. An Independent 1 Farm Magazine Owned and 1 dited 172 Michigan ‘ 1 1-— l J- - -__. -, v > i‘A LATE ARR1VAL," SAYS FORBES. “ABOUT TIME,” 'SAY WE. Michigan ‘ Weather ' By L. N. Parmesan " I L , IMI V I. ,; I. i .v V :l‘ E have had many letters from our folks commenting on the no- "7 curacy of our Mr. Prltchard's' weather, forecast for 1927, VII“. appearedlnstMnrch, andflleynskedifwewere gohgtopublsh' one for the year of 198. An Isabella county subsa'iber writes, “Your 1927 forecast did me much good and the farmers 11er here are - anxiously waiting for the 1928 i.’ ” Well. here it is, folks. Alter you read it be sure to file your copy of this issue in a handy place so you can refer to it at any time. Of course, forecasts for two weeks ahead will continue to appear in each issue of M. B. F. but yuan-n1 want to look further ahead so do not mislay this copy.—-Edltor. LOOK for a cold and wet winter, as I have already forecast in my regular column. This will prob- ably mean a good covering of snow over most sections. That it will hold over into the spring months seems quite probable but precipitation dur- ing the spring moon will .01 itself. be generally deddent. Likewise, precipitation will be less than usual during the summer months, but dur- ing the fall months the mean pre- cipitation will be considerably above the normal. My 1928 weather forecast for warm spells with, perhaps, a little more tendency for the cold than the warm. There will be several heavy areas of precipitation during the month, likewise there will be some periods and some sections that will FEBRUARY: Michigan will have regular winter weather during Feb— ruary with the average temperature ranging below the seasonal normal and precipitation somewhat above 1 110th most secthns. » "cidedly low for the lesson. “n will range above; APRIL: April bids fair to be a cool month throughout most parts of the state with some days ranging de- The pre- cipiintion will average a little less than the normal for most counties, although we believe there will be other sections "close by that will re- ceive sufficient. if not a little too» much, moisture for the best inter- -.ests HAY: This critical spring month for Michigan farms“w111 be a poor period for the growing crops and those that should germinate. Tem- peratures are expected to average be- low normal. Precipitation may not be overly heavy but more or less constant during the month so as to keep the ground too wet tor propsr mm 1‘0 but that there will be le- than the usual amount of sunshine will also have a tendency to hold Incl: seasonal operations. JUNE: While temperatures are expected to “remain below uor~ mnl during. most parts of May in chhigan, the latter part of the month will be a little more moder— Michigan by months is as follows: JANUARY: The state will have varied weather conditions during January. There will be sharp cold spells and also some moderately I’ll Put This PoWer Milker 111 Your Barn on 5‘ FREE TRIAL The Greatest Milker (Idol-Ever“ Haeisanoflerthatevery iammwhonélksmbyhand wiiiwanttofindoutabmxt. lwanttoxnovcmmlhathm‘e isanswPormNeMiikersommrhlooatinptim—mdeo mochhaniia'tousethatanymanwhokeepsfimormmc * canaflordmownonc. Itisa powu'mlilitonwhcelsthatyoumnwhsd " intoyombamandsmrt widmdanybotheror hntahafionexpense. 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Temperatures July will average moderate to a little be- low was! but within the 31 days we are expecting also" rather notable extremes. AUlelB’T: it is quite likely the rainy spoils of July will run. into corded, we believe, and it is not at all unlikely that some unusual weather eflects will be seen this month. Temperatures are expected to range from normal to below for the month in general in Michigan with some rather severe or startling drops. expected during last half 01-month. SEPTEMBER: There is little ‘doubt but that September will over— age cool to cold in Michigan. firly. if not dangerous and damaging frosts are almost sure to appear. during this month in many districtsnot usually visited so early. Sunshine will be more in evidence than is usually the case during September and rainfall will be less than three inches in the St. Joseph and Van Buren county re- gion and not much, if any, over two inches in the regions of Grand Trav- erse and Livingston counties. The latter half of the month will be the driest. OCTOBER: Rainfall during 00-- tober will be heavier in Michigan than last month and heavier than is usual for the average October. It is our idea. however, that precipita— tion will not be evenly distributed in all parts of the state—some soun- ties will have much less than others. Temperatures will range normal to below with some sudden changes. NOVEMBE: Temperatures will continue to range below the seasonal normal during November in Elohi- m. quite likely setting some new low reading remds. Precimtion not enacted to be overly heavy and may not come up to the usual nor- mal amounts in most counties. Some few local sections :may receive heavy tails of rain or snow. DECEMBER: Plenty of cold weather is expected in December throughout most parts of Michigan; winter will be well on the way and in Some early frosts are to be‘ “the &m1 nor-m1; in most parts of . . .,-_.- . dead earnest. Precipitation will be 1 moderately heavy generally and lo— cally very heavy. There seems to be everything in favor of a good cover- lag of snow in most counties before 1929 begins. METABLE GBOWEBS’ SHORT 00138813 N intensive course of instruction, lasting one week—Jeb. 6 to 11 “ ——lfor market gardeners, truck gardeners and all those engaged in the raising oi vegetables for sale w ill be put on at the Michigan State Col~ legs. The program, according to 3. B. Edmond, of the horticultural de~ , partment of the College, includes a 5 discussion of such topics as snpple— . meeting barnyard manure Witfl com— mercial tortillas“; hot beds; frames and glass substitutes, recent developments in insect and disease control; mmpmting; cultivating; cold ‘ irrigating; grading; marketing; vari- : cities and ad strains. Emphasis will be placed on recent investiga- tions in vegetable crop production. Begistrslfion begins Monday fore— noon, February 6, and all classes slant in the Eartiwltural Building at 1:39 P. )1. of the same day. Total living expenses during the course. need not cream $15.06. * ‘Anoomo- «lotions may be obtained by writing . J. B. Edmond. Department of Horti- culture. M. 8. 0.. East Lansing, Mich. ; _ GINUNI'M) WDOM LL broadcasting stations in the ' United Kingdom are owned by '~ the goverment and are operated through a broadcasting commissidn...,‘ ‘ Espensss 3‘“ paid, through "receiy—f a‘" ' ii it that mostpeople want? SF ” ,naqmdmdu.s.nmtom«-- / , _ SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928 GEORGE M'. SLOCUM ‘ Pub/I'M” MILON GRINNELL Editor —. Entered my 2nd class matter.- Aug. 22.1917. at Mt. Clemens. _Mich., under act Mar. 8. 1879. ‘ A (mid cu Rather LiVe on Farm or in City? . Most Arguments on the Question Seem toflbe in Favor of Country Life " BRING “1&1”!- ten yearns-greet ~may farmers have: left the .. ‘. farm to become,” laborers. Perhaps the reason given by most oi them-would'notbeutor’hether they liked city litebettw than country life, but rather that they chose the place on mat—or tho returns they could get iortheir labor. Just what Isn’t item income that will enable them to me well for their families, edu— cate their children, get some at least of the luxuries ,of life, and be secure from want in the years when they are no longer able to work? Who are getting this sort of an income—the deserters or those who have stayed on the term? In our community and in some- others that I know about the men who have gotten discouraged with farming and have gone to the city are the ones who had been using on the depleted and worn—out soil of old farms the same methods which the pioneers used when the land was new. They are farmers—rightly named farm miners'who have been cropping the soil without renewing soil fertility; ~ and both farm and. farmer got poorer year by year. In the, cities these farmers have become factory men, carpenters, rail- road employee, etc. Many of them are making, more money than they ever madeon the farm. But very few are saving any. In flush times they fare well; in times of stress they work on short time‘and Worry about losing their jobs. They are at the mercy "of industrial conditions; a strike, a lay-off, a fire that destroys the plant, a surplus of men, may render them jobless. Some rent houses for high prices which tend to increase, nor does higher rent insurg any betterment in "living conditions, for landlords are usually opposed to any outlay of money not absolutely necessary,_ and in the crowded cities another tenant to take the place of the outgoing one is always on hand. ‘ Some are buying homes on con.— tracts. make his payments when due his ' contract becomes void and. he may lose his home and -all that he has paid ongit. Nata few of these'time- ' payment buyers have a mortgage on [which to pay interest in addition to " the payments made monthly. ‘_ Of course this doesn’t prove that some of the ex-farmers in the cities aren’t enjoying a better life than they had on the farm. Some of them do like “two life better. They are the ones who were only farmers by accident. - , But the men who are staying on the farm because they like farming, because they see a better future ahead and are willing to work towardit, are the real farmers. They are studying improved farm— ing- methods, rebuilding depleted soils, raising larger crops on less v acreage, weeding. out non-productive live stock and feeding only those that will return a profit for the feed, housing and labor theyeost. They are adopting the methods and .ma- cbinery tested out and recommended ‘ ”by their 4 agricultural colleges, {arm , ,giournalia, and county agents; , , , _What.,arethey-gaining to make up 1 " 1013...,the greater income-they would .t nmwg " )W’ifi "working - -g . E Should the purchaser fail to» firs—a some to 3 Storm, . By EVA HENDERSON DAVEY neighbors for the mutual benefit of all. Second, no master can take his job from him. No landlord can raise his rent. If his place is not all paid for he has, at least, a steady job; and if he practices good farming . methods is never without some in- come, on some product that he can turn into money. In winter, cream, butter, eggs, poultry, veal calves, etc., and in summer all of these and the crops he raises for a. cash income. Each year sees more farmers own- ing automobiles, radios, putting in heating and lighting ~~and water systems, using better machinery, $1 00‘ Reward Offered for Three Thieves By BELON' GRINNELL LITTLE ovena year ago L. J. Wilson, a Montcalm county farmer, fired a shot that was heard all over Michigan and in many surrounding states. It was the shot that killed a thief he discovered breaking into his chicken coop just before midnight Thanksgiving eve. Perhaps if the oflicials had declared Mr. Wilson had acted within his rights in protecting his property little would have been known about it outside of that community but they saw fit to charge him with 'manslaughter and it was then that THE BUSINESS FABMER stepped in to help Mr. Wilson. Our attorney gave valuable infor- ' mation to. him and we took up his fight in the editorial columns of THE BUSINESS FARMER. In one issue we published the heading for a petition in his behalf, urging our folks to clip it out, attach a sheet of paper and circulate it among their neighbors. Before the trial, which was held in March, nearly 100,000‘people had signed these petitions. Then we - announced that we were going to start an L. J. Wilson Defense Fund, as many had expressed a. desire to help financially, the money to- be used to defray his expenses. When all of the money was in, our account at the bank showed we had $856.70. Then We learned the attorney’s charges amounted to $400.00, leav- ing $456.70 in the fund to remain in the bank, at interest, "until needed to defend any farmer who is brought to trial on a. similar offense or any case which in the opinion of the Editor of M. B. F. is deserving of our support.” , To our knowledge no farmer has been brought to trial in this State for ’similar offense since then but we have learned of a case which in the opinion of the Editor, deserves our support. Farmer Shot by Thieves John McNally, a , farmer living near Bay City, ,wasawakened early Tuesday morning, December 20th, by the barking of his dog. Going to the barn to investigate he discovered three men, apparently foreigners, at- tempting to remove his grain. Con- fronting them he was greeted with a series of shots, and he fell wounded on the barn floor. The thieves then proceeded to set fire to the barn, be- lieving that they had killed Mr. Mc- Nally, but he regained consciousness just in time to escape with his life. All of his grain, hay, other crops, and most of his livestock were de- stroyed. Mr. McNally was rushed to the hospital where it was found that he had been hit three time but his condition was not considered very serious. He was unable to give the sheriff any clues as to the identity of his assailants. ‘ As soon as this information reached us we wired Sheriff Ezra Marvin, of Bay County, that we were offering one hundred dollars reward, to be paid from the L. J. Wilson De— fense Fund, to the person supplying the information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or per- sons responsible for the shooting of Mr. McNally and the burning of his barn. broadcast this fact to the newspapers in his territory and to all local de— tective agencies to try to bring about the early apprehension of the thieves. Mr. McNally is not a subscriber to THE BUSINESS FARMER, but that does not matter. He is a farmer in Mich- igan and he’was trying to protect his own property. That is reason enough for us to come to his assistance and We know every one of our,subscrib- ers will stand behind us one hundred per cent. This is another case that shows the need of farmers owning firearms and using them when necessary. If Mr. McNally had been armed and got the drop on the men before they saw him perhaps one or more of the thieves would be in the hospital today, along with Mr. McNally. EZRA MARVIN SHERIFF ' BAY CITY MICH AND BURNING OF HIS BARN WE OFFER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD FOR INFOR— MATION LEADING To ARREST AND CONVICTION 0F PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTINGVOF JOHN MC NALLY A KINDLY BROADCAST THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR NEWSPAPERS AND LOCAL DETECTIVE q AcENCIES ' -_ " ‘ _ , , _ ' ‘ ,_ illiICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER 'ooutyoherifwonweleam as as.“ bad a... Mr. :r a} Also we requested him to. our“! femur, Nam”... raising better live-stock. An ever increasing number are sending their children to higher institutions of learning. More of the woman are taking College Extension courses in Home Economics. The farm—in the early days a place of few comforts, almost no conveniences and little leisure—is all the time advancing toward the position it should hold -—~that of the ideal where all the fam- ily work together in a common in- terest. Farmers even take vacations these days. The farmer works with an en- thusiasm unknown to the city labor- er who occupies a job that is his today and tomorrow may belong to someone else or not exist. The farmer brings to the table—— three times a day———an appetite that makes dainties of common fare; and at the same time he enjoys many of the dainties that the city laborer only gets by paying enormous prices for but which the farmer raises and uses freely. The well-managed farm increases in fertility. The livestock increases in value. AS the farmer grows old he hands the management of the farm to a son or hired helper. Often he is able to retire on the money from his investment and the income from his bank account. The city laborer as he groWs older finds his earning power growing lose, his job less securely. His invest~ ment—the home he has taken the best years of his life to pay for— cannot support him and house him too unless indeed he turns it into a boarding or lodging house. The farmer who sticks is the farmer with a vision of what a farm home ought to be. He is the farmer who has patience, and perseverance. He loves the smell of the fresh- turned earth in the spring, the new— mown hay, the fruit harvest. His work is hard but not monotonous for it is HIS interest and that of his family that he is working for, at constantly changing tasks. Uncle Sam owes it to the farmer who has stuck through the hard .years since the war to put him on a par with the city business man. The farmer has the best security of all—- the land itself—and for it he can get the least in credit. But the farmer who sticks, and works his brains as well as his brawu, is going to win whether Uncle Sam does justice to him or not. POTATO TRAIN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ' HE Potato Show Train operated over the New York Central Lines through Southwestern Michigan in cooperation with the Michigan'State College was highly successful according to those in charge of the train. Starting at Jackson on December 6 it completed its schedule at Hills- dale on December 16. It made ten stops in ten counties in as many days. In points of attendance, entries, and competition in contests this Po- tato Show ranked\well up with the best in the State. The entries were mostly of high quality for the firs Show. . ‘ Over 1700 farmers, their wives, Boys Potato Club members, and agri- cultural high school students visited this train and entered 228 exhibits of w ' potatoes. ' . ' .- At each stop exhibitors competed for the $110 in premium money 01- fered and the best peak was taken, ‘ ., - 19°95ka Pm its) -.'1‘he Business with a supply of ink which we are selling "at cost to our subscribers as part of our campaign to eliminate the chicken thieves in Michigan. ' N _ September 25th, 1926', THE BUSINESS FARMER declared, war 2 _ on chicken thieves in Michigan by posting $1,000 to be paid out in rewards of $50 each to persons sup- plying the information that leads to _ thearrest and conviction of persons ,guilty of stealing poultry from paid- up subscribers to this publication. .We started this fight because an in- vestigation revealed farmers in this State Were losing right around a mil- lion dollars a year through the oper- ations of these thieves and we are going to Stay in it until they find Michigan too hot for them. We have paid several rewards and have been instrumental in putting a large num- ber of thieves behind the bars of Michigan prisons for from several " months to several years. In July, 1927 we broadened our work by add- ing $500 to be paid out in rewards other livestock, grains, fruits,‘ farm implements. 'The offering of rewards has done much to bring the seriousness of the whole situation. to the attention of the ‘public and our officials, saving farmers of Michigan thousands of dollars, but if we are to make a clean job of it we must have something more than rewards. .There must be and healers and M. B. F. And farm- ers can do more than any of the ”others to stop not only poultry steal— ing but other forms of thievery in the country. There are six impor- tant things they should do: 1. Put good locks on the doors of all buildings and either bar Windows or fasten them shut. 2. Install burglar alarms. 3. Mark poultry with an identify- , ing mark which is registered with poultry dealers and sheriffs. 4. Organize county-wide anti-thief associations. 5. Learn to shoot, and do not hes- itate to do so when necessary. ’ ' 6. Enforce poultry dealers’ regis- ' tration law.‘ only after careful study of the problem in Michigan and of what is being done successfully in other states have We seen fit to make these recommendations. The habits of the poultry thief have been studied from every angle, and we have spent much time and money on the study of how to protect farm property from theft. result. , Locks on Doors The putting of locks on doors and making windows secure is the first recommendation. k thieves who manage to make a living without working, to the won- (1 Ement of the neighbors. They only 1: e a few chiékens to serve on theit o 11 table and they visit different chops about the community so no one loss amounts to much. When they come to a\coop that is securely lheked, both doors and windoWs, they has on, as a rule. But good roads =nd trucks have brought the profes— Sional thieves into the country and on may be sure they are out there clean up. When ”they get into a " they take all of the poultry. . travel eqiupped to handle al- at any quantity. Also many of are armed and will shoot it m a lock is not such a serious er but it will turn away at least -‘ to: them- because usually 6 Farmer’s Poulty Marker‘ of $25 each to cover thieving of. 100 per cent cooperation all along» the line, between farmers, officialsfi Q . The above recommendatiOns are the {ltuch of farmers’ losses aredue to, sue ry to make" their get-away at is . entrance into the securely. locked hen house. So, whether it be amateur or ‘professi'onal thief, locked doors and fastened or barred windows offer protection against their-invasion. Install Alarms Second is burglar alarms. . Have you ever been awakened near midnight, out of a sound sleep, by some noise that you thought came from the chicken coop? Have you groped about blindly in the dark for ' your shoes with one hand and for your pants with the other, then put them on and reached for the shot- gun, all the time still, half asleep? In fact, you really were not awake until you had been out in the night air for a few minutes. If you have been through this you are ready to Suggestions on How to Get Rid of Him By ’MlLON thNNELL it goes off the thief will not be there. file will run right out from under" his at. This alarm has no outside wires that can be cut. The gong is oper- ated from dry cell batteries and will ring for hours if not turned off. .As everything is inside the poultry house one must get inside to turn 0 the alarm. The thief being outside he decides at once to change his loca- tion before the farmer and his fam- ily are thoroughly aroused. The alarm is not difficult to make if one is handy at all, and we will be pleased to. suppiy details and list of- parts that can be boughtiat the hardware st'.ore We thought most of our folks would prefer to buy the complete alarms so we secured a special low price on them, and can. How the mark is stenciled on the wing of the chicken. ' As the mark is indelible it can not be removed and thieves will avoid stealing marked poultry because of the hard time they would have disposing of it safely. admit with us that a thief could have made his ecape or he could have shot you dead before you got ahold "of all your senses. Few, if any, of us are very keen about facing an alert thief who may be armed and ready to shoot it his liberty is threatened, even though we may be wide awake, so the type of alarm We recommend first is the gong alarm. This consists of a large gong inside the poultry house, which will make noise enough to be heardall over the place when it is realeased. It is a ’thief scarer furnish them postpaid, with complete directions for‘ installing, at $6.50 each. This price does not include batteries. Three dry cell batteries, costing from forty to fifty cents each~ at your local hardWare, will be need— ed. We are selling these alarms at cost asa service to our folks. So much'for the gong alarm; If you want more information it will be gladly furnished but now We want to take up the simple so— —‘ca11ed “silent alarm.’ The illustrations of both the open and closed circuit types ex— rather than a thief catcher. When , plain fairly clear, we believe, how a % , drass&rqv0;fm/w6mméu’ 7/ 75 One Mia % ‘ Hm5m OvWCmm/é’o’ IOU/Cbfl/fir190m4/ 7,, mm MMM / 7.1056” 152% . [VI/c Cbflflmfs/n Iévra/k/ fly. ./ 0pm; Ora/#7 5706. 9 C/rcw/ Ab. / fib/ag/ City/5‘ 67 60/7. gibcz/a wwwewm Wm hated in: (ac/a as /o .Sm‘as 50 7/142/ C are/7f was: a 0% R U Orca/fxib. f. Mala / MSwressb/z lmm Mam/x _ fiflfmwfflndfieflkwgb 44/766151: _ - .. ' _ fly. 2. C/osea’ Cl/‘CI/If‘ 0,06 . “’lth this mark stenciied on the wing of all your chickens. and the mark an your name and address registered with poultry dealers and sherifls in Michigan, thieves will hesitate about stealing your poultry becfiase it wi be hard for theni to k . I! the birds. . .. mat of; person can make either one. This is the kind of alarm to install if you want to catch thieves, as the small bell is installed in the bedroom and connected with the poultry house by - wires. When the thieves open a door or- window of the coop the bell rings awakening the farmer but not warn— , ing the thieves. If the family is away from home » it is of no value while the gong alarm ~ will function any time. ‘If there is but one thief.- ”yo The open-circuit type is the cheap- ' est and easiest to make but not very reliable as thieves can cut the wires leading to the house. Then the alarm does not function. Because of the greater security afforded the clOsed circuit type burglar alarm is to be preferred. With this type when there is a break in the circuit, caused by opening a window, or a door, or by cutting a wire, the bell rings. Two dry cell batteries are used in either circuit. What To Do When It Rings If you install a silent alarm and are awakened somernight by its ring— ing rememberto not turn on any lights, be sure that you are wide- awake before going out. of doors, then slip out ofa side door and ap- proa’ch the chicken coop from the side Opposite the house. The thieves will be watching the house and will see you if you come out of a door on the nearest side. If there is mere than one thief it is best to gofback to the house and call up the sheriff or one of his deputies for assistance order him to put up his hands, keeps ing behind some cover as- a precau-. tion in case he is armed. Nevershoot until you are forcedto. fuses to throw up his hands or makes a move to draw a gun then shoot him. It is always'best to shoot‘low enough to avoid fatal results al- though yOu are justified in killing a thief under such circumstances if necessary. ' , Mark Poultry Third, mark your chickens with an identifying mark which is regis- tered. Once the thieves got your poultry ' and made their get- -away before you smarked with an saw them how could you prove the identity of your chickens in case they were later apprehended with the goods on‘them. They might be the same thieves that visited your hen house and you might recognize some of your poultry in their loot, but could you prove it was yours? Could you furnish sufficient proof to conVince a judge or jury or your ownership? We h vs heard of thieves being release' because the ownership Of the poultry could not be proven. If each one of your chickens were identifying mark, one different than any other, one that was registered with the poul- try dealers and sherifis of Michigan, as well as THE BUSINESS FARMER, you would not have any trouble proving your ownership, .would you? 1 Not 1 only would you be in better shape to prove your ownership but the ‘ thieves would find it much harder to -We dispose of the poultry. _ Tattoo Marker Best ‘ ' If he re-; ~ There are many ways that aper- '- son can mark their chickens but most of these marks are not permanent. investigated all of them and . eliminated every method except put- .1} ting a mark on the wing with. a tat- top mraker. . 2"»- “HOW DO YOU LIKE‘BIY PETS?”——Says THF FALIILY GETS TOGETHER.—Reunions are annual afi'airs in A 225-POUND BUCK.———1, ". .-‘“l .,.:.. . 1 assist-gm» In]: ,_ lower than you will find elsewhere. There are other facts. that make our prices possible. We have expertbuy’ ers everywhere. 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(Continued, from December 17th issue) “ HIS was the way we came." she 0'10“- T “We're clear beyond the camp on the other side." They rode on Very slowly, stoping every few minutes to listen. A patrol might be ahead of them, might be behind—e. faint chance existed that all the searchers had gone east. This last, Duncan doubted, but hope still hung in his mind. ’ From ahead came the sound of a man a voice. They halted. Now hoof beats were very clear. A party was coming toward them. Duncan dismounted. ‘Back among the trees,” "And keep your hand on the horse’s muz- zle. He'll whinny.” They took a post a bare tWenty yards away. Almost noiselessly five shadows drifted down the trail, horses and riders. One mount stumbled and his rider swore as he passed'opposite them. There was no other sound. The five had passed. There had passed too, the faint whispering of their going among the boughs that crowded close to the trail. Duncan breathed deeply; he suddenly felt weak and light headed; the danger was over. The road to the settle- ment was clear. This patrol, sent out at random, had found nothing. There would be no pursuit. He said as much to the girl. She said nothing for a moment, but stared into the darkness. . "Not safe yet," she said, finally. "Never neve ” Duncan did not know what she meant, but agreed moodily that there was no safety, no real safety, anywhere on the frontier. A man had to go hiding from tree to tree like an Indian. He paused to think that he would have reckoned this a merit only a few days before. “No place to bring up a family," he said aloud, in an echo of campfire talks he had heard. Then he'blushed deeply in the dark. It was time to be starting, he suggested. She agreed, and mounted. They went on the trail again. _ “We were going to iHillsboro,” she said to herself in a whisper as they rode. “Land was cheap there, he heard, and no Indian troubles. We thought—” Her voice trailed off into silence. Dun— can knew she was thinking of her father. Strangely enough, his first feeling was of irritation. Why didn’t she think of him, who had got her out of this trouble? There’ were few' men—~so he classed him- self—who could have accomplished it. This mood passed. She had no one now; no one but him. He was glad for himself, and a little frightened. But it made her sorrow more real, since she was now a part of him and her sorrows also. This came to him, though he did not rea- son it out. He put out a hand, found one of hers on the saddle horn, and patted it gently. , They Went on in silence in the dark. It was ticklish going for a while, but presently the clouds blew away and the starlight helped show them the trail and kept the horses from stumbling. They were even open stretches werethey could go at a trot, and once after a long period of walking, Duncan risked the horses at an easy gallop for a mile. They picked up there own trail, and only hoped that it would lead to the settlement. It was toward morning. when a dog. barked by the roadside and they made out a blur .of a house back-in the trees. Duncan would have stopped, but the girl forbade. . , “’l'hey’ll find us," she urged. “We want more people around.” This fitted in well enough with Duncan’s plans. He had con- ceived the notion of helping to get a posse together and leading it’back to wipe out the outlaw band. They came into an open space, with a dozen cabins scattered about. There was no sound at first, butthe murmur of water from a stream nearby. - Then a dog'barked. and was echoed by a, score more. cabin and gave a'h'allo'o.‘ There were'movements within. .A win- dow cracked open.‘ Duncan could not see the head the. the knew was peering out.‘ “Who’are yo and what do. ya want?’ asked a'ivoice suddenly. .“F‘ood and a bed and a lire}; said Dun- ll' _ f’canfshortly. ‘Wefve been-riding r. , _ p ,4 . 8'ng or s'ronx , y *- -..‘ ~ UNQAN HcAIEE. an orphan, from Bethelelcn. Pennsylvania, going on ‘ seventeen. is going tc‘xcrth Carolina to live with his uncle. muslin; by wagon train, encountering all sorts of dam he has n tool ._ a? ' and proves that “seventeen is grown up" by anvil; c “It to“. lady. I bandits who easel: the min, kiln-g most of the people animus“ The Journey tron Bethelehcm to W fol-but a. little beyond the letter place they are Joined by the m g It stranger comes into camp. begs n Inca! and tells of being m Dy Indians. After that Duncan mounts guard batons night he falls aelccp cubicle m- ened by the noise of attacking raiders who shoot some of the nu, Odie money. horses and other belongings of value, and make thdr econ-c. , ' the Scwycr girl away with .the- as n'prlsoncr. He follows at a distance for n time but his! Joins the "Inter. Awmlng so he homeless and Mcnjlccc she’ll” The leader leaves emcp for c few laws and M plans to escape with the girl before he returner-Editor. he ordered. - Duncan, rode up to the iargest ht." - 5 51 While camped one Ilghti_ it Descent-Wists“.- i r ‘ - r Thiswasehewedovcvln-sfleneetorn moment. The voice spoke min. W outwherelccnsceyou."itomdered. Duncan hardly knew whetha to cry or to dragonthiepistcl. .Hehcdthouxhtit would be easier than this. What they saw the hamlet, it weaned that their troubles were over. How long most they argue with this” tool? He dismounted and helped the girl. Her legs gave way as she tried to stand. so that he had to hold her for a moment. Then she took hold of the saddle horn and vowed she was well enough. He left her there and unsaddled and unbridled the other horse. By the time he was turned loose, Agnes had managed to walk to the stoop 'of the house‘and sit down. In silence, Duncan looked after her mount. The voice spoke again: “Is it a lass with you?" Duncan said it was. “And what might- her name be?" "Sawyer.” sleep. is: ” ‘ swat ti ,' Thenhereyee cloéed. ~ been through, that moment seemed happy ‘ 1 beyond all others inhls life. and peacefu Theda!!! kitchen. with theflreltght flicks ertng on m’. rafters and the strings of dried hat-he, theme hearth with the iron _ To 'mm'snerzme days me mo had” kettle swung overuse are, the shadowy. . comfortable depth: "of the room, wherb benches-and tables showed dimly in the dark, all crested an atmosphere of rest and quiet. The: Won» acheu in a focus on the em opposite him. He watched her quiet has with s. strange de- -~ H light. How tired Shawn’s. the darkgcircles under her eyes, the draws face, the cheeks that were gray now tnsteui of red.- ‘I will make it up to her,” he mur- mured to himaelf. so it he had been the exhaustion. ”(smother-fl L Her eyelids film in the cande light. Duncan put'the candle out and let the thought serve. The girl's left hand was lying loosely on the table, palm down. hit over it: it turned slowly and ‘ his. '11:. boy took a «hep breath and leaned over and kissed . her cheek. » Shaken and surprised at his emotion, he . There was a prolonged gasp and some "' profanity from the window. , ” “Then you're the boy, maybe?“ . Duncan’s control broke down at that. “You born idiot!” he cried. “Will you ask questions all night? Let us in and get your wife out to take care of this girl. She’s near dead." “I’ll be out at once," said the house- holder, apparently without malice, and added in a tone'of pure wonder, “To thin of itl—to think of it!" ' Half an hour after, the two were seated at a table in the tavern kitchen, with plenty of hot drink and food before them. A fire blazed in the next room. the wife of the innkeeper was clearing away a sleeping place for them. The could hear her moving about. ' The tavern keeper had heard of them. The Moravians and the Orchards had passed through there, all bundled up in one wagon, hauled by a poor yoke of oxen. Sawyer had been buried where he fell. The report of the banditry had aroused some indignation. especially in the inn- keeper, who missed the traffic they scared away. But no one had ventured a blind search for the lost girl. Duncan, of course, no one worried about. As soon as they got the story out of them, the inn-keeper was off to rout out enough rifles to take the back trail to the bandits’ camp. He reckoned on more than good—will to aid him 'here. There was a chance of rich plunder. Then, all of them suffered some depredations from thieves: that irritation would find an out- let against this particular band. Duncan was very sleepy. He sipped the hot drink that had been placed before him. The stew he nibbled at gingerly. He was too tired to be hungry. In his sudden weariness, the weight of the pistol in his belt seemed a. burden. ‘ He placed it on the table. L gut up quickly. The girl still slept. Dun- can walked to the window and looked out. A light had come cut in e. cabin a few rode away; he could hear the voices. Save for that, the hamlet eeerned~ as quiet as when he first entered it. In spite of the sleeping men. and“ women in the nearby cabins, Duncan had for a moment a sense of complete isolation. The feeling was less than pleasant. of friendly bodies around him, hands to He wanted the feeling . grip, voices that would reassure him. He . began to wish that the inn—keeper, now . vanished entirely within a house across the way, would come back and make the . room less lonely, the shadows less omi- nous. ~ Some odd sense of discomfort, of dan- ger, made him turn. The door had swung " open; there was a man standing there. The newcomer did not moVe or speak, and in that quietness there seemed something uncanny. Duncan tried to be sensible. “Are you," he began; then his voice died‘away. The fire had flared up to show the man’s face. It was Locke, and the pistol he carried 'was leveled at Duncan’s breast. , , “I guessed right. I see,” said'tlie bandit quietly. "This,.business will soon be over. You are to be killed first, of course. I regret that it can’t be done more deliber- ately. A bullet is so quickly. And the girl goes back, though I doubt if she is worth having if you have been fooling ; around with her so long." Duncan still stared. How could this be true? They were safe, the hamlet was arming to help them. It couldn't be. Yet the black figure was too real. light cast a red glint on the pistol barrel. Locke began to speak again. “You fooled me: I credit you that. If it had been anything else, I should say, The flrc- ‘ ‘Well done,’ and take you back to serve , with me. But not in this case." Duncan’s mind still essayed to grapple with the man's presence. How had Locke come there? Shrewd as a fox, he had ridden in unmolested, unseen. since the . inn-keeper had just begun his rounds. Locke was speaking again. ' ' “Well, mistress, are you ready?” Duncan switched his fascinated eyes . from the pistol barrel. The girl had jerked erect suddenly. Her sleepy eyes started at the two. Then she leaped up. "Scream and I shoot him,” Locke cau- tloned. She looked at Duncan andsank down again. The bandit laughed. _, (Continued in January 17th issue) ow the other members are all rlght If the details show up Well. won't you c picture OI'JOUI' home. or tum buildings that we on The Bounces Fm’e large family where you Do not send us the negatives. hm a one print. a Where Our Readers Live . prlut a...» this heading? live. Kodak lcturea -...__— 1 hunter.” ; but go “farther or farthest.” m RAISE REWARDS EAR EDITOR: I am sending $1 {or three years renewal to M. B. F. I- would not like to be withoiit your paper and am ready to boost it at every opportunity. I think if every one of the sub— scribers would pay $1 each for re- ward money which ‘would make , about $90,000Lthen raise the rewards it would get the thieves on’ a bigger run.—-—C. Spauldin‘g, Newago County. TAX OLD MAIDS TOO EAR EDITOR: I think F. L. G. of Alma doesn’t have quite the right idea in regards to taxing bachelors. If he'was a married man , man with a family of live or six ‘chil- dren, the children would draw an average of $15 per child primary meney and thus help the schools. To ' say nothing of the milk, butter and in, potatoes they would consume, this way raising the ’price of these commodities. . Furthermore, why not tax the old maids, too? Don’t they help "burn up the read" while not contributing one cent for gas tax, unless they own a"’car themselves. They don’t pay any tax for tobacco. So why not tax them ?—One Who Believes in Fair- ness. DOES IT PAY? EAR EDITOR: In response to your inquiry in the November 5th M. B. F..regarding the cost of protecting the black bear in Michi- gan I submit the following: Does it pay? Decidedly no! You state that during the first three months the State paid damages to the amount of $2,297. By the end of the year at this rate the cost would amount to $9,230. This would of course be but a minor part of the real cost. Only a few of those who suffered harm would report for dam- ages. The lesser mischiefs which would not repay the trouble would aggregate as much as the few major ’ ~depredations reported. Much of the ”less could not be actually proven hence would not be‘paid nor even calculated. Suppose we double the above amount and say $18,000. Eighteen thousand dollars added—- added mind you, not stricken from, the tax roll. ., And for what? Why simply that a few “sports" from the cities may stroll out into the country. and exhibit their great prowess by wantonly taking the lives of these defensible denizens of the forest. So much for the "gentleman Few however stop there, Tres— passing, tramsping down crops, breaking or outing down fences, de- stroying property, endangering life of not only the stock but of even the people. ‘Many reports of injury have been made» this fall. Even here in this thickly settled country I have several times this fall heard balls whistle over my head while choring about my buildings in the presence or my stock and my children. Next as a point of law let us ask whose bears are these? We will an- swer it by a parable. “Is that your dog?” asked the supervisor. "No, sir,” I respond. “Didn’t I hear you say YOIL fed it?” “Why, yes; you see I can 't see even a tramp dog suf- fer from hunger." “Then the law considers it yours. please." I have to pay it. How about the bear raised in my swamp and fed upon my crops and animals. That’s not mine I have no right to it—must get a license to shoot my own bear on my own prem- ises. The ones who shoot it are much more able than I to feed it and have not suifered from its de— predations. Talk about helping the poor farmer. The best "help is to just keep hands oil and let him run . his own premises. 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E is 'one of those «flySby-night evangelists. , He pitched, (his, tent . , 111, a,-p9pu‘10u5"cfimliiufivitv and announced-a campaigner old \time religion. _,01*'c‘6‘urse, folks. fiiied the tabernacle. ., They; liked to .join in singing, “We want to go to heaven to .hearpldeordan ronj‘” and they enjoyed having the preaCher put some folks in a. hell of literal lfire, while the faithful were promised streets of‘ pure gold. ‘ Night ' after night the crost came, for, they said, “Our spiritual hunger is being satisfied.” ‘What strange appetites! ‘But if this new year needs One thing more than another, it is the old time religion. While a verbal faith abounds; static churches, race hatred and economic greed do much more abound- Let us have a spiritu- al'quickener for our souls; even a. sane and certified religion. After all, what about theffaith of our-fathers? Perhaps We shallfind in our text a transcript of religious conviction which we much need in these new times. Let us see. - “But now we have been diacharged from the law.’_' These ancient words were coined in the mint- of personal experience. The apostle was right when he said, “I know Whom I have believed.” got his discharge. ‘And so far as the writer can understand, every person’s faith .is certified only through personal experience. Law or dogma proves nothing in the realm of the spirit. Only the per- sonal, equation can demonstrate Christianity. Said ’ Metchniboffg‘ the great French scientist, to Dr. Sadler, “How can you, having a. scientific mind, believe in Christ?” “I have met Him,” said the doctor. Our text pays tribute tothe Man Who claimed- primacy in the a‘poStle’s life, and re- ceived it. From this day on Jesus was taken seriously. “Christ liveth in me,” said Paul. And he asserted to others that he was in travail until Christ was formed in them. This is social passion. Now, however fond we may be to literally speculate about heaven 0r he'll, it is tremen- dously important that we meet Jesus Christ, exalt His personality in our lives, and apply His Gospel to a. sick world. We are glad to believe that at the portal of this new year We are restoring some such old time‘em- phasis in our religion. When Jesus is at the soul's center, His spirit will adapt itself to the so- lution of all the problems of our. ex- perience throughout the year. We are no longer gallingly held to an in- efficient religion established in forms and Ceremonies. ,Paul’s conversion experience, that is, his personal 'in- carnation of Christ, revealed the fic- w—SE/ ARIM-SERM ~ .3? " .. " Gianna. . ”slug populous matter: you would "lie. answered VII-Its to new. serve you wlthout charge. A He had met Christ and. moons] reply wlll be sent to you non or a. iitqiaiistiereiigion. . What has been your experience? ~Has Christ been revealed. in you? “New " * * we serve in newness jof'spi'rit and not in oldness of the letter.“ But this religion is so old that it had its beginnings :in the teachings of-the prophets. of ivory and “not grieved for the af- fliction” of the-people. ‘ Grafting preachers were building costly tem- ‘ples and‘promoting a religion of life- less forms. Chur'chand civilleaders -had.become so deflled that the soul 'of old farmer Amos leaped to its "feet to pronounce God’s doom upon (the nation.’ Religion was stately in ritual but it failed to visit the father? less and the widows and to keep un- spotted from the world. It vowed no social responsibility. No wonder Micah counters with, "What does Jehovah require of thee but to. do justly, love kindness, and walk hum- bly with thy God?” Thisis the old time religion of the spirit which was revived in John the Baptist, fulfilled in the social passion of Christ, and in like passion only is' conferred upon us. ‘ ‘ Resolved that we test this primi- tive religion during this new year. 'We enter this twelve-month rather ’ faulty. we yet serve much in “oldness {of the letter," and seem to care most to save” our forms and ceremonies. But can we not see that a creed- hobbled religion is not saving a sin- scourged world? ”Well,” says a voice, “isn't our Christianity becom- ‘ ing more popular every year? If so Why ,modify it?” ‘ churchmen for years. and popular investment. It cloaks his legal stealing. Mr. Blank keeps millinered up in .pious togs while he promotes _a religion that 'ostracizes ' millions of" the followers of. Jesus. Yes,-Christianity is popular with her vested interests, costly churches, and fashionable congregations; but what of social challenge, entering, and ‘ sacrifice? God, give us "a new ortho- doxy! What of the old time mean- . ing of the Cross? Admitted that the ’ new year should demand 'better farm markets, equalized'taxes, and , freer rural opportunities; but is any- thing more imperative_"than a roll- gion that can purify our homes, spir— itualize our churches, cleanse our politics, ‘rebuke business dishonesty. ' andsave us from hellish wars? But we enter'the new year With a. new ardor and a fresh hope. ’The in,- quiries that come to the writer’s desk indicate that religion is' being bap- tized in a. “newness of spirit." We are less dogmatic than in yesteryear. We travelless easily in the ruts of theology. A remote God with His imputed salvation is losing out. We . In those ' idays Zion‘was stretched out on beds ' Even so. A' preacher-friend went to a Brooklyn , pulpit .at ten thousand dollars a, year. Christianityis popular with him. A. ' business friend hasbeen an Official-2 It is al'good .‘s. I I .. , '36s . misused names-oracle. , g ,7 Bible ' of- spiritual = ireedo and » that? . .ave' a fim‘ "rather than oi literal fixedness. But’ this is , the faith of our fathers.- No, not or ' our grandfathers. And it is a world- . saving faith. Charles Elwood. asks, . One of the wonderful features of our Business Farmer is that every paper has a portion of it given to God’s word. I give praise to any paper doing the same.——0. M., Mnncelona, Mich. “Can the Christian church furnish again, as it did of old, the saints and the martyrs needed to redeem the world?” It surely can. And it will when it recovers the spiritual Christ in its. worship and its work. Jesus does not ignore sacramental religion altogether, but he makes the letter of it new through translating it into an inward and vital thing. This is the old time religion that used to comfort the souls of men and face difficulty,- oppression and death for humanity's sake. And it will again. God breathe in our feeble souls in this new year!‘ , Lost 200 Bushels of Apples.——Dur— ing the middle of December thieves broke into a storage house in Gan- ges, Allegan county, belonging to Dr. E. T. -Brunson,‘and stole 20.0 bushels of apples. Loss was estimated at $200 and there were no clues as to who might have done it. ~ Horse Comes‘,Back.—-——lt isn’t. very often thatiolks get back-anything that thieves take but Den Best from Visited by Thieves. ] A near Buchanan. Berrien county, Wa‘S' very fortunate. He had a horse stolen from his barn that later wan— dered into the yard of a neighbor. , Clues indicated that the thievealoade . ed the horse onto a truck and started awaywith it but after go'i’ngso’me distance got cold feet and let it-go. ,Put Behind Bare—Three- oflicials of the Genesee county sheriiifs de- partment, Deputies .Bessenger, Kel- ley and VanAuken, are to be con- gratulated for their fine work in re— cently catching three thieves who have been doing a wholesale busi- ness stealing chickens in Genesee and Saginaw counties. And a nice thing about the whole case was the fact that the judge realized the seri- pusness of the situation and gave the thieves real stiff sentences in State' prisons. Loses 400 Bushels of 0ats.———Har- ry Thomas, of Lincoln Lake, Kent county, lost 400 bushels of oats not long ago. 'Returning to the farm after several days absence he found his barn had been broken into and ~ the grain/gone. He offereda reward for the thieves. ‘ ' Steals Truck to Haul. Chickens—'4, Not only did thieves visit the, chicken coop ’0: Elmer Reese, of Macomb,‘ Macomb county, but-they also< stole his truck to carry away their Chick,- ens. , orty Rhode Island Reds were taken."" . »‘ g . Catch Hog' ThievesPTBer'tyHunter. from near Mount, Pleasant, Isabella ed his pig pen. gClues revealed that the pig had heendriven from the pen across a fieldand killed’beiore it was loaded into a car. ‘Foubwing th’e- " car tracks the thieves wereflnally ca—ught' near Lansing.- We 3!?) _ Chickens Gone.fi:While "the family « slept thieves entered ”(the chicken . aeop at the home of ..Frank- ;.. King. ' ‘n'ea‘r .‘Benton Harbbr, "and" car: ‘ ried 011 30 chickens and-"five turkeys; stew $935 before” Christmas. _ ‘r . ,’ « l , W-q— ; ‘ ' > I "' . PM ‘ trill. _. hag; any, Busmhss, ' . ' I' . t Want it to'stop' ; county, diSCoVered. thieves had visit— . '- K Y "b 29 1927 ‘ '- $250 Up sw. ork- N. Y., Novem ér . _ . _ . . . . «th lgwdlid $1.1 bhgctors hug ggglgeduatgsufig .‘ All outside rooms; each with It" -' ,o v on n e . , .! , - cent 11%.“ yon-she ciuiiuiative‘7 .Preterred ~ bath,runnmgxcewaterand$erv. F Two MILLION BUICKS A few weeks ago, Buick manufactured the twomillionth Buick and thereby establish- ed the most spectacular production record in fine car history. Attainment of the two million mark is a noteworthy accomplishment in any motor . car field‘;_but‘it assumes epic proportions . when, considered in terms of a car of Buick caliber. ‘ ' ' _ _ Give thought, for av-moment, to the deeper, more significant phases of this Buick , achievement: ‘ A The world’s purchase bf two million Buicks rep- resents a world tribute to Buick quality of al- most three billion dollars. Motorists purchased the firsu million in twenty years, and the second million in four years—proof of Buick’s steadily increasing popularity. The two million Buicks have proved Buick depend- ability by traveling scores of billions of miles— The 2 Millionth Buick joins its brothers on the road four million times the distance aroundthe world. And, after twenty-four years, approximately 1,600,000 of the two million Buicks are still serving their owners! These facts constitute a record of popular- ity, reliability and stamina not even remote- 1y approached by any other car—a record that becomes still more impressive. with each new Buick that goes forth upon the highways of the worl . Supreme value—overwhelming demand—Q then still greater value and still greater de- mand—have formed the wonder-working formula‘ of Buick progress. And this prog- ress still continues. The year just closed has been Buick’s bilgo gest year. More people have bought Buic 3 during this period than during any other twelve months in Buick history. BUICK MOTOR C0., FLINT, MICH. 7 Division of_GauualMoton Corp. 1 Canadian Factories: MCLAUGHLIN-BUICK. Oshawa, Ont. \ / llll/l ' ' BUICK WILL BUILD THEM Two MILLION, BUICKS , M 1.33. mm!’ ROSS METAL suo Lifetime Satisfaction ADE of define-content Rossmetalgal- vanised. shrinking dung. Can biinueesed‘in height. ilgr'ehl’uSafe A, ‘ send for remarkable book- El . let—{What User: says: ' ’ - g: 7 . Easy temselguy now} gill; , . paylater. fl, . I. E ‘ Check below items in l W" ‘ which you areinterested‘ R655 and we will send illue- . . t, mung! g: .Silos [J Cutters C] Cribs [j BrooderHoueeeD HogI-Iousesu Millet: ., 1.944R00ms fire and wind. No freeze troubles. tra ted folders. ‘ Agents wanted in territory ....mhere,wc.-arc nqtisnm‘ sented. " .' ~ ‘ -. 'qfl‘rsnuafloum. PAPER coupsnv . ;o»;. . ,i n--, endure lar. rtr ~ . giny’ithgg‘lfimo swan digits-git perv'gcgnt - @30? are Comps ' for mom t F233;“ 32%? 1° 13"“ , an r e an r . 10th. %28. to’iholdergs‘o record xdag-the close 0% businem—lhcember 2' th. 1927. Check will be '1 ho not close. 1 er. 0 , _, ,1). «Vice—President a. Treasurer. I‘ .- - ‘When in Chicago Enjoy Your Stay-— at the Superb New MORRISON » HOTEL ' Corner Madison and Clark Sect-g Thvev me. Céuttg: &_Silo 5310b - < Tallest Hotel in the World ‘ . t, lingfi , . 3 V . o o '0 ' l 4 4? 6 Estfbushe‘é 1850 v Forty-six SW High . Makers of Closestin the city to ofiices, thea- tres, stores and railroad depots. idor which gives added protection to guests with its grille feature. 4— The New Mormon when completed will be the largest and tallest hotel in a: mid, containing 33400 rooms f, > 2} -. 7. f .1»; 4 )4 ,9. f q ' 2, a. .1: .3 is; mm m ER can 1 rm: RURAL gildii‘ismi’l‘esioflum In. wfi' CLEMENS. million: eA DETROIT OFF] l———2- 144 Genall N81 NG ’FICE——232S. Capital Ave» Represented in New sYork. Chicago as. loan album In Tbes tockl'r-n-Buslnou Fun. Member of Agricultural Pol-macs Amati“ Member of Audit Bureau of and.“ GEORGE M. SLOCUM KILUN GRINNF‘ , " ROB OBER'I‘ J, McCOLGAN M In Mm Annie Taylor--...-.-..-....-..«......-_._ ............. ”w L. W. k ........................ junta—”ck" Fer- Tmm Mee EergertmNafiifer. ...—.... ... 0.11“}... .. "'With th . 1m .................. “ III I H. a. a ting e WW Charles A nSmnnnle mu}? m g'v w 1131a rmwm 11""t % e . . nrner a Kbgsborn' - - “Ea. i a" IS} Pfitghm; W'm er ' . Lee Grin n F-“r I ' Henry Fni'lhflrin- Pint Salem Published Il—My OIIE YEAR 500, THREE YEARS IEVEI VEAIC $8 The date following your name en ti:1 1 no your subscription expires marina send thi 5 £136 minke. Remit by check. dn , Maggi-ad; or let e r; stampsen currenc are e «know 0 by first-class mall devery do] at weaved?!" Address all lotus-I to MT. 0L ME.“ manna ldvsrtltl ng Rates: 55c per agate line. 14 lines to are cohnnn inch 772 lines to the page. at r te Fl 1: s. Live Stock and Auctlon Sale Advertlslng: We otter special low rate- to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry: write us. RELIABLE ADVERTISERS We will not knowin swept the adyatis of any firm who we do not eve to be thoroughly 011‘ an ereliable. Should any reader have on cause for complaint against any ad— ~vertiser in thee unms, blisber would Wodeh- an un- mediate letter bringing all fees to light. In every case when writingea say: w your advertisement in The Michigan Businee Farmer!” It will guarantee honest dealing. "The Farm Paper of Service" LET’S DRIVE OUT THE THIEF! “THE Farm Thief Must Go.” That is the head- ing on the article that appears on page four of this issue--and we mean it. He is tak- ing over a million dollars out of the poCkets of the farmers of Michigan every year. This can not continue. Nearly a year and a half ago we started our campaign against thievery and to date we have spent around $2,500. Much has been accom— plished but there remains much more to do before rural thieves learn that Michigan is a State to avoid. No one group or organization can drive them. out. The farmers, officials and ourselves must work together to do this. We are doing our part in every way that we possibly can. Officials can do their part by catch- ing the thieves and then putting them behind prison bars. Some officers have done very et- fective work along these lines. Farmers are in position to do more than anyone else, and our article on page four tells what and how they can do it. More articles on this subject will appear in future issues. We are out to put the farm thief in the right coop or make him get out of Michigan, Are you with us? ANOTHER NEW FEATURE HE BUSINESS FARMER is being built on the foundation of Service—Service to its readers ——and its .rapid and steady growth indicates that it is being built well. We folks here at the home office cannot claim all of the credit. Neither can the farmers who have supported it by be- coming subscribers. But all of us, you folks and us, working in unison, have brought about this solid growth. We have served you by answering your ques- tions and publishing a farm paper containing such features as we believe you like. You, in turn, have served us by supporting our work through subscriptions to M. B. F. and letters to us voicing your approval or criticism of the con— tents of Tm: BUSINESS FARMER. We appreciate the subscriptions and letters; let’s have more of them. And now we are adding a new service or fea- ture for your approval or rejection. This feature, to be known as “Chatting with the Agricultural Teacher,” is probably entirely different than any that appears in other farm papers in the United' States, and we predict “that it will‘be as popular as any other department in M. B. F. Mr. V. 0. Braun, agricultural teacher in a large high school ~ in Shiawassee county and owner and operator of a 160-acre farm in Branch county, is editor of the new department. We want you to become real Well acquainted with him and the best way you can do this is by reading his department and then ' writing in some questions for him to answer. He will be pleased to have you do both and, will an- swer the questions by first class mail. Remember, folks, this new service is “on trial," , W E most encouraging reports continue to' come out of Hexico.’ When we were there in‘ the spring of 1927, the strained condition of government policies on both sides of the border were apparent.‘ From the time Ambassado Mor- row reached his post in September, however, until Colonel Lindbergh’s‘ silver-”Spirit of St. Louis” landed like a dove of poems on the flying field at Mexico City, there has been a feeling of better Vunderstandlng growing between the two govern— ments and their peoples. Only this week came the report that the oil question, one of. the three bones of contention raised by the Calles govern- ment had been favorably adjusted in- accordance with tile decision of the Mexican supreme court. ’ ' Fortunately for these two great neighboring re— publics which should be friends, both President Coolidge and President Canes, have adopted ‘8. " spirit of cordiality which helps to smooth. out ’ the wrinkles of injured pride and aloofness, which have prevented amicable adjustments» of minor problems in the past. Mexico can be made as good a friend and neighbor as Canada, and it begins to look as if we were headed that way. CAN NOT AGREE ARM BLOC Fails to Agree on Plan." That: reads a headline in the daily press regard- ' ing farm legislation which is to come before the present Congress. If the agricultural leaders can not agree on any certain bill how an Con- gress be expected to do anything for the farmer? What other interests get what they want from Congress without presenting a. united front? Looks like farm bloc leaders were doing more to defeat farm legislation than anyonelelse. TREAT IN STORE FOR YOU 0 you“ remember the Mulrs and Doug Sum- mers of “Homestead Country,” one of the most interesting stories we ever published? It appeared in our columns a little over a. year ago. Those 01" you who do remember them will be interested to know that we have secured an- other story nbout them and it will follow “Seven- teen Is Grown Up" which will end in our next issue. To those of you who did not read about these folks we -want to say that you have a real treat in store in “Catapult." Do not miss the opening chapters. -, TBIEVES SHOT FABMEB 3 you will read on page three, John McNally, Bay county farmer, lays in the hospital re- covering from wounds caused by bullets fired at him when he tried to prevent three men from stealing-his property. If McNally had been armed perhaps there would be a different story to tell. FARBIER IN THE SWIM CCORDING to Forbes Magazine, to whom we ., are—e indebted for the picture appearing on the front cover of this issue, the farmer is in the swim now, along with labor and the manu— factorer who have been enjoying themselves While he stood on thebank. We too believe that the farmer has entered the water but hardly think it was by the way of the springboard. Heis wad.- , ing in and has quite a ways to go before he gets into deep water. But' we can be thankful that he is headed in the right direction and we hope it will not be long until he is in all over. WHAT WE DID IN 1927 LSEWHERE in this issue there appears a‘ summary of what we did during the year just past. We thought we did considerable but failed to realize just how much until we got it all together in condensed form. It surprised us. Maybe it will you, too. CHICKEN THIEF' mums on $50" EACH M. B. F_. Has PAID 1.—-—Frank Watkins, Holly, Mich. 2.—-Walter Arnold, Oakland County Deputy. , JOhn W. Copp, Oakland County Deputy. 3. -—Amos Jury, Ashley, Mich. 4.-—Waync DeBree, Greenville, Mich. .4. 5.——-Alton Hall, Charlotte, Mich. 9 6.—-Alsx MacDonald, Housman mo, Mich. 7. --—A. R Geddes, Saginaw Gaunt! Officer. _ " Manama . del’vegot ophntoo’top the naturist and sell him pop and sandwiches and berry pie, ' no more they'll go n-snllin’ by. It tnkesu teller that is wise to mall! '51:: stop and patronize erandy’l stand, but now, by gum, we 've got ’em lined up as they come. ernndy can't bake pies enough, she's most sold out of all her stat, the customer’s have come so fast no wonder that her grub don't last, noon“ goes sailin’ put in note, they stop and-patronize our storé. ‘ I painted up a sign that said, "Bridge Out. Un- safe To Go Ahead." The folks that used to pan us up are stoppin’ new to dine or sun. the cm are thick ground out stood, u-bnyln' “I. to but the band. It takes a shrewd, resourceful mu to figure out a clever plan to mks folks stop awhile and buy, Mirandy sure lo lucky, why, some men would give up right away, but I've got schemes and make ’em pay. When them there folks has ct their fill, and after they have paid their bill, I_ tell 'em we enjoyed their call and that the bridge ain't out at all. They laugh on they bid no good- bye, and say. “Your wife makes blamed good pie." ) . run mw‘s pulmonar- How styles do change. I always thought we were supposed to recognize folks by their hoes, but pictures we see in the papers indicate that . legs is goin' to be the future means of identifi— cation. ' I saw an ad in the'paper about the new fllvver tained there was a uniformed chauffeur. That's just about like givin' a quarter tip on a fifteen- cent lunch. 'Now that Christmas is over the family is through worryin' and I’m just startin’. care of I can smile again. I hope it don’ t become regular practice for po- litical candidates to broadcast all their speeches. Already we got too much static. I was readin’ in the paper ’bout a hen in Mass- achusetts that lays eggs almost square. and in- stead of bein' smooth they are rough with heavy lines resemblin’ corrugated paper. watch out or she’ll be layin’ card board egg crates the first thing they know. Ever hear this one! George, asouthern darky, moved to a. northern City and decided to change his bank account also. He wrote a check on his money in the home town negro bank and de- posited it in a bank in the town where he lived. Within a. week the check came back marked “No funds. ” was assured that he positively hadmoney in that bank. Then the northern banker wrote a strong ' .mk. A few days later he ‘When we all sen'sw . letter to the no '1 r received the fr .-ng replyz' But once ' I get the presents paid for and the taxes taken They better , . The banker got ahold of George, and ‘ back a check --....ked ‘No tun’ s’ we don't mean the custbmer ain’t got no tun’ s. we mean we ain't got ; no fun’.s We is temporarily busted ”' - connflonvmnfs. 1‘ x Jan. 30. Jet). st-J'armers’ Week. M. s. a, mat 7 . lyn. N. Y.; dlsthn'oo. woo-sumo: CLIPPING NEWSPAPERS idea is a very profitable one—— for some folks—from the num- \ “Tiber going into the business. The .jif' latest to come to our attention are, " .. Acme Addressing 00., Greenfield and 'iHillsboro, Ohio; Kantian 00., Brook- Superior Service, Mar- shall. ILL; Gillies Mailing Service, Mney. Nova. Scotia; North Shore Service, Rochester, N. Y.; Manntw tumors Outlet of America, Birming- ham, Ala; , Hugh Faulkner Mailing Service, Atlanta, Ga; Modern Busi- ness Bureau, New York City. - Some of them have rather high sounding names but the scheme they . are working is no different than the one being promoted by others. They want you to send them a. dollar for a letter of instructions on how to clip personal news items from various newspapers and send postal Cards to the people mentioned suggesting that you have an item which will interest them*and you will forward it for twenty-five cents. . . ‘ As the office boy says, "It's bolog— na, and any way you want to cu it it's still bologna." Such schemes will continue to flourish only, as long as the public continues to “fall" for them. BEAGLE HOUND STOLEN RTHUR SOULE, Route 2, Romeo, reports that he has had a valu- able beagle hound stolen. The hound answers to the name of “Sam;" is three years old; and brown, black and white in color. AuyOne finding the dog, please get in touch with Mr. Soule, or with the Editor of M. B. F. . FAKES TELEGRAM‘S ERE is something new in faking. During the week before Christ— mas more than 1, 000 collect counterfeit telegrams were delivered in the city of New Rochelle, New York, by an impersonator of a West~ ern Union employee. Many of the . )yyymessagos were signed "Santa Claus.” FARM PRODUCE AT BARGAIN PRICES E 'areadvised by the National Better Business Bureau of - a clever swindle by an itinerant operator who has operated under the names of George Beach, Harry La- harro, Charles Lynn, E. G. Williams, John Burns, George Webber, and perhaps several others that are un- known to the officials. The success 'of his scheme depends on classified advertisements in various publica- tions. His scheme is simple and prof- itable—to him. He has a classified advertisement inserted in a news- paper or magazine altering farm pro- duce at bargain prices, with cash in . advance. Of course, he picks papers in sections where there is a scarcity of the produce he advertises. After placing the ad he rents a post office box to which the mail is directed. He collects his mail once or twice a day, keeping under cover as much as pos- sible, and before there is any chance for semeone to get very suspicious he moves on. He has advertised ap- ples, peaches, other fruits, nuts, tur k9¥\ eggs, maple syrup and honey, 1‘ I. s. The Collection Box , The our 9 of this department is to was our Subscr- born from fraudulent dealings or un- mum cm imam N persons or concern: at a stones. can ‘1.qu do our host to make 17mm utflunent or force aot|on. for. o for our sol-floss M" ever be mushrooms-oom- PPARENTLY the clipping bureau T N "‘1 Michigan officials had orders he received. , Beach has been described by sever- al persons as height, between 36 and 40 years of age, is smooth shaven, has brown “hair and eyes, and moderately well dressed. DE COFFEE AND HEAD NOIBES I am writing you about Dr. N. 0.’ Coffee, of Davenport, Iowa, who claims he cures head noises and deaf- ness through the mail. writing me and sending testimonials, but there is no full name and ad- dress furnished so that anyone can write to them. He says most people do not like to be troubled by cor- respondence. When I told him that I had written to the Cass Laborator- ies in Chicago and they advised me that catarrh and head noises could - not be successfully treated by mail and that I had better consult a. local physician, he replied that he did not like to have patients call in person at his office as he was getting well up in years. At first he wanted $10 a month for treating me; I don’t re— member what his last price was, but“. - ' it was a whole lot lower. Now, I want treatment for my head, but I don’t like to spend my money where I don’t get any good from it. I also notice that he does not run an ad in your paper. I would appreciate having your opin- ion about this man and whether I would be safe in doctoring with him. -—-B. L. Benzonia, Mich. N response to your query regarding I “Dr. N. 0. Coffee" and his ability to cure head noises and deafness, we do not believe that any bodily ail- ment or disease can be cured by mail. The best physicians absolutely refuse to give advice by letter in cases with which they are not personally fa—’ miliar, not because they dislike to give free information but due to the fact that such advice cannot be re— liable and the following of it might , cause disastrous effects A physical examination is essen- tial before anything like reliable treatment can be instituted. There is more than one kind of deafness. and the nature, of/ the particular deaf— ness from which you are suffering can only be determined by examina- tion. If you are in need of immedi- ate care, it would be a saving of * money in the long run for you to consult an ear specialist in some hospital clinic near you, or, if you could come so far, the University Hospital at Ann Arbor would be an excellent place for you to go. The rates are not expensive, and although the initial expense may loom large it does not amount to so much in the end as it would if'you paid five dollars now to this doctor and then ten dollars to that without obtaining any relief. “EYE DOCTOR” TO FACE MUSIC IN ILLINOIS our‘ last issue we stated that J located, “Dr. Anderson,” alias Fred Ash- er, of Chicago, the “eye doctor" who swindled folks in Eaton and Ionia‘ counties last summer. The “doctor” was located. in Waterloo, Illinois, where he ran afoul of the law for giving “treatments” to Illinois folks. Sheri!!! ‘ William French, of Ionia, made a trip to Illinois to try to get 'Gov. Small to issue extraditionnpa- per-s but he ruled that Asher would have to face charges there before be- ing returned to this State. His trial is set for March. ‘ I can writing to you to let you know I mama my money from the Clear Sight Spectacle Comm It is all right now. Thank you very much. for what you have done foi- me. Boyne Falls, Mich. ' her: arm. B.- in. but, acdording to reports, there is no} record of his ever filling any of the being of . medium - He keeps . l “h. ‘~ , I never would have got it . had not it been form—Mrs. J. 113.. Name 57% ; s N g M ~11 "I Minn»... FEDERAL BOND C-rMORTGAGE C0. Griswold at Clifford (Detroit. SIX PER CENT FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS Federal Bond 8: Mortgage Co., Detroit, Michigan Please send me information on your current offerings. I II 1. . . 1mImyummmmnnmuummmmq I! 2031 Address FIN Onlym sul”assesstmints last .3511 cars, aver- Mpercentmliveoestoohpoultry, . graimproduce,etc. Assessments tspaidinadvanoe. Nodead beatsto leavetheirsharetobepaidhy other members. Ifinoonvenientmpay . Jesus Wanted. Established 1917 mom RESERVE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE MANY 2970 West Gram! Boulevard. osmorr RE? YOUR FARM PROPERTY With Our Liberal Form Blanket Policy "a- m RATE $2 ....94 as... as now we will accept m-da note. which may includ _e Fire §x¢unguisgusand Spark uir e ire Extinguishers, guarm 'ered to our members prepaid tor Chimney Spark Am at cost. Send for our 32- pan booklet eton farm fire Insurance. It's Rchences: Natiosnal Bank of Connneroe ent oflnsuranoe, Lansing; Michigan usiness Farmer, Mt. Clemens, or any one who knows us. Write for Terms Ship Your ”recall Calves and Live Poultry Detroit Beef Company OLDEST AND MOST RELIABLE COMMON HOUSE LN DETROIT Write for new shippers Guido shipping can and Quotations. Detroit Beef Co. THE ADVERTISEMENTS are your guide to good things. ‘Whatever you need, there is an advertisement in these pages that will take you to it—just the kind you want. ' WVhen writing advertiSers say you saw their ad in THE BUSINESS 'EABMEB. You’ll help {as and help youiself.) GEORGE M. SLOCUM Herbert Nat-zlger Dr. George Conn Q Dear Friends :— are—and you should .‘be ! “ "it as “the farm paper built~ . on service!” 51,000 For Poultry Thief V Campaign NDOUBTEDLY the outstanding accomplishment of I the year was our postinguof $1,000 tov-be given in..$50- rewards, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of poultry thieves. We have already paid , seven rewards, each of which has entailedan investigation by an officer of" this company, to preventany misappropriation of the fund. THE WILSON CASE Nothing happened in 1927 which aroused the farmers of our state more than the Wilson case; already familiar to every farmer in Michigan. On November 24, 1926, L. J. Wil- son of Greenville, a well known I§Iroung farmer of pioneer stock, shot and killed a chicken thief. e was arrested and brought to trial on a charge of manslaughter. rm We immediately got behind Mr. Wilson, realizing that this case would forever establish a precedent, as to whether or not the farmer has a right to protect his property. We circulated in our columns, a petition protesting Mr. Wilson’s arrest and re- “ ting the dismissal of his case. Later on we published a special eight-page “Extra" edition of THE BUSINESS FARMER, in which the petition appeared. This special edition was mailed to more than 120,000 farmers in Michigan, and 70,000 signed the Wilson petitions. We asked for contributions from farmers to meet Mr. ”Wilson’s trial expense, and $856.70 was raised in this manner; $400 was paid Mr. Wilson’s attorneys, the balance be- ing used to establish the L.‘ J. Wilson Fund to fight any similar case in the future. In all, more than $2,100 was spent on the Wilson case, in attorney’s fees,‘publishing the special edition. Under ‘our guidance the case won state-wide ublicity and the verdict giving Mr. Wilson a complete acquitta , wasa vindica- tion of our efforts in his behalf. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REWARDS While we were giving the chicken thieves a. merry chase during the first six months of the current year, reports came in to us from farmers, county officials, and our own field service men, that there was much stealing of other farm ro- duce and livestock. In ‘July, 1927, we posted an additional 500 to be paid in $25 rewards, for information leadingjto the arrest .and conviction of thieves stealing livestock or farm produce, other than poultry, just so long as it is the sole property of a swbscriber of the THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. SPECIAL FEATURES OR THINGS WE DID In addition to the publication itself, here are some of the activities we carried on: Wilson Case; (2). De- manded State Fair Clean-up and be' a farmers’ fair; (3) De- manded that Agricultural College at Lansing be maintained for the purpose for which it was established; (4) Advocated 40 gas' tax in lieu of annual license and weight tax; (5) fought for poultry building at State College; (6) Chicken thief laws‘; (7) support of Horton Trespass Law; (8) condemnation of pheasant for eating farmers’ crops; (9) advocated longer seasons to hunt pheasants; (10) tought_for removal of protection on bears; (11) complete report on legislature, etc., etc., etc. ADDITIONAL SERVICE We answered upward of ten thousand personal letters during 1927 for our readers. Our many editors were asked to answer hundreds of them in their departments and if in doubt, experts were consulted. . EXPOSING CROOKS AND FRAUDS Through “The Publisher’s Desk,” and personal letters, we have exposed hundreds of indiViduals or schemes which were defrauding or misleading the farm people, thus saving them countless thousands of dollars. " NEW FEATURES ADDED _IN 1927 New features added this past year .were: “Song of the Lazy Farmer,” FreaBulletin SerVice comprising U. S. Department of Agriculture, Michigan State College Bulletins and our own ad- vglrlti-sers’ bulletins, Farm Garden Editor, “Here’s How” cartoon 8 es. ’ I; I W. .Wél'o‘oto . , . , . "as; I know that you are as proud of the success of old “M. B. F.”.as>:we th us since the first little four pagesheet, printed on-pink paper, which was mailed in '1912. . Many of you are new friends who’are only beginning to learn what afriend you have in this Some of you have been wi l What no rm ' NET PAI 5 B: on ",be publication;— , . . . . . .. . -—‘-but all of you, old and new f nends alike can take equal pride 1918 - ”1 ‘ with us in the review. of our accomplishments in 1927 and our program 1 , . , -. '7 ‘ ' of progress'in 1928! ' . '_ . _ ' ‘1919 , 74 For, strengthened by the experience ofg._.-yea1;s! * Fortifiedv'by- (the 1 largest number of farm 'men'and'women'lever'enrell-ed under onebanner , 1920? . ,, 144 in' Michigani- Convinced that our policy of “the-farmer first; always”. is . . . — rightl' Promising to _. remain alert, fearless, and forever free"-2from.rpolit- 1922 . ical or religious entanglements— ' . . - 1925 " The Michigan Business _ ? Farnier stands at the’threSh 1926 hold of a Better Year} for ‘ Farmers, ready and eQuip— p ‘ ‘ ped as never before, to main- 1927 " ( , tain the lead you have given - :0“, .' e [Monies ~ en wards a Wi so on $50 award- f'.'oucuul Ex ensos of up hrvestl claims ........ ..... Expense of publ mailing 100,09 31,. Business * Farmer a -\ penses, VViISuw :w, tw Greenville, in cations .- Repm The collection Boil: Up to and including December 30, 1927, we have handled and settled the following 100 :(fopegs’mt; number of claims for our readers. [In ’subscribersy nearly every case these claims.-r—wnuklrg.not ~_ Special publicity or could not have beensettled, had-not Reward-mm» THE BUSINESS FARMER pushed the. claim until a final settlement was secured: ' Total Number Claims Filed..............3,109 Amount Involved ......................$33,124.87 Total Number. Claims Settled............2,588 Amount Secured ..................'.‘...;.$30.579.27. Contributed by on ~ - I’aid Wilson A . Balance in Fund... - TOTAL EXP ‘ Ii: fl, Front row ten to rlght: E. J. Klrtley, A. J. Boulls, F. B.‘ Davis 0. W. Church, Olgie M. c Roblneu I.. F. Dunnl . Middle row left to rlght: H. 8. Bryan. on ‘~ ' I”. L c' Bum ccunty; J. l.. ‘l-ll‘gzledlne. Back’row. left at right: Homer Smith. F Our Fi d‘ ,{l’hese men and women, our field-agents, devote 011 Se i 91 full time to calling on our more than 95,000 sub W6 W ce— ers in Michigan. :They come with a friendly 15 clasp to let you know that THE BUSINESS .FARM . more than just paper, paste and ink! That it is a breathing, 11. NE institution into which nearly a hundred persons pour their best'tho ‘10 and energy, every hour of every day. _ we They come to your farm homagte'etell you of THE BUSINESS F a and its many departmentsotserfifl; to show you how to get ‘ ‘ .Dear Friends: . - . ., , , eAlthough my name bears the title, it IS really you who have edited The. Michigan Business Farmer! [can claim but little credit for its success: . Because it is your letters and your comments to our field men and to, me, Which have told usth you most needed in a farm paper. Ithasbeen myrwork, and the work of my associates, to put together such a paper. One thing that has assist- ed greatly in the Work has been the fact that every man and woman .who’writes for Our columns was born on the farm, knows the farmers’ problems, and is inspired: by the possibility of serving our nearly one hundred thousand readers. _ ’ I am pfoud that I can make such a statement, and I am'also proud of thefact. -»that this publication is owned in Michigan and published solely in the interestsof farmers of this State. The troubles of the farmers of Michigan are‘our troubles and ' —' we will. fight for their rights, regardless of who may oppose us, just-as long; as there 62,165 is an M. B. F. printed. Only the farmers themselvescan dictate our policies. . . ‘ - Most of all, I am happy that with. your unbounded support The Michigan Busi- 68'325 ne'ss.Farmer enters the New Year, 1928, enabled to add new departments, engage. ’ J new writers and double its promise of Service to . . .- 75515 you, who have made it all possible! ’ ’ I want you to continue to tell me what you . like or don’t like about g“? tgarilermjiistesthyou . i” ’ have done in the past, an wi t is e p. no 'ing _ ” re than 95’000 can retard our wonderful progress! . . ' , Editor. - ya»;- ' Broadening Our camgaign in 192853“, at... fies: on Re- N the opposite page we have given you a summary" 7 S a .wilson Case of what we accomplished during 1927. While the . _ . ‘ . Th M‘ _ M b _record is dcreditable we have only made a good a d _ jy........................n $850.00 .1 . , , ‘ eginning an uring 1928 we propose to “carry on" in z" 1' mom,“ .0; e Inute an a broader way than ever before our fight against the 200.00 - B h rud brid e that arched - .... 25.00 i t eme dead a rural thief. ' t edition, , Their 1138,30 April’s We" “1" REWARDS , ure 'sfiiai'i'v'353""”"‘ 11590-00 Here onset; the embattled mrmers déggr reward modney. willtconttinue t3 be pals, in fact sevgral _. . . . . are now un er inves iga ion an you wi soon be rea ing‘ 1] i 3:50:55}?er ‘ And firgge tagrlglllot heard round in THE BUSINESS FARMER of other payments being made from e, 1: tot, no 0 Elia! ‘ our $l,500.00 award fund. Personal investigation of all robber- . » D rflng , ' .- It seemed fitting that the ies will be made where case warrants. ... 200.00 3. . loyal farmers cooperating-iii 1 889.00 . . _. _. . our plan to rid this state of S $100.00 REWARD FOR THREE THIEVES . , farm thieves should be des- 0 far as, we know, there has not been another case Similar to Prof J. F. Cox 150 00 ignated by a fitting emblem Mr. Wilson s, so the unused balance of the L. J. Wilson Fund ' - of their pledge. Early in the new year there- has not been touched, .On the night at December 20th, Mr. John fore, we propose to organize THE MICHIGAN McNally, a farmer livmg near Bay City, heard a noise around BUSINESS FARMER MINUTE MEN, who will, his barn and went out to see what was the matter, and as he in reality be a vigilance committee, ready to join neared the barn he was greeted by. shots which all but_killed hands at a moments notice to protect the proper- him, and at this time Mr. McNally IS in the Mercy Hospital'at ty of their neighbors. Bay City, recovering from his wounds. The thieves not being 7_ 400.0. Their motto will be “Alert!” and their emblem satisfied, burned Mr. McNally’s barn before leaving. We im- j ‘ -— will be the famous statue of the Minute Man mediately notified the authorities at Bay City that we were anII:>i-u---m-m“53o7° - - , g at Lexington Groom'immortalized in the famous posting a $100.00 reward for the arrest andconviction of these _ ' .5-—-—— poem by Longfellow from which the above is outlaws, this reward to come out of the L. J. Wilson Fund. We . _ % .MW.....$3,10£.00 a quotation. feel confident that the farmers who contributed to this fund will - V, . back us in the posting of this reward for we feel that every , . inducement possible should be made to bring these thieves to justice for this outrage. - A DEFINITE POLICY We will carry out a definite program of progress this year. With the fine support you folks have given us in the ast, . we know this program can become a. realization with whic we Mrs. Annie Taylor can point to with just pride when another year rolls around. , Following is a list of things we are suggesting to you which will help in a big way to make the life of rural thieves, less happy: 1. Put good locks on the doors of all buildings and either bar windows or fasten them shut. ' 2. Install burglar alarm. 3. Mark poultry with an identifying mark which is registered with poultry dealers and sheriffs. Organize county—wide anti—thief associations. ‘ 5. Learn to shoot, and do not hesitate when necessary 6. Enforce poultry dealers’ registration law. From another article in this issue, you will learn just how these suggestions can help you. Don’t fail to read it. _ REGULAR FEATURES In addition to our regular features comprising special writers, covering every branch of agriculture with whom you can consult freely at all times, we will add from time to time new features ' 1 H m'n r . which we feel will be valuable to our folks. Lavuia e 1 8° . Mrs. 0| do J I: Robert J. McGolgan Kensl eulbort Mrs. Lee P kln . c. J. H I F k . ‘ ‘ * 'Edg-gJC , John zest. W! ‘l. Borlo, Earl White J. figwe, Loo berklns, GlennerD. fiNeaver Shgmfg'of rlalla‘in NE“, FEATURE STARVIING ‘VITH THIS ISSDE Foster Leo. Felon R culbei-t Ro' éaker Charles Smlth an c, H. Merrlfiel . Elsewhere in this issue you will see a brand new feature, Mr. ' ' av ' y , d V. 0. Braun’s department, “Chatting \Vith the Agricultural . . . . . . Teacher.” Mr. Braun is thoroughly qualified to edit this de- out Of your subscrlptlon than JuSt the 00pleS 0f the magazme Whlcll partment. He is an agricultural teacher in a large Shiawassee , W6 mail you; to prove to you that your best and .most powerful friend High School. He owns and operates. his own 160 acre 'farm in Branch county, and he is a successful writer of agricultural is this publication. . . ‘ . _ . . When these men and women come to call on you, give them the fighciiepflfmxfi WiiiffoEfagfieiiifensaiirgfi ‘Siiieieigitrcirsfnisthéi right hand of felloWship; tell them your problems; what you like or your service. , do not like about our paper; they call on you to serve you and that . f 11 . HOT")? t “S t G we may be better acquainted! Most of them have been with the paper U Iil‘mdtifi‘i‘gtait$1225.;°si3r§riie§t1§a°%atafifii€"ee'r‘mii’s £03113 a long time and are as much in love with old M. 1B. F.” as you other story of the Homestead Country. There is a. real treat and I are! _ ‘ ' in store for you in our new story, “Catapult.” Pettifor .‘D a. arugula- ‘ .' ' n .. . . ., .. . ,_._. llfiittoi mi” Your Best Colors: Blue and Gold ‘ Mildred Darby, President: Thomas McCarthy, Vice-President 1 Uncle Ned, Secretary-Treasurer ‘ S a member of The Chil- dren’ 5 Hour Club I pledge myself: To live a Christian life and keep ‘ the Ten Commandments. do my best in everything I do. To be true to. my country, the ‘United States of America. To do at least one good deed ~ each day. To assist the less fortunate than I. be considerate of others. To be kind to people and to uni- Innis. To become educated. ‘ Toulways conduct myself in a way that is becoming to a lady or gentleman. EAR BOYS AND GIRLS:—Well here it is election time. Not , time to elect local, State or Na— final officers but the oflicers of the fie’ildrens Hour Club—-—which is far ore important than any other elec— n, isn‘t it? I thought you would ee with me. And what officers are we to elect? y the President and the Vice-Pres- nt. There is one more officer, the cretary-Treasurer, but Uncle Ned 1‘. s that job cornered and he will not F e anyone else a chance at it. Rath- “ selfish of him, don’ t you think? March forth your candidates, you ? All right, fellow voters, I can t refuse your demands. Here they , Elsie Matzke, R. 5, Saginaw, W. and Eathel Fay Sharp, Akron, re the two nominated to be voted to serve as President of our Club the next year. For Vice-Presi— t we offer Helen B. Kinnison, Star ute, Kalkaska, and Elton Hick- tt, R. 3, Box 107, Birmingham. se of you who have read Our Page some time will remember all of » e candidates, some by letters and " e by pictures, so I hope you will ‘out the ballot that appears on this . and send it to me. Every voter urged to do his or her duty. Somebody asks if you have to have — of our pins to vote. No you do 1:, but if you want a pin all you we to do is accept and live up to r pledge and sent in two cents. The 0. cents is to be your inititaion fee, '.d I will mail you right away a pin a nice card on which is printed pledge. This card you can put up our, room so that you can see it .y. . — And that reminds me of a letter I ived the other day. A little i wrote in and said she had read e Children’s Hour for a long time , had always wanted to write but er knew my address so finally she a letter in care of the Editor of B. F. She asked that I publish my ,1 ress for the benefit of others who "' g‘ht be like her. I thought all of knew how to reach me. Just ad— ‘s your letters, “Uncle Ned, The irsiness Farmer, Mt. Clemens, sch. ” and I will get them alright. —- 23 CLE NED. ‘P. S ——-Soon as we get this election of the way we will have some con— ts. What kind do you want? Our Boys and Girls l'ear Uncle Ned.——I have never written 0 get a pin. I live in Montcalm ' .Ferris township, go to Ferris I walk a mile and three he on an eighty acre farm and my 1' rents one hundred and tWenty ,besides that Daddy has a great big that has six wheels; four behind ’ We in front. He trucks potatoes to 118. with it. in eleven years old, and in the eighth ‘ I have four brothers and three Forapetlhaveadog. -Heis .11 white, and his name is Rover. have two ...cats; black- and ‘ _ Dick bendeS. and in the tall I ‘11 rotatoes. ' . ' estimate of Scouting. nd a yellow one.“ In the sum-.- 1 Colors . BLUE I am taking music lessons from grand~ mother, and I have a piece by the name 01‘ ' hittle Jessie's March." ‘ Well, I don’t want to crowd out all the rest of the nieces and nephews so, I will say good~bye, for this time. ' Your want—to~be-niece.—Mildred Johnston, R. 1, Vestaburg, Mich. . ‘ -—Hello, Mildred! Mr. Wastebasket was not feeling very hungry today so your letter got by. I guess he is having an at— tack ot indigestion caused by eating too many letters. Dear Uncle Nedchhanka ever so much for the beautiful work box. It’s lovely and I’m sure I shall be able to use it ever so often. Thank you, Uncle Ned. As I’ve never written a letter to the Children’s Hour before, although I’ve read it for the last five years, I suppose I shall have to describe myself. I am fifteen. years old. have dark brown hair and gray eyes, and am in the eleventh grade. Uncle Ned, have you ever been way up here in the north. There’s great piles of snow everywhere and its just lovely for skiing, sleigh-riding and skating. Al. though it’s cold, I believe'winter is the best season of th eyear. Well, Uncle Ned, I must close. Thank- ing you again for that present, I am, your want- to- be— —neice, Dolores L‘enz, Hubbell, Mich. —I have seen quite a bit of northen Mich- igan but never got into your part of the country. I know it must be wonderful and Motto1 DO YOUR BEST .1111) GOLD have planned mahy times. to get up there but every‘time something‘has happened ' to prevent it. But I’ll get there sometime.- Glad you liked the work box. I thought you would. Dear Uncle Ned: —-—My father has been taking the M. B. F. for many years and we all like it very much. May I loin the merry circle! What must I do to obtain the card and button? As all the other cousins describe them- selves. I will. too. I am four feet, ten inches tall. I have dark eyes. have a light complexion and a bushel of red hair. (I won’t tell you about my freckles.) I am twelve years old and in the sixth grade. I have two sisters and four brothers. I could hardly forget pets, 11 red dog and :a red cat. Three red heads make three great companions. My sisters tell me that red is dangerous. Do you think so, Uncle Ned? " I guess my chatter box is getting louder and louder, so .1“. think I had better ring off and leave room for the rest of the cousins. Your want-to-be-niece, Helen Hartman, , 2, Standish, Mich. -—I never felt red was dangerous. In fact, I always sort of liked red hair, although mine never was that color. My hair was -a1most black, until Father Time started taking the color out of it. As for join- ing our circle, I am happy to welcome you. A pin and a pledge card went forward to you recently. Just remember our pledge and try to live up to it the best you know how and you will be a good member. Scouting for Farm Boys Boy Scouts of America, Department of Rural Scouting. R — — — - (All inquiries regarding scouting should be addressed to the Scouting Editor, The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich.) BE A ‘BOY scour (Article No. 2) HY do you like Scouting?” I asked a Boy Scout recently. “Because it’s lots of fun,” was his answer, quick as a flash. Then on sober second thought he added, “And because you can learn a lot in Scout- ing.’ ' That sets forth the average boy’s He thinks of the fun first and the training second, and that is the proper attitude for a boy to take. Our last article described briefly what Scouting is and what it is for. That was for the benefit of the par- ents and other grown folks. But we didn’t want our boy readers to get the idea that it was all work and no fun—quite the opposite. Scout'- ing is lots of fun. Every troop, pa- trol, or tribe meeting has its games. stunts, stories, songs, and other forms of entertainment. Hikes and camping trips are the greatest fun in the world for any boy whose arteries run‘ with red blood and not distilled water. But not all the fun is in games. One of the greatest enjoyments for any boy is to learn to do things, to make things, . to master some art of craft that most boys cannot do. Every boy looks forward toward being a man and wants to try out diderent jobs to find an interesting hobby to work on in the long winter evenings. All of this and more he gets from Scouting. And Scouting furnishes a boy with ideals for his life; What is an ideal? It is a standard to live by and act by; it is a goal to strive for, an end . to achieve. The ideals of the Scout 'are ex- pressed in the Scout Oath and the twelve points of the Scout Law as follows: SCOUT OATH On my honor I will do my best—— 1, To do my duty to God and my country. and to obey the Scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. SCOUT LAW 1. A Scout Is Trustworthy: A Scout's honor is to be trusted. If he Were to violate his honor by telling a lie, or by cheating, or by not doing ex- actly a given task, when trusted on his honor, he may be directed to hand over his Scout badge. 2. A Scout Is Loyal: He is loyal to all to whom loyalty is information and hei p. I do not think a troop could be started, at least, but I would like to help organize Please tell me how. I wish to register as 9. Lone Scout. ,C 4’ rules of the National Council, landt which I may become a me N RURAL SCOUTING APPLICATION (Only boys twelve years or over are eligible) . V I wish to become a Boy Scout in the following manner (check which method): I think a troop could be started in my neighborhood Please tell me how to do this and whether there is 3. Scout Headquarters in a nearby city where I could get I do not think that a troop or patrol could be started , here, for a time at least, for the following reasons: In signing this application, I do so with the knowledge and approval of my ts a to be verned by the seout Oath and Law, the « paren or gu r diam and agree mogelkoop, Patrol, or Lone Scout division, of It registering as 3 Lone Scout, enclosb 50 ants. Date ................................ 192 ........ \ for the present, a Farm Patrol. o ................................... .‘QIIDIU or Street and No. Town ..... .. .... .... County .... ' R.F D. and Box ~ 7;. 7 ~~ . the middle, and hat 1‘ , I my vote for out of! Children’ Hour «Club to , February or. .1928, “mm serve for one year, to Feb mry 1st, “'29, us follows (mike an X in the square before name «too ite you vote ‘ for): . runsrnnx'r ‘ ELSIE 111.4112“, (7 * A ‘ B. 5, Saginaw, W. S. a EATHEL FAY SHARP, 1; ‘Akron, Mieh.‘ vrcu-rsnsmnnr . HELEN 11. Harrison, ' « Star Route, Kalkasko ELTON HICKMOTT. ll. 8. Box 197, Birmingham Signed 3 Name I? Adress ..u...............a.................... Age ............ , . A] - hr due; his Scout leader, his home and par- ents and country. 8. A Scout Is Helpful : ‘ He must be prepared at any time to save life. help injured persons and share the home duties. He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. 4. A Scout Is Friendly: He is a friend of all and .a brother to every other Scout. 5. A Scout Is Courteous: _ He is polite to all. especially to we- men, children, old people, and the weak and helpless. He must not take pay be- ing helpful ‘or courteous. 6. A Scout Is Kind: He is the friend to animals. He will not kill nor hurt any living creature need- lessly, but will strive to save and protect all harmless life. 7. A Scout Is Obedient: He obeys his parents, scoutmaster, pa- trol leader, and all other duly constituted authorities. , 8. A Scout Is Cheerful: He smiles whenever he can. His obed- ience to'orders is prompt and cheery. He never shirks nor grumbles at hardships. 9. A Scout Is Thrifty: He does not wantonly destroy property. He works faithfully, wastes nothing, and makes the best use of his opportunities. He save his money so that he may pay his own-way, be generous to those in need and helpful to worthy objects. He may work for pay but must not receive tips for courtesies or good turns. 10. A Scout Is Brave: He has the courage to face danger in spite of fear and to stand'up for the right against the coaxings of friends or jeers or threats of enemies, and defeat does not down him. 11. A Scout 18“ Clean: He keeps clean in body and thoughts, stands for clean speech, clean sport, and, travels with a clean crowd. ’ 12. A Scout Is Beverent: , He is reverenbtoward God. He is faith- ful in his religious duties, and respects the convictions of others in matters of customs and religion. t Aren' t these principles worth living up 0. A Game to Play ' ADDING RELAY N this game divide the players into two ”equal sides, and seat each group on opposite sides of the room. Each player writes a number in a column on a blackboard or chart, and the last person on each of the sides adds the column of figures. For example, the players sitting in' the front seat would be given a piece of chalk. On the signal from the leader to begin, this person would rush to the black board at the front of the room and write any number. such as “27.” He then goes back and hands his chalk to the one sit— ting in the seat next to him, and when the last one finally gets the chalk, he rushes to the board, writes a number and then adds the.whole column. ' The players in the other team are doing the same thing. The. side that finishes first and whose answer is correct wins one point. . Figures of two digits can be used first, and then three or four digits. Riddles Four legs up, fou , It goes up'and ‘_ the ground. A stream How ' i uhclrel‘elw TWO, 111-" ’ ' 1'“ self on 2' ing, breeding and selling or. stock that Will Win similar honors for the . This how- ~ ' taxed to the limit by the gasoline. \ buyer, is quite another.- ever, was very successfully accom- plished the past year by Sidney Phil— lips, Charlotte; President of the State Short Course Club and President of the State Duroc Jersey Breeders’ As- sociation. . Sidney sold a gilt to his grand- tather, Walter Phillips, who is a seventy—live year old farmer. This gilt produced a litter that weighed 2, 420 lbs. at six months. gilt sold to Laban Williams, Eaton Rapids, produced a litter that weighed 2, 340 lbs. at the end of the 180 day period. Sidney also qual- med for ten litter honors (raised with some thirty other shotes under ordinary herd conditions) which 'reached the 2,049 lbs. mark. , Mr. Phillips’ Dnroc Jersey experi- ence dates back to 1918 when he joined the Brookfield Durec Jersey Pig Club. He has steadfastly clung to his early plans, continuing to de— velop his breeding program through his Club work, through his agricul- tural high school work, and through is Short Course work at to College. He now stands out as one of the pro- gressive Duroc breeders of the State, and an agricultural leader in his community, county and State, as may be gleaned from the fact that while he is yet a young man in his early twenties, he has been elected as pres— ident of two State associations. Mr. Phillips is a strong backer of the College Short Courses and feels that every young man interested in agri— culture shonld receive the inspira— tion and training the College has to otter through these courses. DOPB'IT PAY? .(Continued from Page 11) vision of being “secure in our person and property”? Is it any wonder that respect for laws is at a low ebb; and that rebellious societies flourish? A neighbor-told me recently that his father borrowed his dog to take home to keep the muskrats—govern— ment wards—out of his corn as they destroyed as high as seven bushels in a single night, yet he dare not trap them. Raised on his own farm and ~ied his. own corn. According to the assessor his rats. Another man a few days ago re- leased flve thousand pheasants to feed upon the farmers who in turn must not hurt them. One can see his loss when he considers that the farmers could raise upon the same feed five thousand chickens worth one dollar each or five thousand dol- lars loss. Pheasants destroyed fully one-half of my corn crop last year. And so' on through out the list of protected animals. What shall be done? How may we be relieved ‘ from this oppression?——J. S. Hoss- ler, Macomb County. WANTS PROTECTION EAR EDITOR: Again we are ask- " ing you to help care for us and our farm rights as to the Ian less sportsman. He wantsytlie law repealed that compels him to get consent of iarmowners to allow him to hunt on and break down fences and kill stock or anything he wishes— to do to get enjoyment for himself or friends. Make us secure in our ownership and do not let the sportsmen con- fiscate our farms for their use.— G. B., Milford, Mich. SINth FOLKS .TAXED ENOUGH EAR EDITOR: In answer to "One Who Wonders Why” I would say that their statements are very vague and lack the support of statistics. A tax 01 fifty dollars ~ 8 head for every single person over _ twentme is absurd The majority of people just ‘over 21 are not finan- eiaily able to stand a tax of titty dol- Another , la‘rs a year - To what fund would ' * applied in: the tar budget? _ q the weed tax ot‘ {‘The l'fiders Wify" that the expenses oi large , ; tails are expanded by unmarried. _ people under thirty is unsubstanti- ated by statistics. These same peo- ple who assumedly race the roads are tax. . Because a man is a renter is no reason that he is tax free. , The rent he pays goes in turn to pay the taxes or the man who does own the farm. We would surmise that the writer is blessed with many children. She should be thankful that there is not , a tax on children. Why should a man be taxed because he does not bring more children into the world than he can dress, school and prop- erly take care of?-——D. D., Traverse City, Mich" CHILDREN’S DEBT EAR EDITORz—I». have been thinking about writing you a. let- ter for some time as I have not seen any comment on the children's debt subject discussed in your col- umns and would like to hear from some of the readers of the M. B. F. on their'ideas of the subject. My parents always said that I owed them a debt far greater than I could. ever repay for their tender care which they gave me through infancy and to manhood. Not only my par- ents but many other people make the “ o believing and even the m thét ”£161 are lit" to them and a remirk' of that kind is thoroughly disgusting. How many of us would be in this wicked world had we been consulted and had our life of sorrows and , woes laid before us before we were brought into this world had we the right to choose? Now here is my idea of the thing all in a nut shell. I did not consult my children as to whether or not they . wanted to come into this world. -I did just like my parents and all else do just accepted them when they came so why should they be burd- ened with the so-called debt which they will never be able to pay? They are not to my thinking but quite to the contrary. I am indebted to them. I owe them the debt that my father and mother paid me and my children shall owe me nothing when they are raised but they will it to their children instead. Should they never raise any children they will owe a debt which .they will not be able, to pay but they will not owe it to me quite the contrary—they owe it to the Master who in the End will check our accounts for us and deal out Justice accordingly. I have three children and am try- ing hard to pay them the debt I owe them by giving them the best there is in me while they are with me but when they grow old enough I will then think that our accounts are closed it I have succeeded in balanc- ing our accounts all well and good. , g If not, it's me and the Master -' -—not my children. _ Hoping to see through your ‘ umns some other people common this case, I remain a subscriber W. E. W., Branch County. no NOT WANT TO MISS AN teens: EAR EDITOR: Will you pleas change my address on your? mailing list, sending THE BUB. mass FARMER to me here until fur- ther notice? The old address is Bellaire, Michigan. We expect to -. spend the winter in Chicago, but our ’5‘ interest in your paper is so great we shall not want to miss a single is- sue. We got the last issue before ‘_ leaving Bellaire, and hope it is not too late to have the next issue sent to us here. I should have notified you sooner had I known definitely . what our Chicago address would be. In the spring I shall let you know when to send the paper to Bellaire again, as we shall return there as . soon as we can after the spring comes. ' With best wishes for your success, . and complimenting you upon the val- ue of your paper to the farmer at Michigan, I'am—W. H. W., Chicago, Illinois. Your paper should be in every home for it is very helpful indeed to us tarm— ers. ——Mr. and Mrs. Robert Demand, Barry County. THE BUSINESS FARMER cannot be beat—John Sanger, Kent County. r‘ . Wbod .4224 Steel Wh}r both are required for (Luality Bodies, Fisher Bodies are of wood and steel construction. Up to the present tine, this is the only type of automobile body construction which permits of maximum strength, maximum resiliency and maximum safety—In wood and steel construc’ tion, the wood reinforces the steel and the steel reinforces the wood. This results in the strong! - eat‘kind of'construction known to body builders. It also affords the necessary resiliency and the v 4 fl ability to absorb noise.— Resiliency in a body is necessary because the car body is continuously subjected ‘'to shocks and strains. material which combines strength and resiliency as does wood. And there is no body construction stronger than that in which wood reinforces steel and steel reinforces wood. Because Fisher Bodies are so constructed, there are no stronger bodies than those which Fisher builds. There is no Bzgcifi— Every Fisher Body ybracedatallpomts to strain. That is one renamiwhyaFishetBodystands WM” mmmE yurinthelmdest SHE Clear Vision Comer Pillars —Thc narrow front pillars of 3 Fisher Body eliminate the “blind t” in driving, enabling the vertoseeobjects infr‘ontand on the sides at all times—thus preventing accidents. rmossnmmm ‘ ' f" INIWINTER ’--:-'. VB‘yAn'ne Qampb'ell The window wherege‘raniums bloomed The” cheesecloth curtains that I made my- . self; . . [The kitten purring in its basket bed. An almanac was tacked upon the wall Beside the cupboard where best dishes . ' went. . The cook stove had a black pipe reaching {ta-ll. ' 'This was the room in which our days Were spent. The doors were closed upon the parlor’s - gloom. . The woodbox bulged against the winter’s cold. . » Our pet canary flew about the room, A sunbeam turned his wings to purest gold. The crocheted rugs were bright beneath our feet. We stirred the meal and put on to , warm, And scarcely knew that life was rich an sweet - Upon a winter morning on- the farm. A SUBSTITUTE FOR SUNSHINE ANY people, especially in the climates where there are long winters, with many cloudy days, lack sunshine, which is essen— tial to health. Without sunshine, or something which acts as a substitute for it, the body cannot make proper ' use of the needed minerals even when the food provided furnishes these in sufficient amounts. , People living in places where there is lack of sunshine are very suscepti- ble to colds. And the continued colds from which they suffer, begin- ning with the fall rains and lasting through the cold, stormy winter and even through the early spring until warm Weather is once more estab— lished, makes them more liable to the diseases of th respiratory organs, such as grippe, pneumonia, and tu— berculosis. Also to mastoid and sinus infections. To counteract this lack of sun- shine and the consequent lowered re- sistance to disease the people in these climates should take cod liver oil every day. The daily dose is but one teaspoonful and the best way to take it is to put together one tea- ,spoonful of cod liver oil and two teaspoonsful of lemon or orange juice and beat with a small rotary . egg beater. People who already have tubercu- lbsis should take three teaspoonsful of cod liver oil daily. Cod’ liver oil is now made by a process that removes it quickly from the liver only a few hours after the fish is caught. Must of the disagree- able odor is eliminated by this new process and the oil made in this way is light lemon in color instead of darker. It is not at all difficult to take by the method given above. Cod liver oil really contains what might be termed “preserved sunshine” for the cod feeds upon the thousands of squid lying on the surface of the water and these in turn have eaten ' the plants that have absorbed the sunshine as they floated in it on the water." .. Unless several members of a fam— ily are using it daily so that it will soon be finished cod liver oil should be bought in small containers as the a stale 'product loses its value after ‘ being ”opened. .. Cod liveroil’ is being used with excellent" results by.poultrymen, who this keep their flocks in good condi- tion and increase profits through in-fi: creased egg production and better. - vitality.———Eva Henderson Davey. BROWNS, LEAD WINTER , COLORS —-SUMLIER SHADES PREDIUI‘ED - HAT shades of violet-and laven- ', ‘der will be popular next "sum; . " mer is indicated by fashions for .Southern wear, which usually carry over into our Northern summer, ac— cording to Mrs. Catharine Griebel, ,cxtension clothing specialist at the New 'Jersey 'State Cbllege of Agriw ,culture. ‘ ‘ _ , Yellows are also important, says , ~ the, specialist, and a .richtone named "‘lwlieat'f typifies the vogue. Light veiling qwear. A range of peach pinks are] prominent and fashion " again persistent in are are unchanged. re was the Cheery clock. upon its shelf: tones 61' yellow Will be important for . Week old! going to do nothing of the sort. resolutions. ‘ many things for you. gan, we merely sit at desks. to function. poem : line. and joy are found. everything she can give, you bet! by a twist or knack I’ve found is a boon or us in our daily fight, an aid in our daily round.” Address letters: Blues hold second place, while the reds, which were quite important last summer, have declined steadily. Greens have been important for six months or more. Black has been increasing in pop-- ularity since the middle of August. In footwear this is especially notice- able, for black shoes far outnumber brown ones even when the costume is' in tones of brown. On the other hand, although “dust-colored” hose is worn, beige is most popular, while black stockings are correct only for mourning. , , Very many black coats are shown with black fur, and all—black fur ceats are very smart. There are many lovely handbags in black. Suede and antelope lead, but when patent leather shoes are, worn, the bag should match the shoes. PRESS WOOL FOR COMFORTERS HEN raw wool has been cleaned for comforters, it may be pressed at home and rolled into batts which will remain in good condition until used. Spread on the floor paper which is 18 inches wide and the length of the comforter de- sired. Place wool about one 'inch deepon the paper. each comforter. ' ' Place a clean board of the same ‘ width and length on top of the, paper and wool. . on the board and let. it set for-two days or longer, thus pressing the wool into batts.,Remo.ve_ the board ’ THE FARM HOME" A barium-sans tron Won-In Edited by m. ANNIE TAYLOR _ , - EAR FOLKS. Well, here we have With as little 1928, Just one" Happy New Year, Folks! have What we so dearly'love, a chance to moralize, if we care to take advantage of it. ' Of course, to keep in spirit with the season, we should exhort you to make the usual well-intentioned resolutions,‘ and being naturally helpful souls we might even relieve you of the .burden of picking and choosing by suggesting a few ourselves, Just as we do'holiday menus, color combinations, and so forth ;' but we are people’s ideas for them, much less in being responsible for their What concerns us chiefly at this time, and what we hope you are equally interested in, is the career of this page during the coming year. We nurse fond hopes for its success, and to this end we are planning Instead of urging our readers to make resolu- tions we will make a few ourselves and see how well we can keep' them. We solemnly resolve to make this page of more real benefit and genuine service to you that it has ever been before, and to help you in every branch of your various activities. plish this we must have your cooperation. the “Farm Home”; you are the women in the farm homes of Michi- You must let us have the knowledge gained from your experience so that your sister women may profit. Unless you acquaint us with your trials and successes, we are helpless You must be our inspiration. In behalf of the farm women of Michigan, we quote the following “I’d like to know what the other woman does whose job is akin to mine; whose life is lived in the humdrum way of my own familiar I’d like to know what she thinks about as she works around and around, and I’d like to hear of her hope and doubt, how her grief I’d like to know what she has in mind for the sea- son that’s just ahead, and I’d like to know how she got along in the season that’s gone and dead. If she has a word that is good for me and a point that I ought to get, then I want to hear and I want to see ‘And I,Want to give to my fellowman' a glint of the things I learn as I come and go, as I -work and plan, as the wheels of housework turn. A dollar saved, or a job made light is. In. Annie Taylor. can The Business Farmer. It. Clemons. Ilenlun. Four layers of j papers and wool should be used for ‘ Place a 200 pound weight ' Yd ‘ t . . - And again we editors We don’t believe in having other But in order to accom- This department is called m, m ' sea and roll up each batt without re- moving'the paper. ' 4 . Personal Column Good Button—Please tell me how we can make good Winter butter. Ours gets strong in a short time.—-Mrs. A.. Byron center, Mich. -—It is impossible to give to butter made in the winter time an especially agreeable flavor unless the cream is very carefully handled and the cow are fed enilage. This latter' lends a sort of pasture flavor to the butter and in addition makes the cream more churnable and the butter less ‘brittle than is _the case when cows are efd only on common roughages avail- able in the winter. Hard feeds often give to butter some of their own peculiar flavor and the same may be said of certain roots, pumpkins and‘sugar beet tops. The flav- or can be reduced somewhat in the milk if the cows are fed after, rather than be- fore, milking. The second thing to pay particular at- tention to is the matter of churning. Stop ._ the churn when the butterfat granules are f not larger than wheat kernels; draw off the buttermilk; add an equal quantity of cold wash water and turn the churn some twelve revolutions slowly. Draw off this water and repeat the operation. This re- moves maximum amount of buttermilk. The presence of this buttermilk in the finished butter is a big factor in helping it to become rancid—P. S. Lucas, Asso- ciate Professor, Dairy Manufactures. “Erin’s Green Shore."4—I would like the have the song, "Erin’s Green Shore.".—- W. R..B., Kent City, Mich. . T Three Songs Wanted.-—I would like the words to these songs: “The Moon Behind '1 mus. mm 9‘ .. W» A HAPPX ”NEW mantra nvnnrnony VWhen the 4race- begins. just you ' hm! like to have A s?—- .weu d f the Soother-1. e words tor‘The' Wreck '9 Old '97’."—A. 3.. Halo, Mich. f 7-“: you «are well b’redl’ ' Eating Soupr—So many jokes are made about eating soup. Just what is the prop- er method?—Miss A. G., Cheboygan Co. ‘ -—-There are really only two _ or three things to remember. First, hold thespoon in the right hand with the outside of the bowl turned toward you, stroking away from the body. Never blow upon soup to cool it. Let the spoon enter the mouth quarterwise, being very, very careful not to make the slightest noise, in taking it into the mouth. When crackers'are serv- ed, donot break them up into the soup, but spread them with butter and eat them ”out of hand.” ’ ' Klever, Kid-dies (Every so often one of our children‘says something that makes us laugh whether we want to or not. If your youngster, or one of your young friends, has said or done anything that appeals to you as being particularly humorous, we will be glad to hear about it and publish it under this head, if it can be used. Let’s all help to make this corner a success.) It was little George's first visit to the country, and he kept his aunt and uncle extremely busy explaining the mysterious ways of nature. One morning he came running in from the barnyard ,with a feather in his hand, exclaiming exictedly: ‘Oh, Auntie, look what I found! Here’s , ,a. leaf off from a chicken !” Felks at Our House Like— (We are starting this little comer so that the families of THE MICHIGAN Busi- NESS FARMER can exchange their favorite recipes and food combinations. What special meal or dish do your folks greet with joy when it appears on the table? Write and tell us about it.) Many Helps.——It seems as if you were a. personal friend from the many, many helps I have received from your page. ' I am sending two favorite recipes of my family. Green Tomato Relish—1 peck green to- matoes: 6 large onions: 1 or 2 heads 'of cabbage. Run through medium knife or food grinder. Then add 2 tablespoons salt, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups vinegar, .and add 1% tablespoons each of cinnamon, cloves, and white mustard seed, and 2 tablespoons celery seed. Cook until soft and seal boiling hot. This recipe makes between 7‘ and 9 quarts. . . - Pear Spread—3 lbs. pears; 3 lbs. su- gar; and 3 oranges. Run raw pears and orange rinds through medium knife of food grinder. Add sugar and juice and pulp of oranges from which all seeds and membranes have been removed. Cook until thick like jam and seal while hot, or cool in glasses and cover with paraf- fin. Serve with thick sweet cream with- out sugar or.flavoring for dessert, or use in jelly roll.——Mrs. L. 13., Clifford, Mich. —Indeed, I want you and every other woman who belongs to this-department to feel that I am a personal friend, be- cause that is just what I try to be. We are printing your recipes a little late. but we recommend that our good readers clip them out for use next year. - ‘ For the MovieFan The Yankee mimicry—If you enyoy stor- ies of the sea you will certainly like this one which features William Boyd, Elinor Fair. Walter Long and Junior Coughlin. The story deals with Hal Winslow, a young seaman whose father had invented the design of safest sailing 'iclipperT ship in the hopes that America may win com- merce from England who has been ruling the seas. With great hopes that this vessel may win from theBritiSh the tea- carrying trade“, the youngman sails for China. There he meets Huntington, a. British ship captain who is there to get a cargo of tea with the flnest'wesisel'that the British .. possess. Huntington is. ac- companied, by. his beautiful daughter, Jocelyn, and one. day Winslow rescues her from 'a' band of Chinese beggarsy She is engaged to a youngman by the name of Richard, who proves himself to be _both,a‘ 'coward and a cad., At 9. din- ner given by the Chinese merchant it is agreed that both ships—“The Yankee Clipper}. commanded by Winslow .and "The Lord of the Isles”, commanded ,1bY’ Huntington,7—shg.ll carry cargoes of tea to Boston and the country whoselvessel wins the race shall have thejmonopioly of the tea-carrying’trade. 0n the day _ . Jocelyn and her fiance, Richard,- go aboard “The Yankee Clipper", to, bid Winslow:good—b‘ye.‘ Win- slow decidesrto keep both jabord the ves- sel .so that Jocelyn may "learn the— real character of; Richard 'and' be, §pared the the voyage, Rich “31933 ‘ disgrace of wedding a scbundrel. During ' ’ . 1 - , REDWING There once lived an Indian maid, A shy little prairie maid, Who sang a lay, a love-song gay, As on the plain she’d :while away the day; She loved a'warrior bold, ' This shy little maid of old; , 'But, brave and gay, he rode one day To battle far away. Chorus : ‘ Now the moon shines tonight on pretty Redwing; The breeze is sighing,, The night-bird crying, For afar, ‘neath his star. her brave is sleeping, ‘ While Redwing’s weeping Her heart away. ' She watched for him day and. night, She kept all the camp-fires bright, And under the sky each night she would lie, . And dream of his coming by-and-by; But when all the braves returned, The heart of Redwing yearned, For far, far away, her worrior gay Fell bravely in the fray. What To Eat Baked Meals.—Now that the cold weather makes it necessary to keep a fire in the kitchen range, oven-cooked meals are in order. They not only re- ‘quire little attention, but are also fuel saving as well as exceedingly healthful and delicious. Try these in your oven: (1) Salmon loaf, baked potatoes, scal- loped tomatoes, apple pie. (2) Macaroni and cheese and tomatoes, muffins, Apple Brown Betty. (3) Baked pork chops with dressing and slices of apple placed around edges of baking pan, baked sweet potatoes, cran- berry pie. ' (4) Scalloped potatoes, meat loaf, baked squash, baked apples with cream. (5) Scalloped corn, baked potatoes, peach shertcake. . (6) Scalloped potatoes .with pork chops, apple sauce, pumpkin pie. Scalloped Tomatoes.—6 medium-sized tomatoes: "2. tablespoons butter; bread crumbs; saltypepper. _Put a layer of to- matoes in agreased baking dish. Add « salt,,,,peppe_r.., bread crumbs and» butter. Repeat until dish is filled, making the last layer of crumbs; Dot with bits of butter. Bake-inpmoderate oven about 30 minutes. Scalloped Potatoes.——Potatoes; milk; butter; flour; salt !' pepper; chopped on- ion or onion juice ;. chopped parsley if de- sired. Cut pared potatoes into very-thin slices; arrange in layers in a greased bak- ing dish and sprinkle each layer with salt, pepper, onion, parsley, butter and flour. Add milk enough to cover the con- tents of the dish. The baking dish should be no more than three-fourths full. Bake uncovered in a moderate oven until po- tatoes are tender. If pork chops or ham are cooked in combination, omit onion. Salmon Lost—2 cups canned salmon; 2 to 3 egg yolks, well beaten; 1,5 cup soft bread crumbs; 1 tablespoon melted but- ter; 1 teaspOon salt; IA, teaspoon pepper; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 2 to 3 egg Whites beaten stiff. Combine ingredients folding the egg Whites in at the left. Put into a greased bread pan. Bake in a moderate oven“ ‘ ~ Meat Leah—1 lb. lean beef, round or chuck,‘ground; as lb. salt pork or 1/4, lb; ham, ground; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 1.4; cup bread crumbs; 1A cup milk; $4, small onion chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/3 tea.- spoon pepper; 1/16 teaspoon sage. Mix ingredients lightly. Shape may a loaf handling as little as possible. Place on a. rackin a pan, dredge with flour- or bread crumbs. Bake in a moderate roven , iii. to 1 hour, basting as needed with the fat that, cooks out of the meat. Homespun Yarn Having the children rest before time will aid digestion. : ' O C O meal v If cake frosting is too thick, add boil- ing water to reduce it to the proper con- sistency. > O O t In eating any soft food, as soup or sauce, Idip‘the spoon away from you to prevent" dripping. II 0 .Members of a family should learn to differ iwthout quarreling. This promotes ' constructive discussions. ' . ‘_ . __ e a ' s ' ' To remove surplus fat from ‘meat ex- ‘ u ’ paper. 'jto'a'bsorb, theafiat lie fluid. . - - .. of celery, 3. sprig of WJOWQQ; , n,. M... "arm“ MY. n 3 d}. . j “I . eat ”this n lvod an ll TAYEO . Editor. ou‘ ' are a mid-u m In- ve have room. 100.—Gladiola bulbs for double dahlia Mrs. ‘Eva McCastle, Route bulbs at once. 5, Hesperia, Mich. NIL—Little girls' plush or velvet hats for anything useful.-—Mrs. George Morgan, R. 3, Vicksburg, Mich. .- {Aids to Good Dressing BE SURE TO GIVE SIZE mmum lllllliillilluilll 'I'ur 5889.—Ladles' Morning Frock.-—Cut in 6 sizes: 34, 36,_ 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38' inch size requires 3% yards of 36 inch material together With % yard of contrasting ma— terial. '_I‘he Width of the dress at the lower edge With plaits extended'is 17,4. yards. 5899.——Girls’ Dram—Cut in 4 sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12_years. A_10 year size requires 2% yards of 3.6 inch material. To trim as illustrated will into 3 Kurds of braid or bias binding on collar. c s and elt. 6000 .l 8000.—Misses’ Dress.—(‘ut in 3_’sizes:‘ 16, 18 and 20.years. A.16 yesr size requires 2% ‘yards of 40 inch material. The width of the dress at the lower edge is 2% yards. p" 6011—3019? Sult.-—Cut in 3 sizes: 2, 4, and 6 years. A year size requires 1% yards of 32 neh material for the blouse, 'and ~74 yard of 54 ch material for the trousers. ALL PATTERNS 13¢ EACH—L 2 FOR 25.: POSTPAID ADD 100 FOR FALL AND WINTER 1927-28 FASHION BOOK Order tram. ml; or res-mu lanes of The Imlmu firmer. glvlnn number and sign your ’ name m ’eddrm plainly. ‘ Address all order: tor patterns to Pattern Department % NE“ ions (E N T R A i; . Ne La Salle St. Station, Chicago, Ill. 466 Lexington Ave, New York, N.Y. ‘r‘r \.-\\ Farmers’ Week presents opportunities VERY month and every business has its conven- tions. The most outstanding and unusual of these is the one conducted by the State Agricultural Colleges in New York Central territory during February under the name of Farmers’ Week. m5 3 iii ”if; "Leer v/ Embodying all the features of the ordinary conven- tion, it is also a seminar—it presents a post graduate course to those engaged in agriculture. opportunity for the men in the field to exchange ideas with the agricultural scientists. By personal contact, the theoretical meets the practical and the business of agriculture is benefited. Here is an Better soil, [better crops, better cattle, better farmers, and better «citizens! Fascinating subjects worthy of discussion, as well as profitable. Progressive farmers throughout the NewYork Central territory ascribe much of their success to the infor- mation and inspiration which they receive from their State Agricultural Colleges through . these Farmers’ Weeks. York Central Lines : SW Boston & Albany—Michigan Central—Big Four—Pittsburgh 8: Lake Erie ' - and the New York Central and Subsidiary Lines Agricultural Relations Department Oflices New York Central Station, Rochester, N.Y. 68 East Gay St., Columbus, Ohio Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich. 902 Majestic Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. That’s us, folks. “THE FARM PAPER OF SERVICE” write in. Advice costs nothing if you’re a paid—up subscriber. If we can be of service do not hesitate to The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. ITo End Severe Cough Quickly, Try This For real results, this old home-made remedy beats them all. Easily prepared. J You’ll never know how quickly a bad cough can be conquered, until you try this famous home-made remedy. The immedi- ate relief given is almost like magic. . It is easily prepared, and there is nothing better for coughs. Into a pint bottle, put 21/2 ounces of Pinex ;then add plain granulated sugar syrup to make a full pint. 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We have 600,000 Frult Shade Tr . ’99s. emu? FISH ,, Lareat shipper! on Grant Intel. “13162117 to send f our list 7 Salt and ed Fish. Season now open. you , nape!!! Fun 00., om. a, once as.“ My :85 to 810 weekly. Hon.“ i. ”I!“ h " mall-d ’ ” " ' \ clove a personal by BEARD arr mm'ohownnsi mamas or. ‘l'hmunoobmofortmk-a’ervleotfyoureu ROF. V. R. GARDNER of M. S. 0.: “Whether it be apples, peaches. grapes or cherries; plant the kind of fruit which is, best suited to your particular market.". , James Nicol, . of South Haven: “The present freight rate dis- c r i m i n a t io 11 against Michigan fruit is a distinct menace to our b u s i n e s s. We should leave no 3 t o n e unturned in an effort to bring about an adjustment.” Prof. W. 0. Button, of M. S. ' ..: “Spray your apple trees every year for aphis. Make it a .matter of routine. . It is the only safe and sure way. Elimi— nation of fungicides in the later ap- ple sprays works in some seasons, but it is a. dangerous practice.” George Avery, Mayor of Benton Harbor: “The fruit grower repre- sents the highest type of agricultural intelligence.” . R. L. Evarts, of Hunter’s Creek: “We were fortunate this year in hav- ing a. 30,000 bushel crop of. good quality apples.” L. Granger, sales manager of Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.: “It is high time that western Michigan bankers and business men take an active interest in the betterment of the fruit industry.” = Charles Garfield, the “Grand Old Man” of the Michigan State Horti— cultural Society. He was one of the founders of the Society 56 years ago, and has on several occasions ex- pressed himself substantially as fol- lows: “In my day I have seen fruit growing become a great industry and the spirit and ideals of the horticul- tural society have become commer- cialized. This is as it should be and is in keeping with the times, but, do not forget the fine enthusiasm and lofty ideals of the amateur. Keep some‘of that spirit in your hearts.” Dr. F. T. Bioletti, University of California: "Heavy pruning dimin- ishes the vigor and capacity of a. grape vine. It seems to invigorate a. vine, but that is only because it re- stricts the crop. Overbearing also di- minishes the vigor and capacity of a. grape vine. THINNING THE BLOS— SOMS does not diminish vigor,'but prevents weakening from overbear- ing, and makes good quality." George DuVall, Fennville: "We. begin cultivation in the peach or- chard early in the spring, but we do no cultivating during the blossoming and fruit setting period." . Thomas S. Smith, prominent Mich- igan grower and Chicago dealer: “Do not trim a limb out of. a tree without knowing WHY. There is no Herbert NMer better Michigan apple than Tthe Northern Spy. The Commercial Grade should be eliminated. The barrel is a poor apple package. The Hubbardston is not wanted in the Chicago market. Michigan is ahead of New York in quality apple pro- duction. Putting fertilizer under an Chas. '1'. 8 market tho‘Plonoor‘ ”01:10:: or " “his “assurances some. , mutu- will be m to amyla- your so V ,0" waging fruit. and orchard on PIONEER CAMP AND BOADMDE'MHHT , This roadside market is located on the l’loneoai In“ 71"”. km. clinical“, near Shelby, on trunk Knoll. 8.31,, , ,V oadside Market because it we he Sill ' ' Failure was predicted {by the . , . later he had thosagtlstaeflon of seeing may or W » c, , .- - ' of their own the WWW- '.5. time 1.. moment avails: rm QWMZik-i 91-1 V.: - fl} #1 M ..'n| immunities“- _I__.JI apple treeis like putting money in the bank." . , p ' A. J. Rogers, Beulah:vi“Prunins sour cherry trees reduces yields. My unpruned blocks are by far'wthe, heaw lest yielders, and most profitable. ' Wide planting of. cherry trees'gives ~ more pounds of fruit per tree, but close planting gives more pounds per' acre. We use as high as nine pounds of nitrogenous fertilizer on old cher— ry trees. Schmitt’s Blgarreau, Wind- sor, and Bing, in the order named are our best sweet cherries. Mont- morency is the best sour cherry.” CORALLED BY FREIGHT RATES N December 2nd, at a meeting of its board of directors, the Michi- , gan 'Fruit Growers Inc. decided to join with fruit organizations in New York and Pennsylvania in an effort. to obtain an adjustment of freight rates which discriminate against eastern fruit growers. The grape rates, which are said to be especially out of line, will no doubt come in for first consideration and an appeal for relief will soon be laid before the Inter-State Commerce Commission. We have always heard a great deal 'of the advantages of nearness to market. Discriminatory freight rates can easily operate, however, to cheat Michigan growers out of the natural advantages of their geographical po- sition. That the rates are, to a large extent, operating in this manner at the present time is the contention of. many- of our marketing experts. It is claimed, for instance that Califor- nia grapes can be shipped east at a far cheaper rate than Michigan grapes can be shipped west. This means that the California interests are presented with a monopoly in their home markets, while Michigan growers are forced to share their home markets with their competi-‘ tors. To put it in another way, the marketing area for Michigan fruit is restricted, while that of competi- tors is practically unlimited. The re— sult is that when a glut occurs in Michigan’s area about all that our growers can do is to wallow in that glut and gaze longingly at forbidden markets. ' Considering distance, the rates to many eastern markets are also ridic- ulously inequitable, but, in spite of all this the freight rates on most California deciduous fruits were re- cently given another reduction! How do they do it? By weight of organ- ized effort. The same kind of effort, energetically applied, is our only sal- Vation. ‘ Am a reader of your paper and would not like to get along without it.—Arthur H. Schlinkebier, Saginaw County. We sure do enjoy your paper from be— ginning‘to end, could not get along with- out it—Arthus L. Moore, Barry County. I think you have a good farm paper. and I don't believe I could get along Without it. It certainly is a good help to the farmers.‘——Geo. Williams, Van Bu- ren County. I received payment of $7.50 for my birds this a. m. I thank you very much as I sorely needed the money. You can be sure of one subscriber as long as we live—Mrs. H. C. S., Gaylord, Mich. “we 3.10-0.st a... is a. a. «seam “Mam Oflnswoountywhewlflbe ladle-newer“: comma mouofivn com these days of keen competition and overproduction the task of making the lam to pay us ‘a living and interest. on the investment 4 . , presents a serious problem. ' : . After my father and I had unenc- : cuessiully struggled with the probe or years I finally ion for a num gave it up, marr ed and Went t3 the I > city for “new fields to ”consumer ‘ - ‘ Father went on a few years alone. finally grew old and gave up the problem unsolved. The gross laconic seemed to be sufficient but the net income usually entered severely through such entries as labor, team work. etc. Isoonjoundthat lite in the city . left much to be cleaned after being raised in the open country. My con- tact with the-— manufacturing indus- try, however, gave me a few ideas so that when I took the farm over I resolved to put them into practice. There was in my mind two methods of increasing farm profits. The first - was to sell at the prevailing market price but lower the cost of produc- income usually suffered severely tion. The second was to produce a superior product and thus command ‘a better price. The third method used in industry, that of keeping supply slightly below demand, can- not be put into effect in agriculture in its present unorganized condition. vWell, I proceeded to “burn the candle at both ends” and practice the two forementioned methods. In other words, out down production cost and at the same time produce a product that would command a fancy price. _Whlle I found it was necessary to keep a team to insure t the work being done on time, I also found that the team was working not to exceed 60 full working days per - year.‘ ‘ Our term only consisted of 7% ' acres and 'being located just across the city line made it too high priced to grow horse feed on. Therefore. by being forced to buy feed I found it would cost me $4.00 to $5.00 a day for every actual day I used the team. It I limited myself to one horse I was at the mercy of someone else when is came to plowing, etc. The answer was a tractor suffi- ciently strong to plow yet small enough to cultivate. I found one that filled this need. In three years no horse has set foot on our land and we have less waste land around the. fields. ~ I also found that it was costing . productive costs. the approximately 20c per. dozen bunches to grow, harvest and pre- pare the bunch crops for market. Most of-the expense was involved in bunching and tying. A tying machine reduced this cost to about 10c per dozen. I realized that anything that reduced the chances of crop failure would also tend to reduce production costs. This called for overhead irrigation with field. other small machinery was also purchased as its use demonstrat- ed its ability to lower production costs. I might state in connection that care must be taken in selecting equipment of this kind. as unless.- the machine fits the 50b in question it often has a negative effect on pro- duction costs. Well, so much for the production of it. Our next problem was to grow a superior product. A careful survey 01 varieties, fertilizers and soil re- quirements resulted in improved quality of our vegetables. Our next step was to take advan— tage of this high quality and get more for it. We found the city re- tailers were not so willing to pay for this extra quality as we had expect- ed. They Were continually trying to convince us that their trade did not appreciate the high quality suffi— ciently to pay the extra price. It finally occurred to me that it I es- tablished my own market at the farm that I could sell the consumer this high quality at the same price he would have to pay the city mer— chant and therein have my etxra profit. We accordingly built a roadside market with the result that we have been forced to rent more land to supply the demand and at the same time our vegetable business is self- contained. We also have absolute control of our product from the time it is planted until it is in the hands of the final purchaser. We have been offered a number of chances to take on a line of gasoline. oils, candy, ice cream, etc., but have pledged our- selves to sell only what we grow and grow what we soil. In conclusion I might say that while this article deals primarily with a garden farm I am also of the opinion that a large number of farms could be made to increase the net income by a careful survey of There are a. number of .farm ac- counting systems on the market at present and every farmer should take advantage of them. ‘ ' g A suns OR TWO GFEAK ENGLISH ‘ “What is the charge for this battery?" "One and a halt volts." 1 'How much is that in Amt-clan money?" THINK OF THAT Uncle Sol threw aside the letter he was reading and uttered an exclamation of im- patience. “Doggone!” he cried. "Why 'can't peo- ple be more explicit?” “What's the matter, pa?" Sue. ‘This letter from home," Uncle Sol ans- Wered, "says father-fell out of the apple tree and broke a limb.” asked Aunt THE REAL TROUBLE Young Clerk moodily: “And the worst of it is, she didn’t say 'No’, till I’d spent all my ml; on her.” His Friend: “Never mind, old boy, there are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught.” Clerk: “Yes, but what’s the good of that when you’ve used up all your bait?” AND FILL THE RADIATOR A dentist says that he had an absent- minded motorist in his chair the other day. "Will you take gas?” he asked. ‘ ‘ . "Yeah? replied the absent-minded pa- ' c tlent. “and you’d better look at the oil, too." » \ KNEW THE ANIMAL , char was instructing a class in d nailed on a small boy named ’ - prospective employer. , nan lust fine '1 “Now,” continued the teacher when J im— my had finished writing, "can you find a better form for that sentence?” “Yes, ma’am, I think I can," was the prompt answer. "Richard can ride the rlnilgle if the mule wants him to "—Boys e NO ONE WAS INTERESTED . Rufe Johnson’s pet hound disappeared. Rufe put.the following ad in the paper: Lost or Run Away—~One liver-colored bird dog called Jim. Will show signs of hydrofobby in about three days. The dog came home the following day. OPPOSITES "‘Now children,” said the teacher, “tell me the opposite of the word misery.” “Happiness." “And of sadness?" “Gladness.” “And of woe?” “Get-up i”. SITTING PRETTY Bill Clerk: “Just one kiss, dear, would keep me happy for a week.” His Best Girl: "Wait a minute and I' ll fix you up for life.” HEB PRICE ' A girl applied for a job as housemald. “What do you charge a day?” asieed her “Well. mum. was the réply. rt: 11 I an. myseit and 81.7.5 it you eat: me." We like Tin may Burn-as In» -Wm. W adding We}. ‘ J Barn-feeding dd? ...nced not rob you When such cow ail- ments as Barrermess, Retained Afterbirth, Abortion, Bunches, Scouts, Lost Appetite, etc., threaten your profits, use Kow-Karc, of Milk Profits , Tbb winter you can say goodbye b may of the production losses you’ve faced year after year. Kow‘Knl-c Wm change these losses into profits for you. When you pay for our first can of Kow—Kare you can spend upon getting back two or three times this cost out of the milk pail. The difference will be not so much in what you feed as in what happens after it is consumed. Few cows can assimilate and turn into milk all the dry rich feed they consume—With— out systematic conditioning. KOWo Kare keeps the digestion and milko producing organs responsive. Heavy feeding is made safe—and profitable. Feed a tablespoonful of Kow—Kare with the grain one or two weeks each month. Note the fuller milk pails, the better looking cows, the improved appetites. This conditioning costs only a few cents per month per cow. It’s the biggest little investment ya: ever made. Try it on all your cows this winter. as shown on each can. For thirty years this great tamed lug money for cow owners—bringing ail- ing cows promptly back dairy barn should be without this famous home orders of milk cows. Thousands of dairy- men find it the most dependable aid to cow health and profits. -Inn-s—~ ’u :‘lL'z‘c-l'" Man 323?." ult- “3&5“ U-‘c-t When Cows Freshen be sure to feed a tablespoonful of Kovaarc in the feedin s for two or three weeks before an after. You will call it the best heélth insurance you ever paid for. A better calf, a cow free from disorders so often arising at calving is worth spending many times what Kow—Knre will cost you. Feed dealers, general stores and druggists have Kow—Kare. Large size $1. 25, 6 cans $6.25, Small size 65c. If your dealer is not supplied we will mail, postpaid. Write for book,“Morc Milk from the Cows You Have." regulator and 7 has been say— to health. No remedy for disc Dairy Association 00., Inc. “myths, Vet-eat Home-Mix Your Own COIIMTI ”I.“ With Kow—Kare you can easily mix your own complete mineral at a surprisingly low cut—a mixture of rec nized conditioning value. Silnply mix 30 lbs. salt, 30 lbs. fine—ground lime, 301bs. steamed bone meal and four mn- (large) Kow—Karc. For well under $6 per hundred you will have an unbeatable mineral. Use 80 lbs.“ fluent:- ture to a ton of grain. f,” ~_€=’E—'fl ’ Absorbine reduces thickened, . ' f swollen tissues, cur-banned ten- " dons, soreness from bruises 0! strains. Stops apavin lemmas. Does not blister, remove hair a“ lay up horse. $2.50 at druggisu, or postpaid. Valuable horse l-S free. Write for it today; Reid this: “Horse had large swelling JUSt below knee. Now gone; has not re- '1 Dpcared. Horse goodas eve1.Baveuscd 'neforyeanwithmtm " AB§QEEWE W. F. YOUNG Inc. 369L - n L" "A Kalamazoo :12 YeCt If ‘3' .U lfififiifmm or smut That In our man. It you do not take advantage of this tree servl c you are " missing something. ' Willem/Job of HEALING As every cow owner knows, any condition of udder or teats that gives the cow discomfort causes a holding . back of the milk. Why, then, neglect even the smallest of these hurts? Why make the milking hard, the yield smaller? ' For sore teats, teats cracked or chapped, stepped on, orinjured in any way, just a dab of Bag Balm starts immediate healing. For caked bag, bunches, inflammation of any kind, this wonderful penetrating healing ointment insures a quick rebuilding of healthy normal tissues. Shorten the work of milking by keeping the teats soft, silky, pliable. Bag Balm has scores of healing uses on the farm and in the home. anitary, clean, pleasant to use— cannot taint the milk. Big lO—ounce can only 60c—at feed dealers, gen- eral stores, druggists. Mailed post— aid if hard to obtain locally. Book- et “Dairy Wrinkles” free on request. " ‘ RY " K 0\*~5'.~”r~.1.$n C '[1 PO 1'“ LE‘ Janos mules/m .- Lambing ff All-Year Use ends. parallel relnforced for round test. area evallahle for use. y‘alvanized Metal—~Strong—-Easy erection ‘ ' ; omy—Sanitary——Sunshiny. Four ex- ' .trallarge pens. each with a two part door. Partitions widely adjustable and easily re- ,Jnovable. Easily portable through’lZ in. , gate. . One entire side glass and glass fabric il— Juminated. interior submerged in violet :eharged light. Canopied stove at side wall center—easily get-at-able—closest and Warmest spaces protected for exclusive use of little pigs. High degee sanitation and tety. .hgainst vermm and fire. ’ Ross Dilses insure more and healthier pigs . andflambs. Write for prices—*Agents wanted. e Boss Cutter & Silo 00., (Eat. in 1859), 518 Warder 8h. Springfield, Ohio ‘ “on a! 3mm 8||os-—Brooder III see—— ‘ ... ~. .wnsrlbs-m- . °‘.'. __ ,. ( YARD" slams-it"‘ausam..ai .- n. 5.: ‘ n. ralsl W - ,. ‘ y j , ' ougtfllm MI! My 1.:- “mscoyna NEWirEsi‘f FOR - gcnrrmnlsnasn ' ~N improved method-1n the diag- nosisaof Bangs disease in cat- ,tle, ~which has attracted wide- spread attention has been discovered by Dr. I. F. Huddleson of. the Mich- igan State College bacteriology de- partment, according to announce- ment recently. The new method requires less than two minutes, while at least two days were required undernthe old method for determination of the disease by means of test of the blood samples from the animals. Time saved in making the individ: ual-test may now be utilized in mak- ing additional determinations, and the studies of the disease and con-‘ trol methods 'can now’be expanded. Dr. Huddleson, who perfected the test, believes that the disease is the greatest handicap faced by the dairy industry at the present time. Appar- ently healthy animals can be carriers of the disease and transmit it to other animals in the herd. Since it has been perfected at the college, the test has been adopted by Wisconsin and is being used in disease research in that state. ‘ 1,062 POUNDS 0F BUTTERFAT , IN YEAR . _, OT all the honors achieved at the University of Nebraska are scholastic or athletic.- Out‘on the university farm in the dairy de- partment examinations are conduct- ed, honor classes maintained and cows are graduated magna- cum laude. Le Vertex Quality, 'purebred Holstein of the University of Nebras- ka, is the latest honor “student." Her yearly examination, or test, just completed, Credits her with having produced in 365 days 1,062.63 pounds of butterfat, or 1,328 pounds of butter and 27,465.5 pounds or more than thirteen tons of milk, an accomplishment which places her in the “Who’s Who” of cowdom. EWES TO ONE RAM I desire to know what number of ewes a man should keep to one ram for best results. And under what terms or price does an owner let his ram out for service—J. W., Lachine, Michigan. ‘ ROM 30 to 40 ewes are as many as shOuld be allowed to one good vigorous yearling ram. Occasionally a two year old is used with 40' or 50 -ewes. .It is always an excellent. idea after. one ram has been with a flock for five or. six ' for service. weeks to make an exchange with‘a neighbor andput in a. second ram as there will be a few ewes that do not conceive to the first ram and there is always a possibility that a ram will prove impotent. A large growthy, ram lamb may. be depended upon to serve 15 to 20 ewes. JVhere extreme care is taken, the buck turned with a flock for a short tim each day and each ewe removed as soon as covered, one ram will handle almost an unlimited number 'of ewes. I have know of as many as 150 ewes being bred to one ram in. a season ‘ where this method of breeding was followed. It, of course, requires considerable time and the ram must be especially well fed. _ I know of no farm practise or terms underlwhich rams are let out This would depend al- togther upon the value of the ram in question. It can only be figured that the ram is of use from fOur to five years. The yearly rental, there- fore, should .be somewhere between 20 and 25 per cent of the value of the ram.—-—Prof. Geo. A. Brown, Michigan State College. LAW 0N T. B. TESTING Is there a federal or state law compelling cow owners to have their cattle tested for so called tubercu- ldsis, and has the state food inspec- >"tor any power to act in the matter? ——D. G., Jackson County. HERE is a State law which speci- fies that when tuberculosis erad- ication work is underway in? a county on the area basis, it shall be ' unlawful for any person who owns ‘ or controls cattle to prevent, hinder, obstruct or refuse to allow the test of such cattle. The testing of the cattle is under the control of the State Department of Agriculture, working in co-opera- tion with the Federal Bureau of An— imal Industry.——B. J. Killham, State Veterinarian. DAIRY COWS NEED CALCIUM‘ AND PHOSPORUS E C E N T experiments ' indicate that dairy cows in full flow of milk demand so much calcium and phosphorus that these minerals should be supplied in addition-to the regular ration, when the ration does not contain an abundance of green forage in summer and plenty of well- cured Way in winter. will be supplied in sufficient quan- tity by adding 2 to 4 pounds of. steamed'bone meal or ground rock to each 100 pounds of grain mixture. Send to! mynewchart ., " ‘ vase-“Howto&" '-r -, ‘vo miss es and dfiagolntments ‘y getting E and Hé-P. for lyour sue pro 81 , wor . My §8years engine bui experience is yours for the asking “50 new features now place the/ WITTE En ' ehead ard shoulders abovepll o ers. Alloy steel con- struction . . . . All fuel carburetor uses sheaf) fuels. _ All parts inter~ changeab e. Removable die-cast ings. Hot spot cylinder head. Center fire. W CO Magneto. Bend name at once. ED.H.WI'ITE,Pm. WITI‘E ENGINE WORKS. . 2751 Oakland Ave. flan-es City. Mo. 2151 Marty Ave. run-burns. P... KEROSENE GASOLiNE GAS on. DESTiLLATE OW. (510.3 ' BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY Ads under this heading 300 per agate ’line for 4 lines or more. 81.00 per :: insertion for 8 lines .or less. :: 9’1!” V T _-. "in To vold conflicting dates we wlll wlthout cost V lst .the date. of any llve ,stoclr sale in Michigan. If’you are considerln vlse us at: once and we wlll clam the date -for ou. Address lee stock Edltor. M. B. F., ,t. Clemens. ‘ _ ‘ ‘ . CATTLE nons'rnms . V‘ . 4 . - 'l Opportunity A son 0! Echo Sylvia King Model. Born September 8. 1926. and evenly marked. His dam ~13. Reformatory Banostine Clothilde ' At 3 years 5 months: Milk 548. But‘ r, 1 days, 23.61, . 6 But er, 865 days,_860.28 Milk. 19816.? The sons of this famous bull are making good in man herds throughout the country. We have on y a {cw more to ofler. Here . is a real opportunity. . Send for pedigree 0! Tax No. 480. . Mlchlgan state Herd BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY Dept. E. Lansing. Mlchlgan Both minerals , «493‘. 0e“ \ \\\‘ ' I be:- 20 ’3 I/ (Zeta I ml llllllllllllllll '--.a —§‘ e\.. m is N \ \ \ 3‘ 1 . \\\\ e9“ 6. Qumran January . 5 I 2 e T \Kfl‘fim lullllll nu my ’M’ ’ V. O..- \Vfigg" / ,ons'rnrrovs. TABLE iron uvns'roox nannnnns . ' ‘ . ‘ 11.9.36 ls anextremely valuable breeding chart for horses, cattle, sheep and swine '00- shouldaeut out for tntnre use, . . _ " Heat paitetlie two pieces on two/”‘0“. ote‘erdboard-tandjesten ._ center with ything no they will turn; freely. Directions I s 7r II/ II” I I!" I ll J. A {Lady "I! .g.— .0” Lil“ III/Ff 98 Then out on the dotted rise With a BULL anr 1 mo. OLD. on" HOLSTEINa daughter 'or 778 lb. in your record cow, average test 3 a. . _ . $75.00 delivered. Bulls for Sgtll'g_ sci-Vice, $100.00 up. DEWE ' . .PIERSON. Metamorg, Mloh. , HEREFORDS Stockers and Feeders CALVES. YEARLINGS AND 'rwos: HERE- FORD BTEERS AND HEIFERS Beef type. dark reds, good grass flesh. most all bunches dehorned, each bunch even in size and show good breeding. Choice.Herefords are usual- lfi' market toppers ‘when flmzhed. _Few bunches . B. Tested. Will sell yo r choice from an 1000 Stgte number and weight you prefer. 45 s. - V. BALDWIN. Eldon, Wapello 00.. Iowa. GUERNSEYS GUERNSEY DAIRY GALVES, BOTH BEXES. practically ‘Eure bred. Shipped C. 0. D. ‘ LAKE 00D FARMS. Whitewater. WIS. SHORTHORNS FOR SALE PUREBRED POLLED SHQBTHOFN Bulls and- Heifers. Excellent quality. Prices reasonable. eo. E. Burdlck. Manager Branch County Farm. Goldwater. Mlchloan. SWINE namsunan :gr:.".'2=.rr".°.sin JOHN W. SNYDER, St. Johns, "loin. R. 4 IREJGISTERED HAMPSHIRE SPRING BOI‘RBI ready for service best of breeding stock sold on approval. w. A. l-Iall a Sons, Meson. Mich. ‘ same: °° ms ..';;'.°s~ “B" e' ‘ ' w. ' ' r sex. , ., . Millersbli’rswonwey}. Mantle}. , gull , urn. '- ch. ‘14th 1.5.3.: "i”. To- scans ‘ssisvj Ls'on . s * . a' t."l ,‘Relz.‘free. ”mi? ammogmrfimmamm. . w ;, .- I,“ ~ 1,. 52., "‘1 . bums e. m , a. , or an new “to nude appear on? ‘ , , courtesy 0: Amoflcsn' . . influx!” 113.9, .W‘T'; .. _. en-ir . .It What.“ _ Viti- e mighty handy thin; to. , It, 1! thronth, the p _ ”e. ,Al H.117. . he..arvflleble"\emenhr Ir which-will benefit tree at anti-equating its»- ne-«terimte , a. bereaved!!! ‘ " ‘ : e...‘een«.:, . ,gfi VETERINARY- DEPARTMENT . . ‘ . ‘ _ ‘_ , Edited 91’ on. are. u. oor‘m ’ 2 (Question: gladly answered tree for paid-up subscribers. You receive a personal letter.) _.I n LEAKING MILK What can be done to my cow to keep her from leaking her milk?— 0. G. S., Paw Paw, Mich. ‘ HIS is a result of weak muscles at the end of the teat. The only thing that n be done is to milk the cow more often. There is no practical way of overcoming this. I wish there was as I get many requests for information concerning this very thing. ~ BITTER MILK I have a 10 year old Jersey cow that gives bitter milk about five months before she is due fresh, and keeps it up until fresh. The cream will not make , butter. Can you please tell me what to do for this cow that might remedy this?—-—W. 0., Michigan. BITTER milk usually results from something the cows eats; it rarely occurs from anything within the cow that did not get there by eating. It maybe that your hay or other roughage may have some bitter weeds or grasses in. If not then the only thing that you could do would be to getrid of her as there is no medicinal treatment for such a thing as this. LAlilE AFTER SHORT BEST I bought a thirteen year old mare warranted sound. I didn’t use her much for several Weeks. Now when I use her three or four days in succession she is stiff on front legs always after resting even twenty minutes, but lameness is gone, after walking for a minute or two. She is never stiff or lame after resting or standing in barn for several days but comes out of the barn as limber as could be desired. Am not sure but the heels of hoofs show some heat. At least they feel warmer than those of the other horse. She was shod on front feet five weeks ago and he didn’t notice any corns. Kindly ad- vise me if you can. We are handi- capped for a veterinarian at present, the nearest one living twenty—one miles away.—-—E. E. S., Manistee, Mich. ‘ AVE seen a number of horses of this kind and there is little that you can do about it. It the seller meant workably sound you could do nothing about it and if she works well it would not be well to get in any'trouble 0 er it., Careful work for a few day in the spring with attention to her feeding and to her feet will help her and prevent her showing this in an aggravated form. COW HAS COUGH I am writing to you again about our cow. _She has a little cough. She does not cough all the time: more in the morning, especially after she has had her grain. She has it all summer. She had the cough earlier in the spring but thought she would get over it when turned out to pasture. She has a good appetite and is in very good flesh although not as fat as she was earlier in the fall.-—-A. S., Chase, Mich. HAVE seen horses and cows that have had a chronic cough for years that did not seem to do them any injury. I would suggest that you give this cow for 30 days a tablespoonful of liquor potassii ar- senitis on the feed night and morn- ing. Get some ammonia liniment and bathe her throat well once each day. (Any question :- . persona SALISBURY TEMPORARY HEAD OF RADIO SERVICE ORSE SALISBURY, new editor of the press bureau of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, has been appointed temporiarily as chief of the radio service, United States De- partment of Agriculture, pending a new‘examination and certification of. eligibles from it. Mr. Salisbury will take up his duties sometime in Jan- uary. , \ The position has been vacant for some months, since the resignation of Sam Pickard to become secretary, and later a member, of the Federal Radio Commission. Mr. Pickard was the first incumbent of the office. “B" POWER EVERAL of our readers have re- (cently asked us whether we rec- ommend the use of storage “B” batteries and whether some particu- lar make is reliable. The answer is that although a well cared for stor- age “B” battery is probably the most reliable source of “B” power for a radio set, we do not usually recom- mend it because it requires more care and attention than other power sources. Dry “B” batteries have an average life of longer than six months and must be discarded when. exhausted? Their voltage falls grad- ually during use, so that the volume and. quality of the radio reproduction may be much poor after‘the batter- ies have been in use a few months than when they were new. Storage “BY’ batteries must be re'clifarg’ed ’ about once a month and, normally » ,will lastthree orgiour years it. pimp- erly cared-tor. ' fated .“v'oltageganf the ,radiagséc‘fim ' ‘ summary fatnall'jtimesw; The share dbl _ . If charged at regular intervals ‘ they... ,will‘ maintain 1 their; * t‘ radio-r users“ find . oil-'.rianip ~ 0015...".aamo '~ ardlng radio will be gladly answered by our radio editor. letter and there Is no charge If your subscription is paid up. Yo)u receive a 4| with such things, we do not recom— mend it. Whenever 110 volt alternating current poweris available, a socket power or so called “B-eliminator” is by far the best solution of the “B" power problem. Any of the socket powers built by the leading manufac- turers or sold by the large mail or- der houses are reliable. The original cost is two or three times that of a set of dry “B” batteries, but the un- limited life of the socket power makes it the cheapest in the long run. The rectifying tube is the only part of the socket power which wears out and it has an average life of over a year and costs only a few dollars to replace. COULD NOT INTERFERE We are using a crystal set and our neighbors are complaining that it is bothering their sets. Can this be possible?———H. T., Atkins, Mich. is impossible that your crystal set could interfere with the oper- tion of your neighbors’ radios. In- tereference may be caused by certain typesof vacuum tube sets which radi— ate small amounts of power at radio frequencies, but since your crystal set contains no batteries or other source of power, it is impossible that it could cause such disturbance. You may rest with a clear conscience! ' 'Fifty-nlne years‘ ago, when Holsteins Were not as numerous as they are today . and when nobody had heard of a cow- testing association, Gerrit Miller of Peter- boro, New York, now owner of the oldest Holstein herd in the- United States and "himself the oldest Holstein breeder was making cows yield two quarts of milk for every one they gave. before. A"; NEW (on. .LAMP. men {Bums 94% Air - x 1'. ' " ‘ ;-.P.‘;thz£s§n;ie_09 W. Lake sc'fomcg- '* go. iii.,:«;the,;inven,tor 101-53, wonderful new- 4 . ,. .. hand-fl “a". hamburg. “as .. , electricitvtnis galleria: " give 42119 . r : _ ,J Wtéflm " " “av Illustration above shows a. group of peolgle attending a De Laval an Dairy Day arranged by a e Laval Agent in Arkansas. One featurepf this meeting was a “skimming the ski m—mllk" demonstration. Hundreds of similar meetings . were held by De Laval Agents during the past year. Tests Prove Many 01d Separators Are Losing Valuable Butter-Fat much money is being lost by peer separators De Laval Agents in 17 states during the past year held hundreds of public tests, in which the skim-milk from seme separator in each community was run through a new De Laval and separated again. lnniitheoo tom no Laval Sop- arotora never failed to recover butter-tat from such skim-milk. The butter—fat recovered in this way was immediately weighed and tested at the local creamery or cream station, and varied in value from a few cents to over a dollar. , The average results from an the tests showed that the separator: from which De Lavais skimmed the skim-milk were losing butter- !at at the rate of $78.00 a year. More than 50,000 people attended these demonstrations and many of them were amazed at the separating losses revealed and asked for tests to be made on their own separators. In view of the fact that no effort was made to secure skim-milk from the poorest separator in each community, and that the tests were conducted De Laval Cream Separators and Milken-s IN ORDER to show exactly how under the observation of disinterested people entirely in the open and above card, they reveal a general Condition. It has been conservatively uti- mted that 35% of all separators in use today are wasting large amounts of hntterviat— to pay [or 3' now Do Laval in a short time. Is your separator in this class? To make sure it isn’t, try a new De Laval. ' Trade in Your Old Separator on A New De Laval The new De Lavals are the best separators ever made—they skim cleaner, run easier, are more conven- ient to operate and last longer than any others. They have many new features you will appreciate. Liberal trade allowances on old separators of any age or make made on new De Lavals, which are also sold on easy terms or installments. See your De Laval Agent or send coupon for full information. '.' THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR co., Dept. 4522 .1 I 165 Broadway. New York 600 Jackson Blvd., Chicago 61 Beale St.. San Francisco Please send me, without { Separator Cl ‘ obligation. full informa- Milker Cl tion on check which Name Town State ................ R, F. D ......... No. Cows ........ Ill-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II'IIIIEIII SPEAK ii coon won for The Business Farmer when writing to advertisers. It helps us and helps you ' ‘3 g], . ‘11.. Wfldi‘fimflflfll. Haudicsl. Longest- . ’_ 7‘ // , 1928 Fine ‘ _ «rennin B 18:29: addi‘t‘iggggnnyf " ' mlom’and pon' Writegda W ' co _. _ fougwi938.fi._é‘ smeltin— - ~ -- Appreciative of the manner-in which farmers of America have received my harness, were}; Wilma . libBucldartoTar MRingrtolihrr A new kind of harness of ‘ amazing strength. Will out- . wear two sets of buckle harness” Made with- p out buckles to tear straps or rings to wear 1;, straps, and . with. Walsh metal-protected. ~ ' bearings, givmg triple strength and life-last; . ing wear at over 275 points where ordinary harness wears out. Improved harms; a har- ness easy to adjust; easy to put on or takeoll'. ‘ Try 30 days at my risk. Ship back at my ex‘, pcnse if not the best harness you ever saw “at any price. Post yourself at my risk. show you'how to put an end to harness Write for catalog. . l nuanwnn. nuns nuance. ”Wine-V ' II.,‘VC- . . 1 MI Wit. ‘ / , . , _ ‘ Feeding the Baby Chicks 6 NATURE provides sufficient food for the first threel'days, for the chick absorbs the yolk of the egg just before it is hatched. This . foodie rich in' fats and carbohydrates. From the thirdd'ay to the sixth week, Michigan Chick Starter assistsnaturc by giving the chicks a similar feed that is easily seen, easily'digested and nutritious. Michigan Chick Starter is rich in vitamine content, balanced With the necessary dated and animal proteins-to give the highest ‘ feeding efficiency. Michigan Chick Starter is not waste material from the mill. It is based on the latest scientific formula for baby chick feeding. Jrk for a pamphlet of our poultry feed: containing wludlcftea’iag Juggem'am. Our Local Distributor on Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service Loam Michigan ffligh Blood Pressure Is 6”“ Dangerous ” Ward off this dangerous disease by keeping a pure “blood stream,” and assist nature in elim- inating impurities from the blood, by the use of remedies, compounded from pure fresh roots, fitment?»$9 herbs, barks and plants. ,. BANK’S “NEW DISCOVER-EB” ‘ . Is a. pleasant laxative for the bowels, enlarged or ulcered liver, rheumatism. . Aides the circulation, helps to ward off paralysis, acid and enemia, loss of ap- l 2,’ petite. Relieves blliousness, aids to build up a run—down constitution. , “ Can be taken along with Banks "Flve-In-One”, a tonic and nerve food. For "Neurltls”, "Palpitatlon of the Heart," “Insomnia" and nervous prostration. Prices: New Discoveree, per box, $1.50; Five-Im-One, per bottle, $3.50. By mall add 15c. Manufactured and Sold by BANKS AND NEAL MEDICINE COMPANY, LIMITED 9 120 W. Shlawassee St. Dept. M. B. F. Lansing. Michigan % l . Cured His Rupture *- m‘gg : if" W I was badly ruptured whlle lifting a l trunk several years ago. Doctors said my /, only hope of cure was an operation. V" Trusses did me no good. Finally I got "hold of something that quickly and com‘ pletely cured me. Years have passed and the I re has never returned. although , ’ I am d 0 hard work as a. carpenter. C‘ There was no operation, no lost time. no trouble. I have nothing to sell, but will lve full lnformatlon about how you may nd a. complete cure without operation, If “DETR‘OI'rls . ou~write to me, Eugene M. Pullen, car- . l ' ‘penter,Nl3gA glarcellus Avenue, Manas— ; 1 WGXUIISIYBHOM .qnan . . etler cut out this notice ‘ , and Show it to any others who-are rup- J 360717672311”), W urea—you may save a life or at least '1. PfiwrmgW stop the misery of rupture and the worry 4 nd danger of an operation—(Adm) . 0c Basil “PM It. or remin’ru. fienmrou. .‘ "“2, :33), STOPPED WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS g . ASTHM 0‘ no PAY-I PLEASE MENTION 5 901M I '1! lead out 81.5 _ MWby‘nflmfmfllTflAl-m. mt THE BUSINESS 'FARMER ~ latisfien send as 31.”. If your court 3. MdnthJanmm smog-mum CZEMA cAN BE cum-:0 Free Proof To You AllIwantisyournamcand address .oxmmdyonafree trial treatment. I want you just to ”this turnout—tinf- 3.6. ”01'ng Ill-— ’00-. If! It. That’s my only argument. ma . I we been in the Retail Drug Business for 20 years: I served {our yarn are mem- ber of the Indiana State Board of Pharmacy and five years as Prefldfllt of the Retail Draggiaia’ Association. Nearly everyone in Fort Wayne knows me and-knows about my successful treatment. -Over Forty Thousand Men, Women and 351151?“ 0'18““ of F0? yamc’dh‘vlf’ according to their own statements, been cured by this treatment Imce rst ma e t is- ofl'er public. _ , . , If you have Eczema, Itch. Salt “can. fetter—nevu- rmnd how Bark-my tn!!- _ ment has cured the worst cases I ever saw—give me a chance tmomelain. ,3 ‘ Send me your name and address on the coupon below and get the trial treatment I ' want to send you FREE. The wonders accomplished to you‘ own one will» be ”f. ‘5 001' All! HAIL TONY . . no. nurzELL, Wt, No. 5466 Heat Hal-SI. Mm!“- Please send without cost or obligation to me your Free W Traffic“ ‘ ‘5' ’prize. Robert 'Nortdurft of Dowa— giac, a Potato Club. memb’ér, won sweepstakes and the New York Cen- tral Lines Trophy for the best peck on the. entire tour. James Meeks, son of our own I... W. Meeks, of Broadscope Farm, Hillsdale. was second. » ~ One of the educational exhibits put on by the Michigan State College showed the value of certified seed in producing a high yield and good qualitywcrop. A forty bushel in- crease per acre was the result of the use of this good seed as shown by the results of 600 demonstrations put out from potato trains, last spring. The net returns of this seed $45.00 per acre. _ Proper grading of potatoes was told by another qexhlbit put on by the'State Department of Agriculture illustrating the Standard Grades of Michigan... 183 growers tried out their hand at grading according to these standards in a special grading contest. In this contest growers graded 75 pounds of potatoes into U. S. No. 1, U. S. No. 2 and Culls. A third exhibit put on by the Home Economics Department of the Michigan State College showed the value of potatoes in the diet. That potatoes are low in calories and con— sequently not fattening is good news to many a. worried “heavy,” this be- ing clearly brought out in exhibit. Orders for seven carloads of cer- tified seed next year were taken. Three Rivers held the record for attendance with 300, and was second in its entries with 42. Hillsdale was first in entries with 49, and second in attendance with 260. Premium money in each county was made possible by banks, farm bureaus, chambers of commerce, boards of supervisors, and coopera- tive associations, as well as the State Department of Agriculture and the Potato Growers Exchange. mdeAN LEADS IN ALFALFA ICHIGAN won firstplace among the States east of'the Missis- sippi in an interstate contest to determine the extent and results of the program for the increase of alfalfa acreage within their borders, according to a report made by judges selected from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Michigan also now holds first rank in total alfalfa acreage in this group of States. The greater part of this acreage has been planted within the past few years as farmers became convinced of the value of alfalfa for improving soils and feeding live— stock. farm meeting. I asked, “Of all the factors involved in farming which do you consider most important on your farm?” One fellow, a dairy farmer, exclaimed “My cattle.” An— other farmer mentioned his poultry. Another man said “My boy and girl are the most important factors of my term" and when we think it over .we will all agree with him. There is nothing more important or closer to a father and mother, whether they be farmers, merchants, or of any other profession, than are the chil- den in the family. If this is true weought to see that they have a proper education, good schools, trained teachers, and the proper kind. of educational equipment to train them in order that they become the future citizens of this state and country with a. real- purpose in life. Think this over and take a little time off to. become acquainted with the teachers and the schools in your com- munity. , . , I would especially advise the farm- er to become acquainted with the agricultural teacher in his commun- ity High School. I am personally ac- quainted with the 166’ illicaltural teachers of; Michigan and can say “that they are a fine bunch of fellows. . All of them are graduates from. an Nam AK‘ ‘ V j.‘ , Post 05in- . I I V V I ', agricultural College. and all have 39- .. ram. >61 r, e are from H i ' ' tinned from 1! along to compete for the sweepstake l to growers, ran from $30.00 to‘ ,. 3*. ' Special. trans, dairyealfalfa cam- paigns, and hay-day demonstrations have all been-used tosp‘read the in- formation in" Michigan of the need for alfalfa and other’l‘o‘gumes in a profitable farming program] " .7 . V. L. D. Kurta, farm crops specialist at Michigan State College, who has been in charge of the alfalfa exten-. sion work in Michigan, was awgrded , NJFALFA AthAGE ' - N000 A or we anemone m . announce) tux Icon a. 3000 1:! I to £000 MICHIGAN’S ALFALFA ACREAGE Michigan has the largest alfalfa acreage of any state east of the Mississippi. The . map show- how the acreage is distributed about the State. a prize of a two week trip through the Uintah Basin, an alfalfa seed producing area in Idaho, as a result of the Interstate contest. Sanilac county made the greatest increase of any.Michigan county in the number of acres of alfalfa sown during the past ear. Kalamazoo and Missaukee counles also made no- table additions to the area planted to this crop within their borders. Let me say a farm paper like yours is hard to beat—Mrs Fred Berlin, Midland, County. We are readers ova. B. F. and all en- joy it very much.-—Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Swartzendruber, Huron County. I do not want to miss a single copy. I could hardly get along without it. Every- body from the five-year—old up wants the paper first—O. A. L., Newberry, Mich. We like M; B. F. better every tlme it comes. The boys find it very useful in their high school work in such studies as animal husbandry, agriculture, and horti- culture—Mrs, N. S., Cass City. Mich. Chatting With the Agricultural Teacher (Continued from page 6) school. They are always pleased to meet the farmers in their community and aid them on farm problems of any kind. Some of the most pleas- ant hours I spend in educational work are those hours I spend in talking to the farmers of the com- munity who come into my agricul- tural laboratory and discuss present ‘agricultural trends and practices. I am especially fortunate in these visits as there are some very high caliber farmers in this locality. Mr. A. B. Cook, James McBride, Winegar & Son, and many other of the good farmers of Michigan live on farms in the fertile Shlawassee Valley near Owosso. Men, of this caliber and good schools in a community go a. long way toward making a happy life on the farm, Just yesterday a farmer came into my laboratory and asked me if I would test the milk from each of his coWs. He had seven head of cat- tle and only had room for six- head this winter. As theygave about the ‘sanle'number of pounds of mflk'Pel'_ yea.r‘~~he wished to sell the poorest Qtester. I 'had some of my students test the milk at es“ d found that . bent to 4.2, they varled fro {ll ‘ , ., per cent in bu; .. rat: glam perotherermer are; $31? 3 _ v . u 1.3 Saginaw (8. E.).——We are'havlng some fine winter weather, not very cold-and no snow on the ground. A few auction saws. Stock bringing good prices. low in price and not wanted. Not! much grain going to market. .Farmers busy getting out their winter's supply of wood r others doing only chores. Taxes are still higher this year; about time we changed our administration again. Quotations at Birch Run: Wheat, $1.20 bu.;r corn. 80c. bu.;'oats, 61c bu.; rye, $1.00 bu.; butter, ‘ 50¢ lb. ;.eggs. 43c don—E. C. M., Dec. 23. Mason.-—thtle movement of. any kind of produce. Poultry weak. Taxes 35. higher than last year. Quotations at Scottville:- Wheat, $1.13 bu.; oats. 60c bu.; beans, $4.75 cwt.; potatoes, $1.10 bu.; butterfat, 530 lb. ;,eggs, 40@50c doz.—-G. P. D., Dec. 24. ' Genesee.—The weather has been good , the past week for outslide work. Farmers Working at wood and drawing manure. Some lambs are being marketed. Pota- toes are not being sold. Price remains about the same as it has all fall, very little change. A few farmers are selling the ash in their woodlots to a company in Ohio which uses the wood for making pork barrels. Quotations at Flint: Wheat, $1.21 bu.; corn, 95c bu.; oats, 50c bu.; rye, 90c bu.; beans, $5.00 cwt.: potatoes, $2.15 cwt: butter, 53c 1b.: eggs, 50c doz.——I—I. E. 8., Dec. 28. Huron (EL—Cold wave; snow flurries. Very little activity on farms. Each suc- ceeding. year less help is employed by 'month, season, or year by farmers. Hog prices are discouraging. Taxes about $3.00 per thousand higher on average. Several sales billed. Farmers generally believe an export bounty should be paid as long as import duty is collected on staples of agriculture. Much land fall fitted for small grains. Not many talking sugar beets, but the Weather is the final arbiter in choice of crop planted on our level land. Quotations at Bad Axe: Beans, $6.15 cwt.; milk, $2.10 net—E. R., Dec. 19. Montcalm.—Ground covered with snow, very cold. In the last report potatoes should have been $1.20 per cwt., not per bur-awe surely wish they were. Christ- mas brought many a sigh. Farmers busy shoveling coal and doing chores. Quota- tions at Stanton: Beans, $5.00. cwt.: pota- toes, $1.10 cwt.: butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 50c don—Mrs. C. T.. Dec. 19. Midland—We have had no weather for some time, but lots 01 wind. Not many auction sales. Too cold to hunt and, no pleasure in driving. We are simply waiting for’the “red, red robin to come bob-bob-bobbing along.” Quotations at Midland: Wheat, $1.21 bu.; corn, 80c bu.; oats, 510 bu.; rye, 96c bu.; beans. $5.16 owt.; potatoes, $1.00 bu.; butter, 49c 1b.; éggs, 6-0c..doz.——-B. V. C.. Dec-19,- ' St. Joseph—Regular Winter weather now and farmers are not doing much. Butchering is in full swing. Lots of corn in the shock yet. Shredders are standing still most of the time. Most of the hogs are on the market. Fall crops look good. Stock is doing well as farmers have a good supply of feed—A. J. Y., Dec. 19. MIssaukeo.-—Quite cold lately and a lit- tle snow. Stock doing well. . Farmers are hauling wood and coal. A few sales late- ly. Dairy cows and heifers are bringing around $80 to $150. Most everybody has enough roughage, but some short of grain. Dirt roads are rough but gravel roads are in fine shape—J. '38... Dec. 20. Hogs very. m "’e W IE TR?“ + vvn— ‘06 - E . g". o’ e‘ ‘ co ‘- é mo fie? "OWMV s I I y" ‘g‘ 6:. a" saw :4, 5" P o‘. NCH vv Gr 6 ’ ‘9? E) is} Berrion (N.).——The second cold wave of the season was not as severe as the first. Minimum temperature 10 degrees above. Plenty of snow in orchards. Not much pruning done yeti—H. N.,, Dec. 20. Shiawassee (N. W.).—-No snow here yet. Wheat looking very brown. Many shy of feed for cows, especially alfalfa. Hogs getting scarce, have been rushed into mar- ket at the low price. Lots of. sows being fatted for market. Farmers all wishing they could see the great wave of prosperi- ty as reported in all the city papers, Quot- ations at Elsie: Corn, $1.00 bu.; oats, 50¢ bu.; beans, $5.00 cwt.; butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 48c don—G. L. P., Dec. 22. Saginaw (N. w.).—Froze up solid. There were a lot of beans going to market when the price was $5.25, but when they dropped farmers quit hauling. Not much doing only chores. Some corn to shred yet. There will be a lot of rough feed for stock this winter. Not much stock feed- ing this winter; grain too scarce. Not many auction sales. Taxes are high. Hogs low in price but high on the block. Quota- tions at Hemlock: Wheat, $1.20 bu.; corn, 90c bu. ; oats, 52c bu. ; rye, 80c bu. ; beans, $5.00 cwt.; butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 39@44c doz.-F. D.. Dec. 19. W. Lenawee.—-Have had three floods in three weeks. rain. Some trying to husk corn, but slow business. Lots of men out of work. Farm- ers have not much to sell but milk. Taxes the highest they have been in years. State tax commission boosted whole county. This will be the hardest winter for all classes of people. Coal moving freely. Quota- tions at Cadmus: Wheat, $1.26 bu.; corn, $1.00@1.10 cwt.; oats, 44@51c bu.; butter, 51c 1b.: eggs, 400 doz.-—C. 8., Dec. 19. Hillsdalo (N. W.).——Not much to report. Have been having some quite cold blust- ering weather lately. Quite sudden changes in temeperature the past two weeks, one day being quite mild and the next just the opposite. Farmers not doing much ex- cept chores’and feeding the. fires. Hens not laying very well yet.-—— C. H., Dec. 20. Defiance, 0hio.—Cold, fine winter weath- er. No snow but cloudy. Wheat is brown, needs a Christmas coat. Young clover the same. Some corn being shredded. Not much going to market. Hogs and sheep about all shipped. ,Not many cattle being fed. Milk cows go from $75 to $150, T. B. tested and full bloods. No demand for horses so far. Roads are good. Health the same. Quotations at Bryan, 0.: Wheat, $1.28 bu.; corn, 800 cwt.; oats, 50c bu.; hogs, 8c 1b.; milk, $2.25 cwt.; veals, 140 1b.; eggs, 38¢ doz.-—W. E. 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Fleshner, Allenville, Illinois, plants 2 or 3 soy beans in each hill of com. A carload of Fall lambs get fat on the beans, lower blades of corn and stray weeds. Soy beans plantedwith corn andrye drilled between the corn rows vac R. V. Disharoon, Villa Ridge, 0., a live stock profit out of his corn field. RED BRAND FENCE “Galvannoalod”—Copnor Bearing makes extra profits possible for many years to come. More than this, it kce the chil- dren on the farm. “For what or girl will learn to love the farm if they are con- tinually worn out running after breechy stock or chasing neighbors' pigs?" Mrs. Grace Frey, Abilene, Kansas. Fence for greater profits with RED BRA ND. Copperin thesteelkeeps long life in; extraheavy zinc “galvannealed”ooating keeps rust out; canpticket-like sta wavy elp ereskeep 1t all-proof. line hnewires,can -sl1p knots straight, t,trim, hog-t,t1gh KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE 00. 4814 INDUSTRIAL ST, PEORIA, 11.1.. What has been your experience with or without good fence? We will paySS .00 or . , more for each letter that we use. Write ordetails. catalog and 3 interesting book- lets that tell how others have made more money with hog-tight tfenoe. Asthma So Bad 1 ‘ She Was Hopeless Expected to Die. Got Well Quickly. No .Slgn of Asthma Now. Folks whose asthma or bronchial cough seems to be getting the best of them, will ,be glad to know how Mrs. M. Bennett, 128 N. Noble St” Indianapolis, Ind., re- gained health. She writes: "I suffered with asthma for years. Three years ago, I caught the flu, and my asthma became so bad 'I was hopeless. I coughed and choked so I could hardly breathe, and thought my time had come. My daughter read about Nacor, and got a bottle. I didn’t see any use trying it, but I did, and improved almost at once In all, I took 3 bottles. I recovered entirely and have never had a sign of asthma 1silirice'. I am 63 years old and feeling just ne.’ . Hundreds of other sufferers have report- ed their complete recovery from asthma and bronchial coughs. Their letters, tell— ing how their trouble left and never re— turned, will gladly be sent free by Nacor Medicine C0., 590 State Life Bldg, Indi- anapolis, Ind., together with a booklet of. valuable information about these dis- eases. No matter how serious your case, write for this free information. It has guided thousands back to health—(Adm) '0 :‘so- - a .- . - , Near round—no corners for crowd- ingmrat and vermin proof. New _ exclusive idea in cross (- ventilation. Combination .. ventilator and fine. Glass ff. . . windows. Diameter 12 _- feet. Capacity 500 chicks. Built sectional — easily « ' enlarged. Buy Lats CUTTER A SILO 00.. 813 St. Infield. Ohio. Halters Ross Metal Silos—Cut- lbr—Blne—Hog' Housek-MlllP-Garages. srrsg Br . BUILT .30 mn,ryd Scientifically constructed of best materials Shi ppedin sections. All Hard- ,MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER s'e‘cution of poultry thieves. , following basis: igan Business Farmer within fiye 3. The amount of the reward ($50) and shall be paid only upon make the decision. the date of the trial of the accused. 1926, and continues in effect until Business Farmer to the contrary. and conviction of any person guil Farmer. The rules governing the NE Thousand Dollars in rewards of we each is hereby circrcd by The Michigan Business Farmer for the arrest» and successful pro- tence to jail or prison of the offender. 4. Only one reward will be paid in each case. 5. The reward in each case will be paid to the one who is princi- pally responsible for the arrest and conviction of the law violator. This includes State and County police officers. , who is entitled to the reward, the county prosecuting attorney shall if .. These rewards will be paid on the. For infermation or arrest leading to the conviction of any thief or thieves of chickens, ducks, gem, turkeys or guinea fowl, from the premises of a member of The Michigan Business Farmer Service and- Protective Bureau, living in Michigan whose subscription to The Mich- . igan Business Farmer is paid-in-advancc at the time of the robbery. 2. The sheriff must be notified as soon as possible after the robbery is discovered, and full details of the theft must ,be mailed to The Mich- days after its occurence. in each case shall be Fifty Dollars the undisputed conviction and sen- Sentcnce must be served. In case of dispute as to 6. The Michigan Business Farmer must be notified in advance of 7. This offer is limited to the payment of twenty rewards of Fifty Dollars ($50) each, One Thousand Dollars. ($1,000) total reward. 8. This offer applies to crimes committed after September 25th, notice is published in The Michigan We have also posted $500 which we are paying out in rewards of $25 each to any person giving such information that will lead to the arrest ty of stealing horses, cows, sheep, hogs, grains, fruits or farm implements, including tractors, but not automobiles or trucks—value of stolen property $10. 00 or more, pro- viding property is stolen from a paid-up subscriber to The Business poultry thief rewards also apply to rewards to be paid for other thefts. the manufacturer and see just how the marker is make. As a result of this trip we can offer our subscribers a tattoo marker that we believe has everything else along this line backed off the map for only $1.50 each. At that price we are not mak- ing a cent as it is just What they cost us. The Business Farmer Poul- try Marker comes with enough special prepared ink to mark. 100 birds and complete directions on how to do the marking accompanies it. Additional supplies of ink can be bought from us at cost. Each subscriber who purchases one of. these markers will receive a. different mark. The first onedwill have registration number “MBF 1,” the letters being on one line and the figure below. The second one will get “MBF 2," and so on, up into the thousands. The marker becomes the sole property of the man buying it and is not transferable. We will keep a complete record of who purchases each marker and this information will be placed in the hands of the poultry buyers and the sheriffs of Michigan. Also in the larger cities we will supply it to the chiefs of police. New lists will be sent them as additional markers are sold. ' The Farm Thief Must Go (Continued from Page 4) This system of 'marking poultry will work out very well with our record of purchase law which was passed by the legislature during its last session. Under this law every buyer of poultry for resale must keep ~ a record of purchases and if he buys some marked poultry he can check back to his registration sheets to see if the seller is the owner. If’he isn’t he should be able to prove that he purchased them from the owner or explain how they came to be in his possession honestly. If he can not then it is a job for the sheriff. Anti-Thief Association We placed the organization of county- -wide anti-thief associations as fourth. It is impossible to discuss proper- ly in this article the organization of such associations so We will take that up in a later issue giving complete details on how to organize and so forth. In the meantime We suggest you get to see your sheriff and your prosecuting attorney and discuss such an association with them. The sheriff should be at the head of any county organization of this kind be-' cause he is the head of the law en- (Continued on Page 29) I arranged to furnish them with BU cost. The marker costs $1. 50, birds, and full instructions on how to Remember, your name and the numbe ORDER ' The Business Farmer Protoctivs Service Bureau, Mt. Clemens, Mich loan. '7 it to be used except on my. poultry or livestoc Business Farmer Poultry .Markers coo-o..— ........... ............. ...'Gcng— type Burglar Alarms @ $6 . (Batteries not included. Three dr BUSINESS .FARMER’S POULTRY MARKER AND GONG ALARM 0 help the farmers of Michigan protect their property from thieves we have can be used for other livestock) and burglar alarms of the gong- type at including. enough special indelible ink for 100 lggirgg, 65c for 250 birds, and $1. 00 for 500 birds. poultry dealers and sheriffs in Michigan. Kin‘dly send to me the followimt with complete directions for use poultry with Busl nsss- an‘njor' 5 Poultry Marks; and will not sell or transfer this marker or allow Extra Ink (lOfl‘birds, 35c; 250 birds, 650; 500 birds, $1)....... .................... ..... I am including my check or money order for smnss FARMER Poultry Markers (these Extra ink is sold at 35c for 100 The cost of the gong alarm is use. r of your marker will be registered with BLANK—~--—--—--—— I agree to mark ‘all my @' $1.50 each... ‘ 50 each nnstnnid ‘ r y cells needed. . z' Name 3 Address Number of. chickens and other poultry 7 “The Farm Paper of Service” DUB W.R.'Brown (New Orleans) writes, "Will you kindly send me your poultry man- 1131? My copy sent me last season was lost. ,My first hatch 1s duesoon and I am not quite sure as to the for- mula for starting feed. Used this formula last season and never have I grown such chicks, though I have been at it twenty years. No loss, no weaklings, and amazing growth." , Put BUTTERMILK . in yourPOULTRY'FEED Don't be fooled —make sure that there is enough buttermilk in your mixed feed. Add at least 10%‘Collis Process Pure Dried Buttermilk; you will have healthier chicks, early laying pullets and fatter broilers. FREE! If you have not received our - booklet “Feed from Egg to Market"—send us your feed dealer' s name- the book will be mailed to you free. COLLIS rnonucrs co. Dept. 14 CLINTON, IOWA~ Stop Your Baby Chick Losses Raise 2 pa bro 118 we ks— buy or hatch our chicks hot nand get higher prices. You can you have s tin. Mom-owing (0.) Hatchery writes—“Mud Mper cont. ” ‘ A. J. Swineford writes-“find 2lb. broilers in 8 wceks. ” “c.911cflieregwritcr-“Ex‘pocttobuyonotheilutin in Broodin nsohicksind u Mail-tin Is safer, easier, surcr. FIRE- PR F 11th weal-I pron 100,! even in zero weather, stove s C. O '31?“ tIgBOVIolicthay ndsofthseM “net‘lIMInoei i won laud—no 63% . u Inna-Lust 5111?.- timsm. him ills-m rowan-33% The Martin Steel Products 00-. amp? 9. Bred for Profits W ””i.“1§.°l“l§¥;h‘32:§ “15mm". 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If you have suffered for a life-time and tried-what you thought was the“ best skill known to cope with the most terrible attacks of Asthma, if you are discouraged'beyond hope, send for this free trial. . ‘FEEE 11111111.]. COUPON ' FRONTIER ASTHMA 00., ' 1179. 33- Frontier Bldg, 462 Niagara. St., Buffalo, N Y. . 1’ '/«~ . send free trial of ypur method to ' ’ III» TEN REASONS FOR POULTRY ' FAILURES flocks are 'HEN farm poultry ' 7 _. w given the right attention, the grower meets with success in his efforts; but, lack of‘attention to the flock nearly always results in failure to produce profits. ' “Ninety per cent of the calls that we get for. help with poultry are caused from lack of attention to simple details in handling the flock, ” says Allen G. Oliver, poultry exten- sion specialist at North Dakota State College. “Rarely do we get a. call from those thousands of farmers who give their birds the right at- tention. If I were to sum up the 'most prevailing causes of failure, I would list the following ten: The poultry house allowed to be dark, damp and drafty. Drinking fountains or troughs al- lowed to be dirty and filthy or the birds drink from stagnant pools of water. Lack of fresh air and sunshine, Nature's disinfectants, in the house. Failure to clean and disinfect the house at regular intervals. Keeping the flock penned up in unsanitary houses and yards. . Allowing dead poultry to remain exposed. Allowing sick poultry to run with remainder of the flock. Building the poultry house in a. low, damp location. Failure to provide sufiicient clean water and shade in the summer. Permitting lice, mites and other vermin to infest birds and houses. These ten things, states Mr. Oli- ver, cause most of the failures and each of them could be easily over- come. They are plain commOn sense precautions which may be observed without great outlay of money and the mest that is needed for their observance is some work and a proper regard for the dumb crea- tures. Mr. Oliver makes the added pre- caution that birds crowded in the house during the day nor on the. r'oosts at night. Each hen needs about three square feet of floor space and from seven to ten inches of roosting space. Plenty of clean water and well kept quar- ters are always needed for success with poultry. NOT FEEDING PROPERLY I would like to know what is the matter with my chickens. Their in- wards are all in a kind of a sack and there is egg all through them; that is little yolks of ggs. They do no lay.—T. L., Hale, Mich‘. SUSPECT from what you say that I it must be that you are not feed- ing your flock properly; the fact that there are a large number of undeveloped eggs in them indicates that they will lay when properly fed and cared for. Had you told me just what and how you fed them and how , ex erlence I'In " raisin tmpoultry wll should not be, II 4! meat I the gouolfyeerffisll: 211me 91351-11.) fl they were cared for I might have told you what would be likely to help you get eggs from your flock. —-—Dr. Geo. H. Conn, COLDS AND ROUP Will you please teIIIme what to'do for chicken with colds and roup?—— F. B., Stanton, Mich. HE first thing to do is to see that the sick ones are removed from the flock; then the ventilation must be so that there is fresh air without draughts; there must not be dampness in the house. Clean and disinfect the watering fountains-and feeders twice weekly. Feed lightly and add I pound of epsom salts once each week to the mash for 10.0 hens. Get some chlorinated lime and add a tablespoonful .to each gallon of drinking water and allow no other. —Dr. Geo. H. Conn.“ THE FARM THIEF MUST GO «Continued frOm Page 28) forcing body of that community?” Most sheriffs are anxious to assist in this work. If the prosecuting at- torney does not care to take a lead- ing part he no doubt will be glad to advice and help in other ways. Last but not least, learn to shoot and shoot straight. No farmer wants to kill a human being, even though he may be stealing his property. But he can wound him without doing serious harm if he is a good shot, and then hold him for the officers. Rural thievery must be stopped, and it can be stopped if we will all work together. The Experience Pool Bring your everyday problems in one get the experience of other farmers. Questions ad- dressed to this bdepartment are published here and answere yousy , our readers who are Graduates old the cnool of Hard Knocks end who have their diplomas from the College of . Experience. It you don't want our editor'- edvloe or en expe’t': advice. but Just plain. eveerav business farmers’ advice. send in your question here. I! you can answer the other fo'low’s queet’m. please do so he may ans- wer one of your: some day! Address Exo‘er‘ lenoe Pool. -cere The Butlneep Farmer Mt. Clemens. Mich. ODOR OF CISTERN \VATER EAR EDITOR: Some one asked how to take bad odor out of cistern water some time ago and was told there is no remedy. Well, I will tell you all one that is sure. Fill a small salt sack or other sack with fresh wood ashes, tie a string to it, tying it shut and sus- pend in the cistern. For want of the ashes I threw some potash lye, small quantity, into my cistern and have had no trouble since—Mrs. M. Bill- man, Jackson County. I suppose I am in the same boat with a good many others; have hard time waiting two weeks for each issue—Ru- dolph OsWald, Sanilac County. . In our tLt'vn'IoM nth-«9.. (‘noss srcmou .u-e 1 MISTAKE ON TRAP NEST PLAN very sorry that there was a. mix-up in connection with article on “Making a ’and the plan which appeared in the last issue. for a trap- nest. It showed how to make an out spro'nter and will» In this issue We are publishing the correct pin for trap . 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Harin- “ -le as to other animals. oultry or humans. 1.“... ., . .1 ‘ests die outsulc " -‘ . away from buildings. 80 confident are the distributors that Imperial Rut Killer Will do as well for you, that they offer to send e large $2.00 bottle (Farm Size). for only one dollar, on 10—Days’ Trial. Send no money—Just your name and address . to Im erial Laboratories. 2559 Coca Cola build- ing, snsas Cty. Mo.. and the shipment will be made at once, by C. O. D. mail. f it does not uickly kill these guests“ your dollar will be cheer- ully refunded. 0 write today—(Adm) ausmass FARMERS EXGHAIGE RATE PER WORD—One Issue 8c. Two Issuer 15o. Four issues 250. No advertisement less than ten words. Groups of figures initial or abbrevia- tion count as one word. sh in adriiice from all advertisers in this department. no exceptions and no discounts. Formi- closeI Monday noon proceeding date of issue ress‘ MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. E PI". HELP WANTED MILK SALESMEN WANTED“ REAL OPPOR- tunity for ambitious, intelligent men. (lash bond r uired. Ehling Creamery Company, 1480 Holden ve.. Detroit. FARMS WANTED—GOOD STANDING TIE TIMBER. State where located number of acres, kinds of timber and hauling distance to nearest railroad shipping oint. Charles A._ Weiler (.o.. -142 General otors Bldg. Detroit. Mich. FOR SALE TO CLOSE ESTATE. 120 ACRES near Three Rivers, Mich. All good level land. Ideal home location. I. 0. Schurtz ddministrator, 1935 Linden Ave, Grand Rapids, Mmh. SEEDS ARI) PLANTS PEACH TREES. $5.00 PER 100 AND UP. Apple trees, $7.60 per 100 and Ii . In large or mini lots direct to planters by ireig t. parcel post, express. Plums, pears. cherries grapes. nuts, ber- ries. pecans, vines; ornamental trees. vines and shrubs. Free catalo in colors. Tennessee Nurs— ery 00.. Box 137. Cevelund, Tenn. 4 MONTMORENCY CHERRY TREES. .POST~ paid . (‘iitalog free. Peach Belt Nurs- cries, Bangor, Michigan. CHOICE ADAPTED SMALI GRAI) AND beans. Improved Amgie n Harmer Wheat. Wolverine Oats unproven Cool! Owosi-o Michigan MASTOI)ON EVERBEARING—LESS TIMN. 1‘bc each. Why Pay More? Chain ion Originator. Catalog Free. Edwin Liblre. New lufl'alo. Mich. ' $1.00 SPECIALS 200 STRAWBERRY PLANTS; 50 Luthsin: 100 Cuthbert: 150 Mary VVnshmz- ton Asparagus; 20 Grapes; 25 Rhubarb. Get growers prices. [Innis-Cross Nurseries, Bangor, M? l. burr Bonus A. B. TOBACCO TOBACCO: KENTUCKY SWEETLEAE. MEL- low; Smoking 5 pounds 5c' 10, $1.00; 15, $1.45. Chewing 5, 85c; 10 $1.50; 15, 2.00. Pay when received. Kentucky Farmers. ingo, Kentucky. HOMESFUN TOBACCO: CHEWING 10 1 50 - 10 . . Smokin Farmers, Psducah, y. maroon SHRED DAIRY “omens MA m niches-cm ”“3 oe Moriarty. LBS. lbs. $1.00. United INTER conditions make for W ' steady prices. There was little months 01' the year and nothing .very unsettling was insight at the end. At least the market was not going down except for such things as eggs and southern Vegetables, which always increase in supply from about this time. With a better export demand for cotton, grain, pork, and with more snap in the po- tato trade, the whole market would look rather good. At least it might be worse, and often has been worse during the past half a. dozen seasons at the beginning of the new year. Wheat Larger offerings of Argentine wheat, together with perhaps a larg- er acreage of winter wheat in the United States next season, weakened change through the last two, Markets Fair from Bad at Beginning of‘1928 Better Export Demand from Grain and Pork’ ' C By Market .Ner Service, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. 8. ELL. (Special to THE BUSINESS FARMER) ' t .1. ing taken by European buyers and constitutes the bulk oi! the world’s shipments each week. - Feeds V The holiday dullness helped to. re- duce the demand for teedstufls, but the moderate offerings of most reeds were readily absorbed,‘a.’l_though pric- es of wheat feedsvmade substantial declines. Rather widespread precipi- tation and normally cold weather over much of the country _tavored liberal feedings. The linseed meal market was practically unchanged, alfalfa. meal averaged about steady. but corn teed tended lower and cot- ton seed higher. Price changes in the hay market were unimportant. ' Cattle . . A top price of $18 was reached for choice heavy cattle in Chicago not long before the year-end holidays. MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO DAILY THE Michigan Business Farmer Was first to broadcast farm market reports in Michigan (January. 4, 1926). Market reports and tarm‘ news are now available as follows: WGHP (277.6 meters), 6:05 to 7:00 P. M.; WKAB ( 77.6), 12:00 M.; WWJ (352.7), 5:45 P. M.: WCX-WJR (440.9). 4:15 P. M.——Edltor. the wheat market near January 1, but prices made only slight declines. Receipts of cash ”grain Were of only moderate volume, while the demand was fairly active, and sufficient to absorb all oflerings at steady pre- miums. _ Corn Continued large offerings of. corn and the upward revision of the of— ficial estimate of this seas0n’s crop Were weakening factors in the corn market. This season’s corn crop according to the December 1 official estimate is about 94,000,000 bushels larger than last year’s production, but the total supply, including the carryover, is only about 22,500,000 bushels larger than a year ago. ' Rye The rye market was lower with wheat, also because of a slightly less actiev demand. Barley The braley market held firm, with a good demand for the limited re— ceipts at the principal markets, Ex- ports have fallen off, but consider- able United States barley is still be- The general cattle market gained somewhat, owing in part to lighter receipts and in part to special de- mand or certain lines. The general strength of the underlying situation is shown by the fact that feeder stock advanced somewhat with the rest of the list. In general, the net changes over a period of two weeks at the end of December were not great, the advances having amounted to a recovery from preceding de- clines. Hogs and Sheep Hogs continue to sell at $8.50 to $8.65 for most grades at‘ Chicago and conditions showed some im— provement because of a recovery of demand and rather moderate ship— ments. Little change occurred in the sheep and lamb markets. Wool Leading grades of western wools met active demand around the first of the year, owing to the general strength of the market situation here and in Europe. Prices for worsted wools were well maintained and there were some gains in the ‘ THE. BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago . . Tuesday. January 8~thet using Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit Jan. 3 Dec. 31 Dec. 13 1 yr. ago it HEAT-— No. 2 Md $1.41 $139342 $1.40 No. 2 White . 138% 1.37 1.41 No. 2 Mixed 1-38 $6 1.37 1.30 conu— No. 2 Yellow '93 .8234 1.00 .82 No. 3 Yellow -91 .85 .98 .81 OATS New ‘ . No. 2( Whit)e . -59 54% @56' 58% .5414 I No. 3 White .57 as .52@ .55 ’ . p .51 is an.» Cash No. a 1-15 .60 .09 1.17 BEANS— . o. a, 1’.ch 5-69 5.40 ‘4.80@4.85' ‘POTATOEs—— . per cm. 2.00@2.15 1.50@1.70 1.84@ 1.90 "2.ss@3.00 flA!-—-- IV I ‘ , , No. 1 Tim. , 13@14 18@19, , - 13 14 19 20.50 No. 2 mm, 10 11-- 15@171 10 11‘.“ , 17 18 No. i (now 11 12.50 , 181162199 11 12:50 ,,17 1s . might Mixed W . 13g“ 186G219 , 1s .14 _;> 18 10.50 . a ~medium~ grades '01 clothing “30013, g . g _ Friiit and Vegfitables , .. Fruit and vegetable markets still show {something of .theTIuSQual: quiet following the holiday activity. , No important“ change in price has taken place in' such leading'llneses‘ pots» toes, apples, cabbage, end-'ronions, but the December gains in the price of onious have held firmly ass result of lower figured given out regarding last season’s production, particularly in midw’esterii onion districts. Ship- ments of’potetoes continue remark- ably steady in, quantity”, at the rate of about 506 cars per day. ‘ ‘ units.) The been market .sppeers to, be in a very healthy condition with the price at country loading points hold- . ing well around $6 per hundred- weight. Any attempt to put prices down causes a slowing up'of marketing. Demendds reported good with prom- ise of higher prices. " - "We sold beans this last summe at- $6.40 Michigan with a big crop and .a fairly large carry-oven? says the Michigan Elevator‘Exch‘ange. “It ought not to be difficult to duplicate that with the short crop and no carry-over." We agree With them. ' Light red kidneys are quoted at $6.60 and dark, reds .at $7.00. A . year ago dark reds were underselling the light rods from 50c to $1 per hundred pounds. 'There is no reli- able data as to the amount of kid- ,ney beans in the hands of farmers but estimates are from 30 to 60 per cent of the 1927 crop has not yet been marketed. - DETROIT SEEDS Clover seed, cash imported, $16.30; December, $16.75; Febru-‘ ary, $16.80; March, $16.80; domes- tic, cash; $18.60; February, $18.60; March, $18.60. Alsike, cash, $16.20; January, $16.30; February. $16.45; March, $16.60. Timothy, cash, $20214; March, $217175. .DETROIT LIVE POULTRY Live poultry, receipts light; prices firm. Springers, Rocks and Reds, 5 lbs. up, 28c; medium size, 25@ 26c; white Leghorns, 25c; other col- ors, '14 @150. Hens, 5 lbs. up, 240; medium, 22@23c; small and Leg- horns, 17c; stags and cocks, 16c. Large white ducks, 27 @28c; small and colored, 24@25c; geese, 7 lbs. up, 2263230; turkeys, No.1, 8 lbs. up, 42@43c; old toms, 32@35c. DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS Creamery butter in tubs, 42@ 47 béc. Fresh receipts best quality eggs, 35@46c per (102.; dirts and checks, 20@25c; ,storage, 28@320. LIVE STOCK MARKETS DETROIT—J an. 3.-—Ca.ttle: Strong; beet Detroit yearlings, $11@13.75; best heavy steers, $10.25@12; best handy , weight butcher steers, $9@10.75; mixed steers and heifers, $9@9.75: handy light butch- ers, $7.50@9.50; light'butchers, $6@8.25: best cows, $6.50@8.75 ; butcher cows, $5.50 @625; cutters, $5@5.25: canners. $4@5: choice light bulls, :$6@8.50; bologna bulls, $7.50@8.75; stock bulls, $6@7.75; feeders. $7698.50; stockers, $5.50@7; mllkers and springers, $65@110. Veal calves.——Stea.dy; best, $16.50@17; , others, $8@16. Sheep and Lambs—Steady: best lambs, $13.75; fair lambs, $11@12; light to com- mon lambs, $6@9.50; fair to good sheep, $6@7; culls and common, $2@3. Hogs—Prospect 10c higher; mixed,~ $1'.80@2.40; average, $9.35. CHICAGO—Cattle: Receipts, 3,000: less active than yesterday, but generally steady; steer market somewhat a. forced affair; runaway market on meagergrop sausage bulls; best fed steers, $15; blflk. $11.50@14 ; nothing but short reds offered: cow cutters up to_$6.23 and better; most sausage bulls, $8@8.50,;‘3vealel‘18. '$12@ 13.50 to big alters; out ‘ders. .314@,115:50. Hogs: Reoe ‘p‘tfi, 328.1000 - .uneven. TheaVY hogs generally” steady: medium. 0 light 'weightbutchersstroheto me his er: light - _lights .10@15o"up; spots “ git names combing and f Only one of our, crop eo‘rr respondents reports a lower figure. ' - Dunning w; Cattle, 6 cars, steady: hogs. 20 mfieady; mediums, $9. 2609. 35; heavy, ”«uODAO; yorker-s». ”@9 26 pigs and ”light; 38.75@,9. Sheep, 35 cars, lower; 5 ~ . j A, lggest Thmg In Farming 30;“; mW 1“?“- ‘ ’ ' ' IS WOrtll Savmg! 1' 11.60. wethers, $8@8 50 ewes, $6 506 1. .~ _3;___.____.__.__ , ‘ -: ’1 BEAN m POTATO 03028 ”[011 or . ' , " ~ LAST YEA: ' -. is the most valuable thing we have. Every hour saved in crop production' In anhourofprofitat theengoftheyear. " - And that is where McCormick-Deming Tillage Tools come in! Whether you have need of fastvwork‘ing tractor tools that till as many as 70 mama-mum’s.» , Bean and potato crops in Michigan ' wowed 9. Med decrease from the totals : 0! last year according to reports just is- sued by Verne H. Church, federal “3- t clan and E. Pore“, Michigan eommi'edon- ‘, ‘, er of agriculture. - ! I F 31517113111" ' 1 = ,3. y u: , p , , The bean crop amounts to 6, 094, 000 j r . fl - bushels. The decrease in production Irom ‘ lest previous reports is due to a further f . downward revision in acreage to 656. 90k / . 1 v The yield per acre in nine bushels, as com~ - r pared with 12 bushels hat Year. Hm ‘\ 3 , quality is much below. ' , '- ~ _ The potato crop is 23 120, 000 I)” u ‘ . . ’ . compared with 29,800 000 last yeah n1- . . » » - ' ' " ' -' l 313(1) ohm’emd acreage was 289 on u. ; , WWW. - .1 more than that or 1926 I ‘ WM“; rotary a.“ 9mm - ; Michigan growers are reload with n“? ' ‘ = - ' a“... “He, MD , . mum. such as has not occurred 1...... , . hmmhMMFIk pale till-amino: will pay \) the last 20 years or more, the prod.“ ; 1 I Mafia-WWW «- hail“ wing in two -. being only 60 per cent, of normal an!“ 7 t _ I i , ‘ ' ' "KW “39:01:11ny PRY { light crop to be marketed in compdll-i W. W 1 with a national crop of more than N 16f in yield on 25 . m Mill” 2 ‘ . proportions. ian‘heflMm fiehols best suited ‘ ; .. Wand , 1a., 8: to when 211de he arm point out a pen: -mmmm§°nice. SEX. mammfimmmd theiobitlremmiryhoedoesin W W’ “W 10006 Fame: 8m” Mung mm “haves the '0“ 8‘ mellowas a'garden.” W sent on request. : Week of January 8 . HE local sleet or snow storms ; predicted for last part of last ‘1 week will probably run over in- : to the beginning of this week with high winds, blizzards ann snow drifts. As the middle of the week ap— proaches temperatures will drop con- siderably and for the balance of the week will very likely remain low. Due‘ to the lack, of general stornfi- ness at this time the latter part ‘ this week pm h h mostly” . and cold. Wat ed January 15 During the first part of the we& beginning January 15 we are expens- ing the weather in Michigan to be» generally fair and temperatum; (Incorporated) , moderate. As the week advances .. 1. \ temperatures will rise higher. Beginning about Tuesday and rm— . ning through the middle days of {Elk Week the weather will become unsat- 1‘ MICK‘DEERING tied with cloudy skies, strong Winds and some precipitation. ; _ . * V . Following this storm area the ' ~ . I I ' , AGE 00 S skies will again clear and the tem- . ' ‘ L I L peratures fall much lower. 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