NECESSARY

I would like to know what states
in the United States give marriage
licenses to personsunder age. I
would like to know of the one near—
est Michigan. The girl is sixteen
and the boy nineteen, without con-
sent of their parents. This is es—
pecially for the boy. If they did
secure a marriage license would it
be lawful in their own state when
they returned?—-—Mrs. R. M., Pontiac,
Michigan.

N all of the states adjoining Mich—
I igan the law requires the consent
of the parents to the marriage of
a girl under the age of 18 years. I
know of no state where parents’ con-
sent'is not required in such a case.
In certain cases licenses may be ob-
tained frOm the probate judge when
the parties are under this age. I
would take it up with the probate
judge, who will explain the matter
to you—Legal Editor.

LANDLOR-D FURNISHES
EVERYTHING
What share is customary for ten—
ant to have where land owner fur—
nishes everything including cattle
and sheep?—B. L. R., Eaton Rapids,
Michigan.

F landlord‘ furnishes everything
I (that is, land and equipment)
and tenant the labor, the ten—
ant receives one third of the income.
Such expenses as seed, twine, thresh—
ing, etc. are generally borne by each
party in the same proportion as in—
come. The landlord should furnish
grass seed if rented for a short
period—«F. T. Riddell, Research As-
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FOREVCLOSING
A holds a mortgage on B’s prop-
erty (farm). Mortgage being over-
due, what are all the legal “steps
taken in a foreclosure, both in an ad-

, ,vertised and not advertised farm?

If there .;are joint notes held .by a
bank”, can bank compel A to foreclose
mortgage if A is ,willingto extend

.mortgage? ..If mortgage is foreclos-'
‘ ._ B, redeepnith-by selling the:
:far‘m ,®.u*‘,tgking_fi,the4 rmoney andi-p-aiy- .

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ingittp" mortgage and also joint note?
(Note 'given »by husband and wife,
the farm being held jointly). Must

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~  .When. is'a mortgage 'sale_ adyertisedfi ,V

when mortgage is foreclosed or at
the close of one year allowed for re-
demption? Can bank stop B from
putting a heavier mortgage on farm
than it now calls for?——Mrs. S. M.
B., Byron, Mich. .

HE legal. steps to foreclose a
mortgage by advertisement are
as follows: Notice of foreclos—

ure must be published in the local

paper for 12 consecutive weeks. _At _

the end of this time the premises
may be sold at public auction. ‘The

 
   

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sale in whichto rede’em.‘ Ifthe notes .
and mortgage Iare’made to two per-
sons joint , either may foreclose‘
when it is us even though the other
is willing to extend the time. The
mortgagor would sell the farm sub-
ject to the mortgage, or could sell it
and pay ofi the mortgage with the,
proceeds, but of course could not-
give- title to thefarm after it has
been sold until after he redeems it.

To foreclose a mortgage by suit
of equity, a bill is filed in court to
foreclose and the court orders the


year after

property sold, such sale to be held

not before'the expiration ‘of 6 months
from date of foreclosure. The mort-
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letters are suitable for publication or not.)

SAVE THE FROG
EAR EDITOR: Just a few Words
concerning the best , friend the
farmer has got left. It is time
the farmer woke up to the fact that

the insect destroying frog is being“
‘extinguished by

commercial frog

hunters. Millions of little lives are

destroyed each year for what—«just -

a tiny morsel, perhaps one—half ounce.
One little frog will eat thousands of
insects every year.

Perhaps if some of the city folks
that fill a hollow tooth with a frog’s

leg could follow up a frog hunter‘

where they had stopped to cut the

legs off and see the little bodies try— '

ing to crawl away on two legs, they
would, instead of eating frogs, com—

plain to the humane society about the .

cruel practice.

Now farmers, remember one frog;

is equal to one robin as~ an insect

destroyer and plug for their protec- ’
tion by agitating a permanent closed I
season—A. A., Au Gres, Mich.

CHICKEN THIEVES
EAR EDITOR: I am a farmer’s
wife and read your paper every
week and am very much inter—
ested in your help of getting rid of
the chicken thieves.

you my ideas of the subject.
I have had around 500 hens taken
from me in the last four or five years
and I am so disgusted and disap-

pointed in raising chickens I am most .

ready to sell what I have and go
without. Now we have found shot
gun shells in our coop after a raid
and packages of tobacco which no
one here ever used and when we

would go out to see what was the.

matter, they would either throw
wbod, stones, or shoot at you so what
can one do?
really see them as they wait for the
darkest night. We had a good dog
and they would fill him full of shot.
. Now I feel like shooting at them;
that is what I have come to. Do
you think I am wrong? Of course,
it says “Thou shalt not kill” but it
also says “Thou shalt not steal,” so
which is the worse?

I am writing.

It’s dark so you can’t ‘

s_ertten and published-An
in. The editor is sole 'Judge into" whether

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South'of‘us some ten miles, a man *_
caught two men in .his ,coop.loaded :-,
with his hens ready to run. He shot  '
at them, killed one and the other r'
got away. Now this fellow got ten .
years for happening to kill this thief. ,
Do you think he did wrong.?,. Now 3

I've had my chickens taken when the ' ‘

money which I was to .get for them 1
was to keep my children in Schooli
and may be all the spending money .
I’d have for them for Christmas, and .
some one else got the money and us
the workof raising them. . It’s get-
ting worse every year. But they don’t '
always stop with chickens. But we ‘
have had pigs and'grain taken, also "
fruit.—Mrs. J. M., Six Lakes, Mich.

 

 

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Bulletin Service

(The bulletins listed under thisheadlng
are free. If you want a copy of one or
more Just list 'them on 'a'postal card or
In a letter and mail to us with your name
and addresthey will be sent teyou with-
out charges ol any kind.) ,

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LIST OF BULLETINS.

. 1,—POULTRY RATIONS.

N0. 2.——MODERN WATER SUPPLY.

. 3.———SOIL FERTILIZERS.

No’. 4.——SEED CORN CURING. v \
5.-——GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING.

No

No. 6.——BEFORE YOU INVEST.

No 7.———FARM SANITATION. .
No 8.—FIR_ST MORTGAGE BONDS.
N0 9.—FROM EGG TO MARKET.
N0. 10.—WHEN AND HOW TO DUST. a
No. 11.——MINERALS AND FEEDING.
No. 12.—LINSEED OIL MEAL.

No. 13.——FIGHT THE-CORN BORER.
N0. 14.-—UNDEBeGRADE APPLES.
No. 15,—RAISING APPLES.

No. 16,—TIRE 'CARE.

. l7.‘—FARMERS' TAX GUIDE.

. lit—BARNS-AND HOW TO BUILD.
No. l9.-—-CONCRETE BUILDINGS. ‘
No. 20.——MOTHS AND BEETLES.

No. 21.—-—FEEDING FOR EGGS.

 

Bulletin No. 22.——CARE AND FEED-t
ING OF GROWING CHICKS. Everyv
farm home Visited by M. B. F. should.
contain a copy of this new bulletin by -V
Prof. J. A. Hannah, of the Poultry Hus-_-
bandry Department of M. S. C. because
of the valuable information it contains.

 

 

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~ Where Our Readers Live A

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odak pictures ‘ -

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us the negatives, Just a good print.

 

 

 

 

  

 

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ROY AND HIS PA.L.”—Roy is
‘ the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. ’Young,
Washtenaw county.

A COMING YOUNG AUTOIST.——Dorn is the
young grandson of Mrs. D. Maturer, of Saginaw
coun y. '

 

WATCHING SOBIE YOUNG, DUCKS.—“0ur baby
ing thirteen little black ducks eating some food,”
Mrs. Chas. Schaerer, of Washtenaw county.

 

 

 

     
 
    

  

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«loll and her dog, area  «Jorggsongep’iie :to‘gomfl

and take them for a ri e,~accordinz to» Mrs. .3911,
‘ of Kent county. .

   
     
    

 

 

 

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writes

 

WHICH IS -WHIGI{.?——'l‘hese twins are Leota
Mrs. Isaac Muslow, of Sanilac county.
by the way their hair is combed.

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POSING *‘OR A PICTUR 4.—“My father, A. Ellis, with
his favorite brood mare and her young (-olt, Dolly,” writes
Elsie Ellis, of Benzie county.

ELLA BAILEY “'I'I‘II HER.
ANI) DOLL—From Mrs.

II. Bailey, of Genesee county.

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'4 thtiiit county.

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‘Ischwfll and his dog.

 

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They live in

and Leona, daughters of
way folks can tell them

 

 

 

ALTON AND HIS RABBITS.—
Mr. and Mrs. LaPierre Stimson, of
Barry county, are Alton’s parents.

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“STOP THAT NOISE!”—-}Irs. Clayton )

North, Sanilac county, sent us this picture of
Edwin North and Eileen Bossard.

 

 

 

owned by
writes us.

"HOLD STILL, BOSS!"——-“A grade Guernsey
my father," Arthur Reynolds, of Alpena county,
The other party may be Arthur, he didn't suyy.

 

 

 

HAVING A FINE TIME.—“These youngsters are hav-
ing a flne;.time playing with their guinea pits," writes
Mrs. Earl Parker, of Huron county. “This was taken
in California.”

 
    


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J ; BUSINESS Flt/[ER

 

‘ SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1927

 

Edited and Published by ’
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
eorge M. Slocum, President.
MT. CLEMENS, MICHIGAN
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Represented in New York. Chicago. St. Louis and Minneapolis by
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Charles A. Swinnrle Tomi Editor
W. . cote ..... .. Market Editor
Rev. David F. Warner Rel ous Editor
B. K born _ in Editor
...Vetermary Editor
_ esther Forecaster
Livestock Advertising
..Plant Superintendent

 

 

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RELIABLE ADVERTISERS

We will not knowingly accept the advertising) of any erson or
firm who we do not believe to be thoroughly _onest .sn reliable.
Should any reader have an cause .for complaint against any _ad-
vertiser in these columns, e gubllsher would appreciate an im-
mediate letter bringing all fee. to light. every case when
,writing say: "Lssw your advertisement in The Michigan Business
Farmer!" It will guarantee honest deahng.

 

 

"The Farm Paper of Service"

 

COUNTRY LIFE WEEK

ULY 31 to August 6 has been set aside as

J Country Life Week at the Michigan State Col-

legs and catalogues are being sent out with a
line on them, “Plan a summer vacation trip in
Michigan.” An excellent idea that will change
the vacation plans of many, without doubt. For
Michigan folks it might be changed to “Plan a
summer vacation trip to M. S. C."

Seventeen different conferences have been
scheduled for this week. The American Country
Life Ass’n conference will take place from August
lst to 4th, then the International Country Life
Conference will be held from the 4th to the 6th.
These are the big features of the week and
among the speakers will be Secretary of Agricul-
ture _W. M. Jardine, Prof. H. C. Taylor of the
Northwestern University, Dr. C. J. Galpin of the.
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Henry Morris
of England, Paul DeVuyst of Belgium, Dr. V.
Lindequist of Germany, Entienne Wiess of Hun-
gary, Jacob Lange of Denmark, and many other
well-known men. Other conferences will touch
on nearly every phase of country life.

Never before have the farm folks of Michigan
had such a fine opportunity of meeting and hear-
ing the leading farm men and women of the coun—
try at their own M. S. C. If it is possible to get
away from your daily duties for the week, or
even a day or two, by all means go. If you
wish to camp there will be room on the College
campus. or accomodations can be arranged for
in private homes, college dormitories, fraternity
houses or hotels. There will be plenty of room
for all. R. W. Tenny, Michigan State College,
East Lansing, Mich., will gladly furnish any ad-

‘ditional information you desire.

FARM EQUIPMENT IN FENCE CORNERS
BANKER made a great discovery recently
while traveling through a rural section. He
noticed much farm machinery standing in

fence corners, and, according to a bankers’ pub-
lication, he immediately decided that these farm-
ers were over-equipped. The publication sug-
gested that it was not a case of being over-
equipped but it believed it was abandoned ma-
chinery, that the farmers had bought new ma-
chinery and left their old equipment in the fence
corners to rust away. .
Using the language of our office boy, we be- '

lieve that Mr. Banker is “all wet" when he sug-
gests the farmers are over-equipped. Few are the
farmers that have all the machinery they need let
alone any surplus. But there may be some truth
in the conclusion of the publication, although
such cases would not be very plentiful. We be—
lieve that inability or negligence ‘to supply proper
housing facilities will explain the presence of
farm equipment under trees and in fence corners
on most farms. '

Trees and fence corners offer poor protection
frein the worst enemy of farm machinery—rust.
Farm equipment costs too much to house in the
open and a proper place for storage should be
provided for all of it. Even though one may feel

" ‘ The. Buying” Earmer

SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE
N the morning Memorial Day'of this year one
. of our subscribers living in the western part
of Michigan discovered that poultryvthieves
had visited his coop during the previous night
and carried off some of his best chickens. He
immediately telephoned the sheriff, giving him

'all details he had and stating that there“ were ~

tracks of the car used by the thieves and other
clues that might assist him in apprehending the
guilty persons ifrhe came out right_away. Much
to his surprise the officer replied that it was a
holiday and he did not want to do anything that
day, but he would be out the” following morning,
a promise which he failed to keep.

In our estimation, the sheriff violated the oath
of his office when he refused to act on a. holiday.
Police officers should be on call at any time, any
day or night, to protect not only the lives of the
citizens within their jurisdiction but their prop—
erty as well.

Thank God, most of our officers appreciate the
seriousness of their duties, and those who do not
can be remembered on election day.

 

WRITING HISTORY IN THE AIR
INETEEN hundred and twenty-seven will be'
known to coming generations as the year
when history was written in the air. First
there was the non-stop flight of Col. Chas. Lind-
bergh from New York to Paris, a trip of over 33
hours continuous flying over land and water.
This was followed within a few days by a still
longer flight 'by Clarence" D. Chamberlin and
Charles A. Levine who flew from this country to
Germany. As this is written we are informed
that Lieuts. Lester J. Maitland and Albert F.

Hegenberger, in a tri—motored Fokker monoplane .

of the United States Army, have conquered the

lonely and uncharted skies from California to "

Hawaii, a distance of 2,400 miles over the dan-
gerous waters of the Pacific. At the same time
Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, accom-
panied by three other men, is winging his way
across the Atlantic in a Fokker monoplane and
hoping his plane may be the third to successfully
complete the trans-Atlantic flight.

America has the finest aviators in the world
and, for a nation of its size, about the poorest
planes and equipment. Perhaps these flights may
bring about a change of heart on the part of our
officials and aviation will receive deserved atten—
’tion.

 

HELPING THE FARMER

EVER have we had a more abundant crop of
N swivel-chair prophets anxious to‘ lead the

farmer out of the wilderness than at the
present time but most of them fail to have a very
sound plan of helping the farmer. Certainly
something should be done, but who is to do it?
The following is an excerpt from a statement
made by Glenn Frank, president of the Univer4
sity of Wisconsin, and we recommend that
these “prophets” of ours read it and then see
what they can do:

“The problems of the farmer can never be
solved by government- subsidies, laws, or' ready-
made articles built around personal and political
ambition. The solution of the farmer’s problem
will come just as soon as he takes into his hands
'the distribution as well as the production of his
own products.

“Farmers will never succeed with any market-
ing scheme they aren’t big enough to think out
themselves. Here is one thing I want you to
remember, if you forget everything else I say to
you today: Relief for agriculture must come
from the bottom up, not from the top down."

 

MAKING DOLLAR BHJS SMALLER
ECRETARY ANDREW MELLON is going to
reduce in size our dollar bills because the
present style is too large to fold satisfac—
torily for carrying in a man’s pocket. Might
be some city folks have trouble folding their
dollar bills so the lump in their pocket doesn’t
spoil the set of their pants, but we are not ac—
quainted with any farmers who are bothered in
that way. We think if Secretary Mellon wants
to make himself solid with the farmer he should
make the dollar bills larger and putstarch in
them so that the farmer can feel it in his pocket
when he does get one—which is seldom. It isn't
dollar bills that cause a farmer to get one shoul—
der lower than, the other. it's nails, bolts, hay?
Wire and other materials used for repairing farm
machinery.

’ 9 is more than
a periodical

    

     

 

It is. an ,Imttl'mtz'ozz of Semi} _.’

 

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.‘Wfi\/ 1—.
HAT LAWYER that I put in Jail, he tore his
huir without avail until some Judge guve
him n writ and got him out of Jail on it.
I went to see the county judge and says, “Gosh
hemlock" and “0h fudge.” . “By crush, tell me
how it come that you turned loose thnt low-lived
bum? I lock 'em up, but whut's the use when you
come ’round end turn '01:: loose? A Indefqu
that I send away to Jail husJ'ot to spend the time
I put him in there before he gets outside the
door.” '

That county Judge he looked severe and says,
“You ain't no business here. A little justice of
the peace ain’t got no kick if I releuse the tellers
that he sends. to Jail, what you should do is to
curtail your own Import-nee, any such a Justice
don’t amount to muds.”-—‘f0h, is flint so!” uuys
Itohlns,endhlthlniouthonosewithvllu. “If
that's contempt of this here court," says I, “I'llxbe
3 dead guns sport, I’ve got contempt on.“ for
you to multiply that by I crack or twu.”-—,-nu-t
Judggheeteppedupouthehell,undthut'show
come I’- h this cell!

 

 

 

 

~ rum PLOW‘S  -‘

 

Our gover'ment has been conductin' experi-
ments to see if tin, which is used to line most
metallic food containers, is harmful to the human

body. Tests shows it ain't, they say. If that’s .

true mothers will not need to be alarmed if their
teethin’ youngsters do try to bite a piece out of

‘ the family flivver.

 

American cooperative associations engaged in
marketin' poultry or eggs, or both, have a total
membership exceedin’ 50,000 an' do an annual
business estimated at more than $40,000,000.
That amount of poultry an' egg business is sure
worth crowin' about. ‘

 

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July 19-23.—Internationai Baby Chick conven-
tion, Grand Rapids, Mich.

July 26-28.—Tour of Michigan Horticultural
Society.

July 27-August 2.—World's Poultry Congress,
Ottawa, Can; '

July 28-August 1.——Farm Women's Institute,
M. S. 0., East Lansing, Mich.

August 1-4.——Internationai Country Life annu—
al meeting, M. S. 0., East Lansing., Mich.

August 2.——Hay Day, Hillsdale and Cass
counties.

August 4.—Farmers’ Day, M. S. 0., East Lan-
sing, Mich. ‘ ~
August 4.—Hay Day, Calhoun county'. at
_ August 9-13.——Statewide potato tour. .
August 10.—'+Hay Day, Ottawa and Midland
counties.
Nov. 1‘-3.—Top 9' Michigan, Potato Show, Gay-
lord, Mich.
Nov. 10-12.—Greenville Potato Show, Green-
ville Potato Show, Greenville, Mich.
Nov. 26-Dec. 3.——Iuternational Live Stock Ex-
position, Chicago, Ill.
August 22-25.——Annual
Growers Ass'nof America, Syracuse, N. Y.‘ ,
Aug. 30-Sept. 4.——-—West Michigan StateflFairfi
Grand Rapids, Mich. v ' " 

 
 

Sept. 3-10.—-—Michigan State W. Detroit, Mich. , “l

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‘MON'IUALM COUNTY FARMER
ems $50.00 REWARD

NE would have thought that the

lesson taught by the L. J. Wil-

son case would have stopped the
operations of-,_ohicken thieves at
least in Montcalm county, but in
spite ,of it less than three miles from
the Wilson home thieves entered the
chicken coop of an M. B. F. subscrib-
er, Mr. John Sorsen, Route 1, out of
Greenville, on the night of May 25th
and stole eleven chickens valued at
better than $26.00. They also at-
tempted to steal some chickens
from Wayne DeBree on the same
night and it‘ was Mr. DeBree 'who
through his alertness in following

up the chicken thieves actually cap- .

tured them and held them until of-
ficers arrived.

Mr. DeBree tells us of the incident
as follows: After he had retired on
the evening of May 25th, along about
midnight his wife awakened him
insisting that there was someone
around the place as their dog seemed
very much excited. He got up, let
the dog out and went out in his
nightshirt and made some investiga‘
tions. He thought he saw at the
time a man and a dog, but it was so
cold he went back into the house
and went to bed. A few minutes
later he heard a car start and it
went by his house, then he got up
and looked out. Feeling that inas—
much as the car had gone he could
not catch them, he once more re-
tired. A few minutes later he heard
someone trying to start a car north
of his house and this time he got up
and dressed completely, took his
faithful shot gun and the boy that
worked for him and drove down to
where the car was located about 60
rods north of his home. When he
arrived at the car he found Leonard
Lockwood in it and he told Mr. De-
Bree that they had run out of gas
and 'that his two companions were
trying to get some. Mr. DeBree was
suspicious of Lockwood and the
story he told and he sent his hired
man, Harold Jones, back to the
house to call the deputy sheriff. Be-
fore Mr. DeBree had left his home
he had called his neighbor, John
Sorsen, telling him What the trouble
was and Mr. Sorsen immediately re-
sponded and a few minutes after Mr.
DeBrée arrived at the car and was
holding young Lockwood, Mr. Sorsen
arrived with his shot gun on the
scene. Shortly after Mr. Sorsenar-
rived the other two companions of
Lockwood, Melvin Van Horn‘ and J.
Allen, returned to the car. It was
only a few minutes until Deputy
Sheriff Walter Bopp arrived on the
scene, searched the car, found some
moonshine and arrested the men and
took them to Stanton, the county
seat. _
The next morning after the rob-
bery, Mr. DeBree and his wife went
down to where he had got the
thieves the night before and a short
ways from where the car had stood
they “found a gunny sack containing
11 chickens. The chickens had been
killed by-wringing their necks and
part of them at leachame from the
home of John Sorsen.

Mr. DeBree’s faithful dog is al-
most entitled to the $50.00 reward
offered by THE BUSINESS FARMER for
the arrest and conviction of poultry
thieves, for had it not been for his

 

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oull-rggbggrlbers from fraudulent deellngs or un-
ralr treatment by persons or concerns] at a
distance.
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amount: can. eta, enel nu also your ad-
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“dog causing “such a tremendous fuss,
Wayne DeBree might have slept
throughout the night and never cap-
tured the. thieves, therefore depriv-
ing him of some valuable reward
money. '

This should be a lesson to the
farmers of the State of Michigan to
keep around the farm home a good
faithful watchdog. Chicken thieves
are not happy when they go out
prowling at night and run into a
farmyard which is guarded by a dog.

Officers ( looperate

One could not discuss this case
without mentioning the splendid co-
operation of county oificer of Monte
cal~m,, Mr. Walter Bopp. Who played
a prominent part in the Wilson case,
and has been doing a splendid piece
of work in cohasing down thieves in
Montcalm county. Mr. Bopp is on
the job twenty-four hours of every
day and he gives splendid service
and cooperation to the farmers in
his community.

We have learned to have a great
deal of respect for Mr. D. Hale
Brake, prosecuting attorney of Mont—
calm county. He put up a strong
case against the thieves involved in
the Wilson case, just as he did in
the case we are discussing in this
article.

And then one must not forget
Judge Royal A. Hawley. We had the
pleasure of meeting Judge Hawley
during the Wilson trial and learned
to have a tremendous respect for his
fine character as a man and his un-
usual ability on the bench. We heard
Judge Hawley pass out stiff sen—
tences to men who were absolutely
guilty and the nature of the crime
was such that they deserved a long
sentence. And then we heard him
talk to first offenders, give them
some good fatherly advice and a
warning. In this case, in view of
the fact that chicken stealing had
not stopped. in Montcalm county,
Judge Hawley gave two of the
thieves, Leonard Lockwood and J.
Allen, sentences of from seven and
one—half to fifteen years at Ionia,
with a recommendation of ten years
and to prove out just What we have
been saying in regard to Judge Haw—
ley, when he found upon investiga-
tion that young Van Horn was only
seventeen years old and had been
enticed into driving the car for the
other two men, he placed young Van
Horn on a five year probation.

As'a result of the L. J. Wilson I

case, Montcalm officers offered a
$100 reward for the arrest and con-
viction of chicken thieves and thus
Wayne DeBree will receive this $100
in addition to the $50 reward from
THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FABMEB.

Wayne DeBree is a faithful reader
of THE Buernss Fauna and we are
happy, indeed, to pay him this $50
reward. There are now over twenty-
five chicken thieves behind prison
bars as a result of Tm; Busnmss
me’s campaign to chase them
out of the State of Michigan. We
thank our readers and county ofli-
cers all over the State for their co-
operation in this campaign and we
want to state once more that we are
only starting and that we are not
going to let up one minute until
stealing of chickens from the rural
communities is stopped—R. J. M.

Received a check from the
Hatcheries of Lancaster, Missouri, and
desire to thank you so much for your
prompt action and the interest you took
in our behalf. We do thank you very
much—G. T.. _Washington, Mich.

 

 

I received a check for $3.98 from the
spectacle company, of Chicago,
Illinois, on May 28th, _which is a satis-
factory settlement ‘and I want to thank
you for the service you have rendered
me. I feel I can not afford to be ‘without
TEE MICHIGAN Busmnss FARMER. Just
this one favor has more than repaid me.
I am a paid up subscriber for five years
and when that expires will renew it again.
I am positive I would never have gotten
the money if it had not been for your help.
I was very much interested to the way you .
handled the L. J. Wilson case and signed

 

 

 

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KINAC ISLAND,-“The Summer
Wonderland" with its historic
points of interest. and marvelous
climate. Fish at “The Snows”
near Mackinac. Riding, swim—
ming, tennis and every outdoor
recreation. All these are includ—
ed in a D & C lake tour. Stop over
as long as you like at any port.

Good Times Aboard
. Concert and dancing on Buffalo
T, and Mackinac divisions. Bridge,
' teas, golf and deck games, with
social hostess, in charge, . on. the
Mackinac ,division boats. Tickets
on this division limited to sleep-
ing accomodations. Steamers for
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Thurs, Sat., at 1:30 p. m. (E. T.)
and IV. Chicago Mon., Thurs, Sat.,
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between Buffalo, Niagara Falls
and Detroit; and between Detroit
or Chicago and Mackinac Island.
Also daylight trips between Cleve—
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during July and August.

Educational — Interesting
Health Giving

Stay at any port as long as you like
on one of the D 8; C trips. Visit Chi—
cago. second largest city in America;
Mackinac Island, the ideal summer re-
sort. See the many historic points of
interest, the virgin forests and inspir-
ing scenery, a veritable paradise for
,1. the nature lover. Stop over at Detroit,
'i- the capital of the automobile industry,
at Cleveland, Buffalo, and the world
famous Niagara Falls. Enjoy your
cruise in restful comfort. breathing the
invigorating lake atmosphere that de-
velops a raving appetite and insures
sound refreshing slumber. Can you ima-
gine a more delightful vacation trip?

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_ by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR ' r H

EAR:- FRIENDS: It was my pleasure to spend the ,week end of
‘ June 18th in Ypsilanti and attend the commencement exercises of
Among the pleasant people I met was a
young woman from Saginaw county whose interest and enthusiasm
for'Club work was surely an inspiration and ever since, I have been
wishing that every rural school might be supplied with a teacher of
her ability and if a few women from every county could attend the
Farm Women’s Institute held in Lansing, from July 28th to August
1st, 1927, every community would be greatly enriched and have a
better understanding of the ideals which such teachers bring to the
rural school, for! as these delegates return to their homes they soon
pass along the valuable ideas and inspiration which results from such

the Normal school.

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wheel in every rural district.
The registration fee is $7.50,

Michigan.

Think about this meeting,
remember the date and be
there, every woman who
possibly can.

 

 
  

The farm kitchen, electricity in the home, recent advances in nutri-
tion for adults and children, health problems and child training are
just a few of the splendid topics which will be presented at this time.

We are all students in the school of life and the more cooperation
we are able to give the rural teacher, the better the results she will
be able to show in our various communities, for the school is the fl
“hub” and the homes are the “spokes” which make up the social

$2.50  required in advance.
Should you be unable to attend after registering you may secure a

refund by a nobice to that effect, not.la.ter than July 23rd. Address
the Director of Short Courses, Michigan State College, East Lansing,

Address mun: Mn. Annlo Taylor. core The Iuslnou Former, Mt. element. lllohlaon.

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FARM WODIEN'S INSTITUTE

VERY farm woman who can
E spare the time should attend

the Institute at the Michigan
State College from July 28th to
August 1st. An unusually fine pro—
gram, filled with good things, has
been prepared and it will do you
good to get away from the every day
duties of your farm home for a few
days.

A registration fee of $7.50 will be
charged, but this covers cost of
board and room. However, if you
desire to attend meetings and ar—
range for room and board elsewhere
there will be a charge of $1.00. You
are to register on Wednesday, July
27th, in the Home Economics Build-
ing, or if you desire to register in
advance, you can send in the fee of
$2.50 to make the necessary reser-
vation. If, after registering, you
(find that you will be unable to at-
tend you can cancel your reservation
and secure a refund of your money
by sending such a notice on or be-
fore July 23rd to the Director of
Short 'Courses at the Michigan
State College, East Lansing, Mich-
igan.

Thursday, July 28th, will be de-
voted to home improvements with
talks on remodeling and building
kitchens, beautifying the home
grounds, community landscaping,
farm home power, electricity in the
home, and an address on home im—
provement.

Friday is health day with talks on
that phase of rural life.

Saturday is known as citizenship
day and is given over to talks on
child training and the improving of
on! civics responsibility. The after-
noon and evening program will be
in charge of the League of Women
Voters and some very excellent talks
hav r' ' en planned. On Sunday there
“11%;: special program which will
prove? valuable addition to the in—
stitute.

Monday will be given over to the
discussion of the farm income of
farm folks with short talks on the
marketing of farm products from
the women’s standpoint and sources
of farm income from the women’s
standpoint.

It is truly going to be a wonderful
session and we most heartily urge
every farm woman who can possibly
get away to attend. She will be re—
paid many times over by the good
she will get from the institute.

STUDY ORIGINAL ,COLOR IN
2' DYElNG.

N dyeing any garment, consider
how its original color will mix
with' the color you intend to use.

The color in any garment will pro-
duce a thirdcolorlwhen mixed- with
thé dye, becaus‘euthe dye cannot com-

pletely cover the original shade of
the material. Even with black dye
the original color may change the
shade. If a red garment is to be
dyed black, use some green to neu-
tralize the red and prevent a rusty
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Personal Column

 

 

Three Wanted—Please send me the
songs, “The Death of Floyd Collins",
“Now Honey You Stay in Your Own Back
Yard", and I don’t know for sure the
name of the other one, but I think the
name of it is “Little Alabama Coon”.
Some of the words to it that we know
are: “Go to sleep my little pickininny.
Mammy’s going to swat you if you want.
——B. A., Route 2, Reed City, Mich.

 

More Songs.—Please send the songs “I
Hate Boloney", “I Expect John Henry
Tonight", “Powder Puff", and “Honolulu
Bay".~—F. S., Mes’ick. Mich. '

 

Wants Several.—I would be greatly
obliged for the words to “Creole Belles."
“N0, N0. Nannette”, “I Want the Wild,
Warm, Weak, and Willing,” “My Girl
Don't Love Me Any More," and “After I
Brought You the Sunshine You Let Me

- Stand Out in the Rain,“ “The Hazel Dell",

“The Investor‘s Wife,” “Fair Charlotte",
“The New River'Train”, “Lay My Head
Beneath A Rose", and “Naomi Wise”.—
L. M., Prescott, Mich.

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Table Service.——Arranging the food.
Arrange the food on the table so that it
will give as balanced an appearance as
possible. It should not be placed too
near the center and it should be within
easy reach of those sitting at the table.
The'pla‘cing of too many dishes on the
table gives a confused, crowded appear-
ance.

The serving silver may be placed in
line with the individual silver of-the per-
son serving or near where the food is to
be placed. If individual salt and pepper
dishes are used, place them directly in
front of each other. For each two per—
sons, plan if possible, one salt and pepper
:set to be placed between the covers.

 

 

WOMEN’S EXCHANGE

IF you have something to exchange, _we will

grim it FREE under this hoodlno provldln :

Im—u appeals to women and Is a boning.
on , no cash Involved. Second—la wlll
no In three lines. Third—You are a glllld-ufl
subscriber to The Buslnus Farmer and you“
our address label lrom a recent lulu 10- on
t. mimetic, gig: will: 23 numborohd on In-
serted . r v u we on room.
w—MRB. AN‘IE TAYLO . Editor.

 

 

No. 149.—-_Pattern and directions for
tam o’shanter hat for dolls, state size, for
roll nice quilt pieces or two spools‘lblack
thread and offers—Mrs. George I,
Route 3, VicksburghMich. *'

,No. l50.——-Purple lilacs, Snowberry and
black or flowering currant bushes and
strawberry plants for snowballs, gpeonles
and other flowers or berry plants.—_'-‘I._ielah

FoWIer, R1, Whiteha/ll. Mich.

 

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‘  men-REA: Tnn__‘nnWs 'ro Mornnn
,While the shot and:i shell were screaming.

Upon ' 'the__b_a..ttle field.
The boys in blue were fighting,"
Their noble flag to shield.
Came a cry from their brave captain.

“See, boys, our flag is down, ‘5
Who'll volunteer to save it from dis—
, grace ?"

"I will." a young voice shouted,»
“I’ll bring it‘back or die,"
Then sprang into the thiCKest of the fray.
Saved the flag but gave his young life
All for his country’s sake, \
_The brought him back and softly heard
him say: '

CHORUS
Just break the news to mother,
She knows how dear I love her,
Then tell her not to wait for me,
For I'm not coming home.
Just say there is no other,
Can takelthe place of mother,
Then kiss her deer sweet lips for me
And break the news 'to her.

From afar a noted general
Had noted his brave deed.
“Who saved our flag—speak up boys,
“Twas noble, brave, indeed.”
“There he lies, sir," said the captain,
He's sinking very fast,”
Then slowly turned away to hide a tear,
The general in a moment, '
Knelt down beside the boy,
Then gave a cry that touched all hearts
K that day. .
’Tis my son, my brave young hero,
I thought you safe at home.”
“Forgive me, father, for I ran away."

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Blackberry Norman—Crush the berries
and add an equal amount of water. 1 tea-
spoonful of orange juice, and a sliced
lemon to each quart of juice; let it stand
4 hours, strain, and to 1 quart of juice
add 1 cupful of sugar. Keep on ice until
ready to serve. '

if one keeps on hand a good sandwich
filling, a little more elaborate treat may be
offered a guest. .

 

June Punch.—Boil together, until dis—
solved, 2 cupfuls of sugar and 6 cupfuls
[of water, also the grated rinds of 1 lemon
and 2 oranges. Strain and add 1 Cupful
of clear honey, the juice of 6 lemons and
4 oranges, and 1 large can of grated pine-
Dilute with about 3 pints of‘water,
either plain or carbonated, and pour over
a block of ice in the punch bowl. Gar-
nish with fresh rose petals sprinkled over
the top.

 

 

 

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Bsah.-—-Ladl 'Housofrock.——Cut in ,7 Sizes:
34, 36 38 41%42, 44 and 46 inches bust xneas~
pm. A 38 mo Size requires 2% ards‘of 36,
inch material to ether w1th.% yard 0
material if ma e thh short sleeves, .If made
with lon sleeves 3% yards will buequried.‘ The
width 0 the dress at the lower ge thhplints
extended is 1%, yards, . , . .

5849.—Ohlld's Dream—Quiz in 4 Sizes: 2. 4.
0 and _8 cars. A 6 year Size-requires 2 V1. yards ,
of 36 me material together With 1/4 yard of con—'
trfifiing material 16 inches Wide for facmg on
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Order from Ihla or former Issues of Th Duel
Former. clvlna number and don .yourvn“
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Address. all orders for. patterns 
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'Colors: BLUE AND GOLD

EAR Girls andBoys: I am going
to take a vacation. Perhaps
you do not think that I work
“shard enough to earn one, but I am
going to take one anyway.

I will be travelling around

may pass me on the road wit out
knowing it.

Now just stop and think a mo-
ment. Do you recall having passed
along the road, during the last week,
an automobile being driven by an old
man whose long white whiskers were
being blown in every direction as' he
drove rapidly down the road? Well,
if you did, perhaps that was me—
and, perhaps it was not.
going to tell you just how I look.

I will be back on the job before
our next issue and will have plans
for some more contests which I
know you will enjoy'.-—UNCLE NEID.

 

 

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Dear Uncle Nedt—I wish to belong to

the children‘s club. I will try to live up
to the pledge. Today four deeds.
Uncle Ned, I did four deeds. And they
were kind, too. I wish for the button and
the beautiful card. I get THE BUSINESS
FARMER every time it comes, so I wish to
'join your club. You say one deed each
day.‘ Good-bye.—Jolm Robert Eastman,
.139 Caryl Avenue, Yonker, N. Y.
———Well, well! we have a boy from near
New York City who wishes to join us.
Perhaps he will tell us some interesting
things about that great city. How about
it, John?

Dear Uncle Ned:——I thank you very
much for that little apron which you sent
me as a prize and I was very pleased
with it.

I I will describe myself as others do. I
am 4 feet 111/; inches ,tall and eleven
years old.- I weigh 98 pounds. I have
brown hair, bobbed and shingled, of
course, and gray eyes. We live on a
eighty acre farm and have two horses,
a tractor, three cows and about 100
chickens. For my pets I have three cats

and a pet rooster.——Theima Ruppert,
Akron, Mich. .
~Giad you like the apron, Thelma. I

thought it very useful and pretty.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
circle? I have never written so I will
describe myself, as the other cousins do.
I am five feet and one half inches tall.
I weigh one hundred and eight pounds
and am 12 years old. I have blue eyes,
light hair and have a light complexion.

 

 

a Fruit and Orchard a
Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER

(Mr. Naleger will be pleased to .answer

your questions regarding the trunt and

‘ orchard.‘ .There .is no charge for this

service if your subscription is paid In ad-

vance and you will recelve a personal lat-
ter by early mail.) ‘

 

 

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(“O-OPS
KETING COMPANY
HREE cooperative fruit associa-
T tions in southern Michigan have

handed themselves together
with the intention of entering the
roadside marketing business. They
rare the Millburg
G ro wers Ex—
change, the 60-.
dus Fruit Associ—
ation and the
Benton Center
0F r u i t Associa—
tion.

A large place
of business is be—
ing erected on
the State Line
directly north of
the city of South
Bend, Indiana.
The location is
on a main thor-.
oughfare and was selected because of
the large numbers of private and
commercial cars which pass there
eaéh season bent on buying fruit in
Michigan’s fruit belt. It is hoped
tohave the enterprise in working
order intime for the early apple
trade. The venture is being pushed
with all possible energy and fore:
thought and promisesto write a new
chapter-in the history of: cooperative,
marketing.    , .

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I am' not ,

Yes, '

FORDI ROADSIDE :MARF __

   
   
   

 

My birthdaygis the 29th of August. I
live on a 120-acre farm and I help put
up the crops. I have one pet and that
is a cat named Freddie, named after a
friend. '

I will be glad when school begins. I
ill be in the seventh grade next year.
I 'have to walk three-quarters of a mile
school. I have three sisters, Mildred
13, Marjorie 4, Audrey 2 weeks, and one
brother, Lawrence 15. He passed so my
sisters and I will have to go to school

alone this year. I like my teacher. Her
name is Miss Melolic Cole. I will have
to close and help do the dishes. I will

close up now. A want-to—be nicee.—Miss
Beryl Greenfield, R4, Bellevue, Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned2—May I become a
member of your club? I have often writ-
ten and also tried the contests_of the
Merry Circle, but I never cduld'become
a member. So I thought I would try
your club. I have read the letters of
your club for a long time, and I have en—
joyed them very much. I am eleven
years old, and in the eighth grade. I go
to a city school, although I live in the
country. In the summer my sister and I
have two horses to ride. Also we have a
dog and a cat, that are very playful. I
have one sister and three brothers. I
live on an eighty acre farm. I think
that Mildred Darby's plan is a good one.

 

Well, I guess I will close, longing to see

5 this letter in print. Your wanqt-toLbeniece.
' —-—Marjorie ' *Hei‘in’g", Box 149,

Corunna,
Michigan. I

Dear Uncle Ned—How are you anyway
this nice weather? Guess you thought I
never was going to thank you for my pin,
but I am now, don’t faint. I thank you
a thousand times and then again. We
got THE BUSINESS FARMER today-and sure
enjoyed reading the Children’s Page. It
is the best page in the M. B. F. What
do you say cousins? And it would be
better yet if the officers would print their
pictures including Uncle Ned. If I ever
.get a hold of it once I am going to put
it away somewhere so I will always haVe
a picture of Uncle Ned. Ha! Ha!

I was sure glad to hear from so many
cousins. Am still corresponding with quite
a few of them. We are sure having
swell weather the last few days. The
birds have all come back to their summer
home. There is a robbin building her
nest on one side of our house and a swal—
low on the other. They are real tame.
I just love the birds and feed them every
day to keep them tame. Well, I guess I
will ring off and give some one else a
chance if Mr. W. B. doesn't gobble me‘ up
the first thing. I am as ever, your niece-
to-be.—Evelyn Heilig, Curtisville, Mich.
—So you think Our Page is the best page
in M. B. F. You make me feel real
proud. ‘

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have written to
you twice but suppose that hungry waste
basket has gobbled them up as he does
others.

I go to school at the Cobblestone School.
two miles north of Girard. We have
thirty—six scholars in our school. There
are six in my grade. I am in the eighth

   

    
    
 
 

grade. It is .nearly all easy but c 
government and history. Our teacher’
name isMr. vRice. ' .1;  v -
We had a. Hallowe’en; Cafeteria Social
October 7th. We had quite a‘ large crowd:
They had a fair at a city‘not far fro
here named Goldwater; Our schOOl took,
some exhibits of "writing and drawing.
We received second prize.. .We had a.
school reunion last summer and we had a.
teacher that taught here in 1906 and 1907. .
Her name was Mrs. Aldrich. We expectl
to have one next year. . '
I am sending in, one riddle which runs .'
as follows: Where were the first dough~ ;
nuts made? Greece. -
I have two brothers, George and New-
ton. George is 10 and in the sixth grade.
Newton is four years old. We are going
to have a hot lunch in our club this year.
Hoping to hear from some of the read-
ers of the Children's Page, I remain, with
love, “your niece".——Norma Sanford, Te-
konsha, Michigan.

 

 

A Game to Play

 

 

CHAIR RELAY
INE ,up in cduples—twosets or
more. The man of the first
couple carries a‘chair—his part—
ner goingrwith him; he sets the chair I ‘
down on the goal line and she sits
down in it; he picks it up, carries it
back to the‘next couple and they (the I
first couple) go to the end of the
line. The game continues until one
side wins. Added interest is afforded
if instead of the lady sitting down
on the chair the man kneels on it,
facing her, and at the same time
Sings a scale or recites a short poem

 

 

 

Multiply Your '
Man-Power 
By Seven 

in the field and a McCormick-Deering
Ensilage Cutter at the silo every stalk
can be turned into the highest grade of
silage, at minimum cost, because the fast-
working equipment handles the corn
when it is at its best.

See the latest corn binder improve
ments in the McCormick—Deering, at the
local dealer’s store.
you the McCormick-Deering Ensilage
Cutter, in a size to suit your acreage. For
use in corn borer infested territories,
McCormick-Deering Corn Binders can
be equipped with a special low-cutting
device at slight additional cost. '

you go into the corn with a
McCormick-Deering Vertical or
Horizontal Corn Binder you are

equipped to do the work of from S to 7
men with corn knives. And you sit in
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ANY people move about from
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of climate. This seems quite
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a. change of climate about every
forty eight
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eral days up un-
til yesterday, we
have had very
cool days, and
the nights were
really cold. There
~was a good-rain
at the beginning
of this cool spell
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oats and seed-
ing pushed a-
head wonderfully
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day was very
warm, and a heavy wind blew all
day. Today is warmer yet, with a
brisk wind, too. I have just re-
turned from a tour of the oat fields,
and theSe two hot windy days have
certainly had their effect on the oats
and clover. The clover is unusually
fine, but it cannot survive many such
drying days as this. It is all wilted
and an occasional leaf is quite dry.
It is quite evident that those who
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be as small as it is here, the rains
having delayed their planting, but
the oats are extremely heavy. The
party with whom he made the trip
drove through Ontario on their way
to Niagara Falls, and of course I was
interested to have him tell about
farming in, Ontario. I had it in my
mind that the land there, lying north
of the Lakes, was an exceptionally
good farming district. He changed
my idea of it, there being some ex—
cellent farming sections, but ,very
much poor land also. It was quite
interesting to him when the custom
officials at Windsor took an inven—
tory of the .contents of their cars,
four in number. The duty was

' around thirteen dollars for each car.

It was understood that this money
would be refunded to them when
they left Canada at Niagara Falls,
and passed back into the States. But
the money was not paid as cash but
as 3. Sort of credit voucher which,
when sent to the Custom House, will
be redeemed in cash.

He reports a wonderful time at

,the 4 H Encampment—forty states

represented, with seventy—five boys
and seventy-two girls in attendance.
One of the most prized rememe
brances he brought home is a gavel,
presented to each visiting Club mem-
ber by Secretary of Agriculture Jar-
dine. The White House is being re-
modeled, and from some good strong
beams, which have served as frame—
work in the White House for one
hundred years, and which were re-
moved in the remodeling now in
progress, were made gavel heads, fit-
ted with handles cut from a. fallen
hickory tree at Mount Vernon. The
resulting gavels were presented to
each member by the Secretary of Ag—
riculture himself. This wood, taken
from the White House, had been
used in 1817 to repair the building
after it was burned during the war
of 1812-1814. In return the camp-
ers presented the Secretary with a.
beautiful gavel, the head made up
of 50 different kinds of wood, repre-

. sentative of the 48 states and Alas-

ka. The name of the wood and the
state furnishing it weregiven.
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A Pleasing Mistake 0

Fifteen years ago, whenau‘tomo—i

biles began to be quite numerous, it
was predicted _ the .1 price . r of . 
in. a. 10v 36919.. “is «M  

' cultivating.
then if you have spring. '
it out. V ,
a year (and longer the better.) plow - ~.
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fifty cents a gallon. It seemed quite l~

impossible at that time to see it any
other way.
getting common, but who believed
they would be as thick as they are
now?
not advanced. In fact it is much
cheaper. A gasoline motor truck
just delivered 55 gallons of gas, and
the price was $8.53, tax included.
This is little more than fifteen and
one-half cents per gallon, and with-
out the gas tax would have been
about thirteen and one-half.
ever, the gas tax is hardly noticed,
and here’s wishing the tax was four
cents per gallon and the licenses now
on the flivvers would be good as long
as the cars! I can’t get over the
notion that the present license tax
18 very unjust, and ten years from
today we will. look back to. it and
wonder why westood it as long as
we have. A little illustration of the
unreasonableness of the present li-'
cense system is shown by the case of
a man in our town who has a pop
corn booth built on the chassis of a
large touring car. This man is busily
engaged in other work every day,
but perhaps three evenings at week
he will drive this popcorn car from
his home on one of the village
side streets down to a favorable lo—
cation on the main business corner.
During the year he will not drive
the outfit anywhere near one hun-
dred miles, and his license is seven-
teen dollars, or nearly twenty cents
a mile. A neighbor of his has a car
of similar weight and horse power,
and drives it thousands of miles each
year, all on the same outlay of cash
for the license. Surely the mills of
the gods grind slowly.

Recently one of the largest daily
papers in the central west carried a
picture illustrating and ridiculing
the gas tax and permanent license.

-The idea carried was that the farm—

ers were the ones who were trying
to get a high tax and no license. The
idea’was explained that the farmers
wanted the city folks to build roads
for them, and push the farmer’s car
besides. How far stretched is this
fact from the case. On a main paved
way from Detroit to Chicago which
passes through this section there are
today eight motor bus lines in oper-,
ation. The truck and freight service
is even greater. Sit on a porch ad-
joining this ribbon of cement and‘
watch the cars, buss‘es, etc., go by.

Several hundred an hour. [See the
Cadillacs, Packards, etc., and ima—
gine they are all farmers. Imagine

the busses are loaded with farmers
too. It will all be imagination, too,
for not one pre cent of this madly
rushing throng are farmers. Very
few of the trucks are loaded with
farm produce. If you see an occa-
sional car edging it’s way along, out
by the side of the pavement, trying
to evade the rush of the heavier cars
and trucks, put that car down as a
farmer’s. Probably going to town
for plow repairs! .
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Don’t Like to Disappoint

Several letters have come to me
lately about quack grass. Much has
been said in this Department along
the quack grass theme in previous
articles. But the wet spring and
cool weather has made it grow faster
than common, and these good folk
are sore vexed at it’s rampant race.
Mrs. E. C. K., of Samaria, calls it
joint grass,_others call it inch grass,
but the general term quack is suit—
able for them all.
all plowed this spring, and are try-
ing to kill it,out by cultivation. This
will be hard on the cultivator far
it is almost, if not quite impossible
to kill itout‘by spring plowing and
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August,
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TEXTL “And the Lord make you to
increm and abound in love one toward
lanother, and toward all men, * " ’ to the
,end he may establish your hearts un-
blamable in holiness." Thes. 3:12.13.

“ 'E is constant in his love as the
‘ sun in its journey through the

heavens." Butthis was not

said about Jesus Christ or another
person. The words were used some
years ago by Senator Vest in his
famous “dog speech.” Mr. Vest
simply said that that vital something
in a dog which makes him faithful
to his master, is love. Maybe he
did not use the right word. But who
said a. dog could not love? Yet,
whatever one calls it, it passeth all
understanding. And this is an anal—
ogy of that quality in a Christian
disciple which the apostle says
“passetb knowledge,” and is the
“bond of perfectness.” However
many virtues a Christian may have,
without love, he is a cold—blooded

proposition. Love gives one a char—
acter of warmth, strength and
beauty. “Love never faileth," and

every man who is wise wants that
never—failing thing in his personality
which will cause it to fruit into eter—
nal issues. Our text raises this
grace to an abounding degree.
.“And the Lord make you to in-
crease and abound in love.” The
apostle emphasizes that standing
fast in the Lord is the tap—root of
the love-life. If one had gone into
that assembly of Christians at
Thessalonica he would have found
lives radiating a spirit that loved not
this world; lives that rested on un-
seen forces for moral sustenance.
But it is our high call now to tap this
unseen fountain of love through the
conduit of faith. “God is love.”
We are told about a Man, who long
ago, opened‘up the channels of His
life to the love of God, and who suc—
ceeded so perfectly, that God has
made Him to stand between two
eternities to lead men out of that
one of “outer darkness”: and into
that one of “no night." How?
Through pouring into their lives the
mighty ‘ inspiration of love and
kindly purposes. Napoleon pays this
Man the high tribute of having
bought the world through the cur—
rency of love, rather than through
force and violence. Revelation as—
sures us and evidence is, at 'hand to
show that Christ stands at the soul
and center of life as the way into
perfect love. As the millers gather
around the evening lamp, so is
Christ surely drawing men unto
Himself. He stands ready “to light-
en every man that cometh into the
world.” Are you ready?
When the love of Christ constrains
us, says our text,- we have love
“toward all men.” Here we are re—
minded of that second command—
ment of our Lord, that love for one's
neighbor is as primary as love
towarld one’s self. It is second only
in that it grows out of a love of God
which is first. It is related to the
first as effect is related to cause.
It says that “selfishness cannot be.
completely dethroned until love is
completely enthroned.” -An unholy
self—regard must be driven out of
the center of one’s life. If I have
within me_a feeling of one hundred
percent, of supremacy of race, or
that God has been partially favOring
me, I lack that driving moral power
which constrains me to love my
neighbors, far or near. To see that
my kinship to my neighbor lays, first
and fundamentally, in both of us
having the same, loving Heavenly
Father, is to take the beginning
step in loving him. Going to church
and the repeating of creeds is al—
together vanity unless it begets and
.sustains-within us a love of God that
overflows into our neighbor's door-
yard. Without this, a church pro~
fession is as “sounding brass'and a
tinkling. cymbal.”~
But» .“love ‘one toward another”
raises this “grace. to its highest de-
figr‘e'au It is a spiritual axiom that
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other. It works beautifully in the
home. Of all places, mutual respect
and love should obtain around the
fireside. And if any family is in
quest of‘this harmony they will find
it around the altar of Christ. In our
homes our sins find us out, and there
is no escape from them until we es~~
cape from ourselves by a sincere
and manifest Christian concern for
all. To disregard Christian love in
any household, is to leave the atmos-

.phere charged with suspicion, quar—

reling, and often a painful separa—

tion of hearts. A tragedy it is that
when God makes a family, the fam—
ily does not make itself Godly!

Children and parents are omitting

the divine compulsion to love one

another. They know about this.

Christian thing, but it is not in

their hearts to do it. Self-will and

tyranny in many homes are com-
pelling Christ to live in the shadows.

But our Master commands a spe—
cial affection of Christians one
toward another. They are to teach
the world what love is by first lov-
ing each other. And Christ does not
leave us in the dark as to how to
do this. We are to love as He loved
us. When He told us to love our
neighbor, he painted the picture of
the good Samaritan. And in passing.
this writer would like to say that
your Christianity is not worth
bragging about until you have Sam-
aritanism well mixed with it. When
Jesus told the disciples to love one
another and put it into commanding
tones, he explained what He meant
by setting Himself forth as example
and inspiration. His own self was
the living translation of a new love
that the world had not yet known.
This is the road to brotherhood, and
the world can know it only as Christ—
ians become brotherly.

The Golden Rule does not fill out
the Gospel. The New Testament has
much to say about that holy motive
and spiritual power, without which
Golden Rule living is not possible.
It is that special grace manifested
first and perfectly in Christ, and
caught from Him, to be manifested
in wide fashion by His disciples.
that constitutes the distinction of
the Christian gospel. There is some—
thing about this love that so cleans
the grates of the heart that it flames
up into an enthusiastic concern. for
the welfare of others. This is apos-
tolic, Christianity, but how far re—
moved from it we are in our church
systems! We should feel self~
condemned that we have got so far
away from, basic Christianity as to
be split up into scores of difierent
.ways of getting to heaven. Pathetic
it is, that with unfair treaties, trade
wars, and racial pride being charged
up against Christian nations, that
the church is so hopelessly divided
that it cannot speak a common pro~
test. With church life standardized
by creeds and sacraments, and not
willing to be measured by the only
valid test in the creed of Christ; how
can we convince the world of the
reality of Christianity? There are
articulate longings everywhere to-
ward peace and cooperation, but
with a non-cooperating church, and
a church that is slow to go back to
the school of Christ and learn over
the only true mark Christian. dis—
cipleship, the nations cannot be
taught peace. ‘

Now the local church is the school
where we should be trained in the
essential of love. It is here where
we are fitted tozlove across racial
and social boundary lines. Are we
so trained? Well, that is the ideal
of Paul when he says “to increase
and abound in love (me toward an«
other and toward all men." This
vital force is to the end that He
(God) may establish your hearts
unblamable in holiness.” And says
our Lord, “By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples.”
How abounding is your love?

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FEED FOR HOGS
I would like very much to know
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which they can be obtained. To jus-
tify the use of oats, they should be
cheaper than either barley or wheat
and barley should be cheaper than
wheat. Oats are used very often in
starting young pigs and also in feed—
ing breeding stock. As a feed for
fattening hogs or the commercial
production of pork, they are not as
efficient as either wheat or barley.
Disregarding, costs, I would~re~
commend a mixture of two parts
wheat, two parts barley and one part
oats fed in combination with skim
milk, using skim milk at the’rate of
3 pounds of milk for each pound of
the grain mixture for young pigs
and from 11/; to 2 pounds of skim
milk for each pound of the grain
mixture for older fattening hogs.
If you do not have skim milk
then some oil meal or tankage
should be purchased to go along with
these feeds. If tankage is used, one
pound of tankage should be fed for
each twelve pounds of the grain
mixture consisting of wheat, barley
and oat. Where the pigs were run-
ning on pasture, not more than one-
half as much skim milk or tankage
would be required to make a balanc-
ed ration.—Ge0'. A. Brown, Prof. of
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We are going to ship-a carload of
milch cows to the state of New York.
'The‘cows were all T. B. tested last
June. Would they have to be tested
again beforethey could be shipped?

-—I. C., Trenary, Mich.
HE carload of cattle you mention
T will have to be tuberculin tested
within 60 days of the date of
shipment to New York State. The
test must be applied by an accredited
veterinarian and either the subcu-
taneous method alone, or a combina—
tion of the intradermic and oph—
thalmic methods will have to be em-
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Lhave a pair of twin heifers two
years old. Both have had calves and
one of them the calf died at birth.
The heifer cleaned good and from
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She comes in beat all right but does
not get with calf again. She fresh-
ened July 21, 1925 but I did not try
to breed her again until December
25 and tried. everytime since. I am
feeding most- alfalfa hay, ground
corn, and corn stalks. Do you know'
of anything I can do to get her with
calf?——J. W. 0., Linden, Mich.

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tion recorts. A number of them to PICK from.
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reasonable. 'Burdlck. Manager Branch

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INTERNATIONAL, BABY: onion
. CONVENTION “
RELIMINARY program of the Inter-
national Baby Chick Ass'n to be held
- at Grand Rapids, Michigan, Pant-
lind Hotel, July 18th to 22nd, 1927.
' Tuesday, July 19 A

9 A. M.—Registration,
10 A. M.—Convention~ called to order by

.President C. A. Norman, Knoxville, Ten-

nessee. Dr L. E. Heasley, President of
the Michgan Poultry Improvement Asso-
ciation, will preside after the call to order.

Address of welcome.

Response by President Norman.

Officer’s reports.’

1 P. M.—-—Convention called to order by
the Vice-President, Lyle W. Funk, Carlyle,
Illinois.

“The Causes of the season’s Conditions
and Remedies," Leader of discussion,
Chas. L. Sawyer, Hoytville
Hoytville, Ohio.

“Is the Chick Industry Facing a Crisis?"
Harry R. Lewis, President of the National
Poultry Council, Davisville, R. I. ‘

“Why Hatcherymen Should Study Meth-
ods in their Business.’?-E. B.. Anderson,
President, ‘Minnesota Baby. ,Chick Ass'n.
Northfield,‘ Minnesotany. .. ,. i 

“Reminiscences of my Early. Chick Ship-
ments,’.’ Joseph 3D}? Wilson, Stockton. New
Jersey; the Pioneen Shipper of Baby
Chicks. ‘_ ‘f ‘f: '- r .

8 P. M.—Bresidihg officer, C. Howard
King, Internationalgj Delegate from Wis-
consin? Accredited Hatcheries. Association.

“Utilization of,By-Products of Eggs for
the Hatchery," Prof D. C. Kennard, Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station, Wooster,
Ohio. « ’-

Report ofthe Accredited-Departmental,
Prof. H. M. Lackie,’ Bureau of Markets,
Madison, Wisconsin, Chairman; Prof. C.
A. Bittenbender. Poultry Department.
Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa;
Prof. J. A. Hannah, Poultry Extension,
Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing,
Michigan.

“Fifty Years of Service to an Industry,"
Hon. Thos F. Rigg, President of the Amer-
ican Poultry Association, Fort Wayne,
Indiana.

“The American Fancier,” Frank De-
Lancey, President of the Standard Bred
Poultry Association, York, Pennsylvania.

, O,- ‘ Wednesday, July 20

9 A: M.—-Presiding officer for the ses-
sion. President Jay Radebaugh, President
of theEOhio Baby Chick Association, North
Baltimore. Ohio.

Subject for discussion at this session.
“Transportation and Shipping Problems."

“The Parcel Post as a Service to the
Chickzlndustry,” Hon. R. S. Reager, Third

‘Assistant Postmaster General, Washing-

ton, D. C. '

C. Howard Buckler. Superintendent,
Division of Registered Mails.

Henry A. Shore, Chief Clerk, Division
of Railway Mail Service.

“What the ExpreSS can Offer Shippers
of Chicks,” E. H. Stevens, Superintendent
Claims, American Railway Express Com—
pany, Chicago, Illinois.

“The Field for Shipping Older Chicks?"
Discussion.

_ Thursday. July 21

9 A. M.—Presiding officer, J. B. Carney,
President Indiana Poultry Ass'n, Shelby-
ville. Indiana.

Subject for the session, “Improvement in
Producing Baby Chicks.”

"How the West Coast Regards Quality
in Chicks,” Vice—President M. A. Schor
field, Gardena, California.

“Services that the Hatchery Must Ren—
r to its Customers," Manual Drumm,
ouri Poultry Farm, Columbia, Mis-

  
  
 

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“Producing and Shipping Chicks by the
illion a Year,” Discdssion.

“Lowering Insurance Costs for the Bet-
ter Class Hatcheries,” C. B. Morris, St.
Louis, Missouri.

“Adjusting Losses to Satisfy Custom-
ers," W. H. Densmore, Roanoke, Virginia,
President of the Virginia Baby Chick
Ass’n.

Thursday afternoon; Golf Tournament.

Thursday evening: Banquet will be
given in the dining room of the hotel for
all visitors at the Convention.

Friday, July 22
9 A. M.—Business Session, President C.
A. Norman presiding.

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’Agricultural commodities have shown an upward tendency
7 in prices during the current year, while the course of industrial and
raw material prices has taken a downward trend. We have been
gomg through a period of price re—adjustments—always a critical time
or business—but, in this instance, there were not the usual accomo.
panying shocks to business peculiar to such periods.

The major reason for this absence of disturbances in business
is that smaller inventories are being carried nowadays since the rail—
road service of the country assures certain and speedy delivery.
Traders carry smaller stocks, and business, therefore, is carried on

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and less frequent.

 hat the workings of the Federal Reserve Act proves to be
to;business, through the stabilizing of credits, the improved steam
railroad transportation service is accomplishing through its regular

and its prom t deliveries.
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So the large outlays to better the service
. themselves. Both expedients work to the same end
in their respective spheres. They avert the shocks.

In Michigan, this is particularly true. Vast sums, in recent
§ears, have been expended to achieve this new standard of service.
even of the nine railroads serving Michigan alone are expending
this year nearly $26,000,000 in new engines and cars and in im roveo
ments and betterments which will continue these stabilizing orces.

These expenditures, too, were made right at home, and at a
time when the lull in industry, throu h which we have just passed,

Was at its low ebb. Therefore, these

26,000,000, going largely to

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ably to buoy up conditions.

Michigan railroads have, therefore, been more than local
common—carriers; They have, through their service, removed some
of the hazards inherent in business in former years.

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Crop Prospects Good But Not Oversized

Cattle Prices sun High With Hogs Below m: of Last Year"

By W. W. FOOTE. Market M.

ARVESTIN'G the winter wheat

crop began a few weeks ago

down in the southwestern dis-
tricts, and has been working its way
northwardfiver since, until it is now
far advanced. It is a good crop, but
not over large in size, and it should
bring fair prices provided farmers do
not overstock the markets of the
country in their great eagerness to
sell. Already there are increasing
sales in the southwest, and this at
times weakens prices, with late sales
of September wheat on the Chicago
market around $1.47, comparing with
$1.40 a year ago. The visible wheat
supply is increasing and is about
normal at over 22,000,000 bushels,
comparing with well below 13,000,-
000 bushels at this time last year.
On the produce exchanges of the
country corn and Wheat are the lead-
ers in active trading, and both have
scored large advances over the low
time of the year, much the greatest
rise being in corn. A short time
ago corn sold for September delivery
at $1.08, which compared with 76
cents a year ago, while at- the same
time oats for July delivery sold at 47
cents, against 37 cents a year earlier.

A short oat crop is expected, but the

rye crop harvest is now on, and a
crop of around 50,000,000 bushels is
expected, comparing with last year’s
small crop of only 40,000,000 bush-
els. Not long ago July rye at $1.12
compared with 95 cents a year ago.
The boom in corn has been sensa-
tional in the extreme, based upon
the unusual lateness of the planting
on account of the cold and wet
weather. A short corn crop and
high prices are promised. Farmers
are fair sellers on advances in corn
prices, but the growing practice is to
store old corn for future higher
prices.
Choice Cattle Sell High

Whatever may be said about lack
of good profits in feeding high—priced
corn to low—priced hogs, it can not be
said that the cattle feeding proposi-
tion has turned out badly. On the
contrary, farmers have been making
big profits in cattle feeding, particu—
larly in preparing well—bred steers
of‘ heavy weights. The country’s
supply of beeves is undeniably short,
and even the fair to middling steers
have proved good money makers for
many owners, while the compara-
tively small ofierings of choice long-
fed steers have been sold on the mar-
kets of the country at wholly un-
expectedly big profits. The call for
weight has been about the greatest
on record, and many of the best long
fed cattle oflered in the Chicago
stock yards hailed from Nebraska
and South Dakota, states which have
established a very high reputation
for marketing fancy steers. Such
cattle are given rations of the best
feeds, regardless of cost, and no
pains are spared in making them as
perfect as possible. As is usually
the case in the midsummer period,
increasing marketings of grassy cat-
tle resulted in a marked widening
out of prices between these and corn-
fed lots, and at times when prime
steers were advancing cattle that
lacked a good finish had to go at
a sharp decline in prices. Fat year-
ling steers and heifers have brought
fancy figures, although even the best
of yearling cattle' had to go at far
below the prices paid for prime
weighty steers. The oflerings of
stockers and feeders were usually of
,moderate proportions, as was the
demand, with sales mostly at $7.50
'to $8.50, most of the inquiry being
for stock steers adapted for grazing
purposes. Stock cows had an outlet
at $4.75 to $5.50 and stock heifers
had a. fair sale at $6 to $7. The de—
mand for well bred dairy cows keeps
milkers and springers at steadyprie—
es, the better class of milch cows
selling for 81,00 to 8115 per head.
Backward swingers are lower at
$70 to $85.

cattle have been selling on the
, F Chicago mar at the West prices

  

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small supplies and a good demand,
steers going at $9 to $14.40, mainly
at $10 to $13.35, with prime year-
lmgs at $13.25. Baby heifers
brought $12, the highest since 1925.
A year ago steers brought $8 to
$10.65.

Better- Demand for Wool

The recent improvement in the
wool market is highly gratifying to
sheepmen, who had become some-
what discouraged over the long peri—
od of depression, during which they
held out for 40 cents a pound for
good wool. Buyers are now paying
that price, and sales have reached
fair proportions in the: west and
southwest. The lamb crop is selling
at fair prices, and western feeding
lambs are in strong demand at $13
to $13.50. Fewer sheep and lambs

'ing points amount to 12,718,000

hogs, comparing with 12,257,000 3
year ago, 14,898,000 two years ago
and 17,7 06,000 three years ago. A
short" time ago hogs sold at $7.25
to $10, comparing with $11.20 to
$14.80 a year ago. The’welcome
rise was caused by small receipts
and a good demand from eastern
packers, and stockmen felt encour-
aged. '

A GLANCE AT THE MARKETS
(Speciial to The Michigan Business Farmer)

Market News Service, United States De-
t of Agriculture, Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics.

PRICES of farm products average high-
er this summer than during the
spring months. Grain feeds and
cotton supplied most of the gains in May
and June. The market situation shows
some improvement for average all around
farmers. and the goods they buy the most
of have been going down gradually for
months past. The early July markets
showed little further change in the staple
farm products, grain, cotton, hay, live-
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have gone to market this year than
a year ago, and prices compare fa-
vorably with recent years.

Low Prices for Hogs

Despite recent rallies in prices for
the better class of swine on moderate
offerings, the general market has re-
mained far below recent years, and
hog products continue to sell away
below last year, with unusually large
accumulations of cured products.
Lard stocks at western packing
points on July 1 were 94,095,000
pounds, compared with 68,l84,000
pounds a month earlier, and increase
of almost 20,000,000 pounds over
last year, and comparing with 95,-
440,000 pounds stored two years
ago. Hog meats accumulated faster
than usual in June, and on July 1
western packing points held 310,—
242,000 pounds, an increase of 25,—
701,000 in June and comparing with
an increase of 17,185,000 pounds in
June last year. Total July stocks
compare with 219,323,000 pounds a
year ago. Increasing receipts of
heavy snows have resulted in a re-
cent advance of the average weight
of the Chicago hog receipts to 250
pounds. For the year to late date
the receipts in seven western pack-

tables were at least selling above the
lowest of the season. Eggs tend slightly
upward. ,

.Wheat markets have been showing
firm tone because of active demand and
reports of rust in the spring wheat states.
Private estimates placed the spring wheat
crop at 50 to 75 million bushels larger
than a year ago.

The corn crop has been mking slow
progress, the situation tending to further
slight advance in price. One dollar corn
has been the rule for sometime at leading
markets and all grades were in good de-
mand. Oats tended slightly lower in
July because of the large crop in pros-
pect. The downward tendency in the bar-
ley market was checked by lighter sup—
ply and more active demand. Rye mar-
kets, like those for oats, weakened under
good prospects for the new crop.

Hay prices have held fairly well in mid-
summer, although declines were reported
at some markets because of the favorable
crop conditions, and buyers were inclined
to hold oil? or buy in small quantities.
Only the top grades of timothy met act-
ive demand.

Most feeds were selling 31-54 per ton
lower in midsummer than in early June
but were still several dollars higher than
a year ago. Middlings and other heavy
wheat feeds have been selling higher than
bran in middle western markets. Gluten
and other com feeds have been sustained
by the strong tone of the corn market.

Butter prices are still a. little higher
than a year ago, but changes were slight

THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
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No. 2 Bed "-45 31-42 $1.50
No. a whit- 14“ 1-43 1.50
No. 2 lined 1'44 L41 1.50
CORN— 1
No. 2 Yellow “’7 $104 1-0’7 .79
No. 3 Yellow 1-05 1.05 .78 I
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No. 2 White «54 36 -50 54 .53 34 .43
No. 3 White 52% I .46 @.47 .5_1 as .42 _
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Cash No. a 1.12 1.10 1.04
snares—-
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Porarons— . .
pm. own , 4.75@5.00 2@3.35
mm... m - l . g
No. 1 Tim, 17@18 19@2o 17@18 23.5o@g‘
N..ng ; 15610 17@19 15@16 .21 m
Re. 1 Clover 1731.8 floflfl 17@18 20 '31
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during the last half of June. and the
early part of July. -Product.ion has be- '
gun to decrease but pasture condition-

are still good and the output large. Much
stock went into storage- in June, and the
movement continued into July actively.
Little speculative buying appears because
of the liberal/ supply and lack of special
confidence in the price. situation. Cheese
markets have shown slight weakness re-
sulting in small declines in country mare
kets. Production is heavier than a year
ago. Egg markets began to advance in
June but have not made much further
progress in that direction. The situation
seems rather more favorable, receipts be—
ing lighter at/ present than a year ago
and less surplus being forced into storage.
Outlook depends much upon weather: and
feed conditions. ‘

Potato sources of supply shift from
south to north at about this time. The
eastren micbseason -_states have a mod-
erate acreage but heavy yield per acre
this season. especially in Virginia. Mary-
land, New Jersey and probably Long Isl-
and. The mid—western summer crop is
only fair and some eastern potatoes will
be taken during July and August. Prices
in city markets have been running $445
per barrel mostly or $3.50 per 100 pounds,
which is not far from themld-eeason level
of the past two seasons. Some unofficial
reports on the main northern crop show
increased acreage and good condiition.

Shipments of western oantaloupes have
been extremely heavy, some days exceed—
ing 500 cars. Quality has been good and
demand active, but heavy supply forced
prices below the level of either of the
past two seasons in July. Eastern canta-
loupes have been held back by cool weath-
er. .

Heavy gains in Minnesota acreage are
a feature of the cabbage outlook for the
domestic type of stock. Danish cabbage
used for late storage shows no great in‘
crease over last year’s large acreage.
Total plantings in seven states were about
33,000 acres.
mand are light at this season. Onion
production in the mid-season states show
an estimated gain of about one-sixth. The
late shipping states shown only slight
gains over last year’s heavy planting.
Present market supply is light but im-
ports from Spain and Egypt have been
active. Prices have changed but little
for several weeks.

DETROIT LIVE POULTRY-
(Commission merchants’ gross returns

per pound to fanners, from which prices

5 per cent commission and transportation
charges we‘deducfible.)

Firm. Hens, colored, 260; leghorn, 20c;
cocks, 160. Broilers, 3 lbs. up. barred
rocks, 34c; reds and white rocks, 33o;
orpingtons, 30@31c; all colors, under 2%
lbs. 2@4c cheaper; leghoms, 2 lbs. up
24c; 135 to 1% lbs, 210. Ducks: White,
68lbs. up, 25c; smaller or dark, 20¢. Geese
1 0 lb.

DE'I‘ROIT BU'l'l‘EB AND EGGS

Butter steady: best creamery in tubs,
37 is @3939c. Eggs steady: fresh firsts.
23 @2455c.

DETROIT SEEDS
Clover seed, cash, imported, $13.90;
October, $16.95; domestic, December.
$16.85. Alsike, August, 814.00. Timothy.
cash, $2.50; December, $2.60.

BWION WOOL MARKET

More optimism..was evident in the raw
wool market as the week ended. Mills are
buying substantially, especially medium
and low grades. The trading basis rep-
resents advances of 1 to 3 cents a pound,
as compared with a week ago. Ohio
grade fleece wools, grease basis, were
quoted at 45046 cents for fine; 44645
cents for half blood; 43644 cents for
three-eighths blood and 42643 cents for
quarter blood. Territory combing, clean
basis, was quoted at 31.080142 for fine;
31.0501.” for French combing, $161.05
for half blood; 88092 cents for three-
eighths blood and 78682 cents for quarter
blood. .

LIVM‘OCK MARKETS

EAST BUFFALO , N. Y.——(United
States Department of Agriculture.)—-Hogs*
~M‘arket steady; bulk 180 lbs; down, in-
cluding pigs, $10.40@10.50; 233 to 250
lbs, $9.75; 263 lbs, $9.50; 280 lbs, 39;
packing sows. $7.50@8. Cattle—Steady
to strong; low cutter cows, $3.40@4.
Calves—Steady; top vealers, 81-5. Sheep
-——Steady; top fat lambs, :15; fat ewes
quotable, $566.50.

CHICAGO—Livestock trading was light
Saturday with values quoted at the week's
high point. 7‘ _, _

Hog receipts were estimated at 5,000,
including 3,000 billed, direct to packers
and sellers angered 4.000 holdovers. : De-A
mand was slow and. quality only fair.
Owing to the undamthe week's supply

'was 37.00! belatthato! week before last.
Best hogs cold at 89.99610. compare} W
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andfleefiomlteverslnceistheexpeq—
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imAmN.£.Rnonohe.Va. Inareceut
longs-.10. Coleman says;

In .
appetite returned. Within 6 months, every
uymptom of asthma left me. Now
(April 12, 1925) it is two years since [
have taken any of the treat-amt, and I
have had no sign of asthma, so I feel sure
I am rid of the disease. Thank God for
Nacor. I wish I’ could persuade every
asthma victim to try it.” .

If you suffer from asthma, bronchitis
or severe chronic cough, you should read
the vital information about these diseases
in a booklet which will be sent free by
Nacor Medicine Co., 590 State Life Bldg,
Indianapolis, Ind. Th will also send

e
you the letters of people whose trouble ‘

disappeared years ago and never returned.
No matter‘ how rious your case seems.
write for this fr e information. It has
fidthgiusands back to mun on

v. .

Mr. Lamb Feeder:

Opportunity will present itself, the last of June
in July, when you Will be_ able to buy chemo

lity 55 to 60-lb. Idaho feeding lambs at around

I 13.00) cwt. This will be as cheap aseghety £11:
' ‘ ic a

September, and October,
of finest losses in the feeder lamb producmz states
ode

 

of yoming. Oregon, and Montana. Most of these
to r lambs were under contracts to Colorado.
and Nebraska feeders, and we are advxsed that
flame losses in ese states were 40 e, which
these Colorado, and Nebras feeders
their contracts at.time of
delivery, and they will then have'to go _into the
n market in order to fill their reguirements,
0 will he force the market on eedeiis up-
wards in Octo r. 'l‘ e lambs out. of Idaho, and
Washington will be 85% fat, which means that
there Will be few feeders through the sun-a
mmths, and that they Will sell from ( 14.00) to
£15.00) cwt. all summer: and fall. be reason
me Idaho lambs are selling so reasonable:-
oause it is early, and there is no .demand for (hem.
likeadvantago of this opportunity. and buy now,
running them on grass thro h t

.srket which _ o

I. and we W111 ship you strictly , dad. and um-

louned, feeding lambs. well so , Just as cheap
W Will too 10931n tghI) m'flléet'

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rqented, and ordered I) y and you have the
“03: of looking at
your ft at the bank. We will have aboufiii
dthmeldahofoedorlambeeachwoektoou
Isle. starting May 23rd. Wire your orders. at-
hl'action guaranteed. ‘

Wool Growers’ Commission Co., Inc. 

- F. w. SHURTE. Mgr. Feeder Dept.
Colon Stock Yards.

 

 

 

 

 

Ship Your Live Poultry v

Detroit Beef
Company

Oldest and most reliable
commission house in Detroit.

Write for new shippers guide, ship—
ping tags and Quotations.

Detroit Beef Co.

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HAVE LED ALL MTATORS.
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INTERNATIONAL PAPER COIPANY
N Y 1:, June 29 1927.
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nerd at the 3%.: Johannes new; boob

OWEN SHEPHERD.
Vice-President & Treasurer.

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for

CHICAGO. ILL.

" ’ I M’ «but It ' l
ThobsuofCox-onn momm'wfi i

the

ailing

study.

“that” . ranging from 315015.20. Some
lots gained evil more. Y New

15050 cults highs: lots quoted
to Ms sold at 31350491350.

All crops doing fine.
Corn looking good but awful
Haying just nicely started but not
9. heavy crop. The oats are short. Wheat
and rye look good. Quotations at Petos—
key: Eggs, 25 doz.; butter, 35c lb.——R. D.,
July 7th. ‘

Hillsdale.——Too much rain for easy hay-
making. Sparrows are damaging grain
in many places. Wheat will be a good
crop and will soon be cut. The rains
have delayed its ripmimg. Barley is a.
betra- crop than comm and a larger
acreage was sown. Farmers are discour-
aged with corn prospect. Some will sow
more barley hereafter and less corn.—
L. W. M., July 9th.

beets, corn and beans. A sudden hot
spell hurt late «oats and barley. Wheat
and rye still clean of rust and smut. Hay-
lng and cultivating keeps all help employ-
ed. ‘ Farmers in better spirits since ad-
verse weather changed for better. On a
trip across Ontario as far as Port Dover
the writer found conditions about average
with the advantage between Windsor and
St. Thomas but a small acreage of corn
everywhere and an
clover.~—-E. 3., July j7t‘h.

    

 

Week of July 17
temperatures which we be-
lieve will be below the seasonal
normal at very  of
week will rapidly rise to readings
With mostly fair weather Sunday,
clouds will gather during Monday.
Continuing from this day through
Tuesday many parts of the state may
expect numerous rains and thunder
storms. In some local spots the

damaging. _

Generally fair and warm weather
is expected for the middle part of
the week.

A repetition of the early part of
the week is expected during Thurs-
day and Friday—numerous thunder
showers, locally heavy and with the
added characteristic of some rather
severe winds.

A sharp change to cooler will
come at the end of this or beginning
of next week.

Week of July 24

Most of the first half of the week
of the 24th is eXpected to‘be active
in electrical storms, some severe
rains and high winds. In fact, this
is expected to be about the wettest
week of the month.

For a couple days about to shortly
after the middle of the Week the

be mostly pleasant.

However, as the week draws to a
close there will be more storms on
the horizon, producing unsettled
weather, considerable wind and
thunder storms.

'August Full of Extremes
The month of August will prove
one of many changes and some of
them of rather marked proportions.
Temperatures will run from high to
low and back again, precipitationi
will be heavy at one time and un-
usually scarce at others. This will

, be a month of radical conditions.

 

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REQUEST

Tells cause of cancer and what .to

do for pain, bleeding, odor, etc.

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rains will be unusually heavy and '

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_ Rec 3. B. I. Reds, Anconas Bl.
Kinorcas 90: Bf. Orpingtons, W . IV andottes,
. Rocks, 100:‘Mixed. 7c; Heavy llixed, 8c.
Orders_ for 50 chicks, one cent per chick more,
25 chicks, two cents per chick more.
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FOR SALE 75 HEAD OF YEARLING DURHIM

steers.
bred.
dehorned. 3 0 head

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bred to freshen from December (in

75 head of yearling Durham Heifers not
These cattle are all eds and Beans .and
of Grade Guernsey. Heifers
years old. Part of these heifers are
. Write or call.
6: SCOTT, McBaln, Mlchlgan.

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FOR SALE——A IIIGH CLASS APPLE ORCHARD

of cod varieties. 8 acres _in orchard; 102 in
alL ne of the best orchards in Pennsylvania. 22
years old. Will produce from 15,000 to 25,000
bushels a year. Storage plant, 24,000 bushels

 

capacity. In two years this orchard will pay for
«itself. M. & D. G. Nelson. R. D. 1, Holliduys—
burg, Penna.

 

FOR SALE OR TRADE 1'60 ACRE FARM.
located in the heart of Cloverland, for. small
farm. Please address Box 50, care of Michigan
Business Farmer.

 

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St. Joseph County. Good sandman and fine
location for home. To close estate, J. .O.
Schurtz, 1935 Linden Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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Copenhagen Market, Flat Dutch, Danish Ball-
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500. 31.25; 1000, $2. 5. .Express collect,
5000, I€7.50. Cauliflower... pro d, 50, 50c; 100,
2.09,; I... 33.75. & assorted. moss
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CHOICE AW SMALL GRAIN AND

cans. Improved American Banner Wheat.
Wolverine Oats. .Iniproved Robust Beans. A. B.
(look, Owumio, Mac man.

 

 

 

 

MILLION NICE CABBAGE PLANTS, $1.00 PER
000. Gallant pm- Rie'v. Elisha Bradshaw,

 

 

 

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LIVESTOCK
“WANTED—REGISTERED OR UNI-REGISTERED
. A.

Jersey heifers—{resb or coming fresh. E
Liv'mgsimn. It. 10, St. Johns, Michigan.

 

 

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' coats and shakers. Red, Blue Green, etc...
Fr ns 0 tfit

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li‘ree. Elliott Bradley, 241 Van Buren, Dept.
BK—‘l. Ohioa' go.

PURE HONEY OB MAPLE SYRUP FOR_ SALE.
Price per 10 lumped $1.00 pastpaid. J.
Amderws’hi, Whitney. ol-ngan.

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MH‘IIIGAN

REDS. B 0 ‘1‘ H
liens.

combs. L‘ockervls and Pulleta.

(Jocks,

Michigan's Greatest (‘olor and Egg Strain. Write

for Ifrice
Michigan.

List. liiterlakes Farm. Box 2, Lawrence.

 

FOR SALE~——3,000
Knoll. Jr.. Holland, Micli., R. No.

ENGLISH WHITE LEG-
horn l’ullets for June and July delivery. II.
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TUbRKEY EGGS FROM OUR FAMOUS rum

sett and White
Bros, Powhatan Point. Ohio.

red Mammoth Bronze, Bourbon Red Narm-
llolland flocks. Write Wale!

 

3000 ACRE MINNESOTA RANCH

 

 

 

Most Unusual Stook Ranch, best Min-
nesota creamer butter means Gold Dolla
selling as it oes in
In'ellllllm above notations. Vast quanti-
ties of cream 0 quality necessary, can
easily be produced on this ranch. There
are 3000‘acres of land, one solid tract.
Torrens Title backed by State of Minno-
sota, all clear of mortgage. Ample build—
ings nearly new, in good condition, four
first class barns and three houses all hav-
ing cement foundations. Hood roads on
three sides of ranch. Randi is fenced and
cross fenced, with 27 miles of fencing of
first class construction, substantial cedar
posts, galvanized barbed wire and large
amount of hog wire. About 850 acres
has been clmrcrl ready for cultivation,
while seine 1000 acres more is known as
meadow lund~ rilllllll cleared but not broken.
but all or nearly all of this could easilr
ho broken by tractor. Jack Pine grove of
nearly 500 acres.

More particularly .as to soil, some 2000

New York at 20

acres of this much is fine black loam soil
18 inches or 3 feet deep, With sand sub—
soil and Pill)! beneath the sand. There is

in: irrigation ditch running North and
South clear across this ranch with laterals
East and West giving complete drainage so
there is no wet mm] in meadows even after
heavy rains. Inspection is absolutely nec-
essary for apprcutmn.

A dairy corporation, or several brothers.
or close association of business frien
would find here till ideal propostimi, most
unusual in its potential iiiurit. As suited
above. him] is free and clear of mortgage,
reasonable terms can be made. It is pussi~
ble ll. lii'h (‘lllSH farm, if not too heavily
mortgage , might be accepted as part pay—
inent.

Location of ranch, Cass County, Minne-
sota. It was oponml up by wealthy New

York state man who knew what he “aimed
and had the money to pay‘ for it. fibers
are improved farms atlJomiug and in v1-

ciiiity.
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