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C a commercral ba81s lS '5 rop an interesting subject Insurance which has attracted the attention of insur- ance and business men in recent years. It is entirely probable that substantial progress will be made along this line. A general scheme of crop insurance which Will be a practical guarantee to farmers that they would get a return of at least the cost of the labor done and the expense incurred in growing the crop in case of destruction by hail, frost, insects or other unfavorable con- ditions over which the farmer has no control, Would be an attractive propo- sition to many men provided it could be had at reasonable cost. When one stops to study conditions in our own state; however, he will find that our farmers have a larger degree of natur- al crop insurance than those of per- haps any other part of the country. This is brought about by the fact that we produce a. greater diversity of products than perhaps any other sec- tion so that unseasonable weather at any given date does not affect the gen- eral result as badly as is the case where a single specialty is made the main dependent for a cash income. Weather which may be unfavorable for some crops in a given locality will not seriously affect others. Insect pests or fungus diseases which may prove disastrous to a specific crop generously grown over a wide area, are not so disastrous to a farmer who grows a large variety of products. While a Special line of production may under the.most favorable condi- tions yield a larger scasonablc return than is obtained from diversified pro- duction, yet the farmer who lives in a section where a wide variety of prod- ucts can be grown and who practices general farming rather than extreme Specialization has a natural insurance against crop failure which is more satisfactory than commercial insurance possibly could be, desirable as such protection might be under many cir- cumstances. Too often the farmer who hears or reads of wonderful results secured from a single line of production in a section where specialization is a mat- ter of necessity rather than of choice, will generally consider himself fortu- nate if his circumstances permit him to participate in these- results, but when he weighs this possible advan- tage over against the disaster and dis- couragement which may be met in those same sections when the one crap #118 he is certain to appreciate the guidance against such conditions . ,. mac Win ,8 use like; mom-*- C H 12%} gan, where production is well up to, the top in so many lines and which affords such'an opportunity for selec- tion of the product to be grown. This is a. crop insurance well worth while and which should be more generally appreciated onihe part of Michigan farmers. UST now transpor- tation charges are Who Pays being seriously con- thf sidered by every class ~ Freight and industry. In the long run the public pays the freight, but temporarily the rate increase upon live stock, grain and other farm products will come out of the farmer’s pockets. If it ever finds its way back it will be in imperceptible ways and the farmer will not notice that it has been returned to him. About five and a half cents a bushel will be added, by the rate increase, to the cost of shipping wheat from Chicago to New York or New England points; five and three—eighths to five and sev- en-eighths cents in case of corn, and three and one-eighth to three and three-eighths cents on oats. Country elevators will be obliged to have a larger margin to cover the additional cost of shipping to terminals. The live stock increase is about thirty—three and one-third per cent over the country as a whole, and will amount to around $15 on the average carload of stock from Michigan points to Buffalo. Packers will have to pay heavier haulage charges from slaughter points to places of con— sumption and will find it easier to take care of their interests by lowering buy~ ing prices for stuff on the hoof than by advancing the selling price of meat. Farmers have much at stake in the development of railway systems which are efficient, but the readjustments of prices necessary to place this burden upon the ultimate consumer rather than upon the producer will probably take place slowly. HE charge is made ,and in it a great majority of thoughtful men concur, that America and much of the remainder of the world are now suifiering from under production. An analysis of the situa- tion points to the conclusion that the per capita production is not sufficiently large to satisfy the rapidly growing wants of the individual. As an exam— ple of the reduced requirements for a. day’s labor as worked out by an influ— ential and promnient labor organiza- tion, it is known that in our metro- politan districts the masons have agreed ihat it is a full day’s work to lay about one-half of the number of brick that was required to be laid in a working day of a few years ago. Pro- duction managers complain that the output per man in our big factories has fallen off from fifteen to thirty per cent. A large Detroit concern employ- ing upward of seventy thousand men culled and discharged some ten thou- sand of the less desirable workmen, following which the company discov- ered that the remaining men, fearing The Farmer and Production that they too might be dropped from_ the payroll set to and produced the same output that the full force had been producing. These are but a few items of news gleaned from recent in- dustrial life which support the charge of under-production in so far‘as the gen‘ eral labor conditions of the industrial cehters are concerned. But how about the farmer? Is he also cutting down on the growing of the products left for him to provide to society under the unwritten laws gov- erning the division of labor? standing with the workmen of many other industries, guilty of the charge abovc‘made? Duly-.afew- days~ ago. pre- , liminar'y census figures were made Ishe. very point. According to the 1919‘ cen- sus there were about a million people living on the’farms of the state. The results. of the 1920 census figures al- ready published would indicate! a. re- duction of about one hundred. thousand in the rural population of the state, or about ten per cent fewer persons on the farms than there were ten years ago. Federal figures are available to show the crop production during these two crop years and it would be fair- to - conclude that the farmers of Michigan had remained true to their obligations toward society if the total output of the farms were ten per cent below what it was when the last dicennial census was taken in 1910. The follow- ing table gives the production figures taken from the federal census of that date and those from the bureau of crop estimates on ten leading crops of 1919 Which are the crops enumerated by the census men for the fourteenth dicennial census report: 1910 bu. 1920 bu. _ Corn . . . . . . . . . .52,906,842 64,350,000 Oats . . . . . . . . . .43,869,502 66,320,000 Wheat . . . . . . . .16,025,791 19,295,000 Barley ........ 2,132,101 5,320,000 Buckwheat 958,119 662,000 Rye .......... 5,814,394 13,500,000 Beans . . 5,282,511 4,030,000 Potatoes . . . 3-. 38,243,828 28,688,000 Tons. Tons. Hay . . . . . . . . . . 3,632,939 3,108,000 Sugar beets . . . 707,639 1,001,000 An examination of these figures points out that with six of these crOps there have been generous increases and in the remaining four last year’s figures are below those of 1910. A fair average, however, for the ten crops leads one to the conclusion that our farmers have not only maintained the production of 1910 but that they have actually increased it and this they have accomplished with ten per cent less help than was available in the year of 1910. it Last winter the farmers protested that organized labor did not seem dis~ posed to rise to the national emer- gency and aid in creating satisfactory industrial and living conditions by in- creasing the per capita production. At that time a number of large labor or- ganizations were insisting on what seemed unreasonable short hours for a day’s work. In the light of the pres- ent industrial situation in our cities and of the record of our farmers who are suffering with the rest of society through under production in other in- dustries, the men on the farms were certainly justified in the portests made. N a recent news dis- patch it was stated Non-Com- that England was tem- petitive Buying American grain mar- kets in spite of the political developments in Europe be- cause of a gentleman’s agreement be- tween England and France not to com— pete with each other for grains in our markets. We have gotten so in the habit of thinking that combinations were created only for selling that we scarcely look for such agencies on the buying side of the market. There is a very strong belief among thinking men that American farmers have suffered during the past few years through monopolistic purchasing of grain and hog products produced upon the farms of this country. Here is a situation that cannot in any way be remedied by the enactment of legislation. There is no protection that the government can give its farmer citizens against a procedure of this kind. The only means whereby such a condition can be metis through an efficient business organization of the producers of these goods—an or- ganization one commodity basis. if- you please, whereby the growers {may get together and say_,wl_1at.awreason--. able: .--rrice..-:t¢r- she. commsditrisa _ We 3. have tho-moundeét respect is»: the porarily out of the. "shalom throw light on, thil‘socoll'od mot-snoring! Wily-W, occasionally artificial conditions? are created which prevent the ropcrstion of the laws. through the elimination or wmpetition. It does not Seem reason- able to think that any class of people would question the farmer’s right to establish agencies to counteract such conditions as this. ' Tuesday, August 3. ROUMANIA gives the Soviets three days to withdraw their trmps from Roumanian soil.—France prepares to send army to aid the Poles as the lat: ter halt the Bolsheviki and start a. counter have new freight rates in effect- by the twenty-sixth of August and the higher passenger rates on the twenty fifth.———The state department at Wash- ington'announces that this country rec- ognizes the government of Costa Rica. ' Estimate of cotton cr0p is advanced a. million pounds. , ' Wednesday, August 4. OUNTER drive by Poland fails and the Russian reds continue their advance to within forty miles of Warsaw.—~Provisional soviets have been set up in those parts of Poland now in the hands of the reds—In Ana- tolia, Asia Minor Greek forces are driving the Turks into the mountains. ~Greece and Italy-are nearly agreed on the settlement of the Dodecanex Islands question—Seven persons in Grand Rapids are ill from mushroom poisoning—Wheat advanCes seventeen and a half cents on the Chicago Board .of Trade—British troops in Mesopo- tamia are attacked by tribesmen and three hundred casualties are reported. Thursday, August 5. UNWISE bidding for coal, eSpecially by the big manufacturing plants is largely responsible for the high coal price, is the opinion of the state coal committee in session at Lansing.—-The British cabinet is divided over the Rus- sian situation—The truce asked for by the Russian soviet is declared to have been fully in the interest of advancing the military position against the Poles. ——Canadian railway rates will advance on the same dates as the advances take place in the United-States.——Jap- an is to increase her garrison forces in Korea—Italy and Albania finally reach an agreement on all disputes and Sign. pact. Friday, August 6. RDERS are said to have been is- sued to the British North Sea, squadron to proceed to the Baltic Sea and reimpose the blockade against Russia—Governor Lowden, of Illinois, appeals for troops to restore order in West Frankfort where a mob threatens to drive the Italian population from the town—Moscow authorities refuse to check the advance of troops upon Warsaw in reply to a. British call for a halt.—~Roumania is concentrating forces on the Russian-Ruomanian frontier.—It is intimated that Germany will not permit allied tr00ps to cross her territory to assist the Poles. Saturday, August 7. EWS from the war district in cen- tral Europe is more favorable to the Poles who are reported to have routed the Soviet cavalry on the south- ern front and supplied sufficient rein- forcements to the lines north of War- saw to retard the Bolshevist advance. —Red armies under the leadership of General Kuropatkin, Russian general- issimo in the war with Japan, are driving a wedge toward British do- mains in Asia—Seven persons are shot in rioting in Denver.—Uruguay legal- ized dueling. Sunday, August 8. REMIER LENINE of Bolshevist Russia, rejects the terms of Great Britain for a ten-day truce to Poland and through extra effort of his troops forces the line on the Bug river and compels the Poles to retreat, bringing the outer forts of Warsaw under fire. —The Soviets are desirous of reopen— ing peace negotiations with Roumania, while the CzechoSlovaki will. remain neutral during the border fighting. ' — Monday, August 9. AILROADS declare that dealers 'will have no legitimate excuse for advancing prices ‘on accountpf the in- creased railroad rates.——Coal exports for July break all previous records,jthe amount dumped at. tidewater beingflve million tons—Potatoes lead ' drop of. food prices, seem-dingy“, 18* urea gathered ’by, the .depgrtmegt: of ‘ agficultmé-j-Lithunian has seas» peacotsrms. with Russia. News ‘of the week drive.———Railroads ‘exDect to. 3531's. www- \~ ‘u -'~""‘-"’V";~>v‘\~‘ rO‘Wi‘n g ‘ NU’RING the past few years farm- ers of Michigan have more clear- “ ly realized the value of barley, both as a cash crop and one to feed. {A They have come to know its excellence as a growing and fattening feed. . The increasing popularity of the bar- ley crop is manifested by the amazing increase in acreage. In 1905 only 905,- 000 acres of Michigan farm land were devoted to the production of barley, while now the acreage is nearly ten times greater, numbering approximate— ly nine million acres. Michigan Winter Barley. By far the greater percent of the barley grown in Michigan is of the spring type. South of the Ohio river it has long been the practice to grow a winter type of barley, but this custom is com- paratively new in Michigan, in fact, it was not thought possible until Prof. F. A. Spragg, Plant Breeder, Michigan Agricultural College, developed from selections secured from the United States Department of Agriculture, a strain of winter barley sufficiently hardy to withstand our vigorous Michi- gan winters. The first field experience with the Michigan winter barley demonstrated its high yielding ability, for Professor Spragg harvested 59.3 bushels per acre from a six-acre field. " Experiences of Growers. The Michigan Crop Improvement As- sociation distributed seed of this vari- ety to several farmers of the state. Un- doubtedly F. E. Adams & Sons, of Al- legan, have been the most successful growers of the winter barley. In 1917 Mr. Adams received fifty-three bushels of barley from oneacre. In 1919 when most of Michigan’s spring barley crop was a failure, due to the dry season, Mr. Adams had a seventeen-acre field of winter barley, Which averaged 54.3 bushels per acre. This year his fourteen-acre crop aver- aged forty bushels per acre. It is the opinion of Mr. Adams that the Michigan winter barley is a highly valuable crop and one that has a place on a great many southern Michigan farms. He states: “I advocate the sowing of the crop early so as to give it a good start and then it stands the winters. I sow dur- ing the last week in August or first week in September, drilling it in at the rate of four or five peeks per acre.” “‘1 usually harvest my winter barley about the fifteenth or twentieth of June and use it to feed my hogs. It doesn’t fatten as quickly as corn, but makes a dandy summer feed when the hogs are on pasture, giving them large bones and firm flesh. I finish the hogs off quite a bit earlier than most and thus get on the early market. In win- ter I use the barley in my dairy ration, and consider it an economical feed and one that gives excellent results.” Mr. Robert J. McBride, of HOpkins: “This is my first experience with the winter barley, but this heavy yield of fine quality grain convinces me of its value. I would grow the Michigan win- ter barley even if it did not yield as much as the spring barley, because of' the fact that it is planted in the fall and thus lessens my heavy spring work. It is out of the way early, before dry inter Barley in Michigan ‘f ‘1 ” By/fl. L. BIBBINS, Secretary—Treasurer Mz‘c‘flzgmz Crop Improvement flsro'cz'dtz'm Weather comes on, and I like the idea of having this early grain to feet .” Mr. O. E. Harrington, Martin: “I am raising Michigan winter bar— ley in place of wheat for a cash crop. I believe it a more certain crop than wheat and it returns greater yields, and I can market it early when prices are hig .” Not‘ all have been mentioned growers of winter barley as successful as the above ones. Failures with the crop have occurred'in various points about the state. The most frequent causes of failure have been late sow- ing and putting it on poorly drained land. Up to this year it was thought that Michigan winter barley was impervi— ous to attacks from the Hessian fly. This barley makes considerable growth in the fall which freezes back so far in early winter that the fly in past years has done little or no injury, even though it hit the wheat hard. This year there are a few fields in which considerable Hessian fly dam- age occurred, however, it was observ- ed that the wheat was hurt much more than the winter barley. Its Place in Michigan Agriculture. The growing of winter barley is not recommended for every farm in Mich- igan, however the experiences of sev— eral growers are such as to bear evi— dence of the value of this crop if it be properly handled. It fits in Well with the farm work, as it is sown in the fall, and because it matures two to four weeks earlier than other grains it does not conflict with the harvest of wheat, rye or oats. This early maturing characteristic often means a great deal to the Mich— igan farmer, who is usually short of grain by June‘ or July and finds the market price often most too high for his liking. The successful grower of Michigan winter barley has little fear of such a condition for at that time he may feed out this high-yielding early harvested crop. This early harvest means the clea‘r- ing of the land at an early date, thus providing a way to practice early prep— aration of the wheat land, to free it of weeds, conserve moisture, and prepare a good firm seed bed. Soil and Climate Adaptlion. As is true with spring barley, winter barley does best on 'a good retentive soil that is well drained. It is unwise to attempt to produce barley on light infertile soils, although in many in- stances it has been observed that win- ter barley will do better on such soils than will the spring. However, such practice is not to be recommended. W’inter barley should not be used on land that heaves badly for, as in the case of wheat, heaving causes roots to be exposed to frosts with the result that plants are killed. Although Michigan winter barley has been successfully produced in the up- per peninsula, its chances for success north of the Saginaw Valley are rather poor. This crOp appears to be best adapted to central and southern Mich- igan, but growers should practice the early sowing, never later than Septem- ber 10, with September 1 to September 7 as the preferred dates. ‘ Michigan. HIS state can grow wheat on the I clay loam and gravelly loam soils, that surpasses other states in acre yields. The urgency of wheat growing Where adopted, is both an in- dustrial need and also a balancing of farm labor and crop planting. Michi gan should grow enough of wheat for ,its own use after making due calcua~ tion for hard wheat used for flour bending. The tractor is a great addition for. plowing oat stubble ground, as well as fitting, and makes it possible to plow and prepare a seedbed where it was burdensome with horses. The heavily Weighted pulverizer or roller, together with the disc, are'admirably suited to the tractor. On a piece of oat stubble, if the ground promises to be hard, a. Can Grow Wheat! By Jamar N. McBride day with the double disc preparatory to plowing, is time well spent. In my younger days I used to wish the whole field could be as well fitted as the headlands, where the team made the turn and the ground was firm and fine. Modern farm equipment with a tractor can make this condition all over the field. ICHIGAN has less to fear from the Hessian fly than the winter wheat states south of us. The best in- surance against this pest is increased fertility. Well fertilized fields can 0v- ercome fall damage and while some damage is done by the spring brood it is not apt to be serious. I noted a drill width of wheat unfertilized where the fly damage was apparently one hundred per cent greater than the ad- joining walls of wheat on each side where fertilizer was used. Well-fitted ground encourages a good root system and with fertility easily available gives quick recovery from fly damage in the fall. With possibly some exceptions Mich— igan is a soft wheat state, and the great yielders in variety the state over have been white wheats. The tenderi- cy of hard wheats to “yellow perry” is nature’s recurrence to the type suited to the soil and climate. The writer has on two occasions brought hard win- ter varieties from Minnesota only to be disappointed in yield after a time and the grain had a tendency to be- come more starchy. The older wheat growers will remember the Diehl va- y‘» W snails: nastier-thei- ’RloWlnffifte’r the QatS‘Al‘e Retrieved. riety, as bald white wheat, which built more good houses and paid off more mortgages on farms than any of its competitors. Later came the (llawson which was an enormous yielder. and because of its low gluten content was disliked by the millcrs, who were com— pelled to use more hard wheat to blend the flour or make pastry flour entirely. Michigan needs a standard high- starch variety of wheat today to dupli- cate or surpass the varieties named in yield and suited to climatic conditions. Oklahoma. wheat this year is carrying an excess of one per cent gluten be- cause of dry weather during maturity. Michigan with ample moisture for de- velopment, will probably fall below last year’s average in this respect. The repeated efforts to grow spring wheat in this state carries with it the de— mand for northwestern seed for the reasons stated, viz., climatic condi- tions here are suited to soft wheat. The time has come when selected seed grain should be used. The exam- ination of fields adjoining where se— lected seed was used on one field and the usual mixture called seed wheat on the other field, showed approximately eight or ten bushels in favor of the improved seed in return for a small in~ vvestment for good seed. There is less excuse for scrub seed grain than for scrub sires because, in the former, the returns are immediate. Acid, phosphate, two hundred and fifty-to three hundred pounds per acre. (Continued on; page, 1.70). ,: AINT JOSEPH county is one of the brightest jewels in Michigan’s agricultural diadem. A few coun- ties with a larger area, and some of the smaller counties with a higher percentage of tillable lands may boast of a greaterannual production of Star ple crops, but, by and large, no county in the state has anything on “Old Saint Joe” when it. comes to productive farms and good, substantial farmers—- the kind that make Michigan great. The Circuit Rider went into St. Joseph county with the feeling that it was going to be difficult to come out with a story of achievements on the part of her farmers that would rank favor- ably with some of the other counties. Two days of riding over the county and questioning some of the big men in her agricultural affairs, however, furnishes facts and figures which show the farmers of the county are prosper ous and more thoroughly organized.in a cooperative way than the farmers of any county thus far visited. incidentally the county'has about eight thousand acres of good alfalfa which is proof sufficient that; her farm— ers are alive to their opportunities in growing better stock feeds and improv— ing their land for future crops. (torn. small grains and hay the main crops and are largely utilized in cat,- tle, sheep and hog feeding. Dairying is one of the reading industries of the county. l’oultry keeping is conducted on a moderate scale on nearly all of the farms. itl'C Cold statistics give one a poor idea of the agriculture of a county. They simply tell the story in terms of an~ cient history. Some of our best farm- ing counties do not like to send statis- tical photographs to their near neigh— bors. That is why the Circuit Rider has undertaken this first attempt to sketch some forty or more of our lead— ing Michigan profiles. Some of the facts and impressions may not check up with the statistics, for many of these facts have been collected in op- en confession, and few good farmers are willing to spoil it good story of their county to protect the veracity of a mere writer—man, and no one can blame them if they do exaggerate the facts slightly. It is a mighty poor stick of a man WhO'Ti-Ixami no‘pride in the agriculture of his own county.., If some of the figures being given from week to week appear contradictory to estab— lished conceptions and statistical rec- ords, kindly give due credit for uncov- ering new truths. If they appear to be tinted with exaggerations, attribute it to the writer’s desire to giveyou the story of the counties in terms of hu- man language rather than; in the fig- ures of the statistician. And as we go along let us give full credit to every person who has done his bit toward putting across this grand and glorious feeling of farm independence. T. Joseph is not a new agricultural county. Her County Farm Bureau is no recently designed affair. Its fu- ture is going to be worked out by evo- Home of Elmer Mathewson’s Poland China Hogs. lution and the practical guidance of an executive board composed of men ex- perienced in farming and organization work. It is hard to analyze the County Farm Bureau personnel and program without continually introducing the leading farmers’ cooperative organiza- tions in the county and the Grange, for these organizations have been so strongly identified with the farming progressiveness of the county, and are cooperating so heartily with the fifteen hundred members of the County Farm Bureau that all of them together are getting down to brass tacks and work- ing out: a program that is entirely in harmony with the best business prac- tices of the times. What they want and what they are going to have is an organization that smacks of sound' bus- ‘Oui‘ Farm Burca A/tflougé ‘ ‘F/z'v cared ’ ’ to. ‘Dz'stmclimz: Me Hutch”; of St. Joe 2': PVoréz'flg among two years on the home farm in Jack- son county. He is thoroughly versed in live stock breeding and feeding and one of his pet projects is improving the herds and flocks of St. Joseph county through the use of breeding stock 'of better quality and blood lines. Another project to which he will give a large share of his attention during the next few months is that of getting a neW'.seed department organized so that it can handle pedigreed seeds and reduce the prices of alfalfa and clover seed to farm bureau members. After the present organization work is com- pleted he aims to give more attention to seed, soil and fertilizer demonstra- tions with a view of improving the standard farm,crops of the county. Mr. Hutchins has the reputation of go- ing through with the projects he un— dertakes, rather than undertaking projects he can’t finish. Since taking charge of the work in St. Joseph coun- ty he has made a host of friends among the farmers and business men. Mr. Hutchins is married and has one boy. RED VAN NORSDALL, of Three Rivers, president of the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau, owns and oper- ates one of the best paying one hun- Willis Wahls‘ Sweepstakes iness management, strict economy and the uniform administration of the bus- iness of all the organizations in the county, rather than meeting and fuss- ing about a lot of hair-splitting teclmi— calities over which plan of organiza- tion is most profitable to a few selfish individuals who have a few dollars stock in some of the present semi—co- operative organizations. A. J. Hutchins, County Agricultural Agent of St. Joseph county, came to take charge of the County Farm Bu- reau soon after J. M. Wendt resigned last winter. Mr. Hutchins is a Jack- son county boy and a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural College, Class of 1909. He taught agriculture in high school four years, served as county agent in Indiana five years, and spent Exhibit of Ten Ears of Com. dred'and sixty—acre farms in the coun~ ty. His specialty is growing Northern Spy apples. In addition to being the most extensive apple grower in the county, Mr. Van Norsdall is treasurer of the Michigan State Farm Bureau and upholder of his end in the activi~ ties for the betterment of the com~ munity. While looking over the farm and thirty acres of apple orchard, about ten acres of which consists of old trees Mr. Van Norsdall said: “Outside of the apples we do not specialize along any particular line, but try to have our other work planned so as to fit in with the care Of our orchards. You see, we practice the mulching system and find it more satisfactory than plowing and cultivating. Grass and straw, reinforc- ed with(farm manure and fertilizers, are used under the trees. The average yield of good fruit is about two thou- sand five hundred bushels. The trees have set an unusually heavy crop this year and we are having our trouble; thick and fast, but we are going to keep at the thinning work with all hands for two or three weeks. Nearly all of thevolder trees are Northern Spys. We consider this .variety the standard‘of apple quality. It has cer~ tain qualities about it that make it a favorite with many consumers. The Spy seems at its best in this climate. The trees may be a little slow in com- ing into bearing but after they once start they are reliable croppers. They are hardy and vigorous, but often set larger crops than the branches can support. That Seems to be the trouble this year, but we hope to save most of the trees by thinning and propping the branches.” The ten acres of old orchard was put under a system of improved care and management in 1912, and since be- coming interested in the project Mr. Van Norsdall has become an apple growing enthusiast. The young trees are Northern Spys set fifty feet apart, with earlier bearing varieties in be— tween for fillers. Mr. Van Norsdall’s success is pretty good evidence that St. Joseph county can produce as good apples as any locality in Michigan, more especially on certain types of heavy clay soil where the air drainage is favorable for warding off frosts. Willis Wahls, of Cent-erville, secre- tary—treasurer of the County Farm Bu— reau, in partnership with his father and brother, owns and operates a. splendid farm south of the village. Corn, alfalfa and pedigreed small grains are the leading crops. For a number of years Mr. Wahls has been engaged in perfecting a variety of yel- low dent corn that has been grown on their farm for twenty-seven years. The result of this' work is Wahls’ Yellow Dent corn which has won the sweep- stakes at the Lansing State Corn Show. In seven years’ eXhibiting Mr. Wahls exhibit has never been below fourth place. All of the grains grown on the farm are from pedigreed seed‘ and inspected seed stock. Mr. Wahls is a capable young man and has a thor- ough knowledge of agricultural prob lems, and a real vision of What the Farm Bureau Federation is going to do for the farmers of the country. H. C. Bucknell, of Centerville, mem- ber of the executive ,board, is a pro« gressive farmer and graduate of the M. A. G. Mr. Bucknell has one of the best laid out farms 'in ‘the county and practices a system of mixed farming in which cattle and sheep feeding plays us 1 “Wu"; . _ .N .g-~f.,_“ ‘ ..,_. g - van-na- vJ~ .-.<\.fi_---.a. President F. E; Beatty Keeps a Record of all the Experiment Plots on the Kellogg .i‘ ’ o ‘J‘-§_r"‘. < . ”pg/wn‘ ‘ ..,_. p - van-M vJ~ , stands. --an important part. operativework and president of the "'Centerville Cooperative Association. The first carload of limestone shipped ‘ into the county was purchased by him and the fields of alfalfa on the farm .bear testimony of its value in encour- aging that crop to make satisfactory Always active in the support of the County Farm Bureau it was only natural that he should be a member Of the committee to guide its destiny. William Munson, of Constantine, member of the executive board, breeds Shorthorn 'cattle and grows a large acreage of potatoes on his splendid two hundred and twenty-acre farm. He also keeps a flock of aboutlone hun- dred and fifty breeding ewes. At the head of his herd of about twenty Shorthorns is Royal Sultain, a hull of good breeding and individuality. Mr. Munson is a leader in all community work and is a man of sound judgment and recognized business ability. Their , , Circuit Rider Admits tnat County Agent Some of Micnignn’s Finest Farms. He is active in co-ular specialty in his farming, being just a good average farmer—who un- derstands farm problems and is not afraid to stand up and fight when the' occasion demands. It is such men as Mr. Bent who are going to see that the Farm Bureau keeps on the right track and develops into the biggest organization ever undertaken by any class of people since the world began. Henry Ahlgrim, of Burr Oak, mem- ber of the executive board, practices a system of general farming with potato growing as his specialty. He is the secretary of the Burr Oak Cooperative Association and has been active in ev- ery movement toward improving the business of agriculture. Mr. Ahlgrim .has the confidence of the farmers in his community and everybody predicts that he will prove a strong man on the new executive board. T seems so unfair to discuss the per- sonnel and program of the County /Marshall Stowell, 0f 001011, memberx Farm Bureau without at least giving of the executive board, is a capable farmer and is interested in educational work, having served for some time as president of the school board in his community. Mr. Stowell makes a spe- cialty of dairying and fruit growing. He has one of the 'best orchards in the county and all of the stock kept on his farm are purebreds. He has always been interested in agricultural and ed— ucational work and will see that these phases of farm bureau work are not lost sight of during the next two years. William Arney, of Sturgis, member of the executive board, owns and oper- ates an excellent one hundred and twenty-acre farm and grows pedigreed seed grains. Rosen rye is one ofhis leading crops and he has produced some of the best seed grown in the country. Mr. Arney is president of the Sturgis Cooperative Association. For many years he has been prominent in Grange work and has a complete understanding of farmers’ problems. Carl Leland, of Mendon, member of the executive board, owns and oper- ates a splendid farm where he prac- tices general farming and stock rais- ing. Mr. Leland has no particular spe- cialty, but is generally recognized as a man with good judgment who knows the problems of the farmer from every angle. For many years he has been active in Grange work and community betterment. . Reuben Bent, of Flower, member of the executive board, is an all—round good citizen and leader in his commu~ nity. He owns and operates a three hundred and fifteen-acre farm. Mr. 'Bent has served as supervisor of his township and is recognized as a strong and capable leader. He has no partic- honorable mention to the father of this A Scene in One of Mr. Van Norsdall’s Fine Spy Orchards. It took a scourge of this sort to awak- en some of these men to... the need of some man to protect their interests. Mr. Mosher said: interest in the business and social side of country life prompted me to give whatever assistance within my povx‘rer to any movement calculated to encour— age better methods of farming and inw crease the pro-fits of the farmers. I realized at once that a well~managed it Pogis 99th of Hood Form 11th, Owned by O. B. Graham. Mendon. promising youngster that it is a pleas- ure to introduce to our readers Mr. C. D. Mosher, a banker who didn’t shy at the Farm Bureau movement. Several years ago Mr. Mosher succeeded in raising sufficient money to organize the Farm Bureau and pay the salary of the county agent. At that time some of the farmers did not seem to relish the idea of some fresh youngster from M. A. C. coming down to tell them how to run their business, but as time went along and hog cholera got in its deadly work they began to call out to the college for help, and finally realized the need of such an agency. Farm Bureau would prove a big factor in saving the soil and improving rural life in general. We are vitally inter- ested in the farmer’s prosperity and it is an important part of our business to find out where the farmers of the community are weak and to make them better business men. To that end we are willing to go the limit with farm- ers who want to invest in better live stock and do not have the ready mon- ey to .pay for it. We are also willing to lend money to any of our patrons who have wool in the State Farm Bu- reau pool if‘they need the cash. We are not doing these things to advertise “As a banker my~~~ our bank, but because it is good busi— ness to build up the agriculture of St. Joseph county.” TF1” ride over the county from-fen— terville to Mendon and Three Rivers, through Flowerfield township and down to Fabius and Constantine and around by way of 1‘ lorence to Nottawa, and on over to Colon and Burr Oak and back by way of Sturgis to Center- villc, made somewhat of a crooked trail. Another point worth mentioning is the fact that llutchins has two auto~ nobiles; one sort of a “glass inclosed flivver,” and the other a very easy— running make of machine. \Villis W'ahl informed the writer that he uses the “hot—house ilivver” to bump some of his visitors over the county, and the easy—riding car for toting some of the “High Monks” from Lansing. Be that as it may, Jim W'aldron, dairy exten- .SlOIl man from the college, and the writer have arrived at the conclusion that we belong in the “ilivver class.” It is well that these things are men— tioned so that the boys may know how they are graded and classified in St. Joseph county. ()ur first visits were among the lively cooperatvie associa- tions of the county who are doing a business of something over $2,300,000 annually. OVER in Constantine is a coopera- tive creamery owned and operated by farmers on a non-profit basis. This creamery affords a good illustration of the policy of picking the right man for manager. This man is C. A. Brody, and he is not a cheap manager, but one who understands the principles of co- operation and creamery management, and the executive board of the cream- ery believe that the best is the Cheap— est when it comes to managers. The bulk of the butter is sold to small cit: ies and the creamery owns its own trucks which gather he cream, and the patrons are paid on a net basis at the farm. Last year’s business amount- ed to more than $216,000 and more than three hundred dairy farmers hold the capital stock. The oflicers arez, Fred W. Gentzler, president; C. A.‘ Brody, manager; Amen Hagenbuch, J. W. Baxter, Ed Harrison, directors. 3 The creamery plant is of a charac- ter to delight the heart of the most exacting sanitation crank and encour- age the consumption of butter among the most suspicious and fastidious fam: ilies. It is guiltless of a smell, aside from the fragrance of the butter as it Comes from the churns. The creamery has been in operation five years under the same management and has shown a big gain in business each year. The Constantine Cooperative Buying and Selling Association is quite a live- ly organization and did a business of something like $1,100,000 last year. It is operating three elevators and the manager is W. H. Barnard. The ofii~ (Continued. on page 190). Wig.:g-*+.;+¢.w W." ‘ News Of t‘GAgI‘iCUlturaI RAILROADS PLAN TO BORROW $400,000,000. AILROADS are now. negotiating for the sale of $400,000,000 worth of securities to the public. The pro- ceeds will be applied on purchase of new equipment,'of which more than $610,000,000 wor.,h will be needed with- in the next twelve” months. According to the present plan, money for equip— ment will come from the revolving fund, administered by the interstate commerce commission under the trans- portation act. Conferences were held several days ago, in anticipation of the rate increas es allowed the railroads by the inter— state commerce commission. A hitch developed, however, which has not been overcome. The investment bank« ers made clear to railroad officials the securities might, have to pay more than seven per cent if their prompt sale was to be assured. The interstate com- merce conniiission, however, let the railroad oiticials know the government would view the seven per cent divi« dcnds with displeasure, since the gov— ernment is to get but, six per cent on its revolvingr fund advances. This con— flict now is being worked out between the commission and rail officials. Reports that the railroads would spend before January sums ranging from 3560000000 to $70,000,000 for new equipment Were scouted here by rail ollicials. So much equipment could not be delivered in such short time, said Director l‘armalce of the bureau of railroad economics. There would be no point in placing orders for such a huge amount of equipment. far in ad- vance of its delivery. ”Many plants for the manufacture of equipments have orders enough to keep them busy for the remainder of 1920. Repair of equipment. is the big item of expenditure for the remainder of the year. This is the quickest; way to decrease the car shortage," he said. WOULD RELIEVE CAR SHORTAGE BY ADJUSTING RATES. T is a peculiar fact that only twen— ly—tliree per cent of the grain ship- ped from Chicago to Buffalo goes by water despite the natural economy in water transportation. Governor W. L. Harding, of Iowa, has started a movement in cooperaf ion with the farm bureaus and governors in leading grain-growing states to go before the interstate commerce com- mission at an early date to urge cer— tain adjustmenis in grain rates by rail from Chicago to New York which will neutralize the high rate from Buffalo to New York and allow a larger vol- ume of grain to go by water from Chi- cago to Buffalo. The request to the commission, if granted, is expected to result in a larg- er movement of grain east, at lower rates, and make it possible for the western roads to keep their full quota of cars. ’ The governor spent all day Monday at the general offices of the American Bureau Federation here with Presi- dent Howard, and told him of the bad conditions he had found on the rail— roads in the east in a personal inves— tigation he has been making the past two weeks. Howard Starts Action. At the end of the interview Presio dent Howard promised his cooperation. and immediately issued a statement to the heads of the state farm organiza- tions in the grain belt, setting forth Governor Harding's plan and other facts, and asking each state to name a representative to attend the hearing with the commerce commission. It is ’ .l..:_ ,. . ..,.. '1‘ expected to be held within ten days. Aside from the immediate relief which the plan is hoped to bring grain shippers, it is believed to be an enter- ing wedge for the lakes to seaboard waterway, which the governors of four- teen middle west states are pushing. The statement which the governors and farm bureau men will present at Washington will call attention to the shortage of 500,000 freight cars, that seven and a half per cent of all cars in. service are in bad order, that in the past six years eastern roads have had kept on their lines from one hundred and twenty to three hundred per cent of the total car supply, whereas the movement of cars east from western points of all classes of freight is about three to one. The committee will also take the position that any order from the commission allocating cars affords only temporary relief, whereas some degree of permanent relief must be ob- tained if the production and market— ing of farm products is to go on unin; terrupted. Like Great Shuttle. One remedy contemplated is to have the commission force the unloading of grain at gulf ports and terminal mar- kets like Chicago, so that the cars can be sent back into the country either empty or loaded with coal or on her freight. This will result in a great shuttle movement between the farms and the terminals. it is charged in the statement that the present rail rates from Chicago to Buffalo are so low as to discriminate against boat rates on Lakes Michigan and Superior. This results from the roads making rates from Buffalo and other Lake Erie ports to the Atlantic seaboard, which, plus the cost of the. freights and insurance, makes the to- tal greater than all the rail rates from point of origin to New York. This forces the grain to go by rail. “PINK EYE” IN SOUTH DAKOTA. CONTAGIOUS disease commonly known as “pink eye” is affecting many cattle of all ages in South Da- kota at the present time, says Dr. G. S. Weaver, extension specialist in ani- mal diseases at the state college. Pink eye, or specific opthalmia ,is characterized by intense inflammation of the eyes, the eyeballs turning white, and temporary blindness. Tears and pus run down the face of the animal. The disease is accompanied by fever and partial loss of appetite. Since the disease is contagious the first principle in prevention is to iso- late the sick animal by putting him in a dark, cool place. Put the unaffected animals in another pasture if possible. The sick animal. should be treated by washing the eyes with a three per cent boracic acid solution. If it is neces- sary to give a laxative use a pound of epsom salts. Usually the animal will recover in ten days to two weeks, but some die or lose their sight. CANADA HAS SUGAR. CCORDING to United States Con~ sul Johnson at Kingston, Canadian sugar merchants are reaping a harvest selling supplies to the United States. He says: “Since the removal of sugar restric- tions by the Canadian government wholesale and retail merchants have been taking advantage of the exchange rate existing between the United States and Canada and are shipping sugar from Kingston and other Ontario points to the United States, thereby making a handsome profit of thirteen per cent over the five per cent allowed wholesalers and two cents per pound to the retailers by the Board of Com- merce,” says Mr. Johnson. “Wholesalers state that these ship- ments are not made to the detriment of the Canadian consumers in view of the fact that there is little demand for sugar at the present time and all or- ders from Canadian cuStomers are giv- en the precedence over any inquiry from the United States. “Sugar is now arriving in such large quantities that wholesalers are becom- ing overstocked and as it takes consid< erable capital to finance a few cars of sugar, they are of the opinion that they are justified in selling surplus stocks in the best market. According to official information from Ottawa the Canadian government is keeping close scrutiny on sugar ex- p01 ts from Canada to the United States and a statement issued to the effect that steps ‘are contemplated which without drastic interference may be ex- pected to reduce such transactions to the minimum.” WOOL AND MUTTON. HE Chicago marketings of lambs, yearlings and sheep are coming mainly from the distant northern ranges, with Idaho, Washington and Oregon the principal shippers. Prices are extremely variable, declining and advancing frequently, and flocks not well fattened have to go at a big dis- count, with a good demand for feed- ers and breeders. ‘ Stagnation exists in the wool mar- kets of the United States, with small recent transactions at a range of 20 to 40 cents a pound. In Missouri ad- vances of 25 cents a pound are made by the banks to wool holders. This is not taken as an indication of the ac— tual value of the wool, but merely as the highest price it is regarded as safe to make such loans. Never has the wool market been in a worse condition than now. WHEAT GROWERS PARTICIPATE IN PROFITS. HE successful marketing of wheat by the Canadian government has made it possible to pay the growers more than the price guaranteed by the authorities. The first payment on the participation certificates issued by the Canadian Wheat .Board has just been made. Approximately nine thousand certificates have been issued, it is stat— ed, and the first participation is at the rate of thirty cents per bushel. A sec- ond payment of at least ten cents per bushel is expected. The first disburse— ment will amount to $30,000,000 or $35,000,000, according to members of the Wheat Board. FREIGHT CAR ACCUMULATIONS REDUCED. HE supply of freight cars and the movement of freight car equip- ment has decidedly improved in the last few weeks, according to figures made public by the Commission on Car Service of the American Railroad As- sociation. Accumulation of cars is being reduc— ed to the level which obtained before the switchmen’s strikes began early in April and upset transportation all over the country. The commission reports that on July 16 the accumulation of cars on hand in excess of current movement was 92,700 ‘or 300 below the accumulation of April 3, just before the strikes began. L In the two weeks immediately, fol- lowing April 3 the accumulation jump- ed to 290,000. This wasrsteadily reduc- ed, however, until the latter part of. June, when strikes in the eastern part of the country interfered. _ On July 2 the accumulation'was 129,278. For the week ending July 15, defer- red car requisitions had been reduced to 115,872 for the United ‘States and Canada, while on July 1 the requisi- tions were reported as 130,670. 'For the United States alone, as of July 15. the deferred requisitions were 108,847. This included 32,182 coal cars. For the three weeks ending July 17, . , revenue freight loaded amounted to 2,521,968 cars, as compared with 2,455,- 364 for the same period of 1919, and 2,722,562 for the same period of 1918., RAISIN GROWERS SEEK. DEFENSE UNDER SHERMAN LAW. HE California Associated Raisin Company will take advantage of the Federal Trade Commission sugges- tion that. it reorganize to come under the provisions of the Clayton amend— ment to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, according to President Wylie M. Giifen, of the association, in a statement to the grower-members of. the body. The association holds that it has committed no acts which may be interpreted as violation of the Sherman Act, and pre- fers to take the chances under that law, Mr. Giffen stated. Mr. Giffen gives a full outline of the position of the as sociation in the present controversy'ov- er the price question-in his statement issued here. CANADIANS TO FORM LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE. A WINNIPEG message says: “A Canadian national live stock ex~ change, to consolidate and centralize the activities of the seven exchanges now operating in cities throughout the Dominion, will be organized next Jan~ uary. Plans are now being formulated by a committee appointed by the con- vention of live stock men held here re- cently. It has been definitely decided by the ‘United States Grain Growers that the proposed wheat pool which was to take the place of federal wheat control will not be attempted this year.” MICHIGAN CAN GROW WHEAT. (Continued from page 167). is a sure one hundred per cent invest- ment. Do not depend on stable ma- nure on old fields which may be fer- tile for corn or grass. Even 'with a. surplus of nitrogen this unbalanced soil condition will give good straw but not the results in grain. In. fact, these are the fields that demand more phosphor- us. I would not sow an acre of wheat without phosphorhs. The ordinary clay loam soil does not need a com- plete fertilizer, which means paying a. high price for the elements you do not need, and at the expense of the one that is needed. Fertilizer should be ordered and not just bought. one can use his knowledge rather than blindly guessing. The farm bureaus are ordering fertilizers with discrimi~ nation, and avoiding these costly er- rors of the past. Grow wheat wisely on well packed soil. Use a selected seed, preferably a white wheat. for eighty per cent of Michigan soils: Drill in two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds of acid phosphate. The application of four loads of straw by meansof a straw spreader is a guarantee against winter-killing and spring freezing and ' thawing. In addition it protects the spring seeding during the hot weather after harvest. wheat. My yield this year Waslforty; seven bushels per acre. - -' " ' ._ ' Then . Michigan can ,, gmw' ,.,.. ' .t , A» ,. , ._ . ‘ W~M / , .. .... ”'f‘k". . “of“ ,flfiaW.,M «w ..J . —\,.// av.._._h 4 . V" five-“95- \ \.- _ ,.-- M.’\..-V,M~ ‘ w,“ mapswumgwm J _ . .A‘A .1. .. ~...,».s u.- .' V ', be taken into consideration. '; summer drouth,vwhile not in sight is . -).;yet a possibility, would cause a .sharp change .in the demand situation on the ’ NORMOUS feed production in the i - . . United States is exerting powerful bearish pressure on prices for the -commodities used in live stock fatten- ' ing operations. The fact that feed- stuffs are in super-abundance in prac- tically all sections of the country has not alone influenced the large terminal, ’ operator, but the country dealer and the ultimate consumer have sharply reduced their purchases. Oats, barley and other feed grain yields have been considerably above normal, and grow- ing corn was never before in so good a condition as prevails today, with pri- vate crop observers forecasting a bar- vest of approximately three billion bushels. The ideal condition of pas- tures in virtually every grazing dis- trict, rather unusual for this season, also is a vital price swaying force. Al— 9 falfa, timothy, clover, prairie and other ] forage crops are turning out yields on f an unprecedented scale, too. t Hardly a feed crop is turning out a f disappointing yield. There is the pros- ? pect of a large supply of high protein . feeds available from cottonseed and flaxseed, the latter crop particularly showing a considerable increase over the past few years. And the crops which provide roughage are highly en- couraging. The general utilization of pastures has reduced sharply the de- mand for commercial feeds on markets. For instance, at this time a year ago, and for the past few years,.some sec tion, either the southwest, the middle west, the northwest, or the east and northeast, suffered seriously from drouth, which brought out an enor— mous demand for hay, mill feed, grains, the high protein feeds and similar com- modities to tide stock over. With the exception of a few isolated spots, un- important on the whole, no section in , the country is suffering from drouth ‘ or even a partial dry spell. Drouths '. usually cause excitement among the' ; consumers of feed; they buyr beyond their current needs, which influences neighboring feeders. This certainly is not the condition today. Instead of the enormous demand, the use ofrpas- ture is increasing on a remarkable scale the amount of surplus feed avail- able for markets, which is adding to - the bearish pressure on prices. . . Indicative of the pressure which un- expected yields of feed crops are ex- erting on markets is the recent sharp downturns in‘bran. Market observers almost unanimously had agreed that bran could not suffer any serious price depression during July, owing to the extremely light production by mills, which, it was felt, would more than offset the effect of excellent pastures and large crop outturns. However, the lighter mill offal has been depressed in price more sharply within the past month than at any time since values began soaring around the opening of the year. Spot offerings of bran are available at the present writing around $43 to $44 a ton at Minneapolis; $44 in Kansas City; $46 to $47 in St. Louis, .and around $47 to $48 in Chicago. The market has receded about $7.00 a ton for the month. If sharp declines in prices for bran are recorded during a period of light mill production, what is to be expected when mills resume activity on a full capacity, basis? Such a query is heard often in market circles. It brings to mind a, very bearish condition which confronts the bran trade at least the remainder of the summer months. Weathér conditions must, of course, A late Pbran' market, which! could easily in,- crease the buying power of the trade relatively more than the enlarged pro- duction by mills as the summer season advances. The close of August will probably fill mills over the important producing sections grinding on a ca- pacity basis, the present prospects pointingto a sharp bulge in the de- mand for flour within another month. With favorable weather and an outturn of crops such as now anticipated, the price of bran could easily recede below the $40 level in the middle west. The offal already is available on. markets for all—season shipment, that is, to the close of 1920, around $40 a ton, specu- lative operators offering freely at this level without any important. demand. Michigan has been an extremely light buyer of bran in recent weeks, and this is true also of the entire east and southeast. The stocks, ar " THEMICHIGA Blue. Buckle Ode‘FAIIs “Strong for Work” Blue Buckle “Buddies” for children 4 to 16 years duplicate the men's garments in quality, pattern and workmanship. They're the best wearing ploy- yorment cold in America. Placing girder in hull of American merchantman in an Eastern shipyard spect stand “inch achromatic lense that can be obtained. a camera as could be wished for in the box street photography, and the like. load and operate. an hour after getting it. for One Subscription and $1.50 additional. posures. 294x314 Take a Premo Jr. Camera with You This Summer The PREMO JR. 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The Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. It loads and When Writing to Advertisers Please MentiOn The Michigan Farmer F all the many activities of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, perhaps that 'which is being watched the closest by the seventy-five thousand farm members over the state is the development of the seed depart- ment. The reason for this is obvious. There are few farmers in the state who, some time or other, have not pur- chased seed that did not grow accord- ing to promise. Now the farm bureau stands ready to back up and guarantee the quality of any seed handled through its seed department. The manager of. this department, ‘ which is housed in the spacious farm bureau headquarters at Lansing, is J. W. Nicolson, formerly connected with the crops department of the Michigan Agricultural College, As assistant manager, there is R. V. Tanner, who formerly was county agricultural agent in Mason and Barry counties. Work- ing in cooperation with them is C. F. Barnum, formerly in the fertilizer and feeds department at the college. In brief, the work of the seed depart- ment is along the lines of agent for the County Farm Bureaus in purchase of field seeds needed from outside of the county and the sale of such surplus seed as may be in the county. Assist- ance is being given all the counties in establishment of County Farm Bureau seed departments. Many are preparing for installation .of seed cleaning ma- chinery so that it will be possible for them to take care of a great propor- tion of the requirements of the farm bureau members within that territory. Warehouses and storage facilities are maintained in Lansing, and the seed department will pay all transpor- tation and expenses incident to hand- ling, purchase and marketing of seed, including bookkeeping and clerical work, until the seed reaches the point of delivery. Adequate insurance is car- ried on all seed that may be in posses— sion of the State Farm Bureau. It is desired, insofar as is possible and prac- tical, to have each of the counties han- dle the business of the individual farm bureau members, and thereby permit- ting the state department to deal pri- marily and principally with the county units. Arrangements have been made for the sale of considerable Michigan- grown seeds to farm bureau units in New York, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and these states are preparing to co- operate with Michigan extensively in purchase of genuine alfalfa and north— ern clover from the Dakotas and Ida- ho. Nicolson now is in the west for several weeks, inspecting the growing crops and arranging for large ship~ ments to Michigan this fall. It is the intention of this department to handle no seeds that it cannot guarantee to growers; quality rather than price al- ways being the principal point con sidered. ‘ As an illustration of the opportunity for service confronting this depart- ment, is sales of Dwarf Essex rape and Grimm alfalfa which have been made in Michigan. Dwarf Essex rape is used extensively in Michigan as a fall pasture crop, and when the right kind'of seed is used, it furnishes an excellent pasture for sheep and hogs. The best source of Dwarf Essex rape is Holland. Since the war, imports from there have been negligible and considerable of the Japanese variety has been substituted. The Japanese {does not mm; to an men-gangs in I Selving the Seed Problem State F arm Bureau Plans to Give Mic/22:94”. Farmers Good Seed at Rearmed/e Prices latitudes as far north as Michigan, it producing a spindling, meagre growth in comparisonwith the vigorous, pro-. lific crop produced from the Holland seed. The Japanese and Holland look exactly alike, and differences only can be detected by expert seed analysts. The State Farm ,Bureau has located a limited amount of genuine Dwarf Es- sex rape from Holland, and expects to have extensive .supplies for the next year for County Farm Bureaus that positively indicate their needs through contracts. Numerous samples of rape from foreign countries have been se- cured and will be tested to determine the varieties that may be adaptable to , Michigan. Several thousands of dollars’ worth of Grimm alfalfa have been sold by the" seed department in the last three months for summer seeding. Genuine Grimm has been difficult to obtain and statistics show more of this variety has been sold in the United States the last year than was grown. So that Michi- gan farmers may be protected against substitutes, all seed of this .sort that is handled by the farm bureau is back— ed up by affidavits from the growers of the seed, and if the seed should hap- pen to be handled through a dealer who had purchased from a grower, that dealer is also expected to guaran- tee the genuineness of the seed. In ‘ the last year more than eighteen mil- lion pounds of alfalfa seed was import— ed into this country, principally from Turkestan and Italy. Neither of these sources supplied seeds adaptable to Michigan. These seeds are not hardy enough. Further activities of the seed depart- ment will be in cooperation with the Michigan Crop Improvement Associa- tion of the state college. It acts as sales agent for this association which inspects the growing crops of its mem- bers and certifies only high quality products. FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP LABOR SITUATION. An item of extreme importance in connection with the problem of the idle lands of Michigan is employment. Daily we see people leaving the country for the city and its steady pay check, and the question arises where would the necessary labor to reforest and maintain protection on these idle lands come from. Forestry is a per- manent and a stable business. The growing of a crop of trees requires a. generation or more. Care is neces— sary from the beginning to the end of the crop. Permanent labor is required. Opportunity for a man to establish a. home and raise a family is thus given. Protection against fire, insects and all forms of damage requires the service of people. In time the new forests supply material for industries, and these return, with the labor necessary to operation. However, the new pol- icy will permit operation that insures the continuance of forest cropping in- stead of a program like the one of early history, which resulted in devas- tation, and fire ruin. The new policy of the next forest crop harvest will provide for continu- ous cutting, for permanent mill sites ‘ and town sites, for high standards of civic and educational attainment and better citizenship, for a fairer State, a better commonwealth andt'u’ content:- edpeoplm ; ' 1‘. 3.5.51. yr «/' V/~_.‘ AT present» 'I » every”, egtort possible. should be , where the night will be spent at Great‘ ,Lakes Way Camp. protable and instructive. ‘ ; agricultural. agents 'of :four counties" ‘ ' prices for grain feeds made “to, make profitable use of late 'fall pasturage. Horses and cattle that are in good condition at the beginning cold season without falling away in flesh condition or milk yields. Pastures that have been stocked up to maximum capacity during the late summer and early fall should be given a chance 'to recover and make a vigor- ous fall growth to serve as a protec- tion to the grass roots during winter. The practice of pasturing. clover and timothy meadows during, the fall de- pends largely upon the fertility of the land and the amount of growth that the meadow has made. If a heavy growth has been made a. reasonable amount of pasturing when the ground is dry will prove beneficial. The fresh green growth of clover and timothy furnishes a very acceptablevaddition to the food supply at this season. On the average farm, however, it is very doubtful iii the amount of pastur— age furnished will pay the expense of maintaining interior fences. In some fields this condition can be overcome by erecting temporary fences, woven wire or barb wire, strung on posts driv- en into the ground. Such fences can be shifted so that the stock can gather considerable food. If the grass has made a rank growth after- haying, a limited amount of pasturing leaves the meadow in better condition for the succeeding season. New seedings of clover and timothy should be pastured lightly. Sheep are better suited for this purpose than horses and cattle, but care must .be used to prevent them grazing the new meadows too closely. Stalk fields, from which the corn and stover have been removed, furnish considerable feed in. the form of grasses, weeds and an occasional stalk and ear of corn. It is well to allow the stock to clean up this feed that would otherwise go to waste. In order to provide more good fallgrazing it is a good plan to sow rye at the last working of the corn crop. The practice of pasturing wheat and rye is open to criticism unless one has a large acreage and only a few head of stock.‘ It is certainly preferable to seed a stalkfield in rye and keep the stock off from the wheat and rye crops that are to be harvested for grain. Rye sown in the corn field furnishes good grazing, a good cover crop and a good green manure and there is no danger of a crop of grain growing in the reg— ular crop rotation being damaged. ‘ FRUIT GROWERS TO MAKE AUTO TOUR. ROM the office of the Secretary, George M. Low, Bangor, Michigan, comes the announcement that, follow— ing the plan adopted last year, mem- bers of the Michigan State Horticul- tural Society will spend two days in an automobile tour of the northwest- ern fruit section of the state this year, beginning Wednesday, ,August 18,- at 8:30 a. in. central time. The Hotel, Chippewa at Manistee is to be the starting point on that date, and nine of‘ the finest orchards of Benzie and Man- istee counties will be visited the first day. The stop for the night will be at Empire or Glenn Lake. On Thurs- day, the famous Cherry Home orchards and the canning factory at Northport, will be _visited, followed by a drive down the west shore of Grand Trav— erse Bay. Following lunch, a tour of the peninsula of Grand Traverse coun— tywill be made, stopping at all large orchards, ending at Traverse City, , On this tour, the actual results of different fertilizer tests, dusting and spraying results, and general orchard practices will be stud- ied pat the different orchards, all of which will make the meeting'highly The county ‘ n; zmesagrvrlisri'inss. . ' of the winter will pass through the l‘ Wheels on a track — the . Cletrac way- take less power ‘ Get going wit}; a Cletrac the ring. Then, if spring comes lat time for seed—bed work and be the right time. Fall’s the Time to Plow ALL—PLOWING turns sod and stubble into rich food for next year’s crop and stores re- serve moisture for hot, dry spells. day you finish harvest— e, you’ll have plenty of ready to plant at just The Cletrac plows fast, turning clean, well—mulched furrows of the proper depth. And it keeps going steadily all fall ——stoppin,gr only for quick work in corn harvest, silo-filling and other necessary jobs. An improved water air—washer protects the powerful motor from dust and dirt. Broad, ground—gripping tracks carry this tank~type tractor over any footing in any weather. Get rid of some of your horses before they eat up this year’s profits. There will be work for your Cle— trac every week during the year. dealer near you—or write for Your Tractor”. Talk to the Cletrac the booklet “Selecting 11“‘Cllevelcmd Tractor Co: "Largest Producers of Tank-Type Tractors in the World” 19021 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, Ohio BIG CROPS ASSURE” IN WESTERN GANADA Need of Farm Labor Urgent- ly Required for Harvest Rains of the past week, which have been gen- eral throughout; all portions of Western Canada, covering Manitoba. Saskatchewan and - bortl, have placed beyond all manner of doubt the_certa‘inty of vast grain crops throughout the entire district. . ~ 9 orts from all points indicate marvelous and ram growth. The conditions of a week or so back. which were deCidedly less promising and led many to think there might be a partial failure, have disappeared altogether and now there is a wave of optimism Circulating throughout the entire country. _ » In 1915 there were enormous yields reported from all parts, and it would appear now as if in many places the yields of 1915 would be equaled if not beaten. - What might appear to be a drawback is the ap- arent shortage of farm help. The Province of anitoba, .through its Employment Bureau in Winnipe -. s asking for 10 000 harvest hands 'and over, offeri from $5 to $6 er day. The Provmce of Saskatcbe an i . asking or 15,000 extra hands, to take care 0 the immense harvest that is certain to be reaped in that Provmce. In Albertathe crop area is somewhat less, the labor conditions somewhat better, and a request is being made for 5,000 extra farm hands.‘ . Interwewing the _ofiicials of the different Gov- emments, they are inclined to the o inion that as he crops in Kansas, Nebraska, outh Dakota, ”how and other Central States are harvested, t here will be a movement northward that will ma- terial! help to_take care of the labor situation. With 9 low railroad rates that may be secured on application to the Employment ya at Win- nipeg .and at boundary mints ‘or which in be secured thro the Canadian Government ces at Chica q, I] .' Detrmt, Mich; Milwaukee Wis: Kansas my. 0.; a, Neb.; Des Moniesd . P lil'Minng an .kins- with the—secretaryin per-- , s for the ,idur whisk-will . . . Wis" '“~ _‘ “IIWM Evin; gatertognbswgfi gt taut seeking sand or . .. ive one ' WWW”W "“3 “we“ fl Yellow Fine or Oregon Fir, with or Without. hinged doors. Best Anchoring system on the market. 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The factsof practical val- lue which'are available in this. state, lbased on data from only four tests, may be summed up as follows: The failure of alfalfa on muck is not due to chemical or biological factors but is due chiefly to a physical factdr. The chemicals, the salts, namely, the lpotassium, phosphorus and lime may be present, the germs may be present to. insure inoculation, the growth may be very satisfactory but the heaving caused by freezing and thawing seems to be too much for the'young alfalfa plants. This has been noted, even when a hardy variety. such as Cossack was used. ‘ It has been indicated that notwith— standing the high lime content of the muck, a light application of lime will be beneficial. It should be noted that too much lime is injurious to muck soils. Alfalfa, considering the observations we have made. can not be recommend- ed for muck soils. Theoretically, there is no reason for alfalfa not being a suc— cessful muck crop on muck soils which abound in lime. 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FREE BOOK HfONcsulgil mi Save dollars —- the free i ‘ which have a spreading shallow root system, rather than the deep penetrat- ing root system; (2) a light application of lime to be» immediately available for the bacteria; (3) a seedbed thoroughly rolled, upon which phosphoric acid and potash fertilizer had been applied, or better yet, which had had a good dress— ing of manure the previous year for corn; (4) seeded shallow, early, not lat— Ier than June 1, and rolled after drill- ing; (5) rolled thoroughly before going into the winter and early the following spring. This first year, as a prominent farmer in Michigan says, is the “teeth- ing period.” This is practically the .same plan as has been successfully used on heavy lands. — 45 Team on the Line Come to Headquarters for Cotton Seed Meal OWL DOVE JAY Brand Brand Brand F. W. Brode & Co. Established 1875. Incorporated 1915. MEMPHIS. TENN. Our Brand on the Tag Means Ou ty in the Bag, 'While we have no data to warrant advocating the use of alfalfa on muck, we have had satisfactory results with other legumes. The two most import- ant are vetch and white sweet clover. These are well worth a trial by muck farmers besides the old standard, al- sike and timothy. The soy bean is very well adapted to southern Michigan muck soils. Perhaps the most import— ant legume for muck has been neglect- ed, although it has been known for many years; this is the field pea“. FORD OWNERS! Just what. YOU nod. Three SURE-SHUT double- Strength Spark Intensifi . (Complete for 4 cyl- inders). No glass to br or parts to wear out. Guaranteed for'life of car. Makes old or crack- ed plugs fire like now: Save gasoline and oil. Attached to any For! 1:13 minutes. Thousands of satisfied users. Mailed anywhere upon receipt of 31. (Canada, $1.20). We refund your money if not. satisfi after 2 weeks use. hat’s more fair? Order today. Agents wanted. F. McLELLAND SALES COMPANY Oats and peas have one distinctive quality of being resistant to frost. True, these are not as desirable as the clover and alfalfa. . Probably the questioner, just as many other farmers who have ‘muck, have been anxious to try another type of “grass,” especially where the hay is getting short and does not produce as J. 5320 St. Clair Ave.. Dept. M.F. Cleveland, Ohio a M Approxnnahly 10,”) CI.“ are “OMB“, m “Sh you I 9mm...£i..*°f°na an. mnsfldn' huts.» M 7m M It It falls. Sons?!” 2:0 copy of I .. Tb Information disco-u I b 0"“ 3.131253.” m. 01 NW wai- m. . it did when the muck was new. In this connection it should be noted that there is probably nothing the matter with the alsike. The trouble is with the muck which. has been relieved (if its minerals by each successive hay crop. i . The total potaSsium and phosphorus available and unavailable, is limited inmost of our muck 89115 in. Michigan so that several hay crops will reduce the minerals to the danger point. The cure for this situation is simple. tilize the meadows. Barnyard manurd is best, but a commercial fertilizer cen- taining phosphoric acid and potash wil be found next best. ‘ ' Alsike and timothy is old-fashioned but will make .good hay. It will reseed itself and yield well if given half a chance. Just a word about vetch. As soon as . it becomes better known vetch will be- come a very important muck crop. Vetch planted in the spring will re- place in many cases peas, because it cures more easily and is harvested ‘with less difficulty. Cats and vetch is by no means a theoretical combina- tion. I have seen it in small patches and the trial of a small plat for obser- vation before planting extensively is recommended. ' EZRA LEVIN, Extension Specialist, M. A. C. TOMATO BLIGHT. Can you -tell me what to do for my tomatoes? The leaves shrivel up and turn dark then the plants die. I thought perhaps it was blight. The vines were thrifty until now. H. E. From the description it would seem that your plants are affected with Sep- toria Leaf-spot, properly called tomato blight. This is a fungous disease in which the lower leaves become spotted with circular black bordered gray spots in which the fungus lives and fruits. ' Each spot is peppered with black dots in the true leaf spot disease ——the dots being the fruiting bodies of the fungus. These spots cause the leaflets to turn yellow and then die. The disease progresses up the plant, attacking leaf after leaf. The spread of the disease is correlated with the number of rainy periods in the season. This comes about from the fact that the fungus produces sticky, mucilag inous spores whieh can be carried from leaf to leaf only when the spores are soaked with water. Each rain splashes the spores from leaf to leaf or plant to plant. Cultivation, while the plants are ’wet is sure to increase the amount of the disease. The disease is controlled by summer sprays with Bordeaux mixture. Plants ' in the flats should be sprayed with a 2-2-50 Bordeaux_mixture. The young plants in the field should be sprayed at tWo-week intervals for about five times, or until the vines become large. The best control of the disease comes from strict sanitation which means new soil or clean soil for growing the young plants and' strict rotation of crops so that tomatoes do not follow closely a previous crop of tomatoes. With strict sanitation, spraying should not be necessary. If the disease does develop, the spraying will handle it. Special Bulletin No. 81 of the Michi- gan Agricultural College, which can be had for the asking, gives a full 370- count of this disease. G. H. C. 'COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES TO PARENT. I have been renting a farm for about twenty-five years have built some buildings, built all the fences, dug two wells and put up a new house. This was my father’s old farm; Llhave no interest in it. the improvements II have made? P.A.w.’*§ There is no implied contract or other liability for services by a child to a Fer- . n)“.—d-_l-A-‘ ArAH—uwd , v HchMAI—flhlh-l—H‘I-Li-J‘HH. ..-,y .‘ mMHUm~HH Have I any claim for, MIJAHJI—lI—uh—l. IL parent or a parent to a child. The only ' way to get compensation is *‘by-making" acOntract forxit. . . v 51.3 R. e ‘a field that is very thick with da thistles. I have it into corn now What is your advice about sow- ing alfalfa seed the middle of July or the first of August? H S Alfalfa is a splendid crop to rid land , of Canada thistles, because the alfalfa is out three times durihg the summer . and the Canada thistles will soon be- “! come exterminated, if they are cut three times a year, so this is a good 1-way to get ridof them and make ”a good crop besides. - . However, I would not advise sowing , . alfalfa in standing corn. I believe the thistles would be the master of the situation. I should prefer to wait until next spring, getting rid of all the this- 1 ‘ tles possible by good cultivation in pre- paring the land as ‘early as possible and seed early. If the thistles com- mence to bother much put the mow- ‘ ing machine on and clip them back, setting the cutter bars to out high. You might have to do this twice to the thistles‘. If the alfalfa once gets started the thistles will not smother it, but would at first. C. C. L. SEEDING TO SWEET CLOVER. I want to get a field ready to seed to sweet clover. The soil is light and sandy, was sowed to rye this year. When is the best time to sow it, this i,’ i fall or next spring? About how much 1 seed to the acre? Should the land be j limed? Is the agricultural hydrate lime ‘ all right? It is all we can get. How ’ much to the aC1e? J. W. L. 3" If you can prepare the land imme- 3 diately after harvesting the rye by 1. disking it up, I think there will be 1f sufficient moisture this year so that 'g. the clover would germinate, then you could seed in August or early Septem- ber, or you can leave this and seed early in the spring. Sweet clover, of course, seeds itself in the fall and it will catch many times in old pastures and meadows. I think it would be best to use lime, because the clover will not grow well lithe land is acid in reaction. The hydrated lime is all right and it won’t tame as much of that to the acre as ground limestone. One-half ton of hy- drated lime would do fairly well and you would want at least one ton of ground limestone. C. C. L. SWEET on soun MILK FOR THE YOUNG PIGS. Which is best for little pigs just Weaned, sour or sweet skim—milk? Also. for sows nursing pigs? What would make a good ration for weaned pigs? I have plenty of pasture, skim-milk, middlings and bran. I intend to use a sell feeder Cannot speak too highly of the Michigan Farmer. L. C. When pigs are old enough to wean from their mother"I do not believe it makes much difference whether the milk is sweet or sour. But one thing 1 should be particular about, is to not feed sour milk one time and sweet milk the next. 1 it is difficult to keep the , milk sweetA in the summer time I would ' prefer to fm d the milk sour, then the ". pigs always have the same kind of a ration. This will apply to the sows, nursing pigs just as well as to the , >i Digs it does not destroy the food ‘ value of milk very much to have it ‘1‘ sour Of course, if you leave it until '5 "it commences to decompose then it is A not as good. A splendid ration for young pigs right after they are weaned is skim; l milk and wheat middlings. I do not l believe you (ould get anything better 1% and there isn’t anything better to feed ,t, young pigs in a self-feeder than wheat middlings, unless it is animal tankage and, of course, at the present time this is very high priced. I would feed them a reasonable amount of middlings made into a rather thick slop with-sour milk and then let them eat all the wheat. middlings from the self-feeder The Oilpull TransmissiOn Maintains Oilpull Quality] Of vital importance is the transmis- sion of the tractor. For upon it depends to what degree the powercf your motor is made available for practical use. The truly efficient transmission must deliver the full power of the motor to the draw-bar with minimum loss—carry tremendous loads and withstand this constant grind for many years. The OilPulltransmission is first de- signed right. It is built entirely of spur gears-a design that gives greater sim- plicity, durability and economy of power. The OilPull transmission is built right. 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It would be better not to i'eed it in too large quantities, and i think it would be a good plan to run it through the fanning mill, blow- ing pretty hard to get out the largest of the smutty kernels and these I would destroy. Cull beans are also suitable to feed dairy cows and it is better to grind them. Beans are rich in digestible protein and make a good food to mix with your ground wheat. Ground beans however. are not very palatable and cows will not eat a very large ration. You can get along fairly well with the roughage you have. Corn fodder is a good bed but, of course, lacks pro tein. Pea straw and bean straw, if of good quality. can be fed freely, also out straw, but this, of course, also lacks protein. I would suggest that you feed all the roughage your cows will eat up fairly clean. 1 would not compel them to eat everything in full because some of it probably will not be suitable or palatable. Then for a grain raiion, mix your ground wheat and bean meal, equal parts by weight, and one~half as much wheat bran. For instance, two hundred pounds ground wheat, two hundred pounds bean meal and one hundred pounds of wheatbran. Then teed one pound of this grain mix- ture per day for every four pounds of milk that your cows produce. C. C. L. CONTROLLING LEAF-HOPPERS. Could you tell me how to control the liffle green flies that get onto our potato vines? 'l‘lrcse small green creatures that jump very freely thrive best during hot dry weather. One species in par- ticular works on apple and on potato and is the cause of tip-burn or hopper- burn in potafoes, and causes injury to the foliage of apple trees. The leaf hopper in question is about one-eighth inch long, green and slender, and flies on the slightest provocation after it acquires its wings. At that‘ time it is possible to kill only a few of the indi~ viduals by any of the sprays now avail— able, one put on earlier in the season before the creatures acquire wings, will. kill part of the hoppers, at least those that are hit, by the spray. For this, prObably black leaf forty diluted about eight hundred to one thousand times with water and soap is the most effective. Add one pint of black leaf forty to one hundred gallons of water and four pounds of common soap, which has been dissolved in water. After the creatures acquires wings it is diflicult or impossible to kill any large proportion of them and at that time we can suggest nothing better than Bordeaux, which acts as a repel- lant. The hopper does not seem to like to work in places where Bordeaux has been applied. Finally we know that some species of «hoppers pass the winter in rubbish and if all rubbish is raked up and burned after cold weath- er sets in, the hibernating.individuals will be destroyed. ' It is well to rake the rubbish into heaps and then burn during a dry cold spell in the fall. This has proven very effective in controlling one of the grape leaf-hoppers which in- jures the foliage of the vinevin a sim— ilar way. , R. H. PETTIT, M , All ',- ‘M ”ZY‘VWA.’ glllll ’\ '4” e r W- ”v.3. ’0 gas-w ‘ [I’ll I41...“ Q . 5173627”? r «9'6 5‘ I‘ . ~‘ f ark/3's I The Oliver No. 7 Plow An Oliver Plow for every farming need also has been designed {or the Fordson. Roderick Lean Automa- tic Disc Harrow Built in seven foot size. Other sizes are also made for spec- ial conditions. Complete line of specialized tractor spike tooth. spring tooth and orchard lint-rows. 5‘" g. R . 7. 3- ,"2 ,, ‘- '.' ‘ ‘» '1 . " v, ., . How 100’0'00 Fall The Fordson Tracto’n- The Oliver Plow Tractor Drill Accura tely sows wheat, oats, rye, barley. rice, peas, beans, etc. Furnished in plain grain or combined grain and ferti- lizer styles, and with wood or steel wheels. 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Fordson tools is the sure road to com- Oliver Plows will do for you what plete satisfaction. See the Fordson they have done for 100,000 Fordson Dealer in your town. . Distributors of These Implements William Ford, Dearborn, Mich. Hubbell Auto Sales Co., Saginaw, Mich.‘ E. G. Kingcford, Iron Mountain, Mich. Bryant—Sarjeant Co., Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Mich. EOWEQ FAPMtNG BRINGS THE GPEATEQT PROF! I mers Plow { Entomologist Ex. Sta, M. A. e. FREDERICK c. V MARTINDAL FOR GU VERNOR OF THE STATE;OFL MICHIGAN 1. He was born on a farm and has lived on one most of his life.‘ 2. He owns and operates under his personal supervision a large well-equipped farm in Oakland County and is a member of the Michigan Farm Bureau. ' 3. He advocates the providing of certain facil- ities by the State for the better handling and marketing of farm products. 4. He favors lake-to—occan route as outlet to- Michigan products and gateway for Michi- gan necessities. 5. He believes in generous treatment of scr- vice-men and their families. 6. He has had broad experience in State affairs as Representative, Senator and Secretary of State and as such took great interest in advancement of child welfare, pure food _ laws, health laws, laws relating to‘good [Pr i m 3 fl ’ roads and the betterment of farm conditions. es 7. He has' at heart the highest good of the August 3181 I State,thc correlation of all its varied activ- ‘ _ ities and the fullest development of its ' 3% return it. , (/Put life back into the soil. using this lime phospha lizcr distributor. * out all about it. Write. Dept. 30 i :: ’ / / ~ ‘ v , /,30 Days Freclrial / If the Holdcndocs not do all we‘claim. , Increase your crops by spreading. ’ Get a hardier, more certain stand. and time and- make bigger profits by W (Writer for trial offi'iinffifi'l'élfir) ,4. Tellscvcrything. Holden spreads 16 feet wiclé.’ ; Handles wet and damp limerock. Passes egg ’ {(1, sue rocks. Attaches to any wagon in 3 mi. nutcs. No heavy lifting. Light draft. Find _ TheWHOLDENgCOIlnc? kw Save labor tc and‘ ferti— A. ;Peori_l,llll. business, social and religiouxdlife. ' — v “mt. a nuc‘vr‘c ‘Q Mr. Dixon and his new flying machine, which weighs forty—seven pounds and can maintain a speed of fifteen to twenty miles per 'hour. Group of a number of members of the Ameri- can Olympic team on the deck of the Princess Matoika, shortly after their big reception at the Manhattan Opera House, and just before sailing for Europe. This nine—year—old high diver‘, Miss Con- . stance Sunquist, swims the Panama. Canal with arms and feet bound. These fourteen- year-old g i r l s will compete in diving contests at the Olympic games. A RObert Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, leaving the courthouse at Manchester, Vermont. Members of the United States Railway Labor Board in session at Chicago where they granted crease in pay to the railroad men of the country; the board refuses to reconsider its award. ' an in- An under-secretary is shown with the peace documents just as they were signed by Austria and the Allies. Miss Helen Wainwright, a national champion swimmer, doing a graceful back dive in perfect form at a water carnival. . . 1 - ._...i 0.61“” J Underwood. New York ' ,;.,‘..‘...‘v,m..4...t... w, fi‘ Many/{n -2 v.3 :_ i , 7My 99+, - by A M“ :0 J, t A ROMANCE OF I THE-VALLEY. or THE GIANTS ‘ THE REDWOODS By Peter B. Kym ' ~, |||| a n n u When Bryce Cardigan returned to Sequoia, his labors, in so far as the. building of the road were concerned, had been completed. His agreement with Gregory of the Trinidad Redwood Timber Company had been. signed, sealed and delivered; the _m0ney to build the road had been deposited in bank; and Buck Ogilvy was already spending it like a drunken sailor. From now 0:1, Bryce could only watch, wait, and pray. On the next steamer a surveying party with complete camping—equip- ment. arrived in Sequoia, purchased a wagon and two horses, piled their dun— nage into the wagon, and disappeared tip-country. Hard on their heels came Mr. Buck Ogilvy, and occupied the bridal suite in the Hotel Sequoia, ar- rangements for which had. previously been made by wire. In the sitting—room of the suite Mr. Ogilvy installed a new desk, a tiling-cabinet and a brisk young male secretary. lie had been in town less than an hour when the editor of the Sequoia Sentinel sent up his card. The an- nouncement of the incorporation of the Northern California Outrage (for so had Mr. Ogilvy, in huge enjoyment of the misery he was about to create, dub- bed the road) had previously been flashed to the Sentinel by the United Prrss Association, as a local feature story, and already speculation Was rife in Sequoia as to the identity of the harebrained individuals who dared to back an enterprise as nebulous as the millennium. Mr. Ogilvy was expecting the visitmin fact, impatiently awaiting it; and since- the easiest thing he did was to speak for publication, naturally the editor of the Sentinel got a story which, to that individual's simple soul, seemed to warrant a seven-column headm-which it received. Having boned up on the literature of the Redwood Manufacturers’ Association, what Buck Ogilvy didn’t know about red- wood timber, redwood lumber, the re-* maining redwood acreage and market conditions, past and present, might have been secreted in the editorial eye without. seriously hampering the edi- torial sight. He stated that the capital behind the project was foreign, that he believed in the success of the project and that his entire fortune was de— pendent upon the completion of it. In glowing terms he spoke of the billions“ of tons of limber-products to be hauled out of this wonderfully fertile and lit— tle known country, and confidently pre- dicted for the county a future conu’ner~ cial supremacy that would be simply staggering to contemplate. When Colonel Seth Pennington read this outburst he. smiled. “That’s a AL WANTS ME To Hit up THE: 820047 ON THAT OLD BARN 'N THE 50W“ V MEADOW W \m \" k/ SLIM #4 ” WWW‘MI **‘< .a , \I V'A‘ y I “in “ ‘-' ~THAT MORNING - ,/l I. If (IRES—ugh)” 11/50 Dz'rcowrs a Ho/e‘z'n t/ze Ladder. bright scheme on the part of that Trin- idad Redwood Timber Company gang to start a railroad excitement and um load their white elephant,” he declar- ed. “A scheme like that stuck them with their timber, and I suppose they figure there’s a sucker born every min» ute and that the same old gag might work again. Chances are they have a prospect in tow already.” 9 When Bryce Cardiganiread it, he laughed. The interview was so like Buck Ogilvy! In the morning the lat— ter’s automobile was brought up from the steamship dock, and accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Ogilvy disappear- ed into the north following the bright new stakes of his surveying-gang, and for three weeks was seen no ,more. As for Bryce Cardigan, that young man buckled down to business, and when- ever questioned about the new railroad was careful to hoot at the idea. On a day when Bryce’s mind hap- pened to be occupied with thoughts of Shirley Sumner, he bumped into her on the main street of Sequoia, and to her great relief but profound surprise, he paused in his tracks, lifted his hat, smiled, and opened his mouth to'say something—«thought better of it, chang- ed his mind, and continued on abbut his business. As Shirley passed him, she looked him squarely in the face, and in her‘ glance there was neither coldness nor malice. Bryce felt himself afire from heels to hair one instant, and cold and clam- my the next, for Shirley spoke to him. “Good morning, Mr. Cardigan.” He paused, turned, and approached her. “Good morning, Shiley,” he re- plied. “How have you been?” “I‘ might have been dead, for all the interest you took in me,” she replied sharply. “As matters stand, I’m ex- ceedingly well—thank you. By the way, are you still belligerent?” He nodded. “I have to be.” “Still peeved at my uncle?” Again he nodded. “I think you‘re a geat big grouch, Bryce Cardigan," she flared at him sud- denly. “You make me unutterably weary.” , , "I’m sorry,” he answered, “but just_ at present I am forced to subject you to the strain. Say a year from now, when thii gs are different with me, I’ll strive not to offend.” “I’ll not be here 'a year from now,” she warned him. He bowed. “Then I’ll go Wherever you are——and bring you back.” And 635W flag—OLD LADDER WAsn'r BUILT FER No FAT MAN ~3vsr Dewar. rr Macadam-— .from the ranks with a mocking little grin, he lifted his hat and passed on. CHAPTER XXIII. HOUGH Buck Ogilvy was gone from Sequoia for a period of three weeks, he was by no means forgotten. His secretary proved to be an industrious press—agent who by mail, telegraph, and long-distance tel— ephone managed daily to keep the edi- tor of the Sequoia Sentinel fully ap- prised of all developments 'in the mat- ter of the Northern California Oregon Railroad Company—including some that had not as yet developed! The result was copious and persistent pub- licity for the new railroad company, and the arousing in the public mind of a genuine interest in this railroad which was to do so much for the town of Sequoia. Colonel Seth PenningtOn was among those who, skeptical at first and inclin- ed to ridicule the project into an early grave, eventually found himself sway- ed by the publicity and gradually co- erced into serious consideration of the results attendant upon the building of the road. The Colonel was naturally as suspicious as a rattlesnake in Au- gust; hence he had no sooner emerged of the frank scoffers than his alert mind framed the ques- tion: “How is this new road—improbable as I know it to be—going to affect the interests of the Laguna Grande Lum- ber Company, if the unexpected should, .sons, my dear," happen and those bunco-steerers should actually build a road from Se- quoia to Grant’s Pass, Oregon, and thus construct a feeder to a. transcon- tinental line?” Five minutes of serious reflection sufficed to bring the Colonel.to the verge of panic, notwithstanding the fact that he was ashamed of himself for yielding to, fright despite his firm- belief that there was no reason why he should be frightened. Similar con- siderations occur to a small boy who is walking home in the dark past a cemetery. The vital aspects of his predicament dawned on the Colonel one night at dinner, midway between the soup and the fish. So forcibly did they occur to him, in fact, that for the nonce he for- got that his neice was seated opposite him. “Confound them,” the Colonel mur— mured distinctly, “I must look into this immediately.” I'LL FIND HIM, MOTH ‘4 (AL, suM WASN‘T HOME To DINNER AND HE HASN'T SHOWN up FOR SUPPER‘ “THAT NI SHIT‘ f\ \\\\\\ “Look into what, Uncle dear?” Shir- ley asked innocently. “This new railroad that man Ogilvy talks of building—which means, Shir- ley, that with Sequoia as his starting point, he- is going to build a. hundred and fifty miles north to connect with the main line of the Southern. Pacific in Oregon.” “But wouldn’t that be the finest thing that could possibly happen to Hum- boldt county?” she demanded- of him. “Undoubtedly it would—to Hum— boldt county; but to the Laguna Grands Lumber Company, in which you have something more than a sentimental in- terest, my dear, it would be a blow. A large part of the estate left by your father is invested in Laguna Grande stock, and as you know, all of my ef- forts are devoted to appreciating that stock and to fighfing against anything that has a tendency to depreciate it.” “Which reminds me, 'Uncle Seth, that you never discuss with me any of the matters pertaining to my business in- terests,” she suggested. He beamed upon her with his patron- izing and indulgent smile. “There is no reason why, you should puzzle that pretty head of yours with-business af- fairs while I am alive and on the job," he answered. “However, since you have expressed a desire to have this railroad situation explained to you, I will do so. I am not interested in see— ing a feeder built from Sequoia north to Grant’s Pass, and connecting with the Southern Pacific, but I am tremen~ dously interested in seeing a feeder built south from Sequoia toward San Francisco, to connect with the North- western Pacific.” “my?” “For cold, calculating business rea< He hesitated a mo- ment and then resumed: “A few months ago I would not have told you the things I am about to tell you, Shirley, for the reason that a few months ago it seemed to me you were destined to become rather friendly with young Cardigan. When that fel- low desires to be agreeable, he can be rather a; likable boy—lovable, even. You are both young; with young peo— ple who have many things in common and are thrown together in a commu nity like Sequoia, a lively friendship may develop into an ardent love; and it has been my experience that ardent love not infrequently leads. to the altar.” Shirley blushed, and her uncle chuck~ led good—naturedly. “Fortunately,” he continued, “Bryce Cardigan had the .misfortune to show himself to you in his true colors, and you had the good sense to dismiss him. Consequently I see no reason why I should not explain —-By Frank R. Leet I'M SORRY l’VE KEPT rte MA’S MEALS WAn-m' eurome or we LADDER ewes BUSTED, AN' You KIN SEE NE Been SORTEQ DETAINEO .‘ to “K —_‘ .to‘yoii new 11" _ . _ , ‘ part- Of wisdom to withhold from you 7 at that time—provided, of course, that .all this does not bore you to. extinc- tion." ‘ ' , “Do go on, Uncle Seth. I’m tremeng dously interested," averred Shirley. “Shortly after I launched the Lagu- na. Grande Lumber Company--—in which as your guardian and executor of your father’s estate, I deemed it wise to in- vest part of your inheritance—I found myself forced to seek further for.sound investmen‘s for your surplus funds. Now, good timber, bought cheap, in evitably will be sold dear. At least, such has been my observation during a quarter of a century—and old John Cardigan had some twenty thousand acres of the finest redwood timber in the state—timber which had cost him an average price of less than fifty cents per thousand. “Well, in this instance the old man had overreached himself, and finding it necessary to increase his working capital, he incorporated his holdings into the Cardigan rRedwood Lumber Company and floated a bond—issue of a million dollars. They were twenty- year six per cent certificates; the se- curity was ample, and I invested for you three hundred thousand dollars in Cardigan bonds. I. bought them at eighty, and they were worth two hun- dred; at least, they would have been worth tWo hundred under my manage- ment—” “How did you manage to buy them so cheap?” she interrupted. “01d Cardigan had had a long run of bad luck—due to bad management and bad judgment, my dear—an when a corporation is bonded, the bondholders have access to its financial statements. From time to time I discovered bond- holders W110 needed money and hence unloaded at a sacrifice; but by far the majority of the bonds I purchased for your account were owned by local peo- ple who had lost confidence in John Cardigan and the future of the red- wood lumber industry hereabouts. You understand, do you not?” “I do not understand what all this has to do with a railroad.” “Very well—«I shall proceed to ex- plain." He held up his index finger. “Item one: For years old John Cardi- gan has rendered valueless, because in- accessible, twenty—five hundred acres of Laguna Grande timber on ' Squaw ‘ 3 Creek. His absurd Valley of the Giants blocks the outlet, and of course he per— sisted in refusing me a right of way through that little dab of timber in or- der to discourage me and force me to sell him that Squaw Creek timber at his price.” “Yes,” Shirley agreed, “I dare say that was his object. Was it reprehen- sible of him, Uncle Seth?” “Not a hit, my dear. He was Simply playing the cold game of business. I would have done the same thing to Cardigan had the situation been re- versed. We played a game together—- and I admit that he won, fairly and squarely.” , “Then why is it that you feel such iesentment against him ?” “()h, I don’t resent the old fool, Shirley. He merely annoys me. I sup- pose ! feel a certain natural chagrin at having been beaten, and in conse- quence cherish an equally natural de- sire to pay the old schemer back in his own coin. Under the rules as we play the game, such action on my part is perfectly permissible, is it not?” “Yes,” she agreed frankly, “I think it is, Uncle Seth. Certainly, if he block- ed you and rendered your timber val- ueless, there is no reason Why, if you have the opportunity, you should not block him——and render his timber val- ueless.” The Colonel banged the table With his fist so heartily that the silver fairly leaped. “Spoken like a man!” he de- , clared. “I have the opportunity and (Continued on next page). Wilmmhllllllmmnmmnmunmmlminimum]minimunmnnmmmuumunnmmmummIlnnmlummlm hundreds thousands machinery. Detroit . _ '\ ‘ 7 . . '. . .\\\-n’ ‘4‘ m. ‘ il‘v‘ ' . \ \ \\ _ .i.. 1““ .. .. /}n?mi A.\" I“ \\ .. . llllllllllllllllllllll _. ..u ......\\‘l\~ _..\\\_w¢.. N .I- 1 ,, .,,. 0 make harvests more abundant -—to make farm profits larger—— to make farm work easier and farm life happier-"these are the achieve— ments of power farming machinery. 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ROYSTER GUANO, CO. TOLEDO, OHIO Our Weekly Semzon—By N. A. Mr sze CROWD was gathered around a bull that had just been sold at auction for ten thousand dollars. His new own-er proudly led him up and down the show ring. Before shipping him, he insured the animal for a goodly amount. The vaer of the individual animal has long been recognized by breeders. In the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew this is emphasized from the human'point of view. One’s final destiny is made to hinge on his atti- tude toward the individual. “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did it unto me.” What we are to do is enumerated. They are very common acts. There is nothing great or striking about them. Opportunity for doing them occurs every day. Some- one is thirsty, and we give him a drin-,k or hungry and we give him a bite, or lonely and we drOp in for a chat, or sick, and we try our skill at cheering him up. It is a common thought with us that we long to achieve some mighty deed that would be out of the ordinary, and all men would speak our praise. To do something to help a whole city would be worth while. To outline _ plans for affecting the child life of a state would be a worthy task. But to consume one’s time with an individual tact with the healthy ones. Slo‘ivly the silk industry of France rose to its for- mer magnitude. We are told that Pas- teur’s method of, combating the silk- worm disease is used at the present time. It has meant millions and mil- lions to- France, the prosperity of en- tire counties. The study of the indi- vidual made this possible. THE New Testament is a powerful record of the study of various in— dividuals. There was Peter, and there were James and John. There were large possibilities in these men, but how to bring out their latent powers was the question. Slowly, sympathet— ically, the Master Teacher accomplish- ed it. There was Dorcas, the little woman who loved to ‘make coats and garments for other people. And there was that slimy gentleman, Simon the Sorcerer, who met his match. The in~ dividual is never lost in the mass. Some of the greatest words spoken by our Lord were not said in public ad- dresses, in the ears of listening thou- sands. They were spoken to individ— uals. One day a young college presi- dent saw a barefooted boy, and spoke kindly to him. Later their acquaint- ance ripened into friendship. The lit— he-re or there is tame business. an ordinary person. mon attitude of folk everywhere. BUT it is the wrong attitude. Ch1 istian religion. was paralyzed. came diseased and died, 110w to combat it. came diseased. the ravages of this scourge. die. located the difficulty. spots were found. essary to separate them, (Continued from preceding page). am proceeding to impress the Cardi- gans with the truth of the old saying that every dog must have his day. When Cardigan’s contract with our road for the hauling of his logs ex- pires by limitation next year, I am not going to renew it—at least not until I have forced him to make me the con- cessions I desire, and certainly not at the present ruinous freight—rate.” “Then,” said Shirley eagerly, “if you got a right of way through his Valley of the Giants, you would renew the contract he has with you for the haul- ing of his logs, would you not?” “I would have, before young Cardi- gan raised such Hades that day in the logging—camp, before old Cardigan sold his Valley of, the Giants to another burglar-wand before I had gathered in dubitable evidence that neither of the Cardigans knows enough about manag- ing a. sawmill and selling lumber to. And it is painfully tame if the individual is This is the com- It is not modern and scientific and it certainly is not the attitude of the Science knows the value of the individual unit. Three gen- erations ago the silk industry of Frapce The silk worms be— through the working bf some mysterious infection. No one knew what the disease was, or Fresh silk worms were imported from various countries and even from Japan, but they all be- In one year France lost twenty millions of dollars through At last Pasteur, the famous bacteriologist, was consulted, and began-a study of the trouble. For days and weeks, he watch- ed the silk worms go through their various stages of growth, all apparent- ly healthy, until suddenly they would Hidden in a tiny village in a re- mote corner of France, Pasteur. toiled on, until his health gave way. But he On the bodies of the sick worms microscopic white These spots were the seats of the disease. Pasteur found that to have healthy moths it was nec~ so that the spotted moths would not come ‘in con- other man‘to give another $100,000. runs like this: A woman had been in torment a thousand years, and she lift- ed her face toward heaven and told Jehovah she could endure it no longer. The Creator looked down and said, “Can you remember one thing you did fOr a human being without expecting a reward?” The woman groaned in bitter anguish, for she had lived a sel- fish life “Think well! Was there not one?” “Yes, Lord, but it was nothing. It is not worth mentioning. Once I gave a carrot to a starving man, and he thanked me.” An angel was de- spatched to get the carrot. He held it over the bottomless pit and told the woman to seize it. “Cling to it and do not let go!” She did so and found her- self rising out of the pit. Other souls in misery saw her drawn upward, and they seized her feet, her arms, her garments, and clung there with de- spairing cries until there was an ever lengthening chain of writhing human- ity. The woman looked down and fear and anger seized her. She struggled and beat with hands and feet. “Get away from me! Stop clinging to me! This is my cariot!” Instantly the car— rot bloke and all fell back into the abyss which closed over them forever. The Valley of the Giants guarantee a reasonable profit on the capital they have invested and still pay the interest on their bonded and float- ing indebtedness. Shirley, I bought those Cardigan bonds for you because I thought old Cardigan knew his busi- ness and would make the bonds valua- ble—make them worth par. Instead, the Cardigan Redwood Lumber Com- pany is tottering on the verge of bank- ruptcy; the bonds I purchased for you me now worth less than I paid for them, and by next year the Cardigans will default on the interest. “So I’m going to sit tight and de- cline to have any more business deal— ings with the Cardigans. When their hauling contract expires, I shall not lenew it under any circumstances; that will prevent them from getting logs, and So they will automatically go out of the lumber business and into i the hands of a receiver, and since you are the largest individual stockholder, tle boy’s name was Rich, and he lived up to it, because he contributed $100,— 000 to the college of which his friend was president, and he persuaded an— There is an old Hebrew legend that AWMMA _. ,, \Nw UAW... _...M. _. ~w i." 1,‘:representing'.you andy'a.‘ number of ' executive committee of the bondhold- then have myself appointed receiver minor ‘b‘ondholders’, will dominate the ers when they meet to consider’what shall be done when the Cardigans de- fault on their interest and the pay- ment due the sinking fund. I shall for the Cardigan Redwood Lumber Company, investigate its affairs thor- oughly, and see for myself whether or no there is a possibility of working it out of the jam it. is in and saving you a loss on your bonds. “1 must pursue this course, my dear, in justice to you and the othenbond- holders. If, on the other hand, I find the situation hopeless or conclude that a period of several years must ensue before the Cardigans work out of debt, I shall recommend to the bank which holds the deed of trust and acts as trustee, that the property be sold at public auction to the highest bidder to reimburse the bondholders. Of course,” he hastened to add, “if the property sells for more than the corporation owes such excess will, in due course be turned over to the Cardigans.” “is it likely to sell at a price in ex- cess of the indebtedness,” Shirley queried anxiously. “lt is possible, but scarcely proba- ble," he answered dryly. “I have in mind, under those circumstances, bid- ding the proper'y in for the Laguna (,lrande Lumber Company and merging it with our holdings, paying part of the purchase—price of the Cardigan proper— ty in Cardigan bonds, and the remaind— er in cash." “But what will the Cardigans do then. Uncle Seth?" “Well, long before the necessity for such a contingency arises, the old man will have been gathered to the bosom of Abraham; and after the Cardigan Redwood Lumber Company has ceased to exist, young Cardigan can go to work for a living.” “Would you give him. employment, Uncle Seth?” would not. Do you. think I am crazy, Shirley? Remember, my dear, there is no sentiment in business. If there was, we Wouldn’t have any bus- inoss." “I think I understand, Uncle Seth— with the exception of what effect the building of the N. C. O. has upon your plans.” (Continued next week). Sunshine Hollow Items By Ru/ze Rubicon Peter Thompson’s hired man poured molasses into the motor car engine, thinking it was cylinder oil. Peter says the car didn’t run as good as us- ual and he thinks he will have to go back to using oil. This same hired man was telling Peter of a poor fool who sat on a big apple limb and sawed himself off. While telling it he sat on a big limb and sawed himself off be— fore he realized which branch he was sitting on. This same hired man got kicked in the head by a horse yester- day but it didn’t hurt the horse much, just made it a little lame for a day. Milburn Bushelby used to drink and had that for an excuse for not amount- ing to anything. Folks said that Mil- burn was a good enough man to be President if: he would leave the booze alone. And now Milhurn has had his booze cut out and it was a serious op- eration for him. But he don’t amount to anything and nobody has mentioned him mr President. John Rip’pensnort had a tough grand- father. His father was tougher. Folks said that John would hit the skids someday. But he is teaching a class of little girls in Sunday School. He is married and has four children and . paid an ihcome tax last year. Sun- shine Hollow folks respect John and would like to run him for congress if he was a lawyer instead of a farmer Jccarafe Weigbty‘now even 72102‘9" important 0 GET first hand facts about your farm crop weights you must have a dependable scale. Such a scale tells you whether or not you are feeding your stock for profit. It tells you exactly what that stock should market. It assures you greatest returns from your produce. It checks the weights of what you buy—whether it be fer- tilizer, feed, live stock or seed. You should have a Fairbanks Scale for Wagon and Stock use. 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Mere than one hundred and fifty Michigan church leaders,- gathered from all parts of the state, met at the Michigan Agricultural College during the first two weeks Of July for the an- nual rural conference. Studying every- thing from community games to eco- nomics, English literature, and purely church affairs, these men applied them- selves to a program of subjects bear- speedmg Up Rural ° ehu ' Country Fasten Face Vital Prod/am 2'72 7822' Round— ' ‘ " I]? (ll‘ Ed.”L Ldflflflg—By J. B. Hanelman must be leadership in the building of "this new and fuller rural civilization.” Pastors Study Economics. Realizing this demand for leadership of a practical sort, delegates at the conference turned a keen ear to all discussion of the business and econom- ic welfare of. the farm. A series of talks by Prof. C. s. Dunford, of the economics faculty at M. A. 0., turned out to be among the best attended~ meetings. Sharp and intelligent dis- cussion of producers’ marketing prob— lems—consideration of the law of sup« ply and demand; clear thinking on the question of satisfying the desire for luxuries; and speculation, as a good or bad influence, were among the live. practical points taken up by the min- isters in these economic meetings. The sound grasp of business princi- ing upon many phases of their work. That the rural church must undergo broad readjustment in order to prepare for leadership of the new country life was the keynote of this year’s confer- ence. Realizing fully that new stand-- ards of living are being accepted throughout the farm districts, the as- sembled pastors faced squarely the problem of keeping apace with these changed conditions. ing of a new and higher type of rural life,” said one of the speakers. “The comforts, conveniences, and satisfac- tions of life must be made just as available on the farm as they are in the cities~the rural population must be contented and happy in its work. And it is here that that church comes in. The task of every rural minister c i o. . worth 3300.00. ’W. rihnson. Prescott, Michigan and other modern advantages “Conditions today demand the build- spoken of as perfectly proper “wants” for the members of any congregation. In fact the feeling was expressed quite generally that the church must not only sanction these modern changes in rural standards of living, but actually aid its community to obtain them~—if the church is to retain its position of influence and leadership. , ,'_Mi,nister's_ Brushing Away Cobwebsarid ~Generating_"‘Pcp.” Rural Ministers \in COnference at M. A. C. pies, and above all the enthusiastic in- terest in “worldly,” every-day matters displayed by the church delegates was a gratifying surprise to visitors at the conference, who saw in it a guarantee that the Michigan rural church is to take an active, effective part in the leadership of better conditions among our rural people. Automobiles, “movies,” good clothes were Michigan ministers have proved .\"“\__ . . AA.,,-_.— ”fl” , x \— themselves far frOm too dignified for _ progressive work in the Michigan rural ' church." ' participation in athletic contests. Ev- ery. afternoon during the conference the entire group assembled at the col- lege gymnasium for two hours of rec- reative, athletic work. These hours were under‘the direct supervision of C. L. Brewer, director of athletics and physical training at the agricultural college, who saw. to it that not a min- ister was allowed an idle moment dur- ing the “play" periods. Of course, the chief purpose of this work was to acquaint the pastors with modern play methods, so that they could take the lead in promoting com- munity games at home, but it is safe to say that the delegates looked for— ward to the gymnasium. meetings with more enthusiasm than to almost any- thing else. Sedate and dignified were adjectives which simply did not apply during these sessions, and the cry of “Slide, Kelly, Slide,” was heeded liter- ally by many a base runner in the daily ball games. Baseball, volleyball, basketball, handball, leap frog, three- deep, and many other games which lend themselves well to community gatherings were explained and then played. Another popular feature of the con- ference was a. series of talks on “Re- cent Tendencies in Literature,” deliv— ered by Prof. W. W. Johnston, head 'of the M. A. C. department of English. These lectures brought the visiting ministers up‘to-date in a literary way. Responsibility Rests on Church. Throughout the meetings a feeling that rural life in general is facing a crucial period was evident. Much was said of the problems of food produc- tion and increased production, and the fact that a heavy responsibility rests upon‘the church in this connection was brought out. ' l—ligh prices alone will not bring about the desired stimulation of pro— duction. Living conditions in the coun« try must be improved so materially that farmers will be happy in their workmwill want to stay on the farm because they love the life. Speaking in this connection, Dr. W. W. Diehl, of Albion, Extension Department of the Methodist Church, and one of the conference leaders, said: “We will never settle permanently the conflict between capital and labor until we settle the food probelm. We will never solve the food problem until; { we settle the rural problem. And we" will never solve the rural problem un— til we have built a stable rural civili- zation, furnishing to the farmer and his family all the basic satisfactions of life as completely and fully as they may be furnished in the cities.” Hope for Permanent Conferences. Resolutions passed by the conference toward'the end of its sessions express- ed the hope that the rural conference might become a permanent, yearly in— stitution. Meetings of this kind were started several years ago, in connec- tion with the summer school work at the agricultural college, and have been growing steadily in scope and numbers each year since. Other resolutions adopted expressed appreciation to Prof. E. H. Ryder, directoor of the M. A. 0. summer term, for his work in organiz- ing and promoting the conference, which was held to be one of the best churchxmeetings of its kind. “No rural church in Michigan can . afford to'allow its pastor to miss con~ ferences of this kind,” said Dr. Diehl at the close of the meeting. “The stimulation given the intellectual, re- ligious, and practical needs of the men in attendance cannot be overestimated. The fact that many churches realized this to such an extent that they paid all expenses of their ministers to this; conference—and did not count the two" weeks as part of the annual vacation ——promise big things for the future of i new is That Plow Especially Designer for Fordson Tm : . asses sagas 55% so 55g \ 55“ e TRACTOR PLOW THE"’4-O”FIT S THE FORDSON If you are planning to buy a Fordson tractor, be sure to see that new John Deere plow made especially for it. 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I often sit and think of those days and of a certain combination—used by all farm boys and girls, “books and dinner pails.” Did you ever stop to think about that combination, “books and dinner pails?” As far back as you can re- member, you very probably carried both to and from school. In your books you found information; you found prob- lems to solve, which trained you to think and reason clearly; you found stories and poems, which taught you lessons you have never forgotten. In your dinner pail you found your mid— day meal, which was quite as import— O . ant as what. you found in your books. This furnished the energy and strength which you used when you Were sitting Q5 Books and Dinner Pails 7726 Introduction of t/ze. Hot Luna/2 Hal; Great/y - Improved So/zoo/ Worse of Our Boys and Girls By G. 0. Stewart farm the hearty mealIOf the day is served at noon; so during the school months, the children InlSS the principal meal and consequently are underfed, taking a hasty breakfast, a cold lunch and a light supper. It is an almost universal habit of the farm to use dinner “left—overs” for the ‘evening meal. The habit is commend- able enough but the preparation of the food is not. Usually the process means much frying of food. For breakfast the farm child usually has/fried pota- toes, fried pancakes, fried eggs, etc. At supper time there are fried pota- toes, fried fritters, fried meats, or fried eggs, etc., all fried and injurious to the health of the children. This is the new idea along the line of dinner pails. It may be the same old dinner pail, in it there may be just Leaders Plan to Extend this Helpful Work to Other Communities. still studying, or running and playing or walking home from school. Books have changed considerably since those day which We are remem- bering. So have other things in the schoolroom. The little ones are not learning the A. B. (L‘s as you did. Each one has a. pencil and tablet which were luxuries in the days of slates. Readers and language books are made attractive with pleasing pictures and interesting stories. ~ Have dinner pails seen any improve- ment since the old school days? They look much the same as they come glis- tening along the road, or stand in a row on the shelf. Occasionally, we find a new type lunch box with a thermos bottle. It really seems to me that more at— tention has been given the book side of school life and too little to the din- ner-pail side. The noOnday lunch is one of the most vital problems of the rural school today. The old-time “bis- cuit-and-’lasses’-swallow - whole - while- yowrun” process is in the discard. The mental condition of boys and girls de- pends largely upon their physical con- dition. Their physical condition de- pends largely upon their food. It is a notable fact that farm chil- dren are frequently underfed: On the plenty of old-fashioned bread and but— ter and an apple. But along with that, there will be some hot soup, or some cocoa, made at: school. I find that the children feel better after a lunch like this and they will work better. I find here, too, that the boys and girls are anxious to improve the conditions of our rural schools and will work to in- stall a permanent system by which all will have a warm lunch at noon. 1 have brought the above facts to your attention because I am a firm be- liever that the hot lunch project is both educational and economical. I can enlarge upon this by telling you of my experiences the past year. Our conditions here in Wayne county vary decidedly from the modern standardiz- ed consolidated school to the one-room one-teacher type. But, insofar as‘the serving of hot lunches is concerned, Wayne county schools are comparable with those of practically any other county in the state. While starting my winter projects last year, several teachers spoke to me about organizing hot lunch clubs. One school in particular comes to mind now. This was located in the south- em part of the county, where the pop- ulation was largely foreign. The land was poor, the farmers'of eel-fitting _-: v ~hot dishes. type, and needless to say, the ‘school lacking the “attack.” The vigor was growing weaker, each year the teacher was required to use an unwarranted amount of effort in getting the work done. Early in the fall, I visited the school and talked over what the teach- er called “an experiment.” We decid- ed to make the hot lunch very simple and not serve a large variety. This spring the following report came in from that teacher: “We have a large number of Polish children here and it was hard to run our club work like other schools. We started to serve hot lunches October 15 and we discontin— ued the Work the last week in. March. We served cocoa and various kinds of hot soups. By not having a large va- riety of things, the actual cost was very small. During this period, we served six hundred and eighty-three It cost $5.03, or $0075 per meal per child. This surprised us all, and we would not go through another cold winter without the hot lunches at noon.” ‘ Still another school organized a club. This was the Brainard School in Dear- born toWnship. Here the movement was started by interested parties but without first consulting the parents with the needs of the children. After a public school meeting was held, the club plan explained and the “majority” vote cast, the hot lunch project was started. This spring I asked a mem- ber of the club’s officers to write me a story about their winter‘s work. Here is what the secretary of that club wrote: “The Boil and Bubble Club” was or— ganized October 19, 1919, by Mr. Stew— art, the County Club Leader, and Miss Hutty from Lansing. When we first organized our club, we voted for a president, vice-presi- dent, secretary and treasurer, then we had to think of a name. As there were nineteen of us, each had to think of a different name, but we could not give the club all of them, so we had to vote. , Thename which received the largest CO number of votes was “Boil and Bub~ ble.” We all liked the name and thought it a good one for 'the club, because we all know that when the food boils it forms bubbles. Well, when we had the name thought of and the club organized we began cooking. The first day we had cocoa, but in order to make the cocoa we had to have cooks, but what was to come next? The dish- es were dirti-ed and had to be washed. To get them washed, we had to choose some housewives, that is, someone to do the dishes and clean the kitchen. We usually had three cooks and three housewives. ~When the dishes were washed and the kitchen cleaned we were through for the day. Then, of course, we had to think of something for the next day, which was baked potatoes and a small amount of butter, but other days when we had cream potatoes, bean soup or any oth— er kind of meals, one would bring the beans, one the milk, or whatever we had. When we brought anything we would have it marked down in a book, how much it cost and what it was. At the end of the week the book— keeper would figure up how much it cost each person. It would cost from one cent to three cents a day, but three was always the most. It was several times when we would prepare for twenty and there would only be perhaps a dozen to serve. Therefore, those who were present were the lucky Ones, as We could then have a sécOnd helping as long as the soup, or what- ever we had that day, lasted. But we were always glad to serve the twenty people, because the more we served, the less it cost. Well, we kept this up all winter and always had something warm to eat ev— ery day, which we enjoyed very much. We hope to keep it up every year, and see if we can’t get more members to join. I think all will agree that we not only had a good time, but were bene- fited as welt—Florenz Greuzke, Sec- retary. Aged fourteen years. Down in Taylor township, we had a little one-room schoolhouse, which from its outward apeparance, white paint and usual surroundings, would not attract an ordinary viistor. But, —’\-_’-\“‘ , l \‘i l l ..._x~v——«V~ ‘ .,.«A_ . _,.__ V, 444% ‘--_. \AV - “A _. «K n .< .'.\. 'by. c’ha’riéd‘it .so happened that the » heard of a method in which flour paste r _ sueM'm lend-directions. boys and girlsthere had heard of club . work before. They had had a poultry club there for the two preceding: sum- mers. They had won a state champion- ship and were already quite familiar with the benefits derived from boys’ and girls’ clubs. girls was in the poultry club and she was elected president of the 'Hot Lunch Club,- ,organized there in 1920. Her story, which follows, tells very plainly how the lunch club project works out in a community where the parents, teachers, school authorities and all are in a cooperative frame of mind. “How we Carried on Our Hot Lunch ,' Club.” Our club was organized the twenty~ second of January. 1920. It was or- ganized because the mothers and our teacher, Miss Wood. wanted one very much. It was encouraged by .talks given by Mr. Stewart, County Club Leader, and by the reading of the movement by other schools. ‘ Our work was planned so that there was no money handled by the treas- urer. Our accounts were kept by the secretary. The chief cook ordered arti- cles of food from the pupils. The slips were given out every Friday night for the following week. The president of the club selected two groups of three pupils each, one to cook and serve and the other to act as housekeepers. Each group worked two weeks, alternating their work. As the pupils marched by the kitch- en door each one took a cup, spoon and (Continued on page 189). PRESERVING CORN IN BRINE. OME time ago a request came in for preserving corn in brine. At that time no directions were available. Since then the following have been found in “Every Step in Canning,” by Grace Viall Gray. "Husk and clean the silk from the corn; wash and place the ears on end in the jar, packing the jar nearly full. Pour the brine over the ears; add cov- er and weights. Fermented corn has a sour taste, which may not be relished. if the corn is eaten alone. For this reason it will be preferable in most cases to preserve corn by drying, can- ning or by salting without fermenta- tion. Fermented corn, however, may be used in the preparation of some dishes, such as chowders, omelets and so forth, where its flavor will be mask- ed to some extent by other ingredients. To some people this peculiar acid taste of fermented corn is not at all objec— tionable.” The brine is made as follows: “To each gallon of water used add one-half pint of vinegar and three-fourths cup of salt and stir until salt is dissolved. The amount of brine necessary to cov- er the vegetables will be equal to about onehalf the volume of the material to be fermented. If a five-gallon jar is to be used two and one-half gallons of brine will be needed.” DILL PICKLES. Several requests for dill pickles have been received. Cover the bottom of the container, glass fruit jars or stone cro'cks may be used, 'with dill leaves. Fill half full, add another layer of dill, fill the container with cucumbers, haVv One of the younger J THE SIGN OF QUALITY Lookfor the ROWENA trade-mark on the sack this superfine flour. There’s‘Economy and Satisfaction in Quality Flour and there is a far greater difference in flour than is gener- ally realized. 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W212 Name “Bayer” identifies genuine Aspirin introduced to physicians in l900. insist on unbroken packages of Aspirinfitl’ntndemkolBayerMandmeof ”mic/um of Salicylicadd ' OFFER No. 114. The Michigan Farmer, one year. .31.00 Board’s Dairyman, one year. . . . . . 1.00 Swine Breeders’ Journal, one year .50; Total value on-i'o-ooocooaoocoo‘ 2-50. i All for $1.90. l E I Club work was started this year, and in determining the best method to follow in the various phases of the project, there are many prob- lems to be worked out as we go along. You have heard it said many times, and seen it proven in no uncertain way, that; the small farmer's family has far too little milk and other dairy products in the daily diet. To correct this condition, to give the country boy a knowledge of how to raise and care for high-grade and pure- bred dairy cattle, and to demonstrate that the animal of best quality and best milking strains can be made just ‘as profitable in the hands of a club boy as the large dairyman, are the rea— Robert Perry and His Good Heifer, “Deep Run Fuchsia.” sons why we propose organizing the dairy cattle clubs. The dairy cow club appeals to many boys and girls who are old enough to care for a cow. It appeals much more than does the calf club for the reason that the dairy cow produces an imme- diate and tangible income in the form of milk sales and the offspring, while there is no tangible income from the calf for the first two years unless it is sold. From the standpoint of improving the herd, the dairy cow club has an- other advantage over the calf club, 1n- asmuch as the profit from milk and offSpring is likely to be equal to, or even more, than the interest on the in- vestment. This makes it possible for the boy or girl who has to borrow the money to pay the interest, and possi— bly something on the principal, and Mr. Bailey's Sous . thus renew the note from one period to another until it is paid. In the case of the calf club the own- er oftentimes sells his calf at the close of the year to meet the note instead of keeping the calf as a nucleus of a future herd, or for purposes of herd OBoys’ Dairy Cattle Clubs By G. 0. Stewart, County» C/ué'Leaa’er, [Va/37726 County HIS branch of Boys’ and Girls’ bred cattle and have feed and other facilities for taking care of them. There are others who will produce the feed, but need assistance in purchas- ing well-bred animals. Both classes will take an interest in the Work and be successful if given the right assist- improvement. There are many boys who have means with which to purchase well- his or her best efforts. ance and encouragement. We will as— sist everyone who will respond with [CONTRACT_ NOTE This agreement, made and entered into this. . . . . . . . . . . .day of .. . . . ............ one thousand, nine hundred and . . . . . . . ..... between the .........of ............... State of Michigan, hereinafter called the Bank, party of the first part, and of State of Michigan, hereinafter called the Club Member, party of the second part, wit- nesseth: THAT WHEREAS, The Bank is providing finances for the pur- chase of purebred heifers and is extending credit through notes is- sued for a period of twelve months with renewal privileges, with interest at six per cent, to boys and girls who have expressed their desire to become members of the Wayne County Junior Dairy Cattle Club, and to purchase purebred heifers and have presented applications for membership properly filled out and signed. NOW THEREFORE, It is mutually understood and agreed be- tween the parties hereto as follows: FIRST, The Bank agrees to loan money to said club member for a period of one year with interest at six per cent, with renewal privileges. INSURANCE: Party of first part to keep property insured as long as note is in effect. SECOND: The Club Member agrees to use this money for the purchase of a purebred Holstein heifer, and for that purpose only. He further agrees to feed and care for the animal well and to fol- low, as far as possible, the suggestions and rules outlined by the club leadeis. The Club member also hereby expresseshis or her wish to always remain loyal to the Junior Dairy Cattle Club, putting the Welfare of the club before his or her individual interests. The Club Member further agrees to secure permisison of the Bank before disposing of animal purchased or her offspring, as long as the attached note is in effect. Title of property to be with Club member when note is fully paid. (This contract is signed by bank president and cashier and the club member and is witnessed by. two witnesses). ...... o. $............ ..... ,Mich., ........ , 19.. On or before .{. ....-..., 19.., I promise to pay to the order of the of , Michigan, ........ . . Dollars. Value received Payable at the .Bank, Michigan, with interest at six per cent. at any time. Partial payments accepted Club Member Endorsed by Already Entered a Partnership" with Dad, ’ Calvin Galloway Raises Oner kind of“ Cash Crop' in Form 0&1th “311mg." Early last spring I held a confer- ence with Mr. J. A. Waldron, Exten- sion Specialist from the Michigan Ag- ricultural College, relative to workingw out plans for the Dairy Cattle Club. A , number of dairymen were consulted and all promised to assist in locating and bringing in heifers and to give the work any other possible support. I also visited the county banks and they agreed to give the club members financial assistance when it was neces- sary. The accompanying contract form ' was used. The notes in most cases are for twelve months and renewable if nec- essary. Each boy is required to get his father’s endorsement. Cash crops help some boys to get money during the summer months. About fifteen boys have enrolled and agreed to follow the instructions of Ralph Case with Mary Glen Colantha DeKol. the club. All are securing bred heif- ers that will freshen this fall. The Holsteins are the representative breed, due largely to the fact that our county sells whole milk for the Detroit supply. With thevlimited amount of feed in this county, it is reasonable to suppose it more advisableto buy cattle that will soon be producing milk than to buy calves that must be fed for a cou- ple of years before returning any profit. The Dairy Cattle Clubs must have much assistance and the club members must have encouragement by every- one interested if they are expected to make a success. The boys and girls in the pig club or poultry club can, by putting out a very small sum of mon- ey, and a reasonable amount of atten- tion to their work, in a few months wv‘w‘ ‘VMK - WM” “my... , . .‘h 7.." . 3 u ; a ~‘,‘ A I: .. earn several times as much as their efforts and expenditures have amount- ed to. _ ‘ It is not so in the Dairy Cattle Clubs. If the—club member purchases a pure- bred animal he must pay dearly for it. Bred heifers are quoted at $200, $250 and up. On this acCount, we must ex- ercise rigid care in selecting the boys to take up this work in the beginning for we must have no failures, and mustmetain the aid of the bankers ~tom round of the ladder of success. Books and Dinner Pails \ (Continued from page 187). napkin and went to their own seat. Then the teacher took the kettle and large spoon or soup ladle and dished directly from the kettle to the cups. Our cooks wore a costume consist- ing of a white apron and cap with the words “Sand Hill” stitched on the cap. Some of our equipment was procured by a program given by the teacher and pupils. We had enough deer fees to get a few of the supplies. After this we gave a shower and sent out invita- tions to 'all of the ladies in the district to bring some definite article that was stated on the invitation. “If you have a leisure hour, Will you spend it with us at our shower? Bring a dish cloth, pan or spoon, Anything that we can use soon. Oh! How we long for something hot, To fill up that chilly spot.” About twentyilve ladies attended our shower. The district furnished the oil stove and oil for the stove. We could hardly wait for the first hot dish of food. We had many good times sitting in our seats eating our hot food and list- ening to the phonograph music. I have learned a great many things about cooking and serving. Many of the girls who never cooked before made some very good meals. There were a number of other plac- es where boys and girls received hot lunches, among which we find, Tren- ton, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Dearborn, .Wayne, Grosse Pointe and Grosse Ile. The work at Grosse Ile, where we have a typical consolidated township school is a story in itself. During the war the ladies of the island contribut— ed largely to the Red Cross and were _ especially proud of their canteen divi- sion. When school opened last fall the leaders of the Old» Red Cross can- teen organization suggested to the sup- erintendent, C. A. Lewis, that they were willing to assist in serving a hot dish to all children carrying cold lunch- es. This led to a small group meet- ing of the teachers, a few parents and the County nurse, Miss Rogers, our home demonstration agent, and myself were asked to be present. The result of the first meeting was the organiza- tion there of a Parent-Teachers’ Asso— ciation. The next meeting of the Par- ent-Teachers’ Association brought out seventy~five interested fathers, moih- ers and teachers. Mr. Lewis asked me to be present, and present, as their first big problem, the serving of hot lunches. I took this up in detail, using food charts and posters on hot lunch work, familiarizing parents and teach- ers just how the lunches could be served. The following day I met the super- intendent, the domestic science teach- er, and president of the board of edu- cation. Plans were talked over and the club organized with the school children. One Ahundred and twenty boys and girls became members of the . club, half of whom were below ten years of age and were called associate members. The officers were elected and committees appointed to look after.‘ the cooking, housekeeping and book- keeping. In a very few days the jani- tor ha‘dmade benches and hingingta- bles along the walls. In the beginning 3 just one, hot dish was. served, cocoa who will loan money to any number of boys as soon as it is shown that some can succeed. I have great faith in our undertaking and a firm belief in all the underlying possibilities of the Junior Dairy Cattle Club. Though these club members are now only in their “teens," they will soon take active parts in all live stock affairs. The partnership established with “da ” is bound to form the bot— being the first hot dish. As most of the materials were purchased at the store it was necessary for the treasur- er to collect money each week. This proved to be unsatisfactory, so the meal-ticket System was established. This lunch card was sold in advance by the treasurer of the club. It cost fifty cents and the club member’s name was written on the card. All cards were numbered and this was also re corded at the time of purchase. When a club member lost his card it could easily be returned to the proper own- er. The teachers kept the cards for the younger members and passed them out just as they lined up each noon. One of the most noteworthy features of the club was that the Red Cross ladies came in each noon to assist in serving he lunches. The success of the club could not have been 50 note worthy were it not for the close coop— eration of these ladies. After the club had served a month, it was decided to sell milk and two kinds of sandwiches besides the one hot dish. This was thought advisable because so many children were bringing very poorly bal— anced lunches from home. Then, too, after a time most parents were glad to have their children buy the com- plete meal at school, thus eliminating the hurry of packing lunches before the school bus arrived in the morning. Before the entire meal was served the hot dish alone cost about three cents per day per child. Adding to that a glass of milk and a sandwich the total cost of a complete meal averaged nine cents for each club member per day. At the close of the school year, the pupils, teachers and parents declared it was the outstanding feature of the winter’s work. The school board went on record as favoring the hot lunch project and voted $600 for its support for the coming year. “Books and Dinner Pails” then, has been an interesting “experiment" this past year. From now on the hot lunch project will be accepted by me as a good policy in school work. Some of the pleasant effects I have no’iced are the improved afternoon conditions, the lengthened lunch period, better socia- bility among the boys and girls at the luncheon hour and the grateful appre- ciation of the school patrons. The dis“ advantagcs are so negligible that our enterprising teachers, with almost no equipment have served the hot lunch successfully. At the close of the school year, one boy wrote me about the hot lunch club in their school. He closed his letter by saying: “I never felt so Wellas I did this winter. I only missed two days in the term. 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The De Laval Separator skims wash, and lasts longer—that is why there are more De Lavals in use than all other The De Laval is the World's Standard Separator. ii A De Laval purchased now will pay for itself before Spring. ‘ See the nearest De Laval local agent at once, or write the nearest De Laval office below for any information desired SEPARATOR CO. 61 Beale Street SAN FRANCISCO BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY ‘ Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Ten Days before date of publication VVfldwood Famns IXnguJ' Ef‘fies 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 W. E. SCRIPI’S. Prop.. Sidney Smith.Supt. WO0DCOTE ANGUS imported Herd Bulls 151.0110 or llAlt\’ll£.<’l‘()llN (45547) by Jason of Ballindalloch (38048) EDUARDO 0F DALMENY (45501) by Escort. of Harviestoun (36006) Woodcoto Stock Farm, Ionia. Mich. Three registered Guernsey bull calves. May Rose breeding close ly related to Spottswood Daisy Pearl Dolly Dimples, Langwater Nanc. Langwnter Hope. Langwater Daisy and imported ltc en Daisy 3rd, cows that have the higher milk and butter fat production of the breed. Calves sired by Albany' s King of Anna. Dean Farm: his grand dam .‘pottswood Daisy, Pearl. Alec Harper. fritdward Lowe. Robinson Rd.Grand Rapids. Mich. SPRING DELL FARM GUERNSEYS For sale: Choice of two bulls two and three years old; L180 bull calves three to twelve months Registered. lendid §3ndividuals and breegdinggx Prices righfi DPHIT {MOTHERS R. ox 20. orte, 1 i3 1 JndiaTna. Two nearly ready for light GllOl‘llSO Bulls. service. An opp portun ty set tilt 0 his producing “Go lden Secret” strain [for a snap. xoellent. individuals, growthv and per. ichigan for HighLGlass Guernsey . Grades For Sale Buyin311 lbs. milk in '7 dens over 100001le milk in 100 d 1ys 105 lbs. milk in ldav 6961115 milk in 71111.15 2669 lbs. milk in 30 days 100 lbs milk in 1 day 208.14 lbs milk 111 I yt or 100 lbs. milk in 1 dz 1y 6591bs. milkin '7 days " " 18675 lbs milk 1n 1 ye ar Others under test are making large milk records A fine lot of young bulls from 3 lmontlis to 2 years old for sale. Get a“n1ilk"bull and increase milk productitom in your hard Our herds are under U S supervision. MCPHERwN FARMS CO.. Howell 571.46 lb. milk in 7 days. is 31' 06 lb' bUtter average of 9 nearest tested dams of 2 1110. old bull. Price $150. erms. o .L.McLAUL1N, Redford. Mich. Mich. accepted in payment of finely bred reg- . 600‘ "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. Quality of the best and All prices within reach of :11. Write. GE D.KEOLAB - Vassar. Mich 11o"fl {stored Holstein cows and heifers due to freshen Some bred to 11. 421131111. Price 8200 to meach. B. B. REAVEY. Akron. Mich. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES FOR SALE 1* rom dams with good records. BULL CALVES SIRED B~ 451b. BULL. BULL CALVES SIRED BY 34 lb. BULL BULL CALVES SlRED BY 33 lb. BULL. PRICES VERY REASONABLE. Privelege of return if not satisfied. A. W. COPLAND,‘ Birmingham, Michigan. Ilcrd under State and Federal Supervision, CLUNY STOCK FARM A Semi-Olliical Brod Bull to Head Your Head Maplecrest Application l’ontiao No.132652. heads Our Herd His dam's record is 1344.3 lbs. butter 23,421.? lbs. milk in 3135 days. and 35.103 lbs. butter and 515'0 lbs. milk in 7 days. (inc of his sons from our good recoxd dams will carry these great blood lines into Your Herd. For Pedigrees and Prices write to R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich. Holstelns of Quality Fifteen High Grade Holstein Cows For Sale E. A. HARDY, Rochester, Mich. The Traverse Herd We have what you want in BULL CALVES, the large. fine growthy typo. 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 cm STATE 116511111. Traverse City, Mich. For sa' R.eg Holstein bull calf. born Dec. 1919. ' price $l00 00. Satisfaction guarant Writ. to to LOU S LIETAEBT. Tower. Mich. c .action,and initiative among the farm— with radioalism. SOcialism never has and never can result from voluntary ers themselves, but the most damnable sort of radicalism is that spread by some of these fanatics who have made capital stock out of the farmer’s pre~ dicament to feather their own nests. Right now is a mighty good time for some of these calamity howlers to let us know whether or not they are in- terested in the farmer’s business enough to aid them in solving some of their buying and selling problems. I have been interested in cooperation for years and have tried various brands, from the Grange efforts down to local associations trying to go it alone, but we have failed in many Of our under- takings, not because cooperation was wrong in principle, but because we blindly followed a few leaders who were looking at our problems from the outside. This Farm Bureau idea strikes me as logical, since we are getting or- ganized for protection from the com— mon enemy, and a majority is always necessary to men in al big fight—at least the odds are always in favor of the majority.” About two miles out of Centerville We visited the farm of one of the lead— ing potato growers of the county, Rolly 'l‘ruckenmiller. llere we found an ex- cellent prospect for a large crop of po— tatoes. Mr. ’l‘ruckenmiller knows the potato—growing game from A to Z, and in spite of the long drouth in his 10- cality his fields are in fine condition and the potatoes are making a satisfac- tory growth. lie is a fird advocate of spraying and believes that he increas- es his yield from twenty to forty bush- els per acre at a cost of not to exceed five dollars per acre for materials and labor. Mr. Truckenmiller not only 'raises good potatoes but he has a fine farm and grows other crops with equal success. llis farm consists of one hundred and twenty acres and his av- erage acreage of. potatoes amounts to approximately one-fifth of this area. NE' cow—testing association of twen- ty-four members has accomplished a vast amount of good for the dairy industry of the county. 0. B. Graham, of Mendon, is president, and Charles McKerlie, of Sturgis, secretary, of the association. More good could be ac- complished if the work was conducted so that yearly milk and butter-fat rec- ords meant something to breeders of purebred dairy cattle. If Michigan dairy authorities and breeders of pure— bred dairy cattle would get together and put these cow—testing associations on some basis whereby the records would be recognized by the various dairy breeders’ associations, what a wonderful amount of good would be accomplished and how many thou- sands oi dollars would be added to the value of the breeding stock owned by men who would gladly join and help support the organizations. Some of the states have joined such enterprises and as a result animals from a herd backed by yearly production records attract buyers from distant localities. Why not give the breeders of Michi- gan equal Opportunity in this semi- oii‘icial yearly work? Who is responsi- ble for holding back the enterprise? These are things that our breeders of dairy cattle are entitled to know, and if there is a remedy, to apply it, no matter whose shins are barked in the skirmish. The time is past when farm~ ‘ ers and breeders of dairy cattle are going to pay out their good money to support a lot of duplication of effort and maintain two sets of cow—testers, both working at forty per cent effi- ciency. One busy supervising seven- day tests that mean little to the prac- tical dairyman; the other supervising yearly tests that amount to nothing to the practical breeder of dairy cattle. Can you beat it? An interesting, though not a very merit. Choice individuals of BI express and re ister in buyer’s name. J. CARL EWETT, f o. ’ 1. C. 5‘ sonyvs 1;oR SIR Young sows due to farrow in Se tember. TYPE breeding. Spring boarsxready for ship- I ship C. O. D. pay R. 5, Mason, Michigan. Increase lhe Efficiency of your DAIRY HERD by using a l Registered Holstein Sire We have bulls of all ages listed at rea- sonable prices. Also grade and pure—bred cows and heifers. Michigan Holslein-Friesian Assn. Old State Block, lensing, Mich. on pure bred BARGA'N PRICES Holltoin heifers and young bulls ready for service. JOSEPH H. BREWER, Grand Rapids. Michigan HEREFORDS 20 Cows and Heifers of popular breed- ing for sale also bulls not related. ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW, MICHIGAN HEREFORDS D. S. Polled Herefords Herd headed by lteiiner Bullion. 815933. (18242) son of grand champion Bullion ith. For Sale—A few good polled and horned cows bred to this great bull. Also three fine bull calves not related to him. Correspondence solicited. Cole & Gardner, Hudson,Mich. Just. purchased 3 new hords, now have Herefords' 150 head; we olier you anything desired Priced reason- liad Axc. Mich. either sex, horned or polled, any age. able. THE McCA it'l‘YS, . 4 Reg. bulls 5 t08 mo. Old. Prices Herefords ‘ reasonable for quick sale visitors welcome. ltced Schultz, ii. 3, Homer, Mich. The Wildwoocl Farm ‘ Jersey Cattle, Majesty strain, Herd on State accred- itod list, R. of M. testing constantly done. Bulls for sale. ALVIN BALDEN, Phone 1434'), Capac. Mich. BUTTE R B R E D ”livid? 5511?.ng CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM_. Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan. Jersey bull calves of Vajesty breedingfrom For sale good producing stock. Herd on Govern- ment “Accredited inst." Write for prii e and pedigree to C. A. TAGGE’J‘T, Ii. ‘3, Fairgrove, Mich. ILLIE Farmstead Jerseys—A few heifers bred to freshen soon, heifers bred to freshen next fall. 3 cows,R.of M.bull calves. 0.0.Lillie,Coopersville,Mich Register of Merit. Jerseys For sa'e’ stock of both sex. Smith and Parker. Howell, Michigan. or Sale. Jersey bull ready for service sired by Fly- ing Foxe‘s Gay Lad. Dam record 472.5 lbs. butter 8675 lbs. milk. Notten Farm. Grass Lake, Mich. BIDWELL snonrnonns You Can Buy u a bull that. will put weights on your dairy calves— tlie difference Will soon pay for the bull. Now selling good Scotch and Scotch-topped yearlin s, reasonably priced. A roan. senior yearling, a Miss e of Villager breeding. a. herd bull prospect. Federal Test. BIDWELL STOCK FARM, Box 1), Tecums'eh, Michigan We Now Have a number Of choicely bred scotch females of any age for sale also three bulls from 6 to 18 months old. Visit our herd before buying. Sold 5 calves for $5400. CARR 13808,, 6 (10.. find Axe, M1931. 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 your herd that carries the blood that is making Shorthorn History. Only a few real headers left. Write your wants. C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS. Town: City. Mich. New 1'. t 39 b ll .49 fe ales. Ce - Shorthorns tral Mich. S‘hoithornmAsso. wrige OSCAR SKINNER, Sec., Gowen, Mich. S of. h d S otch To ped Shorthorns bdllfand‘lrieifefs firiced nght. Sultan Champion heads herd, one scotc two yr. old herd bull by Red Cumberland priced righ H. J. FLOWER tie SON, t. Milo, Mich. Shorthorn Ass'n has St. Joseph Valley dfor sale males and to- t b ee ing. 22%?ngfiliafiflzfi'fidolfffgecftreas. Three Bivers,Mioh M'lk‘ SHORTHORNS. Clay bred bull calves I mg Horde under Federal Supérvi‘cn. Davidson 41 Hall. Beiand it Beland, Tecumseh, Mich G od Scotch bred bulls, cows and Shorthorns ligifers priced right, W. B. McQUILLAN, R. 7. Howell, Mich. EADOW Hills Shorthorns'. Herd headed by Sil- ver K2181. full brother of Lavender Sultan Pur- due Unive ty's rent sire. For sale females of all ages, a few young ulls. Geo. D. Duster. Doctor, Mich. ' ‘ Sh ch fsttocbreedin, Milking bul‘lxs'agorgsmt: 'oldeffiox- aisle. ’ g E.H.KURTZ.. . mulch. El htt. t Shorthorn 81.1118 org Scoficfinamndntslhzsdg 'Topped breeding. Lawrence P. Otto, Charlotte, Mich. For 83" Registered Red Polled Bull. one year old. A gogndson of liebuna the second who has a record of .5 lbs. butter fat, and led the cows in club test 1919. Westbrook Bros , Ionic. Mich. "eg- "Gd Pulled cattle choice yioung bulls from6 to 18 mo. old for an e. FRANK KEBLER, ii. 1, Grand Ledge, Mich. HOGS ‘ size with quality is our special- BerkShlreS ty. Write your wants to M. G. MOSHER (it SONS, Osseo, Mich. Registered Berkshires, Gilts, and Sows bred for April May nndJune farrow. A yearling Boar and a few younger.Spring pigs. Chase Stock Farm,M1irlette.|iich. Spring pigs by Walt’s Orion, First Sr. Yearling Detroit, Jackson,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich. he row." rim , . «3m 3% ‘6” Citizens in one . e to 1119"” good“ gm 'k % ‘takl . 36 i ' ' no n m ewostof egg: o B. Schulze, Nashville. M ' stock. . a. d inbuyers name. AS.pKllsg:mss an register elviii, Mich. MILLER Meadow'a L. T. P. C. boars all sold. Gilts sired b General Jones and bred to our oun boar Alaska, address CLYDE WEAVER, Carcinomgflch- type Poland . R B FOR SALE offlit‘éiig brd for Se 1;. far- low.weighing225 lbs. for $60, a ri ' 1] ol , guar- antee satisfaction. ; DORUSDHB%El faAk‘rgon, Mich. L. S.‘P. c. a 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. Big Type Poland Chinas Our_herd is representative of the best in Big TWBS' Choice boars for sale now. esley Hile, R. 6, Ionia, Mich. We have a large number of 13 ring I” T' P' C' and summer pigs read to ship sir- ed such boars as “Hart's Black Price.” eonor Bi Bob," the "Model Clansman" and “Prospect Yank' a great. 5011 of the 340.000 Yankee. Write for prices or come and look them over if you are in the market. HART, FULCHER it CLINE. address F. T. Hart. St. Louis, Mich. Bred Sow Sale at. Fairgrounds August 5th. Carey U. Edmonds, Hastings, Mich. Big Type F. C. Bred gilts. Fall yearlings. prize win- ners, out. 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from Iowa's greatest herds. E.J.M atheweon, Burr 0ak,Mich. Duroc sows and gilts bred to Vialts King 29499, who has sired more 1st and 2nd prize pigs at the State Fair inlast 2 years than any other Duroc boar. Everyone Will be a money maker for the buyer. Cat. and price list. NEWTON BARNHART, St. Johns. Mich. Thos. Underhill & Son, Salem. Mich. Breeders of Reg..Duroc Jersey swine. \Vateli for our sale adv. in liilch.'Farmer. July 24 issue, of bred sows, bred gilts, open gilts and boars. OAKWOOD FARM DUROCS We can furnish you with anything from a weanling pig to a boar of herd heading caliber at reasonable prices. Your ins ection and correspondence is solicited. RUS BROS. Romeo, Mich. 12 Ch ' Duroc gilts bred to furrow July and Aug- Ulca ust. Daughters of Michigan Cherry Co . bred to Jacks Cherry ()riob King Number 169259. Son of the $10,000.0C champion Jacks Orion King 2nd. All large type, heavy bone gilts, 250 to 3001bs. THE JENNINGS FAR VlB, R. 1, Bailey. Mich MICHIGANA FARM DURDGS Breeding Stock For Sale 0. F. FOSTER, Mgr., Pavilon, Mich. of the right. type, good blood Duroc Jerseys lines and in good condition at. a. price you can afford to pa . Guaranteed to suit. you. W. E. Bartley, Alma, lV ich. DURO‘C JERSEYS E. D. HEYDENBERK, Wayland, Mich. Am Selling Durocs $323,335 8““ W. O. TAYLOR, lili an, Mich The World’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 boar 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. C H E s T E R S two good fall gilts bred to a boar of Wildwood Prince Jr. breeding for Sept. furrow; spring igs F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar, ich Raise Chester'Whites" ‘ Like This the original big producer; ' I . I . ‘ ‘ , ,3 3 .. i . cosh:- . Mr ~‘ I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to success. I can help you. 1 want to place one ho from my great. herd in every community where on not. already up BOARS! Oh Boys! Sons and grandsons of the Mighty Giant Buster. The bi boned useful kind. Priced for aqulck sale. J O. C. BUTLER, Bell Phone, Portland, Mich. Big Bob Mastodon pigs takes the cake, book your order now. Fall boars and gilts .‘lll‘ed by a grandson of Disher Giant. open or bred to Big Bob for Sept. 23 yearling sons. 0. E.GARNANT. Eaton Rapids, Mich - - ' with quality. at re- Blg Type Poland Chlnas son able prices. Pigs of both sex. and bred sows and gilts. G. A. BAUMGARDNICR, R2, Middlcvillc, Mich. 8' Type Polands all sold out. Watch this ad for lg further announcements Breeding stock for sale 11 season. L. L. CHAMBERLAIN. Marcellusdilich. EONARD‘S B. '1‘. P. C. bred sows all sold. Order booked for b0 ar Rigs at weaning time from MiCh. Champion Herd. E. .Le()nard,flt. 3, St. Louis, Mich am offering Large Type Pol and China Sows, bred to F's Orange. at. reasonable irices; also fall pigs. Write or Call Clyde Fisher, St. Jouis, Mich. li.lt.3. Lindhurst Poland Chinas Stock for sale at. all times, Public Sale Get. ‘23. WM. 11. LIND, Alto, Mich. POLAND CHINAS W. J. HAGELSHAW, Augusta,- Mich. P.C. SWINE. . ' . LARGE TYP one fall yearlinglheozgflfyltllgpigg‘?; few more bred sows. R. W. Mills. Saline, Mich. Poland China Brood .Sows 53,233, §§§,3{,‘fys_—,%f‘0‘3 Maplewood Stock Farm, Allegan, Mich. B T Poland China. pigs ready for shipment sired ' ' by. Orange Buster. White Points Chub. Joseph L.Hickey.sales mgr., RB, Vermontville,Mich. HAMPSHIRES 1914-------1920 Choice Spring boars. popular breeding. Booking orders for fall pigs. All stock Cholera Immuned and guaranteed Breeeders. Satisfaction guaran- teed. STEUBEN’S HAMPSHIRE FARM R. 3, Angola, Ind. Edgewood Hampshires All bred gilts sold. Now booking orders for gilts bred for fall furrow, and pigs for pig club work only. Depew Head, Edgewood Farm. Marion. Ohio. Large resent..Spring pigs doing fine. A. A. ‘ELDKAMP, 1i. 2, Manchester, Mich. B A C o N The highest priced pork product. Yorkshires are ideal bacon hogs. For sale, a ring pigs, both sexes. WATERMAN & WATER AN. Packard 1111.. Ann Arbor, Mich. left new blood lines of ualitv Hampshire: 88": your boar Dias. now 11. few bred gilts JOHN w. SYNDER, R. 4, Lacy“, Mich. central Mich. o. l. c. Swine Breeders Ass’n. Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. Every sale guaranteed by aSSOciation. ‘ DR. H. W. NOBLES, Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich. 9 One Se 1.. hour. March furrow- o' I. C 8' ed pigagf either He 0. J. THOMPSON. Rockxford, Mich. o I C’s A few choice late fall and winter 0 .O boars. also a fine two car old boar. WEBER BROS, R. No. 2. Royal ak, Mich. o I C Gilts bred for July and Aug. furrow. 0. 0 ‘ Alcoa ringer-rowed Eggs. 6. P. AND nws. ansville, Mich Gilts bred for Se t. furrow O. I o C o and (an-ins 18.. 7" I". c. BURGES . R. g. Mason. Mich. 9 hi: cun boarsond s ri o. I. C S figugeah gnu-t p .118 9183 CLOVER LEAF STUCK ARM, Monroe, Mich. O. 1. C33 Booking orders for uni-ind? pi . we re ster free and i . x .. . [muted thewfine early developers—ready for market dug _ month. 0 Write for my pinn— More Money from Hot-J k a. a. mum. R.F. D. 10. forum‘- mm... HORSES BAY MARE For Sale sound and right in every way, weight about 950lbs. Must. be sold at once come and see her or write L. J. Hamlin. 496 Hurlbut Ave.. Detroit, Mich. Stallions and mares at re bl PerCheron prices; inspection iiivii*.ed.amma e F. L. KING & SON, Chortlotte. Mich ‘ SHEEP. Put Your Faith in better breeding stock. For the best in Shrop. shire and Hampshire Rams write or visit KOPE. KON FARMS. S. L. Wing. Propr. Coldwater,Mich. See our exhibit at the Ohio and Mich.State Fairs. idle Wild Stock Farms €5,395th yearling rain. me winning stock. Make your selection earl . lifl Mlgdl , Clayton. Mich. a. a. ’ 0 “0n Proprietor, 7Let America I! in ii! Bhee Want 11 Sheep. Association“ a p” ’9 " booklet with list of breeders. A. TYLER. m Woodland Ave.. Detroit, Mich. Boiswold: subtrmzsnfl are come: -~ (lion rams. A. l . BORTE . Britten, Mich. 1.3.111 KER a son: _ Bambi“; 1191.. Reg. Oxford Remaififlflt’nfifim, . dollvered. ; J. mammals. . a. Flt. i.‘ I.o‘s.sn ad r7111 . ' , Esfippégsgrgn y ore pment Splendid Type Poland Chinas nothing for sale at. r send on (land Write OMFOB'E vs“ . 9) .1.“ C) ,1.“ "hundred acres of mint. l Harrison. EEE \M EEE m E N ‘ enlightening, stop was, made at the Wood-Hall Farms, where the. specialty is peppermint and Spearmint growing. The profits from the industry are so enormous that the superintendent was evidently afraid the Circuit Rider was an income tax man. He finally did ac— knowledge that the farms consisted of twelve hundred acres and that what they lost in growing and distilling mints they made up through feeding mint bay to cattle. At present St. Jo- seph county is producing about five A few miles from White Pigeon we ? visited the two hundred and forty—acre farm and stock-feeding plant of Ed. Mr. Harrison fed out about sixty head of beef cattle and six hun- dred lambs the past season. During 'the time elapsing between the time he ordered cars for shipping out his cat- tle and the time they were available he lost something like $750. Feeding beef cattle is quite a gamble when a man can figure on getting cars when the cattle are ready to ship out, but “Play- ing the Ponies" is a mild game com- pared with feeding cattle when one cannot get the necessary cars at the time the stock is ready for shipment. Over at Constantine, Lawrence Bros. have a fine one hundred-and sixty-acre farm and have started in to develop a herd of Scotch Shorthorns. At the re- cent big sale at ChiCago they purchas- ed lwo bred-heifers “ outstanding qual- ity. The heifers were consigned by Hay Brown. Marjorie is a daughter of Pershing, and Baron Cecilia 2nd is a daughter of ROyal Baron. Both heifers Were safe in calf to Cudham Dread- naught, the young bull who sold for $19,500. With these young heifers as a foundation they should soon be in a position to build up one of the best herds of Shorthorn cattle in St. Joseph county. The two heifers cost approxi— mately $2,000 when they arrived at the farm. Just outside of Three Rivers we vis- ited the famous strawberry farm of the R. M. Kellogg Compa y, and Pres- ident F. E. Beatty gave us an outline of the business. The farm consists of two hundred and twenty-five acres, of which one hundred and twenty-five acres is under a system of overhead irrigation. Last year the farm employ- ed froin fifty to' tw0 hundred and fifty hands, and shipped out more than 35; 000 orders of strawberry plants to ev- ery state in the Union and some as far distant as South America. A vast amount of experimental work is con- ducted in testing out new varieties and improving some of the standard scrts. For Michigan conditions such varieties as the Dunlap, Premier Kellogg and Big Late are giving excellent results. Of the Everboaring varieties the Su- perb, Progressive and Peerless are un- surpassed.‘ The farm is one of the real show places of the county and has been in the strawberry plant business for forty-two years. " Albert G. Wade, of White Pigeon, has an excellently equipped breeding establishment and one of the best Hol- stein herds in the state. Among Mr. Wade’s list of females we find such in dividuals as: ‘ Oak Valley Korndyke Beets Segis Fan, age‘five years, with a seven-day record of 32.03 pounds of butter, and 618.4 pounds of milk: Oak Valley Korndyke Burke Segis Jen, age four years, with a. seven—day record of 30.07 pounds of butter, and 653.1 pounds of milk; Oak Valley Joy Belle Segis, age five years, 11 months, with a sevenjday record of 29.42 pounds of butter, and 731.5 pounds of milk; Canary Tet Hen- gerveld, age four years, six months. with a seven-day record of 28.23 pounds of butter, and 484.7 pounds of milk; Wah-be-me-me Segis Pontiac Mary, age four years, four months, with a seven- day record of 28.12 pounds of butter, and 602.60 pounds of milk; Wah—be-me- me Segis DeKol Jane, age four years, five months, with a seven-day record of 27.32‘pounds of butter, and 579.4 pounds of milk; King Segis Pontiac Nina, age 3 years, five months, with a seven-day record of 24.79 pounds of butter, and 525.5 pounds of milk; ()ak Valley Korndyke Beets Gem, age four years, three months, with a seven-day record of 24.70 pounds of butter, and 599.1 pounds of milk; Oak Valley Korn— dyke Segis Lady, age four years, three months, with a seven-day record of 23.98 pounds of butter and 563.1 pounds of milk. Live Stock Trade Conditions IRTUALLY all of the cattle arriv- ing at Chicago continue to come from nearby points and the quality has been the poorest in years, the bulk of the stock being on the grassy order. In spite of tight money conditions in the western range districts, ranchmen are still holding on'to stock where it was early supposed they would be forced to liquidate holdings on account of pressing debts. Where the Chicago market alone received over sixty thou- sand western range cattle up to this time a year ago, nothing has arrived so far this year. This situation has been brought about largely by the fine weather conditions in range districts, grass being about the best in a good many years. ‘It is generally reported that western cattlemen will hold stock this year un- til in shape for marketing as fat cat— tle. On‘the other hand, some of the western and southwestern .markets are now receiving large consignments of Texas cattle and prices are following a downward course. An extremely wide range exists at Chicago between prices for cull and ’canner stock and fat cattle, owing to the relatively few fat cattle'arriving. The large propor- tion of common cattle has caused fat corn-feds to command a premium while thin, grassy grades are almost unsal- able. This condition exists in both butcher stock and steer trade, ,. Prices for . fat steers and yearlings ' Michaela. the highest of the season ’0! Hackett, Daretown, N. J. Composed of wheat bran, linseed meal, prime cottonseed meal, cocoa< nut meal, corn gluten feed, corn feed meal, ground and bolted grain screen- ings, clipped oat by-product, mo- lasses, salt, calcium carbonate. Guaranteed analysis: l6%% pro- tein, 3fié‘jb fat, 48%) carbohydrates, 10% fibre. Try this feed. Order a ton from your dealer. lf he cannot supply you write us. The coupon brings you full information on Sucrene Feeds. American Milling Co. Dept. 44 Peoria, Ill. COWS on grass alone go down rapidly in milk flow and bodily vigor when the drought comes or when the grazing season is over. Spring-freshened cows, led Sucrcne Dairy Feed while on pasture, keep up their heavy milk flow through fall '. and winter. Fall~fresh cows are in better condition for calving. “Sucrene Dairy Feed has made me more money than any feed I ever bought. It produces larger quantities of milk at low cost and keeps stock in the best of health, with practically no calving troubles.”—Thos. Y. Sucrene Dairy Feed backs up the stimulating effects of .' grass—is many times stronger than the finest pasture in milk i making and body—maintaining nutrients. Butter made from cows fed Sucrene while grazing is firm and crispy—not smeary like butter from cows on grass alone. ————_._____.__.__.___...-_.__— ! American MillingCo.,Dcpt.41Peoria,lll. I Please send me illustrated literature on I feeds checked below: I Sucrcne Dairy Feed I Sucrcne Calf Meal ' Sucrcnc Hog Meal ' Sucrcnc Poultry Mash with Buttermilk I Sucrcne Scratch Feed ' Empire 20’ }. Dairy Food I Amco Dairy Feed (25";, protein) : Amco Fat Maker for Steers l l l l l l l lVly Dealer's Name. y - late, last Tuesday’s top at $17.25 being equal to the highest price paid since January. Medium to good kinds are steadily declining, these grades of corn feds being quoted at $11.756fi13.50, while poor to fair grass steers are sell- ing at $6.75(«__l>8.25, with canning and in- ferior steers at $4.50@6.50 and some even lower. The feeder trade, which is usually of sizable volume at this season of the year, is virtually lifeless. This situation is due largely to tight money while a good many regular feed- ers seem to be intent on carrying out their threat to discontinue feeding this year owing to severe losses last spring. The Chicago stocker and feed-er alleys are overflowing with stock suitable for stockers and feeders, a good many of this class selling as killers at far be- low prices generally paid for stockers and feeders. Shipments to the coun- try have been almost nothing for the last two weeks especially, only a few ‘ gggflfigg N 0W. You Imperil your next year's cl'ODll vour next year s profits if at full and Winter rams «I " - your ,7 land a chance to keep breathing Do the farm ditching and terror ing now. Do H the quickest way, the cheapest wayfihe easiest way ~j-_~ Use the Most Rapid Farm Ditcher, Terracer and Road Grader. All-OQnI—Rovornlblo — Laot- a Uloflme. C“??? y-shnped npen drain. irri tion or hie ditch down to 4 feet C sans old Builds (arm terraces, dikes, levees, and grades road- Worhs In any soil — wet or dry Does work of 100 . men the old way erte (or free copy of valuable Drain- age, Irrigation and Tenacing Book and - ' Introduc- ditches 6nd" (It‘lnc. - ,. Box I 5 Ownsbom K7 cars going out. good stockers aiie lagl‘fiigrijgobtdfiiitfyf Farms and Farm Lands For sale buyers at $7@8, being sharply lower preceding week. A choice ‘selected stockers went out in than the few 300 Acres $4000, With Horses, 10 Cattle, Crops, Tools $1500 gives possession is lendid Michigan farm, includ- llle past few days as high as $10 and ingZhorses, 10 cattle, ogs, poultry, wagons, machin- ery, tools. part growing crops; leve productive fields. while the best are nominally quoted to 75-cow pasture, valuable timber, markets nearby: variety fruit, 400 sugar maples: 2-story house, good $11, nothing in that class is moving. water, maple shade:2barns,100-ft.cattleshed;own- er‘s plans force sale everything goes quick-action The’ offerings Of stockers and feeders price $4000: only $1600 cash, balance easy terms. De- tails page‘n Strout's Big Illustrated Catalog Farm on hand just at this time contains al- Bargains around Chicago Detroit, throughout Mich. Wis. Ind Ohm. man other states. Copy free. most anything the feeder might be s'rnou'r‘FAnM no NCY. 31430 Ford Bldg.,De- looking for, many good Hereford and troit. Mich. Angus steers and a large number of FARMS Finger Lake region, New’rork state's good Shorthorns being included—F. best 850 and “£33 wILBUR a av King Ferry. N. I. Michigan Farm 331 acres, 50 cows. 6 horses, all growing crops and tools, 31 momma story ten room house, run- ning spring water, live room tenant house, base- ment barn .ilixzo, room for ()0 head of cattle, three other barns, supplied with spring water. hog house granary. two poultry houses, buildings in good condition, 30 acres in woods, 100 acres pasture. balance in nearly level tractor worked fields, two large orchards. besides pears and other fruits, 200 sugar maples, one mile from ma‘f‘adlun road, throt- miles from railroad town, inr- mediato possl'sfiion, including large acreage of buy, outs, and potatoes, easy terms. 'l‘lm stock, (Tops and tools “111 bring more than the cash payment required, $6000 down, balance cosy terms. intz Southern New York Farms, Members Farm Brokers' Association. 210 Phelps Bldg. Binghamton. N. Y 80 A. FARM All improved. Borders city. 1 mile to high school and college on stutu road I am prepared to give you the biggest bargain over. Address Box A 814 care of Michigan Farmer, Detroit, [Mil-h. 160 acres of excellent l‘zu'm him], an ideal dairy or grain farm. 2‘3 miles from resort town. Good market for (Twain and milk. Fine dairy barn and milk house, valuable timber, two orchards, tenant house and modern farm house of eight rooms and bath. L. 1). l’UltDY, Harbor Beach, Mich. Buy farms in New York State through thelfarm Bro- liors' Association, Inc... an old estuulishml organiza- tion which will give you thoroughly reliable informa- tion and service, Offices throughout the State. Write The Farm llrnkors’ Association lll(‘.. Central Office, Oneida, N.Y. for brief list and state your requirements. ‘ wants to rent or buy a good general farm. EX'SOldler u llll small down payment. Address H. F. ADAMS, Detroit, Mich. Good Clubbing Offers OFFER No. 102. The Michigan Farmer, one year. .$1.00 Woman’s World, one year. . . . . . . .50 Needlecraft, one year . . . . . . . . . . .50 Total value ..... ..........$2.00 All for $1.60. OFFER No. 115. The Michigan Farmer, one year. .5100 American Fruit Grower, one year 1.00 Everybody’s Poultry Journal, 1 yr .50 Gleanings in Bee Culture, 1 yr. . . 1.00 Total value $350 All for $2.60. 0 3.36 Theodore St... - '1 ,t i" . .. - 1-..- -lnn-“ . gluing}:L 11“ gm ‘ SECOND EDITION The markets reports in this edition were revised and corrected on Wed- nesday afternoon, August 11. GRAINS ARE HIGHER Political developments which threat- ened the peace of Europe, combined with droughty weather in Illinois and some surrounding .states to cause a. sudden rally in grain prices. The pre- ceding decline continued for nearly thiee weeks, about seventy cents be- ing taken f1om the mice of wheat. The sharp rally of nearly '42c on wheat, 200 on corn 81/2c on oats and 35c on rye was the usual sequel to such a de- cline. The big increase in freight rates announced a week ago also act- ed as a stimulant to buyers who wish- ed to obtain supplies before the in- crease goes into effect. WHEAT An allegec “gentlemen’s agreement” keeps England from competing with continental buyers in our wheat mar- ket, at least they have seldom been in the market together recently. Argen— tine exports were prohibited officially 011 A1 gust 12, but presumably some of the wheat already sold for export will be taken out. India maintains her em- bargo on exports and the Australian reserve and crop prospect. will justify stopping clearances from that country before long. Both the French and Ital- ian import wheat. requirements for the coming year have been greatly enlarg- ed because of recent periods of bad weather. French Colonial possessions have also lost. their wheat crop by drouth. Canada and the United States have. a big surplus. about 350,000,000 bushels, so that any shortage in the world’s supply will not be felt for some months. Germany and Scandi- navian countries have been big buyers of rye recently. CORN The dry area which is affecting the corn crop includes the greater part of Illinois and parts of Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. The corn is in the tassel or making silk in much of this terri- tory, and considerable deterioration can occur unless rains arrive. Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska seem to have the best corn prospect. Eastern demand for corn has been brisk, but car shortage prevented any big volume of sales. Railroads are di- verting cars from the corn—growing states to the sections where wheat har— vest has been practically completed. Cash Grain Quotations. The range of cash grain quotations Wednesday was as follows: Chicago——W11'eat: N0. 1 red $22561“. 2.60; No. «2 red $2.50@2.59; N0. 3 red $2.20@2.56. Corn—4N0. 1 mixed $1.40@1.571/3; No. 2 mixed $1.40@1.571/2; No. 3 mixed $1.381/261‘1156; No. 1 yellow $14060 1.60; No. 2 yellow $1.41@1.59; No. 3 yellow $1.40@1.58; No. 1 white $1.40@ 157%,; N0. 2 white $1.40([1“1.571/2. Oats—MNO. 2 white 751/4@761/zc; No 3 white 7261775c. Rye-vx—No. 2 $1.70@1.98. Barley—9OC@$1.13. Detroitw—Wheat: No. 1 red $2.50. Corn-4N0. 2 yellow $1.65. Oats—No. 2 white 960. Rye—No. 2 1.98. FEEDS Bran and .st'andard middlings declin- ed still further last week, but other feedstuffs held about. steady. Bran is now w01th less than the farm grains in central ma1kets. Prices pe1 ton on car- lots in 100 lb bags follow: Chicago and Milwaukee—Abran $41042 ; stand— ard middlings $51@52; flour middlings $626063; red dog flour $71@72; old DI‘OCBSS oil meal $65; cottonseed meal $63@64. BEANS The bean trade is inactive and gen- erally considered weak. On the New York, market it is stated that while the dealers do not wish to mark down quotations firms with good credit can secure concessions. Prices quoted there are: Choice beans $7. 90(d)8; medium $8@8. 25. Detroit dealers are doing nothing and the nominal quota- tion published is $6. 40 per cwt for im- » _ ‘ mediate and prompt ’shipment. _ o . \ 'II- use. “\ III "V1.1! ,‘H POTATOES Potato prices fluctuated more or less but the tendency was distinctly down- ward. Receipts have not been heavy. but stock is not moving well- as the demand has been temporarily choked off. After recovering slightly early in the week the market declined from 750@$1 per barrel on eastern stock, reaching the low point of the seaSon. Shipments from the northern, or late- producing states, are increasing rapid- ly and will be heavy factors within the next ten days. Well informed author- ities say. that the potato crop is look- ing fine in most sections and that indi- cations point to a material increase over last year’s short crop of 359,000,- 000 bushels. Chicago quotes eastern stock at $6@6.25 per barrel and mid- dle western Ohios at $3.25 per cwt. WOOL Discussions of the wool trade are still mere opinions and prices are con- jectural. Manufacturers and dealers harp upon the big supply string While growers insist that the conditions are artificial. Thus far the growers have gotten the worst of it, as the buying side has avoided carrying charges and and the tightness of money has kept the advances made to growers at a low level. Recent reports indicate a slight increase in buying and more willing— ness to quote prices, but the consign— ments are accumulating in the hands of the selling agencies. Retailers’ shelves are being emptied and it is be- lieved that new purchases which will start the mills must be made in a month or two. Figures on June con- sumption of raw wool indicate a de- crease of over twenty-five per cent from the average of the preceding six months. The sudden break in the wool market in May was thought to be an effort to check the pooling movement. Thus far its effect seems to have been of the opposite kind. Boston announces nominal quota- tions as follows: Ohio and Pennsyl— vania fleeces, delaine unwashed 700: fine unwashed 60@62c; half—blood combing 68617700: three—eighths blood combing 50@53c. Michigan and New York fleeces; fine unwashed 58@60c; delaine unwashed 67@68c; half- blood unwashed 67 @680 three~eighths blood unwashed 50@52c. Wisconsin, Mis- souri and average New England, half~ blood 60@63c; threeeighths blood 48 @500; quarter-blood 40@480. BU'I I'ER About 2000 casks of Danish butter and 8000 boxes of Argentine butter ar— rived at New York during the week. This additional supply, aided by the tightness of credit which restricts buy- ing for storage, caused butter prices to ease off about 1/2@11,éc on 92 score. Still more foreign butter competition is expected this fall and the cheapness of lard and other fats is an adverse influence in the trade. Fine butter is scarce and consumptive demand for it excellent, so that the trade has been obliged to resort to undergrade stock. The decline has carried prices to the point that the domestic is as cheap as Danish. Toward the week’s close the market recovered and a steadier tone is expected. Closing prices on 92 score butter, according to the U. S. Bureau of Markets, were: Chicago 521/20 New York 540; Boston 551/20; Philadelphia 541/30. . EGGS AND POULTRY Total receipts of cases (if eggs at the four cities, Chicago, New York, Boston and Philadelphia since January 1 are 9,640,598 against 11,291,262 cases during the same’ period of 1919. Poul— try receipts at the same points for this period amount to 84,566,342 lbs., as against 109,574,562 lbs. a year ago. Chi- cago prices at the week’s close on poultry were: Hens 32@35c; spring chickens 2 lbs. and over 39c; roosters 230; ducks, old and young 27@280; Eggs, fresh firsts 45((‘1l 45;1/zc standard cases 460. ._ Detroit: Hens 36@37c; broilers 48 @52c; roosters 20((D22c; ducks 36@ 38c; geese 18@200; turkeys 40@44c; eggs No. 1 fresh 471,50. CHEESE Receipts, as campared with the pre— ceding week, in the four markets in- Live Stock Market Service DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 1497. Market demoralized; very few selling. Best heavy steers ....... $12. 50@13. 00 Best handy wt bu steers 9. 50@10. 50 Handy light butchers. . .. 7.50@ 8.25 Handy light butchers. . . . 6.50@ 7.50 Light butchers .......... 5.75@ 6.25 Best cows ........ . . . . . . 8.00 Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.00 Cutters ................. 4.75@ 5.00 Canners ................. 4.00@ 4.50 Choice bulls 7.50@ 7.75 Bologna bulls ........... 6.00@ 7.00 Stock bulls . . . .......... 5.50@ 5.75 Feeders ................. 8.00@ 9.00 ' Stockers ................ 6.00@ 8.00 Milkers and springers. . . .$ 70@ 140 Veal Calves. Receipts 730. Market 50c lower. Best . ................... $18. 00@18. 50 Others 10..00@1700 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 1689. Market dull. Best lambs . .' ........... $13.00@13.50 Fair lambs ............ '. . 10.00@12.00 IOIIOOIIQ Light to common' . . . 7.00@ 8.00 Fair to good sheep ...... 6.50@ 7.00 Culls .................... 2.00@ 4.00 Hogs. - Receipts 1446. Market dull, pros— pects 15@25c lower. Mixed .................. $15. 75@15. 90 Heavy ................ . 15.50 Pigs 16.00 Rough ................ . . 13. 00 Stags 8.00@10.00 . CHICAGO. Hogs. Estimated receipts today are 17,000; holdover 12,495. Market opened 250 lower. Bulk of sales at $13.75@15.70; tops $15.90;~ heavy 250 lbs up medium; good and choice $14.15@15.35; medium 200 tov250 lbs medium, good and choice. $14.60@15.75; light 150 to 200 lbs com- mon; medium; good and choice-$14.90: @1575; light lights 130 to 150 '1b5, .)\, common, medium, good and choice at $14.80@15.65; heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $13.75@14.10; packing sows 200 lbs up rough $13.25@-13.75; pigs 130 lbs down medium, good and choice $14.25@15.40. Cattle. Estimated receipts today are 9,000; Steers steady, she stock steady and lower; bulls and calves are stronger. Beef steers, medium and heavy weight 1100 lbs up choice and prime $16.25@ 17.50; do medium and good $12.50@ 16.25; do common $10. 50@12. 25; light weight 1100 lbs down, good and choice $14. 75@17. 25, do common and medium $9@14. 25; butcher cattle, heifers. com- mon, medium, good and choice $6@ 15. 00; cows, common, medium, good and choice at $5@12.50; bulls, bologna and beef $6@12; canners and cutter cows and heifers $4@6.25; do canner steers $4.50@7; veal calves, light and handyweight medium, good and choice $14.25@16; feeder steers, common, medium, good and choice $7.50@11.75; stocker steers, common, medium, good and choice $5. 50@10; stocker cows and heifers common, medium, good and choice $5@9. ‘ Sheep and Lambs. Estimated receipts today are 25,000. Sheep steady; fat lambs lower; feed- ing lambs 250 higher. Lambs 84 lbs down medium, good, choice and prime $11.50@14.10; do culls and common at $7. 50@11. 25; spring lambs medium, good, choice and prime $8. 25@11. 50; ewes medium, good and choice $6. 50 @8. 50; ewes cull and common $3@6; breeding ewes full mouths to yearlings $6. 50@11; yearling wethers, medium, good and choice $10. 7563,12. 50. BUFFALO On this market today yorkers and mixed hogs sold at $16. 70@17; others $165016. 50; lambs ’$14@14.25; . calves $18. The cattle merEet is disilfwi thwi' _ . Price tendency downward - _ hi creased but a decrease is Philadelphia and Chicago. there is an ample supply of practically all grades on all markets to supply the demand with the exception of flats at Philadelphia where a. scarcity of this style is reported. Cold storage hold- ings show but a small increase at the four markets. Chicago prices at the week’s close on No.1 American cheese as quoted by the U. S. Bureau of Markets were: Flats -24@250; twins 23546024150; sin- gle daisies 24@250; @241/20; Young Americas 26@27c; Longhorns 25@26c; square prints 25@ 251,40. Philadelphia: Flats 27%c@ 281/2c; twins, 27@280; single daisies 261/2@27%,c; Longhorns 261/2@271/zc. FRUIT MARKET Home-grown apples are more abund- ant and lower prices prevail in central markets. Receipts of cherries and her- ries are not excessive and prices are holding firm. Peach prices are steady. The shortness in the crop the country over may hold values up to near the present level.‘ The Ohio peach crop promises larger yield than expected a. month ago. GRAND RAPIDS Owing to the erratic movement of wheat on the Chicago board this week local milling firms have been kept busy changing prices, with the result paying prices are 150 above those paid a week ago- Present prices are: No. 1 red $2.20 per bushel; No. 1 white $2.18. Jobbers in beans report. market steady at $5.50 per bushel to growers for Michigan pea, and $10 for red kid- ney. Corn, oats and rye are a little lower at $1.50 for corn, 80c for oats and $1.40 for new rye. Home—grown potatoes are lower at $1.75@2 per bu. The early crop is a heavy one of fine quality. Jobbers in fruits are now shipping Duchess apples in carlots. The city market price is 75c@$1 per bush- el. The crop is larger than last sea- son. Frost did some damage in vari- ous parts of Kent county Monday night to crops on lowland. Egg market is higher at 45c per dozen bid. Receipts continue light. TIGHT MONEY DOMlNATES THE CATTLE TRADE. Tight money still plays the domi- nant role in the cattle market. Other factors are at work, such as the uncer- tainty over the future, which growS’ out of the ruinous market of last win- ter and spring. Within the last few days, also, the drying up of pastures in parts of the middle west has acted as an additional check upon feeder buying enthusiasm. But it is tight money that is causing the liquidation of cattle holdings in Kansas, Okla— homa, West Texas, Arizona, New Mex- ico, and the same factor will hasten the movement from the Dakotas, Wy- oming, and Montana. 'The total mar- ket supply is not extremely large, blit few feeders can buy so that 'nearly all must be sold for slaughter. Packers refuse to purchase for freezing except at bargain prices, because of the high carrying charges. In fact, they are penalizing all cattle because of the carrying charges upon hides and tal— }o:v for which there is no prompt out- e . Except for the few cornfeds of really prime grade which are limited to three or four markets, steers lost 50c@$1 last week, the greatest discount being upon the warmed-up grades and good grassers. Missouri and Iowa have been selling from grass and states 'to the east have kept markets in their envir- ons well supplied. said to be, scarcest for the season in many years, which explains their strength, the top at Chicago, remain ing at $17.25. Few are selling above $16. Within the last week an increase in numbers of good cattle was noted, but many are continuing to ship pre— I maturely in spite of feed abundanCe. All markets are flooded with common light cattle lacking in finish and with little but their sparseness of flesh to recommend them to the stacker and feeder buyer. There is no sign Of a let: up in the rate of marketing;. south Texas is practically complet 1!) West Texas has many f” far: onltyLMteen per 1': noted at- However, . double daisies 24 ‘ Prime cattle are ‘ , , 1N» .,. WM“ a...—.-v « turned to market." The run. from ‘the ‘ . northwesh- with which natives. also compete, is expected to he'small, but may *be' bunched within a shorter pe- riod, than usual. _ ~ Butcher cows and heifers, canners as well as butcher bulls and bolognas ad‘Vanced 25@50c at Chicago, but the still! lost 50@75cat Cincinnati. Calves lost mous’o during the week at most markets, the high premiums cat eastern points attracting many ship- merits there. v NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. I Button—”Receipts are keeping fairly uniform for week and receipts from the west indicate that there will be little decline in production for several weeks. The quality of butter being received shows the effects of warm weather, which prevails in some sec- tions, short pastures, and lengthened periods of lactation. It is fully expect- ed that quality on‘ the whole,.will be yet poorer with the passing of the next few weeks. , Business has been rather I . unsatisfactory during the greater part of the week, but there was .a better feeling toward the end. However, the demand is principally for high-quality butter, while undergrades are lagging to a considerable degree. The market witnessed the lowest price during the week that it has seen for over a year. While the market has been very weak, the price decline was only one cent. Considerable foreign butter continues to arrive, 3,500 casks of Danish and 5.850 boxes of Argentine butter hav- ing been unloaded during the past I week. Danish butter is selling at 52@ I 531/2c and the Argentine butter, which '3 is of inferior quality, is offering at 47c. Quotations on domestic butter are: ‘ Extras 54c; higher scoring than ex- I tras 541/2@55c; firsts (90-91 score) at 5,2%@53c; firsts (88—89 score) 50@52c; . seconds 47%@491/3c. Cheese—The market for cheese has been rather inactive during the week and buyers have been working at an advantage. as receivers have been free sellers. Very little cheese has gone into storage during the week. Several cars of Wisconsin make have been purchased by dealers because of at- tractive prices and also because of the fact that revised freight rates will tend to cause an additional cost to I shipments, when the rates become ef- : fective. Little cheese, compartively, is being produced in New York state because of the high prices being paid for whole milk which makes it unprof- itable to convert the milk into cheese: Quotations on cheese are: Fair to - good 24%(8250; average run 25%@ 261/20; specfals 271/2@28c. Eggs.—~The receipts of eggs have de- creased very little, contrary to expec- tations. Supply has been about equal to demand. High values have caused the consumption of storage stocks to a marked degree. Prices on the whole can be said to have an upward ten- dency. Quality of current receipts is only fair. Established quotations are: Seconds 4461747c; firsts 47@50c; extra firsts 51@53c; extras 54@550. Poultry.~The past week has witness- ed great activity in the poultry mar- ket. Receipts have not been heavy because of light loading of freight cars the average car rarely exceeding 13,000 pounds. The market has been espe- cially active on fowls and old roost— ers. Broilers are in good supply and the price tendency is slightly down- ward. Quotations at the close on Fri- day were: Fowls 39@40c; broilers 48(42500; 01d roosters 250; turkeys at 350; ducks 27c; geese 250. . . -N~.>—w-~.. . A,—.-v « MICHIGAN FAIR DATES, 1920 Allegan County Agricultural Society, Allegau, Aug. (Bl-Sept, 3, S. M. Sequist, Secretary. Alpena County Fair, Alpena, Sept. 20-23, L. R. Leavitt, Secretary. Antrim County Agricultural Society, Bellaire, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, S. B. Owen, Seeretary. . Armada Agricultural Society, Ar- mada, Oct. 5-8,'Orvy Hulett, Secretary. Brevort County Agricultural Society, Allenville, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, P. A. Luep- nitz, Secretary. Calhoun County Agricultural Society, Marshall, Sept. 21-24, John R. Smith, Secretary. , Caro Fair and Night Carnival, Caro, Aug. 23-27, F. B. Ransford, Secretary. Charlevoix County Fair, East Jor- (tian, Sept-1347, D. L. Wilson, Secre- ary. . Cheboygan County Fair, Wolverine, Sept. 1447, Chas. Norton, Secretary. Chippewa County Fair, Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 7-5, E. L. Kunze, Secre- ts .Mackinic Dist. Agr. 24. George Wat- tary. Chippewa, . . sue, Pickford; Sent- , Charlotte, Brown, Secretary. Clare County Agricultural 'Associia- ' tion, Harrison, Sept. 21-24, E. C. Clute, Secretary. Clinton County Fair, St. Johns, Sept. 14-17, C. S. Clark, Secretary. Cloverland‘Farmers' Fair, Stephen- son, Sept. 14—17, Ben S. Ne-vers, Sec- retary. Copper Country Fair, Houghton, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, J. T. McNamara, Sec- retary. - Croswell Fair, Croswell, Sept. 14—18, D. E. Hubbell, Secretary. - Delta County Agricultural Society, Escanaba, Sept. 21-24, B. P. Pattison, Secretary. Dickinson Co. Menominee Range Agr. Society, Norway, Sept. 3-6, A. T. Sethney, Secretary. Eaton County Agricultural Society, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Jas. H. Emmet County Fair, Petoskey, Oct. 7-10, L. L. Thomas, Secretary. Flint River Valley Fair, Montrose, Sept. 1-3, D. Robertson, Secretary. Fowlerville Agricultural Society, Fowlerville, Oct. 5-8, W. H. Peek, Sec- retary. Genesee County Fair, Davison, Sept. 14-17, P. H. Peters, Secretary. Gladwin County Fair, Gladwin, Sept. 7-10, C. E. Atwolter, Secretary. Gogebic County Fair and Agricul- tural Asso., Ironwood, Sept. 8-10, Frank A. Healy, Secretary. Grange Fair, Camden, Sept. 20-24, S. H. Derr, Secretary. Grange Fair of St. Joseph County, Centreville, Sept. 20—24, C. T. Bolen- der, Secretary. Grangers’, Gleaners’ and Farmers’ Fair, Big Rapids, Sept. 21-24, Geo. E. Hurst, Secretary. Gratiot County Agricultural Society, Ithaca, Aug. 31—Sept. 3, A. McCall, Sec- retary. ' Greenville Fair, Greenville, Aug. 24- 27, Don L. Beardslee, Secretary. Hillsdale County Agricultural Soci- ety. Hillsdale, Sept. 27‘00tl. 2, C. W. Terwilliger, Secretary. Huron County Fair, Bad Axe, Aug. 31-Sept. 3,‘ Aaron Cornell, Secretary. Imlay City Fair, Imlay City, Sept. 28—Oct. 1, S. H. Large, Secretary. Ionia Free Fair, Ionia, Aug. 17-20, Fred A. Chapman, Secretary. Iron County Agricultural Society, Iron River, Sept. 15-17, G. E. Bishop. Secretary. Isabella County Fair Association, Mt. Pleasant, Sept. 7-11, T. W. Ayling, Secretary. Jackson County Agricultural Society, Jackson, Sept. 13-18, W. B. Burris, Secretary. Lenawee County Fair, Adrian, Sept. 20-25, F. A. Bradish, Secretary. Livingston County Fair Association, Howell, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, R. D. Roche, Secretary. Luce County Fair, Newberry, Sept. 14-16, A. L. Sayles, Secretary. Mamstee County Agricultural Soci- ety, Onekama, Sept. 14-17, H. R. Bro- die, Secretary. _ Mason County Central Fair Associa- tion, Ludington, Sept. 15-17, Geo. Con- rad, Secretary. Michigan State Fair, Detroit, Sept. 3—12, G. W. Dickinson, Detroit. North Branch Fair Society, North Branch, Sept. 21-24, J. H. Vandecar, Secretary. NorthWestern Michigan Fair ciation, Traverse City, Sept. Charles B. Dye, Secretary. Northern District Fair, Cadillac, Sept. 14—17, Perry F. Powers, Secretary. Northeastern Michigan Fair Associa- tion, Bay City, Sept. 13-18, S. J. Arm— strong, Secretary. Oakland County Fair, Milford, Sept. 15-18, W. S. Lovejoy, Secretary. Oceana County Agricultural Society, Hart, Sept. 21-25, G. E. Wyckoff, Sec- rotary. Ogemaw County Fair, West Branch, Sept. 13, R. C. McKay, Secretary. Osceola County Fair Association, Evart, Sept. 14-17, Jos. Cockerton. Sec- retary. . Otia Fair Association, Otia, Sept. 17, Mae Swaney, Secretary. Otsego County Fair, Gaylord, Sept. 28-30, H. C. Walker, Secretary. Ottawa and West Kent Agricultural Society, Berlin, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Michael Hines, Secretary. Saginaw County Agricultural Fair, Saginaw, Sept. 27-Oct. 2, W. J. Mor- gan, Secretary. Sanilac County Agricutural Society, Sandusky, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, R. W. Mc- Kenzie, Secretary. . Schoolcraft County Agricultural So- ciety, Manistique, Sept. 21-24, C. E. Kaye, Secretary. Shiawassee County Fair, Owosso, Aug. 24-27, W. J. Dowling, Secretary. South Ottawa & West Allegan Agr. Society, Holland, Sept. 14—17, J. Archd- shorst, Secretary. Tuscocla. Kigali and SMII'IaZCD, District Fair. ass 3'. A118. - Ham 9 . Asso- 20-24, .., M"! C H 1C A N. :m it M an » Hartford, Giving five grain doses of Salol three or four times a day will help them. ‘m_cu.mmwm Van ’Buren County Fair, Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Stephen A. Doyle, Sec- retary. ' Washtenaw County Fair, Ann Arbor, Sept. 21-25, E. W. Martin, Secretary. Wayne County Fair, Northville, Sept. 29—Oct. 2, F. S. Neal, Secretary. West Michigan Fair, Sept. 20-24, L. A. Lilly, Secretary. POLAND CHINA BREEDERS’ PICNIC. The members of the Central Michi- gan Poland China Breeders’ Associa- tion will hold a basket picnic at Crys- tal Lake, Crystal, Mich., August 18. Mr. W. M. Wiles, of Kirklin, Indiana, will disucss the Poland China question. Five .other speakers are‘ on the pro- gram and will discuss various topics. Every Poland China breeder in the state is urged to attend. Farmers and breeders of other breeds are cordially invited to be with us. Dinner will be served on the Silver Family Grounds-:— C. A. Boom, Secretary and Treasurer, Central Michigan Poland China Breed— ers’ Association. SERIES OF SALES IN OCTOBER. The Michigan Holstein-Friesian AS- sociation has already completed the preliminary arrangements for a series of five sales to be held in October. The first of the series will be the' Michigan Holstein Breeders’ Sale, which will be held at Jackson on Tues- day, October 19. The first state sale occurred at the college at East Lan- sing last January, when seventy—three head brought $60,980, an average of a little more than $835 per head, and thei same high standards will be required of enlries for the fall sale. On ac- count of bad weather conditions and attendant shipping risks in midwinter, this change in the date of the state sale seemed advisable, and the execu-‘ tive committee has decided to make it a semi-annual affair, occurring in May and October. A series of local sales will be held in connection with the state sale, mak- ing five sales during the week at points within easy reach. These sales will all be under management of the Michigan Holstein-Friesian Associa- tion. The state sale at Jackson, Tues- day, October 19, will head the list, fol- lowed by sales at Lansing, ()wosso, Howell, and one other point yet to be' determined upon. The local organiza- tions are taking a keen interest in these sales and each organization will strive to put on the best sale of the series. EIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE g Veterinary. g fiIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfi CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Heifer Fails to Breed—l have a two- year—old heifer that comes in lieu} ev- ery three weeks, been served by our stock bull seven different heat periods without her getting calf. J. E. S.~— Dissolve four ounces of bicarbonate of soda in half a gallon of clean tepid water, three hours before service, wash out vagina with this lotion, us- ing a fountain syringe. For 12 hours after service place her in stall with fore feet six inches lower than hind ones. Congested Udder.-——Have a cow with bad case of garget, the whole bag isI affected. It. S.-—Apply one part fluid extract of poke, one part fluid—extract of belladonna and ten parts olive oil to caked part of udder once or twice a day. Give her grass to eat. Tuberculosis.~0ne of my cows is in calf to a bull that is now known to have tuberculosis. How will this af- fect the cow and her calf? H. P. W. ~—If your cow was free from tubercu- losis when she was served, both she and calf will be all right. The disease is not spread in this manner and I might say that badly diseased cows usually give birth to calves that are free from the disease at birth. How- ever, the milk from a tubercular cow should not be fed to a well calf. White Scours.——During the past four weeks, three of my four calves have died of scours; the other one is very sick and likely to die. None of them lived to be seven days old. I disinfect- Our veter- ed stable with stock dip. . inarian rescribed caster 011 and all- spice. . E. .B.——Clean and thoroughly disinfect your cow and calf. stable, clean and paint navel cord With tinc- ture of iodin, also give calf white scour- vaccine serum as soon after birth as __..._. 315-195. Partial Paralysis—Have a sow (four months old that seems to have poor use of her hind quarters, she also runs around pen as if in pain, perhaps she . has worms. Grand Rapids, more oats, oil meal, tankage and grass. Give her half teaspoonsful powdered gentian in feed twice a day. bowels are costive give her two or three ounces of caster oil—one dose. John .D.#Feed less corn, If her Warbles.—Last fall I bought some young cattle at stock yards, now I find every one of them grubs in their back. What can be done for them? forefinger, squeeze out as many of the grubs as possible, or with clean, sharp have Woms or O. C. With the thumb and penknife make opening in skin large enough for grub to escape through opening. 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