VOL. CLV. No. 2 Whole Number 4105 DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1920 $1.00 18.00 «r Mackinaw. Grand Traverse County Fair Grounds. - - ~ ‘tage to the wool growers of the state, of the herd or flock. In ‘a like mariner 1 The MlChlgan Farmer and growers who have contributed to giving the girls orphan lambs,- or every at No 5 ’South’Wabash avenue Will be “waned weekly Esmbumed 1843 Copyright1920 it should not become impatient over third or fourth egg, for looking after at the servioe of the representatives of, The Lawrence Publishing CO. any delay in the m0vement of their these interests is sure to stimulate ac- all visiting organizations. ,iigal‘ “‘/ Editors and Proprietors wool which is unavoidable under the tivity and give them a better idea of , 4321‘3Fayem B°‘“‘"’”‘rd Dewit'mcmga" present most unusual conditions, nor farm life. ‘ _ _ TELEPHONE CHERRY 8364 . _ i _ .. , CW8 O t e 66 NEW YORK OFFICE-331 Fourth Ave. too critical as to the course which the While good live stock helps to solve Sgfig’figfllflfiggfi‘féflglfla§F§¥§$g$§igveuNE. Farm Bureau officials may find it nec- the complicated labor problem on ‘ 1 Tuesday, June 29. 1:1.IiegtiiffEL5W5fingL essary or expedient to take in moving many farms, it requires careful plans ARTIAL law proclaimed in Ham— - M-J. LAWRENCE ------------------- “05mm? it marketward. In any event the re- ning to keep the different branches op- burg as a result. of: food riots in I'H‘NAN E """ ' """"" Viewprggmem which eighty persons were killed—- ............... Treasurer , r l , . er romise eratin smooth] gutilizin stock.cro S , . sults obtained by, tie glow. D :3 1 3 g‘ . p Representatives from all over Spain to be vastly better than would have and 1ab01 to the best adiantage and were present at the opening in Madrid BURT WEKt‘lUTH,V.<-:-~-m' “50.0mm been the case this year under the old steadily improving the property. The of the Congress of the? General Union ALTA LAWSON LIl’lELL. . _ Editors . . . . , _ . ., . _ ,. w. MILTON KELLY ............ ’1 plan of indiVidual marketing. greatest benefits are obtained when of_W01keis.-—Great demonstration for _,__ labor—saving methods are employed, Wilson marks opening 01: convention I R. \VATmBURY ................ '. ........ ’ Vii-#wi . ................ B ‘ 3 Manager . ‘ 1' F“ WEFRBWFL- ., ,,.,,,i.m..¥_‘flii____ and when plans are made so that the of democratic party at San Franmsco. . C , .1 C a u (, ( . __ , -, ‘ . v - F 3111345301 SUBSCRIPTION $100 N the present farm "1' ‘1 -“t . 0 nt f 1 b 1 _ ‘1 for Sen01 Yelesm (,‘aleion, whom Mexmo 513.300{35%;r'g02l6ff‘imyg ---------------- -( b ea 49*“ am it. , 0 a 01 111 05111113 - has appouited high commissmner to 4151.5) . . .- .- , . . .. . $.88 Farm Labor “hm CH5“ the the live stock comes at seasons of the the United States, arrives in VVashing- Three Years, 156 issues i‘ Y. . 260 iss‘ics . . we . 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Farmers must eliminate, as while committees were working behind '———w ,,.. *"*r*'--——“"'*__.’-_—.‘ f‘tl'nl 'lfftll‘tlS 'l )etter. (iifiil'lblltlon 0 . . u _ . , 1 closed doors attenl fin to (ll'llft )lat— Member Standard Farm Papers Association and ‘ ‘ ' ‘ 1 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ . 1 ' much as possible, the hum (hum phases for acce )t'ible topallgfa tions of1 the Audit Bureau or Circulation. \ labor during rush seasons and lab and give the young folks and hired in , l i c _‘ ' b party.——Tlie Central News and bx- Entered .131 SecondCIlJiu-iiil ygfitcrAté’g zlifebld’gészhOglclesgg more of it available at other times 0t help a high mark to shoot at, 01. better change Telegraph reports from Rome Detroit, ‘iCllgiLu, 11 e c ‘ . , , , , , ~, _ . o. ‘ . . . “. , ,. ,_ ,, ~ Jr the 39:“- In no othei type 0f j‘ummb still, a set of high marks. This, as well indicate Widespread attempts of anar- ‘EE’bMETJLV'f ”9313.13“ TWO in a northern climate is it I’OSSible i0 as financial reward, will help to keep lh‘ilStSt t0 precipitatehriots 'th‘roughtout DETROIT, JULY 10, 1920 proVide a steady and profitable labm the boys and girls on the farm, and 'illioV ggnerrgrasllll: iteRgfgglfigegé'; program throughout the year,. and as ”help to keep the farm hands busy and called off.——Railroad and electric lines CURRENT COMMENT the costs 0t livmg advance if}: sfitua- contented. _ join in plea to Interstate Commerce tion is becoming more noticea e rom Commission for an advance in passed ()Ml<) farmers who month to month. Cooperative Marketing ger fares. Th r d J I 1 have consigned Some of our rural economists argue s U S ay, u y - Advaniag es their “‘001 1,0 the State that the high cost-of living‘ will force Conference fight,0“fi§‘;‘€;fi,o§:“g}gg$e figrfiyfigfii Of t e . Farm Bureau woOl men to return to the farms, but this is HE .inid-west group of State Farm convention; hope for ballot before Fri~ W00) P00, 1’001 may 110i have 101‘ :i question which has more than one llureau Federation presidents and day fades—#Missouri women at. conven- 10W€d the W001 mar- side. The high cost: of living has thus secretaries met; at Ames, Iowa, June tion in _fiSt fight during a MCAdOO deni- ' onstration.——United States Federal Re- l'ct durin “' . v, 'r rid of ill-shapen'and defective fruits which proves a decided help in putting up a good pack at harvest time. The new rigid and high-class systems of grading fruit crops that are being adop- ted by so many cooperative shipping associations demand‘ that the quality of the fruit can be improved. Then, too, it is a question if the speed with which the fruit can be picked, graded and packed will not more than repay the grower for the labor used in thin- ning. This is a point upon which there is always room for argument, though in these days of high—priced la- bor during the harvesting season it seems a reasonable contention. Another advantage in thinning fruit is the fact that it aids in holding cer-' tain diseases and insect pests in check. Some seasons this advantage is much greater than others. With such fruits as peaches and plums where disease often starts at a point where two fruits touch and give the disease spores a good lodging place and where mois- ture is held for their germination, careful thinning is valuable. 'Damage from certain insect pests that live in apples may also be minimized if the This Grand Old Belleflower Patriarch Produced Seventy Bushels of Market- able Fruit in One Season. vents serious damage from the break- ing down of limbs and crotches. This is not always a logical argument un- less we remove an unusual amount of the crop from the branches that are less able to hold the heavy load, for if we remove only a comparatively small E. W. Lincoln’s Farm Near Greenville, Mich. fruits that have been attacked are tak- en off the trees before other speci- mens have been injured. . Some authorities claim that thinning tends to enable the trees to hear more regularly and produce, more uniform crops. They argue that there is no proportion, of the specimens we will reason in the nature of things why have as much, If not more weight, left trees should not bear annually, but the on the trees, and as a matter Of dollars formation of the fruit spur is usually and cents 1t W111, seldom pay to take such as to preclude the production of 0f? suffiment fruit so that the trees'fruit on the same spur every year. w111 not need some propping. In other The real object of thinning in such words fruit trees Will not carry more cases is to encourage some spurs to fruit to maturity than. some of the bear one year, and others the next. weakest crotches and limbs can prop- This means that when fruit is thinned erly hOId up. one should remove all of the fruits BESIDES increasing the size and im- from some spurs in order that they proving the color of the fruit, care— may produce fruit-spurs the following ful thinning enables the grower to get year. In some instances where cer- *‘FrUitCrop,’ tain varieties are carefully thinned, the trees bear with great uniformity ev- ery year. This is especially true with peach trees, and it would seem that the same practice might apply with some force to fruits of other kinds, es- pecially varieties that have a tendency to bear heavy crops of fruit one year and a little or nothing the following year. ' HERE is no dispute of the value ' of thinning for peaches and pears, but for many years growers of apples have hesitated about thinning, claim— ing that the practice did not pay so long as the fruit was shipped to mar— ket in barrels, but the present high prices and the selling of extra fancy fruit in boxeS'is forcing the question. The fruit must all be picked sooner or later, and it does not cost very much more to pick it early in the sea- son than to pick it late. Turning now from the advantage of thinning fruit to the methods used by successful orchardists it may be said that the work is performed in essen- tially the same way as the fruits are harvested; that is, the fruits are taken off by hand and dropped on the ground where they may be left, or gathered up and burned to destroy the insect pests or disease. The first considera- tion is that of removing the fruits be- fore they have become a tax on the tree sufficient to reduce the yield of the crop. Peaches should be removed when they are about the size of a hick- ory-nut and apples before they have reached twice that size. The main thing is to discriminate between good and bad fruits and to leave the speci- mens on the trees well distributed. Several special implements have been devised for use in thinning fruit, but a good pair of fruit shears will prove about the best tool for general use. It requires more discrimination and judgment to thin fruit than to pick it. In the thinning of peaches, it is a good rule to allow none of the fruit to hang closer than four inches apart. This means that in years of heavy setting as much as two-thirds of the crop should be removed in June. On some of the best fruit farms in the country this practice is regarded as indispen- sable. No accurate estimates of the cost of thinning fruit can be given, be- cause so much depends on the form of the tree and the quality of fruit to be removed. The result also depends upon the kind of help one is able to get and the wages paid them for doing the work. Large peach trees will prob- ably cost nearly one dollar to thin with wages at present levels; apple trees of corresponding size will cost about double that amount. Yet with the best peaches and apples selling for fifty cents a dozen it will pay. 'Rape ' for Sheep, Pasture , APE is the idea} forage crop for sheep. It not only lends itself admirably to intensive systems of sheep farming but it yields more and better green food) to the acre and at less expanse than any other crop in the long list of succulent summer foods. It tides the flock over the dry, hot season, when grasses are dead and V" fields brown, and ,it cuntinuesto grow and furnish luxuriant grazing late in It. is extremely" feasible to thecomm'on pastures are exhausted ,or éfi yed,,by}‘g§arly 268‘??? Nothing ‘ t 161‘ the ewesigang lambs dur-_ ing the nursing periods, and for wean. hundred pounds of corn and oil meal. ing lambs it is incomparable, carrying Growing lambs and breeding ewes them from mother-milk to self-sustain- made greater gains in live weight on ing lambhood With scarcely a sign of less supplemental grain feed when shrinkage. Rape is unexcelled as an pastured on rape than similar lambs autumn food for starting mutton sheep and eWes on clover pasture. and lambs on the profitable road to A field of rape and sufficient port- full grain feeding. able fencing to provide the flock with . The feeding value of the rape cannot fresh grazing as the occasion demands be too highly exploited; it is not a feed will be of great value in maintaining of week or month, but may be sown at the, breeding ewes and conditioning successiVe intervals so as to provide the lambs into that desired quality and continuous pasturage from early June excellent condition so important on the until bleak ‘Deecember. One acre of market. The portable fences permit rape feed in connection with a limited of frequently changing the ewes and grain ration will produce as many lambs that are being conditioned to pounds ofmutton as two thousandtfiVe new areas of the rapefieldas soon as the crop is consumed. When first turn- ed in upon a field of rape sheep and lambs should become gradually accus- tomed to the change and allowed to have continued access to it, unless in time of storms, and, when once remov- ed, care must be taken not to put them back upon it when hungry. If the sheep get a moderate amount of grain feed in the morning before they are turned on the rape field the danger of bloat and digestive derangements is to some extent lessened. Access to salt and to other kinds of pasture crops is desirable when the flock is pastured on rape. Two kinds of rape Seed are ”(Continued on page 4.4). g / :4 .1 r as ,,.. 2 ., 5 Residence of L. L. Kizer, Near Amble. T might pay some of the scoffers Iat our County Farm Bureaus to drop into Greenville and meet Gif- ford Patch, Jr., and learn how the farmers of Montcalm county are wak- ing up to their opportunities. They Would find a surprising change in ag- ricultural thought and purpose and a mighty alert generation of young farm- ers. Furthermore, they would find a new and lusty modem enterprise in the Montcalm County Farm Bureau, managed by a young man froni south- ern Michigan who is working night and day in the interest of better agricul- ture. Mr. Patch is a graduate of the Mich- igan Agricultural College, Class of 19.16. Since that time he has been en- gaged in teaching agriculture and county agent work. There is nothing showy about his work, but just browse a bit along his trail and you will ap— preciate what he has done to bring the Farm Bureau into favor in a Coun- ty where conditions were anything but favorable for such work two years ago last April. The farmers of Montcalm county did not pay much attention to young Mr. Patch and his East Lansing “sheep- skin” at first, but nowadays they will haul him out of bed in the middle of the night to help them solve some puz- zling problem that has fussed them. W'hen they got to know him better and understand what he was doing for the county, more than sixteen hundred of them joined in the membership drive and engaged him for their manager. It was hard work to swing them into line at first; now he is looked upon as one of the best leaders in the state, and it is a case of follow. HE idea of community breeding of live stock began to appeal to some of the farmers who had purchased 0. I. C. swine and they discussed the idea with Mr. Patch. He called a meeting and organized the Central Michigan 0. I. C. Swine Breeders’ Association. These breeders have purchased‘a. num- ber of good brood sows and a few choice sires, and aim to popularize the breed in Montcalm and adjoining counties. At present the members have about sixty brood sows. The offi- cers and members are: Roy Rossman, president; William O’Donald, secre- tary; H. W. Noble, sales manager; William Rasmussen, Glenn Cowles, Glenn Boylan, J. H. Fender, Fels Pet- ersen, Orrin Rowland, Benjamin & Son. Norman Gage, J. H. West and John Dollano. Then the idea of cooperative thresh- ing began to take root, and Patch real- ized that Montcalm county, with its many small farms, where only a few acres of small grain crops are grown as a complement to potato farming, af- forded: a fine field for these associa- tions and organized five. They not only solved the problem of saving the grain crops by threshing when it was in proper condition, down charges for commercial thresh- ing to figures below those in commu- nities that had no such associations. u . but ' they held The five leading threshing associations are at Eureka, Lake View, Pleasant Hill. Amble and Marvin’s Lake. They have from twelve to sixteen members each, which gives a full crew and pro- vides a sufficient acreage of grain to make the purchase of the outfit prof- itable. He then established seven seed cen- ters for ROSen Rye and five for Red Rock wheat. These farms serve as places to which farmers can go and buy pedigreed seed grain of the best varieties to be had in Michigan. This is spreading the gospel of better seed and also putting it within reach of all the farmers of the county. . He has made many valuable field tests with soy beans, sweet clover and other forage crops to replace the de~ or County." Farm Riding T may Monica/7n County I Find: another community, and if possible enough clubs will be formed to cover the county. This is the bull club plan audit is working to improve the live stock of Montcalm county. In adition he organized several mar- keting associations and got some of them affiliated with the Cadillac Pota- to Exchange. The growers who ship- ped their potatoes this way received from twenty to forty cents per hun- dred pounds more for their potatoes than Greenville buyers and corpora- tions pere paying at the time they were sold. So the farmers were pret- ty well satisfied with the new way of marketing. This sounds like a bully good story and most of the young farmers I talk- ed with were all piping the top notes of enthusiasm. Some of the offside fellows, stand-patters and grandfath ers’ sons‘whave caught the idea, but seem ashamed to admit it. They are rapidly climbing into the bandwagon and buying lime, acid phosphate and better seed potatoes, but on their own initiative, thank you. for their “Big Noise" does not, believe in allowing any agrciultflral and cooperative ex- perts to linger on the premises. Clair Taylor. secretary and treasur- Spraying Apple Trees on creasing supply of organic matter in the soils. Results suggest that these crops may be used to advantage on some soils where red clover fails to make a satisfactory stand. Tests with fertilizer have shown that the use of acid phosphate pays handsomely on nearly all types of soil, and for nearly all farm crops. Experiments in spray- ing potatoes indicate that yields can be increased forty bushels per acre at a cost of less than nine dollars per acre for materials and labor. ARMERS were in many instances having trouble in securing farm loans. Patch got busy and organized a farm loan association and placed forty thousand dollars in loans the first jump out of the box. Then he or- ganized a few purebred bull rings and exposed the fake promoters who were organizing stock companies to sell in- ferior scrub bulls for $500 and upward along the same lines as the old stallion companies. The breeders of the coun— ty backed him in this work and the promoters were put out of business. It took a deal of plugging and hammer- ing to get these potato growers inter- ested in better live stock. It was quite an ambitious program to replace the common and scrub animals of the county with nice, large grade animals. A bull is to be kept for a period of two or three years in «a community; then he will be traded for one from E. W. Lincoln’s Farm. er of the County Farm Bureau, has charge of the purchasing and distri- buting of supplies and looking after the marketing end of the business. Mr. Taylor is operating a farm just out of Greenville, where he is breeding Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. He is recognized as a capable leader and should prove a valuable man in assisting Mr. Patch in putting across the buying and marketing end. OTATOES have made a name for Montcalm county. Greenville is where the buyers flock during the mar- keting season. The annual yield for Farmers' Organizing the county averages something like 1,250,000 bushels. The farms are small and live stock breeding and feeding has not made the rapid-progress it has“ in some of the other counties of the state, although a few farmers have made a good start‘and purchased ex. cellent foundation animals and began to build up good herds and flocks. Dairying has made considerable pro- gress, but most of the herds number less than ten head. Poultry keeping, especially on the basis of medium-siz- ed farm flocks, is beginning to create interest among the farmers. Farmers on the heavier types of soil ,find dairy- ing and the feeding of cattle and hogs more profitable than crop farming, but the'majority of these men purchase feeders from farmers who milk a few cows and have a few animals to sell. Some of these feeders have made greater profits feeding this Qlass of stockers the past season than men who paid more money for better bred feed- ers. When quality is not in demand cheap feeders return more net profit than those of better Quality. Beans are one of the leading cash crops, but this year's acreage is lower than that of bro and three years ago. Unfortu- nately prices and the scarcity of labor has curtailed the acreage to an alarm- ing extent. The agriculture of the county centers about the growing of potatoes. I Riding north out of Greenville to Livingston and Coral and around by the way of Amble, Lakeview and Stan- ton. and over to Butternut, Fenwick and Sheridan and back into Green— ville the Circuit Rider found that the farmer has come on the job to stay and prosper. and that every phase of farming is coming under the same care ful scrutiny as is essential to success- ful business of any kind. There is a. new spirit of commercialism that has} caused the farmers to take an inven- tory of their present economic waste in marketing, and to find new ways of cutting it out. Farm Bureau Cooper- ative Associations have been organo' ized at nearly all shipping points, ware— houses are being erected and plans have been made to begin business at. an early date. This is not” all of the ambitious program of the County Farm Bureau for there is an immense amount of work to be done to accom- plish its salient purposes, which in- cludes the bringing of the farmers nearer to their markets and base of supplies. A few forward-looking men who are getting these new and helpful organizations started in their commu- nities are being classed as busybodies by the present dealers and speculators now in the saddle, but that is only natural for those who have been fixing things at both ends so they have been Barns on Melvin Miller’s Farm Near Greenville, . p ' l l / . . Greenville. l l crete warehouse, making a dollar where thirty cents ., _"would turn the trick if the business ' was done cooperatively, are very much disturbed over the way things are lin- ,; '. “ing up. VER at Amble the Cooperative As- sociationis erecting a large con- making plans to broaden the scope of its business and .v handle a larger number of cars of po- tatoes, It has joined the Cadillac Ex- change and has one hundred members. The prices it received through, the Cadillac Exchange the past year were from twenty to forty cents per hun- dred above those paid by buyers at It now has one hundred members and new ones are joining daily. The officers and directors are: L. L. KiZer, president; W. J. Rush— more, manager; E. A. Black, F. J. Wit- mer, J. M. Rossman, directors. Mr. Kizer, the president, owns and oper- ates a splendid one hundred and twen- ty-acre farm and makes dairying and potato growing his specialties The farmers around Amble have a. cooperative creamery which does a. business of about $60,000 a year. The officers and directors are Earl Berian, president; Harry Feightn'er, manager; Ernest Black, Roy Rossman, Peter Mielsen, H. H. Beckley, Ray Switzer, Henry Hansen, F. J. Witmer, directors. At Trufant the Farm Bureau Market "Association has been organized and an elevator purchased. It will do a gen- eral‘ marketing and farm supply busi- ness. Officers and directors are: Lind IV. Nielson, president; J. C. Hansen, secretary; Viggo Jorgensen, Oscar E. ' Hansen, Henry Craig, directors. At‘Howard City the Market Assooia- tion has been in business a year and has a business of nearly $50,000. It now has one hundred and twenty-five members and has recently purchased an elevator building. The officers and directors are: C. M. Gates, president and manager; Charles M. Scott, secre- tary; Frank Bohn, R. Steuver, Blaine B. Henkel, directors. At Coral the Farm Bureau Market Association has been organized and will begin business this fall. Charles E. Hill is president; Wesley Taylor, secretary, and C. D. Nelson, Ross Baty ' and Edward Ehgatz, directors. At Gowen the Farm Bureau Market Association will conduct a business in handling farm supplies and market- ing farm produce. Organization work is completed and it will be ready for business at an early date. Ernest 0. \ Madison is president; Ivan M. Nielsen, secretary; Anders .Petersen, Fred Lar- sen and Albert’M. Petersen, directors. The Fenwick Farm Bureau Market ”4% Agricultural Agent ‘ ‘sz ’ ’ Pelee tee Czreuz't Rte/er for Business and Pzpmg .Noter of Eméwzasm Association, with Fred Olsen, president , Fay Kingsbury, vice-president ; Burt Stains, secretary; the Butternut Farm Bureau Market Associ¥ ation, with Kenneth Smith, president; J. H. Steere, vice- president; Wilber Noll, secre- tary; the Vestaburg Coopera- tiVe Market Association, with F. H. Nelson, president; Ira Evans, vice-president, and C. L. Hicks, secretary, and the Six Lakes Farm Bureau Mar- ket Association, with Ernest Waldorff, president; William Schale, secretary, will all be ready for business this fall. All of these organizations have enough members signed up to make the bus- iness profitable, and the way the farm- ers are joining is encouraging to the leaders of the movement. ’ ONTCALM county potato grow- ers have had their ups and downs and it has been mostly downs. Dur- ing the past two years, however, pric- es have been high enough to give them a fair return, and conditions through- out the county are on the upgrade. .Some of the problems which demand immediate attention are soil improve- L. B. Farnsworth in Sweet Clover. and nitrogen content of the soil through the growing of green manure crops and the use of mineral fertiliz- ers to furnish plant food for the po- tato crop and stimulate the growth of soil—improving plants. Where red clo- ver can be grown in rotation with po- tatoes, beans and small grain crops the problem is comparatively easy, but soils of this character are the excep- tion rather than the rule. That is why the use of lime and such legume crops as soy beans and sweet clover are em- ployed in an effort to bring the land up to a state of fertility where red _ as: me. if A it! . \ . E. W. Lincoln’s Farm Home Near Greenvnlle. ment, standardization of varieties and grades and better methods of market~ ing the crop. Fortunately the problem of soil im- provement is less difficult than it is in some of the other potato—growmg sec- tions where a larger portion of the land is planted to potatoes each year. As a rule, eighty-acre farms predomi— nate, and the acreage of potatoes per farm is around eight acres. The ef— forts of the County Farm'Bureau to improve soil conditions have been along the lines of increasing the humus "00.;;_;80rne Fine-fail. C. Swine on Montcalm County Farm clover may be used in the crop rota: tion. The scarcity of fertilizing mate— rials during the past two or three years has made it very difficult to con- duct reliable experiments with com- plete fertilizers, but in nearly all in- stances the use of fertilizers carrying heavy percentages of available phos- phoric acid have proved profitable, es- peCially on soils that contained a fair amount of humus. u N outsider is impressed with the fact that most of these farms need more clover and cows to put them on a paying basis, and prevent the crowd- ing of the land. A few good dairy cows and the adoption of a four-year rotation of small grains, mixed hay, potatoes and corn on half of the tilla- ble land, and the same rotation on the other half, only substituting beans for the potato crop, would just about solve the fertility problem for the next few generations at least. Of course, some lime and mineral fertilizers would be needed to sweeten the soils and supply the limiting elements of plant food. Some of the farmers we visited are practicing this system and find,it more profitable than selling hay and grain; others complain of the prices being paid for butter-fat, and feel that they are discriminated against by buyers. One thing is certain, pota- Gifford Patch, Jr. to growing cannot be carried on indefi- nitely under present methods of soil handling. The rank and file of potato growers believe that the success of their husi~ ness depends upon growing improved varieties and standardizing the quality of their product. There is no oppor~ tunity for a great increase in potato acreage. It is in the growing of bet— ter stock, increased yield per acre, eco~ nomical production, handling and mar- keting that the future lies. This year the County Farm Bureau has purchas~ ed a carload 0f l’etoskey Golden Rus- set potatoes from Elmira, and placed the seed among growers in Montcalm county who will grow seed pot,ato<.:s for next year’s planting. This variety seems particularly well adapted to con- ditions in the county, and is one of the leading market varieties. Next to improvement in cultural methods and the standardization of varieties, the most significant phase of the potato industry in Montcalm coun- ty is the steady movement toward co- operative marketing. This not merely affects the cash return to the farmer, but has a relation to the improvement. of the quality of the crop. At present, not more than one hundred cars per year, or five per cent of the Montcalm county potato crop, is sold coopera- tively, and practically all of these po- tatoes are sold through the Cadillac Exchange. T is generally admitted among grow— ers that; old methods of marketing, whereby the farmer is at the mercy of a solid coterie of buyers who, to some extent, at least, manipulate things to please themselves, is wasteful, unfair and unintelligent. And it is also ad mitted by these farmers that if they are going to assume the risks of sell~ ing their own potatoes they must grade and sort them more closely. They know that buyers play safe by paying low prices for potatoes of poor quality, and they cannot afford to as— sume such risks when they do their own marketing. Now and then some gall—bitter pessi~ mist will claim that the great spud in— dustry is going to the bow-wows be— cause growers are requested to put up their potatoes in market grades. It was one of these sour-balls who drop- ped his pen in acid ink and told the farmers they were- being robbed by those who insisted upon honest grad- ing; that dealers and government au- thorities were guilty of piratical prac- tices that would bring blushes to the cheeks of “Bloody” Mike. The uni— verse was warned that Michigan pota- toes would never be shipped to market in better condition than they had been and that they were bound to become infinitely smaller. He laid it on hard- (Continued on page 58). 1:... Ana, Representatives from Sevemjy-six Lam/5, Meet at M A. \ ator Call of we [Michigan State Farm Bareau and Complete HILDREN reflect their training C or lack of it, in their play. ,An old teacher once pointed out to some aspiring pedagogues the differ- ences between two'groups of children. One of these groups consisted of four members, not one of whom had a child playmate at home, and their getting together on the school playground proved almost disastrous. There was no “give” but each was insistent on “taking.” The second group played hard and earnest and created much en- tertainment for the onlookers, since the members entered fully into the spirit of their play. The observing teacher explained that each of the chil- dren in the latter group had learned the essence of the cooperative spirit through daily experience in playing. Men are like children: once they have schooled themselves to work to- gether there is little difficulty in sur- mounting the greatest obstacles to co- operation with ease and good Spirit. This was well demonstrated at East Lansing last Tuesday and Wednesday, when representatives of seventy—six farmer-owned and operated local ele vators and associations came together and organized what promises to be a real big, sensible and serviceable ele- vator exchange. It is without doubt the most gigantic cooperative movement ever undertak- en by Michigan men to care for their personal business enterprises. The institutions represented by the mem- bers entering into the arrangement have properties the value of which is roughly estimated at two and a quar- ter million dollars, and the annual turn- over of business to start with will probably approximate twenty millions of dollars. All ordinary folks will readily grant that. this is big business and yet the plans of the whole enter- prise were completed by these mem- bers in the finest spirit, notwithstand- ing the frequent contests over some important and occasionally lesser is- sues. This could hardly have happens ed five years ago. But the training these men have had in cooperative ser- vice has well fitted them for this big task. The first question put to the repre- sentatives for a vote was carried unan- imously. It related to the proposition as to whether the organization should be an independent institution or a de- partment of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. The matter was thoroughly discussed, seemingly from every pos- sible angle, by the most progressive cooperative elevator men and the most capable farm organization leaders of the state. When the vote was finally taken every representative present favored making the exchange a depart— nent of the State Farm Bureau along lines similar to the present wool and seed departments. There will be, how- ever, no central warehouse as is the case with the popular wool department organized a few weeks ago. To facilitate the big task of formu- lating and adopting suitable rules and regulations necessary for the guidance of this new project. a committee was. appointed to draft articles for the dc!- egates to consider. _ This committee consisted of E. P. Hutchinson, of Cale donia, W. E. Phillips, of Decatur, Wil- liam Duculan, of Sebowaing, Dorr D. Buell and C. A. Bingham, of the Mich- igan State Farm Bureau, and Professor Hale Tennant, of the Market Depart- ment of the Michigan Agricultural Col- lege. Much of the credit for the work accomplished at this meeting is due to ‘ the thorough knowledge of, and good judgment used by this committee. The constitution and bylaws adopted at the Saginaw meeting last March were modified to meet the new condi- tions created by the vote to make the Elevator Exchange a department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. Ac- cording to the provisions of the rules and regulations finally agreed upon, this exchange will be under the control of the membtr elevators and associa- tions participating. These members will select five of the seven directors of the board of Control. The exchange will also be self-supporting, a two-bun out capital, built up an unusually strong elevator at that point. Jacob Landis, who conducts one of the largest local cooperative institu- tions in the state at Scottville. M. Sisler, a member of the board of directors of the Caledonia elevator, whose sincerity and ability to sense the weakness in any cooperative or- ganization plan was thoroughly im- pressed upon those present at this meeting. . The Exchange will not come into be- ing until the organization plan is rati- fied by the executive committee of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. This possible. ers who have taken the initiative and agricultural leaders. undertaking. C ongratzz/atz'om HERE are many who deServe congratulations for the active part they have played in the work necessary to bring into being the Elevator Exchange of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. not name all who have participated for such a list would be al- most endless; their reward will be in the satisfaction coming from the realization of a worth-While task well/done. few have, however, labored night and day to make this Exchange We wish to specially congrautlate and thank these for the fine service they have rendered Michigan agriculture. First of all, there are Secretary Bingham, Mr. Nicol, Mr. Buell, and Mr. Nicholson, of the State Farm Bureau, and their co-work- gether the representatives of the local elevators and associations, and who have seen to it that every need was provided to insure the realization of the old hopeless dreams of thousands of farmers And then Professor Hale Tennant, State Market Director, and head of the Farm Management Department of the Michigan Agri- cultural College, and his able assistants, Mr. Raviler and Mr. Cribbs, Dr. Mumford, State Leader of County Agents, and others of the ex- tension department, together with various county agents and pro gressive members of local farm bureaus, brought a wealth of prac« tical information gleaned from a thousand sources and contributed generously of time and inconvenience to make a success of the great And finally, but perhaps not least, there are the representatives, managers, officers and members of the various cooperative elevat- ors and associations over the state who have caught the vision of more efficient selling and buying and who have not only joined in the compelling sentiment that has gradually developed along these lines, but who have shown their undaunted faith by binding them- selves to subscribe the funds required to start and maintain the work of the Exchange after it has been brought into being. To all we extend 'most hearty congratulations. We can- A comparatively in this movement by bringing to- dred-dollar membership fee, a five hun- dred dollar guarantee non-interest bearing note, and a commission for buying and selling by, or for, each ele— vator or association furnish the neces— sary means of establishing, maintain— ing and protecting the undertaking. TWO factors determine largely the success of any organization of this character. These factors are the form of the instrument under which the in- stitution is organized, and the manner in which the provisions of that instru— ment are executed. To furnish read- ers detailed information as to the form of the instrument adopted at this meet- ing we are giving hereafter the sense of every section and article in the in- strument. That the members are un~ usually fortunate in the personnel of its five members on the board ’of con trol selected by the elevator and as- sociation representatives present, we need only to mention their names, which are as follows. W. E. Phillips. the unusually successful manager of the Decatur Shipping Association. L. Whitney Watkins, of Manchester, a well-known farmer and stock raiser. a constructive leader in agricultural movements and a member of the Mich- igan State Board of Agriculture. Carl Martin, of Goldwater, who with- committee meets on July 12 and if it ratifies the plan the two remaining members of the board of control will be appointed by that committee. After that the organization will be ready to proceed with plans for the conduct of its business. The following paragraphs will give our readers detailed information on the various provisions of the rules and regulations as adopted by the members present at the above meeting: HIS association shall be known as the Michigan State Farm Bu~ reau Elevator Exchange and shall be operated as a department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. Its principal office shall be located with the State Farm Bureau in the city of Lansing, state of Michigan. Objects. To provide the facilities and equip- ment and establish such agencies as are necessary for the development and maintenance of an efficient and eco- nomical system of selling and distrib- uting the products of its members. To collect and disseminate informa- tion among its members relative, to market quotations and crop conditions, prospective yields, and final crop esti- mates in Michigan and other competi- ExChangc, C. , Upon Me - Organ Isa/17'0” . tive producing sections and to coop~ erate with state and federal agencies in an effort to' make this information of the most reliable character. To investigate the demand and buy- ing power of the consuming public and the conditions under which Michigan products are consumed for the purpose of coordinating the efforts of the pro- ducers with the wants of the consumer ' and protecting the interests of both against exploitation and the inroads of speculative and other adverse interests. To work for the best conditions and services in transportation, especially as regards’the securing of cars, prompt deliveries, and just and equitable freight rates. To work with the traffic department in {the collection and adjustment of all claims of members against the transportation companies, purchasers, etc. To supervise. harmonize and coordi- hate the efforts of the local organiza- tions, whose members are members of this association and assist those mem— bers in the solution of all problems with which they are confronted. To establish or adopt uniform grades and standards in connection with the handling, storing and marketing of grains, beans, seeds and other farm products. To correct trade evils and abuses by discouraging all customs and practices not in accordance with sound business principles. To extend and develop carlot mar- kets for Michigan grains, beans, seeds, and other farm products, and specifi- cally endeavor to open new markets. To strive to increase by judicious and scientific advertising the demand and consumption of Michigan grains, beans, seeds and other farm products. To furnish an agency for buying co- operatively farm supplies and equip— ment. To adjust grievances and differences between members of this exchange and upon request of member associations, between growers and their respective associations. To cooperate with state and federal agencies along such lines as may be beneficial to the agricultural interests of Michigan. To foster ways and means for the utilization through byproducts of waste and surplus farm products. To cultivate a spirit of cooperation among members and suggesting means whereby they may .be mutually helpful in every legitimate and lawful way. To own and operate feed and flour mills, storage warehouses and terminal elevators. To manufacture, sort, mix, grade, store and clean grains, beans, seeds ‘ ‘ and other farm products. Generally to do any other lawful work for the benefit of the members and the building up of the agricultural interests of Michigan. Membership. The actual membership of this ex; change shall consist of the members 'of the local cooperative elevator asso- ciations, owned and controlled byvfarm- ers‘in any of the counties of the state of Michigan, which elevators or associ« ations shall have taken action to fed- erate their interests in this exchange by agreeing to abide by these rules and regulations. Each local. thus afiiliating shall elect a representative'to this ex- change who shall hold office until the (Continued on page 46). -‘——w WISE man a long time ago said that a. man is known by the com- pany he keeps—but John R. Moh- ler’ is known, half a mile off, by the way he waves his hand. He waves to everybody he ever saw before, and he has seen a great many people during the twenty-three years he has been with the 'United States Department of Agriculture as chief, assistant" chief, head of the pathological division and one thing and another in the Bureau of Animal Industry. The peOple who know him best say he never forgot a face or a name. Considering the num- ber of people he has met under a mul- titude of circumstances, that seems im- ' probable, but—well, listen to this: Mohler recently visited one of the cities where he was on duty a good many years ago as a meat inspector. He took a stroll through the packing houses. Every now and then that gen- ial wave of the band would sweep out to some man on the floor, frequently a negro. His escort noticed it and, asked him if he would like to shake hands with the men. He said he would. He did shake hands with them—and every man who was there in his day' he called by name. Dr. Mohler looks like a man who Canal Zone. Of course, the B. A. 1. men were not thinking about that when they made the discovery. They were trying to findout how splenetic fever was transmitted. from Texas cat- tle to northern cattle, though the two never got near enough together to see each other. They found out that the Texas cattle carried a species of tick, that these ticks were frequently scat- tered over pastures, picked up by the northern cattle and transmitted the disease to them. As a young man in the bureau, Dr. Mohler was on duty as an inspector along the Mexican border and learned a great deal about the cattle tick. He came back’ to Washington strong in the belief that the. cattle tick could be eradicated from the southern states. The experiment was tried—and it has succeeded. The tick has been eradi— cated from considerably more than half of the originally infested territory and the slaughter of the last tick is scheduled for 1923. It will represent seventeen years’ work when it is com- pleted-and already it is saving the country forty millions of dollars every year. This has all been accomplished by driving the cattle, every so often, through a vat filled with an arsenic HIS IS thefirst ofa series of articles this publication is running, in cooperation with the U. S. Departmen to ffl grim/ta re, to acquaint our readers with the type of men who are mahlngposslhle the won— derful service the depart— ment is rendering and is ready to render our reall— ers, that those not now availing themselves of these services may do so. -—Edz'tor. eats three square meals a day of wholesome food and sleeps soundly on a good bed, untroubled by a cloudy conscience. He is a big man, physi— cally as well as otherwise. He has a big head which seems to be well filled with scientific knowledge and human understanding. The job he fills and the way _he fills it requires that kind of a man. The Bureau of Animal Industry is the big— gest enterprise of its kind in the world. It employs four thousand four hun- dred people, about five hundred of them in Washington and the rest scat- tered all over the United States. Among them, they are the final authority on nearly everything pertaining to live stock. Three of them discovered the hog .cholera serum that has reduced losses from that disease enough to save the farmers of the United States about forty million dollars a year—~a discovery by means of which any farm- er can protect his hogs against chol- era. A member of this bureau was re- sponsible for the discovery of insect causation of disease—the discovery that made the Panama Canal possi- . ble by giving to science the secret of yellow ~ eliminating ever from the Meet Dr. solution which kills the tick on the animal’s ”hide. The men under Dr. Mohler’s charge inspect all of the meat that goes into interstate commerce in the United States, as well as all meat that comes into this country and all that goes out. In every packing house whose prod- ucts cross a state line, a veterinarian or inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry inspects the animals before they are slaughtered. If there is any- thing to show that they are unsound, they can not be slaughtered for hu- man consumption. Those that appear tovbe sound are slaughteredv—and ev-. ery piece of the carcass is gone over carefully by other inspectors. If there is anything wrong, it is condemned. When a piece of meat or a can of meat product is stamped “U. S. In- spected and Passed,” the consumer is assured of meat from a healthy animal and killed, cured, and canned under sanitary conditions. Dr. Mohler in his workup through the bureau wasvcon- nected with. this branch of the work for some time. In all of the kinds of things he was tried at Mohler made good. He knew how to apply scientific knowledge to . a,.«.»... practical affairs. But .he also showed a fondness for research, for digging deeper into a thing than anybody had gone before. That led to his being brought back to .Washington in the pathological division of the bureau. He stayed there for fifteen years, the greater part of the time as chief of the division. The pathological divi- sion investigates diseases of animals —-what causes them and how they can be cured. Its work is constantly help- ing farmers to save valuable animals, and once in a while it saves human life. For instance, this division inves- tigated forage poisoning in horses, dis- covered that it is due to a bacillus that develops in mouldy hay and such things, and‘prepared a serum that pro- tects against it. Then the discovery was made that botulinus poison in can- ned foods, from which a good many human beings have died recently, is caused by the same bacillus—and the serum discovered by the Bureau of An- imal Industry has been called into use for human beings and has saved some of the victims. I said awhile ago that Mohler looks like a man who sleeps soundly, but very few men have lost more sleep in the line of duty than he has. Each of John R. Mohler! the three times when foot-and-mouth disease has got into the United States Mohler was caught in the swirl and rush of the thing and worked night and day until he knew that the dis— ease was driven back across the At— lantic. He confirmed the diagnosis in the outbreak of 1902. When the next one came in 1908 he (lid a brilliant piece of scientific detective work in tracing the source of the infection to a,contaminated strain of smallpox vaccine. He was directly in charge of the eradication work during the out- break of 1914-15. Another thing thatdhe Bureau of Animal Industry people do is to in- spect all live animals that come into the United States from foreign coun tries. Most of them are all right, of course, but now and then some of them are very much wrong. Seve1‘al_ years ago some‘Brahman cattle—the holy cattle of the east—were brought to our ports by Texas ranchmen, be- cause they are not bothered by the cattle ticks. The ranchmen were very anxious to get them to their ranches, and they had the support of high offi- cials of the'government in the effort. The cattle were to be released next _ _ _ _ 0 Serve You! Dr. John R. Mahler, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry—By Dixon Mam: about 10,000 acres. Cattle Company’s day—when this same Mohler we have been talking about discovered that some of them had surra, a very terri- ble cattle scourge from which this country is free. The holy cattle found infected were not released—and the country was saved from a disease that might have done more damage than the cattle tick. Even Kedron, General Pershing’s war horse was denied par- ticipation in the New York parade be— cause he had not passed quarantine. The bureau was asked to waive the re- strictions in order that Kedron might carry his master in this great home- coming festivity, but Dr. Mohler felt that the risk was too great, so the famous steed was required to serve his term in quarantine. Those are a few of the things that Mohler and his men do for the stock growers of the United States. In ad- dition, they are experimenting all the time on breeding problems, feeding methods, and a great many other things, and are making their discover— ies available to everybody who is in- terested in live stock. Mohler is a very successful adminis- trator of that big work, his intimates say, because he is a democrat—spell it with a small “d." He is just one of the four thousand four hundred workers—a little busier, perhaps, but just as accessible as any of them. Oth- ers say that his success is due to the fact that he combines the qualities of the researcher, the practitioner, and the administrator. And he has been able to do that, I believe, because he never had a fad. I tried diligently among the men who know him best to get them to tell me something out- side of his regular duties that he works at or plays at. They couldn’t do it. The nearest any of them came to it was one who said, “Well, Mohler loves a good joke~ loves to hear one and loves to tell one.” Certainly this short sketch of the chief of the Bureau of Animal Indus- try—one of the seventeen great bu- reaus of the Department of Agricul- ture—gives some idea of the wonder- ful service the bureau is rendering the farmers and people generally by help- ful suggestions regarding protection of live stock and directions for pre- vention of loss by disease, and consid- ered in connection with the other six‘ teen bureaus some idea may be had of the service of the Department of Agri- culture as a whole. MICHIGAN CATTLE RANCH ES. HREE big cattle ranches have been started in the northern Mich- igan peninsula this year, the latest be- ing one of several thousand acres in Iron county, and arrangements are completed to bring in 6,000 acres to the ranch from Colorado. 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HE transportation act which re- stored the railroads of this coun- try to their owners, gave the railway corporations a guarantee of six per cent on a reasonable valuation, but the increase in freight rates which will yield the railways $1,017,776,995 annu- ally, is approximately $386,000,000 more than will be necessary to give them this return, according to Clifford Thorne, representing the American Farm Bureau Federation, in his state- ment on behalf of the shippers before the interstate commerce commission, a few days ago. “This,” says Mr. Thorne, “is the first billion dollar case \ ever tried, before the interstate com- merce commission, or any other tribu- nal. At this moment railroad labor is demanding a billion dollar increase in wages. It is distinctly understood that the rate advance in this case will not care for any portion of the increase that may be necessary because of wage advances ordered by the labor board; that Will be f0110Wed by another freight advance, as a matter of course. Dur- ing the past three years the total an nual interest charge .on the public debt of the United States government has increased from $23,000,000 to $1; 053,000,000. If the railroad stockhold- ers and bondholders, as well as rail— road labor, are successful in all their demands presented at this time, the increased transportation burden on the people will be twice as large as the total annual tax burden occasioned by the greatest war debt in our history. In support of his contention, Mr. Thorne said the “book value" of $20,— 616,000,000 used by the railroads as a basis of their computations, was ex- cessive by several thousand million dollars. This is three billion dollars greater than the total par value of all their stocks and bonds outstanding in the hands of the public. N computing this book value, Mr. Thorne said the carriers have failed to make any allowance for depreciation of equipment, and that such :1 method of appraisal is unjust: and has been repudiated by the Supreme Court of the United States. The federal govern- ment and the state. of Texas have made donations of land to American railroads aggregating more than 146.- 000,000 acres, a landed area larger than the entire land area of Pennsyl- vania, ()hio, Indiana and Illinois com- bined. It, was said by Mr. Thorne that the railroad companies “now proposed to capitalize this vast empire, and to make the public forever after pay an annual tax to the railroads on its pres— ent value, a. value which has cost. them nothing.” The propriety of capitalizing the standard return gluirantoed lo the cor- ricrs during the war period, and adding thereto the value of additions to prop— erty made since December 31, 1917. and also the investment in lioniederal controlled lines, was suggested by the speaker for the shippers, as evidence of the pi‘esent'vulue of these. railroad properties. Adopting the foregoing method, capitalizing the standard re— turn at six per cent. a total value amounting to $16,611,050,G49 would be If the railroads are entitled to earn six per cent upon this value under the transportation act, their to- tal net operating \income should equal, above all expenses and taxes, $996,~ 663,036. The standard return reflects what congress deemed to be reason- able for the properties at the time . they were taken over by the govern- ment, and in addition it is equivalent to the net revenues of the railroads during the most prosperous three-year period they have experienced in their existence. Railways Asking Help 1 Is Me Basis of Tflez’r Claims Just? If the railways base their computa- ‘ tions upon these principles, Mr. Thorns estimates that an increase in their total revenues of 21.85 per cent instead of 19.46 per cent as estimated by the carriers, will enable them to earn six‘ per cent upon the value of their properties. If the entire increase is confined to freight traffic the ad- vance should be eighteen per cent in- stead of 72.85 per cent, as proposed by the carriers. In concluding his argument, Mr. Thorne gave the interstate commerce commission to understand that the farmers he represented had no desire to cripple the railroads. “The rail- ways must prosper; all industry (16" pends upon their efficient operation," he said. “But at this time the rail- roads must not be exorbitant in their emands.” The farm organization represents, Lives have taken the position that this question of freight rate increase is a. very important one, from both the farmer’s and the consumer’s stand‘ point; that it will have a marked ef« fect upon the cost of farm production as well as upon the cost of living. They are making a strong, well organ- ized effort to prevent the railroads from taking unfair advantage of the government‘s six per cent guarantee. GLIDWING the plan of financing the wool crop, worked out by the American Farm Bureau Federation in cooperation with several wool growers’ organizations and the Federal Reserve Board, word has been received at the Federation’s Washington headquarters from a number of state wool growers’ associations saying that the wool grow- ers of these slates are preparing to hold their spring clip for prices that are somewhat: near normal. Among the states heard from that are planning to hold wool are Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Michigan, Arkansas and In- diana. One Wyoming county, which. produces several million pounds of “Wool, will hold its entire wool crop. At 1he lust annual meeting of the National Board of Farm Organizations the board went on record for 21 federal amendment which would provide that seed dealers shipping in interstate commerce must conform with the laws of the states into which iheir ship- ments are made. Since this meeting the board has received considerable information showing that; it is impos— siblo for slzitos having good seed laws to protect. farmers against shipments meulc from outside ihe state. The Na- tional Board is preparing to press this matter al the next; session of congress, that, the economic losses to agriculture on account; of inferior seeds, amount- ing to hundreds of millions of dollars annually, may be saved and the farm- ers protected from unscrupulous seed dealers. E. E. REYNOLDS. QUESTIONING THE SOIL. EFORE attempting to grow alfalfa and soy beans on our farms it is well to put, the question of inoculation to 1119 soil itself in a practical way. By planting a few rows of soy beans in various parts of the cOrn fields it is easy to examine the roots of the plants and determine if the soil will need in- oculation to make the crop certain. Alfalfa may be tried out in a similar way by using a quart of seed per acre in the clover and timothy seed mix- tures in seeding ordinary meadows. If the plants make good growth and de- velop tuberclés upon the roots it is safe to assume that inoculation is not. essential to make the crop a success. ‘. 9": n ‘ HE sw-arm is a phenomenon pe- culiar to bees. There are other insects that live together in col- ‘ onies, but usually their methods of natural increase take place iii ‘connec- tion with a period in their life-history in which the colonial life is for the time being suspended. The humble bee, for example, passes the winter in a dormant condition like the majority of insects, the queens being the only survivors, and the rest of the bees , perishing. Then in.the spring these ‘ humble-bee-queens each start up anest of their own. With the honey-bee, how- ever, life is impossible except in the form of a colony and therefore it must make good the losses of winter and disease by increasing, not only the number of individuals in each hive, but the number of hives,‘or colonies, by swarms issuing from the more densely populated ones. Without this method of increase, bees would long ago’ have become extinct, for there is a certain . amount of mortality of colonies all the time. Swarming is marked by the most re- markable exhibitions of instinct in the life of a colony. We know that by the time the season is far enough advanc- ed for swarming to take place, that all the bees from the season before have come to the end of their lives. They only live long enough after winter to nurture the first batch of their success- ors, and from that time forward the succeeding generations are very rapid throughout the active season. We use the Word “generations,” but strictly speaking, it is not accurate, for the queen, which lays all the eggs in the ' colony, frequently lives several years. It is not, however, the fact, as has of- ten been supposed, that the queen “leads out” a swarm or that she has any special function in the matter. A swarm will emerge with a virgin queen who has only been out of the pupa stage a few hours and such a swarm will behave exactly in the same man- ner that their predecessors did in past years. All we can say about it is that they know “by instinct" 'what to do, and that is another way of saying that we do not understand it. A strong colony of bees build up their numbers very rapidly in the spring of the year. From the time when they come out of their winter quarters, and the weather becomes mild enough for them to break the cluster they form to keep warm, until the first flowers begin to yield honey, the bees raise thousands of young ones, the process of which consumes the remainder of the stores of honey laid by during the previous season. When the nectar from the new sea- son’s crop begins to be secreted by the flowers in any considerable quan- tity, which in the northern states oc~ curs at, the end of May or the begin- Swarming iBeeséBy Hy W. Sander J ning of June, the bees are beginning to feel rather crowded and it is this crowded condition that constitutes the most obvious stimulus to swarm. The amount of ventilationafforded by the entrance, and varying with its size, is also a factor in the case, and bee- keepers are advised to give plenty of ventilation in warm weather, and to give plenty of room by adding supers in order to hold back swarming, for swarming often cuts down the honey yield in a serious manner. The actual process is interesting. The first step is the raising of queen cells within the hive, for as the old queen always accompanies the swarm the hive will need a new mother. The queen is hatched from exactly the same egg as a worker bee, and in fact a worker is but an incomplete queen. To bring such a worker egg to full ma- turity a large cell is built, known to the bee-keeper as a “Queen—cell” and in this the baby queen passes her lar- v'al and pupa stages supplied with a much greater abundance of food than a worker is given. The result is that the queen not only reaches full matu- rity and is capable of mating and fer- tile—egg laying, but the process is short- ened and in place of three weeks the mature queen will emerge in about fifteen days. The bees do not, how- ever, wait so long before swarming and as a general rule the swarm will issue on the first warm day after the queen—cells are sealed, that is, after the embryo queens have reached the pupa stage. ‘ Besides the raising of a queen to succeed the existing one, the bees make various other preparations. The bees quit working, and “loaf,” as bee- keepers often say. They hang outside in great bunches if the weather is warm, and in general the normal life of: the colony is disrupted. A couple of days before swarming the queen ceases to lay, so that she may be able the better to endure the long flight to the new home, and the bees send out scouts to search out a suitable place for the swarm to begin housekeeping. It may be a hollow tree, a cleft in the rocks, the chimney of a vacant house, or some such place, but there is no doubt that the bees select their desti- nation beforehand, for the swarm eventually takes wing and flies direct- ly in a straight line to the new spot and enters without hesitation. A neigh- bor of ours last season found a num- ber of bees exploring a drain that was placed to carry off rain from a sleep- ing—porch, and sure enough two days later a swarm arrived and took pos- session. A nearby bee-keeper smoked them out and hived them before they had made themselves too much at home. Finally upon a Warm day, usually (Continued on page 43). -12-- .. __ ,..u . _.___....- .A... Annual Sweet Clover Seeded in Rows—Four Months’ Grothh from Seeding ’ -‘ H “5 " ~Pia’nt Four Feet Seven Inches High. Food-'- the Problem ’ of the Hour HE need for food has the world in its grip. To produce more food we must depend upon gasoline power on the farm to multiply the efficiency of the man-power available. The following interesting comparison of man—power vs. machine—power, re- quired per acre is illuminating: Crop Man-Hours Man-Hours (1 acre) By Hand By Machine Barley . . . . 64 . . . . 4.25 Corn . . . . 39 . . . . 7.70 Cotton . . . . 168 . . . . 79 Hay . . . . . 21 . . . . 8.45 Oats . . . . . 66 . . . . 4.25 Potatoes . . . 109 . . . . 38 Rice . . . . . 62 . . . . 17 Rye . . . . . 63 . . . . 4.25 Wheat . . . . 61 . . . . 4.25 The United States has changed from an agri- cultural into a semi-industrial nation. Never again will it see the day when 97 percent of its population dwells on farms. Yet the fact remains that the United States must feed itself, and the only way this can be done is through intensive soil cultivation, made pos~ sible by automotive machinery. On the farms of the Middle West the gaso- line tractor, truck, and automobile are multi- plying the productiveness of man-power, and are doing their part in furnishing an adequate supply of food-stuffs. Throughout this great section the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has developed a system of distribution which insures the farmer an ade- quate supply of gasoline and lubricating oils. This system is based upon huge storage depots, fed from three large modern refineries. Anticipation of possible difficulties is but one ‘of the many burdens the Standard Oil Com- pany (Indiana) assumes in order that con- sumers of the Middle West may have their wants supplied. » Standard Oil Company (Indiana) _ 910 So. 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Sent charges. prepaid for 3 Subscriptions. or for One Subscription and $1.50 additional. fish 1"*. VEGETABLE GROWERS MEET AT COLUMBUS. - HE Vegetable Growers’ Associa- tion of America will. hold its twelfth annual convention at Colum- bus, Ohio, _August 25—28 inclusive. This organization is made up of some of the most progressive gardeners in the United States and Canada. A good program has been arranged which will include side trips and entertainment. There will also be a trade exhibit held in connection with the meeting. Both . will be held in the Horticultural Build- ing of the Ohio State University; the headquarters will be at the Southern Hotel. _Any gardeners who can possibly get away from home for this meeting will find it well worth their while. It com— bines an opportunity to have a brief vacation with a period of contact with coworkers and a chance to get posted on the latest developments along vari- ous lines affecting the industry. Anyone wishing to reserve rooms in a private home should write Professor L. M. Montgomery, Ohio State Univer- sity, Columbus, Ohio, and those wish- ing to receive a copy of the program should write“ Samuel NV. Severance. Secretary. Louisville, Kentucky, care of the Market Growers’ Journal. Any— one interested in making a trade ex— hibit should write C. W. Wald, East Lansing, Michigan. ADOPT ADVANCED REGISTRY. (j) —'/— . HE Hampshire Sheep Association has recently adepted an advanced registry. An animal 'to be eligible to this advanced registry must be a first prize winner and have two direct pro- genitors who are first-prize winners at some fair or exposition where the as- sociation offers special prizes. BARB WIRE FENCE. A neighbor claimed about three acres of my land and took the case to the supreme court and was beaten there. Now I want to build me part of the line fence and he tells me I have to build it with woven wire, that I can- not put up barb wire, and some tell me there is a law that says one cannot put up barb wire for a line fence. Will you please advise me on this matter? A fence constructed of barb Wire as usually built, four and a half feet high, and sufficient to turn the animals ordi— narily kept on the farm, is a legal fence in the state of Michigan. ‘ J. R. R. ASSESSM ENTS FOR INSURANCE. At our town election recently it was voted to have the supervisor assess property holders in this township to pay 101', or help pay for, damages done by a cyclone. Asl expect to be as- sessed by the insurance company that I am insured in to help pay losses all over the state. that would give me as well as others a double assessment. The question 1 wish to ask is. have the supervisors the power to assess for such purpose ?-G. H. B We know of no law which enables the township to levy assessments to pay damages, to private persons. done by a cyclone. J. R. R. RIGHT TO CROPS. A sells his farm, on which wheat was sown in the fall. Nothing was said about the wheat. Can A hold a renter’s share of the crop? The pur~ chaser gets possession in April.——E. G. The sale of the land carries with it all the crops unharvested at the time of the sale. J. R. R. RIGHT TO VOTE. If a man holds land in two different beats, has he a privilege to vote for overseer in each?——C. P. The right to vote depends upon resi- dence, not upon ownership. The Michigan Farmer, Detroit. Mich-t Inn. , (Continued from page 41). inf, the morning, a” mass. of bees. rushes violently out of the hive, and after circling wildly in the air for a time they cluster on the branch 'of a. tree, 0953. post, or some other convenient place. the last to leave and her presence is necessary before, the swarm will con- , tinue on its way. If by any chance she ~ gets lost the bees will return to the " hive from which they came. This fact ‘is made use of in some of the plans for swarm control, and by clipping the queen’s wings so that she cannot fly', the return of the swarm is ensured. However ,the bees often kill such a clipped queen when they find she can- not swarm, and then swarm with the first virgin that emerges, so that the . plan should only be used where the bee-keeper can be at hand to perform ‘ the necessary operations. It is a notable and beautiful sight to see a swarm emerge, and for a few mo- ments the air seems to be filled with bees with flashing wings,‘ whilst the sound can be heard at a considerable distance. Our own bees are located quite a little distance from the house, yet we have been on some occasions apprised of the swarm by hearing the loud humming from indoors. A swarm may hang clustei’ed for a few moments only, or for several hours. Usually at least a couple of hours will elapse before they are likely to decamp—indeed, cases are on record where swarms have emerged and have built their .combs and re- mained in the open air on the cluster—v ing place. One is tempted to wonder whether these swarms issued before the scouts had located a suitable place ‘Colony House on Runners. for them to go, or if not, what the stimulus is that makes the bees break up their cluster and proceed upon their way. However, the fact is that they will, sooner or later, decamp unless hived. This process consists of. shaking the bees into an empty hive, or in front of it. In the latter case if a few of the bees start to enter the hive the re- . mainder will follow Without trouble. If .the bees are shaken onto a cloth or other smooth surface the process is facilitated. If the branch of the tree on which a cluster is hanging can be spared it is often possible to cut it off, and to carry the branch, swarm and all, to the hive. It is then dumped in front onto a cloth and the bees are almost sure to enter. If a branch can— not be removed, or if the bees are . clustered on a post or other unremov- able place, then the hive is brought near and placed on the ground with a cloth before the entrance, the bees are gently dislodged with the hand and ' fall in a bunch before the hive. Then smoke is blown on the place wifere they had been, to prevent any from returning, and soon they will be all in their hive. ' , There is very little danger of stings in handling swarms, for the bees are all filled with honey in. preparation. for j‘thebuilding of comb that is the first essential in their new home. When in this condition a bee will seldom sting. Nervous poppiepften ..dress up: very ~ . bore. 1y to. hiya a swarm; but-{the- The queen is usually amongst ‘ r CREATING NEW MARKETS The Dairyman’s Problem. E successful business takes ad- vantage of every market presented for its products. Utilizing the for- merly wasted by-products of manufac- turing processes has invariably benefit- ed both the producer and the consumer. Three fundamental principles of busi- ness practice which have stood the test of long experience are-— Eliminate waste by utilizing the entire product. Always seek new product. Create for every by-product a legiti- mate market. outlets for the Now how can these business princi- ples be applied to dairying? Government reports show that about 41 per cent. of the total production of milk in this country—or about thirty- four and one-half billion pounds—is de- voted to butter-making. Of this amount only about four per cent., or three and one-third billion pounds, actually becomes butter. The balance—about thirty—one and one-third billion pounds—goes back to the dairyman as skimmed milk for which some other use 'must be found. There are no statistics to indicate what becomes of all the skimmed milk, but government figures show that only about two per cent. of this valuable food finds its way into the human dietary. The Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture, in a.recent bulletin, says about skimmed milk: , "In the past, much skimmed milk has been wasted, both by throwing it away and by feeding it to live-stock, when it could have been used to better advantage as human food. This does not mean that no skimmed milk should be fed to calves, hogs and chickens. Such a conclusion would be ridiculous, because our mar- kets‘are not ready to absorb all of the skimmed milk produced, but human needs should be cared for first, and only the surplus skimmed milk should be fed to live-stock. Such- a procedure is logical and is based upon economic grounds.” ‘ It is apparent that the dairyman is not putting all of his product to its most prof- itable use. And this is due largely to the fact that because lacking a fat 'content skimmed milk does not appeal to the taste. It is necessary, therefore, to find for skimmed milk a human use, and so im- prove the pfibduct that fi:vvfll be best suited‘for that use. By the addition of a fat, wholesome and nutritious, skimmed milk can be made very desirable for use in cooking and baking. This fact is what first suggested HEBE, a product consisting of pure skimmed milk enriched with cocoanut 'fat. HEBE is the first real effort to de- velop a broad commercial outlet for skimmed milk as human food. It sells to a multitude of housewives who would not otherwise use milk for cooking at all, and thus itincreases the general consumption of dairy products. HEBE BENEFITS ENTIRE DAIRY INDUSTRY Then the question arises—How will HEBE benefit the dairyman who is not near enough to a HEBE condensery to send his milk there? The answer is that while the HEBE industry is young and HEBE plants few in number, yet every can of HEBE sold is helping to develop this new market, and every bit of adver- tising put out by The Hebe Company is helping to educate the public to a greater use of dairy products. The ice-cream industry is a parallel case. Although many .dairymen are not within shipping distance of an ice-cream factory, yet every milk producer is benefited by the increased demand caused by the use of nearly four billion pounds of milk yearly by the ice-cream manufacturers. HEBE is not intended to replace milk for direct feeding purposes. It is offered as an auxiliary to the family milk supply, for use in cooking and baking. It is honestly labeled as to contents and uses, and is advertised extensively. Thus HEBE becomes an important factor in the solution of the dairyman’s prOblem—-“creating new markets.” As an ally to the dairying industry it seeks to make for itself a new market, without interfering with other established mar- kets, and in doing so it increases the gen- eral use of dairy products to the profit of the entire dairying industry. You will be interested in reading our booklet, “The Missing Third." this. Ask us to send you a copy. There is no charge for Address 2760 Consumers Bldg, Chicago. THE HEBE COMPANY CHICAGO ‘ SEATTLE L POULTRY PULLETS White and Brown Leghorn and White Rock Pullets 8 weeks and 13 weeks old ready for im- mediate delivery. We will sell one. two and four weeks old. Chicks to be shipped not more than 100 miles. Rocks. Superior Color. catalo f1 CHICKS AND EGGS Rose and Single Oomb R, I. Reds. Prolific Layers. parcel post and safe delivery guaranteed. Illustrated ‘eo. INTEl LAKES FARM, Box 39. Barred Plymouth I’I‘Clmid by July delivery. Lawrence, Mich. 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The swarm is thereby reinforced by all the bees that have marked the 01d location as their home, and will pro- duce a fair crop of honey, whilst the (Continued from page 35). upon the market; one is the summer; the other the winter annual, or bien- nial rape. The summer rape is not suitable for grazing, being grown com- mercial] on a small scale as a food for birds. One should insist that Dwarf Essex seed be supplied. The usual cost of rape seed is about eight cents per pound. As a. rule, three or four pounds of Dwarf Essex seed per acre, sown in rows twenty-eight inches apart will give the best results. Rape thrives best on a rich, fertile soil and better yields always result on land that is wellmanured and fertilized and giv- en thorough preparation before the crop is ,sown. If planted in rows and cultivated it will produce a maximum growth of forage. Rape is a quick, rank grower. If the moisture conditions are favorable for the seed to germinate quickly the field will be fit for grazing in seven weeks after sowing. Soils having a cold, wet subsoil are unsuitable for rape, I find that the crop does best on an easy- working clay loam, well under-drained and rolling enough to prevent stand- ing water m case of excessive rainfall. Land intended for rape production should be plowed early and thoroughly prepared before seeding. Newly plow— ed land never grows good rape, as the moisture evaporates toa rapidly and the growth and development of the plants are checked. Rape can be very successfully grown if sown at the last cultivation of the corn crop. We have seeded one or two acres of‘rape with corn for several years and find that a large crop of forage can be secured in this manner without additional prepar- ation of the soil. Where the corn crop is removed and put in the silo the land is soon ready for pasturing. When the rape plant is about twelve inches high it is ready to turn onto, and if not grazed too closely it will continue to produce forage until frozen down late in the fall. Rape is an efficient weed destroyer. Where one desires to check the weed growth on a badly infested field the preferable plan is to sow rape before the weeds mature. This thorough till- age of the soil at this time materially checks weed growth and the heavy fol- iage of the rape shades the ground so that the weeds seldom grow'and ma- ture a seed crop the same year. Ordi- nary frosts and cold snaps will not in- terfere with the edibility of rape. The fisheep may safely be » pastured until cold weather comes, sometimes as late as December. To prevent a waste of forage, plans should be made to stock the forage pastures sufficiently to util- ize all of the forage possible before Weather conditions prevent the flock from remaining outside. Many corn belt farmers find it possi- ble to fatten sheep and lambs on rape sown in corn fields at the last cultivai do tion. A few years ago I visited a farm in central Indiana on which the owner sowed Dwarf Essex, rape on a twenty- acre corn field and turned in a band .“parent'colony” is weakened sufficient- ly to prevent afterswarms, and will therefore not be weakened still further by them.- In the production of extracted honey, swarm control is accomplished by rais- ing brood to the upper portion of the hive, but in combhoney porduction this is impossible, owing to the neces- sity to crowd bees into the little sec« tion honey-boxes. For the comb-hon- ey man therefore, swarming is quite a problem and the text books of bees are full of plans of different merit, for its control. In general it may be said that extracted honey production is to be recommended, and the comb-honey left to experts who can specialize on this line. Rape for Sheep Pasture of ewes that had passed their mater- ' nity usefulness. ‘These ewes made ' good gains in weight with very little grain feed and returned a fine profit. If a. larger area is planted than the sheep can consume, young hogs may be turned on the field to assist in con- suming the crop. IF THE LESSOR SELLS OUT. In April, 1919, I rented a farm for one year_with the privilege of three in the contract. There was wheat on the farm. I purchased grass seed and sow- ed in wheat. A verbal agreement was made that if I did not have the farm for three years they would refund the price of grass seed. This spring they notified me they wished to sell the farm. I sowed wheat last fall, but the contract stated that I was to leave ten acres of seeding'at the end of lease. Now they have refused to refund the price of grass seed, $46, claiming l was to leave seeding at the end of contract. I know I can harvest the wheat and claim two-thirds. What , right have I in the hay crop this year, Can I collect the cost of cloverseed or harvest the hay?—E. G. E. G.‘s rights in the hay crop are the same as in the hay crop for last year and next year. The sale of the farm by the lessor in no way affects the rights of the tenant under his lease. The purchaser buys subject to the lease, and is entitled to possession only at the expiration of the lease and re newal as provided in the lease. If the tenant were notified of the sale before claiming the renewal‘he should notify the purchaser of his electon to take a new lease; and if a new lease is not given according to the terms of the agreement, he may sue in Chancery and compel specific performance of the agreement against the buyer. The covenant to renew the lease is what is known as a covenant running with the land, binding heirs and assigns; and the same is true of the promise to re- pay for the grass seed. Possession by the tenant is notice of his rights to all the world. J. R. R. QUACK GRASS. I have read of different ways of getv ting rid of quack grass. I have a small patch and am thinking of trying the following: Take a shovel and wagon. after plowing the field four inches deep, dig up every root and draw them out of the field. What do you think of the p1an?-—~A. I. B. If you only have a very small patch of quack grass, you can literally dig it out by the\roots and draw itlout of the field and get rid of it. That might be all right for a small patch but you will find that you will have to go more than four inches deep to get all the roots. If you will go over that patch once a week and cul~ tivate or hoe up every living plant that comes on top of the ground and do it ‘ thoroughly, you can destroy the plant in one season without digging it up and drawing it away. C. C. L. A‘ man who grows good ,wool, pota- toes, grain and live stock will receive a check for just what his product is. worth. , , ’ ' . '3 x ("'U,M«t 3‘ ‘ .1 .‘ '_, . (bur chickens ham; swelled, mattery . . W s - ' « shut: and mouth 0 en, I 6: higyeBsotioom hens,,and pulletspare ' l ,_ g same. , ‘Could you tell us anything . , to do for them or anything to get to ” help them? ~ . (aeratiot Co. C. H. ~ itoup can only be treated success— ‘ ‘5 {any in the first stages and the birds 1 . described are evidently in very serious , ;, .""condition and many of them had bet- ‘ :ter be killed and burned, rather than " I treated. When birds with-roup recov- er theyware of no value for breeding ‘.»Sto_ck and are apt to be subject to fu- a; i ture attacks of the disease. If treatment seems advisable place the bird in’a shed or colony. house, ~ birds. Immersing the head in a mix- ture of kerosene oil helps to reduce‘ the inflammation. A half-and-half mix— ture of water and hydrogen peroxide is preventive and good feeding meth- above mixtures can be injected into the‘mouth or nostrils with good re- lts. If 'swellings filled with pus oc— curion the head they can be opened and washed with a one per cent solu- tion of carbolic acid. , As is the case with colds and other poultry diseases, the best treatment is preventive and good feeding meth- ods and sanitary houses are helpful in ‘keeping the birds resistant to a dis ease like roup. We would advise kill- ing the birds that are in the last stag- _ es of the disease and 'doctoring only those that seem to have a good chance for recovery. Then make every ef- - Iii fort to obtain breeding stock that is healthy and keep down the causes which have possibly brought about the condition. ' R. G. K. ERADICATING SAND VETCH. ' Is sand vetch hard to get rid of when one does not want to grow it any ”longer? Is it like quack grass, and ,. v-tvvhat is the! best way to get rid of quack grass? Which would be best, sand vetch or‘ Essex rape to sowdn corn at last cultivation? Sand vetch is a biennial plant and reproduces itself only by seed. It is a “legume and.in no respect like quack ‘ grass. It is not difficult to dispose of . ‘the few plants which may come up in a field from seed which has lain in the soil a year or more before germina- tion. ’ .Quack grass insmall patches can be killed by repeatedly cutting it off with 'a. sharp hoe. In large patches, or _where a field is completely infested = with quack grass, very close pastur- ing, especially with sheep, for one sea- s0n, followed by a clean cultivated crOp the next, is often sufficient to kill out the pest. Summer fallowing, if faithfully carried out, allowing no green shoots to appear, Will also starve i 2 out quack grass. 1’- ~ For a winter cover crop, to be used 3; ‘the next spring as a green manure ." crop, or for early pasture, the sand vetchgwould be better than the rape to so :.u the corn field. For fall pas- ture alone rapevis better.-—-H. L. B. INOCULATING ALFALFA. To inoculate alfalfa is it necessary to make it real wet, and if so, how do . .you dry the seed? It would not work good in drill, being wet. We have never used any of this material, so pleaseexplain in full.—S. R. In inoculating alfalfa seed with pure ”culture of nitrogen-fixing bacteria the _ contents of the bottle is stirred into a small amount of water and this solu- ‘ : Ition sprinkled over the seed and thor- ‘ 5 oughly mixed with it, according to the «printed directions which accompany the} culture. This does not make the 3 seed too wet to run through a drill. ‘ Ltv’,;_j,Enough of the inoculating material to ed from the Bacteriological Depart- , ‘ mentoring Michigan Agricultural (3014 r ‘e’ge at. East Lansing for” twenty-five ~ .. ' .. n. L. B.’ . 1 ,where it will be isolated from healthy‘ / A Name to Conjure With HIS PLOW was built, tried in the field, and then christened. Hence the, name, ” Little Genius." No farm implement was ever more aptly named. And no other plow ever gained the success and popularity attained b the P159 Little Genius Power-Lift Tractor P ow. A “One-Man” Outfit The Little Genius is controlled by the trac- tor operator. The plow has a power-lift mechanism, and the bottoms are raised and lowered by means of one rope. The tractor and plow comprise a one-man outfit. Lives Up to Its Reputation Praises given this famous plow continue to resound in every section of the country. But the Little Genius is here to back up any state- ments. It is a model of mechanical construc— tion, noted for simplicity of deslign. great strength, and the ease and accuracy of its work. ,. TWO and Three Furrow 12 or 14-inch Bottoms. Four Furrow 10 or 14-inch Bottoms. Ask the International Dealer for Catalog on “NO Light Draft Plows.” ’ , F__AM ERI A (CH ICAGO Q (Ndommrznlc an] "'V" WIHW lIllllLLIL "' ' LlNTERNAnoNALJHARves‘rEB:«comPam .The making of a plow involves several fundamental principles: Design, Simplicity, Strength, Ease of Operation, and Economy. All of these will be found in the old reliable l 1....v I 5? Light Draft Plows . l These plows not only have be- 1 hind them a long and honorable ' record—over three-quarters of a century—but their worth and reputation has resulted in the development of a plow factory l that ranks in size with the three or four largest in the country. It was this record that induced the International Harvester Com- pany, in 1919, to purchase the immense PM plow factory at Canton, Illinois, and add its pro— 1 ducL to their other lines of farm- operating equipment. , International Service Remember that when you buy NO Light Draft Plows, you are J not only getting the best plows . .: made, but you are also arranging for the benefits of International Service. Every one of the 92 Inter— l national Branch Houses and every : one of the thousands of Inter- national Dealers in the United States operates a Service Station for your benefit. It is a Service that is efficient, dependable, and everlasting. 4:; . I ( rue—unnu— : . : n a .UTSYA ,_ .— . The BOOK That Answers 0 - . .9. All Questions About Water PIX/dfel‘ ' S. C. White Leghorns, Barron Edge‘WOOd CthkS Strain $15 per 100. Guaranteed. LDUIL“ 00D I’OUL’i it)! I‘ ARM, Brighton, Mich. Barred Rocks ilif’ifoliféliiai‘tii‘iiiheigig‘r’fn “£3.36 per setting E‘repuid by P. 1’. Circular free. RED ASTLING, Constantine, Mich. ’ We are now booking or- FOWler 8 BU” Rogks‘ tiers forcggs.Afow<-lmico cm'knrols left. It. B. I‘OWthlt. Hartford, Mich. { Rhode Island Whites Are the best. all purpose Birds being year round lay- ers, Egg and chicks and a few good mules. H. H. JUMP, Jackson, Michigan. .. Here's; book that every farmer and home- Hot-Beds Q WIl HICKS; $13.00 100 St (1; '1 B .d W] ‘t - d . 0 er W!“ find very useful‘ It tells you hOW to t . C Brown Leglmririsr Bred $3 lzlly: large whit}; “cage. Parcel post. will bring‘them upto your door. Safe etc. i \. . install water systems to supply running water in house . and barns-How to lay piping—Where to locate pump for best results—The value of water—How to find water capacity of tanks—Irrigation tables, This book also tells about the popular line of gym HRyEs \mcted‘ u m]: .r ‘ How and 1 why they are the cheapest and best pumps to buy—How and wh t ‘ freeze or fail to work. HUMPHRYES PUMPS are the last wgifii 1%,} 113ng £31333: they are built for service and give it. Your H dealer can supply you With any style pump you need, whether hand or ower. Don't buy any pump until you "0 have seen the EU PHRYES line. Write today. CAR D The Humphryes Mfg. Co. ‘ BRINGSIT was“... arrival guaranteed. “lute for catalogue or order di- rect, Wolverine Hatchery, it. 2, Zceland, Mich. ‘ LAYBILT s. C. w. LEGHORNS _ large. great layers. pure white. Strong. Day-Old Chicks. Hatch every week. Guaranteed delivery, full count, alive and lively July Clllt'k‘l $16.00 per 100. Parcel postpaid. V. A. MORSE. IONIA. MICHIGAN LOOK! cfiigx‘és $14 A 100 UP! By insured parcel post. ostago paid. 40 breeds chicks. 4 broods ducks (ict . une and July chicks for Jun- uary layers. (‘zitalog free, stamps ap rcciatcd. NABUB HATCHERIES. G MEIER, OHIO eggs $1.50 for 15, $8 per 100. 1] ll-c-Bmwn leghorn andGale strains. M. Pekin ucg MRS. CLAUDIA éE'rTs. Hillsdale, Mich. Mansfield Ohio ‘ 0"... ’I“““‘ (7) ‘ FREE silver Laced Golden and White Wyandotte eggs from best quality only $1.75 per 15. $3.25 per 30 by prepaid v anteed best Buy Your July Chicks Near Home. . Le h'orns 313,00 10., B . p Re a. $15.00,- W. 33,213, “lit “red Rooks. R I ‘ 3:137:95“ onelbushel of seed can be secur— {9“ 817.00. Add 230. to h and quarter hundreds. horns. Minorcas. Reds. Allegan, . 25or503t c9. .,,,,_ sively. Vi orous, sturdy parcels post. 0. W. Browning, R12. Portland. Mich. Pullets and Cockerels 8 c Brown [8 llMllS Excellent layers. Farm range. _ . , I . E EggspostpaidBoeach..Cockcrcls Wyandottes, W. Orplng- Order now for fall delivery. Anconas. Leg— 51259,.311, Floyd Robertson, 11.1, Lexington, 1nd, ocks, anndottes. R lease name first and lecond h ‘ . D l . ~ ‘ . cels postpaid. Waghtengw Hatghgfv‘? “13.23333? 2111‘. CRESCENT EGG COMPANY, HITE WYANDOTCIES, free range farm flock Michigan. improved by 16 years careful selection. lS'egge-i 2.50, ‘v 30 4.50; 50 or more .10 each by mail prepaid. Coekerels BABY CHICKS of superior quality from record In in urebred stock. ‘W S. O. W. Le horns. Exolu- 350. 2 for 36- Vern Moore R~ 1 Hartford, Mich. Leghorns, Brown In ybogus!) 813 r bite DAY OLD CHICKS 8 same rate. » Postpmd. lve arrivalxgauarnnteed. Guar- chicks. From heavy lflyln strain. to be had. Extras included ineach order. Send for price list to 01 Y LIMITS HATCHERY, SUPERIOR HATOKERY, Clinton. Mo. R. No. 5. Box 11. Holland. Michigan eventh season. "h“. ”gum.“ “00k 32%?0hehfiidn3: lfiggeacthlll Richard . Gretton. Brockport Farm, Mason, Mich. \ IN I... . IIIIII I' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIII Good 1001‘s, III 7' IIIIIIIii“""IIIIII III III“ III '“““IIIIIIIII I IIIII .. III II IIII'IIIIIII IIIII WMWI rt 01 low cost, long service-—- GOOD- LOOKING ROOF helps to' make a good- looking building. think about. But that’s not the only point to Some good- looking roofs are very. disap— pointing when it comes to wear. If you have a Barrett Everlastic Roof, you may be sure it will not only look well, but will give you long service. Ev erlastic Roofings are made by one of the oldest and largest- roofing manufacturers in the country. roofings are backed by ”My year: of “know-how. These 1) Everlastic Roofings are suitable for every type of steep- roofed structure, from the most unpretentious farm building to the finest residence. All are easy to lay, very'durable, and low in cost. Everlastic “Rubber" Roofing -- A recognized standard among “rubber” roofings. Famous for its durability. Made of luuh—gr 1dc n aterproofing ma— terials, it defies wind and weather and insurc s dry, (mnfortable buildings under all weather conditions. Nails and cement with each roll. Everlastic Slate-Surfaced Roofing —A high— grade roll roofing, :m/ared "turf/1 g gem/me (nu/zed r/ate 111 two natural sh adis, red 01 green Needs no paint- imr. Handsome enough for a home, e< onomical enough f0111 ham or garage. Combines real protection against fire with be iuty. Nails and cement with each roll. Ever) as t ic Multi-Shingles (4— Shmgles—1n-one)-—Made of high— grade thoroughly waterproofed felt and .mrfaeea rwit/z (rm/led Jlflté’ in beautiful natural slate colors, either red or green. Laid in strips of fimr Ming/e1 in one at far less cost in labor and time than for wooden shingles. Give you a roof of artistic. beauty worthy of the finest build- ings, and one that'resists fire and weath- ' er. Need no painting. Everlastic Single Shingles—Made of the same durable slate-surfaced (red or green) material as the Everlastic Mul— ti- Shingles but cut into individual shin- gles, 8 x 123L inches. Laid like wooden shingles but cost less per year of ser- vice. Need no painting. Illuxtrated booklet, deJO‘iptiwe 'of eat/z style, will be J’EIIl free on request. The W Company Nchork Chicago l’hilarlel phia Boston St. Louis Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsbuhfh Detroit New Orleans 1 Birmingham Kansas City Nashville Syracuse Seattle nneap olis Dallas l’eoria Atlanta Duluth Salt Lake Lity Bangor Washington Johnstown Lebanon Youngstown -.. Milwaukee Toledo Columbus Richmond Latrobe lie thlehem Elizabeth Buffalo THE BARRETT COMPANY, Montreal 'loronto Winnipeg Baltimore LIMITED: Vancouver St. John. N. B. HalifaxN. S. Sydney. N S iflnsmflhnflmmmmfihuomufimngfl MIMBER FIDIRAL REIEHVI BANK THE First and Old Detroit National Bank, the First National Company and the Central Savings Bank are under one ownership, inguring especially complete service to every one needing a Detroit connection. \ , DETEOIT When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention The' Michigan Farmer Form EleVator Ex‘Change (Continued_ from page 38). local shall certify to this exchange the election of his successor. Fiscal Year Meetings. The fiscal year of the exchange shall commence July 1 and end on the thir— , tieth day of the following June. The annual meeting of the exchange shall be held in the city of Lansing, Michigan, on the third Tuesday in July in each year, at eleven o’clock A. M., or at such place as shall be designated by the board of control. Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman of the board of control. He‘shall call such meetings by registered mail whenever ten rep-- resentative delegates shall so request in Writing. Notice of the annual meeting shall be mailed by the secretaries to each local elevator or association at least two weeks previous to the date of the meeting. At least ten days before the date of any special meeting the secre- tary shall mail notices of such meet- ing to each local elevator or associa- tion, stating the nature of the business to be transacted at such meeting, said notices to be by registered mail. Quorum. Twenty per cent of the representa- tives in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness at any meeting. Officers. The board of control of this ex- change shall consist of seven mem- bers, five of whom shall be elected by the representatives of local elevators or associations, two to be appointed by the executive committee of the Michi- gan State Farm Bureau, said members to serve for the term of one year. The board of control shall inset with- in ten days after the first election, and after each annual election, and shall elect a chairman and a secretary from among themselves. Any vacancy in the board of control shall be filled, for the unexpired terms, by the board of control. ~A majority of the members of the board of control shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the board of control. Any member of the board of control ‘ for cause may, at any annual or any spe- cial meeting called for the purpose, at which a maiorityot‘ the local repre- sentatives shall be present, be removed from office by vote of not less than twothirds of the representatives pres- ent. Such member shall be informed in writing of the charges at least five days before such meeting and at such meeting shall have an opportunity to be heard in person, and by witnesses in regard thereto. ' Duties of the Board of Control. The board of control shall manage the business and the affairs of the ex- change and make the necessary rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law or with these rules and regula- tions, for the management of the busi- ness and the guidance ”of ,the officers, employ’es and agents of the exchange. The board of control may employ and dismiss for cause a business man— ager, and fix his compensation. He shall have charge of the business of the exchange under the direction of the board of control. The board of control shall require all officers, agents, and employes charged by the exchange with respon- sibility for the custody of any of, its funds or property to give bond with sufficient surety for the, faithful'per— formance of their official duties. The board of control shall ineet on the third Tuesday of each month at the office of the exchange in. the city of Lansing, Michigan. Special meet- ings of the board shall be held'upon call of, the president or he shall ‘call such special meeting upon the written . request of three members of the board. Duties of the Officers. Officers shall perform the usual dut- ies of then respective offices. ~- Membership Fec and Finance. Each local elevator or association shall pay in advance to this exchange _ a membership fee of $200 for its total membership. ’ Local Elevator or Association Guar- antee to Central Exchange. At. the time of uniting with this ex; change, when called upon by the board of control, each local elevator or asso- ciation shall give a negotiable promis- sory note, payable on demand, to the order of this exchange. Such note shall be non-interest bearing and for the sum of $500. These notes shall be the property of the exchange and shall be available in the settlement of any liquidated dail- age that may result from the failure of said local elevator or association to live up to its contract with this ex- change. Said notes may also be used as collateral security at the discretion of the board of control. Grading and Inspecting. . All grains, beans, seeds and other farm products grown by the members of the local elevators for sale through this exchange shall be handled and graded in accordance with the rules of the exchange, subject to such inspec‘ tion as may be established by the board of control. All brands, labels, “trade—marks and the like, established by the exchange shall be registered and become its ' property and they shall be attached only to such grades as shall be ordered by the board of control. Contracts and Agreements. , Each local elevator federating with this exchange shall enter into a con— tract with this exchange in the form required by the board of control, sub- ject to the following provisions: Each local elevator or association affiliated with this exchange by said contract appoints the Michigan State Farm Bureau Elevator Exchange its sales agent to sell all products deliv- ered to it for sale, or such parts there. of as shall be satisfactory to the board of controlas shall be specified in the contract, and bind itself to deliver such products to the Michigan State Farm Bureau Elevator Exchange at such time and place as may be agreed upon by said local elevator or associa- tion and this exchange, provided, that any local elevator or association is privileged to sell its products or buy supplies outside of this exchange, on condition that it pay its pro-rata share of the maintenance of the exchange. That said contract shall run contin— uously unless concelled by the local elevator or association on July 1 of any year by giving written notice to this exchange at least thirty days prior to said date, that it desires to cancel said contract, subject to any indebted- ness due from it to this exchange, and delivering its copy of the contiact to this exchange on or before the first day of July. Duties and Rights of Local Elevators ' and Associations. Each representative of the several local elevators shall have only one vote. This shall not be exercised ex- 1 cept when all debts and dues owed by said local to this exchange have been fully paid. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. Except in case of the removal of a member of the board of control, as provided in the rules and regulations, absent members may vote on specific questions by ballot trans mitted to the secretary of this 'ex- change by registered mail, and such ballots shall be counted only in the , (Continued on page 60. “ 5- . O I yzsrfixx‘rflg \- “Miss Wyoming,” (Miss Helen Bonham), handing War- ren G. Harding invitation to Cheyenne round-up. These Massachusetts Women want the democrats to nominate a: level-headed woman candidate for vice-DreSident- Auditorium where the democratic national conven- tion will open June 28. Seats 15,000 persons. 60 x *1 . , 0 Managing owner and crew of 9 American yacht Resolute. Left to right: Arthur Adams, John Parkinson, Robt. W. Emmons, managing owner; George A. Mc- Cormick and Charles F. Adams. SM fRAflCtStQJuugm WELCQME; ‘ $183133 pougss __ omocakx The America’s Cup. It vis for this cup that the {U. S. Senator Reed, of Missouri, whose - -' gmffi'gca‘hRgglgllllltt,e1591311: seat as d 1 ratio ’ v . . . National giggitegitignthi: aerrégc con- i , “Vanitie,” will race These are SIX of the girl ushers plck- tested when the national committee Sir Thomas, Lipton’s ed to care for the 300 to 400 women meets at San Francisco - challenger V“Shamrock delegates at the Democratic National ' ‘ IV,” off Sandy Hook, Convention at San Francisco. Will they usher in a New Democracy? July 15. /| Wu Damon! a Underwood. Ne- Yul-I III III I IIIIIIIIII IIII IIIIIIIIII II II III IIIIIII-IIIIIIIIIIIIII I II " III IIIIIII I a IIIIII IIIIII - I III. IIII IIIIIII IIII Good looks, low cost, long service-—- *IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II AGOOD— —LOOKING ROOF helps to' make a: good- looking building. But that’s not the only point to think about. Some good— looking roofs are very disap- pointing when it comes to wear. If you have a Barrett Everlastic Roof, you may be sure it will not only look well, but Will give you long service. E1 erlast1c Roofings are made by one of the oldest and largest roofing manufacturers in the country. These roofings are backed by 17ny years of “know—how.” Everlastic Roofings are suitable for every type of steep- roofed structure, from the most unpretentious farm building to the finest residence. All are easy to lay, very durable, and low in cost. Everlastic “Rubber" Roofing - A recognized standard among “rubber" rootings. Famous for its durability. Made of high—grade waterproofing ma— terials, it defies wind and weather and insures dry, comfortable buildings under all weather conditions. Nails and cement with each roll. Everlast 1c Multi-Shingles (4- Shingles-in-one) —Made of high—grade thoroughly waterproofed felt and .mrfaa’a quzt/I (rm/zed .111th 111 beautiful natural slate colo1s,eithe1 red or green. Laid in strips of fimr Ming/r: in one at far less cost in labor and time than for wooden shingles. Give you a roof of artistic beauty worthy of the finest build- Everlastic Slate-Surfaced Roofing _ . —A high—grade roll roofing, .rmfizced er. Need “0 pa111t1ng. «wit/1 grill/[Inc rrm/m/ I/(lfé’ in two natural Everlastm Smgle Shingles— Made shades, red or green. Needs 11o paint- of the same durable slate- surfaced (red ing. Handsome enough for a home, orgreen) materialas the Everlastic Mul- economical enough for a barn or garage. ti—Shingles, but cut into individual shin- Coinbines real protection against the gles, 8 x 1.2% inches. Laid like wooden with beauty. Nails and cement with shingles but cost less per year of set- each roll. vice. Need no painting. I/lurtrated booklet, dern‘z'pti-‘ve 'of ear/z style, will lye :mt free on requert. The W Company NewYork Chicago Philadelphia Boston St. Lama Cleveland Cincinnati l’Cittsbur h Detroit New Orleans Birmingham ansns City inneapolis Dallas Nashville Syraeus Seattle Peoria Atlanta Duluth Saltlnke City Bangor Washington .lohnstown Lebanon Youngstown «1.- Milw aukce ’1 olt do Columbus liit hmond Latrobe B1 thlehem Elizabeth Buffalo Baltimore THE BARRETT COMPANY, LIMITED: Montreal 'l‘oronto_ Winnipeg Vancouver St.Jo'nn.N. B. HahfaxN. S. Sydney. its. vnwwssess . ings, and one tl1at'-resists fire and weath- ‘ . F finsmzmn DnmorrNimoNAthvK MIMBER FIDIIAL REIERVI BANK ‘ HE First and Old Detroit National Bank, the First National Company and the Central Savings Bank are under one ownership, ’ inSuring especially complete service to every one I needing a Detroit connection. \ . DETR’OIT When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention: The' Michigan Farmer FOrm Elevator Exchange (Continued. from page 38). local shall certify to this exchange the election of his successor. Fiscal Year Meetings. The fiscal year of the exchange shall commence July 1 and end on the thir- tieth day of the following June. The annual meeting of the exchange shall be held in the city of Lansing, Michigan, on the third Tuesday in July in each year, at eleven o’clock A. M., or at such place as shall be designated by the board of control. , Special meetings may be called at any time by the chairman of the board of control. He’shall call such meetings by registered mail whenever ten rep“ resentative delegates shall so request in writing. Notice of the annual meeting shall be mailed by the secretaries to each local elevator or association at least two weeks previous to the date of the meeting. At least ten days before the date of any special meeting the score- tary shall mail notices of such meet- ing to each local elevator or associa— tion, stating the nature of the business to be transacted at such meeting, said notices to be by registered mail. Quorum. Twenty per cent of the representa~ tives in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness at any meeting. Officers. The board of control of this ex- change shall consist of seven mem- bers, five of whom shall be elected by the representatives of local elevators or associations, two to be appointed by the executive committee of the Michi- gan State Farm Bureau, said members to serve for the term of one year. The board of control shall hleet with— in ten days after the first election, and after each annual election, and shall elect a chairman and a secretary from among themselves. Any vacancy in the board of control shall be filled, for the unexpired terms, by the board of control. 'A majority of the members of the board of control shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the board of control. Any member of the board of control .. ' for cause may, at any annual or any spe- cial meeting called for the purpose, at which a majoritylof the local repre- sentatives shall be present, be removed from office by vote of not less than twothirds of the representatives pres- ent. Such member shall be informed in writing of the charges at least five days before such meeting and at such meeting shall have an opportunity to be heard in person, and by Witnesses in regard thereto. ‘ Duties of the Board of Control. The board of control shall manage the business and the affairs of the ex— change and make the necessary rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law or with these rules and regula- tions, for the management of the busi- ness and the guidancedofthe officers, employ’es and agents of the exchange. The board of control may employ and dismiss for cause a business man— ager, and fix his compensation. He shall have charge of the business of the exchange under the direction of the board of control. The board of control shall require all officers, agents, and employes charged by the exchange with respon— sibility for the custody of any of, its funds or property to give bond with sufficient surety for the faithful'per— formance of their official duties. The board of control shall meet on the third Tuesday of each month at the office of the exchange in. the city of Lansing, Michigan. Special meet- ings of the board shall be held‘upon call of, the president or he shall _call such special meeting upon the written ‘. request of three members of the board. Duties of the Officers. Officers shall perform the usual dut- ies of their respective offices. I ‘- Membership Fee and Finance. Each local elevator or association shall pay in advance to this exchange . a membership fee of $200 for its total membership. Local Elevator or Association Guar- antee to Central Exchange. At the time of uniting with this ex; change, when called upon by the board of control, each local elevator or asso- ciation shall give a negotiable promis- sory note, payable on demand, to the order of this exchange. Such note shall be non~interest bearing and for the sum of‘$y500. These notes shall be the property of the exchange and shall be available in the settlement of any liquidated dam- age that may result from the failure of said local elevator or association to live up to its contract with this ex- change. Said notes may also be used as collateral security at the discretion of the board of control. Grading and Inspecting. All grains, beans, farm products grown by the members of the local elevators for sale through this exchange shall be handled and graded in accordance with the rules of the exchange, subject to such inspec- tion as may be established by the board of control. All brands, labels, trade—marks and the like, established by the exchange shall be registered and become its property and they shall be attached only to such grades as shall be ordered by the board of control. Contracts and Agreements. Each local elevator federating with this exchange shall enter into a con- tract with this exchange in the form required by the board of control, sub- ject to the following provisions: Each local elevator or association affiliated With this exchange by said contract appoints the Michigan State Farm Bureau Elevator Exchange its sales agent to sell all products deliv- ered to it for sale, or such parts there- of as shall be satisfactory to the board of controlas shall be specified in the contract, and bind itself to deliver such products to the Michigan State Farm Bureau Elevator Exchange at such time and place as may be agreed upon by said local elevator or associa- tion and this exchange, provided, that any local clevatm 01 association is privileged to sell its products or buy supplies outside of this exchange, on condition that it pay its pro-rata share of the maintenancc of the exchange. That said contiact shall run contin— uously unless concelled by the local elevator or association on July 1 of any year by giving written notice to this exchange at least thirty days prior to said date, that it desires to cancel said contract, subject to any indebted- neSS due from it to this exchange, and delivering its copy of the contiact to this exchange on or before the first day of July. Duties and Rights of Local Elevators . and AssociatiOns. Each representative of the several local elevators shall have only one vote. This shall not be exeicised ex- cept when all debts and dues owed by said local to this exchange have been fully paid. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. Except in case of the removal of a member of the board of contrOl, as provided in the rules and regulations, absent members may vote on specific questions by ballot trans- mitted to the secretary of this ex-, change by registered mail, and such seeds and other ballots shall be counted only in the, ' (Continued on page :60. _,, . V Ea» "/ “Miss Wyoming,” (Miss Helen Bonham), handing War- ren G. Harding invitation to Cheyenne round—up. These Massachusetts women want the democrats to nominate a~ level-headed woman candidate for v1ce-pre31dent. Auditorium Where the democratic national conven- tion will open June 28. Seats 15,000 persons. Managing owner and crew of 939 -: r \ American yacht Resolute. Left to “ i > - \ right: Arthur Adams, John ‘ ' ‘ -- , ' Parkinson, Robt. W. Emmons, managing owner; George A. Mc- Cormick and Charles F. Adams. Democratic NationalComfm SM mum ,Juum WELCOME ourhox’ D’ccel's The America’s Cup. It ~is for. this cup that the (U. S. Senator Reed, of Missouri, whose - fl gmfggcaERgélgfitEe,?‘t:£ se t‘ ' » . . . Ngtcioiszildggfiggeritigntlli: 38%2crgoifi “Vanitie,” will race These are S1); of the girl ushers pick- tested when the national committee ’ Sir Thomas LiDtOH’S ed to care for the 300 to €100 women meets at San Francisco ' - challenger “Shamrock delegates at the Democratic National ' ‘ I,V” off Sandy Hook Convention at San Francisco. Will July 15. _ they usher in a New Democracy? mt» Hammad a Underwood. Ne. 'nrl ..__......-M;fl4 ._‘»:yn_~a" .— , . , ILH'H‘ v . '. it i A ROMANCE OF By Peter .THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS THE REDwoons B. Kym I‘ i It it, ‘ She dried her moisteyes and blush- ed furiously. “Uncle Seth,” she plead- ed, taking him lovingly by the arm, “let’s be friends with Bryce Cardigan; let’s get together and agree on an equitable contract for freighting his logs over our road.” “You are now,” he replied severely, “mixing sentiment and business; if you persist, the result will be chaos. Cardigan has in a large measure squar- ed himself for his ruiiianly conduct earlier in the day, and I’ll forgive him and treat him with courtesy hereafter; but I want you to understand, Shirley, that such treatment by me does not constitute a license for that fellow to crawl up in my lap and be petted. He is practically a pauper now, which makes him a poor business risk, and you’ll please me greatly by leaving him severely alone——by making him keep his distance." “I’ll not do that,” she answered with a quiet finality that caused her uncle to favor her with a quick, searching glance. IIe need not have worried, however, for Bryce Cardigan was too well aware of his own financial condition to risk the humiliation of asking Shirley Sum- ner to share it with him. Moreover, he had embarked upon a war—a war which he meant to tight to a finish. CHAPTER XVIII. ICUIIGE SEA ()TTER, summoned G by telephone, came out to Fresh- water, the station nearest the wreck, and transported his battered young master back to Sequdia. Here Bryce sought the doctor in the Cardi— gan RedWood Lumber Company's little hospital and had his wrecked nose re~ organized and his cuts bandaged. It was characteristic of his father‘s son that when this detail had been attenti- ed to, he should go to the otlice and work until the six o’clock whistle blew. ()ld Cardigan was waiting for him at the gate when he reached home. (:eorge Sea Otter had already given the old man a more or less garbled ac- count of the runaway log-train, and Cardigan eagerly awaited his son’s ar- rival in order to ascertain the details of this new disaster which had come upon them. For disaster it was, in truth. The loss of the, logs was trif— llllgwrpt‘l‘llZIDS three or four thousand dollars; the destruction of the rolling: stock was the crowning misfortune. Iloth Cardigans knew that Pennington would eagerly seize upon this point to stint his competitor still further on log- ginga‘quipment. that there would be delays purposeful but apparently un~ avoidable before this lost: rolling- stock would be replaced. And in the interim the Cardigan mill, unable to 1L flCRES'm—fl/ my: “/75 (I Si’Z/l/om/rr f/n’ Wadi/(m (Main/17' 1'; .Vol a Swarm”. get a sufficient supply of logs to fill orders in band, would be forced to close down. Full well Pennington knew that anything which tends to bring about a shortage of raw material for any manufacturing plant will result in~ evitably in‘the loss of customers. “Well, son,” said John Cardigan mildly as Bryce unlatched the gate, “another bump, eh?” “Yes, sir-—right on the nose.” “I meant another bump to your heri- tage, my son.” “I’m worrying more about my nose, partner. In fact, I’m not worrying about my heritage at all. I’ve come to a decision on that point: We’re go- ing to fight and fight to the last; we’re going down fighting. And by the way, I started the fight this afternoon. I whaled the wadding out of that bucko woods-boss of I’ennington’s, and as a special compliment to you, John Cardigan, I did an almighty fine job of cleaning. Even went so far as to muss the Colonel up alittle." “Wow, wow, Bryce! Bully for you! I wanted that man Rondeau taken apart. He has terrorized our woods- men for a long time. He’s king of the mad-train, you know.” Bryce was relieved. His father did not know, then, of the act of vandal- ism in the Valley of the Giants. This fact strengthened Bryce’s resolve not to tell him-also to get the fallen mon- arch sawod up and the stump blasted out before an operation should restore his father’s sight and reveal to him the crowning cruelty of his enemy. Arm in arm they walked up the gar- den path together. Just as they entered the house, the telephone in the hall tinkled, and Bryce answered. “Mr. Cardigan,” came Shirley Sum- ner's voice over the wire. “Bryce,” he corrected her. She ignored the correction. “l—I don’t know what to say to you,” she faltered. “There is no necessity anything, Shirley.” "But. you saved our lives, and at least have a right to expect. due and grateful ecknowledgement of our debt. I rang up to tell you how splendid and heroic your action wasv-r” “I had my own life to save, Shirley." “You did not think of that at the time." “\Vell—d didn’t. think of your uncle’s, either," he replied without enthusiasm. “l’m sure we never can hope to catch even with you, Mr. Cardigan.” for saying Your revered relative “Don’t try. will not; so why should you ?” “You are making it somewhat hard for me mate—rehabilitate our friend- ship, Mr. Cardigan. We have just passed through a most extraordinary day, and\if at evening I can feel as 1 do now, I think you ought to do your share—«and help.” "Bless your heart,” he murmured. “The very fact that you bothered to ring me up at all makes me your debt- or. Shirley, can you stand some plain speaking—between friends, I mean ?” “I think so, Mr. Cardigan.” “Well, then,” said Bryce, “listen to this: I am your uncle’s enemy until death do us part. Neither he nor I expect to ask or to give quarter, and I’m going to smash him if I can.” “If you do, you smash me,” she warn- ed him. ‘ “Likewise our friendship. I’m sorry, but it's got to be done if I can do it. Shall—shall we say good-bye, Shir- ley ?” “Yes-s-s!” There was a break in her voice. “Good-bye, Mr. Cardigan. I wanted you to know.” “Good-bye! Well, that’s cutting the mustard,” he murmured, soto voce, “and there goes another bright day— dream.” Unknown to himself, he spoke directly into the transmitter, and Shirley, clinging half hopefully to the receiver at the other end of the wire, heard him—caught every inflec- tion of the words, commonplace enough, but freighted with the pathos of Bryce's first real tragedy. “Oh, Bryce!” she cried sharply. But he did not hear her; he had hung'up his receiver now. The week that ensued was remark- able for the amount of work Bryce ac- complished in the investigation of his father’s affairs—also for a yisit from Donald McTavish, the woods—boss. Bryce found him sitting in the private office one morning at seven o’clock. “Hello, McTavish,” he saluted the woods-boss cheerfully and extended his hand for a cordial greeting. Ilis wayward employe stood up, took the proffered hand in both of his huge and callous ones, and held it rather child- ishly. ' “Weel! ’Tis the wee laddie hissel’,” he boomed. “I’m glad to see ye, boy.” “You’d have seen me the day before yesterday—“if you had been seeable,” Bryce reminded him with a bright smile. “Mac, old man, they tell me you’ve gotten to be a regular devil.” “I‘ll nae deny I take a wee drappie now an’ then,” the woods-boss admit- fed frankly, albeit there was a harried, hangdog look in his eyes. Bryce sat down at his desk, lighted his pipe, and looked McTavish over soberly. The woods-boss was a big, raw-boned ”Scotsman, With a plentiful sprinkling of silver in his thick mane of red hair, which fell far down on his shoulders. A tremendous nose rose majestically out of a face so strong and rugged one searched in vain for aught of manly beauty in it; his long arms hung gorilla-like, almost to his knees, and he was slightly stooped, as if from bearing heavy burdens. Though in the late fifties, his years had touch- ed him lightly; but John Barleycorn had not been so considerate. Bryce noted that McTavish was carrying some thirty pounds of whiskey fat and that the pupils of his fierce blue eyes were permanently distended, showing that alcohol had begun to affect his brain. His hands trembled as he stood before Bryce, smiling fatuously and plucking at the cuffs of his mackinaw. The latter realized that McTavish was waiting for him to breach the object of his visit; so with an effort he decid- ed to begin the disagreeable task “Mac, did Moira give you my mes- sage?” “Aye.” “Well, I guess we understand each other, Mac. Was there something else you wanted to see me about?” McTavish sidled up to the desk. “Ye’ll no be firin’ auld Mac oot 0' hand?” he pleadedhopefully. “Mon, ha ye the heart to do it—after a’ these ’ears?” Bryce nodded. “If you have the hearts—after all these years—to draw pay [you do not earn, then I have the heart—after all these years—to draw place.” 4‘ “Ye was ever a laddie to hae your bit joke.” “It’s no good arguing, Mac. You’re off the pay-roll onto the pension-roll— your shanty in the woods, your meals at the camp kitchen, your clothing and tobacco that I send out to you. Neither more nor less!” He reached into his desk and drew forth a check. “Here’s your wages to the fifteenth. It’s the last, Cardigan check you’ll ever finger. I'm terribly sorry, but I’m terribly in eanest.” ' “\Vho will ye pit; in ma place ?” “I don’t know. However, it won’t be a difficult task to find a better man than you.” “I’ll nae let him work.” voice deepened to a growl. McTavish’s “You worked that racket on my fath- er. Try it on me, and you’ll answer to mes—personally. Lay the weight of ”By [Fr/1711' R. er‘t (nus i5 MY NEW VACUUM HAY LOADER AND Norse: HOW THE BAG Flt—LS up WITH AIR WHEN ISTART ’ now IT'S Ptcxmc up THE HAY AND STACKING IT m w / t W! I it til“ t ”th t i ”‘HHHIIIIHH l‘|‘ \\ Til i ‘ . (9 e .I‘ 6 / ;’_/ / "1”,, / W//’/Z : .ietllllttticg _ 7/ // .. '< a " ////////’/.;// C'CLIV/(jt _.Y " w «W Mm“ rs 4 your finger: on your succeSSOr, ’ and you’ll die in the county poor-farm. ' No threats, Old man. You know the Cardigans; they never bluffi” McTavish’s glance met the youthful master's for several seconds; then the woods-boss trembled, and his gaze sought the office flour. Bryce knew he had his man whipped at last, and Mc- Tavish realized it, too, for quite sud- denly he burst into tears. “Dinna fire me, lad,” he pleaded. “I’ll gae back on the job an’ leave whusky alone.” “Nothing doing, Mac. Leave whiskey alone for a year and I'll discharge your successor to give you. back your job. For the present however, my verdict stands. You’re discharged.” “Who hens the Cardigan woods as I ken them '3” McTavish , blubbered. “Vi/he’ll swamp a road into timber six- ty per cent clear when the mill’s run- nin’ on foreign orders an’ the owd man’s calling for clear logs? Who’ll fell trees wi’ the least amount 0’ break- age? Who’ll get the work out o’ the men? Who’ll—” “Dont plead, Mac,” Bryce interrupt- ed gently. “Youre quite through, and I can‘t waste any more time on you.” “Ye dinna mean it, lad.‘ Ye canna mean it.” “Oh you way, Mac. I loathe argu- ments. And don’t forget your check.” “I maun see yer faither aboot this. He’ll nae stand for sic treatment 0’ an auld employee.” Bryee’s temper flared up. “You keep away from my father. You’ve worried him enough in the past, you drunkard. If you go up to the house to annoy my father with your pleadings, McTavish, I’ll manhandle you.” He glanced at his watch. “The next train leaves for the woods in twenty minutes. If you do not go back on it and behave your— self, you can never go back to Cardi- gan woods.” “I will nae take charity from any man,” McTavish thundered. “I’ll nae bother the owd man, an’ I’ll nae go back to yon woods to live on yer bounty.” “Well, go somewhere, Mac, and be quick about it. Only—when you’ve re- formed, please come back. You’ll be mighty welcome. Until then, however, you’re as popular with me—that is, in a business way—as a wet dog.” “Ye’re nae the man yer faither was," the woods-boss half sobbed. “Ye hae a heart 0’ stone.” “You’ve been drunk for fifteen days ——and I’m paying you for it, Mac,” Bryce reminded him gently. “Don’t leave your check behind. You’ll need it, you know.” With a fine show of contempt and rage, McTavish tore the check into strips and threw them at Bryce. I was never a men to take charity,” he roar- ed furiously, and left the oilice. Bryce called after him a cheerful good-bye, but he did not answer. And he did not remain in town; neither did he return to his shanty in the woods. For a month his whereabouts remained a mystery; then one day Moira received a letter from him informing her that he had a job knee-bolting in a shingle ‘ mill in Mendocino county. CHAPTER XIX. N the interim Bryce had not been idle. From his woods-crew he pick- ed an old, experienced hand—one Jabez Curtis—to take the place of the vanished McTavish. Colonel Penning- ton, having repaired in three days the gap in his railroad, wrote a letter to the Cardigan Redwood Lumber Com- ‘ pany, informing Bryce that until more equipment could be purchased and de- livered to take the‘place of the rolling- stock destroyed in the wreck, the lat- ter would have to be content with half— . deliveries; whereupon Bryce irritated the Colonel profoundly by purchasing a lot of second-hand trucks from a bankrupt sugar-pine mill in Lassen (Continued on next page), 4 ~~~~~~ l tutti i I ! it What Would Happen if Lightning Struck Your Barn? A hot, stuffy loft, dry as tinder, piles of loose hay and hay dust that catch fire almost like powder—a bolt of lightning, and away it goes! All ablaze before you know what’s happened! The lower floor filled with valuable animals, harness, machinery and feed—shah your wealth, perhaps. 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The youth in question had squandered his patrimony in riotous living, .his friends had left him, and he was reduced to beggary. One day he sat on a hill that over- looked the family estate where he had spent his boyhood, and which he had lately owned. He sat thus for some hours, wrapped in gloomy thought, (Continued from preceding page). county and delivering them to the Col- onel’s road via the deck of a steam schooner. “That will insure delivery of suffi- cient logs to get out our orders on file,” Bryce informed his father. “While we are morally certain our mill will run but one year longer, I ihtend that it shall run full capacity for that year. In fact, I’m going to saw in that one year remaining to us as much lumber as we would ordinarily saw in two years. To be exact, I’m going to run a night-shift.” . The sightless old man raised both hands in deprecation. “The market won’t absorb it,” he protested. “Then we’ll (stack it in piles to air- dry and wait until the market is brisk enough to absorb it,” Bryce replied. "Our finances won’t stand the over- head of that night-shift, I tell you,” his father warned. “I know we haven’t suflicient' cash on hand‘ to attempt it, Dad, but—I’m going to borrow some.” 1 “From whom?. No bank in SequOia will lend us a penny, and long before . Mention The * Mighigan Farmer When Writing 10 Advertisers you came home I had sounded every Our W eeély Sermon—By, N 11. Mo Cum E had a funeral in the neighbor- when all at once he leaped to his feet. He had made a resolution, which was, that the estate should be his again Acting on his resolution, he at once got a job carrying some coal into a. house. He was paid, and then asked for a bite to eat, for he had resolved never to spend a cent, even for food, if it could be avoided. He got another job, and followed the same plan. A few years passed‘, and he bought back the old home. The final result was, that he died, a miser, worth $300,000. HE home that has memories for us is onethat has a touch of pature in it. The dweller in a city flat may call his apartments a home, but they will never have the grip upon his heart and his imagination that some old farm house, or some village home has, for the boys and girls who once lived there. The city man will hardly echo Tom Hood and say: “I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn. ” But the man from the country can say from the bottom of his heart: “Le’s go visitin’ back to Griggsby’ 8, Station, Back to where the latch string’s a. hangin’ from the door, . And ever’ neighbor ’round the place is dear as a relation, Back where we ust to be, so happy ‘ and so pore!” The man from the country may not want to go back to the country to live, but he can never forget the old place. I read the other day, from the pen of an authority, that the most typical Americans live in the country. If that seems an exaggeration, it at least is near the truth. The rural community produces leaders in industry and pro- fessional life, because there is a sim- plicity and a reality in it. An author- ity 011 boys and boy raising has ad- vised city parents to keep watch of their boys after school, and see if they get into bad practices on the way home. He suggests that the boy be given something to do in the house, such as dusting, tending baby, or wip- ing dishes. Create some chores for him. But the boy from small town or country never needs chores created for him. They are always there,_awaiting his lordship’s attention—the wood pile, the wood box, the chickens, the hay mow. And these are among his most useful teachers. The Valley of the Giants possible source of,a private loan.” “Did you sound the Sequoia Bank of Commerce?” “Certainly not. Pennington owns the controlling interest in that bank, and I was never a man to waste my time. ” Bryce chuckled. “I don’t care where the money comes from so long as I get it, partner. “Pennington’s money may be tainted; in fact, I’d risk a bet that it is; but our employee will accept ,it/ for wages nevertheless. Desperate/Cir? cumstances require desperate meas- ures you know, and the day before yes- terday, when I was quite ignorant of the fact that Colonel Pennington con- trols the Sequoia Bank of Commerce, I drifted in on the president and casu- ally struck him for a loan of one hun~ dred thousand dollars.” “Well, I’ll be’ shot, Bryce! he say?” “Said he’s take the matter under consideration and give me an answer this morning. He asked me, of course, What ‘did » what I wanted that much money for, and I told him I was going to run a night-shift, double my force of men in the woods, and buy some more logging- - \ ' swer—and got it. The Sequoia Bank 1 of Commerce will loan me up to a hun- ,1’ennington’s gobbling us anyhow, it .shOes and calico dresses’ and the sub- Well, this morning I called for my an- dred thousand, but it won’t give me the cash in a lump sum. I can have enough to buy the logging-trucks now, and on the first of each month, when I present my may-roll, the bank will advance me the money to meet it." “Bryce, I am amazed.” “I am not—since you tell me Colonel Pennington controls that bank. That the bank should accommodate us is the most natural procedure imaginable. Pennington is only playing safe———which is why the bank declined to give me the money in a lump sum. If we run a night-shift, Pennington knows that we can’t dispose of our excess output under present market conditions. The redwood trade is in the doldrums and will remain in them to a greater or less degree until the principal redwood centers secure a rail outlet to the mar- kets of the country. It’s a safe bet our lumber is going to pile up on the mlil dock; hence, when the smash comes and the Sequoia Bank of Commerce calls our loan and we cannot poésibly meet it, the lumber on hand will prove security for the loan, will it not? In fact, it will be worth two or three dol- lars per thousand more then than it is now, because it will be air-dried. And inasmuch as all the signs point to strikes me as a rather good business on his part to give us sufficient rope to insure a thorough job of hanging." “But what idea have you got back of such a procedure, Bryce?” “Merely a forlorn hope, Dad. Some- thing might turn up. The market may take a sudden spurt and go up three or four dollars.” “ch~and it may take a sudden Sport and drop three or four dollars,” his father reminded him. Bryce laughed. “That would be Pen— nington’s funeral, Dad. And whether the market goes up or comes down, it costs us nothing to make the experi- ment.” “Quite true," his father agreed. “Then, if you’ll come down to the office tomorrow morning, Dad, we’ll hold a meeting of our board of direc- tors and authorize me, as president of the company, to sign the note to the bank. We‘re borrowing this without collateral, you know." John Cardigan sighed. 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She made a cushion for his easy-chair in the office; she read the papers to him, and the correspondence, and discussed with him the rec'eipt and delivery of orders, the movements of the lumber- fleet, the comedies and tragedies of his people, which had become to ’him mat- ters of the utmost importance. She brushedhis hair, dusted his hat, and crowned him with it when he left the office at nightfall, and whenever Bryce was absent in the woods or in San Francisco, it fell to her lot to lead the old man to and from the house on the hill. To his starved heart her sweet womanly attentions were tremendous- ly welcome, and gradually he formed the habit of speaking of her, half ten~ derly, half jokingly, as “my girl.” Bryce had been absent in San Fran— cisco for ten days. He had planned to stay three weeks, but finding his busi- ness consummated in less time, he re- turned to Sequoia unexpectedly. Moira was standing at the tall bookkeeping desk, her beautiful dark head bent over the ledger, when he entered the office and set his suitcase in the corner. “Is that you, Mr. Bryce?” she asked. “The identical individual, Moira. How did you guess it was 1?” She looked up at him then, and her wonderful dark eyes lighted with a flame Bryce had not seen in them here- tofore. “I knew you were coming,” she replied simply. “But .how could you know? I, didn’t telegraph because I wanted to surprise my father, and the instant the boat touched the dock, I went overside and came directly here. I didn’t even wait for the crew to run out the gangplank so I know nobody could have told you I was due.” “That is quite right, Mr. Bryce. No- body told me you were coming, but I just knew, when I heard the Noyo whistling as she made the deck, that you were aboard, and I didn’t look up when you entered the office because I wanted to verify mymmy suspicion. “You had a hunch, Moira. Do you get those telepathic messages very of- ten?” He was crossing the office to shake her hand. I “I’ve never noticed particularly—— that is, until I came to work here. But I always know when you are returning after a. considerable absence.” She gave him her hand. “I’m so glad you are back.” “Why?” he demanded bluntly. She flushed. “I—I really don’t know, Mr. Bryce." T “Well, then,” he persisted, “what do you think makes you glad?” “I had been thinking how nice it When you enter the office, it’s like a breeze rustling the tops of the Red- woods. And your father misses you so; he talks to me a great deal about you. Why, of course we miss you; anybody would.” As he held her hand he glanced down at it and noted how greatly it had changed during the past few months. The skin was no longer rough and brown, and the fingers, formerly stiff and swollen from hard work, were growing more shapely. From her hand his glance roved over the girl, noting the improvements in her dress, and the‘ way the thick, wavy black. hair was_ piled on 3011.013 her shapely head. would be to have you back, Mr. Bryce. . sonal smile that robbed his remark of all suggestion of' masculine flattery, “but it seems to me I’m unusually glad to see you, also. You’ve been fixing your hair different.” The soft lambent glow leaped again into Moira’s eyes. He had noticed her ——particularly. “Do you like my hair done that way?” she inquired eagerly. “I don’t know whether I do or not. It’s unusual—for you. You look mighty sweetly old-fashioned with it coiled in back—somewhat like an old-fashioned daguerreotype of my mother. Is this new style the latest in hairdressing in Sequoia?” “I think so, Mr. Bryce. I copied it from Colonel Pennington’s niece, Miss Sumner. ” “Oh, ” he replied briefly. “You’ve met her, have you? I didn’t know she was in Sequoia still.” “She’s been away, but she came back last week. I went to the Valley of the Giants last Saturday after- noon—” Bryce interrupted. “You didn’t tell my father about the tree that was cut, did you?” he demanded sharply. “No.” “Good girl! He mustn’t know. Go on, Moira. I interrupted you.” “I met Miss Sumner up there. She was lost; she’d followed the old trail into the timber, and when the trees shut out the sun, she lost all sense of. direction. She was terribly frightened and crying when I found her and brought her home.” “Well, I swan, Moira! What was she doing in our timber?” “She told me that once, when she was a little girl, you had taken her for a ride on your ponyup to your moth- er’s grave. And it seems she had a great curiosity to see that spot again and started out without saying a word to anyone. Poor dear! She was in a. sad state when I found her.” “How fortunate you found her! I’ve met Miss Sumner three or four times. That was when she first came to Sc- quoia. She’s a stunning girl, isn't she, Moira?” “Perfectly, Mr. Bryce. She’s the first lady I’ve ever met. She’s dif~ ferent.” “No doubt! Her kind are not a prod- uct of homely little communities like Sequoia. And for that matter, neither is her wolf of an uncle. What did Miss Sumner have to say to you, Moira?” “She told me all about herself—and she said a lot of nice things about you, Mr. Bryce, after I told her I worked for you. And when I showed her the way home, she insisted that I should walk home with her. So I dim—and the butler served us With tea and toast and marmalade. ’l‘hen she showed me all her wonderful things-and gave me some of them. Oh, Mr. Bryce, shes so sweet. She had her maid dress my hair in half a dozen different styles until they could decide on the right style, and—” “And that’s it—eh, Moira?” She nodded brightly. “I can see that you and Miss Sum- ner evidently hit it off just right Twith each other. Are you going to call on her again?” “Oh, yes! She begged me to. She says she's lonesome.” “I dare say she is, Moira. Well, her choice of a pal is a tribute to the brains I suspected her of possessing, and I’m glad you’ve‘gotten to know; each other. I’ve no doubt you find life » a little lonely sometimes.” “Sometimes, Mr Bryce.” “How’s“ my father?” “Splendid. I’ve taken good care of him for you." ' ' . “Moira, you’re a sweetheart of a girl. I don’ t know how we ever managed to wiggle along without you. ”- Frater- nally—almost paternally—he gave her radiant cheek three light little pats as he strode past 1161‘,th the ‘11:szth 153.“: ‘ WM . Q3“ . my :10, i920} fice. He was in a hurry to get to. his , .desk, upon which he could see through " the open door a pile of letters and or- ders, and a moment later he was deep in a perusal of them, oblivious to the fact that ever and anon the girl turned upon him her brooding, Madonna-like glance. That night Bryce and his father, as ' was their custom after dinner, repair— ed to the library, where the bustling and motherly Mrs. Tully served their coffee. This good soul, after the dem- ocratic fashion in vogue in many west- ern communities, had never been re- garded as a servant; neither did she so regard herself. She was John Car- digan’s housekeeper, and as such she had for a quarter of a century served father and son their meals and then seated herself at the table with them. This arrangement had but one draw- back, although this did not present itself until after Bryce’s return to Se- quoia and his assumption of the direc- tion of the Cardigan destinies. For Mrs. Tully had a failing common to many of her sex: she possessed for other people’s business an interest ab- solutely incapable of satisfaction—and she was, in addition, garrulous beyond belief. The library was the one spot in the house which at the beginning of her employment John Cardigan had indicated to Mrs. Tully as sanctuary for him and his, hence, having served the coffee this evening, the amiable creature withdrew, although not with- out a pang as she reflected upon the probable nature of their conversation and the void which must inevitably re- sult by reason of the absence of her advice and friendly cooperation and sympathy. No sooner had Mrs. Tully departed than Bryce rose and closed the door behind her. John Cardigan opened the conversation with a contented grunt: “Plug the keyhole, son,” he contin- ued. “I believe you have something on your mind and you know how Mrs. Tully resents the closing of that door. Estimable soul that she is, I have known her to eavesdrop. She can’t help it, poor thing! She was born that way.” Bryce clipped a cigar and held a lighted match while his father “smok- ed up." Then he slipped into the easy- chair beside the old man. “Well, John Cardigan,” he began eagerly. “fate ripped a big hole in our dark cloud the other day and showed me some of the silver lining. I’ve been making bad medicine for Colonel Pen- nington. Partner, the pill I’m rolling for that scheming scoundrel to swallow ' will surely nauseate him when he swal- lows it.” “We’re going to parallel Penning- ton’s logging-road.” “Inasmuch as it will cost close to ~three quarters of a million dollars, I’m of the opinion that we’re not going to do anything of the sort." - (Continued next.week). Sunshine Hollow Items 31 Rube Rubicon ' Thomas and Flora Hooper have nam- ed tlfeir new baby Herbert Hoover .Hooper. Sam Blake says he once knew a kid named Abraham Lincoln John- son that amounted to something but folks wouldn’t give him any credit for it, as a kid with such a front name was naturally expected to make good. He knew another smart lad named George WashingtonJSmalley. 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Consisting of 101 acres of good land. l—ll) room dwelling. cquippod uith Dolco Light and watcr works, hath upstairs and down stairs. 1——A‘_€ story liaru, also cquippod with Delco lights, cup- acily forty (40) cows. l~ Dairy house of ‘1 rooms and servants room combined with water and lights. “as a splendid ()rcliurd and Vim-yard. iii-Head of Cattle, majority registered Holsteins, handled by one of the linost Holstein Bulls in the sout \- ‘J—Delivery Auto Trucks. Established trade of Still customers. Situateed three and one half miles from Gadsden. Ala. which has a population of over 15,060. Want to sell ontiro pliH‘0 fully equipped with all nee- cssury upplianceu of a first class duiry. Will be glad to furnish pl ice and terms to those inn-routed. .l. H. ”ARDEN. Gadsden, Ala. Immediate possession 1‘30 ncl‘c rain or For sale (lziil‘y'l‘dl‘lll, 2 houses, necessary ougt-build- ing. 16 head of cows, 5 horses, Ill acre-s ryo. 40 acres horse corn, 1 acre of cabbage. 3 acres tomatoes, 5 acres while potatoes, 2:3 acres new lmy, 00 laying hens, cows producing $124 Weekly. Price $24,000. 0. .1. LA M E FARM AU: ENCY, 1110., Burlington, N. J. uy farms in New York State through the Farm Bro- . kers"Ass()ciati(iri. Inc., an old estanlishedorganiza- Lion which will giro you thoroughly reliable informa- tion and service, Offices thrOugliout the State. Write The Farm llrokors' Association 1110., Central Office, Oneida. N.Y. for brief list and state your requirements. [:03 SALE. Choice unimproved farm lands in Thumb district of Michigan. Suitable for general farming. dairying, grazing. Near railroads and good markets. Buy direct from ounur and get better land for less money. Albert Heath, Harbor Springs, Mich. ' ‘ 80 acre farm 3 miles Highly PrOdUCtlve from modern village and high school 25 miles from Detroit City Hall. lllR. MCADAMS, 1230 YV. lCuclld‘Avo” Detroit. by full. 322 acres highlyim- MUSt Be SOld provedgood buildings 3 miles from Lansing, Mich. buy of owner cheap. S. \‘V. HEMPY. R. '7, Lansing. Mich, TIRED of Farming? “'ork at Fords, $23006 uity in $4000 cottage, near car, in growing village, 3 min. to Fords. Will trade for a one man stocked and equip- ped farm. WV. E. Brown, “Box 147, Clawson, Mich. Good Reading OFFER N0. 108. The Michigan Farmer, one year. .$1.00 Metropolitan Magazine, one year 3.00 Boy’s Life, one year 1.50 Total value $550 All for $4.25. OFFER No. 117. The Michigan Farmer, one year .“. $1.00 swine World, one year . . .. . . f. . . 1.00 American Sheep Breeder, one year 1.25 Total value $325 All for $2.25. ' i, 3': 5‘ \_ “When Adam delved and Eve span Who was then the gentleman?” HIS is an age of specialists. In medicine, in law, in teaching, in agriculture, [even in housekeep- ing, we have our specialists. We have one doctor for eye trouble, another for pulmonary ailments, a third for stom- achs, a fourth for diseases of the skin, and so on. One lawyer spends his time taking care of estates, while an- other gets into criminal practice. One farmer raises wheat, another goes in ‘ for potatoes, while a third stakes his fortunes on plain white beans. There are dairy farmers and poultry farmers, Small fruit,,fa.1‘mers and orchardists. Eveyone in every line goes in for a specially if he wants to make big money. (“an this be a contributing factor to the present high prices? In the old (lays~w—th()se good old days which may- be only look good because of their dis- tance, but to which a lot of us are yearning to go back—the fad for spe- cializing hadn’t struck us. Back there on the farm, for instance, grandfather raised everything he ate. He had a little wheat, a little corn, a little rye, a little buckwheat, some potatoes, root vegetables of all sorts, and a garden. And it was a garden. Tomatoes, cu- New Tab Collars---B,H./m HE tab collars here shown con- form to a new popular style, and make an effective neck orna- ment. The collar with the square tabs may be worn with any shape neck op- ening. The pointed collar is designed for a round neck. The collars are worked in half~stitch, better known, perhaps, as double crochet, that is, a Stitch thread over the needle. N0. 70 cotton and a No. 11 steel hook are needed. The collars are made alike, differing only in the shape and the heading. The square collar is made as fol- made without throwing the' Woman’ s" Interests ‘Want-ed---Someone To Do The Disagreeable Work cumbers, dill and caraway, cabbages, cauliflowers, peppers, beets, carrots, beans and peas for putting up for win- ter as well as for present needs, small fruits of all sorts, currants, red and black, berries from the first strawberry in June until the last blackberry was “jammed.” Then there were the cher- ries and plums and pears and peaches, apples starting with early transparents and running right through till the frost scared away the last winter grapes, quinces, everything you could think of. . Out under the red Astrakhan apple tree stood a row of beehives, and back in the woodlot were a hundred or so sugar maples. Grandmother never worried about the sugar supply. She had gallons of honey and maple syrup, and pounds and pounds of maple sugar to carry her through cane sugar short- ages. She never heard of selling all her cream and buying back the butter at. a fancy price. In fact, she never sold her creamwshe made it into but- ter, real country butter. To be sure grandfather and grand mother worked, and worked hard. They didn’t get fancy prices for their stuff, but neither did they have to pay them. And in spite of the work they had good times. Not high-powered gas- lows: First row—Make a ch of 12 st. Join; 10 d 0 into ch; * 9 ch, join will .sl st between 5th and 6th d 0, turn 10 d c in ring. Repeat from * until there are seven holes. In the 8th make 9 ch, and 15 d c. Finish the row, by crocheting 5 d (3 into each hole till the beginning is reached. This makes eight squares. Second Row—~9 ch. Join with S] st into stitch between 1st and 2nd square of preceding row. Turn, make 5 d 0 into ch; * 6 ch, fasten as before; 5 d 0 into ch, repeat from * till seventh square. Last square has 10 d c, 5 d 0 fruit,- ‘into second square. oline times, but plain old top-buggy times. Grandmother never heard of “hitting in high,” but by the same tok- en she never heard much of nerves and nerve specialists. Uncle William, who took the old farm, is a different sort of farmer. The old orchard ran out, and he let it go. It was less work to buy his fruit. He sold off the bees, and some lumber concern offered him a fancy price for the woodlot, so that went, too. The money bought his first car. He spe- cializes in live stock, and buys all his feed. He hasn’t time to keep up the garden—he is president of two or three organizations which take all his‘wak- ing moments which he can spare'away from the actual work of the farm. Aunt Elizabeth hasn’t time to make a garden,‘ either. She has hardwood floors and rugs, and a lot of upholster— ed furniture, and those things must be kept up if the house is going to look right. Uncle William and Aunt Eliza- beth buy all their fruit and vegetables and complain because it costs so much to set the table. In fact, it costs so much they usually omit the fresh veg- etables and fruit for daily use and eat heavy food entirely, thereby starting for themselves and their children the chain of ills which leads to the doctor. I into top of each square 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th rows, same as second row. This completes the tab. In the second tab, make two squares same as first two in 8th row, and then make seven squares same as last sev- en squares in first row of first tab. Repeat squares until collar is desired length. Top—5 d c into first square; 5 d c Ch 8, fasten in 1st (1 c of lst square, turn, 10 d c into chain; 5 d c into 3rd and 5 d c into fourth squares. Ch 8, fasten into be- ginning of 3rd square. Turn; 5 d c In cities and small towns it is the same. When we left the farm mother had a garden in the back yard. She kept a few chickens and for the. first few years, she kept a cow. Then the village fathers decreed that cows inter» fered with auto traffic and must not be a110wed to run at large. The chick- ens bothered the neighbors, who liked to sleep late mornings, and they had to go. Mother got too old to take care of the garden, and her sons and daugh- ters were too busy having a good time to bother about a little matter like raising a few potatoes or the vegeta- bles for family use. So it has gone on in every commu- nity and in most families. Everyone wants to be the gentleman and lady and no one is willing to be plain Adam and Eve, earning their food by the sweat of their brows. We are all cry- ing for more ease and luxuries, strain- ing every nerve to get them, and calm- ly ignoring the necessities which could be had for a little extra effort. No one wants to do the disagreeable work. We all want to specialize. The idea starts as soon as we begin to work.‘ Just yesterday the twelve-year—old son, who was tickled to death six weeks ago to get a Saturday job in the corner grocery, came home in a state Camée: , into ch; 8 ch, fasten into center cf 1st scallop; 10 d 0 into ch; 5 d 0 into 2nd scallop. Repeat all the way across from beginning. The pointed collar is made similar to the square one, beginning with two squares; 2nd row 4 squares; 3rd row 6 squares; 4th row 8 squares; 5th row 10 squares; 6th row 10 squares; 7th row 8 squares; 8th row 6 squares; 9th row 4 squares; 10th row 2 squares. The finishing at the top is 5 d 0 into each square, 3 ch, repeat from * all the way along. (ch st: chain stitch; d 0: double crochet; s1 st: slip stitch). “wwwfimww- .n; ,. My" 4 ’ , . .. 7’” -~> Awkvnw.‘ P... ”4 ‘ s. . vat JULY 111nm TY113‘ M i 0 His A N.- sAnMEk ;«~ .1. ”8"”.1211 v5... n7 I _ boy two years older can stay in the of‘ strike. He has to sweep the back roOmand put up potatoes, while the store and weigh out the one pound of sugar allowed to a customer. It did no good to point out that someone has to put up the potatoes. Weighing po- tatoes where no one sees you isn’t as pleasant as working where the custom- ers can see how smart you are. It is the Spirit of the age. And it is in no small measure responsible for our present industrial crisis. We need some play, some time for recreation, but by far the larger part of the peo— ple could play less and work more with greater advantage to themselves and to the world. Germany has instituted a ten-hour day. American workmen in many in- dustries are clamoring for a six-hour day. Can you see where we will all be in another decade if America con— tinues to joy-ride while Germany stays right on the job? Isn’t it time we got back to early methods in labor? TWO HANDY SHELVES. VVO shelves thirty inches long by ten inches wide, with a double row of hooks in the bottom make one housewil’e's kitchen neat and conven- ient. One shelf——white enaineletlrieis over the sink. On it stands the double boiler, coffee percolator, coffee in an air-tight canwthe coffee mill is attach- ed to the wall just over the drain; boardkand scouring powder, bath brick, steel wool and a bottle of javelle water. 011 the hook beneath hang the cooking utensils in constant daily use, long-handled spoons, meat knife and cleaver, bread knife, dish mop, soap shaker. bottle cleaner, cork screw, steel frying pans of small size, stew pans, etc. The other shelf is on an enclosed porch, and is just outside the kitchen door. On the hooks hang broom. floor mop, dustless mop, oiled mop, lamb's wool brush for wiping down walls, window brush pole, long-handled dust- pan. and cleaning brushes of various sizes. These all have screws put in the top of the handle so that they may be hung up easily. On the shelf is im— niture polish, iioor wax. a shoe box containing clean old cloths and squares of cheesecloth for cleaning and dust- ing, and empty syrup pails, in which oiled dust cloths are stored. The car- pet sweeper and scrubbing pail stand below the Shelf. BIG DEMAND FOR HOME ACCOUNT BOOKS. EMANDS for home account books on the part of farm women, which have forced the printingr ot' a second edition at M. A. 0., seem to indicate that the movement for business meth- ods in running the home is rivalling that for business methods in lunning the farm. Miss Edna V. Smith, household man- agement specialist at M. A. C., believes the habit of watching where every dol- lar goes will result in a greater mar~ ginof funds for recreation and gen- eral advancement, one of the greatest needs to sustain farm life at present. By the account book plan the income for the upkeep of the house is made to cover a budget, with divisions for food, clothing, shelter, operating expenses and general advancement. The thou- sand or more Michigan women who have put the account books to use re port a decrease in operating expenses, due to the fact that the budget may be regulated to best advantage. Their utility is- not limited to farm homekeepers, however. In many cases city women have found them just as valuable. The books may be had at cost from county home demonstration agents or directly from the extension THE SIGN OF QUALITY Look for the ROWEN A trade-mark on the sack broad. wheat. LILY WHITE soft and hard wheat grown in America. flavor and color. It insures the taking of a “Tell me, howdo you make such delicious bread and biscuits?” said lVIrs. 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A 38-inch size will require 5% yards of 44-inch material. The width of the skirt at lower edge is about 1% yards. Price 12 cents. No. 3193'—Boys’ Suit. Cut in four sizes, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. A four- -year size will require 2% yards of 44-inch j material. Price 12 cents. with one yard for bolero. cents. in four sizes, 10—year size will require 4% yards of 36-inch material. Michigan Farmer Pattern Service No. 3195~A Dainty Frock. Cut in four sizes. #1. 6, 8 and 10 yez11s A six« year size will require "1, vaids 01 36- inch material. Price 2 cents. _No. 2855—Girl’s Dress. Sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. reQuires 3% yards of 27—inch material. Cut in four Size 10 Price 12 No. 3217—A Good School Dress Cut 6 8,10 and 12 years. A Price 12 cents. Our Boys’ and Girls’ Department Father, Sons = and Ayrshires N the fertile valley of the Kaw, in I the Ashland bottoms, some seven miles southeast of the college town of- Manhattan, Kansas, lies Linndale Farm. It is operated by a sturdy west— ern farmer with his two clean-cut sons 'as his principal partners. This part— ;nership is full of possibilities and an object lesson to many farmers simi- larly situated. _ The story of Linndale is a story of efficiency. A story of a man who real- ized the possibilities of farming' and Who, above all, realized the imperative need of keeping his boys on the farm and making farm life attractive to them. Today, he and his four boys are making a splendid living on this western farm. . For many years previous to moving to. Riley county, Kansas, the elder Linn had given the dairy question ser- ious consideration. In 1910, however, John Linn, Sr., locally known as “Dad,” was milking some ten head of Short— horns. “Dad” was a student as well as a farmer and saw the necessity of a strictly dairy breed if he intended to make dairying his major business on the farm. For dairying, Linndale was ideally located. Manhattan furnishing a splendid market for milk and cream, Kansas in general a fertile field for the marketing of surplus stock and the farm itself ideally balanced between tillable pasture and creek land. , John Linn, after a careful study of breed literature, finally decided that the Ayrshire breed would ideally suit his Riley county conditions. The next problem was, “where can I sebure the stock?" Money was not plentiful and the only known Ayrshires in Kansas were two owned by the state college and their qualities were little known. “Dad,” however, profited by the mis- takes of many and consequently in- stead of attempting to “Go Into Dairy- ing,” he decided to “Grow Into It.” He decided to grade up, and as funds became available to invest in some purebred females. His first purchase was the young bull, College Marquis 2d, which he crossed on his Shorthorn cows. The offspring proved exception- ally good milkers, so much so that he decided to invest a little in some pure breds and in 1910 he purchased a cow and two heifers from the state college. In June of this year James Linn, a son, graduated frorn the state college, hav- ing majored in dairy husbandry. Col- lege often weans a young man away ; from the farm, but James, after talk- ing over matters with “Dad” decided that the farm offered him unlimited opportunities. From now on Linndale was operated by the firm of John Linn & Son. James began to put method into the “Dad” Linn.‘ farm operations and instituted a sys- tem of farm accounts. He immediate- ly began testing the cows for advanced registry as the best method of keep- ing track of what the herd was doing individually and collectively. Mean- time, several purebred heifers ‘had been purchased in Wisconsin, Profes- sor O. E. Reed assisting in selecting same. It was not long ere Linndale herd began to attract attention, break- ing several state Ayrshire records. The foundation animals proved profitable individuals, one of them, Alta Drum- mond, of Oakdale, making the state record over all breeds in producing 96.2 pounds of fat in one month. It became necessary to purchase another sire, and Elizabeth’s Good Gift, from the college herd, was selected. This sire has produced some splendid heif- ers from which much is expected. Suc- cess followed their efforts. They kept ever before them the truth that suc- cess can never be attained without good sires, so when it became neces— sary to look for a future herd sire they spent considerable time looking over the prospects and finally purchased at one thousand dollars the Ayrshire bull, Henderson’s Dairy King, a son of Hen- derson’s Dairy Gem with a record of 20,042 pounds of milk, 803.71 pounds of fat. The daughters of Elizabeth’s Good Gift will be mated to this bull. At the dispersal of the Henderson Ayr- shire Herd of Hudson, Ohio, a few weeks ago, Linndale purchased some eight head of Ayrshires cartr‘y‘mg much of the same "blood as their herd sire. In advanced registry ,work Linndale has completed eighteen advanced reg- istry records, averaging 11,493 pounds of milk, 462.17 pounds Of fat, 4.01 per cent, and they have also to their credit the first roll of honor certificate issued in Kansas. Linndale maintains a clean herd and have their stock ‘under fed- eral supervisiOn. Last year they took out a few head on the show circuit and were rewarded with a grand cham~ John Linn. pionship' at the state fair on a heifer of their own breeding. Linndale started right and grew gradually. From one purebred sire they now maintain a herd of seventy- .seven purebred Ayrshires and their stock is in big demand. Linndale ship- ped twenty-four head-to Mexico ,but a few weeks ago. About one hundred acres is necessary to support this herd. They put up about twenty acres of al- falfa for same and twenty acres of cane for silage. Thirty acres of hilly pasture is used and about twenty-five acres of corn. - Linndale is not a show place. It is an every-day practical farm, farmed by practical, energetic business men. Labor has been solved by the use of milking machines. Fertility has been .._ By J. G. WATSON maintained by the liberal applicatidn of barnyard manure which is hauled daily in the spreader. ' “Dad” Linn is gradually interesting all his boys in Linndale. John, Jr. has recently joined the firm, making it John Linn & Sons; ““Dad” is sixty-one years of age, a big, broad-shouldered jovial, western farmer. He is a vice- president of the National Ayrshire Breeders’ Association. James Linn is twenty-nine years of age, married, a graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College. He is secretary of the Kan- sas Ayrshire Club. John, Jr., is twen- ty~seven, married, spent two years at Kansas State College. Two other boys are interested and will soon join the partnership. Frank, aged twenty, is presently in college, and Charles, aged fifteen, is the youngest. “Dad” believes in giving his boys a chance and a partnership contract has been drawn up for the firm of John Linn & Son, whereby all share accord- ing to their investment and participa- tion in the farm’s activties. The elder Linn, “Dad," furnishes the farm land, pastures, buildings, the land consisting of some four hundred and eighty acres more or less. He pays taxes on the real estate, insurance and up-keep on buildings, fences, etc. He furnishes Jam'es W. Linn. farm property appraised at $14,500. He assigns $300 and $200 respectively in trust for the two younger boys, they receiving interest on these sums. He also gives his entire time to the farm. The two younger boys being em‘ployed when not in school. James Linn fur. “w ‘ .., W“; ‘ WW “we" K— -__M niéi‘fes farm property v “ and devotes his entire time to the ' the value of $1,000 and likewise gives , , farm. John. Jr. furnishes property to his entire time. Each party pays tax- es on his share of farm property. John, Sr., James, and John, Jr., fur- nislr and share jointly and equally all expenses incurred in operating the bus- iness. Each receives $75 per month for his labor and is paid out of the partnership funds monthly. The elder Linn receives six per cent interest for use of real estate on an appraised val- uation of $56,000 and receives interest at the rate of seven per cent on $14,500 appraised value of farm property fur- nished by him and the two younger boys. James, and John, Jr., receive interest at the rate of seven per centi on their $7,000 and $1,000 respectively! . All profits accruing from the business after the foregoing obligations and compensations have been met are di- vided equally between the three mem- bersof the firm, John, Sr., James, and John, Jr. An inventory of all assets and liabilities of the partnership is taken on December 31 of each year for the purpose of determining the net in- come for the preceding year and all compensations and profits except wag- es are paid and distributed following this inventory, except that any part- ner may leave part or all of his wag- es, interest or profits in the business and they are added to his interest in the business and bear interest at the rate of seven per cent for each year (following the one in which they were derived. If profits should not be sniffi- cient to pay compensation provided in contract they are paid in the following order: Wages first; interest on real estate, interest on investment in farm property other than real estate, and lastly, profits. All parties are interested in this co- operative plan and equally anxious to make Linndale a successful breeding plant as well as a profitable farm. No structure can stand without a solid foundation. The elder Linn laid well when he secured his first herd sire. The firm strengthened the structure in the purchase of additional males and females. The structure was further strengthened by interest.ing these clean-cut young Americans in Linn— dale, in making them partners in same and making it a place worth while. BABIES—RED, YELLOW AND BLUE. allies 'at 37,000. i C out. for close, difiicult work. Wheels on a track —- the - Cletrac way - take less power profitable farm investment. write us for more information. 19021 Euclid Ave. IT is really very fine being born a Siamese child, for the people of Siam are gentle and genial and love their children dearly. But they have many superstitions which make them do things when the baby is born which seem strange and foolish to us. Fruits, supposed to be a protection against evil, ‘are scattered about the house where a child has just come, and as if that weren’t enough, a cord which has been blessed by the priests is tied around the outside of the house ,to keep out evil spirits, which might carry away the little new life. The mother lies on a narrow board, beside which a very big fire is made, and for three days in this room, which grows hotter and hotter, old women make offerings to the gods. This they do by throwing three balls of rice in three lucky directions. It is said that every new-born baby has “Dang” for its first name, which means red, and no wonder, after all that heat! But he isn’t allowed to keep his natural color long, for he’s quickly rubbed all over with a yellow paste made of tur- meric powder. So little “Red” be- comes vvery yellow, which, if he’s a osensitive baby, is enough to make him quite blue. When the child is a month . - " old, the few hairs thathe can boast are shaved and a ceremony very like Get the Extra Bushels 0U can farm more acres with a Cletrac—and get more out of every acre. in harvest, each sturdy, little Cletrac hauls two eight—foot binders easily, cutting full, clean swaths and gettinor all the corners. steadily through the heat and strain otthe rush when labor’s scarce and every. working hour counts. Then Cletracs start the quick work of it. And they follow close behind the plows, fitting the ground before the moisture dries They never sink in or form tractor hard—pan. An improved water air—washer protects the powerful Clctrac motor from the dust of. harvest operations and tall jobs. sponsc to the steering wheel and short-turn ability lit the Clctrac \ . . (,letruc fleet—power is economical and dcpcndablcMai mighty "v .1 x i / occ the Llctrac dealer near you or WCleveland Tractor Co. "Largest Producers of Tank-Typo Traders in. [/m W'orhi" u‘ru. luv null" Cletracs keep goi ng plowing early and make Quick rc- Cleveiand, Ohio / wVK/flz‘udy your ”View? {F _ . a 5 .. «ng Zfiggqlzmg z’zme. : 55.};3'; 'i”: -':w/'\"\. "51;. ":1 ’“ uni/I‘mA' o //»' "* t , .. x11: i-rlqfliikigd. OF course, you are very busy then but it will pay you to take time to find out not only the yield but the rm/ r/mz/i/fy. Is the weight per struck bushel up to the standard? Docs it grade high enough to bring the top pricc in your market? Is the weed seed box free from light chatty wheat grains? Has the clover and grass made a good set in the, stubble? [/7101‘, tic/1y not? live years of potash starvation has had its ciicct on wheat lands. Enough German Potash has now come forward, so that those who wish can buy whcut fertilizer with 4 1‘0 6/)” (Hit. of real potash. Tell your dealer now what you want and insist on having it. "'5’“? christening takes place. P0 Zash Pays .Soil and Crop Service Potash Syndicate 42 Broadway H- A- HUM)“: Mam” New York All fi‘ tumors TWINEdISi/ié Standard Binder Twine. 500 ft. to 1b.. 13%0 per lh. Lessin earlonds. Write for circular. ’ - - Dept. M-l4 {MM Milwaukee, Wis. Michigan ownSlO er hush Ito Sin SOY Beans- Genuine n'imrn an Monta- nia lgrown Alfalfa. Seed Potatoes. Write today for ape- o a . Beatofmaterials.aixdifferentdiamebers. -. everlasting hollow tile roof. easiest to build—such features as these have made the Dickey pre-emineut among silos. ’ The Fruit hr of the Flold Send for catalog No.9 W. 3. ”any ClauyLfltg. Co. . 49$ Wlu.fi:ghh;mmfonm . seed price list. A. II. FOSTER 00., Allegan,Mich. l Four-in-One Screw D 1' iv e r Yours Without Cost The tool of one hundred uses. Four handy screw drivers of different lengths. Made from line quality of A tool to have in the house, auto tool, kit, or can he carried in the pocket. If you will send two yearly sub- scriptions, your own may tool steel. handy 118 count as one, Ving order with a $2.00 re~ inittance, we will send you the liour—in-one screw driv- er ready for use, all charg- es prepaid, THE MICHIGAN FARMER, Detroit, Michigan. A Good Clubbing Otter OFFER No. 107. The Michigan Farmer, one year. .$1.00 Today’s Housewife, one year ..... 1.00 accompany- Young People’s Weekly, one year .75 Total value ............ . . . . . .$2.75 All for $2.25. ’ .unl“" x...- i . (8, '1' RYF PEO ILL. +12“ ‘. .. fizgmumk I6“? 53 '4 ° ‘t as CA 43% r“ is: “minutes Io°/° .5, .31: v‘" . K? i m urn/1.x.- 3., A: In 1.: can. Sucrene Dairy Feed con‘i’t‘ 0’ Prime Cot- American Milling Co.. Dept. 44 . Peoria. lll. tonseed Meal, Linseed Please send me illustrated literature on Meal, Wheat Bran, feeds checked below: 0 Cocoanut Meal, Corn El Sucrene Dairy Feed Gluten Feed. Corn (:1 Sucrene Cali Meal Feed Meal, Ground and Bolted Grain Screen- ings, Clipped Oat By- Product, Molasses, Salt Summer Feeding Pays COWS fed concentrates while on pasture gave 2§% more milk than cows on pasture alone. and main- tained their greater yield all through the year, because of the summer feeding. New high records in milk yield, with new low records in cost of production, are testified to by dairymen who have substituted Sucrene Dairy Feed for ordinary rations, even with common grade cows. The materials in Sucrene Dairy Feed are selected and proportioned with intimate knowledge of the .cow's needs for body maintenance and milk formation. They provide the necessary protein, fat... carbohydrates and mineral matter to insure a substantial increase in milk flow above ordinary rations, when fed only with the usual roughage. N 0 other concentrates needed. * Uniform quality of every sack guaranteed. Order a ton of Sucrene from your dealer. you. write us. The coupon brings you full information on Sucrene Feeds. . American Milling’ Company .Dept. 44 f he cannot supply Peoria. Illinois '...---—--...-----.-. E] Sucrene Hog Meal _ E] Sucrene Poultry Mash with Buttermilk [:1 Empire 20% Dairy Feed [:1 Amco Fat Maker for Steers My Dealer's Name ...... . .............. and Calcmm P.O ....................... State ...... Carbonate. My Name ............................. P. O ....................... State ...... BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY For Sale lists is::::3‘sfsr.*§i¥:. 2:332:33 Change of Copy or Cancellations must reacb'us Ten Days before date of publication Wildwood Farms AnguJ‘ Effies Lass 238203 sold on May 6th for $7100. She was sired by Black Mon- arch 3rd. We are offering for sale Ed- itor of Wildwood 295059 a full brother in blood lines to Effies Lass also four more choice bulls which are old enough for service and sired also by the cham- pion show and breeding bull Black Monarch 3rd. Our herd is under State and Federal Supervision. WILDWOOD FARMS. ORION, MICHIGAN Sidney Smith.Supt. W. E. SCRIPPS. Prop. WO0DCOTE ’ ANGUS Imported Herd Bulls ELCIIO OF‘ HARVIESTOUSI (45547) by Jason of Ballindalloch (38048) EDGARDO OF DALMENY (45501) by Escort of Harviestoun (36006) Wooacote Stock Farm. Innis, Mich. F S 1 At reasonable rices. Registered Aber- Of a e deen~Angus bu is from ten to twenty-two months of age. LANG BROS. Davison, Mich, GUERNSEY 192.30% iiiaili‘d 909i? viiitso r t v - u . a, . m e m r. v. HICKS. Battle Creek, Mich. BULL CALVES whose site's dam made Registered Guernseys’ ll ' his 7 . ‘150.(X) buys fine 2 "m iihil‘wifiliiaes?” 3.’ Adams, inch. ‘only a little over six per cent of the Their mother’s sire's dam, son of the famous Geomnn‘s King of the May. For sale at a. sacrifice to settle an estate, _ L. H. SNYDER, East Lansmg. Mich“ For S 1 Registered Guernsey bulls. May Rose a e breeding cheap if taken soon Come or write. John Ebels it, 2 Holland, Michigan. G u E R N 5 EV s -REGISTERED BULL CALVES Containing blood of world champions. HiCKS' GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. W.S. Mich H d Federal inspected. Bull cult Guernseys. 7 mos. er old, sired by a son of Imp. Spotwoods Sequel. Dam, a high class cow of A. R. breeding. 3150 takes him. 5 others 3 (.06 mos. old priced right. Satisfac- tion guaranteed. Ur. W. At H. G. Hay. Albion. Mich. a Five pure bred Guernse Bulls. Write uernseys your requirements. WA TER PHIPPS FARM, Geo. E. Currie, Mgr.. 80 Alfred St., Detroit. Value of a Purebred Holstein Bull Do you realize in what a shorttime you can transform the character of your igefldp by the use of a purebred Holstein u . Each well chosen sire should give at least 50 per cent of his character to the next generation so that the direct des- cendents of the fourth generation retain original blood and nearly 94 per cent is of your own choosing. No "man has any excuse for milking unprofitable cows when he can easil get into the all-year milkin class of olsteins. . Send or Free Illustrated Booklets. THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION 164 Hudson Street . Bratdeboro Vermont. Registered Holstein Bull Born Mar. 3. 1920. Dams record 20.48 lb. butter from 424 lb. milk as a 2 yr. old. He's a good One, I’m proud thin: dhels ours! r8150. '- , 0- “ ' an N3 ‘ PETOBLRS. North Radionumoh. l .Rossman Brothers’ Dairy Farm. In Our County Farm Bureaus I (Continued from page 37). , er and harder until his venom blister- ed the pink pages, . and. the unkind things he said made a. deep impression against some of the men who had been workin for_years to improve the qual- ity an reputation of Michigan pota- toes. Every potato man in the state recalls this chap and his methods of stirring 'up the growers, but some of the pretty big men in the affairs of the potato business did not confuse gadflies with Zeppelin balloons, and merely smiled at the wealth of this young man’s pessimism, such as we commonly refer to ‘as destructive crit- icism. VOY, ROSSMAN, president of the Montcalm County Farm Bureau, in company with his brothers, Manning and Clare, owns and operates one of the best stock farms in the county. The Rossman. boys are progressive farmers and breeders of Holstein cat- tle, ShrOpshire sheep and O. I. C. swine Their main crops are com, po- tatoes, and small grains. This year they have fifty acres of pedigreed grains on their farm. Last winter they fedsfifty-five steers which cost them seven cents per hundred and sold them for almost as much as cattle of better quality brought at the time-they were sold. Always ready to help his fellow farmers in any undertaking which will put their farming on a better business basis, and not afraid to invest some of his own kale in such work, Roy Ross- man is sure to leave no stone unturned to make the Montcalm county Farm Bureau one of the live organizations of the state. _ About a half mile east of Greenville we found G. H. King, the genial vice- president, busy overhauling his trac« tor. Mr. King and his brother own adjoining farms and specialize on the growing of potatoes and conducting a system of general farming. Mr. King, like Mr. Rossman, is a young man and full of enthusiasm. He has been one of the leaders in Farm Bureau work since it started. He is growingpedi- greed grain and conducting some field experiments with alfalfa varieties. He believes in cooperative marketing and putting the products ‘on the market in standardized grades. Fay Kirigsbury, director of the Coun- ty Farm Bureau, is an extensive live stock feeder. He owns a modern farm and has a complete equipment. At present he is feeding about fifty head of cattle and a drove of hogs. He has about two hundred acres of land and has always been active in agricultural and community betterment problems. J. H. Steere, director, owns and op- \ erates one hundred and twenty acres of splendid farm land. His farm is completely equipped. Mr. Steere is looked upon by all of his neighbors as an active worker for better rural can- ditions and one of the best type of substantial citizens.‘ W. J. Wilson, director, owns and operates a splendid farm of two hun- dred and forty acres at Vestaburg. Mr. Wilson practices general farming and potato growing. For many years he has been active in community work and is a. man of judgment and progres- sive ideas. ' ‘ BOUT two miles out of Greenville we visited Ashley M. Berridge, a. member of the executive committee of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, who in partnership with his father, owns and operates three farms containing six hundred and twenty acres. Potato growing is one of their specialties, this year’s acreage being thirty-five acres. In addition to growing potatoes they practice a system of general farming, which includes growing feed crops for their herds of Shorthorn and Guernsey cattle. No fancy farming is in vogue on‘these farms and no efforts are be- ing made to do anything which mag- nifies any one branch of the farming out of proportion to the others. Keep- ing all of the factors in proportion so that they may fit into a. profitable Whole seems to be the main object in the management of these farms. The heavy field work is done with a tractor and every effort is being made to main- l l tain a maximum production per man ' employed. Mr. Berridge is a graduate of M. A. C., Class of 1912-, and Director of the Short Courses at the College. Since completing his work at the col- lege he has been operating these farms, but he has. never once lost sight of the real problems confronting men on the farms. Always an active leader in cooperative marketing problems be thoroughly understands the big prob- lems now confronting the State Farm Bureau and can be depended upon to stand back of any movement that will improve the marketing end of the farming business. Mr. Berridge has been president of the GreenVille Fair Association for several years and is working to make this year’s exhibit of special interest to Farm Bureau mem- _ bers. Two miles north of Greenville we visited the attractive. farm and home of E. W. Lincoln. Here we found thir- ty acres of fruit orchard and. seventy acres of farm land in a high state of productivity. Mr. Lincoln is one of the leading fruit growers of the state, and \ i E l *e -. I ‘1 ' , '~"_.$6m°. of "L. B. Stoke’s Prize. l W F" I'- r'u \- 'IVAwI-vv— ruw wvv‘ugVFIt-w .. '_WI'I‘I fl-»—Nr“' ”13—“...va M l . 1‘? 1 ...v -. . _... ' fairs and fruit shows has won many aremiums with fruit from his orchards at some of the big His leading va- rieties of apples are Northern Spies, Jonathans, Duchess, Snow and Rhode Island Greenings. He has made a care fultest of both spraying and dusting as a means of protecting his trees and fruit crops and is convinced that so far as cost and efficiency is concerned that dusting is preferable. IN discussing his system of farming. Mr. Lincoln said: -“I always have two things in mind: net profit and leaving the soil better than I found it. In our crop growing we practice a ro— tation of potatoes, small grain and clo- ver, and use liberal quantities of com— mercial fertilizers. With this system we keep our soil in good physical con- dition and have more than doubled the crop production. Commercial fertiliz— ers have been my best investment. From an annual average of fifteen acres of potatoes we have an average yield Of more than three thousand bushels.” Mr. Lincoln is an active booster for the County Farm Bureau, and has confidence that it will be able to do great things for the betterment of agriculture when it is in a position to start its machinery working through- out the country. Three miles east of Greenville we visited the two hundred and eighty- acre farm of Melvin Miller and looked over his herd Of milking Shorthorn cattle. The cows are all rich in the Melvin Miller’s Shorthorn Bull. blood of the Clay and Charlotte fam— ilies. The bunch Of young heifers pre- sented an attractive appearance as :H‘E MI O H A‘I’AI'IOE’AFN' "FA R M E R' ' 27—59 TEXAOO MOTOR OIL * THUBAN COMPOUND * HARVEs-r' ER on. * AXLE GREASE J i . ’ *awulrp,‘ , ,. ,._ i \J ' illitulll‘z‘” ' TRACTOR OIL Under the blazing mid-summer sun, the horse and mule Often fall down—but the tractor goes on. In fact, the tractor often does its best Jork in hot weather. And in the rush season it pulls the tillage ap- paratus by moonhght as well as by daylight. Your tractor will go on without faltering, or time out, if you exer- cise proper foresight as regards water and Oil. You must Oil regularly, carefully, and use the best available. And this means TEXACO TRACTOR OIL. It helps immeasurably 1n keeping TEXACO TRACTOR OIL has the right body for the work and .‘t - clings to the hot surfaces of cylin- ders, pistons, and bearings. Does not break down under engine heat, provides adequate and con- stant lubrication. It is a clean, carefidly made oil and will not form hard destruc- tive carbon. Buy Texaco (Red Star Green T) TRACTOR On. and you get an Oil that measures up to your severest require- ments. TEXACO TRACTOR OIL is shipped in 55 and 3 3-gallon steel drums, wooden barrels, half barrels, and 5-gallon they calmly grazed in the luxuriant pasture. Mr. Miller 1ecent1y purchased Welfare’s Diamond, a son of Roan a cow weighing 1, 700 pounds, and hav- ing a milk record of 10,167 pounds of 4.2 per cent milk in a year. This young sire cost an even thousand dol- lars, but he is well worth it. When mated with the present females in the herd he will have an opportunity to make good. Cumberland Imp, and Welfare 6 Imp. l l I l A little further along the road we GEO visited Leonard Stokes. Mr. Stokes breeds Poland China hogs of superior type and quality. At the head of his herd is Black Des Moines, and among his brood sows some of the best blood lines Of the breed predominate. The hog house is of unique construction. It is a building sixty by thirty feet, with an ordinary roof, but the sides are made of woven wire fencing, double rows, and the space between filled with straw. Mr. Stokes has about fifty head of purebred Poland Chinas, and will make a swing around some of the fair circuits this fall. N the condensary district a number . of farmers are milking from fifteen to thirty cows. In proximity to, Ed— more farmers have put out quite an acreage of canning factory crops. In other sections the farming methods are nearly uniform, in fact, so much so that any description of individual farms would prove wearisome. A few farmers are keeping, sheep; about three carloa‘ds of wool will be taken in for shipment to Lansing during the season. 1' Over near Stanton the Circuit Rider . g (Continued on page 63). - the tractor running at full capacity. C8118. TH E TEXAS COM PANY, ‘Petroleum and Its ‘Products General Offices: Houston, Texas. Office: in Principal Cities. District Office: Chicago, 111., McCormick Bldg. “There is a Texaco Lubricant for Burr} Purpose” Holsteins of Quality Fifteen High Grade Holstein COws For Sale E. A. HARDY, Rochester, Mich. accepted in payment of finely bred rog- ‘ 600d "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. Quality of the best. and at prices within reach of all. W rite. .I). (‘LAH KE. Vassar. Mich. BUT'I‘ER BOY ROSINA PRINCE 237572. Herd sire Son of King Ona. His sire is from 330 lb.cow that made 1345 lbs. in one years.and Dnm Butter Boy Rosina 211d LWAO made 29 lbs. . and almost, 800 lbs. in ten months. she has a 33 and 34 lb. sister. Have some fine Bulls and Heifers and some heifers bred to him. all from A it. 0. Cows. with records from 2‘1 to 30 lbs H1 inipsliire Hogs Fall Hours r( ady for servich‘. 1'11d gilts. Also bookmg orders for Spring Pigs Belgiun1,l’orehrron Stallions and Mares.ln1- ported and American bred Wr e01 come and 5011115. SAGINAW VAL I FY 5100K FA HM, W. 8.. Michig 1111 ELI SPRI NO}: I 1i: >()N. Proprietors. -WinnWOOd Herd- Flint Maplecrest Boy no.166974 Has Made Good one of his SONS will raise your herd to a higher standard and better production we have them for sale at moderate prices. A Few Females For Sale ~—0UR JUNIOR HERD SIRE— Sir Ormsby Skylark Burke No. 204966 A brother to the world champion cow over all breeds. DUCHESS SKYLARK ORMSBY Michigan's best bred Orxnsby bull. Better get on the list for one of his sons out. of a daughter of Flint Maplecrest Boy. JOHN H. WINN, (lnc.) Roscommon, Michigan OUR HERD SIRE Model King Segis Glista By: 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segis Alban De Ol. darn Glista Fen'elle 32. 371!) 5. Her darn Glista Er- natine 35. 96 lbs. His three nearest dams average over 33 lbs and his forty-six nearest tested relatives ever- '136 over 30 lbs of butter in seven days. Write for pri- tea on his sons Grand River Stock Farms Cary J._Spencer, Owner Eaton Rapids. Mich. Holstein Bull fcalfborn Der .19. a beauty % while no" res. and do]. Jor Slifllfl.1 would take Liberty Bond: St. Johns, Mich. Hatch Herd (State and Federal Tested) Ypsilanti, Michigan Offers young sires, yearlings and younger, out of choice advanced registry dams and King Korndyke Artis Vale: Own dam 34.16 lbs. butter in 7 days; average 2 nearest dams 37.61, 6 nearest 33.93, 20 nearest 9.7.83 A BULLY GOOD BULL BALF. Born July 1919. His six nearest dams have good yearly records. Amongst them are three world's records Good 1ndiv1dual nicely marked '1nd worth in any goodk he1dall he will cost. You O'1n ’t p.- 1y too much for this kind. I have a fine four months bull. not quite so well bred but a nice one. L. E. UNNELL LONE DISTANGE close up dams ayerage above 1200 lbs brittler qandb 24 00?) lbs. milk in 1 yr His dnm unttsted$100.A.Fle111i11g.l.,akc Mich. F '1yette. ()hio HOl S'l‘ I". IN BUI L FAIL? Il3orn De(‘\.'. May Echo Sylvia Bull calf ’crosses to May Echo Syli 1a and 3 crosses to King of the Pontiar s. Dam a 2 yr old daughter of a 29 lb. cow 6 of his nearest tested dams average 34491h. of butter '111d759 milk. C. H GIDDINGS. (1()l)le\ lllP Mich. The Traverse Herd We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the‘large. fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way_ They are from high producing A. R. O. ancestors. Dani's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and quotations, stating about age desired. TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL Traverse City, Mich. ' ' 1 “TOP NOTCH” HOLSTEINS MCPHERSON FARMS COMPANY has raised manygrout milk 00115:“ lomcinlly Produced Hi3 lhs. milk in 7 days 3394lbs.n1ilkin 30 days 1 " " 120 lbs. milk in 1 day 811 lbs. niilk' 111 7 days over 10000 lbs. milk in 100 days " " 105 lbs. milk in lday 696 lbs. milk in 7 days 266‘.) lbs. milk in 30days [ " " 100 lbs. milk in lday 20864 lbs. milk in 1 year 1 H ” 100 lbs. Luilk in lday 6539 lbs. milk in 7 days 196751113. milk in 1 year Others under test are making large milk records A line lot of young bulls {111m i [months to 2 years old for 14 do. Get a "1nilk'bull.1uid increase milk produ tion in your held. ()ur herds are u11do1'U.S. supervision. MCPHERSON FARMS (10.. Howell, Mich. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES FOR SALE From dams with good records. BULL CALVES SIRED B ' 45 lb. BULL. BULL CALVES SIRED BY 34 lb. BULL. BULL CALVEs 5111151) BY 33 lb. BULL. PRICES VILRY REASONABLE. Brivelege of return if not satisfied. A . W . C O P L A N D , Birmingham, Michigan. IIerd under State and Federal Supervision. CLUNY STOCK FARM A Semi-Olliical Bred Bull to Head Your Head Maplecrest Application Pontiac No.132652, heads Our Herd His dam' 5 record is 1344 3 lbs. butter 23,4212 lbs. milk in 365 dai s, and 35.103 lbs. butter and 5156 lbs. milk in days One of his sons from our good record dams will ‘ carry these great blood lines into Your" Herd. For Podlgroes and Prices write to R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mloh. ,l 't / I 31 .06 lb. butter CATTLE A. l Am About $9°ilfih§.“$§’i‘fd“ “‘5 istered Holstelns. loom. Two daughters of K egrandson of King Fa ne Seals from 3 arm Maren o. A dress, fiDWAnllaBl-M. PIEECE, Route 7, Marshall. Mich. 3714611.). mill: iii ridiysjs average of 9 nearest tested dam . ld b ll. Price 3 Terms. 3 of 2 mo 0M. E. Redford. Mich. Two daughters of Traverse Cadi - ng Vale Palm ra Fayne. lb. am, McLAULIN,’ 'stered Holstein cows and heifers due to freshen Refills fall. Some bred to a 42 lb. bull. Price 8200 to 8400 each. B. B. REAVEY. Akron, Mich. J t urchased- 3 new herds, Herefords. 15‘?)8 hgad; we ofier you anything desired either sex, horned or polled, any age. rice reason- able THE McCAR’l‘YS. Bad Axe. Mich. 20 Cows and Heifers of popular breed- ing for sale also bulls not related. ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW, MICHIGAN Herefords . 4 Reg. bulls 5 to 8 mo. old. Prices ' reasonable for quick sale visitors welcome. Reed Schultz, R. 3, omer, Mich. The Wildwood.Farm Jerse Cattle. Majesty strain, Herd on State accred- itedl st R. of M. testing constantly done. Bulls'for sale. ALVIN BALDEN, Phone 143.5, Capac, Mich. B BY BULLS BUTTER BRED JE F%R SALE CRYSTAL SPRING s'rocx FARM, Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan. 1 l f For Sale gfiéieiié‘dtfii‘né°i&ck. ment “Accredited List." Write for to C. A. TAGGETT, ll. 2, ILLIE Farmstead Jerseys—A few heifers bredt L freshen soon, heifers bred to freshen next fall, cows,R.of M.bull calves. C.C.Lillie,CooperSVille.Mich now have ajesty breeding from Herd on ‘overn- rice and pedigree Eairgrove. Mich. ulls ready for service from our herd bull Marguerites BPremier,gdsoii,of l’ogis99th of Hood h arm,und cows now on test for R.ofM. Smith & Parker, llowell,l\lich. ‘or Sale. Jersey bull ready for service sired by Fly- ing Foxe's Gay Lad. Dani record 472.3 lbs. butter 8675 lbs. milk. Notten‘ Farm, BIDWELL SHORTHGRNS You Can Buy a. bull that will put weights on your dairy calves— the difference will soon pay for the bull. Now selling good Scotch and Scotch-topped yearlings, reasonably priced. A roan. senior yearling. a Missie of Villager breeding, a herd bull prospect, Federal Test. BID WELL STOCK FARM, Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan ' 79.1321 heads our herd. ’l‘hree Royal Bruce half brothers sold for $55,(K)0.|)0 one Cluny Proud Augusta, going to head in Duthies of collyne‘s herd at 821,000.00. ()ne bull and a number of females for sale. CARR BROS & CO. Norman Carr, Secretary. Richland Stock Farms Home of the Michigan Champions. Shorthorn Sires in Service: IMP. Lorne. IMP. Newton Champion. Sterling Supseme. Why not buy a young bull to head our herd that carries the blood that is making horthorn History. Only a, few real headers left. Write your wants. C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS. Tawas City. Mich. l'. . i ll.,49f l .00 - Shorthorns 32mm? c..:....:::x.::. OSCAR SKINNER. Sec. Gowen. Mich. Bad Axe, Mich. MICHIGAN}. sells Durocs Aug. 6th. - ~ Write for catalogue. 0. F. FOSTER. Mgr. Duroc sows and gilts bred to “alts Klng 29499, who has sired more 1st and 2nd grime pigs at the State Fair in last 2 years than any at or Duroo boar. Everyone will be a money maker for the buyer. . and . St. Johns, Mich. Pavilion. Mlch_ Cat Erica l t. NEWTON BARN’H R’l‘. ' DUROG JERSEYS Two sows of great breeding and choice individuals weighing about 300 lbs. each due tofarrow in June price $85 each, first checks get them. USE BROS, OAKWOOD FARM, Romeo, Mich. ' Duroc gilts bred to furrow Jul and Aug- 12 Chum ust. Daughters of Michigan Cherry Col. bred to Jacks Cherry Oriob King Number 189259. Son of the $10,000.00 champion Jacks Orion King 2nd. A] large type, heavy bone Eilts, 250 to 300 lbs. ' , THE JENNINGS ARMS, R. 1, Bailey. Mich. DURUC JERSEYS E. D. HEYDENBERK, Wayland, Mich. Duroc bred sows and gilts sired b Orion ChBrr King 001. 2nd., bred to All 001. o Sanganio 2n . First class lot, reasonable. W.O.Tayl~or. Milan, Mich. Duroc Jersey fall and spring pigs for sale. We sell you on] the best. ship G. O. D. subJect to your approval. egister in buyers name and guarantee satisfaction W. E. BARTLEY, Alma, Michigan C H ES T E R 5 two good fall lts bred to a boar of ildwood Prince Jr. breeding for Sept. furrow; spring Olgs. F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar, ich. 1 Raise Chester'Wliites' Like This , the original big producers ‘ l 96 1' HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to success. I can help you. I want to lace one be from great herd in every community where am not hire y rep- . rue ted b these fine early develo rs—rendy for mnrket at noon ol Write for my plan-”More Money from Bl" e. l. BENJAMIN. R.F. D. 10, Portland, nosing}... The Wmld’s Champion big type 0.1.C’s. Stock of all ages for sale. Herd headed by Galloway Edd, the World’s Champion 0. I. C. boar assisted by C. C. Schoolmaster. Grand Champion hear of Michigan. New York and Ten,» nessee state fairs. Also, C. C. Giant Buster. unde- feated Senior boar pig wherever shown and Grand Champion of Oklahoma state fair. Get our cat alogue of Crandell’s prize hogs, Cass City. Mich. Central Mich. O. l. C. Swine Breeders Ass’n. Every Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. sale guaranteed by association. DR. H. W. NOBLES, Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich. ' 3 One Sept. boar. March farrow- 0' I. C 5' ed pigs of either sex. C. J. THOMPSON, Rockford, Mich. O. l. C. & Chester White Swine Strictly big ty e with QUALITY. Spring pigs own Scotch and Scotch Topped . . Shorthorns bulls and heifers priced right. rveaidybto 35in). Bieverlr‘ hgd‘zbietggnaogeésd liehigerflgség Sultan Champion heads herd, one scotch two yr. old i‘i‘ght tiffmlfifg. Writjepus for3prices. ' y ”9‘“ bu" by Rfid yupggwgg gr‘§g§"ghglilo Mich NEWMAN‘S STOCK FARM, n.1, Mariette. Mich. h 6 males and 9 A few choice late fall and winter llll Kelli 00- Shorlhorn Assn‘ fgriiales of quality 0' I' C S boars. also a fine two year old boar. for sale. A. E. RAAB, Sec. Caledonia, Mich. WEBER BROS, R. No. 2. Royal Oak, Mich. ' ' THORN. Cl b (1 hi] les ' . l dA .f . Mllklng $11321}: under FEderalaSup‘e‘i‘visioii. ca'v 0- I. C. gflggfl'fffifi, {flfirgxe’h ERIE“ ug arrow Davidson & Hall. Beiand dz Beland, Tecumseh, Mich G. P, ANDREWS, Daiisville, Mich. Good Scotch bred bulls cows and . Shorthorns heifers priced right, ' Gilts bred for Sept. furrow w. B. McQUILLAN. It. 7, Howell, Mich. 0 ° 1 ' C ° and Spring pigs. Shorthorns. Herd headed by Sil— ver King. full brother of Lavender Sultan l’ur- due University's great sire. For sale females of all ‘EADow Hills F. C. BURGESS. R. 3, Mason, Mich. ’ Eight young bears and spring pigs 0' I. C s for June shi m ages, a. few young bulls. Geo. D. Doster, Duster. Mich. S . u." z . St. Joseph Valley .s’iugchemists: males of all ages and best breeding. . AARON HAGENBUCH. Sec- treas.Three Rivers.l\i1ch ' ’ Shorthorns of best Bates breeding, Milking bulls 6 to 8 mo, old for sale. E. H. KURTZ, Mason, Mich. Reg. Red Polled igiviiiie.““d§2m60 "33.5233 ones of good breeding. Also one yearling. N. W. & E. W. Parish, R. 3. West Olive. Mich. cattle choice young bulls fromfi to 18 llBg- "Ed POIle mo. old for 83. e. FRANK KEBLER. R. 1, Grand Ledge, Mich. One Thoroughbred Brown Swiss For Sale lull. Nine months old. E. H. EISELE, Manchester, Mich. ~ HOGS ° size with quality is our special- BerRShl-res ty. Write your wants to M. G. MOSHER (it SONS, Osseo, Mich. Registered Berkshires. Gilts, and Sows bred for April , May and June farrow. A yearling Boar and a few _ youngerflpring pigs. Chase Stock Farm,Marlette.Micli. Large Berkshires. Herd boars. bred gilts. spring pigs. Satisfaction guarantee . W. H. EVERY, Manchester, Mich. - Spring pigs by Walt’s Orion, First Sr. Yearling ”Detroit, Jackson,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 ' : ruins. Brongigail‘fiChf .r. ent. CLOVER LEAF STOCK ‘AJtM, Monroe, Mich. Booking orders for spring pifgs, we 9 0‘ I' C' 5 re ister free and ship 0. . ). A. J. BA {KER & SON, Belmont. Mich. 0 I. 0's. 5 last fall boars and 15 last fall gilts bred for -fall farrow. Weight 230 to 3'25 lbs. extra good stock. Also this s rings pigs not akin. 54 mile west of depot. Citizens p one 124. Otto B. Schulze, Nashville, Mich. MILLER Meadow’s L. T. P. C. boars all sold. Gilts sired by General Jones and bred to our youn boar Alaska. address CLYDE “’EAVER, Ceresco. ich. Registered Bi type Poland FOR SALE China. gilts bro for Sept. far- row.weighing 2?!) lbs. for $60. spring pigs all sold, guar- anteesatisfnction. DORUS HOVEll. Akron, blich. L. S. P. C. . One 400 lb. sow and 7 pigs by side. price $100.00. One 275 lb. gilt and 6 pigs by side, price $85.00- Two choice boars. H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mich. O 0 Big I ype Poland Chinas Our herd i. representative of the best in Big Type. The $40,000.00 “The Yankee".the $50. .00 “The Clansnian” and the priceless “Giant Buster" are all represented. We aim to keep up-to-date blood lines and only quality stuff. Come over and see us PUBLIC SA It 001‘. 26th. WESLEY HILE, R. 6, Ionia. Mich. Bred Sow Sale at Fairgrounds August 5th. Carey U. Edmonds: Hastings, Mich Big Type P. C. Bred gilts,‘ Fall yearlinfis. prize win- ners. out 1100 lb. 1; re and mammot sows from Iowa's greatest herds. E.J.M athewson,Burr Oak,Mloh. BOARS! Oh Boys! randson of the\M h G'ant Buster. The s a may: " ' ‘ Sons and .... 3l§ob06 useful ki'n or a quick so 9. norms, s‘en Phone, ~ Portland, .\ -' mum (Continued from page 46),. meeting at the time at which such vote is taken. ' ‘ ' ‘ Any local elevator or association may withdraw from the exchange at any time between the first day of June and the first dliy of the following July; but such withdrawal shall not affect any right or lien which the exchange has against the retiring local or its property until its indebtedness to the exchange is fully paid; at the time of withdrawal the note given by local elevator pr.association shall be re- turned. Any local elevator or association having a. grievance or complaint against the exchange may appeal to the board of control (or to the repre- sentatives at any regular or called meeting). No local elevator or asso- ciation shall be suspended or expelled or deprived of the benefits of the ex— change without having charges prefer- red against it, reasonable notice there- of having been given and a hearing before the board of control (or by the representative members at a regular or called meeting). , Indebtedness and Liability of Loca Elevators and Associations. Each local elevator or association shall be responsible for its per capita share of all contracts, debts and en- gagements of the exchange. No local elevator or association shall be liable to the exchange for any contracts, debt or engagement arising out of any spe- cific transaction between‘ the exchange and any local elevator or association thereof in which it does not' partici- pate, unless and ‘until the exchange shall haVe exhausted every legal re- source and failed to enforce satisfac- tion from the local elevator or ‘elevat— ors and associations participating therein. Expenses and Payments. ,_ Expenses of operating the exchange shall be met by a fixed charge.per unit or a percentage charge laid upon re- turns for products sold and upon sup- plies purchased, the amount of such charge to be fixed by the board of con- trol. Except in cases otherwise provided for all. products of the same grade shall be settled for upon the average price of each day’s sales. The board of: control shall make arrangements as to. settlements with‘ local elevators as they may deem necessary. Cooperative Purchase of Supplies. All merchandise purchased by the exchange for any local elevator or as- sociation shall be settled for on a Cash basis. Savings and Damages. After the year’s expenses are paid and a proper sum set aside to cOver the depreciation of the exchange prop- erty and provision is made for a con- tingent fund to be fixed by" the board of control, the balance of the year’s savings on products shall be divided among local elevators in proportion to the amount (or value) of its products sold, and the’balance of the year’s savings applied on supplies purchased shall be divided in like manner. 'Accounts and Auditing. This exchange shall‘install a stand- ard system of accounts, and provide other accounting appurtenances that pmay be necessary to conduct the busi— ness in a safe and orderly manner, and it shall be the duty of the exchange to furnish at cost, a uniform standard system of accounts for the local ele- vators and associations and assist in installing the same. The books and business of the ex- change shall be audited annually un- der the direction of an iauditing conf- mittee selected by the representatives by ballot at the annual meeting. This Mich. . audit shill they: made?» byua competent L... ‘I cyato higher thaw the. host has. , accountant previous to. the date of each annual meeting at which meet- ing. his report shall be presented in full. Special audits shall be made at. any time upon written request of the board‘of control or a. majority of the representatives in the manner above described. ’ , \ The board of} control shall employ competent auditors who may audit the books of the‘ local elevator or associa- tion at least onCe each year or at any time the board of control of the cen- tral exchange deem it necessary, or when the board of control of any local elevator or association shall request. Such auditors to be provided at cost and expense borne by local elevator or, association. Any member who is not satisfied with any decision of the board of con- lrol, shall arbitrate the same before a. beard of arbitration, consisting of three active members of this associa- tiOn who are not members of the board of control. Any member desiring to arbitrate any decision shall notify the secretary in writing. of such a. desire and shall name an active member as his choice to act as one arbitrator; the secretary shall notify the board of control at their next regular meeting, of the mem- ber’s desire to arbitrate and of his selection of the first arbitrator; the board of control shall at that same meeting name an active member who shall act as the second arbitrator; the two arbitrators thus selected shall choose a third, and these three shall constitute the board of arbitration as specified above. The board of arbitrators shall notify in writing, the board of control of this association and the member asking for arbitration, of the place, date, and time of such arbitration. After the board of arbitrators shall have taken all the testimony that they deem advisable. and shall have care- fully considered same, then they shall render a written decision, and if sign- ed by at least two of the board of ar~ bitration, said decision shall be final. Amendments. The rules and regulations may be amended at any meeting by two-thirds vote of the representatives (members), present in the affirmative, provided, that notice of such proposed amend- ment is included in the call for such meetings. THE HOG INDUSTRY. HE latest featureof the hog mar- ket is the active movement of sows to packing centers, Chicago getting a, good share. consisting of heavy sows that have weaned their litters. They are coming heavy in weight, many be- ing grassy, and, as is usually the case, the packers will purchase them only by liberal concessions in prices from those paid for the better class of light butchers and light bacon grades. The country is rapidly reducing its holdings of swine herds by marketing these sows, and as the packers are un- derstood to hold something like 5100,- 000,000 pounds of lard in their cellars, they naturally are not anxious to buy heavy lard hogs. Farmers owning tlfe sows understand this, and they can see no inducement to run up feed bills by~ holding them longer. The sows are coming just as fast .as their litters are raised and the railroads can furnish transportation. ' ' The spread in prices fpr hogs has widened out. greatly, with coarse heavy packers sellinglowest of alland prime light hogs highest. Desirable hogs have advanced 'quite recently to the highest price reached in many weeks. . the best light lots selling as much as sixty-five cents per- hundred ” pounds " _ I“: 4.5,? «any. 10'. "while the bulk of the hogs of all do scriptiOns sell within a range of $2.00 'sinCe the great widening out of prices. Late Chicago receipts of hogs have averaged in weight 238 pounds, being tWO pounds heavier than a week ear- lier or a year ago. At times the mar- ket has weakened under too large sup- plies, and at such times the packers have held back and allowed as many as 12,000 hogs to be carried over un- sold at night. Fresh and cured hog products are having an enormous home consump- tion in spite of their deamess, but the . foreign trade is greatly reduced. Dur- ing a. recent week exports from the principal Atlantic ports-included 8,489,- 000 pounds of lard, comparing with 17,- 283,000 pounds for the corresponding week last year; while exports of cured hog meats aggregated but 9,071,000 pounds, comparing with 46,893,000 pounds a year ago—F. - MICHIGAN BEE-KEEPERS TO MEET , AT BOYNE CITY. ROD’UCTION of honey as a busi- ness will be a feature of the an- nual meeting of the Michigan Bee-keep- ers’ Association at Boyne City, July 28—29, the program for which has just been announced by R. H. Kelty, secre- tary of the association. Colin P. Campbell, of Grand Rapids, will present “Some Suggestions to those who Make Bee—keeping a Busi- ness,” while Elmer Hutchinson, 0f Lake City, will speak on the subject, “Marketing Honey.” Other speakers and their subjects will be: C. P. Dedant, American Bee Journal, Hamilton, 111., “Drones;" M. .L. McMurry, University Of Wisconsin, “Uniform Apiary Inspection Laws;" Dr. Ernest Kohn, Grover Hill, 0., “Re- lation of Bees to the Yield of Alsike Clover Seed;” S. D. Chapman, Manoe- lona, “Breeding a Good Strain of Bees;” Arthur Rattray, Almont, “Keep Better Queens;” J. D. Robins0n, Pells- ton, “The'Winter Problem;” E. R. Root, Gleanings in Bee Culture, “A Fourteen Thousand Mile Trip Among the Bee-keepers,” (stereopticon); G. W. Aeppler, Oconomowoc, Wis, How United States Weather Bureau Can be a Help in Solving the Problem of Cel- lar Wintering of Bees in the State of Michigan;” E. D. Townsend, North- star, (subject not announced); B. F. Kindig, M. A. C., “The American Hon- ey Producers’ League.” This'year will be the second consec- utive one in which Boyne City has ens tertained the apiarists. It is located in the heart of the raspberry and milk- weed territory, and honey production there is on a basis distinctive from other parts of the state.——ansnaw. POOR WOOL MRKET. URING recent weeks the wool mar- kets of the country have been ex- tremely dull and uninteresting, with so little doing that prices were largely nominal for the various fleeces. With- in a short time reports have been re- ceived of small sales at bidders’ prices, the owners having found from unpleas- ant experience that it was not possi- ble for them to retain their wool throughout the period of extreme de- pression, a tight money market loom- ing up throughout the entire country. ' It is stated that buyers have been of~ feringfrom twenty to forty cents per pound ~for wool which was salable as high as eighty cents a pound several weeks earlier; but very few transac- tions are reported. Sheepmen in the fleece states have generally decided to take a determined"‘stand, and reports come from many points that owners are firm in their stand to avoid being stampeded into sacrificing their fleeces at the, low prices offered by buyers. ‘N \\\ _ \\l\\\ iii", . '7 Give Your To improve the milk record on This is the same guarantee of more milk which has stood back of Larro for seven years. To the man who is not yet a Larro user it is an absolute promise of better results from his cows—to the veteran Larro user it is double assurance that Larro today is the same as it was in the beginning -—that its quality will never be changed. The Larrowe Milling Company, 5 DEALERS: A Sales Opportunity for You Here. For Better Milk Records Cows Larro any cow in your herd—feed her Larro, according to instructions on the guarantee shown below. Remember—two sacks of Larro must increase her milk yield or you get your money back! Buy Larro Through Your Local Dealer No matter how much milk your cows are producing on their present ration Larro is guaranteed to make them produce more—and every Larro dealer is authorized to carry out this guar- antee to the letter. If your dealer does not have Larro in stock get in touch with us direct. ' Send for Details. 11 Larrowe Bldg., Detroit, U. S. A. m ms coolers MIXER on ma mm You can‘t afford to waste valuable time. good materials and money by having to do over again concrete work which was mixed by ehOVele. Get a Sheldon Farm Concrete Mixer and put in your own con- crete so it will last a lifetime—it will save its price on the first job. at is more, you can do the work when. you please in otherWise idle time. No his gang of men needed. SHELDON 9.5.9:" CONCRETE MIXER is made especially for farm use and has a reputation of six years of successful 0 ration on thousands of farms aligver t eU.S. Nocomplicatedmachinery get out of order-easy to operate—easy to move-mixes 3 cubic feet at a batch— a 1% H. P. engine will run it. No other mixer excels its quality of work nor ap- proaches itsJow price. FREE—flow 1920 Catalog—FREE It illustrates and describes all types of Sheldon Mixers and gives all of the prices. It tells about our special 30—day Trial Privilege Offer and tells you how to save money on your con- crete work. It's FREE. Get this book Today. SH upon me. co. Box 570, NEHAWKA, NEB- O. I. C. SOW C. 0. TYPE sow, guaranteed right in every J. CARL JEWETT, 5 FOR SALE . . One of the Best He'ds in Michigan Sprin%gilts and fall yearlings bred for March, April and May litters. I shi ., pay express and register in buyer’s name. . If you want a BI way, write me. ' R. 5, Mason, Michigan. HOGS Big Bob Mastodon pigs takes the cake, book your order now. Fall hours and slits sired by a grandson of Disher Giant, open or bred to Big Bob for Se it. 23 yearling sons. 0. ‘.GABNAN’1‘, Eaton Rapids, lich ' ' with quality. at re- Blg Type Poland Chlnas son able prices. Pigs of both sex, and bred sows and gilts. G. A. BAUMGARDNER. R.'.’. Middleville, Mich l' Typo Polands all sold out. Watch this ad for lg further announcements. Breeding stock for sale in so soon. L. L. CHAMBERLAIN, Marcollus,Mlch. LEONARD'S 3- T. P. C. bred sows all sold. Order booked for her nr Rigl: at. weaning time from Mich. Champion Herd. E. oonurdJR. 3, St. Louis, Mich am offering Large Type Poland China Sows, bred to F's Orange. at reasonable ricen; also fall pigs. Write or Call Clyde Fisher, St. ouis, Mich; lt.l{.3. "Lindhurst" Poland Chinas Mammoth Ben’s Chief No. 352167 heads our herd. Sows by Mammoth Ben, Upsome Lad. Joe Mastodon, Gertsdnle Jones. and Ca t. Price. Pigs by Mammoth Ben's Chief, Mountain ack. and Orange Model. For salefall boars and ilts sired by a son of Bower'sMam. moth Joe. A few erd sows priced to sell. Get in line for fipring boars. W . H. LIND, Citz. Phone. Alto, Mich, 6th ANNUAL P. c. Bred sow Sale March 13. w 1920. Forfiparticulars write . J. HAG LSHAW, Augusta, Mich‘ LARGE TYPE P.C. SWINE. One yearling boar. one (all venrlin boar, fall pigs. a few more bred sows. R. W. Mills. aline. Mich. Poland China Brood Sows as. £25.3‘w‘f’etl‘o‘3 Maplewood Stock Farm. Allegun, Mich. Edgewood Hampshires All bred gilt: sold. Now booking orders f to b for fall furrow. and plea for in club wax-£2313. rod Dopew Head. Edaewood rm. Marion. Ohioi . . ‘ h Type Poland Chiiins nothing? ir 3: le 1 t Large ‘i'esent. S )ring plus doing lllle.( l I A. A. LLDKAB P, ll. 2. Llaiiclieater, Mich. HAMPSHIRES Spring boar pigs, sired by Steuben's Perfection and Cherokee Jim, lat prize Ind. State Fair. ()ther Winners at other fairs. Tried sows bred. Satis. faction guaranteed. Will ship C. 0. D. Address. STEUBEN’S HAMPSHIRE FARM R. R3, Angola, Ind. ' bred gilts now ready to shi a d ' HmPShlre and full pigs from new bloiid rl‘inzgi‘mg JOHN W. SNYDER. R. 4, St. Johns, Mich. B A C O N "{‘he highest priced pork product. 'orkshires are ideal bacon hogs. For sale, spring pi 94. both sexes. WA’IE- WATERMAN. fi’ackard Rd.. Ann Arbgr‘ffil‘iglit. SHEEP. I cannot sell yOu any more ewes until next fall.'1‘o some grown up, I can offer 10 very ood youn Shro - shire ewes that Will lamb in A riffor $400.0?) The r lambs contracted to me shoul not more than pur~ chase price next fall. Also 10 mighty nice ewe lambs for $350.00. Come and see them. 8. L. WING, KOPE~KON FARMS, Goldwater, Mich. ' Shro shire earll idle Wild SQOCk Farms fromgn‘ize Jinnlngglgggll: Make your selection early. Cliff Mi dleton,Proprlet~c. Clayton, Mich. R. 3. Want a Sheep? raters“ germane” o d 200%?” with list of breeders. Write OuMFCIfii'f LEE, 22 Woodland Ave. Detroit. Mich. Additional Stock Ads on Page 63 1 Latest SECOND EDITION. The market reports in this edition were revised and corrected on Wed- nesday afternoon, July 7. WHEAT The market'Opened Tuesday under bearish influences. The crop is bad in spots, but looks much better than it did some time ago. Wheat is not show- ing as much weakness as other grains, being sustained by active export de- mand. Wednesday’s prices on the local market are as follows: Cash No. 1 red.. ....... $2.95 ' Cash No. 1 white 293' Cash No. 1 mixed . . . . . .. 2.93 Cash No. 2 red . 2.92 Cash No.3 red . . . . . . . 2.89 CORN Corn conditions are favorable and it is difficult to be other than a bear in this cereal. With prices at such high levels and a knowledge that they must come down, the cr0p outlook helps wonderfully in creating a bearish im-. pression among the trade. Present quotations at Detroit are as folloWs: Cash No. 2 mixed ........ $1123 4 No. 2 yellow ......... . . . ATS The oat situation is easy, but prices have not declined on account of the unfavorable crop outlook. Present 10- cal prices are: Cash No. 2 white ....... $1.12 Cash No. 3 white ........ 1.11 Cash No. 4 white ........ 1.10 RYE Rye is inactive, but prices remain steady in sympathy with the trend of wheat demand and prices. Present quotations for Cash No. 2 rye are $2.15 per bushel. BEANS There has been practically no change in the demand and prices for beans on the local market. Present quota- tions are $7.25 per‘ cwt. for choice pea beans. ()ther markets repOi-t condi- tions quiet and prices well sustained. SEEDS Seed prices still remain unchanged. Prime red clover is quoted at $25; a1- 1\4a*1~“(_:~t sike $25; tiiiiothy $5.64 per bushel on the local market. ' . FEEDS ‘There is a firm tone in the feed mar- ket and prices are wel‘l’isustained. The present quotations on the Detroit mar- ket are as follows: ard middlings $59@60; fine middlings. Bran $58; stand- $60@62; coarse corn meal $75@77; cracked corn $85; chop feed $76 per ton in loo-pound sacks. HAY Offerings of hay are more liberal and there is an easier tone in the market. Present quotations at Detroit are: No. 1 timothy $37.50@38; standard $36.50; light mixed $36.50@37; No. 2 timothy $35.50@36; No. 3 timothy $32@33; No. 1 mixed $36.50; No. 1 clover 35.50@ 36; i‘ye straw $13.50@14; wheat and oat straw $12.50@14 per ton in carlots. BUTTER Butter is in good supply and there are plenty of buyers to keep the offer- ings cleaned up as fast as they reach the market. Present quotations at De- troit are 54@551Agc for creamery ex— tras; 56@561/zc per pound for pound prints. EGGS Prices are steady and the demand is taking care of the supply at the fol— lowing prices: No. 1 fresh 43c; stor- age extras 43@431/zc per dozen. POULTRY , Hens and fancy broilers are in good demand. Consumers do not want small and inferior broilers and these are com- ing to market freely. Present prices on the local market are as follows for live poultry: Broilers 60617650; Leg- horn broilers 48@550; hens 36@37c; small hens 3462350; roosters 220; geese 20@22c; ducks 32@350; turkeys 386340c. CHEESE There has been little change in the situation and prices are well sustain- ed at the following figures on the 10- cal market: Michigan flats 26@261/20; New York flats, June make 321/20; brick 29c; longliorns 270; Michigan single daisies 261/2C; Wisconsin double daisies 26c; Wisconsin twins ,251/2c; limburger 311/2@320; domestic block Live Stock Market Service DETROIT Cattle. , Cattle market is slow at last week’s close. . ‘ Best heavy steers . . . . . . .$ 14.00 11006171150 Best handy wt bu steers Mixed steers and heifers 9.00@10.00 Handy light butchers 8.25@ 8.75 Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 7.25 @ 8.00 Best cows ....... ........ , 8.00 Butcher cows .. ...... 6.50@ 7.00 Cutters ........ .. . . . . . . . . 5.00 Canners ....... ......... 4.50 8.00 7.25617 7.75 6.50M) 7.00 Best heavy bulls . . . . . . . . Bologna bulls Stock bulls . . . Feeders ..... . ....... 9.00@10.00 Stockers ............. . . . . 7.5060 8.00 Milkers and springers. . . .$ 80@ 100 Veal Calves. Market strong to $1 higher. Best, ., .............. ....$17.00@18.00 ............... 10.00@16.50 Others . . . , Sheep and Lambs Market steady. Best lambs ..... .........$14.50@15.00 Fair lambs . ........ 12.00@13.00 Light to common . . . . . . . . 10.00@12.00 Yearlings ......... . . . . . . 5.00 @1000 Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 5.50 (a) 6.00 Culls ................ . . . . 2.0001) 4.00 Hogs. No trading was done up to noon to— day. Prospects are: , Pigs ............. . ...... ‘ 14.65 Mixed hogs . . . . . . . . . . . 5.75@15.85 , CHICAGO. Hogs. Estimated receipts today are 17,000. Hog market is strong to 15c higher, with the strongest advance on light offerings. Pigs 25([17-50c higher. 13qu of sales $13.50@15.75; tops $16; heavy 250 lbs up medium, good and’ choice at $13.90fi)15.50; medium 200 to 250 lbs medium, good and choice -$15@15.85; light 150 to 200 lbs comon, medium, good and choice at $14.75@15.85; light lights 130 to 150 lbs common, medium, good and choice $13.60@15.50; heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $12.90 ‘ @1385: packing sows 200 lbs up rough . $12.25@12.9,0; figs 130 lbs down, .m'edi- um, good and choice $12@14. Cattle. Estimated receipts today are 8,000; market steady to 25c higher; calvesare steady. Beef steers, rmedium and heavy weight 1100 lbs up, choice and prime $16.10@16.75; do medium and good 81275391610; do common $10.75 (iy12.75; light weight 1100 lbs down, good and choice $14.75@16.60; do com- 111011 and medium $10.50@14.75; butch— er cattle, heifers, common, medium, good and choice $6.40@14.50;' cows, comon, medium, good and choice $6.35 (ti/12.50; bulls, bologna and beef~$6@ 12; canners and cutters, cows and heif- ers $4@6.25; do canner steers at $5@ 7.50; veal calves, light and handy- weight, medium, good and choice at $10.75@12.25; feeder steers, common, medium, good and choice $8.50@12; stocker steers, common, medium, good and choice $6@10.75; do cows and heif- ers, common, medium, good and choice $5.25(uj8.50; do calves, common, medi- um, good and choice $6.50(a)10. Sheep and Lambs. Estimated receipts today are 12,000. Market steady; native stock steady to strong; westerns held higher. Lambs 84 lbs down, medium, good, choice and prime $11.50@15.50; do culls and com— mon $663311; spring lambs medium, good, choice and prime $8.50@12.50; ewes, medium, good and choice $4@ 6.75; ewes, cull and common $2.50(@ 3.50; breeding ewes, full mouths:to yearlings $5@9; yearling wethers, me- dium, good and choice‘$10'@13. BUFFALO Cattle. Trading is on a steady basis. Calves. Market firm at $6@16. Hogs. A better tone in Chicago is reflected- here. Heavy at $16@16.50; mixed 816506131675; yorkers at $16.75; light yorkers $15.50@16.50; pigs $1‘5@15.25; roughs $12.50@12.75; stags $8@9.50. , . Sheep and Lambs.‘ , Steady. Lambs $8@16; yearlings $7 @1250; wethers $8@8.50.1; ewes ’$3@ 7.50; mixed sheep'_$7.50@§,-~ ' '- - J.Win:13ml(an Hatchery; I .. - ' taste slain tram . s are ,tailers were -’. preps ‘ a ,0 V91? 0 . . . g for _, the“ P- proaching holiday. -'I ' is vey 1111‘)th e that a still continued increase in the receipts will be apparent during the“; week. Importations of Danish and Holland are increasing and it is expect- ' ed that butter importations willthave a very decided bearing on this, market during the months to Come. Estab- lished quotations are: Extras 58c; higher scoring than extras 58%,@59c; firsts 53@57c; seconds 47@52c. Oheese.——The cheese market is very quiet._ Prices have not changed since last week. The price trend seems to be_ downward, however. Market on skims_ extremely quiet. _ Established quotations are: Fair to good 24%@ 25%0; average run .26@27c; specials 271/2@2814c. - ' Eggs—Receipts of eggs show but lit-, tle change. However, the quality of the eggs being received is very irre'g- ' ular. Dealers are finding it very diffl- " cult to find long lines of high quality eggs for storage purposes. Quotations are: Seconds 37@41c; firsts 42@460; extra firsts 47@49%c; extras 50@51c. Poultry—There has been but little change in the poultry market during the week. Demand seems to be weak- ening at the close although prices are not changing. Broilers and old roost- ers are in large supply. Quotations are: Fowls 32@34c; broilers 55@65c; old roosters 250; turkeys 35c; ducks ‘ 250; geese 18@2OC. Swiss 32@36c; wheel Swiss 35@550; imported Swiss 80c. ° WOOL. At Boston there is little doing in the wool deal. Buyers have taken 50,000 pounds of Ohio quarter—blood combing at 46c, which is a shade lower than the price at the last previous transac— tion. At this price the clean cost will be 850 which is five cents higher than would be the clean cost of good Mon- tevideo 505 which are classed as high quarter-blood and are sharp competi- tors of \Ohio wool. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. Butter.—The receipts are" gradually on the increase and demand has slack- ened somewhat during the past week. The result is “a weakened market. 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Obvi- ously, this procedure means the mac ' ’ tical eliminationof what once was an Open public market for sheep and lambs, for it lowers competitive buy- ing to a minimum, leaving the demand very largely to shippers. Most of the time for weeks past lambs have com— prised most ol the daily offerings, clip- ped lambs born last year arriving first and flocks of spring lambs coming lat- er; but more recently there has been at times a very fair showing of range sheep and yearlings, including both breeder ewes and feeders, both of which came from Oregon and Califor- nia very largely, and both of which were in good demand. Vv’ithin a short time sales have taken place of range breeding ewes at $9 to $9.50 per hull"? ‘ dre pounds, while range feeding year~ hugs sold up to $10. Feeding Oregon range/wethers have been selling for $8.15 to $9.00. Prime spring lambs with good finish are wanted at a good premium above prices paid for thin flocks. 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