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VOLUME CLIII. NUMBER SIX

DETROIT, AUGUST 9, 1919-





CURRENT COMMENT





ENERAL protest





 





 





 





 





Profiteers of‘ the high 005‘ living DWblem-. But we do not be- which is still acting in this capacity, $193195; A- C- Anderson, Heado’f the

of living has engaged 1- h d . d'fli l ith . t a ry epartment of the Michigan Ag.



Versus . . ieve that farmers s oul become pan- undertook this 1 cut task w Ou‘ricultural College; Fred L. Woodworth,

Producers the attention 0f vari- ic-stricken if such a remedy should be remuneration of any kind at the joint Ex—Dairy and Food Commissioner; ;





ous gOVernment agen-

. cies to adegree which

promises wholesale investigation and

widely aimed remedies. The President

- and his cabinet are giving the ‘matter

their careful attention. Congress has

abandoned its intended recess to help

solve the problem. Governors and at-

torney-generals have made exhaustive

plans for sweeping investigations in

the search for iprzofiteers. Altogether

these activities are a wholesome re-

minder that the war is over and that

the American public, freed of patriotic

war restraint, is again insistent in the

maintenance of the rights and liber-

ties of the average citizen as against

the encroachments of special privilege.

, And the proposed investigations are

desirable, in so far as they may serve

to give thepublic knowledge of the

reasons contributing to the present

high cost of living, discover and'pun-

ish greedy profiteers, and point out

safe and sane remedies for the present

abnormal condition. But there may

be grave dangers, both to the great

class of food producers in the present

effect, and to all classes in the future





effect, of some of the remedies which stead of solving it. some milk supply. To insure this re- Secretary of. the Detroit Republican



have been seriously proposed in high . ' suit it was, in the opinion of the com- 35:; fiffiirgsBYfinfiuiugited ti; fligwaad a .

official circles. ’ mission, necessary that the producers 1 e 95° 11 one 0 9 0V‘



. Grand jury investigations which ARMERS of the should receive the cost of production Kggfiergheoftifigwi’iginefiinnfignge



would follow the commercial trail of Sow state are now con- plus a reasonable profit for their com- herein named, to the Mayor and Com:

leading necessities of life from the ul— Wheat sidering the question modity, and that the distributors must "1911 Council 01' Deficit. and the daily



timate consumer back to the source of When 7 as" to when they receive the cost of distribution plus a. newspapers. . ‘



their origin, and measure the toll tak- - should plan to sow similar‘ profit for their services. To_ Without doubt; this body “5 entirely





en by the various agencies through

'which they have passed, would be in-

valuable in revealing the profiteers

along the route and in applying, or

pointing out the remedy fer the pro—

tection of the consuming public, The

plan for general grand jury activities.

which has developed in several states,

notably Michigan and Ohio, is wholly

commendable and may profitably be

extended to as many necessities as

possible. It should afford the public

reliable information with regard to

trade conditions which is as essential

to public peace and contentment as to

the intelligent application of remedies

for general public discontent over

present conditions.



The danger in the present concen-

tration of official attention to the solu- ‘

.' tion of the living problem lies in the

laudable but dangerous tendency to do

; something to relieve ‘public tension

‘qgickly, without sufficient considera-



3 tipntor its possible future eflect.‘ To

use odd numenous public ojslgclus have





. ,‘ newsman '





the difference between the guaranteed





price'and the resale price. But it-is

at once. apparent that-any manipula-

tion of the wheat price which ‘- would

artificially lower the price r of other

food products without . lowering other

commodities would to that extent sub-





stitute the unjust punishment, of food

producers for the just punishment of

food profiteers. . Such a course would





defeat itsown ends through its effect

on future production and would at best

be a make-shift remedy rather than, a

real solution for the problem. We





'tenaDCe of the guaranteed price on

wheat when it was tentatively advanc-

ed‘and then wrote the grain corpora-

tion at length, pointing out the possi-

bilities of this plan as a means of ar-

tificial uprice control of other food

studs and protesting that such action

would be» an unwarranted injustice to

producers.





We believe these to be sound reas-

ons why such a remedy should not be

applied to the present solution of the





applied, since the statistical food sit-

uation is s, fliciently strong to make

it quite possible, if not wholly prob-

able, that this plan would be disap-

pointing to its sponsors in its general

effect should it be tried.



But in justice to the whole people a

better remedy should be found. Pres-

ent high living costs are due in no

small part to inflation, due to the float-

ing of the war loans in small denom-

inations and a general expansion of

credit to effect a quick return to a

peace basis with a minimum of busi-





ness disturbance and unemployment,”





and the suggestion that the solution of

the problem be approached at least in

part from this angle would appear to

be one of the most constructive that

has been advanced. In any event, a

safe and sane remedy must be one

which will cause the burden of read-

justment to be equably distributed,

except as it may be applied to profit-

eers. Any attempt to place the first

heavy burden of such a readjustment

on food producers alone would defeat

its own ultimate ends and make the

problem,. more continued and acute in-





their winter wheat



crop. The experiences of the past two

years will undoubtedly lead many to

decide this matter without much

thought. The result clearly. sowing

seems .to have been justified by good

crops and if itworked out that way in

1918.and 1917 why not in 1919 and the

ears to follow? This argument is

imple and will lead many to sow their

winter wheat at a time that will per-

mit the plants to get a good growth

before November snows are here. But

why had we gotten into the habit of

putting the sowing of wheat off to a

late date? Those who hark back to

the experiences of twenty years ago

will remember that many a Michigan

farmer elixhinated wheat from his roa

tations because of the depredations of

the Hessian fly while others sowed

late to prevent the fly depositing its

eggs upon the wheat plant. According

to Prefessor , Pettit, of" the entomologii





acme-the use . ‘





 





this"; year» lest we again. Bilffe! are”;

issues through the fly'a- workout





.only. recourse,so far as this fléilt.“





concerned, appears to be in "preparing





icin- land well, in using liberal quanti-





ties of manure and fertilizers and in

sowing afterwthe fly-free date for our

particular community. To learn when

you and .your neighbors mystiw wheat

and be. assured- of escaping damage

from the fly, write to Professor. Pettit

for specific information. .7. g





, .UR readers are





prices both to produc'-

ers and consumers in

the Detroit Area

which has been in operation since De-

cember, 1917. The idea-of having milk

prices in this area fixed by a disin-

terested commission who would *base

their findings on a thorough investiga-

tion of production, and distribution

costs, was first advanced by the offi-

cers 'of the Michigan Milk Producers’

Association, and later the commission,





' Prices





request of the Milk Producers’ Asso-

ciation and the milk distributors of

the city Of Detroit. The commission,

as is well known, includes three mem-

bers from the city of Detroit, one ap-

pointed by the Board of Commerce.

one by the Federation of Women’s

Clubs, and one designated by the De-

troit Federation. of Labor organi-

zations, together with the members of

a commission previously appointed to

make a survey of the dairy industry

in the state, including Ex—Governor

Fred M. Warner, of Farmington, State

Food Commissioner Fred. L. Wood-

WOrth, Prof. A. C. Anderson, head of

the Dairy Department at M. A. C., Jas.

N. McBride, State Market Director,

and l. R. 'Waterbury, of the State

Board of- Agriculture.



The commission approached its task

with an open mind for theconsidera—

tion of the conflicting interests of pro-

ducers, consumers and distributors,

basing its investigations and findings

on the premise that the consideration

of first importancerto consumers in the

Detroit market milk area, was the





maintenance of an adequate and whole- .





this end cost of production figures se-~

cured by investigators of the State.

Experiment Station wereused by the

commission and certified accountants

were employed to make an. exhaustive

investigation of distribution costs.

With the information thus secured

as a basis for its findings, the commis-

sion followed as nearly as was possi-

ble, the sound principles to which it

was committed as above noted, .. al-

though the exigencies of the war pe-

riod were necessarily considered in a

manner to favor consumers as compar-

ed with producers in the - strict appli-

cation of those principles during a

considerable period of - the commis-

sion’s work. Notwithstanding this fact.

the plan» was a marked success during

the. war period, and its operation has





"probably been the means of saving





a much Worse situation; for‘both- pro-

ducers and consumers: undegthe tread

iustment“ incidents)





 





the reestablish ad '

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which ) treatises , maaismtsmiscm.





“tiredness .lhééznssin‘ifircsnt to? .





immhflm ”the .prié'ef’to cen-





summdbwnatthe lowest point con- "





”Lsistentiill‘vith. the maintenance of an ad-





equate" supply of milk air city distribu-

tion..- It is'~entirelyi.natuijal that this

plan “which succeededfsoggwell‘ during

.thehwar; period should meet- criticism

on all sides underpeaoe conditions,





particularly in 'view citric greatly ad?





vanced cost of both production - and

,distribution and the general public





" ‘ protest against advancing» living costs

all along the line. , This natural ten- '





Detroit Republican Club on July 31.

the day following the

the commission: '





Whereas, announcements. have been

made. by the daily newspapers that

the Milk Commission have agreed to

an increase in price of milk so that it

Will cost the consumer sixteen cents a

quart or ten cents a pint, and where-

as, 1t_appears that the Commission so

deciding and allowing this increase is





recent actiOn ot





composed entirely of those who are inv -





terested in the producers, namely,

Fred M. Warner, of Northville, Mich-q





Milo B. Campbell, of Goldwater, Mich..

and J. A. Woodbury, Manager of the

“Michigan Farmer,” and

Whereas, there-is no member of this

Commission who appears to have the

interest of the consumers at heart, and

Whereas, this Commission has.con-





stantly allowed the producers to in-“





crease the price of milk and have

countenanced the action of the Pro

ducers’ Associatiopl and



Whereas, the pasturage during the

summer has been favorable for the

low cost of production, the price has

been, increasing notwithstanding the

improvements in the pasturage and

the cost of feed, '



Be It Hereby Resolved, by the De-

tr01t Republican Club in meeting as-

sembled that the Attorney-General of

the State of Michigan be requested to

enter into and .hold an investigation to

determine whether this combination of

milk producers, the Commission above

named, and the distributors are not in

one combination to increase the price

of ‘ their product and to control the

market thereon, and

. Be It Further Resolved, that in the

Judgment of this organization that the

Attorney-General should v insist upon

havmg a grand jury investigation to

etermine whether this is not an act

f proflteering in violation of our laws

prohibiting such combination. and



Be It Further Resolved, that the





sincere in its protest and the fact that

in formulating the resolutions they





followed the erroneous reports of the





daily press with regard. to the person-

nel of the [cummission and their own-

mistaken idea with regard to produc-





tion costs, should not in any way op-





erate against the serious consideration

of the resolution. It is to be hoped

that the authorities to whom this reso-

lution has been addressed will follow

the suggestions contained therein and

conduct a thorough oificiall investiga-

tion of the milk situation ~in . the De-

troit area. Such an investigation

would afford both Detroit consumers

and country producers a better knowl—-





edge of the whole milk situation, the

educational“ value of which would be ‘.





'far in excess of the cost ofthe-‘inves-





fixation,





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





. Thesueceas enthis method occnce- .





' part1 (zoned





lineal: .
5“ T is a characteristic quality of the

American peOple to learn quickly

and to adjust themselves quickly



'to abnormal conditions. A returned



soldier advised me a short time ago

that the French could not understand

how the American boys could do things

so quickly, and how,‘ with but little

training, they could fight the Huns as

t ' well“ as their old seasoned veterans.





 





‘What this country accomplished in

such a short time in preparing for the

world war. It is evidence strong

enough to convince the most skeptical

that things which seem almost impos-

sible can sometimes be accomplished

1 through-the means of cooperation. It



‘ 4 seems to me cooperation means more



1 to us at this time than ever before.



It required cooperation to complete

the league of nations.- It requires co-

operation of members to make a, suc-

cessful bankers’ association and it re-

‘ quires a lot of cooperation on the part

. of those who are interested in increas-

ed production and better business

methods upon the farm to accomplish

' results.

Introducing Innovations in Farming.

We all know farmers as a class have

been prone to resent any movement

”tending to increase production for the

reason that they disliked the idea of

men who had gained their knowledge

through agricultural colleges attempt-

ing to inform them along agricultural

lines, when they had spent all their

lives "upon the farm, but that old bug-

bear is being crowded to the back-

ground very rapidly, and it is surpris-

ing to note since the farm accounting

movement has been started the rapid



_ rate at which farmers are yielding to



the irresistible American characteris-

tic. One of our noted financiers stat-

ed a short time ago that “the most im-

‘portant matter before the people of

the world today is increased produc-

tion,” and this thought is certainly

well taken.





 





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Through the means of farm account-

ing, or rather farm management work,

i we bankers are afforded an opportuni-

1 ty which cannot be equaled, to further

I the interests of our stockholders, our



customers and our communities.



Through this movement, if it- is carried



, on successfully, we will come to real-

ize practically everything. extension.

work stands for. There have been



.« millions of dollars spent upon exten~

‘ _ sion work the past few years, and I

‘ _ , must say some wonderful results have



‘ been obtained, but there has been a

lot of money wasted, due to the fact

' t _ that we have not been able to interest

the aVerage farmer.



Two Classes of Farmers.



,I have done considerable work the

past few years along extension lines,

such as better farming, {better seed,

better live stock, late" but I consider

farm management work by far the

most important at this time as it nat-

urally leads tfietter farming, better

seed, better live stock, etc. which

means increased production. For in-

stance, two farmers keep socouht

books, not simply a record of their by

and expenses, but accurate ii»





 





 





. It is astounding when We think of‘





Helping the Farmer, Helps the Banker. '



harder.

or if he has lived here long enough to

absorb any of that American charac-

teristic, he is.going to investigate and

get into the farm management game.

Bankers Should Understand Farming.





 





 





 





dred and sixty acres of land. One of

the men has thoroughbred live stock,

four head“ of horses and a small trac-

tor. He feeds the most of his crop to

his stock and hauls out his manure.

This-man makes a decided success of

the business of farming.



The other man has a small number

of scrub cattle and hogs, nine head of

horses and because they are scrubs

it takes'more poor horses than good

ones to do the same amount of work.

He hauls all his grain to town, and it

takes a large part of,it to pay his

year’s expenses. This man finds when

he analyzes his book that it cost him

three times as'much for his horse la-

bor as it does his neighbor, that his

neighbor has received $2.00 per bush-

el for his corn by feeding it to his live

stock. He also finds that his neighbor

has made three times as much money

as he did, and he didn’t work a bit





armor and the Banker





Hate) Me Interests of t/ze Farmer and fire Banker Harmom'ze.-——R.





farm on a business basis. He farmed

a quarter section of land at a cost of

$2.25 per crop acre for his tractor.

which included twenty per cent depre-

ciation and interest on his investment.

His horse labor cost him $3.00 which

is a net cost of a little over $5.00.

This man did not use his horses for

anything but planting his corn, but of

course, he had them and they had to

be, fed. He is going to cut his horse

labor cost down this year, having sold

an extra team. He had six head of

horses last year and he thinks he can

farm his land with four, which he

Can do.



A neighbor of this man had eight

head of horses and a tractor on one

hundred and sixty acres of land, and

his total crdp acre cost was over $15.

So we learned that a man must dis-

pose of some of his horses if he buys

a tractor as the average cost of keep-





 





Dn a Properly Managed Farm the





If this man is an American,





A banker to serve his farming cus-





tomers efficiently must know. some

thing about farming.

raised upon a farm in Iowa, and I

thought I knew something about how

to run a farm successfully, but I have

learned since becoming interested in

farm management work that I hadn’t

gotten very far.

ers came to me last spring and'asked

what I thought about him buying a

tractor.

admit that I didn’t know anything

about it and attempted to figure out

.for him the expense of running a trac-

tor, but I might as well have tried to

figure out when the end of the world

was coming.

all advised buying tractors and know-

ing he “could run one advised him to

buy. I gave him a farm account beck

with instructions to keep an accurate

account of his expenses in connection

with the operation of his tractor and

,gitithe close of. the year we- had some





'I was born and





One of my custom-





], of course, was forced to





I know the farm papers





 





Tractor is a Profitable Investment.





(fig a horse last year in our commu-

nity was about $125. We also learned

that a tractor is a very profitable in-

vestment if the farm is properly man-

aged.



.A large percentage of the accounts

which we placed last year were kept

so they could be analyzed, which we

did with the assistance of the farm

management demonstrator at the State

Agricultural College, and I believe

that at least ninety per cent of our

books will be kept this year. It re-

quired a little work and sacrifice to be

sure, but I have ‘always found there is

nothing worth while that does not re-

quire a considerable amount of work

and sacrifice.



~Keeping Proper Farm Accounts.



We found our accounts came in

mighty handy when we made our in-

come tax reports. I made very near

one hundred reports myself, in seven

days, and they were all made on the

inventory basis with but very few ex-

ceptions, which is the only correct





way to make a. farmers’ report. Farm-

ers will undOubtedly be obliged to

make their reports on the inventory

basis in the future=for the reason that

they can dodge the tax if they are





movement.





 





A. Goodwin





reports from farmers’ account books.



I had one young farmer who is a

real farmer, bring in hl‘s schedule and ,3

report to me all complete, ready for

a notarial seal. He informed me that

he found he could save about $200 in

taxes this year if he would make his ,

report on a cash basis, but he says,

“I don’t want any of that cash busi-

ness in mine, I want my farm upon a.

real business basis."



Several of our farmers made their

own reports this year with but very

little assistance, and many of them

will be able to do so next year. which

will relieve us of a lot of grief}



I seem to be side tracking the sub-

ject of farm accounting for that of in-

come tax. I want you to strictly un-

derstand that farm, management work

has no connection with income tax

whatever, but I find it has been a

mighty good club to use in getting the

books kept. We never would have

been able to have gotten one-tenth of

our farmers to keep their books had

they not felt they were in a way com-.

pelled to do so.



It is difficult to estimate the amount

of direct benefit we bankers will de~

rive from this movement. For in-

stance, if a farmer Whose affairs you

are not familiar with desires a loan,

you will not be obliged to ask him to

guess at a financial statement, but

simply ask 'to see his book; if he

doesn’t want you to see it, you don’t

want his business. The successful

farmer is not ashamed to show his

book to anyone. I overheard several

of my farmers talking not long ago

and they were comparing notes as to

their income, cost of horse labor, etc.



What Banking Service Means.



It has been stated that “the largest

word in banking is service, " and I do

not know of a single word which is

subject to more abuse than this word

—service. Some bankers think they

are giving service when they take de-

posits and loan money; in fact, I know

a banker who charged a depositor $3.00“

for depositing $3,000 in his bank for

a few months. He didn’t make the

charge until the depositor called for

his money, however. Farm manage- ..

ment work is what I call service. It

includes not only the individual farm-

er but the community and the country

as a whole.



I have probably given this proposi-

tion as much thought and attention as

any banker in the state the past year,

and I cannot see a single sound argu-

ment against it. It seems to me to be

a part of modern up- -to date banking.

You will find if you would take the

time to investigate that I am not the.

only enthusiast in the country. Many

of the bankers in this state have' come

to realize the importance of this work, a.



and there are very few country banks it.-

but what have account books. How- "

ever. if you give an account book to

a farmer without giving him instruo-

tions, you might as well throw it into ' t

the waste paper basket so far as '

fuithering the interests of farm man-

agement work is concerned. In fact.

you are working in opposition to this





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





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liable information, which has been insooth" enough by, alternating from



~ _ the cash to inventory basis from' year enthusiastically. The Illinois am

to year, which can be seen—v very read- ers' Association employs a man to: co- ”

s‘his db when one has made a number of] ,. :(Qontinued Ownext page). "





country have taken this work up very
CUTS FRUIT JUICE'TAX.





 





BILL relieving manufacturers of

-, grape loganberry and other fruit

“juices of the present tax burden was

introduced in the house recently by

, fRepresentative Hawley of Oregon. At

, present these juices are subject to the

ten per cent tax applying to soft

drinks, which it is. claimed, amounts to

twenty cents a gallon for fruit juices.



The. new paragraph added to the

soft drink section of the revenue law

under the Haney bill follows:



“That there shall be levied, collected

and paid upon all non-alcoholic fruit

juice beverages, whether carbonated

or not. whether consisting of pure fruit

juice, or pure fruit juice to which su-

gar or water or both have been'added,

when sold by the manufacturer, pro-

ducer or importer, in bottles or other

closed containers, a tax of two cents

per gallon, and such beverages shall

not be deemed soft drinks.”'





EUROPE IS A SOURCE OF AGRI-

CULTURAL PESTS.





 





OMEWHAT worse than any of the

other things that come to us from

Europe in these days of Bolsheviki

and straight German propaganda, are

the diseases affecting form crops,

which, despite the shortage of ocean

tonnage, manage to find ship space,

and, on arrival, seem to be allowed

free entry at ports on this continent.

In 1917 the most undesirable immi-

grant in this line was the European

corn borer, which arrived via Boston,

and against which a warning has been

sounded by the Federal Department

of Agriculture this year. It must have

been in 1918 that the “take-all” dis-

ease gained access to the continent by

some ocean port, as this form of grain

crop trouble, which is reported as a

pest in Europe, was first located in the

state of Illinois this past spring. To

add to these, the latest arrival from

across the water seems to be the Eu-

ropean potato wart disease, which, al-

though so far, confined to a part of

Pennsylvania, is considered sufficient

of a menace to form the subject of a

warning notice iSSued to all American

farmers by the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture. European wart

disease is noticeable at harvest time

and is characterized by warty, spongy,

. cauliflower-like growths on, the under-

ground portions of the plant audit is

pointed out that this and the Euro-

pean corn borer may become the most

destructive \of two most important

crops, of any disease known on the

continent, unless they are controlled.

This contribution, added to European

foul brood, of the kind affecting bees,

seems to be suflicient from that conti-

nent, as regards importation adversely

affecting agriculture.





KEEPING FERTILIZER PURE.





 





HE Wichita Union Stockyards

_ Company, at Wichita, Kansas, is

installing a modern drier plant for the

disposition of manure, with a capacity

of one hundred tons a day. This plant

of three concrete “and metal buildings,

includes a storage structure ninety by

one hundred and fifty feet where the

manure is delivered by wagons over

an inclined viaduct and dumped at the

second story. The building is so ar-

ranged and located that one' entire





: ; side may be filled with refuse direct





from the sto‘ckyards, while the con-

. tents of the other side are being emp-



tied into the drier room, mechanical

jeonveyors being used in this work}- In

m through the driers, the manure

subjected to sufficient heat to de-

- the vitality of all weed seeds

maniacs all hay and straw of the





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‘ raw manure to fertilizer'form. After





being dried, the fertilizer will be com

veyed through a, series of pulverizers

and after.it is reduced to the desired

degree of fineness it will beplaced in

sacks and stored in the wareroom,

which is sixty by one hundred feet.

Thence the finished product is loaded

on cars for shipping to the agricultural

districts. This arrangement insures

cleaner, more sanit‘ary bins and yards

at the market point, while it also pro-

tects the farmer who purchases the

fertilizer from the introduction of nox-

ious weeds and disease’ germs to his

fields.





POTATO G ROW E RS ELECT

DIRECTORS.





 





The Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change at their annual meeting elect-





ygrlcu tu





.m':





ed the following directors: port 1).

Buell, Cadillac; Henry Curtis, Lake





City; E. Harvey. Wise, Empire: Chas-





A. Wood, Kingsley- A. B. Large; Bel-

laire; Herbert Baker, Cheboygan; Os-

car Werreck, Hart.





 





PLANS FOR GRAIN DUST DRIVE.





 





LANS of organization for the grain

dust explosion fire prevention work



of the United States Grain Corporation

for which an appropriation of. $50, 000

was made recently at the suggestion

of Julius H. Barnes, United States

Wheat Director, have been announced.

This campaign is being carried .on in

cooperation with the Department of

Agriculture in Washington, with David

J. Price of the IBureau of Chemistry

in charge. He will have the assistance

of Dr. H. H. Brown,'organic and phy-





 





 





 





 





Fruits for Foreign Markets





URING the season of 1915-1916



American supplies to the extent

of 2,667,873 barrels and 1,423,132 b0xes

were exported to Europe, Asia, Africa

and Latin America. In addition, it is

conservatively estimated that more

than 500,000 boxes and barrels of this

fruit went to such countries as Porto

Rico, Hayti, Santo Domingo, Hawaii,

the Philippines, Mexico and parts of

Canada, of which no record was made.

Since this date it has been possible,

due to the demoralized condition of

shipping facilities to obtain accurate

data regarding this industry. These

figures take no account of shipments

of dried apples, a special field of this

business, which is yearly increasing,

the product being in great demand in

Europe and Latin America.



Apple growing and shipping is prop

erly entitled to be designated as one

of the major industries of this country,

involving from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000

of barrels on an output valued at ap-

proximately $100,000,000. It should be

borne in mind that these figures relate

only to apples barreled in a commer-

cial manner and does not take into ac-

count those grown and consumed oth—

erwise. As yet the government has not

developed an accurate method of de-

termining or computing the entire an-

nual crop of this fruit. Some idea of

the importance of this growing busi-

ness may be formed when I state that

at the last meeting of the National Ap-

ple Growers’ Association a resolution

was adopted urging the government to

devise some appropriate method for ob-

taining statistical information on this

growing and important industry.



Apples are destined to form an im-

portant item in the diet of this and

other nations. The present economic

condition of the world is destined to

give a great stimulus to the use of this

fruit and its future as an article of ex-

port is assured. Mr. Louis B. Magid,

at the head of the Appalachian Corpor-

ation which Operates the largest apple

orchards in the world, having more

than thirty—five thousand trees in hear-

ing, and an authority on apple shipping

expects that the next few years" will

see this industry develop materially

and believes that the foreign trade in

this fruit will far surpass that of any

similar line.



The war in Europe will benefit the

American apple grower for years. due

to the fact that the three years of hos-v

tilities have resulted in the destruc-

tion and neglect of apple orchards

throughout thatcontinont,» with theob-





vious result that buyers can only look

to this country for their needs. North-

ern France, for example, produced fine

apples, most of‘which were exported.

Today that territory is virtually desti-

tute of apples as well as other or-

chards. Such trees as were not blast-

ed by gunfire, ruined by poisonous gas-

es and conflagration have been cut

down by the retreating Germans. The

hills and mountains of northern Italy

were, prior to the conflict in that coun-

try, productive of'a high-grade variety

of apples which were‘eagerly purchas-

ed by dealers. These orchards have





suffered as have" those of Erance. Rus-





sia was a producing power in the ap-

ple trade of Europe and its climate

and soil were especially adapted to

fruit. Industrial and political demor-

alization together with a heavy deple-

tion of the producing power of this

wonderful land have eliminated Russia

from this line' of endeavor. China does

not grow apples, neither is the fruit

raised for commercial purposes in any

parts of Asia. In the Latin-American

nations Chile alone grows apples, but

enough only for home'consumption. In-

cidentally,‘I may state that the Chilian

apple is without a peer anywhere, and

being ripe at a time when our apples

are out of season, the possibilities in

this line alone are really wonderful,

but up to the present no one has taken

advantage of the situation.



As competitors in the apple industry

the United States had only Canada and

New Zealand to consider. The produc-

tion of the former is small and rail-

way freights from interior points are

liable to prohibit the exportation of

apples to a great extent, while the long

distance that New Zealand has to

bring her. fruit to market militates

against her ever being a serious factor

in the trade. As a consequence our

position today is ideal and if we take

advantage of conditions there is no

reason why this country cannot domi-

nate this trade for years to come.



Through proper advertising and mar-

keting campaigns, which should be

started immediately, the entire world

can be made to eat American apples.

The nature of the fruit makes it an

admirable article for exporting to any

part of the globe, and American ap-

pies are accepted today as the stan—

dard for all purposes. -~



The possibilities for creating de-

mahds for dried fruits in overseas mar;

hots never was better and excess crops

could be conserved for future use,





M...





 





 





mu chemist,- also of the Bureau of

Chemistry " .

In order to carry out the prosram

for the grain trade the entire country

has been divided into four districts.

These will be the eastern, central, '

northwestern and Pacific.





STORAGE HOLDINGS INCREASE.





 





HE Agricultural Department has



reported large increases in the

amounts of butter and eggs in cold

storage this year over totals of a year

ago. ‘



There were 302 storages which re-

ported in 1918 holding stocks of 68.

202,000 pounds of butter, while the

same storages on July 15 of this year

held 108,352,000 pounds. The 372 stor-

ages reporting eggs on July 15 of this ‘

year held 7, 670, 000 cases, against 6,

292, 000 cases a year ago. .





REPORTS GRAIN CAR SHORTAGE.





 





HE grain belt already has begun

to suffer from a car shortage and

several. country elevators in central





Illinois have been compelled to shut-





down, according to Homer Price, head

of the transportation Department of

the Illinois Farmers’ Grain Dealers'

Association. He had closed his plant

and come to Chicago seeking relief.

“The farmers want to get the grain

out of the fields in order to prepare

for next year’s crops,” he said. "‘If

rainy weather should come there will

be large losses. ” '





FRUIT PRICES TO STAY 'UP.





 





HAT high prices for, small fruits.



will continue for several years be-

cause of the unusual demand and the

scarcity of labor, is the opinion of W.

J.,Green, horticulturist of the Ohio Ex-

periment Station. The contracting of

immense quantities of fruits for ice

cream concoctions and the decreasing

acreage are also given as factors lead-

ing to high priced fruits.





“Farmers have almost ceased to i

.grow many of the small fruits, or at





least produce only enough for their

own use, so that the public looks to

the small fruit gardener for its sup-

ply. Even though prices of fruit have

almost quadrupled in the last decade

the small fruit gardener has not been

able to increhse his acreage fast

enough.



“People having small tracts of land

may grow their supply much more





-cheaply than they can purchase small





fruits and at the same time produce

fruit of the highest quality, which it is

not always possible to secuie when a

commercial supply is relied upon."





THE FARMER AND THE BANKER. ‘





 





(Continued from preceding page).





operate with the extension division of “





their agricultural college in this work.

Mr. George Richards, secretary of the

Minnesota Bankers’ Association was

instrumental in distributing three hun-

dred thousand farm account books. In

fact, the associations of every agricul~

tural state in the country have done

considerable work along this line the

past year.



I have always worked on the theory

that there is something in addition to

acquiring immediate profits in connec-

tion with the duties of a live banker

who really has his work at heart and





I attribute a great amount of the suc- V





cess Which I have made to that very

thing! I am very enthusiastic in re;





gard to this work and I feel it is the





duty of every banker to put forth





some effort in assidting’his agric {tun *





a1 ébflosofa a this
T is with serious thought that the

Writer submits for publication to

the farmers of Michigan the sub-

stance of the following article in re-

gards to the spread of tuberculosis in

the farm flocks throughout Michigan

based entirely upon his observations

and correspondence with poultry farm-

ers about the state. This menace has

become indeed a very serious trouble

with which Michigan farmers must

cope and, with the idea of expressing

herewith a few symptoms of the dis-





 





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74 Lg" ease- in its later stages it is hoped

I ' ' that the reader will make a close oh-

1 i “ servation of his own flock and assist





in the immediate destruction of those

birds showingthe symptoms in order

toprevent the spread of this scourge.



A letter such as the following will

give a very good idea of the form in

. . , which We come in contact with the

g 4 disease throughout the various flocks





Mrflrr hi,





. . ,-.-. “Wen.“





of the state. This particular letter

came from one of the southern coun-

ties. It is as follows:



“I have lost many fowls this year

and also lost many last year from a

disease with the following symptoms:

They usually begin with a mild case

i of diarrhea, but eat as usual. The

plumage is ruffled and sailed. There

is an extended time of lameness, grad-

. ually developing into staggering and

1 _ I eventually inactivity. The head is

‘ ' ‘pale and eyes sunken but still main-

. tain their color. The comb. is color-

‘ , less and lopped. Going light is very

noticeable and in all cases at death

this emaciated condition and general

1 ' ~ weakness” is persistent. Some refuse



‘ food for’the last few days before dy-.



. ing. We. haye cleaned, scalded and

disinfected the quarters this year and

last and have been unableto check

the disease. It' does not seem to, af-

l " .~ feet the chicks but when they finally

1 maturedt is not more than six or sev-

en months before we notice they are

. going light the same as did their par-

’ '5‘! . ents. We have Sought the advice of





WWM~W.

”v '





g . remedy but did not do any good. Can



' -' ' you kindly advise us What this trou-

ble is. "”



Upon receipt of the above letter and

of many others similar to it the writ‘

er found, upOn requesting the individ-

11211 to send a specimen, that the dis-



‘ ease was tuberculosis and an_ autOpsy

shewed the intestines, and mesenter-

ies of the fowls covered with small tu-

bercules. The bird when reserved by

us was dumpish and weak and moved

about laboriously, the temperature be-

,ing normal about 106. to 108. Often

there is a rheumatic condition in ap-



* mace which is a result of a tuber-

- .0 bone. The liver, spleen





   





I ? 'our local.doctor, 'who prescribed a’





 





ed with masses of tubercular lesions

varying in size from a mere speck to

the size of largepeas. They are usu-

ally separated from the other tissues.

They are granular and in advanced

stages are hard. Bacteria are very

numerous in such cases and leave the

body, of the infected fowl with alvine

discharges and enter with the food

almost exclusively. Grain fed upon

bare soil infected with tubercular

germs is endangering the entire flock

to picking up the germs with the seed.

Such feeding habits tend rapidly to

spread the disease. The photograph

shows tubercles on the wall of the in-

testines in the spleen and liver.



A case of tuberculosis is very dim-

cult to diagnose until in the last stag-

es when the symptoms are sufficiently

prominent. The death rate is slow and

the extent to which the disease is pre-





valent we cannot say, otherwise than





 





Intestines, Spleen and Liver of Chicken in Last Stages of Tuberculosis.





it is surprising us more and more ev—

ery year. In our own state of Michi-

gan it has been found in nearly every

county in the lower peninsula.



In Livingston county one farmer

having a flock of three hundred birds

reported in 1911 a disease in his flock

which. had reduced it from three hun-

dred to one hundred and sixty. A

specimen was diagnosed and found to

be tubercular. Arrangements were

made whereby one hundred and forty

birds were killed and dressed and

twenty-five per cent of these were

found to be tubercular.



The exact relation between this

germ in birds and in mammals is an

unsettled question. It is known that

certain birds like sparrows carry the

disease. Rats and mice are also said

to have Avian Tuberculosis. Tubercu-

losis in chickens and cattle have been

found on the same farms.’ While it

remains true in cooking such a dis-

eased fowl the germs are surely killed

it also remains true that the house—

wife in preparing the bird by drawing

it exposes herself , to contamination

with the tubercular bacteria. It should

be remembered that ordinary washing

of the hands does not kill or remove

these bacteria and it is easily under.

stood 'how they'may reach the mouth

or food that is subsequently-cooked.

We are advised by bacteriologisis that

the germ may be found in the egg and

persons "eating raw eggs or partially

cooked eggs are not safe from contam-

ination- The danger to one’s self is





[so great that one should not attempt





to keep any fowls that have been ex.

posed to contagiOn, no matter h0w

valuable they may be. Bodies of the





birds which have died or are killed, as . i





well as all of the accumulated manure,





V'swee‘pings and scrapings of the poultry‘ _

house should he completely destroyed *‘





byfire





910 S. Michigan Avenue,





 





The Standard Oil

Company and





(Indiana)





the Old Employee





The Standard Oil Company

(Indiana) has emphasized its





belief in the rights of its cm;





ployces to look to the Company





”as a source of livelihood even





after the productive years have

passed.





For the protection of those who

have grown old in the employ

of the Company an annuity

has been provided.





This annuity cannot be less

than $300.00 a year, and may

be as much as 75 per cent of

the average annual remunera-

tion received during the last ten

years of service. -





This is but one of the factors





which have served to promote





a bond of ' sympathy, under-

standing and respect between

the Company and its employees.





It has been a potent factor in

promoting the general efficiency

of the Standard Oil Company

(Indiana) and has enabled this

organization to fulfill its obli-

gation as a public servant in a

manner satisfactory to the

stockholder, the employee, and

the public generally. '





Standard Oil Company





( I nduma)





Chicago, Ill.





 





   





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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i1ck” Into Our 50113





Meeting at M 14.0. Gieei' Mw Empbasis in Soil Fertiltrv





E are back again to soil fertility.



For a time we may lose sight



of this topic, but as certain as

the sun rises and sets we return to it

again as it is the foundation stone of

"the farmer’s business. So now .after

taking a flight into the commercial end

30f the world's activities and starting

some excitement here and gaining ad-

vantages there, and after breaking

from tried practices in order to insure

V a military victory, we are now anxious

about the future of our farms and are

wondering how we shall get them back

on a productive basis again.

with this need the Michigan Agricul-

tural College called representative

farmers from every part of the state

to a meeting on the college campus

last Friday to present problems that

will challenge the skill of Michigan

farmers in the months and years to

come. ,We are giving the substance of

the addresses, that those who were

not present may benefit therefrom. «





Interest in soil chemistry was re-

sponsible for the establishment of our

agricultural colleges, said Dr. F. S.

Kedzie, president of the M. A. 0., who

was the first speaker called on by T.

A. Farrand, chairman of the session.

These early chemists dug deep and

learned much about 1the soil from the

standpoint of their particular science.

For a time it was considered enough

to know the quantities of three plant

food elements, to be «. adequately in-

formed about any particular soil.

While we today better understand the

limitations of a chemical analsis. ev-

eryone recognizes that here was the

beginning of modern soil study and in-

vestigations.



But students are finding quite as

many new problems relating to the

,soil as they are settling old ones,

hence the day when we shall “know

the soil” seems as far away as ever.

Dr. Kedzie pointed out the practical

man's method of telling good soileust

taking a glance at the building and im-

provements on the farm; if these are

,commodious and in good repair one

”concludes at once that the land is of

the better types. But on all our soil

-——good and bad—the demands of the

war has put a strain and the skill of

our farmers will be put to the test to

bring the land back to its former pro-

ductivity. Hence the subject should

receive the immediate attention of all

farmers and farm leaders.





A fertile soil is the greatest asset of

a nation and upon the productiveness

of the land depends to a very high de-

gree the prosperity of the country, de-

clared Dean Shaw, who followed Pres-

ident Kedzie. History proves this and

therefore the destiny of these United

States rests largely upon the shoul-

ders of the farmer. Much of our terri-

tory is not suited to the growing of

crops because of being too dry or too

wet, too rocky or too rollingpbut the

comparatively small part that can be

farmed profitably needs to bathe more





. ‘ cared'for and watched that it may be "





' come richer and not poorer.



In spite of this knowledge the pres-

ent outlbok is not promising. The con-

census ‘of opinion is that our soils are

growing less fertile and that our crops

toad of becoming larger are gradu-

ӎ?! shrinking in volume. The Dean





ility is being marketed from our

" in the form of cash crops. In





In line '





old that under present methods soil '





the past our farmers have been getting

money but their methods have not

been founded on abusiness basis. Here

are the four ways by- Which the speak-

er contended that the farmer had ac-

cumulated funds:



(1) by selling soil fertility; (2) by

working himself and his family over-

time; (3') by self-denial, and (4) by

getting money through the increment

in the value of his land. A permanent

agriculture cannot be built upon these

practices and we must therefore study





carefully and practice persistently the





very best ways of handling our agri~

culture lands. ‘



Soil physics has grown to be the

really big item in the study of the soil.

We started with chemistry .and follow-

ed with soil bacteriology, but now we

have come to recognize that the phy-

sical condition of the soil is the major

of these three. The practical farmer

measures the fitness of his land by its

humus content. Without this humus

or decaying vegetable matter, the wa-

ter “run-off” becomes rapid and the

evaporation, or water “fly-off” is great-

ly increased thus decreasing production

as water in proper quantities is the

limiting factor to plant growth. Hum-

us keeps the soil physically fit and

whether it is_to be supplied by the

keeping of stock or through the plow-

ing down of vegetable matter, it is

imperative to good farming to get hu-

mus and keep it in the soil.



The question of abandoned farms

was brought up and Hon. Jason Wood-

man, in opening his address on soil

conditions in southwestern Michigan,

raised the point as to why the farmer

had stuck to the land. In his opinion

the farmer stayed upon the farm be».

cause he wished to live in freedom.

He did not want to let someone else

blow the whistle, but wanted to do

that for himself. The farm offers op

portunity for expressing individuality

and the farmer prefers this to the con-

ventionalities of the city.



Despite the fact that some farmers

of southwestern Michigan have moved





'away and that others are not doing as





well as they .had hoped, that part of

the state has a reputation for produ0<

tion. In Cass county wheat has yield-

ed as high as sixty and a quarter bush-

els per acre, oats in this section have

threshed out one hundred and eight

bushels, and Mr. Lurkins has had po~

tatoes run up to the four hundred and

fifty-four bushel mark. Notwithstand-

ing these outstanding returns there

are grave problems confronting the

farmers of this section of the state.

The early pioneers settled on the

oak openings because there land could

be more quickly tumed into farms,





and when the whole country was new

these openings looked more promising

than the swamps and heavily wooded

localities. But these farms are now

giving out, villages of that section de-

pending upon agriculture for business

are getting smaller, farmers are mov-

ing to the cities and those remaining

are finding it hard to compete at pres-

ent prices. Without doubt the meth-

ods followed by these farmers. is not

suited to this land. A new type of ag-

riculture must be introduced. What

shall it be?



In the opinion of Mr. Woodman this





land was not made for growing ear





corn. During the past thirty-nine years

he has grown ‘lseventeen corn crops

that were not profitable. Oats usually

go from twenty-five'to thirty-five bush-

015 per acre, which returns are not

worth while, and wheat is now rapidly

giving place to vRosen rye. ,On the

other hand, late potatoes do well un-

der proper cultural methods, some fav-

orably located districts yield excellent

crops of grapes. Hay is suited to many

sections and corn silage can be put up

economically as compared to other ag-

ricultural districts. ' Clover, usually





will not catch, but alfalfa is promis~,





ing, especially where the right type of

seed can be secured. Grimm and Cos-

sack alfalfa seed will give good crops

and will live several years, but the

seedlthat was sent us from Russian-

Turkestan is no good. Seed grown in

the northern states of this ‘country is

much superior to that imported.



Mr. Woodman concluded his ad-





'dress by declaring that the farmer





must have a larger income to keep up

production. Now he is unable to com-

pete with our; manufacturing interests

for labor. Until his income is such

that he can so compete, the farmer

will be working at odds.



Michigan stands alone among the

commonwealths of the country in the

variety and the make-up of her soils.

Every locality has its peculiar soil

problems and beCause of this, Dr; Mc-

Cool, head of the soils department at

the college, emphasized the need of a

large number 'of experimental farms

over the state to work out these prob-

lems for the benefit of the producers

in the vicinity of such farms.‘



Doctor McCool stated that along the

eastern shore of Michigan the first big





soil problem was adequate drainageu





With this done these out-wash lands

will prove as valuable as the high-

priced farms of Illinois and Iowa. Oth-

er sections of Michigan should be re.

forested. Some‘ parts are suited to

fruit growing and in loCalities where

orchards are now planted the question

of proper fertilization is important.





 





 





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- ._ture Professor Patten, chants ‘





We are entering a new era of .ag‘rb

culture. A different emphasis is being

placed on farming and a "change in

methods must come. The outstanding

feature in the new farm practices will

bethe more generous use of fertilizers

and lime. To know how best to use

these materials experimental plots

should be scattered throughout the

state for working out data on every

important type of soil. Some plots

have already been started under the

direction ofmthe farm bureaus and ag-

ricultural agents of, some counties. In

all thiswork it was demonstrated that

by using lime and fertilizers properly

and in judicious amounts good profits

resulted. For ' instance, they found

that clover returned a profit of $35.84

where the field was properly treated





with lime’arrd acid, phosphate ina Van ‘





Buren county experiment, and in Cass

county a difference of $15 resulted

from the addition of lime. Clover is

the key 'to permanent soil improve—

ment and if we, through the use of

lime and frrtilizers, can get this crop

to grow s ccessfully a good start will

have been made toward putting farm-

ing on a better basis.





Prof. W. D. Hurd of the National

Soil Improvement Committee, declar-

ed that the soil is our feremost con-

sideration. The fact that production is

not keeping up with our increase in

population should prevoke the most

thoughtful attention of our best scien-

tists and students. Not only is produc-

tion decreasing as per unit of area but

the quantity of tillable land is grow-

ing less and less per capita.



He said with much emphasis that it

was folly to think that commercial fer-

tilizers are a panacea for all soil ills.

These materials cannot be used to ad-

vantage without improved farming

practices. A farmer cannot expect big

results by using fertilizers on soil with-

out humus, nor can he get the big ad-

vantage from the. plant food in such





.fertilizer where his land is in need of

drainage. To do the job right he must .





supplement manure and green crops

with lime and fertilizers and at the

same time‘ bring about right physical

conditions by culture and drainage

that he may supply to growing plants

all the food elements needed through-

out the period of developnfent. '



The function of fertilizers according

to Professor Hurd, is to balance the

ration for plants ‘by supplying deficient

elementaito release food already in

the soil. to improve the. quality of the

product, to. hasten crop maturity and

to increase the yield. ' Experiments

at the many stations in this country

show without doubt that these ends

are gained. Some of these were relat-

ed. Dr. Thorne found in his extensive

workvin Ohio that an average of four

bushels of‘ wheat were had' for every





one hundred pounds of acid'phosphate

.used, or in other words, "about $160

worth of wheat at present prices were

harvested for each ton of this fertil— ‘





izer applied.

The fertilizer companies are cutting

down the amount of filler in their





goods, thus increasing the percentage ' ’





of plant food. The farmer in buying





‘ should purchase not by the price per _

ten but by the actual? quantities of





plant food mashed. At“ this has





 

 





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er amounts of potash and phosphorus,

and to giVe larger yields. By this prac-,

tice the total crop is increased and its '

percentage of protein becomes higher, .





‘in the soil, while in the absence of the





' .quickly to manufacture food materials





- plants to devote their energies to the‘

v production of fruiting crowns and fruit‘

" buds rather than, dissipating them

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' make a good growth on peer soil-

by' taking "nitrogen from the air.- It

also enables the plants to take up larg-





with a resultinghigher feeding value.-

Besidesblarger yields, a higher pro-

tein content in the crop, inoculation





causes greater root growth. This with '

the nodules included gives the root .





system also a high total nitrogen con-

tent; and since the root system re-

mains in the soil legumes do not ex-

haust the soil nitrogen as rapidly as

other, crops. The legume, by taking

nitrogen from the air, is a soil enrich-

er and when plowed under serves as a

nitrogen fertilizer- How much nitro-

gen a single crop of .legumes plowed

under will add to an acre of soil varies





widely, and figures varying from twen-





ty to one hundred and fifty pounds

have been given. It is generally be-

lieved that about three-fourths of the





nitrogen in the roots and tops of le-_ .





guminous plants, grown on average

soil, may come from the air. Regard

less ofo what this amount may be, the

fact remains that properly inoculated

legumes use the nitrogen of the atmos-

phere without depleting the nitrogen





bacteria they may drain the soil of its

nitrogen the same as any other crop.





SUMMER TREATMENT OF [THE

STRAWBERRY BED.





 





' TRAWBERRY beds that a”... to be '





fruited another year should have

their tops cut promptly after the fruit-

ing season. This may be done with a

scythe or in the case of large planta-

tions with a mower. , Care should be





exercisednot to cut so close to the .





ground as to injure the crowns. After

the tops have dried afew days the bed

should be burned Over. The burning





‘gets rid of the old tops and most of .





the muIching material and at the same

time destroys insects and fungus dis:

eases. It is desirable to select a time

for the burning when there is a fair

breeZe blowing so that the fire will

sweep over the bed rather quickly and

not have a chance to smoulder and'ide-

stray the crowns. Right after burning

over the bed should be cultivated than

oughly. ‘New leayes Will then develop





out of which the fruit buds for next

season's crop are formed. Cultiva-

tions should. be frequent enough dur-

ing the remainder of the growing sea-

son to" keep down weeds, conserve the

moisture' and otherwise promote a

strong, vigorous vegetative growth of

the plants. While it is desirable to

have. plants form some new runners

during the summer months, in the case

of old beds excessive runner formation

should be discouraged. Ferce the





runners. This can be done by frequent





row rows or plants and fairly wide cul:

tivated strips between the rows. '





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I have just harvestedafield of wheat

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I wish to sow this same piece to wheat

this fall. Would the grain that is left

on the ground cause the next year’s





Grand Traverse Co C. E. C.



You do not mention whether the

smut in Question is the loose smut or

the stinking smut. If it is the loose

smut there is no danger of the disease

being carried over in the soil and in-

fect the next year’s crop. In this type

of smut the infection of the crop oc.

curs only at the time of flowering, and

it would, therefore, be impossible for

the disease to be carried over in the

soil and attack the crop the next year.

In the case of stinking smut we have

a different type of life history and it

has been found that under certain con-

ditions the spores of this disease live

over in the soil and attack the crop

the following year. The conditions

which make this possible have been

supplied the past year. The dry fall

weather of last year provided the prop-

er conditions for the wide dissemina-

tion of the spores and the temperature

of the winter was not low enough to

cause their destruction. This probably

explains why there has been so much

smut this year in treated grain. We

can not explain in any other way wlfy

the grain treatment has not controlled

the disease. However, during normal

seasons for Michigan there is very lit

tle danger of the soil harboring the

disease. The common source of infec~

tion in Michigan is grain that has the





‘ Spores of the disease on it, and the





various treatments that. have been

worked out will destroy these if in-

structions are carefully followed.





NOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.





 





. What constitutes a legal trespass

sign in Michigan? I own a huckleber-

ry marsh. It is in a fenced pasture

lot. The berries are valuable and I

am told my signs are not placed in a

way that they are legally prohibitive.

How large should a sign be? How and

where should it be placed, .1?th ?



This matter might well be dis-

cussed from its social as well as its le-

gal aspects. First,’ from a social as-

pect: It might be considered a court

esy to put up a sign on all premises

for the, benefit of the ignorant, read-

ing something like this:



TO THE UNINFORMED. _



You are cordially requested

not to violate these premises,

pillage the crops. raid chicken

coops, nor drive off the‘ cattle.

Persons refraining from these

offenses will confer a great favor

upon the undersigned.



JOHN DOE. '





From the legal aspect everybody is





required to refrain from trespassing

upon the premises or person of others

at their peril. Good faith of the per-

son committing the trespass is no de-





fense, although bad faith may be rea-o blackberries





son for giving punitive damages. If

any person in ignorance of my rights

trespasses upon iny property he is lia-

ble to me for nominal damages at

least, and all the costs of the suit,“

however innocent his intentions may

have been; except that there is a sta-

tute providing that the plaintiff shall

recover no more costs than damages

in an action for assault and battery,

{also imprisonment, malicious proeecu

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lng him from the premises, using only





’ such ferce as may be necessary to do





so, and for this, the person removing

the tré’spasser is not liable” in any civil

action for assault and battery, al-

though he might be liable in a crimi-





nal action for a breach of peace equal- .

.. ly with the trespasser, if there were





such a. disturbance as would amount

to a breach of peace.



- The person trespassed upon may also

retake his own property so long‘as he

can identify it, and is under noobliga—

tion to repay the trespassed for any





labor or expense he may have put up-'





on it. In one Michigan case persons

thinking they owned certain land went

upon it and cut cord wood, toOk it off

the premises and piled it up on the

lake shore, where it was worth $2.87

a cord, the labor in cutting and putting

it there being worth $1.87 a cord. The

owner of the land from which it was

taken appropriated the wood at the

lake shore and was sued by the tres-

passer for the wrongful taking and

also upon an implied promise to pay

for the value of the services. In hold-

ing that the plaintiff had no cause of

action, Chief Justice Cooley said: “If

a. mechanic employed to alter over one

man’s dwelling house shall by mistake

go to another which happens to be un-

occupied and before his mistake is dis-

covered, at large expenditure of labor

shall thoroughly overhaul and change

it, will it be said that the owner, who

did not desire his house disturbed,

must either abandon it altogether, ‘or

if he takes possession, must pay for

labor expended upon it which he neith-

er contracted for, desired, nor consent-

ed to? And if so, what bounds can be





prescribed to which the application of.





this' doctrine can be limited? The man

who by mistake carries off the proper-

ty of another will next be demanding

payment or the transportation; and

the only person reasonably secure

against demands he has neverassent—





ed to create will be the person who, i





possessing nothing, is thereby protect-

ed against anything being accidentally

improved by another at his cost and

to his ruin. ”





From this it will be seen that there'





is no legal necessity of putting up signs

either large or small, to keep trespass-

ers away, or make them liable for their

offenses. The owner of the premises

whose berries are picked may approp-

riate the berries when they'are picked

and send the trebpassers away with or

without thanks, although there be no

signs warning them ‘to keep off.



There is, however, a" statute of this

state under which it is important to

prove that the

shall have previously posted a con-

spicuous notice in at least three dif-

ferent places upon the premises for-

bidding any trespass thereon." The

statute says nothing about the size of

the.notice. It simply must be a con-

spicuous notice. Under this~ statute

all persons are guilty of a. misdemean-

or who trespass on grounds where

or huckleberries are

growing after such notice is posted,

and on conviction are liable to be pun~

ished by imprisOnment in the county

jail not less than five nor more than

fifteen days, or by a fine of net loss

than $5. 00 nor more than $25 and the

costs; or both. in the discretion of the

Court.



This is by Act No. 261 of the Laws

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HE Wheat Guarantee Law, for‘





the carrying out of which the

President appointed Mr. Barnes

as wheat director, was fundamentally





to guarantee the price to the producer.‘





In the carrying out of this guarantee,





it was evidently necessary to make -

- use of the facilities already existing,





namely the millers and dealers whose





‘ regular function was the handling of





the wheat crop.



As soon as the plan of control was

adopted, notice was sent to the known

millers and dealers requiring that ap-

plication for licenses should be imme-

diately filed with the United States

Wheat Director at Washington. These

licenses were to become effective on

July 15, and any miller or dealer who

had not received license on that date

was required to immediately write to

the United States Wheat Director, giv-

ing the date on which application was

mailed.



Bulletin No.1, issued July 1,1919,

refers to the notice to producers of

wheat from, which we quote as fol-

lows: “The United States Grain Cor-

poration has entered into a contract

with this buyer. One clause of that

contract designed to furnish a method

by which the producer may satisfy

himself that he is receiving fair treat-

ment in grade, dockage and price, is

produced herewith:





“The miller (or dealer) in buying

wheat from the producer shall pur~

chase on the proper grade and dock-

age under the federal standards, and

shall pay therefore not less than the

guaranteed price based on such proper

grade and docka'ge, at the terminal

most advantageously reached, less

freight, and less a reasonable hand-

ling margin. The miller (or dealer)

shall keep a record showing all pur-

chases from the producer, name of the

seller, date, quantity, grade and dock-

age‘fixed and price paid and reasons

for fixing grade under N0. 1, including

test weight; and on all parcels of

wheat on which there is a dispute as

to grade and dockage or price between

the miller (0r dealer) and the produc-

er at the time of delivery, a notation

thereof shall be made upon the rec-

ords of the miller (or dealer) and a

sample shall be drawn by the producer

and the miller (or dealer) and for-

warded in a proper container to the

vice-president of the grain corporation

in the zone in which the purchase is

made, for his use in the determination

of the dispute. The determination of

the vice-president shall be final and

conclusive unless an appeal from such

determination be filed within ten days

with the United States Wheat Director

by either the producer or miller (or

dealer).’In case of appeal the decision





‘of the United States Wheat Director





shall be final and conclusive. The mill-

er (or dealer) shall keep a copy of- this

section prominently displayed at his

place of business."



‘Also: “It is hoped that a very large

burden thus assumed by the Grain Cor-

poration will not be increased by.triv-

ial disputes, and that in all cases first

an effort be made to arrive at a fair

agreement or by mutual consent, some

other methOd of arbitration determina-

tion be used.” _



Bulletin No. 2 sets, forth the country

buying basis as follows; “All wheat

buyers contract with the Grain Cor-

poration must follow federal grades as

closely as possible. They must estab-

lish No.1 wheat as their buying basis;

then deduct three cents for No.2 and

seven cents from the No.1 for No. 3.

Grades below No. 3' must be bought on1





their merits at prices that will reflect _ ,

" their commercial value as compared.

‘ "With No.1.





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margin determination. "

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letin reads as follows: .,



“While every dealer will base his

minimum buying price on his most ad-

vantageously reached terminal where

the Grain Corporation maintains a buy-

ing agency it does not follow that he

must ship to that terminal. In other

words, he may ship where he pleases

and sell to whom he pleases. If he

ships direct to the Grain Corporation,

the commission will be one per cent,

and the Grain Corporation will not

make any advances, either through

payment of draft or otherwise.”





Michigan producers, millers and





guarantee price Chicago on No. 1 red

winter wheat is $2.26;





wheat the price at each point is three

cents per bushel less than No. 1. and

on No. 3 seven cents less than No. 1.

On soft white wheat the price is two

cents less than red winter wheat on

each grade.

A letter just received from Mr. H.





Putting the





(Continued from page 142).



the following formula for reckoning

the value of a complete fertilizer: A1-

low $14 per ton for overhead expenses;

$5.00 for each unit of ammonia or

nitrogen; eighty-seven and one-half

cents for each unit of phosphoric acid

and $3.00 for each unit of potash. The

sum of these should give the price for

which the fertilizer should sell in car

lots.



The next address of the afternoon

by Professor Cox of the Farm Crops

Department, brought to the attention

of his hearers the big change introduc-





the one purpose of winning the war.

Old sods and pastures were turned ov-

er that we might increase the acreage

of cereals, beans, sugar beets, sorgh-

um, buckwheat, etc. This aided us in

gaining military supremacy, but now

we must work the harder to get back

to a balanced agriculture. We have

already noted the scarcity of hay and

this has brought the attention of many

farmers to the use of such crops as

millet and soy beans. .



An adequate supply of good clover

seed presents another problem. Th:

acreage devoted "to clover has been on

down. High prices for seed has'in

many instances caused farmers to sow

timothy seed instead. Inability to get

seed has also reduced the acreage.

High- -priced hay leads farmers to take

ed a hay crop that is certain instead

of leaving it for an uncertain seed

crop. Michigan is a seed growing





»_ “state, yet her supply is sufficient to





sow only about 400, 000 acres when

normally 800 000 acres are devoted to

clover. The season this year is not





for this reason the price will undoubt‘

edly continue very high. Professor





, Cox urged farmers to save every piece

, or clover that promised seed, as at the war plans whereby its readers will se-

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that eventy we are charged with the.

' obligation of a full investigation and 9.





dealers are particularly interested in“

red winter and soft white wheat. The





New York at.





32.39%; Philadelphia $2.39; Baltimore

and Newport News $2.38%. On No. 2.





ed into our agricultural program for





gret it is impossible to make a definite

expression. We must assume that deal«





era and miliers everywhere will oper- ,





ate on fair margins, governed by their





local conditions, wbut in' case of com- -





plaints, we shall investigate the cir-

cumstances in each, individual case

and make definite expression at that

time.



“Let it be clearly understood that

the country points; base on the sca-





board. whichever market they‘ reach to ’





best advantage. Deduct from such sea--

board price,'your freight, and a. reason-

able handling margin, and you have

the correct fair price, to farmers-.1 '



“Peints like Detroit and Indianap-

olis stand just “the same as any other

interior place,” such as Lansing or Kal-

amazoo. Country shippers need not

base on Detroit unless Detroit otters



abette'r market than they can obtain

elsewhere. ”





Millers and shippers should bear in

mind that on shipments to the Grain

Corporation the war tax is one-half

of one per cent, The Grain Corpora-

tion commission is one per cent,

amounting approximately to three‘and

one-half cents per bushel. Also that

the Grain Corporation will not make

advances either through payment of

draft or otherwise.





When wheat ariives at destination

and inspection certificate is issued,

warehouse certificate will be issued.

and the Grain Corporation will mail

their check. ,



Interest covering this period would

then be a. reasonable part of the hand-

ling margin as well as the other items

referred to above. '_ F. B. DBEES.





‘Kick” Into Our'Soi‘ls





He reported that alfalfa seed grown

in our northern states is superior to

seed brought here from oriental coun-

tries. The latter is not hardy'and is

almost worthless, while plants from

the home-grown seed stand our ex-

treme weather conditions and live on

several years. On the west side of the

state .vetch and rye are being grown to-

gether more and more and. with the

machines for separating these seeds

the industry promises to grow and the

supply of vetch' is assured.



In closing Professor Cox declared

that we must get back to a clover and

pasture farming basis on account of.

the labor conditions now confronting

the farmer. , .



Charles B. Cook, county agent of

Oakland county, emphasized again the

importance of increasing the humus





content of soils. and of using lime and





acid phosphate. On a. certain soil

where a farmer had many times tried

unsuccessfully to grow clover, Mr.

Cook found that by the use of all three

of these materials he was able to get

a. stand of the clover but wherever

one‘ of the materials was missing there

the Crop did not survive. Applications

of lime varrying fiom one thousand to

eight thousand pounds per acre have

been added by Oakland county farm-

ers. the majority using from two thou-

sand to three‘ thousand pounds. Acid

phosphate has proven its place as a

fertilizer for the farmers of southwest-

ern Michigan. On fields where no acid

phosphate was used, the yields of

wheat this year are averaging from

twelve to eighteen bushels per acre.

while 011 pieces getting this material





yields ranged from twenty-five tor

conducive to good seed growing and\ forty bushels per acre.





This in' brief. is a review of the ad-





dresses of this important meet'mg. The .





Michigan Farmer has now well under.





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Then Jaspar Hume spoke: “Jeff

Hyde, Gaspe Toujours, Late Carscal—

len, and Cloud-in—the-Sky, this -man,

alive or dead, is between here and the

Barren Grounds. He must be found——

forhis wife’s sake.” He handed Jeff

Hyde her letter. Jeff Hyde rubbed his

fingers before he touched the deli-

cate and perfumed missive. Its deli-

cacy seemed to bewilder him. He said

in a rough but kindly way, “Hope to

die if I don’t,” and passed it on to

Gaspe Toujours, who did not find it

necessary to speak. His cemrade had

answered for him. Late Carscallen





held it inquisitively for a moment, and,

then his jaws opened and shut as if he





were about to speak. But before he

did so the Sub-factor said, “It is a long

journey and a hard one. Those who

go may never come back. But this





‘ man was working for his country, and





he has got a wife—a good wife!” He

held up the letter. “Late Carscallen

wants to know who will lead you. Can’t

you trust me? I will give you a leader

that you will follow to the Barren

Grounds. Tomorrow you will know

who he is. Men, are you satisfied?

Will you do it?”



The four rose, and Cloud-ingthe-Sky

nodded approvingly many times. The

Sub-factor held out his hand. Each

man shook it, Jeff Hyde first, and he

said, “Close up ranks for the H. B.

0.!" (H. B. C. meaning, of course,

Hudson Bay Company).





With a good man to lead them they

would have stormed, alone, the Heights

of Balaklava.





Once more Jaspar Hume spoke: “Go

to Gosse andget your outfits at nine

tomorrow morning. Cloud—in-the-Sky,

have your sleds at the store at eight

o'clock, to be loaded. Then all meet

me at 10:15 at the office of the Chief

Factor. Good-night."





As they passed out into the semi-

arctic night, Late Carscallen with an

unreal obstinacy said, “Slow march to

the Barren Grounds—but who leads ?”



Let alone the Sub-factor sat down

to the pine table at one end of the

room and after a short hesitation be~

gun to write. For hours he sat there,

rising only to put wood on the fire.

The result was three letters: the larg-

est addressed to a famous society in

London, one to a solicitor in Montreal.

and one to Mr. Field, the Chief Fac-

tor. They were all sealed carefully.

Then Jaspar Hume rose, took out his

knife and went over to the box as if





to break the red seal. He paused, how-'





ever. sighed, and put the knife back

again. As he did so he felt something

touch his leg. It was the dog. Jaspar

Hume drew in a sharp breath and said,

“It was all ready, Jacques; and in an-

other three months I should have been

in London with it. But it will go

whether i go or not, Jacques." The

dog sprang up and put his head

against his master's breast.



"Good dog! good dog! it’s all right,

J acques; however it goes, it’s all

right!”



Then the dog lay down and watched

the man until he drew the blankets

to his chin, sleep drew oblivion over





a fighting but masterly soul.





CHAPTER II.





AT ten o’clock next morning, Jas-

par Hume presented himself at

the Chief Factor’s office He bore with

him the letters he had written the

night before. ,

The Factor said, “Well, Hume, I am ‘





glad to see you. That woman’s letter





was on my mind all night. Have you





, anything to propose? I suppose not "

he added despairingly. as he looked

' , closely into the face of the other.





, wages, Mr. Field. .I propose this: that





the expedition shall start at noon to-

day.”



"Shall—‘start—at—noon——today2”



“In two hours."



“But, who are the party?”



“Jeff "Hyde, Gaspe Toujours, Late

Carsoallen and Cloud-in-thefiky.”



“And who leads them, Hume? Who

leads ?’-’ ‘ _



“With your permission, sir, I do.”



“You, Hume! You! But, man con-'

sider the danger! And then there is—

there is, your invention!"





“I have ‘considered all.

three letters. If we do not come back

in three months, you will please send

this one, with the box in my room, to

the address on the envelope; this is

for a solicitor in Montreal, which you

will also forward as soon as possible;

this last one is for yourself; but you

will not open it until the three months

have passed. Have I your permission

to lead these men? They would not

go without me.”



“I know that, I know that, Hume. I

hate to have you go, but I can’t say

no. Go, and good luck go with you.”



Here the manly old Factor turned

away his head. He knew that Jaspar

Hume had done right. He knew the

possible sacrifice this man was mak-

ing of all his hopes, of his very life;

and his sound Scotch heart appreciat-

ed the act to the full. But he did not

know all. He did not know that Jas-

par Hume was starting to look for the

man who had robbed him of youth and

hope and genius and home.



“Here is at letter that the wife has

written to her husband in the hope

that he is alive. You will take it with





you, Hume,. And the other she wrote

to me, shall I keep it?” He held out

his hand.





“No, sir, I will keep it, if you will

allow me. It is my commission, you

know.” And the shadow of a smile

hovered about Jaspar Hume’s lips.



The Factor smiled kindly as he re-

plied, “Ah, yes, your commission——

Captain Jasper Hume of—of what,

Hume?”



Just then the door opened and there

entered the four men whom we saw

around the Sub-factor’s fire the night

before. They were dressed in white

blanket costumes from' head to foot,

white woolen capotes covering the

gray fur caps they wore. Jaspar Hume

ran his eye over them and then an-

swered the Factor’s questiOn: “Of the

White Guard, sir.”





“Good,” was the reply. “Men, you

are going on a relief expedition—one

in which there is danger. You need a

good leader. You have one in Captain

Jaspar Hume."



Jeff Hyde shook his head at the oth-

ers with a pleased I-told-you-so-expres-

sion; Cloud-in-the-Sky grunted his deep

approval; and Late Carscallen smack-

ed his .lips in a satisfied manner and

rubbed his legwith a school-boy sense

of enjoyment. The Factor continued:

“In the name of the Hudson Bay Com-

pany I will say that if you come back,

having done your duty faithfully, you

shall be well rewarded. And I believe

you will come back, if it is in human

power to do so.” .



Here Jeff Hyde said, “It isn’t for re-

ward we’re doin' it, Mr. Field, but be-

cause Captain' Hum‘e wished ‘it, be-





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





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cause we believed he'd lead us; . and.





for the lost fellow’ s wife. We wouldn’t

"have said we’d do it,'if it wasn’t'for

him that's just called us the White

Guard. ”



Under the bronze of the Sub -factor’ 8

face there spread a glow more red

than brown, and he said simply,

“Thank you, men"—for they- had; all

nodded assent to Jeif Hyde’s words-





“Come with‘me to the store. We will,





start at noon. ”

And at noon the White Guard stood





in front of the store on which the.





British flag was hoisted with another

beneath it bearing the (magic letters,

H, B. 0.: magic, because they have

opened to the world regions that seem-

ed destined never to know the touch

of civilization. The few inhabitants of

the Fort had gathered; the dogs and

loaded sleds were at the door._ The

White Guard were there too—all but

their leader. It wanted but two min-

utes to twelve when Jaspar Hume

came from his house, dressed also in

the white blanket costume, and follow-

ed by his dog, Jacques. In a moment

more he had placed Jacques at the

head of the first team of dogs. They

were to have their leader too; and

they testified to the fact .by a bark of

approval. Punctually at noon, Jaspar

Hume shook hands with the Factor,

said a quick good-bye to the rest, call-

ed out a friendly “How!” to the Indi-

ans standing near, and to the sound of

a hearty cheer, heartier perhaps be-

cause none had a confident hope that

the five Would come back, the March

of the White Guard began.





CHAPTER III.



T is eighteen days after. In the



shadow of a little island of pines,

that lies in a shivering waste of ice

and snow, the White Guard camp.

They are able to do this night what

they have not done for days—dig a

great grave of snow, and building a

fire of pine wood at each end of this

strange house, get protection and

something like comfort. They sit close

to the fires. Jaspar-Hume is writing

with numbed fingers. The extract

that follows is taken from his diary.

It tells that day’s life, and so gives an

idea of harder, sterner days that they

have spent and will spend. on this

weary journey. .



“December 25th.-‘—This is Christmas

Day and Camp twenty-seven. We have

marched only five miles today. We are

eighty miles from Great Fish River,

and the worst yet to do. . We have

discovered two signs. Jefl Hyde has

had a bad two days with his frozen

foot. Gaspe Toujours helps him nobly:

One of the dogs died- this morning.





Jacques is a great leader. This night’s.





shelter is a godsend. Cloud-in-the—Sky

has a plan whereby some of us will

sleep well. We are in latitude 63 de-

grees forty-seven minutes and longi-

tude 112 degrees thirty-two minutes

14 seconds. Have worked out lunar

observations. Have marked a tree

J H—27 and‘raised cairn No. 3. We are

able- to celebrate Christmas Day with

a good basin of tea, and our standsby

of beans cooked in fat. ., I was right

about them: they have great sustain-

ing power. Tomorrow We will start





_ at ten o'clock.





The writing done. Jaspar Hume puts





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_approval was





his book away and thrns toward !the

rest. Cloud-in-the—Sky and Late Cars

oallen are smoking Little can be seen

of their faces; they are retitled to the

eyes. Gaspe Toujours is drinking a

basin of tea, and Jed Hyde is fltiully

dozing by the are. The dogs are above

in the tent, all but Jacques, who tonight

is permitted to be near his master.

The Sub- factor rises, takes from a

knapsack a small tin pail, and puts it

near the fire. This operation is watch-

ed by the others. Then he takes five

little cups\ that fit snugly into each

other, separates themLand puts them

also near the fire. None of the party

speak. A change ,seems to 133.88 over

the faces of all except Cloud-in—the-

Sky. He smokes on unnioved. At

length the Sub-factor speaks cheerily:

“Now, men, before we turn in we’ll do

something in honor of the day. Liquor

we none of us have touched since we

started; but back there in the Fort,

and maybe in other'places too, they

will be thinking of us; so, we’ll drink

a health to them though it's but a

spoonful, and to the day when we see

them again!” —



The cups Were passed round. 'lhe

Sub-factor measured out a very small

portion to each. They were not men

of uncommon sentiment; their lives

were rigid and isolated and severe.

Fireside comforts under fortunate con-

ditions they saw but seldom, and" they

Were not given to expressing their feel-

ings demonstratively. -But each man

then, save Cloud-in~the-Sky had some

memory worth a resurrection, and

hearts are hearts even under all un-

couthness. Jaspar Hume raised his

cup; the rest followed his example.

“To absent friends and the day when

we see them again!” he said, and they

all drank. Gaspe Toujours solemnly,

and: as if no one was near” made the

sign of the cross; for his memory was

with a dark-eyed, soft-checked peasant

girl of the parish of Saint Gabrielle,

whom he had left behind five yeais

before, and had never seen since.

Word had come from the parish priest

that she was dying. and thOugh he

wrote back in his 110111er patois of his

grief, and begged that the good father

would write again, no word had ever

come, and he thought of her now as

one for whom the candles had been

lighted and masses had been said.



But Jei'f Hyde's eyes were bright,

and suffering as he was, the heart in

him was brave and hopeful. He was

thinking of a glorious Christmas Day

upon the Madawaska Rriver three

years agone; of Adam Henry, the blind

fiddler; of bright, warm-hearted Pattie

Chown, the belle of the ball, and the

long drive home in the frosty night.



Late Cars'callen Was thinking of a

brother whom he had heard preach his

first sermon in Edinburgh ten years

before. And Late Carsoallen, slo’w of

speech and thought, had been full of





pride and love of that brilliant broth- '





er. But they. in the natural course of

things, drifted apart; the slow and un-

couth one to make his home at last not

far from the Arctice Circle. and to be

this night on his way to the Barren

Grounds. But ‘as he stood with the

cup to his lips he recalled the words

of a newspaper paragraph of as few

months before. It made reference to

the fact that “the Reverend Janies

Carsoallen, D. D, preached before His

Majesty on Whitsunday, and had the

honor of lunching with Her Majesty

afterwar ” And Late Camcallen rub-

bed his left hand Joyfully against his

blanketed leg and drank. , :

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ing day—and entered a quiet room

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called ‘to her; and she waked for a

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my boy!” And the voice ceased, and

the kind old soul who ’had looked at

him pityingly folded her arms about

him, and drew his brown head to her

breast and kissed him with flowing

eyes and whispered, “Come away, my

dear, come away.”



But he came back in the night and

sat beside her, and would not go away,

but remained there until the sun grew

bright, and then through another day

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the little house by the river to the,

.frozen hill-side.





And the world was

empty and the icy river seemed warm-

er than his heart. '



And sitting here in this winter deso-

lation Jaspar Hume beholds these

scenes of twenty years before and fol-

lows himself, a poor dispensing clerk

in a doctor’s office, working for that

dream of achievement in which his

mother believed; for which she hoped.

And following further the boy that

was himself, he saw a friendless first-

year man at college, soon, however, to

make a friend of Varre Lepage, and to

see always the best of that friend, be-

ing himself so true. And the day came

when they both graduated together in

science, a bright and happy day, suc-

ceeded by one stillbrighter, when they

both entered a great firm as junior

partners. Then came the meeting with

Rose Varcoe; and he thought of how

he praised his friend Varre Lepage to

her, and brought that friend to be in-

troduced to her. He recalled all those

visions that came to him when, his

professional triumphs achieved, he

should have a happy home, and a hap.

py face, and faces, by his fireside. And

the face wasto be that of Rose Varcoe

and the others, faces of those who

should be like her and like himself.

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' ed and anxious when he went away ill





and blind for health’s sake. He did

not write. The doctors forbade him

that. He did notask her to write, for

his was so strong and steadfast a na—

ture that he did not need letters ,to





'keep him true; and he thought if she





cared for him she must be the same.

He did not understand a woman's

heart, how it needs remembrances, and

needs to give remembrances.





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oils used are highly inflammable and

grease saturated rags are sometimes





the source of spontaneous combustion.





Gasoline is always presentand when

mixed with *air' is a. high explosive.





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are keen to guard against it and many

an accident has been averted and per-

haps not a. few lives saved by the alert

wits and cool judgment of these oily

servants of the motoring public. Some«





chances in seconds and save them-

selves by narrow margins. Don Mc-

Callum’s experience is a case in point.



The margin was exceedingly narrow

the night he undertook a hurry—up re<

pair job on' Doctor James? big car.



The doctor had driven, late in the

evening, into the Maple Avenue Gav

rage. Don was the only man on duty

at that hour.



“It’s rather late, I know,” said Doc-

tor James, “And I ought not to ask

you to look at it tonight. But I shall

need the machine early in the morn-

ing.”



“That’s all right, Doctor,” said Don.

who knew the physician very well. “I’ll

do the best I can for you."



He looked the car over thoroughly

and reported:



“Nothing very serious,” he said,

“that knocking you spoke of comes

from loose dust-pans. Thumb-screw

out. There’s a little leak of gas, too,

from your feed pipe. Come back in

an hour.” J



The physician seemed relieved and

started to go. Then he turned.



“I think there’s a slow leak in each

of the front tires. Can you lookvat

them, too?”



“Of course,” was Don’s assurance.



Running the car into the work-room

Don was soon busy. He should have

used one of the pits for that kind of a

job, but all of them were in service

and this job, at longest, should take

but a. short time.



He slid half way under the machine

and swept his

side of the dust-pans. He soon located

the trouble, but found that before he

could get at it he must put a jack un-

der andvraise the whole front end. He

set the brakes fast and with a. double

jack elevated the car so’that the front

tires were a. few inches from the floor.

He noticed as the car came up that

both tires were nearly down.





'Before getting under the car Don

pushed his box of tools within easy

reach. A moment later, with trouble-

lamp in hand, and flat on his back, he

was closely examining the loosened

dust-pans. Two thumb-screws were

out. He quickly replaced one and

reached over to his box for another. It

took him a minute to find just what he

wanted.





As he pulled his hand back he struck“





his arm against the dust- -pan with a.

sharp upward motion. The pan tilted

a little and spilled a bit of something





that smelled like gasoline.





“That gas leak must be quite ser-

ious,” he thought, “and gas is too, dan-

gerous a thing to have much of it drip-

ping n _



Rather impatiently he thrust the

screw into place and began tightening

it with his fingers.





Full





and along the under‘





It proved a little. I

rusty" and turned hard. Don took his, _,

pliers in hand and turned partly over .





By Earl 19- Rice





on his side the more easily to reach

the point of trouble.



As he turned he thrust his legs out

and up. One of them slid over the top

of the jack, and directly under the

front axle. He could (hardly tell after-

ward how he did it—whetherby a pull

ora push—but with a jarring thud the

axle slipped off the jack and came





down upon his leg, catching it just





above the ankle, "jamming it against

the cross-bar of the jack and gripping

it as in a vise.



Had the axle comevdown‘ squarely

his leg must have been crushed. As it

was his leg was put into the position

of a lever of the first-class4—the weight

of the car, the load and the cross-bar

the fulcrum. Don' s chief concern was

lest the lever should snap.



As the weight of the car settled up-

on his leg he was keenly aware of the

terrific strain put upon it. In his

cramped position he could not move

far enough either way to release him-

self, and it seemed to him that the

weight increased each instant.



He was sure of this a moment later

as he glanced at the half-filled front

tires. They were slowly going down

and in a short time would rest upon

their rims. More and more the weight

of the car was being shifted from them

to Don’s leg.



With his free foot he tried to push

the jack a. little to one side. but it

would not budge. His imprisoned leg

acted as a. wedge to hold it fast.



Grasping the lower side of the en-

gine frame with his hands he" next

tried, using his legs as a lever, to push

the car ahead. But it resisted his ev-

ery effort, the hard set brakes holding

it fast. He was held as secure as if

three tons of rock had slipped down

upon him. His efforts to free himself

seemed only to tighten the trap while

the slip—slip—slip—of' the settling car

increased the excruciating pain of his

leg and momentarily brought the slen—

der bones nearer the breaking point.



The natural discomfort of his nar-





row quarters, the smell of oil and gas. -





and the warmth of the engine over him

—all these made Don sick and dizzy.

The pain in his leg sent flashes of fire

along his spine. Desperately he grop-

ed for some way of relief.



Throwing out one arm he pulled his

tool box over to his side and propped

his shoulders against it, raising his

body as high as possible, thus reduc-

ing the strain upon his leg to a mini-

mum. This afforded a' brief respite,

soon counteracted by the steady slip-

ping down of the car as the air went

out of the big tires. Then he remem-





bered the big wrench that lay' in his





tool-box. He groped with hot fingers

until he found it.

he tried to thrust it as a supporting

lever in beside his tortured limb. But





,the axle was now too far down and





the effort failed/ .

Discouraged, Don- lay back. hot and

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an instant later he came to, under the

stimulus of a new danger that con-

fronted him. , ‘



He had noticed the slow drip of gas

when he first crawled under and had

made a mental note that the feed-pipe

from the vacuum tank. to the carburet-

or needed attention. Now the smell

of" burning gas came down to him.



His blinking trouble-lamp told him





'what had happened. One of the wires





in its cord attachment had broken and

the broken ends of the copper ,wire

were emitting tidy sparks just where

he had hung the lamp Over the edge of

the dust-pan above him. A snfoulder-

ing blaze had started in the grease-

soaked litter in' the dust-pan and at

any moment might flare out and en-

velope the whole'front end of the car.



Don fully comprehended the situa-

tion and sensed now his own danger.

He knew that a single breathof air

might mean disaster to him and he

scarcely dared fill his laboring; lungs.

Already he felt the heat upon his face

and bare? arms. Even as he waited the

inevitable happened. A steady glow

followed as the mixture of dirt, grease

and all took fire.



For one wild moment Don raged

against what seemed his certain fate.

He had heard of other men who had

been horribly burned, but never of one

pinned under a slow flame with no

fighting'chance. He must get out. He

tugged desperately at his imprisoned

leg and put double strength into an

effort for freedom.



Sometimes in the presence of great

danger men break through the limits

of ordinary resources into new keen-

ness. Now that rare moment came to

Don, and after an instant's frenzy his

mind calmed and his vision cleared.

And in that moment he saw lying al~

most within his reach a power that

could lift the load from off his aching

leg and give him a. chance. With that

chance in sight he fought for freedom

and life with a. perfect coolnesg and a.

precision never before attained.



Protecting his face as much as pos-

sible from the rapidly increasing heat

Don worked his way as far to the right





as he could. When he had gone. as far





as possible he lay flat on his back and

thrust his arm ‘out through the spokes

of the front wheel, now settled almost

to the rim. And there almost within his

grasp lay’the end of the shop’s air-

hose. But stretch and strain as he

wou1d he lacked a good eight inches

of reaching it.



But Don would not accept defeat.

Back again with cool haste he worked

toward his tool-bOX. His fingers grop-

ed until they clasped a...pair of pliers.





~These he passed across his tortured





strained body, and again reached for

the hose.



An inch more—a half inch—Lthe pli-

ers clinked against the brass. nozzle.



With a swift motion Don pulled the

hose toward him. He thrilled with the

fact that inside of that fiber-linked rub-

ber he had the strength of a giant at

his command. _ ‘



His fingers were swift but surely;

he fitted the hose nozzle to the flat tire.

The air sang as the tube filled out.

The heavy car sl1p-slip——slipped——

but this time up instead of down.





When the second tire came 'up Don’t; '

. leg. swung free. ‘





Two minutes after Dad had rolled

out to safety he had the are out Thin
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war. "Twenty-'Seven are killed and

* many wounded.¢—The' Hou’sc adopts a

"resolution ordering the sale of $120,-

' 000,000 worth of army food to, the peo-

ple of the United, States—The allies

grant Austria seven additional days to

reply to peace terms.-—‘-Secretary of

Labor Wilson declares the nation is

facing. a labor shortage—Chicago sees

no-‘hope of 'quick settlement of street

car strike. ,

Thursday, July 31.



S ix regiments of militia are. hasten-



ed to quell the race riots in bica-

‘go.—-Turks and Tartars

massacre in Armenia-A. E. -F.





threaten a big

wit-

nesses testify, to war investigating

body. that one hundred or more air.

planes, worth .about.$1,000,000, were or-

dered burned by army oflicer.—7The

United States Senate takes up blll to

develop government owned lands-:—

Railway men-appeal to President W11-

son. to cut the high cost, of luring.—

Germans, form a state tribunal to sift

war guilt.



. Fnlday, August 1. '

TATE militia succeeds in checking

, Chicago race“ rioters.——An alliance

is- being formed between legal depart-

ments of the states of Ohio and Mich:

igan to stop profiteering in foodstuffs.

——London-New York air passenger ser—





vice is predicted by expert, the fare to _





be .3250.——-Chicago street car strike is

reported near settlement—Bela Kun.

head of the Hungarian soviet govern-'

ment, is fast losing control and may

retire soon.



Saturday, August 2.





WELVE Boy Scouts and forty-



eight others are killed by Mexican

bandits who blow up train one hun-

dred miles from Mexico City.——-One

million dollar fire sweeps big plantmf

the Wadsworth Manufacturing Com-

pany, at Detroit—President Wilson is

considering the use of $1,000.000,000

subsidy, voted by congress, to help

lower food prices—Russians fear Bol-

sheviki victory if British troops are re-

called—Senate today passed bill re-

pealing the daylight saving measure by

a vote'of forty—one to twelve—«The

race riots in Chicago are believed to

be over, the total death list being

thirty-four, with about 1,500 injured.





Sunday, August 3.





'I‘HE town of Onega on the north

Russian . front is taken by anti-





Bolshevist forces—Germany is prepar- ,





ed to flood Italian markets with her

manufactured goods—«Enormous de-

‘posits of potash have been located in

Pennsylvania, and it is confidentially

expected that a material reduction in

the cost of fertilizers carrying the ele-

ment of potash will rcsult.-——Secretary

of War Baker is ready to submit to

congress a plan for universal military

service—The American army of occu-

pation is rapidly moving from the

Rhineland.—~It is calculated that 380,-

000 Miehigan autoists will lack licen-

ses after August 14, the day the new

law goes into effect because of the in-

ability Of the office force of the secre-

tary of: state to issue these licenses

rapidly enough.

Monday, August: 4.

ERMAN troops withdraw from P01-

and and give up the idea of secur-

ing the Suwalki harvest for them-

selves.——Great Britain will have super-

vision over the Russian province of

Esthonia.——Holland is getting- coal

from the ‘United States—More troops

and military tanks have been ordered

sent to Liverpool to put down riots.—

‘ Bela‘,Kun, the‘soviet leader of Hun-

gary, is interned in' Vienna as the re-

sult of the failure of the world—wide

revolution—Chicago railWay shopmen

forecast that the railways of the coun-

try will be tied up soon through the

striking of the shopmen who are de-

manding either higher wages or lower

food prices—Unofficial announcement

is made that England is» offering the

‘British, West Indies tor the United

States as part payment of England’s-

debt to this country.

Tuesday, August 5.-





RUMANIAN troops have arrived ‘at

the. outer gates of Budapest while

the soviet government under Peidll

falls, lacking the support of the En-

tent, Allies—Seventeen persons are





charged with murder during the re , “





cent race riots in Chicago.——-Organized

labor asks that the railroads of the

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HE executive committee of the



Washtenaw County Farm Bu-



' reau, have in previous years felt

and seen the need of Junior Extension

Workwith the boys and girls, espe-

cially in the rural districts in the coun-

ty. The boys and girls in the city are

well organized in various lines, as Y.

M. C. A., with their large Y buildings,

Boy Scouts, Girls’ Y. W. C. A., Sewing

Clubs, and other organizations that

are open to them at any time. The

boys and girls in rural districts were

unable to reach the city organizations,

so by the lack of some rural organized





. work they ‘Were deprived of some form





of organization. "The parents of the





rural organizations, such as Granges,

Farmers’ Clubs and Gleaners.



The big, busy and progressive farm-

ers of our farm bureau saw this great

need of junior extension work. To

start the boys’ and girls’ work, would

need a great deal of financial backing.

The only possible means for securing

the necessary funds was by county

subscriptions. The farm bureau called

a meeting of all the bankers in the

county and every bank was represent

ed. This meeting resulted in each

of the county banks paying through a

plan of assessing each bank according





money ranged from five dollars from

the smallest banks to three hundred

dollarsfrom the largest bank. Total

amount of money from this source was

one thousand dollars. The rest of the

funds for this work came through the

county and state. The bankers did'not

stop with such liberal aid, but also





financial aid in securing their pig, their

calf, their poultry, and

seeds.



The funds and the citizens back of

the farm bureau, work started late this

spring to secure a county ’leader for

the extension work. Mr. R. A. Turner,

State Club Leader, found this man in

Ernst F. Lyons, who had graduated

from the Michigan Agricultural COI-





cultural instructor in this state. Mr.

Lyons served in the army for fifteen

months and was discharged from

McClellan. The county club

leader started the boys’ and girls’ club

work in the county April. 15, 1919.

From this date to June 15, Boys’ and

Girls’ Clubs, as Pig Clubs, Calf Clubs,

Poultry Clubs, Corn Clubs, Garden and





triots was scattered in all directing; in

the county'. The clubs were formed by ,





 





boys and girls are membersiof some





 





to its last year’s earning capacity. The'





offered any boy or girl in the county '





their small , ’





the club leader in such a manner as 11w“? 11131113111911 by

would accommodate the maximum 113

‘ . number of boys »





represented by the clubs in the ex-

treme points of the county. The hub

is composed of: the clubs in and about

As the work

progresses and there is a demand for

more clubs, we will organize clubs that

will represent the spokes of the dis-





the center, Ann Arbor.





trict between our rim~and our hub.

Largest Pig Clubs in the State.





With the aid of the farm bureau and

men and women interested in the suc-

cess of our club work, the county lead- »





er was able to organize clubs'and to





place a sufficient number of pigs, so





that today Washtenaw county has the





largest enrollment in pig. projects in





the state. The pigs and calves in this

summer's work are raised for the pur-





 





Portion of Dixboro Registered Duroc Jersey Pig Club.





pose of bettering the pure- -bred live

stock conditions in the county.

The Dixboro Registered Duroc Jer-





sey Pib Club, one of the first clubs to'





be organized is a good example of our

pig clubs.- The boys and girls in this

purely rural district range from the

age of ten to eighteen years. The club

was organized April 22, 1919, with six-.

teen charter members. The next morn-

ing there were applications from

twelve boys and girls near this Com-

munity to join their club. At the fol-

lowing meeting these boys and girls

were voted into the club. The breed





and the purpose of raising the pigs'large quantities of either barnyardm. -





Washtenaw Boys and Girls" Club Work





The Webster Success Club is com-

posed of boys and girls living in the

community where the Brookwater Du-

roc Jersey Farm is located, which is

one of the largest Duroc farms with

national reputation. Through the in-

fluence of the farm manager the boys

and girls were supplied with extra high

bred gilt pigs. The boys and girls in

this community are going to start right

with pure-bred live stock.





Specialist scored County Pigs.



011 June 16. -Washtenaw County Club

pigs were scored by Professor W. E.

J. Edwards, of the Animal Husbandry





spent in this work. The Various clubs

arranged to centralize their pigs, at

their meeting place at an hour sched-

uled by the county leader. Professor

Edwards, county agent, H. ‘S. ,Osler,

and the club leader visited these clubs.

Each pig was weighed and ofl‘icially

scored at this meeting. Lectures and





. demonstrations were given to the eag- ‘





er groups. Special attention was giv-

en to records, feeds and feedings. The

purpose of the scoring of the club pigs

in the 'county is to give each boy or

girl an equal opportunity to develop

the best pig.



Other clubs like the above clubs can





be found in the county. Some of the '





boys are raising five to a dozen pigs.

Many of the boys and girls find more

interest in raising calves, poultry, corn

and garden truck. .The corn clubs in





the county are raising Pickett’s Yellow ‘





Dent for seed production. The seed

was secured through the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College Crops Department.

Each boy and girl was supplied With

the amount of corn for his or her half

or one-acre plot, or more, delivered in-

dividually to the boy or girl at the cost

of the corn. Each plot of this corn is

isolated from all other corn fields so

that pure seed will be produced. The

corn will be field selected, and special

attention given to care and to storage

of the crop. As a result of the late sea.-

son instructions in planting and use of

fertilizer were given in detail at club

meetings. Each cOrn raiser has used





 





Some Members of the Bennett 0. l. 0. Club on Scoring Day.





en to buy pigs as soon as possible so

that the club might get a good growing

start before June 15, at which time

the contest started. The county leader





:and the president of the pig club, Ivan

Galpin, took a tripof onefhundred and





twenty-five miles With aTtruck and pur-

chased thirty-one Mareh farrowed pigs

eligible for registration. The mem-





Canning Clubs were organized. The hers of this pig club, both boys and

summer club work in the rural dis- 31113,





‘iassemble‘d at the community

repared with bags. boxes and

their pigs. The young 11133 g;





 

   





 





lege in 1917- He was a former 3811' having been decided, means were tak- nure or commercial fertilizer. Results

can be seen from the extra amount otv





labor and expense.

County Judging Tearns.



Work is in progress with the county

judging teams that are composed of

members of the Junior Extension

Clubs.





 

 





Department, M. A. C.‘ Two days were .





The boys Will represent the

county at the State Fair this fall in the "

judging class. Each team is 001111108-

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is. to judge clue" .





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DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS:



Last year I had a garden in the little

cooped~up back yard behind our flat.

The soil was poor. but with lots of

booing and sprinkling I succeeded in

developing a' brave array of string

beans, radishes, lettuce, and some real-



.»ly promising looking tomato plants.





 





the Missus took the children out to

Father's farm for an outing. and while

they were away the children of the

neighborhood used my poorgarden for

a playground, picking my cherished

vegetables while still green, to use at

their play teas for the dolls to eat,

w‘hile the bad boys threw my green

tomatoes at cats and tin can targets;



Well, I always like to see kiddies

have a good time, so we. won't fuss

about it, but this year I decided I could

‘ \ give the kiddies just as much fun some

other way.



But your letters make me so hungry

for the good things that grow the

sweetest and tenderest in one’ s own

garden that if it wasn ’t for the fun I get

in reading your letters each week and

in writing to you in return, I think I’d

just have to throw up this position

and go back home and raise a regular

garden once again.



. Sincerely yours.

Editor Boys‘ and Girls’ Dept.





 





 





FIRST PRIZE.





 





Our Garden.



Our garden is a wonderful place,

eight rods long and four rods wide,

surrounded by a wire fence which



~ _./-/ keeps out all the chickens.



This ground was well fertilized,

plowed and harrowed in early May.

Then the seeds were planted in rows

the longest way of the garden. There

are four rows of potatoes which have

grown fine and large and are nearly

ripe.



Four rows of sweet corn which bears

small eight-row ears, deliciously sweet

and tender, grow tall and straight

through the middle.





 





There are fifty cabbage plants begin- '





hing to head, seventy-five tomato

' . plants of two varieties, the red or

stone, the yellow or golden queen, both

of which are fine for canning, preserv-

ing and pickling. Our tomato preserves

are the best ever.

. There are several hills of early short

green cucumbers from which we have

put up six quarts of pickles.



There are yellow ground cherries,

which are also line for preserving.

Each cherry grows in a little. husk.



There are watermelons,

ens, saisify, red beets. lettuce, radish~.

es and onions. _



Green peas have been on our table

every day for three weeks. A row at

rhubarb furnishes an abundance of

sauce.





bushes. large, red cherry and white

and gooseberries an inch in diameter

grow along the north fence. These

make fine jelly and jam.



We usually have beautiful flowers.

too.——_Ceci1 A. Roberts, Breckenridge,

Michigan. Age twelve years.





 





 





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HAT the home agent is really

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ports. Perhaps the most really

important thing in its lasting influence

is the work they do through their

child welfare clubs, hot school lunch-

es and health classes. For after all,

one hundred per cent human beings

are worth more than a knowledge of

textiles, cold pack canning, and poul-

try clubs. There seems to be a con-

sensus of opinion among the workers

that, contrary to the general idea, the

country child is not fed more wisely

than the city child. Here is a report

from a northern county:



“Child welfare week was the most

important piece of work done in our

county.

tee wanted to weigh and measure the

babies, but did not realize this work

should extend to the home and to all

phases of caring for children. In the

country we took up some of the food

work through the schools. Talks on

hygiene and health, and also on diet,

were given in the schools. We found

that the parents thought that the only

place where the children do not get

enough to eat is in the town, while as

a matter of fact it is in the country

that the children do‘not have as much

,milk particularly as they should.”



A city agent finds this condition:

“We sent out a survey of 575 families

with 1,700 children and found that

1,000 were giving tea and coffee from

one to two times a day. One hundred

and seventy-eight were given no milk

at all. When the influenza came it

pointed out that the children were un-

der normal.”



In southern counties the agents have

interested teachers and parents in

making playgrounds. An agent writes:



“Teachers are learning how to direct

play. I noticed in one school where

there had been absolutely nothing that

they have put up a chinning bar and a

pole vault. One school with eleven.

students and ten mothers organized a

‘Mothers’ and Others’ Club.’ They

' now have playground equipment.





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The Ideal Sick Room Equipment lneiu des Clinical





The chairman of the commit- ‘





“In one district there was no com-

munity life and .the people wished to

organize a community center.

got together and had a meeting with a.

program which was very interesting.

After the program we talked things

up. They now have a good start and

a good standard inside and out.”



In another county the work has run

to sewing. ‘



"We had an exhibit at the farm bu-

reau meeting,” writes the agent. “It

consisted of a baby’s outfit showing





 





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The Comfort of the Sick One is Considered by the Visiting Nurse.





They .





the requests came in I studied up on

civic questions and did my best.”



“I have organized three hot lunch

clubs, which other parts of the county

are watching. I feel that next year

there will be a big demand for these

clubs. The social part of it is the big

thing for the boys and'girls.. The idea

of improving the diet is the big thing

for me. The children do not have the

proper food, and think they have.”



Turning a town hall into a hospital

was the work of one northern agent





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Note are





rangement of Pillows and Attractive Tray.





the use' of old garments, and also in-

cluded remodeled garments in process

of making. In connection with many

meetings in the county we held gar-

ment exhibits and have had many re-

quests for patterns.”



Election day brought out a new line

of work for one home agent, who

writes:



“One thing that I had to do I did not

know belonged to my field. That was

to go out through the county and ex-

plain to the women how to vote. When





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during the influenza epidemic.



“The county agent suggested that I

go to a certain town and stay over the

week end and see what I could do to

help them out with the influenza. I

went and stayed eight weeks.



“We were twenty miles from a doc-

tor, with no nurse available. The

round of calls we had to make amount-

ed to fifty-seven miles a day, so I de-

cided that the very best thing to do

was to turn the town hall into a hospi-

tal. They had a very fine town hall;





in}.





there was room on the stage for four-

teen beds. We put a father, mother

and twelve children on that stage.



'"It was difficult to get equipment,

but the Red Cross sent enough for

thirty beds. The health officer of the

town helped. out and we soon had six-

ty-nine beds. Some of these came from

the lumber camps and some people do-

nated from their homes, with two

sheets, pillows and slips and a blanket.

We had quite a task undressing some

of the children as they were sewed in-

to their clothes. We put springs up

on chairs, and a chair between beds

for a glass of water and medicine.

Some of the people had never had wa-

ter out of a glaSs before.



“At the end of two weeks a nurse

came to help, "but she was called home

by an outbreak of flu there. There

were fifteen children in the hospital

with diseases other than flu and we

kept these by themselves. Sometimes

we had eightand ten of one family all

there at once, and we tried to keep

each family screened off to itself.



“Finally a doctor came from Ann

Arbor. We had 261 cases in the hos.

pital at theptime. W's would go to the

nearby'camps and if we found a man

with a high temperature and a slug-

gish pulse we took him. at once to the

hospital. We found thirty-seven men,

all fathers of families totaling 237 peo-

ple. And we figured we had kept that

many people from having the flu.



“In the kitchen we had three girls

from fourteen to sixteen years of age

who had had flu, to help with the cook-

ing and hospital work. Of course, we

had to prepare all the food for the





patients. ”





From these reports it seems there is

no limit to the things a heme agent

may be' called upon to do. Canning

and sewing and cooking seem to be

only minor parts, though theSe are all

important and are being carried for-

ward in many counties.





(Illustrations by courtesy of Depart-

ment of Agricultural Extension, Pun

due University).





Patient’s Hair, is; Parted and Braided in Two Platte The- Num Moves

‘ from One Side of the Bed to the Other what! Calm“ fig;
9.2;.» ., ‘





 





, ails, try hanging them on the line with-





- clothes pins leave marks,





each piece in the air once to freshen,





 





 





i ‘ Instead of tying YO :' miles pm bag ,

around the alreadytiredwpwt. put if

' large safety pin in: tMtopoff the bag. '





open the pin, slipaptegthe iine,’fasten





and slide. the heinous ahead of you '





‘on the line asYouworir.—-Mrs. H: B 1’3,

Wheat bran 'scalded, then the water

drained on, is excellent tor washing"





slightly soiled‘co’iored‘fabrics that will '





fade. ‘ No soap is required. Pour wa~‘





ter on bran again and use this water ~





for rinsing and starching.—-Mrs. J.

J. OgC. '





. A nice way to fix the ironing sheet;



"is to sew small brass” rings to each

” Drive tacks ‘

or small brass hooks into the under '-





side a few inches apart.





side of the ironing board to corres—

pond with the rings.

.secured over the tacks or hooks after

the sheet is spread over the board, and





, is easily taken oi! and washed. The‘

, brass rings‘and- books can be bought :





at any five and ten cent store.—-Mrs.

L. T. F. ‘ *



. When washing , men’s working

clothes, such as pants, coats, or over».





out wringing, directly from the rinse

water, and they will dry nicely» with-

out being - streaked ’ or wrinkled—=-

M. A. P. H , ~





After trying many kinds of Washing

powders, I am» satisfied that a table-

spoon or two‘ of ammonia put into I.

boiler of clothes will make them look

white and cleaner than anything else

I have tried—Mrs. W- S.



In washing fine handkerchiefs, em~

brewer-ed doilies, napkins or dainty

lingerie, do not hang on line, as the

' but after

wringing out of bluing water, shake





then smooth out and roll in a thick

towel .and let stay until you are ready

for the ironing.-—-Mrs. A. H.





The‘rings can be ,





   





Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing





Athree years' course in the them and ractlce of

nursing with the facilities aii’ordeti’ bv th 3 modern

fully equipped institution. is offered to qualified

young women demrous of entering the Nursing Pro-

ession. The curriculum has been carefully planned

emphasizing es eclally the educational and cultural

development 0 the nurse. The Fall Term commen-

ces October int. qu particulars address Principal of j



hool, 1800 Last 100th Street. Cleveland. Ohio.





COAL-Carlota-Beut screened lump direct from





mines. Get our low rlc . A t t-

ed. Theo. Burt & Sons. Melrose. hi0? gen 5 wan





o . P

COHIO Dogs. f”tire 11:9er Scotch Collin pups





. Lily. White I





“The flour the best cooks use"





BY ITS THOROUGH‘ GOODNESS , ~



' LilYWh’ite Flour is sold under the guarantee

that if you do not like it as well OR BETTER .-_; f. .

than any flour yew ever used the purchase '3'

price will be cheerfully refunded. “

VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY " if





 





. 'oe b .

0.11:. nawiemedimon. mi." 5 ”85°“ .8





 





”2’4





’t





 





and boil in can i





quantities of {to





of water.





1 , , / The U. S. Government Board. of Food and

V Drug inspection has ruled that this method does

; not'injure quality or flavor of the fruit Used .

by the best California canners. '





,-





, . removing the skins.

than paring and lesswasteful.

the fruit—that next the skin.





Dissolve half a can of BA

and half an ounce of alum





basket or cheesecloth, in this hot





minutes. This will remove the skin.

, truce in cold water 'to“,clean thoroughly.





cic’nt for preparing





'l..u‘





_ ' I-lENEVER you prepare peaches for can-

ning .or'preacrvmg, try this simple way of

It’squicker and casia





Saves the best





ron kettle.





. BBXTT'S Concentrated Lyn

in nine gallons of cold water

Suspend fruit, in a wire

solution for two

Then wash fruit '

For small ,





it:~ use four tablespoons of BABBITT'S

Concentrated L7]: and a pinch of alum, to one gallon





   

 

 





 

 





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MAKE PIN MONEY TIM E





The Michigan Farmer makes attractive offers to lady

representatives who will get subscriptions from their friends.





 





 





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No fuss, in mass: no gpeci‘al utensils





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BREWERS" ' DIRECTORY]

Change of Copy or Cancellations much reach ‘us

Ten Days before date of publication





bull gall. sired by our imported





“EDGAR 0i DALMENY”





recently sold in Scotland at the Perth

Bull Sale for the record price of 2,100

guineas, or $10,584.00 in our money.





This goes to show the quality of the





l ABERDEEN ANGUS





that Mr. Scripps is breeding He enjoys see-

ing good stock on "WildWOod" and believes that

I‘ll! BEST 1s NONE 'i‘OO GOOD.



"Edgar of Dalmeny” won the Michigan Grand

Championship last Septemeber at the Michigan

State Fair and Was a winner in his class at the,

Chicago International last December.



We have a few females with calves at foot and

re-bred to "Edgar of Dalmen " that Mr. Scripps

has consented to sell to re uce the fast grow-

ing herd. Write To





WILDWOOD FARMS





ORION, MICHIGAN

W. E. SCRIPI’S. Prop.. Sidney Smith.Snpt.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Established in 1900. .

TROJAN-ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS (liackeall‘).





' The herdf (tested annually) is isabsolutely

free from tuberoul osis





A few bulls (no females) for sale

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Bred cows. heifers and bull

Cloverly Angus calves of good breeding.

GEO. HATHAWAY 41 SUN Ovid, Mich.





Registered ’Guer’nseys

Choice





aiI rd to ay Rose Bull Culver-at prices you can

a

o p yJ. M. WILLIAMS. North Adams Midi.





REGISTERED





GUERNSEYS





Just two young yearling bulls left,

ready for service. Come and look them

over quick, or write. They are the

good ones. Priced to sell.





AVONDALE STOCK WARM,





WAYNE. MICH.





G reBred Bull Calves from one to

“msey two remonths old 850 each“ “giste

WALTER PHIPPS FARM. 80 Alfred St. Detroit.Mdioh.





GU E RNS E Y Sigfflgiii‘rb‘é

ntai nin blood of world champions.

HICKS’ UERN BY FARM. Saginaw. w.s. Mich





GUERNSEYS must reduce herd. so offer



a few choice females of



Glenwood breeding also bulls. all stock of A. R. breed-

herd tuberculin teste ted.



K,S - - Battle Creek. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





For Sale: Guernsey bull calf fawn and vhite. 10

months old a beauty. Nefincy' s Se efiue1656736; 400”Sire.



Hakvyionfl Segue] 22326: Dam.N ancys amy

aker. 1360 West Fort St. Detroit, Mich





 





For Sale—St. Austell Dal-

Guernsey B"Illst 11.:43028 born December.

19l5. Sired by Don Diavolo of0 Linda Vista; Dam Lang-

water Suffragette. A. 2346 Class A585. ‘8 butterfat.

Also Niavara 2nds Duke 50584; born December. 1917.

F. E. Robson. Room 307 M.C. R. R. Depot Bldg. Detroit.





 





 





   





Alumni le Avenue Stock Farm are under com-111.1111

(1.11 The entire lherdheve Inst been tuberculin

testoddan not one reactor. A place to buy that

bull you are looking io Ihave two very fine.

richly bred. and splendid individuals ready for any

amount of service I wantto answer any question

you may ask about them.

ROOM 1' ette Ohio





 





loo-~REGISTERBD HOLSTEINSnIOO





have one of the best herds in Michigan. ept un-

der strict sanitary conditions. Every in vidusJ

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and reduction records back

ed by the best strains 0 breeding.





our WED“.

R. sauce Mcrnadsouu, 11.11.11. Mich.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed .up by many generations of

large producers. Buyone of these

bulls, and give your herds “pus



Fulldescriptions, prices, etc. on request.





McPherson Farms 01., Howell, Mich.





0 more bull calves to offer 11 til next fall Place

your order for one frpm next a ll's hen-03pm My herd

is on the state and federal accredited

A. LOOMIB. Owosso, Mich.





Re Holstein Bull born Dec. 22 1918 light color.

gi ires 20 dams average over 30 Price 875 5R8 eg.

and Delivered. J. Robert Hicks. St. Johns, Mi ich





LIGHT colored Reg. Holstein Bull 15 1110. old. Sure

bleeder. 30111 Pontiacllreedin. Pricedt so."

B. B. Remey. Akron. Iiohigan.°





 





 





accepted in payment of finel3 bred rec-

‘ 809d "0h istered Holstein bull calves. unlity

of the best and at Eprices within reach of all. rite.





 





(1190.1) comm . ' Vassar. Mich

“Winwood Herd”

REGISTERED

Holstein- SFriesiaru Cattle

aIrnSe I‘Icv





FLINT MSAPLECREST BOY





His sire is Maslccrest Korndyke Hengerveid. Bis

three nearest ams each over 301111;. of butter in 7

days. His dam and granddam both made over 1232lbs.

of butter in one year. It is the yearly cow we are

lookin for to de iver the goods Flint Maple crest

1503" s am is Gluck Vassar Bel30i 7.lbs of butter

in '1 days and 12l lbs. in 80 days. lTier butter fat test

is 5.27. We half) a few choice hull calves about ready

for senice and one or two ready. Remember. we are

breeders and not dealers in cattle. Our price is right,

breeding considered.“ rite us your wants. or come

and look this herd over before you buy. and see for

ourself. You will be glad you came. Herd tuberculin





sted.

JOHN H. WINN, Inc.





Lock Box 249, Roacommon, Mich.

Reference Roscommon State Bank.





REGISTERED heifer and bull calves. of the best

breeding 1n Holsteins for sale. Se on

heifers 1111.1 bull. c. H. GIDDINGS. Gobleville, Mich





' ' ' We have six beau-

cholc. Gilli. "OISIGIH "Elf.“ tiful grade Holstein

heifers. perfectly marked. 3 past 2 years old and bred



fifteen months old large enough to breed. These

heifers are about perfect and are griced right

flhe Jennings Farms. Bailey, Mic .. R. F. D. No. 1





Jersey Bull Calf





For sale a four months old JerseyBull Calf out of an

morted cow. Guns. of Galil lee 240782 and sired by

erton ToronoDuke 151513 who is a double rand~



son of Hood Farm Pogis 9th. His dam a grand au h-



ter of Figgis Senior and rand Champion Cow at t



St. Louis Worlds Fai 8 00 for quick sale. Also two



bred heifers sired by the same bull.



Ira W. Jayne. R. F. D. 2 Fenton. Mich.





 





 





 





 





AT COR NELL

UNIVERSITY.





The Holstein-F r lo 5 i a n

bull ossesses a vigorous

. const tutlon superior, we

(I reed H befifve. lto thfat of adliy oth-



r b ence s vs no or gra ng 11p

:rdira'g herds. A Cornell Experiment Station

bulletin describes some results secured in grad-

ing up its herd of A) cows. The cow. Freddie.

three-quarters Holstein, in 45 weeks prgdmed

11.6 lbs. of milk containing 413 lbs. butter-

fans” uby. another three quarters Holstein.

produced in 48 weeks 13. 574 lbs of milk contain-

ing 4301bs. of butterfat. Are you doing this with

your scrubs? Have you reached the point where



vou ap reciate how much a purebred Holstein

Bull will increase the value c 3our entire herd?

Write for printed matter. If interested in

H





TEIN CATTLE





. Bend for our booklets-they contain much

’ valuable information.





HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA. Box 164, Brailleluoro, Vt._.L





The Traverse Herd





We have what you waufin BULL CALVES the

large fine growthy type. guaranteed right in

every way. They are from high producing A. R.

0 ancestors. Dam'srecords up to 30 lbs. Write

for pedigrees and quotations. stating about age

desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

Trevor-ac City. Mich.





 





 





 





 





talk 'old dson Ma lecrest Korn. Henge. nd

$75 378 lb daiiwhter gt fJohan lI'Ieng. Lad. and 18. 483 lb.





jesty dams.





etc (1 J b il d

For sale fofglaiewige “Wefill uv 8 rec. y





JERSEY BULLS





Ready for service FOR SALE

WATEBMAN A WATERMAN. Ann Arbor. Mich.





BUTTER BRED JERSEYS ABULLs





CBTYB AL SPRING STOCK FARM.L

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





M l LaneR. of M. Jersey herd. Bull and heifer

3P e calves sired by a no how the new World’s

Champion. Sophie’s Agnes lso R. C. Red eg and



IN FOX. Allegan, Iich.





LILLIE Farmstead Jerseys. Youn bulls ready for

service from R. of M. cows. A few red heifers and

cows. COLON C. LILLIE, Coopersville. 'Mich.





Jerse BBull. Goldie Foxhall Lad No.

For 531817 y Ogle Foxh all No. 129549

Dam Goldie Sophia No. 852783P t is bull1s solid 9color,

lack tongue and switch. dropped Mar.

6 tra fine individual , good enough that lewill ship

hm soafew blul calves Addr

NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM. R. 1. Mariette. Mich.





The Wildwood Jersey Farm.



Bulls for sale I) s Oxford Fox 134214 and E111-



inent Ladys gayesfivm £13341; and out of R. of M. Ma-

A.LDEN Capao. Mich.





 





 





SMITHAPARKER. 3.4 4. Holwell. Mich.





 





20 cows and heifers for sale.





 





 





daughter of al. Jane Paul A. Dam is my best milk-

or. Terms. M. L. McLAU LIN, Redford. Michigan.





ALLEN BROS... Paw Paw, Mich.





 





(SHOHTHOBNS Filll SA





   





One Of The Best Small Herds In Michigan. . V

bull; 5 cows. 3 with calves at foot; 1 2-yr. old heifer: earling heifer: 3,, bulls. 8





- One herd

. to 11 months old These cattle are in excellent condition and can





 





. Ithoeg. Write. phone or better to come and see





V TRACY R. F. LI). No. 6, Ithaca, Michigan )





seen at farni4





 





 





CLUNY STOCK FARM-





When you needs. herd sire remember that we'





um. 11.. n 1....

Stock ford sale.





mama





half III)? h,erd consisting of 120 head of

Re erefords, yearling and two year

01 heifers, cows with calf at side, re-

bred to to bull. Ten short ayearling

bulls. Price right for quick 8





JAY HARWOOD, -1 1.111111, Mich.





BIDWELL §§2£Tfilil§





Registered bulls. cows heifers. Good Scotch and

Scotch-Topped for sale.;Inflprime condition. Modern

sanitary equi ment. under sta teand federal

su ervision. 11-11110 minutes from N. Y. 0. dc





trains. Write





BIDWELL STOCK FARM





30x3. Tecumseh. Mich.





‘SIIOI‘IWIIOI‘II Callie of both Sex for Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Idiom





Richland Stock Farm





SHORTHORNS

HOME OF THE MICH. CHAMPIONS

We offer for sale a few good dual ur~

pose cows with calves at foot. lso

two three year old bulls suitable for





 





H PRESCOTT 5: SO

Oillce at Tawas City. Mich. Herds at Prescott. Mich.





“who,” scotchflgg sail?" ggpped cows 113:1 heit.

"“0 "11:01:11.1. N‘ 11"?" “figvigil filial;





She rthorns of 111111 Be 11-11 '

F“ film‘s“ T°.M3§e“‘1"1sim°'§

“I on

311 ton. Model Type.b h the 01.1.1133: Cindi-.thgrn





Breeders Ass. John Sc midt, Boo. Reed City, Mich.





Scolcll “1'1"“ Cows For Salem 1119311 cfiilréitlmh'

.V. Butl ler Wil illiamstcmMi ,





New list. 27bulls; 28females. Feb 1i t

Shorthomsal and] Contra Mich Sh ort nhorsn

Breeders’ Assn... rOscar Skinner. Secy. ., Gowen. Mich.





 





The Kent 00. Shorthorn Breeders have both males

and females for sale. Ask about temh

L. H. LEONARD Bee. . - - Caledonia. Mich.





 





Shorthorns of‘best Bates breedir nd

Milkingo. C.swine. Bulls for sale 1 mos. 20 1

year old. E. H. KURTZ. Mason, Mich.





Bates Shorthorns $1113.13“... fl“ “”5

J. B. Hummel. Mason, Mich.





HOGS





Registered Berkshire Boar's: read for service. A few

gilts and sows bred for Ma June farrow. Also

spring pigs. CHASE STOCK HARM. Mariette. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





Attention Breeders and Farmers 33‘; {1.23:

that Duroc MBoar for fall service. ehave some

Corkers mhedpi‘sPrl will weigh 1001vvbse. July lst.

Insgection Solicit rices very reasonable.



B..ROS Oakwood Farm. Romeo. Michigan.





mubughfi'myk





Harwood’s White Faces; £21 .fiwmm‘





shim”. 3”?"





Giving to labor shortage will sell One .





     





 

 

 





 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   





flit ear.





 

 

 

 





 





For $11.... “3”“

Bolton

Kearsley 8t..r Flint.





0.1.c. r81 5.1...





11-» W. MANN. pansy!

Bred 3111. 111 sold. Plant of





[3313“ enonsha.sh M





spot Clover Leaf Stock Farm

1 our from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets III"





"can





Pig’ a”

can.





...1. 01.1.1





880111



‘ 8Bears and

LMorfroe. 111% I

sOne very good year ling boar.

mileNveat ofp Igfipohs





For 25 Years





of the most 11 proved

uster" is 34ml hty





in l Litterof 14918349 are ofe





0.1. €8.05“





enteed satisfactory. John 0.





and





this

registered free. if

ILSiEULZE. Nashville. Mich





ehave been breedi Big

T. pes Pol and China l1Logs

Our now had boar

son of the

Queen 2. "

some bred

11111 LEN “501-11135711ch





1111110111- and 1-1113 ,

redfree ’9 11.111111 pm

111:. 11141111... _Mich.





 





range gurposes, We invite' me ection.:





HAVE htarted usandsof

In’succells. I can help you. I mt to

greatiherd 1n every commonly where





no. “toiflfihwefin





 





Raise Chester Whitflf?

Like This '





original big produced





ntFle

lace one ho





for market um

fer my plan—0‘ ego Money from Boga.





R....FDIO W4.





 





 





tl'ou come see them. pick





Both boars and sows for so] 9.

of Lake Odessa; 5% miles from Saranac 8L nfiiles from

“First come first served.’

Ii 6, Ionia. Michigan.





i'l‘ype Poland Chinas —A litter b Gerstdale Jon

95mm): and 3 hi

The stretchy.

gro mwthy smooth well marked pigs1 we like to see. Am

mmediate delivery. Would dbepl

our pig and take him

ear your inspection. ‘

8 miles straight north





BIL-11





 





ARGEST Type P. C. in Mich. Nothin

gp too oyoung to ship. Have

ever raised w ich I will ofi’er later. Come aseeml

eatest boars in state; L's B

W. W E.





io‘l‘n "fill





Orange 291847 and Lord

Parma, Mich.





 





HE OLD FASHIONED S§OTTED CHINA 008.





Gilts due to far-row JU E OR JULY—— (X) up.





Spring pl 825 weanin

8“ WILLIAMS, North Adams, Mich.





 





Boers all sold. Aw .f i In

' bred for fall farro ew nce I“





M ichigan.





 





Duroc Opportunity





What would the earning capacity of 11 Brook-

water Boar be in your herd? A mid- west breeder

states that the Breakwater boar he used added

from 875 to $100 to every gilt bred to him.



It payed this man to use one of our boars it will

pay you



We have several that we are oflering at prices which

appeal to the small breeder who must of necessity

be a conservative buyer. We have a few that are

good enough to be used in high class herds at

prices in keeping with their in individuality and

breeding. Money invested in a good he boar

very speedil y increases the value not only of

what you sel but what fyou keep. Send for price

list or better. visit thef arm.



BROOKWA'I'ER FARMI.) \Ann Arbor, Mich.

HER T.W MUM owner.



J. BRUCE HENDERSON, DManager.





SEVERAL ’GOOD





Duroc sows bred to Orioh’s Fancy King. Boar pigs

ready force sevir

NEWTON BABNEART. St. Johns. Mich.





Big Type Poland Chime





uality. Brod

sows so (i. Get in Glino

my breeders.





Michfim.





lionherdofBigT e P. C. Nothi for

orders bookygd for





“Lon‘poh.





 





16 Type P. 0. boars all sold. Nothing now until fall.

rs for their patronage

.Garnant, Eaton Rapids, sfilch.





 





rge Type P. 0. Nothing for sale now. Willbe

ket with bette ter than ver





beinm

fal.l If herd stuff

SHAW, Augusta. Mich.





 





gTypeP.C





1."...0 Choice bred sows fromI

urr WiOahM





Mammoth .

Jones heads our head. Clyde Weaver. Ceresco. Mich.





giltps. bred for August and

mber furrow

Saline. Mich.





ig Type Po nd's all sold out. nothing forsaleat

arcellus, Mich.





all ”sold. General

fGerstdnle





 





DUROC JERSEYS





Fall igs either sex also ellr11lpi§guspaii rs not akin.

an o





y the Grand JahangilaonB an r Chalifuion





boars. Monroe. ich .





 





DUROG-QJERSEVS





E. D. HEYDENBERK. Wayland. Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS





Will sell bred cows and to A 7th. Ask for

catalogue. CAREY U. MUN Hastings. Mich.





 





Hzereiords





DKROC Jersey spring boars sired by one”. Cherry





COLE: d.with also and feeding qualities.

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' the provisions of the statute.





11a present dog law in New York

state was designed primarily .to

protect sheep from prowling

dogs and foster the sheep industry. As

first enacted it liad many critics among

the farmers, who found numerous

flaws in it. The last legislature, how-

ever, made several amendments for

the purpose of correcting these defects

and it is now probably as eflective in

protecting the sheep flocks, as the dog

legislation enacted in any other state.



New York has long needed a work-

able and elective dog law. There

were 3,453,241 sheep in the state in

1869,»and only 840,000 in 1915. The»

decrease has been largely due to the

depredatiOn of dogs, which have dis-

couraged farmers from, keeping sheep.

There are millions of acres of land in

the state that is better adapted to

sheep raising than for any other pur~

pose. If it had not been for the dog

menace, the sheep industry would un-





- doubtedly have flourished on these hill





farms, notwithstanding the large de-

velopment 'of the dairy industry.

There is room in the state for both

sheep and cows.



In a recent address explaining the

newly revised dog law, George‘L. Flan-

ders, chief counsel for the New York

State Department of Agriculture, gives





, figures showing that from March 1.





1918, to March 1, 1919, the amount of

money paid in indemnities to the dif'

ferent towns in the counties for domes-

tic. animals injured by dogs,.was $179,-

295. ' They also show that there were

265,365 dogs owned in the state.



"The above facts," says Mr. Flan-

‘ders, “convinced the legislature that

the predatory dogs of the state were

doing much to destroy and paralyze a

production which was necessary, so it

was determined to pass an act under

the provisions of which a. dog could al-

ways be identified so that if he did

damage, the owner could be identified

and held responsible therefor. It pro-

vided for the licensing of dogs, and all

licensed dogs are tagged.





“The issuing of licenses was placed

in. the hands of the town and city

clerks, to be issued to the owners of

dogs, and.the collection of fees was

made by the town and city clerks. Said

clerks were required to forward to the

state, on or before the fifth day of each

month, money thus received as license

fees during the preceding month."





This is one of the provisions of the

law that proved unsatisfactory to the

sheepvraisers. All the money received

from dog licenses was turned into the

state treasury. There was none left in

the town ofl‘lcials' hands to pay the ex-

penSes of enforcing the law, and much

time elapsed and much needless red

tape was gone through before farmers

received payment for damages to their

flocks.



To remedy this defectuthe law has

been amended so that ninety per cent

of the money received from license

fees? and from suits brought to recover

damages done to domestic animals

within the county by dogs, are receiv-

ed by the county treasur’er, to be re.

tamed by the county for the purpose





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expenses incurred locally in enforcing

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vides that the person whose demestic

animal has been injured by dogs shall

present his claim to the state depart-

ment for examination and approval af-

ter it has been audited by the asses-

score of the town; that the Department

of Farms and Markets shall thereafter

forward the same to the county treas-

urer, who shall pay the same after the

claimant has made an assignment to

the county of his claim against the

owner of the dog or dogs that did the

damage.



The county treasurer is empowered

when he deems it for the best inter-

ests of the county, to cause an action

to be brought in the name of the coun-

ty against the proper party upon a

claim for damages assigned by the

owner of the domestic animals that

have suffered injuries. It is also pro-

vided that the country treasurer may

in his discretion, compromise or settle

any such assigned claims for damages.



Whenever the damage inflicted up-

on domestic animals by dogs exceeds

eighty per cent of the license fees in a

county, a dog quarantine automatical-

ly goes into effect. Such a quarantine

may also he demanded by petition in

any town or county. The dog owners

are then obliged to keep their canines

at home between sunset and sunrise.



Under the provisions of the measure

the state has been divided into three

districts with an inspector over each.

The state police becomes a cooperat-

ing body and peace officer, town or

county, may be called upon to enforce

the law.



_The sheep men are demanding the

rigid enforcement of the dog law, and

the people of the state generally are

becoming fairly well educated to the

fact that if they have wool, lamb and

mutton they must submit to limita-

tions of the privileges long enjoyed by

dogs. E. E. R.





SHEEP BREEDERS’ MEET.





 





You and your friends are cordially

invited to attend the thirty-third an-

nual meeting of the LB. . T. M.

Sheep Breeders’ Association, which

will be held at M. A. C. on Wednes-

day, August 13, 1919. All members are

urged to be on the grounds as early as

possible. Business meeting at 11:30,

followed _' by a basket lunch.





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fence around the whole of it.

There are most all kinds of vegeta-





bles in it, and we are looking forward l





to having enough to last us all through

next winter.



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supper when it is 0001.





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onions and radishes out of it so far.





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melons; and we think we will be well

paid for the work we have spent on it.

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fl WHEAT.





 





States Grain Corporation starts this

week. What influence this will have

on the wheat market remains to be

seen. At present the trade is quiet

and prices are unchanged from last

week. The domestic demand for flour

and mill feed is good. Threshing re-

turns continue to run much below an-

ticipated yields.

points have increased rapidly the past

week. A year ago the local quotation

for No. 2 red wheat was $2.221/2 per

bushel.



No. 1 red .............. $22655



No. 1 mixed ............ 2.24%



No. 1 white ........ -. . .. 2.241/3 ‘





CORN.





Rains have greatly improved crop

conditions, especially for corn, and

partly as a result of this better out-

look, prices have tumbled. The wide-

spread talk of lowering the price of

living is thought by some to have scar-

ed many holders of this and other

grains to sell. Liquidation, however,

has been quite general. A year ago

the price for No. 3 corn was $1.70 per





bushel. Present prices are:

No. 3 corn ............. $1 92

N0. 3 yellow ............ 1.95

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.93

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.88

OATS.





Oat prices are following those of

corn. Country offerings are of fair

.volume and indications point to liberal

'shipments this coming week. Yields

‘are not up to last season’s notch and

"the quality is said to be inferior. The

latest estimate of the country’s crop

places it below the five~year average.

’Quotations for Detroit are:





No. 2 white ...............



No. 3 white ................ 75%



No. 4 white ................ 741/2

RYE.





The gains noted in this market a

Week ago have been lost. Rains are

relieving the situation and a generally

weaker tone prevails. The price has

declined nearly 20c and is now quoted

at $1.45 for cash No. 2.





BEANS.





In this state the bean crop did not

suffer to any great extent from the

drought. The market is firmer and in

New York holders of Michigan pea

beans are asking $8.50 per cwt for

choice and $7@8 for common to” fair.

Medium choice are quoted at $7.75. On

the Detroit market a recent advance

of 50c was lost this week, the present

quotation for immediate and prompt

shipment being $8.25 per cwt. Export

sales have been recently reported.





HAY.





The demand for hay is not abat—

ing, and receipts are scarcely ade-

quate to supply the needs. Trade is

firm. No. 1 timothy is quoted at $31

@32; standard timothy $30@31; light

mixed $30@31; No. 1 mixed $27@28;

No. 1 clover $25@26.



Pittsburgh—While the demand for

good hay is urgent; market is short

on supplies. Prices are held firmly.

No. 1 timothy is quoted at $37@38:

No. 1 light mixed $35@36; No. 1'clo-

ver mixed $28@29; No. 1 clover at





$25@26.

- FEEDS.





Prices higher, excepting corn and

oats chop are steady. Quotations are:

Bran $47; standard middlings $56;

fine middlings $60;,coarse corn meal

$81; cracked corn $82; corn and oat'

chop $63 per ton in 100-lb. sacks.





POTATOES.





Potato crop of northern Michigan

has been saved from drought damage

by recent rains. In Maine the crop is

spotted and lack of moisture has in-

Jured prospects in Wisconsin. South-



' ‘ern potatoes are now' selling in De-

troit at $8.‘50@9.25 per barrel. ,





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The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday af-





Flour export buying by the United





Receipts at interior





Present quotations here are:_





‘Beef steers, and butcher cattle strong, Receipts one car. .





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warehouses show an increase of 460,-

000 pounds during the ,past week, one ries $14; poultry ~35@36c per pound:

total of 25,066,207 pounds. Some or eggs 56@600. _ ‘

.rport buying on account is neted in - - WOOL

New York. At Detroit fresh cremer- “ . _



During the, past week the wool bus.





ies are quoted at 51@52c; in Chi-

cago the market is lower at 46@ iness has been large with the grades

52c; in New York it is easier at 52@ involved covering a wide range. All

54%c; in Philadelphia prices are low- advance in prices for choice fleeces is

er with western creamery extra atInoted. In Boston the best line unwash-

551,éc. ed delaine is bringing 83@85c; half-

_ EGGS. blood fleeces 80@820; ~three-eighths

Prices are little changed. Produc— bIOOd 72@730’ quarter-blood 700! fine

. . . . . . unwashed clothing ,70@720- Fair re

tlon lS easing off and quality is varl- ceipts of foreign w'001s are arriving

able. At Detroit fresh candied cur— German buyers are reported as takin '

rent receipts are quoted at 42@43c; do g





. . l in South America.



firsts in new cases 441/50; do extra W00



firsts, graded in new cases 46@46%c; GRAND RAPIDS

steady trade at Chicago is holding the The half-inch of rain last week came

firsts at 411/2@421/20; ordinary firsts too late to help the early potato cTop

39@401/2c; storage packed firsts 43@ or corn on light soil in the Grand Rap-

43 1xéfi- The range In. New Y91‘k 15 from ids market area. The potatoes are be-

51-@55c,_and 111 Philadelphia western. ing marketed, but are small, and the

‘fil‘StS bring $15@15-60 a case. growers sell for $2.75 per bushel.





DETROIT CITY MARKET There are a few old potatoes and they





. . _ brought $1.10 last week. Many acres

Truck crops in the Detroit district





of corn have been cut for fodder, the

are much benefited by recent rains. seven weeks’ draught ruining the crop

Tomatoes are coming to market 'more





. on light soil. Many acres of celery

freely and are selling at $3@4 a bush have also been ruined and market

e1; butter beans $1.25@1.50 a bushel; gardeners have plowed it under and

cabbage $1@1.25; apples $2@3.50;





. _ put in late cabbage. Owners of huck—

huckleberrles $8@9.25; blackberries $8 leberry swamps, unable to secure pick-

@9; dry onions $275603; new pota-





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Live Stock Market Service





Reports for Thursday, August 7th





BUFFALO. @13; light weight 1100 lbs down, good





Pigs were selling hele today at $22‘ anal chalice “425601825; do common

‘ , an me ium 9.’ 14. ' h -

other hogs at $22.85; lambs went at $‘ 00@ 25’ butc er cat





. tle, heifers, common, medium, 00d

$17; calves at $22, Whlle the cattle and choice $7.25@15; cows, comrgnon,

market was slow.





medium, good and choice $7@1,4.50;

DETROIT bulls, bologna and beef $8.50@12.50;

Cattle.





canners and cutters, cows and heifers

Receipts 1,594. Market strong; all





$6@7; do canner steers $6.25@9.25;

grades 25@35c higher than last week. medium, good and choice at $18.25@





 





veal calves, light" and handyweight,





Best heavy steers ...... 1450 19.25; feeder steers, common, medium,

Best handy wt bu steers.. 12.50@13.00 good and choice ”@1350; stocker

Mixed steers and heifers 10..50@1250 steers, common, medium, good and

Handy light butchers.... 3-00@ 9-00 choice $7@11; stocker cows and heif-

nght butchers .......... 7.00@ 8.50 erg, common, medium, good and

Best COWS .............. 9..00@1000 choice $675@8'75; stocker calves com-

Butcher cows .......... 7.50@ 8.50 mon, medium, good and choice $8@11;

Cutters ................. - western range cattle, beef steers, me-

Canners ................ 5.50@ 6.00 dium, good and choice at '$11@11.60;

Best heavy bulls ........ 9.50@10.00. do COWS and heifers, medium, good

Bologna bulls ........... 8.00@ 9.00 and choice $8.75@13. -



Stock bulls ............ 7.0061) 8.00 Sheep and Lambs. .

Feeders ................. 8.00@10.00 Estimated receipts today are 24,000

Stockers ................ 7.00@ 8.50 Market strong to 250 higher. Lambs





Milkers and springers. . - -$ 75@ 120 84 lbs down, medium, good, choice and

. Veal Calves. prime $13.75@17; do culls and com-

Rece1pts 1.010. Market strong. mon '$9@13.25; spring lambs, medium,

Best .................... $22.50@23.00 good, choice and. prime $9.75@12.60;

Others .................. 10.00@20.00 yearling-s wethers’ medium"good and

Sheep and Lambs. 'choice $7.25@9; ewes, cull and com-



Receipts 1,296. Good lambs are 25clm0n $2.75@6.75; breeding ewes, full





higher; others steady. mouths to yearlings $8.25@14.75;

Best dry—fed lambs ..... $15.50@16.00 feeder lambs medium. good and choice

Fair lambs ............. 14.00@15.00 $11.75@14.50.



Light to common 112.00@13.00





BUFFALO._

_ Cattle.

. Wednesday, August 6.

Receipts 2,463. Receipts 20 cars. Today’s market is

hogs 250 higher. slow. Prime heavy steers 16.50@17;

Pigs. .......................... $21.50 best Shinping Steers $15@1_ .50; ‘medi-

Mixed ......................... uniishipping steegssgl3.50@14.50; best

na ve Year lugs, to 1000 lbs 15

CHICAGO‘ 16; light native yearlings, gobd squa@l-

. flags. ity $13.50@14.50;_ best handy steers at

Estimated receipts today are 14,000; , $12@13; fair to geod kind sly-@lz;

holdover 3.521- Market very uneven..handy steers and heifers mixed $11.50

and mostly 250 higher than yester-

ilgiy’s averagie. Tops $122651; hfiavy 252 state heifers $9.50

S 11p. me ium. goo an c 0108 a cows $10.50 11: butc erin' o .

$20.35@22.50; medium 200m 250 lbs, $8.50@9.50; @izutters 'stlil.‘50@$z.5%;ws at

medium," good and choice at $20.50@ ners $5@6; fancy bulls $11@12';’ butch-

22.((il5; light 150 to 200 lbs, common, ering bulls $3@9; common'bullss7@

me ium,

22.50; light'lights 130 to 150 lbs, com- @10: medium feeders 8' 9; stoc

mon, medium, goodand choice $19.50 $7.50@8; light commons $5007: $3131:

@2125; heavy packing sows 250 lbs milkers and springers,’$100@150. me-

up, smooth $19.25@20.25; packing diums s75@90. ‘ - . ’. 4

sows 200 lbs up. rough $18@19; pigs ’ H ’

130 lbs down, medium good and choice

‘ Heavy and "





$18©19.50. ~

Cattle. , $21.75@22;25





Estimated receipts today are 9,500. e » ,_ “Sh'eep-AanydiLgmhay .





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ago it soldier 13. On account oifdry

pastures and obliged to feed their

cows, dairyme‘n increased the price of

milk last week to 14‘ cents per quart.

retail. Farmers state the - little rain

will help some pieces of corn, also

beans, but not enough to materially '

affect the late potatoes. They stood

the drouth well but will need a soak-

ing rain to insure a good crop.





 





 





NEW YORK 'pnooucs MARKET.





 





 





Button—The butter market has been

uncommonly active throughout the

week and the price tendency has been

upward. Early in the week, all class-

es of buyers felt that there was a turn

for the better and in consequence, buy-

ing became much freer-and more gen— ,

eral. There has been a very little ex-

port activity but‘ not more than. 1,500

to 2,000 tubs have been moved in that

channel. During the week about one

million pounds of the army tinned but-

ter were Shipped to Italy. That butter

was sold to Italy some time ago. Re-

ceipts of butter show a. marked falling

off and advices indicate that the make

continues to shrink. Receipts for this

week were about seven thousand tubs

lees than for last week. On Monday

the quotation on extras was 54c. There

was a half-cent advance on Tuesday

and on Wednesday the market advanc-

ed one cent more. Since that time

there has been no change in'Quotations

but the market has been firm .at all

times. Established quotations are as

follows: Extras 55%c; higher scoring

than extras 56@561/2c; firsts 53@55c;

seconds 50%@521,éc. » ‘

Eggs—The egg market has ruled

somewhat unsatisfactory during the

week. Receipts have been somewhat

heavier than for previous weeks and

local demand seems to have been cur- . ,i

tailed. The tendency has been to cause

a quieter market than has prevailed

for some time. The quality of the eggs

being received is irregular and there‘

are ,many defects found in practically

all shipments. ’ As yet there seems to

be no improvement whatever in the

quality. Extra fancy fresh eggs are

scarce and are in strong demand. The

ruling quotations at present are as fol-

lows: Firsts 47 @500; extra firsts 51

@53c; extras 54@55c.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





JERSEY VBREEDERS OF MICHIGAN

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A most excellent program has been

provided for the.summer meeting of

the Michigan Jersey Cattle Club to be

held at the Agricultural College on

August 20. The club has been fortu-

nate in securing very notable speak-

ers, and a helpful meeting is. assured. 1





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the Detroit Milk Commission for the

months of August and September is

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Lsifits‘nt secretary-

. 1 inois formerly paid a $100 membership





,berships are $5.00 to the state organi-





county. They are all being signed up





‘ and small bills. The organization com-





a very interesting talk on federal loans





will eventually reach bankruptcy. Mon-

Cheboygan, Michigan. ey has been made on the advanced

price of land values, rather than from





ORGANIZATION





 

 

 





VT~ the regular .monthly meeting

of the lllinoi‘s Agricultural Asso-

ciationja report on what is be-





Illinois was made by J. C. Sailor, as-

Each county of Ill-





fee to the state organization. The

counties which paid such membership

fee remainfin the former basis until

that membership expires. Then a reg?

ular organizer, with ten men, goes into

each county for the express purpose

of soliciting membership. Such mem-





zation, and from $5. 00 to $10. 00 to the





on a three- -year basis. One county

(McLean) has a membership of 2,600

at $10.00 for county and $5.00 for state

purposes. DeKalb has a membership‘

of 2,200 on the same basis. Their

system of campaign consists of letters

direct from the secretary's office, paid

advertising, and local papers, posters





 





mittee consists of .a high type of men

who understand thoroughly the farm

bureau movement. They sign up at

least ninety-five per cent of the farm-

ers on our present plan. One worker

alone signed up thirty- eight men with-

out a. skip.



There is a man in every quarter





 





township who can get in touch with





the rest of the township within twelve

hours. An idea of the increase 111 11113.11—

bership on our present basis is gained

from the fact that from about two to

three hundred members in each coun-

ty, on the old plan, the number of mem-

bers has increased to from 1,300 to

2,500.



We have a. different membership for

land owners and renters. Ten dollars

for land owners and five dollars for

tenant. Men who put five or ten dol-

lars in become stockholders in this

movement become good boosters.



It is the opinion of the assistant sec-

retary that if we ever hope to meet

big business on business-like methods;

we must deal on an organized basis.

It is impossible to continue on a. coun-

try store-keeper plan.



H. W. Danforth, president of the

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, gave





Briefly, he

said that their main idea was to fur-





ment. Farm valuations are very much

inflated at present. Ninety per cent of

the loans are used for purchase of

more land, rather than development of

that now owned. The average farmer

is not making three per cent on his

A survey of fifty farms

showed that they were not paying a.

If continued on this basis, it





 





 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 





TO'THE KIDS





Overall) have written me about the sheep I am

giving away. I would like tosend one to each of

Three disinterested Ju as





you but two is my limit.

lare kplclri 11¢ the w nners. It you are not one oft

lkuc y kids. why not save your

next Deco m.her

back at a splendid n so

ROPE-RON FARMS.

Goldwater, Michigan





money and buy on:

I lvi’ilel contract to buy the produce





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Assocation





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HAMPSHIRES”.





Oneal thew bestbred finch lnAmerlca. 1101:; of the

all ages





I .1121? Shite me your wants or come and sake them.





Champion ewe of 1918.1! Rams

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production. He would rather urge the

farmers to develop their land, than to

increase acreage. It is a question

whether the average man can pay from

$250 to $300 per acre and make good.

The Federal Land Bank will not loan

money on the present inflated values;

$125 per acre is the largest amount

they will loan.



It was the opinion of a great many

present that if we increased the loan





further inflate land values I would

further inflate land values. It would

tracts rather than the improvement of

those already loaned. Also, there

should be a tax exemption law. The

greatest need of Illinois is to help the

renter who owns the land which he

now rents. It was also the prevailing.

idea that an eighty-acre farm was not

an- economic proposition for Illinois.-

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11d thfig'will feed you in Winter





-HE successful dairyman always sees to it

that his cows do not fall Off in production in

July, August and September, when‘the pastuch

are short and unpalatable and the flies bad.

He believes in summer graining.





Buffalo

Corn Gluten Feed





Highly digestible, high in protein, contain-

ing nothing but pure corn—Buffalo Corn

Gluten Feed is excellent for bolstering up the





When the grass is short and the weather hot,





give your cows' will be more than made up .for by

maximum flow when milk prices are the highest.





Corn Products Refining Company





H. CHRYSTAL, Selling Representative,

909 Ford Bldg., Detroit, Mich.





 





 





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Buy on your own

terms. Save $15 to

8200. Catalog FRE E.E

ml Imam: WORKS »

w Olkle M'Iv... Kellen City. Mo. ’

21,9 Inelre Ilia" l'.lt¢sbursh Pa. .:





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Mr. POULTRY FARMER:





We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and

have created a profitable market for your eggs the

ear around. We pay the highest premium for your

henneryWh Whites—We remit same da shipments

arrive. Ship Often—Ship by xpreee





GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.

{Dd-lull Street. Detroit. Mich.

Remember! We guarantee you satisfaction with every shipment.





We will pay 520 per doz



en delivered here for



strict] fancy newlald



eggs. hlpments via ex-



press direct fmm farm-

ers. This price





until weokp e n inn

August 16th. Wa tsh our price each week. American

Butter & Cheesets ompany, Detroit, Mich.





Holmes,Sluwe Co., 445 Riopelle St.





Commission Merchants. Dressed Beef, Bogs, calves-

Poultr. Live a Dressed. Provisions, etc. Cortes

dance Hot .391. Wayne County l Home Savn

Bank, Bradstreet. Detroit. Mich. Cad. 2818.





 





 





 





EGGS Etc. -——Small consignmcnts from

1 producers in our terrtory bring

very attractive prices



turns always Refer to Dun or Bradstreet.



us your next case. ZEN [TH BUT-



TER l I618 00., 1'10 Duane St. ., New York, N. Y.





Shlp To The Old Reliable Home.

HAY Daniel McCaifrey’ a Soul.

613-625 Wabash Bid“ Pittsburgh Pa.





liTms and Farm Lands For Sale





Retiring Doctor Must Sell

108/ Acre Modern Farm Home





carter mile toHadley, Michigan 12 grade school.



room mode ern house, electric lights steam heat,



threeglece bath. hot and cold water. solid oak finish,



cient grounds abundance fruit. New modern



hora rse bam- all kinds outbuildln . Very pro



dunti vedark loamsoil. buyubsoil .ere enoes. Sgrlng



brook watered pasture.00d cultivated. 5 heavy an!



.25 new seeding. good Will include 14 some good



corn 6 s lendid beans, about one' acre potatoes at



812 000. ha f cash See seasons cro s, be convinced this



is A-No.-1 farm bargain. Holman cal Estate Agency,

lapses. Mi





186- Acre State Road Farm .

Stock, Tools. Crepe,





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Locate in Caroline





County, VIRGINIA.





Caroline County, Virginia, offers unusual advantages

and opportunities to homeseekers and those desiring

to invest in farm and timber lands. Soil veryproduct-

lve and adapted to growing tobacco. truck, fru1ts, corn.

wheat. oats peas, beans alfalfa, etc. Excellent trans-

portation facilities—2 r 1ilroads and a water route con-

pact with the prlm 1p '11 nearby northern markets. For

free 11111 and booklet address

aroline County Improvement League

Bowling Green, Virginia.





MINNESOTA farm opportunities are described





1nd 1111 tured in a book just issued



by the U S. R. R. Administration for the information



home seekers. Minnesota ofl'ers strategic location.

dependable climate fertile soils abundant rainfall,

pure water. good markets, excellent transportMatlon

and many social and educational advantages. Much >

desirable land at moderate prices. The book is fully

informative about‘ 'The Bread and Butter State.’ If

interested, send name and address, for a freeB co y of

th 5 Minnesota book. J. L. Edwards, M r lecS

Boom635U. S. R. B. Administration, Was lngton,D O:





DAIRY FARM





320 acres line level dark loam with clay subsoil, flowing

well, spring stream. Best dairy r0 osition in Glad-

wl 11 00. Two telephone lines,R E‘, 8.4 41111198 to Glad-

win. Write at once for full description. [I have other

small farms U. G. BEYNO . owner,



(Hgadwin Mich.





80 ACRE FARM





Mile and half from Onaway, Presque Isle Count.

Forty acres under cultivation wood lot. oung ore



ar.d 600 trees choice apples silendld con ition. Good

drilled well. fine pasture wlt water. Owner obli ed

to go to California. Reasonable terms. Joseph

Onaway, Mich or HedleyV. Richardson. 308Mof fat

Building, Detroit.





131 Acres Two sets buildings: best house cost 87, (XX)

0 a few years ago. Big fine barn near beet

h.ouse House lmandhtwcl) barn: on other art.i All goes

as ar e ouse wort 2 ll.

JAI‘R'S' FPAIRMA G'Enc'ir, CORNING, ”32313111331111

UNT,Y New York,





 





 





1 60 acres excellent land good buildings conven-

iently situated, good roads to churches schools.

and 3 towns. Good 11 atersystem' in house and ham la

orchard. Chas. A. Landon, Mariette. Mich. R,3 box





Rich Michigan Farms.

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O. K. Howley, Baldwin, Wisconsin.





IF YOU WANT t° mfg." exohaneoyou





1

JOHN J. BLACK,1(Eth Street, l.0Chippbvvzvtfell'alolu. Wk.





 





Profitable Employment

We pay salary to good sub-

scription getters, who can. 1 ‘

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