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Cooperatwe Creamery ls Big Success’5-“How to Prevent Lavestock 1.08

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“Thru Our Home Folks’ Kodaks”—“Broadseope Farm News and Views”-“Chatting With the

Agricultural Teacher”-“Farnners’ service Bureau”—-And Many Other Features

 


 

 

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Farmers" ' Cooperative Creamery Is Big Success

Gross Receipts Int 1927 Amounted To Over Three-Quarters of a Million Dollars
By RUSSELL McKEE

N Big Rapids, Michigan, across the
Muskegon river on the edge of
town near the railroad tracks

stands a low, time-worn and unim-
pressive brick building so unimpos-
ing in fact that you might easily pass
it by as a worthless and unused pile
were it not for the bold letters blaz—
oned across its front: “Farmers‘ Co-
operative Creamery Association.”
Even then, viewing it from the front,

.you would place [it in your mind as

a pretty small affair unless you were
interested enough to pass around to
the side to see the deCk-up ranks of
cream cans stretching along the load-
ing platforms almost the distanca of
a city block or go within to see suc-
cessively the battery of pasteurisers
flanked by the great churns in the

' main room and continue on through

the drying room' where that once
wasted product, buttermilk, is con-

‘ vetted into,a powder that finds ready

 

‘ dentist’s chair.
. small beginning, when a few score

sale, to the boiler room with its huge
boiler and towering brick stack. In
your walk through the low building
you might glean from its rambling
nature a story of the steady progress

‘ which has made, several additions

necessary.
But, fully to appreciate the truly

:remarkable growth and- success of

this strictly farmer-owned associa-
tion, you need also to visualize the
condition of the region which feeds

" a constant stream of butter-fat to the
‘ plant, when the lumbermen had pass-

ed and left Big Rapids in the midst
of a sea of pine stumps—— and little
else. You would need to hark back
to the dawn of farmer cooperation

. when farmers were approaching that

untried panacea with all the sum-
cion of a small boy edging toward 3
Because from that

farmers acquired, on a cooperative

2 basis, an almost defunct creamery,

the meager equipment of which was
owned by private interests and land
and building by the local board of
trade, has grown a business with
gross receipts of over three-quarters
of a million dollars in 1927.

The first association of farmers ac-
quired the creamery in 1911 when
the output was only 200,000 pounds
of butter annually. There was no
incorporation at that time and mem-
bers’ shares were on a. basis of three
dollars per cow in their herds. For
years the undertaking was a virtual
failure but the wavering faith of the
members somehow held until 1917
when the association was incorporat-
ed as a non-profit organization, its
present basis. Stock is held solely

by the members, each with a ten-
dollar certificate and there is no oth-
er ownership. The total value of
these certificates is carried on the
books as a fixed liability.

The year of 1914 found the strug-
gling co-op at its lowest ebb. It was
several thousands in debt and en—
joyed very little credit in any quart-
er and, while the debts increased
alarmingly, production increased
only about fifty per cent in the six
year period from 1911 to 1917. That
portion of the association’s history
is common enough but, unlike so

many contemporary undertakings, it
survived because there remained in
the minds of certain members a con—
viction that good would yet come of
the venture, a conviction kept alive.
no doubt, by their consciousness of
the evil lurking in again placing
themselves at the mercy of cream
stations owned by private interests
who could manipulate the price of
butter—fat downward on occasion.
Taming Point

Available records date from Janu-
ary 1, 1918, when B. A. McGill, a
creamery man of long experience,

How To Prevent Livestock Losses

 

 

BIS is the essay written by Robert L. Lee, a Deckerville high school
student, which was awarded first prize in the essay contest con-
ducted by the Michigan Livestock Loss Prevention Association

in connection with its second annual meeting this spring.

Young Lee

competed against students, from vocational agricultural high schools
throughout the State for the pulse, a trip to the second annual meeting
of the association as its gnome—Editor.

 

HE farmers of Michigan are los-
ing $75,000 each year because
of losses in the few hours re-

quired for livestock to reach the mar-.

ket. Practically all of this loss could
be eliminated if consideration were
used in the handling and loading of
the animals. Most farmers do not
realize that such a condition exists.
In most communities there are not a
great number of deaths, and undue
shrinkage and injuryrare not con—
sidered. Yet, in the United States
as a whole, over two million dollars
are lost each year in the settling of
claims for which the shipper is to a
great deal responsible.

Hogs cause the heaviest loss both
by death and shrinkage. In warm
weather great care should be used in
loading hogs that have been driven a
distance. They should never be load—
ed while warm. ,Sand should be
placedin the bottom of the car in
all cases except in extremely cold
weather. Bags of ice placed in the
top of the car will melt in the warm
weather and the sway of the car will
sprinkle the hogs and keep them
cool. In cold weather tar paper put
around the car to a height of three
feet will protect them from the cold.
Boars should always have tusks re—
moved before being shipped with
other hogs as the injury inflicted by

such hogs is often very great. Hogs
should never be overloaded or placed
in cars with other livestock unless
strong partitions are placed between
them.
Shipping Lambs

Lambs are more frequently
ship-pod than the, older sheep in reg—
ular livestock cars. When they are
shipped in this way care should be
taken, providing they are shipped
vertically. This prevents breaking of
the sheep’s legs caused by the ani-
mals putting their legs between slats.
Crates are more often used to ship
the purebred sheep. These should
be constructed of some strong light
wood such as white pine. One of
these crates should last for several
shipments if properly constructed.
The bottom slats should be quite
tight to prevent the sheep from get-
ting their legs between them. The
boards of the bottom are nailed cross-
wise. One mistake that many sheep
breeders make is constructing the
crate so that the sheep’s head is al-
lowed to protrude beyond the crate.
Many accidents in the handling of
freight make this practice dangerous
and the crate should be large enough
to prevent this being necessary. Nails
or other things that might cause an
injury in transportation should not

(Continued on Page 18)

took charge. In that year members
numbered 350, output was 306,000
pounds and gross receipts $145,900.
At the close of 1927 there were
1,690 members, output was 1,700,-
000 pounds and total receipts $767,-
000. An increase of over 400% in
ten years!

In 1918 buildings and real-estate
were valued at $2,500 and machinery
and equipment at $1,900. Today the
first is $14,000 and the latter $18,-
000. There are no debts; the board
of trade has long since been paid off.
The property is seven—fold more val-
uable than in 1918! Assets in excess
of all liabilities are $31,124.00 and
in this there is a liquid reserve of
$7,650, mostly in an interest—drawing
savings account and a few bonds.

Average price paid for butter-fat
at the farmer’s door was 51,2 cents
in 1918 and 51.4 in 1927. (Bear in
mind that 1918 was a war year al-
though prices did not reach peak
until 1920.)

The following table shows very
graphically the steady, uninterrupted
rise of the association during the
past ten years:

Pounds Gross

Year of Butter receipts
1918 306,000 $146,900
1919 388,000 219,200
1920 498,000 287,000
1921 782,000 306,400
1922 849,000 321,000
1923 1,027,000 455,000
1924 7 1,204,000 476,000
1925 1,443,000 634,000
1926 1,632,000 683,000
1927 1,700,000 767,000
Mr. McGill is still manager and

genial enough most of the time but
but if you should approach him dur—
ing the season when old bossy has
access to the succulent leek, it would
be better to first make sure that he
isn’t sniffing suspiciously at a can
of cream with his olfactory sense
keyed in high gear. That goes for
all employees responsible. For the
watchword of the manager, John
Noud, the very able president of the
board and all responsible for the
success of the organization is
“QUALITY.” Mr. McGill places-
quality far above all other factors
of creamery management.
Quality Is Keystone

“Quality is the very keystone of
success in this business,” said Mr.
McGill. “In this plant it must and
will be maintained. One of the
hardest things for manager and
creamery officers to instill in mem-
bers is confidence in their own busi-
ness but even after the establish—

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NURSERY INISIS'I‘S ON PAYMENT

Last September, I ordered some
nursery stock from a company. Then
about two months later I wrote them

that I would like to have that or-,

der cancelled for the reason that I
do not expect to stay where I am liv—
ing, and, therefore, could not use the
stock. They wrote back that they
would cancel the order outright if I
would remit $4.50, which would be
the expense to prepare the stuff and
the agent’s commission, and they
would allow me $4.50 credit on any

future order for .the same amount.

I answered that not being sure of my
location I could not do this. 'They
wrote back that if they did not hear
from me by April 1st they were satis—

fied that I had arranged to use the,

stock... I again told them not to send
it, but they shipped it and sent me a
bill for it. I refused to accept it.
'They threaten to make me trouble if
I don’t pay it within a short time.
What can they do?——G. W. Sebe-
waing, Mich.

signed for, the

HE order you
stock would be binding upon you:

the same as any other contract,
and if you fail to pay as agreed, the
company could hold you liable for
the damages suffered by reason of
your failure to keep your part of the
contract. All they could collect from
you would be the actual damages
they have suffered because of your
cancelling the order.—Lega1 Editor.

COMPENSATION

My husband is working for a farm-
er by the month. Last Saturday,
while getting hay from the mow, he
slipped and broke a bone in his
ankle. He will'be laid up six weeks
and maybe more. Can we make this
man pay us compensation?———Reader,
Flushing, Mich.

ARM labor does not come within
the provisions
men’s Compensation Act. In or—

der to recover damages from your
employer, you would have to show he
was negligent in some way and his
negligence resulted in your injury.
—Legal Editor.

 

ON SHARES

I have a boy who was twenty-
One in, May. I hare been paying him
five hundred dollars a year. He has
been a good boy to work the last
two years. He helps with the milk-
ing as we have four cows. Would
like to put him to work on shares.
What share could I give him to help
me? I have one hundred acres of
land. I want him to pay his share
of expenses so he,wi11 know what it
takes to run a farm. I will furnish
everything to farm with. I want the
cows for myself. I have a tractor to
do the heavy work wit11.~—Subscriber.

O‘T knowing the income from
your farm, it is difficult to de-
cide just the portion your son
should receive. If you expect to fur-
nish everything except the labor and

of the Work-'

your, son all the labor including
hired help, the one—third crop share
basis of rental would Work satisfac-
torily, providing the business is big
enough to give the son‘sufficient in-
come to induce him to carry out such
a plan.- ~-
.'Under this system, the son not
only bears all the labor expense but
shares to the extent of one-third in
such expenses as seed, feed furnished,
twine and machine hire, etc. He
would receive oneathird all crops
grown on the farm for his share. In
this way each party can do as they
see fit with their share of crops. It
is best to feed horses out of undivid-
ed feed if possible—F. T. Riddell,
Research Assistant in Economics,
Michigan State College.

“A” COULD SELL HIS SHARE

'Two men own a farm together,
each owning equal shares. “A” wish-
es to sell his half interest in farm,
but “B" does not care to buy or sell.
Could “A” sell to outside parties.
and would it be legal to take mort—
gage back for one-half of “A’s"
share without the consent of “B”?
—M. E. T., Albion, Mich.

—“A” could sell ‘his one half interest
in the farm and take back a mort—
gage as security from the purchaser.
——Lega1 Editor.

 

 

   

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(The bulletins listed under this headln
are free. Some are issued by the U. s.
Department of Agrlculture, others by agri-
cultural colleges, and many by our adver-
tisers. We carefully consider the bulletins
that come to us from dlfi‘erent sources and
list those which. in our opinion, are of
greatest value to our readers. If you ant
a copy of one or more Just list them n a
postal card or In a letter and mall to us
with your name and address. They will be
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No. ].—-POULRY RATIONS.

No. 2.——MODERN WATER'SUPPLY.
No. 3.—SOIL FERTILIZERS.

No. 4.——SEED CORN CURING.

No. 7.—-—FARM SANITATION.

No. 8.——FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.
No. 9.—FROM EGG TO MARKET.
No. 11,—MINERALS AND FEEDING.
No. 12._——LINSEED OIL MEAL.

No. 13.—FIGHT THE CORN BORER.

No. l4.—UNDER-GRADE APPLES
No. 16.—TIRE CARE.
No. l7.—FARMERS’ TAX GUIDE.

No. l9.—CONCRETE BUILDINGS.

No. 20.—1\IOTHS 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.
N0. 25.—-FARM LEASE SYSTEMS.

No. 26.——ORCHARD MANAGEMENT.
No. 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. tit—POTATO GROWING.

No. 35. PROFITABLE ORCHARDS.
1N0. 36.—TRACTOR LUBRICATIUN.
No. {fir—MODERN POULTRY HOUSES.
No. 38.——POULTRY, SWINE DISEASES.
No. 39.—AUTOMOBILE LUBRICATION.
No. 40.——YOUR TRACTOR.

No. 41.——A FEW BOARDS.

No. 42.—REAL ESTATE ASSESSING.
No. 43.——FARMING UNDER PAPER.

 

 

 

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LOTTE PALMER.”—\Vrites Mrs. Chas. hwppy group are l\Ir. and Mrs. \Villin-m Southworth, of Arenac county. Mrs. his Uncle You: N form in eastern 5t.
Johnson, of Montcalm county.

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SHE HAS HER ARIHS FULL.—-1\Irs. Henry Nit--
Comb,.0f Macmnb county, admits she has hcr_arms of our school days. Here we have Elizabeth Truhcy is the two-year-old grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
full, With Earl biglow on her right arm and \Villium Smidth, Francis (irndde, Leonora Kruoger, and (M IG. Amhs, of Saint Joseph county. The picture was

   

     
        

SCHOOL PALS.—-There are no pals like those “SIIAICE' IIANDS, BOB!” SAYS HILLYA——Billy

“'illiam Krouso, of Bay counrty. taken on his Second birthday.

 

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- A FINE PAIR OF COLTS—“My span. of three-yenr-old colts with a friend of mine and ()LIVE AND OLIVER.—
mysclf,” writes C. J. llnnwn, of Grand Traverse county. Experts. declare good horse-s urc (‘hildwn of Mr. and Mrs. O. Ley,
becoming scarce in this. country. lnglmm county.

 

 

 

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GERTRUDE AND RALPH.—“Gertrude with
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What Will
YOUR
Harvest Be?

LL there be.thin spots in our wheat fields at harvest
UV time? There need not be ' you avoid lumpy fertilizer.

Lumpy fertilizer is bumpy fertilizer. It is like a small boy—it

‘ hops, skips and jumps too much in the distributor to be a

} ' really effective worker. It puts too much plant food in one

E spot and not enough in another. A thoroughly blended and
cured even sized particle fertilizer which doesn’t unmix in
shipping or in the distributor, which flows uniformly and dis-
tributes in an even band in the soil will grow a larger and better
crop than will an equal quantity of lumpy, bumpy goods of the
same analysis.

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have been blended to guard against lumping; to assure you
against clogged tubes and the consequent thin spots.

Ample nourishment is made available in the growing wheat
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improving quality, increasing yield and enriching your 8011 for
the crops that follow your winter wheat.
3 An application of Armour’s BIG CROP High Analysis Ferti-
} lizer this fall should mean increased profits for you at harvest
‘ time. There is an Armour BIC CROP Dealer near you. Con-
' sult him. He will tell you what these “last word” fertilizers
} have done for other farmers in your county, and will advise
I you upon the analysis best suited for your-soil.
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It is as Usual
has been our aim all this season
to be well caught up with our
work—~we even planned on being
just a little ahead of it, and by being

expected to be
able to accom-
‘ plish a few tasks
that do not real~
ly pertain to the
growing of crops.
We make this
our aim every
spring, and again
this year ”it is as
usual" for the
farm work seems
to delight in
keeping us on
the h u m p. I t
tries to play a
sort of tag game with us, and just
as we figure on next week being the
end of the rush, or that We will be
able to do so and so, within ten days,
along comes some unexpected jump
caused generally by weather condi-
tions, and instead of being able to
yell “tag" to the regular routine we
find we are still “it.”

The crop work this year seems to
be a little more evasive than usual.
Perhaps it is Well it is, as (this eva-
siveness is mostly caused by rain and
for the first time in some years we
can say we have had all the rain
we needed during June and July. We
were compelled to postpone our po-
tato planting a whole week on ac-
count of rain and this, of course,
got us in bad with the corn cultivat-
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APPRECIATE INTEREST
EAR Entronz—I wish to tell
you that myself and all others
in this community appreciate
your work for the interest of farm-
ers especially that directed toward
chicken and other thieves.——Donuld
D. Don-once, Kalamazoo County.

 

 

have a fine week for the seed plant—
ing and with great expectation of
nice weather we started in to haying
only to find it took us ten days to
take care of the hay from six acres.
There were about 20 loads on it, and
when we could not work in this hay
field. we made history in the corn
fields with the cultivators, but it was
too wet for effective weed or grass
elimination and as historians, we will
go on record as saying these things
were there in such abundance they
did need eradicating. We managed
to keep one team in the corn field
and went on with our haying with a
little smaller force than usual. Con-
sequences are that all the corn fields
and potato fields are clean, and today
we figured would see the wind up of
this urgent cultivating. We also ex—
pected to have our wheat cut and
shocked, and tomorrow we really
planned on drawing some gravel and
doing some repair work we have
longed to get at for two or three
years. ’
But tonight finds we are still "it"
and will be for several days, and
when these days" have elapsed the
cats will be ready for harvest and
the spuds will be demanding that we
spray and from then on, all the spare
time we can get, and much time that
isn’t spare, will have to be spent in
the potato fields. But what caused
all the change in our program today?
It was Rain and rain with a capital
R. In the space of two hours it
rained about five inches; at sunset
water was standing on all our fields.
It will all be gone by morning, but it
will be too wet to finish the wheat
cutting or to get on the fields with a
cultivator. But there are some fifty

as'soon. as it is dry enough. I. am
,getting more rabid on this “culti-
vate after every heavy rain" slogan
earths years go on for Ilflnd it is a
paying proposition.

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acres that must be cultivated again-

on .

pshaw, let’s not talk about that!
Talking about such a great big over-
grown failure as the 1928 wheat crop
in this section isnot a. very “pretty"
think to talk about just before going
to bed, and I am seriously thinking
of going to bed. However, you have
asked about the wheat and I'll tell
you. We worked hard last fall and
neglected some quite needed repair
work 'to prepare and sow twentyfive
acres of wheat. We tried to do it
right and if there was anything we
neglected I'd like to know what it
was. Good seed, fertilizer and lots
of worn out plow points with a plen-
tiful supply of sweat from both man
and team were all included in the
seeding of the wheat crop. It sure
did look fine all the fall and early
winter, and we took great delight in
the fact we would have all the wheat
the hens would want; and they want
a plenty. Our delight began to show
symptoms of "static” as the winter
wore on and by the, time Spring ar-
rived we were unable to get any line
at all on “delight” when we tuned in
on “wheat prospect." All but six
acres were torn up for oats and bar-
ley. These six acres looked “fair" to
“not fair" and we took a chance on
saving it. “Insects" have done some
damage and it doesn’t look as good
' as it did a few weeks ago. It may
pay us for harvesting, but that will
be all. What about the hens? Well,
don’t worry aboutthe hens, they will
be fed! If it wasn’t so near bed time,
and if Chief Grinnell would run a
few extra pages, I would like to go
on and tell about all the wheat crops
I ever raised and I’m telling you now
there have been five failures to one

successful one.

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Nonsense

It seems to be second nature for
James and me to run into the office
of the County 4—H Club Leader when-
ever we visit Hillsdale. There is
generally something to learn and
some new bulletin to bring home.
The other day, the new bulletin was
a little, and quite a little, far-fetched
in its title: “Every Farm is a Fac—
tory." Nonsense! If Henry Ford's
automobile and tractor plant is a
factory, then I fall to see. why and
how “every farm is a factory." When
Mr. Ford or Mr. Fordson or Mr. In~
ternational McCormick Deering or
John Deere himself decide to produce
something, they simply take the ma—
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it; no its and ands about it. The
finished article is sure to come and
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dry weather, too much wet weather.
too much freeze, too much thaw, too
much Hessian fly, too much blight.
too much hall, too much wind, too
much or not enough of this or that
never enters into their factory plans
to destroy their effort. Their factory
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bob up. No, a farm islnot a factory
as I think of a factory. It. takes more
genuine grit and gumption to be
proprietor of a farm than it does of
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rule we use on Spring Water Farm
is one pound of. grain for every six
pounds of milk produced after the
first 20 pounds. 0n good pasture we
do not grain our cows unless more
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day; that h with the exception: of a
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According to data compiled by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture the
average cost of producing the 1927
corn crop on 4,178 farms was 70
cents per bushel. The average cost
of producing wheat. on 3,119 farms
was $1.18 per bushel. and the aver-
age cost of producing out. on 3,590
fame was 54 cents per bushel.

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land on a cash rental tools; so if. the
cost equalled the selling price, the
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Times To Cut Alfalfa
Several inquiries have come to me
regarding the number of times to
cut alfalfa hay per season. Our practfi
ice on Spring Water Farm and my
advice for. Michigan conditions is two
cuttings per year. Two cuttings per
year gives a good tonnage of hay

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ter cover. SOmetimes we pasture
after the second cutting, but I al-
ways feel safer when my alfalfa fields
have a good plant growth on them
in the fall or before winter sets in.
Another bit of advise on alfalfa,
and that is to rake it up in a windrow
and load it with a hay loader. A
trifle better curing job may be ob-
tained by putting it up in cocks; but
the day of pitching hay on a wagon
is past, at least for me.
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Threshing Time Again

Threshing time is with us again,
and in spite of the hard labor I al-
ways enjoy seeing threshing time
arrive. I hope that I can arrange
matters so that I will be present
when the threshing machine comes
to Spring Water Farmmwith a pitch
fork I mean and ready for work.
There is always a certain amount of
humor around a threshing crew‘
which is not found in any other
place. Then, too, the fields look so
clean when all the sheaves have been
removed, and the bins look much
better when they are filled with the
golden grain. Perhaps the finest
part 0! the whole business is the
good meal for dinner or supper, and
how abunch of men can eat after. a
hard half days work at threshing

. grain.

I have read that in Iowa this year

they have adopted the plan of all go~

ing home for supper at threshing
time. I don’t think I'll like that

plan, but probably the ladies'will en- ‘

dorse it .with much eagerness, and

If the women hulk minke ready one
meal for a threshing crow than have
done a good days work and the men
Would also get home earns: tot their
chores. Then, too, the, wouldniwer
feel hesitant about stall-t & new

job at the close of day Mom it is-

not forcing some one to food n crew
that has done very little. on the
place.
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This is the time of the year when
the farm poultrploek mm'hocull-
ed. Many of the. Lens will be hoard-
ers from now until next. sort: and
they. are eating valuable food. I
advise every farmer to cull or to hire
some one to cull the fiocki‘or him.

' Do not get just anyone who professes

to be a culler or who wish“ to buy
the culls. Usually there is some one
in the neighborhood who can do this
work satisfactorily. If you secure a
stranger for the job ask him {or his
culling certificate and for references.

Electricity

I believe that the one big factor
that would make farm life more en-
joyable and modern above. all others,
is that of electricity. I have done
some investigating of late and find
that this problem is one which must
be solved by the larmer.

A manager of a. big power com-
pany who has 43 miles of rural high-
way linee which runs from a main
plant to smaller towns informed me
that of the 93 farmers living along
these lines only 40 farmers used the
electric power, and that the majority
of the farmers who do use this elec-
tricity, use it for lights 03):.

To establish a rural electric. line of

11,000 volts including poles. wires
and transformers costs—on on average
of from $1,500 to $3.300 per mile.
’ It can readily be seen that in order
for any company to build electric
power lines into the country. all of
the farmers living along those lines
must cooperate and all use the elec-
tricity, and use it for all purposes
ponible '

The above cooperative plans Were
carried out in an experimental elec-
tric power line near Danville, lich-
igu. with very satisfactory and suc-
cessful result“. I for one hope that
all of the farmers living adjacent to
Spring Water Farm decide they want
electricity, and besides paying for
my share of the project I'll buy the
whole line force who erect the line
thebest dinner they ever ate.

ill I! :0

We Have A Caller

I’ll have to end this writing as here
comes my old friend James N. Mc-
Bride, of Burton, into the oflice. You
have probably read some or James
McBride’s articles in THE MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARME’R or in some'ot the

national agricultural magazines, and ,

if have, you have read some very
good articles.

He has with him enough data and
figures on the production and mar—
keting of milk to stagger an ox. He
also wishes to discuss some tax prob-
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schools. I never miss a chance to
discuss problems with MrhMcBride
for he is a man of broad experience
and expert knowledge in agricult-
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talking about. I'll ring oil horo'and
be with you again in two weeks.

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“Bumped each other ,off!" he said.
"What do you know about that! You
boys go ahead down to the house. Guess
I can worry along here the rest of the
day. Look at them clouds back there,"
he said motioning to a great bank hang-
ing in the west. “We'll have snow by
morning. Bound to have it before we can
cut this grain with this outfit!"

Doug looked over the field.

“Why don’t you hook that o (1 engine
onto this thing?" he asked. "R n it day
and night. You can’t cut grain with that
thing." .

“It won’t percolate for us," grimaced
Mort. “Guess we don’t talk to it right.
Now, take horses, they can understand
me real well when I git mad."

"Come on, Doug," said Terry. "Dad
and mother will sure be tickled to see you.
Dad’s just about down,” he added, as
Doug took his arm to steady his some-
what uncertain steps. ‘

“How’s Mary?" asked Doug, in an off-
hand manner.

“Mary's not here any more," said Terry,
quietly. "She’s gone back to Iowa."

Doug pulled up with such suddenness
that he almost threw Terry.

"What’s that?" he cried.
to Iowa? When did she go?”

"Several days ago,” said Terry, refusing
to meet Doug’s eyes. “It was terribly
lonesome for her up here. Not another
girl of her age around. Besides, the way
it’s been looking, we decided that we’ll all
be back there by early winter."

“Are you trying to tell me," cried Doug
again, "that she’s not coming back at
all?”

,“Don’t blame me, Doug,” said Terry re-
proachfully. ‘I had nothing to do with
it. Besides, you remember, you were the
first one to run off."

That held Doug.
medicine, he realized.

“But Terry," he argued, “with that
grain crop we've got ,and the cattle found,
it now looks to me like we could make a
go of it." '

"We didn't expect to ever see the cat—
tle again,” Terry pointed out, “and this
grain isn’t harvested yet. You know
that even now there’s a chance that we’ll
lose it.”

Doug came back to practicalities with
a thump.

“I'll go in and see the folks a minute,"
he said, “and then if they don’t drive me
off again, I’m going to hook that old en-
gine onto that binder and let «her snort
till that grain is all out. But I imagine
your father will feel more like driving me
off than anything else."

“Gone back

A dose of ‘his own

“You've got him wrong, Doug," said,

Terry. “He’ll be tickled to death to see
you. Here we are.”

Doug halted at the doorway and hung
back. “Go on in," he said, “and tell
them. Then if it's all right, I’ll come in."

“Come on in," insisted Terry. “It's all
right, I tell you."

“Nope." Doug was adamant. “I‘ll wait
here."

Terry went in, turned around, came
back and grasped Doug by the arm.
“Now, then,” he said, ”that’s over; come
ahead." _ ‘

“Did you tell them?” asked Doug.

"Sure, sure," lied Terry. "It’s all right,
I tell you.”

It was—perfectly all right. They could
not have welcomed Terry, under similar
circumstances, more madly. It was per-
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Doug fell into the routine with the
swift adaptibility so characteristic of him.
He seemed to be able to fit himself in
anywhere, any time. Long before night
the old Wild Cat was snorting across the
field, towing the binder like a toy. ' But
after a few rounds Doug decided that it
was too small. '

“Here,” he said to Mort, who was
shocking with Mr. Muir’s assistance, "you
climb up here and take this throttle."

“Me?" exclaimed Mort. “I wouldn't
monkey with that old booger on a bet!
Go on; you're doing fine.”

“Carey‘s got a twelve foot push,” said
Doug. “I saw him unloading it over at
town last summer. I’ll get it and we'll
run both. .Ought to get somebody to
shock down there, too. Come on, get up
here."

Mort climbed up, doubtful.

"Well," he said, here I am.
you want me to do?”

“Pull this handle back," said Doug, in-
dicating the throttle, “and steer it when
she starts. Just like a car.”

,"Never steered a car,‘ 'said Mort.
"You’d better let this thing set till you
get back."

‘Reckon you can surely keep it in a
hundred acre field, can’t you?" said Doug
sarcastically. “Go on, let her go."

Mort yanked back the throttle, then
leaped for the wheel as the engine surged
into motion.

‘Don’t you be gone too long i" he yelled
at Doug. “I don‘t want to be anywhere
near this thing when she blows up !”

Doug was off for the barn and a horse.
A dust streak soon marked his course as
he shot down the road for Carey's. He
was back in little more than half an
hour, accompanied by four punchers he
had picked up there and between. They
were riders he knew well, otherwise Rook-
efeller himself couldn’t have put up
enough money to have hired them to
shock barley.

“Carey will bring up the push,” said
Doug, going across to meet Mort, who was
still weaving across the field, the engine
cougning weakly on a low head of steam.

Cary came up shortly before sundown
With the push. Mort had already brought
out the horses and Doug was rigging a
big storm proof gasoline lantern onto the
engine. The shockers were piling up bun-
dles at a terrific rate, just throwing the
grain into heaps so that it could be found
in case snow did come.

Doug hooked onto the push and Mort
followed with the little binder. Eighteen
feet at a swath, thirty-six at -. round,
over an acre every time they cin "ed the
field. ,

The horses, altho coolness,
downright coldness, came with the night,
soon fagged. They couldn’t stand the
gaff. Doug gained round after round. Be-
fore midnight the horses played out en-
tirely and Mort unhitched to take them to
the barn. Terry had tried riding the en-
gine with Doug but was forced to give it
up. The lurch and jolt over uneven grain
had been too much for him, but he had
stubbornly refused to go to the houses

Doug had stopped the engine.

“Terry,” he said, “you take the team
down to the barn and go to bed. Mort
can stay with me if he wants to. Go on,
now, you can’t do us a bit of good here."

“Get to bed and get some rest,” advised
Mort. “You ain’t in no shape to be ca-
rousing around at nights.”

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TEXT: “Suffer the little children to
come unto me." Matthew 19:14.

“ HEN will the Daily Vacation
Bible School begin?” said a
little lad. “O, I can hardly

wait.” “Fun?” Of course, it is fun.

Just the kind of fun that helps de—

velop the good in John and Mary.

Don’t you know the children will

pull more weeds in the garden and

mow the lawn more cheerfully if you
will let them attend the vacation
school. But what of it? That isn’t
the reason for such a school. John
and Mary are the finest plants in
your garden and demand the .most

.careful cultivation to keep them

form reverting into wildness and fail-
ure. That’s the reason. And our
fourth vacation school at the Oakdale
church has proved its essential util-
ity. Suffer the children to come. Our

' Master flames against the grown-up

that would darken the pathway for
little feet.

Every community needs greatly to
center on the religious problem. Is
your community 100% American? Be
sure then that it is more than 30%
Christian. Listen to this: “The
preaching service and-Sunday School
will be discontinued soon unless the
people support it with their attend-
ance and interest. Too ‘bad to let
this Church die; this church where
for so many years the wonderful
gospel of Christ has been preached
and the Bible taught in the Sunday
School. "When the church in any
community dies, the Community
slumps morally and every way. It
is a shame forvfo1ks to say, “0, let
George do it," when it is a question
of the life and death of the only

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LOCATING WATER

EAR EDITOR: I read an article

in the “Farm Mechanics” de-
partment (April 14th issue)
that made me laugh. I laughed last
spring at the idea of locating water
with a peach sprout, but now I know
there is truth in it. Here is the
proof as shown to us. '
Our .well went dry. There seemed
no excuse for it either. We knew it
wasn’t the point for we put a new
one on but still no water, so we tried
putting down a new one, driving it
down 45 feet but still no water.
That made too much money going
into the ground without any results.
Some one told us of an old man at
Elsie that could locate water with a
peach sprout. I doubted it, but

drawing water for cattle and horses .

besides for the house was no picnic,
so I told my husband I was going to
find that man and we would see if
there was anything in it. He came
out with me and I showed him the
peach tree but he went over to an
apple tree and cut a sprout, wish—
bone shaped and all of 30 inches
long in both prongs. Then he
grasped the end of each prong, one
in each hand with his palms turned
towards the ground, and, holding it
firm, he walked on one side of the
house and then on the other. Every
time he came to a certain spot the
pomt of the sprout, which had been
pointed upward, would thrn down-
ward. He would open his hands
then and the twig would unroll so
there was no action of the person
that caused it to turn over. In walk-
ing away from the spot the twig or
sprout would turn backward until
approaching another vein of water
when it would turn downward.

It will not work for everyone. I
tried it and it worked better for me
than it did for that man. It would
not work at all for my husband, nor

for our oldest girl, and a very little .

for our youngest girl. A friend
came out from Detroit at that time
and it would not work for him.

Well We located the direction the
vein ran, and then tried from both
directions to get the center, set a
stake and drove 17 feet and got a
fine well of water. Then to tell how
deep the vein is'count the number
of feet from the point where twig
starts to bend to the place where it
bends the lowest; that will get the
number of feet deep.

Now laugh if you want to, I don’t
blame you, but try it yourself and
get others to try it, for it will not
work for every one. Can’t account
for it unless it is personal mag—
netism.

One day our mail carrier asked me
how we knew where to put the well
down and I told him. He laughed
and I said, “Just come along and I'll
show you.” I showed him and he
stopped laughing. The twig would
not work for him either. He said,
“Say, you come to my place this
noon andhelp locate one for me."
I did and while doing it several
people came along and laughed. I
didn’t say anything but I felt like it.
He started to work where I set the
stake. Those people don’t laugh any
more for he has the finest well of
water around here. Try it, there
is the proof.——“A Subscriber,” Ovid,
Michigan;

LIKES MEEKS AND HIS
DEPARTMENT
EAR EDITOR: I am writing
you an article to tell you how
much I appreciate “Broadscope
Farm News and Views,” and the
writer. You certainly have the right
man in the right place; he is just a
recent personal acquaintance of
mine, but I prize him very highly for
his personal worth; he'sure is a
model man. ‘ , .

We converse together, by means
of writing, and'we are pretty well
agreed that the future child should
claim more of the attention of those
oLus of the present. Possibly we do
not make enough of a study of the
two prime creative forces, that make
for healt-h.and character of the fu-
ture c‘hild, consequently, the great
number born incompetent to cope

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successfully with the problems of
life. I just wish .you could enter a
new department, or enlarge Meeks’,
so as to bring under discussion this
all important subject; our children
should claim as much thought as re-
gards health and growth, as our
crops and farm animals—G. W. S.,
Litchfield, Michigan.

WEIGHT TAX UNFAIR

EAR EDITORz—I just read your
article about the gas tax. I
have been thinking of writing

my views on the present weight tax,
but am not much of a writer, so have
not done it. I am a farmer and have
a one ton truck, also a car, so what
I say I get from actual experience. I
have always been an advocate of the
gas tax and do not object to the pres—
ent three-cent tax, if it is needed to
build our roads, but what I object to
is the injustice of the present weight
tax. Our lawmakers, as a rule, are
men that are financially able, so that
on the first of January they can go
and get their license and think every-
body else can do the same. But no!

  

 

.lifaave'our~ car in the garage for. .two

to six months after paying taxes and
other Winter expenses before we can
get enough! money to spare to get our
license. . .

I am a firm believer. in equal
rights, but I would like to have some
of our weight tax advocates answer
the following questions, and see
where they can find one/just thing
about the yearly license plan. Our
State representative tells me that
their main argument was, it hit the
rich man who keeps a car and just
drives it a few times a year.

Why should a man pay to build
our roads more than he uses them
just because he is fortunate enough
to have money?

Why should anybody that uses
their car once a week pay as much
for the privilege as the man that uses
the road seven days?

Why should I with a truck weigh-
ing 2,500 lbs. pay 800 per 100 lbs.
and my neighbor with one weighing
2,400 lbs. pay 65c and haul the same
loads?

Why should the farmer that hauls
a full load on his truck on an aver-
age of twice a month pay the same
as the trucker that hauls the capaci-
ty of his truck every day? ,

The weight tax was designed, as I
understand it, to get the trucks used
for commercial purposes and hauling
heavy loads, but does the commercial
trucker pay it? No, the consumer

 

H 'nd'reds of'us poorer clash must hiplliws“ it, for he just adds it to ht
charges". With the permanent'licenso

hundreds of cars that are traded in
for a little or nothing, or junked,
could be converted into a light truck
and kept to save the new car.
if one has to go to the expense of
buying a commercial license extra
every year, he just loads the same
amount in the back seat and on fend-

ers of his car and uses a common lic- ‘

ense, but wears the road just as
much as the truck would—E. C. B.,
Columbiaville, Mich.

FOR THE GAS TAX

EAR EDITOR: As “W. E. C.”

said about the gas tax, I think

he is right and the weight tax is
just a graft on the farmer who lives
on a dirt road and can only use his
car eight or nine months out of the
year and still pay as much for the
year as anyone. We poor farmers
can not pay for something a year and
use it only eight or nine month§.—--
H. F., Hemlock, Mich.

A few days ago I received a check
from the hatchery for $35.00 for settle-
ment for claim against them. I wish to
thank you most sincerely for your efforts
in the matter. If it were not for THE
BUSINESS FARMER I would never have re-
ceived a cent from them. You surely
were a friend in need and I shall always
be a friend of yours—Mrs. M. D., Tipton,
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COUNTY AGENTS
BOUT five years ago Cheboygan and Kalkas-ka
counties released their agricultural agents
and decided to operate without them. Re.—
cently the boards of supervisors of those two coun-
ties voted to appropriate the necessary funds to
again employ farm agents.

Results gained: from mmg a good agricultural
agent to work with cannot always be measured in
dollars and cents, and folks some times get the
idea that it is a waste of money to hire one, but
after he is gone they realize how valuable he
really was. The county agent is like a lot of
modern conveniences, like. the automobile, the
tractor, telephone, radio. electric lights and
power. You donukmwhntmmem
missing until after you try them and than have
to go without for a. time.

“OWN YOUR 0“ PM”

F course you have heard at the "Own Your
Own Home” calm carried on in. most of
the tom and cities about the country. and

it can be truthfully said that the mimlty of then
have been fairly succemlul. New 0. Arthur Nord—
vall, of Illinois, has started an "Own Your Own
Farm" campaign. This: being considered and ad-
vocated as an opportune time to buy farm land
such a campaign may bear considerable innit.
If it sells good farms to the right kind of men: it
will be good fruit.

RESPE(71‘ FOR OUR JOB

O MANY farm folks are inclined to take on an
apologetic manner when they explain that
they are connected with agriculture that the

following line from the letter head of our iriend,
Donald Kline, agricultural instructor in the. Belle-
vue high school, stands out like a lone star on a
dark night:

“The profession which I embrace requires a

knowledge of all the sciences."

Have you ever thought of it that way?

QUALITY COUNTS

PON his return from the Allende coast potato

tour B. 0. Hagerman, agricultural agent of

the Pennsylvania Railroad, stated that Mich-
igan commercially grown seed potatoes have
shown up well in comparative tests along the
eastern shore of Virginia this. season. The per—
centage of diseased hills from Michigan seed’wazs
2.24, compared with from 3 to 35 per cent from
seed grown in other slates. Many states look to:
Michigan for their seed potatoes.

But a short time ago a county agricultural
agent from the state of Texas: came to Michigan:
and purchased 18 Jersey bulls to head herds in
that state. Some of our purebred cattle have
been shipped into most of the eastern, central and
middle west states at various times.

Michim leads all other states east at the His-
sissippi River in the production at am hay and
is now giving an increasing anal-ant of ‘altenflen

f‘ 7&6 Barman farmer

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And these are. Myra few em in which met-w
figs: agribultunis “cashing in” on quality. 01'
course, we we a long way, to go yet before we
get to the top of the ladder...but show- us another
state in the middle west that, can even stand
shoulder to shoulder with Michigan. ,,

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V have: brilliant lawyer who is very suc—
' coastal. in his pretensio- M be is

handicapped by the loss of both leg! and
one arm. He he been through sixteen open—
tions, and be m sympathy. “Ber sorry for
than who are ‘eflppled above the shoulders. not
those handicapped below the shoulders,” is: his
advice.

What a lot of truth there is in that bit of ad-
vice. The man with the crippled brain and sound
body is far more handicapped than the man with
the crippled body and health-r brain.

“THERE'S SWETIENG ABOUT I'l“—-”‘

B complain about life as: the turn being an
endless drudgery, that farming in a. thank-
less and profitless job most of the time, but

just the same there is something about it that
keeps a true son of the soil on the farm. Perhaps
Clarence Pee. editor of Progressive Farmerffound
the. reason when he named the following seven.
advantages:

“1. Farming is free from extremes of poverty
and wealth.

“2. Farming is an independent life.

“3.. Farming ovme'rs an opportunity for creative
work.

“4. Farming is a. many-sided occupation in
which may be exercised every faculty of body,
mind, and spirit,

“'5. Farm life is not only most wholesome
physically and whole-one mentally, but whole-
some morally. ~

"‘6. The .‘o'wnership of land is a patent of no-
bility.’

“7. On the fans there is an M not
only ‘to make a mile. wk at God’s creation 2.
little better, richer. miner, and note wary of
God.’ while. one lives; but to W. iron: gen~
eration to generation 01 one": on life and labor.”

You can N0! mm m

‘hvejnthd arenhdcrdacarbh man
'mflvedhmdtyMIn-rmagn.
m nu had a my Mg appearance
and won. the. confidence. at all felt: he me in,
contact with. He: appeared to have plenty of
money, driving. an expensive automobile and
wearing, fine clothes. always giving liberal tips
where- lips were expected, and” children fired with
each other to do his. bidding. Business seemed to

be merely something to take up his time.

One day he was seen in conversation with a
notorious; gambler by a friend who warned him
at the earliest opportunity, feeling. he was such a
trusting fellow he might be. drawn into a friendly
game of cards and lose: considerable money be-
fore he realized he was being victimized.

Less than a year later he left town suddenly
and it was discovered that he owed money to
nearly every merchant in town as Well as most of
his friends. Also, it. was learned that he had
been the silent partner in a. gambling house all
of the time he was living in our midst”.

The reminder we had was a notice: in an gastern
newspaper that he had been found guilty of se11~
ing stock in: a. company that did not exist.

CAN‘ YOU HELP HM?

WELL—KNOWN? editorial writer recently

asked a: question which we would. like to

have some of our good folks answer for
him. Thai! question was; why in. pig’s tail?

He declares it is the “supreme creation of in-
utility',” a total loss. It’s too short to brush
flies off with, isn’t used to express feeling as the
tail of a dog, isn’t a. rudder like a fish's tail, or
used to get some place like a snake”; tail, or to
balance like the tail of a kite, or an anchorage
like the tail of a shirt. And the pig can't use it
like a. cat use: its: tail to keep its feet warm,
nor can he fan himself with it during hot
weather.

The writer finally decides it is just “a spinal
raveling" and we have made up our minds. to
let it go at that in the: want. ot a better name

or a real explanation as to what I is fit. Pec-
hm some of y— Mks have: some .uuestinn.

7 9 is more than
[periodical

* East ' Lansing. Mich. /

1t um]: [momma afScmarl

DON’T endear it anywhere. as and: u so“ to
l . I the fair, while. neighbor View the com pd

swim: 1* like to wander down the line- and m
the side ohm one by one. it surely is a lot of
fun to see u there two-headed calf, and “'3'
fat lady nake- me laugh; the. snakes vendor
sure is good. I like to watch his: "It? wood. Hy ’
neighbor‘s in the Judd]? ring om u nth.-
stock, by Jinx, the Jerseys and the: Me: m
are what keeps him awake at nights; you can"
get him to hit the has until they've. judged the
Rambouletfi.

When I’m away firm home, 260- whiz, I like to
get away he. hit, I don't cm which bull you
first place, Pd rather in.“ . good has. me or
see the aeroplane, by Jinn with felon I'll’rin‘ .-
‘each wing; a. 013mm ain't got hall 5 than
with such excitement to entrance, the visitor lo- I.-
forgets about his corn crop and his debt-s” My
neighbor Team a lot, no doubt. but I an cot
along withutau Mon film mince“.
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swords, and .3 such aw. the {all slain. "I.
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There oiught to be more fisher-n like Presi-
dent Cooiidge. You don't. hear ’bout his teHh‘
of the big ones that got away.

If there is a place that is any hotter-’3 some
of the days we’ve had this. summer I’m soil’ to
start livin' a better life right away.

Be sure to take a vacation. It’s almost as hard
on you as stayin' at home and farmin’ but it's the
change that does you good.

Talkin’ movies are gettin' to be more popular
everyiday. Must be the women actresses started
the idea ’cause they couldn’t stand it any longer
to be seen and not heard.

An eastern woman’s husband rode away on
on horseback thirty years ago and she ain’t seen
him since. She has finally decided he ain't com-
ing back so she’s gettin’ a divorce. He's been
away a little too long to come back now and
claim he took a long ride and met the Prince oi
Wales, and they started tallin’ of! to see who
could fall 0! the most, and that was why he '
didn't get back sooner. ,.

Ever hear this one? An/ old woman was seeing
:3" street car runnin' along the street for the first

une.

“Well, I swan!" she exclaimed. "I’ve seen 'em
goin’ by horses, and I’ve seen ’em gain" by clean,
but this is the first time I ever seen 'em goin’ by
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Aug. 3-4.——Toar of Michigan State Horticul-
tural Society.

Sept. 2-8.-—Michfgan State Fair, Detroit, Mich.

Sept. Ills—Opening Day Hotel-ammo Short.
Course, M. S‘. 01, East Lansing, Mich. -

Oct. 30-Nov. 2'.--’Pop' 0’ Michigan- Potato Show.
Gaylord, Mich. f -
Nov. 2—3.—State Horticultural Show, ll. 3 0..
Nov. 7o10.——Grecaeville, We 8%”. 01'0“-

ville, Michigan. . , ,_ 2
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I have written to the Baker Farm
Agency regarding the sale at my
term, and I am enclosing a letter
I received from them. I would like
to know if they are reliable and if
you would advise sending the tee
theyaektohandlethemleofmy
farm. -—Readew,. Reese, Mich.

certainly would not recom—

mend that you send any lot

or list your far. vflh the

Baker Farm Agency, of kama,
Ark.-6fex., because it appears to us
to be the old listing game which we
have talked about so often. May 0:
onions recall Warren Mellon and
three or tour others who were op-

erators of farm listing concerns. We ‘

discussed them quite thoroughly in
these columns Some time ago. In
fact, we talked so strong that one
0: them threatened to take as into
court if we did not take back what
we saidbutwhenwetoflhil to
start taking us any old time he
wished he sort of lost interest in the
whole matter.

Their scheme is to write folks in
states outside. of the one in which
they live asking them it they not
to sell their farm and“ telling them
about the large number of ready
buyers they have waiting. Upon re-
ceipt of a. sum, ranging all the way
from $2.50 to $10.00. they will be
pleased to list. the property and lend
a buyer. Then when the one is
concluded another remittance is! to
be mailed them.

_ We have been able to locate farm-
ers who mailed the first sum re-
quested but none of them ever sent
the second remittance because they
never sold their farm, or even had
one. of the red. hot “humus" can
on them.

Like most of the worm—home
men. the promoters seem to be
interested in getting the first pay-
ment and utter. that they lone inur-
mutualiturtherdealingsare
concerned.

JAIL FOB “yum LO!”
mm

ME and again we have warned
our folks against the “free lot"
proposition sponsored by vari-
ous questionable real estate concerns,
while farm papers in other states and
better business bureaus in every part
of the country have issued warning,
but they continued to prosper appar-
ently as their advertisements, corp
taining the simple. puzzle as bait, ap-
peared from time to time in such
publications as were not particular
about the type of concerns who used
their columns. As long as they
seemed to be within the law and
there was no evident danger of being
arrested they intended to operate as
long as they could find victims. But
now they have received a really seri-
ous blow that will jar their entire
system. One of their number, a Ne—
braska real estate operator, has been
sentenced to a year and a day in the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan-
sas, by Judge. Woodworth of the
United States District Court.
According to the testimony this
company operated principally by giyv
ins out cards at. movies and by hold-
in; drawings at county fairs.
“Lucky” persona ”won” building lots
valued at $250 and would receive
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at this Wk um
our-u mm “In or u:
fol: tgeatmsnt by persons or com at

cost of abstract, deed and other nec— .
essary expenses involved in trans- ,

forring the title. When shown the
lot the intended victim found it lo-
cated in a low place. and"'about 251:
£00 fleet in area. At. the same time
he was shown other lots in more de-
sirable locations, 50x120 feet, repre—
sented to be of value of $300 to $750,
and was told that upon payment of
$59 actual expenses'a credit of 8250

would be allowed him upon the pur- _

chase price of one. of the better lots.
With this. belt lots were sold at a
price as high as $659. Experts on
land valuation testified that the. ac—
tual value of the lots was from $26
up to not more than $150.

MONTA MOWEBA SALES FINALLY
mm

The Monte Mower Sales Company, ,
‘of Grand Ram have settled theirfi
account with me and I thank you I
very much for your assistance. in this .

collection.—-— H. R... Lenawee County.

VFR ten monthsago we received
‘ a letter from this subscriber

stating. that he had answered 3

an advertisement of the Monta Mow-
or Sales Company in the Adrian Tel-
egram because he was interested in
the lawn mower they were selling.

They replied that they would ship I

the mower, all charges paid, upon

receipt. 01 $15 which he sent at once. 3
That was in May, 1027. As the mow- '

or did not come he wrote them let.-

tere three different times without re- '

~Insults, and then be got in touch with
us.

some results—they ignored them
After several letters, giving them

plenty of chance to adjust matters, '

we wrote that we were. going to take
it up with the chamber of commerce
of their city. This failed to bring
an answer so we sent a letter to the

Grand Rapids Chamber of Com— .
merce, giving them complete details ,

of the transaction. It was during
the latter part of last October that
we wrote and they immediately ro-
plied that they would do everything
they could to bring about a settle»-
mt. At the time they stated that

this company was a member in good '

standing of their organization. There
was further correspondence between
us and the chamber of commerce and
between them and the Monta Mower
Sales Company which lasted over
nearly three more months, until fin-
ally we got a. letter from our good
subscriber advising that this money
had been refunded to him~

The company was unable to locate
the order for some time, it seems,
and the chamber of commerce advis—
ed us that the company informed
them that they had no record oi ever
receiving any letters from either our
subscriber or from us. We. positive»
ly know that our letters carried our
return address in the upper left hand
corner and it they were not delivered
they would have been returned to us
--bu«t none ever came back so some—
one got them.

“WOBK AT HOME" SCHEMES
ARE PROFITABIE‘

OUR fraud orders issued by the
post master general against
“home work” concerns, from

Jan. 20 to Mar. 23, this. year, re-
vealed the amazing sum or $103,210
had been taken £10m folks who read
their ads for “deposits" on “sam—
ples,” according to the National Bet,-
ter Business Bureau, and of this

,ramoumat one advertiser alone had col-

lected $90,000. One “house dress”
proposition, which they investigated,
brought in 18,000 letters in one week
and many of the inquirers sent $1.50.

» THANKS
m m new was 324.75.
M to set this. The price was low at
that time. But they settled for iii—F. 8.,
Reed City. Mich.

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by Mar]
0U may buy bonds by mail from the

Federal Bond 8: Mortgage Company with
absolute assurance of safety and satisfaction.

- And m using this method you receive the
same careful attention that you
would in our main office or from our
representatives.

Many thousands of dollars worth of se-
curities have been purchased from this.
Company by mail. On our books are the
names of scores of clients who have been
investing their money in this manner
for years.

Our booklet "Ordering an Income by
Mail” will tell you more about the special
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Getting the Most Out of Your Land-«and Out of Your DoIIars

There‘s 3 farmer in South Carolin. who is paid a premium of five cents a. mid
[or his cotton by the manufacturers who buy it.

We a farmer In Ohio who average. very close to a hundred bushels of cone
from an acre, while his neighbors are getting sixty.

And than are lam men and women who are getting a full hundred cents’ worth
of value and satisfaction from each dollar they spend, while others 301! less.
All operate along the same lines. The cotton grower has selected his seed and
used the most up-to—date methods in raising crops. So has the corn grower.
Neither has guessed about anything.

And the people who are getting a hundred cents’ worth of value are not trusting
to luck. They do not guess. They read the advertisements telling about the
things they intend to buy. They compare and select and determine the best for
their own wants—before they buy. They are guided by the expert. word of the.
makers who know the absolute necessity of telling about their products truth-
fully—and who put their names on their products to show they stand back of
every statement they make about them.

When these. people spend their money they ask for what. they want by name-—
and they get full value for their money. And that's what you can get, by study-
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Increased Business for
the First Six Months ”

of 1918

Cash Premium written .................... $830,299.53
Admitted assets July 1,1928 .............. $964,653.44
Total claims paid since organization

ove'r .............................. . ........... $ 5,000,000

Fair dealing and state wide agency and adjusting
force has made this growth. It pays to keep in-
sured in the

CITIZENS’ MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
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.. ' SILENT BUN
me the splendid silent bun with all
. his beams full~dazzling,
:.§ive me juicy autumal fruit ripe and red
, from the orchard,
Nye me a. field where the unmowed grass
i‘“.grows,
:‘give me an arbor, give me the trellis’d

'gra-per
ive me fresh corn and wheat, give me se-

, rene-moving animals teaching content,

Give‘me nights perfectly quiet as on high
plateaus west of the Mississippi, and
I looking up at the stars,

Give me ordorous at sunrise a garden of
beautiful flowers where I can walk

, ;, undisturb’d,

Give. me for marriage a sweet—breath’d
woman of whom I should never tire,

'Give me a perfect child, give me away
aside from the noise of the world a
rural domestic life,

Give me to warble spontaneous songs re-
cluse by myself, for my own cars
only,

Give me solitude, give me Nature, give me
again, 0 Nature, your primal sani-
ties! —-—Walt Whitman.

THE NEW DEPARTMENT

E are happy to be able to tell

you that the votes for the pro-

posed advertising column for
Women on “Our Page” are coming in
much better since our appeal of a
ew weeks ago. Several of our in—
terested and enterprising readers
have even gone so far as to solicit
votes from among the M. B. F. sub-
scribers in their neighborhood and
have sent in whole lists of signers.
Others have been busy writing to
friends at a distance, urging them to
vote. This is attacking the situation
in the right spirit, and these women
are to be commended.

So far we have 34 votes. While
that'is a considerable improvement
over the four of our previous an-
nouncement, when one considers that
the Farm Home department is read
in over 100,000 homes in Michigan,
it is not a very impressive showing.
Before we present the matter of the
new department to Mr. Slocum, the
owner and publisher, for his ap—
proval, we want to have so many
votes that there will be nothing for
him to do but consent to the pro-
ject. We would like to have at least
a hundred votes in all—more if pos—
sible. If you haven’t already voted,
be sure you do so within the next
two weeks. Come on, women, let’s
get busy and put this new depart-
ment over!

FROZEN DESSERTS

By 0. L. IIUGHES

(Dept, Home Economics, M. S. C.)

AVE you an ice cream freezer?

If so, it should be working over—

time during July and August.

‘ No class of desserts is more whole—

some or more appetizing than ices

and ice creams, and they are not dif—

ficult to make. Some people rather

dread the freezing of ice cream but

if you have a good freezer the worst
job is crushing the ice.

For the family that does frequent
freezing an ice crusher is an excel-
lent investment as it very easily

“takes care of the worst job of mak-
ing frozen desserts.

People differ considerably in their
preferences for certain types of froz—
en desserts. To some the plain water
ice is the ideal dessert. Others prefer
sherbets which resemble ices but
have more body due to the addition
‘of gelatin or egg white or whipped
cream. . Certain combinations of
fruits also producean ice with more
body. '

Ice cream may consist of plain 18
or 20 per cent cream, sweetened,
,flavored, and frozen or may have a
custard basis.

Mousse is made from whipping
cream whipped, sweetened and fla-
vored with crushed fruit, chocolate
or extracts. It is then poured into
'a mould and packed in ice and salt
for several hours.

Parfait is similar to
has eggs combined with the sugar
and flavoring and has whipped
cream felded in just before packing
in ice and salt. With such a range of
desserts there should be one or more
to please everybody.

The recipes that follow include all
types of frozen desserts and will all

mousse but

A be found exceptionally delicious.

Lemon Ice
. ,1 qt. water, 1 pt. sugar; bring to boil.
(3001. Add 1 cup strained lemon juice.
our into freezer and freeze with a. 6 to
1 or a 3 to 1 freezing mix ure. (By this
we mean six parts of ice or three parts of

to one of salt.) ‘ ,
The freezing mixture should be mixed

. .
’

ms FAR noun "

qr" .... a r

A DEPAR‘I‘HIN'I' POI WOHIN'

mother of ten children.

(lren after the same pattern.

reprove her.

on “Our Page.”

of the mark?

you wish to call yourself.

Come, let us hear from

everyone!
Address letters:

 

 

— Edited by MIC. ANNIE TAYLOR
EAR FOLKS: A letter came to my desk the other day from the
It .was a bright and cheerful letter in
spite of the fact that. the writer apparently had few things in her
life to be glad about—m husband who ,“just comes and goes" and chil-
She goes on to say that her children are
a problem to her, especially a daughter twenty years old who has
constantly “three or four fellows on the string and stays out until
all hours,” and who flies into a rage whenever anything is said to
This mother expresses the belief that the waywardness
of modern‘youth may frequently be as much the fault of unthinking
and misguided parents as it ’is that of the boys and girls themselves,
and she wishes that We would talk about these problems of parenthood

It seems to me that this would be an excellent topic for the members
of the Farm Home Department to discuss—not only for the fathers and
mothers but for the sons and daughters as well.
we should hear both sides of the case, for both have much of value to
offer. The discussion on “Happy Marriages” was supported heartily,
and more good letters were sent us than we could possibly publish. We
hope our readers will show the same interest in this topic.

Are you proud of your children as they are today? Do you feel that
you have met with success or failure, or a mixture of both, in rearing
them? In either case, what do you consider are the reasons? If you
had the job to do over again, would you manage it differently? Are
your Mother and Dad sympathetic and understanding?
that you think parents should be? Just how do they hitor fall short

In submitting these letters, you may be sure that your identity will

be held in confidence. Only initials will be signed to those letters pub-
lished, or any name by which ‘

Mrs. Annle Yaylor, can The Business Farmer. Mt. clement. Mlohluan.

It is only fair that

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in the freezer rather than in a pan in
order to get the full effect on the mixture
to be frozen. Turn the crank occasionally
to prevent the can from freezing tight
while the freezer is being filled with ice
and salt.
Logcnberry Ice

1 qt. water, 1 pt. sugar; bring to boil
Cool and add 1/1 cup lemon juice and a
No. 2 can of loganberries which have
been run thru a strainer. Freeze as
lemon ice. This ice has a beautiful red
color and a very tart and delightful flavor.

Five-Three Ice

'3 oranges, 3 lemons, 3 bananas forced
thru a sieve, 3 cups sugar, 3 cups water;
boil and cool. Mix all ingredients and
freeze with a three to one freezing mixt—
urc.

Lemon Milk Sherhert

1 qt. milk, 1% cups sugar; % c. lemon
juice. Mix sugar with milk. \thn dis-
solved, gradually add lemon juice. Freeze
with three to one mixture. The lemon milk
sherbcrt may be varied in numerous ways.
1/1 cup lemon juice and 1 cup of any other
juice such as pineapple, cherry, grape,
strawberry, etc.

Philadelphia Ice Cream

1 qt. 18—20% cream, 1%, cup sugar, 1%,
tablespoons vanilla. Mix sugar with cream
and stir until dissolved. Add flavoring
and freeze with a three to one freezing
mixture.

.lIacaroon Ice Cream
Dry and crush very fine enough al-
mrmd macaroons to make 1 cup. Add to
Philadelphia Ice Cream mixture before
freezing,
Chocolate Ice Cream
1 qt. 18 or 20% cream, 1 cup sugar,
f. g. salt, 1% squares chocolate, 1 table—
spoon vanilla. Melt chocolate over hot
water. Add enough hot water to make
pour easily. Add sugar and mix all with
cream. Add flavoring and freeze with a
three to one mixture.

Berry Mousse
Whip 1 quart cream. Add 2 cups sugo
ar and two quarts berries which have been
mashed thru a strainer. Add 1 tablespoon
of gelatin which has been soaked in 3
tablespoons of water and dissolved by

standing over hot water. Pack mixture
in one large or several small moulds.
Place oil paper over top then cover tightly
and pack in a pan of ice' and salt (two
parts ice to one of salt). Large moulds
will require three to five hours to freeze.
Small moulds will freeze in one and one-
half to two hours,

. Blaple Parfait

4 eggs, 1c. hot maple syrup, 1 pt, whip-

Beat whole eggs as stiff as
possible. Add hot syrup and beat as
frosting. Add to Whipped cream. Pack
in ice and salt as for Mousse.

ping cream.

Frozen Pudding

1 pt. milk, 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1A tea-
spoon salt, 1 tablespoon gelatin soaked in
two tablespoons cold water, 1 qt. 18 or
20% cream, 2 tablespoons vanilla, 1/5, cup
orange 'juice, 1/8 lb. chopped figs, 1/; lb.
chopped English Walnut meats. Scald
milk in double boiler. Beat eggs slightly.
Add sugar and salt. Pour scalded milk
gradually into egg mixture. Return to
double boiler and cook until it coats the
spoon. Remove from fire. Add gelatin
and stir until dissolved. Add figs. Cool.
Add vanilla, orange juice and nuts and
freeze with three to one mixture.

 

 

Folks at Our House Like—

 

 

May I offer my recipe for a casserole
dish to serve on meatless days which our
family finds very appetizing? It is—

Spanish Rice.—One-third cup of raw
rice, 1 cup of hot water, 2 cups of toma-
toes (juice and pulp), 1 cup diced cheese,
3 tables-poonsful chopped onion, 2 table-
spoonsful chopped green pepper, 2 table-
spoonsful fat (vegetable oil, butter, or
bacon fat), 2 teaspoonfuls salt, a dash of
paprika. Place mixture in a greased
baking dish and bake in a moderate oven
for about one hour.

Take my word for it—Spanish Rice pre-
pared this way is much more delicious
than by the usual method of cooking the
rice beforehand—Mrs. A. E., Macomb
County.

Recognizing Our “Master Homemakers”

ECOGNITION of the indispensa-
bility of the homemaker on the
farm will be given by the award

of the title “Master Farm Home-
maker” to a group of five women
during Farm Women’s Week at Mich-
igan State College, beginning July
23rd.

Michigan “Master Homemakers"
will be affiliated with similar groups.
chosen‘in 20 other states through the
efforts of “The ‘Farmer’s Wife,” a
national publication for farm women.

Any rural homemaker in Michi-
gan was eligible for nomination to
the group. The nomination had to
be made by five neighbors, and the
nominees were rate-d by a committee
chosen by the home economics ex—
tension division at Michigan State
College.

When mother comes tovcollege for

f

‘ the Farm Women’s Week, she will

have opportunity to enjoy splendid
instruction in home problems and at
the same time an ideal vacation, in
the opinion of those who have at-
tended in former years.

A varied program has been ar-
ranged for each day. Inspirational
hours will be spent on such topics as
literature, music, art and science,
and the drama. Many delightful so-
cial events including teas, receptions,
and campus tours have also been ar—
ranged. ‘- ‘

Farm Women’s Week will serve as
an adjunct to the annual M. S. C.
Farmers Day, which will be held on
Friday, July 27. An opportunity will
thus be provided for Mother to en-
joy a week of pleasure, and then for
Dad and the children to come down
On Farmers’ Day. ~

- Gratiot County.

_ my . . cider .-
,‘ .fi“ eupful black. molasses, 1 qt. ice
. teaspoonful ground fingers-Miss

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

Can you tell me how t0“ make relish
sandwich spread? It is made of vegeta-
ble oil, eggs, mustard, spices, sugar, vine-
gar, and vegetables. Please tell me in
what order they are to beimixed and how
much of each ingredient to use—Mrs. J.
Adomitis, Oakland County.

 

 

Klever Kiddies

 

 

“I have a contribution for Klevver Kid-
dies. It is a good idea, I think, to have
something to read that is jolly and will
give the readers a good laugh.

“My little six-year—old sister asked my
mother one day:

“ ‘Mama, What day was I born ,.on?‘
Mother answered: ‘

“ ‘On December 80th.’
puzzled.

“ ‘Well, isn’t that funny? My birthday
is the same day.’ ”~—Miss Beulah DeGraw,

Sister looked

 

 

Favorite Songs

 

 

THE CONVICT AND THE ROSE

Within my prison cell so dreary,

Alone I sit with weary heart,

Thinking of my lonely darling,

From her forever I must part.

The rose she sent me as a token,

She sent it just‘ to live my gloom,

To tell me that her heart is broken,

To cheer me, when I meet my doom.
She wrote, “I took it from the garden,
Where once we wandered side by side,
But now you hold no hope for pardon,
And I can never be your bride.”

The jury said I’d have to pay

So you the Rose and all its glory,—

I took it—is all that I can say.

Goodbye sweetheart, for in the morning,
I’ll meet my Maker, and repose,

But when I go at daylight’s dawning,
Against my heart, they’ll find your rose.

 

 

WOMEN’S EXCHANGE

IF you have something to exchange, we III
grim It FREE under this hudlna provldln :
IrSt—lt appeals to women and I: a bonlfl o
exchanges, no coo d——lt will

no In three You are a bald-u

subscriber to The Business Farmer and um

our address label from a recent issue to

t.’ Exohan 9 offer. will be num

sorted In t a order mo red as we

—MR8. ANNIE TAYLOR. Edlmr.

 

 

200.——Good female police dog for two
weaned pigs or 100 baby chicks—Mrs. E.
W. French, R. 2, Mayville, Mich.

201.—-Almost new sealskin coat, size
44, for 6 months Jersey or Guernsey
heifer.-—Mrs. F. Boldt, Oak Grove, Mich.

202.—Books or quilt pieces for phono-
graph record, “Old Time Religion."——Janie
Becker, Bloomingdale, Mich.

203.—,Cream separator, nearly new, for
heifer calf, 3 old geese, or 2. pigs—Mrs.
Mroczkowski, R. 3, Hopkins, Mich.

204. Nearly new cotton dress, size 12,
for 3 yards cotton pongee.———Mrs. Alfred
Keller, Box 100, Lenox, Mich.

205—Good Universal hard coal burner
for linoleum kitchen rug, 9x12.—Mrs.
John L. “72112, R. 4,” Reese, Mich.

206.—Bethlehem Star bulbs for small
baby clothes—Mrs. Geo. Pfutt, Dansville,
Mich.

207.—Ladies’ Rambler bicycle for 50-
egg incubator, or what have you?——-—Mrs.
A Stuart, R. 1, Spruce, Mich.

 

 

Homespun Yarn

 

 

When the knob comes off a sauce-pan
cover, insert a screw through the hole
from the bottom and screw a cork on it.

Never rub soap directly on silk or
stockings.

Rubber rings for fruit jars should be
new each year. Be sure to rinse them in
beiling water in order to remove the fine
powder on the surfade, which may impart
a foreign taste.

An easy way to clean a strained alum—
inum kettle is to boil rhubarb leaves and
water in it for a few minutes.

The best way to cook potatoes is to
bake them, because then they keep all
their minerals.

A rubber apron is one of the greatest
time and labo rsavers. To clean it, Simply
rub it with a damp ”cloth or if it is badly
soiled, dip the cloth in a. little baking
soda. , .

If the bacon for breakfast is drained
on a piece of brown paper after it is
tried it will be crisp and free from fat.

 

 

 


 

 

 

r ‘ mum sifqr .
. when boiling clothes by putting
‘ all small articles, as handkerchiefs,
baby clothes, deilles, etc., in a flour
sack or pillow slip. This method
also insures longer life to the clothes.

   

 

REMOVE GUMMED OIL FROM
SEWING MACHINE

F gummed oil has collected on dit-
terent parts or the sewing ma-
chine, applying more oil will not

help matters until the old oil is re-
moved. Apply kerosene to the bear-
ings and run the machine rapidly
for a few minutes. Kerosene will
dissolve the gummy substance so
that it can be wiped away. When
all the kerosene evaporated, apply
a good’oil' to all the bearings.

FASHION BOOK NOTICE

ELL, Folks, it’s out! What?

Oh, our new Fall and Winter

Fashion Book, of course. We
know you are all anxious to see the
latest autumn styles, and the new
book contains 500 ladies’, misses’,
and children's patterns that you’ll
like. Send us 100 in silver or stamps,
and your copy 'will be mailed out to
you promptly. '

 

 

[Aids to Good Dressing]

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHOPPE R's NOTEBOOK

In addition to brown. gray wilhhave an im-
portant place in the color scheme this fall. Yellow
and gruyl-awill frequently be seen in combination,
as Will likewise gray and black. Vivnl and Wine
reds Will also be favorites.

The new woolens areas soft as silk.

Buttons,_ belts, accordion pleatings,‘ scurfs hand-
kerchief girdles, deep fur blinds, pin tucks and
B311 pleats, scallops, pipings, lieinstitcliiiig, and

us will all play important roles in the new tall
and Wllltel‘. styles. _ .

Young girls in. the developing stage and past it
should wear ‘their dresses long enough to cover
their knees. . _

Round elastic garters cut off the circulation and
on. rge the legs; beSides, in this day of short
ski ts, they are iiiiinoilest. It is wiser to wear
garters attached to a narrow elastic belt. 'l‘hesc
garter belts can be purchased at practically
stores, or they can be made at home.

PATTERNS
921.——Tliis smart, good-looking.r frock is just
right for “dross-up" occasions. t is especially

designed for the stout, mature figure With large
bust and flat hips. For this .time of the year, it
Will be‘prett fashioned of 1)_ll).lll‘()l‘ small-patterned
voile; but i you are choosmg it With an eye to
your fall and Winter wardrobe it would be better to
use plain or printed crepe de_chiiie. plain fiat
crepe“ dull finished satin, or lightweight woolen
materials such as wool Challis. wool crepe. wool
voile. or Wool‘georgette.

Cut Ill 8 sizes: 38. ~40, 42, 44 46, 48, 50,
mg! 52 inches bust measure. A fl inch size re-

res 3%, yds. of 40 inch material together with

yard of contrasting material.

6189.——Are_you going away on a vacation?
Well, then, this is the very dress you Will need.
gimple. attractive, and comfortable~you will find
It so easy to slip on» when you're in ii hurry. It
ml] .13 a sports frock, but the beauty of a dress
of t is tax». is that it can be worn almost any-
where. am flat crepe, sliantung, or pen ee are
good materials for this model. As a liousm ress, it
a; be made up in gingham, percale. or cotton

Cut in 7 sizes: 34. 36. 38. 40. 42, 44. and
46 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requires

8% yards of 39 inch material. T fl '.l ‘
bias binding as allustrated will take 30% I)l'liqrcldswmh

BE sunsl'ro GIVE SIZE
ALL PATTERNS 13¢ EACH...
2 FOR 25c POSTPAID

ADD 10c FOR FALL AND WINTER
1928-1929 FASHION BOOK I

Order "om ml: or former Issues at The Buslnw
Former. ulvlno number and ,elnn your
‘ name and uddreu plainly.
Address all orders tor patterns to

Pattern Department
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0 speed which the modern American in other sixes of similar prices.
farm family places on the automobile But do you know that Pontiac is built
it buys. And, in addition, it provides to standards of accuracy and by preci-
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EAR BOYS AND GIRLS: Well,
well, here We are again” All
ready for a new contest, just as

I promised you in our last issue. As
moms seemed to like the “Des—
criptive .Names of Cities” contest I
feel quite-sure that this “Bird” con-
test will be popular. 5

Below are the descriptions of
twelve birds, allot them well known
in this country. The first four to
guess them correctly will win'Mys-
tery Prizes. The contest closes Aug—
net 9th and it four correct lists are
not received at my office by noon of
that day it will be the four nearest
correct that will get the prizes. Here

they are: ~

1. A ruler; a man who works by
the sea. ‘

2. To steal; an old fashioned
hotel.

3. Two; to decay.

4. Part of a. day; a preposition;
a. still wind. '

5». Desert soil; a musician.

6. A jolly time.

7. To take into the body through

the throat.

8. Blaze; a preposition; to leave.
9. Symbol of peace.
10. Portion; a group oi! mountains.
11. Forest; eight quarts; a com-
mon dog.

12. A color; a country gawk.

The answer to No. 4 is nightingale.
Now can you figure out the rest of
them?-——UNCLE NED.

 

 

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Dear Uncle Ned and Cousins—Vaca-
tion time has come again, but I suppose
it will not be long before we’ll hear the
oid school bell ringing its old, old tune—
ding—dong—«but as I’ve always liked
adrool I don’t think it will be so hard to
go back again in the fall. That’s two
months off yet so let’s think of the joys
of the present and let the future take
care of itself. .

We have between 95 and 100 baby turk-
eys a. few weeks old, but we still have
about half that many eggs setting yet.
We have raised turkeys for the last 3 or
4 years and like them fine.

I always like to get letters so let’s hear
from you, cousins.
of Elkton, Michigan,
Richer, Elkton, Mich.
—Station UN now broadcasting. I hope
you shut your turkeys up under look so
that thieves will not get a lot them
from you some night—Uncle Ned.

signing oft—Vera

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—Since we subscribed
for THE BUSINESS FARMER I have found
the Children’s Hour such an interesting
one that I will venture to write. I am a
genuine farmer girl and wouldn’t change
places with the city boy or girl for any-
thing. I work out in the field nearly ev-
ery day anaget as tanned as anyone can
get, yet what matters that when you can
walk hand in hand with nature and see
the real beauty of life. It is lots of fun
to work out in the field in the sun under
the brim of a straw hat whistling “Yankee
Doodle.” At least that is what I do.

I think lots of books and aim to get a
good education by starting to high school
next fall. As for intoxicating liquors and
tobacco I despise the hateful stuff. People
who think more of their own selfish de-
sixes than the welfare of others are the
ones who use these drugs.

This is station VME—--

    

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I don't mind nosing a girl‘wear kniok- ‘- )

sers or use aesthetics 3 in a. moderate way - 1’.
but I don’t like to- See them go to 56X- , v V
tremes. I like to wear knitikefl but .I *-
suppose I should luncheon a. boy then I ‘ ,
could wear them Withoutattracting any v
attention. I have bobbed hair new but ,
just them I “shed litany tang

hair made Guess I’d betta- the on. rear ,

want—to—be- Mace—Mabel Fer-no Paxton. ,~ ’
Freesofl. Mich. v- ' ”

—-I enmed‘ your letter, Mabel. Come ‘
again—Uncle Ned. .

 

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conserving arts ‘ s new! After

you have learned, emulate Chris Crissey’s

crafty crossings WW.—-Opfll Am
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Riddles

What is it that has keys but cannot
unlock a door? A piano.

What is round, has rhubarb filling, ad
most daildm like? Rhubarb pie.

There is a white lady in red defies, the
longer she burns the shorter she grows.
A candle.

What is the difference between am-
monia and pneumonia? Ammonia comes
in bottles'and pneumonia comes in chests.
~—Lucile Kuhl, R. 2, Chelsea, Mich.

 

 

Why, is a. kiss over the telephone like a
straw hat? Because it isn’t felt.

Can you speil "me” without an “M"?
Sure: E-l—i-‘z~e.-b-e—t~h.-——Elizabeth Aach-
enbrenner, leclmey, Mich.

 

Why is a pig’s tail like the letter K?
Because it is on the end of pork.

When a. little boy falls in the water
what is the first thing he does? Gets
wet—Beulah Smith, Springport, Mich.

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, HE SAID 11‘

Father: "Say, Gladys, does that young
man of yours know how to say ‘Good
night'?" .

Gladys: "Well, rather, Dad.”-——Jennie
Cihak, R. 4, Box 43, East Jordan, Mich.

EXPLAINING A PICNIC .
My cousin, “Buddy,” two and one-half
years old was asked by my uncle what a
picnic was. The bright little fellow answ-
ered, “A anionic is a cool place on a. hot
day.”——~Vera. Eicher, Elkton, Mich.

 

5VHY, JOHNNY!

Mother: “Vth are you staring at the
minister?" .
Johnny: “Waitin’ to see him out his

head off like you said'lie would.”—Irene
Schwenk, R. 5, Grand Rapids. Mich.

 

 

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fixed, a great deal of excitement will «come
from this me. If “it" should catch
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Scouting for Farm Boy:

Boy Geo-h at America, Department of m See-«n3.

(All inquiries regarding scouting should be adduced to the
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SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOB ‘SOOU’I‘B
" COUTING" is three—fourths “outing."

Examine the spelling of the two

Words and see if that isn’t so. The
same is true of the program of the Boy
Scout movement. Take the outdoor life
out of Scouting and there would be little
left to interest boys. 01 course, the Scout
oath and law would still be there, and
that looks like the biggest thing to .groWn
folks, but few boys as into Scouting be-
comes they think it will make them. bet—
ter boys.

It doesthat, of course, but the boys are
interested in having a good time, ming—
ling with other boys and learning how to
do firings 5mm molt boys don’t know. '

Strange eastern” new, the W
W

like to play 'indoors, but there are lots
of things to be (done outdoors.
t O 0

First of all, there are hikes. If other
Scouts live near you get a. group to go
out together. It may be a week end“
camping trip, an overnight hike, or just
a day trip. Even a. short hike for an
afternoon or evening is lots of fun. »

Take uncooked flood, utensils. and
blankets. It you stay out overnight. bring
a small tent. it you. hm one. or better
still, go into the woods and build .a. rustic
lean-to or M. W mp she‘dxapter
on “Camperwrt” in your. omeial'Boy Scout

 
  

  

  
 
    

     

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Does Country Boy Know Nature?

, —As suggested in one of our .earlier
articles. many country boys might {inas-
ine that this namre study and wman
«an all right for city boy: but was not

-i needed tor them. The writers own emrl 3

once as. country beyond-tam wicket-ah-
crmenwhowerehroushtupiuthe
country leads him to feel that many
country boys spend their lives surrounded
by nature without paying much attention
to it or understanding what they see.

The birds, “their, trees. and plants
are such commonweverydoy sights that the
country dweller in less- on. to notice and
study them than is his city cousin. If he
recognises them at all, in in» My to
km than by common. but nan-ell. ml
mangrove: tiflcsfby which ”would
belmown in nil partsotthocountry. For
instance, almost. any small bird with
yellow as a predominating color is known
to most country people. as a. W canary."
As a matter at fact than are no wild
marries in the United States. These
yellow birds may be soldfincim myrtle
warmers, summer yellowbirds, yellow-
breasted chats, or something else. So
on with other birds, or with trees, plasma,
and animals.

So the farm boy can learn much on
summer him he can prepare himself on
many Scout tests, be our gain much
pleasure in assoointion with other boys.
and in escape from everyday farm rout-
ine.

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Other Summer Activities

In June wereminded our Lone Scouts
that Scout Councils all over Michigan- are
conducting camps this summer. _Bcard: at
such camps is usually about $1 a. day.
Macomb Council. which sponsors. THE
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER Lone Scout
Tribe; is conflicting: a: can!!! from July
1‘6 to Aug. 25». in three periods at ll: Ms
each» at m a period; Amy Lem Scout
will be welcome- ot We camp. Id: you
are planning to go, writo- the Scouting
Editor, for information and registration
cards. ‘

Picnics. boat trips. base-limit games,
moduli hm building. and: other construc-
tion prom fit into» tho- onmmer time
well. Anything you can an. William bet—
ter. than indoors is sputum-into tor your
summer camping. and? Scanning, W.

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Club 1cm in Wtenaw county
mesh: new. a Wining school. The
mmoflchfiwmlemonflsima gloat
extenhumtholocslll‘ndmondlthe
WW‘ poopio- believe in; pummdnnss.

A board of directors. in “unwise: the
county club work has been elected in
Washtenaw county. The board has a
meeting once each month.

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Went To Washington

Raymond Girbach, Saline: Emil Kober,
Conklin ;. Mary Richmond; Hemlock, and
Ellen Syranen. Chat‘ham, Michigan club
representatives at the national climb en-
campment at_Waashinglion- returned from
their trip richer by association with mem—
bers from 40 states and from the oppor-
' tunity of seeing the govern-nonfat machin-

‘ ery at the capitail The youngsters also

had a. chance to see spots of national in-
terest near Washington.
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5&3th County

Walter Schramke. a Sax‘inaw county
boy living at Swan Creek, started in boys
and girls club work eight years ago. In
1924s he bought two- pulebred Guernsey
heifers and now owns nine purebred
Guernsey females and a bull. Even this
herd does not keep him busy enough, so,

. as sidelines, he has a. small; flock or sheep
and a. herd of Chester White hogs.
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“tango, Conn”

Sylvia. Clark. Sparr, tor the past few
years could not find any girls in her
neighborhood who wanted to participate
in club work so she carried out s- full
project alone. Now she is acting as
local leaflet m a. club at six girls. which
she has mind.

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The selection. 0: livestock which. Hills-
dale club members will exhibit at the
State Fair has already beam made, The
Hillsda-le members. find flint the stock
shown at the ma win. much. more rogu-

crly and severed weeks m needed» to get
animals in. first class condition.
The Kiwanis club of Hillside is. mons—

erihs the potato club work in theirvicin- ,

iry. More boys applied for membership: in
the potato club than could be supplied
with certified seed.

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. Each of the .girls clubs. organised. in
“Mammalomlloaderond an .
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These. two pictures show the proc-
ticabiiity of having two trnctcrs on
the form, when the acreage is such
an to justify the investment. The
diapurpose Formali is shown here
pulling the com binder in the field
while the Mchmick-Deering 10-20
operates the cutter at the silo.

om «Stalk to Silage (—— with
McCormick-Deering Machines and Power

and horizontal. Ensilage cutters in four types,

HEN corn. cutt'mg and silo fining time
ranginyr in capacityfrom 3 to 25 tons per hour, I

, comes around—and it won’t be long now
---you'r_e up against the need of real equipment -
for the job. Heavy, hard work at best, but it
goes ahead 3 lot faster and better when a fast-

working com binder cuts and

and a safe, troubleuirec, light-running cutter

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and in- .ding the remarkable new No. 12 with
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mission (lever shift), and reinforced boiler-plate
flywheel. McCormick-Deering 15-30 h. p.,10-20 . ,
h. p., and Farmall Tractors, for power in the

field and at the silo. And a full line of farm trucks

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MI: CE. Hoyts . ,
Jersey Herd Averaged.

$ 113.35 Profit Per l‘ow

The herd of C. E. Hoyt, of Sabiila, Pennsylvania, holds
the honor of producing the greatest amount of butterfat
per cow among all Jersey herds in Pennsylvania cow test
associations during 1927. Nor is this any empty honor for
after his Larro feed bills were paid, his thirteen pure bred
Jerseys returned an average profit of $213.35 per cow.

Mr. Hoyt judges the ration for his herd—not by its price
per bag—but by the profit left after the feed bill is paid,
and by the health and condition of his cows. "

Not satisfied with just ordinary results, Mr. Hoyt began
feeding Larro fifteen years ago. He has been feeding Larro
ever since because it produced better than usual health,
more milk, more profit. " -

By all means feed Larro to cows on pasture. Grass alone is
not enough. It fails to provide all the necessary materials
for body maintenance and profitable production; thus these
materials must come from the cows’ bodies—the cows lose
weight, vitality and milking condition just at the time they
should be gaining—storing up flesh and energy for profit‘
able winter production.

Larro Dairy Feed contains no fillers or of grade materi-
als of any kind—enothing but ingredients of known high
quality and feeding value. Powerful magnets remove all
nails, wire, iron and steel trash. Nothing goes into Larro
sacks but sweet, wholesome, standa
ardized grains. '

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DIPPING IS BEST REMEDY FOB

SHEEP AND GOAT LICE "

IPPING is the only ,Dractical

method for eradicating sucking
. . or biting lice from sheep and
goats. Spraying, and fumigation are
effective and practicable only under
unusual circumstances. Dusting
powders applied by hand are some-
times of value in holding the para-
sites in check in winter when the
'weather is too cold for dipping, ac-
cording to Leaflet 12-L, “Sheep and
Goat Lice,” just published by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. .

Arsenical, coal-tar creosote, and
tobacco or nicotine dips are used for
eradicating either or both of the
types of lice. The leaflet gives des-
criptions of the parasites, explains
the damage done to the animals and
to the fleeces, sounds warning of the
danger of infestation of clean ani-
mals at public shearing sheds, and
gives estimates of the amounts of
dip required. A second dipping frOm
14 to 16 days after the first is re-
quired to insure the eradication of
lice which have hatched from eggs
laid before the first treatment.

INSPECTED AT MARKET

It I take a load of dressed hogs.to
Detroit to sell, would I have to have
them inspected and stamped? If
so, Where?—-—“Fred,” Saginaw, Mich.

HE Detroit City Health Depart-
T ment maintains inspection at

the Market Master’s Office at
the Eastern and Western Markets
every day. Inspection of your load
of dressed hogs may be had at either
market, or at anyone of their li-'
‘censed slaughter houses.

GETTING TEST IVIADE

I would like your advice as to how
a number of milk producers could
secure an accurate and official milk
test, that if necessary would stand in
court of law? If it is necessary for
us to hire a tester, where could we
secure the services of the right kind
of man?—A. K., Sterling, Mich.
CCURATE milk tests can be
made by any of the licensed
milk testers of the State. For
checking purposes farmers usually
resort to either the Michigan Milk

How To Prevent
(Continued

be allowed to remain. Goats should
be handled in much the same manner
as sheep with equal precautions.
Catt-1e MOSt Important

Cattle are perhaps the most im-
portant of all livestock shipped in
railway cars. Because of this fact
and because of the value of the cattle
great care should be taken that no
losses occur in shipping. The veal
calf is one of the latest additions to
the livestock shipped in railway cars.
They should not be placed in cars
that are covered with snow nor
placed in cars with other larger cat-
tle. Calves may be placed with their
mothers in the same car. It is not a
good practice to ship the calves in

double—deck cars if they are of any‘

size as they are easily paralyzed or
injured if shipped in cramped con-
ditions. Other cattle may be shipped
in common livestock cars if care is
taken not to overcrowd them. A car
should be cleaned before the live-
stock is put in as there is a law pre-
venting the shipment of livestock if
the manure rises above a level of one
foot from the bottom of the car.
Straw or hay may be placed in the
bottom of the car in case of cattle.
Springer covirs should never be
shipped immediately before or after
freshening. One month is a safe mar-
gin. Bulls should not be shipped
with other cattle unless tied with a
strong dependable rope. When it is
necessary to unload cattle for feed-
ing before arriving at the market,
they should be allowed to rest for
four or five hours before reloading.
Great care should be takenin, erect-
ing partitions if cattle are shipped
with other livestock. They must be
strung and must be nailed tightly in

 

position as cattle very often knock

 

Producers Association testers or to ‘

testers of local associationssuch as
those of the cow testing association.
In cases of dispute'the State Depart-
.ment of Agriculture, Bureau of
Dairying, sometimes conducts tests
to check the buying concerns and
complaints can be referred to this
Department.—-—T. H. Broughton, State
Department of Agriculture.

 

KEEP SEPARATE

Please tell me about keeping a
service animal. Is it supposed to
run with the herd along the highway
to pasture?——N. 0., Coleman. Mich.

is always best to keep breeding
ITanimals, that is the males, in lots

by themselves. It is never the
best policy to let the bull run? with
the cattle herd. I am not familiar
with Michigan laws, but as a general
thing the laws do not discriminate
against the sex of the cattle on the
highway; therefore, I presume that
if the rest of your cattle are driven
over the highway there would be no
law preventing your keeping the bull
with the herd if you care to do so.
Best results from a breeding stand-
point will occur if you keep your
bull away from the cattle and turn
him with the animals at time of
breeding.

PASTURING cows AND SHEEP

How do cows and sheep compare
in regard to amount of pasture re-
quired in summer and amount of hay
consumed in winter?——C. L. M., Kal—
amazoo, Mich.

is not possible to give you a de-

finite answer to your question

about the pasture required and
the amount of hay consumed by
sheep and cattle. As a general thing,
five to eight sheep can be pastured
on the same ground required for one
cow. It is probable that one cow will
eat just as much hay accordingly as
she will require pasture. My opinion
is that it would be safe to figure six
sheep would require as much hay as
one cow, or as much pasture.

A poor house for farmers maintained
in a north-western state by the estate of
a wealthy citizen, long since dead, has
never had over two or three occupants.
For months the keeper lives in it alone.

Livestock Losses
from Page 3) .

down unstable partitions and cause
great injury.
Handle Horses with Care

Horses, although not shipped as
commonly as other forms of livestock,
should be handled with greater care-
because as a rule, they are not trans-
ported for butchering, but merely as
a transfer. They should- all be tied
separately with care taken that they
cannot strike each other in any way.
They should be rested frequently and
exercised well to prevent crippling.
In tying it is the practice to tie so-
that it is impossible for the horse to.
lie down.

So far only the railroad as a means
of transportation has been men;
tioned. However, a new means of
transportation, the automobile truck,
is a satisfactory way of carrying live-
stock if the market is near enough.
Care should be used here not to over-
load or crowd the stock. Veal calves
or other small stock should never be
tied by "the legs as this is contrary to
the Humane Law of Michigan and
may cause cripples.

The main points in shipping live-
stock are, therefore: First, in warm
webther the livestock should never
be loaded while warm; second, in
cold weather open stock cars should
be surrounded with tar paper to a.
height of three feet when shipping
small stock; third, never overcrowd

any livestock; fourth, never mix two,

kinds of livestock unless separated
by strong, well nailed, vertical par-
titions; and fifth, removed all pro-
jections or things liable to cause in-
jury in transit.

If all shipperswould follow these
simple rules livestock loss in transit

would be negligible instead qfabeinx.

a great economic problem;

   

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INDIGESTION IN CALVES

Have lost two calves by what ap-
peared to be indigestion. Would not
eat good, would s00n begin to bloat
which would last all day. Would not
eat grass. Bowels were normal. Each
lived about a month.—,+C. S.,- Weid-
man, Michigan.

IGESTION in calves is caused

by improper feeding; therefore,

_ the thing to do is to study your
method of feeding and change it to
overcome the difficulty, Young
calves should be kept indoors until
they are 6 or 7 months of age, es-
pecially if there are many flies about.

As a general thing, three or tour tea-

spoonstul of lime water in each feed—
ing of milk will help considerably
when there is scours present.

It is impossible to give you any
more definite information than this
because you failed to give any details
as to the age of calves, the length‘ot
time they were sick and whether or
not you fed any grain. It is very
necessary to have all the details of
cases of this kind before one can dis-
cuss them intelligently. Give us
details next time.

NEEDS MINERALS

I have been having some trouble
with one of my cows. Her legs are
stiff and when she gets up she has
to rest when about half way up. If
you know of any remedy please send
it. Think M. B. F. is best farm paper
ever printed and will never do with-
out it.—H. 8., Cedar, Mich.

THINK your cow is suffering from
I a lack of minerals. I would sug—

gest that you give this cow 2 lbs.
of cottonseed meal per day with her
grain, also V3 lb. of bonemeal each
day on her grain.

Give her good alfalfa or clover hay
and for 30 days give her one table-
spoonful of Fowler's Solution of Ar—
senic on her teed.

EPSOM SAT/1‘s IN DRINKING
WATER ,
Would like very much tmhave’ you
tell me how much Epsom Salts to put
in the drinking water for 100 hens,
also what I can use in the water as a
conditioner or tonic—W. M., Walled
Lake, Michigan.
WOULD recommend one pound of

Epsom Salts for each 100 birds.
I mean by that mature birds. I

do not know of any tonic that can be .

mixed with drinking water.that is
satisfactory. Better buy one of the
better known powdered tonics that
you can buy from your druggist.

 

FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE CREAM-
ERY IS BIG SUCCESS

(Continued from Page 3)

ment of such confidence it is almost
as hard a task to get them to pro—
duce quality. This is a day of

ergers in business and farmers

ould merge their efforts through
cooperative associations; then pull
together with the same wholeheart-
e'dness which business men have
learned.”

Yes, the creamery at Big Rapids
is very much of a going concern. So
much at a success that eastern in—
terests have tried to buy it. Cream
is now hauled from a large portion
of Mecosta county and parts of three
adjoining counties. There are many
beyond the orbits of the creamery
trucks who are receiving lower prices
for butter-fat and would buy mem-
berships in this association if: they
Could. It 'is necessary,'however, to
maintain a conservative attitude in
regard to too much territory.

" Fortunately this region has proved
well adapted to dairy farming and,
with the exception of one .or two
cash crops which are subject to much
more price fluctuation than dairy
products, not much else. There are
several cow—testing associations in
the territory served by the creamery
and. coincident with about ten years
at agricultural eatensiou work by
several. county agents, Mecosta
county has, during that time, become

' one of the leading counties ‘01 Mich- .

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and wet Hereford cows, T. i. Tested. Sorte'l
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Jersey Herd Averaged.
$ 113v. 35 Profit Per few

The herd of C. E. Hoyt, of Sabiila, Pennsylvania, holds
the honor of producing the greatest amount of butterfat
per cow among all Jersey herds in Pennsylvania cow test
associations during 1927. Nor is this any empty honor for
after his Larro feed bills were paid, his thirteen pure bred
Jerseys returned an average profit of $213.35 per cow.

Mr. Hoyt judges the ration for his herd—not by its «price
per bag—but by the profit left after the feed bill is paid,
- and by the health and condition of his cows.

Not satisfied with just ordinary results, Mr. Hoyt began
feeding Larro fifteen years ago. He has been feeding Larro
ever since because it produced better than usual health,
more milk, more profit. ‘ ‘

By all means feed Larro to cows on pasture. Grass alone is
not enough. It fails to provide all the necessary materials
for body maintenance and profitable production; thus these
materials must come from the cows’ bodies—the cows lose
weight, vitality and milking condition just at the time they
should be gaining—storing up flesh and energy for profit—
able winter production.

Larro Dairy Feed contains no fillers or off grade materia
als of any kind-nothing but ingredients of known high
quality and feeding value. Powerful magnets remove all
nails, wire, iron and steel trash. Nothing goes into Larro
sacks but sweet, wholesome, stando
ardized grains.

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FEEDS ‘THAT DO NOT VARY
FOR COWS-HOGscPOULTRY

   

 

 

 

double—deck cars if they are of any‘

DAIRY AND LIVESTOCK

,‘ (We Invite you to contribute your experience In rel: Iveeeeek mm
Questions cheerful ll! ens-wag to this

 

 

DIPPING IS BEST REMEDY FOR
SHEEP AND GOAT LICE ’
IPPING is the only practical
method for eradicating sucking
or biting lice from sheep and
goats. Spraying, and fumigation are
effective and practicable only under
unusual circumstances. Dusting
powders applied by hand are some-
times of value in holding the para—
sites in check in winter when the

’weather is too cold for dipping, ac-

cording to Leaflet 124L, ”Sheep and
Goat Lice,” just published by the
United States Department of Agri—
culture. .

Arsenical, coal-tar creosote, and
tobacco or nicotine dips are used for
eradicating either or both of the
types of lice. The leaflet gives des-
criptions of the parasites, explains
the damage done to the animals and
to the fleeces, sounds warning of the
danger of infestation of clean ani-
mals at public shearing sheds, and
gives estimates of the amounts of
dip required. A second dipping frOm
14 to 16 days after the first is re—
quired to insure the eradication of
lice which have hatched from eggs
laid before the first treatment.

 

INSPECTED AT MARKET

It I take a load of dressed hogs to
Detroit to sell, would I have to have
them inspected and stamped? If
so, where?-——“Fred,” Saginaw, Mich.

HE Detroit City Health Depart-
ment maintains inspection at
the Market Master’s Office at

the Eastern and Western. Markets
every day. Inspection of your load
of dressed hogs may be had at either
market, or at anyone of their li-'

~censed slaughter houses.

GETTING TEST MADE

I would like your advice as to how
a number of milk producers could
secure an accurate and official milk
test, that if necessary would stand in
court of law? If it is necessary for
us to hire a tester, where could we
secure the services of the right kind
of man?——A. K., Sterling, Mich.
CCURATE milk tests can be
made by any of the licensed
milk testers of the State. For
checking purposes farmers usually
resort to either the Michigan Milk

How To Prevent
(Continued

be allowed to remain. Goats should
be handled in much the same manner
as sheep with equal precautions.
Cattle M0st Important

Cattle are perhaps the most im-
portant of all livestock shipped in
railway cars. Because of this fact
and because of the value of the cattle
great care should be taken that no
losses occur in shipping. The veal
calf is one of the latest additions to
the livestock shipped in railway cars.
They should not be placed in cars
that are covered with snow nor
placed in cars with other larger cat-
tle. Calves may be placed with their
mothers in the same car. It is not a
good practice to ship the calves in

size as they are easily paralyzed or
injured if shipped in cramped con-
ditions. Other cattle may be shipped
in common livestock cars if care is
taken not to overcrowd them. A car
should be cleaned before the live-
stock is put in as there is a law pre-
venting the shipment of livestock if
the manure rises above a level of one
foot from the bottom of the car.
Straw or hay may be placed in the
bottom of the car in case of cattle.
Springer cows should never be
shipped immediately before or after
freshening. One month is a safe mar-
gin. ‘Bulls should not be shipped
with other cattle unless tied with a
strong dependable rope. When it is
necessary to unload cattle for feed-
ing before arriving at the market,
they should be allowed to rest for
four or five hours before reloading.
Great care Should be takenin erect-
ing partitions if cattle are shipped
with other livestock. They must be
strung and must be nailed tightly in
position as cattle very often knock

Producers Association testers or to ‘

testers of local associations such as
those of the cow testing association.
In cases of dispute the State Depart—
.ment of Agriculture, Bureau of
Dairying, sometimes conducts tests

to check the buying concerns and

complaints can be referred to this
Department—T. H. Broughton,.State
Department of Agriculture.

KEEP SEPARATE

Please tell me about keeping a
service animal. Is it supposed to
run with the herd along the highway
to pasture?—N. 0., Coleman, Mich.

is always best to keep breeding
ITanimals, that is the males, in lots

by themselves. It is never the
best policy to let the bull run with
the cattle herd.
with Michigan laws, but as a general
thing the laws do not discriminate
against the sex of the cattle on the
highway; therefore, I presume that
if the rest of your cattle are driven
over the highway there would be no
law preventing your keeping the hull
with the herd if you care to do so.
Best results from a breeding stand-
point will occur if you keep your
bull away from the cattle and turn
him with the animals at time of
breeding.

PASTURING COWS AND SHEEP

How do cows and sheep compare
in regard to amount of pasture re-
quired in summer and amount of hay
consumed in winter?———C. L. M., Kal-
amazoo, Mich.

is not possible to give you a de~

finite answer to your question

about the pasture required and
the amount of hay consumed by
sheep and cattle. As a general thing,
five to eight sheep can be pastured
on the same ground required for one
cow. It is probable that one cow will
eat just as much hay accordingly as
she will require pasture. My Opinion
is that it would be safe to figure six
sheep would require as much hay as
one cow, or as much pasture.

A poor house for farmers maintained
in a north-western state by the estate of
a. wealthy citizen, long since dead, has
never had over two or three occupants.
For months the keeper lives in it alone.

Livestock Losses
from Page 3)

down unstable partitions and cause
great injury.
Handle 'I-Iorses with Care

Horses, although not shipped as
commonly as other forms of livestock
should be handled with greater care
because as a rule, they are not trans-
ported for butchering, but merely as
a transfer. They should- all be tied
separately with care taken that they
cannot strike each other in any way.
They should be rested frequently and
exercised well to prevent crippling.
In tying it is the practice to tie so-
that it is impossible for the horse to
lie down.

So far only the railroad as a means
of transportation has been men‘-
tioned. However, a new means of
transportation, the automobile truck,
is a satisfactory way of carrying live—
stock if the market is near enough.
Care should be used here not to over-
load or crowd the stock. Veal calves
or other small stock should never be-
tied by "the legs as this is contrary to
the Humane Law of Michigan and
may cause cripples.

The main points in shipping live—
stock ale, therefore: First, in warm
weather the livestock should never
be loaded while warm; second, in

cold weather open stock cars should‘
be surrounded with tar paper to a.

height of three feet when shipping
small stock; third, never overcrowd

any livestock; fourth, never mix two.

kinds of livestock unless separated
by strong, well nailed, vertical par-
titions; and fifth, removed all pro-
jections or things liable to cause in-
jury in transit.

If all shipperswould follow these
simple rules livestock loss in transit
would be negligible instead of being
a great economic problem;

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INDIGESTION IN OALVES

Have lost two calves by what ap-
peared to be indigestion. Would not
eat good, would soon begin to bloat
which would last all day. Would not
eat grass. Bowels were normal. Each
lived about a month.-—,+C. S., Weid-
man, Michigan.

. IGESTION' in calves is caused
by improper feeding; therefore,

7 the thing to do is to study your
method of feeding and change it to
overcome the difficulty. Young
calves should be kept indoors until
they are 6 or 7 months of age, es-
pecially if there are many flies about.

As a general thing. three or tour tea— -.

spoonsful of. lime water in each feed-
ing of milk will help considerably
when there is scours present.

It is impossible to give you any
more definite information than this
because you failed to give any details
as to the age of calves, the length of
time they were sick and whether or
not you fed any grain. It is very
necessary to have all the details of
cases of this kind before one can dis-
cuss them intelligently. Give us
details next time.

NEEDS MINERALS

I have been having some trouble
with one of my cows. Her legs are
stifll and when she gets up she has
to rest when about half way up. If
you know of any remedy please send
it. Think M. B. F. is best term paper
ever printed and will never do with-
out it.—I—I. S., Cedar, Mich. '

THINK-your cow is suflering from

a lack of. minerals. I would sug-

gest that you give this cow 2 lbs.
of cottonseed meal per day with her
grain, also 1/3 'lb. or bonemeal each
day on her grain.

Give her good alfalfa or clover hay
and for 30 days give her one table-
spooniul of Fowler's Solution of Ar-
senic on her teed.

EPSOM SALTS IN DRINKING
WATER

Would like very much to\have' you
tell me how much Epsom Salts to put
in the drinking water for 100 hens,
also what I can use in the water as a
conditioner or tonic.——W. M., Walled
Lake, Michigan.

WOULD recommend one pound of.

Epsom Salts for each 100 birds.

I mean by that mature birds. I
do not know of any tonic that can be
mixed with drinking water.that is
satisfactory. Better buy one of the
better known powdered tonics that
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FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE CREAM-
ERY IS BIG SUOCmS

(Continued from Page 3)

ment of such confidence it is almost
as hard a task to get them to pro-
duce quality. This is a day of

ergers in business and farmers
gould merge their eflorts through
cooperative associations; then pull
together with the same wholeheart—
e'dness which business men have
learned. ”

Yes, the creamery at Big Rapids
is very much of a going concern. So
much at a success that eastern in-
terests have tried to buy it. Cream
is now hauled from a large portion
of Mecosta county and parts of three
adjoining counties. There are many‘
beyond the orbits of. the creamery
trucks who are receiving lower prices
for butter-tat and would buy mem-
berships in this association if they
could. It is necessary,'however, to
maintain a conservative attitude in
regard to too much territory.

Fortunately this region has proved
well adapted to dairy farming and,
with the exception of one .or two
cash crops which are subject to much
more price fluctuation than dairy
products, not much else. There are
several cow-testing associations in
the territory served by the creamery
and, coincident with about ten years
0! agricultural extension work by
several county agents, Mecosta
county, has, during that time, become

 

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POULTRY ASS’N NAMES
OFFICERS
. A. HANNAH, of the Michigan
J State college poultry department,
was re- e—lected secretary- -treasur-
er, with Dr. L. E. Heasley, Grand
Rapids, president, and W. A. Downs,
Romeo, vice president, of the Michi-
gan State Poultry Improvement asso-
ciation at the annual meeting on
July 13.

The board of directors selected for
the coming year, includes W. C. Eck-
art, PaW'Paw; C. M. Whitaker, Lau-
rence; J. P. Garlough, Zeeland; C. J.
De Koster, Zeeland; Robert Pool,
Zeeland; C. G. Card, head of the cal-
lege poultry department,
three officers. P001 and DeKoster are
new members.

Resolutions were passed to, re-
quest the additional appropriation
from the state legislature necessary
to provide proper equipment for
buildings, laboratories, and apparatus
to be used in poultry experiment,
teaching and research at the State
college. The legislature voted $100,-
000, according to members of the
poultry assdciation, but Gov. Fred
Green vetoed half the sum. It was
also decided to ask that the state
administrative board as soon as pos-
sible release the $50,000.

The poultrymen “strongly cen-
sured” Dr. B. J. Killham, state vet—
erinarian, who was said to have on-
dorsed, on behalf of the state depart-

ment of agriculture, a. uniform plan

for accrediting baby chicks, proposed
by the eastern states, which would
include compulsory testing for bacil—
lary white diarrhea, and which dif-
fers from that proposed by the chief
of the bureau of animal husbandry,
United States department of agricul—
ture, and backed by the association.

Opportunity will be given all mem—
bers of the organization to join the
International Baby Chick associa—
tion, it was decided.

CULLING POULTRY

ULLING is the examination of
each bird in the flock by hand-
ling to determine if they will be

profitable to keep for the coming
year.
Time to Cull

Culling for egg production should
be practiced from June 15 to Septem-
ber 15. the hens that lay only a few
eggs 'in the spring and start molting
early can be distinguished by the yel-
low pigment in the shanks, condition
of the pelvic bones and characterist-
ics of the head. The high producing
hen will continue to lay during the
summer and early fall before show-
ing any signs of molting. The late
molter or high producer will take
only a short time to molt and get
back into production. The early
molter is show about growing new
feathers and will not begin laying as
soon as the later molter.

The flock can be culled more ac-

curately by giving it proper feeding
and care. A well balanced ration

should be practiced throughout the‘

year and especially from four to five
weeks before culling.

A go to Cull

A hen will lay more eggs in her
first year. There is usually about
two dozen egg decrease each suc-
ceeding year. Only the ones that
have the desired shape and color and
showing marks of high production
should be kept over the second or
third year.

Pullets cannot b ceulled the same
as hens. Pullets are selected on what
they may do in the future, while
culling hens, the past record is con-
sidered. In culling hens such factors
(is laying condition, head character-
istics, molt and color of beak and
shanks are considered.

', Pullets should be selected on ma-
turity, head, body conformation and
condition of skin.

“Maturity ——Uull out all pullets
that are small in size and lack
the shape and colOr for their re-
spective variety. Pullets should have
from 180 to 200 days to mature.

Head. -——The condition of the head
is an indication of either high or low
vitality. The desirable bird will
have a large. bright, prominent eye,

and the,

broad head, large red waxy comb and
wattles, and a medium curved beak.
Low vitality is shown by the crow-
headed bird with a sunken, dished
face and long pointed beak.

Body Conformation—A broad,
deep chest, and long, broad, wide
back is associated with the better
pullet. Pullets with high shoulders,
short, narrow back and rump should
be discarded.

Condition of Skim—The quality
pullet has a. soft, loose skin. A poor
quality pullet has thick tight skin.

Culling Principles

Time—June 15 to September 15

Good Layers

Head—Large, bright,
comb and wattles. Large, promi-
nent, oval eye. Medium curved
beak with yellow color bleached out.

.Body Capacity—Body broad and
angular in shape, having long, wide,
flat back, and width carried back
over rump. Keel bone slopes down-
ward. Lateral processes prominent
and pointing outward.

Pelvic Bones. ——‘Pelvic bones wide
apart, flexible, point straight out and
have thin tips.

Abdomen—Wide, deep, soft, pli-
able, and covered with soft, loose,
silky skin.

Vent.——Large, dialater, moist, with]
color bleached out.

Legs and Toes—Smooth, flat, pli-
able legs with colorbleached out.
Short,, blunt toe nails.

Plumage.—Close feathered with
worn, soiled, lifeless plumage;

Poor Layer

Head.——Small, pale comb covered
with powdry scales. Small sunken,
round eye. Long, sharp beak with
yellow color present.

Body Capacity—Body narrow and
round in shape, having narrow short
back and cramped over rump. Keel
bone slopes upward. Lateral pro-
cesses hard to find and point inward.

Pelvic Bones. Pelvic bones close
together, rigid, curve in and tips are
thick.

Abdomen.—N a. r r o w, shallow,
hard, fatty, and covered with thick,
dry skin underlaid with fat.

Vent.—Small, contracted, dry, yel-
low in color.

Legs and Toes.—-—-Rough,
legs, yellow in color.
toe nails.

Plumage.——Loose feathered, show-
ing signs of molting.——Ira J. Hollar.

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Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER

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PLANT lN SPRING

I am thinking about planting a
small patch of everbearing straw-
berries and would like to know if
they could be planted near other
strawberries without mixing. When
would be the best time to plant them,
this fall or next spring?——Mrs. S. On-
tonagon, Michigan.

UR advice would be that you
plant your evelbearing straw-
berries early in the sp1ing.
Planting them near other varieties
will not hurt the fruit in any way.

MIXED UP

Two friends were riding home on a
street car one night after attending a
party where intoxicating drinks had been
dispersed. One said to the other, ,“Wha’
time is it?" The other took hold of the
wrong end of his watch chain, pulling out
his knife instead of his watch, and after
squinting at it said, “Ish WednesdaY."
“Shtop the car,” exclaimed the first, “"at’s
where I git off.”

BUSINESS TO THE END

The widow was helping arrange matters
for the funeral. “It was John’s wish that
six bankers act as pallbearers,” she said.

“That is a. rather unusual request,"
said the undertaker. “What do. you sup-
pose was his reason?"

“Well," replied the widow, “These
bankers carried John practically all his »
life and he thought they might as well

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' Christian church in' a populas and
important rural community. Such
is the wail of an anxious pastor.
Again, in a state convention of Chris-
tian laymen, Congress was memori-
alized to give economic help to the
farmer to theend that the rural.
church might be saved. What is the
matter with these communities? Why
are‘they run down at the heel? Plain
enough! The church is dead or dy-
ing. Now, we must quit shifting re-‘
sponsibility. We can't keep it up
anyway. The trial balance of life
will not allow it. Neither, when the
community slumps morally, does the
chief remedy lie in more crops, more
money, and more autos. Is this
a remedy at all? Will it not but add
to our already huge mass of respect-
able sinners?» Really, what is the
matter? We are off center religious-
ly. We all know there is a mal—ad-
justment of economic forces. But
we cannot wait for Uncle Sam tores-
urrect the church. But that is not
his business. It is ours. Now, let
us put the church at the center of
the human program. Not the church
the pastor is mourning over. We feel

sorry for that church; but if it had '

conserved its child-life it would not
be dying. Don't you believe that
Brother Protestant? ‘Ask your Cath-
olic friend whose child receives two
hundred hours of religious instruc-
tion annually, while yours gets but
twenty-five hours. Verily, let us
have a child-centered church at the
cross-roads and the next generation
will not be laying chief blame upon
Uncle Sam for a depleted budget,
nor be getting ready to sing the
church’s funeral dirge.

In planning for the child the Sun-
day School is not enough. If the
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APPROVES OF “'ORK
EAR EDITORz—I have been a
subscriber to your valuable pap-
er almost ever since it started
and to my notion your paper is get-
ting better, right along. The main
fault with The Business Farmer is.
It doesn't arrive often enough.

I like the way you are rounding up
the farm thieves. \Vhether it is a.
chicken thief, car thief, grain thief,
or some other undesirable I‘ltlnd, the
quicker they are stamped out the bet-
ter. I think “Chatting wiht the Ag-
riculture Teacher" as a new depart-
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properly managed, affords a four—
fold training; that of the head,
heart, hand,'and health. It furnishes
a clinic for diagnosing and treating
the community’s soul diseases. It
.. takes children off the streets and

./ reaches some thitherto untouched by

the spiritual wand.

So, big folks, get out of the way.
_ Let the hildren come. If Christian
character and a safe citizenship is
the combined aim of home, church,
and state, it is imperative that our
boys and girls have more spiritual
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PAPER MULCH TESTS SHOW
FAVORABLE RESPONSE
APER of the type used as a
mulch in pineappleproduction
in Hawaii has been found to be
applicable also to a wide variety of
crop plants in the eastern United
States, according to Dr. L. H. Flint,
physiologist of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, who has
recently completed four years' study
of the possibilities of paper mulch
and its effect on plant growth.
Increased yield and growth have
been secured by the use of imper-
vious—paper mulch with such com-
mon garden crops as corn, beets,
carrots, green beans, squashes, and
others. In many instances the yield
was from 11/2 to 3 times as great as
from mulched crops.

On the basis of the plot tests thus
far made, the use of paper mulch,
says Doctor Flint, in addition to in-
creasing yields, eliminates all weed-
ing between rows, facilitates feeding
between plants in the row, and does
away with the necessity for culti-
vation. In certain crops further ad-
vantages reported are increased ger-
mination which results in greater
yields, a marked hastening of ma—
turity, and a superior crop product
in point of size, quality and cleanli-
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EASY TO MEASURE AMOUNT
- 0F TIMBER
HE total board—feet of lumber in
T standing timber or in saw logs
may be estimated within 10 per
cent of the actual mill tally with the
aid of a set of cruising sticks which
have been devised by the federal
land bank of Springfield, Massachu-
setts, says J. D. Kennedy of the For-
estry Department at Cornell Uni-
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strike the matter would be less
alarming. But the parents have said
to the Church, “You train my child;”
So, dad and mother, let us have your
child. When the vacation school
workers come around, don’t say,
“Well, my boy being in school nine
months, that’s enough.” An invest-
igator reports, “The average Ameri—
can boy is awake 5,500 hours during
the year. He is at home under di-
rect parental supervision 1,500
hours. He is in public school about
900 hours. He is either at home or
away from home undirected and
without a program 3,000 hours.”
Now the church is asking for some
of these idle hours that it might train
your boy for a decent ,manhood. If
the church is not doing this she can
in no wise shake the dust from her
feet, because her Lord has placed the
child at the center of the Christian
program. 900 hours in secular ed-
ucation and 25 hours in religious ed—
ucation is an apalling disparity. Dr.
Daniel Poling has recently vivified
this dangerous state of affairs by say-
ing, “We must feed the soul before
we cram the mind or we shall have
an increasing crop of these intellect-
ual monstrocities, moral perverts and
social anarchists, from our proud
democratic tree of knowledge.’~L
-What will a vacation school do?
It will help work up the raw life—
material of the community’into seem-
ly finished adults. 'Be reminded that
tomorrow the life-tides of the chil-
dren are set. It will broaden the
opportunity to direct the child’s loy-
alties away from materialism and to
interpret life. in terms of goodness.
It will unify and socialize the chil-
ren’s minds and thus .rid the future
community of “knockers.” Do you
have any such folks- in your commun-
ity? Have mercy! They were born
and brOught 'up'to, be knockers. Let
us train this 9in thing out of the
children. The vacation c" ”‘v ' '~ “-1

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

Groups of figures, initials or abbrevia-

 

 

Mount Clemens, Michigan 1

 

 

FARMS

LIVESTOCK

 

FARM FOR SALE. 111 ACRES. 40 CLEARED.

Balance in pasture, watered by two spring
creeks. Soil fertile. Raise 200 to 400 bushels
potatoes per acre. Good alfalfa land. Good bulld-
lngs. Plenty fruit. Running water at house and
burn. Good roads. Good neighbors. Near rall
road town._. $3,000.00. L. Dunlap,
Lupton, MlCll.

Part cash.

 

FOR SALE: FIVE ACRES GINSENG TO-CLOSE
estate. Arthur Adamy, Administrator, Reed
City, b’lichigan.

HOUSE IN LANSING. SELL OR TRADE FOR
Mfarm anywhere. A. E. Augustine, Bellcvue,
101.

 

 

POULTRY

BABY CHICKS AND PULLETS. . BRUMMER-

Fredrickson’s famous quality chicks 7c each
and up, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, S. C.
White Leghorns. Sluppedd). 0. I). Live deliv.
ery guaranteed. Splendid selections 8-10—12
weeks old pullets in above breeds. Brummer-
Fredrickson Poultry Farm, Box 30, Holland,
Michigan.

 

 

SPECIAL CHICK ~OFFER-——2 .WEEK OLD
Barred Rocks, W'hlte Rocks, Reds, “'ll1te \Vy»
andottes, liuf’t ()rpmgtons $z.’().00—100; 3 week
old 24.00—«10I. ieavy Mixed, 2 weeks $18.00
-——1 0; 3 weeks $22.()0—.100, rder at once
and from this ad. Immediately delivery. 100%
live delivery guaranteed, by express. Lnkeview
Poultry Farm, R. 8, Box 23, llollund, Mich.

 

WHITTAKER’S .RED, BOTH COMBS, R. 0. P.

trapnested, Michigan Certified. locks, liens,
C(iclterels. I’ullets. VVI‘ltO for Catalog. Inter-
lnkes Farm, Box 2, Lawrence, Mich.

 

LOOK! CHICKS UNTIL SEPTEMBER. REDS

\Vhitc, Buil‘, Barred Rocks, lilnck Minorcus,
12c. liulf Orplngtons, Silver or “'hitc ‘Wyuw
doites, '13 1/2 c. White, Brown, or :uii' Legrlmrns,
heavy i xxed, .lUc. ()rder lirecding (‘ockcrcls
from It. i). 1’. MALE MATINGS. Lawrence
Hatchery, (lrand Rapids, Mich.

 

FOR SALE: 200 PURE BRED B. P. ROCK
I’ullcls. I} weeks old, price $1.23, cockel‘els
$1.50 cnch. Robert Shull, Clare Mich, R. 5..

 

3,000 WHITE LEGHORN PULLETS 8 WEEKS,
85c. Selected state accredited yearling hens,
$1.00. II. Knoll, Jr., Holland, Mich., It 1.

 

DUCKLINGS—MAMMOTH WHITE PEKINS,
free circular. Diamond Duck Farm, Upper
Sandusky,

 

 

SEEDS

REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED SEED CORN

Clement’s white cap yellow dent, Pickett‘s
yellow dent and Michigan yellow dent (u very
early (lent). lertlfied \Vorthy oats and sweet
clover. “'11 kc 11 chance on common seed when
our scienti 0 method of drying and preparing our
corn insures germination and vigor, Write for cir~
culnr and sample. Paul (J. Clement, liritton,
Michigan. Member of the Crop Improvement As-
sociation. Dept.

 

 

- PLAIN F ARMER

MUSINGS OF A H

 

 

FOR CERTIFIED. SATISFACTION GUARAN-

tecd seed of Improved American Runner Wheat,
\Volvcrine Outs. Improved‘ltobust Beans, demon—
strated best; varieties for Mlchigun. Address A. 15.
Cook. Owosso, Mich.

 

 

 

FOR GUERNSEY OR HOLSTEIN CALVES
from heavy rich milkers, write Lakewood
Farm, \Vlntewatcr, W'ise.

TWO BROWN SWISS BULLS, 2 YEARS OLD

and ten weeks old. Matched span 3 year old
sorrel mares, sxlver mancs and tails. Twenty
hundred Sll‘e. Henry Il'orwood, M’hite Cloud, Mich.

TWO SHORTHORN BULLS, MILKING STRAIN.

inline months old: Lud Hastings, Napoleon,
ex.

DUSRECSTORIEGIST REDl Pltlis EITHER SEX,
'1 is ac l gunr nteet , S 0.00. ' '
Land & Lumber 00., llermansville, Micthsconsm

PET STOCK

MILK COATS SAANEN TOGGENBURG: MA-
tured and young stock. llarry Vanderlaan, R.
3, Muskegon, Mich.

 

 

 

PUREBRED CHINCHILLA RABBITS. BUCKS.
3 months old. 3.00, 4 months old, $4.00.
Oscar Richer, Elkton, Mich.

FOR SALE, DICK. A REAL COONHOUND AT
nice on 30 days trial on terms to please
you. .ube Readies, S420, Mayfield, Ky.

REGISTERED POLICE DOGS AND PUPPIES.
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$5.00 25. 0 each. ’ilv
Bannister, Mic l. b crtone Kennels,
RICH . MAN'S CORN HARVESTER, POOR
mnns price‘only $235.00 with bundle tying
attachment. Free catalog showing picttures of
harvester. Process Company, Selina, Kane.

 

 

AGENTS WANTED

 

SALESMAN WANTED: FARM IMPLEMENT

sulcsnmn who can carry 21 high grade Potato
Diggerns a part of his line has an excellent on—
porlumty _to cosh in with u thoroughly reliable and
old cshibllshcd house for Michigan territory. Lih~
crul commissions. Address [1 ‘ Viml Engine

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and ‘l'ump Company, Butnviu, Illinois, Department

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FARMERS' EVERY-DAY-PAY-DAY-PLAN"——

Mr. Farmer why non-y? You can make $30
to $150 weekly distributing “'hitmer Products to
your friends. Experience unnecessary. \Vc tench
you‘llou' free” Earn while learning. Some good
territories available. Team or car needed. Write
today for farmers' “Everydoy-puyflay-plan." The
II. C. Wlntmer Company. Farm Dept. (3A, Colum-
bus, Indiana.

MISCELLANEOUS

FARMERS WOOL MADE
batting and yarn at fair

lars. Monticello Woolen

Monticello, \Visc.

 

 

 

INTO BLANKETS.
irices. Send for circu-
llills, (Estab. 1866),

 

WHY BLAME THE BULL WHEN YOUR COW

does not breed? Use (‘ow Catch 1 hour before
scrvme. Results or your money back. 85c for
one cow; 2.90 for five cows postpnid. Wood-
stock Farm, Route :3, Box 49):, Kenton, Wash.

FILMS DEVELOPED—SIX BEAUTIFUL HIGH
Gloss prints 2.554: regular price. \Vest Supply,
Iluntmgton, Ind.

 

 

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to worry about. The corn has its
final touch of the cultivator, the al—
falfa is safely stowed, and I am puttering
around for a day watching the wheat
with an eagle eye,
I

1‘ IOW I am worrying about something

i O

I am pretty \vell wrung out from my
battle with the huyloadcr anyway, so a
day at details will do me good.

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It's a dark, foggy day and I suppose
the oats will rust.
or a o
I don't like, rust; it causes an unhealthy
air at threshing and a lot of coughs.
* t 3

Who‘ invented rust anyway ?
t C *

Well, I'll not attempt to figure that out;
it’s too complicated. I‘ll take the hoc
and attack the turnips. Something that
requires brawn instead of mental analysis.

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Ha, it’s happened! My, vacation is
over! Mrs. B. has rounded up some bugs

on the late potatoes. Farm women sure
have the ability to ferret out chores for
us. Don't you fellows agree with me? I

thought you would.
0 O I

My wife has no use for a potato bug,
or a weed, or a hen that won’t lay, a cow
that won't fill the pail, an empty barn or
pocket book, or a lazy man.

S i C

She is fond of children, flowers, music,
calves, pigs, chickens, or anything that
grows.
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I stopped growing some years back.
# C U

That‘s the first 'time I have ever
written anything in particular about the
mistress of this farm home; but in my
next article I am going to writethe mus-
ings of a plain‘farmer’s wife. Watch for
it. It will be heavy.

 

 

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1‘ General Price Tendency Has Been Downward For Month oflluly
‘ By Market News Service. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 0. s. D. A.
(Special to THE Busnmss Fannnn)

OST oi the price shifting in late
. July was of slight importance.
For the whole month, thegen-
eral tendency has been downward,
owing to declines in cotton and some
lines of grain, live stock and green
produce. The same rather weak tone
continued late in the month, but that
is nothing unusual in the midsummer
of talrly good years, whenever ont-
look for generdl production seems to
be improving. .
, Wheat

Increased offerings .of new crop
wheat, together with unusually fav-
orable prospects for spring wheat in
Canada and generally favorable pro-
gress of the domestic crop, weakened
the wheat market in late July and
prices declined to the lowest point
since late in December. European
crops continued to make favorable
progress.

Conditions of spring wheat in Can-
ada remain unusually favorable. De—
mand for corn was less urgent, but
was sufficient to absorb the current
oflerings and cause further reduc-
tions in the relatively small stocks
in store at the markets. Prices have
been holding well. The rye market
was weak and lower, notwithstanding
the light stocks and favorable pros—
Harvesting
has begun in the north central states

. and buyers were apparently awaiting

' oats market was unsettled.
‘was sharply lower.

the arrival of new crop grain. The
Barley
Buyers were
holding off with liberal offerings in
prospect from the new crop, harvest-
ing of which has already begun.

The feed market continued weak,
principally as a result of a poor de-
mand and more liberal offerings of
most feeds. Pastures are mostly fair
to good, except in the southwest,

’ where there is urgent need of moist—

  

ure.
Hay

Seasonal dullness prevailed in the
hay markets. Demand was moderate
and buyers Were meeting only current
needs ' Country marketings were
inclined to hold surplus until more
definite information on the supply for
the current year is available.

Cattle

The cattle market at Chicago in
late July followed a course similar to
that of the preceding weeks, generally
speaking. Price advances featured
the trading on all grades of yearl-
ings, establishing new high prices.
Choice light steers followed year-
lings, but‘everything with weight
as. well as lower grade steers scal-
ing 1,000, pounds upward were forc-
ed from 50 cents and in some in—
stances '75 cents to $1 lower. Veal-
ers were around $1 lower.

Receipts of swine at Chicago in—
cluded a small percentage of pigs
and light lights, but the heaviest
supplies of packing sows for the sea-
son. Buyers of heavy butcher hogs
substituted these better grade pack—
ing sows for choice butchers, with
the result that the latter sold on a
consistently lower scale. '

The fat lamb market at Chicago
fluctuated widely. Values advanced
at times, but not enough to offset
losses registered when the market
was largely in buyers hands. Com-

pared with the corresponding period _

last year, current values are $1.50
to $2 higher '

A broader demand for feeder
lambs was responsible for the week’s
advance. Current prices are around
25 cents higher than a year ago.
Breeding stock was in good demand.

A choice deck of Iowa two-year old‘

,ewes turned at $14 per 100 pounds.
Wool
The market on the finer grades of

,fleece wools was more active, but de—

mand for medium grades remained
sluggish. Bulk of sales of Ohio and
similar 64’s were made at 48 to 49
cents, with exceptional lots at 50
cents, grease basis. Mills took a few
lots of medium wools tor piecing out

their stocks, but bids on new busi—

 

ness were on a’cent or two lbwer

basis. Sellers were reluctant to

take prices offered and as a result

the market was rather unsettled.
Butter

Confidence in the button situation
was moderate in late July, and
many of the trade were somewhat
nervous, but any attempt to estab-
lish the price basis on a lower level
resulted in suiilcient buying response
to hold values unchanged As has
been theaease recently, fancy quality
goods were diflieult to sell at sat-
isfactory prices and receivers found
it necessary to send much of this
kind of goods to storage in order to
avoid immediate loss.’ This kind of

‘ it 13%

cry with a steady "pressure toward
lower values.
’ Fruit

Peaches and watermelons continue
a leading feature. Melon movement
averaged close to 71,000 cars daily
and markets were weak. Chicago
received!“ cars of melons during
the third week of July and for New
York 25 cars. Prices tended lower.
Shipments oi cannery peaches were
greatly augmenting the movement
in California, so that the total tor
that State in one week toward the
end 0! July was 2,286 cars. The
week’s combined total was 5,180
cars of peaches. Prices tended low-
er in late ,July. Possibly 10,000
cars of potatoes will move from the
Eastern Shore between July 161nm!
August 10, according t0w local esti-
mates. The Chicago carlot price on
Kansas and Missouri was 70 to 75
cents ' ,
Arkansas weekly cantaloupe ship‘-

 

MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO DAILY
THE Michigan Business Farmer was first to broadcast farm market
reports in Michigan (January 4, 1926). Market reports and farm

news are now available as follows:

WGHP (277.6 meters), 6:06

to 7:00 P. M.; WKAR (277.6), 12:00 M.; WWJ (852.7), 5:45 P. M.:
WCX-WJR (440.9), 4:15 P. M.—-—Edltor.

 

 

activity has also tended toward sus-
taining the price level, through re
ducing the quantities available for
immediate. open market trade.

The July 1 shortage, compared
with the previous year, was about
20,000,000 pounds. Reports ot‘into—

,storage movement at leading mar-

kets indicate that this shortage has
been even further increased since
Julyjl. Wholesale prices have been
consistently above those of a year
ago.
Cheese

Trading in cheese is generally
quiet and confined principally to
small-sized orders, but fairly steady
prices. Dealers were free sellers and
inclined to shade prices a little. On
Friday, July 20, the Wi8consin
Cheese and Exchange and Farmers’
Call Board, Plymouth ruled easy
with all styles declining one-half
cent. Cheese are now showing con-
siderable summer defects.

Eggs ,

The egg market is irregular, with
slight downward tendencies at times.
Though receipts of eggs are running
less than the previous week, they
are little in excess of trade require-
ments and the into—storage move-
ment was considerably more than
last year at this time. The poultry
market is irregular and unsatisfact-

ments increased to 330 cars by the
third week of July. Total from all
States was 2,140. Spain expects a
good crop of onions this season. Iowa
and Kentucky. yellow varieties of
onions, in loo-pound sacks, ruled
$1.50 to $1.65 in Chicago.

Apple shipments were 1,026 cars
the third week of July, compared
with 350 during the same week last
season. Eastern cities reported a
range of $1 to $2 per bushel basket.
Tomato carlot movement decreased.
Four-basket crates were jobbing at
60 to 85 cents. ~

BEANS

The price of CHP beans has slip-
ped considerably since our last issue
declining a total of $1.65 per hun-
redweight. Demand‘for the old cr0p
seems to be at an absolute standstill
with offerings fairly liberal. Some
inquiiwfor new beans, September-
October shipment, at $6.00, is re-
ported.

LIVE POULTRY

Commission merchants’ gross return’s
per pound to farmers, from which prices

5 per cent commission and transportation»

charges are deductible.

Market steady. Broilers, 3 lbs.
up, rocks, 38¢; reds and others,

 

 

THE BUSINESS F ARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit
July 28 July 28 ’ July 17 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No. 2mm 0 .38 $1.02 $1.88

No. 2 White 1.38 ' 1-62 1.34

No. 2 Mixed 1.38 1.62 1.82
CORN-—

No. 2 Yellow 1.16 1.00 1-13 1.14

No. 3 Yellow 1.14- 1.11 1.12
OATS

No. 2 White .73 .47 @ 48 -75 .53

No. 3 White .71 ~73 .51
RYE—-

Cash No. a 1.13 1‘30 1.01
BEANS—

o. H. P. am. 8.05 9.90 6.10
POTATOES— »

Per th. l .50 .60@ 90 1.50 4.25 @ 4.50
EA!—

No. 1 sum. 15@1o ~ 21 @22 15am 15@1o '

No... Tim. 11@ 12.50 19820 . 11 @ 12.50 13 @ 14

No. 1 var .13@14 22‘ 28 13 14 14@15 ,

Light Mixed 15@10 111.62? 15 , 16. ~~~. _ 14-@15 ~

 

 

Saturday, July ale—Expected
and oats easy. Little doing ‘2

    

scarcity" ofoorn'smdsgrains
mm Woolmarkstuuiet.

 

course and
.~-two,,or ‘

35c; leghorns, 2 lbs. and up, '26c;
sndallér sizes '3 to Sc less. Hens:
Colored. over _4 lbs... 26c; smaller.
23 24c; leshoflls and amonss, 22c.
Coc s, 19c. .Ducks: White, 4% lbs.
and up,
Geese, 16c. ‘

LIVESTOCK MARKER
CHICAGO—Hogs: Receipts.
market closed dullrmoetly 160251: 7 ,

bulksood choice Mas scaling under

 

, 1b.. was early: to». 811.55 paid for «halos Q

186 to Rio—lb. writs: shippers took
6.000; estimated .holdover. 5.000; bum-
era, medium to choice 250 to 350 lbs,
010.35011.30; 200 to 250 lbs. 810.400
11.60: no to .200 lbs, $10@11.60: 180 to
160 lbs" ”50811.40; packing sows, $9.88
@1010; pigs, medium to choice, 90 to 1“
lbs, $0010.60. Cattle: Receipts, 1,500;
calves, receipts..1,000: slow draggy week--
end trade; hardly axiom atoorsvhcn to
make a marbfimhoice kinds absent: best;

' $16.60; cutter cows firm; grassy fat of-

ferings dull. Slaughter classes, steers,
good and choice, 1,800 to 1,600 lbs, 3140
16.86; 1,100 to 1,800 lbs., 314010.30: 050
(to 1,100 lbs, 81436616315; common and

medium, 850 lbs. up, 3831501416: ted'

year-lingo, good and choice, 760 to 960
lbs., “81425016315; heifers. good and
choice, 860 lbs. down, 6143561615; com-
mon and medium. $8.50@14.26; cows.
good and choice, $9.25@12.60; common
and medium, 812509.25; low cutter and
cutter, “$7.25: bulls, good and choice
(beef), 39.40010“; cutter to medium, 87
@915; .vealers (mills-fed). good and
choice, $14®16; medium, $12014; cull
and common, $9@12; stacker and feeder
steers, good and choice (all weights),
31131561850; common and medium, $9.26
@11.75. Sheep: Receipts, 10,000; fat
lambs strong and active; spots on natives,
15@25¢ higher, quality and sorts consid-
ered; Yearling): and aged sheep scarce;
steady; few good (is-lb. Idaho feeders.
$13.50@15.50; about steady; quality con-
sidered; lambs, good and choice (92 lbs.
down), $14@16.35; medium, $12.75@14;'
cull_ and common, 3076012376: ewes,
medium to choice (150 lbs. down), $4.25@
7.25: cull and common, $1.75@5.50; feed-
er lambs, good and choice, $12.50@14. .
EAST BUFFALO—Dunning & Steven-
report: Cattle:Receiprts, six cars ; steady.
Hogs: Receipts, '15 cars; stmng; heavy.
$11.50@12; mediums and yorkers, $12.25
@1230; pigs and lights,. $11.25@11.75.
Sheep: Receipts: five cars; slow;

. “’9
lambs, $15.50@15.75; yearlings, $11@12;
ewes,

wethers, $8.50 @ 9.50 ;

6 .5 .
Calves, 816.50. 5 @7 0

 

  

 

 

Week of Augu, st 5

GENERALLY clear skies will greet "
the early! days» of this week. ‘

During this same period the
temperatures are expected to be ra-
ther cool but with a gradual rising
tendency. This rise will result in
warm weather in most parts of Mich-
:lgan by about Tuesday and Wednes-

ay.

About Monday the weather will ‘be-
come unsettled with thunder storms
and rains to be expected in many
counties. Following the fair weather
that will occur about the middle of
the week“there will be more elec-
trical storms and rain.

At the end of the temperatures
will have fallen to lower readings.
Also the clouds in the sky will have
greatly mitigated and again the sun
will get in its work.

Week of August 12
While rainfall for the week as a

-whole will be mostly sufficient in the

greater number of counties of the
state, we really expect the conditions
to berather uneven.

The greater part of the week will
witness storms or storm conditions.
especially from the'early part until
considerably past the middle. Many
of these storms will be local in char-
acter but with a great deal of in-.
tensity. . . '

The winds at times will reach ra-
ther high speed for summer records.

‘ In fact, it will not be surprising to us

to have reports oi {tornadoes or .

.. strong local Winds iromseveral coun—_
t 88 ' '

About Friday’oi,’ satcrday the gen— ,'
eral storm period 'will have run its _
w” a result there will be

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and some min. Lots of potatoes have
felted in the ileldl. Crops looking better.
M hot and sultry Weather which'lunkes
Quotations from Elan-
m: Wheat, $1.30; 00m, ~60’c; oats, 60o:
rye, $1.10; beans, $9.00; butter, 45c;
eggs. 260.-—-Mrs. C. T., July 23. . , ‘

Saginaw—If keeps on raining. .-Haylnt
is not all’ done yet. Some has been out
for ten days. Wheat is about fit to cut
but is rusty. Oats have bison to turn.
There are lots of nnutty oats. There
will not be as good a yield as expected.
Corn and beans are getting full of weeds.
Hod been too wet to do any cultivating.
Corn has agood color and is growing
line. Beans are all a stand still.
growf Quotations from Hemlock: Wheat,
$1.34; corn, $1.00;.oats, 650; rye, 98c;

beans, $9.25: butter, 44c; eggs, 30c.—F. '

D., July 23. "
Alpenm—Haying just about half done:
too much rain. Wheat turning fast. Po-
tatoes just average crop. Corn very poor.
Not much‘grown here. Quotations from
Spratt: Wheat, $1.38; oats, 740; rye, 90c;
beans, $9.00; potatoes-81.00; butter, 48c:
eggs, 25439—11. W. K, July 23. '
Midland—dots of rain and very little
sunshine. Berries are rotting on the
bushes.
In spots. LotSrof vacant ground in nearly
all bean flelds.~ Hay in landing in fields
waiting for hay weather. Quotations
from Midland: Wheat, $1.60; oats, 66c;
rye, $1.16; beans, $9.85; potatoes, 75c;
butter, 430; eggs, 27c.——-B. V. 0., July 22.
E. Huron.—-8howcry. Haying slow.
Wonderful recovery of rain damage. A
very low value per acre of grassy hay;

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erected‘ln raising calves for beef
was any, other part of the state.
With the increased prices, for market
beef in the last year there, is renewed
interest in raising beef in Michigan.
”' It is hoped that many good lessons
in better management and good

, "breeding will be impressed on those

,in attendance at this tour. The re-
_lationship of growing alfalfa and
other legumes to a profitable beef
industry will be particularly empha-
sized—Geo. A. Brown, Professor of
Animal Husbandry, M. S. C.

MICHIGAN STATE POTATO TOUR
OTATO tours have become a per-
manent factor in the develop-
ment of Michigan's potato in-
dustry. Their worth to the produc-
er and to the user of potatoes has
been established. Their continuance
assures progress.

The Michigan State Potato Tour
will be an inspiration to the potato
grower and will show him methods
of production which may make his
business a more profitable one. In
1927 some 1,200 Michigan growers
found it decidedly worth while to
learn more about potatoes by attend-
ing the State Potato Tour. This
year due to the increased interest of
growers in raising better potatoes
for the market and to a hundred per
,cent increase in the number of certi-
iled seed growers it is believed that

 

 

Friday, August 10
Forenoon

9:00 Allis—Stewart and Son, Fair-
grove, Shot-thorn herd. Talks,
"Herdsire Selection," by Professor
G. A. Brown, animal husbandry
department, H. 8. 0.; and "Allah
fa." Roy E. Decker, specialist in
farm crops. ‘ .

10:00 LIL—John Hickey, Fairgrovo,
Corlot feeder. Talk, “When to
feed steers." Verne A. Freeman,
livestock specialist, H. S. C. .

11:30 Ado—Henry Lynch, Mayvilie,
Shot-thorns. -

Afternoon

1 :16 P. M.—Dave Knight,
Shot-thorns.
. 1:00 P. ur—Jm Curry, Mariette,

Angus. Talk, "Economic Manage-
ment for the Mia-ding herd.”

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Mariette,

 

 

$3.00 per acre where sold. Some will be
left on vacant land. A trip over the high
lands reveals crops above average. Low
lands depending on artificial drainage in
bad way. Drains choked with wood and
grass growth. Some timely. wheat land
fitting. Beans late. Quotations from
Bad Axe: Grain easier. Milk 3.4 T., $1.65
net; eggs, 27c; butter, 45c.—-—E. 11., Port
Hope, July 23.

Chirlevoixw-We are in" the midst of
our haying and all of the family don over~
ails and work in the fields including the
ladies. Corn growing and knee high; our
certified corn destroyed by roving cattle.
Stock allowed to run loose here. Owners
not liable for damage. We learn also you
can’t shut them up. Rye and wheat are
ripening. Oats doing well. Hay looks
poor. Our’s very thick. Alfalfa is put
up here the same as timothy so by time
it gets to barn it is yellow and dried look-
ing. Should think it would destroy most
of feeding Value. Hens still laying. Var
cationists from Manitoba, Lousiana,
Maryland, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois,
Wisconsin at Petosky over Sundays-s.
W., July 25. '

Consumer-There have been several
heavy rains the past week. Farmers are
finishing cultivating beans and corn and
starting to harvest grains. There have
been several fields of hay spoiled by the"
rains. Raspberries are a good crop. Very
few early potatoes yet. Much gardening
is done in this «immunity—H. S., July 24.

Defiance, (DP-COO} past week. Plenty,
of rain and everything d 1;; fine. Oats
me down me account ind. Com is
shoulder high and just tunnelling. Hay
all made. Will be some meat clover seed ;“
appears to be filling good. Potatoes are
certainly fine. Oats nearly may to harv-
est. Are ‘e'xtra good. Beads good. 'Some
construction being done. Quotations from

- Brynn, Ohio: Wheat. 01.“; com, $1.80.;

oats, 65c; hogs, $10.75; veal, $14.50; but-
ter, 500; eggs, 27c.—-—W. E. D., July 25.

BEEF PRODUCERS TO TOUR

:HE Hereford and Shorthorn,

breeders of the Thumb District.
0! , ‘hflo mm the
State ‘ , Beef Producers’ Association,
8tate‘-~.- Hereford. 'AsSociation, State
Abe debunin‘gus Association. State
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3:00 P. bf.-—John Goodwine, Mariette,
Herd of 150 goats used to clear
land of brush.

3:45 P. M.-—Sanilac Stock Farms,
Sandusky, Herefords. Talk, “Pro-
ducing feeder calves in Michigan."

5: P. M.-—-Stanley Gardner. Croswell,
Milking Shorthorns. Talk, “Beef
and Milk from the same herd.”

7:30 P. M.—~Banquet and evening
program at Lexington.

MurdnyLAunu 11
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9130 A. ,M.-—-—Sam Pangborn, Bad Axe,
Shortlioms. Talk, "Influence of
a. good sire."

11:00 A. M.—Warmer Ramsey, Port
Hope. Talk, “Building a herd
through profitable culling."

12:00—Dinner and afternoon program
at Port Hope.

 

 

practically all counties of Michigan
will be represented on the tour.
Monday. August 6

The tour will start from the New
Hotel Mertens, Grand Rapids. Mich-
igan, at 1:00 p. m., Eastern Stand-
ard Time. (New Hotel Martens is
about 75 steps“ east of the Union
Station.)

Fields of certified seed and table
stock potatoes in the vicinity of
Greenville (Montcalm county) will
be visited in the afternoon.

Supper and lodging at Greenville.
(Special entertainment by local com—
mittee.)

/ Tuesday, August 7

The tour will leave Greenville at
8 a. m. for Stanton where the plant
and warehouses of the Stanton El—~
evator Company will be inspected.

Fields of Russet Rurals and potato
farm storage houses will be visited
near Edmore. Dinner at noon will
be secured at Barryton (Mecosta
County). A short program will be
given. At 1:00 p. m. the tour will
proceed to McBain, thence to Cadil-
lac arriving at Cadillac at [:30 p. 111.
Certified fields of Russet Rurals and
Irish Cobblers will be visited en-
route. Fertilizer, spraying and other
demonstration plots will be studied.
Supper and! lodging at Cadillac.
(Special entertainment by local com-
mittee.) ‘

Wednesday, August 8

Leave Cadillac 8 a. m. Inspect
fields in the neighborhood of. Manton
and Fife Lake. Dinner and program
at Mancelona at noon. Leave Hence-
/Gaylord, Vander-

spect fields of certified RusSe‘t Rurals
and special demonstration plots en»
route. ,Arrive at Petoskey at 5:30
p. m. 7 At Petoskeyvinitors will view
the “Million Dollar" sunset'from the
Bluffs. Supper and ledging at Pe-
toskey. (Special entertainment by
local committee.) .
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“Visit. table stock. ' and
, , . in mm AI-
trim counties. Dinner at noon at
Traverse City. Supper and lodging
at Traverse City. Visitors will be
entertained for the afternoon and
evening at Traverse City. Special
excursions and entertainment will be
provided by the local committee.
Friday, ’August 10

Leave Traverse City 7:00 a. m.
for Hart (Oceans. county) stopping
at fields enroute. Dinner at Hart at
noon. A short program will be giv-
en. Leave Hart at 1:30 p. m. for
Grand Haven. Visit fields of certi-
field seed and special test plots en-
ronte. Supper and lodging at Grand
Haven.

Saturday, August 11

Leave Grand Haven 8:00 a. m. for
Kalamazoo. Inspect certified and
table stock fields in Allegan, Van
Baron and Kalamazoo counties. Din-
ner at noon at the W. K. Kellogg ex-
periment and demonstration farm,
Augusta. During the afternoon in-
spection will be made of the potato
experimental projects whcih include
fertilizer tests, spraying and. dusting

experiments, seed treatment tests,
etc. Supper at Kalamazoo. End of
tour.

BEEKEEPERS MEETINGS
UGUST 13, Ridgway; August 15
and 16, Traverse City; August
18, Rudyard; August 20; Cryst-
al Falls. Meetings announced by

Russell H. Kelty, Professor, Michi-

gan State College.

YEARLING STEERS BRING HIGH
PRICE
HE highest price in Detroit for
beef on the hoof since the World
War, $16.75 a hundred weight,
was paid July 24, for 15 Hereford
yearling steers, averaging 930
pounds each, by William J. Kam-
man, cattle buyer, at the Detroit
stockyards. They were sold by John
Jackson, a salesman for Bishop,
Hammond & Jackson.

The steers came from the Crapo
Farms at Swartz Creek, Mich, near
Flint, the oldest livestock farm in
the state, which Was founded by H.
H. Crapo, once governor of Michigan,
and is now owned by S. T. Crapo, a
grandson.

 

We received the nursery stock from

, the nursery company, so please drop all

claims from us. Thank you for the
trouble.~—-—Mrs. F. P., Ionia, Mich.

We have taken THE BUSINESS FARMER
ever since we were married and think it
is the best farm paper published—W. S.,
Nessen City. Mich.

 

CANCER—FREE BOOK SENT ON
REQUEST

Tells cause of cancer and what to

do for pain, bleeding, odor, etc.
Write for it today, mentioning this

paper. Address Indianapolis Cancer
Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.——-(Adv.)

 

 

 
 
   

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KHARKOV SEED WHEAT—GUARANTEED TO

Increase Yield—~Extra Winter llardy. Finest
quality. Prices very low. Rec-leaned, treated
with 00me Earl) and sucked. Sauules frcc.
Also have Rose Rye. Hardy Alfala $8.90

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Best Northwestern $12 90. State Scaled
Timothy $2.20.
Frank

bushel. .
Certified Grimm $18.00 bushel.
Write for samplesmnd circular matter.
Sinn, Box 66, Clarmda, Iowa.

TIA ROOM FOR SALE. FLOORISIIINQ TEA

room in attractive home. Ypsilalltl, Michigan;
near colleiifi. . For information write Box ,
Michigan lioness Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

 

 

Sweeten
the soil— .

Increase your crops

Sour soil means mail return. Sew lime and
make your land incl-cane your crop—Idling
pay. big dividends.

The Peoria Wagon Fertilizer sown damp or dry
lime. Uniform 18 ft. spread. Fame teed. No
windage waste—no clogging. Does double the
work of wheel seeder—costs much lea. Ate
taches to wagon without remoyin nodule—7
st thens wagon box. No hl‘h iting. NO
c133“: orrepair oi cleats to attach. Half the
gears and sprockets. Capacity 100 to 10,000
pounds. Fully guaranteed. Low in price.

New Attachment
~makes two machines in one

At just a few dollars extra cost the Peoria is
equipped with NEW small grain sowing fea-
ture. Caste onto 30 it.; wheat,rye, barley and
rice SOIL—in any desired quantity. The Peoria
with NEW ATTACHM EN'I‘ does your fern iz-

 

in; and sowin -——!wo machines in one. Write or
circular on th and our other new farm 3.

mm DRILL & SEEDER CO.
30“ N. Perry Ave" Peoria. III.

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Been Well Ever Since.

Sufferers from asthma and stubborn
bronchial coughs will find unusual interest
in a letter written by Jos. Thompson, 935
Tibbs Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. He says:

"I had asthma 7 years and a severe
bronchial cough 12 years. My wheeze and
cough kept me awake most of the night
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got me to try it.

improved steadily and am now feeling
fine. Have had no cough and no asthma
for over a year. Am sleeping line all
night, and I am working every day, al-
though I am 67 years old."

Amazing as this letter may be to suffer-

chronic co he, there are many other such
statements rom people who never expect—
ed to be well again. Their letters, and a
book of valuable information about these
stubborn diseases will be sent free by the
Naoor Kodicine 00., 590 State Life Bldg,
Indianapolis. Ind. Write for it today. No
matter how serious your case seems, this
free .Information may be the means of
showmg you the road to health—(Adv)

LAMB FEEDERS
ATTENTION

Idaho feeding lambs are available every day on
the (‘lnca 0 market now, and will be through the
months 0 July August and September. ‘

We are the largest handlers of range sheep and
lambs on the Chicago market, and are in position
to ”your orders ever day on the market at
prevailing market quotat one. We are in position
to .Slhll'l you graded and uniformed feeding lambs.
which is a most ilniportant factor in the purchase
of feeding lambs. Cver lamb In the load the same
quality and weight. ou know what this means
when these law \s are placed back on the market
for sale when fat. is means from twentyriive to
fifty cents pcrpwt. more price from the pm-ker.
011 can obtain these kind of feeding lambs
througluthisfirm at _im greater cost than you can
obtain Inferior feuding lambs elsewhere. Vell
sorted lambs, and the best that grow. can be

 

glad to Imve your .order and same will have our
most careful attention. You 0 not have to pay
our draft at your BANK till you inspect your
ambs which we Will ship you on YOUR ORDER.
and find them to be Just as represented. “You
have much to gain and nothing to lose.”

WOOL GROWERS COMMISSION co.. INC.
F w Shurte, Man, Feeder Dept.

UNION STOOK YARDS OHICAGO

CLASS A PULLETS

We have from 2 to 3,000 pullcts ready to ship

 

 

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Egg prices are steadily advancing. .
Right now is your opportunity to make goo money raising Brummer—Fredrick-
son quality chicks at the low prices given below.
‘ Acct ited. Live delivery guaranteed. '
fps and 12 week old pullets In the breeds listed below.
/

Market ultry is fast increasing in price.

All chicks are Michigan
We also have a good selection of 8-10 .

 

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