.WR‘JI.WJ1...J‘ «4 .A i ‘ nut, I..../. t W pe Farm Man Ans Minute Men Answe _..:= V__ -e y a . 5...? 0 co [ks—Questions About a’ in M ic higan Pictures Taken by Our Fo Independent Farm Magazine Owned 4” d y Cows on Pasture—The Broads lt€ A72 11' WON’T BE LONG Nowr Ed goof \ Talks About Gtain for Baird : Brand ‘ . y Questions—Pa \, \ a In this issue: SeVet-ul Time I I. . “a . and m , .' I ; you will marry: MI Grain for Cows on Pasture ‘ - EVERAL inquiries have to me regard-tug the (feeding k grain to a dairy coat on p -> "This year, due to the likeness and to the of last year‘s corn crop, many tarm— eu find them— selves short at main and won- der if they had better buy grain for the cows or try to get \ by .with pasture alone. 0 n e o f t h e hardest - working We on the dam is the high- .producing dairy cow. [it she pro- duces as much as 8'5 pounds of milk a day she can ordinarily not eat and digest enough grass to fumilfh all the nutriments for her requirements. A cow producing only "2’0 or 2'5 pounds per day will scarcely be able tare. of spring. V. 0. Bram: 'duction. their. dairy cows to produce more, {than this during. the summer on poor” , to get sufficient nutriments out of satin “keep up this amount of .proa Yet lamany farmers dxped; pasture with no iridium-ml teed. Early spring grass is watery and immature and may mutate less than 10 pounds of dry matter per 100 pounds of grass. This is a» smaller quantity of dry matter than is con— tained in 100 pounds of milk. A cow producing 35 pounds of milk per day must gather and eat enough feed for her. requirements: It would be practically fmpossible for her so do this on the very best or m. When grass has become more m— tumfiwfllmtmm”m25 pounds {of dry matter per 100 made. Hem. even with this in- crease in testing yalue of the m— ture, liberal milking cows will need additional feed. A cow giving 85 pounds of milk daily must eat and digest about 1‘5!) pounds of this na— ture grass to secure enough feed for . pounds of milk peg- day til additional teed. They may produce a little more milk if fed some grain, but the .MBased flow of milk mu mymuily m that the grain K Theabore rule is followed on the «dairy hard at Spring Water Farm and I think it a good one to follow. I t I! - Moving to City » You have "probably heard. man? times, people bewailing .the fact that the tanner m squirting the term and moving a the my. I have heard many people that they were afraid agriculture would :see its downhill in minnow As far umyaelthoomdinemwor- rial about it, except that I would mark; I hoped the movement _ ‘ would mane no that there would s th'e‘famaadmmm sumo them in the city. , According to the Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics the moment of from farm to attes— is new at a less rapid rate than in m- vcedtng years. According to their figures 1,978,000 persons m the for early shipment. . want you to come. use Wolverine fertilizer. THE Michigan farmers can now get standard High adapted to Michigan crop condition and that are made right here in Michigan. This welcome news is made possible by the erection of a new fertilizer plant » with complete manufacturing and loading facilities by The Michigan Fertilizer Company. new modern factory is right now in operation under the direclion and supervision of practical men of long experience in the fertilizer business. Well cured goods of strictly high quality are ready Colloida- The» Advantages The Michigan Fertilizer Company by the erection of its plant in Lansing otters many advantages to the Michigan farmer among which are: Quick Delivery to All Points in Michigan. Our factory located might in the central part of the state assures you of quick service. Strictly Quality Wt that you can runs and see made. You now have a fertilizer fac- tory easily accessible where you can come and see the fertilizer you “buy actually made. A New Modem Factory. factory is completely equipped with latest modern machinery andis directed and man- aged by capable and thoroughly trained men. In planning your fall fertilizer requirement decide now to Sometime this summer drive over to Lansing and drop into the factory. come and you will «learn something about fertilizers. tory is located at the end of Hymount Street, on Michigan Central ‘R. R. in North Lansing. FARMERS properly ( I We Our new modern We devote our entire energies to manufacturing a product bell: suited to Michigan conditions. [a Wolverine {Brand Fertilizers, mile in Michigan tor Michigan farmers, you will find an analysis suited to every crop and soil condition. DEAL-EBB WARM. 'We still have some available territory {or J responsible denim. Write for complete incantation. I'm M of analyses You will be wel— Fac- M'CHIGAN . COMPA, :. n—.. WM. ...~ . 1—“ " «pretty milieu good pasture ' “33m in v. , ,’ ‘ Inst [13049900 panels tron: T0611? ‘ . : ’ 1.me pending in 000 persons: in «.1925 redmi .f, .11 January 1, January 1.. 1927. a 3 decrease. of 1335. The «sum in snow new I). reflect the improved agricultural conditions, th disillusionment of those Whosough’et better economic conditions in cities and who are now returning to farms. and the slight slackening of industri— al employment; A survey made last winter showed » that 8770 of those” moving from. cities to farms had had em a. V} o ‘0 We at M. 3. C. We read and hear considerable the recent disturbance at Michigan College. I have re- ceived a number of letters from farmer: who the vmrmg, there- me» 5°35. p: 3.1 s 3 I go 5‘ m m r: ‘4 tam-um on such mandamus unless we know m m m Mics-g about. The mum at Hm however. an ‘ and have a right to‘ Mmrateneveaf - m ‘ at m m to! .Agricuh batsman : make every m I. M one, wouldfi “*Mdbmmum taken.: 0 O i can I'll-lb; line 40m plain; lime to with us again. Don t. the hm luring con- siderable corner!!! be [planted late and due I. but of time' 7 be m planted moon mmwm«wry well. W. [do not like noses corn, _ m but I‘d sooner see it m tan 1“ than to: mu,mh a seed bed which i n is profitable,- to use Wolverine ' 5 g h“ “M “’9‘ WV Wed- Brand high analysis ‘ on your Wolverine dealer “’ for a complete registered for sale in Michigan. ‘1! a know gender with a. ‘hrge we of rousromiug well between on row :md‘buetrating the soil to a “good For this a reason time be a good seed ' m We mum. can be killed easier m a harm before planting than with a cultier after- wards. The seed lived should be well settled at the bottom of the furrow nearly as possible the con- dition knobs: as “garden filth." . n m in“ can our editor’: . min or an m. “in. but m plaln'. WWII! hum send ln‘ inn. the other Winfaa, M 0.; n in may ans- umo do! W 0137‘]? (WT WORMS ' w some: I am sending in a recipe em Jout out _ mm. My sulphur/does the , monk. Gut woman are awful after cabbage and mean. I melee my trench _ 3501‘ peas. amt em in, then ran. and mm. With: cabbage II Wt in the Me then set City, Michigan. . ’ "I r \ a. subsorpeir to and sure K. {015; the .mrNeo'upaer" with ' 7': “192’s and 831.; = ‘ only. ATsma'fl,‘ ’ _ . 11$an in farm' winipafzfisam, on , 1’988‘, and 44m ‘ in\. M (Skyward. - wished" to know the ' - by and whereforee, and the causes; at this late trouble at our agricule . 3 tural college. Comment, advice and: . gossip are always as free and plenti- oeime m‘ intammthn they desire. " I 7 (‘9. 4x / OPPIES on Memmial nay are cheerfully purchased and worn ' by whole \battalio‘ns of, putri— American citizens who have lit- tle, orno id’sa‘wbat good? the money does that they: so sminnglty “fort over” to the persuasive hm,xwmi represents the Veterans '0! the! Pm- oign Wars of the malted Slates; All they have iota vague- motion that it goes “for some good cause.”- Just what the cause, the majority of us have forgotten, it we ever knew. Its chamber of commerce naively announces to the passer-by that "there’s only one Eaton Rapids on. earth.” Come with me to a spot four miles southeast of this small .Michigan city, and I will show you. where the may goes that you buy your Decoration. may pm with. (in. a. splendid, fertile, £29m estate just over the he in Inghnm county, bordered on along, its northern: side sparkling Grand River, and mom. a ninja! growled: county- line roam is the new National. Home of m Veteran’s! Foreign Wars. The Central railroad to Grand Rapids is half a mile away. November 1!, 1925, the farm. long known as “the old Sheldon place,” was taken over by the: veterans’ na- tional organization, through a deal with 9.. Jackson: real estate operator —a deal: which, to be candid, was not Without its eccentricitics, as the, boys. subsedumtl'y found. Roy S. Williams is an energetic young farms living on the 2804mm» homestead of his fathers, on the op- posite of the road. boeyh hood he has known every wood~ _chuck hole, every crows’ nest and the outlet at every tile drain on both farms. When. a keeper for the new colony was needed, be was rec— ommended as the logical man. A. former owner of this 47:2-acre estate drove me out to it and introduced: me to Mr. Williams, who at the mo- ment‘ was busy getting a gate—pest set. He” had stopped to look after it on. his way back from Eaton Rapids with the home’s school bus. A part of his manydut’ies is to drive the orphaned children to and from thfl? Rapids sch ‘. for until- there are enough, to mine “a school on the tam practicable, this must be done. he drives them to church and Sabbath school. Right Man, in m. Place- 1 I found Mr. Williams to all ap- pearances the right man in the right place.“ He is of the upstanding type at young American W, with the knack and poise that “marks. the Yankee strain; he gives every promise of,~ growing up with the enterprise. Every figure I needed for this. sketch he had in his head. So I am sure that be has the same grin- an all the other necessary details which I did not get to- ask about. ~ There are "now thirteen children living at the home; in the cottage and in one of the fine new modern brick dwellings. Their ages range from five to eighteen. Most of them thus far haire been committed from the metropolitan area of Michigan. In the cottage lives a widow with her six children. She is the relict of a Spanish war veteran. Two other _. children, from Virginia, are expected ' soon. Lillian Polle-tte, 18, a. senior , at Eaton Rapids, promises to be the , first high school graduate.“ Condi- : tions are good, doctors littleuneeded, . and solar there have been no deaths. , It is a part of the greed of the ‘Vefcirans‘of Foreigp Wars'to: provide ’1 and orphans of men:- E’s home. it ins-.hW ere Mon ‘ ~ » : Vi‘TThe Sheldon Place” Is Now Producing Something Besides “Just Crops” BY x for —~ Decoration . he. u. 3.- Patent and. - ,, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1928 By EMERSON o. GILDART surveyed into village lots, with such a community in view; and year after year, as the orphan requirements in- crease, new houses and other build- ings will be added. One fascinating feature about the plans is the manner by which the houses are to be provided. They are to: be built by states, geographi- calin speaking. That is, the money to built!' them is raised? by the V’. F. W. posts throughout each respective state. Michigan led off in 11926, and built the first house—7a fine, prac- tical, twmstorey, brick square struc- ture at modern design, with plumb- ing, heat-ventilation, elect-rise light- and cookery, and nobby furnish.- ings. This year New York followed; the second unit, of the same general. form. of architecture, is. now ready for occupancy. Next year Illinois and Pennsylvania will each complete»- thcirs. With these four comfortable dwellings as a nucleus, and with the landscaping beginning to take on its first intimation of future beauty, by the end of next summer the place will begin to draw attention. This will follow from its own- meritorious appearance, to say nothing of its pa— triotic interest. The houses look down upon the road from a desirable 2540a: slope. 'A. large white farmhouse- commands the middle foreground. fit is now used to and dine- the five tarm— hands, but in the future will serve. as headquarters. It will provide a port, o3 call for visitors. These at present average one a day. The new road, built jointly last summer, by Ingham, andE Eaton coun~ ties, is no accident. This anyone can see who has ever tried: to per- suade a. pair of boards of supervisors or county road commissions to get together and spend money on. a joint road project. There was a man be- hind the 42-millimeter seige gun that decorates the front yard, and his name was Williams. Like the householder in the parable, he got. what he wanted when he wanted it; not without importunity. Installed Water Supply Mr. Williams show-ed! us the private water supply, whose installation he effected himself this summer; the rollicking kiddies, for whose wel» fare he is responsible; and the home- like interior of the two dwellings... But the crowning achievement of the season, aside from a very successful elaboration oi crops, was the string-- ing. of a private power line trom the main trunkline of the power com.— pany. Engineers of a well—known electric concern demanded $7,000 to put it up. “We won’t pay it!" was the prompt decision of the self- relianet Williams. “’We’l-l- build it ourselves?” And build it they did—— he and his five hmkies. from, the farm, working whenever the broad and nimble acres gave them a breathing-spell. When. the bills were all in, the three 'miles of 2300-volt line was found to have cost $2,800“. The figures do not include the super- intendent’s own time; but this was practically offset by the sales of line ' Blossom Festival Was Big Event By mm NAFZIGER Blossom ,, VERN Michigan’s Festival, which was held in Berrien County during the week of. May 6 to 12, eclipsed any celebration of former years. The ‘ " i "est shown, the attendance, I the quality of the pageant and floral parade ' were "all unex- celled. The fruit belt was a mass of bloom, with the pear an d cherry trees in full bloom and - the apple trees = just bursting into bloom. The selection of the Blossom Queen attracted much interest and certainly proved that not all of Michigan’s, peaches are of the horti- Herbert um... cultural! kind. Miss Elsie Lemke of' St. Joseph waschosen Queen, and her reign was one of grace and beauty. The May Pageant and crowning of the queen took place beneath smil- ing skies at Filstrup Field, Benton- Harboi‘, and was a treat for the ca.- pacity crowd which filled "the stadium. - The, Queen’s Ball in Shadowland Pavilion at Silver Beach, St. Joseph, was a memorable event and? the week’s‘festivities were topped off in" grand style by the great Flora-l Parade which wendred its way through Benton Harbor and St. Jo— seph on May 12 between solid walls of applauding people, about one hun— dred thousand strong. One hundred and six beautifully decorated floats and sixteen bands formed the parade together with a police escort on motor—cycles, color guard of the St. Joseph American Legion, and Michi- gan Naval Reserves. Heading the parade was Kellogg’s Band of Battle Creek. Then followed the Blossom Queen’s float, and the parade moved on past the appreciative throng. The grand Sweepstakes prize was won by a float entered by the Preston Lumber Company of Benton Harbor. This beautiful creation showed an enormous peach resting on a pillow of blossoms. The peach was halved with the upper half tipped. up like a. lid. Inside of the peach. sat a hu— man “peach”, Miss Katherine How- ard of Benton Harbor. Winners of first prizes in the vari- ous classes Were as follows: Cities, Holland, Mich. Villages, Hartford. Trade associations, Benton Harbor Retail Merchants Association. Clubs, 'Benton Harbor Exchange Club. City schools, St. Joseph High School. Vil- lage schools, Hartford. Rural schools, Stewart. Retail, Landsmans, Inc. Lodges, Benton Harbor Elks. Ro— ligious, House of David. Private cars, A & P Stores. Industrial, Ber- rien County Package Company. 4 PROTECT RURAL MICHIGAN , a Man; encourage your Jreighbors to join the or- /’8&lfim§; your township; see that three of the members are. nod, and We: um cooperate with you in every way possi- -ac_ross an organization in your locality, the townships: are proper-Ky organized, the county ‘ published entitled . MILO‘SLGRINNEILL ' Editor . Entered as 2nd class matter. Aug. 22. 1917, at Mt. Clemens. men. under- act lot. 3. 1879. rights to five patrons on. the right-of- way, who were “booked! on” at $100 apiece. pany’s bosses tells him that any time it is for sale, they will buy it. “It’s a good line." Very Productive Farm The farm, as my driver, the for-- mer owner, assured me, is a very productive one. Figures bear him out. Last season the six men raised 1589 bushels of extra. grade Mic-hi- gan winter wheat, 1057 bushels of rye, 3232 bushels of oats, and 168 loads of hay. Cash sales for the year just closed totaled $5,287. Next year they are expected to run be- tween. six and seven thousand. There is a fine herd of 26 regis- tered Holstein cattle on the place, whose cows average $200 in cream a month. There are twelve horses, 112 sheep, and half a hundred hens. The farm itself shows a profit al- ready. The colony that is being built up is, of course, another story. This is to be developed and sustained by gifts, coming, for the most part, through the veterans’ organization. . One Cent from Each Sale Every poppy you buy of the V. F. W. on the street on Decoration Day contributes one cent to this home. This is true throughout the United States; Presumably not a small part of the industries that will keep women’s and children’s hands busy between play, study and rest spells in the future will be the manufac- ture of these same poppy bouton— nieres here, by the widows and or— phans of the nation’s defenders. There is a historical set recently out by this organization. The Kelley Book Company, Chicago, its pub- lishers, contributes 1% per cent of its profits on the sales of this set, for the home. A third popular source of revenue is the growing business the “bud- dies” enjoy in the sales of Christ- mas trees. The idea originated in Michigan, but has spread to. New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Min.- nesota and Montana, and will prob- ably soon conquer the nation. “Do the profits from these trees go to help the Eaton Rapids home?” I asked one burly overseas man, em- bowered in spruce and shouting him- self hoarse. “You bet they do!” he exclaimed. “And next Saturday after- noon we’re all gonna drive over there and give them kiddies a. Christmas!” And a. Christmas they got—we may be sure of that. The Sheldon farm pleased the vets erans by reason of its excellent lo- cation. The Grand River washes its northern and eastern boundary, and. along its shores is a- pleasant picnic grove. The making of $250 worth of park furniture for the dell was another part of the labors of the colony workers last summer. The little riverside park is a summer ren- dezvous for veterans and their fami— lies from all over the peninsula. They like to picnic here and couple their relaxation with a visit to the growing colony and its capacious grounds. Other folks do, too. I noticed a squarish. two-storey wooden building, something like an old—time blockhouse, standing in the middle of the barn—yard. “What’s that?" I demanded. “Oh,” said Wil- liams, “that’s to house the electric equipment and other controlling de- y: vices-«except for the kids; we don’t- control them from there." “Yeajli, but what are all those lace curtains? on the windows?” “Oh, they’re 51181: to make it look nice." 1 Lace curtains in a barnyard?! Something of an innovation. But it; must be all right where the yard is, full. of aristocratic cows. v . ~ And one of the power com— ‘ “America,” put" this free booklet on farming under rite for GATQR-HIDE MULCH PAPER In Two TYPES Type. A——for Annuals, primarily in field culture. 18” width - 300 lineal yards to roll, (approxi- mately 27 lbs.) - $3.00 36” width -— 300 lineal yards to roll, (approxi- mately 53 lbs.) - $6.00 Type B—for Perennials in . field culture and all garu den work. 18” width - 150 lineal yards to roll, {approxi- mately 30 lbs.) - $3.00 36” width—150 lineal yards to roll, (approxi- mately 60 lbs.) a $6.00 While not more than four rolls will be sold to the in- dividual, any combination of four may be had. Or- ’ dots, of course, can be * placed for one, two or three rolls, as well. Only C.0.D. orders accepted for ship- ment by American Rail- way Express. Do not send check. O “ HE MIRACLE OF MULCH PAPER", based upon actual trials of paper mulch in this country and abroad during the past few years, gives some astounding figures on increases in yields for almost all crops. It shows how paper mulch affects the moisture and temper~ ature conditions of the soil. It shows the proper methods of using paper mulch in con- nection with difl'erent types of crops. It shows - how to plant THROUGH the paper and BETWEEN rows of the paper. Be sure to send for YOUR‘ free copy today. Gator-Hide Mulch Paper, made by the world’s largest paper manufacturers under the Eckart Patents, is available to all planters today in limited quantities. Thousands of rolls are now in the fields under test. Farmers everywhere are seeking to determine for themselves just what paper mulch will do for them in the form of increased yields, reduced cultivation expense and EARLIER crops. When sending for the booklet,“The Miracle of Mulch Paper”, place your order at the same time for a few rolls of Gator-Hide Mulch Paper and see for yourself just what its possibilities are when applied to YOUR particular problems. But, whether you decide to try Gator-Hide or not, send for the booklet. It’s FREE and it’s IMPORTANT. The supply of Gator-Hide Mulch Paper is lim- ited today and we are shipping not more than four rolls to an individual. By early 1929, how- ever, we expect to meet all demands and we believe that distributors located throughout the country will then have a supply always avail- able for your use. This paper is completely cov- ered by the Eckart Patents under which the International Paper Company has the rights . for production andsale EAST ofthe Rocky Mountains only. .NTERNATIONAL ‘PAPER COMPANY . artmentA-Zo,.Pershing Square Building, ParkAve. and 42nd St.,New York City, Y blunts ‘1 ai'il" lnqulrl‘g: must be A; W o; - . ' ‘\ . ' . ' I V r SELLING UNSANITARY MILK . How long has it been in the Pure Fond Laws'that one can send milk to condensari-es ‘ and. Detroit milk star“ tions from cows that have been fresh only twenty—four. hours? Where should I report such conduct?—J. L. H., Spring Arbor, Mich. .CT Number 2-221 of the Session Laws of 1913 prohibits the sale of unsanitary milk and cream and defines milk as follows: “Milk shall mean the fresh, clean, lacteal secretiontobtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, excluding that-obtained within 8 days before and 4 days after calv- ing.)9 . ,A fineof $100 may be imposed for. the sale of milk produced within four days after calving. Act Number 246 of the Public Acts of 1887 makes it. unlawful to sell impure milk or colO—. strum. Violations should be report- ed to the City Health Department or to the State Department of Agricul— ture.——‘Bureau of Dairying, State De— partment of Agriculture. CAN REMOVE FROM OFFICE Can you inform me if a justice of peace can still hold office after be— ing arrested and convicted of vio- lating game laws?—J. N. N., New— berry, Mich. HE charges against the justice of the peace could be reported to the Governor, supported by affi- davit. The justice would have to be served with a copy and given an opportunity to defend. If the charges .warrant it, the Governor would have authority‘to remove him from office. ——Legal Editor. f MUST HAVE LICENSE Does a person have to have a lic— ense from the State in order to sell real estate for other people and col— lect commission? If so, how and where is license to be obtainedf A party outside the State wants me to buy him a farm that he has in mind here, and I wondered if it would be legal?——S. G., Alanson, Mich. T is necessray that a person who desires to sell real estate for others and collect a commission, must first obtain a real estate license, which is granted by this Commission.- ——Michigan Securtities Commission. QOULD TAKE STRAW We are renting a farm and our contract says the rough feed should" be fed on the farm. But we bought, when we came, two loads of straw. Now can we, when we move, take that much straw with us? Or if we want to can we sell two loads of straw for what we can get out of it? Can we move corn and fodder if it isn’t husked?——G. H., Isabella Co. HE common practice where ten- T ants bring feed or roughage on the farm at the beginning of the leasing term is that they have the privilege of taking the same quan- tity or same value of the rproduct with them when they go. Under your contract you could not , ""ui , ' mint. .Wo. ; ’ _ om. not‘used l! so requested. ‘ ‘\ , ' ' ‘ 3-. c remm're the vunhusked corn from the place as I corn; fodder would be. classed, probably, as‘ roughage feed. I..would advise that you either husk‘ the corn out before leaving,or else make some special arrangement with. the landlord—F. T. 'RiddTall, Ré- ‘ search Assistant in Farm Manage- ment,'M. S. C. MUSKRAT FENCE IN GROUND,‘ How deep should the fence in the ground be f'or‘ m‘uskrats?—LL M., Hemlock, Mich. _ regard to depth of muskrat fence in the gound, I can only say that we lack reallyfauthoritative data, for a generaltr‘eply. ..However, the custom in the State seeihs to be .to sink fence about six-inches below the surface in upland, and from one foot to eighteen inches in marsh ground. Of course, theseldepths vary with _,cir- . cumstances. 'It. will be necessary to sink the fence much deeper where- ever it crosses any sort of water course. The above figures will prob- ably be satisfactory in most cases.— G. W. Bradt, M. S. C. Bulletin Service (The bullegns listed under this headlng are free. ome are Issued by the U. . Department of Agrlculture. ot ers by ang- cultural colleges, and many by our adver- tlsers. We carefully conslder the bulletlns that come to us from different sources and Ilst those which, In our oplnlon.- are of greatest value to our readers. I! you want a copy of one or more Just list them on a postal card or In a letter and mall to us with your name and address. They will be sent to you wlthout charges of any kind.) No. 1.—POULRY RATIONS. No. 2.—MODERN WATER SUPPLY. No. 3.—SOIL FERTILIZERS.‘ ,. No. 4.-—SEED CORN CURING. .; No. tin—GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING} No. 6.——BEFORE YOU INVEST. - No. 7.———FARM SANITATION. i No. 8,—FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS. 3 No. 9.——FROM EGG TO MARKET. No. 11,—MINERALS AND FEEDING. No. 12.—-LINSEED OIL MEAL. , N0. 13.———FIGHT THE CORN BORER. No. I4.——UNDER-GRADE APPLES . No. 16.—TIRE CARE. _ ' No. l7.——FARMERS’ TAX GUIDE. _ No. 18.—BARNS AND HOW TO BUILD. : No. 19.—CONCRETE BUILDINGS. ‘ No. 20.—MOTHS AND BEETLES. No. 21.—FEEDING FOR‘ EGGS. No. 22.—CHICK CARE AND FEEDING. No. 23,—BETTER GRAINS AND HAY. No. 24.——100 FOODS FROM 4 RECIPES-3 No. 25.—FARM LEASE SYSTEMS. ;‘ N0. 26.—ORCHARD MANAGEMENT. N0. 27.~—-RASPBERRY PLANTATION. ; No. 28.——POULTRY FEEDING, SECRETS." No. 29.——FLIES IN DWELLINGS. ' No. 30.—MORE MONEY FROM COWS. No. 33.-——~CULLING FARM FLOCK. No. 34.—POTATO GROWING. No. 35.—PROFITABLE ORCHARDS. .‘ No. 36.—TRACTOR LUBRICATION. .! No. 37.—MODERN ‘ POULTRY HOUSES. ' No. 38.—POULTRY, SWINE DISEASES.;: No. 39.—AUTOMOBILE LUBRICATION.‘ No. 40.—YOUR TRACTOR. H No. 41,—A FEW BOARDS. 3 ._,.._.._ .. . LBulletin No. .42.—FARM REAL ES-y; TATE ASSESSMENT PRACTICES lN‘: MICHIGAN. In this EEO—page bulletin It}; “'ayne Newton and W. O. Hedrick, of»i the Michigan State College, have gotten? out a good piece of work dealing with tax-'5 ution in this State. "~ ‘- Where Our Readers Live a Haven’t ou in lcturo of or home or farm hulldlngs that we can pr’lnt under this heading? Show they other 9members oiQThe Buslness Farmer's largo famlly where you live. K d are all right If the details show up well. Do not send us the negatives. lust 3 cont! ormt. o ak pictures _— _——_——————-—..—_——_..._..____.._—_—_.——— ._..._._._..— “\VASII DAY ON“ THE FARRI.”-—-l\lrs. Earl Parker, PLAYING WITH HER DOLLY AND THE KIT— READY FOR CHICKEN TIIIEVEC.—“Our air- of lluron county, sent us this picture and suggested TENS.——This is Doneva. Woodrufi‘ with ‘ ier fumi- dale dog, Marie, is a very good insliruiwe against the title. "My son, Billie,” she writes. A nice basket- 1y,” according to her grandma, Mrs. lru “'oodrufl‘, chicken thieves,” writes Mrs. Chas. Denstuedt, ful of “clothes.” . 4 of Antrim county. Grand Traverse county. CHRISTINE PETCHELL AND HER “ON OUR FARM.”—Mrs. F. G. “IN THE TIRE BUSINESS.”— LOUISE AND REX.—-L0uise is the Dock—Christine is the granddaughter of Lange, of Ingham county, writes, Picture of Alford Ward, of Oevana ung daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Chris. Miller, who lives in the western “This is Frieda. Lange, my daughter county, with his wife. Sent in by Peterson, of lonia county. Rex is her, part of Presaue Isle county. wnth her heifer calf, ‘Foxtrot’,” Frank A. Ward, of the same county. very best pnl. “IVIEALS AT ALL IIOURS.”-—This picture came from Elias lVIRS.BEBNICE SENSIBA AN ISABELLA COUNTY “TRACTOR.”—“0nr tractor hitch, Da‘laba, of Tuscola. county, who advises that it is of his “hog AND DAUGHTER.—They Lou and Nancy, three and four years.old,” writes Floyd House family.” live in Kalamazoo county. of Isabella county. Well matched pair, aren't they? ALL READY FOB A llAY’S WORK.——-Ed Rossow, Of A SIDE LINE ON THE FARM.-——Oper- . ‘ ME DANDIES, EH?—Who wouldn’t like, to catch a. Gratiot county, with his three horses, Top, Maude and ating a‘gasoline service station is a part string of speckled beauties like these“? We don’t blame Prince. The picture was taken and sent in to The of the warming” that M", L, J. Bog-Jaw, Frank Covell, Jr., of (‘heboygan county, for taking a, Business Farmer by Mrs. Bossow. ,, of Oakland county, does. - picture of them to show as evidence. - Compare the results of the new Instantaneous Dip—~DSLPDUST—with the old—fashioned “two-hour seek” treatment. Above is a photograph taken on the farm of A. Schlecht- weg, Freehold, N. J. While vines were still green, 2'5 consecutive DIP‘DUST and corror sive sublimate treated hills were dug. Dipdust hills had 23 sound and only 2 decayed seed pieces. Corrosive sublimate hills had only 4 sound and 21 decayed seed pieces. DIPDUST is much more effective than the old—fashioned ways of treat- ing seed potatoes. Besides, you can treat your seed potatoes as fast as you can scoop them up. Just dip them in Dipdust solution and out again and your seed is all ready to plant. One man can easily treat from 200‘ to 400 ibushels of potatoes per day. There is not the slightest danger of injuring the sprouts or even cut seed. DIPDUS‘I‘ controls surface- borne diseases, such as Rhizoctonia, scab and black—leg, and protects cut surfaces from seed rotting organ— isms in the soil. It insures sturdy profitable plants that will increase your yield from 15 to 25 bushels per acre. GUARANTEE I’ l a n t a f e w ‘ acres of DIPDUST 1 treated seed in al—I ternato rows with ' untreated seed. 1!, «amp t y BIPDIJST , can at us and we; will refund price ,“ paid ‘ per acre. vegetable seed. “aha-Cm,“ but. 11' “an Shed, New Yodkffit.’ Alumna-50am: One pound treat: 15 to 20 omit-ea of seedpmtom. Treat your Corn and Vegetable Seeds too ; You can now also disinfect your seed corn and - vegetable seeds _ yield by preventing many of the diseases which cause Simplyuseasadusttreaimenét. ltis easily and quickly :wpiied and mists but a few cents One pound of BEPDIJST will treat six bush- . els of seed corn, or from six to eight bushels of ; “‘ digging“ “m3. : poor germination. you are n a. - i ., I ‘ “fled, return the a quality crop. 1 pound -$l.75 After one trial of DIPDUST you, will! never waste time with a 3 “two-hour soak” treatment or spend ' two weeks worrying about your . stand. Read These Results of Actual Field Tests: FRED 13., Cran-1 b-u-ry, N. J. “The DIPDUST pota- toes came up very even very , few misses, whereas the undipped potatoes came up very uneven, and with many a miss . . . . As many- as 33 diseased plants (black-logy were found to a single row, whereas , the DIPDUST seed showed only 15 ' plants in a whole 14-acre patch of Prince Edward Island seed potatoes. -. The difference was so apparent at all times that dealers and growers visited the farm very frequently." HARRY (D. BICKEY, Elk River, Q Minn. “it was easy to see the dili- ierence between the treated and um. ,4 treated parts at the field during the growing season {Early Ohio seed: potatoes). The DTP’D‘UST treated plants came up better and appeared healthier and sturdier than the un- treated plants. At digging time, 1 compared the yields and found that the DIPDUST treated rows ran 165 bushels while the untreated mars ; gave me only 140 bushels per acre." 5 with DIPDUST and increase your weak. spindly plants, and poor \ ST ’ Spunk-$8.00 ov~c- THERE TIME TO ENTER TheFumHmYudBeaufifyingqg-lwrmw ' éandhemeisamAppficafionBlukEu-w' .' lfyoummfanlfliuwiflathedetoflawfitem. v’mzz 1r: .- .. DIOOO‘I-‘OOOUUIOI " ("r ‘ “ nun-"noun": . - very good. ., H mmm,upmmuuam in a while some farmer s o .W e d ' I clover seed very l. w. Eleni- ‘M7. and. not to tear up this seeding, they have left the when}; for what it may prove to be. We have one field that is, «protected on the west by a tall umber lot and um wheat is considered very good. I just drilled clover and timothy seed in it and the west half of the field is The east half is not nearly as good and altogether the field may yield ten or twelve bushels per acre! And it is the best field in section that we know of. If oats and barley are a good crop this year there will certainly be some bulging gmaries. , lit arms the middle of May and Elms are just beginning to get well started with corn ground plow- late season corn planting has been the rule now to: several years and I wonder if we are to con- tinne to have these late springs or are we to get hack after a tear years to the good old springs when Nay mu: was the proper time to plant corn, and oats sown in May " were almost unknown. One can to— member when years ago some springs were slow in arriving, but when they did arrive we knew it. Now when. springs are so late in getting here we do not have the warm, balmy weather we used to have. it t l: Corn on Alfalfa. [and “We have a field that has had al- falfa. on it for eleven years. Will field grow good corn with-out were this year?~—L. V., Caro, Mich.” , [- m hardly imagine a better $18906 for-com thanouamelevenmrold malts. field. Good corn could be ex- pected without adding any more plant hood, but the addition of some in manure or commercial fertiliser, will pay a fine profit. Two or three hundred pounds of 29% acid phosphate per acre, drilled in with a grain drill or worked into the soil anaer- being applied with a W sowe , will balance up this old alfalfa sod and hasten up the maturity of the corn in fine i5 ll * Salt on Beans ""I have heard that salt sowed will: mmmmmumwm How and: is used per acre and how do you :sow it?~——F. 3., Airman, Mich.” My, { don’t believe will Iceeg the weeds from gmwing.~ It you use salt enough to hinder weed growth it will likeWiSe put a. hint whateverelseyou saint. If any of our mailers have tried salt on beans, we wish they would write and tell neared! their ex- perience. t t #4 flower Balaton With Straw “Will straw prove to be a good thing to nova potatoes with, to j having to cultivate them and will it name them earliefl—as. D. (3., Re- mus, High." " Yuatmwdsu instill-gum potatoes with. Don't never them more than an inch or so withsofl. and m ‘ ' of b ‘ say. it = is "more work unmana- » "a! [ntowvnschoola pupils simply ‘ same identical salesman—anal passtho cultivating, I‘ll; ' Sometimes however, storage conditions, ~e'tc.,— am the cause of blackness in a potato and whenthis is the cause, they are generally all right for seed. -r ’ t O Q Is m a W? About “evens: at conversa- tion in thousands or country .sehoois which dot Michigan every ‘ three of tour miles, is the “Eighth Grade Examination.” I could never understand the situation which makes it necessary tor a country school lad oglass to have to take any more or severe erminamions than the city or town Mils do. Yet it is a fact that our great State says country‘ pupils must do this, it they wish to go to high school. Do not understand me saying these examinations are not 'a good I think they are. but I do protest compelling of country school pupils to take them. while city and town pupils are ex- take the regular examinations given by their and use right along in!» in“ ninth grade. Ho more requirements for 'them' to get into high (school. may pupils are com-, pelted to go to “great” nearby high school, which many, on‘ their first visit, View with .a rice-ling of awe, and a frightful appalling sensation often develops in t . , with the re- sult they are not at eir best while writing the examination. I' would inquire the town ,stuedents’ito take the requirements "that the, country chil- dm do. I am of the many of them would not glide in quite so easily if eighth grade test‘was a. barrier they had to overcome before high school could he V The country kid has enough obstacles to overcome in getting his education. without this extra requirement. If there is any in this practice being danced on rural dist- ricts, let's know What it “I! [8 W803“) gar-y: “Why doesn't W talk. moth~ er. ' ' Mother: “Baby is only a week old and ayeaat. or so old.” Maw: “net's Emmy. The meacho!‘ last Sunday read about Job cursing the day he was born.“ w .. lb. TNT: » ‘ & MVN‘flWi} 1:. 9-5;." W in a a {4' La 1 "4y Ar" )"f," .r. In” 1 sfl ( .V/ /- P3 .. H \,,)’.- . “1;,V v I, .. 'I/ >5~ )l/ll‘ Nil/1‘” .‘ V ‘ 4"] .1, \ in ‘~ ’17; , f }! J,“ M I“ | If _ ‘2' ’1‘ .1 ., O \ i‘é W‘s“? _ li‘ by] PM A , \\ Tractor Contented y Using Polarine TRACTOR wil “quit” you know—and threaten ‘ to “quit” just like‘ a dissatisfied man. Of course a tractor can’t leave you—but it can refuse I to work and it can wear out before it should. When - a tractor nits it means delays and repairs that cost you money. « ou can’t afford to have your tractor quit! .There is always some sound and sensible reason when a tractor “kicks”- Usually it’s oil. You can easily prevent trouble b keeping your tractor well lubricated—by using Po arine. If you stop to think about it, the engine of a tractor has a pretty tough job. A tractor ploughs—harrows —discs-cultivates-—in a cloud of dust. Dirty work! Grime is constantly getting into the engine and if oil isn’t there to protect it, trouble starts. Polarine cushions all the moving surfaces of the env gine and keeps them Cushioned with a film of oil. It protects them from the grinding of grit. If your tractor is lubricated with Polarine you will hear a steady contented whir from the engine—a song of a . . worker that is willing and tireless—a mighty good I ' ‘ song to hear when there’s work to be done! Polarine is the economical oil for tractors—efficient —always dependable, as the thousands who use it will tell you. There’s a special grade made for your tractor. Try it! For Fordsons — use Polarine Special Heavy!- ,:=;;%i5tandard Company. at So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. (IEdiam) 4910 ‘ ) I A ,' - * . Milk IS Warm Tests show that milk keptifor 12 hours at 50 degrees has a bac- teria count of 18,000, eel-compared with a count of 55,300,000 wlkn kept for 12 hours at 80 degrees F- L A low bacteria count mans less loss from souring, higher quality and consequently higher price. ‘ Use Concrete Cooling ‘ Tanks Your market requirements for quality can be met by the use of - . concrete for cooling tanks, stable floors and mangers. Concrete is " sanitary, easy to clean and keep clean and requires no repairs. “Concrete on the Dairy Farm,"a 3Z-page booklet, tells the whole story. Your free copy is waiting. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION A national organization to improve and r - extend the uses of comete Dime Bank Building, DETROIT, MICH. Concrete for Permanence ,nr BASKETS . $6.75 per 1000 in 10,000 Lots ‘ $7.00 per 1000 in 1,000 Lots $4.00 per 500 in 500 Lots F. O. B. Cars, Augusta", Mich. ’ Write us for descriptive Price List of Quality Packages AUGUSTA BASKET COMPANY :: Auggpta, mchlnn “On 15 acres of corn,l lost but 3 or 4 hills”— writes' A. B. Wihnot. of E. Thetford. Vt. And it cost llr. Wilmot only about $3.00 to save from 1—4 to 1-8 of_hls entire crop. Prevxously‘ the crows and other pests had fairly picnx H111 cked on his corn-fields. ' after hill was entirely pulled up. Hill after hill he_’had to replant every 4 season. This cost him not only money but it cost 1m a lot of his Valunble time right at planting time. Then someone told in: of a way to coat. his seed corn in a mixture that no crown or any other pests would touch. after they once had a taste of it. This corn-saver was Stanley’s Crow Repellent Mr. Wilmot sent for Some. He mixed it with his heed corn. He did not have to wait for it to dry. but lsnted it at once, , And it did not_clo¢ the planter. It did not injure the s corn. It was not ponsonous, so It would not kill birds or animals. But it did keep every crow. mole, squirrel and other pest ell! of his corn-field. after they got the tint whit! of it. Now there are no more scare-crows in Mr. Wilmot’s field. There’s no more worry over not getting a full crop. so far as pests are concerned. And Mr. Wilmot is only one of hundreds who have written us that they would never plant a hill of corn again. without coating their seed corn with Stanley’s Crow B “Mon Back’ guarantee. Large can, enough for 2 bu. o! seedeorn (8 to 10 Sega . 3150. Half size. $1.00. 1: your hardware. drug or seed store doesnt have It n stock. order direct.__Address, Cedar Hill Formulae Co.. Boxsoa 3. {New Britain. .Colmn Let: him out of t is quick! Multiply ‘Wfien - 4 l 'som buds show. peanuts To PROTECT partitions Y “dear 'Edltorz—I want to thank _ youtor the highy complimen- - tary notice in your issue of February 18, 1928, entitled, "Thank you. Judge Sample." In "the admin- istration of- my omce it is my desire to protect those" communities ,whlch seem the least protected and, of - course. having been raised on the farm my mind constantly harkens back to the condition of the tarm- lng community. Very sincerely.— Geo. W. Sample, Circuit Judge, Washtenaw County. CORN BORER PAY EAR EDITORz—I would use to have you investigate those “farmers” from Indiana who went to Washington and made the report that" the rest of the'iarmers in the corn borer area did not want pay for extra labor in combatting the corn borer. There must be some- thing wrong with t'heir heads, or they have- been hired to make such a report, or they are bank-book farm- ers and not interested in the welfare of brother farmers. Yours for suc— cess.~—L. E. Hobson, Lapeer County. ——It is plain to be seen that some- thing must have been wr0ng, Neigh- bor Hobson, because any farmer who is familiar with the corn borer and knows the clean-up work that must be done would not say that farmers did not want pay for their extra la- bor. Some tell us that farmers in the corn belt are not sufficiently in- formed on the matter and believe it will be-exterminated before it ever gets to their corn fields. Well, any of them that believe that are going to be greatly fooled—Editor. ’ SAYS PHEASANT DESTROYS EAR EDITOR:———Have read your D articles from different parts of the state, regarding' the habits of the pheasant, the damage and good they do, etc., and will say that they can’t tell me the pheasant does not do damage.‘ Four years ago they thinned out a piece of barley and oats by pulling up the sprouted grain‘, and flve‘iyears ago I husked nearly halt of the twelve—acre field of corn, and a good third was picked from the tip of the car by pheasants. Early in the morning as I could see across the field, the same flock, num-’ boring about thirty, were in the corn like a drove of turkeys. “soldiers under the 30d. - no help then. I Wrote fle'partm‘en't of Consort- - ‘ vation at Washington, I). 0., asking it'the game farmer had a legal right" to raise pheasants and" then. turn them loose to prey “on, the farmer. and instead of wavering, my ques- tion directly. they sent "me a handful of literature. indicating how useful they were to the farmer, eating in- sects, etc. “As if a farmer couldn’t see for himself! Last, but not least, the State takes the law. oi! the male bird 3. week, then we are pestered with a lot of renegades from the city and surrounding towns, climbing over fences, leaving gates open and shooting among our stock from their cars in the highway across our farms. ~ Our county took the bounty off crows and sparrows, and is using the money to raise pheasants to annoy us and to furnish sport for the city man. One good thing about the crow. he‘ helps exterminate the pheasants by robbing nests, and one bad thing about the crow, he rObs an unlimited amount of song birds’ nests. Have you noticed our song”blrds are not so plentiful as they were a few years back! is near the house, and I notice the crows come from the woods and watch the trees for song birds’ nests, from early spring until after the nesting season is over, and quite often see the song birds try to protect their young. Why don’t the farm organizations wake up and work in a ‘law to pay a bounty on sparrows and crows, and stop this nuisance of sup~ porting a game farm to raise pheas- ants and furnish a snap job for a favored few of our State ofli‘cials' friends?——Mrs. J. C. L., Ingham County. ‘ SOLDIER'S BONUS EAR EDITOR:—I was a soldier in the World Warand am en- titled to a soldier's bonus of of $1,085 in 1945. I have bought a 70—acre farm, it is not all paid for. and now is the time I could make good use of this money. I would use it to pay on my term. I wish someone would have brains enough to change the bonus bill. I think in 1945, when the bonus is due, there will be, a good many of us I will need I would like to hear what some other soldiers or anybody else has to say about this—Napoleon Belanger. Leelanau County. 4m. "officer will be pleased to answer your here is no chug: t clove a personal ly by mall.) ~ Fruit _ and Orchard a : 'Edlted by HERBERT NAFZIGER, Borden County . questions regardlnu the lrult and orchard. here or thls’ssrvice If your subscrlption is paid in advance and you will re- ‘APPLE SPRAYING SCHEDULE ’ I have an orchard of 100 apple trees and I would like your advice on when to spray and what to use.— F. L., Mason, Mich. ERE is the regular commercial apple spray schedule for Michi- gan: 1. DORMANT. E a. r 1 y spring. 121/2 gallons lime—sulphur to 100 gallons water. This is needed for scale only. If you have red mite you will need to spray with oil spray. This will also control scale. 2. PREPINK. As soon as the blos- 21/2 gallons lime- sulphur, one pint nicotine sulphate, to 100 gallons water. For scab and aphis. ‘ 3. PINK. Just before the blossoms open. 2% gallons lime-sulphur to 100 gallons, for scab. r 4. C A L Y X. Immediately after the blossom petals have dropped. 2% gallons lime—sulphur, three j pounds powderedarsenate of lead, to For scab and cddling- 100 gallons. moth. _ , 5. TEN DAY. Ten days after num- ber 4. Same materials. 6. TWENTY-ONE DAY; Twenty- one days after number 4. Three pounds ail-senate of lead to 100 gal- lons water. ' ~ £1. SECOND BROODrThis usually , comes during the first week in August. Better ask your county agent for the exact date for your section each year. 21/; gallons lime-sulphur, two pounds arsenate of lead, to 100 gallons. For scab and second brood codling moth. PLUMS FAIL TO BEAR Kindly advise us what to do make our plums bear. Every spring we treat them -by spraying and they bloom beautifully and the fruit be- gins growing, looking as though we are going to have a. good harvest but when the plums are half grown they begin falling OE and by the time thevfruit is ready to eat we have about a. dozen left on a tree.———J. F.. Petoskey, Mich. E believe that your plums are VK’ infested with curculio. To con~ trol this insect spray with ar- senate of lead immediately after the blossoms drop and again two weeks later. The regular dose is about three pounds to 100 gallons of water- . .but during the, first year this canbe 7 increased to about. lire ounds. We and gallons 0 Sulphur, ,1 M to ; control“,i Not. Our apple orchard. lime dad to the mixture , v t. Lime—sulphur » is,” not ‘ a \ 7 4 * sheriff, with the usual authority and - officers of the law?” . . rests and convictions when they re- »! make’».arrests than any other private. . citizen, but‘ther'ef will be enough men mommy. - KBUIJM; ' R. W. VIKLOVIEJOY, of R. F. D. 1 No, 2.. Milford, Michigan, has , _ / written in requesting us to ex- plain the object or our Minute Man r movement. His questions, seem” to indicate that there may be a doubt in the Vminds of the farmers of our State just what our object is in or- ganizing the Minute Men, and what we intend to do with the organiza- tion. His letter seemed of such im- ‘~ Dortance that I am going to quote his questions and give the answers‘ to each questiOn, with the hope that it will be of benefit toother tarm- ers who are now organizing other . townships throughout the States s t s- ' Mr. Lovejoy’s first question reads as follows: “Just what is the organ~ ization of ‘Minute Men'?" I The Minute Men movement, is fos- tered by THE Businsss Fanatics to unite the‘iarmers of Michigan into a solid body, with, the sole object in mind of stopping the universal steal- ing in rural districts. The first unit in the Minute Men movement is the township. then the county, and final- ly a solid State organization. We propose in each township to co- operate in all instances with local officials, and it is our desire to have a group of about three farmers in each township deputized by the local county sheriif. We will then pro— ceed to thoroughly organize each township within a given county, then there~ will be a county organization, and finally a State organisation de- veloped from this group. The crooks are always organized; they believe in co-operation and we as farmers should learn a lesson from them, and stick‘ together, for it has been truthfully said that there is honor even among thieves, and certainly we should unite in order to defeat them and finally drive them from our State. F's: , The secOnd question is, “What or how much authority do the Minute Men have?” The Minute Men, as'rindividuals, have no additional authority other than private citizens, but as stated in reply to the first question, we will request that three deputy sheriffs be appointed in each township more or less as the case warrants, and de- pending of course upon the co-oper- ation we receive from the county usheriif in said county, as we have no L5a.;titlltlrityto make appointments our- selves. " For example, should one 93 our farmers have some property] stolen, the Minute Men will immedi-’ ately respond to his call, and in ' that group will be from one to three men that will have authority to make arrests, sotha’t in case a thief is being pursued, the group of farm- ers will new the right to make the arrest at the time he is caught. 0 O The third question is “What does it mean to be deputized?” This simply means that your local county sheriff appoints you a deputy power to arrest‘t'he same as any dep— uty sheriff has in the county at the present time. t O C The fourth question , “Are they volunteer assistants the law and This is a voluntary organization andas such, is pledged to give as— sistance and co-operation t9 all local law enforcement officials. It is ex- pected that the Minute Men will work whole-heartedly in conjunction with all officials, and in turn you can de— pend upon it that the same officials will be anxious to co-operate with the MinuteMen, and to produce ar- nlize that a group ofJarmers are solidly organized in their county to see that such law enf'orcements are carried, out. t O t The last question is, “Has a Min— ute Man authority to make arrests?” The Minute Man, as an individual, does not‘have any-more authority to in ‘eachztowu‘s’hip- deputized‘» that are c UTILITY TRUCK $495 (Chassis Only) {a 00 be Flint, Mich. This rice now includes 30 x balloon tires on all r wheels. Also Light Delivery $375 (Chassis Only) I. o. b. Flint, Mich. Comprisin anaemia“ acres, the sacral Motors Proving Ground at Mil- «v.99, ford, MlCll., is the greatest m outdoor laboratory ever ’1 ' “l devised for testing and » proving automotive oducu. rants: fifths-guises quickly and. 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Minneapolis \ _ Minnesota ORDER ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF ACT 230 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1925, CLOSING THIS STREAMS OF THE STATE TO BROOK TROUT FISHING FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1926. STATE OF MICHIGAN SS COUNTY OF INGHAM The Director of Conservation, having made a. thorough investigation of condi— tions relative to brook trout fishing, rec— ommends the closing of the trout streams for a specified period. . THEREFORE, the Conservation Cogn- mission by authorit of Act; 230 of the ._£ublic.Acts of 1923, hereby orders that for a. period of five years from the first I (lay of May, 1926, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or kill, or at- tempt to take, catch, or kill any brook trout in the rivers and streams of the State, excepting those rivers and streams designated, or to be designated by the Conservation Commission, under penalties rovided by Section 5 of Act 230 of the ublic Acts of 1925. Signed, scaled, and ordered published this twenty-first day of September, 1925. , JOHN BAIRD Director, Department of Conservation. Conservation Commission by: W. H. WALLACE . Chairman ‘ EDGAR COCHRAN Secretary ORDER ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF ACT 230 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1925, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF BROOK TROUT WHICH MAY BE TAKEN AND HA_D IN POSSESSION FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS RIEOM THE FIRST DAY OF MAY. STATE OF MICHIGAN} SS COUNTY OF INGHAM The Director of Conservation, having made a thorough investigation of condi- tions as they affect the taking of brook trout in the inland waters of the State, recommends certain restrictive regulations. THEREFORE, the Conservation Com— mission by authority of Act 230 of the Public Acts of 1925, hereby orders that for a period of five years from the first day of May, 1926, it shall be unlawful to take in any one day more than fifteen brook trout or to have in possession more than twenty-five of these fish taken from the inland waters of the State under pen- alties provided by Section 5 of Act 230 of the Public Acts 0 1925. , Signed, sealed, an ordered published ' this 8th day of February, 1926. . 7 JOHN BAIRD .V 7 Director, Department _.of Conservation . Conservation Commission by: ~‘WALLACE Chairman EDGAR COCHRAN . I ‘ Secretary ‘ \ ‘without comment. snortin- i‘l‘ale‘ o! the now IT ALL HATPENED " ~ LL health caused the Mnirs—‘Jnther, mother, Mary and Terry—to sell their .1 Iowa. farm and move westward. Accompanied by Doug Summers, an orphan who has lived with the family for many years, they located in Colorado. Doug and Mary plan to wed but times are hard for the first couple of years and Doug suggests that he is going to earn some money riding wild horses. The Muirs do not approve and Doug leaves home. After *ridlng several horses suc- cessfully he has a chance at “Catapult,” the one horse that even the best riders of the country had not been able to conquer. He is thrown the first time but he determines to try again for the pulse of $1,000 offered. Back on the Muir ranch they are losing cattle and it looks as though there were thieves ntiwork. homestead-1 » i .‘V (Continued from May 12th isue) “ 00K at that cow," he said. “Can / you tell who she belongs to without looking at the brand?" i “These cattle up here." he complained, ‘Llook so much alike that I can't see much difference in them, but if that isn't the old whitefaced cow that caused us so much trouble breaking into the stacks last winter, why I’m a liar." ‘ “She looks familiar to me, too," said Mort, “but I'll bet five dollars to a rice straw I can tell you what brand she's wearing without moving out of my tracks." "If that's her," said Terry, "It would be easy to guess that she wore the Bar Z Bar—our brand." “Don't kid yourself," snorted Mort. “I'm bettin' on her wearing that new brand, that Bar Box X Bar, made this way.” And he diagrammed it by a bar over a. square box with an X inside and another bar underneath. Terry spurred down and turned the cow. “Bar Box X Bar,” he said. Mort joined him. “See 110w easy it would be to change the Bar, Z Bar into that?" he asked. “I see," said Terry. “But that brand looks all right. If it’s our cow they had to add some fresh lines to the brand, didn't they? And anybody can tell a fresh brand from an old one." Mort snorted in disgust. ‘ “You never seen a blanket expert's/ work, kid," he said. “They can’t do that," said Terry. “We'll miss the cattle." “Come on," said Mort. “Got sometlfing else I want to show you." They rode for some time after that Mort stopped and-ex— amined every dead animal, of which there were plenty, carefully. If the brand was not uppermost, he turned the animal. "Here," he said, pausing at the fourth carcass they found. ‘Now take a good look at this brand. See anything wrong with it?" It was their brand, Bar Z Bar, and Terry dismounted to have a close look. Then he noticed that the Z was backward. “See it?" grunted Mort. “I see that the Z is backward," said Terry slowly, “but that don’t mean any- thing. Lots of them Z’s Were put on with a. running iron and we might have made them backward." “Yes,” said Mort, “you might, Lossing ang'pis helpers might have made a Bar 2 Bar out of their Bar Slash Bar, too." Then Terry saw what Mort was driving at. q “I see now," he said slowly. “Every time one of their animals dies bearing a. Bar Slash Seven brand they just have to add a bar to the top and bottom of the Slash to make it a Z. .Easy, isn't it?” “So easy we ought to have been shot not to have seen it before. Then they change the Bar Z Bar on a. healthy ani- mal to a Bar Box X Bar, and everything is jake. They can't suspicion any one is stealing your cattle, because there is a dead one to account for the one they changed your brand on." “That’s a. new one on me," said Terry. “They had to get somethin’ now.” said Mort. “If they couldn't leave some kind of an animal in place of the one they re- branded, and you didn't find dead ones to correspond with your loss, at round-up time, it would be bound to come out. Now, then, let’s see if we can figure just how many cattle you've lost thru the poison. Guess there’s around three thousand head on this range, all told, ain’t there?" “About that," nodded Terry. “Well, we've found about a hundred and fifty dead ones, about all wearing your brand. Now, what per cent of the dead ones ought 'to be yours?" “We turned out about three hundred," figured Terry. “There’s ten per cent of the number on the range. Ten per cent of the dead ones is fifteen. Fifteen, then, would be our loss." ‘Sounds‘better, don't it?" grinned Mort. “Sounds better, yes," said Terry, “but is it? If they've actually changed a. brand on one of our live cattle every time they’ve found one of theirs dead, we've lost a steer as completely as if the poison had killed it. What can we db about it?" “Lay low,” said Mort. “Maybe we can catch,them at it. If we don't we'll have > a. chance at them when they ship. We'll have a brand expert there and he’ll jerk the hide off one of the doubtful ones. That will tell the tale." “Do you thing young Stutgart is in on this?" asked Terry asthey turned home- ward. “No,” said Mort. “I don't. The money wouldn’t mean anything to him. But you can bet your bottom dollar Lossing and Messer are." “I don't know just what to do." said Terry. “Lay low," said Mort. “Keep this still. If we canl'catch them changing a brand, then we can railroad them. If we can’t we'll get them at the pens. One thing I want you to do, tho, is to write the brand commissioner and see if that Bar Box X Bar is registered as one of the Stutgart brands." ' “And if it is?” said Terry. “Then it will mean that either young Stutgart is in on this, or his father, or both,” concluded Mort with a. snap of his jaws. “I'll write as soon as we get home," promised Terry. “And maybe run over to town and mail it.” “Do,” urged Mort. Terry did, and met Doug coming out of the postoffice as he went in. Doug stop- ped him. “Leaving for Kansas City this after- noon, Terry," he said. “You are," said Terry, slipping the letter in the slot “Big ro'deo there next week," said Doug. “I cant afford to let this easy money get away from me." ' “Doug,” said Terry, earnestly, “when a person risks their neck or life for a few dollars I wouldn't call it easy money." “Life!” jcrred Doug; “I'd like to see the walled-eyed bronc that can break my neck." “It’s been done," replied Terry, "to just as good riders as you are, Doug."You know it. We need you at the ranch now pretty bad, Doug." P ' “Not so very bad,” said Doug, “seeing that your father the same as drove me off." “Let's not quarrel, Doug," said Terry; "and don’t blame me for that.” Doug softened. “You’re a good old scout, Terry," he said. “Train leaves in about an hour. Going to see me off?" “Of course," said Terry. from here going along?" “Sid and his sister," said Doug in an offhand manner. ‘They're got people in “Anybody Kansas City that they've been figuring- on visiting. Decided to kill two birds with one stone." “Doug,” said Terry, earnestly, “they'll lead you a gay old life down there. Don't let them pull you under." “Don’t worry about little Doug,” grin- ned Doug. “He knows his marbles." “You can’t go with that bunch,— Doug,” said Terry. “You've got your way to make. Theirs is already made for them. We can't afford to squander timer and money as they do." “I can do a lot of" things that would surprise you," said Doug enigmatically. “You don’t know all I do, Terry. Don’t worry about me any." Terry saw him off. It was almost like saying good-bye at the grave. He knew that if Doug came thru what was before him it would be something in the miracle class. Doug was going in altogether too fast company. Terry’s lettter had only to go to Denver. The reply came three days later and in- formed him that the brand in question was the property of Spencer Lossing. Mort nodded his head. “Just as I thought," he said. “Now if one of us can take turns riding the range and keep our eyes open, maybe we can catch them red-handed. One will be plenty, if I know them oleanders; either one of them will squeal so loud on the others that you could hear him a mile." “We’ll begin tomorrow," said Terry, and ride turn about. Guess we can man- age till haying starts; might even man— age to hire a. hand if we have to." “It would pay you," said Mort. “I'll take first turn. Don’t go out without some kind of a gun. You might need it,” Terry grinned. “Sounds like the wild and wooly west day," he said. “She's as wild and wooly a west as ever,” Mort assured him, “only in a. dif- ferent way. People are not so open about their oneriness, but that's not sayin’ they are not as onery as ever. People don't change that way m’ lad." , Terry was still digesting this a few days later when he rode out on the range; He had been thinking of it for some time and, had about come to the conclusion that Mort was right. And the pressure of a barrel of a. thirty-thirty rifle beneath his leg was not disconcerting. ‘ . 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Per» formance is greatly improved. 1' Farm owners who expect the utmost in efficient and ecov nomical service from cars, trucks, tractOrs and stationary engines know that a new set of Champions maintains the high standards of perform‘ K ance the engine had when new, and is therefore a gene uine economy. «#:4- ~ (If the II In, Warner/in he wl l I! you are a paid-up subscriber.) “.1...” mm you would Ilka answered wrl to 0.. A. personal reply will be sent to you 4" “EMS—Pm mm“; .Zt"lil‘i..~l‘2‘§i‘::. “ M'- TEXT: “Peace, 1 leave with you." John 14:27. ‘Spring flowers! Spring flowers! Spring Roses Red, To deck the gallant soldier’s bed; In freedom’s cause his blood was shed." VEN so! Surely, no one would ' stop the floral tribute to the brave dead who sought to satis— fy the summons 01 their country. To do so Would also be rudely forgetful of the courageous mothers who said their last goodbye; of the broken- hearted wives who were robbed of a manly love and a supporting com— panionship; and of many others upon whOm was arbitrarily forced a future of loneliness and sorrow. The recent suggestion of the state to make it possible for mothers to visit the graves of their boys who succumbed in the maw of Mars is, one of sym- pathy and gratitude. Few would deny this pilgrimage to the wooden crosses of our fallen heroes. It will bring a. meed of comfort to our gold star suf- ferers. And that is something much worthwhile. But it "and time can never assuage the grief and tears brought upon them during a few ter- rible years of bloody carnage. The dead have kept their pact. They were asked to do it for democ- racy and peace. They counted not their lives dear unto themselves. Noble sacrifices for others! But where are ours? And why not? Did our boys bequeath to us a near- peace? Or was it just a mirage? For . ten years and in great anguish ev- ‘ ery Memorial Day has been throwing out this challenge to the war system. It was said that we were fighting a _ war to end war; a war to guarantee lworl‘d peace. Blessed Utopia! But ' where is it? With colossal military expenditures, doesn’t it look that we are but conjuring with this ideal? Or, are we ready to clothe it with action and reality? Ready to memoralizo with our lives the pact of peace en— shrined in the sanctuaries of our dead heroes? , But for nineteen centuries we have ‘been standing by the sacred shrine of one Lone Galilean. And is there any oracle? Harken! “Peace, I leave with you.” This bequest of our Mas- ter’s carries us back to a time when society was rude and martial, and therefore furnished no end of ene- mies to his Order of Peace. Yet - these farewell words are invested with an uncommon meaning‘ and 'power. Peace, to Jesus, was more than I proposal; more than a pro— gram. It was a reality. It was in- dwelling Love. It was harmony with God and man. It was a conscious- ness that deep down in his heart was a tranquility that shut out all selfish- ness, hate, and violence. This Jesus ‘ Christ bequeathed to the world; veri- ified it in sacrificial and peacefully constructive living; and consummat- ed it in his resistless slaughter at the ‘ hands of conspirators. This conferment of peace upon hu- ' man society is now so generally ac- cepted and considered practicable .that Lloyd George said a few years ago that if the churches allow an- “ other war to fructify they had better 'close their doors. “Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you?" The apostle hurries to answer that it is thru pleasures, lust and covetous- ness. It follows, therefore, that in ‘ any program of peace, these innate evils must be recognized, hated, and driven out of society. But if war is essentially a moral evil it demands a moral remedy. We cannot make too much of the physical evils of war nor try too hard to alleviate these suf— ferings. But why not accept the gage of Jesus and outlaw it? Why not strike at its root? Why build a. fence at the bottom of the precipice to catch the unfortunate victims? In it notpwiser to fence against it? Phys- icar’afflictions that come upon us than sickness, earthquakes, floods, or other operations of‘nature. am not unmixed With good- They beget-a sympathy, a helpfulness, a ministry ‘. .. v \ I I I of love that are necessary to bind human society together. Death com- ing thruf the order of nature gathers our friends around us for solace, and inspires all concerned to solemn and charitable moods. But death from the hand of man in battle is cruelly revengeful. It hardens the conscience of the victor and leaves the victim unpitied and unsolaced. It is hard to see how blood shed in the heat’of the killing instinct can seal any pact of peace. Sadly the Wooden Crosses in France have left many wrongs be- hind to be righted. The tap—root of the war system is yet strong and vig- orous. But Jesus would withdraw nour- ishment from this root. Christianity has power to neutralize the war spir- it and thus prevent preparation for war. But not the nominal type. Not the kind involved in arbitrary de— crees of church or state; but that which is conferred upon us by the life of its Founder. Here we find a religion that prescribes the passions of hate and lust and selfish domin- ion; a religion that knows no rich or poor, race or nationality, nor any other division that separates men in- to hostile groups. This religion is motivated by love, sympathy, and an intelligent and moral understanding of the sacredness of humanity. It sets itself aganist all wrong to any individual or nation no matter how small or weak. It is in sympathy with that sovereignty of conscience which is the inherent right of every soul. Could the essence of Christian- ity, which is love and reverence for all mankind, prevail in American so- ciety, it would arouse a stupid world and slay war at its heart. Specifically, there are two main hindrances to the attainment of such a state of peace. First, there is yet a too common belief that the state has an inherent right to war. This type of nationalism is a carry—over from feudal times. Many are now sharply challenging this so—called di- vine right of rulers by throwing upon it the spot—light of a Higher Sover- eignty. “My country, may it always be right,” is a patriotism to be cher- ished. But "My country right or wrong” is a fundamental negation of Christian citizenship. We sincerely believe that the purposes of society and of the state will best be served by" seeking first the Kingdom of God. Were this the case, the state would find her highest duty away from war. But again, we fail to consider what mamis that God is somindful of him. We do not fully recognize the sacred- ness and dignity of human nature. We set the forces of war in motion, little caring who the victims will be or what woe and misery are to be brought to the human soul. We are insensible to the full worth of the immortal principle in man. How much longer is the world to be dom- inated by the organized forces of hate, fear, and torture? Isn’t it time to attach to the names “neighbor” and “brother” a veneration that shall be respected? Then let us go forward with more than withering laurels for the shrines of our fallen heroes. Let us contend with a deep moral con— viction for the right to peace that Christ has conferred upon individuals and society. Let us put our faith in organized justice and goodwill as a remedy for war. Thus we first serve our God and we best honor the state. 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The charge for these parts is low, however, because of the established Ford low- price policy. So that you may get the greatest use from your Model T Ford over the longest period of time, we suggest that you take the car to the nearest Ford dealer and have him estimate on the cost of putting it in good shape. A very small expenditure may be the means of giving you thou. sands of miles of additional service. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Detroit, Mich. 33' i it: " a 2. Title Registered U. s. rumoure- SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1928 Edited and Published I“ ' THE Huge“ PUBLISHING 00 PINV. he. 0 M. ID M1' was!“ fine DETROIT OFFICE—ax“ General LANSING OFFICE—232 S. ’ Represented in New York, Chi . St. Louis nd Minneapolis b! The mailman-303$!“ Former lo Member at Agriculture] Publishers Anocietfin Member at Audit Sumo of Circulation 03331" A§e. GEORGE M 8 00)! 911%” MILON GRI NEL. itor ROBERT J McCODGAN Business Manager Mrs. .Annie Taylor Farm Home Editor . . 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THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE H0 is going to be the Republican candidate for President? Herbert Hoover has the backing of the financial interests but it is said the farmers will defeat him. Rural America is apparently favoring Frank 0. Lowden but he cannot land the votes of the business men and financial interests. So it seems a dark horse will have to be groomed. Will it he Charles Dawes? Your guess is as good as ours. FRIGHTENED CIHCKEN THIEVIfi {N Oklahoma farmer has a rather unusual and satisfactory way of protecting his chickens from thieves. Around the top of the fence around his chicken yard he has a wire which is connected with a battery and the battery is con- nected with a loud auto horn. When someone at- tempts to climb the fence it causes the horn to blow. A person could also have a spot light hooked into the circuit which would light when contact was made. With marked poultry, locked houses, burglar alarms of various types. and rewards being of— fered, the life of the rural thief is not what it used to be—well, hardly. STILL TIME TO ENTER E ARE well pleased with the number of en- v‘ tries to date in our Farm Home Yard Beautifying or Improvement contest but we can take care of many more so if you have con- sidered entering but haven’t sent in your appli- cation blank we hope you will do so soon. Of course, there is plenty of time yet for making entries, the closing date being July lst of this year, but we are anxious to get them in as soon as possible so "that we may know how ‘many are in the contest. It you are not familiar with the contest complete details will be sent you upon request. THOSE BUDDY POPPIES AY 30th is Memorial Day and many of us M are going to be approached by eX—soldiers and asked to buy poppies. Of course we 'will buy because we know that the money is to be used for the benefit of these same soldiers I and their families as well as their buddies and ' their families from all over this great country of _,.ent May or June." says Prof. Pettit. ' H, will I I ‘ E; ,x A. u tional Home" of the Wari- the United States, "near " ”' which receives a part or the money you spend for buddy nappies. After you read this story 'you will be more sure than over that you make a. good investment'when you buy them. MORE HELP. PLEASE 0‘ FRIEND in need, a many; indeed." When we want any assistanod we go to our sub- scribers for it and they never fail us. Just a few weeks ago we published on this page a re-~ quest for information on the date or time to cut Canada thistles to eradicate them. The response was very fine and we appreciate the large nuns: ber of letters we received. These have been placed in the hands of the professor of'the middle west- ern university for whom they were requested and no doubt he will be able to give out to the term- ers of this country some valuable information be- fore many months pass by. . I, Now we want some more help for one of our Eaton, , mares. " . agricultural colleges, but this time it is right at - home, at our Michigan State College and Prof. R. H. Pettit is thevman who needs it in order that he may help the farmers'of Michigan fight next year’s attack of white grubs. ' “It happens that brood C of the June beetle is due to come out in Michigan during the pres- “These beetles will lay their eggs in sod land for the most part and their ofispring will attack the roots of grasses, corn, grain and potatoes next year. I am very anxious to. get this particular brood mapped for Michigan as accurately as possible and would therefore welcome and appreciate any records of any large numbers of these June beetles flying in our State. All places badly infested by June beetles this year are sure to have to endure a crop of white grubs next year in land that is in grass sod right now.” Any or our folks who see large numbers of June beetles flying this year are urged to send several in with a short note as to how numerous they are in their locality. Send either to the Editor of M. B. F., or direct to Prof. R. H. Pettit, Department of Entomology,_M. S. 0., East Lansing. PRINTED LE‘I‘I‘ER HEAD YING on our desk is a letter from “Hill Crest Farm” type written on very business—like stationery. The name of the farm appears in the center at the top ofthe sheet in fair size type. Directly under it is the name of the owner, Walter M. Schworm, and under that appears the line, “The Aim: Better Stock—Better Crops—‘- Produced Economically." At the left of the name of the farm, in; small type, we find “Pure Bred Hampshire Hogs” and under that a brief statement on the fine points of the breed. At the right of the name appears, “Practical Farm- ing" and under that “ ‘Golden Russet’ Potatoes" and "Barred Plymouth Rock Chickens." Anyone receiving a letter from Mr. Schworm feels that he is dealing with a. business farmer. A It is a. mighty good idea to have your farm named and have printed stationery. A WONDERFUL AGE E certainly are living in a, wonderful age; a few weeks ago I went down to Detroit to see the Airplane Show. It certainly was a. great show; you could see the evolution of the airplane industry. The crude monoplane which flew across the English Channel in 1909 was shown on the same floor with the large, modern Fokker plane which Commander Byrd flew over the North Pole. This great advancement was ac- complished in only a few years. . The same is true with the automobile industry. At the Chicago automobile show last winter I saw the modern automobiles of today along side of cars built fifteen or twenty years ago and the comparison would bring laughter from any ob- server. Far-mers’ Week at M. S. C. last winter showed the same results in Agriculture. Methods. ma- chinery, crop rotations, and the kind of stock and grains used fifteen or twenty years ago are in many instances out of date today. We are living in a. new and advancing age; an age which pays a premium for the man with brains, with scientific training, and for the man who grasps the newer methods and uses them to advantage. We“ farmers must keep up with the \times in agriculture or we shall be a back num- ,— her the same as the man in any other industry" who does not keep up with the times.-—-—V. 0. B. Big Rapids; Mich.“ ‘ ‘ 7&6 Emitter; farmer 7’ It '. u an Iflsfifgqgfl__,'?f&% FABMEB ain't got any chance to loot around, some circumstance will spoil his (In for him and then he buckles down to work again. A wire from my hired man Just came to- day and spoiled my plan to stay down here till late in spring, until the frost’s gone out,'by jinx. He says, “The old roan cow's gone dry. the silo'l froze up tight, so I ain’t got a thing but straw to feed. I Just have tested out the seed and find Just, two oars out of ten will grow; that old brown hen was stolen most a week ago, and all the others, too, and so. ’hout all I‘ve got to eat is ham, it You don't come home soon I am Just goin' to light out and quit and leave the job, I'm sick of it." He sent that telegram collect. it cost ten dollars. I expect; erandy’s got our tickets bought, she says she knew we hadn’t ought toloated around down here so long, she know that something would go wrong. I sometimes wish I didn't own a foot of land or stick or stone, for ev‘rything that you have got just odds more worries to your lot. But I Just wired that there men and says. “Just do the best you can, I'm comin' on the fast- est train to help. and..so'e erandy June." It cost me fifteen cents a. word. when I zit home I'll are that bird——but still, this betehin’ ain't so good, I s'poso he's» done the boot he could! I / e PETER PLOW’S WP!!! ~ 1. Our preacher says a long sermon helps folks in more ways than one. Some rise from it possessed of more knowledge. while others wake from it greatly refreshed. I believe the last part of that was a crack at me. At last two Germans and one Irishman made the flight across the Atlantic ocean from Europe to this country. Strong winds slowed them up until they almost run out of gasoline before they reached land. With Congress in session the wind is sure against anybody tryin’ to flyflowards Washington enduthey should have known better than to have tried to fly it. Apparently they don’t know 'bOut our congressmen. - -Ever hear this one? Pat Casey and his wife had an argument and she had him arrested for beatin' her up. When the case came before the justice she was sorry and wanted to have Pat go free. . * “He didn't beat me, Judge. so Oi was." she said. “Then how did you get that cut on your fore- head?" asked the judge. “Oh. yez see. Judge," she replied. “Oi bit meseli there.” V - “What!” exclaimed the judge. “Bit yourself?“ You couldn’t bite yourself up there." “Oh yes Oi did, Judge." was her reply. “Oi was standin’ on a chair whin Oi did it!" 0i was mistaken. ‘ o W0 EVENTS ~ July 27,—Farmers’ Day. Michigan State Col- lege, East Lansing, Mich. ’ . Aug. 3—4.-—Tour of Michigan State Horticul- tural Society. , Oct. 30-Nov. 2.———Top 0' Michigan Potato Show. Gaylord, Mich... , _ Nov. 2-3.—-State Horticultural Show, M. S. 0.. ' East Lansing, Mich. * Nov. 7 -10.—-—Greenville Potato Show. Greenville. Mich. *‘ > - No“ 14-16,...wggtgga M ,_ iseanotato Show, . ’.// I. For Hotel Reservations . '7 / E 2. For Exhibit Directions 1 3. For Booking Entries ‘ 4. For Keeping in Touch with Home While at the Fair ‘ "('-"-‘ll"1t‘l ’rfir.‘ - g p, -. »- -. Long Distance Rates Are Surprisingly Low .Call the Long- Distance Operator for Rate Information MI‘CHIG N BELL TELEPHONE CO. ’//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////”///////////////////////////////////7/////fl7////////A7/” SPEAK A 6000 won * This ‘ lime‘costs cents ,-but means DOLLARS tag/on! A few cents spent for Solvay brings back many dollars from increased crops. Solvay sweetens‘ sour soiLbrings it quickly to rich productiveness. Be sure you orderSolvHs the beat lime dollar for dollar you can buy. High test, furnace dried, finely ground, will not bum—in 10) lb. bags or in bulk. Write for the new illustrated booklet to SOLVAY SALm CORPORATION Detroit, Mich. a (67/fl/M/I/LVb7////////£0/fi7//l//fiVll/I/flfif-i ’11? I ‘ ’ "" ' for The Business Farmer when writing to advertisers. It helps us and helps you stilts .3 lax. . letter today because our Presl- dent‘has Written one that is 83"?" good substitute {ermine and I know yen. will find it of great interest. you about the winners in our latest “What's Wrong” _contest. ' . There were fourteen mistakes in the picture and of. the many to write in only one found all of them—— Pearl Faist‘, R. 3, Reed City—,——and first prize, a lovely purse, has been ‘lnalled to her. And there is an in— teresting thing about Pearl'winning this contest. One evening she wrote her *st of what was wrong and then the next merning hurried oil to school without mailing it. After she had gone her mother discovered it and mailed the letter herself, knowing that Pearl was anxious to have it go out as soon as possible. ‘-- Second prize, a. dresser set of tray, comb and picture frame, went to Ho- ‘ sel A. Cook, R. 3, Zeeland, who found 11 mistakes. R. 1, Butternut, with 1.0..mistaltes. got a football as third prize. And ' the 10 mistakes Edna Wilkie, R. 2. r Brown City, found won , a nice framed picture for her as fourth prise. ' i The mistakes in the picture were - as follows: Chains missing on light fixture. Han eating sundae with fork. 1 Word “Sundae” misspelled on sign. Lenses in man’s eye glasses do not. ; match. Word "here" misspelled on sign. I Cashier’s cage has no window. Electric light cord between in blades Clock has only one hand. ' Sign on counter faces wrong way. Man has cap on backwards. One soda cup has two handles. Little girl’s shoes do not match‘ Han has only one spat on. "Druggist” sign should be reversed on window. . - ' Well, wen-looks like this letter turned out to be as long as any other, doesn’t it? Next. issue I will have another contest \ for you.—-—- UNCLE NED. Our Boys and Girls \ FROM OUR PRESIDENT Uncle Nedzé-Well here I am again. Yes, it‘s Eathel Fay Sharp to be sure. 1 want to talk some boys and girls about something that I hope will stir up some comments. subject of the modern ways of the world. It takes two kinds of people to make the world, males and females. Without either sex the world would not travel very far I am afraid. We truly knew that the world moves- much faster today than it did fifty years ago. Look at the contrap- tions we have to go in today: automobiles, airplanes, submarines and .steamboats. There is a way of goinggnost every way one wishes to travel—in the air, on the ‘ground, and under the water as well as earth, and we youths of today are being brought up to see and learn all about these things, thinking not as much of them as our great—grandparents would a fast going horse and buggy. As to the habits of boys nowadays, I think they are more noticeable, especially drink. I think there is nothing like in- toxication, not only the looks but the harm it does. I know I am not the only one talking about this manor, but folks, what can we do to make boys that will drink stop in some way? That’s what I'd like to know. I know it isn’t because their parents do not talk to them, but they seem to think it lea credit when real- ly it is a debt at uncertain cost. Some times they. end up in jail. If. boys only realized what jail meant I think they would be more careful. Smoking is another every day habit that looks'sort of silly, if you are inclined to think so and it is also injurious to the body. Perhaps smoking effects the mind, too. ‘ As for the girls, well I’m a girl but not like some. Some girls in many re- spects are as bad as the boys. You don’t think so much of it to See a. girl smoking. 1 read in some paper where the "boy cut" hair was going to be more stylish than ever this year. I think that’s very silly looking. I think it is bad enough to have it bobbed. I suppose a lot of you are calling me a regular old-faded wall flow-l er. No, I’m not that, I like to be sociable and have friends, I enjoy a. show and oth- er entertainment now and then, butI do not. go to dances. It may be alright to those that go, but some dances are un for any human being to attend ,I think. ‘“ k ,I think lots of boys and girl: could be Dear a mother talk tamer-son, ‘ - All I am going to do this time is tell, Bernard Grace, . It is jusl a liitle ' encouraged it paratrka the right 'Way.‘l r ‘ tolling " r“ . .j ', floss nun um: f .1119 _' not intend to write a very long it is rather hard tonam and 17 all alone. especially empress“ and: i 1 5. 5' l E .. W3 -. he said to himself, "Oh, I’m gleam! letter went to Ohio W of mm." ' ‘Bil't nevervrnind, you Med your 5 s g ’ hear tram you again. Let's hear from Carrel. Colbert, Ralph Lowell, Donald Erdman, Elton Hiekrnott, Thomas leCnrthy, Gerald Beach, Charlee' Morrison, Colin B. Miller (Guess he"? a boy), Walter Carlson, ands lot of others not mentioned? (Issue on, boys, let’s hear you tell what is wrong with the girls. and everyything good, too—Ethel“)! Sharp, R. 3, Akron, men Riddles Why is n camel's neck so long? Be- cause his head is so far iron: his body. Why is the letter "A" like a honey- suckle? Because the B (bee) follows it. What pen ought never to be used for writing? A pig pen—Florence Stoch- meyer, R. l, Hunger, Mich. What goes around the borne and make- one track; A wheellierrow. / What is it that can go up the chim- ney down or down the chimney down, butltcan’tgoupthechhnneyupor down the chimney up? Luella Engebretsen, R. 3, Lakeview. Mich. What is black and white and red all over? A newspaper.—-animia. Griswold. R. 3, Lakevlew, Mich. What is it that has only one leg and a. heart in its head? A cabbage—Rita Taylor. R 3, Lakeview, Mich. To“ flute, Twisters Mean on freshly fried flying m. Two toads totally tired tried to trot to fizzle-bury—Clar Cannondy, R. 8, Owosso, Esau Wood sawed wOod.‘ Esau Wood -would saw wood. Oh the wbod Esau Wood would saw. All the wood Esau Wood saw Esau Wood would saw. In otherwords, all the wood Ran Wood saw he sought to saw. One day Wood’s wood. saw would saw no wood; hence, all the wood Wood would saw was not the wood Wood would saw it Wood's wood—saw would saw wood. Now Wood would saw wo- H wit duped-saw that would sag- woo , so sa‘u” sought "s saw that would saw wood. One day Esau saw a saw so!" wood as no other wood-saw would saw. In fact, of all the wood-saw: Wood ever saw saw wood Wood never saw a. saw saw as the wood saw Wood saw would saw. And I never saw a. saw saw wood as the wood-saw Wood saw would earn until 1 saw Esau new wood with the woodmaw Wood saw saw/wood. Now Wood saws wood with the wood—saw ' Wood saw saw wood—Minnie Wagon- sehutz R. 1, Kalkaslui, Etch. She shall lit by my side in the Inn- 7 shine. A Game to Play LAST COUPLE OUT, YERS are lined up in couples, with about eight couples in a line. One player standsinirontofthe‘lineu. "caller." When he calls "last couple out," the two who are at the end or the. line separate, one going on each ifde of the line, and run up to'the front, Where they try to get together before the caller catches either one. fine caller all this WANTED: NAME AND sunrises HAT girl or boy living near Paw Paw wrote me on April 28th enclosing a two-cent stamp for a pin and card but target to sign their name? Also I wish Gladys Williams would send me her address no I can send her pin and card. Whenever you write, boys and girls, be sure to sign your name and address so that it can be easily read. -—-Uncle Ned. . fine has “to stand lookingifstra‘ight in ' front of him so that. the-«couple .Wm have a fair chance to get ,I£v_‘he tags either of the couples heimuyhe the caller" again» If heirs!!! he one of" the. two ;to“,ta:r”~n£s, place. and .he‘ becomes “they‘re. . Bet. An umbrella.-— . the .7 “scorn. teed. have turned out "stocks g " fill! planted; others fitting ~ ,. groundf’Not many garden made. Emit ’trees'not blooming my full. ' Oats and. barley up but not-growing very. fast; too ‘ cold. Eggs have advanced slightly: 2'70 dos. Last mum-tormtterm was 32:: analog-April mm.15cu.-.-c.z;.,my 14.: Joseph.an busy m up corn stubble, also tor new crop. Weather 1, cold for chicks, but pin and lambs have ' not decreased. Son-e have smeared flee/p but not everyone. Corn phat!“ well under way. Wheat And rye—survived in this vicinity. FErnlt trees W full. Quotations from Sturgls: Wheat. “.87: com, $1.03; oats, 60c; rye. 81.25; pota- toes. $1; butter, 40c; as“ tic—C. H_.. Kay 12. ‘ * , A Loewe. ("ML—M about all sown. Weather cool and dry, need more had- ly. Farmers sowing mono timothy seed killed. Grain verjy scarce 'in tau-mere hands. First commented. Kay lath. Trees in full bloom with frosts every night. Early strawberries killed. Quotations from Cadrnos: Wheat, $1.75; oats. 64@ 69c; butter, (Sc; eggi’xjififllcr—c. B., May 14. ' ‘ ‘ Oakland (N. W.).——Still cold and quite dry. Roads quite dusty. Am going to plow about ten _acres of alfalfa that was seeded last spring and sow my beans on it. If we short of hay when it is ready to cut, will make hay of .it. If it is not needed tor hay will let «it ripen and thrash it. It makes a line hay for sheep. Will sow alliallia with-soy beans. Quota.- tions from ‘Holly: Wheat, $1.90; oats, 75c; rye, 81.20; beans. $9.15; butter, 10c; eggs, 26c.~—J. D. 0., May 12,. Osoeeln.-—-Still cold with north and northwest winds. Some oats sown. “Get- ting pretty dry and not many gardens planted. No potatoes ted; some will be planted this week. Fall wheat and, rye sutured; some pieces will be sowed to oats or buckwheat. “no weather." but need rain badly. Quotations from Tustln: Corn. $1.20; oats. 75c: rye, 81.19; beans: $9; potatoes, 800; butter. 40c.- egxa. 26c.— R. L. Clark, May 13. Alpom about all done. Quito large m of peas being sowed. Pola- toes moving good at 70c per bu. Not much corn will be nted. Quotations from Spratt: Wheat, 1.50; oats, 750; rye. 900; beans, $8.50; potatoes, 700; butter, ; 450: “CI. Ila-43.. W. IL, Kay 14. MWNMY all oats sown. Weath- er has been warm past week. More busy plowing been and corn ground. There will be increased acreage»! beans plant: ed. Some barley planted. Very few hogs : raised. Prospects for wheat crop not good; badly injured by winter killing. Quotations from Flint: Wheat, 81.81: corn. $1.10; cat’s, 73c; rye, 81.15; beans, £2.55; butter, 500; eggsi‘il—H. 8.. Kay W—‘May 14th and freezing some nights. Now and then piece of corn in. Oats looking good. Not much com in. Sugar heel: about usual..ncrmg’e going' in. (attic high and so are taxes. Let's, go fishlng! Quotations from Midlandz’ Wheat, $1.81; corn. $1.00; oats, 7‘3c; rye, $1.25; beans, 89.45; botatoes. $1.00; but- ter, 46c: eggs, 27c.-—B. V. (3., Kay 18. Saginaw.—-Oats that were sowed early looking fine. Wheat does not look very good; few fields look fine. Ground getting dry. Everything in need of rain. Norm- al acreage of oats sowed. Some have corn in and some have not started to plow. Lots of plowing to do. Corn acreage will be increased some. There will be normal acreage of beans sowed if we get ...raln. Quotations from Hemlock: Wheat, $1.85; corn, 81.00:.oat8, 12; rye, $1.22; beans, $9.45; potatoes. $2.00; butter, 36c; eggs, 29c.—F. 1)., Mi? 1!. " Kcnt.—-—Weather has been exceedingly dry. Just had fine rain. Grain and mead- ows beginning to look good. Very little corn planted; been too cold. Most. of spring plowing done. Chicken and grain thieves pretty busy. But Minute Men will soon be organized here. then good-bye to ‘ stealing. Orchards in blossom and few farmers wives have planted gardens. Po- » tatoes so cheap they make farmers feel discouraged but quite few acres will be planted again this year. Quotations from Cedar Springs: Wheat, 81.75; corn, $1.20: oats, 70c; rye, $1.00; beans: $9.25; pota- toes, 31.00; butter, 47c; eggs, 27c.—Mrs. L. BL, May 16th. Montcalm—High winds and cooler ‘ weather last few days. Farmers busy get- ting ground ready for com and beans. Lots of slcknessand colds. will soon be out. Quotations from Btahtgn: Oats, 66c; com. 60c; . smsoosno; 'potatoes, 90c; butter. 4 c; eggs.“ are-- Mrs. c. 1:, my 14. .- - L- It. Joanna—runners busy plowing up Oats up nicely.’ Many pieces of Clover that survived Lots of alfalfa winter -4 ’ late due to . season. wheat look poor. winter~looks good. ‘ gardens in. ’of gold at the end of the rainbow. . the tractor and save my game leg. . fertier ;' much certified seed. ‘Some commencing to plant com. About usual acreage of beans Dilated. More barley seed sown manual. Pasture short: many to me out. No teed left. Late rye total more. Early wheat fair. Early sown seeding hard hit by freezing nights: may come through. Oats promise well, getting ' good start. Hay will be short crop on ac— count of dry weather. Quotations from Decker: Wheat, $1.86: oats, 80c; rye, $1.25; beans, $9.60: potatoes, $1.00; but- ter, 450.; 66:8. aka—A. C. KcK., Kay 16. Hum."(E.).-—-Splendid condition for seeding sinus last issue. Timely shower saved fall seeding though now cold and dry. Large acreage oats and barley plant- ed. Farmers now fitting for hoe crops. . Not much beet land. More peas would be sewn but for scaocity of seed. more in- quiry for seed m. Sweet clover being sown everywhere, especially on rented land. Non-resident. cheap seed. Local roads still rough. "Number of land-own- ers do not favor further issue of bonds for building of gravel reads. A bad barn fire caused by a. fire of rubbish. Quota- tions from Bad Axe:c Hay. $8.00; milk, 3.5 test, $1.80 net; eggs, 25c; butter, 600. -—E. R., May 14. Kent.-—Pastures in good shape. Oats up but don’t look well some places. Plow- ing for corn and late potatoes. Some, Wheat looks better; about 4 to 6 in. high. Chicks doing line. Some early spring pig losses. Apple, pear and cherry trees in bloom. Lots people mov- ing on vacant farms. mostly from cities.” Quotations from Lowell: Wheat, $2; corn, $1.26; oats. 800; rye, $1.45;,.beans, $9: potatoes, $1: butter, 40c; eggs. 27c.———S. K. W.. May 16. MUSINGS OF A PLAIN PARKER BILLAI 'LP. "' E are behind with our work," says W I to Mrs. B. over the coflee. "Seems things don’t click right this spring for some reason." 0 O t “I know, I know,” said she. "This place needs management; a. (finding he“... 0 O C “Is. the king deed? Is the sword on— “[s sat so?" said I. Is the Chair empty! swayed?" . O C “There are no kings around here," countered she. “This is a democratic term of government." 0 t O "Quite so, quite so." said I, and gulpe‘d my comee to the last dreg. Siezed my hat and rushed to the stable with great haste. t t t It is the gospel of wealth and the law of accumulation that causes this annual spring rust! It will be thus until people are content with less. C t 0 It’s this maniacal desire to produce big crops that's causing me to follow this plow around. and develop charliehorse in my left leg which throws me into a spasm of pain when my brogan strikes a. ciod. . O 0 Well, I must plow on and seek the bag Even it I am compelled to resort to crutches. O C Q If the neighbors would only pull out for the day I would release myself for a. few hours and bathe my knotted limb with liniment. But while they're out I’m out. Like a race horse scoring to the scratch. O t t I suppose it would be well to operate But no i» That wouldn’t work. This is a small plot and dedicated to potatoes and late vegetables for the table. . t t O No mechanical plow Will work in here. My hand must guide the mould board. This is my habit'nnd I refuse to change. ( t e s ” It always grates me to stop the big field operations and go into this acre which usually produces about seven— elghths of our living. ._.. 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' .r' , ,. r. v > r I ' ‘ ...- (We Invite mjo'oontrlbunyom m5: ,vl HERD TEST OPEN TO JERSEY ‘ BREEDERS ‘ HE increasing value of ‘ dairy herd improvement association " testing is causing national breed assficiations to adopt the herd test. Last October the Holstein, Friesian ‘Association of America. adopted such rules beginning the testing work, January 1. The American Jersey Cattle Club announces a plan for the conduct of a herd test to become effective, July 1. Briefly, the object for the Jersey improvement registry for the Jersey cattle club is to obtain a record on the entire herd for the purpose of making definite herd improvement. It is designed to give Jersey cattle breeders a herd test that can be rec- ognized by the American Jersey Cat- tle Club as an official herd average and published as such. Provision is made for the furnish- ing of a certificate by the club to the owners of the herd upon complet- ing a years record. All registered HEAVY FLEECES EAR EDITORz—We sheared seven sheep. The fleece of one three year old ram weighed 30 pounds. A yearling sheared 20% pounds. The seven fleeces weighed 141 pounds. The sheep are a cross between coarse and fine wool, meas— ured 20 inches in length—H. Has- kins, Ionia County. 7 Jerseys in a herd that have ever come in milk must be placed in the test. Twelve test periods of twenty- four hours each are prescribed. Not more than forty milkings shall be supervised in one day by the tester. The tests of the cow tester in charge of Michigan dairy herd improvement associations will be accepted when approved by the superintendent of official testing. It will be remembered that Jersey breeders when assembled at their last annual meeting during Farmers Week at M. S. C. expressed their de- sire for such a plan. It is thought that many Michigan Jersey cattle breeders now testing in dairy herd ~ improvement associations will take advantage of the herd test so offered by the American Jersey Cattle Club. The cost for entering cows in the Jersey Herd Test is small. A fee of $5.00 per herd is charged when ap- plication for permission to test is made. In addition a fee of ten cents . per cow per month entered in the test will be charged to cover extra labor by the cow tester and, for checking records at the ofiice of superintendent of, official testing. Michigan Jersey breeders desiring to apply for this herd test should correspond with the Superintendent of Official Testing, Dairy Depart- ment, M. S. 0., East Lansing, Mich— igan—A. C. Baltzer. T. B. TESTING BEACHES PEAK OF MORE THAN 1,000,000 ORE than 1,000,000 cattle were given the tuberculin test dur-. ing the month of March, ac- cording to a summary of progress in the eradication of tuberculosis of livestock just issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is the largest number of cattle given the tuberculin test in a single month in the history of the campaign against this disease. The exact number of animals tested was 1,009,- 731 and out of this number 27,999 were found to be tuberculous. The report contains cumulative results of the testing work for the entire peri- od of the eradication work by the department extending over more than 10 years and is based on testing operations conducted cooperatively by Federal and State officials. \. In spite of this extensive activity, the demand for testing in most States exceeds the present facilities. By the end of March more than 31/2; million cattle were still on the wait- ing list. The number of modified accredited counties has reached the impressive total of 447. This designation refers to counties which have completed a series of tuberculin tests of all the cattle with the result that infection did not exceed one-half of one per cent. The number of cattle in herds ac« credited as free from tuberculosis exceeds two million, and the total number of cattle under supervision for the eradication of the disease now exceeds 20,500,000. The re— sults of the campaign and particu- larly the gradual decline in bovine tuberculosis, as shown by a series of surveys, have enlisted the active par-- ticipation of cattle owners in many additional counties. Present indi- cations point to the continued prog~ ress of tuberculosis eradication on a large scale, of which the March re. port is typical. - moon . BARN I .QIVaflgor In Winter ' ‘ _ 409?!an Bummer —D:§or the Year 'Rouml Food —motiloo Production j —Provont Disease ,7 c. 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Out of Traverse Echo Inks. a daughter of Echo Sylvm King Model, with 28.76 pounds in 7 days and With 26.22 pounds as a Junior three year old. Send for Pedlgree of 711 “MICHIGAN STATE HERBS" Bureau of Animal Industry J. E. Burnett Director, Lansing Mlchlgan l . 31 LB. BULL, 11 'M0:, MAY ECHO SYLVIA ALCARTRA breeding. Address MRS. HELEN C. DRAKE, Vestaburg, Michigan. GUERNSEYS "—3 8 ll. u ear olvtlilxlghe Ellis: 4 Double Grandson of: YEOMAIJ’S King of the May 17053AR. Also five of his bull calves three to five months old. Jas. c. Rannsy, Dertt, Mlch. HEREFORD \ .. ~ 4 VETERINARY DEPARTMENT a a Edltod by DR. 6E0. H. CONN (Quostlons gladly answered tree for polo-up subscribers. You rooolvo a personal letter.) HEREFORD STEER FOR SALE 84 average 450 127 averse 540 r 98 average 660 ' horthorns _ average 750 3 cars tested co s and heifers. JOHN CARROW :: OTTUMWA, IOWA SHORTHORNS DEPRAVED APPETITE Could you tell me what to feed cows that chew wood, loose boards, and gnaw on the manger?~—Reader, Leelanau County. r OUR cows chew wood because they have a depraved appetite caused by not having a balanced ration; you can only get results by feeding balanced ration and then adding 5 pounds of bone meal to each 100 pounds of it. You can make a fair ration as follows: 300 pounds of cornmeal, 200 pounds of ground oats, 100 pounds of bran, 100 pounds of middlings, 100 pounds of oil meal. RICKETS I have a litter of pigs all doing Well except two of them have some- thing wrong with their hind legs. They can hardly get up on them and their feet bend forward in the joint just above the hoof. They don’t seem to suffer with it, sat 'heartily,. and doing well. Can get about fairly well 'after they get up and move around a while.‘ I have been feed- ing them ground oats, barley and corn and‘about two teaspoonfuls of Doctor Seagers’ stock food once a day and a dose of turpentine once a week. Please tell me what to do.— J. W. ~N., Mt. Morris, Mich. OUR pigs have rickets; the only 'f ' 'thing you can do is to feedbone- making feeds and see “you can strengthen their bones. Get some hn for one week. -~ tankage and mix 15 pounds of steamed bone meal with it. Give the pigs, all of them, 14 pound per day in skimmilk or buttermilk slop if you have it. If not, add some bran and oilmeal to the slop. Do not feed very much corn. Bones are too weak to hold their weight. TENDER SHOULDERS I have a mare that has tender shoulders and I would be very glad to find out something that I could wash them with that would toughen them. I used to know of some kind of bark but didn’t write it down and can’t recall it.—S. S., Decatur, Mich. SUPPOSE that you are thinking of oak bark; if so would suggest that you get a saturated solution of tannic acid in alcohol and paint this over the shoulders once each day for the first several days that you put this animal to work. This tannic acid is the same thing that comes from the oak bark. GIVES BLOODY MILK I have, a. cow that gives bloody milk. Would you please tell me what to do,—J. M., Rhodes, Mich. IVE this cow‘ 3 tablespoonful of liquor pot‘assi a’rsentls night and , morning -on genie ground feed for 30 days. ~A1 give her night. and morning as a drench in one pint of water 2 tablespoonsful of forms.- ' No charge for it now or ever. 'Wri FOR SALE POLLEDSHORTHORNS. BOTH SEX of herd heading merit. We know that you will be pleased with but we have. Prices reasonable. and we stand squarely behind any guarantee we make. Herd headed he" Royal Peer No. 21473 and Meadow Marshall 0. 1351676. RANCH 'CO. FARM, Geo. E. Burdlck, Mgr. Goldwater, Mlchlgan Two Re lstered .Mllklng Shorthorn Cows, Just fresh, an one heifer 14 months old. Prices: $125, $150, $175. R. G. Palmer, Beldlng, Mlch. SWINE ’S—LAST FALL SERVICE BOARS AND BRED GILTS, this spring Rigs. Not OTTO SCHULZE, Nashvllle, lchlgan. Slop Using a Tru§s STUART'S ADHESIF PLAPAO - PADS are enurer different from trusses—being mecha- nico-chemico applicators—made self-adhesive purposer tokeep the muscle-tonic "PLAPAO" akin. continuously applied to the affected parts. and to minimize painful friction and danger of a, k slipping. so“ a. I- "o “"p‘.’ velvet- buoklos easy , or oprlngs *0 8PM!“ a \ Inexpensive. attached. . For almost a quarter of / a century satisfied thousands report success without delay from work. Stacks of sworn statements on file. Process of recovery natu so no subsequent use for a truss. Awarded Gold Medal and Grand Prix. Tnal- _ “PLAPAo"willbe sent you absolute: Yo ‘ ~ name on coupon and send 1'” ’1‘,” c... St. W: 1 Nam. l’T man- F '45. '-q.‘. ..‘;:g,..tbta1; ' y " Whn‘lldred and forty.’ ' largest. class was ‘ the White Leghorn variety, with Who "exhibits. closely followed by Books with 3'! entries. ' issuing;th place in the afternoon ‘ .. ottho first day. and ,ln‘thc afternoon, ,of the second and last day all chicks were sold at auction. one): lot being altered- sepmtely to the highest bidder. The money denied in this m was used. to pay expenses otqu tlng on the‘ am. An educational program took up much of them:- noon on Thursday. with Reese“ V. melts of the International Bob! Obie-k Association. Dr. H. J. Statsjeth and’Prot. 0.1}. Card or M. 890..” ' the principal speakers. Mr. Hicks also acted as judge of the show. The entire show was open to tho-general public. _ Several, very lino silver cups were [afiered as prizes as ’well as a. large- number of ribbons. THE Bosmss FARMEB'S cup was won by an entry 0! Butt orpln-gbou chicks from the Lake- view Poultry Farm at Holland. . Classes and winners at the show were as follows: warm LEGHORNS: 1. Lakevlew Poultry Farm. Hound; z. Townlino Poultry Farm. Zeeland; 8, American Chick Farm, Zeeland; 4. Silverward Poultry Farm. Zeeland; 6. Pine Bay Poultry Farm. Holland; 8. Grandview Hatchery, Zeeland; 7, Rivervlew- Hatch- ery, Zeeland; 8, Wyngarden Hatchery. Zeeland. . BUFF LEGHORNS: 1, Dr. L. E. Heasley, Grand Rapids; 2, Kilboum Poultry Farm. Flint; 3, Dr. L. E. Haas— " ley: 4. Knoll's Hatchery. Holland. :BROWN IJEGrHQRENS.r 1. American Chick Farm; 2, Townline Poultry Farm; 3. Rural Poultry Farm, Zeeland; 4, Hill- view Hatchery. Hollandg. 5. Knoll's Hatchery; 6, Hunderman Bros, Zeeland. I BARRED ROCKS: 1. Silverward Hatch- ery; 2, Holland Hatchery; 3, Brummer a; Frederickson, Holland: 4, mlbourn Poultry Farm: ’5'. Amltine Poultry Farm, Comstock Park: S. Hunderman Bros; 7, Aseltlna Poultry Farm; 8, A. N. Dean, Birmingham. \ WHITE ROCKS: 1. A. N. Dean; 2. C. P; Pmssley, Ithaca; 3. Washtenaw Hooch- ery. Ann Arbor; 4. 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Spring wheat, even since the recent break. is 15 cents above the level of late May, 1927, winter wheat 25 cents, oats 18 cents, corn 30 cents, cotton 6 cents, hogs 20 cents, steers $2, wool 15 cents, butter 2 cents, eggs 5 cents and barrel apples 34 higher. But po- tatoes bring only half as much, onions and cabbage are much lower, and some lines of poultry sell for a little less money. Grains The recent high premiums paid for soft winter wheat, particularly at St. Louis, have been reduced sharply as a result of accumulations of soft wheat from the Pacific Northwest at that market. The rye market has continued independently firm, re- flecting the small supplies of cash grain available and the poor pros- pects for this season’s crop. About 100,000 acres less rye remains for grain this season compared with last, while the condition on May 1, was only 73.6 per cent or normal compared with an average condition of ‘88 per cent for the past ten years on May 1. Larger offerings of corn brought out by the recent high prices, to- gether with more favorable weather in the Corn Belt, which enabled farmers to make good progress with their planting operations brought about a decline of 3 to 5 cents per bushel in mid—May corn prices at the principal markets. Oats held firm, with prices practically unchanged. Barley was one to two cents higher than a week ago at the principal markets as a. result of continued good demand for the light offerings. Feeds While the demand was active for the limited offerings of mill feeds for immediate shipment, inquiry for later delivery was dull and manufac- turers and jobbers were inclined to reduce prices to effect sales. Bran for June shipment was being quoted about $3 per ton under current prices in the southwestern markets, while new crop bran for July, Au- gust, and September shipment was selling at Kansas City at $7 per ton u_ r spot ¥ices._ “W totto e meal continued its up— ward trend with oilerings limited. Corn feeds held steady, with prices showing very little change for the week. A good demand prevailed for alfalfa meal, which was in light supply. Hay Hay markets have shown a strong— er tendency in May, with receipts smaller and demand active. The condition of the new crop, however, is considerably below average and was reported at 76.1 per cent of normal compared with 85.9 the five— year average. Alfalfa markets were steady, with offerings of old crop hay becoming scarce and the new crop not yet moving in volume. Prairie hay cutting was becoming general in Texas, but none of this hay was yet appearing on the mar- kets. ‘ Cattle Heavy steers have been offered rather freely, particularly from feed- ing areas west of the Missouri River, with Nebraska the largest contribu- tor, while demand for such cattle in a broad sense is of a specialty char- acter and lacks the dependability shown in the current trade on year— lings and mediumweight. About the middle of the month, weighty ,_steers again reached a 515 ton at 'Chicago, the highest since early. The 0* ._ eflect of, a backward, spring is still _ ‘ "apparent in the,stocker‘.and feeder pitta-dc, but supplies are limited and any pronounced swell in the demand would boost prices. ’ Hogs Strictly choice 150 to lilo-pound hogs were selling in Chicago the middle of May at 50 to 75 cents dis- count trom medium weight butchers of corresponding grade and . lower grade kinds were discounted as much as $1.50 to. $2. Numerous loads showed evidence of grass feed and the price range for each respective weight tended to widen on a quality bafi. ' Sheep Seasonal expansion in the market- ward movement of new crop lambs offset decreases in the mid—May run of ted lambs and the market at Chi- cago closed 15 to 25 cents lower than a week earlier. ,An increased movement of grass sheep from Texas and the southeast caused a draggy matured sheep market, with prices at the close about 25 cents lower than a week earlier and $1 to $1.50 The cold storage . holdings" or. in the 1;] jited States wcroT‘Ja‘swfl. , pounds lay 1, compared with . mm:- '» preceding five, years' 7,375,000 pounds. I ' ' , Poultry The poultry market is about steady, although with some price ir- regularities iu the. fowl market. There seems to be general confidence in the situation as shown by fair average ‘ regular demand. Cold storage hold- ings May 1 were 50,788,000 pounds, which is about 11,102,000 pounds less than the preceding five—year average. ‘ _ ~ \ Woes - Potatoes lost further "ground; prices were low. New—crop potato shipments are now about 300 daily, two—thirds of them from Flor- ida. The combined early potato crop in 9 States, outside of Florida and the. lower valley of, Texas, is forecast at 26,610,000 bushels, or about 1,200,000 more than in 1027. The Chicago carlot' market declined. farther and both northern Round Whites and Idaho Russet Burbanks werebringiug $1.30 to $1.50 in that city. A BEANS The price of CHP beans has worked upward again since our last MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO DAILY ’ *7 HE Michigan Business Farmer- was first. to‘broadcast farm mark reports in Michigan (January 4, 1926). news are now available'as follows: Market reports and farm WGHP (277.6 meters), 6:05 to 7:00 P. M.; WKAB, (277.6), 12:00 M.; WWJ (35.2.7), 5:45 P. M.: WCX-WJR (440.9), 4:15 P. IL—EditOL, lower than the recent high time. Spring lambs running less desirable in quality and ,finish than a year ago, sold largely from $16.25 to $18.50. Most shorn lambs sold from $15.75 to $16.50 and a limit- ed supply of wooled fed lambs large— ly from $17.50 to $18. Most iat shorn ewes turned at $8 to $9. , Wool Trading in fleeced wools continued very light, because of the scarcity of supplies. Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and occasional lots of New Mexico wools comprised the bulk of the new territory wools offered. Butter Following the declines and irreg- ularities in tone, which have recent- ly characterized the recent butter market, there has been sdme return of confidence in the butter situation. although production is likely to in- crease soon, even in a late season. 1., 1 issue and some of the trade thinks this should be about the top. In fact, predictions are that there will be declines in the near infure. At this writing the market is dull with liberal offerings and sales limited. ~‘ Farmers should watch out about ' increasing their beau acreage much this year because it we have} good tall there will be more beans than the world will know what to do with. The result will be prices will seek extremely low levels—and heaven knows the farmers have had enough of them during recent years. Beetsought to be a good crop to plant your extra acreage to. DETROIT SEEDS Clover seed, cash imported, old, $13.50; domestic, cash, $16.50; 0c— tober, $17.50. Alsike, cash, $15. ‘sl‘imot'hy, cash, 32.22%; December, 2.65. THE BUSINESS F ARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Harkets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit May 22 May m May 8 1 yr. ago wnm'r— . No. 2 Red $2.06 $1.42 no. 2 White fig: 2.067 L43 N0. 2 Mixed 1:94 L 207 L41 CORN-— No. 2 Yellow 1-16 _ 1.0834 @ 1.10 1.19 .93 No. 3 Yellow 1-14 1.10 31 OATS P . ‘ No. 2 White .79 if: .69 54 @ .72 .76 .57 No. 3 White 973% .oc@.71 ~ .74 .54 ' arm‘- Cash No. a 1-43 1.3c@1.3c;§ 1.46 1.11 BEANS— . 4 C. n. P. Cm. 9-95 9.25@9.35 5 05 POTATOES-— Per th. 2.50 1.25 @ 1.50 2.50 _ . " ‘ » ' p.83 @ 4.15 HAr— ' No. 1 Tim, 13@ 14.50 19@2.2 12@ 13 .17 @ 18 No. 2Tim. 10@11.5o — 17@1s .9@1o 215@16 No. 1 Clover 12@ 13 mag 10@11.5o “@113, , Light Mixed, 13@ 14.50 21 @22 12 @13‘ 1o @ 17.50 w ' \ Tuesday. flay 22.9—improvement crop_mspect;‘nlach-.eipon demapd weakens wheat. 7 Corn easier. Oats j - .. - ' r ' “v :\4 i. ‘ steers, . 3 lug-n.ludi». ,. A v - which .. ,ccnt commie- uiou and are L " deductible.) market steady; bikers, lbs , rocker 48c; reds 2‘ W Jeshorns. 13541). and on; 3'15. Hens; Colored, 38782912; leghorns and Ag. cons, 24c. Cocks,“17c. snag—14c. Ducks: White, 435 lbs. and up; 281:; colored."25c;/ small, 24c; Geese, 17b. nmolr nun-run AR!) was Butter firm; croainery,,in tubs, 88,, Eggs , to 90 score, 43% @iific. steady, fresh firsts. 2-7 @’28c. nosrou WW" . . The market is stronger for wool . f/cverywhere. Buying in the ‘west prbceeds steadily and most, or the far western states are practically cleared of the new clip, while in the bright wool states the new clip movement is proceeding more or less steadily. .In the east the market is slightly dearer, ,though still below the parity] of western prices, with the demand somewhat spotty. Foreign markets are all firm and lining up with the stronger tendency “ in London, where prices on almost all descriptions are now back to \parity with closing rates of the pre- vious series. The manufacturing position is still somewhat diflicult, but slowly prices on various lines of goods are being advanced and the outlook is ;more promising than for some time. Mohair is still rather quiet. The new Cape clip of. adult hair moves steadily, with America buying more or less freely. r ‘ Michigan and New York fleeces— Delaine unwashed, 43@44c; $5- bloOd combing, 48649c; [as—blood combing, 55@56c; 1,4»blood comb- ing, 55@56c. , - - _ LIVESTOCK WETS \ DETROIT—Cattle active with otter-ins! iairly good; fair to good yearlings. $10.50 @1350; fair to good heavy butcher steers, 3101591100; Handy weight butcher steers, $10.50 @1815; fair to good heifers, S9.50@11.50: common light butchers, $3.50@10.25; common butcher cows, 87.00 @800; best cows, 315061000; good butcher cows, 315069.00; cutters, 56.006 6.75; canners, $5.25Q535; light butcher bulls, 39.00@10.50; Bologna bulls, $7.75 @925 ; stock hulls, $7.00@8.50 feeders, $9.00@10.50; stockers, $9.00@10.00; milkers and springers, $75.00 1 35.00. Veal calves active and steady ; best grades, 3155001500; bulk to good, $16; fair to good, $11.00@13.50; culls and common, $8.00@10.75. Sheep steady and lambs higher; best lambs. 8103501650; fair lambs. 3120081450} light to com- mon lambs. 310001150; fair to~ good sheep, 315068.75; _culls and common. $2.00@5.50. Hogs about steady; mixed hogs, $10.10; roughs, $8.50; snags. $6.25: extreme heavy, 39.00@9.50; Yorkers, “0.1061035; lights; $9.00; pigs, $8.00. CHICAGO—Hogs: Market dull, part of early advance lost, or 106150 higher; ' bulk better grade hogs all weights sold early; top, $10.10, paid tor choice :00 to :30 lbs; butchers medium to choice :50- 350—lb., $3.35@9.90; zoo—25045.. $9.508 10.10; 160-200olb., $8.60@10.10: ISO-160‘ 1b., 116069.75}; packing sows, $8.50@ 9.15 ; pigs. medium to ,choice 90-13041», $7 @830. Cattle: Steady to strong market on all classes except bulls, latter 10@15e lower; no choice steers here: best, $13.50: slaughter clasms, steers, good and choice 1,300.1.500—lbq 31125615 ; ~t100-1,300—lb.. $13.25@15; 950-1,100-lb., $13@15; com- mon and medium, 850-111. up, $10@13.25: fed yearlings,. good and choice,‘ 750-950- lb., $12.75@14.50; heifers. good and choice, 850-lb. down, $12.50@14; common and medium; 58375601250; cows, good and choice, 59.256012.fo ; common and medium, $8609.25; low cutter‘ and cutter, $6.40@8: bulls, good and“ choice (beef), $9.256? 10.75; cutter to medium, 873560950: vealers (milk—fed). good and choice. $12.50@16; medium, $11@12.50; cull and common, $8@ll; stocker and feeder good and choice (all --weight8. $11.50@12.75; common .and I $9.50@11.50. Sheep: All slaughter classes active; steady to strong; feedingvlfimbtgv and Spring lambs ab‘sent;“ nominally steady; slaughter classes, springdarnbs. good and choice; $1fi25@.1-&25;;.mcdium. $15.75@1:‘2’.25 ; “cull _. ~@15.75 ;" lambs, down. .3 our 66 and others, 45c; medium. _ Wow 313.25 . . signaled (92-11).; l T‘s-rm“ "ma. no t‘ ‘'10 8 micro" ' ’ ’1, rms . 000 a n O- c date at isgue. Addressy 0°“ W ‘ OHIGAN BUSINESS reams»: Mount Clem ~ < , L l FARMS » Eon SALE. so aans, FENCED. :0 ACRES, peered. Good farming or tug-e land. No buildings. $1.000. Box 81, ' m, 80 ACRE -l-‘ARI FOR U LE. GOOD—SOIL." ' minds. On era mall. Good waters good bui Price reasonable. Win. Bose. Avm. POULTRY L INSURE YOUR SUCESHUY ASELTIIIE quali B w ' . N. ty erred or I. Iiri’eerla urges fit)!!! dams layigg omega heed our oc . ya we {Frau-resting 40 birds under Record of Esra... orni- ance supervision. pr _ thil "3 n. m u . w ite to: reuni- ' witge Poultry Farm?! Cough Perk. h. Loou'i 150.000 omens. so or." so Vam- etl ‘ m 215 to 816 “' lljaigd'l '1 I: halt. u want for large to . “A I mmng to in'fium our Rec? FEE» mining ivu big ' cunts. Smelling cockerels. pullds. .awrence Grand Reptile. Michigan. ‘ ACCREDITED CHICKS—OUR BRED-TO-LAY Barred Roch lay and pa _; three successive {fag fiif‘llfi“ta5it‘8 afiEaid o 0 I) it‘d; e . . . _. . . - sired. Howo’s Accredited Hatchery, Essexville.‘ Michigan. " BABY OHICKHICHIGAN ACCREDITED Barred Roch. R. I. Reds. White Leghorn: ship d C. 0. D. Immediate delivery of pure bred chic from heavy laying foundations: Big free catalog gives new rices. B17011 er-Fredrickson Poultry Farm, Box 8 , Holland. Mich. MYERS PURE BRED CHICKS 109% LIVE delivery. Postage pre‘aid. four leading breeds. White Leghorns. hil’e yendottes. rred Rocks R. L. Reds. Flocks_bred for off progncticn, send for circular. Myers Hatchery. t. P nt. Mich. WHITTAKER'S REDS, BOTH COMB CHICKS Eggs. Write for our Reduced ices. In- terlakes Farm.- Box 2. 14mm. Mich. UNUSUAL LOW PRICE FOR OUR UEEN lity Egg Bred Chick. Order from t is ad. for s3. 8. C. W. Leghorns B. L horns, $9.00 gar 1 0. .Bu-red hose ed Beds. 1.2.00. Discount on 600 or more. June_ 1:; per chick less. Queen Hatchery. ZeeIand, Michigan. CHwKSTBARROIN b3“Hal?! .LE_GH:1RNS. large size op com , (Leg strain, 100. ~Close Eggmis‘arm. 'l‘iilln. Ohio. WHITEd LEtoHonn onsv CHICKS $690. »- locon 8, I rang VI 01‘ “I e no 0 08. Bobt. Chritsopher. 11.34. Eel “mum cmcK PRICES REDUCED FOR MAY—WHITE- orns, 8c' lots of 00. “Hie. Barred Roch, 10c. Hills'de Hatchery, Hclhnil. BETTER easy cmcxeinou STATE ram winners prod t of ' notion clan. Eight car can our chicks go to 0 customers. leven breeds. coking orders. LI Write. Htehfleld tel-cry. Litchfleld. . HEYDOER'S ROULTRY FARM A HAWHERY .Algonac. Mich. White ’nnd Barr rocks baby chich for sale. of s k that is bred for production, all breeders being trap-W Send or atalogue and prices. '1 e DUFF .LEGI'IORN CHICKS AND E008 .FOR “hatching, Cirwlar. Hillel's-t Poultry Film. Bath Michigan~ BABY cringe—noose.- REDS AND LEO< ~horns. Ea week. hes-suing Feb. 18. All stock hloodteeted and Mi Accredited. Pierce Hatchery. Jerome. Mich. ' ‘BAIY CHICKS. PURE-BRIO. NONE BETTER.. Barred . I. Reds. and Custom Hatch- in every onday. _Bobbins Hatchery. 704 No. C n, Owoseo. Mich. . HATCHING EGGS SELECT s. c. swoon MATCHING Enos Masromndprfile stock“ Sperziall,‘:)).i'ticii1 an II m. . c ‘ Bert Eagou, Oxford tupfirlma. Mic igan. ‘ TURKEY EGGs——FROM OUR FAMOUS PURE bred Mammoth Bronze, Bourbon Red, Narragan- sett and White leland flocks. Write. Walter Bros" Powhatan Pomt. Ohio. JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGGS. 1.30—15: .82.50—30; $7~100. collect. Glues Gmsman. Minonk, Ill. _ IMPERIAL WHITE-PEKIN DUCK 808 st id. Chas S E ‘SA‘SO per 11, p0 pa tutu, Saranec. ic . WHITE PEKIN DUCK E608. $1.50 PER SET- ting, postpaid. Gerald Diamond, Mason. Mich. TURKEYS AND GEESE DAY- OLD TURKEYS—RAISE IN BROODER A .house or by chicken lien. Easily raised as chickens. Return five times the roflt. Mammoth Bronze and White Hollands, $1. 0 each. S ecial prices on more than fifty ults. [Eggs for atch-' ingmgPixne Creek Turkey Bo 4. Hofllmi. GIANT BRONZE. IMPROVE YOUR FLOCIIS. Buy baby tin-ks $10.80 don. From large sold- bank hens. International ribbon tom. 100 gendellgefiy guaranteed. Kitchen Turkey Bane . o TOULOUSE oEE . PAIRS , _ $10.00. Oliversfimen. ‘mw; SEEDS. SEED coma. 'cER‘rIFIEc srnuonnn - _,,_ etiee. Northern the dried.“ y‘all, r grist? guaranteed. onro Brown Seed 00., y . is. A, . REGISTERED AID CERTIFIED '- LDEN mafia“ it“ 3323- . Gamesmwiim‘h- ‘ A car y 10 OD 070‘ main. tion. Write for circular. Lure-ice 1 Orcflé‘fiiotte, Mich. R. 9. D AND CERTIF ED SEED CORN ' , . ale-tend levied: Yellow lint . (Libs sh and 0 Butts 0 per n. . or layer TORMY weather conditions will‘ open the week of May 27th in . “f 111080.130?“ of Michigan.. will be heavy local rains, winds, thunder storms and even local tornadoes probable. _ During the early part of the week 'temperatures .will be warm but along towards the middle there will _ be a sharp change to much cooler. In fact, the drop will be sufficient to -produce frosts in many ot‘the north- ern counties. This cold to' cool weather will last until close to the end of this week. The first days of June will be gen- erally fair and cool. Week of June 8 The fair weather of last week will run over into the very beginning 0'! this week with the temperature con— tinuing to range below the seasonal nonmal. As a result of increasing stormi- ness expected during the' middle days of this week the temperatures will rise. The storms at this time will result in numerous local manifes- tations of strong winds and heavy rains. The closing days of this week will result in much cooler weather and more pleasant skies and sunshine. June Weather The fact there will be numerous extremes of the weather in most parts of Michigan during the month of June makes it difficult to summar- ize the month as a whole. chances are that temperatures for the month as a whole will average slightly below the seasonal average. The rainfall will be about the normal amount but heavier during “the lat- ter half of the month. There will be numerous summer type of storms with electrical and wind character- istics. COUNTY 0301' REPORTS (More on Page 1") Shiowaeee (N. W.).——-Nloe long that has broken months drought; every— thing was at a. standstill but looking bet— ter now. Quite an acreage going to gut;- ar beets. Oats and barley looking line but a. little late. No extra. acreage going to beans. Bean growers organization need— ed.-—G. L. P.. May 17. Ben-ion (N.).——Recent frosts did consid- erable damage to strawberries. peaches and pears injured on low ground. Winter apples not blooming full as a. rule. No Baldwins. Early apples full of bloom. ——H. N.. May 16. Defiance. Ohio.—Been very cold past two weeks. Oats coming good but smalL Quite lot of corn planted- last week. VGood' rain yesterday; everything looks fine. But grass and pasture are slow; will be short hay crop unleSS get more rain in next 30 days. Our wheat will be small crop. Quotations from Bryan, Ohio: Wheat, $1.85: corn, cwt.. $1.65; oats, 68c; potatoes, retail, $1.60; W. E. Brown. butter fat, 46c; eggs, 270. May 17. I'm glad to report a settlement with the H— M—— in full. Many thanks for your services—H. A. W., Gregory. Mich. CANCER—FREE Boon— BENT on REQUEST Tells cause of cancer and what to do-for pain, bleeding, odor, Write for it today, mentioning this paper. Address Indianapolis Cancer Hospital. Indianapolis. Ind.——-(Adv.) ‘ CHICKS FOR IMMEDATE DELIRY Pure Hollywood and Hollywood Mated Leghorn: Large Size Production Tg. Large WHI E WINTER Lam. Michigan Accredited. 'AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT Pay Only $1.00 Per 100 Down. Balance C. O. D. June Prices Now In Elect "A" Mating White Leghorn; -..--... $14.00 “B” Mating White Leghorn: ...... .. ‘0" Matt W in em PI Iota Odds and We guarantee Live Delivery and pay the postage. Pay only $1.00 per 100 down. Balance 0. 0. D. or any time before delivery. Order direct from this add or write for Catalog. WINGARDEN FARMS & HATCHERY, Box B, ZEELAND, MICE. Known Layers and Profit Mater-s. Producing 500 1 000 $5.00 $1 5.00 55.00 ‘I 05.00 . 00 .00 00.00 1 ‘I 5.00 45.00 00.00 Buy 2 and 3 Week Old Chicks and Avail) LOS You never saw more‘ vigorous chicks. 24 hour—a~day attention. eds . Bufi Orp .00-100; Egg prices are climbing. .3 SES They get thergght start under ideal conditions. All chicks Michigan accredit . We can furnish quality day old chairs or older ones of any age in the breeds listed below. EXTRA SPECIAL tlve Immediately. lite horns .. Broiler market is firm. Now is the time to get those Lakevie' ——«» chicks at above prices. Order from this ad today. Or get our cutalcg‘We Ship 0. 0. D. Foundation _ . IorSur'cess wzth Poultry --_Lakeview Business Breeds '~ LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM, Box 3 . Holland, Michigan Ii. J. irons, Prop. Member International Baby Chick Association A BABY CHICK SPECIAL Years of Breeding for higher egg 0! Quality Am 50 cu- imntlily d are also 100 % MICHIGAN HATCHERY a POULTRY FARM urine the_ past winter. 0! very beet Live Delivery. PAY ONLY $1.00 DOWN. IN and Tnncred Foundation 8. Frappe-ted Pure Henson 3. . Sheppard's Strain Anconas mouth All Michigan Aocredlted 500 S. c. White Leghorns Trapnestell on ' our Own Farm..Fl_nest Egg Strains. Largest Type Barred Roots. . _ reduction has placed Michigan Poultry Farm Stock on a high standard ' 0 White eghorns tra'mested on our own farm a large part averaged 24 to 30 rd'e Anconas and'lloltennan's Strain Barred Rocks GONEIDENTLY. direct from this Ad. We Guarantee BALANCE c. 0. D. 100 200 500 Leghorn; ......_....._..........-........ S 8.00 $16.00 $31.50 ghorns . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13.00 26.00 62.60 .... .. 8.0 16.00 37.80 ....... .. 10.50 21.00 50.00 1.00 14.00 32.50 BOX 1 HOLLAND, MIOH. early clovern W. REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN Clement's white 'cap yellow dent. yellow dent an Michigan yello dent). ertifled Worthy he a chance on common seed when our scienti c method .of drying. and corn insures germination and Vigor, 0“. . Michigan. Member of the Crop Improvement societion. Dept. H. SEED CORN—NORTHWESTERN DE NT, FLINT. Armstigng. (‘dzldenp teen. brhn. Wagner. d Minnesota This 5 . S SWEET CLOVER SEED 'WHITE BLOSSO- cleaned Scarifled Germination and antecd 05%. $0 ville. Mich. SCIENCE AND PRACTICE DEMONSTRATE IM- proved American Banner wheat. .Wolverine oats. Improved Robusbbeaus best for Michigan. 15. Owoseo. ch. OHIO YELLOW CLARAGE CORN ls WORLD'S highest yielding variety and best for late plant Catalog and samples free. . _ 00 per bushel. Dunlap & Son, Williamsport. io. CHOICE CERTIFIED seed beans. A. B. C Onion. burn, PLANTS. Acre mium Ila EARLY WAKFEIELD, Copenhagen. Bullhead and l’rc« te Flat Dutch cabbage; Baltimore curly large red heavy bearing tome 500. 750. 8 Assorted as wanted. Carefully cratotl. tion arrival_ guaranteed. Georgia. Prompt shipment. PLANTS. Cabbage; (101 paid, 200 6" ' 50 Registered Griinni Alfalfa Seed FARMERS: Buy your seed direct from the largest Registered alfalfa Seed ranch in the United States. Genuine Grimm. sealed and tagged by the Montana Seed GrowersHAssomation. Write us tor sam- RIles, Prices Extra No. "1, 390; No. l, 37c; :4}, 320; f. o. b. Miles City Montana. All seed dry land grown. G. W. ALLEN A: SONS, Volborg,'Montana 2. ' 500, ically assorted. Massillon, 5 ACRES. JUNE, JULY DELIVERY. 000. ' FROSTPROOF CABBAGE AND ONION PLANTS, 1000. Tomato plants $1.25, all varieties. b- t Qui k serv' e latte“) 3’ c 10 . Prime quality, firmer: Exchange. Pavo. FOR GUERNSEY 0R HOLSTEIN CALVES from heavy rich iuilkers, writc Lakewood F‘arm , \Vhitewater. Wise. ‘ TOBACCO GUARANTEED HOMESPUN TOBACCO—CHEW- 311'36 5 pounds. $1.25; 10732. Sniokin 10- . Pipe {reel Pa postmui. U 'nrm- eis. Bardwell. Kentucky.y ‘ nlted MACHINERY . FOR SALE—THREE GUARANTEED DEALER’S _sample 20x32 New Racine ’l‘liresliers at big rice reduction. Standard roduct—Never used. elle City Mfg. 00., Racine. III/is. PET STOCK MAKE I BIG PROFITS WITH CHINCHILLA Rabbits. Real money makers. Write for facts. 884 Conrad's Ranch, Denver. Colorado. HELP WANTED TEACHER. DESIRIOUS OF TRAVELING SUM- _ mer months, pleasant profitable work; opportuih ity to work into a permanent executive position. For details Write Educators Association Francis Palms Bldg. Detroit, Mich. WANTED—MAN 0N FARM—-—WITH NONE 0R small family or single. Forlcy Bros, Almont. Lupcer County. AGENTS WANTED CAN YOU SELL HOUSE PAINT AT $1.98 PER . gallon and born paint at $1.30? Lowest prices in America. Beat all competition, dealers and mail order houses. Money back guarantee to every customer, lExpcrience unnecessary. no de< livermg or collecting. ‘Just talk to property own- ersabout these low prices. $50 to $100 weekly easily made. Check mailed you each Friday. Write at once for Free Sales Outfit, with complete in- formation: Farm & Home Paint (10., Desk 83, Kansas City, Mo. WANTED—LIVE WIRE TO SELL BARN equipment. State experience, if any. Big git) , t. SILOS, Concrete Stave Latest improvements. air ti ht. ' moistu 1’, on mixed stave. Send for to der, Agentgewfiiggd. THE SMITH 81:0 00., KALAMA'ZOO. MICHL' plants. 1211120 8. 00.. COPENHAGEN, WAKEFIELD, FLAT DUTCH, froetproof Cabbage plants, 0 Onion. ' 00; Ruby tato. $1.75 Prompt shipments. Qui rgia. 100 ACRES CABBAGE. ONION AND TOMATO $1.00s thousand. Fr 11 Plant (30., Quitman, Special nd Pepper Plants anklin \ (Too later To Classify) Other Live .Stock on page 18 LIVESTOCK Eon SALE—'4", PURE BRED one herd b is. a fine animal and 'CHOICE HEREFORD HERO AT A BARGAIN. IL W. Andean n. Clarkston. Mich. or. 013%i filigree ears. At 8 c viii. ,FRAIIKE. Truetln.*Mle FOR SAL ~BELGIAN STALLION 11 YEARS 1 An extra good one. od. n and right. .Wm . 3. St. Johns. Mich. for right man. Box 72, Care M. B. l“. (1‘ , Mich. HARVESTER RICH , MAN'S CORN HARVESTER, POOR mans price—only $25.00 with bundle tyin attachment. Free catalog showmg pictturee o ‘ harvester. Process Company, Saline, Kane. MISCELLANEOUS FARMERS WOOL MADE INTO BLANKETS. but ' and yarn at faltNPI‘ICSS. Semi for Egg,- .. , . ting la‘rs. Monticello Woolen ills, (Estab. 18 Monticello. Wise. o ’ ‘ ‘é’ CHEMISTS—OUR NEW CATALDQ NO ".‘ 5.000 chemicals. 2 500 illustrations « , . tory Apparatus and 1,000 Books sent on r of 50c. Laboratory Materials Company. 0 East 713i: Street. Chicago. Ill. ‘ J For home: with electricity, the Maytag is available with electric motor. Why the Maytag Won World Leadership THE TUB A seamless, cast-aluminum tub— big capacity, machinery free, self emptyin g, Self cleaning, heat- retaining. WASHING ACTION Maytag Gyrafoam agitator—— washes faster—a big washing in an hour or so; gentle and thorough—no hand-rubbing necessary even on col- lar and cufi‘ edges, work or play- clothes. WATER REMOVAL Balloon-type, semi-soft, never crush rolls—safety for buttons and delicate garments. Automatic Feed Board, automatic tension adjust- ment, self-reversing drain board, in- stant safety release. Swings and locks in seven different positions—- all-metal construction. ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT Legs easily adjustable for height; handy hinged lid. HIGH- GRADE CONS TR U CTI QN Enclosed, silent, precision steel-cut gears running in oil. The most dur- able washer made. Beautiful, en- during lacquer finish. POWER Electric Motor for wired homes, Maytag Gasoline Multi-Motor for homes without electricity; 3;, to c n (J L in e . ’ '1 THE farm woman’s right to labor-saving equip- ment is not questioned seriously anymore. How can the husband refuse you power for the family \Wash- ing, the week’s hardest task, v when hepumpshis water, grinds _his axe, chops his feed, and does a large part of his field work with pOwer? He knows that it pays to give power equipment even to farm‘ hands—why not the wife? The Maytag does an average farm washing in anhour or so-‘- changes washday to wash-hour. It washes sbgfchoroughly that nO' , hand-rubbing is necessary on grimy overalls, on the stubborn I edge-dirt of collars and cuffs—-—‘: yet itwashes the daintiest clothes hand-carefully. It saves your time, your health and the clothes. Your husband V will appreciate that. Tell Him about the Wonderful Maytag Gasoline Multi-Motor Farmers are getting to know engines as well as they know horses, and the Maytag gasoline multi-motor is an engine that will delight anyone. For ten years Maytag has built this engine to equip its washer for farm homes that have no electric power. It has been continually improved with the progress of engineering knowledge. It gives the same steady, even, dependable flow of power as an electric motor and requires about the same room. The same four bolts that connect the electric motor to the Maytag, connect the Multi-Motor. It is in-built—a part of the washer—no belts to line up—nothing that the woman cannot manage herself. FREE Engine and starter are combined in one unit, directly connected to the crankshaft. Step on the pedal and away it goes. The modern carburetor has only one adjust- ment and its novel‘ arrangement prevents flooding. . " The Multi-Motor is air-cooled, and hagwgg Bosch high-tension magneto and speed gov-if " ernor. A11 bearings are generous in size and , high-grade bronze, oil-grooved bearingsjare; ‘ used throughout, assuring little friction loss and long life: V, “ . So popular is the Multi¢Motor Maytag for farm homes that the Maytag Company has become the'world’s largest producer'of single cylinder» gasoline engines. Only the Maytag has it. . . Trial for a Whole Week’s Washing Pay no money until you wash with the Maytag in your own home. Write or tele- phone any Maytag dealer, and gladly, without cost or obligation, he will send you a Maytag, powered either with electricity or gasoline. Wash with it—give it a rigid. testa If it doesn’t sell itself, don’t keep it. 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