w VW.W~ ,' b (“'3‘ mflcymm flux? ‘ ., " I «V. .m» VOL. CLIII. No. 16 Whole Number 4067 The Only Weekly Agricultural, Horticultural, and Live Stack Journal in the State DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1919 ham A YEAR 5YEARB The Task of the Rural Church HE church is deeply concerned in the spiritual welfare of the. people; it also knows if this con- cern is vital it will find expression in the solution and correction of present economic and industrial evils. In”certain parts of the older country districts and not in a few of the more recently settled places, many churches stand empty and forsaken. Poorly chosen sites? eFrequently. Too many denominatl’ons in a given field? Very often. But there is failure in something more fundamental than local mistakes and cross purposes. Rural life is breaking down through conditions for which the church is in part respon- sible. Empty churches and rural decay have brought the rural church problem suddenly into great prominence. In- deed, many church leaders believe the rural church problem is the most im- portant problem confronting the Am- erican people. We have a rural problem in Amer- ica. At the peace conference, labor was represented, capital was repre- sented, but the farmer was not. All - the world knows there is a labor prob- lem; very few seem to know there is a rural problem. We shall never solve the labor problem until we solve the food problem, we shall never solve the food problem until we solve the rural problem, we shall never solve the rural problem without the aid of the rural church. In the Detroit Area the leaders have a clearly defined objective. They do not believe in tinkering with the old rural church machinery, nor in speed- ing up the old church program. They believe a new viewpoint is the first thing to be secured. The whole nation must get a clear vision of the rural problem, its urgency, and the relation- ship of the church thereto. A definite program looking to this end is now on. The task of the rural church is defined as “Kingdom building.” The rural church will have accomplished her mis— sion when Kingdom conditions are es- tablished completely in all phases of rural life and practice. When this is done we shall have a civilization in the country as‘fine in every respect as civilization in the city. All the basic satisfactions and refinements of life will find full and free opportunity for expression in the country. No rural minded person will then move from the farm to town to find better living conditions. _ We must have a more practical con- ception of democracy, and then have the moral courage to live up‘ to the conception. A democracy pledges la _1're_e, and equal chance to allili-ving in America. have not an' equal chance with people If men in a given group By W PV. .Dieé/ constituting another group, then itvbe- comes the duty of the government to remove the bar preventing the equal chance.' That is what our forefathers meant by democracy. In the face of this fact, we are spending about two and a half times as much" money to educate a city child This exodus from the country to the city~has gone on so rapidly that now the number of people living on the teachers and preachers to build the farm in proportion to the number liY' Kingdom in the country as it does to ing in the city is SO small that f00d build the Kingdom in the city. In the production in sufficient quantity to Detroit Area steps are being taken to meet the nation’s demand is a serious bring about this needed change. problem. The present high cost of liv— And we must get all the people to ing is very largely due to a partial see the economic import of the rural break-down in rural life. ‘We shall never settle permanently the high cost of living until we builda. church. In a true democracy, we can ' new rural civilization. It can not be farmers became members of the Episcopal Church. our country churches. R. w. w. DIEHL aided in the promotion of America’s first Farm Bureau work in De Kalb County, Illinois, where the Farm Bureau idea was established two years before the Smith-Lever bill became law, and where last winter ninety-seven per the members of these clubs were naturally better prepared than the people in the unorganized rural communities to take up and to execute the plans of the county agent. tendent of the rural churches of the Detroit Area of the Methodist In that capacity he has unusual opportunity to know the Michigan rural field and to see the problems ahead of stated too frequently, nor with too great emphasis, that we cannot have a. permanent civilization inAmerica with- out cultured man and women on the farm; we can not keep cultured men and women on the farm without satis- cent of the Illinois State Agricultural Asso- ciation on a $10.00 membership basis. Dr. Diehl occupied a rural filCtOI‘y 5001211. recreational, educatiom pasltorate in the southern part of De Kalb county. The community 31, 90011011110 and religious conditions betterment club work undertaken by him paved the way not only for the farmer and his family. for more efficient church work, but also for better farming, since The rural ChUFCh must take upon herself the task of building such a civ- ilization or fail to accomplish her mis- Dr. Diehl is now superin- sion. In attempting this task, the great difficulty encountered is lack of leadership. The country has produced the leadership. The city has absorbed it. In the Detroit Area needed leader- ship is being trained in different ways. Important among them is the rural as we are spending to educate a coun‘ try child. The little red school house and the inexperienced teacher a1e good enough for the country; the one- room church structure and the untrained preacher are good enough for the far- mer. But city people must have the modern and well equipped school house, the successful teacher, the com— manding church structure and the out- standing preacher. This is not democracy. This does not give the farmer and his family an equal Chance with the city man and his family. It requires just as fine material equipment and just as able Helplng the Boy in His Dally Tasks. in the More important Work of Character Building. life conference held each year in July. not selfishly put the welfare of one at the Michigan Agricultural College. group above the welfare of another The work here is divided into three group. For we are members, one of parts. There is a conference lasting another. When one group suffers all one week with lectures by prominent other groups suffer with it. Farmers educators, economists, and rural work- are the only great class that have the em. For these lectures the ablele spe- price fixed when they sell and when cialists in the land are secured. In they buy. They have not in the past, addition to this course, there are giv- and are not now having a fair eco- en courses in homiletics, exegesis, 80v nomic chance. As a result, many am- ciology, economics and agricultural bitious young men and women are leav- science. A fine corps of instructors ing the farm and going to the city. is secured for this work, At the same Men will not make butter on the farm time these two courses are given, a at thirty cents an hour, when they can third course in domestic science is of- get seventy-five cents per hour making fered for preachers’ wives. autos. . The-Mich- 1gan Agricultural College is outstand- ing in the fine opportunity offered to rural workers through these confer, ences. Broad, deep and wide foundae tions are here laid for the best type of rural life. Anothel fine feature of the work done in the Detloit Area is found in the fmmation of Rulal Community Betterment Clubs. These clubs are or? ganized expressly for the purpose of improving community conditions. Per: sons who join these clubs promise one or more of the following things each year: 1. Something to improve the soil. 2. Something to improve the live stock kept. 3. Something to improve the seed used. Opens the Way for the Church to Aid buildings and the landscape about the house. (Continued on page 494). ‘ ‘r . _ “a a. . ., . 5 .- <:v:-»'~‘~,’,§s‘rmm’;.sizwa"A =95 ' . 4. Something to improve the farm' .2 ed 1m .‘coormh: me I he Lawrence Publishing Co. ‘ Editors and Proprietors" ID to,“ Conan-I at. West. Detroit. W “Lamont Minx as. NEW YORK OFFICE—381 Fourth Ave. CAOO OFFICE-ill W. Washington Street —101 1-10 Oregon Ave., VELAND OFFICE 'NJI. EILADELPEIA OFFICE- 201- South Third St. M. J. LAWRENCE ..... President F. . NANCE...." ....n.eoocoeno-oonoouo V100- Bub . . LAWRENCE . J. F. OUNN‘NGH AM- .0 OODOOI-IOCIlfiohtOfifilm. i. n. WATERBURY BURT WEBMUI‘H.. .. FRANK A. WILKEN ..... 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DETROIT, OCTOBER 18, 1919 CURRENT COMMENT HE fact that the 9 business of farm- Farmers ing has an intimate Busmess relationship with all other kinds of busi- Relations - ness is fundamental, and a. general appreciation and under- standing of this fact is essential to the wise solution of our reconstruction problems. The farmer’s relation to all people in other lines of business is primary since all others depend upon him to produce the food which they must have. But the relationship of the farmer’s business to the business in which others are engagedLiS just as important, since almost every other business depends very largely upon the farmer for raw material or for a. market for finished products. On the other hand, the farmer depends upon the people engaged in other lines of work for his market. It is then appar- ent that permanent prosperity for any kind or class of business, and the people engaged in it, either as princi- pals or as workers, must be general, rather than sectional or sporadic, and equitable, rather than unequal or un- inst. If this premise is accepted, as an economic principle by the honest ele- ment in all business enterprises, the safety and future prosperity of our country and all its legitimate business enterprises is assured. That it is so I accpeted by business men in many lines is indicated by the indorsement of the aims and purposes of the new Farm Bureau movement, by represen- tative manufacturers, bankers and oth- er prominent business men in our own state, as well as by business men of other states, as noted in a news item appearing in another column of this issue, which latter endorsement result- ed from the declarations formulated by representatives of several state farm bureaus which were published in the last issue. That the same econOmic principle is recognized by the substantial, thinks ing farmers of Michigan who are active in the development of the Michigan State Farm Bureau is shown by the constructive program which they have adopted under the three general div- isions: educational, marketing and leg- islative—all aiming at more economic results and a square deal for farmers all along the line. And in addition to securing these results for agriculture, ~ this organization will accomplish a. ser- vice for the nation through its con- demnation of Bolshevism, Sovietism, I. W. W.’ism and all similar propagan- da, which “is a. menace to this country as to the rest of the world at this time. n v the future that honest" harem men in other lines are in harmony'” with business organization among. far-snore along these constructive lines and this fact should be received as a. matter for congratulation rather than suspi- cion by farmers who have not yet identified themselves with the organi- zation. This fact augurs well for the wise settlement of our critical recon- struction problems, without in the least distracting from the service which this organization will be able to render agriculture. HE strike of steel workers has now been in progress some three Weeks. Public knewledge is still very limited with re- gard to the strike situation. While bulletins from both sides claim con- stant gain, the public only knows that while some steel is still being made, thousands of men are idle, thus great- ly shortening production where it is not entirely stopped at a time when production is most essential to the we]- fare of the country. In the meantime attempts by the senate committee to arrive at the mer- its of the controversy and outline some equitable basis of settlement have not developed visible results, and this steel strike situation bids fair to prove the rock upon which the industrial conference now in session at Wash- ington may break, due to the seeming inability of the three groups to reach an agreement relating to the. taking of steps for the settlement of this strike by the conference before proceeding to its gneral work. There is little question, however, with regard to the verdict of public opinion regarding this strike, and nu- merous other strikes which are in pro- gress in various sections of the coun- try at ,the present time. Public senti- ment is strongly opposed to the, use of the strike method in settling indus- trial controversy under present condi- tions, and strongly favors the forum- lation of some plan whereby industrial disputes may be adjusted by arbitra- tion and industrial peace maintained. If the industrial conference can devel- op such a general plan it will have ac- complished more than the mere settle— ment of the steel strike would accom- plish for the country, great as that ac- complishment would be. The Steel Strike Situation LASS organiza- . . tion is an out- Rad’cafism growth of industrial and ’t3 progress. In itself and Reactions for legitimate purpos- es it is a good thing. So long as organized class efforts are directed by honest, intelligent leader- ship they are beneficial to their con- stituency without doing any injustice to the public at large. But powVer too often breeds radicalism of a. dangerous character, which is not only inimical to the interests of the general public, but reacts to the detriment of the or- ganized class which fosters it. Labor organizations have been Iargelyinstru- mental in improving conditions for workingmen, but the radical element has injured the just cause of organized labor, until the public has become ap- prehensive of a tendency in this direc- tion which threatens reactions of a. serious nature, of which extreme ex- amples are to be found in European countries. Americanism is not toler- ant of these tendencies, and the just cause of the American workingman is certain to suffer from the reaction in direct ratio to the manifestation of. radicalism in the ranks of organized labor. ' Farmers, as a. class, have perhaps felt the effect of present industrial con- ditions more keenly than any other class of workers. To this fact may be attributed the progress toward a - tempted. Fortunately the new. type of farmers’ organization in our own and other states has been promoted and directed in a most conServative and intelligent manner. 80 long as such an organization stands fora square deal for the‘industry and nothing more, it will be a potent force for good to its constituency and an asset tothe gen— eral public. The hope of the future for this type oi‘ organization is that the most substantial class of business farmers are identifying themselves with it. Its only future danger is the devel- opment of radicalism and radical lead. are which would bring the inevitable reaction. , Radicalism may be properly defined as the result of either selfishness or ignorance. It is not content with a square deal, but seeks to promote class interest without regard to the rights or interests of society at large or its other members. Industrial revolution is its final and extreme manifestation, as exemplified in Russia and seriously threatened in other European coun- tries. . Farmers as a‘class are not inclined to radicalism, because they are better informed and have more permanent in- terests at stake than other workers. But apart from this influence of con- dition and environment we are all pretty much alike, hence the need of introspection upon the assumption of the responsibilities which will go with increased power throuh more. eilicient organization, for upon the wise direo tion of increased power depends the future benefit to the class exercising it in a fairly constant ratio to the ef- fect of its actions on the well~being of society at large. HE very favorable - ' ’ ' tl , a - Securing m.“ 101 19. c complishment of iarm the Fan work has in no small Crops measure compensated for the scarcity of la- bor with which to secure the fall crops. This favorable weather has also added materially to the harvest of these crops. Heavy frosts have been two or three weeks later than usual in most sections of the state, which fact has added very materially to the late po- tato crop, in addition to ’ripening the corn and beans and enabling the se- curing of these crops in good condi~ tion. The potato crop is now being se- cured, schools having been suspended for a period of two weeks in many localities so as to facilitate the secur- ing of this crop by making the school children available to help pick the po- tatoes. It is a deplorable condition when such measures must be resorted to in order to secure the crops but it is the only solution in very many communi- ties under present conditions. It now appears that the fall crops will be se- cured in season on most Michigan farms, with the help of the women and children of' the farm household. This is a situation which must be remedied at the earliest possible date in order that production may be maintained at a. point to meet the needs of the country. News of the Week Wednesday, October 8. THE government announces that there will be no increase in rail- road rates prior to January 1.———Italy ratifies the peace treaty—The su- preme council of the allies vote to feed Austria,-——The industrial confer~ ence in Washington adopts plans for weeding out visionary cure-all schemes and for eirpediting its work—President Wilson’s condition is somewhat im- provedg-Wheat exports show a dis- tinct increase in volume. ' , Thursday, October 9". -. ATIONAL prohibition is adopted ‘wlil'orwey withaveryheavym jority‘.-Toholsk recently taken by tho bolshevikiforces, is again in the hands ,‘cafi , _ tmlbrthe m WWIflb—mefl Marmot M 1am draft, anew ”ultima- tum to Germany in view or. the recent military activities .in the Baltic prov- mces.—-—Forty~seven military aviators start on a ' transcontinental trip by air from ceast‘ to coast-The Unit- ed States and- Japan are negotiat- ing to, overcome the obstacles in eon- .nection with military operations in Si- beria.———Three persons are killed in a tornado at Hoistngton, Kansas. Friday, October 10. HE program presented to the in- dustrial conference by the public and by labor are alike in all funda-' mental premises—Federal ‘troops in Gary are fired upon by strikers—Sen- ate committee, on labor arrives in l’ittsbui'gh.+—Gi'eat Britain receives her first shipment of goods from Ger- many since war was declared—Every magazine published in New York City has suspended publication till labor troubles are settled—The fliers in the transcontinental flight are progressing under various degrees of success.— Shopmen of the Southern Pacific rail- road are out on strike, Saturday, October 11. RMENIA is asking for financial aid from America—Traffic is suspend’ ed on Hudson River ferries when the crews strike—Germans under leader- ship of Von der Goltz join with Rus- sians in attack of Lettish troops while entente allies move to blockade Ger- many—Canada will acquire the Grand Trunk Nailway properties which will be merged with the Canadian National lines, making the largest publicly own- ed system in the world—Fully ten mil- lion Germans and Austrians are wait- ing the time when they can emmigrate to America and South American coun- tries.—~Representatives of the Michigan bean industry go to Washington to attend the hearing before the ways and means committee relative to increas- ing lal'lfl on bean imports. Sunday, October 12. HP] allied governments order a sea blockade of German Baltic ports and the German government recalls all craft from these waters—British ves- sels land 50,000 Lettish troops at Li- bau while fighting continues near Riga. ~--M0nten‘egrian forces inflict heavy losses on- invading Serbs—«France signs peace terms with Germany.— Cavalry is called to quell riots at Brest, France—Efforts are being made .to continue negotiations between min- ers and operators. Monday, October 13. HE commander of the Russian troops before Riga suggests to the Letts that negotiations be entered into looking toward joint action against the bolshevists.~—Berlin asserts that German troops in Baltic provinces are returning home, while British authori- ties are “genuinely alarmed” over the turn of affairs—President Wilson’s re- covery will be slow and tedious ac cording to the report of his physicians. ——Ex-Emperor Charles of Austria is said to be preparing to join the Mag- yar army marching against Budapest. -—Hearing of bean interests opens in Washington. Tuesday, October 14. A NATIONWIDE campaign for the 4 doption of the league of nations is started in Great Britain—Allied navy guns are aiding the Letts in the defense of Riga—Two armies will race for an attack on Petrograd now held by the bolshevists; one of these armies consists of Russians and Ger- mans and the other is from the north- west government of Russia—Plans to distribute the surplus supply of sugar held by the army are cancelled—Ber- lin gets United States milk for her children- who are undated—President Wilson’s condition is reported as very serious. MfGH FGAN MILK PRODUCERS MEET. v HE third annual meeting of the Michigan Milki Producers’ Associa- tion will be held at the Michigan Aga ricultural College October 21, begin- nin at 10:00 a. m. Besides the regular routine of business, including the elec- tion of officers, the following addresses will make up an interesting program: “The Relation of the Government to Organized Dairy Industry," by Hon. Milo D. Campbell, President of the Na- tional‘Milk Producer‘s’ Federation. Pre- fessar Brf, of Columbus University, who has been in the thick of the fight invthototavte;wi}lteliotpment .iry problems. in Ohio. “Collective Be in- 'ing and Legimmf Needed- in . gel? is mime-thee ', ration of on. 1‘). 1’). Mon, Pres onto! \Nationel mummuwcrwo 7“ My», F there isn‘t John Bennett‘across the aisle!” whispered Mrs. Turner to her husband as they were riding on a train the other. day. “That can’t be John.” replied her ' husband. as he took a brief look at the individual pointed out. . “He is smooth shaven, and John always wore a little mustache and funny-looking burn- sides.” ' “Well, now, I tell you it's Johnny Bennett, sure’s you live." “I don’t believe it,” retorted hubby. “I do,” replied Mrs. Turner, as she got out her powder and proceeded to Many Farmers‘ Enjoyed their First Aeroplane Ride. do a few chores about her person. "I used to go with John, you know, and did until he left his father’s farm near Centerville to go to Detroit'to clerk in a big department store." Just then John Bennett noticed a Woman across the way glancing in his direction and quickly'recognized her. In less than a minute both Bennett and Turner and their wives were seat- ed together and visiting and talking about old times. “Where are you going, John?” in- quired Harry Turner. ' “Oh, we're going back to the farm and old folks for a visit and also to attend the Centerville Grange Fair.” “Same with us,” said Mrs. Turner. “Mr. Turner has always lived in R0- chester, New York, and is a manufac- turer there. Father wrote us to come home for a visit during the fair; and he said it certainly would be worth the trip.” “Well," added John, “dad wrote that the grangers of St. Joseph county had bought the old fair grounds and race track three or four years ago, and got such a good start last year, even while the war was on, that they cleared'over a thousand dollars. And dad says they will even have a big airplane this week that will carry pa’ssengers. Dad also wrote that he is going to take a ride in the thing up in the sky and see how the old farm looks from on high. I always told him the farm was too big and I hated to work so hard. Now he’ll go up and take a look at it and come down and tell me how small it is, see if he don’t.” And it was this sort of a story about the St. Joseph County Grange Fair that caused the writer to go di- rectly to Centerville last week. We had also received a ninety-six-page, well-bound and very” attractive premi- um list that read on the front page, un- derneath the title, as follows; “Our and attracted much fair visitors, and especially the young Slogan. ‘Better Live Stock Means Per- manent. Prosperity for St. Joseph County." That settled it, and so on a certain day we were among hundreds of oth- ers wending our way through the main entrance. " The grounds are right in the village and but three blocks from the county court house. -There are forty acres in the fair grounds. The soil is sandy loam and the surface level. Several buildings and a good~sized stand are in fairly good condition. A new cattle shed was recently constructed and others will be needed next year. The thirteen subordinate granges ot' the county make up the Grange Fair Association, each grange electing one member of the board of directors. E. E. Salisbury, of Parkville, was the first president. He is standing back of the Jersey bull in the group picture. This year'E. H. Kirklin, of Mendon, is pres- ident; J. H. Langton, vice-president, Centerville; C. T. Bolender, secretary, Centerville, and Claude Felker, treas- urer, Parkville. W The first man we got acquainted with was W. T. Langley, a prominent farmer whose farm is southwest of the village. His grandfather, Thomas W., was the first settler at Centerville, ar— riving with his ox cart in 1832. Mr. Langley was superintendent of the cat- mnge F By J. 'H. Brown of each day, and even nights, and he has done fine work for the farmers, their wives, and particularly for the farm boys and girls. We 'took a pic- ture of the Three Rivers garden and handicraft club exhibits. This exhibit also took prizes at the Michigan State Fair. One division was devoted entire- ly to boys’ and girls’ exhibits. In the main hall a large portion of the east half was devoted to individual exhibits by the Sturgis and Parkville Granges. There was plenty of variety, quality and attractiveness in both ex— hibits. For the largest and best dis- play one of these granges was to re- ceive a first premium of $60 in cash. The second premium was $50, so there was considerable inducement for sub- ordinate granges to make a good dis— play. For the largest and best display of fancy work the first premium was $20 and the second $15. The third was $10. For the largest and best display of garden products by any boys’ and girls’ club in the county, the first prize was $10; second, $8; third, $6; fourth, $4; fifth, $2. ‘()ne of the biggest attractions at the Grange Fair was the gas tractor plow- ing and brake tests. The plowing was in an adjoining field on Wednesday, and the bake tests were conducted in the field inside the fair race track on Everybody was there and Looking Fine. tle department, and insisted that the writer judge the Jerseys, Shorthorns, Guernseys and Herefords on exhibi- tion, and said it would not take us fif- teen minutes to do the job. We didn’t have our stop watch along, but it must have really taken over seventeen min- utes, slow time. The display of live stock was good attention of all boys and some of the girls. Next year there will be even more exhibits en- tered by the young folks, as the fair association is much interested in the boys’ and girls’ clubs of the county. St.“Joseph county is to be congratu- lated on having a high-grade county agricultural agent. J. M. Wendt is a hustler, has very good judgment, tact, knows what he’s about every minute Thursday. We will not report the plow- ing, as we have previously illustrated and described the one held at Coldwa- ter last spring. These brake tests were in charge of H. H. Musselman, of the Agricultural College, and J. M. Wendt, of Centre- ville. were a modification of those American Society of American Engi- neers, class “B.” The rules governing the tests of the The brake tests were very interest- ing and more or less exciting to the farmers who closed around the Prony brake as near as allowed. The picture is one we took close up, the only loca- tion we could get to show the details. Oh yes, the Grange at Centreville had all the various departments of big state fairs. The midway was one of the best and cleanest we ever saw on air in Michlgan any fair groud. And another interesting department included booths arranged by Miss Hel- en Arms, specialist of M. A. C. exten- sion work. Two rooms were planned to emphasize the difference between a quiet restful room, and a crowded confusing one. They were exactly the same size and the furnishings cost practically the same. The signs dis. played at, one side of the booths were carefully worded to bring out the rea- sons why the one shown in the accom- panying picture was so much more de- sirable than the other. The context of the signs gave a fairly good idea 0! Every Feature Found at the Big Fairs Was There. the sort of l”urni.~ahings in each room. These displays and demonstrations of Miss Arms at. tho (Erange Fair inter- ested fair visitors or both sexes and from city and country. it was repre- sentative oi' the work done with wom- en, through the “Rural Home Demon- stration Agent.” And last, but, not least, the St. JOS- eph County Giving» Fair is the only one in the whole state that is “Grange" from beginning to end, above and be- low, and clear through. Above the grounds soared a big aeroplane dur- ing the two days we. were present. It was a bigger feature than any horse race or three-card monte or shell game we ever heard tell of, which is the on- ly way he know anything about any- thing connected with such things, here or elsewhere. That b‘g aeroplane had just thirty-eight farmers and other kinds of folks when we took the ac— companying picture. Not. a, single ac- cident occurred. The ground was stubble and rather soft. and sandy, but the big plane scooted over the ground and “lit out” and up with the biggest and fattest farmer that could crowd his tummy down the hatchway of the front compartment. The picture shows he was not pale, nor demonstrating the shimmy dance while pondering over the possibilities of the next ten min« utes al'tcr the big propeller began to whir. II" had just signed a paper with the owner of the plane that if he was killed 1;? would never, no never, com- mence suit for damages. He had also arranged with his better half regard- ing the digging of the late potatoes next week, providing he didn’t return in time. And then up he went while the crowd held its breath to see one of the neighbors shoot up into the thin taken up air on a real sky-larking trip that so many of them had dreamed about when they were kids on the farm a half century ago or more. lg”, _ y.,«,._ ‘ ; {Three Hi we . 14.. .mw‘r . I CATTLE SU PPLY» NORMAL. E world's supply of cattle, sheep and swine is approximately what it was at the outbreak of the European war, according to a report by the De- partment of Agriculture. Losses in western Europe have been balanced by gains in other countries. The two expel ts sent by the depart- ment to investigate the situation in Europe were of the opinion, however, that American meat exports would drop to pre-war figuies before Euro- pean herds had been entirely restored, as many factors tend to limit the men- ey European countries wish to send0 out for food purchases. FARM BUREAU DECLARATIONS IN'DORSED BY BUSINESS MEN. MICHIGAN State Farm Bureau ‘ Headquarters is authority for the statement that manufacturers and bus- iness men of the country have written hundreds of letters in the last week to the Michigan State Farm Bureau, in- dorsing the action of the Michigan, 111- inois, Indiana and Missouri Farm Bu- reaus in condemning the profiteering and avarice on the part of both capi- tal and labor that has created the prob- lems of the high cost of living and in- dustrial unrest that are disturbing the nation. These manufacturers and business men make plain that they recognize that national disaster threatens if the farmers should turn to any such policy as dominates organized labor today—— sheiter hours and decreased produc- tion. ‘ No expression has come from organ- ized labor. These manufacturers and business men who have praised the attitude of the farm bureaus on the economic questions of the day agree that more production, industrially and agricultur- ally, with fairer treatment for the farmers, is the only practical remedy for the serious conditions that prevail in this country. W. A. Spurgeon, president of the Muncie, lnd., Gear Works, writes: “It should be apparent to any thinking man, reardless of his calling or occu- pation, that if conditions continue, with continually reducing hours of la- bor and strikes of workers, that the cost of living in this country will be- come prohibitive and beyond the reach ' of all ordinary people.” As an illustration of his point, Spur- geon calls attention to the steel strike, which has sent steel prices sky-high and in instances forced the closing up of allied industries because of lack of materials. Thomas Duncan, president of the Duncan Electric Manufacturing Com- ‘pany, Lafayette, lnd., writes: “It is a great source of satisfaction to me as a manufacturer to learn of the attitude of the farmers. If anything will or can bring labor to terms it is the tillers of the soil. I hope you will be able to call a halt to these wild demands of labor for eight, six and even four-hour days of labor. If the farmer who has been compelled to work twelve to fifteen hours daily sees fit to tell labor when 'to stop, it is his privilege and duty. There is no reason in the world why a farmer should have to work fifteen hours a day while many‘mechanics work but half that time.” These letteis are typical of hundreds of otheis received at the offices of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. However, the farm bureau federa- tion not only condemned the avarice of organized labor, but attacked the spirit of profiteering that sways many 3 , manufacturers and. business 'men’ as p being‘flnconsistent with true patriot- 'u cws of the Agricultural ism and Americanism and if persisted In is certain to lead to a national cal- amity.” Farm bureaus advoCate a "square deal” for everybody, capital and labor and agriculture, producer and consum— er; establishmént of a national com- mission with sufficient authority to settle industrial controversies of varied natures and to enforce industrial peace. They would have this commis- sion modelled on the lines of the in- dustrial conference called by President Wilson, which has been meeting in Washington, with the exception that it should give equal representation to capital, labor and agriculture, the backbone of the economic structure of the world. AT ISSUE ON IMPORTATI'ON OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL. A BITTER controversy has develop- ed between wool growers and woolen manufacturers over the propos- ed shipment into this country of Aus- tralian wool. Both sides are laying their claims before the United States Senate. The following paragraphs are from a letter written by the National Association of Wool Manufacturers in which they take issue with claims made by W. A. Snyder, of Denver, who spoke for the growers: “The ‘principal points of error to which we call attention are the fol- lowing: “The proposed shipment of Austral- ian wool to the United States is not an attempt on the part of England to dump wool here; it is a concession granted at the request of American manufacturers for a supply of a lim- ited quantity of certain types of wool absolutely necessary for the continua- tion of production of fabrics, which wools are not available in domestic stock and will not be available from the current domestic clip. “The amount mentioned in the tele- gram (namely 50,000,000 pounds) is in- correct. The quantity which has been arranged for, to sell in the United States in December, not November as indicated in the telegram, is 50,000 bales, or approximately 15,000,000 pounds. “This amount will not have the ef- fect of demoralizing prices of wool be- cause the demand for these types of wool is so muCh greater than the sup- ply available. “The statement of the amount of wool stock on hand, apparently, is tak- en from the Department of Ariculture figures for June 30, 1919, without re- gard to changes in stock since that time, and also without regard to the quality of wool in stock. Of the total amount thus indicated, only about 254,- 000,000 pounds are three-eighth bloods or better. This is an amount entirely inadequate to supply the requirements of the mills for fine wool. “In order to keep the cost of cloth within reasonable limits, it is absolute- ly necessary to avoid any danger of shortage of fine wools.” FORMER CABINET MEMBERS DE- FEND FARM LOAN ACT. HE following statement by George W. Wickersham and W. G. Mc- Adoo, both former cabinet members, ‘is a defense of the constitutionality of the federal farm loan act. This state- ment was prompted by several attacks made on this act at the recent conven- tion of the Farm Mortgage Bankers’ Association at St. Louis. The opinion of the two attorneys in. part is:_ “While. fully conscious of the danger of the courts, in a pending litigation, of the courts in a pending litiation, we are of the Opinion that congress did not exceed its powers in the enact- ment of the federal farm loan act and that the provisions authorizing the in- corporation of the federal land banks and the joint stock land banks and em- powering them to issue bonds which shall be exempt from taxation are not unconstitutional, and We feel confident that it will be so decided in the suit referred to. High. Interest. “The statute in question was enact- ed by congress after an investigation into the general subject of rural cred- its covering a period of more than three years. The investigation reveal- ed. the facts that the average rate of interest on farm loan mortgages in the United States ran from 5.3 per cent in New Hampshire to nine per cent and even ten per cent in certain southern and western states, and further that such mortgaes were rarely of a suffi- ciently long term to permit of reason— able amortization by the borrowers. It was further established that in com- parison with Europeon countries the United States had been unusually backward in lending governmental aid or encouragement to the facilitation of farm credits. “In our opinion the creation by con- gress of the Federal Land Banks and the Joint Stock Land Banks is a valid exercise of a constitutional power for the same reasons as the creation of the national banks is a valid exercise of such power; that they are appropri- ate instruments to aid in carrying on the fiscal operations of the federal government. Both the nationalbanks and the land banks are vested with public functions; that is, both are an- thorized to act as depositaries , and financial agents of the government. In addition, the national banks are em- powered to do a general banking bus- iness. The only distinction is in the scope of the private functions. The national banks in their private aspect are commercial credit institutions; the land banks are agricultural credit institutions. ' Market for UnitediStates Bonds. “In one particular, the land banks have a close relation to the credit of the government itself. One of the stated purposes of the act is to create a market for United States bonds. The banks are authorized to buy and sell these securities and to use them as collateral security for their own bonds in lieu of mortgages.” Touching on the tax exemption pro- visions, the opinion says: “VVe have no doubt as to the valid ity of this exemption. Congress, hav- ing the power to create government depositaries and financial agents, can define the privileges which they shall enjoy under federal law, and may ex- ercise from the operation of its own tax legislation their securities and the income arising therefrom.” NEW EXPRESS RULES. PREPARATIONS are being made to put the new express packing rules into effect on December 10, the date authorized by the United States Rail- road Administration, which recently approved the new requirements. This is regarded by express traffic officials as one of the most effective steps tak- en.to safeguard merchandise in transit by express since the unification of the various lines into the American Rail- way Express Company, which is agent of the government in handling the ex- press business of the entire country. While they will not affect the heavy movement of perishable farm products by express, as such traffic usually travels in crates and barrels, the-new packing requirements will be'of mIICh interest and importance to farmers who have other commodities to send to, market by express, or goods, to re turn to city merchants. The rules will not permit the use of paper wrapping for packages over twenty-five pounds. nor of ordinary paper boxes, wraped or unwraped, when the weight of the contents is over that limit. For ship. ments over twenty-five pounds, wood- en containers, or fibreboard, pulpboard or corrugated strawboard containers of specified test strengths are re- quired. ~ This standardization of express rules will place the express service on the same basis as freight, so far as the character of the cartons used is con- cerned. In fact, the new express rules were modeled on those of the rail~ roads and require the same kind or containers, except that in the express service a wider latitude is permitted in the size of the carton used. The new regulations are embodied in Sup- plement No.- 5, to Express-Classifica- tion No. 26, copies of which may be secured at any.express ofiice. NO “PRICE FIXING” FOR AMMONI- ATED RAW FERTILIZER MATERIALS. REPORTS have reached the United States Department of Agriculture indicating that statements have been circulated to the effect that the De— partment has “fixed prices” for raw fertilizer materials pursuant to a con- ference held with the producers of such materials at Washington on Oc- tober 6-7. The department announced not only that it has not “fixed” the prices as reported, but that, after due consideration it had reached the con- clusion that, in the circumstances, it' would not be warranted at the present time in naming a fair profit for such raw fertilizer materials as sulphate of ammonia, dried blood, tankage, fish scrap, and cottonseed meal. The de- partment, h0wever, will continue fully to exercise its own powers under the licensing system against profiteering as well as in conjunction with the De‘ partment of Justice. The amendment to the control act now pending in con- gress carries a provision to the effect that anyone who violates the act by profiteering or otherwise shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding five thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.'Any act of profiteering under the law or any other violation of the law, may be prosecuted criminally after the licens- ing proviSions thereof are terminated by a formal proclamation of peace. GIANT “BEANS" ARE SAID TO BE FRAUD. HAT the so-called “Giant Beans” which have been grown extensive- ly in Michigan during the last two years, particularly by city gardeners, are not beans ‘at all, being in reality gourds, is the startling information sent out by the Botany Department of the Michigan Agricultural Collee. “Some of these ‘bean‘s’ have been pro- duced in Detroit that are more than a yard long and weigh twenty pounds each,” declares Dr. E. A. Bessey of M. A. C. “Growers all over the state are vieing with each other to see who can produce the largest specimens, and apparently they think that they are turning out record beans. “Shore are hundreds of types of gourds, some round and some long. The latter are often' called snake gourds. Some enterprising seedsmen with a large supply of gourd seed of this latter type on hand conceived: the .idea of disposing. of it at a handsome profit. Accordinly the papers. were flooded last spring. as well as in 1918.. with advertisements of ‘Giant Butter, . . . Beans" New Guinea, Butte B 1 u ._ "VII ‘0‘.” ~,. 3'" M "0.: WW I t’ v ‘rrgs’wsw u w 'wmb‘_ . . "V‘s-M‘s.“ - a‘f’dsfi mpressesf N cod of Potato ‘ ' Gradin g . , By I 0581?}! Patronage HEN the marketing of your per— either be sold by inspection or upon ishable and semi-perishable farm the reputation of the seller—never by products is compared with the the merits of the goods before they marketing of other classes of commod. are seen. Inspection only adds an ex- ities one notices a vast difference in tra handling charge, and causes. a the process. For instance, an inquiry great deal of inconvenience. For in- addressed to a steel mill as to the stance, a merchant in Omaha, Nebras- pri'ce of rails is not likelyvto result in ka, orders a car of coal from Pitts- deflnite quotations until the kind and burgh, a car of sugar from San Fran- size of railsare specified, and a farm- cisco, a car of shingles from Tacoma er asking his hardware dealer as to and a car of potatoes from Maine. Let the price of rope will at once be asked us suppose that he receives bills of as to the kind and size of rope desired. lading for all of these cars the same Few prospective purchasers would day. If occasion demands he w111 write greet a merchant seriously with the a check or arrange With his banker to question, “What are plows worth to- make payment for those shipments up- day?” If one did it is quite likely that on receipt of the bill of lading which he would receive a reply somewhat specifies the amount contained in each along'the following lines: “We have/car. He will remit for all of these a twelve-walking plow at one price shipmentS—except one. The car up- and a sixteen-inch gang plow at avast- on which payment will be withheld 1y diflerent price_” The same holds until the car arrives will be the one true of most classes of merchandise; containing the potatoes, of course. The size, kind and quality are so closely buyer insists on seeing these before associated with value that they must payment iS made. be stated when designating the price. Tia? qlllleStiOII 1: atSkedI f “Vgly will It is at this point that the market. the ma a 1118le an par 01‘ e 093, ing of certain classes of farm products sugar and shingles “filth?“ seeing is different—unfortunately, quality and them, yet refuse to ‘10 tom the case price are not so closely associated at Of the potatoes. The answer 15. The least at the producer’s end of the line. Egg; Ziggusjgtlantdhaidgsinzivge3:111:33 It the individual who inquired about . and quantity of the coal, sugar and oca rocer DEW: Win: ht: wigsk p125“: flirg pota- shingles without seeing them. He does a ou . W a ' .g . not know the same about the potatoes, toes it would be unusual if he did not _ . ‘ ‘ ’, th m t re ly “a dollar” or and until generally recognized giadcs receive e pro p p ’ and standards are adopted by the po— whatever the case may be. On most _ . . . 1. ’t . e rice as far as the farm- tato industry the shipper Will have no ines 1 lscgfneg way of assuring him as to the quality ”'55 0:11 th mmodities are of the stock he is buying. The seller 0 e sure, ese co may insist that he has a “fine” potato. usually graded before they reach the But What constitutes such a tuber? consumer, and 1t 15 thls very item—~ Are smooth, disease-free potatoes grading———en gouge frotmbptrodutcertgo weighing from four to twelve ounces consumer W ic con 1'1 u es 0 e “fine” potatoes or do potatoes of the “awful COSt" 0f distributing iarm prod- same quality weighing from twelve to ucts that most of us complain about. twenty ounces come under the classi- It can hardly be said that any one fication of “fine.” A “fine” potato in class of individuals is to blame; h0W~ certain channels of trade is net always ever, the producer is as much at fault a “fine" potato in other channels. Ho- as aDYOne in this respect. It iS he who tels, restaurants and railroads quite most strenuously objects to grades and often want potatoes weighing from six- standards. Regardless Of' W110 IS to teen ounces up, very large bakers, but blame, one thing is Certain: As long family trade does not want potatoes as the producer sells his potatoes as this large_ potatoes, and so on, perishable farm Again, central western markets like products will never reach the same a. round potato while the northwest level 0f perfection in marketing as market wants a long variety. Some have other classes of merchandise. markets will consume red potatoes, Certainly there is just as much need while other markets cannot handle for grades and standards by which to them at any price. In the main then, designate value—price—as there is f01‘ the fineness of the- commodity depends grades and standards in steel rails for largely upon demands of the market, designating price. The shipper may say he has a No. Few will dispute the assertion that 1 potato, but what constitutes a No. 1 there is as much difference in value, potato? If each of fifty growers and relatively, between a five—ounce scabby dealers were asked to sort a bushel of potato and a twelve-ounce smooth, dis— No. 1 tubers, there would be many dif- ease-free one as there is between fiftys‘ferent kinds of N0. 1's sorted from pound and one hundred and ten-pound the same pile, because of a lack of a rails. common guage by which to judge a All unstandardized products must No. 1 potato. M.._- ”has” ~39 .1; :3}: :1!- o Kee our en ine warm. boys—your engillie.y Here'sghow—Hi h Rock Under- wear. The fleece-lining eeps you warm and comfortable—tuned up for a long run. And you save money because it wears so well. Look for the High Rock label on fire front. At your dealers in tum piece or union suits. FLEECE LINED _ EDNDBRWEARE High Rock Knitting Co. Phllmonl. N. 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Alike-72 HE Holstein-Friesian Association , of America, as you are doubtless already informed, has been tak- ing a census of the animals that are pure—bred Holstein-Friesians and alive August 1, 1919. The association had many objects in view, one of the most important was to know the exact num- ber of Holstein-Friesian animals. in ex- lstence. As this work has progressed and more than onehalf of the entire ant mals are already reported, one or two startling conditions have become ~ap- parent, and it is about one of these that I want to talk. Last year the number of pure-bred Holstein-Friesian bull calves that went to slaughter run into the thousands, the great bulk of which should be ren- dering service in improving the dairy herds all over the United States. The ' question is, how are you going to bring in contact the person who has these ibull calves for sale and the person who needs them in scrub or grade herds throughout the country. I have spent a. good deal of time trying to work out a. mode of procedure that would bring about this contact. Ihave realized that if a farmer in Georgia or Alabama who had scrub cows could came in contact with a dairy farmer in ‘ vNeW York or Pennsylvania who was selling pure-bred HolsteinFriesian bull calves for veal, that the problem would be solved. I have realized also that the great bulk of Holstein-Friesian animals are raised by dairy farmers who maintain and keep a herd of pure-bred Holstein Friesian cattle because they are eco- . nomical producers of milk and dairy products, and these farmers have no faculty and make no particular effort to advertise or in any other manner call attention to the bull calves that they produce. They keep the heifers largely to replace their own, or to in- crease their herds, or perhaps for sale, as there is always a ready market for the females, but the bull calves are not advertised and because someone does not come around and offer to buy them the dairy farmer of northern New York state thinks he is forced to sell these bull calves for veal. I take it that many of them ought to be sold for veal, but the great bulk of them are from high~class pure-bred dairy cows. They are from cows that have been improved by breeding for years, many of them from herds that are av- eraging from eight to twelve thousand pounds of milk in a. year under ordi- nary care, and from well-bred sires. It is a shame and an outrage on the consuming public that these young bulls are not used for the betterment of the herds. These dairy farmers could sell them if they would advertise them for sale, but it is too much trou- ble to write the letters, they do not want to be bothered about it. The result is there is no contact be- tween the man who needs and wants, = and ought to have the pure-bred bull calf, and the man who raises him and f wants the market. On the other hand, ' the owner - grade herd, whether he lives in Geor- ~ gia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Maryland of the scrub herd or the or New York, (and there are counties ' _ in the state of New York where there are as many grade and scrub bulls in use as there are pure-bred), makes no apparent effort to improve his dairy machinery. These farmers or dairy- men just. simply keep a bull to get the cow in calf, perhaps selling the heifer calves as well as the bull calves for veal, because they are not eligible to registry. The result is, we are not 1m- proving the facilities for producing dairy products as fast as we ought to. What the farmer or dairyman wants. Old/1'72“ a Plan W/ze'reéy M z'lé Production Com May 'Be Reduced ‘ in my judgment, is a way of coming in contact with the other fellow who has, for sale what he wants to buy. The only way we can accomplish this is to get the people interested who are in a. position to accomplish something, and that is why I first appealed to the press to see if we cannot interest the owners of scrub animals sufllciently to make them want to better their condi- tion if we can show. them a way that they can do it with little effort and with llUtle expense. I am satisfied one of the best ways is through the county agents. Practi- cally.every county now that is worth while has a- county agent, and as a. whole they are the most industrious, most intelligent, most public-spirited lot of young men that there are in Am- erica. Most of them have a lot of tact and good judgment, and I believe they can help us work out this problem. The average farmer very much prefers to talk to the county agent and tell' him what he has and what he would like rather than to start out to Write to the agricultural department of his own state college and get the names of some county agents somewhere, He prefers to talk to his, own county agent; and if he does or not I know that the county agent, if he has it in his mind, will make a special effort to get pure- bred sires in his territory. I want the county agents in territory such as northern New York and Wisconsin, where the dairy industry is intensified, where there are hundreds of pure-bred bull calves, as fine as there are any- where in the land, that can be utilized, to meet the wants and better the con- ditions -of farmers and dairymen in less favored districts. I want the coun- ty agent to get busy in these counties. I would like the county agent of St. Lawrence county, New York; to write' to the county agent of Macon, Candler, or Coffee county, Georgia; or Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, or Elmore county, Alabama; or Dyer, Fayette, or Hender- son county, Tennessee; or Craighead, Green or Jefferson county, Arkansas, or some of the southern counties of his own state, and see if he cannot find a market for the surplus bull calves of St. Lawrence county. I want some of these county agents who are making every effort that they can think of in the counties where dairying is new, and where the men and women have but little idea of what can be accomplished by real dairy cows, to interest themselves. I want them to get a list of the farmers in their county who would like to im- prove their herds and find out how many of them there are who want pure-bred registered Holstein-Friesian bull calves. Then I want them to take it up with those county agents in some of the northern territory where great numbers of Holstein-Friesian breeders are located, and see what he can buy a carload for, all of them to be straight, no slopers, any one of them a credit as an individual, and from dams that have good records in the cow-testing association, or elsewhere, for produc- tion, that make them valuable dairy cows. That is what we are interest- ed in. I would like the county agents of the state Of Kansas, each one of them, to pick out some ecunty agent in the state of Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, or Minnesota where they have great num— bers of Holstein-Friesian cattle, and work up some plan whereby eachcaén do service to their constituents by handling these animals. There ‘is no good reason why it is not, possi- ble to bring about the desired result. I undertake ’00 Say that the county agents of the dairy states could mu ‘ (Continued on: can 486% ’ “i ‘ ‘31.. Vern Anthony, of the Albion Pig Club. Purebreds Via the Beys’ Club By C. A. N the past ten years great strides I have been made toward better live stock in the United States. Previ- ous to the outbreak of the war in 1914 each year saw the importation of some of the best blood of the old families of the Continent and the best from the Isles as well. In spite of extensive importation, in spite of all the work being done by live stock journals, ex- tension departments and other agen- cies, many communities found it rela- tively impossible to get into the pure- bred stock game. ‘ > With the coming of the world war and the increase in the price of meats of all kinds, some money, no doubt, was made from almost any kind of stock. The price of pork and beef in all time has, however, been more or less dependent on the price of corn and with the increase in the cost of corn and other feeds of the concen- trate type, as well as of the roughages, scrub live stock is no longer a profit- able investment. Pure breeds of the various sorts have demonstrated their ability in the past to make superior gains on the same feed and while this fact is gen- erally known it has not been thought possible in some places to get started with pure breeds. . The BOys’ Clubs, organized through the efforts of the Extension Depart- ment of the various Agricultural Col: leges and the Department of Agricul- ture, have had a considerable influ- ence and are exerting today a consid- arable influence in the growing of bet- ter seed corn, better seed potatoes and seed beans. These same types of clubs organized now for the production of pure—bred live stock are slowly but surely pointing the way to better live stock of all kinds. Pure-bred live stock clubs are usu- ally made possible through the coop- eration of the bankers in financing the projects. The banks will take the boys’ notes for the purchase price of the stock and help in getting the work started. The boys themselves are or- Spau/dz'ng ganized into a club with regular offi- cers elected. They have a local adult leader who acts as a supervisor over the work done. ' These clubs study the work of stock production in their reg- ular club meetings and from the bulle- tins furnished them from the Colleges of Agriculture a‘nd the Department of Agriculture. They agree, when they sign up, to take good care of the ani- mals and to feed and tend them as nearly as possible according to the in— structions that are to be given them. They carry on the work throughout the year, all the time learning more about the live stock game from club meetings, extension workers, and stud- ies, and when autumn comes they ex— hibit their animals at the regular coun- ty fair or at a special club fair or round-up. At this time the recognition of achievement is awarded to all who havedone satisfactory work. Some prizes are also given, , these being awarded on the basis of quality shown in the animal. exhibited, as well as the quality of the record of the work done and the profit made for the period. The results of such clubs are far reaching. The communities are thus brought to realize, from the demon- stration made, the great possibilities of pure~breds. In many cases the or- ganization of the boys’ club is but the first step toward the permanent im- provement of the live stock of the whole community. The boys them- selves become more interested in the farming business and become more proficient in handling stock. Then, too, the social effects of such clubs with their recreational features, demonstra- tional meetings, Open meetings and club trips, does much to make up for the lack which exists in some commu- nities of good wholesome social amuse. ment. Perhaps the best way to appreciate what these clubs are doing would be to examine in detail a few representatvie examples. Last year an impressive lesson in comparative profits of feed- (Continued on page 492). Do You Remember Gasless Sundays? _ O better way could be found to illustrate and em- phasize the usefulness of the Standard Oil Company (Indi- ana), and the broad and varied service it renders, than to take five minutes and imagine" a gasless year. Think how our lives instead of being full and complete through association with our fellow men would be circum- scribed by the barriers set up by shank’s mare. Think how . manufacturing would be hampered. How industry generally would be crippled. How crops would go to waste through inability to harvest, andthe leaps and bounds that the cost of living would take. Instead of the natural expansion of busmess that comes from service and usefulness the whole structure of busi- nesswould be hampered through sheer inability to render to society that service which society has been accustomed to demand. - The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is a public servant owned by 4649 stock- holders, no one of whom holds as much as 10 percent of the stock. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is domg a big job in a big way and has grown great simply by reaping the re- wards that come from rendering the serv1ce demanded by business and society in a manner satisfactory and beneficral to the world at large. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. l 888 J Wm THE now [can WillilGN w BUR” "WATCH is fixed. Know [Something About the ‘ “Works” in the watch You Buy F you open your watch and examine its mechanism, you will find it con! sists substantially of two supporting plates, between which is mounted a gearing of meshed wheels to take care of the move- ment, recording time. This is called the train, which we will speak of in our next advertisement. The lower supporting late in a Waltham watch is the foundation upon w ich every unit revolves and It is bored'with minute holes to take the pivots, screws, pinions, etc. This lower plate is drilled and threaded by one of the imagines Waltham Colonial A Extremely thin at no sacrifice . of accuracy ,,f Maximus movement, 21 jewels Riverside movement, 19 jewels . $150 to $275 “x or more depending upon the case most exclusive and wonderful machines ever designed by the genius of man— an exclusive Waltham inven— tion from the master—mind of Duane H. Church. Many. operations are accomplished with such me- thodical, automatic regularity that one instinctively that a marvelous human brain guides the extraordinary operations of this machine. It makes every operation (and there are 141) with infinitesimal exactness to the ten thousandth part of an inch —- flawless, beautiful in its complex simplicity ——every plate a re lica of every other plate, proving Waltham standar ization to be one of the miracles of American mechanical genius. The plate of the foreign-built watch is subject to the variations of hand process. cise relation to the parts which they are to contain, which parts are made elsewhere in many homes and small shops. by hand- No hand work could ever approximate the beautiful and flawless exactitude of this Waltham drilling and threading. So when you buy in Waltham watch you are assured of a stand— ardization of quality and leadership which has placed the Wal— tham watch on the pedestal of world dominion. This siory is continued in a beau! uI Bookie! in which on will nd a liberal watch Company, Walllmm, Mass. WA LT H A M THE WORLD'S WATCHTOVER. TlME‘ Made to variant sizes and models without prev education. Sen! rec upon request. allham atch Save Money on Newspapers have bought Many rural readers their daily and the Michigan Farmer - in combination at a price that saved them money. The Michigan Farmer-«One Year Your Favorite Daily --- One Year On rural routes only at prices specified below in' “Our Price" column. Regular Our Price. Price. Free Press, Detroit ........ $5.00 $4.50 Journal, Detroit .......... 5.00 4.50 4 Times, Detroit ........... 4.00 3.50. , , Herald, Grand Rapids ..... 5.00 4.50 Pres-s, Grand Rapids ...... 5.00 4.50 News, Grand Rapids ...... 5.00 4.50,; News-Courier, Saginaw 5.00 4.50 News-Statesman, Marshall. 4.00 3.25 Journal, Flint ............ 5.00 4.50 . 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Now there is a move ‘to extend it and my tax will be heavy; also some people are planning to put a. 'dam in at the head of the ditch setting lthe water back on my meadow. Can ,‘they dam the water back or extend the ditch, and what remedy havl’p i}? If the proper signatures are obtain- ed to the petition and the petition is approved as provided for in-the statute that is all there is to it. As to the as- sessment of taxes for the improvements that is also provided for by the sta- tute; and the determination at the hearing for that purpose is final. The damming back of the water can be re- strained hy injunction or damages could be obtained for the permanent injury to the property. .1011}: R. Roon. LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE WORK. Some time ago I let a job to a plumb- ling firm to put in a. pressure tank and water system in my house. They in- stalled the boiler without any safety valve and it has blown up. Are they liable ? Subscriber. There is a statute on our books, ap- parently procured by a plumbers’ asso- ciation for the protectiOn of their trade, requiring that all persons prac- ticing plumbing in the cities shall have a. license and making it a misdemean- or, liable to fine, to do so without a license. This statute does not extend to any work outside of the cities; and even if it did, would manifestly be of no assistance to a person who had de- fective work done. However, in the absence of statute, there is a rule of law that does protect the owner. It is a rule of wide application and univer- sal recognition. It is this: Whenever any person holds himself out to the public as qualified to do any particu- lar kind of work requiring skill, and makes a contract in that capacity ,the law implies as one of the terms of his agreement that he will use ordinary care and skill in that capacity, wheth- er the work be the drafting of a paper by a lawyer, the shoeing of a horse by a blacksmith, or the building of a. wall by a mason. It being plainly manifest that a pressure system without a safe- ty valve would not be safe and prop- erly installed, undoubtedly the person who has suffered from such a defec- tive job has a complete remedy by the common law. In such a case the first thing to do is to put your case into the hands of a. good lawyer. J. R. R. PROPER AMOUNT OF SALT FOR BUTTER—SEEDING ALFALFA. What is the right amount of salt to use for one pound of dairy butter? I have a field of new ground which has produced crops of potatoes and oats, was seeded» with timothy and clover. but grasshoppers took it. How can I prepare this land for alfalfa? When is the best time to sow? Would it be .best to grow it with a. nurse crop? What amount should be sown per. acre and which. kind of seed is best? Osceola (30. G. E. 8. One can. never tell definitely the proper amount of salt to use in butter. It all depends upon your customers. Some people like butter that is quite , ' salty and some prefer butter without salt. It is all a. matter of taste. Cream- ery butter is usually salted one ounce to the pound, and they vary this amount. If you are making butter for customers; and they complain that the butter- ‘is- too salty, the only thing to do is to put less salt in, while, on,» the other hand, if it is not quite salted enough add a little more. I should plow the cat stubble this , fall and then disk it and harrow it early in the spring, just as soon as the land will do to work. Don’t work it up deep, but have a. fine seed bed with the soil underneath compact. Taking everything into consideration it DrOb‘ ably will be best to seed the field to cats or barley. Barley is a better crop because it does not shade the ground as much as do oats. If you use either crop do not sow over onebushel to the acre. If the weather is exceedingly dry so that the young alfalfa will suf- fer from moisture the best plan is to cut the cats or barley for hay and give the alfalfa all the moisture. If the season has plenty of moisture you can harvest the crop for grain and the al- falfa will. come through all 0. K. Ten pounds of alfalfa seed is sufficient for an acre. I would advise you to inocu- late the alfalfa seed, in fact, you can- not afford to sow alfalfa Without inoc- ulation. The expense is very small and it will pay you. C. C. L. Dowgen, ETC. I married a widower whose children are all grown and have homes of their own. On his death what share of his estate do I take?—-—Subscriber. If the husband leaves no will the widow would take one-third of the real and one-third of the personal estate owned by him at the time-of his death as his legal successor and heir; but if he left a will disposing of the property differently she would have her elec- tion to take such as he had left her‘ by his will, or to take one-third of all the land of which he had legal possession of an estate of inheritance or for the life of another at any time during the marriage period and not duly bared by her by signing the deeds or otherwise, and to claim her paraphernalia, con- sisting of wearing apparel, etc., and quarantine or support in the home for six months, or till dower assigned. JOHN R. R001). SEEDING ALFALFA WITH CORN. How do you think the following plan of mine will work for alfalfa: I have ten acres that I Wish to put in corn in the spring and sow to alfalfa 'in August. Will put on two tons of high calcium hydrated lime and 200 pounds of complete fertilizer, say 28-2 on the corn ground, and in August will sow to alfalfa. How will I get the al- falfa in the ground? Do you think this is a good way, Or can you suggest a better plan? G. W. S. Generally speaking, alfalfa requires a well drained, fertile, sweet, and weed free soil. Assuming that the field in question is well drained. and the early cultivation of the corn will be suffi- cient to kill all weed seed in the sur- face soil, the addition of two tons of hydrated lime and 200 pounds \of ,3, high—grade commercial fertilizer when the corn; is planted will furnish condi- tions- necessaryfor a good stand of al- falfa. However, we cannot give an un— qualified approval to the plan of mid- summer seeding of alfalfa in corn.- Wit‘hout plenty of moisture to germi- nate the seed and keep the seedlings growing rapidly, the late seeding will not be satisfactory. Early spring seed- ings after cultivated crops, with or without a companion crop, have the advantage -of an assured supply of moisture for early growth. The seed- ing in standing corn will be successful only when rainfall is plentiful and the weather favorable for rapid growth. Assuming such conditions, the seed may safely be sown in the corn in July or early August and covered by the use 'or; a wimmeth‘ cultivates, :or course, the~ seed should be inoculated with the proper nitrogen bacteria. Egan. *. l E. if represents a _ Delco -L1gh't _ Field Repre sentativ .\ There Is a Delco-Light Man Near You No matter where you live, there is a Delco—Light man Within easy reach of you. 'This means much more to you' than mere convenience in the pur- chase of a Delco-Light plant. These men are trained men—They KNOW electricity as applied to farm use. They can advise yOu as to the size of plant you should have. They can see that your house and barn are properly wired— They can superintend the installa- tion of the plant so that it Will give you the most efficient and eco- nomical service. They can tell you Where and how to place your water system and What kind of a water system to have to meet your particular requirements— ~ They can give you intelligent advice as to the purchase and use of washing machine, churn, separator, milking machine and other appli- ances that you can Operate With the electri- city furnished by Delco- Light. And —After the plant is installed they are always near-by to advise with you and see that you get full hundred per cent satisfaction out of its operation— ' Delco-Light is lightening labor, bettering living conditions and actually payingfor itself in time and labor saved in more than 75000 farm homes. DELCO- IGH; The Domestic Engineering Company, Makers of DELCCLLlC-HT Products . Distributors: M". L. Lasley, 23 Elizabeth St., East, Detroit, Mich. Dayton, Ohio * {a was. was? Tau—“aw..— «2-..; WM. --, “we”. l _ . ., . ~ A . g -' ‘ y' ' A' . '. ‘.‘ ., ' . ' , A.‘ . , , .. ’ - , \1 .m. ,. N ,1 . ,, ., . ,. “4 .‘ ‘1; 1 i C A _ A _ " ' ht t r f . . . 9n?"égifi?r;'°§§§%§f‘mzfiflixffl'SELfiffnm‘iid—ifii‘fi PrlngleeMatthews Co., 18 Fulton St., West, Grand Rapids, Mich. bearings—no belts—on! one lace to Oil—Thick Plates —-Long Lived Battery—- UN ON KEROSENE. - U'V' ELL, just what is the true test of quality—and, after all, that’s only another word \ for value — in a suit or overcoat? Isn’t it wearing-satisfaction—that hard-to-define feeling that makes you say, “Well, I hope my next suit gives as good service as this one”? And how else can we account for the men who come back here, year after Isn’t that the best endorsement you could have for these moderately-priced clothes, with a written guarantee of satisfactory year, for Clothcraft Clothes? wear and service? corHcRArr 4711's is when you get that unique >CLOTHCRAFT written guarantee of wear and service. of September greatly improved seeding conditions, benefited wheat and rye that had already been sown, revived pastures, and increased the yield of late potatoes and sugar beets, says the joint crop report issued by [Coleman 0: Vaughan, Secretary of State, and Verne H. Church, Field Agent, United States Bureau of Crop Estimates. Seeding was greatly hin- dered by the extreme dryness of the soil, and grain that was sown prior to the rains was very much in need of moisture to promote satisfactory germ- ination and growth. Pastures dried up in many sections of the state and farmers have been compelled to Late potatoes have, improved some- what but the rains arrived too late‘"to make a full crop. Notwithstanding the extreme dryness of the seasOn corn is an excellent crop. Beans are showing .good yields in the main bean counties ol‘ the central and eastern districts. l The average yield of winter wheat 'is 19.5 bushels as compared with 14.0 bushels last year and a ten-year aver- age of 17.0 bushels per acre. The to- tal production is estimated at 19,246,- 000 as compared with 10,010,000 last year. The average yield of spring wheat is 12.0 bushels per acre as com- pared with 18.1 bushels last year. The number of bushels of wheat marketed during September was 2,009,000; 17 -mills and elevators reported no wheat purchased during the month. The to- tal amount marketed since August 1 is 3,759,000 bushels. Corn is a much better crap than any since 1910, notwithstanding the dry summer and the damage it caused in some localities. The condition is 88 per cent, which is equivalent to.57 bushels per acre, or a total production CLOTHE S YOUNG MEN , The CLOTHCRAFT STORE H n the new Clothcralt St is Back? A'c'o a will'lug'zuon'tegou [rec if {im'll write he Joseph E For“ (30.. my, St. Clair Ave., . In Your, Town W.. Cleveland, 0. HAMPSHIRES One of the best bred flocks in America. Home of the International Champion ewe of 1918. Rams of all ages for sale. Write me your wants or come and see them. Harley R. Emmons, Elsie, Mich. ' Am offering 18 yearling rams and 8 ShropShlres yearling (‘ws of Senator liihiw breed- ing. 0. .1. 'rnomrson, Rockford. Mich. BUY A SHEEP Wait a minuteme Hampshires. The American Hamp- shire Sheep Association wants to send you a dandy lit- tle booklet. with list of Breeders. Some near you. Write COMFORT A. TYLER. Secretary, 22 Wood- land Ave., Detroit, Mich. w Shropshire and Hampshire Rams In order to finish the ram trade quickly I will give you your choice of a dozen very good year- limzs at $35.00. . KOPE—KON FARMS, COLDWATER, MlCH, S. L. WING, l’rop. 'l-‘li'é'mlugleside Farm, lonia, can still furnish 20 yearling registered Shropshire rams and 18 yearling registered ewes. HERBERT E. POWELL, Ionia, Mich. 300 Breeding Ewes' Choice Michi Natives. Black faces and delaines l to 4 years 01 . Mostly 2 year olds in good condition in lots of 10 to a carload. Almond B. Chapman, South Rockwood, Mich. Telegraph Address Hookwood. ' Shropshire yearling rams Idle Wild StOCk Farms from prize winning stock, Make your selection early. Clifl Middleton,proprietor. Clayton. Mich. R. 3. ‘ ' ram [lambs of good quality and ShrOPShlre some ewes nil registerct . DAN BOOHER, RA, Evert, Mich. 80 Reg. Shropshire Ewes n be for sale. Jno. Grieve, Fowlervillc. Mich. R. '1'? D. No. 3. yearling and ram sole Lawn Farm Shropshires. heme and ram lambs. High bred. well wooled and registered. A. E. Bacon & Son, R. 4. Sheridan, Mich. Registered one and two year old Shropshire ewes u... * rm... “is l”li°'rl“1m“3 can...“ . rurve..o one. ocean ~ . C. Linen. Dexter, Mich. . , shoe , 30 rams Registered Shropshire ,nd 8,... HARRY POTTER I: SON. thison. Mich. n' PAYS TO BUY rfii'r'snrn sum 01* PARSON-‘l,;;i§i§fltil- 0w 3’.“ . press char-gen will start one man meach ! club two ‘17“: d ,~ . cc l . or , to Foiled- II. ..————' of 65,159,000. As 40 per cent of the acreage is usually utilized for silage purposes, the net grain production is placed at 57,896,000 bushels. The average yield of cats is 24.4 bushels per acre, giving a total produc- tion of 38,040,000 bushels, which is the smallest production since 1907. Last yeit'r the yield was 40 bushels per acre, and the production 66,320,000 bushels. The condition of buckwheat is 75 per cent, representing a total produc- tion of 759,000 bushels from the 52,000 acres planted, as compared with 780,- 000 bushels from 78,000 acres last year. The potato crop shows some im- provement since the recent rains, but only 66 per cent of a crop is expected. This represents a production of 28,- 571,000 bushels, as compared with 28,- 560,000 bushels last year. The quality of the crop is generally good and dig- ging has commenced in, some sections. The indicated yield of clover seed is 1.72 bushels per acre, as compared with 1.30 bushels last year. Acreage s small but the yield and qualit’}r are good. , The average yield of beans will be around 14 bushels per acre, the yield glast year being nine bushels. 'Early chigen R with both size. and quality. Reg. Shropshire Ram Lambs O. K. Topliil', Eaton Rapids, iich. lieg. Shropshire Rams and Ram lambs of For sale quality. Also 6 ewes 2 to l yrs. old. Write R. J. &;C. A. W ILLIAMS, Middlevilie. Mich. For S". Sheep. Shorpshircs. Lincolns, Ilotswolds. 'l‘unls;rsms---c\rco all 115105. All “monk-(Lym- pers with each. L. R. KI'NEY, Adrian. Mich. rams for sale. Flint. Mich. Shropshire E. MOBRISH, h. 5, Yearling Yearling Rams and ram lambs. Sgeciul price on lots of two of K LLY & SON. Ypsilanti, Mich. Reg: Shropshim more. B. D. ' Registered Oxford rams; 2 ram lamb: i. For sale' 2 and 3 years old. beauties. Goo."’l'. Abbott. Phone Deckerville. 78-3 R. 2, Palms, Mich. Registerd oxford Down yearling rams For sale and lambs also a few choice ewes. D. P. Beasore, R. F. D. No. l Eaton Rapids, Mich. Oxford Ram Lambs. extra choice P ' Four Reg' 335 and 840 each Reg. and Del. sill-3 an imp. Ram. J. Robert Hicks, St. Johns, Mich. Oxford Yearling Rams For Sale H. B. PETERS. Garland. Mich. Hfollicfi deliliine lrams, hillsofl‘l'B" type stock rams o g qusity. urge, o y 89005.8 0 . i . s. n. Sanders R. No. 2. Ashtabulu, o. h ”m w" W A nice lot of Registered Lincoln rams also a fewrlgood ewes for sale._ D. KNIGHT, Mariette, Mich. FOR SALE A few extra good Rambouil ‘ let Rams. J. M. EAGER, R. 6. Howell, Mich. Sheep.Re .yearlin;rhms and ram 111ng LelCCSter sired by mported ram: also Berkshire hogs. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont, Mich. a ' ' ' ' ' " Foiled Delano 3:3,,',sz& “9°“ “my . F. L.'BROKAW, Eagle, Mich. . a Hampshire té‘fiul‘ig'i‘fi‘l‘i‘iktbi‘fm‘ ’°' “‘°' A. A. WOOD & soy. Saline. Mich. threshing returns Show a yield of 15 bushels, but later returns are expected to reduce this average. The crop ma- tured early and a large portion was gathered without rain so that the qual- ity is excellent. Some late fields are weather damaged. The following av- erage yields are reported from other states: New York 15; New Mexico 9; Colorado 4 bushels per acre. Tomatoes were practically a full crop and the quality was excellent. Cabbages and onions suffered from the drought and insects; the former shows an average yield of 7.5 tons and the latter 790 bushels per acre. The apple crop is 37 per cent of nor- mal as compared with 62 per cent last year; the greater part of it_ was in commercial orchards in the western counties, particularly from Oceana county north to Traverse City. A good crop was also reported from portions of theupper peninsula. Grapes were unusually fine in quality and there was practically a full crop.. Pears are 62 per cent of a crop, two per cent better than last year. . The total amount of grain and seed threshed, as reported by threshermen ' ' Mich sci-op Report” ' 00D rains during the latter part' had . resort to feeding more or less dry feed. ‘ 'cli ping. 'Nothinz'better than a . l 3/”; (r 5 must be in the pink of condition. Every'care must be taken in their feeding to keep them up to perfection. Stock fed on Molasses will present a smooth_ er. healthier appearance and a sleeker cost Molasses not only makes the stock look better but it actually improves their condition by aiding materially in digestion. ProgressiVe stock men have found that molas- ses feeding puts both females and males in better condition for the ring. One quart is considered equal to three or four quarts of oats. It is cheaper and gets for bet,— ter results. Write us today for full information and sug. gestions as to Feedtug Molasses. W. H". EDGAR & SON, 520 Lafayette Blvd.. Detroit. Our Free Trial Offer W. H‘. Edgar 8 Son r‘g‘u ~.L‘:fll w emu — — Lafayette Blvd" Detroit. Michigan I have ................... head of cattle .................. ... shoep.............-----.hogs and ................... horses' Send me yourtrinl proposition to prove that Buck- eye For-ding Molasses Will benefit all of them. Name ........................................... R. F. D ....... toclt . I - ' Trapper s Guide—FREE! 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An ho t v 9 and“ cod uloh ems our policy. anschcx‘gle no commie! on. 3 pay Deportation and send day furs reac , us. Write {or price- IOY ”we iii" end up 2 WE TAN YOUR RIDES rec. We be: our horse hides. cow hides cal skins,etc.,udaaem u highest market v clue. union: cow and horse hides we to sturpofls when. eta, . at moneysavmg prices. Be 5 to get. our free catalog. h c quotations and shipping ‘38" Buyer: or Hide; etc,S!nce1891 OHSMAN GI SONS 00. Dept. '08 Cedar Rapids, Iowa UP-T‘O-DATE FARMS and Short dairy cows. perusal“; sloknogwsnd Unto-date farms u» clippmifirggggoihfiws , Y minimizes i t vermin. Get your clipping machine 1‘me foil Stewart No: 1 Ba iBearintOnly. 012.75 at yourdealer's or direct. up to and including September 20, 1919, is as follows: ' . Av. - Crop. ' Bushels. Yield. Winter wheat . . . . .15,113,393 20.28 Spring wheat . . ..'. . 689,025 11.42 Rye 9.963.673 13.49 Oats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,384,095 24.41 Barley . . n . t c o . o . . 0 3,037,398 17.03' Buckwheat -. . . . . . . . ,61 11.06 Timothy seed . . . . . . 2.025 3.17 i Clover Seed 0 o c o ',‘ e 15 558 1.89 Beans couscous-Dole CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, Dept: 121, 12th St. and Centre! Ave..Cl|ieego o «MC WW. MW}, M” “-v‘. ,._. _. FALL PLOWING IN THE ORCHARD. VERY farmer who cultivates his ' . apple orchard has considered the ‘ question of doing the plowing in the fall. But very few, however, .have “ practiced breaking the ground before i“ winter, because it seemed that late {9 plowing would expose the trees to win- f ter injury. Mr. T. Blair, who operates “i in the vigorous climate of Nova Scotia, 4'?" has the following to say in the Toron- if to Mail, about fall plowing in the ap- V ple orchard: , i, ' “After the apples are harvested 1‘ there is generally a slack time when «m.»- . \‘i orchard plowing can be done to ad- i vantage. Experience has indicated i that shallow plowing is advisable .in orchard practice, and that it is unwise to go deeper than five to six inches, and that the area close to the base of 1', the tree should not be plowed deeper than three to four inches. There is as a rule, little cultivation after the first of July, and from that time on even it cover crops are not grown, a natural growth of some sort will have been made. This growth when turned un- der affords practically as good mulch as if left on the surface, and the fact that the ground has been loosened up tends to prevent as deep freezing as if left compact, for the more compact the soil the deeper will frost penetrate it. Where root killing of trees is lia- ble to occur it may be wise to leave the coVer crop mulch undisturbed as it assists materially in holding snow and as a result will give a better cover than if plowed in the fall. Other, than this there does not appear to be any disadvantage in fall plowing as to pos— sible. winter injury from root killing. The great advantage is. that a certain amount of work is out of the way for next spring, and should the spring be unfavorable for working land, the disc- ing may be delayed much longer than it would be wise to delay plowing. Ear- ly~orchard cultivation is of prime im- portance, and as it is usually neces- sary to plow once to work under ac- cumulated vegetation, this should be 1‘ as far as possible done in the fall, thus facilitating early spring work and hastening bacterial activity the next .. ,rf "‘5”. ._r./. 4W6 #360 0d Results Sure- iwith this Guaranteed Baker !.!|. OU can regulate the oven to exactly the temperature you want. The adjustable damper I: gives you instant control of the heat, the oven thermometer always tells you the temper- ature. Uniform heat gets to all parts of the oven—you dont have to move your baking every few minutes. Ask your dealer to show you the Joy ECLIPSE WW. vamw _._./-n. w spring. . ii gtie oplytrainge with tile h‘kiOt- -all- -0Ker’h’ top. This Beautiful—white enameled splasher back, concealed 4 . pa en e evice w 1c orces t e eat to pass smoke pipe, polished to , with more room for cook- , BIG ADVANCES IN FURS. " under all six lids before going up the chimney. You ing vessels, smooth castings and nickel trimmings— __ I ffizefltime ilf] preré’ar'ing melalsd; save fuel by keeping no fancy carvings to catch dust and dirt ames r ' om emg suc 6 out the ch1mney too Write for the name of the Eclipse dealer near you. IRICES advanced from ten to fifty per cent at the opening of the Sep- tember auction of the Metropolitan ll soon, and can have a. comfortable kitchen in summer. Ask him about the Joy Eclipse range Guaranteed never to rust out—always looks like new, gives many Economical—gets enough heat out of only two sticks years of'satisfactory service. Fur Exchange, Inc., in New York, over ll iii wgfgogiivgipogafii 0f coal to do an average bak- . prices realized at the last sale in Aug" .. g g 1y mea ' A“: for free zllustrated 600k J' ust, according to official figures. Buy~ aarka || ECLIPSE STOVE COMPANY on certain furs to the popularity of " , MANSFIELD, OHIO practically all American furs, both V here and abroad, and to the general l shortage of the fur catch. The sales approximated $200,000. It was estimated that beaver ad- vanced twenty per cent, the highest saws at 40 a cord price being $42.50 and the lowest $5.50. Skunk advanced fifteen per cent, the Does the Work of10 Men. highest price paid being $9, and some skins realizing as low as seventy-five cents each. Hudson seal advanced fif- ty per cent, the skins bringing from )1 $3.321/2 to $3.65. Silver fox was un- changed, the highest price paid being $320 per skin and the lowest $55. StOne marten advanced twenty- per cent, skins realizing from 13.20 t 22. ' ing- $ ° * ‘\-\ PHILLIPS r... me am flingikéiiiircea‘i. 2:18:10 ggfeocéliioimces ‘\ rake ney-maker and big labor H. CLAY CLOVER co., Inc. Agricultural lime in 50 n. a a. a. 1 unchanged prices ranging ”0:2: u. was. 23:33.1... °fr'.‘.'....l’ "m‘lri':r‘a'r':£r’r;'§§2‘;j 11s West 31d Street, New York mtg; fitggm or more benv‘erea‘.’ asce‘imf‘np‘ii; :’ .. y me PHILLIPS mus s‘w & MFG. cu Northern Lime It Stone 00., Petoakey, Mich cents to thirty-two cents per skin. 99. «mp: nu... inn... cm. in. . Squirrel advanced ten per cent’,‘ prices 1* lgiexi’hsagigt gaoiibiruiz‘ifir;§t ee‘ledalclf'eed} 33513 POTATO BAGS “’1" “m“ ‘° ‘1" ranging firom sixty-four cents 1:032:70 DAVID fiAY 709Norrls 8"- Ypsfanti,Mich. sale prices. Lincoln Bag 00.. Spfiigiggfia, Ial‘i. Iwhoioo ’ "advanced forty- per cent, pric- ICONOMY FEEDER o {Aeedp‘i'rgedh working 0self— F R SALE ! 9 or ogs. A 1 Ol Butcher Foldin Bushel Crates racti ‘ 1] Dig pays for it. Saves on new. 270 each dcfivered ' h ' 'p l» ' c? y brand £35388: price, “nae, floor with order. Spednl priggsy‘ivneclaérllgtspcmgan. out epaxrs an feed. ‘ Will ’reed 40 hogs‘ Sold A. M. Todd Company, Mentha,Mlch. d1rect, $18.50. Money res funded if not satisfl .d. For further information BARN PAINT $1 PER GALLON :EEIEwSSR THE ECONOMY Get factor prices on all alnts. We guarantee N DER 00., Box 0-15 quality. 9 pay the freigt ew VVashimzton. 0. Franklin Color Aorks, Dept. H, Franklin Ind. This one-man cross-cut saw outfit run by gasoline en- gine cuts 15 to 35 cords of wood a day One man or “boy can handle it. Easy ._ to operate. ’easy to ,. move. BOOK 0N Tramed American ES;£Y,“§§2§¥;§E§2€§§5“‘ DOG DISEASES W. E. Ll‘ CKY Holmesvllle, 81110. And HOW to Feed Milch Goats’For Sale. $3,253,313? Mailed flee to any address by Nubian Buck for service. J. W. Decaf, Stanton. Mich. the Author High calcium hydrated limo on a ill 1’ H3 1 I -—To hear from owner of good farm wanted sale State cash price, full dosage; . Please. mention The Michigan Farmer “iii-lie: STAND The greatest No 'Water as well. did last winter, or will STANDARD INSIDE CHE and enjoy city comfort the You owe it to your family to Standard on a positive money-back antee, if not just as represented. Full no tro CHEMICAL CLOSET suburban and farm life of one of the greatest draw- backs. The small town or farm home can now enjoy every advantage of the city dwellers and at. no trouble. This convenience is a necessity for health, comfort and safety. ‘ No Plumbing; No Holes Cut in Floor; Sanitary and Oderless. THE STANDARD INSIDE CHEMICAL CLOSET is approved by the highest medical authorities. It not only adds to comfort and convenience but to health No home complete without one. Winter Will Have No Worry Winter is coming. Will you go another season shoveling snow and freezing like you on secure the ICAL CLOSET gear round? 0 away with the old out door closet. You can buy the From Manufacturer to User. and a Square Deal Always THE STANDARD INSIDE CHEMICAL CLOSET is. strongly and handsomely made. It is seientificaiiy constructed—no odors— enamei and can be readi y installed in 30 minutes by any one in any place in the house. and be proud of. itive guarantee. Shipped an where. “Send for catalog and special 10 ay advertising price today.” Manufactured by Chemical Closet Mfg. Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. District Factory Representatives Wanted ARD iNSInE of all modern conveniences. Ride Pipes; No Freeze—Ups; A guar- Value for Your Money uble. Finished in ure snow white A toilet you can show your friends Order today on our pos- Farms and Farm Lands For Sale Southern Farm: dili‘y’istlfgl and friiit,900 acres: improved muckinery. well stocked and watered. 4 dwellings. 10 tenant houses and 4 burns, fenced with hog wire. 130 acres in peaches. which rip- en 10 days ahead of the famous Georgia crop bringing a fancy price. Crop sold $35,000 last season. “’1" grow oottonmorn oats, cane. pouches, oranges. st rawberrios, figs and all kinds of hay crops. Entire crop netted owner $50 last season. No better stock farm in South, only 50 miles from the Gulf. located on Main Line of L. & N. lly. within 300 yard of station; 50 miles from Mobiie or Pensacola. Write for detailed descrip- ti n and rice. 0 ‘3. w. BEESON. Meridian. Miss. I Have One-Half Section of Best Virgin Soil Lumbered about six years. Can ‘be fitted .for plough atSlO per acre. Timber to build all buildings and fuel for life-time. Have cleared 80 acres ill two years. Forty acres almost ready for next year. Expect .my potato crop this year to pay over one-half of it. High altitude and free from frost. Two and half miles from market on stone roiid. Will sell all or divide at 325 acre cash or $30 on terms. Should be looked over this fall while potato crop is still in the ground. Ernest C. Smith. Owner. Kaikaska. Michigan. Ill‘.’ 207-Acre Michigan Farm, $9500; Including Fine Span 7-year-old horses, large quantity oats. corn. potatoes, ‘Ouilllly $2300 down cash required. balance easy terms. In splendid section. mile and half to hustling R. R. town.“ miles large city and uiiivcmity, 141) acres heavy crop-producing tillage, wovencwire fenced mature for 5 COWS,I)()I‘del‘lllg river for mile; tine wood ot,timber. fruit. 2 story 7-rooni house. river view. 2 barns. 1000 bu. oorn houses with drive way. «Ito. Details pageSZ big Full Catalog. just out. farm bar him! 23 states; copy free. STRUUT FARM AGE CY. 814 B. C. Ford Bldg. Detroit ichigan Country Home in “The College County" M for sale. Immediate possession: on long term con- tract if desi red.fuiiy equipped ZOO-acre dairy farm with established state and federal inspected her .registe red Holstein-Friesian cattle: two ood farm homes within 15 minutes of State Normal 00 logo 1!) minutes of Un- iversity of Michiganfil) minutes of Detroit. EX) minutes of Toledo,over good roads. With or without cattle and equipment. William B. Hatch. YpSiiauti, Mich. ’ 240 Acres in Washtcuaw County, Fm for sale Salem Twp.. 7 miles North of Y5- silanti price $75 per acre. terms reasonable; bull - lugs alone are worth price asked for farm. John, Wagner. 1161 Helen Avenue. Detroit, Mich. ' ‘ ' Low rices. Easy terms. Rich Michigan Farms. STAEFELD 33mm ERS. 15 Merrill Building. Saginaw. Michigan l N. W. Ann Arbor good land. good bldgs. l 87 acres reasonable terms; will mail views. Addrem Mr. MoADAMS. 1250 W. Euclid, Detroit. Mich. WANTED to hear from owner of farm or un- improved land for sale. 0. K. Hawloy. Baldwin, Wisconsin. FOR Sale or for Mich. Farm. Producin farm in Ozarks. “Mineral 8 tin ." Truckin 0 cars four DI IE ARM. Grann s. Ark. hundred acre. tion. I). 1'. Bush. ‘Minneupolis. Minn. ‘ when writing to advertisers. u l. FARM POI! RENT IMMEDIATE POSSESSION Rich laud, part of a. large estate. new buildln a. good markets. paved roads. near town. retire s. high school. grade schools. churches. No tortill- zer required. Good soft water. American tarm- ers as your neighbors. ‘Land plowed. TERMS Cash rent 326.00 or acre. or half crop basis. You to furnish imp emeuts. live stock and labor. Owner to furnish half cost power. balin . sacks. etc. Under these terms. through a perio years. (term of lease). your share should average not less than $50.00 per acre and withogood hard work. well directed. can average ['16. per acre per year. LOCATION This farm of Macros. and several others like it up w 160 acres. are known to be in one of the most productive farming sections of America. Your future would be what you would make it. These farms are located in the very center or the famous San Joaquin Valley. at Chowchllla. on the main line oi? the Southern Pacific B. B... on the wonderful paved California State Highway. near h‘resno. California. LAND and SOIL The land is a great valley floor and the soil is deep and rich-there ll none better anywhere. Work and honest enort will make any man on this land independent. CROPS and CLIMATE The land produces two crops eachyear. Any- thing can 6 grown other than tropical fruit. A perpetual year round mlldclimate makes these une uale crops and earnings possible. Grain. alfa fa, truck. berries fruit—in fact anything and, everything—you will get more than twice as much in mono from your crops. An acre will feed twice the ive stock. Will, produce twice the milk and butter. And the markets are Just as goo YOUR LEASE , Good industrious, hard working farmers will be given a five year lease on one or these terms. here is no trick or scheme in this odor. l men and their families are the col ones wanted ~none others will be aooe . oi! the wisest and best central states more and bankers have bou ht land on all four sides of these terms at rom mm 8326 per acre. If you like the country. when you have made friends with those all around you at Chowohiiln. when you learn all of this and more is the truth—when you have made a. success as a. router or a. form mun- ager, you will be given an opportunity to own a. farm of your own—pick it out and you can have an option on it. I want you to succeed and will help you. INSTRUCTIONS To qualify—to be able to make glood-you must know farming—you must have ive stock—im- plements—you must know a good thin when you see it and be willing to keep you we up to the same high standard of others. on must have some money—you must be looking for & ohanceto be a successful farmer. Answer nick and tell us all about yourself. what. you we been doing persons in your family, list. your live stock. implements. state money on hand and available and when you can go and take es- sion. lour answer will betreuted in con once. It you arune or the men I am seeking 1 will call on you at once. This is an. opportunity of s Medina. Answer today. “Wrote“."a "m 109 N. Dearborn St... Chicago. In. ‘Iosl Ill Inn has. new of 186“!” Look Berry Farm in Micki .forsalelay owner. Skinner Irrigatgcri‘nli‘tlne but] a Amfifofl. tie aspirates IWHEAT TRAFFIC SITUATION EX- PLAINED; XPLAINING the wheat traffic sit- uation, Walker D. Hines. Director General of Railroads, has authorized the following statement: “My associates and I have been and are giving most earnest consideration to the transportation of wheat, but it is important to have it clearly under— stood that the preSent inability to transport the wheat is due to causes which the Railroad Administration cannot control. On May 20 and again issued notices to the'public that in wheat and- the necessity of utilizing all available railroad equipment to the fullest possible extent, the wheat crop. would have to be handled under the permit system under which wheat would not be accepted for transporta- tion until there were facilities for un- loading it at destination. “The permit system which is admin- istered in connection with the Grain Corporation was put into effect in ac- cordance with public notice on August 1. and since that time permits for the shipment of Wheat have been issued only when there were facilities at des- tination for unloading it. The reason the Railroad Administration has not been supplying more cars for (Wheat is that the elevators are full at the proposed destinations and consequent- ly the wheat could not be unloaded from the cars. ' “It is absolutely necessary to avoid a situation where vast numbers of rail- road cars would be filled with grain which could not be disposed of at des- tination, because this would result in practically taking the cars out of the transportation service and using them for storage and depriving the public generally of cars which are badly need~ ed for business of every sort. “The Railroad Administration is pre- pared as an emergency measure to pro- vide ample freight cars to take care of all wheat that can be unloaded out on May 29 the Railroad Administration - view of an expected large crop of- 'of the cars at destination, giving pref- erence to wheat on the ground. The situation thus becomes one of finding] {elevator capacity to take care of the' wheat at destination. “My associates and I are using every endeavor to improve the situation through cooperation with the United States Grain Corporation and that cor- poration is following up the matter in a most active way. It must be appre- ciated, however, that there are wide limitations upon the extent to which grain can be immediately moved out of the elevators on account of condi- tions in the foreign market and condi- tions of ocean shipping and it will be exceedingly difficult to overcome these limitations. Just as fast as elevator capacity can be provided at destina- tions, the Railroad Administration pro- poses to give preference to the wheat movement and furnish the cars to move it, but it would make the situa- tion worse and greatly injure transpor- tation generally to tie up cars by load- 'in them‘ with wheat which could not be unloaded at destination." NORWAY VOTES FOR PROHIBI. TION. HE » prohibition Norway is an overwhelming tri- umph for supporters of prohibition. ing against and 20,000 for. referendum in a the figures being: For prohibition 403,- . .904; against 282,472. In Christiana only - was there strong opposition._70,000vot- , The moas- . lure coca not M m 3356.338932- W There is a chicness about Vassar Sweat- era that makes them most delightful for all outdoor wear. The Veneer Sweet- er. come in style- auitnbh for all mem- ber. of the family VICTOR-VASSAR Kmrrm 0 Mi as 48-50 Jefferson Avenue Detroit. Michigan @§§@‘i§' SWEATERS musioo to $400 a Month A ' e ‘ Young man. are you ’ mechanically inclined? Come tothe Sweeney cho l. to be i an expert. I teach , ,, ‘ j A . unearths- llllllfifimtfufll‘uflfl.’fl c ' l . that'ethe secrgt of the ""“m lm' “ll llll swarm 3mm '_'- of Ju‘acticai trainin by which 5.000 ‘ . sol iers were traine for U. S. Gov- " eminent and over 20.000 expert mechanics. Learn in a few weeks; no previous experience necessary. FRE Write today for illustrated free catalog _ ghowing hundreds of ’Fictul‘ea men working in new Million Dollar rude School. LEARN A TRADE SCHOOL AUTO-TRACTORAVIAWON 67 .swuuwmoomusns cn-v no. You can make your own con- llooii - m on g “1:12.813: genes $022233)“. "ms idle dean muddy days and MI ave n lotot money With n _ “M SHELDON Concrete Mixer ..._____.__..._.fi \\ ‘REROSENE g ENGINE ; Write our 0 uder. Glert imp. uh! moat ttin hill! . got": figlewfiofificzgwfi M: 12—13333 arrow—w K It n am,- y ,. MM“. J. 2,. ...., ...,,..-. FARMER. FARM BUREAU WORTH WHILE To. ‘ - THIS R. CARNS, of Calhoun, says this ~ ‘aboutthe work of the farm -bu- reau: “The Calhoun County Farm Bureau was partly responsible for my going into the pedigreed rye business which has netted me a nice profit dur- ing the past tWO years. For over twen- ty-five years I have been plugging along just nicely breaking even on my farm, but now I can see a. possibility of laying up a comfortable bank roll which my wife and I can enjoy in old age. The county agent has paid a number of visits to our farm and he has put new life into my work. He has encouraged me to use more marl on my land and the results are begin- ning toshow in good stands of red clover. The Federal Farm Loan Asso- ciation which he helped to organize has enabled me to purchase a new tract of land which will net me a fair profit each year, besides paying inter- est on my investment. I would not give up my membership in the Cal~ houn County Farm Bureau for many times what it cost me to join the or- ganization. “The farmers in my community who understand the farm bureau proposi- tion are enthusiastic supporters of its program of work. The only ones who are knocking the organization are the ones who still have the old idea that the county agent is supposed to look them up and tell them how to farm. These farmers never come out to the grange meetings nor to farmers’ club meetings and they don’t want to get acquainted with the county agent. I believe that they will take more inter- est in their work when they realize that the farm bureau is helping to build up their business. “I was more than pleased to read about the State Farm Bureau program of work in ‘a recent issue of the Mich- igan Farmer. It is certainly a splendid program and I believe that it is the salvation of the farming business.” MICHIGAN GRANGE TO SELL PRO- DUCTS OF MEMBERS. HE executive committee of the Michigan StateGrange took an im- portant action a few days ago rela- tive to the cooperative marketing of their members’ products, especially potatoes. This matter has been under discussion for some time, but there has been some hesitancy about start- ing the work until the officers were thoroughly convinced that safe and ef- ficient sales machinery could ”be se- cured. The success of the Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange last year led to a careful examination of its methods. The committee found that the ex- change was organized on a sound bus- iness basis and officered entirely by successful farmers. This evidence convinced the oflicers of the State Grange that they were justified in making a contract for their large mem- bership to market their potatoes and other vegetables and fruits through the exchange. Such a contract has been made and it is estimated that this new combination will give a total tonnage of’over six thousand cars. Pretty boxes of paper and envelopes used to be frequent gifts for birthday or Christmas time. Many of these have never been used, but are stored away in the desk or the top shelf somewhere. Get these out now and 'write letters to every friend you can . think of. These are days when hearts are in need of a word of cheer. Let yours berthe voice tospeak that word. ; illour stati‘Onery Cannot be put to bet- ; ter: , service. ' ' ' ‘ ~ “ letter ‘that‘yci’u‘yvill prize as ' mm .. ... And you will get back “and.“ d, .e ' bothernno dirt. . The CALORIC Iron-Clad Guarantee wHEN you purchase a CALORIC, you do so knowing positively that it will heat your home~one to eighteen rooms- perfectly, regardless of the temperature outside. Because-—we guarantee this in writing. 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IMO: "no: MARK MARK DEG'D R‘G‘D 77222 Original Patented Pipeless Furnace More Than 76,000 CALORICS In Use HERE are undoubtedly several CALORIC- heated homes in your own neighborhood. If you want the names of neighbors Who are included in the list of 76,000 satisfied owners, write us to- Then you can get first-hand proof of the wonderful efficiency of this simple, sturdy, low-cost 2 heating system. You can get the evidence of home- folks as to its remarkable fuel-saving features. Your ‘ friends will tell you that CALORIC Pipeless Heat- ing is an absolute, unqualified success. Get The Facts Today \j PLEASE see your local dealer at once. \ \ don’t know him, write us direct. We will be glad _. . g;- to give you complete information regarding this bet- * " . ter heating system for your home. \‘ 4 " See the CALORIC at State and County Fairs THE Mopgwrovs CinCi-nnati, Ohio 625 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Mini. If you "Ween ; Pipeless Heating BRANCH HOME: LE T triaga’N 0W! }\ .\ 's t . . s s g on This Easy, Self-Earning Plan! . ‘ You won’t feel the cost at all. The ma- \\\\\\ chine itself will save its own cost and more \ ~ 0 . ‘ ‘ ‘ you need direct from our factory and § give you a whole Year to pay our low \ \\‘ atch_es, North J aokson. 0.. says: “We \‘\\\\\\\\\ getting more than thce the cream we were \ i\‘\\§\\\\ runs very easy. Why not get a fu ly guaranteed _ . \\\\‘\\‘\\\\ . New_Butterfly Separator for_your farm . ' (10) ‘ and let it earn its cost by what it. saves EASY , I Cream Separators have these exclusive, high-grade features: Frictionless pivot ball bearings bathed in oxl—self-drammg how (1 ‘ — l d d ' f bott m— light-running cut steel ears 01 £131. éufieanterelg-li’ilgfiest skimming efficiency and durability? We 'give 1 ' I t al defects in material and workmanship. W chi you the a usachine you need and let you use it fora? days. ’fiien i’f pleased extra roman the so ator saves and makes for you. .1! not pleased just i the mac no back at our ex use an we Will refund what ‘\ \ \ before you pay. We ship any size separator ‘ .\ \l . ., \V\\\\§\ ‘\\\\ game of $38 and up. Read what Alfred ‘ E \ 5 \ bare. The separator is very can to clean and New BUTTERFLY 'ro CLEAN self~draming milk tank—easy-cleaning one-piece aluminum skimmin 30 0a 3’ FREE Trial—Lifetime Guaraniee- ’ you can make the rest of the small mon y payments out of the you poi . You take no risk. Write or FREE Catalog Folder now. Alina-MI“ 09-,- 2165 lamina" Boulevard. amuse DICKEY GLAZED TILE SILOS “The Fruit Jar of the Field" Read what Dickey s'lo owners have to say. Semi for ‘atalog No. 9 W. S. DICKEY CLAY MFG. (10.. MACOMB, ILL. Chattanooga. Tenn. SEEDS WANTED . Michigan Grown Winter Vetch. Rye and \‘etch. June and Mam- moth Clover. Alfalfa, Sweet Clover. Alsike and Field Peas. Known varieties of Garden Peas. Beans and other Garden seeds. if High Germin- ation and 1919 crop. Send samples for test. The C. E. DePuy Co. Pontiac, Mich. LEARN AUCTIONEERINC at World's Original and Greatest School and become independent with no capital invested. Every branch of the husmess taught. Write coda for free catalo . JONES NAT‘L SCHOOL OF Ahcnoneanmd. 28 N.Sacramento Blvd.. Chicago. Ill. Carey M.Jonea. Pro, CULL BEANS FOR FEED Car lots or less. A k f ’ . YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED ho..°5v38§§b, M1011. WE WANT VETCH. €19,123ng YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED 00., Owosao. Mich. Please mention The Michigan Farmer when writing to advertisers. ' , Kansas City, Mo. _ ‘vsawgm u54W¢2¢ #5 a. 1.2. ' been improved upon. There is a good _ - e as... him warm 5.; ion..- in 4: a m; .. mm» CHEAPER MILK. ERR 8M ,. 55. I; . ‘d bound, with “a bone in her . teeth.” and a record for looking 5 into many strange ports in six i short months. ' ’ If you had been one of her proud sailors you would have left New York (Continued from page 478). nish' two thousand creditable register- ed .Holstein-Friesian ‘ bull calves,‘ straight on the back, wedge shape, type-y, from good dams and good sires, that would be a credit to any scrub.» or grade herd and buy them at the source of supply at a very low price indeed when they were two weeks old. These could be crated and shipped' by ex- 1 - City in [ant-nary, been at Guantanamo, Dress to. points where they were want- ‘ Cuba, in February, gone ashore at Port ed, or they could be shipped in car-[ loads and distributed in states at a” very much less expense. The trouble, as I see it, has been ft\\' that the only animals that have been! \\\ advertised are those from high-record dams in certain popular lines of breed— ing and they have been sold at high prices because they represent some specialty of selective breeding. It is from these prices that the owners of scrub herds have been measuring the probable cost to them, and I want to say to you men who use scrub sires, ‘ ‘ that you are laboring under a tremen— / ' ,-, ‘3le figz‘fl dous disadvantage. The average grade 2.? y , of the second generation will give fifty- per cent more than the average scrub \. W Q?) . of Spain, ziirinid‘ad, in March and \ ' stopped at Brest, France, in April to . bring the President home. In M the Arizona swung at her anchor in the hat- . bot of Smyrna, Turkey. In [one she tested under the shadow of (ii ' raltar - \ \ _ _ p and in July she was back in New York, \s g h......— . . ‘ k Her crew boasts that no millionaire ‘ ‘ tourist ever globe-trotted like this. There was one period of four weeks .in which iii .. , the crew saw- the coasts 0? North Amer- _ Elli, ‘ ica, South America, Europe, Asia and from which the generation springs, .. , ' .93", i ‘ Africa. that is, if your scrub herd is averag- 1' ; iii“: ing four'thousand pounds of milk a " ' 1 year or one hundred and seventy-five pounds of butterfat, you can increase; I the milk fifty per cent and you can in- crease the butteri‘at fifty per cent by the second generation by using pure- bred Holstein-Friesian sires. It has been demonstrated in a. great number of instances, and it is not alone this difference that enures to your profitfl ’ the maintenance of the scrub is prac- tically equal to the maintenance of the grade, and while the scrub might have 4" been making you a loss with the four: thousand pounds of milk, the grade H," would be liable to make you a profit at six thousand pounds of milk, and _ you cannot afford to go on making dairy products with animals that are not calculated for that purpose any} ' more than you could use scrubs to pI‘O- duce beef at the lowest possible cost of production. You have got to have} beef machinery if you produce beefi economically and you have got to have: dairy machinery if you produce dairy products economically. The scrub has "t An enlistment in the navy \g} gives you a- chance at the education of \. \ travel. Your mind is quickenedby contacts \ With new people. new. places; new ways of » ’ \ doing things. Pay begins the day you. join. On board ship a man is always learning. There is work to be done and he is taught to do is well; Trade schools develop skill, industry. and business ability. Work and play are planned by experts. Thirty days furlough each year with full‘pay. The food is fine. A fiill outfit of clothing is provided free. Pro- " / \ motion is unlimited for men of brains. You )1 \‘V can enlist for two years and come out # broader. stronger, abler. “The Navy made a man of me.” is an expression often heard. Apply at any recruiting station if you are over 17. There you will get full information. I! you can’t find the recruiting station, ask your Postmaster. He knows. deal better machinery now than there used to be for manufacturing dairy products and manufacturing beef. 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From out of the heart of it can- tered a rider, who swung his pony as on a half dollar, and deflected the re muda toward Chunn’s corral. The rider was in the broad-rimmed felt hat, the gray shirt, the plain loath er chaps of a vaquero. The alkali dust of Arizona lay thick on. every exposed inch of him, but youth bloomed inex- tinguishably through the grime: As he swept forward with a Whoop to turn the lead horses it rang in his voice, announced itself in his carriage, was apparent in the modeling of his slim, hard body. Under. other conditions he might have been a college freshman for age, but the competent confidence of manhood sat easily on his broad He was already a graduate of that school of experience which al- ways holds open session on the baked desert. Curly Flandrau had more than eyes of shoulders. once looked into the chill death. " The leaders of the herd dribbled in- .‘to the corral through the open gate, and the others crowded on their heels. Three more riders followed Curly into » the enclosure. Upon them, too, the desert had sifted its white coat. The stained withers of the animals they rode told of long, steady travel. One of them, a red-haired young fellow of about the same age as Curly, swung stiffly from the saddle. “Me for a square meal first off,” he gave out promptly. “Not till we’ve finished this busi- Instant cream to. taste. NOW More Economical Than Coffee Better for Health and Costs Less A table drink made ”quick as a wink” by placing a spoonful cup, then adding hot water, and sugar and “There’s a Rea for POSTUM Postum Cereal Company Battle Creek, Mich. SoldbyGroomandGmwlm P ostum ~ l 4 9 ma < tu’nxmfiifiu‘nn '17-“ ' 11 in Price a ‘drinking cup from Blackwell ness, Mac. We’ll put a deal right through if Warren’s here,” decided a third member of the party. He was a toughdooking customer of nearly fifty. From out of his leathery sun-andwvind beaten face. hard eyes looked without expression. “Bad Bill” Cranston he was called, and the man looked as if he had earned his sobriquet. “And what if he ain’t here?” snarled This Slender Gjrl: DUmfounded Them. the fourth. “Arefyou aiming to sit down and wait for him ?" “We’ll cross that bridge when. we come to it,” Bad Bill answered. “Curly, want to ride up to the hotel and ask if Mr. Dave Warren is there? Bring him right down if he is.” “And say, young~ fellow, don’t shout all over the place what your business is with him,” ordered the previous speaker sulkilay. Lute Blackwell, a squat heavily muscled man of forty, had the manner of a. bully. Unless his shifty eyes lied he was both cruel and vindictive. Curly’s gaze traveled over him leis- urely. Not a. muscle in his boyish face moved, but in the voice one might have guessed an amused contempt. “All right. I won’t, since you men- tion it, Lute.” The young man cantered up the dusty street toward the hotel. Black- 'well- trailed toward the windmill pump. “Thought you’d fixed it with this ‘Warren to be right on the spot so’s we could unload on him prompt,” he grumbled at Cranston without looking toward the latter. “I didn’t promise he’d be hanging round your neck soon as you hit the town,” Cranston retorted cooly. “Keep your shirt on, Lute. No. use getting in a sweat.” The owner of the. cor-rat sauntered from. the. stable. and. groomed over the bunch of horses milling around. “Been traveling some,” he suggest- ed to. Bad Bill. 'T‘A few. Seen anything of a man named Warren about town today ?” ' “He’s been here se-ve-reral times. Said he/ was looking for a party with stool: to sea. Might you be the outfit he’s expecting?” “We might.” Bad Bill took the and drained it. .“I reckon the dust was caked in my throat an inch deep.” “Drive all the way from the Bar Double M?” asked the keeper of the corral, his eyes on the brand stamped on the flank of a pony, circling past. “Yep.” Bad Bill. turned away andpbegan to unsaddle. He. did not intend to volun teen. anyinfcrmaticn. though on the other hand he did not want to stir sus- picion by making a mystery, for gos- sips to chew on. “Looks like you bebn hitting the road at a right lively gait.” Mac cut in. “Shoulder of my bronc’s chafed from the saddle. Got anything that’ll heal it?” “You bet I have.” The man hurried into the stable and the redheaded cow- puncher winked acr05s the back of his horse at Bill. The keeper of the stable and the young man were still busy doctoring the sore when Curly arrived with War- ren. The buyer was a roundbodied man with black gimler. eyes that saw much he never told. The bargain he drove was a hard one, but'it did not take long to come to terms at about one-third the value of the string he was purchasing. Very likely he had his suspicions, but he did. not voice them. No doubt they cut a» figure in the price. He let it be understood that he, was a supply agent for the rebels in Mexico. Before the bills were warm in the pockets of the sellers, his vaq- ueros were mounted and were moving the remuda toward the border. Curly and Mack helped them get started. As they rode back to the cor- ral a young man came out from the stable. Flandrau forgot that there were reasons why he wanted just now to be a stranger in the land» with his identity not advertised. He let out a. shout. “Hello, Curly. How are things a- comin’?” “Fine. When did you blow into Saguache? Ain’t you off your run some?” They had ridden the range together and had frolicked around on a dozen boyish larks. Their ways had suited each other and they had been a good deal more than casual bunkies. To put it mildly the meeting was likely to prove embarrassing. “Came down to see about getting some cows for the old man from the Fiddleback outfit,” Davis explained. “I didn’t expect to bump into friends ’way down here. You riding for the Bar Double M?” . There was a momentary silence. Curly’s vigilant eyes met those of his old side partner. What did Slats know? Had he been in the stable while the remuda. was still in the corral? Had he seen them with Bad Bill and Black- well? Were his suspicions already ac- tive?” “No, I’m riding for the Map 0f~Tex« as,’ ’Flandrau answered evenly. . “Come on, Curly. Let’s go feed our faces,” Mac called from the stable. Flandrau nodded. “You still with the Hashknife?” he asked Davis. “Still with ’em. L’ve been raised to assistant foreman.” ' “Bully- for you. That’s great. All right, Macfi I’m coming, That’s sure great, old hoss. Well, see you later, Slats.” ' F-landrau. followed Mac, dissatisfied with himself for leaving his friend sin cavilierly. In the old days they had told each other everything, had talked things out' together before many a campfire. He. guessed Slats would be hurt, but he had to think of his part- ners in this enterprise. After supper they took a room at the hotel and divided the money Warren had paid for the horses. None of them had slept for the last fifty hours and Mac proposed to tumble into bed at once. Bad Bill shock his head. “I wouldn’t, Mac. Let’s, hit the trail, and do our sleeping in the hills; There’ s too many telephone lines into this here town to suit me." “$110! We made a clean, getaway, : v V‘J . -_.n sin’d we’re plumb wore out. Our play isn’t to, hike out like we were scared stiff of something. What we want to do is to act as if we could look every darned citizen in the face. Mac’s sure rightfi’ Curly agreed. “You kids make me tired. As if you knew anything about it. I’m going . to [dust muy pronto,” Blackwell said. "Sure. Whenever you like. You go and we’ll stay. Then everybody’ll be satisfied. We got to Split up anyhow,” Male said. Bad Bill looked at Blackwell and‘ nodded. "That’s right. We don’t all want to pull a blue streak. That would be a dead give away. Let the kids stay if they want to.” “So as they can round on us if they are nabbed," Blackwell sneered. Cranston called him down roughly. “That’ll be enough along that line, Lute. I don’t stand for any more cracks like it.” Blackwell, not three months out ‘ from the penitentiary, faced the other with an ugly look in his eyes. He was . always ready to quarrel, but he did not like to fight unless he had a sure» thing. He knew Bad Bill was an ugly customer when he once got started. “Didn’t mean any harm," the ex-con— vict growled. “But I don’t like this sticking around town. I tell you right now, I don’t like it.” “Then I wouldn’t stay if: I were you,” Curly suggested promptly. “Mac and I have got a different notion. So we’ll tie to Saguache for a day or two.” As soon as the older. men had gone ' the others tumbled into bed and fell asleep at once. Daylight was sitting in through the open Window before their eyes opened. Somebody was pounding on the bedroom door, which probably accounted for Flandrau’s dream that a sheriff was driving nails in the lid of a. coffin containing one Curly. Mac was already out of bed when his partner’s feet hit the floor. “What’s up, Mac?” The eyes 'of the redheaded puncher gleamed with excitement. His six-gun was in his hand. By the look of him he was about ready to whang loose through the door. “Hold your horses, you chump,” Cur- ly sang out. “It’s the hotel clerk. I left. a call with him.” But it was not the hotel clerk after all. Through the door came a quick, jerky voice. “That you, Curly? For God’s sake, let me in." Before he had got the words out the door was Open. Slats came in and shut it behind him. He looked at Mac, the forty-five shaking in the boy’s hand and he looked at Flandrau. “They’re aft-er‘you,” he said, breath— ing fast as if he had been running. “Who?” fired Curly back at him. “The Bar Double M Boys. They just reached» town.” . “Put up that gun, Mac, and move in- to your clothes immediate,” ordered ' Curly. Then to Davis: “Go on. Un~ load the rest. What do they know?” “They inquired for you and your friend here down at the Legal Tender. . . The other members of your party they , could only guess at.” , “Have: we got a chance to make a, getaway?” Mac asked. Davis nodded. “Slide out across the . kitchen, cut into the alley, and across, lots to the corral. We’ll lock the door and Ill hold them here as long as I can.” “Good boy, Slats. If there’s a. neck.- tie party you’ll get the first bid,” Cuniy‘ ' grinned. Slate looked at him, cold and steady. 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The two young men ran down the back'stairs, passed through the kitch- en where a Chinese cock was getting breakfast, and out into the bright sun- light. Before they cut across to the corral their eyes searched for enemies. Nobody was in sight except the negro janitor of a. saloon busy putting empty bottles into a barrel. “Won’t do to be in any hurry. The play is we’re gentlemen of leisure, just out for an amble to get the morning air,” Curly cautioned. While they fed, watered, and sad- dled they swapped gossip with the wrangler. It would not do to leave the boy with a. story of two riders in such a hurry to hit the trail that they could not wait to feed their bronchos. So they stuck it out while the animals ate, though they were about as con- tented as a two-pound rainbow. trout on a hook. One of them was at the door all the time to make sure the way was still clear. At that they shaved it were coming down the street. "Kite Bonfils,” Curly called to his partner. No explanation was needed. Bon- fils was the foreman of the Bar Double M. He let out a, shout as he caught sight of them and began to run for- ward. Simultaneously his gun seemed to jump from its holster. Mac’s quirt sang and his pony leap- ed to a canter in two strides. A bullet zipped between them. Another struck the dust at their heels. Faintly there came to the fugitives the sound of the foreman’s curses. They had escaped for the time. Presently they passed the last barb wire fence and open country lay be- fore them. It did not greatly matter which direction they followed, so long as they headed into the desert. -- “What we’re looking for is, a country filled with absentees,” Curly explained with a grin. Neither of them had ever been in serious trouble before and both regret- ted the folly that had turned their drunken spree into a crime. Once or twice they came to the edge of a quar- rel, for Mack was ready to lay the blame on his companion. Moreover, he had reasons why the thing he had done loomed up as a heinous offense. His reasons came out before the camp fire on Dry Sandy that evening. They were stretched in front of it try- ing to make a smoke serve instead of supper. Mac broke a gloomy silence to grunt out jerkily a situation he could no longer keep to himself. “Here’s where I get my walking pa- pers I reckon. No rustlers need ap- ply." . Curly shot a slant glancexat him. “Meaning—the girl?” The redheaded puncher nodded. “She will throw me down sure. And why shouldn’t she? I tell you I’ve r'uined my life. You’re only a kid. What you know about it?” He took from his coat pocket 3. pho- fine, for as they rode away two men , tograph and showed it to his friend. 4 The sweet clean face of, easiwholesome , CrookedTraIls and Straih (Continued from preceding page). girl’smiled at Curly. .“She’s certainly a right nice' young lady. I’ll bet she stands by you all right. Where’s she live at?” “Waits in a restaurant at Tomb- stone. We was going to be married soon as we, saved five hundred dol- lars.” Mac swallowed hard. “And I had to figure out this short cut to the money whilst I was drunk. As if she would look at money made that way. Why, we’d-a—been ready, by Christmas if I’d only Waited.” Curly tried to cheer him up, but did not make much of a job of it. The in- disputable facts were that Mac was an outlaw and a horse thief. Very likely a price was already on his head. The redheaded boy rolled another cigarette despondently. “Sho! I’ve cooked my goose. She’ll not look at me—even if they don’t send me to the pen.” In a moment he added huskily, staring into the deepening darkness: And she’s the best ever. Her name’s Myra Anderson.” Abruptly Mac got up and disappear- ed in the night, muttering something about looking after the horses. His partner understood well enough what was the matter..The redheaded punch- er was in a stress of emotion, and like the boy he was he did not want Curly to know it. Flandrau pretended to. be asleep when Mac returned half an hour later. They slept under a live oak with the soundness of healthy youth. For the time they forgot their troubles. Neith- er of them knew that as the hours slipped away red tragedy was gallop- ing closer to them. CHAPTER II. Camping with Old Man Trouble. HE sun was shining in his face when Curly wakened. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. Mac was nowhere in sight. Prqbably he had gone to get the horses. A sound broke the stillness of the desert. It might have been the explo- sion of a giant firecracker, but Flan- drau knew it was nothing so harmless. He leaped to his feet, and at the same instant Mac came running over the brow of the hill. A smoking revolver was in his hand. From behind the hill a gun cracked then a second—and a. third. Mac stum‘ bled over his feet and pitched forward full length on the ground. His friend ran toward him, forgetting the revol- ver that lay in its holster under the live oak. Every moment he expected to‘ see Mac jump up, but the figure stretched beside the cholla never mov- ed. Flandrau felt the muscles round his heart tighten. He had seen sud- den death before, but never had it come so near home. A bullet sent up a spurt of dust in front of him, another just on the left. Riders were making a half circle round the knoll and closing in on him. In his right mind Curly would have been very properly frightened. Now he thought only of Mac lying there so still in the sand; Right into the fire zone he ran, knelt beside his paitner, and lifted the led thatched head. A little hole show- ed back of the left ear and another at the right temple. A bullet had plowed through the boy’s skull. Softly Flandrau put the head back in the sand and rose to his feet. The revolver of the dead puncher was in his hand. The attackershad stopped shooting, but When they saw him rise a rifle puffed once more. The riders were closing in ‘on him now. The near- est called to him to surrender. Almost at the same time a red hot pain shot through the left arm of the trapped rustler. Someone had nipped him from the rear.‘ Curly saw red. Surrender nothing. ,. M...- —-4, .. .....r —-4, any: m the smoke cloare‘dxthe man , whohad ordered him to give up. was slipping from his horse. Curly was surprised, but he kn'ew he must have hit him by chance. “We got him. His gun’s empty,” someone shouted. Cautiously they closed in, keeping him covered all the time. Of a sudden the plain tilted up- to meet the sky. Flandrau felt himself swaying on his toot. Everything went black. The boy had fainted. When he came to himself strange faces were all around him. and there were no bodies to go with them. They seemed to float about in an odd casual sort of way. Then things cleared. “He’s coming to all right," one said. “Good. I’d hate to have him cheat the rope,” another cried with an oath “That's right. How is Culliscn?” This was said to another who had just come up. “Hard hit. Looks about all in.. Got him in the side.” » The rage had died out of Curly. In a. flash he saw all that had come of their drunken spree; the rustling of the Bar Double M stock, the discovery, the death of his friend and maybe of Cullison, the certain punishment that would follow. He was a. horse thief caught almost in the act. Perhaps he was a murderer too. And the whole thing had been entirely unpremedi- tated. Flandrau made a movement to rise and they jerked him to his feet. “You’ve played hell,” one of the men told the boy. He was a sawed-off little fellow known as Dutch. Flandrau had seen him in the Map of Texas country a year or two before. The rest were strangers to the boy..All of them look ed at him out of hard hostile eyes. He was scarcely a human being to them; rather a wolf to be stamped out of ex- sitence as soon as it was convenient. A chill ran down Curly’s spine. He felt as if someone were walking on his grave. At a shift in the group Flandrau’s eyes fell on his friend lying in the sand with his face turned whitely to the sky he would never see again. It came over him strangely enough how Mac used to break into a. little chuckling laugh when he was amused. He had quit laughing now for good and all. A lump came into the boy’s throat and he had to work it down before he spoke. “Thereifia picture in his poc-.et, and some letters I reckon. Send them to Miss Myran Anderson, Tombstone, in care of one of the restaurants. I don’t know which one.” “Send nothin’," sneered Dutch, and coupled it with a remark no decent man makes of a woman one guess. Because of Mac lying there with the little hole in his temple Curly boiled over. With a jerk his right arm was free. It shot out like a pile-driver, all his weight behind the blow. Dutch went down as if a charging bull had flung him. Almost simultaneously Curly hit the sand hard. Before he could stir three men‘ were straddled over his anatomy; One of them ground his head into the dust. “You would, eh? We’ll see about that. Jake, bring yore rope.” They tied the hands of the boy, hauled him to his feet. and set him astride a horse. In the distance a windmill of the Circle C ranch was shining in the morning sun. Toward the group of buildings clustered round this‘ two of his captors started with Flandrau. A third was already gallop- ing toward the ranch house to tele- phone tor a doctor. (Continued next week). q we a! 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Daylight for Night Chores _ HEN winter draws near—when the sun rises late and night comes soon -—when darkness makes the chores seem a nuisance—the man with a Colt Light- ing and Cooking Plant is the man to be envied. It lights the house as well as the barns with a soft, brilliant white light—the most brilliant light known to science-— and it cooks the dinner, and the morning coffee and flapj acks. N 0 other system gives this double service. The carbide Lighting 0L7; Cooking Plant TPA DE is the most economical in first cost and the most economical in up-keep. It never gets out of order. Farmers have used them for 15 years without repairs. You owe yourself and your family conveniences city people enjoy. Let us send you the names of neighbors who have used a Colt plant for years and prefer it to all others. J. B. COLT COMPANY, 288 Fourth Avenue, N. Y. City The product of expert furriers LLSWORTH COATS are not made like ordinary sheepskin-lined out» door coats. On the contrary they are carefully tailored by skilled fur—coat makers—with 40 years experience at their command. - This difi'erence of manufacturing methods ex- plains the greater comfort andgreeter wear of these famous cold-weather garments. Every Ellsworth sheepskin-lined coat is made of Selected skins, tanned so they are soft and pli- able, carefully mntched. '3 Note the big, warm fur collars that fit: snuglg around the neck. Kcrsey Felt reinforcement rovi es greater warmth over the front of the body an helps the anneal: hold its shape. These coats have many points superi- ority yet- they cost no more than others. If your dealer cannot supply you. write to no. , Ellsworth & Thayer Mfgo Co.’ Fur Coat M ulcers for 40 years Milwaukee. Wis. Dept 2‘ a.) . mania? fig; and/.eafh'er- Lined Vests it“? ing grade and pure-bred calves was brought out in the work done by the boys of the state of Illinois. Two banks decided to promote the work of the calf clubs but one of them sought to use only the more moderate priced grades while the other used pure-bred calves. The calves were drawn by lot and were cared for much the same throughout the summer. When the dis- persal sale was held in the fall the grade calves were sold about a week before the pure-breds. The grade calves averaged $65 per head and the sale was thought to be quite a success. The registered calves had cost the boys on the average $117. The aver. age selling price, however, was $235 per head, or in other words, the boys with the purebred calves had received a profit of almost double the full sell- ing price of the grade calves. The les- son in this case has already been seen by the community and several herds of pure-bred cattle are being started. One of the plans by which stock of the better type is placed with the clubs is the endless chain method used with the pure-bred pig clubs. A good example of this plan is furnished by the Albion, (Michigan), Duroc—Jersey pig club. The bank furnished the mon- ey for the purchase price of the pigs and Duroc-Jerseys were selected by the boys. A contract was drawn up by which each boy was to return to the bank one sow pig from each of the first two litters. After returning the second pig his contract was fulfill- ed and the original sow and all other increase were to belong to him. The bank was to take the young pigs re turned and give them out on the same basis to other boys, reserving only enough to dispose of to cover the cost of keeping up boar stock for the club. This Albion Duroc-Jersey club. is start- ing on its third year and it has been a success. The seven boys first organ- ized are now all in high school except one, and he is a. freshman in Albion College. These boys, when they came in from the country to the city high school were not weaned away from their farm homes, but have, through their weekly club meetings, been able to keep and broaden their outlook on farming and rural life with the result Purebreds Via the Boys’ Club (Continued from page 479). that without exception they are all planning to return to the farm better equipped for actual farm work, and with a saner view of the possibilities of farming and rural life and a knowl— edge of cooperation gained through pig club work. The Caledonia Junior Breeders’ As- sociation is a good Illinois example of the well organized dairy calf club. 0r- ganized in a community where a large number of breeds and cross-breeds were prevalent this club promises to unite the community on a one-breed basis. Eleven boys organized through the efforts of the county agricultural agent and the help of the bank. Elev- en pure-bred Guernseys from dams av- eraging above five hundred pounds were purchased in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, at an average cost of a lit- tle over one hundred and fifty dollars. The boys have their own cooperative insurance carried by the bank, and in case one of the heifers should die, through no fault of the boys, a new one would be purchased and the cost prorated on. the notes of the boys held by the bank. The interest taken in this project, both by the adults and the boys, promises much for the future live stock solidarity of the community. Already two adult Guernsey bull as- sociations have been formed. The very name “Caledonia Junior Breeders' As- sociation” is significant of the future the boys are building for themselves and their community. They hold. their meetings biweekly and study calf feed- ing, pedigrees and all subjects related to dairy husbandry. The club has al- ready formed a bean club for next year in order that they may pay part of their note this fall with the money from the beans. Another successful calf club is the “Young America Calf Club,” of Carson City, Michigan. Eighteen boys and girls were enrolled in this club early in 1917. The club chose pure-bred Shorthorns as their breed and started work. This club meets every month for the purpose of study and inspira- tion. Their work during the summer was featured by several educational trips around the county, visiting good examples of farming practice and looking over each other’s Shorthorns. - W119i You Wine 10, Advertisers Blaiiimnllil;mii Pamhf . , “nun. credit to: their malachite an the banker, Mr. Stebbins, who is also I acting as the local ‘leader for the club. V These clubs differ somewhat from the first live stock work for boys and girls which was more in the nature of; a contest. The present plan looks to . the, future interests of the community.“ both as to live stock and. to the citizen— ‘ ship of the rural community. Many of“ the first attempts at this work were: more or less temporary in their re- sults. be brought in and distributed among the boys and girls in the These would have very little, if any supervision, and would be called in for a sale in the fall by‘the bank. of permanent good would result. The present plan of feeding 'and; growing out the young stock the first year, and the second year start with a. breeding project, followed the third year with a herd project. a sow and litter project or the like, has more of value in it. since the boys become interested in stock production, and the social fea- tures side of farming and rural life. One of the newer clubs which is gaining Widespread popularity this year is the sheep club. Each boy in_ the sheep club purchases three or more bred ewes, giving the bank a. two-year note for the purchase price' of the sheep. This gives the boys the, chance to make payments from the; sale of wool. the sale of wether lambs, ' and thus by keeping the ewe lambs, build up a nice little flock for himself without disposing of his original sheep. One of the most sucbessful sheep clubs is the “More Wool, More Mutton Sheep Club,” of Traverse City, Mich. This club has thirty members, each taking care of three ewes and their offspring. These sheep clubs are do-‘ ing much to renew the interest in sheep husbandry. ‘ Pure-breds are coming into their own, and while the progress in this? line has been, for the most part, grad- ual, it is none the less sure. The pure- A large number of calves would , spring. ‘ The ‘ young stock would then all be sold off, 1' the banks paid and not a great amount ‘ It tends to permanency; of the club meetings build up an community life that is doing much to‘ show boys and girls the worth while ms 1&1 OH I can an a M E. R k . . - * The price of every Paige car is established by the cost of high grade manufacturing materials and expert workmanship. ill! Illlllu 0 "mm \llmq 2 iii“ ulmllll II ,I As we have said repeatedly, we believe that Pride and SelfReapect have an actual market value, so we build these qualifies into every Paige that leaves our plant. These two factors are the essentials in any fine product. To compromise on either one of them means to lower the standard of manufacturing—and that is precisely what this company never has done and never W111 do. We do not make cheap cars for-the simple reason that we have no materials or cheap workmanship. With such a policy there can be only one result. Our cars go into service With an honest heritage and a limitless capac1ty for hard, gruelling work They endure because they are fit to endure. faith in cheap They prove, day by day, that they .are worthy of our cemplete confidence and every penny that has been invested in them. PAIGE—DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT bred calf club, sheep club or pig club‘ is playing a large part in popularizing1 the pure-bred idea. The plan makes it possible, through the assistance of the banks, for the work to be started in a gradual way in many cases where pure-breds would otherwise be out of the question. Pure-bred stock clubs are pointing the way, but more and better than that, they are building up in our communities a class of farmers trained to cooperative organization and a class that has seen the value of co- operation. They are building up com- munities that, through training, are better fitted to care for live stock, and communities that will have the advan- IHIIIIIIIIIIIMIHII llllllfl IIlIIIIlflIIIIllII III”IIIIIIIIIIII”IIII”IIIl"IIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIflIilIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIt‘IIIIIIIIIlIIIIllIIllIIllI[UIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIlIIIIIIIIl bl? ‘X'Jznz'l " (fun We do no! clmm to pay . the highest price I in the world—but we.clo ’ claim and absolutely guar- antee to give you every dol- ‘ lat your pelts are worth “often more than you yourself expect. Ml 5r_n(l us A slur; u..‘.dllg1v.i , - Sol Warenoff & Co., 'Read what a trapper writes: [‘14) ‘,. \ I. ‘ \.I.. .- ds Vuli l'mvr liven un'in" mt- H-rj.’ R0 r-l Hr Inca-"E W'est 25th Street. New‘York City ll”, .1 ‘, m.- .HII‘N > good many letters on file. all came as above, and un- solicited. You loo Will Boon “olize that there In more than a premier. to our way of domg busi- ness. Try us and be pon- ; vino cd. tage of one standard breed. Most of, all, however, these communities will be such that they will not only find for themselves the benefits of that newer organized type of farm life, but they will continue to point the way. TH E' SCOTCH OF IT. Two old Scotsmen sat by the road- side, talking and puffing away merrily at their pipes. “There’s no muckle pleasure smokin’, Sandy,” said Donald. “Hoo dae ye mak’ that oot?” ques~ tioned Sandy. “Weel,” said Donald, “ye see, if ye’re 'smokin’ yer ain bacca ye’re thinkin' o’ the awfu’ expense, an’ if ye’re smokin’ some ither body’s, yer pipes rammin’t sae ,tight it winna draw.” in More Cash For Your Raw Furs Ship to the Co—operative Raw Fur Company And get more cash for your Raw lF‘urs. This the big year—the opportunity to make big money trapping. Ship to a responsible house that PAYS YOU PROMPTLY CHARGES NO COMMISSION Mail and express charges paid by us. You get the biggest net returns, quickly. without waiting or delay. Send us your first catch and get 10 PER CENT MORE CASH More than you can get from any other house in America. Years of satisfactory service to trappers have made us the fore- most in! exchange. PRICE LIST FREE Write at once. Get on our: list and keep up-todate on “latest prices.—prices that enable you to make the most money. Send name at once. A postal card will do. The (Io-operative Raw Fur Co. ,1 as .IefiersoiiAva,Doboil,I\dicla. Good Clubbing Offer No. 5. Michigan Farmer ...............$1.00 McCall’s Magazine 1.00 cocoa-cocoa.- Regular price, one year ...... ..$2.00 OUR PRICE 0N“ $1.55 No. 6. Michigan Farmer I O C I O C O O Q C O O C C 051.00 Gentlewoman .20 Home Life .......:. .35 People’s Popular Monthly........ .25 ooooooo'ooonooooo ............ 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Regular price, one year ....... $5.00 OUR PRICE 0NLY $3.90 Salesmen Wanted We pay salary to good sub— scription getters, who can devote their entire time to our» work. The offer our salaried men handle is especially attractive to farmers. I The Michigan F armor I w e... vs- ,gfiafimfi-g, ‘ ee them at your [lliiillliililfl/ . _ ll (”WWII/11% / / "VI '1“ MIL; \ 1,. WM: Il"”""”“"llll|. I' ' \ Where go lbs.= 100 lbs. GROUND grain Weighing 9o pounds has been found by actual test to do the Work of too 1 pounds of unground feed. Think what this i l means in added profits on your farm! ' i l 1 3 A Fairbanks-Morse "Ci” Feed Grinder will help you to put your cattle and horses in prime cone clition—will put all of your stock on a balanced ration. Makes fine fattening foods—grinds com, | ! oats, barley for poultry feeds—produces fine meal I It for calves, lambs, pigs, cattle and horses. ‘ i l Quality built "C1" Feed Grinders are money-makers. ’ ' E dealer; arrange to put one‘ at 1 ”Work on your farm and watch the results that follow. Fannie Moose @ ,,,,/,v.1M/////// ~ 1‘37 l1 ' {t till/i. 1:“ Furnished with star plates, if desrred, without extra cost, in place of regular grmd 1n: plates. MORE $$$$$ FOR Your RAW Furs , w IN NEW YORK 11-“ H, , . 7/{3/ 731112108 “Mg. wflre Guaranteed 0’ Beware” of Hi Price Listsl sent out to deceive you km 111: [uglier n'rey quote t/w ouyou get. The secret of a square deal is honest grading at market prices [guarantee my price until next list is issued land will not quokmoretlunl on an honest assortment. (/15! m a mind first ' cafi’e?” toa ampu- 5'14»: Ive knows? I Inc (8 clipping b an honest fi'rrn. ,hmViiim '"gymmfifii'ifi" Iomoond ’uoursr GRADING ‘HONIST PRICES Nomnz’u'nona Mada lpq m’m parcel 51mm e MdmfirPr/cc 11:! w/u'lc , —‘ ‘ BENJAMIN Dom y “.242 57- NEW YORK lET US TAN YOUR HIDE. Horse or Cow hide. Calf or other skins with hair or fur on. and make them into coats ( for men and won1cn),robes, rugs or gloves when so ordered. Your lnr goods will cool you loss than to buy them and be worth more Our illustrated catalog gives a lot of ‘ information. It tells how to take off . and care for hides; how and when we ‘- pay the freight. both ways, about our solo dyeing process on cow and horse ‘ hide, calf and other skins; about the . fur goods and game trophies we sell, . . . taxidermy. etc. . ‘ Then we have recently got out an- ', other we call our Fashion book wholly devoted to fashion plates 01’ muffs. neckwear and other line fur garments, with prices ; also for garments remod- olod and repaired. You can have either book by sending - , {our correct address naming which or ‘ " til books it you need both. Address The Crash Frisian Fur Com any. 571 Ly Ave” Rochester, mhl’Y When Writing to Advertisers, Please If you want the most cash for your furs—in the quickest time—write us at once. We need all the Skunk. Muskrat, Opossum, Raccoon. Fox. Bear. Beavethynx. Marten and Mi ink furs you can ship, and will pay spot cash same day shipment is received. Higheslllarkoil’rice Our high prices, fair and honest grad- ings, prompt returns and fair dealing is proven by our thousands of satisfied shippers everywhere. One of the biggest trapping seasons known is here. Furs are in amazing demand all over. so don’ t be satisfied with ordinary prices. Shipdirect toGeo. 1. Fox Prac- tically all furs eventually reach the New York Market and we can therefore pay you higher prices by buying direct from you. You Gel All Your Money No deduction for handling—no commission char e. 011 all shipments ovor 15 wo pay you 5% extra above quoted rlooo. Don' I: ship 3 doi- a.’r s worth of furs to any one until you compare our latest special price listand advance information, free on request, with free ship- ping tags and Trapper-s Guide. GEO. I. FOX 7711: Home That Guarantees Satisfaction 218 3164 W. 25th St” 'New York, N. Y. — ¢WSKuNKs ‘ Minks, Coons and Mush-am x ' Jpeciaity. Get higher prices and qu ck- 1‘ er serv1ce b shipping your furs to the old relia 9 house that made - St Jose h famouse as a. for market. Send name for shippiiig tags and market letter. . EH! 1! E 81 FUR COMPANY us. -f‘fimni SLJmphlm. say-“I Saw Your Ad. in The Michigan l gamer”. E - homes of the students. x his tastes. Our Boys’ and Girls’ Page y- The Farm Boy ByCHA VERY rural .school now has its E school ' library, though a great many of them are not worthy of that name. Much depends upon the teacher and the school board at the time the library is built up, as to what type of books find their way into the Some libraries are composed of nothing but the trash- iest kind of fiction. Others are made up of books that are over the heads of ' the ordinary rural school pupils, while others, under the direction of the far- sighted teacher, are well-balanced lib- raries in the best sense of the term. If parents, as well as the teacher, could but stop for a moment and real- ize the far-reaching effect on the life of the boy of the books he reads in youth and early adolescence, much more time would be taken in the build- ing up of the school library and consid- erable more study would be given to its use. Many boys, of their own accord, do not naturally like to- read. Others have a particular desire to read a certain type of literature, mostly prohibited by teachers and parents, such as the “Wild West,” “Nick Carter,” “Dia- mond Dick,” and other adventurous tales. A great field of influence is op- ened up to teachers and parents when they stop to consider that the normal boy must have his heroes, and must in certain phases, pattern his daily life after them. By careful methods, it is possible to teach every boy to like to read, and once taught to enjoy reading, it is but a step to teach him to read the right kind of books and magazines. You have only to read the histories 01' bio- graphies of our great men, to see the part played in their lives by the print- ed page. Some boys, of course, read too much and must be encouraged to get outside more and take a part in athletic games and other exercises that build up the boy physically. Oth- ers have to be brought most carefully to the point where they desire to read. An effort should be made to master and remember the things read. very harmful practice from a psycho- logical. standpoint to read a great ply to read for the passing away of time. ‘ I have known people to get into the habit of reading book after book of fiction without attempting to re- member the material read, and with- out exception, it reacted unfavorably upon their memories. The habit of skimming over a book in two or three hours is a bad one, for'it does not teach one to retain. If a boy can be taught to read and to retain what he reads, a great forward step has been made in the education of that boy. It is my contention that this can be ac- complished by parents and teachers, if they use the right methods. We must bear in mind the age of the boy and the things he likes at that age. Then‘by using the best .books and mag- azines that contain material of inter- est to such a boy, it is possible in al- most every case, to cultivate a. deep love of reading. 'It is not my purpose to give any greatvnumber of books or papers that may be used, but it may be well to mention some of them. There are many ao-called historical novels, for in- stance, that will give a boy a liking for history, and will instill in him a. deep love of country. Many magazines make a. study of _boy life and cater to Such ’ magazines as ~- “St. "Nicholas,” “The Youth’s Companion,” Itisa- amount without remembering it, sim- _of community conditions. and His Books Spau/dmg - “The American Boy,” and others of a like character have much to offer those who have a chance to read them. Every boy has his heroes and if these can be selected, as it were, for'. him, the influence exerted upon him is bound to be great. It is of much great- er importance that a boy should have an opportunity to read some of the simply written lives of Lincoln or Washington or Hamilton, or Roosevelt, than to have simply the fly-spotted pic- tures gaze at him from the school room wall day after day. No boy should grow up without reading the lives of many of these great men. Every boy should have a chance sooner or later, to read, “George Washington-Farmer,” “The Winning of the West,” by Roose- velt, “Abraham Lincoln—Boy and Man,” and books of this character. To these may be added many of Thoreau, Whitman, Scott, Cooper and other great American and English writers. it is impossible to estimate the far- reaching effects of such reading upon the developing boy. Such books and magazines as have been mentioned should be found eith- er in the home or the school library, but if they are not to be found there, they can nearly always be found at the nearest city library. Besides the read- ing of such books, the farm boy should be encouraged to build up a library of his own. If he is interested in farm- ing, he can always obtain books and- bulletins from the United States De- partment of Agriculture, and the vari- ous State Colleges of Agriéulture that will interest him. He can obtain sub- scriptions to papers and magazines that contain special boy sections by getting up subscription lists to these publications in his neighborhood. If he is especially interested in scientific things, he can in the same manner satisfy his desires along this line. The farm boy’s reading should receive the earnest attention of his parents and his teachers, for it will be reflected in his life. THE TASK OF THE RURAL CHURCH. (Continued from first page). 5. Something to raise the standards of life in the home. 6. Something to implove community conditions. 7. Something to encourage the Christian practice of tithing. The club members are divided into seven activity groups, the aim being to have about the same number in each group. Each division is specially charged with the .task of doing the work assigned to that division. These clubs cooperate with the state by be« coming members of the County Farm Bureau. Not every preacher is qualified to operate one of these clubs. The work requires wise leadership and special training. Not all the clubs organized have done good work. In no instance has the fault been with the club, nor is there evidence that the organization was not needed. Failure may grow out It vmay be due to poor leadership. In the hands of an urban~minded preacher the club is sure to fail. When we get enough preachers to operate Community Bet- terment Clubs successfully a new era. for all Michigan will be here. Another phase of the work now plan- ning that promises well for the future of our rural life is 11111119 i1; ' ' way being pr‘ 166d ’ ‘mwmn , .WA. -‘mw‘»m.. , . «Mr. .H‘ ing straight for a city~ pulpit. When this plan becomes fully operative preachers can look forward to a rural ministry and feel- that positions of trust and commanding influence may be theirs. ~ To those who have a statesmanlike vision and grasp of the rural problem this program is sound and full of promise. (We are able to publish Dr. Diehl’s scholarly production through the court- esy of the Michigan Christian Advo- cate). CASING PELTS FOR PROFIT. T. is one thing to catch an animal and another to skin it and care for the pelt in such a way that it will bring top price. One tainted spot on a ' pelt means a damaged fur and reduces its value materially. A little care of ten adds $5 to a $10 shipment. The trap line should be run each day so the furs will not spoil in the water. Always knock or shoot the game in the head. If the animals are frozen do not put them in an oven or hold them over a fire, just put them in a bucket of cold water and leave them there ten or fifteen minutes, be- ing sure the water is not left where it will freeze. » When skinning an animal use a good sharp knife. Always make long strokes and then the skin will not be ragged. Skunk, mu'skrat, ’possum, mink, ot- ter, weasel and cat hides should be cased with the flesh side out. Fox and wolf hides should be cased with the flesh side out and dried for a few days and then they should be turned and dried thoroughly with the fur side out. . Raccoon, badger, beaver and bear hides should be taken off open. The bone should be removed from the tail of skunk, coon and'ringtail cats. And don’t forget to scrape the fat from all pelts, being careful not to go so deep as to injure the roots of the hair. Muskrat hides should be cased on boards fifteen to sixteen inches long and four to five inches in width Mink hides should be cased on boards twenty-two to twenty~eight and a half inches long andthree to four and one- half inches wide. Skunk and ’possum , hides. should be cased on boards twen- . ty-six to twenty-eight and a half inches long, and from six to nine and a half inches wide. Fox hides should be cas- ed on boards. forty-five to sixty inches long and fourteen inches wide. All stretcher boards should be about one- half an inch thick and should be well planed, so no splinters can damage the hides. Don’t dry any skins by a fire or in an oven. it ruins them. Always dry in a cool, dry, shady place and never expose them to the sun. On the north side of a building is a good place to hang them. '_ Tie all bundles for shipment with strong cord—not with wire, placing fiur side to fur side in the bundle fac- ing hides of a, size together. , ' E. W. G. TODAY’S mnm_ ,, F ’ If '5'” . ‘ (TFY‘W ‘ minded and" efficient .preachersima‘scse‘ p . cure Wed pron’mtidn; without head- £1919 prices will make other yea n Woolworth Building Buy For Service .AING home Pxemington UMC for your shooting if you are modern minded. Your first leisurely and critical examination of your purch- ases Will reconvince you that you have bought wisely. And use will prove it. No other equipment the up-to-date farmer or ranchman huys is more typical of modern etficiency than the Pxemington UMC products he in the long list of important Remington UMC greater value to him than the wonderful VVetproof impro Wet shot shells W11] 1‘ ga. hothe .5 u hu Remingto UMC We of I “Arrow“ or “Ni... Cifiyholefils or “IICIC’LS‘EinX‘iluiy n “m" or longest soaking in a leaky boat will not aftect them. In body. crimp (or turn-over) and top wad they will remain hard and smooth as if fresh from the loading machine. and they will work freely through your modem Remington UMC autoloading or pump gun. without a hitch. firing as surely and with the same top speed. hest pattern and penetration. Remington UMC can now he obtained in more than, 82.700 leading sporting goods and hardware stores in the United States-yanothcr detail of best service. F or Sale in Your Nearest- Town Clean and of! your gun with Rem Oil—the combina- tion Lubricant. Powder Solvent and Rust Preventive. THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY , Inc. Largest Manufacturers of Firearms and Ammunition in :71: Wow-742 Inventions rs look like 30 cents The. 1919 Pfaelzcr prices, liberal ass‘ortments and quick money will take you off your feet. They will open your eyes. They will establish a record, for we must satisfy the tremendous demand for Raw Furs and we must have them quick. Therefore, hurry your first 1919 shipment to the House of . Pfaelzer. Write for the Pfaelzer price list, but ship anyway. The House of Pfaelzzr will let you run no risk. The Pfaelzer guarantee of top prices and liberal grading is your absolute protection. New York is the world’s fur ' headquarters and the House of Pfaclzer is New York’§ leader in boosting ‘ Prices for Raw Furs. . . M. F. Hacker & Co. 115.123 West 2911. St, Desk 20, New m. Mambo", Merchants' Raw Fur Association uses to get some game for his table. And underlying this. none has been of vement in shot shells. ' ’ powder shells. The hardest ram REMINGTO Tlew York AMERn‘CA‘s LEADING ,FUR HOUSE- - Established 5 I. 1853 6?in AND SONS PA . THE MARKETS HIGHESF MARK You'll be sure of top icooif you shi your furs to us. WE DO 1V0? QUOTE A P‘SLIDING SCALE” 0!" PRICES Instead we quote ONE DEPENDABLE Belch—om stick to it. You can be absolutely positive of what you will get. We charge NO COMMISSION and pay you every can: your furs mouth. WE PAY SHIPPING CHARGKS We all i . assumrwxpms mammary-age received, so there is no waiting at . WRITE AT ONCE 8 . Rri 2 :Pkase Mention The Michigan Farmer When Writing to Advertiser‘s ‘- teed 8‘ good rabbits, Giant an podllreod N. a, Reds all: - as: ”refineries? 3 um .. Copy of This Book EARN how easily you can have abeautiful,completely equipped bathroom with white enameled washstand, bathtub and closet; an efiiciency kitchen with a large one-piece sink, and a work-saving laundry with handy stationary tubs. This b ook shows a choice line of gum dard” Plumbing Fixtures especially adapted for farm homes. Illustrated in four colors. Shows beautiful bathroom, kitchen and laundry scenes, as well as a variety of fixtures at awide range of prices. Send for a copy. You will find it a big help in getting the ideal fixtures for your home. Standard .Sanitam ‘lllfeco. Pittsburgh Also ask about 'fiianderd" Fem Lighting Plants and Water Supply Systems. D If Vaseline neg. U. 3. Pat. on: C‘arb olated PETROLEUM JELLY An invaluable as n t i 8 ep tic for sprains, sores, blisters and (bruises. Keep a. bottle always handy. For sale at drug and general stores everywhere— 10c. Booklet containing valuable advice — free. CHESEBROUGH MFG. COMPANY (Consolidated) 27 State Street New York City w , Woman’s ‘w ‘ Interests AVE you a little closet in your H home? Or for the matter of that have you a big one? And does it look like the beginnings of a rummage sale, with father’s trousers draped gracefully over the hook which holds mother’s best silk dress and Susie’s and Johnnie’s garments piled indis- criminately on the Same peg or tossed carelessly on the floor among the fam- ily collection of shoes? My experience of the average farm house has been that there was no cloSet at all, or at best but one or two small ones which absolutely would not stay tidy. Moth- er goes through it every day and hangs the clothes on the individual owner’s 91: is WOrse than the first. it “picked up.” ing with a great big roomy r Closet 0 ~ More com- fortable. healthful. convenient. , Takes place of all outdoor toilets, where some breed. Be ready for 8. Ion . cold winter. Have a. warm, sanitary. comfortable, odorless toilet in the house on where you want it. Don’t 0 out n the cold. A boon to inva ids. Endorsed by ' , health ofioiels everywhere. Guaranteed Odorleu m l d emi- e311. 1: 5'»..- imkoIdoentsfb:rfhEmp- onceemonth u on u when. arena-d. o 1 el ggmlddrpflce. .ROWE SANITARY IFG. C0. ' ”0141 Ion III“ Intuit. UH. Auk about 119.8“ w head‘s" nu mm . 8.31m museum-d. then they’ll hang up 'don’t. Instead use this new idea for c and save yourself the money the extra space in your bedrooms. _ " Please Mention The Michigan Farmer on. ‘5 When writing to Advertisers. The Twentieth Century ’ Closet did, but someone else For‘they won’t hang them up. needed practical and convenient. to allow for large closet space, or put robe may be your house dress that you knew you much better to hang up dresses or hung just inside the dbor. And you coats on a hanger. Unnecessary creas- wanted that es and wrinkles are avoided and the hook, so they hung your dress On an- garment can be worn much oftener other one and then thoughtfully piled without pressing. five or six garments on top of it. You Added to the saving of your time have wished someone would get up a. and the wear on your clothes, the new small garment carrier that folks could use at home. And they have. Best ~of all, let me break it gently to you, they are cheap. You can positively buy one that Will hold twelve garments, for six- ty cents. Two of them would hold all the clothes the family owns jointly. Think of being able to keep your clos- ets looking right for $1.20! The carrier, which works on exactly Two-apartment, Built-in Wardrobe Equipped with Garment Racks which are Easily Drawn Out into the Room. hook, but when the family gets in its the same principle as the store car- deadly work the last state of that closi riers with which everyone is familiar comes in varying sizes to fit closets of If you have a closet I’m going to tell different depth. They can be bought you the best way yet invented to keep as short as twelve inches or as long If you have a small as five feet. one I’m going to show you how to them into the closet in,the doorway, make it seem larger and utilize all the so that they may be drawn out into space, and if you have none at all this the room, as shown in the illustration. will show you the way to remodel your The space beneath may still be utiliz- room and get an equivalent for the ed for shoes and rubbers, and if there closet. If you are planning on build- is a shelf at the end of the closet you closet in can easily pass behind the garments each chamber, under the delusion that when the carrier is out and reach hats their clothes, or bedding stored there. The idea is to fasten If you have no closet the extension carrier makes the built-in wardrobe The ward- ‘built like the closet shown, with shelves above for hats, You’ve been in stores looking for a and drawers at the bottom. This new new suit, and you’ve seen the clerk type of closet is being built into most take hold of a garment carrier and modern homes. pull it easily out from a wall case, dis~ two sections so that the two persons closing to your, longing eyes all the Occupying the room may keep their ’ newest temptations in browns and garments in their own locker. taupes and navies. And you’ve taken but a moment’s work to pull out the time from thinking of your suit to wish carrier, and every garment is instantly to goodness you had some such a com in sight, hung as it should be on s; gar- trivance in your closet to hang things ment hanger instead of by the neck-or Then you wouldn’t need to take shoulder. . everything off 'every hook looking for of ’any garment; and it is certainly As you see, it is in It is Good care doubles the life closet will actually save you dollars This Handy Device Saves Tllme in Searching for a Particular Garment. and cents if you are building. Many farm homes will be built during the next year. The war has kept the new home back for two or three years, but now it is to be built. It isgoing to cost a lot of money, a great deal more than it should, most of us think. We want as large and as fine a, house as we can get and we don’t want to go into bankruptcy to get it. Here is one way of making the house smaller and yet more convenient than the house with larger closets would be. The average closet is at least three feet deep. With the garment carrier and two apartment closet you could easily cut that down to two feet. In the modern house the closet space for adjoining bedrooms comes out of the same wall, so you thus save one foot of space in each room, or two feet on the depth of your house. I do not. know what it costs to build this extra. foot today. Ten years ago when we. built a two-story brick ‘and shingle eight—-room house, the contractor ask- ed $150 for each extra foot of» depth. For example, the house was twenty-. four feet deep. Had it been twenty- six feet deep it- would have cost $300 more. Figure for yourself how much, the cost of building has gone up in ten years and you have a pretty good esti- mate of how much you save by elimi-. nating that extra. closet space. Prob- ably $800 or $900 would be nearer the. present figure, and your whole house could be equipped with the carrier and hangers in every closet for around $15.. When you build, plan for conven-. ience. Study plans and other people’s. houses first, and then build yours to save ’as much space and as many steps; as possible. The farm women, more.‘ than any others, need all the labor-. saving conveniences known ,to man. They are absolutely without help and their only salvation lies in making their work as easy as possible. The garment carrier ought to help in that, almost impossible task of teaching the. children to hang. up their clothes. If- a handy little hanger is right at hand,L does it seem possible they will cons tinue to leave everything thrown about~ on beds and chairs, or, more likely, the. floor? At least until the novelty wears, off, the yOungsters Lwill hang suptheir things, and even that littlg wouldhelpg, ' ”'“0- MM ‘- \- .. .--‘v -..\‘n “V /"'"0- MM ~"’\‘”‘- \. .. ..-. ' OW to know materials—cotton, linen, wool, si1k~—should be a. part of every girl’s education. It has always been desirable for women to know what they are buying, but with the present exorbitant prices for fabrics it has become an absolute nec- essity. What is more disheartening than to pay a fancy price for a piece of cloth which you are told is linen, and to find after it has been washed that you have bought nothing but mer- cerized cotton? Or to buy a garment advertised as pure wool and have it show up as; shoddy after it has been worn a few times? There are a few simple rules for determining what you are buying which any woman can learn and apply. . If possible get a sample of the goods and take it home with you. Test thor- oughly and make your purchase later. If you must test it in the store there are a few simple tests you may try. Perhaps the best known one is rubbing between the hands. Linen rubbed be- tween the hands will remain smooth, cotton will show ’a rough surface, and sizing, that is starch, gum, tin, clay, etc., which are often added to give body and weight to the fabric, will show up as dust. If shoddy has been added to wool it will rub out. If a piece of cloth springs out into shape after rubbing, leaving no wrinkles, it is a pretty safe buy. The appearance of the cloth will help in a way to determine its kind as linen has a luster and cotton and wool are dull. But as cotton is often mer- cerized this is not a very reliable test. Linen feels cool and leathery to the touch; cotton feels warm; wool, warm and soft, and silk warm and slippery. When cotton is torn the ends are even, curled, tufted and fuzzy. Linen threads torn leave strong, straight, uneven ends, more lustrous than cotton. This will help you decide if your linen is part or all cotton. Biting the fabric is a test seldom employed. Wool is gritty and unpleas- Simple Fabric Tests ant, cotton crushes and becomes soft, linen remains smooth and strong, and silk cuts. - Finally hold the cloth to the light. This will show up imperfections in the weave, or looseness. If the fabric is filled with starch or other sizing you can see it between the threads. If you have time to take a sample home the burning test is easy and re- liable. Cotton burns up quickly into a flame and leaves no ash. Linen burns something like cotton, but does not flame up so quickly. Wool burns slow- ly, chars and gives off an animal odor. Silk burns slowly and leaves a little ash. If it is adulterated with tin the ashes will remain in the shape of the original sample. If you are testing linen place a few drops of olive oil on the fabric. If it is linen it becomes translucent, that is, it allows the passage of light through the spot. If it is cotton, it becomes opaque, or impervious to light. To decide if the cloth will stand laundering and sunlight, wash in soap and water and expose to the sun. To decide if it will “crock” rub the color- ed cloth Von a piece of white cloth. If the color comes off the dye is poor. To decide if it will stand general wear cover half of the piece and place it in the window for two weeks. If general wear will fade it the uncovered half will be faded in this time. Fastness of color to perspiration is shown by dipping the sample in warm acetic acid and drying without rinsing be- tween blotting papers. If you have bought wool, fold it and place it between weights, or inside a book. If it is shoddy it will wear bare on the folds and edges. The pretty embroidered cottons you buy some- times have the dots and patterns print- ed on. Pressing will scorch the design. These tests are all so simple that even a school girl could learn to apply them. Do not run the risk of being cheated when you can learn to decide for yourself so easily.——M. A. L. Oil and Paint Screens By Mm". E. O. Swope REAT care should be taken of ' . window screens, as they represent quite an item of expense, especially when many large ones have to be us- ed. When the season is over for us- ing the screens, I take a sort of inven- tory of them, discarding those that are completely worm out. It is not enough to merely take an inventory of the screens on hand at the end of the season and properly place them away in some corner of the house where they will not be in the way until want- ed again next season. This is indeed the way I used to do it, but I have. found it a poor method and a costly one as well. All new screens bought each season are carefully painted over the woodwork or metal parts as the case may be, and the screening is care- fully oiled with linseed oil. By this method I have been able to make th screens last many seasons. ‘ A good time to do this work is late in autumn when we will have no furth- er use for the screens until next sea- son. By painting and oiling them at this time, the wood is preserved, will look better when the screen is brought out next season, and the oiling pre- m the screens from rusting, which is imponisant if we 'mt them to last many seasons. The screens should. not be stored away in any old place in order to get them out of the way. It is best to pack them all together and cover them up nicely somewhere in the house where it is dry and clean. If 00vered with cloth or paper they do not become so dusty and it is a small matter indeed to get them ready for use next season. If rubbed lightly with an oiled cloth, they are again ready for use, look bright and clean, and wi an addir tional touching up with oil, they will not easily rust. It is best to oil the screens with a cloth that is saturated in oil, as by this method the screens are evenly covered, and“ too much oil will not get on them, as would be the case if a brush were used for the purpose. Too much oil would soil curtains or drap» eries coming in contact with screen. Screens are a necessity in every home during the summer months. They are also a great convenience and make the house cool and attractive when properly cared for. The time spent in caring for them is time profit— ably employed and. will save many dol~ lars besides in the course of a few years’ time. ~ ¥ , ' ’ Hot Water EGG-0 -' LATUM 9-». 0F since“ -—-A , plenty! 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