ARMER 9 Afi (Independent Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan 5w PAL—WHERE CAN ONE MORE LOYAL BE FOUND? »‘ > fix this “suezw-“Geowe'r's Holding-~an Io Stabilize Prices” - “ ‘King Spud’ Sit; on His Threne ,During November? —“Farmers Like Partnership-Threshing Machine” — “Portable Grain . “ " Are Labor Savers” —Farme'rs service _Bureau”-— and Features BEFORE YOU BUY . Hr" -' F7" ' um i“ . litre-w“! I 1“? Retail List Completely Assembled any etc. s It! You- Ilnal. Save or make lot-of on sets and agaide testimony o neerhy neon Amaziqu .v’“ ' t . on“ It you have any questions regarding legnl mutter-e that you want uninsured It write in to the Legal Editor “I he will reply by first class ell. Ad me your letter, LEGAL omn. mm BUSINESS EARLIER. m. Ole-sens, Elohim. 7 L Yes, Sir! You can put any new 1928 undo! * WES'ICALE Radium hornennduscitto DAYS’ TRIAL. Liston tothemueie, newcomer“ti flung modest I stetionssii the try over coon . ' ’ end prieewith “mu “the. your heart's content on I REALtomveiueOo itfor mmuworheardfnmsifnot [the W .m“. t you value («themes-Yen Don‘t Beetle mmmcnrsmmrum “weekend-sews” in x . soldonm‘my his] Plea. Whypny chances when you can test any Westgale " e on 30 Days' g I . , sarcoma-anon". ‘nglrtleumw. Cahlognllo lobe Inn ‘ fillmm an?" Edie W'Tflelnndmnkeh matey In your homeon 0 Wow-dem- fm time! t o castrate it to your trienni- in] to first. . in. . lperetlme » annuity. ‘..Wdh p ’1 new’gmaulo‘ ,, '. v _ elmyourownbo‘me 5' L Gnome MEET one. AT BENTON HARBOR it interesting program has- been planned for the meeting of. the Michigan Horticultural Soc1ety, at Benton Harbor,. December 6-8 Sine-ll fruit production will “get the most 'attentiion with discussions or the orchardist’s problems sandwiched into the program from time to time. ‘The business meeting and election of oiiicers is scheduled for the second' day, while the third and last day will be given over mostly to discussing strawberry and raspberry problems. The program by days follows: Dec. 6.—-.—"Present Status of the Arsenical Residue Situation," W. C. Geagley, State Chemist; “Some Ap- parent Soil Moisture and Apple Tree Relationships," Dr. W. 1. Ruth, '0!»- iversity of Illinois; question but in charge of George Friday. Ooloms; ed- dresses by Prof. W. 0. button. end Dr. ‘V. R. Gardner. Michigan Stete College; "Orderly Nuketinx,”, I, L. Granger, Benton Harbor, salesmans- ger at Michigan Fruit Growers. Inc: banquet at the high school. Dec. 7.—-‘A Detective in the Nurs- ery," C. J. Kirby, Monroe: address. Prot. F. C. Brsdiord, Michigan State College; "Important Factors in Suc- cessful Cherry Production," A. J. Rogers, Beulah; business meeting and election of officers; "Black Rot in Grapes," Dr. C. W. Bennett, Michi- gan State College; “Vineyard Observ- ation,” Dr. N. L. Partridge, Michigan State College; ‘Ancient Falacies and Modern Theories and Their Bearing on Viticulture! Practices,” Prof. Fredereick T. Bioietti, University 0! California. Dec. .--“Poliinntion of Peer Trees," Stanley Johnston, superin- tendent or South Haven experiment station; “Oil Sprays to Control Peer Psyllne.” Proi. L._G. (leather, Michi— gan State ' College: address. Thomas S. Smith. Chicago commission merch- ant; "Some Experience in Peach Pros duction," George 0. Duvell, Fonville; ‘fPresent Trend in Commercial-Fruit Growing,” John N. Dyer, Vincennes, Ind.; "Experience in Strawberry Growing," B. W. Keith, Sawyer; "Raspberry and Strawberry Disease Control,” Dr. C. W. Bennett; "Resp- berry Cultural Practices," Stanley Johnston, South Haven. A melon growers' conference may be held the second day. MORENO! AG-HE EXPOSI’I‘ION ORENCI held it second Ag-He Exposition November 11th and 12th and it prayed so success- ful that it is planned to_meke this an annual event. There are 246 on- tries and the attendance for the en- tire program ran around 3,000. Premiums were furnished by local businessmen and several leading magazines. The exposition was staged in the Grange hall, while in the Stair auditorium e short course program was going on Friday evening and all day Saturday and Saturday evening. Also it horse pulling contest Satur- day afternoon won much interest. The exposition is sponsored by the agricultural and home economics de— partments of the Morenci high school. Hr. Ralph Folks and Miss Ellen nelson, both hi .8. C. gradu- ates, are the heads of these deport- ments. Prine winners were as loll-owe: Agricultural Products 10 em yellow dent com-4. Girth Sixth. erlnnd; I. Our-ties Onweiier. lo ears white dent corn-1. Sullivan Johnston; 8. Vir- non Jouthin. 19 euro other dent con—- i, Bert Jouthln; 1. John Keller. Single ear yellow dent—d. Emil 10min; 3, Vernon Joushtn. me our white dent—— 1. Me Flay. Shiite our other dent—- 1. Vernon 30min; 3. John Kenton. 10 euro large Thurman M:8.Ruthxuuhy. “alumni popcorn—l. Vernon Joanie; 3. Dick m. velyn Sims. . Halt peek red wheat-s1, Glrth Suther- land; 2, Dick Saliows. Hair peck white wheat—1, Vernon Joughin; 2, Wayne Mitchell. Hair peek barley—l, 'Vernon laughin; 2, Charlie Figy. , Hubbard squashlé 1, Victor Sunburn; 8, Ray Sprague. Banana, squash—1, Ray Sprague. ., v ‘ . , Pool: of only Mo‘s-4.38.7 Sprung, I Peck'late Vernon Joughin; 8. Ray Somme. "Shea! elf ‘ alts. Charlie 2,’ Faun proiect—l, Ore. Spengler; 8, Von Berton. - Half peck oats—71, Charles Sallows: , 3. Vernon Jnughin. ‘ Dozen eggs (white)--1, Florence Jough- in; z, Thurman Lu.le Dozen eggs (brown) —-1, Bessie Sprague: 2, S. L. Shaffer. Plate ot‘fi Northern Spies—4, Dick Trad : velyn Sleight. S. G. Shelter. Plate 01 5 Baldwins—4. Dick Travolyn Sims. Pumpkins—bl, Soot elements; I. John Mumford. . . Home Economics One crust pie—1, Mrs. George Shelters; 8, Thurman husk. Two crust plea-.1, Mrs. Chester Show; 3, Mrs. Bertha Senhom. Spice loot coke—4. Florence Jeughln; 2. Thurman Luck. _ Jelly—1,_Mrs. Geo. Shulters; 2, Alma Burkholder. 1m: brown bread—1. Mrs. S. L. Shet- " for: 3. lire. 8. i... abnffer. .- Home mode MM. Florence Jouglh in: 3, Bertha Senhorn. M oooidee—l. Thurman Lusk; I, Gladys Wetting. Brown cookieslél, Mrs. Welter mm: 8-. Thurman Luskm ' Bed mum—1. Hrs. Francis Thornberg: I, Ire. Woodworth. ‘ M and illth cases—1, Esther ; I. are. George Shulters. Towels—i, Pullan Shaffer; 2, Pauline Shelter m new—l, Mn. Francis Thornburg: I. Pauline Shelter. Child's dress—l, Mrs. Bertha Sanborn. Dresser set-‘1, Esther Woodworth; 2. Pauline Shorter. Pillows-4. Florence Joughlin; 2, Mrs. Francis 'niornburg. au“.iipr0hs-——-l, Mary Hill; 2, Pauline Shaf- SOILS MEETINGS IN WASHTENAW * . S. Osier, agricultural agent or Wastqu county, plans‘to hold a series of (our special soils meetings in his county this winter, during the months or January, Feb- . ruery and March. , They will follow along the line of the home economics project held in msny counties of the state. Twelve or fifteen groups will be organized, ouch containing 12 to 15 farmers. Each group will have two leaders who will yttend theleaders’ meeting with the soils specialists from M. 8. 0. one dey in each or the three months. ' atom mnemo TEAM WINS ’ AT BIG RAPIDS Hm potato judging team or the w Morley consolidated school won first at the Western Michigan“: Poteto Sh‘bw, Nov. Pith. Morley won the silver trophy cup with e totei of 1,035 points. Mouton high school was second with 1,010 points and Reed City third with 990 points.— W. D. W. V TUNE-IN FARM BUREAU MEET HOSE interested in the Ninth An— . nuel Meeting oi the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chi~ ago, December 5, 8 and 7, who are unable to attend will be able to fol- low the important happenings at the various sessions by tuning in on WLS. Chicago. WLS will broadcast many of the important addresses and discussions on the prom es Well as the annual Farm Bureau. pro- gram. ~ mo RADIO CATALOGS FROM RINTED radio tasteless. Kiting complete schedules or all the radio school and entertainment features to be broad cost this winter tram the Michigan State College Ste- tion. WEAR. are being mailed out tree on request or the station. "ac- cording to e room from the college. BROADGABT W8! SHOW Hill crowing o! roosters nnd.the cackle of hens will greet WLS listeners it they tune in on the Sears Roebuck Station, Chicago, from December .1 to 3, inclusive, because microphones otthis station will be heard “(fiver WES during the world's poultry «now. , .31.th list "of vpronrinentgi‘apeakers ' includes, . Prof. .011.” University of 1111- “d Theodore Hewes, seer IglCHIGAN‘ ‘ I 'm'sss 13:51: MER 'mmmidu.s.rmntom« SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927 mos Gunmen. Elie:- , bred find els- matte, E‘s 22.3mm: can Growers Are Holding Beans to Stabilize Prices Governor Green C N this date, Nov. 11, beans are being paid for at the $5.00 price to the grower. Notwithstanding the price to elevators “by johbers is only $5.25, including a bag at 15 cents. From all over the state it is the same story: few beans coming to market. There is a feeling that the early threshed beans yield being used on the other factor, viz: acreage made the Hichigan crop statistically in execs of the real output. There is strong belief that Michigan has not over five million bushel of beans. The psychology of the $5.00 price swept over the State and was ac- cepted as a fair price by grower and conceded by many of the local deal— ers. As far as knowu it is without a parallel in the annals of bean mar- keting that the farmer-paid price should aprpoach the jobbers’ price by 25 cents. Withoutthe support given the market by the growers re- fusing to market below $5.00 and the fairness of the local dealer $4.75 would be the bean price today. It is fair to say that the main portion of the crop still in farmers’ and dealers’ hands has had an added value of $600,000 by this mutual operation and more in prospect. The action of the Michigan-Bean Com- mittee was immediately followed by the Agricultural department’s action in two other bean states, advising a minimum price. The Idaho-Montana Great Northerns were given a. mini- mum price of $4.00 to the grower which, with other charges added, meant about $5.75 F. O. B. common Chicago point rates, which was not much out of line with $5.00 to Mich- igan growers. In fact, Michigan, with the advantage of rates east and south could not get beans to meet the demand unless the $5.00 price to grower was paid. Just the moment the demand for Great North— crns increased, the price stiffened to keep in line with Michigan’s min- imum price. The bogie man of Great Northern‘s did not materialize. During this interval of uncertainty of. farmers’ attitude representatives of the largest users travelled over the state but hesitated to buy for fear of precipitating a too rapid ad- vance in price. Not Rents Were sane Acre In Colorado the Pinto beans are going into storage and are not being pressed on the market. The other crops in Colorado are good and are being sold, which enables the Pinto grower to husband his been crop for By JAS. N. MCBRIDE madman. mohigan Bean Committee ’ a fair price. European bean prices are at least 50 cents higher than they were 60 days ago. This indi- cates that importation will be very light unless domestic prices here ad- vance sharply. There were imported for the.12 months ending June 30. 1927, 63,069,559 pounds of beans, paying 1% cents a. pound duty. The Michigan Farm Rents EAL ESTATE taxes on rented farms in the lower peninsula of Michigan last year were the lowest since 1919, according to a survey by the Michigan State Col- lege in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture. The average tax per acre on these farms was $1.37 in 1926, compared with $1.46 in 1925, and $1.29 in -1919. Lower' farm taxes have not in- creased the averoge returns to farm owners during the past year the study’shows, inasmuch as there was a general increase in operating ex- penses and a slight decrease in gross rents between 1925 and 1926. Gross rents averaged $4.82 per acre in 1926, as compared with an average of $4.84 per acre in 1925. Storing Pinto Bessie Net rents for 1926 were $2.50 per acre before deducting taxes, or 19 cents per acre under the figure for 1925. After the payment of taxes, the net returns realized by landlords averaged around $1.13 per acre in 1926, or 10 cents per acre less than the corresponding figure for 1925, and 7 cents per acre above the aver- age for the seven years 1920-1926. Taxes amounted to 54.8 per cent of net rents before the payment of taxes in 1926,.“ compared with a percentage of 54.3 in 1925 and an average percentage of 57.4 for the seven years 1920-1926. There were marked differences among the various sections of the State in the proportion of not rent taken by taxes in» 1926. In the counties bordering Lake Michigan north of Mason county and west of Chcboygan owners of rented land paid in taxes on the average 57.7 per preceding fiscal year about 20 per cent more of foreign beans came into the United States. The danger of imports always begins as beans ad- vance in price. This explains why advanced prices are impossible. In a year when the domestic crop is ex- tremely large few foreign beans come in. A shdrt crop invites im- and Taxes Decrease cent of their net rent (b'efore de- ducting taxes). Owners of this sec- tion had paid 94.6 per cent of rents the previous year. In the shore counties to south of these, and Kent, Kalamazoo, Cass counties, farm taxes averaged 50.9 per cent of net rents, as compared with 52.9 per cent in 1925. Falling rents in the counties of the Detroit area and in those in and around the Saginaw Valley caused taxes to take a larger portion of the net rent in 1926 than in 1925. In the former area the 1926 percentage was 57.0 as com- pared with 51.8 in 1925. The per- centuge taken by taxes in the coun- ties of the Saginaw Valley was 60.8 in 1926, a marked increase from the figure of 46.6 in 1925. Reports from counties in the Thumb district showed the lowest net returns for the State outside of the cutover region. Taxes for 1926 in five counties of this district averaged 't' 9 per cent of net rents as compared with 65.6 per cent in 1925. Reports from five of the southern Michigan counties showed a ratio of taxes to rent close to the State average and relatively little change from 1925 to 1926. The figures given for 1925 are those reported about nine months ago as the first results of the co- operative study being carried on by Michigan State College and the United States Department of Agri- culture. Figures for 1926 are based upon reports sent to the college by the owners of 614 rented farms lo- cated in the lower peninsula. These farms reported information for both 1925 and 1926. A total of 1,538 farms have been considered in the preparation of the farm rent and tax estimates. » ommissioner Powell Favor Action of Michigan Bean Committee in Selling Low Price to Sell 1927 Crop portations. The Michigan Bean Committee was obliged to take this in consideration in naming a $6.00 minimum. At least 50 cents more could have been added per hundred if the tariff were higher. Wanted Hearing on Tarii! A letter filing an application for a hearing on the tariff was drafted by the Bean Committee and ad- dressed to the Federal Tariff Com- mission. The answer was that lack of funds hampered the Tariff Com- mission in undertaking this work. One of the real jobs for Michigan bean growers is an increase of tariff rates. The Balkan States where wages are lowest are the chief com- petitors, particularly Roumania. One of the largest American can~ ners of beans is building a plant in England to meet the demand for canned beans so familiar to the American trade. The British Isles are developing. a taste for baked beans. Labor and cans are cheaper than in the United States. The in- fluence on the Michigan bean price will be negligible by this venture. Fit Beans for Market The Colorado Pinto growers sales- body are sending out a fleet of bean machines to grade clean and polish 'their beans. When the job is fln- ished the beans are put up in 100 pound sacks and sent to the storage pool at Denver. A large cash ad- vance is made when the beans reach the pool warehouse. There is a pronounced disappoint- ment among growers of “contract” seed beans. The dry weather seemd to hurt this grade of beans, worse than the “whites”; the vines were small and hard to harvest. Contract growers are not inclined to continue producing seed stock unless prices are advanced. Robust Beans Some complaints are being made that the Robust bean is losing its forceful characteristics. The writer is not convinced that this is the case. The cool weather last summer ap- parently did not allow ordinary ni- trogenous development. Clay spots in corn and bean fields were notice- ably weak in plant growth. Commissioner of Agriculture Her- bert E. Powell has aided in every way all the movements for better price of beans. Gov. Green has met with the growers and taken a stand for agricultural equities. HERE’S HOW —--- 1“. Start the Carin Cold Weather __ By Ray ! ~ - : “m mm . NWT” ww‘m‘e“ ., HIGHT ST at mmergsAquOfiwr ' gong Swa— ou me BACK! \\ \ " "NY \ 3» N‘ . .. fl: . \.\ GASOLINE” VAPORlZE ‘2’ Many Sh 5- OVEMBER, the month of potato :1 shows in Michigan, has come to a close and “King Spud” has ,iretired until after the holidays when "he will again hold the center of the State College, East Lansing. .The first show this fall was at Gay- lord and known as the Top 0’ Mich— igan'Potato and Apple Show. Fol- lowing this came the Thumb of Mich- igan Potato Show at Mayville. Both of these shows were reported in our November 19th issue. Since we closed that issue there have been line shows at Greenville, known as ‘The' Potato Capital of Michigan.” at Big Rapids, Cadillac, and other points of slightly less importance. Greenville Show The Greenville Potato Sh ow , opened up November 9th with more , than 200 exhibits being placed. Most of these Were from Montcalm county but there were displays from a doz— en or so other potato growing coun— ties of the State, making competi- tion extremely keen. On the 10th, Thursday, the show gotto going full blast with talks by Commissioner H. E. Powell of the State Department of Agriculture heading the list of speakers on the program for the men shortly after \pot luck dinner. The women also had a special program in the after— noon, but in the evening the two groups got together to enjoy some music and moving pictures. Prof. H. C. Moore, of the Michigan State College began judging the main exhibits on Thursday and found the Rural Russet variety greatly in the majority but excellent displays of White Rurals, Green Mountains and Irish Cobblers were also on hand. Baking classes Were judged by Paul Kempter of Grand Rapids. Friday there was a forenoon pro- gram of speakers but the afternoon was taken up with a large parade at the head of which rode “King Spud.” Hundreds of farmers lined the streets of Greenville to witness the parade and at the same time motion picture cameras recorded the event on films to be shown later in every 'part of the United States, and pos— sibly the world. More than a cen— tury of potato history was depicted, as the countryside had been combed for material such as old fashioned machinery. Even a huge potato bug, measuring 14 feet in length and 3 feet high, mechanically crawle'd its way down the street, and later in the parade was found an over-sized leaf hopper, acting very lifelike for a mechanical bug. The annual banquet took up the evening and there was a good turn out. The 12th, Saturday, was the closing day and after judging con- tests in the forenoon it wound up with a special meeting of certified seed growers. Youth will be served. At May- ville two boys won sweepstake priz— es with their exhibits. Both boys , were in their teens. At the Green« I ville show a boy only eleven years ‘ old was crowned “champion of cham— pions” by Gov. Green. This boy, Gordon Lee Doneth, Copemish farm lad, exhibited 32 Rural Russets that won the sweepstakes award over exhibits of gray-haired farmers who have been growing potatoes for fifty years or more. From two-thirds of an acre Gordon harvested 201 bush- els in spuds. Gordon is a Boys’ and Girls’ Potato Club member and grew ‘his crop under the direction of the 'M. S. C. experts and the agricultural agent in his county. The land used (was alfalfa sod to which was applied gten loads of barnyard manure before plowing it last spring. Seed was treated before it was planted and the crop was carefully sprayed. Big Rapids Show The following week Gordon took ‘ exhibit to the Western Michigan to Show atBig Rapids where he his “Waterloo.” His sweep- s exhibit at G'reenville' won only I, place at Big Rapids. ‘ ' rdon’s potatoes were entered in’ ‘ seett Rural peck class where ntries. by Eisin‘g Brothers of ows In His Honor {Are Heldylin Various Séctio ‘ tage at a show at the Michigan .f» and Cadillac Shows Are Reviewed McBain and Edward Sutton of Gen- tral Lake were placed first and sec— ond respectively. E. W. Lincoln of Greenville was fourth. The sweepstakes ribbon, the most coveted prize of an agricultural show, was awarded to the peck of Russett Rurals grown by Eising Brothers orf‘iMcBain. ' The best county display of potatoes also came from Missaukee'county. Wexford was a close second, Mont-. calm third and Mecosta fourth. I Manton high school took- first money with its potato project ex.- hibit. Cooks consolidated school in the upper peninsula placed second, Big Rapids high school was third and Reed City fourth. Growers watched the judging in the bushel classes with intense in- Farmers Like Partnership Threshing Machine . U‘ST threshing and getting the J grain are two different sides of the question. As most of the good threshers in this community, Genesee county, had quit the busi- ness, either retired or died, seven of us farmers decided to buy a new ma- chine and get all of our grain, which we did. \ We were lucky to have a man among our members who had been a thresher for several years and was on the job at all times. We held a meeting. and elected a president, a manager and a secretary— treasurer, starting off on a business— like basis. The business is being handled very satisfactorily to all. We thresh by the bushel. That is we set a price per bushel and total all of the seven threshings at the end'of the season. The man whose terest, chiefly as a result of, the close competition between E. -W. Lincoln and Edward Sutton. _ tained his foundation Russet-Rurals from Sutton several years ago and” the potatoes from the two farms were so much alike in shape, type and general» appearance that spectators foresaw a close race. ‘ The first six winners in their order in eacli class follow: Russet Rurals-—Pecks, Eising Bros, McBain; Edward Sutton, Ce'nfi, tral Lake; Gordon..Don,eth, Copem- ish; E. W. Linco'lnfiGreenville; T. H. Billings, 'Manton; Volney Lutz, Harvard.’ Bushels—E. Lincoln, Edward Sutton; F. A. Smith", Luther; Hanson Bros., Howard City; Henry Curtis, Cadillac; W. Wiltse, Morley. White Rurals -—- Peeks, Clarence r threshing runs over the average pays the difference into the treasury and the man whose threshing runs under the average gets the difference be- tween what his amounted to and the average. We have neighbors who did not want to buy in-on the machine but want us to do their threshing. After the threshings of the seven members are done we do outside work, charg- ing the regular rate per bushel. This money goes into the treasury to pay such repairs as are necessary and also the wages of two men who accompany‘the outfit to operate it. This same group of seven farmers own their silo filler and corn husker in the same way, getting their work done on time, and good returns on ' their investment—Mr. and Mrs. J. Selesky, Genesee County. Threshing outfit owned by seven neighbors in operation on the farm of Joseph Selesky, of Genesee county, one of the partners. There are 46 acres of straw in this stack. Portable Grain Bins Are Labor Savers ARTIiN W. HYENGA, who per- M sonally operates his ‘ large farm in Van Buren county, Michigan, has devised and put into operation a labor-saving plan which will be of interest to our readers. He has two portable grain bins, one iron and the other wood, which he hauls about his farm with his trac- ’ tor. He has his own threshing machine and he locates it anywhere on the farm near the grain to be threshed and then with the tractor hauls the portable grain bin to the place where the threshing operations are going to be carried on. The grain elevator spout is run int-o the portable grain bin and the grain is taken care of without the aid of man during the threshing operation. Each bin holds 800 ~ bushels. After the threshing has been completed the tractor is at— tached to the bin and it is hauled to the barn. Mr. Hyenga says that by using this portable grain bin he is able to do his threshing with but five men and three teams, which means that it saves him the expense of from three to six men, depending upon the loca- tion of the threshing to the farm, these men being needed to carry the grain from the machine to a place of storage when threshing in the or- dinary way—J. S. a o . Martin W. Hyenga, rot V'an Buren county, has m.‘ tractor hitched to: one “of his portable grain bins d 1 about to haul It to s. more convenient spot. Mr. Hyenga is ,n". . ndln; besidethe tractor. , . , ,. of- ichigan—Greenuille, Lincoln .ob- , Big Rapids vanHouten,_ Lucas; Orval Wright, Manton; George Harrison, Manton; John VanHouten, Lucas; Fred Van- derMuellen, McBain; William Reeds“ er, ' . Manton. . Bushels —— Clarence VanHouten, John Van Houten, George Harrison, E. ‘W. LincOln. Any Other Varieties—J. D. Rob- inson, Pellston, (Irish Cobblers); Edward Bincoln, Greenvil'le, (Cob- blers); AgRasmussen, Sheridan, (Russet Burbanks); George'Harri— son, Manton, (CObbjers): J. .V.-Har- prison, Maintain: (Whiteh'R'urals). Any Other Varieties, Best-Pecks—AE. A. Rasmussen; E. W. Lincoln; A. Ed- gerly, Howard City; Iva’n Harrison, Manton. r Wins in Special Class - John Frees of Copemish took first money in the special class for grow- ers Whorhad not exhibited at shows before; Other “beginners” to' win in this class were R. R. Stilson of Morley, E.» S. Compson of Remus, and G. Edgerly. of Howard City.’ The best peck of Irish Cobblers was exhibited by J. V. Harrison of Manton. Other winners in this class placed as follows: E. W. Lincoln: Harvey E. Johnson, Gowan; A. Ed- gerly, Howard City; At ( iadillac Sweepstakes award at the Wex— V ford-Missaukee Potato Show was won by Clarence VanHouten, of, Mis- saukee county. The Manton and [Moorestown agricultural Schools tied in the judging contest and went to the ‘Big Rapids show to work off the tie. Forty-nine exhibits, represent- ing all of the popular varieties Were on display. Attendance at the show and banquet was estimated to be in excess of 200. Arrangements for next year’s show was leftto a committee consist- ing of the county agents, Kenneth Ousterhout of Cadillac and H. L. Barnum of Lake City, and two grow- ers, George Harrison of Manton and Fred VanderMeulen of Falmou-th. County Agent Barnum of Missau- kee county presided at the banquet. Mayor H. C. Moore gave the address of Welcome. Henry Curtiss, presi- dent of the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange, urged the growing of good seed and told of the progress growers had made since they began using cer- tified seed. He said there were no marketing problems when the grower had a reputation for producing po- tatoes of high quality. ' Ed Stiver of Harlan explained the uses and importance of spraying for the various pests. George Harrison of Manton explained value of green manures. Fred VanderMeulen told of marketing problems and C. E. At- water outlined what the market de- mands. These. demands were chang- ing constantly, he said. Right now there is a demand for good bakers and fancy prices were being offered for bakers of good quality. H. C. Moore, Michigan State college potato specialist, reviewed the unusual growth of the potato shows about the State and predicted a still more wonderful growth in the next decade. B. 0. Hagerman, agricultural spe- cialist for the Pennsylvania railroad, characterized the potato show as an area of friendly competition and a pageant of progressive potato evo- lution. The following were the winners in the various classes: Bushels—Rural Russets, Henry Curtis, George El- moe, Ocar A. Peterson;‘White Ru- rals, C. VanHouten, J. VanHouten, GeOrge Harrison; Irish Cobblers, GeOrge Harrison, John Harrison. Peeks—Rural Russets, T. H. Bil- lings, Eising Brothers, Oscar A.'Pe— terson, Ed Stiver; White Rurals, C. VanHouten, Oral Wright, Fred Van- derMeulen, J. VanHouten; Irish GO]?- blers, J. V. Harrison, George Hairl- son, Everett Harrison, John Olson; Early Ohios, Lovell'Harrison, Ever- ett Harrison, J. V. Harrison- W. J., Dunn, "'of Jackson county produced a crop of potatoes in 60 days. acre on muck land. - ‘ . Michigan Tbeekeepers Jena ’2 is ' ecord year for that .He‘ raised 256 bushels to the ’ HAIL! HAIL! THE GANG’S ALL HEREi—The 1927 BRUCE AND COLLIE.—-—“My A BLOODED HORSE.—Anyone could tell from this picture class of eighth graders of the Blanchard high school and their son, Bruce, and his dog and chum, that Aaron N. Mueller, of Huron county, who is holding the teacher, Mrs. Caldwell. Miss Bernice Mull, of Mesoosta Collie,” writes Mrs. Lewis E. Hob- horse, is a lover oi" purebred animals. We are indebted to county, sent the picture. son, or Lapecr county. . his sister for the picture. NANCY CARRIES QUITE A LOAD.—Mel- FOUR GENERATIONS.—Mrs. George Ostrom, of Genesee Is EVERYBODY HAPPY?-—Sure looks like it, Vin Root, of Eaton county, holds his registered county, sent us this‘pitcure of 4 generations. She is at the doesn’t it? “This is Laurence Conrad, age 5, and Holstein cow, Nancy Pietertje Colantha Fobes, left in the back row. The others are Mrs. John George, John Gladys Stick, age 11," writes Mrs. Edith Childs and his children sit on her back. Ostrom and little Ernest Ostrom. - St. Joseph county. 810 BUSHELS T0 ACRE.—Fred Powell (on 'the left), FROM \VAY OUT WEST!—Kar1 Ed— THE FAIWILY PET.-—lVIrs. Jessie Ronan, of Midland of Antrim county, knows how to grow potatoes. He harv- win Johnson, of Dryhead, Montana, is the county, and the family pet, “Ruth.” Irene Russell, Midland ested 620 bushels fronl two acres. Fred Dutrane, Macomb grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Colegrovc, county, sent in the picture and advises the Ronans arej - county, is also shown in the picture. of Allegan county. old and true friends of the M. B. F. f‘FIDQ. «ND. JOCO.”—-—Sent in by Mrs. A gas,th _ I HELPING MAMMA.—-“My eight-months old baby, Florence Adele," WHAT’S HIS NAME?—Wrong agaan ,, otjflatoncounty. _ writes Mrs. Charles Butler, 01 Kent counjy. It’s Mary Walralh, Barry county. ,_ 1‘», - National Refining 0 you know why there is a hollow space at one end of an egg? Nature has provided that air space so that the baby chick .may have air to breathe from the time it comes to life within the egg until it is strong enough to break through the shell. Eggs hatched in an incuba- ' tor absorb the air from the in- cubator. If fumes from poor oil are present they will pene- trate the egg shell, which is porous, and the little chick dies in the precess of incuba- tion. The scientific refini pro- cess by which Nationalg Light Kerosene is refined eliminates all possibility of these poison- ous fumes. It provides clean, unifonn heat, producing a healthy chick from every fertile ess- National Light Kerosene letter-Than CoaIOil Best for Incubators, Brood- ers, Lamps, Stoves, Tractors, and Lighting Plants. . Buy it the economical way- Buy a barrel. If your dealer cannot supply you—write us. ( IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl/ltil 1'" - u HO?“ O". ? HATCHmG CHKZKENS ‘ IS LARGELY A SHELL GAME , . ,, .. . ‘ otl’rlclot l \ \ N \ \ \ i \ AttheSignoftheBoyandSlate elk War Dealer For MTOR on costsleul’ermle. The Company ‘ ~ 704 L24 NationslBldg. ' o. g 9' . M“. W‘ tor f ell‘o‘om hint: or requests (or . ' IM' ' ‘ ' to you. Al Inquiries must be accompanied by full nuns and g l; ' w ugh, ’ «aha..."'.'uu:2‘:..."3:.a If mulgm“'.) ’ FEDERAL HAND BANKIAND JOINT STOCK LAND BANK / Is there any difference between the Federal Land Bank and a joint stock is it? Where can I get information on bothY—H. 8., Calhoun County. THE only material difference be- tween a loan with ‘a Federal Land Bank and a joint stock land bank is the fact that a borrower ot the Federal Land Bank must join a local farm loan association and ac- cept 6 per cent of his loan in stock. may,-or may not, pay a dividend. However, the borrower must pay the Federal Land Bank interest on the full amount of his loan. If the association is properly man- aged and all the loans are carefully and conservatively made the divi- dend on the stock, which is paid to the association who holds it. is in turn paid to the borrower. There is no stock obligation to a joint stock land bank loan. The bor- rower receives the amount granted and does not assume any liability except for the exact amount bor— rowed. Information can be procured from the main office of the Federal Land Bank or its local representative re— garding its operation, while interma- tion regarding the joint stock land bank can be procured through the secretary of the American Associa- tion of Joint Stock Land Banks, Kel- logg Bldg, Washington, D. 0., or the main office of the joint stock land bank. Most local banks in a community should be able to furnish informa- tion regarding both types of loan. SHOULD FURNISH HALF AND GE'I‘ HALF I am working an 80 acre farm. The agreement was to give hall and take half. I bought all the seed po- tatoes. Can the owner of the farm take a share or not? He agreed to give ground for potato patch for myself.——G. P., Snover, Mich. ENERALLY the tenant is given a patch of ground for a garden which may be large enough to grow a few potatoes. It suificient potatoes are grown for commercial use, the landlord should furnish one- halt ot the seed and receive one-halt of the product—F. 'l‘. Ridden, Re- search Assistant, M. S. C. GETTING CLEAR TITLE I have bought taxes on a certain parcel of land. Will you please in- form me how to proceed to make my title secureY—L. G.. Shepherd, Mich. S soon as the sale is confirmed. you will receive a certificate of title from the county treasurer. After the period of redemption ex- pires, which is the first Tuesday in May in the year following the sale, you would be entitled to a deed from the auditor general of the state. You could then proceed to obtain a writ of assistance to recover possession, but before such a writ would be granted, you would have to give the former owner six months' notice of your title.——Legal Editor. SEVERAL QUIETIONS 0N RENTING Will you please tell me how to rent farm land so as to recllze the most out of it? Rent all land, not the buildings, and the renter turnish-' as all teams and tools. I have a field of alfalfa to be cut on shares. Now Mr. W. used his team and mower to cut the hay, and used his team to draw and a boy to help. I furnished a boy to bunch and help lead and help with hay. 'What share of the . hay should I get! In letting-1a field to put into wheat Mr. mmom-nuw.mu try-imam v. minis-u Maw-W- ‘ ’ - > g . ‘ ‘i‘. ‘ “nor? Mr. out 9. fields: outs. land bank regarding the taking of tam mortgages? It there is, what This stock has double liability, and furnishesall help and eats andth share oi: the cats shon I re‘ceive from my field? no corn Mr. W. pntgg. »> out on shares, he has done the work. that is, furnished- team and tools and seed corn. What share of th corn should Iget, and should he cut and shock, my share of the corn?—-A.. E. 13., Adrian, Mich. F the tenant furnishes all equip- 1 meat and labor. he should re- ceive two-thirds of income. He also must bear two-thirds at such expenses as seed, teed and twine purchased and pay two-thirds ot “TI-FREEZE vonm 'ro PROTECT ENGINES LLOWING table shows what M of either glycerin. or 11 dentin docile! should be used with the water b your car's cooling listen to keep it from freezing at designated tempera- tures: ’ ‘ Per cent Down to by volume Degrees Fahr. 10 80 20 20 30 10 35 O 4. -r 8 4‘ --10 5. -—2D thrash bills. The landlord raceives one-third of income and bears one- third of above expenses. In harvesting hay it is a common practice for the tenant to furnish all equipment and perform all labor and receive one-halt crop. It landlord furnishes part or labor, he should receive a larger share or crop suiti- cient to onset labor expense. In the case of wheat it the landlord tur- nishes one~lialt of seed. fertiliser. twine and pays one-half of thresh bill. each party receives one-halt of crop. Tenant should furnish all labor and board for all help outside of ma»- ~chlne crew. Landlord should stand one-halt of board of machine oper- ator only. A The oat crop should be divided the same as wheat. furnishes equipment and labor for harvesting, adjustment should be made on basis of time and expense in harvesting. Without full details as to the number of acres. hours spent in harvesting. yields, etc. it is impossible to answer in full. These details the landlord and tenant ought to be able to figure out satisfactorily. In case of corn crop it tenant tur- nished everything, i. e.. labor and etc.. he should receive one-halt of crop and it divided as shock, or two- thirds it husked and drawn to crib or barn—F. T. Riddell, Research Assistant. M. S. C. mos ON CABBAGE Can you tell me what will'klll lice on cabbager—lllrs. C. T.. Stanton. Michigan. _ difficulty in killing cabling! I lice lies in getting a contact be- tween the spray used and the bodies of the lice themselves. Cab- . could Where landlord - .. ‘ ration. is onegmade'fet i or Black-Leaf 40 other ' ‘ nicotine sulphate...ln six '. 6 strong- soap s‘ud’s prefer- I p ‘ led'iwjrm. Cabbas‘ss will - is almeethot and new vary 3 and" diflieult to get. nii bowl: I would use one ounce to six gal- ions of waterwithout “ 'cabbages and the spray should boas penetrating as against cabbage waxy coatings—~11. H. Patti , P t sor of Entomology, 81.8. 0. 1:0 6" ' I M . LEAVE BUILDING ‘ 3 ‘ Three years ago I bought, a tan. ! ‘ l E subject to a mortgage, but also got I ’ a bill of sale for stock, 'etc. In on. : ' bill of sale was some lumber. enough - ' so I put up a frame for choose. I ’ just set on posts, no well. Now he i : mime. when used . Moe. becan i rather depend on the nicotine for ‘ l 80 of the ’ foreclosing. can I sell this frame or . not? Have had“ several chances but , do not want any trouble. ' things in the bill of sale I The mortgage just holds on A. G. A" Hesperia, lien. ANY building emcted on the for. i with the intention of it becom- , , , ing a permanent structure ' ’- r' would become part of the realty and be taken on mortgage tore- closure. You would not have the g right to the building in such a case. -—Legal Editor. paid tor. ,' lama—:- : W! or nmnuxs. a—romny muons. ; 'r—KODEBN-,WATER surer. ; ,se—sou. surnames, .. . 4.4mm) CORN CURING. 5.4089121. or GOOD FEEDING. ! o.—-BEFORE IOU INVEST. upmum SANITATION. . u—Fms'r HORNAGI BONDS. e.—mon mo 10 um I ,_ 5% °EE ii i g . g 3 s % m2“. sec-M03310“! FRO)! , " YOUR COWS. Picking animals 1* the dairy herd is the first subject taken up hthisbuueunendltistollowedwith articles on feeding and housing. Them ‘ is also a part devoted to diseases and treatmth » « Where Our Readers Live a l . E . g r l I 1 this besdln 7 Kodak letulges HIM. ' M. B. F. CUP AT GAYLORD snow 3 The Michigan Business Farmer Silver Loving Cup is a new award at the Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show, this being the first year it was offered. It will become the property of any exhibitor who wins the sweepstakes prize twice. J. Fred Brody, of Wolverine, has first claim on it as he won the sweepstakes this fall. Can he repeat in 1928? If he can, he will be the first man in the liiistory of the show to do 1;. a Fruit and Orcharda Edlted by HERBERT NAFZIGER . ,r (Mr. Nalegar wlll be pleased to answer questlons r-mardlng the frult and There a charge for thls servlee If your suoscrlptlon ls pald In ad- vance an you wll recelve a personal let- ter by early mall.) - AJ WINTER INJURY ! I have: an orchard of all Northern I Spy trees; one tree died this year and I two 0r three more look as though i they were also affected. The trees I from above the ground look fine but } - just near the ‘ ground the bark j is loose and ‘ when I put my hogs in to clean up the windfalls they would dig .at these affected trees while they let the others alone. I would like to hear from you as to wheth— er you think it’s something in the ground or a dis- ease of the tree. —F. W., Sebewaing, Michigan. F the bark‘on your apple trees I comes loose near the ground it is a pretty good indication that they are suffering from 'winter in- jury at the collar. Begin cultivating your orchard early in the spring and stop all cultivation in July. Sow a cover crop at the time of the last cultivation. ,This should be done to ripen the wood and thus prevent the trees from entering the winter in a soft and immature condition. Never let the trees enter the Winter on bare ground. Always have a cover crop or mulch of some kind around‘the :trees as a protection for the roots. We,;would also advise you to make Herbert Natzlzer ‘ a mound of earth about a foot high- at the base of each tree. The mound— . ing should be done'in the fall and the mound pulled away again in the ‘ spring. 1 mounding process in the light of an emergency measure. It is not usual- , 1y necessary in an orchard which has { been correctly handledand which is r ‘ located on well ,drained soil_.. We ‘ I might also add‘thatxif you intend. to ' clean up the windfallszlyvltltuthe raid of hogs, that you leave the Edge in the orch‘ard'only just long-enough for'ith‘em tO‘dO this. work. 'Do 'not let them root and puddle the ground. " ‘R. H. .Luplow,_,_ot near Fennville, had ;a'»,:I-I;ubbardiston ,apple tree that -hat};,rip.e'gf‘1fi_i_it_and blooms on it the firstvgofaocto’b'er." " v- " _ - '; . ,. We would consider this. \ x intonk “55112111155457 ‘ .3 ' toes on. Make this Christmas last for thousands of miles - Body by Fisher A BUICK/or > Christmas a k Opens yr . gin Before You Build .1 ac S the Bawe s a . the Fever 1" ' Better Grinding or :y cher tops Greater Capaci — Building , F Lees Power — S ow w he Cold Speed—Four burrs— Send for our FREE Book on M darn Faun lugs and learn how thousands of fer-eithteg {more ting up permanent. fire-safe. a amazon Glued The D at no gator first cost than goo frame construction. 1' E OLD RELIABLE KALAMAZOO fill-D Wood stave or leased tile. Kalamazoo tile silos are llro- do. frost-proof, mo store -iproof and acid- roof- ' D the b eat rofit- ay opportunity or your farm i’(lfgegloduany'w are d v. Pays Mikaela . . ‘j ” in one yo Don t wait . . ' .M positive gear drive—— Cutter-mill combina- tionormill separately -—Grinda Keflir corn in the head, alfalfa, corn stalks, small grain of all kinds. mak- ing balanced ration feed. Write for special prices,_de- scription and tostimomals. ROSS CUTTER AND SILO CO. 482 Warder St" Springfield. Ohio Roea' Metal Silos—Broader Houaea HozHoueea.etc. YOU To ucmuu run-a wool. co: , .. Minn, :’ =~ MINNMPQEPIW vo mono Thi 'mfifiss‘ie Book Erma- ‘ How'. rite for It a l 0 ° KALAMQOO TANK & SILO CO. C. .3 Kalamaoo. Mlcll. \ , ‘ x " 1.24 ' "no. 7! "v. -, aggro-5 :f it, . . sweetie ‘ llEALl'll mm“ m In Spring Needle knit Ribbed wva sans V 34 to $7.50 Per Suit ‘ Fla: Knit .SIflRIS and mu W583 r :2 to 34.50 P..- Garment been-mum uni-runes and nu; mot: new “as near. seem-r and saw IEIGl-I'I'S For Booklet. Address: GLASTONeunv KII'ITING co. Glastonbury. Cm. LET’S HEAR FROM YOU. We want you to write us your criticisms and suggestions about M. B. F. to help a make it better in every way. It is your paper and the editors are your hired men. The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. The Farmers’ Best Investment TEN Years of increasing strength of the Federal Land Banks have made their Bonds a seasonal ’4 standard investment. Not a default on imam or principal. Over one Billion dollars of these Bonds now by They are guaranteed jointly by the twelve Federal Land withmmbined capital and reserves exceeding $70,000,000. Back 0?th Bonds are farms valued at more than twice the amount loaned. These Bonds are safier than. any single first farm nun-range. Federal Land Bank -. Bends Completer Tax—Exempt .- YmcaplmmyFedeflEami’BankBondsarhewm 7~ from anyFederaIl Land Bank or from the Fiscal Agent. Dammit-natives: $40; $103; $5“). $190“ $5,“ "d m r' we, 13;. Whenyouneedlmoneythmfimdseanbtrflrflu‘ m] “9,0, Send. fir Federal Fans Lu: Own“ an... 1935;,“ 16, “Financing the Farmer" —FREE ‘ ' ..._ I. : x M, m WM“ messe- Federal Land Banks - ILNMSM NEWYOEKCII'Y - Inn J for (Mr. Meow 'advloo . mils ths'm benefit or Ms \vldo' expel-lends entice II m as personal reply-hr ' » x .'1 I We Must Expect It " E are trying to make the best or away one of these nice tall; we woufl fut about finish hnsking corn in one of the fields. ’ The (fiends ' , _ hung~ heavy but ' hardly , mwlm‘lowo : m' we. were to suffer We must we k, I told‘ 'I‘onea, fitter € m it (is. not , but m too . Wet tn retm to the this. so we. began to recon- struct some hog yards. When- we : yards were in our way so they were 2 party taken up. We haven’t needed :we can see these little yards are a great convenience. There are only two of them, each about 10 by 20 :met in size. An easy working gate connects them and one is arranged for loading hogs in a wagon. , yard is also provided with an open- ing for running hogs into a crate. They are adjacent to the straw cov- ered shed in which the hogs sleep. We find these yards are the finest thing for grading hogs, sorting out some special one, etc. The fences are simply gates in a way and are wired to» solid posts at corners. Such yards: are seldom found _on farms but I am sure they would be much ap- preciated if! they were once used. The cost is not very great. We purchased some oak inch lumber at a saw mill last winter and some at the boards are 5 or 6 inches wide. These were ideal for these lot panels. ‘ But see the rain come! Get the saw and other tools and My to the shop}! Suppose we will have time to take that engine to pieces and clean it? It was new eighteen months ago and has pumped water every other .day since that time. A line shaft connects it with a pump jack 40 feet outside. The engine has not run just right and keeps getting worse, still we never have had it to pieces and it looks complicated. We will tackle it and it we get into trouble we will phone Frank, the engine expert, to come out. Some job al- right, and how it ever" run at all with so much carbon in it, I don't know- If we hurry I believe we will get it together again before c-hore time. There, put in a .little priming gas and give it a twist With the crank. Put, put, put, isn’t it a peach? But it is time those hens were fed. As the chores are finished it begins to rain hard again,.but rain is so , much better than snow. 3 t t . Back on the Farm . Some flue letters hose been re- ceived from some of our elderly friends who are “back on the farm, trying to run it." These letters go to show the thing can be done it it has to be, and in many cases it has to be. Two, of these letters will be all our space, will: care for but in some future issue more of, them may be. men. If you. have a little dit- tmnt way or “handling the old farm.“ us at! tell about it. we; never get too many letters. “In. regard. to the elderly couple, as we are an elderly couple _I thought maybe our experience ight help them. Lastyear I' ' accrue: corn, about 2% data which. were fed. in ,the some potatoes, {stiller m and a good garden tantrum use, which V out: the to the mini- mum. and“w iy~‘_son‘1e-1‘8 or 20 tons “ at has- Heathen 01913.: eight: is woods and on when we run .- ~2.-" ; a . We days. 1% morning we figured‘. hundred. dollars beside. :; stacked our grain this summer these ~ ‘i them until now, and more than ever ' This ‘ .ants. E fag my ' ar , no a bare: 5 its; I75hemthmmmiufi) which are for: W tic you round. We raise about 3:06 m t E .5 E ii. eta Wehtslfuhfim MMMMfisW. Fe . r an out and under this system we make, up- keep, taxes, insurance and metal this plan about as stated tor a tow years now and are pretty well satis- fied with it. I would not advise the brood sows for elderly people—they are too much work for the returns —better use the energy to raise a garden and some flowers and. rest in the shade and read the paper or listen to the radio. If. requested I Will" go more into detaiI as to how we manage."‘—-Jacob Shall, Barry County. ‘ There has been considerable com- ment pro and con about the pheas- , This next letter includes some lines which show they have some , friends. I might add. that pheasants ‘ are not numerous around. here—wary ‘ the farm in. their aged days, I thought I would write as» we use in thesame boat. mmum‘ town ofGreenvlnemmwm: back, I believe to stay (listing and here 34 years). I feel about. so anxious and frisky to get back to farming'as d‘i‘d Jean the wit last summer when kinking about the barn and stealing suit them In: 3 mother’s manger and making Mme“ , sick. The piece entitled “Gone.” in July Z‘Oth issue, was good and. so true. It has a place in my may» book, also all other pieces about Jean. How is he coming? I am geti” ting way at in my subject but I do 1 love“ horses and I have to talk about l them. We (my husband and I) have decided to keep three cows» (good ones), one sow. and 100 hens, and let our ground grow to: cats, corn and beans. We will have I for our own about two acres of 170-... tatoes, hiring some work clone on them. ' “We have taken the M. B. F. for quite a few years and couldn’t,part ‘ with it now. A neighbor gave us a ? copy of it and: I partly read it and - threw it aside. After" a while my brother sent it to; me for three months and long More the three months was up. I had found out its value. ' It is like a- has to l he tried. As the first time you meet a: person, you do not know whether they area friend or not. so with the» M. B. F., try it and you have a. friend—try it for three months and you without it. about the pheasants. I think they should be here to stay. Perhaps they are destructive» , but they wouldn’t be: if they‘ve)“ not so malty. A few more should be. $1131. having a few more. days; to hunt” -——:say thirty. We» had asbuawlflwl' eock that had chick- ens all whiter. V’W’e, mid ml? .put our swing it more minim-g. reshape. italics. ml, We had scanners we liked it.’_’:-_:— Mm NWFEQRQBQ County; ' potato show fixer, 4-K htena county ( ., ‘; mmmf - igan. ' staying stifle. This is supposed to ‘healso‘says-thatthoeewho donot‘ tho-mole moon that when. a pear ._kflls~ a “sheep, usually the carcass is .‘Iermet'is unable toned it. And a: 7 Statecdoos not pay (or. , your magazine desires mum the newsmanthare- !fil‘md present nil-en W at wild-ills and congestion. If .v peril-es Iith‘fiie pheasant has hee- atm, the ey than, in: . Meant. At 1:11er during the open season, hunters the_,m an the" 6'01)! *1 m ~Wed birds which avenged ninety-in per out at noxious weed seed and m h— eects. I do not think rabbits a men- 'eee «be-mem the State. flaming theirmmheperiodalewmhes ‘mvegbythomnrwaem be m m than or who Screen will control them. At present this mm o! the am. is having the my fields de- stroyed by Every M hind with as are destroying” the grub. Emu the alleged outlaw crew has W to aid the department at conservation. and tor the good 0: us all are working; trying to regain that which we of America so ruth- Eu‘ing made, a short time ago, a sheep hooks in this county tor the M m I and that the direct In” or ion at sheep will, amount to aler seven doth". It cheat on some of the damage done to ening o: the sheep when a bear at- flaau. -- /' The question may be raised as to whether or not the hem3 h- !» be hunted for all. the damage, that is at- tributed to them. However the dif- ter-em .hetwen dams; by dosaaad damage by bear is not mme to W . Dogs chase the flee-k, pulling down sheep here and there and pulling wool 1mm others that they do not kill. The wool and the sheep will both be hand in the field. The bear usually picks a at one beam she has been ahle to dispose of m or ten of the bear. In every case, wool has been bud in the bear’s ston. ach. 'ghe reason for the protection, seemstobetihe deuhwmthepart of the Legislature or the Conserva- tion Department, to have black bear forum tourists to look at or our 3pm to shoot. I would he glad to hear 0: any of mg hard to see. Md, he, the lees: being a night prowling animal, one cannot help but wonder how much damage to ot-ha wiid life they may he doing, certainly fl (they kill sheep they will kill fawn. . But to sum it all up, can we afford to protect the bear 1.0: the tourist and sportsman at the expense of our agriculture. At any me you might add to your at pawns ‘ ; 2. egg“ edge! the sage trace * f m Hive can» any eyed in“ , than; 'Inorthe'rn counties. J a c k . 'm ~' ‘ icultural Agent, Presque' me My. mm B ENTER: I think that ear or sweet earn that Mr. Renee’s New m at the time of her death, In the oldest ear of. corn probably. in the United states. that was the year I m horn, in January 185,2. 1. did have a family; Bible that my'grawdmther had, long be- fore I was born, but the tinie our house burned in Jammy, 1.914, it burned m 100. Two got What is called a “wad” puller. that my uncle had in civil war, for pulling wads out of his gun; it was screwed on the end of his mood. when he had the use it. That was 66 years ago. I keep it in my tool charm—S. H. 8.. Harriette. Mich. ‘ C. W. Home, of Ant-rim county, mised torty acres of potatoes this year without putting a horse in the :tie'idE A tractor was used for all wor . White ants have been found in Montcalm county, according to Prof. H. H. Pettit. of M. S. C. These ants do much damage in bufidings it al- lowed to become established in them. lessly nonmyed. Could we not with more patience, and a amine to be greater informed. be of greater aid? -—-c. 13mm, lien. Pm ENOUGH cum GAR EDITOR: I saw in your paper an article as to taxing single talks. Item; in my mind thitheth who mte'thwt in the September 24th lam must he a queer minded person, or a man who hasa large tamiiyandapoor farm. I are single and payee mud; teams as most married men, and theme m loathe mariners-seduce that rent- “single men intmspafl: o! Mich- Now he wants to tax all men over =twenty—one, fifty dollars for beaneeeountryandamanhasa right to any single it he thinks it but for M ‘l'h‘en he says that the young peo- 7 pie race the roads more. That is correct. but what is that three cent as tax ton-and who pays for it? about we to one, and they are most- ly married men sent to prison. Then than have only succeefled in getting can before they were mutemi away. They will have a new chase it they we discovered again become every Earner plane toget out and Idiom—Mrs. B., Ingham County. DWE DONE BY BEARS EDITOR: From reading roareditorial on the Motection of black bear in Michigan, I gain the iner that you are not tak- ing into consideration'tlhe total dam- ”age done by the bear. ' In this county. at least eighty per. cent of the damage done to sheen flecks is not paid for by the State for carried into a new» when me“ the farther unpro- where refusal to ' i e lite Great New And You’ll Find it Sw perior to Sixes of Other Makes Costing Hun- dreds of Dollars More Money’s Worth 2. 7M3 Crankshaft These is LessThan Your 1. SixvaIinder Engine, 54 h. p. 8005 3. 62 nudism Miles“ Hour ' 10.31295 $0.5. 4. Typical Chrysler Acceleration HE mpmg 5’ w lubed arm I N 2' Prices . 6. c e Gt“ “6 t .asm 7. 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