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In this issue: Complete Story About Farmers’ Week at Michigan State College—Special Articles on
Farm Bureau and Farmers’ Club Annual Meetings-Pointers on Making Out
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éfiective Jan. 10, 1928

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Roadster - - 6‘70
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Touring . . - €95

Four-door Seth 720

Delano Coupe - 720
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Two-door Sedan 1095
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Four-doorSedm 1175
LandauSedan - 1235
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New Chrysler
“72”
'1'me Coupe $1545
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Royal Sedan - 1595
Sport Roadster 1595
(withmnfleeeat)
Four-Pass. Coupe 1595
Town Sedan - 1695
ConvertibleConpe 1745
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Or-ownSedan _- 1795
New 112 hp.
Imperial “80”
\ Roadster . - $2795
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TownSedan - 2995
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Read
the Ads

The modern tanner, these days,
doesn't Just keep cows and hogs.
No—-lu knows the breeds and
know- Just why he wants Guern-
seya or llolsteins. Dlroea.
Hnnplhlml or Pounds. He
knows what he wants and why
ho‘ wants it.

And It's the same with
thing else that the wise buyer
spends his good money tor. He
must have a certain name on his
ear radiator-.31“! a certain
trade-mark on every implement
or article he buys. whether for
term or household use. It is a
day of definite breeds. brands
and trade-marks.

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Those who know of the latest
Ideas and improvements of the
manufacturers are those who
read the advertisements... Stand-
ard advertised brands are best.
They have stood the test of use.

   
    
 
   
  

-' Bend the advertisements in this

, publication. They will tell you
at at. lie-b lire-do to fill

particular needs. They will help
and

. «you to do your work better _
to Ilive more contahbly at lass

AGAIN W m I. A WINNER IN MICHIGAN
5 aces eons GROWING comm:
Clement's White Gap Yellow Dent. PM Yellow Dent and Michigan Yellow Dent (a ”Very
early dent), W Worthy Oats. Two-Row Barby and Sweet Glover Seed.
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FIRE
LIABILITY

We lmve good openings for representative farmer agents.

THEFT COLLISION
PROPERTY DAMAGE

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the beer title to desknato a group
to is made up of the twenty leading
beet growers or the Stats. Is a-

- nounced by the farm crops depart-

ment at State College.

The growers who are to become
member: of the club will be 4:11ch
this year. and the choice will be
based upon tbs yield secured, the
sugar contained in the heels grown
per acre, and the business efllcluey
shown lngsroduelng the crow . -

The contest for the eludes of a
name opened February 1 and sin.
J une 1. Suggested names should be
mailed to C. J. Oviatt, Michigan
State College, East Lansing. V

PreviOusly organized clubs have
been designated as ‘Masters,’ ‘Cham-
ploss,’ or ‘Fifteen Ton' and lt~ is
hoped that entrants in the Michigan
contest will not use these terms in
also suggested title. .

The growers to become members
of the group will be selected by a
eomnllttee chosen by the M. S. C.
lam crops department and the man-
ufacturers of best sugar. The C0-
lumbia Sugar Company, Bay City,
provided the prime money which will
go to the title contest winner.

 

PRES. 813W GOING
[‘0 1mm

HE State Board of Agriculture.
has granted leave or absence.
to President Butter-field ot Mlch- ;

lgan State College in order that he ;
may attend the International Mis-.
sionary Council which convenes at
Jerusalem the latter part of March.
President and Mrs. Butter-field will
leave Lansing February 20th prepar-
atory to sailing from New York on
February 25, on the "Adriatic."
There will be some two hundred
official delegates to the. Council.
drawn tron about lorry countries
and comprising musical: mission-
..ary workers. both native leaders
from so-ealled mlssloaary lands as
well as persons from the-countries “
which have been sending out and
supporting missionaries la the field.
The Council ls under the presidency
of Dr. John R. Holt. and among the
American delegates are such men as
Dr. Robert E. Spear, Bishop Francis
J. McConnell, President Ioton ol
Tuskogee, and Samuel ll. Covert.

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OCEANA Gm ECONOMICS AGENT
HE Home Economics Club of.
Oceans. county. acting with the
extension service department of
Michigan Stale College, has obtained
the services or Miss Katy Seokell of
Albion as home demonstration agent
in the county. She will start her
work in February and several clubs
are being organised in the county to
be in readiness to start various home
economic wolects.

Miss Seekoll was chosen from
among 10 other candidates. She
spenttheearlierpartotherliteona
taro: near Milan and is laminar with
farm lite. After graduation from
high school she taught a year in rural
schools and then entered Albion col-
lege where she completed a four-
year course in home economics, later
taking advanced work at Michigan
State College. For the past two years
she has taught home economics in
the South Haven High school where
her work with girls has attracted
favorable comment.

Besides working with women Miss
SeeInoll will continue the work of the
4H clubs among‘girls. These have
ben under the direction of County
Agent Carl B. Hematmet.

Bliss Seekell wl establish her of—
lloe with that or county £83111; at
Shelby. “

SHEPHERD COOPERATIVE HAS ‘
NICE SURPLUS ,

TOCKHOLDERS of the Shepherd
Cooperative A'ssOciation held
their annual meeting on January

. 14th and learned that their organi—
zation shipped $173, 679. 33 'worth of
livestock during 1927 while their re-
t1: business amongst! teeter “5,-
In that period. “The Secretary’s _
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1928

pm... Busy week at M. s. C.

Attendance of Ten Thousand Breaks All Previous Records at Annual Farmers’ Week

purveyors of nostrums that

I' will snatch the poor farmer

. from the jaws of economic de-
mise would have had a hard time
picking their patients out of. the 10, -
000 people who visited Michigan
State College during Farmers’ Week.
Most of the automobiles that carried
the visitors to East Lansing seemed
to be equipped with a good supply of
gas, the tires on the machines ap-
peared to be fairly good, no one had
to sell lead pencils to buy food, and
there is no record of any concen-
trated attack upon the funds that
the College City has available for
supplying destitute transients With a
ticket to thenext county.

‘The diversity of the interests that

to the College and
ir attention after
their arrival demonstrates some of
the reasons that farm relief mea-
sures do not get a unanimous vote
from the farmers themselves. Rural
reformers will have to awaken to the
fact that farmers are not a class
made up of interchangeable individ-
tale with identical ambitions and
methods of earnings. livelihood. ‘

There was no instance during the

week of any group deserting the
meetings arranged for their special
interests and marching in a body to
hear a discussiOn of no interest to
them. Thelmuck farmers discussed
muck and muck crops; the poultry-
men talked about eggs, chicks and
chickens: the horticulturists listened
to members of their profession tell
of their experiences .in , producing

drew the vis

fruit; and the rural women did not _

get faraway from the meetings
where home, clothes and children
were the subjects under considera-
tion.

The afternoon and evening meet-
ings at which topics of supposedly
general interest were the center of

' attraction Were well attended; but,
when you saw a visitor buttonhole:
his companion and emphasize his‘

cbnversation with a waving fore-
finger, a little polite listening in
proved thatthe topic being debated
was one that engaged the attention
of a particular group in a sectional
meeting. .
General Programs

Edward- N. Wen‘tworth, Chicago,
who has made a study of agricul-
tural and industrial relationship em-
phasaized the impossibility of improv-
ing. agricultural conditions by any
method of blanket legislation. Mr.
Wentworth made a prophecy of in-
creasing prosperity for farmers, but
he stated that this prosperity would
be brought about by the individual
initiative of'farmers "in adopting spe-
cialized lines of farm practices. In-
creasing land values will no longer

provide, a recompense for the years,

spent in living and working on a
farm- Today the profits to be de-
rived from farming must be obtained

from farm products, is the belief of.

Mr. Wentwo’rth. The speaker also
said that contacts made by him
among industrial leaders convinced
him that these leaders are anxious
to see that the farmer shall receive

. _ an adequate return for his labor and

investments.
W. Q; Thompson,p president emeri-
ms of Ohio State University, told his

 

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audience that relief legislation wfid

y . .
, betterment for agricul-: ¢~
11- continued, would have to;
he shorts of these end;
' usines's of farming.

By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

‘ State and Michigan State, have been
and will continue to be of material

assistance to farmers in the solu-

_‘ tion of specific problems that can be
solved only by research and experi-

mentation.

The Ohio educator thinks that’

cities require a continuous supply of
people moving in from rural dis-
tricts, so the cities should be inter-
ested in the Welfare of the group
from which an important part of

their population must be drawm.

The necessity for the farmer to pro-
vide his own salvation requires edu-
cational training that the land grant
colleges are required to furnish
through residence and extension
courses, was one of the statements
of President Thompson.

Governor Speaks
Governor; Fred W. Green ex-
pressed theopinion that the trouble
with taxation is that the present
system is not based upon the ability
of the taxpayer to pay the tax.

'Property is now taxed upon its
: theoretical value and not upon its
value as a producer of income.“

The
Governor stated that he did . not

agree with those that wanted to re-

duce. taxes by the curtailment of
road building and a reduction in the
expenditures for educational facili-
ties. Governor Green concluded his
talk with an assurance of an honest,
clean state government at Lansing.

Professor V. R. Gardner, head of
the - horticultural department
Michigan State-College, said that the
belief that it is cheaper for the
average farmer to buy fruit than to
raise it is depriving many farmers
not only of the best varieties of
fruit but also, in some cases, of all
fruit. Many of.the best varieties of
cherries, peaches, and other fruits
pan not be bought on the market.
They can be readily grown for the
home table at a slight outlay of
time and expense. The professor

” also recommended that f a r m e r s
plant improved varieties of walnuts

and hickory nuts. Nut trees require
very little attention, and their plant-
ing increases the value of the farm.

Doctbr G. 1. Christie, director of

extension work at Purdue Univera
warned his audience-

sity, Indiana,
that damage: to corn by the corn
borer could only be reduced through
the cooperation of all farmers.

at‘

The ,

expenditures necessary to control the
spread of the .borer must increase
the cost of producing corn, and the
crop is of such basic importance
that no one should offer less than
whole hearted support to the control
work. The International Corn Bor-
er Committee, of which Doctor
Christie is'a member, is asking Con-
gress for an appropriation to con-
tinue control measures started in
1927.1

That the; continuation of profits
for the sheep raiser depends to a
considerable extent upon the possi-
bility of persuading the buying pub-
lic that mutton is a. staple article of
diet, was the prediction made by
James E. Poole, Chicago markets
editor of the Breeders-Gazette. , Mr.
Poole pointed out the fact that
Canadians eat three times. as much
mutton per capita as Aunericans con-
sume. The editor of the Gazette
urges that Michigan sheep owners
put their business upon a. quality
rather than numerical basis.

Optimistic Over Market

,Mr. Poole was more optimistic of
the future trend of the cattle and
hog markets. He believes that the
market for pork will become better
and that the present good prices for
cattle will continue for some time.
While the speaker did not express
overconfidence in the acts of Con-
gress in channels outside of the pre—
scribed duties, he thought that the
needed protection of the farmer’s
domestic markets falls within the
province of Congressional action,
and he recommended mat an em-
bargo be placed upon the imports.-
tion of meat products.

Congressman John C. Ketcham,
Hastings, promised an audience of
4, 000 that he would introduce in the
House of Representatives a bill
based on the Grange Export Deben-
ture Plan.- Representative Ketcham'
believes that the McNary—Haugen
bill stands small chance of being en-
acted owing to the disfavor in which
it is held by President Coolidge, and
the Hastings solon said that the con-
stitutionality of this act would be
tested if the act should pass in Con-
gress and be approved by the Presi—
dent.

Ofl'ers Debenture Plan ..

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PROGRAM FOR SPRING MEETING on
MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

(Meetings to be held in Bali Room, Roosevelt Hotel)
' AT PONTIAC, FEB.
All Sessions will begin on time

Tuesday, February 28, 1928

Forcnoon
10:001—“0rchard Soil Management‘ ’-——John Sims.
10: 45—"’.l‘he Geology of Eastern Michigan Fruit Soils’ ’-—W. S. Toothacker.
211:15—“The Backyard Fruit Garden”-—R. J.Corye11.

Afternoon

1. see-"Tue Farmers Retail Market"—Isaac Band. ‘
2: 15'—-“Peach Cultural Practices in 0ntarlo”-——E. F. Palmer. Vineland Station,

Comm
Tuttle will discuss some of the problems of the apple
developed an orchard of 4, 000 bearing apple trees on
the Tuttle homestead in Ingham county.
, Wednesday. February 29, 19in .

‘ ' Forenoon

.9: 30—“Using Dust to Aid Appiilcattion1 Tim%g”é—H A.

a cue. 5’ ~—

ofprgrl'olsi—D —pollination and the Honey—bee in Fruit
, D. Hootman. ‘
V‘ » Afternoon
{‘1'}: sa—"rhe managemen‘tv (a Production Problems on a Fruit Farm

bio.
I. sm—Thle‘ Dwas of the Consumef’——G. v. Branch, Director of Detroit

28-29,1928

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meet with President Coolidge’s ap-
proval. Under this plan exporters

of grain could pay the consigner of"
s-expor-t grain the world price of the
’ grain plus an amount to be fixed by
’ federal authority. The added amount

      
   

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above the world price level would be '
refunded to the exporter through (16- .

bentures good for their face value
in paying duties upon any goods im-
ported into the United States. In
case the exporter of. grains did not
import goods upon which he had to
pay duties, the debentures could be
sold by him to any individual or

firm'that did import goods subject .

to duties.
The Congressman from Hastings

. deprecated the practice of appropri-

ating federal funds for the financing
of irrigation and reclamation .pro-
jects. ~ He believes that the subjects
that should have the attention of
Congress in its efforts to provide
farm relief are taxation problems,
improvement of transportation facil-
ities, and the control of surplus ag-
cultural products.

R. .Wayne Newton, economics de-

' partment, Michigan State College, in

an address on problems in farm tax
relief, stressed the need for basing
the’assessment of taxes upon the
ability to pay. Mr. Newton pointed
outthe economic problems that arise
when any of the industries are faced
with bills for unpaid taxes and have‘
no current income to pay the bills.
Mr. Newton declared that the com-
mon' property tax is the worst of-
fender against the principle of tax-
ation of the ability to pay. Local
taxes amount in many cases to 90
per cent of the total sum of taxes
paid by individual farmers, and the
property tax is the easiest tax for
local officers to collect. The econ-
omist, said the ease )f collecting the
property tax is one of the chief ob-
stacles in the way of inaugurating

_ new taxation systems.

The speaker believes that a dis-
tribution by the state to townsips of
a portion of the funds derived from
gas and automobile taxes would aid
in reducing the amount of taxes that
need to be collected locally for the
upkeep of township roads. He also
said that as the State has direct

charge of the rural educational sys- ‘

tem that more State assistance in
the financing of rural schools would
be no more than fair and would as-
sist in reducing local tax burdens.
Dr. Ada Hart Arlitt, head of the
department of child care and train-
ing at the University of Cincinnati,
addressed groups at both the general
sessions and at the sectional meeting
for women. Dr. Arlitt, in her talk
on Willing Obedience, said that chil-
dren obey~ much more readily when
they are confident that the one re-
quiring obedience is‘herself certain
of the reasonableness of the com-
mand, that the cemmand will not be
withdrawn, and that'it is not to be

countermanded by some other mem-,
- ,ber of the family.

Dr. Arlitt condemned harsh, con—
tinuous, and delayed punishments.
The punishment should be, as far as
possible, fitted to the crime, it should
be, exacted without question, and
should not be delayed for father to

‘ carry out when he comes home, and

after the child has forgotten what
the offense was..Tl1e parent should
teach the child that a certain voice

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7 the request made, and this tone of
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”Michigan state rim-m? , '
' got under way Thursday inprn-
111g, February 2nd,wit11 the seating
03‘. delegates from the various local:
farm bureaus about the State. This
was followed by the appointment of
committees. President M. L. Noon»
gave his address, after which the
minutes of the last annual meeting

I. were read. Then Clark L. Brody
‘read and discussed the secretary’s

and treasurer’s report.
Mr. Brody took up the various ae-

. tivities of the State Farm Bureau:

such as supply service, seed service,
.wool pool, automobile insurance.
information,

transportation and legislation. He

. showed that on December 31,1927,

they had $36, 324. 23 on hand and in
banks, and the net worth of. the or-

,ganimtiorn was $ 120.6303 6-

: In the afternoon there was .a talk
by M. S. Winder, seeretaryr-treasurer
of the American Farm Bureau Fed—
oration. The credentials and rules
committees made their reports and
the board of directors ofiered their
recommendations. At the conclusion
of the afternoon session resolutions
were under consideration.

Big Crowd at Banquet

At 6:40 p. 111., Thursday, around
900 people gathered in the ballroom
of Union Memorial building on the
campus to attend the annual banquet
of the Farm Bureau. This was fol-
lowed by a two hour program of
talks and singing after which most
of the folks enjoyed an old time
dancing party.

Music during the banquet was
furnished by the Brody Farm Bu-
reau Orchestra, made up of mem-
bm's of ,Mr. Clark L. Btody’s family.

1). Eben Mumford, of Michigan
State College, acted as toastmaster
and introduced the main speaker of
the evening, Prof. William E. Dodds,
of the University of Chicago, who

talked on “Shall American Farmers '

Become Peasants?"

Reviewing the history of agricul—
ture of this country from the days
of the Revolution up to the present
time, Pref. Dodds brought his talk
to a close with the prediction that if
the government does not get a more
agricultural viewpoint of problems
of the American farmer he can see
nothing very attractive for him in
the future of farming.

Will Peasantry Come?

“To be sure not all farmers are,

“Men who show
succeed.

helpless " he said,
great ability sometimes

,ers.

'tion of the civil war?

by

watching of the markets of the
world: But such men are not tarm-
Ii agriculture falls into the
hands of such what was the justifica-
It would sim-
ply mean a new landed feudalism,
the interstices ‘0! poor lands farmed:
tenants, perhaps. proprietors,
old south, to their neighboring
looking, like similar classes in the
overlords for guidance. ‘In place of
the black slavery the new. system'

would present colonies of day or:

month laborers hired by the planta-
tions, no prospect of ownership in
the future—duplication or ‘th‘e‘situa- '
tion in the industrial districts. Such

:11 system of agriculture might. lead
: to n monopolistic or controlled pro-'
'duc‘tlon and command of the :city
- markets, large producers able to or-
‘ganize, stone their cops,- and wait

for the cities to come to theirternrs.
Is "that the goal toward which quiet,
policy-less leaders in Washington
wish the country to drift? If so,
American society seems destined to.

: take the course of other great soci—

eties that have gone before thus
making the workers in the soil the.
least respectable of the groups that
contribute to the common weal. Such
a fate is not likely to be accepted
however,w without a- struggle on the

Old Officers Are Re Elected and Only One Change Is Made at Board f—Dtrectors
acts or the host. lands, heavy dance party Were broadcast over the
his 111 machinery“ and‘sXpert college station,’: WEAR. .,

Take Up Resolutions

Friday forenoon, which marked
the end or the meeting, Was taken
up with consideration and adeption
of resolutons, and the election of.
'directors.

Attempts to get an endorsement
of a candidate for President of the
United States'failed to get veryfar.
Sen. Peter B..Lennon, ot Genesee
county, .
following the banquet Thursday
evening and. attemt-ped to get dele-
gates to «endorse. Frank 0. Lowden.
His strong appeal was wasted as his
suggestion was “snowed under"
=when a’ vote «was taken. ~Friday
"morning an unsuccessful attempt
-was made to pass a resolution de-
- c’laring membranes! the Farm Bureau
- as _ favoring only those candidates
for President and national legislative
positions who not only at the present
time. but in the past, have favored
the McNary-Haugen bill ,'

A resolution flavoring capital pun-
ishment was strongly debated and
defeated. Another resolutioar'which
favored the Snow hill to change the

-.system of choosing county commis-

- sinners

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part of the tenants and farmers of ,

the country.”
Prof. Dodds’ talk and the old time

was also voted down. All
other resolutions offered were adopt-
ed. These included:

Approval of McNary-Haugen bill,
bovine tuberculosis eradication work,
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AT LAST YEAR’S POTATOa SHOW DURING FAIMERS’ WEEK

’ King Spud's estate as it was exhibited by Emmi: PWOI,01 Gaylord, at the Potato

Show during Fmrs’ Week, 1927.1‘he castle on «tho right, modeled after the pattern
of the filth century wt. was built of potatoes of the Rural Russet variety.

 

.. arose during the meeting-

V‘ :McPherson, Mrs.

' Noon,

enforcement- of Velstead act, utiliza- ‘
I-tidn oi Milde-

Miss. and opposition
to Atari-exempt scourities'.
modification oi the agricultural
extension program, to make it re-
spou'si’ve to the will of the farmers

.-thems_elves, with increased emphasis

on co—operative farming and farm
clfl'ganization.

Strengthening of the inheritance
tax laws to prev out the “rapidly in
creasing amount of evasion,” and re-
vision of the state law so as to ab-

sorb the full 80 per cent deduction-

alio-wed by the Federal statute.
Petitioned the Governor to pro-

.vide the State Department of. Agri-

culture with a “tramc director” to

”work for lower freight rates on Mich-
"ig'an farm products. '

Asked the State Administrative

'Board to take immediate steps to
distribute funds to the poorer school

districts, as provided in the Turner

" 18W.

That the University of Michigan
im‘t'mte a four-year medical cflnrse.
in order to meet the general heal;
problem in the country.

  

Bicep-proved of the general pro-p- -L

erty tax and approved of the gas tax,
the income tax and the divemion of
higmvay funds to the upkeep of post

‘ roads.

Demanded elimination of the au-

tomobile excise tax it any legislation
- for tax reduction is enacted by Con-
gross.

One New Dire!!!» ,

Apparently all were well satisfied

with the work of the officer's as Pres— -

ident M. L. Noon, Vice-President W.

Billings and Secretary-Treasurer ‘

Clark L. Brody were re—e‘lected.
[The directors-at-large are M.‘ B.

W. W.‘ Billings, John W. Goodwlne.

' J. G. Boyle and Verom F. Gorinely.

the same as last year.

Edith. 'M. 'Wagar. ‘

Only one change was made in the :

' board of directors and that was the
‘ election of Fred Merger, of Stan—
‘ wood, replacing George Herman, rep— '

resenting the Michigan Potato GroW- T

ers' Exchange.-
G‘eorge McCaila,
Michigan Elevator Exchange; M. L.
representing Michigan Milk
Producers” Assn; J. H. O’Mea‘l-ey,
Michigan Live Stock Exchange; and
M. D. .Buskirk,-, Michigan Fruit
Growers, Inc.

Pres. K. L. Butterfield invited the
Farm Bureau to. meet next spring
with a committee fret-n M. S. C. re‘
garding revisions in Fariners Week
arrangements. The invitation was
accepted... ‘ T ' '

Some Pointers On How To Make Out Income Tax Return.

filing an income tax return for

the year 1927 the use otForm.

1040 is required when the net
income,
derived from. a “business or profes-
‘sion, including farming)? and in 'all

' cases Where the net income was more,

than $5,000. Careful reading of the
instruct-ions on the form and the
accompanying form. 10 4'0F—schedu1e
of farm income and expenses—will
aid materially in filing a. correct re-
turn. A farmer who keeps his ac-
counts on the cash receipts and dis-
bursements basis—which means a
record of the amount actually re-
ceived and the amount actually paid
for expenses—must file his income
tax return for the year 1927 on that
basis.
income for the year the amount of
cash or the value of merchandise or
other property received from the sale
of live stock and produce, which
were raised on the farm, profits Item
the sale of live stock or any other

. items which were purchased, profits

from the sale or rental of farm lands,

and profits from all other taxable

sources. The tai-m expenses will be
the mount actually paid out during

the year. . ~
-For those reporting on the accrual.

» basis, «the, gross profits are Obtained

by adding to the inventory value of.

live stock and products on hand at -
~ - the,~ end or the year the amount re-
, ccived from the: sale 01' stock. and

regardless 0! amount, was ,

He must include in his gross,

products and other miscellaneous re-
ceipts, for hire of teams. machinery.
etc, during the year, and deducting
from this sum the inventory value of
stock and products on hand at the
beginning of theyear plus the cost
of stock and produce purchased dur-
ing the year. The tam expenses
will be‘t‘he actual expenses incurred
during the year, whether paid or
not. ‘ ' "

Farmers who keep no books of
account ‘or keep their accounts on
the cash receipts and disbursement
basis are required to tile a schedule
of farm income and expenses on

'Form 1040F, which-must the ‘atr

tached to the individual return on :

Form 1040. With farmers who keep
their accounts on the accrual basis,
the tiling or Form 10401? is optional.

Deduct Expenses

All necessary expenses paid or in-
curred during the year 1927 in the!
operation of a term as a boom
enterprise may be deducted from
gross income in ascertaining net in-‘
come, upon which the tax is assessed.

These include the expense of -ha.r-_

vesting and marketing a! «one and
the cost of seed and {oi-tiling used.

Amounts expended for the purchaSe .

[the amount is reported by the re»

ot- swam-1m stock m'yMMncb.

ad but the value of a tar-1:131? s on‘
products used {or such purposes Is'
not a deductible item.- The tarmer
any «duet on cost of email tools

used up in the course of a year or
two, wages paid to farm hands (oth-
erthan demestic servants) and rent
paid {or turn land and buildings
(other than the dwelling) cost of
repairs to fences, wagons and ma-
chinery, also bills paid for horse-
shoeing, stock powders. rock salt,
veterinary service, insurance .(ex-
cept on the dwelling, gasoline for
operating power, and sundry minor
expenses.

The value of produce raised on
the farm and used in the board of
farm laborers may not be deducted
as an expense. The farmer may,

however, deduct the cost of food,

pure-hosed for his laborers. The
.value of the services of the farmer
himself, his wife or dependent minor
children cannot be deducted unless

cipients as income on Form 140.

: The 15111}:hase price of an uto-
~mobile even when used wholly in
farm operation may not be deducted,
as it is regardedas an investment of
capital. The' cost of gaSoline,'.re-
pairs, and upkeep of an automobile,
if used partlyin the business and
partly tor the pleasure and con-

“.venienoe Io! thetaxpayer or his fiam<
11y, such cost may be apportioned-
accordingly. and that proportion of!

bubble to business der-

"outta emcee-"acme: such as

for taxes, losses, interest on indebte-
Mons. Utes .. a.

“WWW

' $3,504} or more;-

are eXplained in instructions on the

forms.
Income him its

Returns are required or single
persons whose net income .her 1327
was 3.,1 506 :or more, or Whose. gross
income was “$51090 or more, and
from married persons living together
whose aggregate net income was
Theenentptions are
$1,580 for single persons, and $3,500
for married persons and heads of
families. In addition, the taxpayer
is allowed a credit «oi? $406~for each
person, dependent upon him or her
for chief support, if such person is
under 18 years of. age, or mentally
or physically defective. The term
“mentally or physically defective”
means not only cripples and persons
mentally defective, but the aged and

rooms 111 ill health. A dependent
need not live in the taxpayer’s house-
hold, norneed behearewtive of
his benefactor- . -

A single person may be the head
of a family, and as such allowed the
same personal exemption. 88 I- mar-
ried person, 33.5”. A head.“ a fam-
ily is defined by «the revenue act of.

1926 3: “an individual- who actually

supports. and Infiniainsjn one house-
hold one 201‘ more individuals who
widow NW to him by blood

mousse by mar—

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It.» a fir mm, “and whee
m M enema My “W and.

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THIS?——“I have noticed quite a few fish pictures in
M. B. F. and thought you might be interested in the
kind we catch," writes Lee McCreery, of Presque Isle
county. “It was caught in Black River, near Black
Lake State Park.

COMPANY ATTENTION l—The young
sailor who salutes you is Townsend F. Dodge,
son of Ralph Dodge, and grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Dodge, of Clare county.

Ny.w- u . .
e null ( ""‘"‘7~"-’~WMM"3~)“ ..

“ISN’T MY NEW WAG-0N A DANDY?"——Irene.md her
doll are all ready to enjoy a ride in her new wagon.

is the daughter of
county.

. «tour. DA“ 1s marl—nut who will he

cousin, , Carol: Kuhn-d! .

county. dent the picture true.
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FOUR GENERATIONS.——Mrs. John Barber,
sent us this picture and advises the folks are:
Murray,
parents

Irene
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P Hahn, of MIcomb

SWEETHEARTS F015 FIFTY YEARS—This
picture of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Leacox, of Lenawee
county, was taken on their Golden Wedding day,
December 16, 1927. He is 76 years old and she is
75. They have lived on the same farm since 1878,
according to Doris Bushner, of Lenuwee county.

Mr. ‘ and Mrs.

great grandparents; Mr. and rs. W.

“EARNING OUR DAILY BREAD."—
Roy A. Baker, I“. B. F. fieldman, sends
in this picture of Mrs. W. Casey, of
Salli-e county.

‘M are needy.

of Kalkaska county,

F. Hayward, grand-
; Mr. and Mrs. John Barber, parents; and Miss Pearl Barber.

that. Melodie ’ lb
Arne II. Toma Mpn‘stw

 

IS EVERBODY HAPPY?—Looks like it, doesn't
it? Left to right, they are Clarence, age three, Henry,
eight, Bessie, ten, and Maynard, twelve, sons and
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kempf, of Clinton
county. ,Dlrs. Kempf writes, “We take M. B. F. and.
enjoy it very much.”

“ME AND MY PAL."-—-“This is a. picture
of me and my pal in' the back yard on our
farm,” writes Jay Humphrey, of Huron
county. They have great times together.

C. 4‘.

READY TO ENTER THE HOUSE.—-“Gladys Stock,
age 12, with h'er horse, Jenny,” writes her mother, Mrs.
Wm. Stock, of Saint Joseph county.
right in it we opened the door."

“Jenny would come

mus—mm an Edith. children
‘ of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rams. of Alien.
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"the increased prices
sooner if industrial conditions im-
proved in the next few months.

HE Michigan Beef Producers As-

, ’ for the ensuing year, recom-
mendation of a new beef cattle barn
‘at, the College, participation .in a na-
tional campaign for increased pro-
duction of beef cattle, an effort to
improve the quality of the cattle
produced in Michigan, approval of
the adoption of a federal embargo
against imports of meats, protest
against any effort to remove the ban
on the importing of cattle that might
bring infections of hoof and mouth
disease into the country, and the
gathering of statistics concerning
the beef cattle industry.

The Michigan Beef Producers As-
sOciation elected the following of-
ficers: president, W. W. Crapo,
SWartz Creek; vice president, John
A. Brown, Detroit; secretary, W. E.
J. Edwards, East Lansing; and
treasurer, S. H. Pangborn, Bad Axe.

The officers elected by the Red
Polled Cattle Club are: president,
John C. Killick, Doster; vice presi-
dent, J. N. Sanford, Freespil; and
Mark R. Westbrook, Ionia, secretary.

The Shorthorn Breeders Associa-
tion chose the following men to rep-
resent the organization: president,
8. H. Panghorn, Bad Axe; vice presi-
dent, H. W. Hayes, Chelsea; secre-
tary-treasurer, W. E. J. Edwards,
East Lansing; and directors, Jay
Smith, Ann Arbor; B. T. Knight,
Marlette; F. A. Clark, Ypsilanti; El-
den McLaughin, Evart; and Robert
J. Sutton.

The Michigan Hereford Breeders
decided upon a two day hike next
summer when many representative
breeders of Herefords will be visited.
The route of the hike will carry the
members into the upper peninsula.
The official roster for the Associa-
tion is: president, W. H. Heale, Ion-
ia; vice presidents, William Wesiger-
berger, Ionia; W. A. Ramsey, Port
Hope; and C. B. Labering, Baines,
and secretary, Daniel C. Miller,
Iwartz Creek.

The Michigan Aberdeen Angus
_Breeders Association chose James
Curry, Sandusky, as president; and
(Avery C. Martin, North Street, as
Iecretary of their organization.

Judging Contest

The winners in the contest held to
determine the best amateur judges
of the weights of livestock were. for
beef cattle, August T. Schrocter, Au—
“burn. and Wallace Balhoff, Apple-
fgate; for hogs, A. G. Bottomley, Ar-
'mada, and A. H. Silcox, Ithaca; and
for sheep, Louisa Shubel, Port Aus—
Min, and Robert Hunter, Grindstone

' LGity.

Presentation of awards was made
Kto winners in the Michigan Ton-
Litter contest for 1927 at the annual
banquet of the Michigan Swine
’Breeders Association. The Associ-
ation favored fostering the idea of
pig clubs as a project for the Organ-
ization this year. Professor C. F.
Clayton, economics department at
Michigan State College, told the
breeders that conditions indicated a

rise in the market for hogs during

the latter part of the year, and that
would come

Officers elected by the Swine

iBreeders Ass00iation are: president,
WV H. Avery, Manchester; secretary,
Harold Schafley, St. Johns; and di-

rectors, A. A. Feldcamp, Manches-

'ter; W. H. Rautson, Saginaw; F. H.

Knox, Portland; A. G. Bovay, Jack-

="son; J. J. Noon, Jackson; and Len

Blakeslee, St. Johns.
The officers list for the Duroc-

I Jersey Association is Sidney Phillips,

Charlotte, president, Raymond Las-
rer, Waldron, secretary-treasurer; E.
'H.,Norris, Casnovia, vice president;

.and John ,Williams, North Adams;

Harry Cranton, Prattville, and Har-

" “f old Shapley, St. Johns, directors.

Dan C. Miller, Swartz Creek, is
resident and Frederick Knox, is sec-
etary of the Chester White Breed-
rs Association.

The Hampshire Swine Broaden

.Asséciation retains the seine ems

last year: Ray Skinner, Hender-
president, and A. G. Bovay.

sociation adopted as its. platform ,

Good Talks and Election of Officers are Features of Annual Sesswns of Varzous

‘ , Agricultural and Livestock Associations

\

The re—elected president and secre-
tary of the Spotted China Association
are: G. S. Coffman, Coldwater, presi-
dent; and G. P. Phillips, Bellevue,
secretary.

Professor W. E. J. Edwards, Mich-
igan State College, told the Michigan
Poland China Breeders Association
that it is poor economy to allow hogs
to go through the summer without
the owner making an attempt to get
good gains on the animals. Profes—
sor Edwards also said that experi-
mental feeding trials at the College
showed that hogs in dry lots made
as satisfactory gains as those on
good legume pasture. This experi-
ment will be repeated this summer.

Officers for. the Poland China
Breeders Association are: president,
W. S. Wood, Ann Arbor; vice presi-
dent, I. W. Knapp, Monroe; and sec-
retary, A. A. Feldcamp, Manchester.

Arouse Demand for Mutton

Discussion at the Michigan Pure-
bred Sheep Breeders Association
centered about the necessity for
arousing a demand from the public
for greater amounts and better
grades of mutton. Speakers at the
meeting were optimistic for the im-
mediate future of the sheep breeding
industry. The promotion of sheep
clubs among farm boys was com-
mended. The officers elected are:
president, H. C. Skinner, Dimondale;
secretary-treasurer, M. H. Thornton,
East_Lansing; and vice president,
J. M. Welsh, Ionia.

V. A. Freeman, extension special-
ist in animal husbandry, Michigan
State College, told the Fine Wool
Sheep Breeders Association that
there is a necessity for the breeders
to give greater attention to the
Weight of scoured fleece produced
by their sheep. Wool buyers for
manufacturers fix their prices upon
a scoured Wool basis and Michigan
wool producers have been producing
fleeces that contained too much
grease.

This wool is discriminated against
by buyers. ‘That it is possible to
produce fleeces that meet require-
ments is shown by fleeces weighed
during the year. One fleece weigh-
ing 28.9 pounds scoured 4.98 pounds
while another fleece weighing. 25.8
pounds scored 7.72 pounds. Fleeces
scouring as high as 40 per cent have
been found.

The Fine Wool Sheep Breeders As-
sociation elected F. E. Reichert,
Decker, president, T. W. Tlm‘d' 0.
Pinckney, vice president; and Rob-
ert J. Noon, Jackson, secretary-
treasurer.

:{u ., 7‘" *9 uvffifltlfl (“’5‘ ‘.-‘"V"l:'
Breeders of draft horses were

told by Roy Whiting, Onondaga,

that a recent advertisement insert-

ed by him in an agriCultural journal

offering two pairs of registered Per--

cheron mares for sale brought a li—
teral flood of inquiries from pros-
pective buyers. Mr. Chapman be-
lieves that there is a good prospec-
tive market for the right kind ” of
draft horses. Other speakers on the
program were Ellis McFarland, Chi-
cago, secretary of the Percheron So-
ciety of America, and F. A. Chap-
man, manager of the Michigan State
Fair. Both men spoke of the value
of showing animals as a means of
acquainting the public with the kind
of horses that are rofitabl‘e for
draft purposes. _ _
Harold Laycock, Mason, won a
contest conducted by the Associa-

tion to determine who could guess

closest to the weight and value of
four horses. D. L. Chapman, South
Rockwood, was runner—up, in the
contest.

Officers elected by the Horsebreed-
ers Association are Andy Adams,
Litchfield, president;
Lansing, vice president, R. S. Hud-
son, East Lansing, secretary; Sher-
man Reed, Kalamazoo; John Shar-
key, Bellevue; Roy Whiting, Onon-
daga; O. E. Bell, Mason; and J. F.
Zugler, Cecilia, directors.

1925 Was Turning Point

M. S. Prescott, editor of the H01-
stein Friesian World, Lacona, N. Y.,
told members of the Michigan Hol—
stien Breeders Association that the
National Sale of Holsteins held in_
GrandRa-pids in 1925 was the turn-
ing point from the period of depres-
sion and that a gradually increasing
period of prosperity has been en-
joyed by Holstein breeders since that
time. Mr. Prescott quoted prices
from sales records that prove that
the high prices are paid for animals
with performance records and for
young stock from animals with
known production records.

Two projects recommended by Mr.
Prescott as matters worthy of atten-
tion are the showing of cattle in lo-
cal and national shows and an in-
creased amount of testing for pro-
duction records. The speaker pre-
dicted that production ability would
be given proper credit in futureshow
rings. Milk consumption is increas-
ing rapidly both in total number of
consumers and in per capita con-
sumption. -

Mr. Prescott told his audience that
frequently a breed of cattle made its
greatest advances in periods of de-

Farmers’ Clubs Convene at MS C.

ANY organizations held meet-
ings on the opening day of
Farmers’ Week—J a n u a r y

30th'———but probably the most out-
standing one was the opening of the
thirty-fifth annual convention of the
Michigan State Association of Farm-
ers’ Clubs. The afternoon session
on that day was followed by a ban—
quet and talks in the evening, and
the business meeting was continued
Tuesday forenoon.

Monday afternoon Mrs. C. E Pot-

.ter, secretary of the State Assocation

of Farmers Clubs, made her report.
Also committees were appointed, and
short talks followed. The subject of
the talks was “-Wanted—A Vital
Farm Program."

The banquet was held at 6:30 in
the Union Memorial building with
a. good attendance. President Chas.
B. Cook made his address at that
time. Another talk that was re-_

'ceived enthusiastically was a his-

tory of the State Association of
Farmers' Clubs by Mrs. W. L.
Cheney. of Mason. The main speak-
er of the evening was Pres. Kenyon
L. Butterfield, of Michigan State
College, who talked on “Mobilizing
Our Communities. " ~

Tuesday morning’ s session was a
continuation of the business of the
previous day, With reports of officers
and committees, discussion of old

and new business, election of OM-
cers for the coming year, and the
taking up of State and national mat-
ters of interest to farmers. Among
the ' resolutions passed were the
following:

Urge rapid and sufficient punish-
ment of crime; approve Michigan’s
new criminal code; favor federal
legislation “of McNary-Haugen bill
type,” for relief of farmers; recom-
mend appropriation of more federal
funds for fighting corn borer; more
strict enforcement of, the Eighteenth
Amendment; more drastic law
against driving while intoxicated;
favor farm trespass law'; believe it
sound wisdom to ask daily press to
curtail publishing crime news; op-
pose plan of tax commission to tax
land and buildings separately; pro-
test against insidious forces which

‘are attempting to fasten an increase

of the use. of nicotine among men
and to. fasten the habit upon the
girls and women of our nation.

In the election of officers Austin
Cowles, of St. Johns, became presi-
dent and R. C. Blank, of Perrington,
was made vice-president. Mrs. Clay-
ton- Potter, of Owosso, was re-elected
to the office of secretary-treasurer.
Two new "members on theboardof
directors are Mrs. Warren Smith, of
Rushton, and Jerry Spa'ulding, of
Beldi‘ng.

Dan Creyts,-

'cent impetus

 

  

.pression. This is caused by the rigid
#33 out Moor animals in the
mere In tifnes of high prices,
owners retain animals that shduld
not be kept in breeding herds. Mich¥
igan breeders were told that the
State is advantageously situated to
share in the prosperity that appar—
ently is awaiting Holstein owners.
The results obtained in the min-
eral feeding trials~for dairy cattle

conducted at Michigan State College'

were explained by Professor 0. E.
Reed, of the College Dairy Depart-
ment. The experimental work shows
that there is little need of adding
calcium to the dairy cow’sration.
Phosphorus is the mineral element
most often missing. This can be
supplied by adding odorless steamed
bone meal to the ration. Low
grade bone meal, may have an ob-
jectionable odor that will cause the
animal to refuse to eat it. .When
wheat bran, cottonseed meal, or lin-

- seed meal are included in the ration

the animal usually gets all the phos-
phorus required and there is no ne-
cessity to provide other sources of
the. element.

Essay Contest

In the essay contest for testers in
Michigan Herd ImprOvement Asso-
ciations, the winners were Ralph
Morehead, Missaukee-McBain Asso-
ciation,‘ first; Walter Kirkpatrick,
Leelanau county association, second;
Earl Jackson, Macomb county, third;
Iver Iverson, Berrien county, fourth;
Glen Bedell, Ottawo county, fifth;
and Forrest Bender and John Dev-
ries, both from Kent county, tied
for sixth. The essays related the im-
provements made in herd manage-

'ment by members of herd improve-

ment associations for which the
testers worked during the past year.

Officers chosen by the Brown
Swiss Breeders Association are H.
H. Patterson, Ionia, president; E. R.
Sherwood, Saranac, vice president;
Mrs. Roy Kyser, Lowell, secretary-
treasurer; and G. W. Rodman, Wil-
liamston, A. A. Feldcamp, Manches-
ter, and W. M. Campbell, Dimondale,
directors.

Consuming -More Milk

Breeders of ,Jersey cattle were op—
timistic both for the future of their
favorite breed and for the dairy in-
dustry in, general. Both A. C. Ander-
son, Detroit, and Lynn Copeland, of
the Register of Merit Department
for the Jersey Cattle club assured
the breeders that the consumption
of milk was on the increase and
that the number of dairy cattle in
the country is decreasing.- Profes-
sor Anderson said that the market
for fluid milk is in a satisfactory
condition at present.

Mr. Copeland states that the re-
imparted to Jersey
breeding is due in a large part to
the production test records being
made by farmer breeders. He said
that the records made by the small
herd owner whose cattle were kept
under average) farm conditions were
especially important in breed work
because other farmers have faith in
their own ability to duplicate the
records on their farms. The herd
plan of testing was praised by the
representative from the national or-
ganization.

B. F. Beach, Michigan Milk Pro-
ducers Association, Detroit, said that
somevof the difficulties arising in the
fluid milk market were due to un—
busi esslike methods employed by
the armers that are selling milk on
the Detroit market. Mr. Beach ex—
pressed the opinion that the price
of milk could not be controllai by
the farmers until they are able to

, control'the production and distribu-

tion of the product.‘C. F. Collison,
agricultural editor of the Minneapolis
Tribune, said that the cow-path
leads to prosperity, and the speaker
presented statistics that were proof
of this statement.

Officers selected by the Michigan
Jersey Cattle Club are: Roy W.
Weinberg, Vicksburg, president;
George Weinegar, Morrice, vice pres-

ident; and Roy P. Smith. Midland,

secretarys.
The Michigan Guernsey Breeders
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A TIMELY MESSAGE ABOUT

~ “ FERTILIZERS

to the progressive farmers of America

Too much “filler” is used in making fertilizer.

‘ This is only another way of saying the farmer is

using a large tonnage of needlessly low. analysis
goods. ‘

The extensive use of filler or of low- grade, low
analysis fertilizer materials used 1n the place of
filler increases the cost of plant food on the farm.

The farmer pays for excess filler 1n higher crop—
growing cost. He pays for the filler, for the labor
of handling it, for the sacks it is shipped in, for
freight on non-plant—food material, for unneces-
sary hauling and distributing.» Good plant food
should replace filler in fertilizer. F iller grows no
crap. Available plant food grmus the crop.

Small amounts of filler have a proper place 1n
fertilizer manufacture. By their use higher grade
materials can be used. More kinds of materials
of varying analysis can be used.

Alabama has a law prohibiting the sale of
complete fertilizers containing less than a total
of sixteen per cent available plant food. This
legislafion has given the Alabama farmer better
fertilizers. It automatically cuts out some fillers,

but still leaves too mu¢. room for filler and for

low-grade materials.

The State of Temessee is putting a similar law
into effect this year. ,

In. making low analysis fertilizers there.‘ is a
temptation to use some low—grade plant food car—
riers to give greater bulk and darker color ‘to the
finished fertilizer. These inferior materials, such
as dried peat, muck, or untreated garbage tank-
'age, contain nitrogenin a largely unavailable form.
They have low cropgrowing power. Nitrogen is
the most expensive plant food the farmer boys.

The trend in manufacturing fertilizer ingredi-
ents is toward greater concentration of plant food.
The development of air nitrogen fixation 15 speed-
ing up this tendency.

For some time the Armour Fertilizer Works
haVe been. making certain high analysis grades
based on late developments in fertilizer and soil
science. These goods have been and for several

years on standard crops in different soil types

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enthusiastic about them. We consider them a
decided advance in fertilizer manufacturing. We
have retained the bulk of the naturally contained
lime sulphate found in superphosphate (acid
phosphate), as lime and sulphur are necessary
elements in plant life.

Let’s see how these higher grades work out in
increasing the Mt food content in the ton, in
the same ratio as lower grades.

2000 pounds of 4- 16— 4 contains as much plant
food as 4000 pounds of 2- 8- 2, and it doesn’t cost
twice as much.

2000 pounds of 2-16—8 contains as much plant
food as 4000 pounds of 1-8-4.

2000 pounds of 7 -11-10 contains as much plant
food as 2800 pounds of 5-8-7, a deservedly popular
truck grower. ‘

These higher grades can only be made of the
best materials—there is no roOm for “nonsense.”
They lower the cost. of plant food on the farm.

They grow larger, better and cheaper crops
than the older types. They have, one might say,
more horsepower—snore pep; They get the crop
away quicker; they arrive sooner, and mature at
big crop earlier. Early markets are generally
good markets.

We make these and other high analysis goods
and urge their use.

To supply our trade with their requirements,
we manufacture present—day standards as well.

These standard grades are made right, and

, from only best crop~growing materials. They con-

min no inferior low-grade sources of plant food.

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FERTILIZER ”WORKS
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and Others say 110.

E Frobate Court, Juvenile Di-
. , vision, has exclusive jurisdiction

over the matter of granting
mothers pension. The fact that a

widow is drawing pension from the

g0vernment does not constitute a
barrier against the operation of the
mother’s pension. The fact that a
troni the government would be treat-

.ed the same as an income from any

Other source and if... the amount re-
qi'eiyfed from the government is in-
sfu'fficent, the Probate Court could is-
sue an award, providing the case
comes within the provisions of the

. Juvenile court law.

The pro-per procedure is to have a
petition filed in the Juvenile Division
of the Probate Court on the. grounds
of dependency, after which the mat«
ter is referred by the probate judge
for investigation and report. A
hearing is then had before the pro-
bate judge and he makes a deter-
mination in the matter.——-M. T. Mur-
ray, Director, State Welfare Depart
ment.

BOARD HAS RIGHT
Will you please tell me if a rural

"School board has the right to ex—

clude or suspend a child from school
after being exposed to infectious dis-
ease? In this case the child had a
permit from the health officer, but
it appeared that they had falsified to
the health officer to get the permit.
~,——E. M., Tekonsha, Mich.

ARAGRAPH 12, section 14 of
chapter 5 of Act No. 319 of the
Public Acts of 1927, reads as

follows: “The board may authorize
or order the suspension or explusion
from school of any pupil guilty of a
gross misdeameanor or persistent
disobedience or one having habits
‘or bodily conditions detrimental to
the school, whenever in its judgment
the interests of the school may de-
fnan’d it.”

NOTE DUE TWO YEARS AGO

If I sign a note for another party
and it has not been renewed for two
years am I holding for that note?
-—A. E. H., Pentwater, Mich.

F you signed the "note as indorser, f
you would not be liable unless
the holder gave you notice at

once of the maker’s failure to pay
when due. If you signed as co-
maker, you would be liable anyway.
--—Legal Editor.

INTEREST ON LOANS

' Has a bank any right or can they
collect extra charge on 60 or 90 day
notes above interest stated on said
notes? These notes ae
monthly.——Reader, Mesick, Mich.

E are reluctant to rule on mat—
ters of this kind in absence of
all facts of any specific case.

The general banking law provides

a minimum charge of 50c on loans

made by banks. The legal rate of
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seven per cent being permissible if»
so stated in the contract. —State
Banking Department.

TANNING HIDE

Will you please'tell me .the best 1

way to tan cow and horse hides for
for robes and rugs? Thanks.—Sub-.
scriber, Berville, Mich.

F the hide has been salted or par-
tially cured, it should be soaked

in cold water until it is soft and .

free from blood. Trim off all. of the
ragged ends including the legs, tail
and head. Remove all surplus flesh
and fat by scraping or ‘shaving with
a dull knife, drawing knife, corn
knife, old skate, or a hoe. This can
be done by laying thehide on a

 

injure the dermis or true as... Wash
and clean the hide thoroughly with
soap and soft water.
ly rinsing the hide, it is ready for

the tanning lifquor, which may be

made up as folloWs: 1 gal sour
buttermilk,1 gal. soft water, 8 oz.
commercial sulphuric acid 2 oz. salt—
peter, 1 oz. borax, 32 oz. salt.
Dissolve salt, saltpeter, and borax
in water; add buttermilk, and lastly
the acid; add slowly and stir con-
stantly. Place the hide in a clean
barrel or a 20 gallon jar and cover
with the above solution. The above
will be sufficient for a small calf-
skin. About 10 gallons of thé‘above
mixture will'be required for the or-
dinary 50 pound beef hide. This
can be increased in proportion to

Growing and Harvesting Alfalfa Seed

I would like to know how to grow
and harvest alfalfa for seed—L. W.,
North Street, Mich.

LFALFA seed growing in Michi-
gan varies greatly with season-
al conditions but during the

past ten years seed production
of alfalfa has increased annually
throughout the state as knowledge
of how to ha’dIe the seed crop in-
creases.

The Hardigan alfalfa variety de-

veloped by the late plant breeder,
Professor Frank A. Spragg of the
Michigan State College, is the high-,
est yielding seed producing alfalfa.
Seed is available through the Michi-
gan Crop Improvement Association,
East Lansing, or from the Michigan
State Farm Bureau Seed Service.
Other important varieties are the
Grimm, Ontario Variegated, and
the LeBeau.
, In growing alfalfa for seed, the
crop should be planted on land
Which is free of noxious weeds such
as catchfly, cockle, Canada thistles,
quack grass, and of red clover, sweet
clover and alsike.

The seed bed should be thorough-
ly fitted and lime applied if soil is in
an acid condition. The use of 300-
pounds of acid phosphate or of a
complete fertilizer such as a 4-12-4
at time of seeding stimulates growth
and seed production.

. Early spring seedings, using one
bushel of barley as a companion
crop, are effective, though plantings
may be made as late as August let
on a clean seed bed. Eight to ten
pounds of seed per acre should be

-used.

The Hardigan will set a light crop
of seed the first fall after an early
spring planting but it is usually not
worth while to attempt to harvest
this crop. The next year the condi-
tion of the bloom should be observed
at the period of the first cutting.
Rather dry conditions when the blos-
soms develop and during the bloom-
ing period apparently stimulate seed
production. If it is noticed that the
blooms remain on the plant and an

inspections shows that 60 or 70.0ut '

' To Prevent Leg Weakness and Rickets in Baby Chicks

of each 100 swell at the base, due to _

formation~ of seed, the first crop

"smooth surface Be careful not to '

After careful- '

should be'allowed to go to seed.'

Under these conditions yields of 3 to
5 bushels can be expected.

If the bloom “strips” or drops to
the ground profusely between the
fingers to an appreciable percentage,
the :first crop should be taken for

hay and the second crop depended
7 upon to produce the seed crop. ‘

In the majority of years, the sec-
ond crop will usually set seed under
seasonal conditions that are more
favorable forgood yields but during
the past two years, with: dry spring
and early summer weather prevail—
ing, those who took the first crop
got the best "results. The alfalfa
seed grower must learn to watch the

bloom and either'let the crop make '

seed or take it for hay according to
the'seed setting or “burning up” of
the blossoms.

The seed crop is cut with a mower
with buncher attachment or is cut
with the ordinary mower and raked
into windrows,with the side delivery
rake, for curing. After curing for
several days, it should be forked»
into small Cocks and when thorough-
ly cured, in five to ten days, should
be hauled into the "mow or built into
a well made stack to remain until
threshed. By, building the stack on
a tarpaulin and covering .the top of
the stack with a large' tarpaulin,
loss of seed. through shattering and
,weathering will be prevented. Plac-
ing in the mow, if threshing cannot
be done from the field, gives the best
protection.

Threshing is done‘ with. clover
huller or with the ordinary grain
separator equipped with alfalfa seed
screens and run at retarded speed.

Yiel s of threeto five bushels are
considered good though yields as
high as seven bushels per acre of
clean seed have been reported in
Michigan. .

If weeds such as dock, night flow-
ering catchfly, or sweet clover show
in the field before the crap is har-
vested, they should‘be taken out by
pulling or cutting—J. F. Cox, Pro-
fessor of Farm Crops, M. S. C.

- wOrk in studying diseases.
’ do not believe that there -would be

to dry. Work
and stretch the hide while drying.

This is very important The more
the hide is Worked and stretched the
better. If not sufficiently worked.

the hide will become harsh and hard.
The working may be“ accomplished
by drawing the hide back and forth
across a post 0r beam until dry and
flexible. If. a smooth surfacefis de-
sired the flesh side may be worked
down‘ with sand paper or pumice.
stone.

 

POTATO GRADING LAW .

'In sorting potatoes does the law
hold the man doing the sorting re-
sponsible for what ‘goes intO’ the
sack when he is only working for the

- man or firm who buys the potatoes?

.——A. P., Weidman, Mich.

HE Department certainly~would
not in enforcing the law hold
the man who was simply doing

the sorting if it were possible to
reach the man or firm buying the po.
tatoes; That is, if such man or firm
were residents of the state and legal
service could be obtained on them.—
M. J. Smith, Solicitor, State Depart—
ment of Agriculture.

RAISING GUINEA PIGS
Do you think the guinea pig is a

. paying proposition?——Subscriber. '

HE guinea pig is a small animal
for which there is a very limited
demand from hospitals and bac-

teriological laboratories where the
animals are used for experimenal
We do

enough in the proposition for a per—
son to devote his time to raising
guinea pigs. For anyone who likes
these animals and has the facilities
for raising them, they will make a
very interesting and perhaps remun-
erative pastime.

 

THRESH BILL

I would like to have you publish
-the answer to this: I rented my
farm for one year. I furnished all
the seed and got half. Who should
pay the thresh bill?—A. M., Lake-
view, Mich. -

is customary for landlord to fur-

nish his share of, seed, in above
— 'case, one-half, and pay one—half
of thresh bil. If seed offsets thresh
bill,vabove plan will work. However,
it is more satisfactory to share ex-
pense as indicated—F. T. Riddell,
Research Assistant M. S. C.

LINE FENCE
Please tell me how to make an
adjoining farmer build his half of
the fence and how to determine
whch half each should build—Mrs.
M. M., Port Huron, Mich.

» O to the-justice of the peace and .

get an order requiring your

neighbor to build his share of
the fence. The justice will tell you
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on 3 0w (Sm' ed) Henry‘B. Babson

the proper floral display for a for.
mal weddin’g attracted much atten-

tion. The displays of blooms and
bouquets were a delight both to
growers of flowers and buyers of
their products.

An exhibit of canned goods that
showed the. differences in quality in
the various grades of canned fruits
andje'getables Was a new feature at

the show. The concentration of-

syrup used in preserving fruits, and
the state of maturity of vegetables
put up are the determining factors
in the quality of the finished product.

The apple show,‘ perhaps, Was not
as good as in some previous years as
Michigan growers were compelled to
select from a short crop this year.
The list of entries was creditable-and
the quality was good. The list of
awards is given below:

Class I.-—-Best Bushel of Apples: 1st,
Homer G. Waring, Kewadin; 2nd, Charles
Braun & sons, Ann Arbor. -

Class II.—Indlvidua1 or County Collec-
tion: 1st, Niel L. Harss, Saugatuck; 2nd,
Eveline Orchards. East Jordan; 3rd, J. R.
Braman. Grand Rapids. ‘

Class III.—Short Course Special: ~lst,
J. R. Braman; 2nd, Niels L. Harss, 3rd,
Maynard Beck, St. Johns. ‘

Class IV—Five Varieties of Winter
Apples 'on Plates: lst, H. Schaeffer &

Sons, Sparta; 2nd, J. R. Braman; 3rd,“

Charles Braun & Sons.

Class V.—-Five Plates of One Variety:

1st, J. R. Braman; 2nd, Charles Braun &
_$ons; 3rd, H.~Schaeffer & Sons.

Class 'VI.——Best Fifty Specimens of
Any Variety ,Listed in Class VII: 1st,
J. R. Braman; 2nd, H. Schaerter & Sons;
3rd, Jesse Piélieu, Caledonia.

.Class VIL—McIntosh: 1st J. R. Bra-
man; 2nd, A. J. Schaeffer.- Grimes: let.
J. R. Braman; 2nd E. W. Lincoln, Green-
ville. Jonathan: -lst, H. Schaeffer & Sons;
2nd, Charles Braun _& Sons. Fameuse:
1st. E. W. Lincoln; 2nd, A4 J. Schaeffer.
Rhode Island Greening: 1st, Charles
Braun & Sons; 2nd, J. R. Braman. Wag-
ener: 1st, Charles Braun & Sons; 2nd, N.
W. Lain, Chelsea. Baldwin: 1st, J. R.
'Braman; 2nd A. J. Schaeffer. Delicious:
1st, J. R. Braman; 2nd, Charles Braun &
Sons. Northern Spy: lst, H. Schaeffer &
Sons: 2nd J. R. Braman. Steele Red:
1st, E. W. Lincoln; 2nd, J. R. Braman.

Best Plate in Class VII: E. W. Lincoln
on Plate of Fameuse.

Class VIII.—-Single Plates—York Im-
perial: 1st, E. W. Lincoln; 2nd Charles
Braun & Sons. Maiden Blush: 1st. E. W.
Lincoln; 2nd, J. W. Pickett. Stayman:
lst, J. R. Braman. King: E. W. Lincoln;
2nd, Lucas Zagus, Alma. Golden Russet:
lst, E. W. Lincoln; 2nd Niels L. Harss.
Ben Davis: 1st, H. Schaffer & Sons;

2nd, J. R. Braman. Winter Banana: 1st,~

E. W. Lincoln; 2nd Jesse Pickett. Hub-
bardston: 1st Maynard Peck; 2nd E. W.
Lincoln.

Best Plate in Class VIII.-———H. Schaeffer
& Sons on plate of Ben Davis.

Class IX.—-Be"st Plate of Any Other
Variety: 1st, E. W.‘ Lincolri on plate of
Shi wassee; 2nd,- Charles Braun & Sons
,on late of Salome. '

Class X.—Vo‘cational Class, Single‘
Plates: lst, ,Earl Hadaway, Fennville;
2nd, Onke Onken, Fennvilleu . ' _

Class XI.—Vocatio‘na1 Plates-.9 1st,
Fennville High Schools; '2nd, Hart High
School ' '

Class XII.v—Graduate Class: 1st, Keith .

R. Landsburg‘, Fennville; ‘2nd, G. H.
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King of the World 4
Ira C. Marshall, Ada, 0.
Certified Average yield
on. 10 acres . . . .

157.77 BUSHELS
. PER ACRE!

W

ATS off to Ira C. Marshall of Ada, 0. For the third year in

succession he is Corn King of the World. In the face of

a late spring and little rain he averaged 157.77 bushels of

corn on‘ 10 acres . . . . almost equal to his world’s record

yield of 168 bushels the previous year under favorable con-
ditions. Ohio State University officials certified the yield.

Marshall’s Fertilizer ,.

To grow this remarkable crop Mr. Marshall used 350 lbs.
of 20% acid phosphate, 150 lbs. of Nitrate of Sodaand 50 lbs.
of potash per acre. And this is what he says:
“Idon’t went to take the full Mimi-making chi-octet
ing crop, or pose as being a super-farmer of any kind, 1-
' I do went to give a good share ofcredit where creditie
l‘ due. Nitrate of Soda is in a very large way responsible
for this remarkable yield' ' Ira c. Marshafl, Ada, Ohio.

Mr. Marshall’s record yields date from the time he began using
Nitrate of Soda. In 1925 he used Nitrate of Soda for the first
time—50 lbs. per acre—and his yield averaged160 bushels.
In '26 he used 200 lbs. of 20% acid phosphate, 150 lbs. of
Nitrate of Soda, and 50 lbs. of potash per acre. He averaged
168 bushels per acre, believed to be a world’s record.

Do you think it just happens that winning crops are Nitrate
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what happens! It’s Nitrate of Soda, not luck, that makes

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Alfalfa _

NUHBER of letters concerning

the growing of 9.1mm have re-

cently come to the writer. By
the trend- of this correspondence it
is evident that many think the use
of lime is the
only thing need-
ed to get a suc-
cessful stand of
alfalfa. I’ll ad'-
mlt m u all has
been said about
lime—not too
much, either, but
I donb t if
enough has been
said about hu-
mus and organic
matter. I have a
letter before me
which tells of a
25 acre field which has not been
worked for some years. This man
plowed it, put a carload of ground
lime on it and has sown it to wheat.
He desires to make alfalfa grow on
this field by Seeding it in wheat this
spring. Now the fact that a field has
not been worked for some time, is
taken by many to mean that the field
must of course by this time be in a
fine state of fertility, and able {to

'L. W. Meek-

grow most anything. Such however '

is not always the case. If that field
was discarded for cropping because

p it had become so depleted in fertility

it was not profitable to Work it, 'then
lying idle a few years will not cause
it. to become so fertile that it will
grow alfalfa, or anything else succes-
fully. Far from it. Haven’t you
heard it, “That farm should lie idle
a while. it’s been run too hard?” I
have and as far as being profitable
for growing crops to sell, or letting
it lie idle, there would in many cases
be more profit in letting it idle. But
if the idea in mind is to build up

‘ this farm and get it in the profitable

class again, then I would say, don’t
let it lie idle. Let it grow some-
thing, if nothing more than a few
weeds, plow them under and sow
something else that will make at.
least a little growth to plow down.
“Won’t commercial fertilizer turn
the trick? It will not entirely, but.
will help if used with discretion.

Trouble is, if fertilizer, with the aid

of a good season, does produce a
more or less sizeable crop, that crop
is pretty sure to'be removed because
it is evident the soil has become fer-
tile again. Here is the mistake. Soil
does not become filled with organic
matter and plant food elements in a.
hurry. Removing the first crop will.
in many cases. ,be the cause of fail-
ure when the plowing of it under

Idlt‘ed by L. W. MEEKS, Eillodele County
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might be the turning point k1 its
It the soil
is deficient in lime it will be almost
impossible to build it up permanent-
]! the soil
needs lime don’t spend your money

successful recuperation.

ly without adding lime.

for fertilizer before you do for llme.
Now this men. with his 25 acre

field on. which he put a carioad of
limestone is all right this far. How-
.ever, if the field is low in fertility

and he is really in need of alfalfa,
as he says, his chance with seeding
the alfalfa in the wheat to not as
good as it would have been to let
the field lie until spring without the

wheat and sowing the alfalfa. alone.‘

My observation is, that unless alfalfa
has become established in soil it will

not succeed very well when sown in _

wheat. The soil will have to be very
fertile and the season ideal, if it
does We find it pays best to seed
alfalfa alone for the first time. After
an alfalfa sod has been pictured un-
der it will generally be successful
when seeded in wheat cats or bar-

ley. 0f the three, barley seeMs to
be the best.
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_ 'Fertilizers
Considerable interest is being

shown concerning fertilizers. I am

sure the average farmer has a ants--

taken idea. about commercial fertiliz-
er. They think as long as a soil is
fairly productive there is no need of
spending good cash for chemical
plant foods. This is e. mistake. Ste-

,tistics prove that on soils of medium

or low fertility commercial fertiliz-
er will return a good profit. but on
soil of high fertility the fertilizers
will return a much larger profit on
the investment. The face seems a
certainty, that the richer the soil,
the greater the benefit from chemi-
cal plant food (fertilizers). Corn
this past year was a- poor crop, al-
most a failure on many farms and
investigation shows that the .farms
With the low fertility had the poor—
est corn. The farms of high fertil-
ity had fair crops and I have in
mind a farmer who had a 12 acre
field of good land with more than
average plant food content.

This farmer plowed under 0. good

sod, first covering the field with ma-’

nure, all but an acre er two for a
test strip. After plowing he applied
high grade fertilizer in liberal quan-
titles. He left a check strip on part
of the field where he placed manure.
Result was, he had an excellent crop
of corn. Where just manure was
used the corn was good, where just
fertilizer was used the corn was just
about the same. But where both
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stand the field averaged about 125
baskets per acre of— good sound corn,
the greater part of which he has
saved for seed. The field was in-
spected and the crop certified by our
Michigan Crop Improvement Associ-
ation. The record yields in Ohio are
made by using manure and fertilizer
both in heavy applications, and on
land which had a great clover crop
grow up and remain on it. You cer-
tainly can not remove all the crops
.and plow under nothing, and expect
commercial fertilizer to bring you
good crops. I am often asked if one
could maintain the fertility of a
farm without livestock. He certain-
ly could, and in many cases better
than With livestock, but he‘ would
have to use his head some. Fact is,
I believe there are more farms over—
stocked than there are understocked.
This seems a rather brbad statement.
and many will disagree with me, but
nevertheless I have come to that
conclusion after making a study of
many farms.

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Well, who selects your implements
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the day before you want to use it
and then go to town and take what
you can find? In this case the deal-
er selects your’tool. Dealers don’t
always select what they have to sell,
either. Traveling men tell them
what we want! We never-buy a
new tool without studying out just
what we expect and want the tool
'to be. We send to several factories
for catalogs, and study and compare
their tools, and in many instances
our dealer has had to order from
some firm he has never bought of
to get what we want. Todls cost too
much and 'should last too long to
invest. in something that-may'have
a superior on the market if we would
only search for it.

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members of the association, within a
15—mile radius of Zeeland, will be
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farm. It is just the thing for marsh land or ‘

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No. 3.—SOIL FERTILIZERS.
No. 4.—SEED CORN CURING.
No. 5.——GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING-
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No. 16 .—-TIRE CARE.
No.1.7—FARMERS’ TAX GUIDE.
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No. 19.-——CONCRETE BUILDINGS.
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No. 22.——CHICK CARE AND FEEDING.
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No. 24.—100 FOODS FROM 4 RECIPES.
No. 25.,——FARM LEASE SYSTEMS.
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DEEMED REWARD '

EAR EDITOR: In my paper tor
January 21, on page seven, I
notice the report of the theft of

wheat from C. Rhodes’ farm in
Genesee county and that you paid a
reward to Clifford Dalby for camb-
ing the thieves. I am glad Clifford
got the reward for ’he is a hustler
alright. We know him well.

We think M. ‘B. F. is just right.
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FOR forty years “The
Fertilizer Leaders of
America” have been
want-headers-
an! to meet the soil
conditions and crop
requirements of your
firm. They have fol-
lowed theadvice of the
foremost agricultural
authorities ofyourState
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FEEDER THE COUNTRY
EAR EDITOR: I wonder what is
gnawing at the heart of W. E.
W.? He sounds like an I. W.
W., the! Won’t Work ones, I mean.
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for a. meal occasionally, W. ‘E. W.,
but did you ever think of the city
friend’s side of it? Did you find out
.how they had hustled down to the
store to get those extra’s which you
enjoyed? Did you learn how short
they went the next meal to pay for
that extra treat? That is the usual
order in the city.

I have lived in cities, both large
and small. I was born and raised in
, the country. I like both sides and I
find drawbacks to both. But I have
found that human beings are about
the same in the city or in the coun-
try. There are a few, probably five
per cent, who are successful; you
find them living in fine homes'in the
city and living on the fat of the
land. Or they have the finest farms,
the best stock and the most com-
fortable homes in the country. There
are really successful business men
either in the commercial field or as
farmers. Then there is a vast array
of people who are just halfway. They
are comfortable, some happy and
many successful in their small way.
They are able Workers in the city
and comfortable‘farmers if in the
country. But there is a great ma-
jority who make up the multitude of
this globe. They live in the slums of

    
   
 
 
  
  
  
   
    
  
  
 

   
   
  
   
 
  
  
  

crop results
and he knows their faccoriee have de-
velopedthe artofbeing certain on every
bag of fertilizer bearing their trademark
of quality.

Step outin frontrhisyear. Farm for
better quality and bigger profits instead
of for the fim of it. Use the fertilizer
made by “The Fertilizer Leaders of
America” and get ready to top the

market at harvest time.

   
  
  
 
   
   
  
  

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you for one of the lead-
ing brands of fertilizer
shown below. See this
dealer about your fertil-
izer needs. The best
' femurs in you State
use them and recom-
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Now don’t get excited and say,
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at hard labor and compared them
m the months I must work for
nothing or practically that before I
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It is fine to go to the city friend’s~

many of them never were or never "

the country to the smoke and gaso—
line" laden sire! the city. I would
rather have a quiet-intents rest on
a farm than the My rackets: city
life. I prefer that mychildren ac»
quire tan and health romping lathe
dirt than that they risk their am
every minute of the day trying to
get a little recreation playing in the
alleys and dodging- cops who are
eternally requested to keep them on
the grass. _

I enjoy a drink of fresh well water
better than quibbllng with the city
over the water meter and paying tor
each drop [drink Oh, there are
many advantages in the country if
you will just look at it right.

Also you will find that the class of
men who sell their good food from
the farm and eat the leavings are the
same class‘of men who are living in
poverty in the city. It is their lack
of ability which keeps them down.
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CONDITION OF FARMERS

EAR EDITOR: May I relate to

the world through your paper

the condition of us farmers as I
know them, also some of the many
causes that have brought about the
distress, the misery and privations
of farm life? I have lived on the
farm I now occupy for more than 43 ‘
years. During that time the income
from the farm has paid for the land.
cleared and stumped it, put substan-
tial buildings thereon, paid for live- ’
stock and machinery. and paid for
the bringing up of a. family of six
children. This was done when our ‘
prices were low on the products of
the farm. Also, I laid by a few dol-
lars for a rainy day.

Farming was moving along very“
smoothly. Farmers were contented
and fairly prosperous until 1911. We
then controlled our own business
and affairs of our farms, and when
they were put on the market brought
fairly good prices . We all had am-
bition to improve and make our farm
homes a suitable place tolive in and
spend our declining years. We pro-
vided suitable entertainment‘tor our
families so that we could keep them
on the farm. We worked from early
morn until late at night to provide
adequately for those who were de-
pendent upgn us. Little did we think
in 1917 that when our country en-

r—Atered the World War that meant the

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confiscation of our farms, of our
homes, of our all, by placing the wet.
tare of the country in the hands of
the mart not who dictated as to
what we should do, to what we
should eat and how we should act.
And that same smart set is still die—
tating to the tamer. telling him the
methods he must follow in the grow-
lng of his ere-pa, in the care and
management of his live stock, and
the management of his children.

We have nothing to say whatever.
The “know-alls” tell us that We are
prosperous and we must believe
them, yet not one of this smart set
knows what tomorrow will bring.
Now they are predicting that 1928
will be a prosperous year for the
farmer. There is no way of judging
the future, only by the past and
present. _ ‘

One of the causes that has brought
about the discontent and hardship to
us farmers is the burdensome taxa¥
tion. The State. and county. the
highway and school tax, also. our
drain tax, have been mounting by
leaps and bounds until we are Pa!-
ing a very high rent for our‘propere
ty. In fact, it is taking‘every cent
the farmer, can make and many are
forced to borrow money. to "pay the
tax of 1927, with morefthan $950,-
000 of the 1926 “1,-qu and
thousands of as anabolic-my 1927
tax with» property depreciating from
30 toidveent in value and buildings
in dilapidated condition. ‘ ’

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per acre ’is all our farm property is
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' EAR EDITOR: , I Tim sending
you a card showing that I won

3 -. a year’s subscription to, M'. B. F.

-" v . at'the St. Louis High School Ag—He
ExDosition as a prize. Being an old
subscriber to M. B. F. I suppose
you will justextend my subscription
at year. i ‘
We had a great time atthe exposi-
tion. My wife took three blue rib-
bons tor baked geods, and I got two:
blues and one red for farm crops.
Also we took a- few smaller prizes.
My wife .took.second in Husband
Calling and Nail Driving contests
while I took second in Corn Husk-
ing and Hog Calling and fifth in Nail
Driving for men. I imagined I had
a hard piece of wood, but. we had a
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thing WOrth while—Chas. Johnson,
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. .DEEENDS» PHEASANT

‘ " EAR EDITOR:-—Seeing quite a
‘ good many articles in the paper
concerning the damage done by
the ring—necked pheasant I putin a
plea in their behalf. We do not be-
lieve all‘we hear or read in regard to
them as'we have watched clos‘ely as

possible for several years.

We fed them a part of one hard
winter. when the ice covered all the
grass and all the corn shocks, so they
could not get food. We were glad
to see ten or a dozen fly from the
brush to get their breakfast. They
would not venture near the feed un-
til we had returned to the house.

We raise turkeys every year, as
well as chickens, and all of them steal
their nests out quite a .ways from
the buildings. I have never had an

' egg taken by_a,_ pheasant and have
soared them up several times when
gathering theeggs. ' .

Perhaps J. S. Hossler. has turkeys
that visit his cornfield. Or maybe
crows. Both‘steal corn, from our

- fields. Also chickens. Anyway one
tenth of all.we raise belongs to the
Lord so if some ,of his creatures get
the tenth or even more, amen to it.
~—Mrs. O. A. Ide,‘0sceola County.

Am sending you a. “one dollar bill for
three years renewal to M. B. F. We 'could
not be withoutgthe paper because of all
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in’it. A man is never too old to learn.
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TEXT: "my grace is sufliclent for thee."
8 Corinthians 12:9. ‘_‘,See that ye abound
in can grace also.” Corinthians 8:7.

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‘ looking through my tears one
day I saw Mount Calvary; be-
neath the Cross there flowed a

» stream of - grace, enough for me.”

Tears» are lenses through which to
catch a glimpse of Calvary and Cal-
vary’s heaven, when‘they are copi-
ously penitent. But are-they? No
matter. We presume to carry the
tune until we are “safe within the
veil, to sing through all theyears to
come, of grace enough for me.” Now
that is clajming a lot of Grace. And
where is our right? ' ‘

Just a few days ago a. home mer-
chant ended it' all. He had a nice
little store, was in it every day, and
seemed happy. But he wasn’t. Then
the “Messenger of Satan” slew him.
The noose was removed from his
neck and he was laid away by friends
who had not been friendly; who had
not been gracious. Too bad, that in
his great need he had not met Him
who isa Friend, indeed. Such an one
says, “My grace is sufficient for
thee." But this assurance. was given
of yore to 'a. martyr to fleshly tor—
ture and sorrow. And though Paul
shrank from this “thorn in the flesh”
and prayed earnestly'for its removal;
he graciously yielded to the alterna—
tive of being buileted for- Christ’s
sake. No, it was not a merely pas-
sive surrender, but a loving accep-
tance that he might be strong in the ‘“
will of God.

But how can acquiescence in bod-
ily weakness be the will of God?
Listen to the apostle sing, “Where-
for I take pleasure in weaknesses, in
injuries, in necessities, in persecu-
tions, in distresses, for Christ's sake;
for when I am weak, then am I
strong." Reader, start out some
morning to make friendly calls upon
your neighbors and listen to their
burdens; and by night you will be
well aware of crepe and mourning
and darkened lives. And you shall
know too that strength of soul in the
human frame must somehow be at-
tained through weakness or in spite
cf it. There is old aunt Betty across
the way. She has had trouble
enough, God knows. But when the
writer visited her after falling down-
stairs and bruising and breaking her
body, she insists that her life is not
lived in' vain, and that .God’s grace is
yetall suflicient. What strange ends
in trials” No, no. And it also sends
you and. me out to help bear the
burdens of the weak. This is the
Christian way. It is the grace of
God. It makes for music in lonely
hearts and increases the social unity
of the community. It is the way of
the broken body of one Lone Galile-
an. It establishes and glorifies our
faith. It is well to ask less for the
removal of sorrow and more for the
understanding of it in the redemp-
tive plan of God. Just tune in on
this note, "Most gladly therefore will
I rather glory in my weakness that
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To glory in weakness for the'seke
of strength is essentially Christian.

. But this is dead against much of

wordly notions. It is the fashion 0!
men, individually andorganizationai-
ly, to glory in strength. And this
m‘ood leads to selfishness, and selfish-
ness leads to hate, and hate loads to
violence. Ask the bully around the
corner. Ask capital and labor. Ask
the military Chieftain. Aye, sadly,
ask the church fuedist of modern
times. But native weakness is spir-‘
ltually vitaliring when it is recog-
nized and converted into conscious
need. It provides the sluice-way to
the heart for the “stream of grace"
beneath the Cross. This is dependent
faith. And such faith is strength.
It appropriates the power of Christ.
Therefore, “My- (Christ’s) grace is

sufficient” for all who mourn in their

emptiness. We have more than
enough in this world of conceited
strength and pride of personal power.

’Let us have the will to acknowledge

human dependence and to make al-
liance with the spirit and power of
Christ.

“See that ye abound in this grace
also." Here the Spirit goes a step
farther in his demand. We can’t
claim grace enough until we satisfy
this demand. “This grace also”
means something additional. What
can it be? The ones addressed Were ‘
pretty good folks. They were given '
high praise in the words, “Ye abound
in everything, in faith, in utterance, ‘
in knowledge, and in all earnest-‘
ness." Certainly, fine personal qual-
ities. But the injunction follow-s,
“See that ye abound in this grace ,
also}: It was this way: the church ;
at Jerusalem was poor. They needed 7
help. The apostle was gathering,

' funds for this among the churches.

The Macedonian Christians gave so .
liberally out of “their deep poverty,”
that the act was reckoned as an
abounding grace from God. But on
the human side also it was an act of
real sympathy. No, do we have this ‘
grace also? If we have learned how ,
to be patient and glorify in our own ,
weakness, well. But are we glad‘
for the opportunity to glorify in the ;
weakness of others by sharing with
them our sympolhy‘,’~

Sympathy? Verily. Don't you yet ,
understand? Well, in terms of ‘
Christianity; it is giving love and the
love of giving. An editor writes in

his Michigan paper, “A Christmas'

tree, no matter how beautiful, does
not offer much to comfort and glad—
den a hungry, ill-clad or neglected '
hild. The Ledger is sorry for such ‘
lldren ten dollars Worth. Let’s do
s methiug worthwhile and pass up
t empty show.” Now, this is the ‘
grace of sympathy. Can you find it ‘
anywhere in your daily catalog? f
Don’t get too. far away from the;
Bible picture or you will not make ‘
the discovery. In this picture you,
see folks who are buried in poverty l
and grief. One would hardly think _.
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of our sympathy is but oral pity. It
never stoops far enough to become a
fellow-feeling. It does not care to
get underneath the load or others. It
lacks the spirit of atoning love.
“Whose hath this world’s goods, and
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word, neither with the tongue; but
in deed and truth " Do you have
this grace also? It is enough.

God cares. And when we care
and pray we receive grace enough
for any sorrow. But beyond this
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Sixty Taken—Fred Rickert, of
Lenox, reports that thieves stopped
at his place and when they left they
took 60 chickens with them valued
at $85 to $90. ,One was a Rhode Is-
land Red and the others were Barred
Rocks.

To Offer Rewards—The board of
supervisors of Chippewa county re—
cently gave its finance committee
power to offer a reward whenever
anyone reports a case of chickens be-
ing stolen.

Declares War on Chicken Thieves.
——The Muskegon county farm bu-
reau is going to try to put the
chicken thief out of business in that
county. First they are going to try
to enforce the law requiring all poul-
try dealers to keep a record of all
purchases of fowl, and they are pre-
pared to prosecute any dealers who
do not live up to the law. Second,
they are preparing to investigate the
feasibility of branding all livestock
and poultry in the county.

L o s e s Fifty.——Chicken thieves
visited the Charles Butzke farm,
near South Lyons, and stole fifty

‘ chickens belonging to James Kelley.

Mr. Kelley has an idea as to who
the guilty persons might be.

Set Eire to Coop—A new chicken
coop, 20 by 80 feet in area, belong-
ing to Lyman Ousterhout, oi Tecum-
seh, was recently burned. Mr.
Ousterhout is inclined to believe
thieves set fire to the building as he
had 150 chickens in it. Twenty
escaped and the charred bodies of
fifteen were found in the ruins of the

,coop. That leaves 115 chickens to

be accounted for and Mr. Ouster~
hout thinks thieves carried them
away. ‘

(300me Up in Smoke—Thieves
are believed to have taken some
poultry and set fire to the coop on
the farm of Bruce Webber of Otis-
ville, burning the coop and a nearby
comcrib. Only the direction of the
wind saved a big barn.

Steal Prize Poultry.———Alfred Ter—
Barr, of Forest Grove, near Zeeland,
has reperted that theive's have taken

-' several of his prize White Leghorns.

Thieves Take 10.——-R. G. Goff, oi
Urbandale', went out one morning re-
cently to ieed his chickens and

[round that thieves had taken ten

from the flock. Evidence indicated

that thieves had an auto handy to
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that fence,” says Mr. Herman.

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fencing and cross fencing this farm sold, two
years later, for $28,280.00—a prom of
$21,715.00.

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‘ would have saved $409 on the J. W. Tibbitts
farm at North Bend, Wisc. Mrs. Tibbitts to pay for the fence in one year’s time.
writes us that they lost in one year $55 on
0 one cow with a severed teat; $75 on another
with ruined udder; $75 in oats and corn
. knocked down by cows breaking through;
. . , * $125 on one cow dead from too much corn;
$29 in veterinary fees for the treatment of
wire cut on Barney’s hoof and $50 in corn

eaten by neighbors’ pigs.

10mph chiske, Fairbank, Ia, paid for his
new fence in one year’s time. From 500 bu. of
corn in a 20-acre field his production jumped
to 1600 bu.—a gainof 1100 bu., or $440 figured
as low as 406 a bu. This he gained in addition

90 to 100 head of hogs—more than enough

RED BRAND FENCE, “Galvannealed”—coppcr
bearing, is the kind of fence that brings these
additional profits, year after year, for many
years. RED BRAND FENCE can’t help but last
longer-for more copper mixed in the steel
and heavier zinc “Galvam1ealed”on the out-
side resists rust better and longer than any
method ever used in making fence wire. Full
length, picket-like stays hold it straight;
wavy strands hold it firm; can't-slip knots
hold it tight. RED BRAND costs less per
year because

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Mr. Marble divided of his
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two equal onuPlot No. 1 re—
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2reoeived&1l of Ammonia
at the rate of lbs. per acre.

The results of the fertilizer
were noticeable almost at once.
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which received no fertilizer)
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everything that a. first—class nursery handles.
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A $26,000 MISTAKE

HE man who plants an acre to
T Ben Davis apples instead 'of
Northern Spy maybe making a
$26, 000 mistake. That was one of
the high spots in a peppery talk by
Mr. George Fri-
day before the
Berrien , County
Horticultural So-
c i e t y i n t h e
court house at
St.vJoseph on
January, 21.

M r. F r i d a. y
strongly advised
t h e assembled
growers to plant
only those apple
varieties which
are known to be
high in quality.
To illustrate the
importance of selectingthe right va-
rieties Mr. Friday sharpened his pen-
cil and gave some positively hair-
raising figures about a certain or-
chard to show how serious a mistake
can be made if care is not taken in
the selection of varieties. This fifty
year old orchard is located in Ber-
rien county and consists of Ben Da-
vis and Northern Spy. The price re-
ceived for the A grade apples in an
ordinary season (1925) was $5 per
barrel for the Spies and $2.50» for
the Bens. The B grade Ben Davis

Herbert anzlger

were unsaleable while the B grade.

Spies brought one dollar per bushel.
Assuming that an orchard produces
an average crop of 65 barrels per
acre per year between the twentieth
and sixtieth years, which was not
considered a large average for trees
of that age, the difference in the
price received per acre for these two
varieties would amount to $162.00
per year, and in the forty year peri-
od would amount to $6,500., Fur-
thermore, if the compound interest
were figured at 6 per cent upon this
money it would amount to over
$26,000. “

As though this were not enough to
raise’the growers out of their seats
Mr. Friday believes that as time goes
on the spread between the price re—
ceived for good varieties and poor
ones is going to widen instead of de-
crease. The Baldwin wpple was

once called the poorest of standard '

varieties. Over a three year period
Mr. Friday’s A grade Baldwins have
yielded a lower profit per bushel
than his windfall and Commercial
Grade McIntosh. The speaker.told
the Berrien growers that he who has
good varieties, good soil, 9. reason-
ably frost-free location and a. high
percentage of A grade might forget
all worry for the future. In answer
to a question the speaker said that
if he were at present limited to three
varieties he would plant McIntosh.
Jonathan and Delicious, and also
stated that a summer variety of real-
ly high quality is badly needed.

Mr. _M. S. Fuller, fruit inspector
and farmer, spoke on.“Problems of 3
Fruit Inspector” and gave some fig-
ues and conclusions on the past sea-
son‘s inspection work. 01? the 2623
lots of fruit inspected in the fruit
belt,, 66 per cent were properly
marked and graded, and 34 per cent
were not up to grade. The percent—
ages of the different fruits inspected
which were marked wrong were, ap-
ples, 17 per cent; peaches, 34 per
cent; grapes, 26 per cent;

the best record because the apple
grades have been in use longest and
growers have become thoroughly ac-
customed to them. The percentage
of grapes marked wrong includes
those marked No.2 which should
have been marked No. 1, of which
there were a considerable number.
Two reasons were given for the ap-
'parently poor showing _of canta-
loupes. First, the cantaloupe grades
have been in effect only one year,
.and second, nearly all of the inspec-
tions at cantaloupes were made early
in the season to determine the right
time to commence picking.
the season the quality was so good,

that few inspections were 11060389183:

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loupes, 77 per cent. Apples made ,

Later in; -
= ass always

Mr. H. J. Lurkins, Berrien coun-
ty’s agricultural agent opened his
talk with a bit of characteristic wit.

-He said that instructions had been

receiVed to give his speech a fair in-
troduction, a good conclusion, and

have the two, as close together as.

possible. We would” say. he con-

cocted a very good sandwich, for the

material which he put between the

‘introduction and the conclusion was
both meaty and thought provoking.

He spoke 0f leadership, and also of

‘ another valuable quality w h i c h ‘

n1 1 g h t be termed . “followship. "

‘Leaders are necessary in every com-

munity. That is a foregone conclu-
sion. But how about the followers?
Isn't it vitally necessary that each
one of us be intelligent followers?
Up-to-dateness is one of the ear-
marks of- a successful, follower.
Things and methods which were con-
sidered O. K. yesterday are obsolete
today. The winners in life’s battle
are those who are eager “seekers after
information. The key-note of Mr.
Lurkins talk was, keep up to date
and be willing to learn if you wish
to be successful. Most excellent ad-
vice, we’d say.

The concluding number on the '

program was an open forum, in
which many members of the audience
were called upon to add their hit of
spice to the meeting by voicing their
opinions or by answering queStions.
One member desired a better package
for fancy table grapes. A four bas-
ket crate was suggested as a package
which could be well filled without
crushing the grapes with the cover.
More careful packingpof the present
package and allowing the grapes to
wilt before applying the cover was
also suggested.

Another member made a plea for
a permanent station for experimental
work in horticulture in Berrien coun-
ty. It was pointed out that this
county alone produces 25 per cent of
all Michigan fruit and contributes
ab-outis48,000= annually to the M. S.
0., yet very little experimental work
is staged in the county.

GRAPE RATE HEARING AT ‘
WESTFIE-LD, N. Y.
pHEARING on grape freight rates
Was opened before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, on
January 16, at Westfield, New York,

at which New York, Pennsylvania. '

and Michigan fruit interests assisted
by their state department of agri-
culture will flre the opening gun in
an endeavor to obtain fair freight
rates for eastern sections. The rates
which eastern (including Michigan)

 

growers, are forced to pay compared .

with those paid by far western ec-
tions to the same markets, consti ute
a gross discrimination against the
eastern growers. These facts were
brought out at the hearing and it is
hoped that relief will be obtained.
The Michigan delegation was com-
posed of: F. L. Granger, sales mana-
ger of the Michigan Fruit Growers,
Inc.; K. F. Clardy, assistant attorney
general of the State of Michigan; L.
T. Chase, manager of the Paw Paw
Fruit AsSociation; Kenneth Stahl,
manager of the‘-Twin_City Manufac-
turers’ Traffic Bureau of Benton
Harbor and St. Joseph, and H. C.
Hardy,
Michigan Fruit Association.

FIRE BLIGHT NEWS
HE U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture describes a new fire blight
, control program, which includes
the treatment of blight cankers with
a solution of zinc chloride, ‘thus elim-
inating a great deal of tree surgery.

TRAFFIC MAN WANTED
HE Michigan Fruit Growers,.Inc.,
; favors the presence of a traflic
man inthe State .Board of Agri-
culture, whose duty it would be to
fight for fair. freight rates fer Mich-
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cultivation, " good fertilizatidn
areessentialtoprofitableyields.

Take care in select' your
fertilizer .le. . bgfsure- t it
contains nty potash. ’

Low ' , t soil, some
times called “acid“ or “sour,”
needs phosphoric acid, potash
and lime. After long cropping
it may also need nitrogen.

‘ High lime pat soil, called
“sweet“ or “noneci ,“ gem
erally needs potash alone . . .
or after continuous croppin
. . . both ph "horic acid an
potash.’ 7

In any case make sure that
your muck or peat fertilizer
contains liberal quantities of
potash. In addition to increas'
ing yields and im rovingcrop
guality, potash ssens frost

anger by lowering the freeze
in point of cell sap in plants.
PSTASH PAYS! Use it lib
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We willbe glad to sendyou free on request

our booklet "Better Muck Crops“. Write
Dept. 194ofour nearest-epics.
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' farm shop will pay for itself
’ . many times in money and time

be exercised in ‘choosing the equip-
ment for the shop, states Harold T.
l Barr, University of Arkansas, College
of Agriculture.
Woodworking tools should be
chosen first. The following will make
the basis for a. geod kit: a medium»
weight claw hammer, a. 24 inch fram-
_ ing square, 3 26 inch, 8—point cross-
cut new, a. 14 inch jack plane, a bit
brace and bits of 34,, 3,5, 56, and 1
inch in diameter. The above list '01
good quality can be bought for from
, $10 to 315. As needs demand the
following tools may be added: 25 1A;

bar. a 24 inch level, a 3% and %
inch wood chisel, and an 8 inch
draw knife.

For sharpening the field and shop
tools an emery wheel which can be
operated y foot power will prove
well wort its cost.

A very satisfactory wood or bench
vise can be made by using a 1 inch
by 16 inch bench screw, and using a
well seasoned piece of hard. wood for
the vise face. For metal and pipe
work a bench or leg set of pipe jaws
will come in very handy.
Miscellaneous tools to be included
very profitably are: a 14 inch pipe
wrench, a 12 inch adjustable wrench,
a 10 inch hack saw and a dozen ex-
tra blades, two cold Chisels, a ma-
chine punch, e. Zfiipound ball pean
hammer, a pair of tin ships, and a.
1,4 inch, 1%; inch and 15 inch drill
bits, with square shanks.

CHARGE BATTERY

Please tell me whether or not I
can charge a six—volt battery with a
twelve-volt generator, and how many
revolutions per minute I must run
the generator. Thank you.———A. M.,
Fowlervillo, Mich.

HERE is no doubt that you can
use a 12 volt generator to charge
7 a, 6' volt battery, but you may
have to do some experimenting to get
just the right arrangement. Without
knowing the type generator you have,
we cannot give exact directions. ‘
If your generator contains an auto-
matic cut-out relay (like the old mod-
el Dodge generator), this relay will
. not close the circuit until the gener—
ator voltage is up to 12 volts. You
will then have to use a resistance
to reduce the voltage to about 7 volts
at the battery. Such a. resistance
could be made by winding 6 to 10
feet of No. 18 iron stovepipe wire
around a board.
It the generator is one of the later
model 12 volt Dodge which does not
have the cut-out in the generator,
you could get a. 6 volt cut-out from
some dealer in junk parts, and by
running the generator at slower speed
it. would operate as a six volt gener-
ator. Probably about 500 r. p. to.
would be right, but you would have
to determine this by experiment.
In order to tell whether your bat-
tery is charging properly you would
do Well to get an ammeter similar to
that used on the automobile dash.
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I am very anxious to learn how to
blue a gun barrel andlwill appreci-
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YOU can use nitric acid for bluing
gun barrels, ,but be careful
about getting any or it on your
handsor clothing. The acid may be
neutralized by baking soda, ammonia
or weak lye water. , Betore applying

ished with. very fine. emery cloth and-
crows cloth. It'should be free from

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firm who we do not beheve to be thoroughly onest an reliable.
Should any reader have any cause for complaint against any ad-
vertiser in these columns, the Publisher would appreciate an im-
mediate letter bringing all too h In every case when

, writing my: “1 saw your advertisement in The Michigan Business
Farm erl" It will guarantee honest deai 1.ng

"The Farm Paper of Service”

 

 

IT “HAS A "GREAT FARMERS’ WEEK
ID you attend Farmers’ Week 'at Michigan
State College this year? It you did not you
certainly missed something, as any or your
, neighbbrs who were there ‘will tell you. For the
' benefit of the thousandswho did not attend we
are telling all about it in this issue. It you are
interested only in the general sessions read the
article on page three. It you are interested in
the meeting of any one oi! the State livestock as-
sociations you will find something of interest in
the article on page six. And there are several
other pages on which appearssomething about
Farmers’ Week.

Our advice is not to read just some certain part
of it but to sit down and read every article about
this annual farmers' round-up because you will
something of interest and vhlue in all of them.

SEND IN YOUR‘LISTS
E want to thank our good friends for their
response to our request for the names and
addresses of poultry dealers about the State.
So far we have received a large number of names,

and every day we receive more of them, but We '

want to hear from practically everyone of our
readers so that our list will‘be as complete as it
is possible to make it. Then we can get in touch
with them regarding the new law which requires
that a. record be kept of every purchase, and we
can furnish them with the lists of readers who
‘ purchase markers to mark their poultry. Do not
think that your neighbor will send in a list so
there. is no use of your bothering. Maybe your
neighbor is depending on you in the same way,
and the result will be nobody sends the list. ' Let’s
have your list, please.

TWO KINDS OF TFHEVES

HERE are two kinds of the human variety of
T chicken thief. One comes at night, enters
your coop and cleans you out. The other
visits your place as a poultry buyer in broad day
light, offers you a. fancy price for your poultry
and then pays you with a check that is no good.
The last kind is the easiest to put out of busi-
ness. You just refuse to accept checks in pay-
ment for anything unless you know the person
is honest.

 

BOOSTING CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES
'I‘SEGO county is an extensive producer oi!
certified seed 'potatoes. For the past five

years the Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show has ‘

been held at Gaylord and the finest spuds grown
in this State have always been on display there.
Since the founding of the Gaylord show other
sections have tried to duplicate what is being
done up there in northern Michigan but so far
they have not been able to reach the goal.

Now Otsego is prepared to put up another mark .

101' potato growing countries to shoot at. Ship-

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are grown certified Russo R .

By 1929 they expect the out ,

county will be produced from certified: seed.
' With such a movement spreading into all our
potato producing counties it will not be long
before Michigan grown table stock will be a high-
ly sought product.

 

THANK YOU, JUDGE SAMPLE

- behalf, of. the farmers of Michigan we, want

to publicly thank Judge Sample of Ann Arbor

for the 'way he handles cases of rural thievery
that come before him. He realizes the‘serious-
ness of the loss to farmers and gives out still
sentences rather than small fines. We need more
judges like him. ‘

 

USE BOTH LIGHTS

F we were called on to make a list of the
world’s greatest pests, in our estimation, we
would put right near the top the fellow who

operates his automobile after dark with only one
headlight burning. Few of us who have driven
a horse or car along a road on ,a dark night have
not watched with dread the approach of one of
these one-eyed *monsters, as we wondered which
light was burning. Was it the one next to us or
the one toward the ditch, was the thought that
ran through our mind as we got farther and far-
ther out of the road to avoid a collision. We re-
duced our speed to a crawl and then sat holding
our breath, ready to jump if. it struck us.

There are times when there'is a reasonable ex-
cuse for driving. with one light but usually it is
carelessness. Every driver should carry an extra
bulb to replace one when it burns out- but if. he
hasn’t one they can be bought in almost any town.

 

WORK FOR THE GAS TAX

E have plenty of evidence that farm
folks believe in the gas tax and would

like to see it higher, with permanent
license plates and no weight tax. During
the last regular session of the State Legis-
lature such a bill was up for consideration
audit looked like it would go through until
the Governor threw a monkcywrench into
the machinery by requesting the lawmakers
to pass the present law which merely in-
creased thc tax on gasoline one cent and
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leave the cold behind, and with some money in
my Jeans, I’d' take a trip to New Orleans. And
since the cash I’ve 'got on hand was made from
June Mirandy‘s stand, I couldn't verywell go oi!
and leave her here to sneeze and cough. So I
Just said, “Mirandy dear, let’s beat it: somewhere

I FINALLY made up my mind that I would

south of here, away from snowstorms and from;

sleet. down where there’s oranges to eat and rob-
lns slngin’ in the trees, down where the Wind’s a.
balmy breeze instead of blowin’ through your
clothes and treezin' up your hands and toes.”

. So then I sat me down to plan instructions for
the hired man, I think I’d better leave him word
to feed the chickens and the bird, and that he
should, while we ’re away, wash up the milk pails
once a day. He needn’t haul much fodder, but I
hope he’ll keep the barn door shut, I’ll surely give
that teller fits if my old cows should freeze their
tits. I ain't no hand to make a fuss, but if he

ain’t industrious while we’re away; he’ll find next

spring that he ain’t got no Job, by Jing. But if
he does his work up good while I'm away, I
prob’ly would give him a bonus and his pay. I’ll
surely thank him anyway!

 

 

 

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ers‘ were disappointed but not discouraged.
Another legislature'would convene in two

<years and in the meantime they would

gather their forces to put up a. greater
fight than ever. ‘

Now it looks as though Governor Green
was going. to call a special session of the
legislature, at the request of Detroit, to
consider financial matters in the interest
of that city. Whether or not there will be
time to consider the gas tax at this session
we do not know, but if our folks and other
farmers bring enough pressure to bear on
the men they are sending to Lansing to
make their laws we are inclined to believe
that the necessary time will be taken. Now .
is~the time to get in touch with your law-
makers, before they leave for Lansing, and

tell them just what you Want. Then after“

they get there send them letters and tele-
grams to keep their mind on the question.
We are going to have considerable more
to say about the gas tax‘ question in our
next issue and along with this we will pub- 7
lish the heading for a petition to which you
can attach sheets of paper and circulate it
among your neighbors for them to sign.
Even if we do not accomplish anything at
any special session that may be called we
will be getting Our. guns ready for the big

attack when the next regular session opens

in 1929.

Let’s all work together on this. M. B. F.
has always been a staunch supporter of the
gas tax, has fought for it at every oppor-
tunity, because its readers approved of such
action. We have thousands of letters on
the Subject, all of them very welcome, and
we want more. Sit down this evening and
write us your opinions. Do not put it oil
until “tomorrow” because we want to hear
from you now. Help us help the farmers-v
of Michigan.

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The next time you. hear a feller complainin’
’bout life not bein' what it used to be just tell
him to cheer up and be thankful he wasn’t born
a chicken. I\can remember when chicks was
hatched by a. hen after three weeks of settin’ and.
then raised by that same hen. Nowadays hens
just lay the eggs from which most chicks come.

Investigations by the Michigan Securities Com-
mission reveals that some of these real estate
firms ain't so free with their “free” lots as some
folks are bein’ led to believe.. .Always remember
that when somethin’ is given to you somebody
has to pay for it.

I read a piece in the paper a while ago 'bout
a young woman who was goin' to take a long trip
in an airplane, and she said she wasn’t interested
in any fame that might come from it and didn’t

want any job on the stage or in the movies. I-

always said there was such a thing as a miracle.

I read how a big college perfesser says that the
brain of the average woman is equal to the hr in
of the average man. That ain’t hardly fair to
the women folks and it’s an awful "blow to some
of -’em—-—but they insist on equal rights and now
they’re gettin’ ’em. ‘

Saw a sign in a store window that read “Ladies
Ready to Wear Clothes. " Well, it’s about time
’cause they can’t leave off any more, unless we
change our laws.

Ever hear this one? I understand the Scotch-

men are tryin’ to put an end to all jokes about
them. Why? Because everyone of them are at
the Scotchman’s expense. .

 

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Feb. 28- 29.——Spring Meeting, Michigan State

’Horticultural Society, Pontiac, Mich-

Nov. 7- 10 .——Greenville Potato Show, Green-
ville, Mich, .
Nov. 14-16 «Western Michigan Potato fS’how,


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BE MUSKRAT FARMS" ,
STATEMENT was issued from.
the Attorney General’s office at
Lansing February 1st. warning

the public against agreements in"
muskrat farniing promotion com-g
It is stated that it is the

panics.
practice of many of the cdmpanies
to sell muskrats at a more or less
inflated value and agree to ranch the
breeders for' a share in the increase,
this share being considerably dis-
propertionate.

Muskrats were sold at from $10
to $600 per pair, according to the

statement. depending on how stren-

uously the'seller coupled, the sale
with a ranching agreement. The
legitimate price for a pair is $10
to $20.

A fair selling price, coupled with
a two-year ranching agreement for
marketing the increase, is given as
about $60. Muskrats breed from six
to ten times annually and the aver-
age increase from a pair is thirty
rats.

Approximately 300 licenses were

’ granted by the State Conservation
Department to breeders during 1927,-

indicating that there are at least
that many people in Michigan en-
gaged in the business of muskrat
farming or ranching.

 

“FREE" Lore COST A m

S THE BUSINESS Fanning hasedie

torially condemned the “free”

lot scheme worked by various
real estate companies to increase

‘their sales we are pleased to say

\

that the Michigan Securities Com-
mission has started a campaign to
keep operators of this scheme out of
this State. Thebody met on the first
of February to consider complaints
against six real estate firms and
three individual brokers. After con-
sidering all the evidence they re-
voked the licenses of the Great City
Realty Co.,,Detroit, and three brok-
ers and one salesman connected with
the company.

The brokers were Louis Dery who

. owned the company in partnership

with his wife; Abraham Quidd, and
Samuel Weisman. The salesman was
George G. Bogdany. All have De—
troit addresses.

It was decided to take no action
in the cases of the Fourth City
Realty Co., and the Johnson Organ-
ization, of Detroit; the Continental
Development Co., and the Lake Side
Development Co., of Muskegon; and
the St. Joseph Development Co., of
Jackson.- Evidence "indicated these
latter companies were operating
within the law.

 

READ BEFORE YOU SIGN
HERE is an old saying, “Marry
in hasterepent- at leisure." We
would revise it some for thisvde-
partment and make -,it “Sign in
haste, repent at leisure ” because
that seems to be the proper thing to

‘do with many folks.

Only last week one of our fieldmen
told of a case in Jackson county,
Where a salesman went around

selling a high grade vacuum sweep-

er for $68. 00. He stopped at one
home and told the lady that as she
had such a fine home and he had not
been selling many sweepers in that

The Collection Box?“

The purpose of this do men
our subscrbe n from trauma: d‘eo'lln‘sh nth-0%:
dllrnce treatment M 903011 e or concerns it e
eta

In" every one we IIII do our Motto mu
o satisfactory settlement or force ootIon, to:
Ihlch no charge. for our eervloer IIII ever be
made. nrovIdInq:

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‘ statement enclosed, $23.76.

. , tions.
,ceived all the market would stand on
.date of delivery or not as I have no
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" . neighborhood he would like to leave
the one he. had with him for her to .

use and to show to her friends, then
when conditions improved
community he would come back and

— on all sales he made to friends that
. she had gotten interested he would

allow her $5. 00 each to apply on the
price of the sweeper she had. As he
was leaving such an expensive
sweeper with her he asked that she
pay him $10.00 cash to assure him
that she would take good care of it.
Of course he would give her a receipt
and when he returnd he would re-
fund hermeney because he felt sure

she, could interest enough of her.

friends so that she would not have
to pay any cash on her machine at
all. He had "a form’.‘ which-' he
wished her to sign so that he could
turn it in to the company to show
that he left the sweeper and in case
anything should happen to him the
company ‘would know where the
sweeper was. She had many times
dreamed about owning a real vacu-
um sweeper and now it seemed that
her dream was about to come true.
She signed, of course, and without
even noticing what she signed be-
cause her thoughts were not on the
paper but the sweeper and how it

»was going to make her work easier.

Just think, it would not cost her
But-within a few days
after the agent visited her she was

‘ notified by a bank in a nearby town

that they held a note she had signed
and they wanted their money. SHE
HAD SIGNED A NOTE, but it was
too late then to learn about it' be-
cause the.salesman had received his
money and‘gone on his way; leaving
Mrs. Farmer to pay fully and in cash
for her new sweeper. - Will she sign
another paper without reading it?

Well, we would hate to try to get,

her to.

Never-.sign anything for anybody.

without reading it.

. DON’T TAKE CHECKS

ON’T take checks! We have said

that so many times through

these columns that no doubt
many of you are tired of reading it,
but we continue to receive letters
telling of large sums of money lost
through the accepting of checks in
payment for poultry, produce and
livestock so we are going’ to continue
to say it.

Recently, country weeklies have
had much to say about the matter,
for which we 'wish to thank them.
We sincerely appreciate their efforts
in helping save money for the farmers
Wehope more of them
use their columns to tell the story
of the “rubber"- check—the check
that bounds back at you after you
cash it.

Most of these check writers, who
have little money but plenty of
checks, are offering a premium over
present local market. Well, why
shouldn’t they? Price does not mean
anything to them because the check
is no good. very farmer wants all
hecan get for his products and when
he is offered more money than the
local dealers will give it is a tempta-
tion, but before he accepts the offer
he should see to it that the fellow is
talking cash, not check. Accept
checks only from pepole you know
are reliable.

/.

In regard to my claim, on January 3rd
I received a -settlement as per their
_ The price per
pound was two cents less than I expected
to receive basing my expectations on
prices ‘quoted in Detroit market qubta-
I have no way of knowing if I re-

Thanks for the

{interest you have taken in this settlement.

«H. '1‘” Grand Traverse oCunty.

     

 

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0th had a. will of his own. Without
D doubt he would have forcibly put
her back in the car, had not a. car
from'the opposite direction rounded the
turn just then. It was Lew Kord, in his
old flivver. Ordinarily, Mary would have
chosen to ride with almost anyone else.
but just now she welcomed the chance.

“Mr. Kord." she said, “can I ride back
home with you? Doug thinks it will be
too late befone he can get back, for me .to

0 on.“ .

“Climb in.” invited Kord, readily.

Doug made a. move to stop the girl as
she stepped into the car. but desisted. He
stood watching the dust cloud in their
wake with clenched hands and a. corrugat-
ed brow.

Doug drove away from the place with
a savage foot on the accelerator. Drove
five blistering miles before he cooled down
sufficiently to think.

It beats the dickens, he reflected, how
women could tear a person up! He had
a good notion to keep right on going as
far as the old car would run, then get out
and walk a. ways for good measure. One
thing sure—he said this aloud—no girl
that ever wore skirts would keep shim
from riding at the fair this fall! And if
she didn't like it, she could find somebody
else to jaw at. He had a plenty!

This decision mollified him considerably,
and. by the time he reached the ranch
where the plow was, he was in consider-
ably better humor and busily figuring Just
how they would rig the outfit to do the
most work with the least waste of time
and effort. ,

Brock Bawlins, agreat, hulking, stoop-
ed fellow, owner ot the place, came amb-
iing out at the horn’s summons. .

"Heard you had a plow for sale,” said

_ Doug.

“Plow?" said Brock, blankly. "W'ho-
ever told you must have knowed more

about it than I do."

“A gang plow," continued Doug; “big,
ten bottom outfit."

“Oh, that thing !" exclaimed Brock. “It
don’t belong to me. Belongs to an out-
fit that come up here tour-five years ago
to tear out the bone and wound up by
goin' broke. Don't believe I know you,
son.”

Doug told him who he was and what he
had come for. “Could you tell me how
to get hold of the owner of the plow?" he
asked.

Brnk scratched his head.

“No," he said, "I can’t. Not just now.
But Jud told me that if I got a. chance to
sell the thing to let it go for whatever
I could git for it. If you want to buy it,
come out here and look her 'over. ‘I’ll
sell it to you." '

Doug followed him down back of the
cattle corral and found the plow almost
buried in the ground, A monstrous at-
tair it was. constructed of the heaviest
material and spread out over a lot of
ground. He saw‘at once that it would
take oceans of power to move the thing
thru the sort of ground they had to plow;
but he saw, too. that it was so strongly
constructed that it would be almost im-
possible to damage it in any way.

"How much for it as she lays?" he ask-
ed, after a time. . '

“You set your price." said Brook; "and

it it ain’t enough I can mighty soon tell
you so." . >
“'Well,"_ said Doug, “I know a. plow

like that cost a. lot of money when it was
new. But we're buying it as sort of an
experiment. Don’t know whether we can
use it at all or not. But we're willing to
risk a. hundred dollars on it."

“It’s your plow." said Brock, grinning
"I’d took ten." . .

“I wanted to be fair about it," he said.
“I'll run over to town tor'the money and
leave it on my way back; We'll likely be
after the plow tomorrow.“ -

“What do you aim to pull it with?’ ‘
asked Brock. “Broomtalls?” ‘

"A wildcat,” remarked Doug, and left
grinning at the look on Rawlins" face.

At town, before the Wilson House. a.‘
great, green, powerful automobile was
parked. Spence Loosing was leaning .

against a porch post, talking indolently .

to a. young fellow apparently trom the
city. The bar, Doug noticed, as he pulled
up. carried a Texas license. .

flielle." said Spence, seeing him. “Step
down a minute} Doug. Here's a fellow.
that will be out our way ,this summer.
Son of my boss.- But don't get the idea‘._
because his old man has plenty of money
that he’ll try to high-hat you. Sid; this

is‘the kid I was telling- you‘about—Douxj

   
  

Summers. . And if he,_don't make sonic .

. rwns'r Has. HAPrENEn so ran

Summers,
the Maire. and Mary Muir, because they Were planning on getting married

which the Muirs sold out and came to

Colorado, and bought a ranch over on the west side of the ‘divide,
were hard ones. Not only did the bottom drop 9.!“ of the cattle market
winter killed of a large number of their cattle.

Things looked
an. orphan who came west with

money put aside. Doug being an ex-

pert rider, decides to corn sonic money riding‘bad horses. A prise of $1,000
is olferéd to the man who can ride Catapult and Doug has his eye on that
His plans do not meet with the approval of the Muir family.

close in their saddles this tall. why I’m
a pie-eyed Chinaman."
Sid Stutgart shook hands. cordially. -
“Ride up to __ our camp," he invited.
"whenever you feel like it. We'll have

plenty of. ways to a use you." \
"Much obliged,’ said Doug. "I will.

Going over ted: y?" ‘ ‘
“M," said young Stats-rt. “Not till

some time tomorrow. There's a. bunch
coming up from Texas tomorrow on the
train. What time does that train get in,
Spence?" '

"Usually nearly dark," Spence informed
him. “Never can tell about it, tho." ,

Doug arose. ‘Got to get over to the
bank before it closes," be excused him-
self. "See you later."

The deposit money they kept at the
bank, he learned was not large neough to
cover his need, but when he explained
things, the president, Mr. Mott, told him
to go'ahead and write out the chad: for
the amount and he would take care of it.

It was dark when Doug had turned the
Meta OR the main road into the hardly
more than a trail leading to their randi.
Dark,-and the stars leaped out startling-
ly and were reflected in the river beside
which his way led a. part of the time. He
could hear the rush and roar of the waters
far up under Pryramld peak, and, away
up that way, too,’ cattle were bowling.
It seemed to Doug that there was a. note
0! pain in the bellowing, but that he I'll-r
tributed to fancy. ‘ .

Supper was over when he came into
the house. And even tho the time was
June, the night air at that altitude was so
chilly that fire was not unwelcome. Doug
found the whole family, Mary, Terry and
their parents, grouped around the fire. He
seemed to sense a certain restraint tn
their greeting. But that, he knew, too,
must be fancy. There must be something

wrong with him;

“How about the plow?" asked Terry.
“Any luck?” .

"It’s ours now," Doug told him. "I
bought it for a hundred dollars. It's a.
monster. Big enough and stout enough
to turn over Mt. Orno."

"We’ll go over .for it tomorrow,” mid

Terry. “Reckon that old engine will hand-
le it?"

“That old engine will handle anything," .

boasted Doug. "When we start across
that sage brush, you won't be able to see
us for brush a-flying.” '

Mort came in then, having finished the
last of the chores.

“There'll be more’n brush a-flyin’,” he
predicted, hearing Doug's last remark,
"before you turn that brush under. There—
'll be some sweat. That brush has got to
be cleared of! before you can plow it. You
can’t turn that stuff under."

“Not the way you're used to plowing,"
Doug'told him. “But wait and see how
we do it."

"Aren’t you going to eat any supper?"
asked Mrs. Muir.

"Waiting for Mary to bring on the bis-
cuits," said Doug jocularly,.

Not a word from‘ Mary. Not a word
from the others, even. Doug soothed in-
wardly. drew up a chair and ate angrily.

When he and Terry had gone to their
room for the night, he burst out angrily:

”What kind of a. story did Mary come
home with." , .

Terry was unlacing a. shoe. He did not
answer at once. stlffly, “I don't
know what you're talking about, Doug."

“Terry," he said, “are you siding with
the rest of them on that riding question?"

“Doug," said. Terry. feellnsly. - “you
know I think as much of you as if you
were my own brother. You can’t go that
route. Even if there was no danger or
you getting crippled for life or killed,
there's other things. Forget it, Doug i”

”What do you.mean by ‘other things’ ‘1"
Doug wanted to know.

Shoe in hand, Terry considered.

“I’ll give you an example, he said fin-
ally, "altho I know you know what I
mean as well as anyone. Pick out one
regular rider you know and’ whom you
think ‘is a real rider, and name him."

. Doug stared at him for a time.

“Slid McCasaar," he said after a time.
“As good as they come up here."

“All right," said Terry, "I’ll agree that
he’s a riding £001. NOW, then, just forget
that he’s been .broken up a dozen times,
has one leg shorter than the other one,
has kidney'trouble, and I don’t know what
else, all ‘from\ridin§ bad horses—what
kind of s sit-r use? -, '- ,
’ . "What, mum’mkechb'éd ‘Doug. .."Why,
sud‘s.a~rea.l*uguy.fi Hayefmore fun with
m tlmnsnyhfeilow” I km."
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his nails it h, didn‘t have to. Doug,

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They were up at an early hour, going
OVer the old engine. When they purchas-
ed it, it was pretty much of a wreck, but
after buying a few repairs and overhaul-
ing it completely, they made it into a
serviceable source of pOWer, far superior
to any gas tractor, because at that alti-
tude gas engines do not deliver their rated
power. The air is too thin and super-
chargers have not yet been adapted to
them. '

This engine, a thirty~horse power Wild
Cat engine, was mounted on what would
ordinarily be termed a, thirty-horse power
boiler. But the boiler was the high pres,
sure type, and with one hundred and
eighty pounds of stem, the engine had
power to go anywhere and take along
with it almost anything that could be
hooked on.

The mgine had not been used since
threshing the fall before. and the boiler
was empty. It was no small job to carry
water up a creek bank and pour it in the
top manhole until the boiler was filled,
but they accomplished the task by eight
o’clock.

Doug started a fire and Terry filled the
lockers with coal. Hardly a Word had
been exchanged since they arose.

“Don’t believe we ’11 need to take the
water tank along ” said Doug. “There's
plenty of water we can reach from the
road if we take along some extra hose.”

Terry nodded briefly.

“I'll go have them put us up a. lone ,”
be said. “Be late before we get bac .”

It was nearly nine before they clanked
out of the yard. The engine was fairly
fast on the road, and Doug gave it full
throttle most of the time. They arrived
at Rawlins’ place shortly before noon, and
lost no time in hooking onto the plow.

“Doug," said Terry, “we’ll have to get
some shovels and dig some dirt away
from that plow. That engine will never
move her as she is."

"Bosh !” said Doug. “She'll lift it right
out of. there. We’ve got no time to fool
away digging that thing out. Take an
hour or more. Stand back let's see what
she says."

He opened the throttle tentatively and
the engine took up the slack with a jar.
The plow did not move an inch.

"Solid as, a rockl” yelled Terry. "Shut
of! and let's dig it out."

For answer, Doug~ ripped the throttle
clear back and the Wild Cat Surged
mightily, settled and began to dig in the
earth at every revolution.

“Shut off!" howled Terry. “The fire-
box is on the ground now."

Doug shut off nad climbed down, looked
things over, then climbed back on the
engine.

"See it you can get the coupling pin out
when I give her a. little slack,” he said,
and reversed the engine.

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you some of the most probable
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‘ HE experimenters whose work is
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Sam Pickard, his predecessor, who
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ers and home makers want and
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the work of the Department of Ag-.

riculture. ,

To the question in the service’s
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have left, music or talk?” 2,358
representative farmers r e p l i e (1
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sic,’ Salisbury recalled. He pointed
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queries each month from radio lis-
teners follow the broadcasting of,
the Housekeepers’ Chats, one of the,
11 features supplied radio stations
by the service.

"There is now doubt,” he add-
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experience of 127 stations broadcast—
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the technique of giving information .

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period of 10 weeks. They will be
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Florida Clover Seed
. _ . AM in receipt of a letter from Mr.
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on. some Cherokee Clover Seed.
He sent me the ad concerning this
seed, which comes from a well

known- farm pa-
per and reads as
follows: _"Plant
Cherokee Clover.
Grows like sweet
clover, but will
grow' on poor
acid soil without
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nice as Florida palms and bathing
beauties. That Would be the kind
of clover to grow all right if we
could do it, but my advice would be
to leave it alone. In the first place,
this Cherokee Clover is only a trade
name and we cannot tell if it is
White or Yellow Sweet Clover or
Small White Clover or what it is.
But the big point is that clovers
grown and adapted to Florida con-
ditions would not succeed. in Mich-
igan. In Michigan we need northern
grown seeds that will withstand our
cold winters. Southern seeds winter
kill in Michigan and should not be
planted here. This last summer I
saw some Peruvian Alfalfa in Texas.
It certainly was beautiful hay and
was about to be cut for the third
, time. A friend who was with me
said, “Isn’t that wonderful alfalfa?
Let us secure some of the seed, and
take it back to Michigan.” Same
mistake as the Cherokee Clover;
these clo-vers may grow abundantly
in their native southern tstates, but
not so in ours. I saw a' plat -test
of-this same Peruvian alfalfa at the
Michigan State Experiment Station
along with the Hardigan and Grimm
varieties, and the result was quite
diflerent than what I saw in Texas.
About three-fourths of the crop was
winter killed the first winter, and
the remainder was small and spind-
ly, and of a very inferior quality.
My advice to every farmer on seeds
is to plant only those adapted and
of provenworth. This rule is strict-
ly adhered to on Spring Water
Farm, and we seldom have a failure.
* O t

Test Seed Corn

I am in receipt of a letter from
L. D. Kurtz, Extension Specialist in
Farm Crops at M. S. C., asking for
a report on the germination test of
seed corn tested by our department
this year. Each year the agricul—
tural schools of Michigan extend this
service to the farmers and consid-
erable seed corn is tested free of
charge. Midland high school report-
ed a test of over 11,000 ears last
year which speaks very well fer the
agricultural department of Midland.
If you prefer to test your own seed
corn, bulletins can be obtained from
the state experiment station explain-
ing the method. The main thing to
do though is to look after this‘work
now. You cannot tell good seed from
poor by an inspection, and if poor
seed is planted it means a loss of a’
corn crop. ‘

t II It!
'Farmers’ Week

No doubt theimajority of the read-
ers of ‘the M. B. F. have read on

 
  

L tures of Farmers’ Week at Michigan

‘othe‘r'pages of this issue the news
explaining and describing the fea-'

State College. I suppose a large
number Were able to attend in per-
son, and see or take part in, at first
hand, the various activities which
'were~ held during the week. I have
attended Farmers’ Week for the last
seven years, and this annual'event
seems to be growing bigger and bet—
ter, and more people seem to attend
each year. I believe that these two
facts go to prove two things: first,
that farmers are becoming more in—
terested in’ the present 'day agricul-
tural problems, and that agriculture
'is advancing at a rapid rate. If you
did not attend this year, better
make a resolution to do so next year.
It will be worth your while and
Michigan State College will be
pleased to have you come.”
i t at

Time Well Spent

The farm is *certainly a busy
place, and it is usually inconvenient
to leave, even for a day, but it
seems that the farmer who finds
time to attend Farmers‘ Week, the
livestock exposition, farm bureau
meetings, etc., is always well repaid
for the time spent. At least we see
‘the most prosperous and up—to-date
farmers at these meetings. There is
another type of agricultural meet-
ing which. is becoming very popular
in Michigan, and that is the agricul-
tural school fairs. They are very
educational and interesting. At these
fairs, both Dad and Junior learn
many things about agriculture. In
many instances the ladies are inter-
ested, for usuallythe home econom-
ics instructor cooperates with the ag-
ricultural instructor and a real agri-
cultural exhibit is the result. I had
the pleasure of judging the poultry
at one of these school fairs recently
at Morrice, Michigan. I was sur—
prised at the high quality, splendid
enthusiasm, and hearty cooperation
displayed. If there is such a Fair
in your community, he sure to attend
it, andrenter into the contests which
are given. You will conclude that
these Smith-Hughes schools are do-
ing a real piece of work in scientific
agriculture.

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Farm Taxation

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We certainly see and hear much
concerning taxes at this time. I

 

didn’t think I would voice my opin-
ion on the subject until I paid mine. I
and'now that they are paid I am
sorry: that I haven’t more space in
this department to discuss the sub-
ject of farm taxation. I do not like
to begin on a subject unless I finish
it, and I haven’t room here for all
my comments.

I do not think it a wise plan to
change the property value tax for
several reasons, but I do think it
wise to change property ,values.‘
Many of us are paying taxes on
farms assessed at war time prices.
This certainly isn’t fair; then too, I
am in favor of a better and more
rigid income tax. There are many
people as able to pay taxes as the
farmer, who enjoy the privileges
that taxes bring, yet they pay noth-
ing because they do not own proper-
ty. A better income tax could be
made to make _these people pay their
share. .

,My taxes are high; I do not object

 

 

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more than my share, into the ta:-.
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Motto: Do Your Best
00101-111 Blue and Gold

RM] Fay Sharp, President
enelcn B. Kinnison, Vice-President
Uncle Ned, Secretary-Treasurer

" s summer or The con-
dren s Hour Club I pledge
myself:

To live a Christian life and keep
the Ten Commandments.

To do my best in everything I do.

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

To do at least one good deed
each day.

To assist the less fortunate than I.
To be‘conslderate of others.

- To be kind to people and to uni-
mnls.

To become educated.

To' alWays conduct myself in a way
that is becoming to n lady or
gentleman.

 

 

 

EAR BOYS AND GIRLS: The
election is all-over but" the
shouting and most of that will
be done by the friendsn—some known
and some unknown—of Eathel Fay
Sharp, our new president, and Helen

‘B. Kinnison, who has become vice-

president of Our Club. Both of our

» new officers are old members of our

Children's Hour. I have received
letters from them for many years.
Both of them have had many letters
appear on this page and they have
offered helpful suggestions from
Perhaps some of you
will remember that Eathel suggested
our motto, “Do Your Best,” way

. back in 1925, when we had a contest
‘to get a motto and colors for Our

Department.
Now, here is a good joke' on
Eathel. The other day she wrote me

'a nice long le‘tter containing many .

ideas and-suggestions for the Chil-
dren’s Hour. She said that perhaps
she should not make all the sugges-
tions, because probably they should

" come from one of the officers, but

she thought they would make them

Ea'nyway as they might be helpful.

The joke on Eathel is that a count

C of the votes shows she won the elec-
Ition so her letter came from our

new president. Won’t she be sur-
prised when she reads this copy of

M. B. F. You see I have not told her'

that she won, wanting all of you to
know at the same time. Now if

f our president and vice-president will
send in their pictures we will publish

them so everyone can see just what
they look like.

That closes our election for an-
other year so now we can get busy
on some more contests. Right now
I am making plans to start one in
our next issue which will be dated
March 4th. I will not tell you what
it will be about——but you wait and
see—UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedt—I go to the Cooks
Consolidated School. It was built in 1923
and is quite large. I am in the seventh
grade and am getting along pretty good.

Say, Uncle Ned, some one asked you to

‘; put your picture in the Children’s Hour,
2 and I think it is a very good idea, if we
‘- can only urge you enough to put it in
. print.

I will describe myself as none of my

   

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letters were in print before. I am five
feet one-half inches tall, weigh about
ninety-five pounds, light brown hair, blue
eyes, and light complexion.

I have five sisters and six brothers but ‘

they are all grown up except my sister
younger than I am and myself. We live
on an eighty-acre farm about a mile, and

three-fourths from school.

In school I have three very good teach-
res and I think they are good enough for
anyone.

Some day I am going to send in a con-
test if it is good enough. -I am starting
to plan it already so if you like it you
can put it in our Children’s Hour. But
of course, you will have to. be the Judge
because I can’t get down there :to argue
with you. You said I could get a pin so
my sister and I are enclosing five cents
in our letter so if you are able to, please
send two. My sister’s letter is enclosed
with mine, so you can tell we are playing
fair. ,

. I would like to have sums of the cousins

'write to me because I' like to write let-

ters. Your want—to—be neice.—Eugenia
Demars, Cooks, Mich.

--I am looking for a camera that will
stand the strain of taking my picture.
If I find it then I can print my picture on
Our Page. Tell us all about that contest,
Eugenia. I hope you like your pin,

Dear Uncie- 'Nedz—As I have never
written to you before I am going to this
evening. I read your page: every time.
I would like to know what to do to be a
Merry Circle member.

I think, that your plan about the Boy
Scout is great. It keeps lots of boys out
of mischief. They have to be good boys
to live up to the rules. .

As the others describe themselves I
will too. I have dark brown eyes, light
brown hair, I am 6 feet eight inches tall

and am fifteen years old.

Well I don't want to taks up all the
room so will ring off. ——Your-want- to-‘be
neicc. ~——Margaret Ladam, R. 3, Decatur,
Mich
-——To get one of our pins and a pledge
card all you have to do is send me two
cents as your initiation fee and promise
to do your best to live up to our pledge.
then I will send you a pin and a card. So
you think boys need to be kept out of
mischief. Have you a brother who teases
you? _ ' '

Dear. Uncle Ned. -—Thought it was about
time I was writing you. I wrote you about
two years ago but have never written
since. I am 5 feet 8 inches tall, weigh
168 pounds. Light brown hair, blue eyes.
Please tell me how to get one of your
Merry Circle pins. I am sending in bal-
lot for president and vice president of

From Our New President

Dear Uncle Ned and Everybody Else:—
Look, look, look, here I come. Crowd
over and let me in too. Did I step on
your toe, Uncle? Well, pardon me, but
I just wanted to give you a hint to go and
pick up your Mr. Waste Basket. I tipped
it over so my letter would escape from

‘his terrible old wide— —opened mouth I

had a notion to knock out a few of his
teeth so he'd be laid up awhile, then we’d
all have our letters printed. But I guess
all are printed that are interesting, so
I had a much better notion, not to stir up
the crowd and get them all excited.

Now let’s get down to business. No
doubt this will be sort of a long letter but
I can’t escape writing you a long letter.
It seems when I sit down I just keep
thinking of more and more.

Well, first I want to express my deep.

appreciation to those who helped to nomi—
nate me to run for president. It was a
great surprise to see my name on the
ballot and I truly feel I owe my many,
many thanks to all you dear cousins.

I received our Busmuss Funnier: today
and of course looked on Our Page. The
first spy I saw where Uncle Ned wanted
us to send in some suggestions. Perhaps
it is not my place to send all these before

see who is elected for officers but I
guess anyone has a right to give new
suggestions so I for one have thought

of quite a few and won't feel relieved un-.

til I see how all the rest feel about them.
I ask your opinion, Uncle Ned, as well as
all the rest of the readers. I hope these
few suggestions will add interest as well
as pleasure. I will explain my few
“mind made” suggestions I have thought
up. _

First. let's have a money savings fund
for Our Page to go for the benefit of
those who are helpless. hemeless or in
destitute condition from lack of health and
would be glad to receive a few dollars.
Perhaps some may say, well they always
have' lived, but, dear friends, that’s not
the i ea. Doesn’t Our Pledge say “To
assist the less fortunate than 1”? Well,
then, if you are a member let's "Do Our
Best" and do all we can to assist in this
affair. Just look at the dandy secretary
and treasurer we have to take care of our
money. If each member just sent in a
nickel think of the dollars we would soon

have.

Second, our Pledge states for the first
rule, “To live a Christian life." Well.
now, can’t we save a little corner each
time on Our Page is printed and put in
a little verse from God’swholy book, simi-
lar to verses 14 and 16, St. John: “If ye
shall ask anything in my name I will
give it,” and F‘If ye love me keep my com-

mandments.” Let us all pick out some
verses and send them in so Uncle Ned
can pick out the best and print them.

Third, I would request invalid children
of Our Page to kindly send their names
and addresses to Uncle Ned. It is my
idea to have a "letter shewer” for them
everybody writing them letters some day.
I am sure they would appreciate it more
than their minds and hearts could ex—
p1ess.“Try to do a good deed each day, ”
our Pledge says, so this would surely
count for one very big deed.

Fourth, I am going to suggest that we
adopt a good name for the members.
Something like “Happy Time Friends,”
“The Happiness Children, " “Jolly Joy
Makers ” “Wonder Workers,” “The Good
Samaritan Group " "Happy Farm Help-
ers,” or something like that.

.Fifth, I am going to ask you to do some-
thing for yourselves as well as others.
I wish you would get a 1928 diary and
print this verse in it somewhere. “ "I‘is
the song ye sing and the smile ye wear,
That’s making the sunshine everywhere."
Then each day you do some good deed,
mark it down in your diary. Our Pledge
says do one good deed each day, so let’s
do it. I am sure you can do at least one
each day and perhaps several.

Sixth, Our Pledge says to be kind to
people and dumb animals. Yes, quite
true, even if they are a “tramp” or a.
‘stray dog. "

Seventh, and this is my last suggestion.
I wish Uncle Ned would keep a copy of all
the main business carried on during the
year, and keep a file of all the money re~
ceived and the names of those sending
the money. I think it would be nice to
have a "Special Circle" for those who re-
ceived prizes during the year and those
who sent in any suggestions to benefit
Our Page.

'If these rules and suggestions are car-
ried out I think each member would live
up to Our Pledge, don’ t you, Uncle Ned?
Well I pledge I'll do my best in every
way I know how. Let’s have other opin«
ions and suggestions, I remain, your very
sincerely in my work for the C. H. Page.
—-Eathel Fay Sharp, R. 3, Akron, Mich.
“There, ‘boys and girls, what do you think
of that for a letter from our new Presi~
dent? Eathel wrote it long before she
was elected President but I do not think
you could have done better even if she
had known all about it. I am sure Eathel
is going to be a very good President. just
as you who voted for her believe.

Now we want to know what you think
of her ideas. I join with her in saying
:1?“ have other opinions and sugges-

n8."

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Two backs two smoke. two points;

.two horns. Pair of scissors.
Front eats hay, middle is dead. hind
eats bread. A man plowing with. a team.

Eats its own flesh, sucks it own blood.

A lamp. ,

What is it that has one leg and one
head?. A cafiages—Grace Squerys, R 1,
Hillman, Mich.

 

Why does a hen lay an egg? Because
she cannot lay a brick.

What is a put up job? The paper on

the wall.

Where was the first doughnut fried? 111
Greece (grease).

When. is coffee like soil? When it is

ground. ——Rol Loding, R. 2, Croswoli, Mich.

 

If my rooster laid an egg in your yard
whose egg would it be? Roosters don’t
lay eggs.—Louise Van Der Zwaag, 'Box
252, Spring Lake, Mich.

 

Which side of a dog has the most hair?
The outside.

Why do we go to bed? Because the
bed will not come to us.

t is the difference between a pie
and a pair of pants? You cut the pants
before you make them and you make the
pie before you out it.

Why is a dog's tail like the heat of a
tree? Because it is the farthest from the
bark.~—Car1nel Faircloth, Onaway, Mich.

 

A big Indian and a little Indian sitting.

on a fence. The little Indian is the son
of the big Indian but the big Indian is
How can that be? The
big Indian is his mother. —Ralph Lowell,
Jones, Mich.

 

 

 

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Peter Prangle, the prickly prangly pear
picker picked three peeks of prickly
prangly pears on the pleasant prairie.

The old cold scold sold an 01 school
$32111. skuttla—Donald Erdman, R. , Utica.

.Of all the saws I ever saw I never saw
a saw as this saw saws. -—Oliver A.
Earths R. 2, Clio, Mich.

 

He built a. nice house near the lake and
shouted “Ice cream for two young ladies.”

How much wood would a woodchuck
if a woodchuck good chuck wood? Why it
a. woodchuck could chuck wood. he would
chuck all the wood that s woodchuck
could chuck.

She sells sea shells. Shall he sell sea
shells? *

Themtrunupthelsddcrwlthaiump
of raw liver in his mouth.

Thrice six thick thistle sticks thrust
straight through the thin thatch—Anna
Kirby, Six Lakes. Mich.

 

He sawed six long, slim slick” slender
saplings. -

Did you say you saw the spirit sigh.
or the spirit’s eye, or the spirit’s sigh?
I said I saw the Spirit’s eye, not the
spirit’s sigh or the spirit sigh.

Eight gray geese grazed gully in Greece.
.-——Wanda Monroe. Midand, Mich.

 

 

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meat and let him smell it. Then have
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any plaoeout of sight. Take the meat
and go and hide. Then call him once to
let him know you are ready. When he
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Oakland (N. _W.).—Nothing doing here
but chores and wood cutting; just enough
cut for house use, none,to sell. Side roads
are almost impassable.
our cross roads had a little gravel put on
them. Quotations from Holly: Wheat,
$1.29 bu.; oats: 55c bu.; rye, 95c bu.;
beans, $6.30 cwt; butter, 40c 1b.; eggs, 35c
doz.—J. D. 0., Feb. 6.

Genesee.—Cold snap has been broken
by mild weather. There is nothing un-
usual being done at this time. Chores are
principle activities of farmers. Hunting
and trapping season has been closed until
autumn. There were a less abundance of
rabbiththis season than in other years.
There were fewer skunks caught than
most years. Quotations for Flint: Wheat,
$1.30; corn, 95c: oats, 52c; rye, $1.00;
beans, $6.65; potatoes, $2.10 ;' “butter, 520;
eggs, 55c.-—H. E. 5., Feb.

Hillsdale (N. W.).—V‘ery changeable
weather but as a whole we have a very
nice winter to date. Not many auctions
and not a great many tenants changing
farms. The hatcheries have begun to buy
their hatching eggs. Eggs still a fair
price, from 30 to 35c a dozen. Taxes
are quite a bit higher this year than last.
—-C. H., Feb. 6.

St. Joseph—Nice winter weather and
farmers are making use of it. Quite a
bit of grain going to market, also live
stock. Hauling manure and cutting wood
is about the main work now being done.
Wheat had lost about'all of its green
color. Livestock has been doing quite
well.—A. J. Y., Feb.

Mldland.—A few days rain and about
one day of sunshine and then a few days
of high wind and then a freeze up, no
snow. No cutter rides but fairly good
getting along on dirt roads with your car
if you have anything to buy. Quotations .
from Midland: Wheat, $1.23; com, 800;
oats, 500; rye, 980; beans, $6.50; potatoes,
$1.00; butter, 480; eggs, 4OC.—-B. V. 0.,
Feb. 2.

Saginaw (N. W.).—Same old thing;
nothing doing only chores and skating.
Ground is bare and hard on wheat and
rye; some is covered with ice. Eggs are
going down but hens are laying better
so it brings it about the same.
price of beans is not going to help many;
nine out of ten are sold out. The most was
sold at $5.25 so a good many don‘t like to
see them go up. Quotations from Hem-
lock: Wheat, $1.24; corn, 80¢; oats, 50c;
rye. 90c; beans, $6.50; potatoes, $1.60;
butter, 480; eggs, 32c.—F. D., Feb 6.

Huron (E.).—Snow flurries following a
thaw. Zero weather week ago. Ice form-
ing in fields. The last cern—stalks being
removed. Never such destruction have we
before witnessed since the corn was cut.
Crows by hundreds poured upon it, squir-
rels carried the ears half a mile; mice
and rats and even gophers and muskrats
took toll of it. No use to try to grow
car com any more unless a machine can
be found to garner at one operation at
cutting time the whole crop. Still a few
sales; at a recent auction brown faced
sheep sold far above market quotations.
More calves being raised. Very few
owners and renters have made terms for
coming season. Both are more cautious
than formerly. Milk declined 100. Cattle
moved by car lot at 10c.-——E. R., Feb. 6.

Lenawee (W.).—-,Not much doing in
farms. Hauling manure and cutting
wood; those that have wood to cut; most-
ly coal being burned. Some wheat being
hauled to market. Wheat and grass
heaving badly, alfalfa and sweet clover
the worst of 8.11., Eggs getting very cheap.
There will not be as many chicks raised
this year as last. Quotations from Cad—
mus: Wheat, $1.22; corn, 98c; oats, 470
to 490; potatoes, $1.00 bu.; eggs, 30c.—C.
B., Feb. 7.

0tsego.—The ‘farmers are busy cutting
and hauling wood on account of good
weather. Snow is about two feet deep.
The roads are plowed out good. Otsego
county is a pretty good place because it
has lots of good hills. The boys and girls
are having good times skating. Potatoes
are cheap. Hens are not laying good.
Quotations from Gaylord: Wheat, $1.10;
corn, 500; oats, 480; rye, 4850; beans,
$5.90; potatoes, 85c; butter, 50c; eggs,
30c.——H. J., Febx-7. .

Alpena.———N0t much snow 'here. Roads
open to car and team both. Not much
to haul. Everyone here has their.ice put
up and that is about all there is to do here
With horses now. Quotations from Spratt:
Wheat, $1.18; oats, 58c; rye, 80c; beans,
:5. .00, butter, 450; eggs, 30c. —-R. H, Feb.
e \

- Defiance, Ohio.—Been one week cold and
frozen. Mild now, ground is soft and
wheat is looking some brown, late wheat
especially.
bad weather, but this winter appears
worst in several years.
are letting their young horses and few
' sheep out on wOod and old meadow past-
ure's. Corn is practically OR the market.
.Will come up scon. QuotationS' from

: . Bryan, Ohio: Wheat, ”$134: corn, $1.25;
' oats, 51c; hay,,_$7. 00‘, hogs, 21c; milk,
7:2.1l'1flautterra1,94crz'egg‘s. 30.0 ——.w. E.

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STOP THIEF !
The Business Farmer Shows Way
To Stop Chicken Stealing

HICKEN THIEVES are taking a million dollars a year out of the
pockets of the farmers of Michigan! We are going to do all we

can to stop these thieves and want to know if you are going to.

work with us.
be a success.

Knowing that our rewards can not entirely solve the problem we
have given much thought to it and now recommend the following
things be done:

In fact, you must work with us if this campaign is to

1. 1'11“ good looks on the doors of all buildings and either bar windows or fasten
em

2. Install burglar alarms.

3. Mark poultry with an Identifying mark which Is rogisteredu leth poultry dealers,
sheriffs, and The Business Fa armor Protective Service Bur-ea

4. Organlle county-wide anti- thief associations.

5. Learn to shoot. and do not hesitate to do so when necessary.

6. Enforce poultry dealors' registration law.

UP TO YOU

These things are what you must do to protect your property! Locks can be
bought at any good hardware store. Burglar alarms can be made by anyone
who is at all handy and we will gladly furnish free of charge plans and instruc~
tions for both the silent and gong type alarms.

THE GONG ALARM "

We recommend the gong type burglar alarm which is installed inside the
poultry house and makes a lot of noise when released It is a thief scarer
rather than a thief catcher because Mr. Thief will run right out ’from under his
hat when it goes off. Being all inside the coop the thief can not disconnect it
so that it will continue to ring until turned off by the owner. If you do not care
to make one we will sell you a complete outfit, ready to install, for $6.50—the
bare cost of manufacturing and shipping.

OUR POULTRY MARKER

There are many poultry markers being sold to the public but none of them
seem to be entirely satisfactory. Also we found most of them too high in price
for the average farmer. So we got in touch with a Chicago manufacturer who
guaranteed to make the kind of: marker we had in mind, putting a different num-
ber on each one so that no two farmers would have the same mark, supply
enough special prepared ink to mark a hundred chickens and pay mailing charges
to the door of the purchaser for $1.50 each. We accepted his offer and are
selling these at just what they cost us, because we want to serve our readers in
every way possible. THE BUSINESS FARMER'S Poultry Marker can be bought
only through us as we have the exclusive right to sell it in Michigan.

If you purchase a BUSINESS FARMER Poultry Marker you get a mark—the ‘

initials “MBF” combined with a number—which is sold exclusively to you so
that no one else will have poultry marked like yours. It is a simple operation
to apply the identifying mark on the web of the fowl s wing and it lasts for the
life of the bird. We keep a record of all the markers we sell and supply this
record to all poultry dealers and sheriffs in Michigan as well as chiefs of police in
the larger cities. Then when a dealer is offered any poultry he can determine
at once if it is the rightful owner who is selling it. If it isn t and the party
cannot produce a bill of sale from the rightful owner then the dealer can have
him arrested and charged with stealing. That means that thieves are going to
be careful about taking marked poultry. Order your marker TODAY before your
coop is visited. It doesn't pay to lock the barn after the horse is stolen you know.

 

 

BUSINESS FARMER’S POULTRY MARKER
AND GONG ALARM

0 help the farmers of Michigan protect their property from thieves we have
I arranged to furnish them with BUSINESS FARMER Poultry Markers (these
can be used for other livestock) and burglar alarms of the gong- -type at
cost. The marker costs $1.50, including enough special indelible ink for 100
birds, and full instructions on how to use. Extra ink is sold at 35c for 100
Eggs. 660 for 250 birds, and $1.00 for 500 birds. The cost of the gong alarm is
Remember, your name and the number of your marker will be registered with
poultry dealers and sheriffs in Michigan.

ORDER BLANK —- — —— —— —— _ _.

The Business Farmher :rotectlve Service Bureau,
Mt. Clemens, Mich iga

KindLv sand to me the following with nomplete directions for use. I agree. to mark all my
Poultry with Business Farmer' 2 Poultry Marker and will not sell or transfer this marker or allow
it to be used except on my poultry or livestock. .

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Vi Inn-{Is piece of their self-content:

Inert. .
In a fellowless firmament;

121m are pioneer souls that bis-ethyl: ”

, paths
highways never ran,—
But let me live by the side of the road,
And be a friend of man.

less from my house by the side of the

road.
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something else that we really made.“ effort toimpress upon our
memory has vanished long ago into the limbo 3f forgotten filings.
Inthis connection,howdlstdnctlylrecallalonestanzaofapoem
which] learned (by compulsion) during my high ‘
notaphraseoftherestofthepoemhasremainedwithme.

school days. Not a line,
I do not

Three Sensor—would you kindly send
me the Woods to the following Jones?
“Golden Slippers.” ”110mm” V t and Roses.”
“Siting on Top of the WWW—B. 8..
Marshall, Mich. .. ‘

HeuyeuAnyef'rheeef—ila. .. yIplease

have the words at these songs? “Mothers
Prayers Have Followed lie.” “The En- ’
gineer's Gil ,” “Send Cave," "rho Little
Log Cabin in the lane,” “Then I’ll Be
Happy,” “A Boy's Best Priced Is His
Mother."-;Mrs. F. V., Kent City, Mich.

. The men who press with the ardor of hope,
The men who are feint with the strife;
But I turn not away from their smiles nor
3 their tears,
‘ Both parts of an infinite plan;
gLet me live in my house by the side of
the road,
And be a friend to man.

even‘know by whom it was written, but in spite of my Wei-once at
thetimeofleamingitonemnasstandseutclearlyinmymemory,
andinthepasshgoftheyeershasgrovmtobemomorlessofa
guiding principle. Its simplicity and straightforwardness has done
more toward teaching me the lesson of tolerance than any other single
factor in my life. Equ- sheer beauty and truth, u might wen have
beentakenfromtheScrlptu-es. Iampasslngitalonginthehope
that someone else will find it helpful, too.

Butterscotch kings—Having been a sub-
scriber to your Diner for years, I have al-

l I know there are brook-gladdened mead- ways liked your realms. I am now me

C " December.

ows ahead,
. And mountains of wearisome height;
I That the road passes on through the long
. afternoon,
And stretches away to the night,
jBut still I rejoice when the travelers re-
Joice,
‘ And weep with strangers that moan;
.Nor live in my house by the side of the
‘ road,
Like a man who dwells alone.

lLet me live in my house by the side 'of
‘ the road,
. When the race of men go by;
(They are good, they are bad; they are
weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish—so am I;
Then Why should I sit in the scomer’s
seat,
Or hurl the cynic’s ban?
‘Let me live in my house by the side of
‘ the road
And be a friend to man.

PIN MONEY SUGGESTIONS
.ERE are two splendid letters
from women who have found
ways to add to an insufficient
income. . The most remarkable thing
about these letters is that the writ—
were in both instances are well ad—
vanced in years and are still leading
an active life. Many a younger wo—
man may profit by the example of

their indomitable spirit.

Dear Mrs. Taylor: In answer to
. your request, I am writing my ex-
perience on how a woman can make
money, for I know there is much
need of it in many homes.

‘ Five years ago, I started with a
Larkin pantry. Soon after, I started
direct selling from house to house
among my friends. I handled ho-
siery, underwear, and toilet articles.
In fact, I tried to get anything my
customers called for, and I have
found that the firms that advertise
in the leading magazines are reliable
» and will help any who will be fair
and square with them. I am 70 years
old, keep house for my husband and
myself, and go out about four after-
noons each week. I enjoy the work
as I visit my friends and always
make some new ones. To be sure,
I get tired but I never allow myself
to become discouraged, as persis-
{ tence is a part of the trade.
A friend of mine who had a sick
husband felt that she must do some-
? thing. She had never sold and had
no confidence in her ability to sell.
Yet she started out with a rubber
apron in the afternoon and in four
hours had taken eighteen orders, and
she is still at it.

Another lady raises straw flowers
and grasses and arranges them in
bouquets, selling them from house
'to house for 35c or 50 each.

Another buys remnants and makes
aprons and children's dresses.

In closing, will say that there is
always a way to help yourself if you
try to get out and help othersi—Mrs.
A. C. T., Reed City, Mich.

Dear Mrs. Taylor: Here I be with
my old hat stunt. If it will help
others, print it. I swear off every
h year about making hats and selling
them, as my poor old legs get so
June on hard cement waks. But
how can I when money is needed so
-badly? My husband is 80 and ,With’
a‘rsickly son and poor crops every
penny counts. ,.

Ihave earned money making hats
_ of plush and velvet for little girls
" from 2 to 10 years, and I have sold
' , p ,as high as 100 in the fall months—
}Soptember, October, November, and
p ,I buy goods at. sales h

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only be a scar-brought from
some well won field, where
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“Judge not the workings of his brain, nor of his heart than «not
not see. What seems ‘to thy dim eyes a stain, in God’s pure light may

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miles away. I sell by calling at
homes where I see little girls, and I
have often sold three or four in one
home. I charge less than the store.
My hats at well sewed, lined, and
trimmed, and made up in pretty col-
ors. The smaller ones are trimmed
with fur and made with elastic in
back. The larger ones have ribbon,
buckles, buttons, etc., on them. ._I
never learned millinery, but I de-
sign my own patterns from pictures
that I see. I am 66 years old—Mrs.
G. M., Vicksburg, Mich.

STRAIGHT BACKS PREVENT
FATIGUE

AVE your back by having your
kitchen equipment at the right
heigh , is the advice of the New

York 8 e college of home eco-
nomics at Cornell University.

It says the bending places which
nature provided are the hip joints
and knees. If a strain is put on the
back “that tired feeling" is the re-
sult. In leaning somewhat forward,
as in sweeping, washing, and in all
work done at the kitchen table, such

as kneading bread, rolling pie crusts,
or preparing vegetables, movement
should come from the hips. The back
should be in nearly the same posi-
tion as it is when one stands easily
erect.

To avoid strain on the back, kitch-
en tables, ironing boards, sinks, and
wash tubs should be at a comfortable
height. The rule in placing kitchen

 

 

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No home deessmaker shouldfbe with-
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equipment should be: “fit the table
to you; don’t try to fit your height to
the table."

If two women of different heights
must use the same table, it is much
better for the shorter to reach up-
ward than for the taller to stoop.
If necessary the short woman may
stand on a stool.

 

questing you to please print in your next
issue a recipe for a good bodes-scotch lo-

»lng, as I an anxiously waiting for 11:.—

Mrs. E. C. -‘
-—We are happy to offer the following ree-
ipes both for butterscotch icing and but-
terscotch filling.

Betterseoteh Icing—2 cups medium
brown sugar; 3‘ cup milk; 2 tbsp. butter.
Cook slowly until a small amount dropped
into cold water will form a soft ball. Re-
move .from fire, cool, and beat until
creamy. Spread on eake’which has been
cooled.

Butterseotch Fliling.-——8 tblsp. oom-
stareh, 5g cup cold milk, 1 cup scalding
hot milk, ’2 tbsp. butter, 1 cup brown
sugar, 2 egg yolks slightly beaten. Mix
cornstarch to smooth paste with the cold
milk. Add to hot milk in double boiler.
Stir well, when adding the starch paste
and continue stirring until thickened. Then
cover and cook about 20 min. Cook but-
ter and sugar until smooth and thick. Add .
to starch mixture and cook about 6 min.
Pour over slightly beaten egg yolks, stir-
ring constantly until thick. Spread at
once. .

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(We are starting this little corner so
that the families of THE MICHIoAN BusI-
NEss FARMER can exchange thelr favorite
recipes and food combinations. What
special meal or dish do your folks greet ,
with joy when it appears on the table!
" Write and tel usabout it.)

Molasses Cookies.——Two-thirds cup mac
lasses filled heaping. with sugar, Z'eggs, a
little salt, teaspoon ginger, 95 cup short-
ening; stir all together, then add one tea-
spoon saleratus dissolved in three table- ;
spoons of vinegar; 2%_ cups of flour; roll ‘_
and‘bake in a. moderately hot oven—Mrs.
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Favorite Songs

 

THE BLIND GIRL
They say. dear father, that tonight. you'll
., wed another bride,
That you will clasp her in your arms
where my dear mother died.
That she will lean her graceful head upon
- your loving breast,
Where she who now lies low in death, in
her last hours did rest. .
They say her name ieMary, too. the name
my mother bore,

- But father, is she good and true, like the

one you loved before?

And are her steps so soft and low, her
voice so meek and mild?

And father, will she love me too, your
mum and helpless child?

Please, father. do not bid me some. to
greet your new—made bride,

I could not greet her in the room where
my (fear mother died.

Her picture's hanging on the wall. her
books are lying near,

And there's the harp her fingers touched.
and there's her vacant chair.

The chair whereby I used to kneel, to say
my evening prayer—

Dear father, it would break my heart, I
could not greet her there.

Andulaymysenmneenunowl
often do.

Then softly to' my chamber creep, my new
momma and you;

Then bid her gently press a kiss upon my
throbbing brow, .

Just as my dear mamma did; papa, you're
weeping new. -

I know I love you. papa, dear, but how
I long to go,

Where God is light, and I am sure there’ll‘
be no blind ones there.

Now let me kneel down by your side and
to our dear Saviour pray,

That God’s right hand may lead you both
up life’s long, weary\way.” .. ,
The prayer was offered, and a song. Im

‘ weary now,” she said.
Her father raked her in his arms and
laid her on the bed. * 7
And as he turned to legve the room, one
one joyful‘ety-m wen, ~
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we t not. youngster, or
-.one of youraryoung friends, has said or
done that appeals to you as
being particularly humorous, we will be
glad tom ifabout .it- and publish it under
bead, t can be used. Let's all
Help to make this corner a success)

One morning my four—year—old daughter
was sitting on. the oven door looking at
herself in a hand mirror. She noticed a
cavity in one of her teeth, and she
exclaimed:

“Why. Mama, I got a hole in my toofe !"

I answered: "Never mind, dear; those
are only your milk teeth’.’

Helen looked up in surprise and asked:

“Then, Mama, when do I get my potato
teefe?"-—Mrs. C. M., Sandusky, Mich.

What To Eat

 

 

Apples and prunes? When one lives in'
the country far from the city markets,
these are the two fruits most readily
available in the winter time. Both of
these are exceedingly healthful fruits, and
we will (1 owe]! to include them often in
the diet. It ‘the family grumbles at hav-
ing them prepared the same old way, try
some of these new apple and prune rec-
ipes.
~ Surprise Apples.-—Peel and core tart
apples; fill the Cavity with chopped rais-
ins or dates, nuts, and sugar. Place in
a baking pan and add % cup of water.
Bake in a slow oven until tender. When
almost done, place a marshmallow on
each apple and bake until the marshmal-
low is a golden brown. If the marshmal-
low is omitted, these apples may be served
as a salad with whipped cream dress-
ing or boiled dressing.

Apple Tapioca. -—1 cup tapioca, 2%
cups boiling water, 1,9 tsp. salt, 1,5 cup
sugar. 6 tart apples. Cook the tapioca
in the boiling water until transparent; a
double boiler is best. Core, pare, and slice
the apples, place in a buttered baking
dish, and cover with sugar, then with tap-
ioca. Bake in a moderate oven until the
apples are soft. Serve cold with sugar
and cream. ,

Baked Ham with Stufled Apples—Cut
a slice of ham 1% inches thick, rub with
brown sugar, dot with whole cloves, and.
place in a shallow baking dish. Peel and
core tart apples, fill his cavity with chop—
' ped raisins and brown sugar, then arrange
apples in the pan around the ham. Pour
in 36 cup of boiling water, cover and bake
' until the meat is tender. Baste the ap.
ples and the meat several times.

Dip the slices into the
-batter and um.
the frittci‘ are brown, reduce the fire to
cook the apple more slowly. Serve with
syrup, honey, or powdered sugar.

Prune Whip—r4 cup chopped prunes, 35
cup chopped walnut meats, whites of 4
eggs, 4 tbsp. sugar. Beat whites of eggs
very stiff. Add sugar, then fruit and nuts.
Put in baking dish and set in pan of

water, and cook in a moderate oven one'

hour. Serve with whipped cream.

Prune and Date Jam.—-—1 1b. prunes, 1
1b. dates, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 tbsp. lemon juice,
2 tbsp. orange juice. Cook prunes until
tender in a small amount oi! water. Re—
move stones and add dates, which have
been stoned and chopped. Add lemon and
orange juice, and sugar. Cook the mixt—

.~_ urc untll'thlck.

Prune Cakes—1x; cup shortening, 1 cup
sugar, 2 eggs beaten separately, 1 cup
stewed and mashed prunes, drained of all
juice, 1% cup sweet milk, 2 cups flour, 15
tsp. baking powder, 1 scant tsp. soda, 1
tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. auspice, 1,4,. tsp.
salt. Cream shortening and sugar. Add
well beaten egg yolks, then stir in the
mashed prunes. Sift together soda, bak-
ing powder, salt, spices, and flour, and
add alternately with the milk. Last, fold
in beaten egg whites. Bake one hour in
moderate oven.

Dried prunes, washed, cooked, and pit—
ted can be used in almost every recipe
calling for fruit, and advantageously in-
troduced into others not calling for fruit.

 

 

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Should I Fold Napkin?-——Is it "good
form" to fold up your napkin after eating?
-—-L. G. Tuscola. County
——-It all depends upon the time and the
place. If you are at home, or are a guest
in a home for more than one meal, care-
fully fold up your napkin at the end of
the meal. If you are a guest for only one
meal. or if you are eating in a. restaurant,
simply lay your napkin to the right of
your plate unfolded.

Aunt Ada’ s axioms. The house in which.
love is a guest doesn t need so much furn-
iture.

A hint for stout persons: Do not wear
tight clothes; they emphasize the curves

of the figure.

Poor teeth, neglected tonsils, and bad
food are more often to blame for school
failures than is inborn dullness.

 

 

Tricks in Trade of Home Dressmaking

DORA R.

3, IRS.

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MITER-ED CORNERS

ITERED corners are used for
wide hems to avoid bulkiness.
Turn the ‘hem in the ordinary

way and crease. Cut a triangular
piece from the corner of the ma-
terial leaving a small seam allow-
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Turn the seam allowance of one
side of the hem at the corner and lap
on the other. Fig. 2. Baste the
horns in place.

Hem the miter by hand without
catching the stitches through to the
right side. Fig. 3.

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RELIGION.

The Business Farmer has a rural pastor who

will gladly answer your questions on religion.
Just address your letter to Rev. David F. Warner, The .
Business Farmer, Mount Clemens, Michigan. :: ::

 

 

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The normal tax «rate is 1% per
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in excess of the personal exemption,
$400 credit for each dependent, etc..
3 per cent on the'ne‘xt $4,000 and 5

' per cent on the balance. The surtax
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For example, a taxpayer, married,
living with his wife and with no de-
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was $4,000 would compute his tax as
follows: Net income, $4,000; «less
personal exemption, $3,500; balance
taxable 'at 11/3 per cent, $500; 1%
per cent of $500,’$7.50; less 1/1, of
$7.50 earned income credit, $1.88;
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' - CATAPUIII‘ ,
(Continued from page 21):

~But he couldn’t back the engine suffici-
ently to loosen the coupling. It Was bur—
ied so deeply that it was imposgible to
move it an inch, and they were obliged to
borrow shovels from Rawl'ins and dig
away the obstructing earth before thepin
could be removed from the coupling.
After they had pulled the engine out of
the hole, they attacked the plow and dug
-lt out also. Doug hooked on again then
and pulled it easily from the bed it had
occupied for four or five .yeal/sx ‘

Then they discovered the wheels of the ,
plow were so locked with rust that they .

would not roll. So they were obliged to
lmock them from their axles and grease
'them.

“Boy, howdy i" exclaimed Doug, wiping

. sweat with one hand and grease from the

other. “Where is our lunch? I’m empty
clear down to my toes! What time do
you reckon it is?" ‘-

"Four o’clock, anyway,”~ guessed Terry. .

_“Been some job. ’We’ll have to pull a
good part of the way in the dark. Let’s
start her rolling; we can eat on the way."

And so they started. The plow was an’
unweildy thing and made steering .bad,
but put little tax on the engine. Sundown
caught them less than ten miles out, and
they stopped at a stream to take on
water.

“Lucky this old hooker’s got big coal
lockers ” said Terry. “We’ (1 run out long
ago if she didn’t.”

"Uh- huh,” grunted Doug, squinting at
the gauge.

Terry was silent for a while.

"Doug," he said presently, ;"you didn’t
get mad at me the way I. talked last
night, did you?"

“Mad?" said Doug. “Nope. You didn’t
say anything to hurt my feelings any.”

"Doug,” said Terry again, “you’re not
acting right. Come on now, boy, meet
me! I’ve been fair with you."

"Terry," said Doug, earnestly, "you
can’t understand how I feel about this
riding business. It's not so much the
money, tho the Lord knows we need it;
But it’s not that altogether. That horse
Catapult has licked everybody that’s tried
to top him. I‘d- rather ride him than be
president. I hate to think that just an
ordinary horse can run the Indian Sign
on everybody. Terry, If ve got to ride that
old scoundrel or never be able to look my-
self in the face again. “

Terry was silent for a. time. He had
not known that this was the Way Doug
looked at it.

"Dong.” he said finally, “you know I’m

7 with you. But you can’t-'make' the rest of

.them understand it. Dad can’t and won‘t
Sand Mary is scared to death for fear
fyou'll get hurt, and she’s got reason
ionougli, too, I wish you'd forget it."

'fiil “I can’t do it," said Doug, stubbornly.
”I’ll ride that horse this fall or try to,

     
   
 
 
 

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Terry did not say so. but he decided
. secretly that this was about what it
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steep store there, almost a. cliff; audit

the point whore the road was highest
from the river it We a. sham) turn al-
most at right 11113111111 After ding the
curve it drbpped sharply to smooth of
Bunker creek, where their road tea 111.
while the main road led on up' Williams:
F‘o r.ks

“We’ll have trouble getting around that:

bend,’ said Terry as they drew up.
"Maybe not,” said Doug. "W'o'll take it
easy, and if it throws us too close to the

grade, back up a little and take a new:

hitch.”

It turned out as Terry predicted, When 1

they swung into the curve, the swing

there was so sharp it threw the plow into .
the upper bank, and they were obliged to .

uncouplo and hook onto the inner frame-
channel before they could round the curve.

Before they made it safely and were hooks ~
i‘ng onto the main hitch again hen far .
back of them the beams of a powerful ..

pair of searohllghts swept the heavens.

Sharply focused were those beams, and

they seemed to almost reach the stars.

“Some pair of lights !” remarked Doug,. '

stopping to watch them as they swept

‘ down and disappeared. "Who’ (1 be coming'

" road taxes are over $100.

out this way at this time of night?"

"Don’ t know, " said Terry, “but the way .

those lights dip and rise,-that fellow is:
driving too fast for these roads. Can you‘
hear the motor?”

Doug bent his ear. A faint organ-like-
not rolled up the river.
“I hear it,” he said.

ing!"

“Just as well wait here till he comes
up," said Terry. We on’t have time to
get- into our road, and he can’t pass til!
we do. ”

The car came up swiftly. On some of
the short hill crests the lights seemed to
actually leap over.

"Doug," said Terry, “one of us had bet-
ter go back around the bend and stop
that fellow. The way he's coming, he’ .11
shoot around this curve here and go off
the road and smash into us. "

“Go ahead, " agreed Doug.
to whistle when he gets a little closer."

Both must haye miscalculated either

"She's sure talk-

the speed at which the car was moving or .
. the distance it ,was from them.

At any
rate, as Terryglsfipped from the engine

and hurried around the curve, the car '

roared over the crest of the rise just
back of them and streaked up the grade
into the ,turn.‘

Terry, blinded by the dazzling lights,
had only time to shout a warning and
hurl himself from the road. Doug had
his hand on the whistle cord when the
headlights leaped around the curve, blind—
ing hint and picking out every line of the
engine and plow. Brakes screamed shrilly
and a. medley of cries arose from the car.
Then it struck clamorously.

§(Continued in March 4th issue)

 

'CHA’ITING WITH THE AGRI-
' OUIJTURAL TEACHER
(Continued from Page 23),

pile, or of allowing the other fellow
to) escape from paying his share. I

think Mr. Meek’s comment on taxes,

in a recent issue was a splendid one.
If we want things we must pay for
them.
alone for 1927 was $70. 24. Add to
this some $30. 00 which I pay in
3— cent gas tax each year, and my
Yet I do
not object to this because I want
good roads in Michigan and more of
them. I drive about 20, 000 miles a
year, and I like to get on a good

-' smooth pavement and step on it;

who doesn’t? No kick here on the
road tax, if I have good roads. This
last summer I drove through the
state of Iowa on two different routes,
and I wouldn’t go across that state
again with its sticky, rough, slip-
pery, dirt roads for $100 . Their
road tax must be about nil, but what
a. pity such a wonderful agricultural
state has such miserable‘roads.

Take the scnooi tax; my school
tax, was high, yet I’m with both
hands for better schools and am
willing to pay more taxes to get.
them, only I do not want to pay
more than my just share.

it we want improvements we must
expect to pay for them. ” I do not
think there are so many 0‘ W9

farmers objecting about the"a1'nount

of our taxes, but what we object to,
is paying more than our share of
these taxes. Our property yalues are

too high on the assessment roll, and '
. high enough.
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NO ABORTION

REGISTERED ‘GUERNSEYS

; Absolute Dispersal of Capitol View Guernseys owned by E. J. Himelberger and
' 3 Emil Evert. Wednesday, March 7,1928,at the farm 3 miles South of Lansing
on U. S. Highway 127, and % mile East on Miller Road.
Lunch served at noon.
heifer calves, 2 herd bulls, 5 bull calves.
fat in C. ’1‘. A. last year.

ACCREDITED COUNTY

Sale starts 1: 00 P. M.,
The herd includes 20 cows, 9 bred heifers, 10
Herd averaged 8804 lbs. milk, 408 lbs.

MICHIGAN GUERNSEY BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION
30111018, East Lansing, Michigan

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FINE WOOL SHEEP MEN
HOLD MEET
HE Annual Meeting of the Mich-
igan Fine Wool Sheep Bre’eders'
Association Was held at East
Lansing, Michigan, Jan. 31, 1928.
The meeting was called to order by
PresidentE. M Moore, who gave an
interesting address on the compari-
sons of greased basis and secured
basis. Mr. L. W'. Hendee gave.an
address on Black Top sheep and
spoke of the expansion that is open-
ing up in the west for this breed of
rams. Mr. L. B. Lawrence spoke of
the value of Rambouillett sheep and
why he raised them.
Mr. V. A. Freeman of the College
had prepared a chart in which he
compared the scouring values in the
different breeds of the fine wool
sheep in this association. He also
put on a demonstration for“ the
breeders that were present in the
arena with the same sheep that had
had their fleeces scoured the spring
previous. .
The secretary and treasurer's re-
port was accepted as read.
The following officers Were elect-
ed for the ensuing year: F. E.
Reichert, Chelsea, president; vice-
presidents, E. M. Moore, Mason; L.
W. Hendee, Pinckney; Carl Moeckel,
Munith, L. B. Lawrence, Chelsea;
J. Noon,
Jackson, R .F. D. No. 9.
Mr. Collister' made the suggestion
that the breeders report to the sec-
retary the number of sheep, the age,
price and sex at any time they have
them for Sale.
If interested write Mr. V. A. Free-
man, M. S. C., East Lansing, or the
secretary.

 

WINS SILVER MEDAL FOR HIGH
PRODUCTION

SAMUEL ODELL of Shelby, Mich.,

is the owner of Fauvic’s Fern

Princess, a young purebred
Jersey cow which has been awarded
a Silver Medal by The American Jer-
sey Cattle Club, New York. Prin-
cess produced 438.31 pounds of but-
erfat and 9790 pounds ofrmilk in a
305-day official production test. She
carried calf for 181 days while mak-
ing this record and in her best
month her yield reached 5259
pounds of butterfat. '

The sire of Princess is Fauvic
Noble, 3. son of the great Medal of
Merit bull, .,Fauvic’s Prince. Her
dam is Will Do’s Fern Princess,
which has a. junior two-year-old
record of 407.30 pounds of butter-
fat and 8184 pounds of milk.

AYBSHIRES
Will you please state your opin-
ion of the Ayrshire as a. dairy cow,
and the comparison of it with the
Holstein, and Jersey—B. 0., Mar—
lette, Mich.

HE Ayrshire cattle originated in

Southwestern Scotland and are
- known as the youngest of the
principal, recognized dairy . breeds
today. They were bred up from a
foundation of native cattle by use of
several strains of blood from other
breeds. The demand was for a cow
to produce an average milk which
would fit into the market conditions
in the section of Scotland where
practically all of the milk was made
into cheese. As a result, the Ayr:

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privilege extended free

4L4

shire cow gives a good flow of milk
with an average of about four per
cent of butter fat. During the past
year \more than 30,000 cows in the
herd test plan or Cow Testing Asso-
ciations of Scotland produced an
average of 7,500 pounds‘ of milk
testing about four per cent. As com-
pared with the Jersey cow,’ the Ayr-
shire produces a larger amount of
milk with a lower fat content. As
compared withthe Holstein cow, the
Ayrshire produces less milk, but her
milk tests higher in
usually the average is aboue five-
tenths of a per cent higher.——O. E.
Reed, Prof. of Dairy Husbandry,
Michigan State College.

. CHARGES FOR SERVICE

I have a bull for service and am
undecided as to- whether to take
plain notes for the service charge or
if the collection end would be bet—
ter if I carried it on an open account.
Please advise the best way to han-
dle the accounts—Reader, Mon-
trose, Mich.

HERE is only one satisfactory
method of handling the collec:
tions for a bull which is held

for public service and that is cash at
the time of service with the return
‘of charge
should the cow not get in calf or
bring another cow for service if one
which was paid for fails to settle in
calf.

The service charge is usually so
small that it would be very unsatis-
factory to bother with notes. It is
also very easy to spend as much time
endeavoring to collect small service
accounts as the accounts are worth.
Any man who is willing to keep a
sire and drops his work to accomo—
date a neighbor who brings animals
for service most any time of day is
certainly entitled to be paid for the
same on the spot—Geo. A.. Brown,
Professor of Animal Husbandry,
Michigan State College.

 

NEED NOT TEST AGAIN

Our cows were T. B. tested June
22nd, and all passed. We are to
have a. public auction, selling all
stock soon and wish to know if there
is a. law that cows must be tested
within 60 days previous to sale at
public auction in a tested area..—
J. S., Vicksburg, Mich.

F your cattle were tested under
federal and state supervision by
an official veterinarian, last

June, and no reactors Were found
and no untested cattle have been
added to the herd since, it will not
be necessary for you to have another
tuberculin test conducted prior to
the sale which you contemplate.

The law specifies that cattle which
have been tested under federal and
state supervision need not be tuber-
culin tested within 60 days of the
date of the sale. -—B. J. Killham,
State Veterinarian.

Remove milk immediately from the
barn, or it is apt to absorb the character-
istic odors. ,

Tankage contains from 40 to 60 per
cent pi ole1n, depending upon the method
of manufacture.

 

Cross-fencing a. pasture will allow the
acreage to provide better feed and thus
carry more animals.

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we . en'mbled
at Michigan State College tor
- thetra matrouterence during
m Week. ‘ Mr Gemge Tay-
lor ed the dairy Wment, superin-
tendent of Minis! testing at M. S. C.
explained in greater detail the rules
for the Holstein Friesian herd im-
provement registry test. Reports
from. Michigan cow testers show
. snore than 115 herds entered in this
new Holstein Friesian test for the
month of January.

Other speakers were Professor 0.
E. Reed of the Dairy Department
and W. E. McCarthy, county agricul-
tural agent of Bay county, Michigan,
also'Mr. J. H. McClain and W. E.‘
Wintermeyer or the U. ‘S. Bureau of
Dairying, Washington D. (3. com-
mented very interestingly about the,
proving o! bulls through the dairy
herd improvement associations. Mr.
McClain urged the keeping oi pure—
bred sires until the daughters have
proven themselves in a testing asso-
ciation and showed by charts that
not every purebred bull is capable
of producing a big increase in butter-a
tat production in the daughters of
the dams.

Herd owners that have herds aver-
aging about 856 and 4'00 pounds or
more of butterfat have a more dif-
ficult problem to solve in the selec-
tion of sires that can bring improve-
‘ment. Mr. .Wintermeyer referred to
the so proven sires found to date in
Michigan testing associtions. Only
{our oil the 50 are known to be alive.

Outlines for the testing associa-
tion program during 1928 were sug-
gested by A. C. 'Balitzer, in charge of
the dairy herd improvement associ-
ation in Michigan. Need for filling
the membership of each association
was pointed out since the average
Michigan associatiomcontains but 23
members Emphasizing the losses
that have occurred in the testing ”as:

sociations had failed to continue the ‘

work in‘the last live years. Testers
can asfist materially in keeping the
organizations alive by rendering
services that mean improved produc-
tion for their members.

Each testing association was urged
to make further efiort to have at

hunt the more surety keeper bull
pens built during 1928, in order to
assist in the magi-am of proving out
dairy sites in Michigan.

Enlargement in the acreage oi
sweet clover and aliens seedings
was also encouraged and feeling of
grain, with pasture was emphasized.

WEITEWASH

WEATHER-PROOF whitewash

may be made by ‘slaking a bush-

0] or quicklime in 12 gallons of

hot water, then adding a solution of
2 pounds of common salt and 1

. pound of sulphate of zinc dissolved
in 2 gallons or boiling water. Mix

 

this thoroughly with 2 gallons of.

skim milk.

 

D0 N 01‘ :STABVE AN UNBORN
LAMB

(3 not starve an .unborn’ lamb.
‘Give the pregnant ewe good
feed. Under range conditions
corn and cottonseed cake are com-
monly used when steed is scarce.
Under term conditions alt-alto. or

clover boys, with some roots, silage -

and oats are good. Feed enough to
keep the ewes in strong, vigorous
condition. .

 

RATIONS To FEED BREEDING
PIGS

IGS to be kept for breeding pur-

poses should be fed with the ob-

ject of making them stretch out

and develop bone and muscle in

place of fat. After young gilts have

been bred they must be fed a ration,

sufiicien-t to grow the litter and

properly finish their own growth.

BACTERIA GROW IN WARM .
MILK

‘OOLING milk immediately after

it is produced and keeping it
cold is the best way to prevent
multiplication of bacteria. These are
tiny single-celled plants which re-
quire warmth to grow. It milk is.
cooled to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or
below and held at that temperature,
bacterial development is greatly re-
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Edited by DR. GEO. H. CONN _
(Questions gladly ensue-ed free for paid-up subscribers. You receive a personal letter. )

PIN EYE .

I am thinking of buying a cow
that had pink eye. She is all over
it but there are others in the herd
that have it. Will she carry it into
my herdz—BS. 0., Napoleon, Mich.

WOULD not buy this cow until

she had been recovered for at .

least thirty days. Then I would
not place her with my other cows for
a couple of weeks after I bought her.
There is no way of disinfecting her.

HORSE FOUNDERED
What causes a horse to be found-
ered and what is the eflect it has on
them? Is there any way to cure
them7—TB. C... Rapid City. Mich.

. HEN a horse is toundered there
is such intense congestion of.
blood in the feet that the in-

side layer next to the sole and wall
0! the hoof separates from the horn

 

. and the sole usually bulges slightly;

the large tendons in the bottom of
the foot loosen up and the horse gen-
erally always walks on its heel. Shoe-
ing the horse will help but there is
nothing else you can. do tor it. Feed
lightly of grain when not being
worked and see that it as turned out
every day that it is fit to get some
exercise.

 

DOG HAS FITS
I have a.young collie dog a little
over.one year old which has fits. He
started with them last fall and about.
ovary—month he has them. Had i'ou‘r
in succession last night. This morn-
ing he is pretty sick. When he first
started with them he would 0111-}! have
one " t a time and then be through
He tumbles over and kicks and
1310*th the mouth, Is there a cure
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right along and expect I won’t as he
won’t live through many more I feel.-
-——J.. E. H..- Scottville, Mich.

WOULD advise you to feed this

dog as follows: Wheat bran, 1

lb. , rolled oats, 1 1b.; bonemeal,
lb 119.; soybean meal, 1 lb. Feed
thrs in a tin pan and moisten with
milk just enough that it is crumbly
but not sloppy. Give this dog the
following: Liquor potassii arsenitis,
2 dream; potassium dicbromatc, 60
grains; potassium iodide, 30 grains; r
water to make, 4 ounces. Give this
flog one beaspoonful three times each
ay.

 

EATS OLD BONES
I have a cow that chews on old
bones during the winter and up until
there is good grass in the spring.
Would like to know if there is any
cure. ~T. B., Hillman, Mich.

F you will give this cow about 36
pound of bonemeal on her grain
each day she will soon stop chew-

ing these indigestible substances. It
is depraved appetite or pica and is
caused by a mineral deficiency which
canalbe corrected by feeding bone-
me

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three days before shipping steers. Feed

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$955,145.08. The assets of the c
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Good Record 'For 1927

HE Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Com-
pany of Howell held its annual meeting at the
home office on January 21. F. E. French of‘Elwell and
Berthold Woodhams of Howell were elected as vice-
presidents. W. F. Nank of Mt. Clemens, F. W. Comis-
key of Detroit and Ross J. Rob
elected as directors. ,

The report read by/the Treasurer showed 'thatthe H
company had done the largest volume of business in
its history during 1927,. Thetotal income was $1,165,-
987.10. The company settled 20,609 claims, a total of iL

Dec. 31, 1922 $226,499.45
Dec. 31, 1923 375,945.95
Dec. 31, 1924 565,225.96
Dec. 31, 1925 704,152.41
Dec. 31, 1926 840,845.24
Dec. 31, 1927 929,602.78

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claims settled, only sixty of them were taken to the. .
Circuit Court and fifty-seven of these were either ad- '
justed before trial or dismissed and only three verdicts
were obtained against policy holders and two of these .
have been appealed to the Supreme Court. Automobile '
insurance is now a necessity and the public has begun
to realize that insurance companies are a necessity and
that where claims are presented in a fair and reasOn-
able manner, they are usually paid.
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or where' the facts show no liability. The company
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sixth year; George E. Dean, Albion,
vice president; 0. Fay Meyers,
Grand Blanc, secretary; Hoyt Wood-
man, Lansing, treasurer; W. D. Bur-
ring-ton, East Lansing, secretary.
The, Michigan Holstein Freisian
Breeders at' their business session
adopted {resolutions pledging them-
selves to rid the breed of scrub. pure-
breds, and to urge the appropriation
-of greater wins for the eradication
of bovine. tuberculosis. Their offi—
cers for the ensuing year will be:
president, J. 'E. McWilliams, Mt.
Clemens; vice president, V. 1"_. Ruth,
Comstock Park; board of directors,
Fred Knapf, Bliss’field; George Fos-
ter, Fosteria; D. _D. Aitken, Flint;
William Austin, Saline; J. B. Tooley,
Howell; M. W. Wentworth, Battle
Creek,‘and J. E. Burnett, Lansing. ,

Talks Power Farming.

The power farmers had their in-
nings in the agricultural engineer-
ing laboratory. The increased inter-
est in the question of power and
power machinery is indicated by the
increasedattendance at the meetings
this year,, The largest attendance in
any previous year meeting of power
farmers at theCollege was 70. This
‘year 350 jammed the room set apart
for the meetings.

‘Roy E. Murphy, manager of the
Forestdale Farm, West Burlington,
Iowa, assured his audience that it.
was practical and profitable to re-
place horses with power machinery
'on corn belt farms. Records kept
on the Forestdale farms, after re-
_, placing horses with machinery,
showed that with the same amount
of crops grown, more pork and beef,
were produced and cropayields were

 

ed. to maintain 10 work-horses was-
turned into pork and beef. Therea-
ords also showed decreased costs for
power and labor, smaller crop lease
es, and less shrinkage on livestock
hauled to market. ,, ,

Explosives for Ditching

Larry Livingston, agricultural en-
gineering department gave a demon-
stration of the suitability of employ-
ing explosives to dig ditches. F. E.
Fogle, Michigan State College, in-
formed the assembly that a Michi-
gan Approved Home Contest would
be conducted in Michigan this year.
This project is sponsored by three
College departments in cooperation
with the Michigan Farmer. Farmers
or their wives in cooperation can en-’
ter their homes in the contest and
each home entered will be scored
according to a score card made up
to rate the home for beauty, conven-
ience, and comfort. A committee
has been appointed to judge each
home entered in the contest.

H. J. Gallagher, agricultural en‘
gineering department, gave a report
on a part of the work done on the
Dansville—Mason experimental power
line. It has been found that the use

fects on the life on this community.
The thoughts ,‘of members of the
community and of residents in other
parts of the State have been stimu—
lated in the consideration of the uses
of electrical power, new uses have
been developed, new equipment has
ben brought to the attention of the
community, and the social life of the
community has been improved, as it
has been necessary for the members
of the community to cooperate more
closely than before the project was
begun. ' '
Electrical power has been found
efficient and satisfactory for cook-
ing, filling silos, operating incuba-
tors, running milking machines, and
for many other farm power require;-
ments. For silo fillingelectricity is
well, adapted for use where only a
small crew is employed. The average
amount of. silage cut was eight tons
per hour withan 11 inch cutter run
by a five-horse motor. The cost for
power in‘ running the jsilage cutter
was very low. . ”
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increased. The feed previously needed

of electrical power has had, four 811- .

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. ,_1,.goo‘ds ”which had ,funqdestm '
_ supQflority." “Protessor E. E. De
' . pliant breeder at, Michigan. State,

   

Jess. tors the‘au’di'ence of the tit" ' '
Vamfilifi’rfleased by the 991*

grain, ,
legs last ‘
A. C. No. 104' wheatl The cats are
a smooth-awned» high yielding white
variety, and the ”Wheat has special
milling .qualities. ,j ’ I '_ " -

Duane ‘Rainey, farm crops depart»
ment warned the members or the

need for special care in selecting 9.1-. .

falfa seed this year. 'The’ Canadian.
.crop of variegated alfalfa .seed was
very short last year and this source
of supply of adapted seed is closed
to Michigan farmers this year. South-

‘ ern seed is not satisfactory for plane" '

ing in Michigan. .

The history and accomplishments
of the Crop Improvement Association
were briefly Outlined by Howard
Rather, specialist in’ farm crops. The.
old Michigan Corn Growers Assch
.tion was the parent of the present.
organization. The plant breeding
work started at the College by the
late Professor Frank A. Spragg de-
veloped valuable grain varieties but
it was necessary to place the varies
ties in the hands of careful farmers
to secure' the necessary seed increase
for general distribution. Since ‘the
organization of the Crop Association
Red Rock, American Banner, Berk.-
ley Bock wheats; Resen rye; and
Worthy,‘ Alexander, Wolverine, and
College Wonder oats have become.
the leading grain varieties grown‘in
the State. , *

'Corn. and potato producers have

' "reaped their share of reWards from

their membership in the Crop Im-
provement Association. The produc-
tion of certified seeds is an out-
"*.growth of the Association work and
» Michigan seeds are ”now known ia-
vorably throughout the pontinent.
The need for an impartial agency in
the certification workwas pointed
out by Mr. Rather. ,

Seed Potato Marketing

F. H. Hibst gave a resume of the
history of seed potato marketing.
Mr. Hibst ismanager of the Micki.
gan Potato Growers Exchange at
Cadillac and is in direct contact with
the potato marketing situation.
Michigan certified potato seed stocks

are practically sold, out at the pres- ‘

ent time. The seed goes into most
of, the States east of the Mississippi.
A. G. Tolaas, University of Mine.
sota, St. Paul, said that the United
States was divided into two,sections
and that the northern section will be
called on continuously to produce
seedstocks for the southern section.

The southern grower does not find
it profitable to produce his‘ow-n seed-
stocks, he does not have ,storage fa-
cilities for seed, and the northern
grown stock is of superior quality.‘
The potato grower in the south can
afford to buy goOd seed as he pro-
duces a crop that sells on the early
markets at a price per bushel that
usually exceeds the price that he
must pay for seed.

Winners in the five acre corn
growing contest for 1927 were an-
nounced by Ralph Mvorrish, farm
crops department as: Paul C. Cle-
ment, Britton, winner of sweepstakes
and first in region one; Roscoe Mas-
ters, Waldron, second; Otto Wegner,
Riga, third; in region two, the Win-
ners were: Fritz Mantey, Fairgrove,
first; P. P. Ferden and Son, Chesan-
ing, secOnd, and Max Dresback, St.
Louis, third; for region three, prizes
went to George Rae, Bay City, first;
ang Burdette Crandall, Bellaire, eeC-
on . > 733." .

Shows Were Good;

Both the grain~and potato shows
were exceptionally good this year.
The northern Michigan potato ‘STOW-
ers again demonstrated [their ability
to grow and select prize winning po—
tatoes. The aWards inthe' show for
Russet ‘Ruralif certified seed were »
first, Edward S

   

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not, Gaylord, took first; Merle Hef-
by. Gaylord, second; and Gerald
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' :‘ Edward Sutton, Central Lake,
took second place in this class, and
R. A. Mixter, Gaylord, third. Floyd
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tato shown; and Leon Mankowski,

aylord, displayed the best tubers
ill the 32 potato class. In the be-
ginners class W. H. Green, Gaylord
Was first; R. A. Mixter, Gaylord,
fiétmnd; and Mrs. P. H. Thomas.
Vandervilt, third. Otsego "county
Won the cup for most prizes won. by
-residents of any one county.

Poultrymen Have Busy Week

Poultry Improvement Association
members put in a busy week. They
were told by J. A. Hannah, poultry
specialist, that ”breeders 'who trap
nested their birds and obtained pro—
duction records above a certain
standard would be awarded certifi-
cates-of merit as a recognition of
their work in aiding the poultry in-
dustry. Certificates will be awarded
to owners of heme that produce 240
or more eggs, weighing 24 ounces to
the dozen, in'a year.

The value of ultra violet rays in

poultry breeding pens was shown to’

be worthy of attention. Ordinari'
window glass excludes the rays and
the hatchability of eggs producet
where the rays are excluded is not a
high as in plants where ultra viol.
'mys are present. The use of $30
liver oil in the rations for breedin
stock also improves the hatchab‘ilit
of the eggs produced by the bird
-Dr. H. J. Stafseth, bacteriolos
department at Michigan State 00;
loge, explained that the laboratory
agglutination test for the detection
of bacillar'y white diarrhea in poul-
try is still the best knowu method
fer diagnosing the disease. Short
out methods that are being advocat-
ed in some quarters have not proved
to be of much value in tests con-
ducted in the College laboratories. A
or test is worse than none at all
3nd Michigan poultry producers
should be slow in placing faith in
recommended methods of disease
gnosis.

Leo Arnold, poultry specialist.
,Hichigan State College, recommend-
ed the growing of early chicks that
would develop into fall egg produc-

ers. Adequate ventilation of laying -

house was recommended as a pre-
Ventative of roup. Flock owners
who will keep a record of their feed
costs will be assisted by specialists
from the College when any question
as to the value of certain feeds has
to be decided. The substitution of
feeds in a ration will frequently re—
duce the feed costs for the flock and
no loss be sustained in production.

Professor H. C. Krandell, Penn-
sylvania State College, said that
the age of hens reduces the per cent
of fertile and hatchable eggs pro-

duced. The number of eggs that ~

will hatch is decreased for each day
that the eggs are held before being

laced in the incubator. The pro—
. fessorrecommended that the laying
hens be thrown into a melt October
1 by omitting the feeding of mash.
This treatment of course should not
be used in the pullet flock. After
the hens have entered the moulting
period every effort is Imade to get
them back into condition for start-
ing egg production. A liberal grain
’ration fed often and in the litter, dry
galfalfa leaves, semi-solid buttermilk.
green feeds, and an increased amount
of meat scrap are used to bring the
flock to production.

Short Course Association

. Officers of the Short Course Asso-
ciation for the ensuing year are:

president, George Sherman Reed,.

Richland; vice— -president, Edwin R.
.Fotter, Mason; second vice-president,

Donald Shepard, Charlotte, secretary ‘

‘. Ralph Tenny, East Lansing. Profes-
' oer J. F Corr, spoke to the Associa-
.1101: of the stanoes that had come
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have found best suited to my needs

I

- ‘ and liking as as follows: . . ‘

Take a box with bottom, narrow

-_ sides and ends, any size desired that

can be equally divided into about two
inch squares. .I have a handy small
testing box which is sixteen by
twenty-two inches inside measure-
ment, with sides and ends four inches

It

. high. All sleng the top of both sides

mdendalhcredrlmnhhxhnails
”mumsone—
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board. I tool: u been 3” at wrap-

,Em ccrdandmmmnail
fem-h.

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divided the but: a! as. two
iinelr sqmest .
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Emu oilseed. mmnm the
corn shell on five mim from differ-
Eent portions of an ear placing these
grains in square number-one- In the
bust end of this ear place a small

: pee on which is writtenthe corre-
. generating number.

These pegs are
made of any thin wood, are number-
'ed‘ to correspond with the numbers
to! the squares in the box and will
Take five grains
fifrom another m of corn and place
in section two placing peg member
itwe in the butt end of this ear, and

, so: on, until all sections. are filled then
f fco-ver with about and. helm a" sand.

The ears eontainhg these: pegs are
carefully put into bones. tor» comparis-
son later after germination. I pre-

1- iter the pegs for numbering the ears
. in. preference to any methods I: have

as yet tried as they take up no space
in storing the ears; are easily remov-
ed... are absolutely accurate and can
’be used over and; ever .

To be sure no mistake will occur
when placing or removing the' cam
June the testing box, have the kures
of notation all along the sides and
ends of the box I took numbers from
an old calendar and pasted on to
correspond with the surname, and
these figures were plain and of good
s1ze.

Keep the sand. well moistened at
all times and. as near germination
heat as possi-“e. On top of an in-
cubator I find‘ is an ideal place.

In a. few days the fertile grains
will begin to sprout and all ears
from corresponding squares that do
not show one hundred per cent of

The ears to be used should be tipped
and butted, hand shelled and well
graded when the seed is ready for the
planter.

‘ For successful corn growing the
corn selected for seed should be ob—
tained early in the fall‘from the field
[while the can is standing and, should
be hung in a; dry, well ventilated
room to thoroughly dry.

By this annual selectichi and test-
ging of the very best ears of corn,
Make an increased yield per acre can
be secured. Even a few bushels per
qacre would help to 'build up the
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MANY STATE GROUPS'MEET
DURING FARMERS" WEEK .
(Continued from Page 33)

outstanding success at their later
work. Dean R. 8. Shaw told the
group that there was great need at
present for trained leaders in agri-
cultural life.

g . Muck Far-us.

The Hickman. meet. Par-mas. As-
.miation W a resolution ask-

ing that. immediate steps be taken

to prom funds for the mm 0-!
40. acres at the College: land In that
experimental work on mud: and
can he conducted on. the area. as
'flcers chosen by the Association are:
ipsesident, R E; Bates; Contact;
vice president, EL, 6%. Kelly. mater;
and. secretary” PM Has-nun, Rut
FLansing. Mfr. Harmer, Who. is 1mm]:

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» Epwvmd to. the group the work that.

is being carried on to determine
immune ms his mm suck,
Facile: Dean! R. S; “Shaw predicted.
that muck son‘s; not a: present, un-J

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strong vitality should not be used,

der cultivation. raid have 3 mn. .

steady on the harem.
laflweou‘mym first prize ia~"the~'
'Greng’ccmmv Singing Contact..9ee~
and place was awarded Welcome

reuse mm Hastings Tbfi'drlaco
west tollaficaha‘ County Grange;
Greenville; fourth prize was won by
Mid Grannymiamston, and
fifth place was taken ”Erma We:
Grange, Lime» Creek.

  
   
  

 

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casioas that require instant obedi-

ences.

- The speaker brought out the “at

that. a child’s inability to immedi-

ately understand. some commando
should not be classed as diam,
ence. Children may .he puzzling

over some word spoken to them at

the time the parent thinks that they ,
are evading her commands. It" also

should be remembered that it is inr-

possible for a. small child to com-

fortably ‘remai‘n quietly seated for

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oi tam seeds originated by the Albert
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For over two generations the generally
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cotton grain hag lie-M' mmxim-hlx
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these bags have been considered. a nec-
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INTER hatched chickens which
are ready to market as “spring
fries” in Member April bring
highest prices and pay good divi-~
dends for the extra Work and equip-
ment needed. With the development
of incubators and circular sheet steel
broo’der houses which eliminate cold
corners, the problem of hatching and
raising early chicks is greatly sim-
plified from a standpoint of'alabor re-
quired while the danger from disease
and exposure is practically elimin-
nated. It is important that winter
chicks should be given a properly
balanced ‘ration and have plenty of
room. Grain sprouters enable the
poultry raiser to prepare green food
for the chicks with little trouble,
while automatic waterers and sani-
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WARM, VENTIL'ATED HOUSES IN-
CREASE EGG PRODUCTION

WARM poultry house that-will

help to keep egg production

high during the winter months
must be well ventilated. To main-
tain a warm, well—ventilated hen
house three things are needed: tight
walls, doors, and windows; ventilat-
ing flues, which may be constructed
of wood at a low cost; and limited
overhead space. To make the build—
ing tight, close all the cracks, cover
the outside walls with roll roofing,
or ceil the inside walls. Reduce the
air space by ceiling overhead or by
constructing a straw loft.

Ventilation and warmth go to-
gether. If the house is tightly built
and has all doors and windows.
closed, the birds will give off heat
encugh to raise the inside temper-
ature considerably above that on the
outside. But when the house is
tightly closed, moisture will begin to
accumulate and the air become stale.
Ventilation is needed, therefore, to
carry away the moisture and to bring
in fresh air. ——E. R. Gross.

 

CHICK BUYERS WARNED TO

GUARD HEALTH ITEM
‘ABY chick orders, many of which

are already being placed for

the coming season, will run up
heavy losses for the farmers and
flock owners who get the chicks un-
less every possible precaution is
taken to get healthy, vigorous stock
and then give it a fair start under
sanitary conditions, says Dr. Robert
Graham, chief in animal pathology
and hygiene at the College of Agri-
culture, University of Illinois. Chick
disease starts in the egg. The first
essential, therefore, in success with
baby‘chicks, is strong, healthy, dis-
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FLOCK HAS TUBERCULOSIS

Four years ago we moved to this

community with a fine flock of 200

Rhode Island Reds, in good healthy

condition and laying fine. Last sum-

mer they commenced to die. A six
pound healthy fowl would dwindle
away to about a. pound of feathers
and bones before she died. Some
call it T. B. What would you sug-
gest that we do?——R. M., Tekonsha,

Michigan.

HE only way to do when your
flock has tuberculosis is to get
rid of them and clean up and

disinfect and then start with a clean
flock. This means a lot of hard
work for it is due to the cleaning
and disinfection that the disease is
kept in check. If you have a. large
flock it would pay you to get a Vet—
erinarian to test them for this dis—
ease and then kill the reactors after
which the rest might be kept or dis—
posed of. The house must be thor—
oughly cleaned and disinfected or it
will do very little good to take out
the diseased ones. There is no me-
dicinal treatment for this disease.

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BIGDISPLAIOFEGGSATM.S.C.
VISIT“ to the egg show at
East Lansing might easily have
believed that all of the hon

houses in Michigan had been robbed
to get the number oi! eggs in sight,
but a. casual examination of the ex-
hibits soon convinced any visitor
that the exhibitors had performed
some intensive culling of their supply
of eggs in order to obtain the qual—
ity on display.

The number of eggs shipped ,for
exhibition enabled the managers of
the show to. determine what method
of packing best protected the eggs
shipped. Eggs packed in. wooden
containers with wood fiber fillers
withstood shipment the best, accord-
ing to a statement by managers of.
the show and eggs packed rigidly in
a rigid container suffered the most
damage.

The list of prize winners shows
that poultry enthusiasts live in all
sections of Michigan. In the list of
winners given below, the awards
made in college, college student and
college employee classes are omit-
ted; these classes were 1, z, 3, and
11. Prize Winners in the other
classes were:

Class Fonv—Smith-Hughes

White Eggs—Sweepstakes, Class Four,
P. Letts, brown eggs, Eaton Rapids High
School; Reserve Sweepstakes, Class Four,
K. Rockey, brown egg, Eaton Rapids High
School; lst, Harold Warren, Breckenridge
High School; 2nd, N. Mendel], Eaton
Rapids High School; 3rd, A. Covey, Eaton
Rapids High School; 4th, Howard Mus—
oli‘f, South Lyon; 5th, C. DeCamp, Eaton
Rapids High School; 6th. Kenneth Traude.
Escanaba; 7th, C. Williams, Eaton Rapids
High School; 8th, Edward Bernard, Caro.

Brown Eggs: let, P. Letts; 2nd K.
Rockey; 3rd, G. ,Hawley, Eaton Rapids
High School; 4th, L. Clark, Eaton Rapids
High School; 5th, H. Buckles, Eaton Rap-
ids High School; 6th, Harold Dibble,
Fowlerville; 7th, Clyde Smith, Thompson-
ville; 8th, Bernice MacManney, Mantown.

Close No. 5

Commercial Class: Sweepstakes, John
Arnold, Lansing; Reserve Sweepstakes, W.
A. Downs, White, Romeo; let, W. A.
Downs; 2nd, Hugh Green, Charlotte: 3rd,
L ..E. Heasley, Grand Rapids; 4th, D. B.
Dargitz, Montpelier, Ohio: 5th, Harry
Brink. Grant; 6th, H. B. Dargitz; 7th,
W. Wright, Munlth; 8th, James Meeks,
Hillsdale; 9th. L. E Beasley.

Brown Eggs: 151:, John Arnold: 2nd.
John Arnold; 3rd, Layher Bros; 4th,
Elmer Haynes, Vasser; 5th, Pinecroft
Poultry Farm, Owosso; 6th, J. R. Worth—
ington, Lansing; 7th, Pinecroft Poultry
Farm.

Close No. 0

Sweepstakes, L .E. Heasley, white eggs;
Reserve Sweepstakes, white eggs, H. B.
Dargitz.

White Eggs: 1st, L. E. Heasley; 2nd,
H. B. Dargitz; 3rd, W. S. Hannah & Sons,
Grand Rapids; 4th, Paw Paw High
School; lith. W. S. Hannah 8: Sons; 6th,
W. A. Downs; 7th, L. E. Beasley; 8th,
W. Wright; 9th,, Hugh Green.

Class. No. 6

‘Brown Egg??? 1st, Wm. Brett, Charlotte;

2nd,, Pimoft Poultry Farm; 3rd Pine-

croft Poultry Farm; 4th, H. B. Pelten &

Son, East. Tawas; 5th. 0. N'. Whittaker,

Lawrence; 61:11, W. B. Brett; 7th, Harry

Widman, Lansing. ' .
Close No. 7

Sweepstakes, Elmer Hainee, Vassar,
brown eggs; Reserve Smeepstake‘s, R. B.
Damiiz. white eggs.

White Eggs: 1st, H. 13... tax; and.
H. B. Dargita; 3rd Otto Saariko, Rock;
4th Daniel Helm, Ishpeming; 5th. James
Meeks; 6th, Edloer Patient, Arnold; 7th,
H. A. Keister, Bangor.

Brown Eggs: 1st, Elmer Haines, 2nd,
Howard Riley, Charlotte; 3rd, Elmer
Halnes; 1th, Tin Poll. Hamilton.

. Class N e. 8

Sweepstakes, Edwin Sawyer, Olivet,

browni eggs, ;‘ Reserve Sweepstakes, Pines

croft Poultry Farm, borwn eggs.

White Eggs: let. H. B. Dargitz; 2nd,
Mrs. Harvey Steflens, Manton, 3rd, W.
S. Hannah & Sons; eith, L. E. Heasley;
5th, H. B. Dargitz; LGth, Otto Saariko; 7th,
Hug Green; 8th,L asley; 9th,L.
E. Beasley.

Brown Eggs:1st Edwin Sawyer; 2nd,
Pineoroi’t Poultry Farm; 3rd, Edwin Saw-
yer; 4th, J .R. Worthington, Lansing;
5th, W. R. Brott; 6th, C. N. Whittaker;
7th, Howard Riley; 8th, W. S. Keyes,
East Lansing, 9th. Pinocroft Poultry
Farm.

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Swepsmkes, A. Covey: Reoem Sweep.
stakes, C. Van Aiken, Eaton Bapti- High
School.
White Eggn:1st, A. Covey' 2nd. 0.
Van Aken; 3rd Ice Lake Poultry Club,

-Iron River; 4th. Harry Schramke’r. Soa-

inaw.

Brown Eggs: 1st,Tlromas Ditwfler,
Saginaw; and, F. Neylor, Eaton Rapids
High School, ‘ 3rd, Harry Schramker; 41th;
Elder Van Warmer, Saginaw; 5th. Harold
Blackman, Saginaw; dilating Andros.
Sanginaw. ‘ I

Class No.11

White Eggs: Sweepstakes. D. Fund).
Eaton Rapids High School; white eggs:
Reserve Sweepstakes, A. Covey, white
eggs,

White Eggs: Ist, JD. Finch;
Covey; 3rd, F. Naylor.

Brown Eggs: list, L. Williams, Eaton
Rapid: High 8611;101:2126, R. Halt-ta, But-
on Rapids High Schools.

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LATEST ADVICE .ON INCUBATING
AND DECODING

ORE than 100,000,000 puilets

_L are needed yearly to take the

place of the mature hens re-

tired from the flocks and marketed

because they have passed their prime

as egg producers. It is estimated

that there are more than 300, 000,-

000 hens in the United States on

farms and in poultry plants, or an

allowance of nearly three hens work-

ing for each man, woman and child
in the country.

To prepare for more efficient.
hatching and brooding of next year ’s
crop of chicks the United States
Department of Agriculture has is
sued Farmers’ Bulletin No.1538—F‘,
“Incubation and Brooding of Chick-
ens,” which brings up to date the
best procedure and supersedes earli-
er bulletins No. 1363-F and 1376-F‘.
It may be obtained by applying to
the United States Department of Ag-
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DUCKS EAT FEATHBRS

My d ks are eating each other’s
feathers. What is wrong?—FL 0.,
Marion, ich.

IVE ur ducks more room un-
less the are out of doors. See
that thel feed contains 15'

pounds of meat scraps, 5 pounds of
bonemeal and 2 pounds of cod liver
oil to each 109: pounds of mash for
a while; this should stop this trou-
ble. Give them milk to drink it you
have it. Sometimes a. little iodised
salt, say“ a teaspooniul to a gallon of
water, will stop such a. habit. It
gould be worth a trial—Dr. Geo. B.
one.

  
 

 

RAISING TURKEY'S

As we are not keeping any chick-
ens this year we would like to raise
more turkeys. We have six turkey
hens, three young ones and three one
year old, and a two year old gobble:
which has always; been vigorous.
Can a. gob-
bler look after more than six or
seVen hens satisfactorily and it so-
how many? Is a two year old gob-
bler as good as. a young one, especial-
ly in our flock?~M. W., Mariette.
Michigan.

HE usual recommendation is that
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females. In general I would ex-

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By Market News Service, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. 8. D, A.
(Special to T1111 Busmnss Fhanmn)

HE feature of the early February
market is cotton, which has
been going down, off and on,

since September. The total of the
four months’ slump was 6.7 cents, a
little ,of it added the past week.
Grain, hay and feed markets are
quiet. Dairy and poultry products
have been holding better than they
usually do in Febuary. Potatoes
and apples are up a little. ~
Cattle

Chicago cattle receipts during the
first week of February exceeded the
corresponding period a year ago for
the first time in weeks and the situa-
tion gave some advantage to buyers,
although the oversupply was small.
Declines of 50 to 75 cents occurred,
chiefly in the cemmon and medium
grades, but the break followed a de-

cline of 75 cents to $1 during the

previous fortnight .on good and
choice grades, and the net result was
some falling off from best recent
prices; yet some lots of prime heavy
steers brought as high as $18.50,
only 50 cents below previous high
point. Active demand for veal
calves sent the price up about $2.
A few of the best feeder steers
brought $12.50 to $12.75 and de-
mand seems to be increasing faster
than the supply.
HOgs

Hog marketings showed some re-
duction in number during the early
days of February at Chicago. A
slow market for pork meats tended
to prevent any general advance in
price. The week’s average at Chi-
cago was about 15 cents above the
December low points, but hogs are
probably dressing out enough better
now to offset that difierence.

Sheep

Unusual activity and higher prices
featured the week’s trading in sheep
and lambs. The advance on fat
lambs carried prices $2 to $2.25
above the low point in mid—January,
and the recent top at $15.25 was the

'highest since June and $1.90 above

the top a year ago. Colorado ship-
ments are increasing, but supplies
from the corn belt and the East are
Peak movement of Colo-
rado and Nebraska fed lambs will
probably occur around mid—February.
W001

W001 prospects continued to
brighten while the cotton slump was
going on. Supplies in the Boston
market are very moderate and pric-
es moved a little higher the first
week of the month. Upward ten—
dencies in foreign markets helped to
strengthen the situation.

Grain

Heavy offerings of Argentine
wheat at Liverpool depressed prices
three cents and checked demand for
American wheat, leading to slight
declines in early February. Contin-
ued reports of damage to growing
winter wheat caused by drought off—
set somewhat the effect of poor ex-
port demand. Corn markets contin—
ued firm under heavy supplies ow-
ing to_ good demand from feeders
and industries and considerable‘ ac-
tive buying by exporters. Rye mar—
kets Were dull but oats were slight-
ly higher in some markets. Flax
went slightly lower, influenced by

large stocks ~.of _oil and rather light

demand for that product.
Feeds

Demand for most feeds continues
active so far this month without
much general change in prices, 'al-
though linseed meal advanced be-
cause of the moderate supply. Al-
falfa meal advanced about 50 cents
per ton in most markets except Kane

‘ w, “ms City.

Hay ' _ . . '\\

_ The hay markets were only mod-
erately active. The bulk of the sup-
Ply is medium to low grade. Prices
Lower

bringing too little to pay marketing
costs in some cases.

Butter >--e

Supplies of butter at leading mar-
kets continue large, indicating that
production is running ahead of a
year ago. This was to be expected
as production conditions have been
favorable. Storage stocks are going
out as fast as they were a year ago.
The remaining holdings are thought
to be mostly of the lower grades.
Butter has been advanCing in for-
eign markets, thus removing the
prospect of the prospect of further
imports for the present. Cheese is
selling at about the level of a year
ago. Holdings in storage are less
than at that time but production
seems to be slightly heavier.

Eggs » . ‘

The expected price break in eggs
occurred late in January, causing
rather sharp declines at the principal

and selling .at about the low points
or; the

rel in leading varieties and some ad-

.E‘vah‘lces in northwestern boxed fruit.
Advances of 5 to 10 cents per hun—I

dred pounds in potatoes were re-
ported in producing sections of the
East and Central West, and similar
gains of 10 to 15 cents in onions.
Texas spinach tended downward in
northern markets but held firm at
southern shipping points.

 

BEANS

Higher and higher climbs the mar-
ket for C. H. P. beans. During the
last two weeks the price has ad-

vanced 75 cents per hundred pounds, .,

making a total gain or $1 80 since
the first of the year. Some report
that the majority of farmers are not
much interested in the present trend
of prices because they have marketed
all or moshof their surplus. Others
report the opposite. We can not

help but feel that quite a large

part of the 1927 ' crop is still in the
hands of the farmer and he is ’g‘bing
to take a profit that will partly make
up for the last three years of loss..

 

 

MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO DAILY

HE Michigan Business Farmer was first to broadcast farm market
reports in Michigan (January 4, 1926).
news are now available as follows:

Market reports and farm
WGIIP (277.6 meters), 6: 05

to 7: 00 P. M.; WKAR (277 6), 12:00 M.; WWJ (352.7), 5: 45 P. M.:,
WCX-WJB (440. 9). 4: 15 P. M.—Edltor.

 

 

markets. Since then, with various
ups and downs, the net result does
not show much farther change. Stor-
age holdings are well cleared .out
and fresh receipts are lighter than
at this time last season, bringing
abOut a situation favorable to pro-
ducers.
Poultry

Arrivals of dressed poultry are‘

rather lighter than in February,
1927, and prices hold Well. The very
moderate quantity in cold storage
helps the situation.

Vegetables

Freezing temperatures of late Jan-
uary did much damage to tomatoes
on the lower east coast of Florida
and hurt tender vegetables through-.
out the southeastern states. Early
vegetables are in heavy supply in
southern Texas’afid prices at ship-
ping points tend lower, including a
decline of about $2 in cabbage.
Northern cabbage is' in heavy supply

in the future.

Ordinarily the market could not

make such rapid gains without there
being small declines every few days
but that does net hold true, so far
this year. » A\ steady market with
good demand has been reported at
all times. ,
' According to reports, the stocks of
New York operators are ’way down,
while California has no over supply,
and the supply of great northerns is
low with prospects of higher prices
Even the price of
pintos out in Colorado is going up
because the supply is proving to be
not so large as it first appeared to
be.

Folks are beginning to wonder
just how high pr1ces will go before
they stop. Some have even pre-
dicted as high as $10 per hundred-
weight.- That is quite a' ways to
go yet. '

Dark red kidneys are quoted at

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THE BUSINESS F ARMER’S MARKET ' SUMMARY
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Detroit Chicago ' Detroit Detroit
Feb. 14 Feb. 11 ' Jan. 31 1 yr. ago
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Whig; Red 31-48 $51.48;; "$1.41 $1.39
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No. 2 Mixed 1-45 55 138% 1.38

CORN-

N o. 2 Yellow 13: -93 .80
No.3 Yellow - o92@-92§4 -94 .76

OATS
No. 2 White ~62 ~56@ .58 .60 95 .51
No.3 White ~60 54% @157 .59 .48

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.Cush No. a 1.17 1.09,; a»; ‘5 1.15 1.07

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POTATOES; , ' ' '

Per cwt. 2.17 1.40@1085 2.16 2666

my— ' ' ' ,r ' l', T - »: '7 ‘ .. I . ,

. No. 1 Tim. ‘13@1;4 1s 19 , 18 14 . _‘1.9.@20
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No. 1 Clover 12.50 12.50 19 20
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22c; coarse and scraggy, 240.. Ca-
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or slips, 30@3-20j.‘ ‘ Ducks, 17111115635

lbs. up, 28c; smaller or dark 24c.
Geese, 21c. ,

DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS
Butter steady and unchanged;
creamery in tubs, 88 to 90 score,

42@450. Eggs steady; fresh first,
83c. 1
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DETROIT—Clover seed, domestic

$18 bu; al'sike, $16.15 bu; timothy, ..

$2. 05 bu.
TOLEDO—Clover seed, $18 bu:

alsike, $I6. 15 bu‘; timothy, $2. 05 bu.

CHICAGO—Timothy seed, $3‘@
$3. 75 cwt; clover seed, $20. 50@28
cwt.

BOSTON WOOL MARKET

The Commercial Bulletin says:

"Several large, sales of fine and
fine medium wools of the 'New Mexs.
lean and Colorado types have ac-
counted for a very decentvolume of
business in the wool market this
week. Medium wools are getting
ting in very limited supply.
are against the buyer in all the mar-
kets of the work by par to five per
cent for the week. «

“All foreign primary markets are
against the buyer and frequently

- dearer with keen competition from‘

all. quarters and. good clearances eff
fected. In the domestic primary
markets a strong tone prevails and
it is estimated that cloSe to 100 mil-
lion pounds of range wools have
been contracted .

“The manufacturing position ap-
pears somewhat improved. Spinners
and combers report a freer market
and the possibility of securing more
money for their products. _

"Rail and water shipments of wool
form Boston from January 1 to Fe—
ruary 9 inclusiVe were 22, 981, 0. 0
pounds, against 21, 703, 000 pounds
the same period last year.
were 24,193, 400 pounds, against 20, -
151, 000. ”

The Bulletin gives the following

‘quotations:

“Michigan and New York fleeces:
"Delaine unwashed 44@46c; half
blood combing, 48c; three—quarter
blood combing, .51@_520.; quarter
blood combing, 51@52c.”- -

LIVESTOCK MARKETS_

CHICAGO. -—Catt1e: Better grade steers ,

unevenly lower, no dependable market;

large supply taken off market in face of
sharply lower bids; only dependable de-
mand centered on kinds selling at' $13
downward, and light yearlings; later class
strong with week’s sharp advance; best
fed' steers, $15.50; next highest price,
$15; sprinkling, $13.50@14.25; mostly,
$12@13.25; half fat, 1,124—1b. steers on
country account, $13.75; most stockers
and feeders, $10@12; other bovine classes
fully steady; most low cutter cows, 86;

light vealers, $14@15; shippers, ‘$l6@17.

Hogs: Active So to 10c higher; general
market 5c to 100 lower than yesterday’s
average; top, $8.60; bulk good and choice
170 to 210-lb. averages, $8.35@8.55; 220
to 300-lb., $8.10@8.45; few heavies, butch—
ers, $8@8.05; extreme weight butchers us-
ually carrying packing sows, $7.85@8;
better grade, 140 to 160-1b. offerings. $8.@

8.40 largely; most pigs, $7.25@7.50; se-
lected strong weights upward to $7.75,;
packing sows largely $7.15@‘7.40; light
Weight. $7.50@7.60‘,‘ best'ki'nd on butcher-v
order, $7.65@7.85; shippers took 16. 000;
estimated holdover 3, 000. Sheep? F‘at
lambs fairly active, fully steady; D1931!

' -. quality considered; wooled lambs. $15.25@ .

15- 75' DOpular prices, $15. 50@16. 60; top,
815. 90 for choice 85— lb. averages; practic-
ally nothing below $15. 25, 97-1b. Colors»
5088 $15. 50; extreme weights out at
$14 75: ilght supply .‘sheep and feeding
lambs steadys ehoioe‘kinds absent; good
fat ewes, 88.75 ‘ medium to good, 65 to
75-11). feeding” $18M'4

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