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No. 10 I M H ' S ‘ 192 om: YEAR 31.00 m CL DETRO T, IC ., SATURD AY, EPTEM BER 4, 0 ,, o, "WM/1' 191.1”.1!‘ ihll‘b _______--.. .__._,....__- _ Iildv‘ REX," ,H illilv i — I'v_i-i"A‘rlllHlliiIHIHHHIHEHIIIIHIHHIllllllIlllllllllllillllnllllllflllllHIIHiUHllHIHHIIHIIHHMHIHIIIHHITfilIlUHHHIfillfiliilllll)IIHIIIUIIIIIHIIHHIIISWIM!lliHlHHlIIllilllHllilllllllll"Tl-ll”lllllllllllllhllllllIlllllllllllml"ll”Hill"llllllllllllllllllllll "mm/”751 "‘ ? l!‘flLII}:[llllllHllIHWUHIlmlllf—llimilmllllllHHHHHHHIHHhIIHHliiZIU—ILIIIHLHIHHMHhIll!ll.Milliflnlllllllll'lNIlllllllllllillllllmllIlIHlllll"NIHlllllllllmll|IIII"lllllmllidllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllHlllllfillfilllllllllllllflk _, How to Make the Fair Pay its/Way THE SEASON for fairs has again rolled around in a year in which agriculture has made rapid ‘ strides. If there is any institution the value of which is so well known to farmers as to require no word of encouragement to stimulate general attendance, it {is the good agriculturalfair. It is essentially an educational institution. " ItVShould be the aim of every rural family to be represented at , least at one gOOd fair, either by the whole family or one or more members. Exhibits which may .contribUte helpful information on some immediate home problem should be carefully studied. Here is how some fair visitors get much from these an— nual events. They first make a rapid survey of all the departments, noting the special exhibits which they are interested in. After completing the gen— eral survey, they return to the things of special interest and devote such time as may be available to detailed study of the selections. These people in— variably comment upon the valuable lessons to be learned at the fairs and coincident with this they are usually our most progressive farmers. , > ‘lllllili Ill! lllllflllllllllll”llllllllllllll lMHullHUUIHIHIIIH‘SI llllllllllmllllhllIllHlllllllllllltllllillllllllHHHHIHINHIM'I,Hl “www-mm- IIIHIHHHHHI HIH|IIIIIIHIlllmIllillIllllHi||lllmmllmlllIlllllllllli ilIllllImlNlllll”NIH" ' 1 The Michigan Farmer 1min“! Weekly Established 1843 Mt 1920 The Lawrence Publishing Co. , Editors and Proprietors m LaFayette Boulevard Detroit, Michigan ‘ Tun-own Gm: 884 NEW YORK OFFICE-381 Fourth Ave. ‘ CEICAGO OFFICE-l. ll W. Wmllglteo‘n 8t. 'CLEVELAND OFFICE-10114013 on Ave..N.E. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE-281463 South Third St. .H. J. LAWRENCE ........-....-...-............... President I. H. NANCE -..... ...._-..-........-.....,.. Vice-President P. T. LAWRENCE __ ............. ......... Treasurer J. F. CU NNINGHAK...... ............ ............Iioccetary I. R. 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' NUMBER TEN DETROIT, SEPTEMBER 4, 1920 CURRENT COMMENT, NE can. not ride - - 9 through the vast M'Ch'gan 3 length of Michigan Crop from south to north Outlook and return by rail and and auto, covering a wide transverse section of the state, without being impressed with the achievements of Michigan farmers» in the way of crop production, notwith- standing the handicaps wlth which they have had to contend. Faced with a serious labor shortage at the outset, it was generally believed that there would be a decline in production on Michigan farms, a belief which seems destined to be proven erroneous, as indicated by official and special reports and personal observation covering wide areas of the state. A special survey compiled from August reports and ob- servations indicates a substantial in- crease in the farm value of Michigan crops as compared with last year, bas- ed on August prices for principal prod- ucts, and fifty per cent of August pric- es for potatoes. Favorable weather conditions over most of the state have tended to better prospects since that estimate was made, and with average conditions for the balance of the grow- 'ing season a generally satisfactory crop yield seems assured. As ever, there are spots where conditions are less 13v. orable, and where drought or flood or hall, or insect pests beyond the farm- er’s' ability to control have brought more or less severe local hardships, but the general results in prospect are a matter for congratulation and an in dication of the high order of ability and resourcefulness of the farmers of Michigan, of which the state may well be proud. And this ability and resourcefulness is equally, if not even more apparent in the developing agricultural territory in the northern counties than in the older farming communities in the southern portion of the state. Time was when many, if not most of the farmers in the newly devemped terri- tory were lumbermen first and farmers as a secondary occupation. Now they are progressive farmers, with an eye to scientific and economic methods which means much for the future of our agriculture. There could be no bet- ter illustration of this fact than the gathering of nearly three thousand farmers at the Upper Peninsula Ex- periment Station for their second an— nual round-up last month. Several hun— dred of these men spent two days at the station, in inspecting the experi- . tent plots of potatoes, grains and for- age crops, in comparing varieties, ob— serving the. influence or the date of mm. mm prevalent plant 618- and following the various deinonstra- tions from which they could get ideas which would help them in their busi- ness of crop production. These men are also equally alive to the possibili- ties of business organization for their. economic benefit. Progress of a simi- lar order is to be equally noted in the develOping area below the straits. N ew farms are being developed in all this territory which, under present difficult conditions for such development means that the young men of northern Michi- gan have a vision of the future of agri- culture in that section and are making a wiser choice in sticking to the land than is the case in some of the older agricultural sections of the state and country. One notable development to be ob- served in all the northern counties is the increasing use of sunflowers as a silage crop. They are used in combi- nation with corn in the lower of these counties and frequently alone in sec- tions where corn cannot compete with them in luxuriance of growth. Ferny ers who have fed the silage state that the cows like it as well and respond to it as liberally as to corn silage, and the crop produces a. heavy tonnage in sections where corn is uncertain. With legumes and small grains in abundance and soil and climatic conditions peel} liarly favorable for the growth of root crops and with large areas of undevel- oped lands available for growing, the agricultural future of our northern counties is most promising,. and the young men of this country who partlci" ly look forward to the accrual of sub- stantially increased land values in ad- dition to their current earnings. And with modern means of communication and transportation they can at the same time enjoy the essential comforts and pleasures of life while providing a present and future livelihood for them‘ selves and their families, to a degree which was wholly unknown to the pion- eers of lower Michigan. T~ a recent meet- ing of the execu- A Correct tive committee of the Bumncss American Farm Bu- Basvs reau Federation, held 15' Denver, the mem- bers of the committee were unanimous in expressing the belief that the big work ahead of the organization is the development and perfection of cooper~ ative companies to solve the problem of efficient marketing and distribution of farm products. This expression is in line with the belief of thoughtful farmers in every section of the coun- try. It is economically sound. The business success of the farmer is chief- ly dependent upon the two factors of economic production and the efficient sale and distribution of his products. The development of the latter factor has not kept pace with that of the (armor, hence the need of and oppor- tunity for the development of business organization . . ‘ Vegetable Growers Meet. . NOTHER large cooperative sell- A ing organization, that of the can. ning crops producers in the var- ious states was put in motion at a spe- cial meeting last week in Columbus at the close of the twelfth annual conven— tion of the Vegetable Growers Associa- tion of America. Representatives of the existing canning crops producers’ organizations in the states or New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Del- aware met with farm bureau officials of Indiana, Ohio , and Michigan and drafted the following reSolution; “Resolved, that those here assem- bled respectfully request the~American Farm Bureau Federation to immediate- ly take,'such«;.stepe as are necessary to organize and federate the interests of the growers of canning crops in.;.the several states.” . ., , A committee of. three, Lewis Taylor, secretary of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations, chairman, Mur- ray D. Lincoln, secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, and L. R. Simone, of the New York State College of Agriculture, was chosen to present this matter to the proper officials of the American Farm Bureau. Federa- tion and express the ideas of those who inaugurated the movement. The terns porary organization which was formed for the purpose of the discussion was B.\L. Ross, of the Seaford, Delaware, Produce Growers’ Company, and the Peninsula Tomato Growers’ Associa- tion, chairman, and L. R. Simone, sec- retary.‘ The movement grew out of the var- ious conflicts which the growers of to- matoes, corn and peas for the canning factories have with the factories in ar- ranging contracts each season. Most of the tomato canning factories in New York sfate this year have contracted for tomatoes on the basis of $22.50 per ton, while in parts of Indiana contracts were signed as low as $15 to $18 per ton. In Delaware and Maryland the eight thousand growers of the Penin- sula Tomato Growers? Association are asking this year fifty cents per basket or close to $30 per ton, and Mr. Ross, of Delaware, the representative of the eight thousand peninsula growers stat- ed that the men were stickingto their demands. The Newflorl: "and mam western growers did not contemplate any dras- tic action but their intention was to bring the growers of the various states together and establish a basic price for all the states with a differential adapt— ing it to the different regions, the sell- ing, to be done through the ultimate organization which will be formed un- der the guidance of the American Farm Bureau Federation. It is expected that a conference will be called under the auspices of the national Iarm bureau similar to the recent grain marketing conference at Chicago where the din- ferent sections will. get together and tormulate the proposed organization, the American Farm Bureau Federation acting to organize the sections which are not now organized. _ ’ The Michigan representative at the meeting. was Robert A. Wiley, secre- tary of the Michigan Cherry Growers and connected with the marketing de- partment of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. . All the present officers of the Vege- table Growers’ Association of America were continued in otllce at the twelfth annual convention at Columbus, Ohio, last week, except the vice-president, L. F. Miller, of Toledo, Ohio, who be- comes the president. Mr. H. A. Dooley, president of the Cook County, Illinois, Farm Bureau, was elected to fill the vacancy created by the election of Mr. Miller’ to the presidency. The remaind- er of the officers are: E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula, Ohio, junior ex-president; Sam W. Severance, Louisville, Ky., secretary; C. W. Waid, Lansing, Mich, organization secretary, and H. J. Chen- ey, Grand Rapids, treasurer. The board of directors are: Richard Hit- tinge‘r, Belmont, Mass; J. -H. Rice, Ashtabula; M, S. . Vader, Barberton, Ohio; Thomas Delworth, Weston, Ont; W. B. ’Davis, Aurora, 111., and J. G. Hills, Newtonville, N. Y. There were five hundred and seven--’ ty-ilve vegetable armors and green- house men, theirwives and families in attendance. The principal action tak- en at the meeting was the formulation of plans,by which the Vegetable Grow- ers’ Armies“ animus» will weak In harmony with There undoubtedly are many other ization may. ultimately benefit its mem- bers. But they can well await the. 8.06 lcomplishment of this most important work, on which the energies of nation- al, state and local farm business crane izations should be first concentrated. "ways in which the sand business omn- News of the Week Wednesday, August 25- UPPER SILESIAN districtsare re- ported in the hands of Polish in- surgents—Poles recapture all the gov- ernment districts of Poland except two. --lrish factions are reported to be uniting on a demand for full self-gov— ernment from England—A substantial increase 1n wages is granted to the coal miners. of Indiana—The census . an announces that financial statis— tics for municipalities and states for the fiscal year of 1920 willb‘e put all to enable the earlier completion of the fourteenth census. Thu raday, August 26. GERMAN frontier guards are now firing upon Soviet troops who are attempting to cross into Germany.— Gijeat Britain sells a large fleet of war- ships to South American republics.— The greatest dirigible airship in- the world is being completed at Belfort, France—700a] prices have been cut in Baltimore, following government ac- tion—The Interstate Commerce Com< mission orders a'readjustment of grain freight rates to stimulate the move- ment of grain on the Great Lakes,— Sales of wool in London sho'w an ad- vance in price of from five .to ten'per cent for greasy merinos and fine' crossv breds. ' ”Friday, Auguatl'ZTr - TWO ,American _ ships with United States volunteers arenot allowed to land at Danzig.——The Russian soviet government withdraws one'of its terms of peace that the Poles arm a working- men’s militia of 200,000 men—James Wilson, secretary of agriculture in the cabinets of Presidents McKinley, Roose- velt and Taft, dies at his home in Iowa at the age of eighty-aix.—Governo"r Mib 11km. of Maine, calls a special session 01 the legislature of that state to amend registration laws so that the woman may vote at the staterle‘btion Septem- ber 13c—A billlsndollars will be spent by 142 railroads for improve- ments—Gordon Woodbury, of "New Hampshire, is appointed assistant acc- retary o: the navy by President Wilson. Saturday, August 28. Russian army has reorganized and isnow opening a great counter offensive against the Poles, which promises to develop into a decisive battle near Grodn’o.—Labor ofiicials in Washington declare that another coal strike looms as a result of the award of the government’s anthracite coal mission—ell. dispatch from Pelee. tine states that 150 Christians have been killed by about! of 'Bedouins at Ajlun, a village about fifty miles north- east of Jerusalem. ~ Sunday, August 29. THE number of Russian soldiers who are nowpriaoners in Germany is 245,090.——Ab0ut 16,000 mill operators at Manchester, N. H., are laid off for a two weeks’ vacation—A world cons gross on foot-and-month diseases is to be held in Buenos 'Aires.—-—Bank clear- ances for the past week at leading cen- ters in the United States show an ex- pansion over last year’s figures amount- ing to 1.9 per cent—The Bolshevist forces are making a desperate stand at Grodno and Leon Trotsky, Bolshevist minister of war, is personally in com mand of the troops. Monday, August 30. r ABATALLION of United States hi. fantry arrives in West Virginia to take charge of the strike zone—The Russo—Polish peace negotiations 'will now be taken up at Riga instead of at Minsk, where little progress has been made.—-The wage dispute, between the Ohio coal operators and miners is. set- tled by granting the workers ‘an in—. crease of $1.50 per day.-—-‘Eleven per- sons are 'killed and forty wounded dur- . ing‘ihghting~ on the Vetre'ets‘of Belfast, Ireland. , Tuesday, August 3:1. 7 . .. . _ railroads of the United States" beghi operating on their "own re- sources—Dispatches from . Constant}, nople report the massacre of four hun- dred lane by Kurds in Anatolia. —Rioting continues~ in Belfast where, many lives have been lost and web ‘DrODerty deatroyed-—President~>w . , , I accepts the majority reportef'th vim WM m \ ‘3 Wm M l W e» H GANFARMER ’ , 3.255,- OIan Chma Breeders Active Our 0mm: Rider Gets a Lme 072 Me Mice ofSewm/ C antral Mzcézgcm Breeders NCR ASING the popularity of the of forage and concentrates into mar— and still lack the nerve to go out and grown and should be in fine condition Polan China breed of swine in ketable pork. _It has also been thor- pay high prices for breeding stock by sale time. Both farmers and breed- .~ Michigan is the goal, ambition and oughly demonstrated that the small, from distant localities. ers will find plentyr of good individuals ‘ I heart’s desire of several progressive very compact, “chuffy” hog is not the . to interest them among these offerings. breeders who have joined together to most profitable animal for Michigan -HE first visit was at the farm of Charles Wetzel & Sons, of Ithaca, hold a circuit of public sales during conditions. Feeders know that it is Wesley Hile, near Ionia. MrIHile will present an offering of about forty the last week in October. These sales» not the thick, compact type of hog that began breeding Poland Chinas about head from such blood lines as Big I should prove of great value in bring— tops the leading markets, but that, in five years ago with the idea of growing Mastodon, Defender and Big Timm ' ‘ ing to the attention of farmers, as well most instances, a type showing consid- better hogs for market. He soon real- sows bred to their herd sire, Smooth as breedersrthe necessity of develop- erable length, with proportionate ized the need of a larger and more Half Ton, a son of Big Half T011 and ing Poland China swine along lines depth of side and loin is most sought prolific type than could be found here out of Buster Giantess. Smooth Half that add commercially to their value, after by the packers. Incidentally, in Michigan. As a result he made a Ton is an excellent sire and combines and at the same time producing ani- this is the profitable type, and the kind trip through Iowa and Missouri and the blood lines of two famous families mals of the type most in demand Michigan Poland China breeders must purchased a few good individuals of ’7 ' produce if they are to make the most the big-boned type. Among the sows in of their, opportunities and not surrend- his herd is Miss Columbia, a litter mate er the present high position of the P01- to The Yankee and The Pilot, for which ,3. and China breed to some of its com- he paid $1,025. This young sow is one " f petitors who are flaming into popular— of the outstanding females of the breed ’ ity on the slogan of stronger bone, and undoubtedly the best Poland China high backs and increased prolificacy. sow ever brought into Michigan. Miss In proof of the fact that breeders Columbia is not only great in blood are awakening to the necessity for pro- lines and individuality but she is a ducing a more vigorous type of hog, great mother and has farrowed forty practically all of the standard breeds pigs in her last three litters—all with- of swine are now being bred more and in a year. morefor size. A few years ago nearly Another excellent sow of immense all of the animals fitted for public sale size, wonderful depth, stylish carriage, and exhibition purposes showed much strong back and good bone develop— One of Mr. Leonard’s Herd. refinement, whereas now we see ani- ment is Gerstdale Jessie, a daughter . . . mals with much more scale and with of Bib Bob and out of Long Bess. She of the b1eed. Two boars and ten gilts ; , states.“ If M1ch1gan ’5 to become fam- more substance. Breeders of purebred was bred by R W. Halford, of Iowa. listed in the sale are daughters of Kin- 3 (I one as a breeding 31'9“,“ ff”. purebred 11038 are laying much stress on big Then there is Quality Miss, a daughter neson’s Gerstdale, a daughter of Ge1st- PolandChma swme 1t 1s t1me 1391' her type, which is but another name for of Royal Big Bob and out of Jumbo dale Giant and out of Dessie Masto- breeders to awaken to a realization Of increased vigor in the breed. And along Giantess, a line bred Mouw’s Smooth don. Both Smooth Half T011 and Kin- the fa“ that they must 1mprove the with these improvements we must not Jumbo sow. Pigs f1om these good sows neson’s Gerstdale came f1om Linc , agestziczl: and quality 0f their breed forget that mere size is not the all- make up a prominent feature of the Lucken’s herd of Indiana. The forty ! head listed from this he1d make up a 1, For several years men well-posted in {A Snapped in Brewbaker &. Sohs_’ Yard. ‘ figm’wv’iéw‘ffia’ér Mew: km: s" throughout the great’pork producing creditable bunch of young and mature , Poland China affairs have realized the stock . .. importance of breeding larger animals 1 with four real legs and, big, 'strong arched backs. It remained for such enterprising Michigan breeders as W. “E. Livingston, Wesley Hile, C. A. Boone and others to begin to scratch their heads and. look around for breeding VER at St. Louis, Clyde Fisher and .. E. R. Leonard Wilt present sixty head in a combination sale. Mr. Fisher’s offerings are made up of‘ sows from the Smooth Wonder, Big Bob and King Joe lines of breeding and pigs sired by Fisher’s Orange, a son of L's Big Or- ange and out of Emriok’s Chief. Fish- er’s Orange is a large vigorous boar of good type, and carries plenty of bone with good depth of sides and loins. animals. that possessed the former. 1 size, type .and prolificacy for which . the breed was famous. They found } them’ove‘r in Illinois, Iowa and Mis- souri, and it is not hard to guess that it cost them quite a tidy sum to bring The sows and pigs are a growthy lot { , these breeding animals to Michigan to and the blood lines represented in the correct the weak points in their herds. herd are among the mos-t popular, l The results of going out after some of E. R. Leonard, the veteran breeder ( the best animals of the breed, hOW- and showman, will present thirty \. ‘ ever, have more than warranted the " I ' " h ' choice individuals from such sows as i money invested in better 1nd1v1duals of Some Young Sows on the Boone-Hill Farm. Lady Big Bone, a daughter of Des 1 the breed. Today- we have here in , Moines A Wonder and out of Hazel 1 Mich1gan animals 0f the approved type important factor to be taken into con- offerings in the coming sale. Mr. Hile Big Bone 1. Queen of Walnut Brook, from some 0f the most popular lines 0f sideration. Along with it must come has seventy- three pigs from eight a daughter of Big Defendei and Out of breeding to be found in America. strong legs,'arched backs and abund- spring litters, which is lather convinc- Daisy Hadley is another crack sow in ance of strong bone. ing proof that his he1d is not weak so the Leonard l1e1d. Five of the young WITH one hundred 01‘ more ani— far as prolificacy is conceined. For a sows listed in the sale are daughters Q mals 0f excellent type and popu— AT the request of the breeders of herd sire he has the Clansboy, a son of Queen of Walnut Brook and they are ., lar lines of breeding offered 1n these Poland China swine who have join- of the famous Clansman, a $50,000 a fine bunch of individuals. For a herd ed this circuit of fall sales throughout boar, and out of Gerstdale Jessie, one sire Mr. Leonard has the Orange Clans- central Michigan the Circuit Rider of his crack sows. Some of the other man, a son of Lord Clansman, by the made a trip of two hundred miles and sows are safe in pig to the Clansman inspected the breeding stock and grow— and Mr. Hile is looking for some great ing pigs entered in the sales. Some of results from the matings. the animals listed in the sales show Over near Elsie, W. Brewbaker & type and quality that should please Sons have an excellent herd headed the most critical breeders, others are by Gerstdale Timm, a son of Gerstdale too compact and have too light bone, Jones and out of A Miss Timm. He is but altogether the offerings are a cred- a boar of great depth of body and has it to the breeders who are promoting an abundance of strong bone. Among the sales. Farmers Who desire pure- the females in the herd is that grand bred Poland China hogs to improve old foundation mother, Extra. Long , their breeding stock, as well as breed- Jumbo, a daughter of Big Type King , . ers who are in need of animals of the and out of Jumbo Queen. Nearly all of Charles wetzel & Son’s Herd S're' ,, I . Wesley Hile’s “Miss Columbia.” more popular modern type are sure to the sows in the herd are daughters ‘ find something of interest in these and granddaughters of Extra Long here in Michigan should not be slow sales. Every person interested in the Jumbo, and they present a striking uni- to take advantage of the situation and future of the Poland China breed of formity of type, size and appearance. :33 afimel oft these i1rang'y, strong-back- swine in Michigan should plan to at Another grand brood sow is Lady . , mas o e present reading tend one or more of these sales. Such Wonder B, a daughter of Black Big .Aherds. .. It has been demonStrated “that a trip is sure to prove of great educa- Wonder and out of Monroe’s Giantess. igdéjstiogfigdnogvleastt, the Circuit . strohsha‘ck‘ed hcgfihavdmény tional value, besides the men who have She is a big type sow of .quality and offerings of the B 0012:1451? (excellent ‘ . .- _ , invested their money in better in'divi‘d- geod blood lines Gerstdale blood will of Blanchard Mr C A B 0mm!!!“ ins-Jarge’plit- 11151301 thefl‘breed from other States are predominate through the onerings in ager, has the ri ht ide b oone m " ‘ ' ab fisévfig‘ oftfie fiupport of moss who this sale. About fifty animals have ' g aa out building ' I tag. as .. ' been listed;- The- youiig' stuff is wen “W“ sales successful farmers and breeders Clansman, and out of Buster’s Orange. All of Mr. Leonard’s animals are in ex- cellent condition and from popular lines of breeding. olstein HE two weeks’ series of Holstein I tours in southern Michigan coun~ ties proved to be a great suc- cess, and those who attended were - unanimous in their approval of the idea. Coming at one of the busiest sea- sons of the -year, while harvesting and threshing were in full swing, the at tendance, which ranged from one hun- dred and fifty to three hundred each day, was extremely gratifying. Publicity, tuberculin testing, calf clubs, and the adoption of a construc- tive breeding policy by the selection of a few strains upon which all the breed- ers of the state should combine were the principal subjects discussed. The Shlawassoe Tour. The first day of the series, which was spent in Shiawassee county, assured us of the success of the undertaking. Promptly at nine o'clock the machines, piloted by County Agricultural Agent H. E. Dennison, left Owosso for the southern part of the county, stopping first at the farm of Fred Martin. Mr. Martin has a small herd of very good quality and takes good care of them. One of the consignments to the Shia- wassee County Holstein Breeders: Sale to be held at Owosso, October 21, will come from this herd. The next herds visited were owned by D. D. Dutcher and Charles Wilkinson, both of whom will consign some first-class individuals to the fall sale. The C. M. Spalding and James Sexton herds were visited before noon, and the herd sire at Sexton's aroused much favorable comment. At noon we stopped at the beautiful farm home of Charles Paine for the basket lunch and program. After in- specting Mr. Paine’s cattle, we called on Mr. James Hopson, who, in com- pany with his neighbor, Mr. Spitler, owns two very good sires. Some very good cattle were seen here, and Mr. Spitler had a pair of very fine calves which were being fitted for the fair. The Hillis herd, next on the list, con sists of about thirty head of very fine individuals and is listed for dispersion in the Owosso sale, October 21. Johan Hengerveld Lad, one of the best sons of Hengerveld DeKol, heads this herd. This is one of the few cases where a bull has been kept until his value was proven, for he is now past fourteen years of age and has nearly seventy tested daughters, thirty-two of which range from twenty to thirty-one pounds of butter in seven days. All the cows in the herd are in calf to this sire, and this herd should form the basis for a great sale. One other herd was visited late in the afternoon, the herd owned by Mon- roe & Lewis, and some very fine cattle were seen. This herd will also be dis- persed this fall and a number of very good individuals with good records are included. This will be the first sale ever held by the Shiawassee county breeders and they are‘ planning to make it a real sale. A Day in Saginaw County. Competition was keen in Saginaw county, for it was circus day. Never- theless, a good crowd of breeders were on hand to inspect the Thomas Phoe. nix herd of thirty head, which was the first to be visited. The Stafford herd, which is a grade herd, was a fine object lesson in the ' results of upgrading by using a pure- bred Holstein sire. Here was a herd of twelve cows, including two two-year- old heifers, that had been built up from a scrub foundation by using good pure- bred Holstein bulls, and during the past year they'had averaged about ten thousand pounds of milk per cow. This 9 : p is more than double the average yearly fmzoduction of the cows of the state. ‘ Tours The Gugel herd was inspected before stopping at the Frankenmuth. Hotel for dinner—and a real dinner it was, too. During the afternoon the herds of Messrs. Stern, Hart, Bickel, J. Maurer, Hecht, G. Maurer, Roenicke, and Gar- ber were inspected and many good cat- tle were seen. The country around Frankenmuth is. the garden spot of Michigan and no one could wish to see nicer fields of corn and oats, nor straighter rows of beans and sugar beets than these. The cattle here, like the farms, are well cared for and heavy producers. At Conrad Hecht’s we saw one of the best herds of the day, including a thir- ty-one-pound daughter of King Henger— veld Palmyra Fayne and her dam. Mr. Hecht has three daughters and a two- year-old son of this thirty-one-pound cow and they are all fine individuals. Another herd of remarkable quality was seen at John Stern’s. Mr. Stern believes in intensive agriculture, and his farm of forty-five acres showed the results. He kept only five cows during the past year, including a two-year-old and a three-year-old heifer, but they averaged nearly 14,250 pounds each. The records follow: Mill: Length of Age. Produced. Record. Seven years ..... . . .14. 300 10 mo Six years . . . . ...... 13, 920 9% mo Four years . . . . . .15,400 11 mo Three years ........ 16,400 9 mo Two years . . . . . . . ..11,200 9 mo. 71,220 These cows received the best of care and feed but were milked only twice a day. They are well-grown and well- cared for, as are all the herds in the territory about Frankenmuth. Tuscola Next. Thursday was spent in Tuscola coun- ty and several herds were inspected which had been visited by the Saginaw breeders on the day before. These herds are in Tuscola county close to the Saginaw line, and we do not blame the Saginaw breeders for including them in their trip, as. they are well worth going outside the county to see. At L. J. Hart’s we saw a sire owned by the Frankenmuth-Tuscola Bull Association, a group of about fif- teen Holstein breeders who organized a bull association some years ago and started with a Michigan bred bull. Sub- sequent purchases made elsewhere have convinced them that Michigan bred bulls are good bulls and they are now negotiating for two of the home- grown variety. Going on, we visited the Ash, Schieffer, Schnell, Laux, and Ridgman herds and saw some fine cat- tle, the last mentioned herd having some extra good specimens. ' The herd at the Michigan Farm Colony at Wahjamega is one of the newer state herds, as this institution has been established only recently. A very good barn equipment and a num- ber of good animals were seen here, and they have a‘ promising young sire coming on that should materially im- prove the general quality of the herd. One other herd, the W. J. Gamble herd, north of Caro, was visited in the afternoon. Local arrangements for this tour were handled by County Agricultural Agent Alex. MacVittie, and George" A. Proctor, secretary of the Tuscola Coun- ty Holstein-Friesian ' Association, and credit is due them for the success oi! Carter farm, where about sixty 301-" the meeting and the inspection tour. And Then Lapeer. Clinton F. Smith, secretary of the Lapeer County Holstein-Friesian Asso- ciation, has started recently in the H01- stein breeding business. He has used good judgment in selecting his founda- tion and has a nice herd. Assembling here at 8:30, we went the rounds of some sixteen herds in Lapeer county and finished at six in the evening—a good day’swork. The Michigan Home and Training School has a herd of seventy milking cows, many of which show exceptional producing ability, but owing to some- one's neglect only about half of them are registered. It's the old story—ev- erybody's business is nobody's busi- ness, and the state of Michigan is the loser thereby to the extent of thou- sands of dollars. Leaving the school, we visited the herds of R. V. Cutting, William Chris- cinske, and Arthur C. Reek, and saw some very good animals, stopping at the last place for the lunch and pro- gram. Following the program, a short business session of the Lapeer County Holstein-Friesian Association was held and action taken to insure a good showing of Holsteins at the Imlay City Fair in September. At the William Prieh’s herd, the first : herd visited in the afternoon, Mr. Pol- . lock was called on for a demonstration on Holstein type, which was‘much ap- preciated, as a ‘large number of new breeders were in attendance. William Rider, Sam Park, H. P. Rol- lins, John Stock & Son, L. C. Walker, Frank Hartwig, H. F. Rice, Dewey C. Pierson, and H. C. Cramton were call- ed on and many good cattle were seen. The last two herds were among the best visited during the day, the Pier- son herd being one of the old estab‘ lished herds of ”the state and well- known on the fair circuit a few years ago, showing with good success at the National Dairy Show. The Lapeer county breeders are for the most part young men who are starting in the business with plenty of energy and enthusiasm, and the indus- try will undoubtedly make great strides in that county as a result of their ef- f0rts. More testing will be done there during the coming year than in the past, though we saw a number of good record cows, including a thirty-one- pounder owned by Mr. Rice. Local arrangements were made by County Agent Bishop and Secretary C. F. Smith, and everything went along smoothly, thanks to their efforts. Genesee on Saturday. The Michigan School for the Deaf was one of the last of the state insti- tutions to adopt Holsteins. They have made a fine startand already have a fair~sized herd, including two animals which Mr. Hoffman, the steward, pur- chased at the St. Paul National Sale. One of these heifers, Pontiac Monica, with a record of 22,206 pounds of milk and 939.24 pounds of butter as a senior tWO-year-old was bred by the Pontiac State Hospital, and the other, Traverse Inka Princess Wog, a twenty-three pound junior two-year-oid, Was bred by the Traverse. City State Hospital. Leaving the school, the caravan of sixty automobiles headed for Mr. Alt- ken’s place, stopping on route at the rove Great Success" stein cows are used to produce Grade A milk. At Mr. Aitken’s, where a spe- cial grade of milk is produced also, we saw one of the finest sights of the week, a bunch of heifer calves sired by King Ona, every one a picture, as- straight as a line and all in the pink of condition. In fact, all the cattle around the place are “easy to look at,” and anyone seeing the herd must agree that D. D., who is a crank on type, practices just what he preaches. We were not able to see them all, as ten members of the herd, including seven two-year-old daughters of King Ona, were away at the Loeb Farms at Charlevoix to be bred to Sir Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes 40th. All of these* are on-a 305-day test. Two of the cows on long time test, each with records above thirty pounds in seven days, were brought out for a demonstration on type, Mr. Pollock of- ficiating, and everyone was much in- terested. It would be well worth while for all the Holstein breeders of the state, especially those who are just starting in the business, to pay a visit to this herd and study the animals so as to get the correct type in mind. Mr. Aitken believes in a small herd-of high class individuals, rather than ,a larger herd of mediocre quality, and the herd is certainly worth seeing. The next place was F. A. Dodge 8: Son's, who have a number of geod rec- ord cows, including a thirty~one«pound- er and half a dozen good ones on year- ly work. Spillane & Geiger, where we stop- ‘ped for dinner, have practically the whole herd on yearly test and promise to make some very high records. Flint Pauline had 24,452.6 pounds of milk and 974.8 pounds of butter to her credit in 270 days, and still going fine. Five cows in this herd will produce together above 100,000 pounds of milk and 4,500 pounds of butter during the year, which is equivalent to the product of a herd of twenty-five cows showing the aver- age production of the country. During the afternoon we called on Walter Hill, Robinson Brothers, and J. F. Rieman, and saw some very good cattle at each place, finishing the day with Mr. Mott, who has a beautiful place right in the city of Flint and keeps nothing but purebred stock, in- cluding a half dozen very fine Holstein cows. The Genesee County Holstein-Fries- ian Association is to be congratulated upon the number of very fine herds in the county and upon the success of the tour. Secretary A. C. Anderson, for- merly Professor of Dairy Husbandry at the Michigan Agricultural College, and now with the Freeman Dairy 00., of Flint, as production manager, prom- ises to keep the Genesee county breed- ers stirred up and we expect to hear from them frequently. ' Lenawee County. Starting the second week of the ser- ies, we met at Adrian on Tuesday, Au- gust 3, for a tour of Lenawee county, the second Holstein county of Michi- gan, and one of the richest agricultural counties in the United States. Hol— stein herds are numerous in this coun- ty and only a small portion of the ter- ritory could be covered, none of the ‘herds in the west half of the county being inspected. An interesting feature of the trip here was the attendance or the calf club boys and girls, twenty-two out of twenty-eight members being on hand throughput the day with County Agri« . , - cultural Agent Ralph Carr and County :Ciub Leader Marjorie Place, in charge. Leaving the Adrian Court House at 8: 00 a. m., the first stop made was at, _‘ (Continued on 350319). HE club itself, together with its high-sounding name—Pathologi- \ f' cal Seminar—has become but lit- ' tle more than a memory, except in the minds of the handful of men who in the early days of the United States Department of Agriculture met at one another’s home in Washington to dis- cuss various questions connected with their work. They were all young men, at the outset of their careers—a group destined to produce some of the fore— most leaders in their respective lines of work. Among the men who foregathered at these informal talks was a quiet, thoughtful, painstaking young fellow, fresh from the fruit country of Michi- gan. He brought to the discussions not only the theoretical knowledge gained from a course at the Michigan Agricultural College, but the actual practical experience in fruit growing obtained on a real fruit farm where he spentmost of his youth. He was a good listener, and soon. gained among his companions that confidence usually given to quiet men of. his type. His comments, when he made them, were always well thOught out and aptly put, a characteristic that has marked his utterances ever since: A Thorough Investigator- This man was Dr. William A. Tay— lor, who was to become one of the de- partment’s most efficient administra- tive officers, chief of the bureau of plant industry, and a man recognized ”throughout the country as one of the highest authorities on the growing, storage, shipment and handling of fruits. He is known as a very thor— ough investigator, one that carefully weighs all essential factors before ar- riving at a decision. , “Chile Dr. Taylor came to the de- partment shortly after graduation from college, he brought with him a great store of practical farming knowledge gained as a boy, which has stood him in good stead upon many occasions in making his bureau of actual, first-hand aid not only to the farmers of the coun- try but to the people generally. . One very striking instance of this is revealed in the art played by the group of workers of which he had charge in coming to the aid of the orange ship- pers and the railways, who for a long time were at odds over the heavy de- terioration of oranges during transit. .The loss averaged about twenty per cent of the fruit shipped, due chiefly to blue-mold. The railways and the shippers appealed to the department of { i i .53 i f agriculture. It was found that many slight abrasions were made in the fruit in picking and handling it. At the sug- gestion of department specialists the sharp points on the instruments used in cutting the fruit from the trees were filed down; the oranges were cut close without stems, and workers who hand- led the fruit were provided with gloves. By these measures the loss was cut down from twenty to two per cent. At that time the orange crop was valued '11 Who 863er You ' , 'D‘r. IV://:am A. Taylor, IVarIéJ‘ Qmetly and De/zéemte/y, But See IV Ia! ‘ He and HI: Bureau Haw D0726~By W. J Maddox sure the necessary ventilation. This not only greatly reduced the cost of transportation, but also greatly lessen- ed losses of fruit and vegetables in transit. Notable Work with Cotton. The bureau has done notable work in the breeding and distribution of su- perior varieties of cotton. These have been established in commercial culti- vation in different parts of the cotton- producing areas to which they are spe- Dr. Taylor is a Native of Michigan. at about $30,000,000 a year. .Among the important accomplish- ments of the bureau under Dr. Taylor’s direction, is its work to imprbve meth- ods of handling, transportation and storage of fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products. It demonstrated the importance of pre- cooling fruit be fore shipment and the necessity of shipping in ventilated cars. Its special- ists worked out improvements in the construction of refrigerator cars to in- cifically adapted. The most important varieties bred and distributed are the Lone Star, Trice, Acala, Columbia, Dur- ango, Meade, and Pima. The value of this work can be realized when it is known that the present annual produc- tion of these varieties is estimated at between $200,000,000 and $300,000,000. The Lone Star cotton belongs to the Texas bigeboll type, with Triumph and Rowden, but has superior fiber and is now grown largely in the chief produc- “science ing regions of Texas and adjacent: states, probably to the extent of at least one million bales. On this basis the advantage to farmers in substitut— ing Lone Star for competing varieties may be estimated from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year. ' The Pima cotton is the basis of the new Egyptian cotton industry of Ari- zona and California, in irrigated dis- tricts that grew no cotton only a few years ago. In the Salt River Valley alone the Pima crop of last year, valued at $20,000,000, returned nearly twice the cost of all the reclamation works of the valley, including the Roosevelt Dam. Among the new varieties of grain in- troduced and developed in this courp try by the bureau is the famous durum wheat. This achievement met with rapid success, and durum wheat is now grown on a large scale. The 1918 crop was estimated at, slightly less than $100,000,000. Not only this, but an en~ tirely new industry for this country, the manufacture of macaroni, for which this wheat is particularly suitable, was established. These are only a few examples of -What Dr. Taylor and the highly effi- cient organization of which he is the administrative head is accomplishing for the producers, and consequently for the consumers of the country. It is impossible to estimate the value of the work of the bureau of plant industry to the people of the country in dollars and cents. We can point to any one case, such as that of the orange grow- ers, and show what it meant to them to have their losses cut down from twenty per cent to two per cent. The immediate, obvious gain is to a very small group of interests, but there is no calculating the indirect benefits to business and the public generally. It requires nothing short of a Benthamite mathematician to reckon them. It is very much like the dropping of a stone into a pool of water. The ripples spread in all directions and their impulse is felt over a wide area. There is no tell- ing where the commercial ripples from this pebble do not touch—the banks, the railways, the manufacturers of the many supplies incident to the business and others almost without end. With our present complei commercial life, it would hardly be an exaggeration to say that there is no line of business that does not feel the influence in some way. The password for of the service.” bureau is The bureau - cellist Left Grown on Muck without Fertilizer, while that at Right hand an Application of Potash- One of the Si , - no of Miohman Muckgfiggmgrs to be Held ij Miles southwest of Brown pity, A7: Opportunity :‘0 Lean: t/ze Rem/fro]. F ertz'lz'zerr 0:: a V arz'ety ofCrogbs 0:: Mucé Land xty Experiments to be Considered at on Monday, September 6. " a credit. chants of second rate credit to obtain. .the'l'owest open market rate for their‘ ds ready at all times :to. place: the ledge and labors of 'its highly. skilled specialists at the disposal or any ' dividual or group of citizens who s-seek advice upon any subject connect- led with plant industry—and this cov- ._ are a very wide field, indeed. It in- ' j eludes investigations of the causes, pre~ - vention and treatment of diseases of . plants, including fruit, ornamental '. shade and forest trees; the intrOduc- tion of new varieties of plants; the im- provement and utilization of grazing lands; use of irrigated lands; soil» fer- tility, and the improvement and pro duction of cereals. Many others could be mentioned, for the work touches plant life in all its relations to the Credits, HE proposition to establish by act of congress a cooperative sys- tem of rural credits based on personal security is receiving the en- dorsement of many well-known farm leaders. The National Society of Rec- ord Associations through its secretary, Wayne Dinsmore, who is also secretary of the Horse Association of America, has appointed a rural credits commit tee composed of F. L. Houghton’, sec- retary Holstein-Friesian Association of America; Frank W. Harding, secre- tary American Shorthorn Association; William H. Caldwell, secretary Guern- sey Cattle Club; Robert J. Evans, sec— retary Duroc-Jersey Association, and himself, to prepare a rural credits bill to be presented to the congressional rural credit committee created by the recent agricultural appropriation act. Mr. Dinsmore has petitioned the chair- men of the committees of agriculture and banking and currency of both bod- ies for a judicial hearing on the bill‘ to be pressed by the committee of the Natioinal Society of Record Associa— tions, and has asked that September 1 be designated as the date when the bills may be presented to the commit- tee and that October 15 be designated as the last date at which defenses may be filed by the interests which would be adversely affected by such bills, should any become a law. The bear- ings before the house and senate com- mittees will begin on November 8. The rural credit committee of the record society are agreed on the prin- ciples of the McFadden bill and have engaged R. C. Milliken, a Washington monetary statistician, as an expert to prepare a bill to be presented to the congressional investigating committee and appear before them to establish its merits. “Nothing could be fairer,” says Mr. Milliken, “than the hearing which the record association has asked for, for it gives every interest affected an op- portunity to appear before the congres sional investigating committee by an expert of its own selection and point out the defects of the bills presented by the farmers and stock raisers. This Would force those adverse interests in- to open court to point out any objec- tions they may make to such bills. But should any become a daw. The hear- to meet the adverse interests, banks and insurance companies, either in the secret lobby or open court, and the farmers and stock raisers had best meet them in open court than attempt to do so in the secret lobby. “The real purpose of the McFadden bill is to standardize productive farm credit paper, just as Great Britain has standardized commercial credit paper. Britain did that by creating the ‘Ac- ceptance House,’ great importing firms which had established international That enables English mer- "c'oinmercial paper by inducing one of «1am great ‘Acceptance Houses’ to be- ‘11 their acceptor. The McFadden - Heads Largo staff. by , Under Dr. _ Taylor’s direction, there are approximately 2,103- employes, 868 of whom are located in Washington, D. (3., and 1,235 engaged inthe work of the. bureau outside of that city. Asoc— casion arises representatives are sent out to varidus foreign countries on ex- ploration work in search of new plants that can be introduced and developed profitably in the United States, or to study plant diseases where there is danger of introduction to this country. Among the important field activities of the bureau is that of investigating and studying methods for eradication of plant diseases. It is endeavored to new plant diseases just as 1! develop br are introduced in H United States so that measures can be taken without delay for checking their spread or means advised for restrict- ing their further introduction. Notable work along. this line has been done with regard to diseases of wheat, cot- ton, vegetables and fruit. Closely con- nected with this is the workof stamp- out carriers of destructive plant ses such as the common barberry mics of black stem rust, or wheat so greatly reduces the crop of Our Wasflington C arresp ”dent Ends Mmfl Mew of Interest to Farmer: bill proposes to use one of the six big- gest life insurance companies to take the place of the British ‘Acceptance House.’ Certainly that would give a wide market for our productive farm Credit paper, as no other financial in- stitution in the country is stronger than one of our larger life insurance companies.” REASURY department oflicials re- port that they are receiving infor- mation from districts having large tex- tile interests ‘that there will be an early resumption of activities in these industries. Reports of manufacturers, they say, show that mills that have been closed will start again early this fall. Nevertheless they are predicting still lower prices for wool and woolen goods. As evidence of this they point to late reports showing more wool in the world today than ever before, and cancellations of orders, together with return of goods to the woolen mills have reached as high as $200,000,000. Friends of. the French “truth-in-fab— ric” bill are urging sheep raisers' asso~ ciations to make a united effort before congress convenes in December, to formulate a program of action which will enable their representatives to come before the congressional commit- tees at the hearings, backed by the strongest possible support from the pub- lic, and with arguments which will en- able them to answer satisfactorily and convincingly every question asked by members who are opposed to the bill. It is thought that failure to secure fav- orable action on the bill last Spring was due to the lack of definite, organ- ized team work in defense of the bill." T a recent meeting the National Board of Farm Organizations ap~ pointed a committee to investigate the importations of vegetable oils and cer- tain other farm products and their ef— fect upon American farm products in the home markets. These include cot- ton and corn, large quantities of the latter product being imported from the Argentine, according to C. D. Holman, chairman of the committee. At the September meeting steps will be taken by the committee to coordinate the work of all the farm organizations and various other interests concerned, so as to be able to give a uniform and logical presentation of the case before the tariff board and the congressional committees. There are now coming into this country from foreign ports many millions of pounds of vegetable oil produdts, including ’ 258,229,102 pounds of copra, 133,212,423 pounds of peanuts, mostly, shelled, 269,226,966 pounds of cocoanut oil, 2,064,363 gal- lons of peanut oil, and vast quantities of soy bean oil and cottonseed oil, which are used in the prducti‘o‘n of ale. the American public. ” omargarine and other butter substi- tutes, lard compounds and the like, all coming into direct competition with American cottonseed, butter and other animal products. The bulk of this stuff comes from the Orient where costs of production are small, the work being performed by cheap Coolie labor. It comes into direct competition with the products of the stock and dairy farms in this country and it is the belief of the committee that the time has arriv- ed when means should be provided for protecting the dairymen and stock rais- ers from this foreign competition. As another means of combatting this competition of imported vegetable oils, Secretary A. N. Loomis of the National Dairy Union, suggests the education of the public to the comparative values of real butterfat and the vegetable oil substitutes. He quotes the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station Bul- letin 291 as saying that “no plant oils so far investigated, and these include cottonseed oil, almond oil, cocoanut oil peanut oil, and sunflower seed oil, con; tain the fat soluble vitamine in appre- ciable quantities. It is fame to claim these as substitutes for butterfat. We do not condemn them, for they are val- uable food products as sources of en- ergy and their use for that purpose should be encouraged, but they should sell under their own banner and be used in nutrition for exactly what they are worth. To remove the butterfat from whole milk and replace it with cocoanut oil and then claim that the product is equal to whole milk for the nutrition of growing children is not true.” HE capitalization of the United States Grain Corporation has been further reduced from $150,000,000 to $50,000,000 by order of President Wil— son. Last month the capitalization was reduced $300,000,000, and the amount turned into the treasury. The $100,- 000,000, which is the present reduction, will be turned over to the government, and the remaining $50,000,000, with some $30,000,000 profits, will be turned back to the treasury when the work of the corporation is ended. The director of sales of'the war de- partment announces another big meat sale, asserted to be “the beginning of the biggest sale of canned meats ever known,” and at figures “below prewar prices." “Through the cooperation of thousands of wholesale and retail deal- ers, more than 60,000 postmasters, 5,000 bankers and mayors in virtually every city and town in the country, many million dollars' worth of- canned corn beef, corned beef hash, hash, roast beef and bacon will be sold to These record- breaking pricewrecking meat sales are announced with big headlines in the city papers so. frequently it Would.” ricountry He was born at :Michigan, June '23, 1863. He was grad- .- Chelsea, 1 uated drain the Michigan Agricultural ace-liege in 1888 with the degree of B. ' 8., receiving. his doctor’s degree from that institution in 1913. Before enter- ing the government service he man: aged a fruit farm-and nursery in Mich.» igan. He entered the department of agriculture as an assistant pomologlst in 1891 and served succesively a as- sistant chief of division of pomology, pomologist in charge of field investiga- tions, and as assistant chief of the bu- reau until his appointment as chief in March, 1913. s, Meats seem that the government would soon be able to dispose of its comparatively small stock of canned meats. It is evi- dent, however, that these meats offered by the government are not popular with the public and sales are slow, re— gardless of much advertising and low prices. It is also evident that the war department officials are oblivious of the depressing psychological effect these sensational price slashing an- nouncements might have on the meat producing industries. THE new movement to organize the farmer borrowers represented .by the four thousand farm loan associa- tions into a national organization is making rapid progress, according to the National Board of Farm Organiza- tions, which is promoting this project. Farm lean associations in twenty-five different states have already joined the Nati’dnal Union of Farm Loan Associa- tions, and in all the states they are meeting with much encouragement.. Scores of letters approving the move- ment are being received. The union will be affiliated with the Board of Farm Organizations, but will be a sep- arate organization 'with its own repre- sentative in Washington. The federal farm loan board, according to the lat- est informafion‘ I have, has” not given its approval to this new national union of loan associations, the officials feel- ing that there is no occasion at this time for the formation of such an or- ganization. A‘ coming event of considerable in- terest to farm folks is the fifteenth in- ternational conference against alcohol- ism, which will be held in this country for the first time since it was organiz- ed forty years ago. The sessions will be held at the Pan American building in Washington, September 21-26. The program includes a. special study to be ‘ made of the effect of prohibition in the United States and the effect of the great ~war in connection with alcohol- ism in various countries will be given attention. The conference is a scien- tific organization interested in study- ing alcoholism as a disease, and is said to be without prejudice for or against any one method of dealing with intem- perance. Since the wonderful development of the apple orchard industry in the Unit— ed States and the exportation of fruits began this has became an apple eating world. Apples from American orchards are now being exported to eighty dif- ferent countries, say the fruit market experts of the Bureau of Markets. Fig- ures compiled by the bureau show that the average yearly exports of dried and fresh fruits for the pre-war period of 1910-1914 were 504,911,000 pounds.‘ ,With two low years the average for the period 1915-1919 were 518, 259 .000 pounds, an increase of 2.6 per cent. The 19104914 imports of fruit averag- ed 252,708,000 pounds, as compared with 109 ,708, coo pounds, as compared, 1} showing a decided decrease since 191-4. V. , “Grand is Building N spite of the recent fire losses out individual exhibits from Michigan , which have made it necegsary to farma and various farm organizations limit space for certain exhibits, the 1n the state. Thls is a policy 0f fa1r management of the West Michigan Fair management that is sure to bring the expects to set a new mark which will fair into popular favor among farmers, indicate in a convincing manner the and cause the difierent farmers’ organ- pmgregs the state is making along-hag. izations 1n the state to feel that the ricultural and live stock lines. Every management is endeavoring to keep eflort possible is being made to hrmg.apace with the spirit of the times. It out a large and complete exhibit of all Is to be regretted that the managers kinds of farm crops and all the breeds of some of our other big Michigan fairs of horses, beef cattle dairy cattle, have failed to recognize the importance sheep, swine, poultry and pet stock, of home exhibits instead of crowding and at the same time have the judgingout Michigan exhibits and attempting of the exhibits so arranged as to an— to show up, rather than build up, the swer many of the questions in the minds agricultural interests of the state. )f those interested in better farm crops, Live stock judging by club members better live stock and more profitable and high school boys is to be made a methods of farming. From the inter- special feature of this year’s fair, and est being shown by the farmers and stock men throughout the state there is sure to be a decided im- provement in the quality of the crop exhibits and live stock entered and the number of farmers and breeders making initial shows. The swine entries in particular are expect- ed tQ reflect the increas- ing interest in‘ that branch of animal husbandry, and the almost total elimi- nation of the smaller type of hogs held to so strongly by many of the older breeders of the state in- dicates which way the straws are blowing. Two prominent breeders of draft horses it is perhaps well to mention that older have signified their intention of enter- people as well as the boys may profit ing some of their best animals in order largely from some of, these demonstra- to give the farmers of Michigan 3. bet- tions. The work will be in charge of ter idea of what constitutes real merit capable experts who are capable of ex- in draft horses. In the dairy cattle ex— plaining the reasons why certain ani- hibits, cow-testing association work and mals excel others for the economical cost of producing dairy products will production of various products. Boys be given due prominence, and the ex- who are interested in pig and calf club hibit will be in chargeof an expert who projects will find much to interest Everyone is Interested in can answer any question of interest to them, even though they take no active " visitors. part in the judging contests. Pig F air at" Ra plds ' V T/zzk- Wart M zkflzgan Institution , ‘Up a Strong Farmer Patronage; President Lyman A. Lilly is strong for taking care of the many small ex- hibitors to the end that the fair may prove of the greatest educational value possible to the maximum number of visitors. For that reaSon he has re fused to accommodate many large ex- hibits that would of necessity crowd 'Mr. Lilly, the new president of the West Michigan Fair, has had more than twenty years' experience conduct- ing county and state fairs, and all of _his friends among the patrons of the fair are pleased to note that he now has a free hand in the management. Beginning some twenty years ago as ‘13 fine "it‘w‘ “-0; the manager of successful county fairs he has steadily worked his way to the front until he is now looked upon as one of the most capable fair managers in ‘the country. One reason why he has been successful along this line is due to the fact that he is a practical farmer who has a thorough knowledge of the farmer and his problems; there- fore he has never failed to keep the agricultural features of the fairs he has managed before the public eye. In order that the. people of the city may see the sights at the fair without taking a day or two off, a night fair will be one of the features of the 1920 West Michigan Fair. All of the spe- cial features will take place in front of the grandstand and several entirely the Live Stock Parade. new features W111 De introauced. A gen eral admisison of twenty-five cents will be charged for the night fair, and fifty cents for those who enter the grounds before five o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Lilly guarantees that under no con- ditions will this scale of admission charges be increased. Special attention will be given to the exhibit of labor—saving devices for the rural home. One of Mr. Lilly’s hob- bies is that of making the fair of spe— cial interest to the farm women, and no effort has been Spared to reserve abundant space for exhibitors of var- ious mechanical aids to lessen the drudgery of housekeeping on the farm. All of these exhibits are going to be fil charge of competent demonstrators, and no attempt will be made to com- -igan. mercialize on the exhibits to an extent that farm women may not feel perfect? ly free to visit the booths and familiar- ize themselves with the practicalibity ‘ of the appliances and conveniences for rural homes. West Michigan seldom fails to bring out a praiseworthy horticultural show. ' Fruit of all kinds is plentiful this year, and many of the state’s most promi- nent exhibitors have made plans to bring out better exhibits this fall than ever before. Realizing the growing importance of the bee-keeping industry here in Mich— igan Mr. Lilly has arranged for the most interesting educational bee and honey exhibit ever put on here in Mich- The exhibit will Show the bees at work, bee-keepers’ sup- plies and finished apiary products. All of the bee- keepers of the state and those interested in the in- dustry may see the bees at work in glass cases and gain a knowledge of the various methods of hand- ling them as well as re— fining the products and putting them up in shape to bring the t0p market prices. Beekeepers from all parts of the state should plan to visit this exhibit, as many new phases of handling apiaries and api- ary products will be thor- oughly demonstrated in this exhibit. No expense has been spared to make the special entertainment features of interest to all visitors at the fair, and at the same time weed 01R all of the fakes and indecent features. These remarks are hazarded as reve« lent in indicating to our readers the action which the management of this big fair is taking in its special educa- tional activities. The particular char- acter and diversified types of farming dictate the kind of fair the manage- ment is endeavoring to hold at Grand Rapids this year. One must know some thing of the complex farming condi- tidns of western Michigan to appreci- ate what it means to put on a fair at Grand Rapids that serves properly all ,of the interestS‘l'epresented in the suc- cess of the agriculture of that region. ,. 5“ EINSURE YOUR NEW CAR- ) Before attending County and State Fairs. The increased traf- 5 ‘ fic upon the highway and the : viSiting of the County and State f Fairs causes many additional . automobile accidents. The pru~ dent business man and farmer ,will take out an automobile in-r' surance policy and keep his au- tomobile locked, also put the car in a fire-proof garage when v1s- iting the large cities. During the first six months of 1920 the Citizens’ Mutual Auto- mobile Insurance Company of Howell, Michigan, paid 840 claims, a total of $119,575.16. The Company has about 400 agents scattered through the state and experienced officers, adjusters and attorneys to protect the pol- icyholder. In case of loss give the Com- pany immediate w11tten notice and in case of a serious accident notify us by telephone or tele- graph. The Company is carrying auto- mobile insurance at a low cost, yet is building up a substantial surplus so that claims can be promptly paid. Why insure in a small company when you can in- sure with a large company with $110,000 of cash and with an in- come. prepared to pay the claims, promptly? Call on the local agent or write, Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Howell, Mich. REGALITE Farm Lighting Plant A 95 k w generator directly connected with82H P. air cooled motor: Capacity 45 2&watt lamps. Willard storage battery. Dealers wanted. Write for particulars REGAL GASOLINE ENGINE CO. Grand Street, Coldwater, Mich. RAIL SITUATION: menoviuo‘.’ THE greatest improvement in the car shortage situation since Janu- ary is now being accomplished by the railroads of the country, the railroad car service commission declared in a recent statement. Commercial freight loaded during the week which ended August 7 comprised 942,000 cars, compared with 914,000 cars during the previous week and 872, 000 cars for the corresponding pe- riod in 1919. The car shortage for the week end- ing August 6 amounted to 125,219 cars, vious week. The roads during the week of August 13 were unable to move 72,213 cars, while for the previ- ous week the car accumulation was 84,949. REDUCE LAKE GRAIN RATES. EADJUSTMENT of ex—lake grain rates to stimulate the movement of grain via the Great Lakes to the Lake Erie ports and thus relieve congestion on the rail lines between Chicago and New York has been announced by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Spe- cial permission was given to the rail- roads to make effective September 1 rail rates from the lower Lake Erie will result in making the lake—and-rail rates about three cents per hundred pounds lower than the all-rail rates. Heretofore' the rail rates were higher. “In the hope of stimulating a move- ment of bulk grain from Lake Supe- rior and Lake Michigan ports to Erie ports for movement by rail beyond the Atlantic seaboard territory, both for export and for domestic use, and thus relieving congestion on the all-rail lines between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard, releasing cars at the west— ern lake ports for return to the grain fields and reducing the long haul of empty cars from the seaboard to the west,” the commission said, “the com- mission suggested to the trunk line car- riers from the Lake Erie ports to the seaboard the advisability of promptly readjusting the ex—lake rates on grain in bulk from Buffalo, Erie and Fairport by applying to those rates lower per- centages of increase than were author- ized by the commission in ex parte No. 74, increased rates, 1920.” ————.‘__,.___. 2. compared to 132,370 cars for the pre-' ports to the Atlantic seaboard, which " I the part of commercial rates of inter- eat to go to slightly higher. figures, not- withstanding the maintenance of the same rates of discount at federal re- serve institutions; the further develop- ment, although still upon a very mod- erate scale of unemployment in some lines of business due to cancellation‘or orders and poor transportation of fuel’ and materials; the liquidation of stocks of commodities Which had been held upon a speculative basis; and the grad- ual elimination from banks of paper collateral by such goods. CZECH SUGAR CROP 237,038 TONS. ACCORDING to reports at’ the ‘De-- partment of- Commerce, Czecho- Slovakia produced 237,038 tons of sug- ar during the’nine months’ period end- ed April 30. Of this total 71,715 tons was refined, 109,140 tons crystalized, and 34,477 tons raw sugar. HOLSTEIN TOURS SUCCESS. (Continued from page 256). J.'W. Ladd’s, where greatest interest centered about three calves owned by the three boys as members of the club. E. L. Smith, Oscar Carlson, N. S. Curtis & Son, Myers Brothers, and C. . 0' l E. Winne exhibited their bade fer the benefit or the visitors during the fore- _ . need, and the party returned to south Park in Adrian for the basket picnic and program, - During the afternoon the herds of . Fred. Taylor, R. Baker, L. W. Harwood, Reed Brothers, George Knisel, Fred Knopf, Jr., and C. B. Faler were visit-' ed, and some very. fine cattle were seen. At Reed Brothers? farm Mr. Pol- lock gave the. calf club members a dem« onstration of Holstein type, which was .very interesting and instructive to the boys and girls and to the older breed- ers as well. The way some of the boys answered the questions “Polly” asked showed that they had been receiving good instruction regarding dairy cows. At the Knopf herd another demon-i stration was given on the type of the sire, using; a son of King Ona,,owned by Knopf and Knispl. The Knopf herd was one of the best seen during the day. Mr. S. H. Munsell, who is inspect- ' ing for the next state sale, selected a cow at Knisel’s and one at Knopf’s, which will be sold at the state sale at Jackson, October 19. Judging from the remarks of many in attendance, the day was very well spent and another trip willbe planned for next year, cov- ering some of the other portions of the county. (Continued next week). Farmers’ Auto T0ur By J. H. Brown HE “Michigan Farmer’s Automo- bile Tour” for 1920 is over and recorded as the greatest and flu- est ever pulled off in the entire coun- try. There were sevent'yone cars reg- istered on the west side and thirty- seven on the east side of the state. Over four hundred tourists took part and rode over the 'whole or a large por- tion of the route on both pikes to Mack- inaw. Just thirty-seven cars and over one hundred and fifty tourists follow ed the Michigan Farmer "Official Car" across the Straits of Mackinaw and up to Sault Ste. Marie. Among the tourists were leading farmers and their wives from nearly every county in the southern half of the lower peninsula. Nearly every farmer in the tour belongs to the Farm Bureau and many of them are officers lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, was made vice-president. The writer is secretary-treasurer. The organiza- tion will be known as the “Michigan Farmer’s Automobile Tour Associa- tion.” Every tourist who participated in the, tour to Mackmaw and the 800 has become a member of the organiza- tion and the object will be to hold an annual reunion camp at some central point that will be most convenient for the four hundred tourist-members. Mrs. Stockman suggested that the reunion next year be held on the Mich- igan Agricultural College campus, to which we all agreed. And so next June, just before commencement, we will all pack up our camp equipment and hike for M. A. C. for a two-nights’ camp. Many, many times during the tour, WOULD HOLD WHEAT. ORGANIZED farmers of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska are planning to bring about an advance in the price of wheat, to the end, they say, that they may make a. reasonable profit on their product. At a confer- ence in Kansas City recently of about thirty representatives of the Farmers' Union from Kansas, Oklahoma and Ne- braska and the farm clubs of Missouri, it was decided to urge the farmers of the four states represented to with- hold their wheat from the market, and thereby obtain a minimum terminal market price of $3 a bushel. fired by One Man with new OTTAWA. Get your own fuel ntleea than 2c a cord. then supply big ”demand ferfirewoodat $20 a cord up. Cool Shortage! AXIAL... S.A__W Overted 4 H-P. 310 strokes a minute. Wheel- asv‘to move cheap and easy to run. Engine runs ot er machinery when not sawin New clutch lever starts and stop. law It runs. Cash or Easy Faye-unto. 80° Dm' Trial. lo-Yoor Guarantee: Send for ' II. Hill lock I Special Low Price fit. IS PEAK OF INFLATION PAST? ANY changes in business condi- m P. _ 3". tions are taking place. The month- ”glam W0 , 1y statement of the federal reserve MW"... '- We?“ _ board says that the month or July has been unmistakably a period or business WWI-06'3“. WM and credit transition. The transition M“ WWW has been marked not only as regards mutate industrial developments themselves - 6- u “WT: thinking“ bugged , but also'as regards credit. It has been . W” LANDCOIIPANY particularly exemplified in the relation- MM 3”“ WWI-o. ship between business and lending con— £10888 Mention The Mi eFarmcr dltions. Net'able aniong the. months’ when writing to adve developments has been a. tendency on after we reached the Traverse City fair ground camp, the tourists came to us to speak words of praise for the wonderful time they were having. “It is the greatest time of our lives,” and “We will never forget the Michigan Farmer for making it possible for us to enjoy such a tour together as one family and see nearly a thousand miles of Michigan country, such fine farms and fruit orchards, such a wilderness of potato fields, the finest we ever saw anywhere.”- Frank Rodgers said: “It is the greatest sight I ever saw and this big company with the cars and equipment are traveling together in perfect military order Without any mis~ hap. It will certame be an eye-opener to many of these four hundred tour- ists, and an educational treat to the young people in the tour.” Milo D. Campbell said; “In all my life I never saw such a'large crowd-of farmers and city folks traveling together over the country in such fine order, with every-_ thing going like clock work. The camp scenes I will never forget and the tour- ists all say they are having the time at their lives. It’s wonderful and they can thank you and the Michigan Faun- er for this, the greatest tour I ever. heard of in my lite.” It ought to be repeated neat rear because it has been and members of the Grange. There were sons and daughters from the farms to the number of fifty or more whom we call young people because they are from fifteen years downward. There were included three candi- dates for governor of Michigan, several judges, preachers, city superintendents of schools, high school teachers, state and county officials, prominent officials of the State Grange and Michigan Farm Bureau. State Highway Com- misioner Frank F. Rogers joined us at Mackinaw City. These tourists made up as fine a crowd of farmers as ever got together anywhere. They got so well acquainted with each other, and enjoyed the daily programs held each afternoqi and evening at the camping controls, that we finally called them together on the extreme point of the lower peninsula where the waters .of the straits rolled about us, and suggest- ed that we orggnize the members. of the tour into an association for annual reunions at some central pointinsouth- ern Michigan. The suggestion wasem thueiastically received and we call Mrs. Dora H. Stockman to act as ch man. Elmer E. Ball, 01' Albion, secre- tary- -treasurer of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau, was elected president: Mrs. Dora H. Stockmen, member 0!} such a. tremendous success this time}? -. the State Board or Agriculture slid (Continued on 9380 388). f Copyright 1920, by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.‘ “The use of a truck on Goodyear Cord Tires has increased my land value by bringing my farm closer to town. Power machines, assisted by this pneumatic- tired truck, ofi‘set my l‘abor shortage. The Goodyear Cords on my truck have traveled about 10,000 miles to date. matics go through easily—haul 450 cr Solids can’t go into the soft fields; pneu- ates to 40 by team. Hard to sell a second- hand truck on solids here.”——Glenmore Green, Farmer, Fort Valley, Georgia EXTENSIVE rural experience, like that re- lated above, has confirmed the tendency of farm land prices to increase when Goodyear Cord Tires are used to cover long or difficult hauling routes. ' Fertile acreages, ten or twenty-five miles from the nearest town, have become more profitable and hence more saleable due to improved transportation on. these able and rugged pneumatics. ‘ - What formerly was a tedious and jarring haul by either team or motor truck, has become a brisk, smooth trip due to the grip, cushioning and spryness of the big Goodyear Cord Tires. These virtues frequently enable short cuts to market, bring more markets Within easy- hauling range and pave the way for the safe, punctual transit of perishables and shrinkables. 'The huge strength of Goodyear Cord con-l struction, developed With “the manufacturing care that protects our good name, makes possible the utmost utility and economy of this type of pneumatic tire. - Detailed information, concerning the mani- fold advantages of pneumatic-tired trucks and general. farm motorization, will be sent on re- quest by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com- pany, Akron, Ohio, or Los Angeles, California. ‘ ,1 ‘L. . - OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT Q bushel and germinate at least fifty. per . «1 cent. Bluegrass is such a' persistent ‘ « How far should we place a fence plant that good results are obtained fig? geagugdfeog‘fgefiogdg’: 3:11; 3:: from using small amounts of seed even lead? Do telephone poles form the though its germinability is low. *boundary of the road? If the fence is Seed may be obtained through the on our own land, has any person With- Farm Bureau Seed Department, Lan- out permission, the right to break sing, Michigan. through the fence with machinery, for instance, threshing engines ?—M. N. T. In managing a bluegrass pasture one The width of the highway is ordinar- should remember that during hot. dry '"ily sixty-six feet. The statutes (Comp. weather the bluegrass plants usually ‘Laws 1915, Sec. 4401), and following become dormant and" the leaves may provide how the highway commission— entirely die and dry up. or may have encroachments removed. When in the dormant stage the stock It has quite generally been held that should be removed or much of the hen- a traveler finding the highway "‘ob- efitsof the pasture may be lost. When structed by a sudden flood, washout, the fall rains and cool weather appears snow-drift, fallen tree, or the like, may. the plants quickly revive and will grow go over the adjoining land without lia- late in the fall and thus provide a good bility if there is no other route avall- pastm-e. ' able that is not unreasonably long, or .Old bluegrass pastures may become which the traveler had sufficient notice? unproductive. If the sod becomes root- that he might have avoided the ob- bound the use of a disk or barrow. may structed point. Even then he would improve it. but this is not very widely certainly be liable for any injury un~ practiced. necessarily inflicted. No decisions by Top-dressing with 200 pounds of acid the supreme court of this state on the Phosphate has often been a boom to subject have been found, J. R. R. such pastures but with present prices it is rather doubtful as to the economy ESTABLISHING PERMANENT BLUE of such a practice. GRASS pAsTU RE. About the most practical manner in which to handle an old bluegrass pas- I have a field that I am summer-fab ture is to destroy the weeds and apply lowing for wheat, Whioh I would like stable manure. If there are bare or to seed to bluegrass-for permanent pas— very thin patches existing it is advis- ture. When can this seed be sown to able to rese ed these the best advantage, this fall or next ' spring? Should it be sown alone? Where can I get the seed? I would like general information on bluegrass cufiure. Co J C C lll‘OIl . . . . Woul winter vetchb likl o c Early fa“ °r ea?” Spring are the well if (Illsced in or cul‘t’ivateetlir tincartitlli best times for seeding bluegrass. The spring-tooth harrow after rye, on a most unfavorable time is at the begin- loose sandy soil? What is the mode in ning of hot dry weather in summer. this locality of harvesting winter vetch Bluegrass is not a rapid growing for seed. _ _' plant, hence it is advisable to sow tim- Winter vetch IS .very often seeded m othy, rye grass, red-top or orchard rye stubble by discing. In order to grass along with the bluegrass. These harvest the seed crop it will be neces- grasses grow much more'quickly and sary to use .rye Wilh the vetch. The furnish considerable top growth while rate 0f seeding varies, but the use _0f the bluegrass is becoming established fifteenyto twenty pounds or vetch wuh and forming a. good sod that will be one bushel 0f, rye appears to be the permanent. general practice. A large amount of In choosing a mixture of grasses one vetch may cause trouble at harvest should consider the fertility, drainage, time. With the mixture “5393‘“ fife and acidity of the soil. On the more CYOD may be harvestedwith a grain fertile soils, timothy, red clover, and binder. As vetch shatters badly when white clover may be used with the dry, less seed will be lost if the cut- bluegrass, while on the less fertile tilng and handling can be done when soils it is better to use red-top, orchard t 9 gram “Fug? Wlth dew- N° meth‘ grass and alsike clover. All of the od of handling will prevent the loss of fist named plants will stand acidity, some seed. On this account some farm- and poor drainage, better than will ers on sandy land use the same field timothy and red clover. for rye and vetch for several years in In that wheat is to be sown on this succession, thus utilizing the seed land it is concluded that it is quite fer- thh falls on the ground. The firSt tile. Under such conditions an excel- tune a. field 15 used for vetch the seed lent practice is to sow six or eight Oughtto he'lnoculated With theproper ounds of timothy and six to eight culture of mtrogen-fixmg bacteria. The fl mixed grain is easily and completely ounds of blue rass with the wheat . this fall Next gspring sow four to six separated by the use Of a spiral vetch ' - H. L. B. pounds of high-grade red clover and one to two pounds of white clover, or one may use a. mixture of three to un mu" ”Funds °f red “1°ver’dtw°fp° his Should cows be fed grain before of alsflte and two poun 3 ° W 1 3 they freshen when in fair condition? clover. If so, what kind of grain is best suited The first two years timothy and (310- to their needs? What iS the best feed for little pigs when fed in the form of ver hay may be harvested and by then a slop? What is best when fed dry the bluegrass and white clover will with a self-feeder? have formed a sod that will stand the Ingham Co. J. H. B. r 'tramping of cattle and provide a very If the cow has the run of a good good pasture which will be of consid- pasture no grain feed is needed before erable permanency. freshening. If confined to dry rough- Only the best of seed should be used. age, or hay and silage, a light ration It being important that the clover be of bran and linseed oil meal is desir- of high germinability and free of able. The amount of grain feed to be weeds. ’ regulated by the condition of the cow The germinability of bluegrass seed and quality of the roughage. ' “ very low and often the seed contains Middlings and oil meal make a. fine considerable chaff, causing it to vary grain mixture for feeding young pigs. niweight from twelve to thirty pounds A little tankag'e, say‘one pound of tank- per bushel. Good bluegrass seed should age to ten pounds of the grain mixture, t twenty pounds to the will help out Wonderfully. where skim- FENCES ON HIGHWAYS. A. L. BIBBINS.‘ VETCH C'ULTU RE. separator. SHOULD cows BE FED? ”rap-dressing wheat, therefore, with milk is not at hand. If self~feeders are wheat for smut will eliminate» the dan-l used ground corn' and oats,- say one. get‘ from’wh'eat smut, but naturally has? pound of tan-Rage to nine Pounds of the no connection with the subsequent ma? grain mixture should 91‘3“ more 9313' nuring 0f the field. The function 'of, table and give good results. particu- the seed treatment is merely to disln-I larlv when. the piss have the run of feet the grain which is planted in order grass 941d green forage “093- to allow the young sprouts to grow W- M. I. without becoming infected with the wheat smut fungus. Since the infec- tion period is restricted to the "short-E , period in which thesprout is coming MY half-grown ducks become week out from the kernel and does not’ take in lo s, ' ' » , ‘ , d th . . they file :29: fgvevcidiygo‘g‘iheyare 0:? place after the plant. gets above the: on range. I feed cracked corn. They ground. seed treatment gives remark~‘ grew fine until recently. able results in preventing smut. For- ’ Mrs. J- L 0- full discussion of methods of treat- Leg weakness in ducks ”5 often caus- ment, send for Extension Bulletin No. ell by t°° 11“.th ”“0011th food and 17 of the Michigan Agricultural College. not enough exercise. Instead of so G. H. c, much cracked corn try a mash c'ontain- , ing about fifteen per cent of corn meal, SUCKERS ON SUGAR CANE. ten per cent of beef scrap and the. re- . mainder bran, with possibly a littie I have a patch of sugar cane-which low-grade flour if it can be obtained. I drilled in rows and 110" it is about Flve. per cent of coarse sand can also 32ng fmeSKE-eezntoifihfilghmfshefil be added t0 the mash With 800d re- suckers on each stalk, and as the stalks suits. The ducks also need plenty of are only about twelve to fourteen inch- green feed and will eat more clover or of hparlgh it Will dni‘ake too 133V!!! 1: . sail. egroun ssovery a. green rye if it is mixed With the mash. I am afraid to cut so many suckers off- An°th°r Gas“? made me“ “mount“ fOr fear that it will sap the stalk too used consists of six parts of wheat mid- much. dlings, six parts of corn meal and one It is not advisable to attempt cutting part beef scrap. This can be moist- the suckers from' sorghum plants. It ened and made into a crumbly mash is usual for sorgdum to produce agreat and the ducks given all they will clean many more suckers than corn. Since RATIONS FOR DUCKS. ..\ ' up in a few minutes. Do not overfeed the plant is grown for forage and sy- so any of the mash will be left after rup purposes in Michigan and not for their appetites seem about satisfied. seed, the prolific suckering does not Ducks need plenty of water’m dishes cause much damage. J. F. C. deep enough so that the nostrils can be ‘ covered when they drink. They also need shade on their range on hot sum- mer days as growing ducklings do not thrive when exposed too much to the hot sun. " COOPERATIVE THRESH ING. I have bought a new threshing ma- chine, and want to sell stock (shares) to my neighbors. If we go together and buy this machine, have we a lawful right to thresh our own grain without threshing for others who refuse to in~ vest in stock of machine? And should we thrash grain for one who has not invested in this machine, does it make us liable as a (public) thresher to thresh for all and pass none by? And HENS BECOME DROOPY. Every few weeks one of our hens gets droopy, then so weak it cannot walk, and would finally waste away and die, if we did not kill it previously. . . 0...... c... B- H. a latent: irritates diseases: The symptoms described mdlcate gaether with this machine in our neigh~ that the hens may have tuberculosis. boyhoodgmc} H. K. Perform a post mortem on one of the If the writer wishes to incorporate hens and see if the liver is covered and sell shares, he must also get the with the greyish-whlte nodules which approval of 'the Michigan Securities indicate tuberculosis. If this is the Cemmlsion before he can sell stock, case it Will pay t0 kill 01! the flock and and for the purposes of incorporation start again with healthy birds after and of obtaining approval by the com- the house and yards have been thor- mision he should employ Em attorney 011:3le Cleaned and given a chance to near by to handle the matter. There rest. From the brief description we is no duty to thresh for every appli- cannot tell much about the conditions cant. Unless the cooperators incorpor- and if you have a large and valuable ate they are each individually liable flock of poultry it will certainly pay for all debts without limit, and person- to have a veterinarian inspect the flock ally liable for injuries received by any- and give what information he can con— one through accident. J, R, R, cerning the trouble. He can also pass on the food value of any birds that have to be killed to prevent them from coming down with the disease. ‘d f th h d h' h h t d Tuberculosis is a very dangerous 5‘ e 0 e ea W m as now ex en ‘ disease to poultry'because there is no TcliiEZvlgllliti: (i): ggiymigirgf) tritlgecfig‘ cure and 1t spreads rapidly. cannot eat nor drink. What would you call this, and what can I do for it? Sanilac Co. A. C Hens are subject to tumors of vari- ous kinds and this may be such 3. Would you kindly inform us whether growth. It will probably be best to the Spreading of barnyard manure in kill the bird as there is no cure for which there is smutty wheat straw, such cases in hens that would be prac- would have a. tendency to spread this . . , disease, especially where the manure, tical. It 13 not apt to occur 0.39“ and is used as a top-dressing for wheat. probably would 110'; be contagious. But Would you also state whether treating in all cases of that kind it pays to im- the wheat for smut would overcome mediately destroy the bird and eventu- the difficulty. , ally through breeding from strong vig- No. Infection of wheat With smut orous birds. many such ills, seem to be- takes place when the grain is sprouted. come nearly eliminated from the flock. HEN WITH TUMOR. One of my hens had a. swelling at IS WHEAT SMUT SPREAD THROUGH MANURE? manure containing smutty straw will , not lead to infection of the young a, satisfactory and not unsightly wire 1 .. _ , .. screen. wheat plants. It is. a perfectly safe three inches larger than , the . opening, practice and one which has been prac- the edge maybe€§lled so as tfimatlée‘a' . ticed for yeai's in Michigan. Treating substantialmass roughwfl ., Black unbarred mosquito netting is . If ,thenetting is out two-or D it is the correct farm power unit, doing all belt and field work including cultivation, with one man. Engineering and manufacturing development of the Moline Tractor and Moline Tractor Flows enable us to announce a 3—2 Plow for use with the Moline Tractor. .3 plows for ordinary conditions which prevail in most sections of the country. 2 plows for extreme conditions and unfavorable seasons. The Moline is unique in { An average saving of 4. 7 horses per farm, and a total average sav- the tractor field—made so ‘ ing of $1,408.16 per year, is reported by yearly Moline tractor per- by our patent protection. formance records received from owners to date. We will be glad to give anyone interested the opportunity to personally inspect these Kaitlin; FAtIanta “ New Orleans records. if desired you‘can use the "drag behind” or horse drawn implements you not» have with the Moline Tractor the same as with other types of tractors. See Your Moline Dealer or Write Our Nearest Branch at: D I hk ia - lnd‘ Ii Portland Denver Minneapolis Dos Moi as - Gains-homo City ’ ailing" smunago . sat Lake Cit Kansas City Jackson, Mich. Bloomington, Ill. St. Louis Los Angolos Spokane Columbus, o Omaha Sioux Falls Momph is This Heat B sand Cuts Expense Hi , ‘ “lily/y ”I," I]. l ”,x’ ' '5 k ‘5 . V. .o . VZ'QN ’ 9% a ZZZ/7"), , _ 'l/ , p": 1., 7' Simple ofhesting a 6-mom eellarleae cottage by DEAL-Areal: Radiator-Boiler and 4 AMERICAN Radiators. Ask for catalog (free) showing open views of heat- ing layouts of 4-, 5-. 6- and 7-rooms. \ . Modernize the old home and enjoy life in comfort. This small house heating outfit is built on the same principle as the big plants for residences. The lQEAIr Arcola is inexpensive, safe, easy to run, clean, economical with fuel and Will last and heat your home for generations. It will heat all rooms evenly :10th how hard the blizzard blows—never wears out or needs repairs. - , IDEAL-Arcola Radiator-Boiler . ‘Farm Home Heating Outfits" Any dealer will furnish in sizes to suit rooms and climatic conditions. —- 00 ‘ 0‘ 142 h us;_gse-msn-eoh wash-mi» Mga- 8", scan, :: 3;: r. r. z: r. g .: g: “ s-n -" " “ “ soc " " ' sec 13,. l-A strip cohwpsissw'qedmyeo- egg For z-A “ 3 “ zoo “ . , cod OI +A 00 U .0 0. :3: I... G 2” ~ :ue DrainVal .Prieesdonotinelodelabor..viv¢and Prices include Expansion Tank and ye at extra 80- eats Winter fittingsusedininstallationandwhich aresu ed the loceldeales' Radiotionisot 38-h. tsocolusnn IR CAN Peedesahsieeeaeneededto suit your room. complete {.o. hour-nearest warehouse. at. Boston Prov- idence. Worcester, (mile. Albany New York, Philadel la, Harrisburg. Pittsburgh Balti ' on, hsnond. hufi'alo. Cincinnad. pol Bir- mingham. Mm". sakes, Minneapolis. St. Paul. Des Makes. or St. Shipped complete for immediate installation The beauty of the IDEAL-Armin method is that no cellar is needed. Buy new at present attractive prices for outfits complete! IDEAL-Armin outfits consist ofithe boiler and radiators to heat various size houses. Write us your require- ments! Unlike stoves, there are no coal~ as leaks into theiwxnrrooms. The lDEAL-Arcola delivers the soft, radiant warmth of hot water-not the dry burnt-out atmosphere of stove heating. There is no fire risk to build— 5, or Boiler and 4, ' — ‘ bor lag—no den to children—fire lasts aldEgtpaneioa" 133:“ everything exc t in , , y local dealer eupply. ghhé’fi' he Arcola burns hard 0’ £21.22» beliiv‘vsfor’variouasises of outii , ‘ ' Catalog showing open views of houses, with the. [DEAL- Arcola Boiler in position will be mailed (free). Wnte‘today Writeto Iold by all dealers. T .8 “°:::.:“;" MM RAM ME Mommas 1' ncoeccoeocsooossa :‘ MINERA 60° CAROL! ”WI. A hundred times brighter than ker- o_eene lamps. Burns 96 per cent. air and 4 per cent. common (eso- line. Clem-~odorless--economicel. . sfififiifiim‘fil‘i ?&"$§fd°&3iu3lnil3¥iio amsm um: IEIEBY co. 463 Fourth iv... Pillsburlh n anonurnv earl » " Canbe carried anywhere-perfect- , Iv safe. even if tipped over. LIGHTS WIT}! ONI MATCH FOR HIJIlSE§l BATTLE, H088. mm. Gilli“. Iml. \ "gm mm. New floated twin mantle burner 0 re 3.," b co ,4 ,1, ii hesslsueasl andqoiekly. ”LL:na.§‘,,{,,,,,"°‘i.,§,‘,m: (£2:th improvement 3 the age. "a 7’ . Colle,8taggers,ew.3est Oon- ' /fl dltloner and Worl- Ex- , pcllcr. ssue aoyfilfi’l Threo [.1- o IOH‘Y “on". n'tdd";mm onnegnaranteedf. care Heave- or money refunded. The outfit consists of an IDEAL-Arcola Radiator- 6 AMERICAN Raditors and HE ‘Michigan State Horticultural Society followed its usual cus- tom of recent years by making an excursion to the orchards of some of its members. The trip this year in- cluded portions or Manietee, Benzie, Leelanau and Grand Traverse counties. The party left Manistee in autOmobiles on Wednesday morning, August 18. Led by Carl H. Knopf, county agricultural agent of Manistee county, the first halt was made at the Nellie” Whitney Fruit Farm, five miles northeast of Manistee. This orchard consists of fifty-one acres of peaches on the right hand side of the road, opposite of which is one hun- dred an‘d fifty-two acres of peaches, pears, apples and cherries. Below the latter is a. block of one hundred and seventy-four acres of apples contain- ing 10,837 trees six and seven years old. This orchard is receiving excel- lent care under the management of J. E. Merritt: The varieties are: Wag- ner, Grimes Golden, Spy, Jonathan and McIntosh. Three tractors and one team are required in the operation of this farm. Lake View Orchard, owned by the Buckley & 'DOuglas Lumber Company, and managed by F. A. Mitchell, was next ‘ori'the‘route. ‘ This farm consists of six hundred and ten acres of improv-‘ ed land, of which five hundred acres is planted to fruit trees. The orchard consists of approximately 40,000 trees, of which forty per cent are apples, twenty-five per cent peaches, twenty per cent cherries, ten per cent apples with peach fillers, and five per cent plums and pears. Over 100,000 pounds of cherries have been harvested; and 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of peaches and . 2,500 barrels of apples are expected this year. Much of this orchard has not reached the bearing age. One hun- dred and five cherry pickers were re— quired to harvest the crop this year, twenty-three men are regularly employ- ed on the farm, and thirteen horses are used in operating it. It is produc‘ ing 'a quantity of hay and grain in ad- dition to the fruit crops. Arlle 'L. Hopkins' one hundred and twenty-acre bearing orchard at Bear Lake was next visited. This wellnkept orchard consists of 3,000 apples, 2,500 peach, five hundred cherry, and four hundred and fifty plum trees. Mr. Hopkins, ’aside from being an exten- sive fruit grower, operates several hun- dred acres of farm land, and is a lead- ing member in the state legislature. *He harvested 7,000 barrels of apples last year. He is a believer in thorough tilling and pruning, as well as the oth- er modern orchard practices, and he explained to the visitors his system of low heading of trees by which he was Gives a soft. brilliant. (lowia ‘ (7%“ 's . the eye . ,, ~/ A V , illumination}o .. u ’41. “iv/7k,- write for Catalog, AGINT’ Oder. also free WANTID rm! AKRON um- co. sshzfil: able to pick as many as ten barrels of apples 'last year from many single trees, using only a nine-foot ladder. His e K. 'M‘ ' F ruit. Growers Enjoy Tou'r Michigan H om'cultunlm Visit Some aft/2e Fine pOrcfiam’s of Our Nortfiwestem Counties. leading varieties are: Geno, Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Northwestern Green- ing and WolfRiver. This fine orchard overlooks Bear Lake, a beautiful in- land body of water adjoining the town of that name. ‘ Entering Benzie county, the next or- chard visited was that of John How~ ard. He has forty acres of apples con- sisting mainly of Gano, Wealthy, Spy, Shiawassee Beauty, Winter Banana, Wagner, Grimes Golden, and Hubbards-, ton. ' Twenty acres is twenty-five years of age, and sixteen acres has been growing foreighte'en years. Mr. How- ard has a unique and economical water supply forspraying purposes. A large cement reservoir was constructed in the center of his orchard, and this is kept filled with water piped from a nearby spring. , The famous Paul Rose Orchard was next on the route. This consists large- ly of cherries, the sweet varieties pre- dominating and from which- a. good crop was harvested this year. Prepar- ations are being made to plant an addi— tional orchard of apples on this farm. The party then proceeded to Crys— talia, a. natural wooded park at the west end of beautiful Crystal Lake, where luncheon was Served by the Con~ gregational Assembly. After a brief rest following the luncheon, the tour was resumed. The route was along the north shore of Crystal Lake to the Thrushwood Orchards, owned and op- erated by A. J. Rogers, Jr. Mr. Rogers is a very progressive horticulturist, president of the Michigan State Cherry Growers' Association, and secretary- treasurer of the National Cherry Grow- ers’ Association, organized this year. He has a very pleasant home, and an excellent, well-kept orchard. Many of the growers present expressed the opin- ion that the location ot this orchard, with respect to air drainage, was ideal. After having “their pictures took” on the lawn, the party inspected the or- chard. Nitrate of soda was used this year, and its effects were very notice- » able in the excellent color of the fol: iage and fine growth'maade. There is about one hundred acres in this or- chard, nearly equally divided between apples, peaches and cherries. The party was treated to some fine "sam- ples of ripe peaches. ‘After eating their fill of these, all “cranked up” and resumed the tour, passing near the town of Beulah at the east end of Crys- tal Lake, through Honor, and on north- ward to Indian Hill Orchards. Owing to the lateness of the hour only a brief stop was made here. TheSe orchards are comparatively young and made up mainly of cherries and apples, giving promise of good crops within the next few years. The trips scheduled to the Diehl and McClary orchards had to be (Continued on page 268). 05 and 81.30 or can (includes War '1‘ ). At 4] lm’ or gall. Largest Ewing". Deniemau. “Shape“ t::ee. 0 me name. assent was". rel-es. eels Bred White Rabbits. 83 1- air, will For sale ehifi on where. ddress pe p GILDA LEICHB Tho J INNIRGB Bind}. Mich NR HG, Msrcellusflsse Oo..Mioh. Experimental P \ asking as... seeds lifts; stereo: with A (I r W «WK, ,. “Crude oil is like a rainbow”. The elements of crude oil are so completely blended that it is as difficult to separate them as to separate the blended colors of the rainbow. To get complete separation through repeated distillations we make countless tests. Only in this way can the absolute purity of oil products be insured. “The Oil of a Million Tests” The secret of successful scientific oil refining is pains- taking care and unceasing vigilance. In making EN -AR—\ CO oils we average over amillion tests a year. It is only by this multiplying of tests that perfect products can be made. This thoroughness in our scientific refining proc- esses is the'protection we offer to users of our products. - EN—AR-CO Oil Saves Motor, Saves Costs, Saves Troubles Good motor oil, pure motor oil, is just as essential to your engine as good, pure water is to your body. Just as impure water will injure your body so do impure, imperfectly refined oils ruin your motor, whether painstaking care that there is never any danger of impurities, sediments or imperfectly refined products to cause engine troubles. All EN-AR-CO motor oils are . tested to stand up under the terrific ' ' ' , ' it be 311150, thk 01‘ tractor. heat generated in the engine without . I j EN-AR-C0 oils will keep your carbonizing cylinders or clogging g1 ' . j motor healthy, always responsive and valves. _ . “‘57. freeof troubles. They will save you Many engine troubles are caused by repair costs, and will free your motor insufficient lubrication and the old of the engine troubles that are so com; bible saying might be paraphrased to mon where poor oils are used. The scientific refining of EN-AR- CO motor oils is done with such “spare the oil and spoil the motor.” Use plenty of EN—AR—CO Motor Oil and ride in comfort and security. EN-AR-CO AUTO GAME FREE Here is a fascinating game in which autos compete in a cross—country race. Two, three or four can play. Only one game to a family. Get this game [or the children WHITE ROSE GASOLINE Clean—Uniform—Powerful to auto or tractor owners, to acquaint you with J} the merits of EN-AR-CO MOTOR OIL. USE . COUPON. ' ~ USE THIS COUPON NATIONAL LIGHT 011. For Tractors, Lamps, Stoves THE NATIONAL REFINING COMPANY, 2139 Rose Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Date. . . .......... Enclosed find 2—cent stamp to partially cover postage and packing. Please send EN-AR~(30 game free. I have never received an EN-AR—CO game. Name. . . . ............................................... Street or R. F. D. ............................. .Post Olflee County........... ................. State .......... 4 ‘ .EN-QAR-co GEAR GREASE ‘1, . ......... ‘- '/ (3.371.117 CC ': ‘ ’l rll‘Jlllll.’(" For Differentials, Gears, Transmissions Iown ..... .. ..... (Make of automobile or tractor) ’ and am at present using................................ motor oil. I will be in the market for mine oil again 'about...,........,.....‘....‘..‘fif..._.-...‘.-..;..,.(8'I.V0I'd/fife). ' P108” quote no price 0n-.aoogooocoafiiiu-um..-n.0,". :9 'mumommmme comm 3.186 ‘ mm Cleveland Ohio _ f "f mam: pneumonia“ r all: 14-”: “'11 ,uflmENAR-Ooew 011-, . . a . «\ Ifigihnnv“«uni-nunnn-IIIIII nun-n..- s,» - . , . mm,” 7).“ my,“ g». See How V Essex Proved Economy A N ation- Wide Demonstration No Motorist Can Overlook. Connecticut—With 12 cars over Mohawk Trail and Hoosick Moun- tains and 12 over a coast route— many owner driven—216; miles average distance per car,18.7 miles per gallon were shown. One car with 35,000 miles service averag- ed 21.2 miles per gallon. Nebraska—A Hastings, Neb. wo- man drove her Essex from Lin- coln to Hastings, 109 miles, aver- aging 28 miles per gallon. California—~Four women drove from Los Angeles to San Francis- co and return averaging 22.3 miles per gallon. A San Francisco Essex made the round trip, 846 miles,in Also Broke World’s Dirt Track Record—1261 Miles Made at Dallas, Texas, by a car That Had Already Gone 12,000 Miles From the mere standpoint of gasoline mile- age, Essex in its nation-Wide tests showed a performance worthy of cars which possess that advantage as their principal quality. Records were kept on 49 cars. They aver- aged 18.9 miles to the gallon. But bear in mind this was not done by tak- ing advantage of every device possible to in- Under conditions crease gasoline mileage. of that sort, Essex showed as to the gallon. However, men way. 5to 72 miles per hour. Essex Motors, Detroit, U. S. A. ‘CV‘ grvr»_;:::-r:~>ov; 3 .. How obviously; unfair it would be, therefore, to offer such' carefully economized fuel mileage tests as typical of all Essex cars. In the Essex tests, conditions and perform- ances adverse to gasoline economy obtained. These cars were being driven at Speeds from They were reeling ___ 3 /\ is lf‘zgfivslcjglz ‘.". . 7' 33 hours with 23 miles r gallon. Hood and radiator sea ed. San Antonio. Tex.--In a 166 mile ' run to Austin and return, Essex averaged 25.5 miles per gallon. Sacramento. Calif.———Defeated 19 entries and took Tallac Cup for highest gasoline, oil and water milea e in Sacramento dealers reliability run. Baltimore. Md.——Essex sedan, on original tires with 15,000 miles service, traveled 221 miles over Maryland hills,averaging 23 miles per gallon. Florida—On a measured gallon an Essex covered 23 miles and with- high as 37 miles don’t drive that consideration? A’ 3; oil thousands of miles over all sorts of roads in inter-city runs that set new time marks. They were making new hill-climb, accelera-- "These facts might well cause us to _ tion and endurance records. Many were owner cars —~ owner driven. Women piloted some. Some of the Essex cars used had already traveled upwards of 30,000 to 35,000 miles. So you must not view Essex economy merely by its gasoline consumption. You must also consider its endurance and reliability. If there were nothing more striking about the Essex than its gasoline mileage, it would be a worthy subject of our advertising. But important and impressive as that fact is, does not its other qualities take first rank in your VITAMIN as ESSENTIAL T0 GROWTH. /\ '3 7” ‘7’: v, UTTERFAT is a vital food. It is ' ,such because it contains the fat soluble vitamine so necessary to the growth of children and animals. The substitution of cheaper vegetable fats which lack these vitamines for butter- fat offers a temptation that is frought with real danger to the rising genera‘ tion. On this very important subject a bulletin issued by the Wisconsin Ex— periment Station has the following to say: . “Vitamines are as yet unidentified chemical substances in foods and are absolutely necessary for growth and reproduction. Without them no growth will take place. If we take such a mix- ture of foodstuffs which do not allow an animal to grow and stir into it a small quantity of egg yolk, say for a pound of the ration, an ounce of egg yolk, growth can be induced. The same result would be obtained if we had put in an ounce of evaporated milk instead of the egg yolk. Suppose next that we take all the fat out of this satisfactory ration by extracting, it with something that dissolves fats. It will be found. , that though the ration will be able to maintain young rats without any in— crease in weight for about a month, it will no longer be able to induce growth. Only on restoring the extracted fats to the ration will growth be made. "A similar result could have been obtained by adding butterfat or fats obtained from certain animal organs, but other fats such as lard, almond oil and cottonseed oil would not have brought about the same result. out change or adjustment of any kind showed speed of 68 miles per hour. 49 Cars Average 18.9 miles Per Gallon—Records cOVer every kind of testat a speed of from 5 to 72 miles per hour. Los Angeles. Calif.—-To San Fran- cisco over 828mile route of steep grades and frequently far from water supplies Essex which had previously gone 28,000 miles and under U. 3. Marine observation made trip sealed in high gear with sealed hood and sealed radiator. Average 22.8 miles per gal. gasoline. —« stop and think. Because of the fact that some fats naturally contain sub— stances necessary for growth, While other fats do not contain such sub stances, there has arisen the necessity of speaking of the presence or absence of a fat soluble vitamine. “There is a tendency to use plant oils as substitutes for butterfat, even claiming for them a value equal to that ol‘ butterfat. No plant oils so far inves- tigated, and these include cottonseed oil, almond oil, peanut oil, cocoanut oil, and sunflower seed oil, contain the fat soluble vitamine in appreciable quan- tities. It is false to claim these as sub stitutes for butterfat. “We do not condemn them, for they are valuable food products as sources of energy and their use for that pur- pose should be encouraged but they should sell under their own banner and -’ .j be used in nutrition for exactly what they are worth. To remove the butter- fat from whole milk and replace it with cocoanut oil and then claim that the product is equal to whole milk for the )1 nutrition of growing children is not Farms and Farm Lands For Sale; Woman Owner Must Sell, ln- eludes Cows, Crops, Machinery, 6 acres potatoes, 10 acres buckwheat. 4 acres oats. lot hay. Beows, poultry, harness. wagons, valuable mach- inery. gasoline engine. all tools. so quick buyer; 75 acres machine-worked fieldaexcellont hay.potato and rain land ; ll'ycow creek wateredpasture,valuable wood- fot. apple orchards; 1‘15 sugar Elms, outfit. 2-story, 12-room house, bath rogm, maple. l diliiixmfig afi: ' . on tr , ouses; quic {-ac , , M8 barn, EnlODlitalls ypago 30 Strout's Big llustrated easy terms. 1 . 33 States. Cop free. giii‘ii’ ghfnif‘fdfihov. an be Ford Bldg., Detroit.Mlch. For Sale. Heavy claysoll. . 120 Acre Farm some loam. 20, acres timber. Good house and fair outbuildings. “Voll,cistern.8mnll spring brook furnishes stock water. Orchard. Creamery adjoining property Town also 'oins property, having ban , churches. Normal and h gh school. Lo- cated in northeastern Michigan. Can give immed- iate possession. Price. $4000. , half cash, balance easy ayinents. Bargain if taken at once. Address Box 104031-60! Michigan Farmer. Detroit, Mich. 80 A Farm. An excellent home. This is a bar- ' gain. 70 A. well improved. 10 A. timber and pasture,over 600 rods woven wire fence, nearly all seed- ed clover and alfalfa. 2 barns. granary. honhouse. 7 room dwelling. 2 good wells of water, A good gener- orop farm Only 85000 if sold at once. P. R. SPRAGUE. Owner, Sears. Mlch. 80 A. FARM All improved. Borders cit . l mlleto oohml and on loge on state roady I am rope to give you the hi bargain ever. A roan x A in care of Mic lgan Farmer. Detroit. Mich. —-120 acres. Good bulldin FOR SALE ll) acres improved: Howl? well. water in house and barn. Also stream throng 356’ tore. Will P0" part or all. Price . - ‘ ”$16119!!!“ In In! ‘ 300 per acre M's ”Perm at to - in. VANDKTOL” R. No. 4. Mariamlflch , Best for Every Farm Use {hammer-d fora“ Open Circuit work Red Sea Dry Batteries true. 5 l . INDIANA FARMERS Loss,ss,7_50,ooo l IN YEAR. ' '\ ESSIAN fly damaged the Indiana wheat crop to the extent of $5,750; . 000 during the past year, according to ( the estimates based on reports from throughout the state to the soils and , . crops department of Purdue Univer- 3" sity. The fly was so bad in some sec- ‘ ‘ tions that the wheat was not worth we or, and no W r 0‘” lgriitiol‘ rlin l. 1 , a" l ll \rhpclfil, / K . M, ,.«c mummified Avoid ignition troubles by using Red Sea! Dry Batteries. These batteries are in reality convenient storehouees from which electric current can be drawn at will. They furnish fat, hot sparks that spur your tractor or farm engine into ' action and keep it running at par. Recommended as the most Mummandemmnical The Guarantee Protects YOU! Under every condition. regardless of utter these (antiba- batteries w ll the i ml pan- ' Egg 31m meztfi mm DHBItterleu area-sham...” MM... riflrgaiifi new; MAM-LATTAN ELECTRICAL sumrco; Inc. owYork—Cllicuuo—Shlaouio—Su . Factories: utJeroey City:_St. Louis; RavemOhio plowed under this spring and the ground planted to corn or oats. This loss can be prevented the com- = 7 ing year by late sowing of wheat, or seeding after. the “fly-free” dates, ac- "fl l cording to Prof. A. T. Wlancko, head ‘ y of the soils and crops department of ”7 l ( Purdue. Purdue and government en: tomologists have established by sev- eral, years of experimental work dates for various parts of the state for seed- ing so that the wheat will not be dam— aged by the fly.. . ~ ' l ( l ‘. cutting and in many places it was 4 l l mediumoficnifienlordlpurpom ASK YOUR DEALER at gnaw plan, 2:“ dealer's lung: for down cock. Aha Whitman" ' 0W Wu v Batteries. T .1: , v..." ...u, ._.,_.4 PLUMBING Fixtures wisely chosen add much to the happiness of home life.‘ And getting fixtures of the better sort is always an economy when their cost is spread over years of service. ' Give your home a modern bathroom. Why wait until the family grows old? Passing years should be no less pleasant than the years Still to come, and it is better to install the best fixtures the first time and enjoy the advantages of their service. Get in touch with a Contracting Plumber in your vicinity and let him help you solve your problem. Get the benefit of his years of training and experience. Write for our color-printed catalogue ’fitandard" Plumbing Fixtures for the Farm." It illustrates all types of fixtures. Standard §anitam mm. 00. , Pittsburgh 1 m ~ 1! 1 an (lard PLUMBING FIXTURES ’S’tandar ‘7' Showrooms and Branch Houses NEWYOBK.................-- .........85 W- 3181’- .CLEVELAND........... . 4409 Eucuo , 'ALTOONA............... ...... 918 ELEVENTH *FORTWORTH............................ .....'828 MONROI aosmN................... v..136 DEVONBHIRE cmmNNATI...... 533 WALNUT MILWAUKEE........ . ......426 BROADWAY KANSAS cm.............................201 RIDGE ARCADE pmunupnmnn.......... mun-1215 WALNUT ”OI-£60...." :11 ERIE *MlLWAUKEE........ . SAN FRANCISCO.............. ..........149-55 ewxoma WASHINGTON.............. ......soutHERN BLDG. l*cowmsus.......... .. .............255 3.1mm) ‘LOUISVILLE. 3...23 W- MM" . oplyysgunen__,,__,,,,,,_ ........445 WATER *CANTON............. ....noa sscouo ST. N. E. 'NASHVILLE............ . ...315 TENTH "5., 3. LOS ANGELES........................ 216-224 5. CENTRAL PITTSBUfiGH............... '06 SIXTH *YOUNGSTOWNu .................458 w. FEDERAL *NEW ORLEANS............................... 846 BARONNE ”LAN” °FF|CE~-1217CITIZENS ‘6 SOUTHERN BANK BLDG. ‘ .CHICAGO....... .. ...14 N. PEORIA ‘WHEELING..... .....................§120 JACOB 'HOUSTON...” ...........COR- pnesrou AVE. AND SMITH DETROIT OFFICE.........3.............414 HAMMOND BLDG. ....s1o N. SECOND 'HUNTINGTON........ SECOND AVE. AND TENTH ST. ‘nALLAs.......'.-............................. I200JACKSON ccheo OFFICE................1010 STANDARD on. ewe.- ~‘EA8T 8T. LOUIS.....................I6N. MAIN ST. .*ERlE......................................130w. TWELFTH 'SAN ANTONIO..................................212 LOSOYA SEATTLE OFFICE.............‘......1226 L. c.8MlTH'BLDG.‘ ' ” In the c't‘ m rked *' e car 'ed complete lines of Plumbing and Heatin Su ‘ SerVICe at 151612de Brancl‘les. plies; Fa‘rxlnesLigliting larlda{VaternSupply Systems. Write or call on nearest bgranCE: The Easy-Pull Spreader THE outstanding feature of the Inter- national Manure Spreader, among a number of exceptional features, is its light draft. Equipped with roller bearings at seven points, it runs with almost the smoothness of a sewing machine. \ Two rapidly. revolving steel heaters tearing tough chunks of manure into bits; a heavy load carried on the main axle, to be ,moved steadily back to the heaters —- these things ordinarily would tend to create heavy draft. But roller hearings in the new International Spreader smooth out the hard work and convert what otherwise would be “heavy draft” into a horse-saving, spreader-saving "Easy-Pull". Your nearby International dealer will be glad to tell you more about this spreader. ' lNTERNATlONAL HARVESTER “COMPANY ’OF AMERICA CHlCAGO mm ... 1~_‘..v- \\\\‘f ' axe—311111! omitted for lack of time. F rult Growers Enjoy Tour (Continued from page 264). The latter orchard, owned and managed by Mr. 0. R. McClary, a progressive young or- chandist, is Well located on high ground ’ near Empire, and- consists of one hun- dred and thirty, acres of apples that are just coming into bearing. The Northern Spy predominates in this or- chard. . A brief call was made at'the pack- ing house of the Wilce Farm 8r. Or; chard Company, just at the edge of the village of Empire. Mr. Wilce be- ing away from home, Superintendent D. P. Roach cordially greeted the visit- ors and answered their numerous ques- tions. This company has one hundred and twenty-five acres of orchardhall of which is apples except about ten acres. A ten-year—old cherry orchard of seven acres was pointed out, from which $3,300 was received this year. Seven- ty-five acres of the apple orchard is in full bearing. The varieties grown are: Wagner; Grimes Golden, Baldwin and Spy. The owners expect sixty-five per cent of a crop this year. The .first day’s run ended at this point. Much credit is due Mr. McClary for being able to arrange hotel accommo~ dations for eighty-five people on about an hour’s notice when less! than fifty were expected. Mr. Wilce had his ho- tel building, which has not been in op eration for several years, reopened for the occasion. . Mr. McClary was able to arrange for the overflow at Glen Lake, Glen Arbor and Glen Haven hotels. Supper and breakfast were taken at a hotel on the shore of Glen Lake, about four miles northeast of Empire. The second day’s start was made from this point, under the leadership of D121. P. Houston, acting agricultural agent, for Grand Traverse county. The trail led along the scenic west side of Leelanau county where splendid views of Lake Michigan could be had at frequent in- tervals, and where the Manitou Islands were plainly in view. From one ele- vated point, the Fox Islands could be discerned. Several beautiful ‘ inland lakes were passed on the route. The ‘ nearest approach to the North Pole Every Grain is Separate COLONIAL SPECIAL FARMER'S SALT No lumps or cakes in this pure, full strength salt, and it will never hard- en, if given reasonable care. Perfect for every farm purpose and for the farm home. Packed in convenient, non- leaking 70 pound bags. Look for the name on every bag. . Manufactured only by run COLONIAL SALT co. AKRON. OHIO Bufihalo. N. Y. Chicago. Ill. Boston. Mops. . Steel Roofs, Chutes, alnd Paints“ mp dovelo Prln vest hot muse on.“ allothorsiser'wP. osrd’gcso; #3333 t d. R twp-scoop e 0011119. In Genesee. Saginaw. . I . $58039“;t§.°: m IWMWW1 lllllllIllllllllllllllllllllll" was the Cherry Home Orchard, a few miles northeast of Northport and near the extreme north end of Leelanau county. This orchard is owned by the Northport Canning Company, and con- sists of one hundred and forty acres of Montmorency cherries, the largest sin- gle block of this variety in the state. The last picking was being completed on this day, and the first glimpse of real cherry pickers was obtained here. The pickers were young women from southern Michigan cities quartered in houses built for the purpose, and were under the supervision! of competent chaperons. A few members of the tour- ing party then visited the canning plant while the others proceeded on the re- turn trip. At Omens, a side trip was made to Snyder & Hawley’s orchard, which had suffered a severe attack of scab, which is quite prevalent in that part of the state this year, notwith- standing the vigilance and efforts of the growers. This orchard was dusted instead of sprayed this year, but the difficulty cannot be safely attributed to this method, which has proven a favor- ite with many of the best growers in the state. It is, however, further proof that no method is infallible 1mder all conditions. The party was met at Sutton’s Bay by Mr. A. A. Lasch and conducted by him to his fine home and omhard. Din- ner was served by ladies from‘one of the local church societies on Mr. Lasch’s lawn and, notwithstanding the enormous appetites acquired from the long forenoon drive, the supply of good things to eat far exceeded the demand. The dinner was so much appreciated ' and so well prepared and served that, at; the happy suggestion of: President Nicol, all insisted on paying one dollar per plate instead of the seventy-five cents Charged by the ladies. Mr. Lasch is a thorough business man and has demonstrated his ability as a success- ful fruit‘gr‘ower through the large and fine orchards he has developed on the west shore of Traverse Bay. He has recently planted eight hundred Hyslop crab apples, and an orchard of Dam- son plums. He is one of the large cherry growers of the Grand Traverse region, and has recently planted anoth- er orchard of five thousand trees. With a hearty handshake, the party bid Mr. and Mrs. Lasch adieu and pro- ceeded along the shore route to and through Traverse City, and from there out on the Grand Traverse Peninsula, one of the most scenic and. interesting spots in America. The peninsula is twenty miles in length, and from one to four miles in width. Grand Trav- erse Bay is in sight of the road either on one or both sides of the peninsula throughout the entire length. The pe- ninsula is the original home of the northern Michigan cherry industry, and is climatically adapted to growing all of the tree fruits, as evidenced by the fine orchards dotting the hillsides throughout its entire length. A .brief stop was made at Titus Brethers’ fine orchard of cherries and other fruits. They have thirty acres of cherries, two-thirds of which are in bearing, and have made some exten: sive and satisfactory eXperiments with the dusting method this year. The.next orchard visited was that of D. R. Murray. He has fifty acres of orchard consisting of apples and cher- ries. With the exception of five hun- dred young trees his orchard is all in bearing, and much of it is of mature age. Experiments havebeen cenduct- ed this summer with the use of nitrate of soda, the application varying from five pounds per tree in the old apple orchard to three pounds per tree in other parts of the orchard. A very marked beneficial effect was noticeable in the remarkable growth made anti the deep-colored healthy foliage. Milton Gore’s splendid young cherry orchard shows the results of careful attention and brought forth much fav- orable comment during the stop made 'to look over his large orchards. As it was becoming late, the only other or- chard visited was that of E. O. Ladd. Mr. Ladd is too well known to need introduction or comment. He is a pioneer and leader in fruit growing, and has some very choice blocks of cherry and apple trees, a fine and pleas— antly located home, and a genial dis- position. The orchard of Mr. Guy Tompkins is in the same locality and was observed in passing, as was the splendid apple orchard of Mr. James Lardie and several others. A quick run was made to Old Mission for a brief view of that beautiful and historic spot. The party then returned, some going to the Great Lakes Way Camp for supper and to spend the night, the remainder returning to Traverse City. This was the conclusion of one of the most profitable, interesting and scenic tours undertaken by the society, and all expressed themselves as greatly pleased and benefitted by the trip. UNILATERAL CONTRACT. At present‘there is a land company in this section listing farms. They take an option for one year and bind the option by a contract which states that the owner cannot sell the land by a personal sale. Naturally, the contract states the price asked and the rate of commission. There is no agreement on their part to do a thing. Ix wish to know if a contract with consideration for only one of the parties is binding by law ?——A. B. A unilateral chntract is void as a contract, but it may be a good otter, rise from which a contract at 1 PM There 18 a guaranteed standard of perfection' 1n Finck’ s Overalls—a standard of Wear, Fit, Comfort, Con- venience that you will find in no other garment. Finck’s Overalls fit comfortably even after washing because they are made extra size and correctly designed. . -_ Finck’s Overalls wear because there is little or no strain. They will not bind. They stand all strains no matter what position. the wearer works in. Finck’s last, true to their slogan, “wear like a pig’s nose,” because only the very best quality of denims is used. This plus careful construction in every detail ‘means‘ the longest service and lower 'cost in the long run. Let your dealer fit you to Finck's. Ifhe cannot supply you, write to us. \ W. M. FINCK & COMPANY DETROIT, MICHIGAN Manufacturers of High Grade Overalls, Men ’8 and Women ’8 Combination Work Suits Branches: St. Louis, Mo. Dallas, Tex. Seattle, Wash Chattanooga. Tenn. Livingaton, Mont. // WEAR LIKE 0A PIGS NOSE “AMA SK YOUR DEALER ,7_. I? Are Pay ing For A. MantinECrih Whether You Bu by It 01' Not ’ Remember — The Soft Corn of l 91 7 ? These Men Say Martin Cribs Cured It 0. K. I had corn in 10 different cribs of the 1917 crop and the com I had in your Martin Crib was the only No. 2 corn of that crop de- livered to market in my whole county. PETER J. LUX Shelbyville. 'ind. I experimented with the Martin Crib with corn that was green on the stalk and that corn is as dry and good as any mature corn right now. W. I. A. LaRUE, Henderson. Ky. I have put pretty green corn in my Martin Crib and it always came out in the best condition. GEO. L. MULZER. Galena. Ohio Last year (1917) was an ex- ceptionally bad year for com. Our corn in the Martin Crib kept good while the corn in the wood cribs spoilt much. L. W. ROSENCRANS, Westport. Ind FREE BOOK CO PON MARTIN STEEL PRODUCTS CO. 2513 Maui St. “Mold. Ohio State .................................... R. F. D ............. I [Join intemsted in a com crib holding about ........ bushels. kin interested in a grain bin holding about... . . . . .bushela. Gentlemen: Please send me your big FREE book» on i " Martin Steel “Corn Saver" Cribs and Bins. does I obligate ,me in any way. not ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo e h s wh‘lNofPutnt onYounEarm and 9 ,. GettheBenefif 0f it How are you going to store your corn this ~ year? You won’t be able to sell and ship your corn this season when you want to. The railroad tie-up and shortage of freight cars make it absolutelynecessary for you to store your corn on your own farm and hold it until the railroads can handle it. If you store it in the old fashioned wood cribs or makeshift rail pens, you are going to lose and waste enough to almost pay for one of these modern, indestructible steel cribs. The old out- of-date, lax methods of storing your valuable com are causing you to lose at least 10% of your crop. Think of it! 10 bushels out.of every 100 lost. I n This loss did not amount to so much 30 or 40 years ago when com sold for around 20¢ a bushel, but nowadays when the price is ten times higher, how long can you continue to spend months and months of hard work in sowing, cultivating, and harvesting the crop—— and then dump it into some old unsafe crib or bin, where the rats, mice, fire, weather and thieves spoil and steal 10 per cent of it right out from under your nose. Stop Your Corn losses With small grains such as wheat, oats or rye. That’s why we say, “you are Paying for this Martin Crib whether you Buy it or Not.” Be cause a Martin Crib on your farm will stop all of the needless waste—stop this loss and pay for itself. Why not put one on your farm this year? It will save every bushel of your corn crop—bring you higher prices for it and make more money for you. These modern steel structures are made of heavy corrugated galvanized steel. They are far cheaper than wood cribs or bins in the long run—easierto erect—never need Will last a lifetime. They are the only metal crib that will successfulty store either corn or repairs and Martin Steel Cribs are built in circular style and oblong style in all sizes to fit the needs of any farm from 100 to 10,000 bushels capac1ty. ' WRITE for This Big FREE Book We want to send you a copy of our big new Corn Crib. Book that describes Martin Steel I Cribs from A to Z—It tells how Martin Cribs Will Save 10% to 20% of your crops that you are now losing. It shows how their patented ventilating system keeps out every drop of snow or rain yet cures and keeps your corn and grain clean, sound‘ and sanitary. It describes how Martin Cribs starve out the .rats and mice and drive them off your place -how they banish the danger of fire destroying your crops. I This valuable book will be sent to you free and postpaid. 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Co. v w Knuuclu.flo.clnlmom.fan. Deer Sirsz—In re ly to our letter will say that the machine can't be t. do not know how many shocks I on as I went so fast I lost count. ' Yours , T. C. HARTUNG, Springport, ' Niels " SOLD DIRECT TO TH; FARMER‘ . Sand for booklefiand circulars. _ all about this la.- . .bor-sovingmschme: also , . . ofmanyusera. nova moracwmuq commit » .. ‘ 'h.;, 1 meme _ \ Growing Stronger 5y the Tflmgs ”/2 Read— Uncle Ed. 0 into the room of a boy or girl “he is going to preach us a sermon on G and you can pretty nearly tell the value of the Bible as literature.” whether you would want to be But you will be mistaken. very intimate “an. them, just by look- ing at the books and the papers you see there. In these days you would not visit many young folks that you did not find some sort of reading mat- ter on the table, or perhaps on the bed, or scattered about on the floor. No such purpose is in my mind; but this I am sure you will let me say; and that is, you may read books and papers by the ion and if you leave out this one book, you have left out the book that counts for most in the building of character. ‘ No helpful book was ever written, none How would you like others to judge ever will be published that is not based of your character in this way? What upon the Bible. would be the kind 0f ‘00ka and papers Do you think as' highly of the Bible one would find in your room were he as you ought? Business men will tell to respond to an invitation to visit you? you that the need of the world today This is so important a matter that it is for' living that is based on the Bible. is: W611 worth While for us to think They know that men and women who about it a few minuteS- take this Book for their guide will not Life in What We Read. _ go far astray, but they will Win the Have you not often wondered how it best there is in life. is that, right out of the same spot of , ground, roses and thistles will grow? A VOIFC that Should be Heard. _ . On the table before me as I write to One flower With the sweetest perfume . . . _ .» . the boys and girls of the Mlchigan Will lift up its head out of the earth, ‘ . _ . Faimer whom I have come to love while close beSIde it another plant that . _ smells so disa ee'ible that on cannot very dearly, there now lies a CODY 0f gr ‘ y a. paper published at \Vashington, call- bear to hold it to your nose Will. come ed “The United States Bulletin.” On up and grow luxuriantly. And if you the first pa e of this a e I: think of it, you know that the secret . . . g . p p r eve.” wee is this line printed: Presenting such of it is in what the roses and the vile— news as is necessar t ke b . smelling plants gather up from earth . y 0 ep usmess _ , men properly informed on current and sunshine and dew and rain. ,, . . . . . events. By busmess men, then, and It is quite like that With" you and me. . . , . ‘ for busmess men this paper is pub- The books we read and the papeis and . p , . _ , lished every week. In the issue for magazmes on our tables put something June 28 1920 I find this a 11' into our lives. Will We gather up from H ’ ’ paragr p ' , our books the things that will help us We do not attempt .to say Whether the church people of this country to be good and strong and pure and true? Or will we be compelled some should vote for the republican or the day to admit that our thoughts have democratic candidate in November; been tinged with the bad by what we but we do say that all web men, and have read? Thoughts make life. Good women where they can vote, should or bad literature makes or mars the get down on Phe” knees and 38k God wonderful thing we call the mind. for guidance ”1 the casting 0f the bal- lot. We believe that this ballot should What Do You Long To Be? . Stop just here and ask yourself, be cast for the party standing for the most Christian principles.” “What do i want to do and to be most This is the strongest kind of argu- of all?” I am sure not one of us but ment that could possibly be used on has some idea. of the kind of man or . woman he or she would like to be. behalf 0f the living taught by the. Bible. Not one of us, I know, would deliber- . ately say, “I am going to be mean and The Thing that Will Follow. unkind and selfish.” We would be in; Taking it‘for granted that you do' dignant if anyone should even suggest that this is the thing we are planning to do and to be. ' And so we need to have very clear ideas as to our future lives, and hav- ing decided just what we would like is little danger that you will not love" other books and papers that help in building Christian character. The boy who goes away from home with a copy of the Bible in his trunk is not very likely to put in with it any book that he would be ashamed to bring out and show the best friend he has in the world; and surely no girl would be seen with a bad book in her room under ‘ 4 most to be, we are ’to bend every effort‘ in the direction of building character to correspond with our ideal. The Foundation Book. “Now,” you will not say, I am sure, .2 1 Our Boys’ and Girls’ Page Boys? and Girls’ Books. V love the Bible best of all books, there" l l " ’_§ J. A. ‘ h ~W . , ~ N W ‘Hfi W :, a. :Qfififil—‘r‘rfl-fn ’ns—vH-A-b. 991%:‘55': Tim M 1953*: o A N F’A R M 'E a? 27-.279 _ any circumstances if the Bible isthe . back she prizes most highly. So while a great many articles have been written, giving lists of books the young person should read, that will not be my purpose. Just read the very best books you can find, books that those who love you most and long most sincerely for your best good tell you are most helpful. How Much Shall I Read? There is not much danger in our times that you will read too much. The great thing is to read carefully and thoughtfully, trying to understand ev. ery sentence. If you see that you are getting so tired that thoughts slip through your mind without leaving any impression, stop and do something else. One book read and thoroughly master- ed is better than a hundred lightly skimmed over. ' It is fine to begin early to save good books. If you cannot buy a costly bookcase, make you one of boards. cover it over with pretty paper and set it up in the best place in your room. You Will love it more and more the more books you get. FIFTEEN TEAMS ENTER JUDGING CONTESTS, NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW. AS the closing day for entires for state teams of boys and girls for junior judging contests rolls around, entries from fifteen states are filed with the show management, and three or four other states are asking for a few days’ grace as they need more time to make arrangements to send a team before making entry. Teams are entered so far from the following states: Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indi ana, Iowa,xMaryland, Michigan, Minne sota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota The dairy show management has made hotel reservations for forty—five boys and girls who will be guests of the show, at, the Y. M. C. A. Hotel and the Y. W. C. A Hotel, respectively, and if any of the parents or friends of the boys or girls are coming along, reser- vations can be made for them. These hotels are as comfortable as any in town, so far as comforts go, and some of the luxuries may be found at both. They are both scrupulously clean, cen- tral of. location, and handy for elevated and surface cars to the show buildings. The boys and girls will be looked after in every respect. The National Dairy Show is the lead- ing agricultural and industrial fair in America, and is filled with everything a dairyman should be kept in constant touch with. The boys and girls fortunate enough to be sent to this show’s contests will derive a benefit that will be lifelast- ing, and will get inspiration that will be bound to have an influence in the shaping of a successful career. The men of vision in the several States who are making it possible that these boys and girls can participate in this wonderful event in their youngi lives, and the parents and the rela— tives of the children can all well afford to come to the show to see just what the whole show means to the dairy in- dustry, and perhaps get as much out of it as the young people. The show dates are October 7—16, and the big day for the boys and girls is Friday, October 8. Sunday, October 10 they will see some of Chicago’s big in- dustries, and hear men of national standing speak on religious and agri- cultural topics. With plenty of flowers to be had for thepicking, it’s well to remember .that many a hospital shut-in would be grate fol tor the dash of color posies would , eta represent real money : “ OT being able to get any steady help, I have been do- ing most of my work myself. It worried me to think that every hour I spent milking cows, turning a grindstone or chopping wood was just so much time taken away from necessary work in the fields. “Last spring I be- came interested in the question ofa farm plant. But I delayed buying one, because those I first saw were not much more than light- ing plants. They didn't showupwell ina power test for heavy work. u . Now my idea of a piece of farm machinery is that it must be useful first of all. An outfit that does a man’s work “I kept on looking till I found the plant that came nearest to satis- fying my need for power— A Western Electric Power and Light Outfit. I’m not saying that this outfit can mow the hay or do any plowing. But it certainly is do- Carry the motor right to the job you want done There was once a man » called “ farmhand” "If farmhancls grow much scarcer, we will soon forget what the word means. certainly hard to get. Help is But I have found help in another form—an electric power and light outfit. I want to tell you what these plants can do for you. and some of the things they can’t do." Unhitcking the Macs bythe light ofa West- ‘crn Electric Lamp ing some'real, honest-to—goodness work for me, saving time and labor. it "In the first place the Western Electric Outfit has an engine that can operate pretty neat all the machinery on the average farm. It runs~ my fanning-mill, feed- " mixer and milking ma- chine. “Then with the gen- erator and batteries in action—or the batteries alone—I let electricity milk the cows. ' .The utility motor, which I can carry around and connect to any lamp socket, is mighty handy for such jobs as run- ning the churn or the grindstone, or in fact, turning any machine I used to turn by hand. “All this means time saved— and time is money when a man is in the middle of his planting or harvesting.” Loné life to your battery You may be interested to know that the engine to which Western Electric distributors in your neighborhood: Clayton Gibson, Tekonsha, Mich. Western Electric Products Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Thompson Battery Co., Kalamazoo, Mich. Lansing Electric Eng. Co., Lansing, Mich. For territory still available write to Western Electric Co., Omaha Watery Electric Power 8’ Light Makes the battery last lonéer‘ Editor’s Note: located near Amer, Oklahoma. 2%W Mr. Bowman’s farm is Mr. Bowman refers is of the dependable valve - in - head, air- cooled type, burning gasoline or kerosene. The battery lasts long because of the famous "tapering charge", a Western Electric feature. An automatic control very gradually decreases the rate of flow as the battery fills, till the current stops gently by itself. This takes all strain off the battery. A postcard for booklet W5 will bring you more facts about the powerful Western Electric Out- fit. Write to the distributor nearest you. A 12-year—old boy can operate the Western Electric Outfit ”fill/.3! ’ i l 55 W rite to the nearest Western Electric distributor for book- let MR5 SPECIAL SILO OFFER WRITE FOR IT GOOD ONLY THIRTY DAYS Santhatmmp. PutitintoaSaginawSib. Wecan makennlnechateslnpmenu. ActQuick. Writeustoday. E co... 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Dept. 44 199 Fulton Street New York LL good things are found by comparison. And comparison with other kitchen ranges will prove to you why we sug- gest that you do not buy any range until you knew—the Range Eternal. But —so many farsighted and economical women have been buying this one real kitch- en service range that—- You may not be able to get one just now However—the Range Eternal dealer near you may have a range or two on hand. If you find one -— buy it. You‘ll certainly know a new kitchen joy with this kitchen masterpiece in your home. “you can't get one now —-takc our advice and WAIT-'- you will regret it if you don’t. All Good Things Are Worth Waiting F or Our immense factory facilities are running to capacity to produce Range Erernals. And an we are rapidly increasing our production -- ALL dalere‘ stocks should be adequate in the near future. You may not have to wait very long for a Range Eternal. But in the meanwhile— get along the beat you can with your old range. {gm-Matthews Range Co. Woman’s Interests If What is Freedom? SUPPOSE a great many tired wom- en will read this paper this week. ‘I can see them now, countless farm wives dropping down on the couch just after the mid-day meal, and picking up the Michigan Farmer for a few min- utes. Many of them will be tired out by hard work, but many more will be tired from worry and thinking more than by the real labor. I suppose that doesnt sound nice, when we all know that the farm wom— en in America work harder today than any other class, not even excepting the few who still go out by the day in cities to clean and wash. But just the same, a great deal of the tiredness comes from the state of mind. You can prove it to yourself. Does the thing you like to do tire you as much as the task you absolutely hate? It may involve more actual mus- cular work, but don’t you get through the job feeling fresher than when you finish the one you dislike? Of course you do. There’s dusting. Of all the despica- ble tasks, that’s the limit for this housekeeper. I hate it above all things on earth, and always hunt up every- thing else I can think of to do first, hoping it will be so late When I’m through with everything else, that I won’t have time to dust till next day. I can—with the aid of an electric ma— chine—do the washing for a family of six, three children, and four beds in- cluded, and not feel so tired as I do after I’ve dusted the living-room. Why? Because I like to wash. I’m cheerful and contented while I’m at that job. But I hate dusting, and ev- ery whisk I give with the dust'cloth is a protest of rebellion against a world that made dusting fashionable. When I finish I’m disgusted and cross and tired out. You see it is largely a state of mind. If we could only keep cheerful about c all our tasks, and jolly ourselves into thinking We were having a good time, we’d keep lots fresher. Of course, there is no end to the things a. woman has to do, especially a farm woman. But nine times out of ten it isn’t the things we do, but the ninety-and-nine we are thinking we have to do that tire us. One job at a time, and the rest for- got. That is the best rule a ,worrying housekeeper can make. You'don’t have to make the beds until the dishes are washed, so why keep thinking about how they are waiting? And while you are out picking the fruit to can, why not enjoy the fresh air and the bird song, instead of keeping in a stew about the bread rising in the house, and the cans that must be carried up out of the cellar? If you could educate your mind to work in that way, you’d add no end of enjoyment to your life. There is a great deal of dissatisfac- tion among womankind today. Wom- Dainty Borders for Everyday Handkerchiefs be made pretty, at very little ex- penditure of time and money, by adding a crocheted edge in white or one of the pastel colors. The handker- chiefs here shown were worked with the No. 70 tatting thread, and are very simple and easy to do. ltlo. 1 has a border of half-stitch done in a delicate pink thread with a fine needle, No. 11 or 12. The thread is fastened in the corner of the handker- chief and the border worked right on it as follows: Ch 6, * join‘with so into edge of handkerchief about a quarter of an inch from where ch begins. Turn 5 so into 6 ch turn, 6 ch, repeat from star all the way around handkerchief, mak- ing the holes a little closer together in rounding the corners. Then go all around the edge, making 5 so into each T HE plainest of handkerchiel‘s can 'mesh or hole, with 4 ch between each mesh. This completes the pattern. N0. 2 is also crocheted right on the handkerchief, with white thread. Be- gin in the corner with * 4 ch. In the second ch from needle make 1 so, in the third ch, 1 dc (thread over once), and in the fourth ch, 1 tr, (thread over twice). Nos. 1 and 2 Are Worked Right on the Handkerchiefs. chief about a quarter of an inch from beginning of ch, repeat from * all around, making the corner points a lit— tle closer together." No. 3 is a variation of the old-fash- Join into edge of handker— ioned mile—a-minute crochet. It is work-- ed in lavender thread. Ch 5, * dc into first ch, ch 2, dc into first ch, ch 2 re. peat from * till there are four do in the ch with 2 ch between each. 'Ch 5 turn. Make 4 do with 2 ch between each into first hole from needle, instead of into the center hole as in mile-aminute,' ch 5, turn and repeat till the crochet is long enough to go around the handker- chief, allowing for extra fullness at the corners. Then make the top by ch 5, so into 5 ch of lace, all the way along, and sew this top to the handkerchief. No. 4 is White double hair pin work, with a finish of blue chain, and a top of white chain. The thread is tied in a. loop round one prong of a medium sized hairpin. The thread is passed around the other preng, and pulled through the loop on the first prong in 1 so. Make two more sc into the Same loop. Pass thread around prong and ,make three sc in loop made by pass- ing thread around first 'y time. When the pin gets full of loops, "pull the work” ’off and insert prongs in the last two.- Continue till there is enough? leops. / \ , ~ ‘ en—mothers—are pining to get away ' from home duties and try their for- turies in the world. And writers who should know better are doing their hit to encourage the unrest. That unrest is simply a state of mind, too, and the ' dissatisfied home-makers w0uld be equally dissatisfied in an outside job. They are pining for freedom, and they think they'll get it by hiring them- selves out to work for someone else. Why, who has more freedom than the ~Woman at home? She has her duties to her family, but what adult worth while would want to be without some duty? The mother in the home is freer than any other woman. She is giving orders, not taking them, while it is only the exceptional woman in business who rises to a place where she has people under her, and that takes years of time. The great mass of women workers outside their own homes are far from being free. They are slaves to the fear of losing their job, and un- der orders from several “higher ups." And they’re .a long way from being freed from drudgery. Every office has its tiresome tasks, and the woman draws them every time. Freedom is largely a state of mind, anyway. You can be a slave to your job, or make it your servant, just as you like. And it doesn’t matter wheth- er the job is running a farm kitchen or running the ship of state. . DEBORAH. m CLOVERLAND. ‘ E are apt to think of the. north- ern part of Michigan as a min- . ing section, and to claim that the agricultural part of it is confined to. the lower peninsula. The county agents and home demonstration agents can tell a different story. Take Goge- bio, county alone; there are five hun- dred. tanner-s on the mailing list on whom County Agent C. E. Gunderson can rely to want the latest and-best methods in tanning, and whose wives are just as anxious to have Miss Sylvia Richardson, the home demonstration agent, give them the best thought on nutrition and clothing, health and civ-' 198. And the women aren’t a bit averse to having the latest things in fashions or the newest stitch in fancy . work. . ., They are doing things in Gogebic county. For one thing, they have just employed a county veterinarian, the first County in‘ the state to ”take. this step. They have also organized a cow‘ testing association and hired a cow tester. This last Was done at the re- cent county farm’ers' picnic and girls’ club achievement day in Ironwood. City folks and country folks got together on this day and separated with a little better knowledge needs and ideals. The Commercial Club of Ironwood gave the prizes to the garment clubs, which Miss Richardson had been directing throughout the year. There was community singing and folk dancing, songs and drills by the diflerent girls’ clubs, and then a speech and presentation of prizes by E. R. Oxnam, secretary of the Iron- wood Chamber of Commerce. After this the men and boys and the women and girls separated into tWO groups. Miss Aurelia Potts, in charge of the extension work in the northern peninsula gave a cooking demonstration and instructions for dry- ing fruit and vegetables to the women; Miss Richardson demonstrated the fire- less cooker; certificates of achieve- ment were given the garment club members, and there was a. mock track meet and games. County Agent Gunderson addressed - the men, and J. A. Waldron, or the nulcultural college dairy department, ' Lt‘nve an address and a stock judging "idonionstration, John Anderson and hither; had a program filo: the ’ v‘ ‘ included all normal-fat} of one another's - Look for the ROWENA trade-mark on the sack 1 Lily White ‘ “The Flour the Best Cooks Use" Is Guaranteed to Please Three generations of Michigan women have used our flour With success for all the requirements of home bak- ing. In all these years we have guaranteed it to be not only a good flour but the best they ever used. we back LILY WHITE without reservation. It is a flour milled from. choicest selection of soft and hard wheat: grown in America. The soft wheat improves the flavor and color. It insures the bakin of a good looking loaf of bread. The flour is correctly balance to make as good bread as it does biscuits and pastry. There is just enough hard wheat in LILY WHITE to make it the ideal all-around flour. After being cleaned four times it is scoured three times, then actually washed, so that every bit of dirt is removed from the ker- nels of wheat. , It has absolute uniformity of granulation, superfine texture and color. Everything baked from LILY WHITE, an all-around flour, has unexcelled flavor, is light, tender, good looking, delicious, tasting. Make your next sack of flour LILY WHITE-«and remember our guarantee that it must give you complete satisfaction. : Ask for it at your dealer’s. VALLEY CITY MILLING CO. GRAND‘RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ”Miller; for Sixty Years” coffee \,4 l . TheModem TablezDrinlc ' K. 'Acombination of 00.. (flavor, economy, efficren' (and health satisfaction. NS TANT‘ ~ OSTU M "This pure and wholesome beverage contains none of harm'fill ingredients. Especially valuable in families with children. , Sold by all Grocers f ‘fifllarlelyl’oshm can can... Battle oedema . ’Qr‘ "Zv‘ix‘ ~"‘4r" 1“}? “PK? :21" 1"" xx4r‘32r‘ ‘ 5:44P Name “Bayer" physicians in l900. unbroken packages of Wetlandu‘ ta of :th a... V .. m were Fm ‘ m... Write: to “farther: identifies genuine Aspirin introduced to Insist on mhthetndcmukofBe «Maud-awed M cyliucid Ifilfilfiflflfifi Isle-e- _ A ‘ Before do that By that painting, we mean any painting that needs to be done. When it gets to be this time of year most of us kind of like to put off things until next Spring. If you do that with your painting, it’s going to cost you more' to paint, just as sure as corn grows on a. a cob. Cost more, because you a will have to use more paint; I and because paint itself may a then be costing more. -‘w r as g a: I - - - - - - E - r01 at u- 'U 2’3 . D c: D m tt .. flutes 3» “+7"; b‘: ,‘LLTAA + A111 Ill“ . be.wise enough to buy the paint at once, that you will need for next Spring. And while you are thinking of paint, drop us a postal for a valuable piece of advice called—‘ ‘Figure Your Paint Costs with a Brush—Not 3. Pencil.” It will show you how to save money on both your paint and your painting. Remember that Lowe Broth- ers’ Barn Paint is always sold 1.\ \i ”a“ ‘——-«»— ...,,_ \. \ 1\ r. I 1 “.21..- ' \ 1\ . 1\ \ \ I . . ~ .. 1 \ ".1 \1 \ g If you can’t get the time this by the one best dealer in each '/ a; Fall to do your painting, then town. / / gl a - .T _ _ - 1.], E3 meloweBmtlIQIs may _; 2 '499 EAST THIRD STREET, DAYTON, OHIO ; a Boston New York Jersey City Chicago Atlanta Knasas City Minneapolis Toronto ;7 s. E L‘ "E I I8 “I“ 11 I.” 1"”: ll uuuuneen°ewa fir POULTRY P U L L E T S‘ We have a. supply of Pullets that will interest you and that will give 8wint(r eggs to add to your profits. 8Weeks Uld Leghorns There are 5008. C. White Leghorns; also 75 8 weeks old Anconas. 1000 Yearling Pullets White and Brown Leghorns. new laying; Anconns Minorcas: Rocks Reds and Wyandottes. Let us tell on w hat we have. Eockerels EAnglish White Leghorns Aonlly; no others E FARMS ASSOCIA TION. Kalamazoo. Mich “— Desk I. “2“.)— BARRED ROCKS Cockerels, Pullets. April hatched, get Norman’s su- , erior strain direct. Catalogue 250. Circular free. ORMAN POULTRY PLANT. Chatsworth. Ill BARRED ROCKS. 5.131" £2135}? els which will produce fine layers:E next our 33 each. R.G G.KI nstfiansing, Mich. 110 COCKERELS Improve your neth year flock with Popes Triumph mating stlain 8.8111011 Minort as Cockerels. price reasonable. Mrs. CW. H. Morrison,lt. 3, Jonesville.Mich. Pullets and cockerels. From thorough- bred Baron White Leghorns the type til at are bound to make good producers. Raised on free r1111 e. Every bird guaranteed and shipped on approval end for prices and catalog. A few Barred Rock Pullets.Brum1ners Poultry Farm. Holland Mich BABY CHICKS of palm from record aying urebred stock. All varieties. 12 cents each up. Bostpaid. Live arrival guaranteed. Guaranteed none better. We give quickest delivery. Catalog free. SUPERIOR O K. HATCHERY Clinton. Mo. Whiltaker’s Red Cookerels Both combs. Special discount on early orders, efor PrioeLls INTERLAKES FARM, Box 39. contest winners.eggs from strain Barred ROCkseg w1t records to 290 a ye $2.00 per setting re aid byP P. Circular free. g’R D ASTLING. Constantine, Mich. L Lawrence. Mich. ChiCk Leghornsé‘l Minorcas, Spanish Houdsnsflam. 3’ pines. eds, Rocks. Orpinztons. Brahmas: Wyandottes. 0. Will . FOR SALES erels fmmt%egce:h%nfiio::k strain huff-lobed in A$ox1l and May 82. 75o SAM Trout Creek. Mich. Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fenton. Mich We are now bookin or- Fowler’ 3 Buff Rocks. 5... mm. “8., 0.50.0. oookerels left. B. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Mich. 100K! cfiigi‘c’s $14 A 100 UP! . name] post.post pdoi. 40!) d hi i: . 4! Bhreedlsgddmks An. and‘aopt. chick- 11:: £1:me ' . ’ 5.113 Sillsd ’6“'°1i‘lett§fi'um‘ti°‘ ‘3' ”Wigs. dud]? ' ABSORBINE T RADE MARK RFG.U.S.PAT. OFF. Reduces Strained, Puffy Anklel. Lymphsngitis. Poll Evil. Fistula. Boils. Swellings; Stops Lameness and allays pain. Heals Sores. Cuts. Bruises. Boot Chutes. It is a SAFE AlllSEPTIG Mill GERMIGIDE . Does not blister or remove the bound horse can be worked. Pleasant to use. ‘2. 50 a bottle, delivered. Describe your can {or spec1al instructions and Book 5 R free. ABSORBINE. JR.. ominepdc 11111111211: for mankind. to- ducel Strain» Painful. Knotted. swallen Veins. Concen- (rated—only a few drops required nun application. Price 31.25 per bottle :1 dealers or delivered. 1 W.F.YO0N0.llle. 268Iomnlo Sl..8mloullold. lacs. .. LICE PROOF .8 s HEN J ROOST 5% E’s: *5 c: s d The lice and mite Proof Boost that so many hundreds Ego 24.1111?in people are using; prices and Ap‘oulltry 0““ nts Wanted. VERMIN PRO PIRCH 00.. Dexter. Michigan R. 0. Brown Le horn C’k'rls 81 00 each. White Pekln duo s $2 (X) on Mrs. Claudia Bette. Ellisdsle. Mich. Sllver Laced Golden and White Wyandotte eggs from best quality only 81. 75 per 15. $3. 26 per 30 by aid parcels post. 0.“? Browning. 2. Portion dp Mpch. S. G. I. lughnvrn: Edit" $33.1" "°“.l:’°$..$“3é°£ Ionic. Mich. : e White 'Loghorns. Ferris 264' 3.0011 strain. Cooks I I and year] hens for sole. stoo.k 8 ate arrival sum-ante Al lvoh Stecengn. Portland .1111“). Single Comb While Le gborns it re! 1 exhibiti ting A - °°°»? ' matrimmuayw- elm eguioh. sonnble. SUNNYBBOO POULTRY FARM elsland Whites may ‘"%M§él£mnlm be restroom! lay. 1 September Poultry" Duties .OR 'two weeks we were out of 0375- ing of the hens will keep the air in'the H This is unhealthful _; ter shells as none were for sale in house full of dust. the community Then the Farm— for the birds and the poultryman Who" ers’ Cooperative Elevator Company must care for them. received a shipment and sold them at Poultry keepers who can attend the $1.25 per hundred pounds. We stocked show at the State Fair are sure to be up and the hens made up for lost time ehcouraged by thelarge number of fine in eating shells. When shells were fowls ,on display. It seems as if these. lacking some of the eggs produced had early shows are growing better in both preserve in waterglass. The strong lation to study the dllferent breeds and appetite of the laying hen for Oyster note the interest in poultry among 0th: shells proves that they are necessary. er breeders. . Sometimes the poultry and many breeders willplan on start— pecially if he lives on a side road and. ing a flock. Now tries of geese can be does not see other breeders often. It purchased at moderate prices and a helps to get acquainted with other men ‘ trio Will be a sure read to the develop- and women who have the same preh- ment of a nice flock of geese next year. lem's to solve. They are grass eaters and there is a Sanitary poultry dishes remain in good sale for breeding stock. Farmers that condition because of scrubbing with waste land and a liking for geese with hot water at frequent intervals. should not neglect to own a nice pure— We find that clean corn cobs are rough bred flock. enough to make fine scouring tools for The White China geese seem to be gummed-up diSheS- very popular. as Toulouse or’ Embden geese, but ‘just and they are the cheapest and most. about right for the average farm table. satisfactory helpers for (101118 “on They seem less greasy than some of work. the larger breeds. A flock of White It pays to have the clean litter in the Chinas will add to the attractiveness poultry house before the cold rainy fall of any farm. days arrive. Then the hens have a. When there is no time to mix a bal- fine scratching place and do not have anced ration at home it will pay to pur— to be on the‘windy range. It helps in chase the commercial egg laying mix- keeping down fall 001(15 and the 11001: tures. In ton lots the cost is usually that goes through the unsettled fall less per one hundred pounds And a weather in good condition is much eas- good supply in the feed room takes a ier to keep thrifty until spring lot Of worry out of the business of feed- The poultryman 8 camera can be mg poultry. If the mash hoppers are used to advantage in selling stock. A full every hen in the flock is sure of few small photos of the prize-winning square meals that are balanced to help- birds or high egg producers are attrac—i in the production of eggs tive to a. prospective buyer. Such The safest poultry business how- photos can be made up at a moderate ever, will always be on the farm where expense and frequently one additional the bulk of the feed is home- grown and order will pay for enough photos to home-mixed, and when the egg and lastayear. R G‘ KIRBY'. broiler money arrives it does not have to be turned over to the feed dealer. YOUNG TURKEY TROUBLES' When the hens lay large double yolk- Will you kindly advise me what ails ed eggs it is n0t a cause for rejoicing my young turkeys? I hatched fourteen h out of fifteen eggs, and ten of them T e profitable hens lay eggs or a nor lived until they were nearly feathered ,mal size and plenty of them. The large out They are now eight weeks old egg may Simply use up the energy that and have been allowed free range al- might have been placed in two or three ways after grass was dry in the morn— marketable eggs. they picked up at night when I feed my At the Beltsv111e Maryland EXPe“ little chicks, which consisted of crack- ment Station, a hen called Lady Vic— ed corn, rolled oats and a few times tory has produced 779 eggs in five bread wet with water, but it did not years. In her pullet year she laid 214 seefietotlfig e any bad sheet on them eggs, whlch marked her asabird worth wrong with them They are 0 K in keeping. Hens of that type will make the morning and at night the hen a great change in the poultry business. corggschhgmgevgfihcggétfifsi‘fig’t ‘1: 3159 If they can be developed in large num before morning. I have only two 116%: ber 1‘ W111 ease up 011 the necessity of now. Have also examined for lice but. replacing so many of the layers each cannot find any. Mrs. H- 11- year. Now it is an annual struggle for Possibly some of the young turkeys; the poultryman to obtain plenty of may have been taken by hawks while thrifty pullets. The dairyman develops on the range. If they have been drag~ a herd and he has an asset for several ged through wet grass by the mother, years. But» no sooner does the poultry they may have become weak and not keeper own a nice flock of hens and have strength to return at night. Young they are aged birds‘ready for‘the mar- turkeys sometimes have diarrhea the ket and they must be replaced. same as hen chicks. It can be controll- A Plymouth Rock or Rhode Island ed by feeding hord- -boiled eggs and Red pullet does not Complete her first stale bread sprinkled quite heavily year of egg production until about with pepper It can largely be prevent- twenty months old. A hen already 3. ed by using the greatest precautions year old can complete another year of to keep their food clean. The eating of egg production in one year. The first spoiled fruit sometimes makes turkeys' on eight months are approximately the pe— sick. Drinking 11110161111 water is an— riod of development and represent only other cause of mortality. Possibly the expense. While the pullet may lay 1088 0f the young turkeys may be due more eggs in her first laying year the to inbreeding or a lack of vigor in the hen does not have to be hatched and parent stock. Bronze turkey HOOKS grown on expensive feed before she is have often been improved in “801‘ by ready to lay. ’Farm poultry keepers making crosses with wild turkeys. need more hens that are good for two Farmers seem to find it more difficult and three years of profitable laying. to raise. turkeys every year and the-- This does not mean the kind of hens flocks seem to be growing more scarce. that linger around for three or four 'In a measure'it is probably due to the years withdut paying their board. _ fact that the birds need such a large Concrete floors will be more warm range that it is difficult for the owner and dry if a couple of inches of clean to control all the conditions on th sand are placed between the floor and range. It is not possible to date ' the Straw litter. Garden. learn is not a from the above lnq ljy the many substitute for sand; The loan: in soon as will ,ma'y be re ' [changed to our, and find the scratch- .4; very thin shells and were not safe to Quality and quantity and it‘is a. stimu— A 1 Next year goose eggs ’will be scarce man may feel alone in the business, es- _ The cobs can be: They are not as large thrown away after the dishes are clean ' machete-tendons 41.11-11.11»... in g, with very little feed, only what- I cannot see a. thing' u;‘-u._. A A-.'_. .I—LMM‘ BE {#8899 8:081? cannons-enemas- "1 . ' to accept forty-seven cars of tourists _, the trip. These cars had no equipment Each car was decorated with pen- 'drove nearly nine hundred miles before .they had the most pleasurable trip of (Continued from page 260). During the last week before we start- ' ed on the tour to Mackinaw we refused who decided at the last moment to take and we wrote the owners that we could not possibly provide more sleeping ac- commodations. Several of these own- ers joined us on the way and said they Would like to go on their own responsi~ bility and would provide for them- selves. They got along all right, being fortunate in securing roOms at‘hotels and private homes where we camped. hunts and flags and had a windshield record giving the name of the owner, his address and names of the passen- gers in the car. We'have not the com- plete list of all the tourists, as some ‘joined at the last minute and our rec- ord is incomplete. We wish the owner of each car would write us as soon as possible, giving the names and post of- fice address of each passenger so we can prepare a correct list of members of the new “Michigan Farmer’s Auto- mobile Tour Association.” ‘ The pictures we took have been de veloped and are all good ones. Many gave orders to us for certain ones and these will be mailed soon. We wish to thank all the tourists for their cooperation in making the tour such a complete success. All gave us a handshake as we separated, and thanked us for the good time they had. The greatest surprise was a. letter handed to us, just before we left the Soo camp, with a list of thiry-five farm- ers and their wives, containing a purse of $35.00. We wish these friends to know that we fully appreciate their evi- dence of friendship and the present was a testimonial that the tour had been even a greater success than we anticipated. These thirty-five farmers who followed us across the straits they got home again and they all said their lives and learned more about Michigan than they expected to befOre starting out from their homes. 0n the west pike we had great times in camp at Grand Rapids, Manistee, Traverse City, Harbor Springs, Mack; inaw City, Sault Ste. Marie and Boyne City. At each one of these places, af- ter leaving Grand Rapids, we were met by committees of city officials, cham- bers of commerce, bands, and even a fire department truck at the 800. At some places from six to twenty auto- mobiles met us several-miles out on the way and escorted us in and through the main streets and on to our camp. At each city we were the guests of honor and programs were carried'out with considerable variety and elabor- ateness. The barbecue at Traverse City was a novelty. The two bands and the jackies from the Great Lakes Training Station helped the citizens entertain us at Harbor Springs for two days. At the $00 the Pomona Grange of Chippewa county gave us a picnic and fine dinner in a grove near the Soo. Band music and speeches made up the program, in which the leading business men of the Soo participated. - The tour lasted for two weeks and not a single really serious disaster oc- curred-along the way. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Noble, of Quincy, had a spill on the road near the S00 and received some cuts and sprains. Several of us had punctures and blowouts of tires. We cautioned repeatedly about the rail- road crossings. At last we are home again safe and sound. Next week Thursday we expect to I . "l 'Dvs My .LA STAIRCASES in which beauty is'thEfiijstTdr'i}, sideration, for the bedrooms built-in dressing tablcsthat are a part of the house itself, mantels that carry outvthe architectural type of the house—.- these are items of Curtis Woodwork. Like the doors we build, and the china closets, the windows, the wall paneling, the cupboards, the bookcases, and all the interior woodwork which, built into a home, make it livable and lovable, they are all part of the Curtis plan to place beautiful homes within the reach of all who would build. For over fifty years Curtis Woodwork has been known as good woodwork—honest craftsmanship. But we began to see our business as something more than a mill making a good product. We be- lieved we could help America toward a happier type of architectural expression. With the cooperation of Trowbridge and Acker— man, New York architects, we are able to offer home-builders portfolios of Better Built Homes, in four different architectural types—Colonial, Eng- lish, Western, and Southern. Each portfolio contains CURTIS SERVICE BUREAU, Oklahoma City, Okla. Wauoau, W ls. Minneapolis, Minn. Padre}, C-532 A charming j-rmmn )mm of Watt cm txpnxim. with the MW fill at rlu Colonial hum drown MD. a ’6‘ S CURTIS woonWofiK 4mm; -_,4 . - 5 ' Manufartun‘n: and Dirtrilmu‘ng Plant: a: Detroit, Mich. Topeka, Kan. Eastern Offices at Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Akron, and New York The makers of Climls Woodwork guarantee complete satisfaction to its users ‘l . We're not satisfied unless you are.” r Hill“ 3, 5335“ 53. 1| .1. / 05211207 . illustrations of exteriors, interiors, and floor plans, with complete descriptions of 32 homes. These houses range from 3—room cottages to 8-room homes. Curtis Woodwork and built-in furniture for these homes was designed by the same architects that designed the houses, to insure harmony of expression. The designs and sizes of Curtis Woodwork being standardized, the lowered cost of production has brought the price of beautiful woodwork lower than it has ever been before. Curtis Woodwork is sold through lumber deal-V ers. Curtis dealers have the complete catalog to show. They can obtain free for prospective builders'our portfolios of “Better Built Homes.” Specify whether you want Volume VI (32 homes of 3, 4, and 5 rooms); Volume VII (32 homes of 6, 7, and 8 rooms), or Volume VIII (32 houses suitable for farm use). If there is no Curtis dealer in your town, send 25 cents with the coupon checked for the portfolio you want. (50 cents if in Canada.) 4098-5098 So. Second St., Clinton, Iowa Lincoln, Neb. Sioux City, Iowa Chicago, Ill. Clinton, Iowa Dayton, Ohio Bradlq, C -530 1711'! 11 III: Colonial agrarian of , flu mm: plum a! I’nrdny. C-5J2. l CURTIS SERVICE BUREAU I 4098-5098 So. Second Street, Clinton, Iowa Buckner! and .......... cents in stamps for which please send me Portfolio of Better Built Homes, Vol. Vl (g, 4, 5 room houses 15:; Portfolio of Better Built Homes, Vol. VII (6, 7, 8 room‘houscs 15c; Portfolio of Better Built Homes, Vol. Vlll (houses for farm use 25c. (Please check the one you wish) I Name ........................................................ .u..__.I—... -. . drive 'our car to Detroit and camp again on the State Fair grounds in the same, I ‘ location’as last year, in the Beys’ State ’ Fair School section. Our car will be Michigan Farmer Touring Camp Head-g rs and we shall be glad to see ,_mw,51ks"whocoinealvhz- l . Strcci or R. F. D ............................................. o ”The Permanent Furniture for Your Home’ ' Town .................. . ..................... State. . . . ....... L . ° \ .. GEHL . An Ensilage Cutter that is re- markable for its fine clean cut- quircments. >§\\ a l‘ a , . ting, capacity, durability, safety, and light power re— Any 8-16 Tractor Runs a Cab] 17 Due to its separate control of cutter head and bloWer- speeds the Gehl Cutter never wastes power on any silo —- has six fan low speed blower, heavy all steel frame, positive safety device, and a self feeder that Requires No Man at the Feed Table __.-,_ Here is an example of economy—a machine that not only fills your silo, 1) but can also grind alfalfa hay— dry corn stalks, soy beans, sweet ’ clover or any other form of dry roughage. ’ saving of from 20 per cent to 50 per cent. . - ' Our new catalog gives complete information about Gehl Cutters and some useful ideas about Give us the height of your silo, size of engine and size and speed of pulley fo r w a r d com. plete informa- tion about: the right a i z c o f ' G c h I Cutter, This means a comervmg' andgctting more . profits out of dry feeds. Write today. ‘ GEHL BROS. MFG. CO. ' ‘ ’1‘“ 80th Water Street WEST BEND. WIS. . \ Tread Patented Center tread smooth with suction cups, to firmly grasp wet asphalt. Geared- to-the- Road side treads mesh like cogs in dirt. From California Gilman Bro... of San Jose. sold I .200 Miller Cords in nine and a half months, have only made one adjustment. One of these tires went 53 .000 miles on a heavy atdge. Another 49.987. And 8 third 38 000 and still running. From Colorado The LaJunta Motors Corpo- ration. La Junta. report that Millers average 15, 000. They have not had one adjustment in two years. RFrom Florida R.Linlr, tire dealer. of Orlando. reports four tires going over 28. 000 miles on a car owned by the Hutchine Realty Company. THE MILLER RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, 0., Also makers of Miller lnnerTubes, built layer-on-layer. Based on 24 years of fine-rubber experience. Red or Gray. . x \ r’ * t ._ ~ «5‘ ......... ----- ..... ...... Examining the tire layers after 15,000 miles . Tire Mileage Doubled Miller Tire experts, in the past live years, have doubled their average tire mileage. They have» cut the cost-per-mile in two. That will save Miller users this year some $50,000,000. The cost of these betterments, on the Cord type alone, has been $1,136,419. Just the labor- atory and testing expense last year averaged $10,000 monthly. These thousands of added miles have cost us about $150 each. New-Grade Tires The result is a new-s grade tire. To hundreds of thousands it has brought a new conception of good tires. Now Miller Tires are every- where discussed. They are used exclusively in some of the hard- est services. The demand in five years has multiplied 20- fold. Costs us $150 for each added mile Costly Methods We keep 250 tires constantly running under observation. We destroy 1,000 tires yearly to learn how to improve them. We separate tires after long, hard use to watch the effects on layers. We spend $1,000 daily just to watch and test tires and materials. We sign every tire, so each re— turned tire teaches us its lessons. Now Millers offer mileage which a few years ago was un- dreamed of. treads which, by countless tests, outlast the best of others by 25%. And they offer You owe yourself a test. Learn what this doubled mileage means on your car.’ Tire with others. tell you which tire to adopt. Compare the Miller Let the figures A maker who has made good tires twice better deserves a trial from you. mi I Is r Tires cones Geared-to-the-Road Rey. U. 8. Patent Ofioc FABRICS The Supreme Attainments BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY Cbangre of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Ten Days before date of publication Wildwood Farms Ang’um Effies Lass 238203 sold on May 6th for $7100. She was sired by Black Mon- arch 3rd. We are offering for sale Ed- itor of Wildwood 295059 a full brother in blood lines to Effies Lass also four more choice bulls which are old enough for service and sired also by the cham- pion show and breeding bull Black Monarch 3rd. Our herd is under State andFederal Supervision. WILDWOOD FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN W. E. SCRIPI‘S. Prop.. Sidney Smith.Supt. d wooncorr ANGUS Imported Herd Bulls ELCHO OF‘ HARVIESTOUN (45547)_ by Jason of Ballindalloch EDbGA RDO OF‘ DALMENY (345591) Idnia. Mich. yEsoort of Harviestoun Woodcote Stock Farm. Registered bulls. For Sale: Gue y Rose (“F"S'lg... we“; as Elm-ad’s °f_ Guernsey Bulls a two year old and a three year old purebred May. Rose bull. Dams, advanced registry, splen- did individuals, none better for herd sires. Prices " $175 and $200 respectively to sell them at once. Chetwood Farm, Northville, Address John Stucey. Manager SPRING DELL FARM GUERNSEYS For sale: Choice of two bulls two and three years old: also bull calves three to twelve months. Registered. v‘leeIndid individuals and breedinigx Prices righi). TE BROTHERS. R.2 ox La Indiana. P bred Guernse bulls from one tofour weeks old. I". Registered .not re cred Orders ship~ ed in rotation rece ved scrub bulls. eVALTER PnIrPs FARM. 3t. Detroit. Geo. E. Currie. Mgr Michigan Porte. glee excuse fbr 80 Alfred Guernsey bulls from 3 months too months old. Their sire is Dog‘l’l‘IE'SrlalIIPsC‘lfiNoh 1;. am hasan o la 11 r y“ y mo ° 1.333128? Goldwater. M1011: RNSEYB—Fod Is oted. Headed “E not Carrie” of signing. exohamRIOnm “2'15 bulls'u 3% an. smmm whim” _ in ”that!” (fling Registered‘Guernseys 3.312” 33: 5:33 calf' is out of a cow milking 40 lbs. a day. the price will surprise you,M betwteIrL et. his edifice J.M AMS. orth Adams. Mich. G UE R MN S E Y 2.22.1; 09.22.“ m: 19 45020 Their mother' s slre' s dam fat. made 16. 109i 10 milkT 778. 80! ..V HICKS. Battle Creek. Mich. GUERNSEYS Conta inni n: HICKS' GUERN EY FARM. FOR SALE E. A. BLACK. Mag Echo S lvia Bull calf. 2 crosses to May Echo ylvla. an 3 crosses to King of the Pentiacs. Dam a 2 yr. old daughter of a 29 lb. tested dams agar-age 34. 491b, —-REGISTERED BULL CALVES blood of world champions. Saginaw. W. S. Mich Registered Guernsey heifers. l{carilngs and calves. cute 3 Howard City. Mich. cow. or his nearest. of butter and 759 mil. Goblevllle. Mich. H GIDDINGS. HOLSTEINS HERD LONG DISTANCE SIRE pnnqu ONA (Prince Ona)236555 236555ivF ve damls av 11% lbs. butter and 24771 lbs milk in 1 yr. Onl y] good bull calf left. born Nov. 181; 12’“ 1.9 dam untested. 8100. State and Federal supv. —-a clean herd A. FLEMING, Lake, Mich. 31 06 lb butter 2983.69 lb. milk in 7 days. is of 9 nearest tested dams of 2 mo. old hull. Price 8 Terms M. L. Mc LAULIN. Redford. Mich. -WinnWood Herd- Flint Maplecrest Boy No. 166974 Has Made Good one of his SONS will raise your herd to. a higher standard and better production we have them for sale at moderate prices. A Few Females For Sale —OUR JUNIOR HERD SIRE- Sir Ormrby Skylark Burke No. 264966 A brother to the world champion cow over all ds. hm pucuss‘s SKYLARK omssr Michigan’ 11 best. bred Ormsby bull. 1 Better get on the list for one of his sons out of a daughter of Flint Maplecrest Boy. JOHN H. ‘WINN (Inc.) Roscorrnnom 4 ., M‘chigm HERE has been started, ‘9. ‘53 live stock exchange by the L. 9 Stock Marketing Department of the» Illinois Agricultural Association that will be a medium through which 1866:: ers and breeders can purchase and sell , their stock. Two lines of buying and selling in the exchange are now ready for operation. Mr. Lee Divine will han- dle the hog feeder buying and M12131. M. Clark will assist in the buying and selling of grade and purebred dairy cattle. The exchange hopes to be in a position soon to purchase feeder cat. tle. After these lines are well under way, it is probable that the exchange will act as a medium through which to buy and sell purebred live stock. This exchange will operate through the eighty-seven County Farm Bureau organizations of the state, and prob— ably similar to their present county exchanges. A monthly bulletin will be issued to all farm bureau ofl‘lces con- taining the “for sale wants" of all the state, and it is likely that this list will be advertised. The “for sales and wants” will come to the I. A. A. office and the exchange will act as a clearing house. It is the plan to charge enough for this service to make it self-sup— porting. AMERICAN FARM BUREAU EXECU- TIVE MEETING. W0 outstanding developments of the quarterly executive committee meeting of the AmericanFar'm Bureau Federation held in Denver last week were decisions to attempt to make sure that any revision of national tax- ation laws, as is contemplated, does not shift a, greater burden from indus- ' trial interests to the public and the creation of a traffic department. Both are subjects of vital interest to the, ’ thousands of farm bureau members of the various states. The decision on taxation followeda review of agitation, which has been in- spired by some industrial interests, for repeal of the present excess profits tax, which takes from net earnings of cor- porations and other businesses forty per cent of all profits in excess of twen- ty per cent net profit upon investment. This tax last year raised for the gov- ernment almost two billion dollars. Several substitutes have beensuggest- ed but all would operate to shift this tax burden in a more or less degree to the individual consumers. The Ameriéan Farm Bureau Feder- ation’s idea is that the big tax burden of the countryside should be borne largely by the interest most able to pay and should not be paid out of the living wage which is all that the indi— “ vidual consumer has. It is also cone tended that the excess profits tax has not “crippled" business to any discern- ible extent and that it seems a con— servative tax, when it is considered 1 that Great Britain levies a similar tax of sixty per cent instead of forty. Prof. T. S. Adams, of Yale University, and chairman of the United States Treasury Department Advisory Board on taxation during the war, outlined the» present problems of administration of national taxes. ’ The decision to organize a trafllc de- partment immediately was influenced largely by a. comprehensive report on difficulties in the movement of farm products to‘ market made by Cliflord Thorne, of Chicago, ity on transportation matters. ly informed as to car requirementsbot various agricultural regions, rate Situ ations and kindred matters, and won; with the different State Farm Bureaus in unprovement of transportationjz‘n ditions that the last few ears " a national author- : j . It is in. _‘ tended that this department keep close. - 1,» . .x-ak». _ ‘ - .. £43:an- m r; . r - r 323“.” r '23-“ ’ I 3"..— .s'. 11‘! ‘95“?3'5’51 flmflfilmtmu .29" 3-' E f I“. . n 1 " ' 33m RED‘ST EER I " BRAND ” ., ‘ , , ,TRAD: MARK , 3, '- . REGISTERED .1 «z ./ '- : FERTI LIZERS w Fr/TPAYSTO 1/55 THEM ii. 7 There’s Still time to fertilize Brands specially recommended f We recommend the brands given below as the ." WIFT’S Red Steer Fertilizers are manufactured in 24 factories most. profitable to use under general farming ' d 'th th t odern machine °°“d‘“°‘“° Analysis *» equippe W1 6 mos m ry‘ ‘ Ammonia Phosphoric Acid Potash Swift’s Champion Wheat A; One or more of these factories is located at an advantageous railroad and Com Gmwe, 2 12 2 shipping point near you—ready to give you prompt service. Swift's Clay Soil a. , , Special 2 12 0 ‘ If you haven’t invested in Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizer or if you Swift’sIZ-iz Fertilizer o 12 2 ’ r ' ' n r ea ier no i the tim to Swift’s High Grade Add .‘ want to make the applicatio per ac e h v , w s e Phosphate Fertilizer 0 16 0 place your order' AMMONIA gives the plant a quick start, par- ticularly necessary when seeding is 3 Remember that one acre fertilized is generally good for more profit delayed to combat the fly,increases l than two acres without fertilizer. And it’s the heavy application $32:th ngth' and ”d3 m -» 1" that pays the farmer the biggest profit. PHOSPHORIC , l ACID increases root growth, aids in stool- [2.3 . Get the most plant food for your money by buying Swift’s Red 3331;?” the be“? -and haste“ ‘ Steer Fertilizers containing 14% or more plant food. ‘ poTASH stigma the straw and aidsgnstamh ,7: ‘ ’ 4 , \ formation. Don’t wait. Place your order with our local dealer now or write . Select from the above list the brand best suited ' ' to your requirements. Other brands on request. our neares sales division. ' t . ' REMEMBER—The higher the —analysis, the cheaper the plant food per pound. Swift 8: Company, Dept. 48 Swift 8; Com an Fertilizer Dept, Union Stock Yards. Chicago. 111. ~ p y O 1 $11“ PAYS TO USE-THEM” r l ‘8400eac . at , // "'42 li/ _ I ,.’\II . é ' ‘/ men—the day they learned about La guarantee. There is no chance or uncertainty when you are feeding Larro —because the Larro guarantee reproduced below means just what it says, you get more milk or you get your money back. This "More Milk " Cuaran tee Has stood back ofLarro for seven years This is the same guarantee ofmore milk which has stood back of Larro for seven years. To the man who is not yet a Larro user it is an absolute promise ofbetter re- sults from his cows—to the veteran Larro user it is double assurance that Larro to- day is the same as it was in the beginning -that its quality will never be changed. A Balanced Feed—Based Upon a Knowledge of the Cow That's why you get more milk—because Larro isn't a one-sided ration but a nutri- tious. balanced feed. Larro comes to you as a scientific mixture ol'just these in- gredients~cottonseed meal. corn gluten feed, linseed oil meal, dried beet pulp. standard wheat bran, standard wheat middling. and a little salt- all com- pounded upon a definite knowledge of If the needs ofthe cow. “Here’s Where I Learned How to Make My Cows Produce” That has been the beginning of larger milk profits for thousands of dairy- get in touch with us at once. DEALERS: Ask for Proposition The Larrowe Milling Co., 513 LarrOWe Bldg., Detroit, U. S. A. / _, ., 0 l , , Wv ’ p,- ‘ rm and the Larro “more milk" your local dealer does not carry Larro .‘\ / . >\,./- i ‘ '. .4 "'..-'d a 4-3—1351: l\ Long-lived Purebred Hol- I stein Cows Leave out of consideration the greater .. .. direct cash return and Holsteins are still the best investment you can make. Great strength and constitutional vigor make the typical Holstein long-lived, free from disease and sure to produce man healthy calves. Athirt'een-year- old liolstein owned by the Kansas Agricultural College finished a year’s record of 15,773 pounds of milk and 513 pounds of butterfat. This record indi- cates the dollars and cents value of Holstein vitalityy Send for free Illustrated Booklets. They contain valuable information for every Dairyman. THE HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION 164 Hudson Street Brattleboro Vermont. OUR HERD SIRE Model King Segis Glista By a 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segis Alban De Kol. His dam Glista Fenelle 32.37 lbs. Her dam Glista Er- nestine 35.96 lbs. His three nearest dams average over 33 lbs and his forty-six nearest tested relatives aver- age over 30 lbs. of butter in seven days. Write for pri- ces on his sons. - Grand ‘RiVer Stock Farms Cory J. Spencer, Owner Eaton Rapids. Mich. accepted in payment of finely bred reg- ‘ 600d "0h istered Holstein bull calves. Quality otthe best. and at prices within reach of all. Write. GEO. D. CLARKE. -' - - - Vassar. Mich. otistered Holstein cows and heifers due to freshen t in fall. Some bred to a 42 lb. bull. Price 8110 to h B. B. REAVEY. Akron, Mich. . - Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred "Milt"! r mm and high Price 320 up. ‘ - rode. » endidi me n andbreedf . wine 0 on re terodandeo 2.9%.»: sawing.- Maam... . ,. . “TOP NOTCH” HOLSTEINS , McPHERSON FARMS COMPANY has raised man great milk cows:— 1 Ofllcially Pro need 842 lbs. milk in '1 days 3394 lbs. milk in 30 days 1 ” ” 120 lbs. milk in 1 day 811 lbs. milk in 7 days over 10000 lbs. milk in 100 days 105 lbs. milk in 1 day 696 lbs. milk in 7 days 2669 lbs. milk in 30days 100 lbs. milk in 1 day 20854 lbs. milk in ] year 100 lbs. milk in 1 day 659 lbs. milk in 7 days 18675 lbs. milk in 1 year Others under test are making large milk records A fine lot of young bulls from 3 imonths to 2 years old for sale. Get a “milk" bull, and increase milk production in your herd. )ur herds are under U. S. supervision. ( MCPHERSON FARMS C0,, Howell, Mich. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES FOR SALE From dams With good records. BULL CALVES SIRED BY 45 lb. 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 . C O P L A N D , Birmingham,~ Michigan. Herd under State and Federal Supervision. GLU NY STOCK FARM ' A Semi-Ofiicial Bred Bull to Head Your Head Maplecrest Application Pontiac No.132652. heads Our Herd His dam’s record ‘is 1344.3 lbs. butter 23,4213 lbs. milk in 365 do. 5, and 35.103 lbs. butter and 515'6 lbs. inilk in days. One of his sons from our good record dams will carry these great blood lines into Your Herd. For Pedigrees and Prices wrlle to ‘ RJBruee McPherson, queu, Mich. Holsteins of Quality. for sale. Hflfen‘fmm 8 to 24 meats 111:]. All regis- The Traverse Herd We have what you want. in BULL CALVES. the large. line growthy type. guaranteed right. in every way. They are from high producing A. R. 0. ancestors. Dam’s records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and quotations, stating about. age desired. TRAVERSE cm sun: HOSPITAL Traverse City, Mich. Increase the Eflicienci of your DAIRY HERD by using a Registered Holstein Sim We have bulls of all ages listed at rea- sonable rices. ‘ A so grade and. pure-bred cows and heifers. - Michigan Holstein-Friesian Ilsso. . mu Stale Block, \ lansing, Mich. ‘f BARGAIN Peters sham heifers and yeah bulls ready for service. JOSEPH H. BR WER, Grand Rapids. Michigan HEREFORDS 20 Cows‘and Heifers of popular breed- ing for sale" also bulls notkrelate'd. . . ‘ ‘ALLEN’ BROS. . PAW raw... ‘ . MICHIGAN I . J at unlined: who. Inch“.- Herefords. 15‘?) silicone 0193553: an i' desired eithe so he odor: ..l on age. ri reason- .bia' » " FTEEfiOfiTY’S. .Bed'Aia‘Mioh. t . :— ..rarrarsmw , ' HETHER 0r net there are an real facts available to support, the contention of cheese and butter; manufacmrers in certain sections‘ of , the country, rumors' have become quite; . .. Pronounced of late that certain mills... " c'ondensaries are making a filled con-,g densed milk. Those who are familiar «r- with the agitation of several years ago 2 when it was discovered that many‘man- ,_ ufacturers of cheese were— making as filled cheese undoubtedly will under-.- stand the meaning of filled condensed milk and no further elaboration on the: subject would be necessary so far as ' l‘ they are concerned. However, it may be well to state that a filled cheese is one made from milk wholly or par- tially skimmed to which is added cer-_ tain foreign fats, usually of vegetable origin, thus bringing the percentage of fat content up to normal. Reports sup- posed to be authentic claim that in the condensaries alluded to, a practice is in vogue Whereby the butterfat'is re. moved from the milk and cocoanut oil is substituted. As there are laws in most states prohibiting the use of for- ' eign fats in the’. manufacture of butter and cheese, the manufacturers of those products are up in arms against allow- ing the practice in condensariesr—L. ,. POLAND CHINA BREEDERS ACTIVE. (Continued from page 255). in Michigan, and it is due largely to his untiring efforts that the breeders in his territory are pulling together to buy better breeding stock and build up their herds to a point where they can compete successfully with those from other states. A few men have seen the light and more must see it when they visit these sales and compare the dif-I ference in the bids for animals of the improved type and those of the “chuf- fy,” compact type. The Boone-Hill Company have gone i in strong for the great big-boned, type with four good legs and plenty of light underneath. Prominent among the firm's offerings are Bouncer Giantess, a. daughter of Disher’s Giant and out of Disher’s Bride, 3. daughter of Big n Brood Sow Owned- by Wesley Hile. .‘A .___. ale-«u. . ._ Wanderer. Another sow of approved type and proven prolificacy is Boone’s l Mollie Buster, a daughter of Great Big . Half Ton, and out of Mollie BusterL: Two of her boar pigs listed in the sale _3 ‘ are sure to attract the attention of i buyers when they enter the sales ring. 1 A majority of the gilts offered in the .2 sale are daughters of Monster Big Bob and C. A. King Joe. Monster Big Bob is a son of Lucken’s Big Bob and out of Bob’s Queen. He was bred by Line Duckens, of Indiana, and is generally, recognized as one of the best Poland China sires in Michigan. C. A. King Joe is a son of Big Joe and out of Men- archia 3. He was bred by W. B. Wal- lace, of Missouri. For a Junior herd . sire they have The Eminent Clansm'any .. .. ,g a son of Clansman Again and out off”; Miss jumbo I. All of the animals in~~ this hand are ingood breeding condi-“ tion and no effort, has been spared; 7 put up individuals-that. will insure 9'- success ofthe sale. _ ‘ ’ " l “new”... —.I'" "‘qu‘mqw m. ‘ . aa-H...m -.. .‘A-Hm .- federal government, eral different owners. “new”... __.’— 'vJWwa t,» on“. ‘ . m the decision in the M ,7 mission merchants Such with the Order. The commission men who so blandly raised their charges in the face of the known losses of most live stock pro- preceding year Com- ‘ mission men cannot permanently work at a loss and farmers will not object to justifiable increases, but the method ~. 01 the commission men was not concil ' ‘ iatory, and the time chosen for the boost of about thirty-three and a. third per cent in their rates was certainly ducers during the might have expected most inopportune. Liv: macaw» and under manning LIVE stock chmmission men find . themselves placed in the prover blal position between the devil and the deep—blue sea. 'In 1919 the legislature of Minnesota gave the state railroad warehouse commission authority to. regulate the charges or live stock com mission merchants. . The comr‘nissior proceeded to exercise its authority by lowering the prevailing rates. commission men took the case to the courts, alleging that the order was in- valid, first because the commission men were then under regulation by the second he- cause the act was unconstitutional. The ” . court has just, decided the case in fa- ! vor of the live stock commission men .. solely on the grounds or the first ob jection. Now, Secretary of Agriculture Meredith ‘has used the federal power to order the cancellation of the com- mission charge increases recently put into effect and to reduce the charges for handling carloads belonging to sev- At first these orders were fought by the commission men on the ground that they were not really under federal regulation, but case seems to close that avenue of escape. It was reported late last week that an injunction had been issued at Kan- sas City restraining the government 4 officials from revoking licenses of com- the secre- tary’s order until after September 18. a. restraining order sought but one of the government oili- cials involved has just stated to the writer that he has not yet been served innesota is trouble. WHEN A HEDGE DOES NOT PRO- TECT. ; ARMERS are supposed to derive l benefit from dealing in grain for ; future delivery on boards of trade and chambers of commerce through the op- portunity it affords the operators of elevators, shippers, exporters and oth- ers who engage in the merchandising of grain, to hedge their purchases or Supposedly, this eliminates the risks of ownership and enables the pur. chaser at the country loading point to pay the farmer a. price nearer the cen- tral market price than he could pay if he had. to assume the risk of market changes between the time of purchase and the time of arrival at the terminal. Since trading in wheat has been re- sumed, the speculative interests have held such bearish views that the prices of the grain futures have been consid- erably below those in the cash market. The result is a widening of the spread between the farm price and the term- Farmers northwest who are obliged to deal through privately owned elevators are selling their wheat on the basis of a price for December delivery at Minne- apolis less the freight and handling The cash grain is twelve or fifteen cents higher than the . Decem- _.... ~49" sales. inal market price. charges. her. It is doubtful if the lug facilities whatever. in this instance. r" can margin would be any greater if there were no hedg— The alleged benefits of speculation are not evident The opportunity to hedge may protect the elevatdr opera- » tor but it does not protect the farmer. Growers, inbthe northwest may be suf- the“, .mt all w estate at- ._ 'rHE M a. mum < [g-Mllivlmxgg " d ' --- .1 , The being in the -'o-. ,I’ a —— 41.—"' .O" Herd headed b the Johanna La . 13 head of Reg. an Auction Sale Of Holsteins Sept. 8 1920, Sale at l P. M. Sharp Segis and Pontiac Breeding Almer Dunbar Se is No. 240348. Great grand son of Colan- grade females, 5 fres George H. Landenberger, 3/4 Mile North of Williamston, Mich. machine. in Aug. and Sept. ment. J. CARL JEWETT, O. I. C. SOWS FOR SALE One of the Best Herd; in Michigan Young sows due to farrow in September. Chmce individuals of BIG TYPE breeding. express and register in buyer’s name. Spring boars_ready for ship- I ship C. O. D. pay R. 5, Mason, Michigan. HEREF OR DS D. S. Polled Herefords Herd headed by Renner Bullion. 815933. (1824.2) son of grand champion Bullion “ii. For Sale-A few good polled and horned cows bred to this great bull. Also three fine bull calves not related to him. rrespondenco solicited. Cole & Gardner, Hudson,Mich. The Wildwood Farm Jerse Cattle Majesty strain. Herd on State scored- msilmlnml u. may; constant] done. Bulls for sale. vm BALD]! , Phone 14%. 03pm. Mich. BUTTER BRED Judging?“ AL SPRING 300‘]: PM all y. CRYBT 0 Silver Creek. Allo‘on Michigan. Jone bnl l at olestyb edinsl F“ 3". good {1min "1mg net-4'3: (3ng 3’” offh'fiddh‘i’iff if? ”$313M; and?! J LILLIE Farmstead Jerseys—A few heifers brodto freshen soon. heifers bred to freshen next fall. 3 wws,lt.ol' M.bull calves. 0.0.Lillie.Coopersvillo,Mich Register of Merit Jerseys For Sale, m... of to... m. Smith and Parker. Howell. Michigan. For Sale. Jersey bull ready for service sired by Fly- ing lose 3 Gay Lad. d 472.5 lbs. butter om reoor $751!». milk. Notten Farm. Grass Lake. Mich. BIDWELL summons You Can Buy a ball that will put weights 0 o d l 4- thedifierenoe I soon pay for thno’bx‘illll. aNrgwcgdlleihg toh end Sagan-mugged: wall:[ 3%“: . roan. son or your . s 0 log. I herd bull prospect, Federal Test use: BIDWELL srocx FARM, Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan St. Jouph Valley Shorthorn new“ has for sale aisles and to- The supreme duty of the Rector belt for your Fordson is to deliver in the greatest degree the full power of the tractor motor to the belt A considerable wastage of power through slippage, often leads the Fordson owner to imagine his tractor is not developing its rated horse-power. But the Little Giant tractor belt, because it eliminates all this wast- age, has been specially designed for the Fordson. First, it is designed to maintain a clinging grip on the pulley, because the slip-proof belt not only prevents loss of power through slippage, but also the serious wear to the belt that slipping causes. Second, it is built to withstand the effects of rain, snow, heat, cold and the abuse that every farm tractor belt must meet. It is an endless canvas belt, made of four folds of a single piece of highest grade, heaviest weight canvas duck, stitched as a belt has never been stitched before, and specially treated to give increased toughness and wearability. Double stitching at the edges, an ex- clusive feature of this belt, eliminates edge wear. Your Fordson dealer has a stock of Little Giant belts in three lengths—50 ft., 75 ft. and 100 ft. you are buying a Fordson, get a Little Giant belt at the same time—if you are now a Fordson owner, insure your tractor’s maximum performance on the belt by using a Little Giant. United States Rubber Company If Distributed by S. W. RAYMOND AUTO SALES CO., Adrian, Mich. ADDISON FORD CO., Deal-born. Mich. HUBBELL AUTO CO., Saginaw, Mich. E. G. KINGSFORD, Iron Mountain, Mich. For sale by all authorized Fordson Dealers g . , . . . x , 1 ‘, I v ‘ . —. v r s ‘ l . ’ I l V t V 4 ' ‘ I. . f v | . . | , l l' ... '-.,".l ,’ S . .lv' " 9. l. .17 - ., . i-_ We Now Have a number of choicely bred scotch females of any a e for sale also three bulls from 6 to 18 months old. wit. our herd before buying. Sold 5 calves for $5400. CARR 81108., «t 00.. Bad Axe. Mich. Richland Shorthorns Imp. Lorne, Imp. Newton champion and Sterling Supreme in Service. We offer for quick sale: Five Scotch Bulls, best of breeding. Three whites at $1000 each One roan at $500. one red at $400. No females for sale. Public sale Chicago Oct. 28th. C. . PRESCOTT & SONS, Tawas, City, Mich. New list 39 bulls,49 females. Ce . Shorthorns tral Mich. Shorthoru Asso. wriltl. OSCAR SKINNER. 380., Gowen. Mich. Scotch and Scotch T Shorthoms bullsand heifers riced 2?:le Sultan Champion heads herd, one scotch two yr. old herd bull by Red Cumberland priced right. I H. J. FLOWER & SON. Milo. Mich. ' ' BHOR'I‘HORNB C‘l Milking Herd- under Fedsralagulmu-f’xfxllisigg?l calves Davidson & Hall. Bound & Beland. Tecumseh, Mich. Good 8 t ,h b . Shorthorns heiferscglfi‘c edriidghuna' cows and ht, W. B. McQUILLAN, It. 7, Howell, Mich. EADOW Hills Shorthorns. H rd h d - M vet King. gull brother of Laveendor egnmsyl’sgll'f due University a great sire. For sale females of all ages, a few young bulls. Geo. D. Doctor. Dostor, Mich. ' ' Shorthorns of best Bates ' Mllk‘ng bulls 6 to 8 mo. old for sale. breeding, E. H. KURTZ. Mason. Mich. Shorthdrns of Merit 3°“ "N” d I for sale. ARTHUR poops. Lamif‘Mign-lzlg E hi; to to the Shorthorn Bulls or“ hardwood: Topped brooding. Lawrence P. Otto. Charlotte. Mich. afififi’imfildo'fif‘sm’rm mun. was 1 S §?}TH°RN§E‘I§§¢’§"% Prlnoo In - . Dunc, to II. . m- solo. - J. A. muslin. um our. um Save feed 5nd get nature to hogs or poultry. less subject to disease. and practi gamsolexfipoundsperheadperday. on Milkoline and found that Milkoline f profit than hogs not ted Milkollne. . or mould. It will keep indefinite In always uriform, and ,is guarapteed to you money or it doesn t cost you Distributed by; SCHWARTZ BROS., your hogs ready for. market in less time. Prove at our risk that you . can save fully one third our feed, makin . it ‘ -‘-' , possible to feed every , hog free by f p g a Milkolind'flg gs? canal? Milkoline has a base of pasteurized and sterilized, modified Buttermilk. It is guaranteed not to com. tain'any‘ sulphuric acid or anything of an IDJUIXQUB . Graham a successful feeder of Middletown. _ Mo.. said $30 worth of Milkoline made him an poultry in a mix-133613 test. then it you extra profitof $420. LeeJackson of Wapplngers aren't entirely as Falls, N. Y.. says Milkoline fixed up a bunch of shoots in fine style and is great for brood sows. ately refund every cent you aid us. We “ , ' ./ Milkoline Aids Digestion: $3143 '26 a Gallon mm... m 6-,... cessful hog raisers from New York to Cali- fornia during the past seven years have proved thug Milkoline helpsf and sealing digresftlgg. to in toi surepe ec assimi one e . Itnhelpi ton: up the system so that hogs are directions free. Itis shipped in convenient doused f and u do the dilu on your own farthmehenyged as Motegnfdflkohe mixture (one part Milkoline to 60 arts water or swill) costs only 2c 3 gallon. ll feeding The ~ ricer are as follows: 5 gal. $7.50: meal. 12.50: 15 gal. $16.50: 82gal. $412.00: 662a]. fl, ” Professorw: $49.50. It pays to buy In barre lots because Universi Tesged 3- c 0 m b 5 you save 60c a gal. over the 6 gal. quantifies. while Ass’t. Prof. of Dairy Husbandry at - ‘ Missouri University conducted a seientleflic test so - nay ; Guaranteed put on more weight and showed 82.57%mofia Trial. You are safe in ordering any quantity of Milkoline today Feed one half the shipment to your hogs and return the unused parttous at our expense and we'll immedi- are soconfident that you will nd Milkoline 9 ’ Milkolinelsg-uarane h th Can 1 5P0": eeednotqut- sour slivbfi'htofi‘fi’éihmfiiiihhinit‘Lmeétfi stantiates this offer. You are the sole judge. any climate. Flies do not come near it. It is Send mone order. or check. to us or our nearest dea er and we will shifilmmediately. Our booklet. “How to Hustle eavy Hogs to 'Market” will be sent free on request—your name on a card Will do. , ’ Saginaw, Mich. J cameras or aw: stock , PROTESTS. ' '1‘ the annual meeting of the mane . ' ‘ agers of the cooperative live stock , shipping associations of Michigan, at Lansing on August 19-20, a most em- ' phatic protest against the unjust ad- vance in commisison rates for selling live stock, was voted. \ A further pro.- test was made against the adoption of a car partition for live stock shipping, . that is calculated, to all appearances, ,l; to be for financial gain to the promoter ‘ rather than for rende-ring service to I the shippers. In this connection State Mana Compson impressed upon the manag- ers the necessity for all the associa- tions using the partition gate adopted by the exchange for the reason that such use would stimulate a strong .in- fluence with the railroad officials when they once understood its advantages. Secretary Willets explained the rela— tions between the local associations and the state exchange. he stated that to date eighty Of the two hundred local associations Of the state have become members of the ex- In his report ' .Producers are being called upon to suffer unusually heavy losses in the large number of animals killed and crippled before they are sold at the stock yards. Mr. Cruikshank and 0th- For Sale 13.fi‘:s§h:::.geséu.:::s?2d .d D U R 0 G J E 8—55 V S 1y The JENNINGS FARMS, Bailey, hiich. H. W. MARSHALL, Oakland 00. 4 registered Shel-thorn cows. 3 to freshen For sale soon. Priced to sell. 1 yearlin bull ng land. Mich. ers have. observed that the largest per cent of deaths and cripples occurred after the stock is unloaded at the term- The sentiment was strong in favor of a campaign looking toward the E. D. HEYDENBERK. Wayland. Mich. DUROCS spring hours. A few gilts bred for Sept. furrow at bargain prices. W. C. TAYLOR. Milan, Mich Polled cattle for sale bulls from 4 to 18 mosalso D U Roc J E RSEYSI £33328 pfigs Re cows with calves by side and heifer s. or G. A. CALHOON, Bronson, Mich. (Ili‘BAligery. $10.00 each. LAKE SIDE STOCK FRUIT cattle choice young bulls from6 to 18 "eg- llell Pulled mo. old for sale. FRANK KEELER, ll. 1, Grand Ledge, Mich. , Pinckney. Michigan. Steers For Sale Several bunches of cod stock- ers and feeders weig ing from 650m 1050 lbs. Each bunch even in size and color write at once stating your wants. W. DYER. Ottungwa. Iowa Ohohfira im mune. Satisfaction gnarantebd . HOGS R egistcred Berkshires, Gilts. and Sows bred for April May and June furrow. A yearling Boar and a few younger.Spring pigs. Chase Stock Farm.Marlette.Mich. prices. WeGsEhip O. O. D. and re . free. WEBER BROS., R. No. 2. Royal Oak. Mich. Breakwater Duroc Jerseys FOR SALE Bred Gills of Choice Breeding A"; few good ones left. This is your opportunity to buy at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES ’ ——also- READY FOR SERVICE BOARS Visit the exhibit of Brookwater Jerseys and Duroc Jer- aeys at the Michigan State Fair. Detroit. Sept. 3-12. COME TO FARM OR WRITE—MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY BROOKVIATEB FARM ANN ARBOR. MICH. H. W. Mumford, Owner, .|. B. Andrews, Mgr. reduction of these casualties. end Manager Compson was requested to interview superintendents of stock yards'urging these oflicials to use their authority in compelling a more humane handling of stock at the terminals. The question of a contract agree— ment proved exceedingly and showed a decided sentiment in fa- vor of conducting the sales work on a definite contract basis. The discussions were comprehensive and favored the use of contracts which would oblige all ' Chester Whites. Choice. stretch spring Blg Type boars, also tried sows and fall gi ts bred for Sept. litters. These hogs are big and Will fatten at any 0. Grand champion blood lines of the breed, Wi (lwood Prince Jr.. Rajah, and Champion X. L. HILL JR. Mackinaw, ’l‘azewell 00. 111 C H E S T E R 5 two good fall gilts bred to a hour of Wildwood Prince Jr. breeding for Sept. furrow; spring pigs. F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar, Mich. ‘ ' 'th quality is our special- . Berkshires 2?." W... m... .0 0 1 .w. year old. weight soc. A... M. G. MOSHER &SO‘NS. Osseo, Mich. ‘ 1' C' BOARS’ b0 srs. Write for breeding and 0. M. WELTON SON, Alto. Mich. o I C9 A few choice late fall and winter 0 ' S boars, also a fine two.year old boar. , : . ‘ r i. mi 9km.“ . “his" “‘ “in: W \ J . 4"?» l I 9+ «v filth 5. l, \ .. a l g- ; ‘ . rJuicy Facts About Dry F adder, The helpful hook is yours for the asking. It will show you how to make juicy extra profits from your corn crop. {5h ' Stover worth one-third. the entire corn crop. .- Nearly, one-third the value of the; . .. corn crop is in the stovcr. Most of this is usually wasted in the \ .way fodder is handled. Convert- mg the fodder into shredded_ 9 stover or stovcr silage uh'lizes every particle ofthe crop. The crop canbe fed much easier and ' valuable time saved. The ma- nurisl value of the crop is greater. Stop the big waste ‘\ the Appleton way, Get the facts about dry ‘ fodder handling. Learn ,what the Appleton‘ Husker and Shredder or the combination Husker and Silo iller will earn you. No mattcrwhat ourr nixe- merits or the size 0 your arm. lhcre is an Appleton ms ' a will ave you money. Get This Free Book Don't put up with old methods of hand.| ling fodder any longer. Your business has outgrown old met ode. Your cm s are too valuable these days. Write this book and other data today. ” Airmen MFG. comm "“520 Fargo St. Betavis. 111. Omaha. Nebr. Columbus Ohio Minneapolis. Minn. 'Awnrr’oi '- H USKER AND SHREDDER members to sell their surplus stock -. J 9c 7.) _. I Raise Chester 'Whites 5 fl" Like This b. ‘ the ”original big producer's“ , . a; s' (I . M? "3’ W'G‘fix « ‘ HAVE started tho . success. I can help you. I want to Place one ho from my great herd in every community where am not urea y re resented b the“ fine early developers-ready for marks at I; “the old Write for my plm- ‘ More Money from one. through their local associations and, the local associations to dispose of their offerings through the state ex- A resolution was passed re- questing the directors of the Michigan Live Stéck Exchange to draft a con- tract for tieing up members to the 10- cal associations and to submit this con- tract to the various locals for consid- Professor Tenant, of the EX- tension Department of M. A. C. made an earnest appeal advising the use of the contract agreement and suggested further the organization of a commis- usands of breeders on the road to I. I. murmur. R, F, D. 10. Iortlond. Elohim Spring pigs by Walt’s Orion, First Sr. Yearling Detroit, Jackson,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich. “The World’s Champion sion firm to handle the farmers’ live stock offerings. In the matter of extension work the association went on record as favoring state aidrin assisting Manager Comp- son in his work of affiliating the var- ious local organizations. of the exchmge were also asked to ar- big type O.I.C’s. Stock of all ages for sale. Herd headed by Calloway 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. 0. 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. The directors DUROC JERSEY SWINE for sale 2 yr. old herd boars. yearling boars and boar pigs, also bred sows and gilts. Write for pedigrees and prices. (ri‘ome and see them HOS. UNDERHILL & son, Salem, Mich. Duroc . and rice list. sows and gilts bred to “alts King 29499, , , who has sired more 1st and 2nd prize pigs sale guaranteed by association. at the State Fair in last 2 years than any other Duroc boar. Everyone will be a money maker for the range for district found advisable, a general meeting to be called after the local meetings and before the regular annual meeting of the association. . Although the managers of these as- sociations have many local and general problems to work out, there was a. real Central Mich. 0. l. C. Swine Breeders Ass’n. Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. Every lDR. H. W. NOBLES, b . on _ N‘gall‘()NB1ARNH 111‘, St. Johns,Mich. Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich. 00 can now sickly qualif (or a good ellIOb 22d a bright future in the Auto and m our at_school you learn . h to operb ate adjust and re Ir all makes of AUT‘CVS. TRAC- 'rohs. TRUCKS ND GAS ENGINES at a mason easily Within your reach. rite for (acts today. 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We can furnish OAKWOOD FARM DUROCS on with anything from a weanling erd heading Ealiber at redasonsble prices. Your ins ection an corresrgon once is . , solicited. BUS 131108., Romeo, Mich. O . I . 3““ bred ‘9’ 599‘ farm” pig to a boar of Also sxring fan-owed pigs G. P. NDRE general feeling that the cooperative O. I. C. Gilts bred for July and Aug. furrow. ' live stock shipping business will soon we, Dansvllle, Mich and spring pigs. bred to Jacks Cherry 12 ch ‘ Duroc gilts bred to furrow July and Au DICE ust, Dau hters of Michigan Cherry Co , riob King Number 169259. Son 0. I. C s for June 8m me“. ‘ CLOVER LEAF STUCK ‘ABM, Monroe, Mich. of the $10,000.0C champion Jacks Orion tIflng 2nd. All 3. T E JEN INGS FAR HE. R. 1, Bailey. Mloh O I C ,8 Booking "orders for' Rpring pi ’ we '. ' ' 0 large ty e, heav bone gilts. 2.30 to Duroc Bears and Gilts for sale at $25 to 850 each. crated and registered in buyer's name. Satisfaction guaranteed. These are 0 I. C’s. 5'last fall boars and 15 last fall gilts bred for . fall furrow. Weight to 325 lbs. extra good stock. Also this sfiring'sfig not skin, )6 mile west of do at. 12 . tto B. Schulze, Nashvxlle, M ch. 0 e fthebest is 8 m o MionIdAgN Write Me so boars read for service. y w. h. M AYES. L. B. 605. Durand. Mich. . t‘th i htt , oodblood Rut-0c Jerseys finesealruf in mascondlt‘iglrz all to . Guaran to .odlmpéobg, .. , M in the state. Visitors welcome. A FARM LTD.. Pavilion. Mich. at once I have just what you want - heavy bone registered Duroc Jer- [00* for Miller Meadows. L. T.»P.C.'s at Marshall be entirely in the hands of the farmers . r F. o. BURGESS, n.3, Mason, Mich. and their agents. frost Your Herd the Roberts Way . _ mile Apply—5m Results Successful for 8010". van CAM " Eight young boars and spring pigs The greater .number of four-horse to later free and ship . teams and even some five¥horse teams on fourteen-inch sulky plows for fall plowing. is accounted for by the fact Stain Abortion v out :5 A. J. BA KER & son. Belmont. Mich. orvous ' Citizens 1) one that plowing in, the fall is usually about one inch deeper than. in the spring, and Calhoun 00. Fair. 8 row. hlnc226lbs.fo m . WWW .nfinfiiia ‘ z. c.» alsO by the fact that the'ground is gen- erally dry , and hard to turn. average, outfits of the same size cover e t. - . CLYDE wrl’svss. OereeOO. Mich. , .cre: lessee? N: in the ,. FOR success: as giggui “- about a‘half ; humans! , "‘° Keep It out ASK FOR A ~. Aw Wfifinp.‘ ,Wc .a. . in Big Ty es. 'ed bysuoh boars as “Ham's Blac B“ B n Hoes Poland China Special ‘ plga l ‘ b Mo star pianos andfromour 153$”me Iiprreifloed,1.;ighsedf‘or' Mogadiaften shipntsent. hone . strong- 80 am e OWE ram gorilla: blood lines. Write for information or visit hemm‘ BOONhl-KILL co.. Blanchard. Mich. ’ L. S. P. C. One 400 lb. saw and 7 pigs by side. price $100.00. One 275 lb. gilt and 6 pigs by side. price $85.00. Two choice boars. - H. 0. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mich. Big Type Poland Chinas Our herd is representative of the best Choice boarsfor sale now. esley Hile, R. 6, Ionia, Mich. L T 1) We have a lar number of spring ' ' ° ‘ and summer 1;: ready to ship sir- rice." “‘I‘Jeonard's ob, the "Model Olansman" and Pres Yank" a great non of t 0 340.0(1) Yankee. Write for prices or come and look them over if on are m the mark t HART, FULgHEB & 0L NE, address I. 'r.°1im. as. Indie. me . Bred Sow Sale at Fairgrounds August 5th. Carey 0. Edmonds. Hastings, Mich. Big Type P. C. Bred gilts. Fall yeariin s. prize win. ners, out 1100 lb. sire and mammot sows from Iowa’u greatest herds. EJ.M athewson. Burr Oak,Mich. Big Bob Mastodon pigs tiles the cake. book your order now. Fall bears and gilts sired by a grandson of Disher Giant. open or bred to Big Bob for Sept. 23 yearling sons. 0. EGARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich Large Type Poland China pl 9. both sexes now read write for description and prices. RALPH EEK. Caledonia. Mich. ' ' with alit , at re- Btlr gm P313913 Chlnngisfi...m‘i“..ici.. pl... be no cows a re. 3.1L. Bauxiaiihupsnn. 11.2. Middleville. Mich. IG '1‘. P. Ohlnas for sale. A few tried sows, spring boars. Augpigs both sex. Recorded free in buy- er's name. L L. Chamberlain. Marcellus, Mich. am offering Large Type Poland China Bows bred to F’s Oran e. at reasonable ricea; also fall pigs. Write or Call Iyde Fisher. St. his, Mich. B. .3. Lindhurst Poland Chinas Stock for sale at all times. Public Sale Oct. 23. W'M. H. LIND. Alto. Mich. POLAND CHINAS W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich. TY . . E. 1i boar. LARGE PE (Eng trsil’lvigarlinonbzzzgflalll' igs, a few more bred sows. E. W. Mills. aline. Micli). oonardc B. T. IMO. Bee exhibit at Mich. State Fair. L'get your name on mailing list for ublic sale Oct. 28. Doubleimmune. EJi Leonard. 8t. ouls.Mioh.R.3. l Type Poland China‘s. Everything immuned by .r;. double treatment. Meet me at Detroit,orJ ack- eon airs. A. A. h‘eldkamp, B. 2. Manchester. Mich, ABGAINS on Big ty spring and summer Poland China Pigs also year ing Shorthorn bulls, bull and heifer calves. Robert Neva, Pierson. Mich. HAMPSHIRES 1914.......1920 Choice Spring boars, popular breeding. Booking orders for fall pigs. All stock Cholera. Immuned andi guaranteed Breeeders. Satisfaction guaran- tee . ' STEIIBEII’S HAMPSHIRE FARM 3. 7. Angola l a 9 2 Edgewood Hampshires All bred gilte sold. Now booking orders for gilts bred or fall furrow, and pigs for lg club work only. - epew Head. Edgewood arm. Marion, Ohio. HIMPSIIII” fgttc’ii’é‘; Bigflffa.‘;i“:.l?€'§md gm“ JOHN w. SYNDER. u. 4, t.Jo ns. Mich. EYORKSHIRES BRED GILTS WATEBMAN d'. WATEBMAN Packard Rd. - - - - Ann Arbor. 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. Coidwater.Mich. See our exhibit at the Ohio and Mich.State Fairs. Hillcrest Shropshires A nice lot. of Ewes and Rams of all ages our flock is headed by MoKerrow 3164 a son of Senator Bibby write or call on R. J. & C. A. WILLIAMS, Mlddleville, Mich. SHROPSHIRES mammal sired by Imp. Ber? No. 363 for sale. Also a few ewes. AR EUR DODDS. Lapeer, Michigan ‘ ' Am offer-in one choice t Shropshires ram and a few good ”mills?" 0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford, Mich. ' i i ted Mi to R EEBrOPSh "'88 Iii-Pubs giggleome ewe: 2 Iylearliinnii DAN BOOHER. B. 4. Evert. Mich. Registered Rama all . Bred‘lfor size, tapea ualit . Sire at head of flock. F“8. O. No. 25463. 3.1 grothe’r to he Grand Ohampmn ewe at International 1918' Bred by Iowa State 00 low. Also a few good ewes. W. . OASth'R. Ovid. Mich. want ‘ Sheep? 1ft Ameflrti’cIan Hampshire Sheep . send on dandv booklet with list of breede . Wri a. mus. 22 Woodland Avg. Detrglt. ,Mélgilimm Uni-Mullen Shnpthin Bani. 9°“ “m“ 1“ dlvlduaIS. royally bred. priced right. A. H. FOSTER, Allegan. Mich. BORT . m {final film?“ ’82.": Balm”: Britten. Mich. was we» :IOhM,.H%°h- .._;. Oxford, fiams.§i‘l’;i9sil‘iu‘?m POLAND CHINA BREEDERS HOLD PICNIC. HE first annual picnic of the mem— bers of the Central Michigan P01- and China Breeders’ Association, their families and friends, was recently held at Crystal Lake, Montcalm county. The address of N. M. Wiles, of Indiana, was the feature of the occasion. He pointed out the unusual possibilities for the production of hogs here in the fact that Michigan as an agricul- tural state has not been advertised and as a result uninformed farmers of oth- er states think of it as composed of sand dunes. A survey of the land dis- closes, however, large sections with as high grade soil as may be found anywhere in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois or Iowa. - . The organization is growing. The membership has doubled since last spring. The first sale circuit ever held in Michigan will occur in October when five firms will sell registered Poland China stock. The purpose of organiz- ing the members is to encourage the keeping of better hogs and to promote public sales of this particular breed, as well as to advance the interests of the breed throughout the state. f—{IfllllllllllMilmill!IIlIIIIIIMNIIIHIIIHUHIIIEIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIII|Ill!llHilllllllllmllllIlllllllllfllllllfl _ Veterinary. = E lllwmlllllllllll lllllflllllllllllllll g" g 5 g E g g E % CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Surfeit Sores—Several of my horses are breaking out in small sores. What- ever the ailment is it causes itchiness. C. B., Bitely, Mich.—-—Dissolve 1/. lb. hyposulphite of soda in one gallon of water and wet sore and itchy parts of body once or twice a day. Give each horse half an ounce of Fowler’s solu- tion of arsenic in feed or water two or three times a day. Every one of the horses should be washed with soap and water twice a week. Abortion—I have a two-year—old heif- er that was due to freshen this com- ing October, but a. day or two ago she lost her calf. She seems to be in good health, but has not yet cleaned. I have been feeding her a tonic which seemingly failed to do her much good. A. C., Marcellus, Mich—Dissolve" 1 dr. 0f permanganate of potash in one gallon of tepid water and wash out vagina daily; use a fountain Syringe. ' She should not be bred un'til vaginal discharge ceases. Rheumatism.——I have a cow that first went lame in one“ hind leg then after a: ’ time she got over it, but soon showed lameness in the other hind leg; now f she is stiff in hind quarters. C. H., Marion, Mich—Give her 1 dr. doses of sodium salicylate in feed three times‘ a day. ' Garget.~—Have a cow that is trou- bled with garget; she gives stringy milk; the last milk drawn is mixed with blood. She runs on pasture day and night. G. S. L., Fenton, Mich.— Give her 1/;.-oz. of fluid extract of poke at a. dose three times a day. Apply one part extract of belladonna and nine parts olive oil to congested part of udder every day or two. Small Worms.—~My seven-year-old mare is troubled with small worms in rectum. She frequently passes a few. What shall I do for her? E. T., Ros- common, Mich—First wash out rectum with tepid water, then use one part coal tar disinfectant and fifty parts water. She should be treated three times a week. Swollen Throat—My three-year-old heifer is troubled with swelling in the throat. She runs on river bottom land. I4. 9., Harford, Mich—Apply one part iodine and eight parts fresh lard to throat three times a week. Give her a teaspoonful of acetate of potash in water twice a. day. HISTORY OF 1919 INTERNATIONAL. The Official History of the Twentieth Anniversary of the. International Live Stock Exposition, will soon be ready for distribution. Only a limited num- 'ber have been printed, and while the any applicant upon receipt of. $1.00. lAddress International . Live Stock Ex- position, Union? Stock Yards, Ghicagwi Michigan. To him the future of the _ business is promising. He emphasized = ' supply lasts, a copy will be mailed to T he MI CHI G A‘ N "Fir; k M‘n'i‘z player-pianois more satisfactory t . their tone quality while others deteriorate. 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Chicago—No. 1 mixed $1.50@1.52; No. 1 yellow $1.50@1.54. Oats. Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 770; No. 3 white 760; No. 4 white 750. Chicago—No. 2 white 68@70%c; No. 3 white 66@681,§c. Beans. Detroit —Immediate and prompt at $6 per cwt. Chicago —Hand-picked choice to fancy $6.75. New York.~—Choice pea $7.50. Rye. Detroit—Cash No. 2 $1.97. Seeds. Detroit—Prime red clover, spot, 00- tober $18;; December $18.50; alsike $18.50; timothy $4.25. Toledo.#Prime cash $18; October $18.65; December $18.45; alsike $18; ,timothy $4. WHEAT It is claimed that the United States will have cleared around 70,000,000 bushels of wheat by September 1, and that, additional sales for export total an equal amount. This means that about 140,000,000 bushels of our ex— portable surplus of around 275,000,000 bushels have already been placed. So far this season the clearances for ex- port have exceeded the rate of arrival at primary markets. Importing coun- tries must rely largely upon North America for their supplies until Janu- ary and the present: rate of movement is the result. Immense sales were made for export some time ago, and the sellers are trying to secure the cash grain which accounts for the sharp up- turn recently with (‘hicago in the lead. Premiums advanced the past week to the highest basis on the crop at Chi— cago and in the southwest. The Brit- ish commission remains out of the mar- ket and seems to be speculating on the outcome of the southern hemisphere crop. Canadian wheat is now being 0f~ fered for export at lower prices than the domestic. Rye finds ready takers but there is no stock of consequence at terminal markets and receipts find a good market. Barley shows more firmness, due to limited receipts. CORN XVhile there has been more or less damage to corn as the result of dry weather, recent rains were highly ben- eficial, and the great need now is for hot. dry weather to force the crop along to maturity so that it will escape kill- mg frost. Some damage has been done by frost already in extreme Western Nebraska, which is a range country and in parts of North Dakota. The government report as of September 1 is expected to show a condition some- what lower than that of last month, but a yield in excess of the 3 003, 000,- 000 bushels reported at that time. Old corn is commencing to move more free- ly, as threshing is practically complet— ed. The new freight rates are in e1:- fect and prices at interior points have dropped relative to the terminal mar- kets. The reports of numbers of live stock on farms indicate that the corn consuming population will be much less than last year. Stocks of hogs on farms July 1, as given by the De- partment of Agriculture, were around 16.6 per cent less than last year; cattle 7.7 per cent’ le'ss“and sheep 3.3 per cent less. OATS Surplus oats are leaving the farms at a fairly rapid rate, although the scarcity of cars tends to restrict re- :eilpts. Many country elevators are 11 car situation will show gradual 11n- , movement, arid that after September 1 there will be a’ rioticeablo bette ant; pj It is expected, however, that the} whole, farmers show a decided dispo- sition to bin as much oats as possible and sell the surplus. Export demand is very slow, with foreign sorts offered materially below those from this country. SEEDS Prices are now about half what they were at the high time last winter. The recent break has been brought prac- tically to a standstill, prices showing but little change compared with a. week ago. , FEED AND HAY The gradual reduction in numbers of live stock on farms, the slump in cot- ton and the reduction of lumber opera- tions are subtle influences making for low prices on hay and feedstuffs. And furthermore, all sections of the coun— try seem to be blessed with an abund- ance of forage. The car shortage, how- ever, will be a counteracting influence in maintaining prices, especially for hay. The markets have gone through a severe slump and it is doubtful if quo- tations will go much below their re- cent low point. Another sharp advance featured the market for feedstuffs the past Week. Quotations on feedstuffs per-ton. in_100-lb. bags in carlots are: Milwaukee—Bran $45@46; standard middlings $56.50@57; $61@62; red dog flour $74; hominy feed $64; old process linseed meal $64 11165. Detroit—Bran $53; standard 1nid~ dlings $69; cracked flour, middlings at $72.50. Prices for hay and straw at Detroit are: Timothy, No.1 $33. 50@ 34; standard $32. 50@33. 50; No. 2 $31. 50 @32; light mixed $32.50f133 No.1 mixed $31.50@32; No. 1 clover $29@ moderate to good demand. "flOur middlings 30; wheat and oat3 straw $11. 50@12; rye straw $12. 50@13 BUTTER With light supplies of fine butter ar- riving on the markets, and consump- tive demand still good there was a. lit- tle improvement in prices the past week and the tone wasfairly firm for the top grades and all butter of table quality. Undergrades alone are very hard to move, even‘with quoted prices on the lowerscores approximately ten cents cheaper per pound than fine but- ter. Never has quality been better re— warded than at the present time. One cargo of Danish of 1,900 casks arrived at New York during the Week. The net gain in prices for the week was about a half cent, but. the closing tone on the larger markets was a little top- heavy. Closing price of ninety- two score butter at New York was 570; at Chicago 55140; at Boston 580, and at Philadelphia. 58c. EGGS AND POULTRY . Receipts of eggs at the principal cit- ies are running somewhat behind those of last year but are about equal to the average of the last three years. Stor- age supplies are being drawn upon to some extent. Prices are gradually creeping higher. Poultry prices were easier the past week. Quotations at the week’s close were as follows: De- troit—Eggs No. 1 fresh rehandled 490 asked; storage packed extras 491/3c; live poultry, spring chickens 33@4OC; hens 33@37c; roosters 20@22c; geese 18617200; ducks 36@38c; turkeys at 40@44c. . POTATOES The general tone of the market for the past week has been steady, with Trade is Live Stock Market Service DETROIT Detroit live stock markets Will be Open Labor Day, Sept. 6. Cattle. Receipts 300. Market steady. Best heavy steers ....... $12. 006913. 50 Best handy wt bu steers 10 50@11. 75 Mixed steers and heifers 8.75@ 9.75 Handy light butchers . . . . 7.75.41) 8.50 Light butchers .......... 6.00@ 7.50 Best cows .............. 8.5041) 9.50 Butcher cows ........... 7.25@ 48.25 Cutters . . .. .............. 5.00@ 5.25 Canners ................. 4.00@ 4.75 Choice bulls .. . .. ......... 500? 8.50 Bologna bulls ........... 6.00617 7.00 Stock bulls ............. 5.50@ 5.75 Feeders ................. 9004171000 Stockers ................ 7.0040 9.00 Milkers and springcrs. . . .$ 75@ 140 Veal Calves. Receipts 400. Market strong. Pros- pects lower. Best .................... $19.00@20.00 Others ................. 7006311600 Hogs. Receipts 1500. Market steady. Mixed hogs and yorkers, $16. 25. Pigs .................... 16.00 Heavies ................ 15.50 Rough .................. 13.00 Stags ................... 8.00@10.00 Boars .................. 8.00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 1600. Market very slow. Bulk of best lambs $13, and few extra choice at $13.50. Prospects lower. Best Lambs ............. $ 13.00 Fair lambs ............. 10.00@11.50 Light to common ........ 5.00@ 7.00 Fair to good sheep ........ 6.006) 6.50 Culls and common . . . . ' 2.00@‘ 4.00 CHICAGO Hogs. . Estimated receipts today, 14,000; holdover, 8,930. -- Markehmostly closing at yesterday’s average. Bulk of sales, $16@16. 15, heavy 250 lbs. up, medium, good and choice, $14. 65@15. 80; medium 200 to 250 lbs. medium, good and choice, $15. 20@16. 10; light 150 to 200 lbs, common, medium, good and choice, $15. 50@16.10; light lights 130 to 150 lbs, common, medium, good and choice, $15@16; heavy pat-king sows 250 .1111; up, smooth, $14.15@14.50; packing at 120111111. 131‘ 11 one 111111111; 1106111501 weathers. $51 5059- sows 1200 lbs 11 , 1911811, $13.95@14.15’ . a 7.50. 1341' 11111: '11” 11111111 . 1161111111 1 @7 Cattle. Estimated receipts today, 11,000. Choice steers and yearlings steady. Others opening slow to 250, lower. Calves and bulls steady. Beef steers, medium and heavy weight, 1,100 lbs. up, choice and prime, $16.75@17.75; do medium and good, $12.25@16.65; do common, $10@12; light weight 1,100 lbs down, good andchoice, $14.25@ ~ 17.50; do common and medium, $8.50 @14; butcher cattle, heifers, common, medium, good and choice, $6.50@15; cows, common, medium good and choice, $6@12.75; bulls, bologna and beef, $5@11.50; canners and cutters, cows and heifers, $4056; do canner steers, $4.50@7.50; veal calves, light and handyweight, medium, good and choice, $15@17. 50; feeder steers, com- mon, medium, good and choice, $7. 50@ 12. 25; stocker steers, common, medium and good and choice, $5.50@10.50; stocker cows and heifers, common me- dium, good and choice, $5@9; western range cattle, beef steers, medium, good and choice, $9.75@15; do cows and heifers, medium, good and choice, $7.50 _ @1050 Sheep and Lambs. Estimated 1eceipts today, killing p1ices, 25@500 lower. slow to lower; 33,000; Feeders Lambs 84 lbs. down, medium, good, choice and prime, $11.75@14; do culls . and common, $8@11.50; spring lambs, medium, good and choice and prime, $8. 50@10. 75; ewes, medium, good and choice, $6@7. 50; ewes, cull and com- mon, $3695. 50; breeding ewes, full mouths to yearlings, $6@10. 75; year- ling wethers, medium good, choice, $11.75@13;25. ‘ BUFFALO Cattle. Market steady. Best heavy steers, $11. 50@17; butcher steers, $.9@,16. 50;. heifers, $6@12. 50; stock cows, $9. 50@ 10; heavy cows, $8. 50(039' good $7. 25 @35. 25; cutters $4. 56'@‘5 canners, $250614 \ - Hogs. , . Market strong; heavy, $16. 25@116 50;: yorkers, $17@-17. 25; pigs, $16. 50@16 75 Sheep. Lather. $14. 50; _ Top lambs, year- gradually turning from barreled‘to sacked and bulk stock as the eastern barreled supply is usnmlly marketed by this time. Northern shipments are in- creasing steadily, Wisconsin and Mich— igan having started cariot: shipments. and the total for the United States is also increasing. Chicago—Barreled cobblers $5.25; Minnesota Early Ohios $2. 75@2. 90. Detroit—Barreled Virginias, No. 1, PEACHES. A firmer tone has existed this week, particularly for Illinois Elbertas, which "$5@5.50 closed at $4@4.25 per bushel at Chica- go. Detroit—Georgia $3.50@4 per bu. APPLES A large amount of bulk stock is ar- riving, due apparently to high prices of containers. Chicago—Duchess in. bulk $2.15; Transparents, fancy stock, bushel baskets $1. 75@2 ‘ Detroit.— Michigan $1@1. 50 per bushel. WOOL A very slight increase in activity in wool circles was perceptible last week. Observers close to the trade believe that the market will open up soon up- .on a moderate price basis. A few sales of quarter-blood at around 400 have been made. The managers of the Mich- - igan pool have rejected bids running from 35@671/2c for part of their sup- ply. The British auctions have been xenewed, with the fine wools in strong- est demand at a price somewhat heart- ening to American growers. The Brit~ ~ish government has made public its holdings on June 20, 1920, including stocks in Australia, Boston and Ant werp as well as the United Kingdom. Thetotal is 2,905,554 bales, or about. 958,650,000 pounds. Quotations are largely nominal. DETROIT CITY MARKET ‘ There is a, good supply of products with the demand fair. QuotatiOns are: Apples, fancy $2@2. 50; firsts $1. 50@ 1. 75; cabbage 40@50c; crab apples at. $2. 50@3. 50; cucumbers, large 750(0) $1; do dill $2@3; do pickles $4@6; corn 90c@$1.25 per 4@7 dozen; dry onions $1. 75@2;. peaches at $4. 50@5; pears $2. 50694; plums $2. 50@4. 50; p0- tatoes $1. 75@2; tomatoes $1. 256112; tur~ nips $1@1.5.2 COMING LIVE STOCK SALES. HolsteinS—September 8, George H; Landenburger, Williamston, Mich. Poland Chinas, Oct. 26, Wesley Hile,‘ Ionia, Mich. Big Type Poland- China Sale Circuit in Central Michigan, October 26 30. Mr. POULTRY FARMER: W 6 make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and have created a profitable market. for your eggs the year around. We pay the hithest premium for your Hennery Whites—We remit some day shipments arrive. Ship often—Ship!) by Express GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO. (SS-lath Street, Detroit, Mich. Remember! We guarantee you utllhctlon with every shipment. For. Best Net Results- Ship to CULOTTA & JULL We have a good demand for fancy fresh eggs and will pay you l67c per dozen, Detroit. Mich. do ivered etrolt, Inoluded for exprqsagfiei Q‘Enough Said!” manta strictly new 13' d g egg a ship ed direct by farmers. Old, stale or broken eggs inI be settled for at nwshatttheg urolg'grtm A NFERI AN (”£erer end- em or 0131111 111 oommiw. Detroit. M1 1011. TTER ‘5 Communion M'snonoh Dacron Mich P533129? 1131'”? Sr: sync 2,0011%; tfiomosongzg ' EGGS” ' mucus In r territon #:1‘4 .Euery :“om 'fi Egg: 5921111526 , annomdd'o ”1513311116 11111111511111 Cum 445 11111111131. . 32-N— , “as. 1 , A -»£~z..’- ”'Tv‘ 4-“ ' and grades of cattle shared in the ad - winter. S HEEP growers are hoping that the I dressed market took a decided turn for ‘ @5 per hundred pounds. There is a .. imported frozen lamb is not selling . well, compelling packers .to drop their «wuss-see . emu virtues mes. - ATTLE receipts have been running lighter than those of a year ago tor-lmany Weeks, but not till last week did the tonic influence of shortage pro- duce any effect. Practically all classes vance'in which higher eastern markets and . purchases for eastern shipment were a factor. Prime steers advanced twenty-five cents at Chicago, good and choice grades about fifty to seventy- five cents. Cows and heifers, of both the butcher and canner classes, are twenty-five to fifty cents higher. Butch- er bulls are a shade higher, and bolog- nas about steady. Veal calves had a sensational advance, some eastern markets reaching the $22 level. Prime cattle are specialties whose values may do anything regardless of the rank and file. The known scarcity of such grades indicates a strong prob- ability that they will work into higher ground during the coming weeks. Pack- ers' buyers are trying to hold down the score, however, and refuse to advance the top as fast as they advance the grades lower down. Good and chaice grades of steers are reasonably abund- ant, the best of the grassers which re- ceived corn last winter reaching $16.50 at Chicago. There is no evidence that the marketing of the southwestern range crop is near completion. While there is no justification for a decline much below the present level it is doubtful if the current week's advance upon such kinds is more than a tem- ora s urt. p Figwdi'ks can be expected in the veal markets at this season as the price usually reaches its pinnacle some time in September. Growers who can market inside the next three or four weeks will have this normal seasonal tendency in» their favor. DEMAND FOR FEEDERS NOT. ROBUST. ,FEEDER buying is not aggressive. There were few buyers at Kansas City until the last two or three weeks and Chicago is mainly dependent upon the Lancaster, Pa., district. Prices are higher than they were two weeks ago, but have made little gain the past week. The cattlefeeding public has not forgotten the experience of last Many will reconsider their1 decision. not to feed again, but it is cer- tain that the number put in feediots this fall will be less than a year ago. There will be no rush of feeder buy- ing unless frost arrives early. January and February are usually slumpy months, especially in the lower grades of steers. That will be especially true of the coming winter it a lot of frosted corn must be salvaged through cattle. Feeders now are disposed to take most- ly the light, cheap grades, the kinds which made money or at least lost but little last winter and spring. Of course each year departs more or less from V the average, but usually the finished product from such light cattle does not sell to good advantage before March. HIGH-TIME HOG PRICES TO PASS soon. ASTERN markets seem to have assumed the price-making role re- cently. Declining markets eastward took the shipper buyers out of west~ ern- markets, causing the slump of two weeks ago and the rally the past week was preceded by an advance at eastern points which brought shippers to- the bargain counter. Hog supplies on farms are sixteen per cent lighter than a year ago, but receipts at the mar- kets continue too large for prices to show/ much buoyancy. Ultimately the effect of the reduction in the hog pop- ulation will be felt, but there are large stocks of lard and meat on hand and the new crop of hogs will cause a sub- stantial increase in receipts by the first of October or shortly thereafter. No such decline as occurred a year ago is in pi'OSpect, but hogs shipped within the next thirty days will find a strong- er market than those arriving later on. SHARP RISE IN LIVE MUTTONS. worst is over in their business. The long slump ended as suggested a week ago and a rise of $1.50@1.75 on lambs, slightly. less on yearlings, and about fifty cents on matured sheep from the low point has been recorded. .. 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Y. ction. 2 II! or term- in N forks to thro the! B B ew .111 I: add "ugh nun ro- «edo nin- bucnont. . For Sale By Owner (in Oolle e County) cash or contract, fullye nipped 200 acre airy farm divisible into two good within 15 minutes of State N l i ,. so E University of Michigan 60 orma 001889 0 on of Detroit, 90 of Toledo with or witho t i e t and herd 3 M Hal LI Cattle in u $311211? accredited list. WI M B. HAT , Ypsilanti, Mich. SUBURBAN HOME 3 A. very fertile soil; new barn; good house: on street airline. l-llo roin cit‘y. Write for description to this and other farms. J H. RUSSELL REALTY BUREAU. 413-414 Myers Bldg” Ashland, Ohio. FOR SALE m. marmmtrm . or nan on us dud! 040 13°,“ on terms orytrade at (lownp cos. n. .n ma? . 323s. Genosee Ava. Saginaw. Bell 3531: Valley . ”4"” w""""'cir".§£‘%‘i’i&~l' ' State Greatest guurunlmwl AH'aH'u 1 New York Farm bargains. wit ii siwl. and equipment. sand for my Farm list before bu \ ing. FRANK J. BASLOE. Herkinicr, New York. F o R s A L r: W m... Of 70 acres, near town including (flock and machinery, irice $8000. WILLIS BRADLEY, Be ford, Va. R. It. Wanted to hear from r n ,r F a r m ' wanted of farm or good land {credit}, Must be priced right.L Write . JONES, Box 551, ()liiey, Ill. in Southern A] be rta. 300 Acres mamas... trade. 0. E. HOVEY, ‘ 89 acres under Might consider some Atlee, Alberta. Canada. FARMS Finger Lake region, New York state's best 850 and up. . WILBUli 5.: AVERY, King Ferry, N. y. HORSES i For Sale or Trade We are closing out our registered Percherons, and offer forsule or trade for anything I can use one reg- istered stud colt three year old also a) yearling from ton sire and 1900 lb. dams. Portland, Mich. J. 0. BUTLER“ BAY MARE , For Sale sound and right in every way. weight about 950 lbs. Must be sold at once come and see her or write L. J. Hamlin, 496 Hurlbut Ave.. Detroit. Mich. Stallions and mares at re nab]. Percheron prices; inspection clnvlted.m F. L: KING 6 SON. lunlotto. 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