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DETROIT, OCTOBER 9, 1920





 





 





 





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT





RAIN prices have

declined to the





The Gram 10 w e s t level since

Market 1917, in sympathy

Outlook with the general de-





cline of commodity

prices during the past two weeks. Fine

weather for the maturing of a good

corn crop in all sections of the coun-

try has undoubtedly been an important

factor in the downward trend of the

market, but lack of confidence on the

part of holders of grain and the strin

gent financial situation have contrib-

uted to the general decline in no small

degree and the future course of the

grain market is certain to be greatly

afiected by the attitude of producers

and by their need of ready money.

The statistical position of wheat re-

mains good altho-ugh not as strong as

a month ago. Close students of the

world situation are pretty well agreed

that our surplus will be needed in Eu-

rope, and this view is borne out by lib-

eral purchases for export prior to re-

cent declines. There is also a general

consensus of opinion that growers will

not be inclined to market their crop,

grown at greater cost than any which

they have ever produced, at less than

they received under the government

guarantee during the war period, so

'long as they are able to hold. If this

proves to be true and wheat growers

are able to finance their operations

without selling at a further sacrifice,

there should be an early steadying of

the market and a general stabilization

of prices during the heavy marketing

season. The gradual movement of the

crop will be forced by transportation

conditions, and its gradual sale from

first hands will have a stabilizing ef-

fect on values, while general dumping

by growers would undoubtedly force

values still lower, due to the financial

stringency and the difficulty of financ-

ing speculative or holding enterprises

by grain dealers.





In this connection a clear under-

standing of the money market on the

part of producers is important. There

is a more or less general impression

on the part of the public that the pres-

ent financial stringency is an artificial

one, created by the big bankers and



‘ financial interests for the purpose of

hastening the process of deflation. A

careful investigation will disabuse the

public mind of this idea, and reveal

the fact that the stringency is due to

the extraordinary demands which have

been made on the banks to finance an

expansion of production and to carry



thankless houses over a period in which

My increased resources have been



. Wed to finance their normal open,



m For example. inquiry has de-



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terance Pref. H. W. rummage: 1111-.





While this is perhaps an extreme are fundamental reason for purebred live their seasonal success.

ample, it is typical of a general condi- stock is to improve the common stock





tion which would have been fatal to of the country, to make them more ~ : . , '

our continued business proSperity profitable from the feed lot standpoint. News Of the Week





without the Conservation of banking If purebred sires are fulfilling their

resources made possible through the function, there are too' few purebred HE ubii

- . . . . ‘ l c is a m.

federal reserve. banking system. Sires bemg used. It has been several flag?“ in the gfifigggfififim 1‘

Under these conditions the financing years since farmers have had as good Boston, following a run on the fins;

of speculative operations is naturally an Opportunity to purchase purebred ciai institutions as m" culmination of





. . p _ , , » . a lax state banking department—Jr!»

looked 'upon With disfavor by bankers, Sires as ““5 fall. If farmers do not prospects for an armistice between





Wednesday, September 29.





~ and the building up of a large visible take advantage Of this, they are 1931118 Russia and Poland are greatly improv-





supply of grains will force prices down a great opportunity." ed, according to reports from Riga.»—





There is a fundamental truth in this figopnégbifnfaggfioigfgwigcgfi’gn 1g g:

ers. Values which have prevailed dur- statement which should appeal to ev- prices.-—Lignite coal {2) being 8311:3130..-





ing the early marketing season have ery farmer. If he is also impressed fully used for fuel on southwestern

undoubtedly been due in large meas— with the desirability of buying a few railways.—Polish tI‘OODB are Rim”!

ure to the low visible supply. 0n ac- females as the foundation ‘of better advancingf toward Vilna—Germany 5‘

count of the uncertainty of future can live stock on his farm, all the better. gfelfiififimf’r entrance to the League

212::S.::?..:he.;‘f:‘ tracts: cams; .. m ...m... 3°-



‘ _ . . . g animals 011.1113 farm RETURNS from the primary elec-

than ever before conducted their bus1- sued by a scrub or grade Sll‘e which tions in NewJersey Show, that reg-

ness on a strictly merchandising basis, represents neither type :nor quality ular republican organization candiv

moving their purchases marketward as and can tranSmit neither to his pro- dates were ”11099881.“! throughout the

rapidly as possible. For similar rea- geny. And if his need for the service g.:tg-gjeggetosvgggfig1536;313:3313;3:;

sons millers have been buyers for cur- of a purebred sire is not sufficient to Lithunia, providing the withdrawal of

rent use only. This tendency seems warrant the purchase of sucli an ani- Polish troops is affected—F, W. Gai-

likely to continue until there is a gen- mal, and none of satisfactory quality bg‘aith, 0f 013i“ is elected commander

eral feeling that the bottom has been is available for service in his commu- 2t a:vfifi‘fig‘ifi’éxfififinoinrgfifivfnfi

reached in the matter of price, and nity, he should interest his neighbors terial from‘ the United Statesyhave

such a feeling is not likely to become in the proposition and arrive at some practically doubled the past fiscal year

general if there is a large increase in arrangement whereby a purchase can over the preceding year, "1d are about





the visible supply on the present de- be made to supply this economic need. 2%“??? 1.23:5;31fil2feg‘f 12:33:21-3:

clining market. '





The many public sales to be held dur- wan—Lumber prices are slowly (13-

It would thus appear that the future ing succeeding weeks should afford clining-



of the wheat market is largely in the the best 0f opportunity for such pur‘ Friday, October 1‘



hands of growers. This is certainly chases. Bl“ failure to improve this I HE interstate commerce commis-





- - - g. opportunit need not bar the en 1 in Si?“ reports that considerable pro-

tru e 0ft the mnfiedlate future, and will of the neeg A nearby breeder 0:; in: gress 18 made in speeding up the move

prove rue Wit regard to he entire - ment of freight cars and increasing





crop if the statistical position of the ply it when you are ready. the load—The federal reserve board

grain is borne out by future develop- And in this connection the breeder reports general business and financial

ments. If first holders of the crop con- has an opportunity well worth improv- $2333,” $2,132,203.18?th ifihfium%ggflr’thfi

tinue to be reluctant to sell at prices ing, as well as a duty to perform. On the existing government in Mexico will

below the former guarantee, the down- the same occasion when Professor be recognized by this country withlna

ward trend will be quickly checked Mumford voiced the above quoted few dawn—Pelee capture 151000 Rus~





and values will be stabilized, at least views, he also said that there never m Hnsimandfllgek: 11fargigi?u£:

until the size of the carry-over can be was a time when breeders should pay are being invested in Chba to expand





estimated with some degree of accu- so much attention to the local trade; the Mr output Of the Island.



racy. when the trend may be either that while breeders are finding dim- Saturday. October 2.



upward or downward, depending upon culty in marketing their surplus sires AT the international financial con-

that factor and general industrial con- at a profit, the highprice of registered ' flamenco at Brussels it was agreed





ditione. 0n the other hand, if growers stock the put few years has discour- yflgfilfimiesftggd?wgagngwf

lose confidence in the future and dump aged the use of purebred sires on mar- The war department; announces the





their holdings freely at a lose, their hot flocks and herds. sale of the entire Surplus of harnesses





ed. The financial problem 0f the grad- or to accomplish the general improve finivggifigidggdfigfufi'fisgoing:

ual marketing of wheat by growers ment of the live stock in his own com- Ciel traveller-3’ treaty has been agreed

W111 undoubtedly be a dimth one, but munity and the sale of well-bred sires “.90” by the United States and Argenv

it is possible of accomplishment and is for use on the common stock of the tine—While transportation shows con-





. . . . siderable im rov ,

essential to the maintenance of a com- community is the surest and quickest for cars stmpexcggfiinfhe Eflgplgi‘fifi





pensatory price to them under present way to accomplish this desirable re- German army now contains 159,090

canditions. suit. It is our hope that farmers and men.

more problematicaxl, and their future such a program on a basis which will FIGURES issued at E1“? Island show

range of values will depend more gen- M during the month 0f Septem-

11» the' do t' . p be just to both, to the end that the her, 761,662 aliens arrived in this coun-

era ‘3' (m .11” 11195116 use in the hve stock of the state may be gener- try through that port, and 35,689 de-

tf’eedting of live stock as well as lor ally improved and this department of flirted, 121811 indicates an increase in

rea studs and manufactures. On most neral farm . d t' e num r of arrivals and a decrease

Michigan farms. these grains are mar- ge . p.10 uc -10n put on a in the number Of those leaving this

keted indirectly or in the neighbor sounder economic baSIS- country—In four years of military oc-

. _ ' cu ation the United States has 1

hood, and their plentiful supply will . p p aced





the little republic of Santo Domingo

largely compensate fer their lower HE farmers 01' the on its feet—The Italian socialist party





value. ' country in gener- votes to adhere to the principles of the



Overcoming" 31, and of Michigan in Third Internatwnale‘ , which means in



the Labor particular approach common parlance, joining the world



N each issue our H ”d. . ’ , radar—A call is issued for all agricul-



a ’ WP ed the seasons pro- tural interests to meet in Washington



Purebred _ readers Will fi‘f‘d a ' auction problems tin-.Oetober 12-13 to protest against gov-



Li S I hit 01' dates claimed deravery serious labor handicap. Such eminent 9101'“ W W3 deflation in



w I for auction sales 0f help as they were able to secure was tam PMW'



Sag“ purebred Monday, October 4.





live StOCk- for the most part unsatisfactory as .

In ... m... .. ...... .... . m- Terraces charm:





umns they Wfl‘l find information 119- sient and men hired for the season recent drive is given as 42,000.—~In his

garding the character of the animals often passed on to other fields after first campaign appeal President Wil-

which are being offered at these sales. a few days or weeks. In too many son urges the endorsement 0f the





as We." as advmseemm or, a ...-... .... ... was mattresses: theirs.

long 11st 0f breeders who are offering women and children of the family to tween the United States and Japan





purebred animals at private sale. ' help in the seasonal work of planting brought onbbi'tfimpiisagd agtE-Ttliipanese

These announcements should be of or harvesting the crops. But with all measures (y e .S e o a fornia,

more than passing interest to the rank this handicap the season’s production 233603;? to be growmg more and more

and file of Michigan farmers. T00 is greater than that of Last year or the . Tuesday, October 5. .

many farmers look on purebred ani- war years that went before it. Thus . ENERAL WRANGEL achieves fur.

male as something apart from the prof- have the tarnier's of Michigan and the M “1608*” against Russian

itable conduct of a farm, as an em! to country, and a kind providence which 807181 “was in fl“ region of~Novok-r





be attained by the man who can afford has supplied more than ordinarily fav- 33:13:}; '13:? gumtgoggagvirpm





it and has the inclination, rather than orable weather conditions in most sec- Mona—Japanese troops and bandit! ,





as a means to the end of increasing tions, met the season’s labor handicap. CIESh‘

the profits from What should!» an 113- True, the and ism y





 

 





   





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deposits of only thirteen per cent. Michigan live stock circles, mg: "The fraction Drpb’l ‘ has ,_ SOIMVMM‘H
“bees to robbing one another.





HE time to prepare the bees for

winter varies with the season

”and the latitude. Where the sea-





'30:: is prolonged into a mild and pleas-





ant fall, it may be undertaken much





' ' ;.,,later than where frosts come early and

severe enough to cut off the flowers,

~ while,





of course, the further south

the beekeeper is located, the later the

winter comes, until we come to the

tropics where there is no winter and

the problems of beekeeping occur in

other matters altogether; The time

when the last flowers of fall are in





bloom, whatever time that happens to





be, .is the time when the bees should

receive the last attention, except only

that of carrying them into the cellar.

Where they are wintered outdoors,

they will need no further attention.

The main thing to do at the time of

this last round is to» avoid starting the





 





Honey Left in Old Supers Start Bees

to Robbing.





Nothing

will cause this more than leaving hon-

ey where the bees can get access to it.





The picture shows where two piles of-





supers were accidentally left about in

one of our yards with some honey in

them. By the time that the bees found

their way to it the thousands of bees

that came around resembled a swarm.

The picture gives only a faint idea of

the numbers on the wing, and after





. the bees had cleaned out the honey in





these supers they were so flushed with

their ill-gotten gains that they started

injand cleaned out every spot of honey

from several weak colonies near. We

applied the usual remedies and heaped

each entrance of the nearby hives





with grass 'and then wetted it with

water. This so discomforts the pas-

sage of the bees that the robbing was

at an end, but the great idea is to

avoid leaving the honey about where

the bees can get to it, for if they nev-

er get started to robbing, the chances

are that they will give no trouble in

this direction. When looking through

the hives late in the fall, when the

bees have not any natural sources of

honey, be careful not to let them begin

this plundering, and if a commotion is

observed when a hive is opened let it

be closed and an attempt made later.



Given -a warm day, however, and a

little honey from the last flowers of

the season, the bees may now be pre-

pared for the long months of winter.

To get a crop of honey next year the

bees must enter upon it strong in num-

bers and with enough stores to carry

them until the first flowers begin to

yield them a further supply. So we

must consider the population and the

food supply. To take the latter item

first, we know that it needs about thir-

ty pounds of stores to carry a colony

of bees till spring. This may consist





‘of honey, or of syrup made from two





parts of granulated sugar and one part

of water. At the present price of sug-

ar, and with the shortage that still

prevails, it is not likely that there will

be much fed, but there are always

some localities where the season hap<

pens to be very poor, and then it may

be essential to buy sugar and to feed

the bees. Where the stores are very

scarce in this Way, it is well to join

the colonies up till only very strong

ones are left, for the stronger the col-

ony, generally speaking, the less food

in proportion is required. Where there

has been a sufficient yield of honey,

the bees will not need feeding with

any substitute, but care should be'tak-

en that enough honey is left. There is

always that temptation to “rob” the

bees too far, a foolishprocess that re-

sembles killing the goose that lays the

golden eggs. A colony of bees that





eats up the honey allowed and then





starves is a poor investment. Our‘prac-

tice is to take five well-filled combs

and to place them in the brood nest

before we take any honey from the col-

ony to go to the extracting house, and

with the honey that will be stored at

the last in the top corners of the ac-

tual brood-combs, there should then be





ample feed in 'the hive. Some bee-

keepers go by weight, but this is unre-

liable for the weight of the combs var-

ied to a great extent. In any case the

hive ought to weigh about as much as

an averageman can comfortably lift

when,the time comes to put it into

winter quarters.



If it is necessary to feed the bees,

then the simple feeder that is shown

in the second out can be utilized. This

is fully as effective as any of the pat-

ented devices that are to be found in

the supply catalogs, and consists of a

couple of ten-pound pails, filled with

syrup and turned upside down-over

the bees. The side of the super is

broken away to show how the cans

are arranged, as, of course, in actual

practice it is necessary to keep the

hive tightly closed from robber bees.

The bees get the feed through a num-

ber of small holes that are punched in

the lids of the cans with a nail, and

which cause the feed to leak out so

slowly that the hive will often take

down twenty pounds of syrup or honey

in a couple of days.



After the question of food is settled,

the next matter is to be sure that there

are plenty of bees, and specially young

bees, in the colony. It is impossible to

give any hard and fast rule, but there

ought to be at least enough bees to

cover seven or eight combs, and if

they cover ten combs so much the bet-

ter. As the weather grows colder the

bees gradually draw together, so that

the bees that cover ten combs on a

mild day in September cover only five

when freezing weather sets in, so the

test is not a very decisive one, but the

beekeeper soon gets to know when

there are enough, when in doubt he

will err on the side of having strong

colonies. The colonies that are extra

strong, with perhaps two or three hive-

bodies full of brood and bees, will be

able to furnish assistance to theweak-

er ones, and whenever a frame of

brood and bees is given, it should be

set at the extreme side of the hive and

not in the center, or the strange bees

may perhaps kill the queen of the hive

to which they are being introduced.

Where there are two weak colonies

that are to be united, the best way is

to seek out and destroy the poorer of

the two queens, and then to put the

two hives together with only a single

thickness of newspaper between. By





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the time the bees have gnawed their

way through the paper they will unite

without fighting, and on a later day

the surplus combs can be taken out

and all the combs placed together in

one story.



As the days get chilly, it is import-

ant to keep the bees as warm as pos-

sible. The tops of the combs should

be covered with a warm quilt, such as

a piece of old carpet, or a piece of ta-

ble oilcloth covered with a second quilt

of any warm cloth. Then the cover

should be replaced and should not be

removed if possible. The bees will

then close every chink and crevice

with their glue and so conserve their

heat. The entrance should be closed

down to a small orifice. In the sum-

mer a large and free entrance is good,

but as winter draws near it should be

very small, two inches by three-eighths





 





 





A Simple Feeder Used by the Author.





of an inch being ample. The latter

width is recommended to keep out the

mice, which will get into a hive with

a large enough entrance and destroy

the combs, honey and bees. It is a

curious thing that bees, although well

able to defend themselves against

most of their adversaries, seems to be

powerless against mice. So a small

flat entrance, too small for a mouse, is

the remedy. We have never had mice

nibble their way into a hive, and when

we have had losses from this cause it

has always been on account of too

large an entrance. ,,





Proper temperatures and fresh air in

winter are important matters but they

are of no use unless the bees are thor-

oughly fit to start the winter right.

Good strong colonies, plenty of food,

and tight warm hives are the three

secrets of getting ready for winter.





Storing Michigan’s 1920 Potato Crop





G. H C00725, Mzeéz'gafl Agrzcu/mm/ College





By





HE farmers of the United States

have one problem after another

put up to them. . In a year of





great unrest and business uncertainty,





they are called upon to handle one of

the largest crops of potatoes produced

in recent years, .if we canbelieve the

crop estimates now available.



The situation is particularly press-

ing in Michigan with our crop of tu-

bers second in quantity only to New

York, and second in quality to none.



Many factors enter into the- situa-





.tion and one ‘would be rash, indeed,





who attempted to advise farmers

whather to hold or to soil. It may be

pointed out that. up to certain limits

"'7' ower of highkgrade certified seed

- fieelv considerable assurance





   





serving to keep fall prices .lcw. .





Michigan has grown is to furnish the

table stock for the United States.



At present price offerings it is likely

that much of the crop will be held for

later delivery. Many conditions must

be considered. The market price is

in a way determined by the competi-

tion” between the'great potato produc-

ing centers. Last year late blight was

fairly prevalent in New York and the

New York crop was moved early. The

unprecedented spring, prices reflected

the absence of the New York compe-

tition. '



During the present» year, late blight

is reported general in Maine and ex-

ceedingly common in the entire east-

ern area. It may be that the New

York crop will again be moved early,





 





eastern counties, St. Clair, Macomb,

Oakland, Wayne and parts of Lena-

wee. Presque Isle and probably Lake

county will also show considerable

loss. The extent of this outbreak is

problematical and .certainly is not so

severe as that of 1915. Instead of be-

ing a general blight which shortened

the crop, the disease this year has ap-

peared late and will doubtless show up

as a tuber rot, taking in some fields

high toll and in others little or none.

Timely warning has already been is-

sued through the county agents and

the Michigan Farmer, urging farmers

with blighted fields to withhold dig-

ging until the tops were dead and dry

to avoid infecting the tubers by spores

shaken from the leaves. Where this

is practiced and sorting during the





picking-up: process is adequate, a high-

grade, good-keeping product should ref

- h to h -





look out for this year.





in a cool, well-ventilated storage cellar.

Where rotting is prevalent in the tin





bers and is of the late blight type—‘





that is a brown discoloration is evi-

dent just beneath the skin—then the

crop should be sorted carefully and

sold locally for quick consumption. It

will not keep and if put in the cellar

will be the source of future trouble.



The great potato sections in north-

ern and western Michigan are, so far

as reports tell us, free from the late

blight.

ally furnish the safest tubers for long

distance marketing. The weather, al-

though pinching the crop a little by

withholding rain, has at least eliminat-

ed blight and rot from the enemies at-

tacking the potato this year.



This section has only two things to

These are tron

bles which last yearegave ' so to m





It is this area that will natur- *
N Central Michigan, that beautiful

I land of plenty, flowing with milk



and honey, and blessed with an

equable climate, is Shiawassee county

—a gem in the crown of our common-

wealth. Possessing more than ordinary

attractions to the visitor or home-seek-

er, it affords an almost unlimited field

for investigation, and surprises await

him who goes about expecting to meet

only the commonplace. He will find

many things and many conditions in

farming he little looked for, and in the

gain of experience will deem his time

there well spent. .





For the benefit of those whose geog-

raphy has become a little hazy, it may

be well to state that Shiawassee coun-

ty lies directly south of Saginaw coun-

ty, with Genesee on the east, Clinton

on the west, and Ingham and Living-

stone counties on the south. It com-

prises sixteen townships, and the first

principal meridian bounds it on the

west. With a width of about twenty-

three miles and a length of twenty-

four miles north and south, it has an

area of approximately five hundred

and fifty square miles. The Shiawas-

see river courses through it from

southeast to north, draining a consid-

erable territory,‘ while the Looking

Glass river flows through the southern

townships from south to west. The

principal railroad center and trading

point is Owosso, a thriving little city

of more than twelve thousand people,

lying near the geographical center of

the county and affording good shipping

facilities not only by railroad but by

electric traction. Other towns are Cor-

unna, Durand, Byron, Bancroft, Mor-

rice, Perry, Laingsburg and Ovid, all

situated on railroads, and as shipping

and distributing points display ample

evidence of prosperity.



H. E. Dennison is County Agent.



In quest of information about Shia-

Wassee it was my good fortune to have

the help and cooperation of the effi-

cient county agent, H. E. Dennison, a

thoroughly experienced oilicial in the

work of the farm bureau. Going about

with him in certain parts of the coun-

ty, meeting the leading progressive

farnteis and hearing their glowing ac-

counts of progress and prosperity, I

was deeply impressed with the fact

that Brains and Energy spell Success

no less in farming than in any indus-

try. Everywhere, I found farmers and

farmers’ wives of high intelligence,

with thorough understanding of soil

conditions, displaying an intense ener-

gy in the effort to get the most out of

the land. They seemed well posted on

the markets, the men on grains, beans,

hay and stock, and the women on but-

ter, eggs and poultry as well as on the

prices‘ of new fall toggery; and they

Were well informed on current events

and political prospects.



The Farm Bureau Organization.



The number of boosters for the farm

.,bureau in Shiawassee may not be

’yrzbove. the average. for many other





 





 





 





 





counties in Michigan, but they certain-

ly are enthusiastic and consistent

boosters, and are not only deriving

great benefit themselves from the

workings of the bureau, but are inter-

esting their neighbors in it. There are

somewhat more than sixteen hundred





and fifty members of the County Farm.





Bureau, who are fairly representative

of the rural population; still there are

a goodly number of successful farmers

who are not members, but who should

be, and sometime in all probability

will be. This condition—one merely

of mental attitude—4s, I believe, not

different from a condition existing in

almost, every other county in the state.





 





 





County Agent Dennison.





made in a hitherto indifferent field,

and when we consider that in Shia-

wassee county a systematic and coop-

erative movement is only one and a

half years old, since Mr. Dennison took

charge of it, we must acknowledge, af-

ter a full understanding of the'difli-

culties encountered and the progress

that wonders have been accomplished.





A Soft Pedal on the County Agent.



To speak very modestly of him, as

he would like me to speak, I will say

that Mr. Dennison is the right man in

the right place. He is one of those

rare individuals in executive positions

who work along well conceived and

logical plans for steady advancement

and improvement, shunning the spot-

light of personal achievement and all

spectacular and popular action. He

is one of the blessed few in really im-

portant work, who the more you see

them in action the better you like

them. Of pleasing personality, a kind-

ly smile and an earnest desire to aid

and benefit the farmers, he is a leader





and friend of all of them, and they so ,

regard him. A practical farmer him-,





self, or, as I should say, a practical

dairyman, he knows the needs of farm-

ers and is so well versed in the science





of farming as to‘ constitute in himself ,





a, complete bureau of Information,





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Coupling up these traits. with» saunas =





Dmm’mn, are





Home and farm build—

ings of Archie Sherrard,

four miles north of Co-

runna, Michigan.





energy and persistence and you have

the ideal county agent.



As his assistant in this important

office, with the title of Home Demon-

stration Agent, is Miss Louise D. Land-

strom who also has charge of‘ the club

work. A graduate of the Michigan

Agricultural College, Miss Landstrom

taught domestic science in the public

schools at Crystal Falls, in this state,

and for five years was connected with

the dairy work at M. A. C. To get

close to nature, whose beauties she

thoroughly appreciates, she finds no

greater delight than in long hikes out

into the country, often returning to

town after nightfall. ‘





Men who Direct the Policy and Work

of the Shiawassee County

Farm Bureau.





Along toward the middle of April of

the present year, the campaign for

members to complete the organization

of the Shiawassee County Farm Bu-

reau was started and carried to a suc-

cessful conclusion. At a regular meet-

ing of members the following farmers

were elected to fill the various offices

in the bureau, C. M. Urch, Durand,

president; P. P. Bishop, Henderson,

vice-president; F. M. Crowe, Owosso,

secretary-treasurer. These officers and

the following men constitute the exec-

utive committee: Leslie Clark, Perry;

W. L. Scribner, Morrice; J. W. Ship-

pee, Owosso; A. W. Augsbury, Len-

non, and A. J. Hanchett, Corunna.

Without a single exception these rep-

resentative farmers are leaders and

the big boosters for the extension of

the farm bureau work. They are the

sort of men in whom any county might

well be proud and feel perfect assur-

ance in entrusting the destinies of

farm organizations.



Crop Production.



In my circuit of Shiawassee county,

entailing motor travel of more than

one hundred and twenty miles, 1 dis-

covered that practically everything

grown in paying quantities in our state

is successfully grown in this county.

The farmers are growing just as many

bushels of corn per acre here as in 111-

inois; they are growing better and





T The Activities of Out





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Putting Séz‘awasree ’3





more oats per acre thah in any state

south of us, and are making records in.

the production of sugar beets and hay-

The soil is well adapted to growingall

the clovers of various kinds, and in

growing alfalfa the farmers are very





successful. No county has better grass,

and pasturage, and few can show betw





ter herds of blooded stock. Shiawas-

see is one of the twenty counties in

Michigan which collectively could con—

trol the bean markets of the country.





On each side of the fine gravel roads

upon which I motored in the middle of

September, was some practical evi-

dence of a farmer’s industry. In many

fields freshly plowed and hat-rowed.

farmers were sowing winter wheat,

while -in others they were making

ready for this operation. In some plaev

es wonderful crops of beans had been

pulled, piled in small heaps on the

ground in readiness for hauling in, and

in others farmers were in the act of

pulling them. About the only green in

the ground landscape was sugar beets

and corn; and in the former the fields

generally were above the average,

showing large growth. In one field

three beets pulled at random weighed

more than sixpounds each, and with

three weeks to grow before pulling,

three weeks of possible warm days

and nights, considerably more weight

should be added. The sugar content

should also be higher with the warm

September weather this year, but in

this factor the farmer is not interested

as the price paid for his beets is no

longer dependent Upon this element.



In many corn fields the crop was

being harvested by corn binders, ahd

I was told the yield was from seventy-

five to ninety bushels per acre. On

one farm near Owosso, a year or two

ago, Albert L. Chandler, the owner,

reported that a tenant had twenty

acres of corn of even growth stalks

about eleven feet high, and each one.

though drilled in, had at least one

large ear. The variety was Yellow

Dent, and the field had no special fer~

tilizing. One acre, husked by hand,

gave one hundred and ninety bushel

crates, which made more than one

hundred bushels of shelled corn. The

same farm had a field of cats the same

year that gave seventy bushels to the

acre. Threshing was still another

farm activity observed in numerous

places, and added a novelty and charm

to rural scenes.





Stock Raising on Extensive Scale.~ .





Although the eastern half of Shia-

wassee is the best farming section:

the raising of dairy herds and sheep is

not confined to that part of the county.

The dairy business is very profitable

throughout, and in the western and

southern townships you will find some





 





 





 





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





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splendid blooded stock. Large quanti-

ties of milk and milk products find a

ready and convenient market in De«

troit, the present price for milk being

$3.00 per hundred pounds. The Live

Stock Association is a well managed

business organization, and maintains

shipping stations, eachmanaged by a.

local agent, at ten convenient railroad

points. These are: Owosso, Corunna,

Henderson, Lennon, Bancroft, Vernon,

Morrice, , Perry, ,Bennington and

Laingsburg. Stock shipments gener-

ally go to Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, and

an occasional one to Buffalo.



In the western part of the county

there are about one hundred breeders

of Holsteins and thirty-five breeders of

Jerseys, the average herds running

from twelve to thirty head. This is a

part, as many of our readers know, of

the great central district of Michigan,

which is the second highest priced

Holstein district in the United States.

To provide a profitable market for the

large milk supplies here produced, the

Waterloo Dairies Company operates a

condensary of large capacity at Elsie,

just across the line in Clinton county,

and a branch at Ovid.





Sheep Feeding a Profitable Business.



In the eastern townships, especially

Venice and Vernon, sheep feeding is

carried on as a distinct and profitable

business. Many farmers make a spe-

cialty of this and have equipped their

farms to conduct the business on a

large scale. In a number of places I

found big double-decked feeding barns,

notable among them being the modern

barn of Frank Mikan,.situated one and

a half miles east of Durand. In this

and other barns there is a complete

elevator system with all other devices

for easy and convenient care of many

sheep. The average flock numbers

about three thousand sheep down to

two thousand. B. W. Calkins, whose

farm is northwest of Vernon, and Mr.

Bingham, whose place is not far dis-

tant, also are extensive sheep feeders,

and, with Mr. Mikan, are probably the

largest dealers of western lambs in

this part of the state.





Hog Raising Not Popular.



In the raising of hogs the farmers

of Shiawassee are not strong. They

don’t seem to take to it, and in only

one place did I see an attempt made

to raise hogs above the farmyard av~

erage. There are a few Durocs, with

Poland Chinas leading, while Hamp-

shires seem to please the boys. Sev-

eral farmers told me they intended go-

ing in next year for hogs and give the

business some attention. Mr. A. J.

Hanchett, a member of the farm bu-

reau executive committee, whose fine





 





 





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Farm of Frank Mikan.

Double—decked b ar n s

with elevator'for feeding

and care of 3, 000 sheep.





farm is in Hazelton township, is al-

ready equipped for this business, hav-

ing a new concrete floor and high ven-

tilated sty well fenced.



Poultry is Coming Fast.



While poultry always has been a

favorite side line for the farmer’s wife

and children, in Shiawassee they have

not until recently gone in for it on a

business scale. But almost everywhere

the people are awakening to the pos-

sibilities of profit in hens, and in a

number of places I noticed new chick-

en houses and broods giving promise





of good things to come. On the county

agent’s place, six miles south of Owos-





in' Shiawassee county was divided into

fifteen locals, the boundaries of which

were determined by the farmers with

reference to convenience in haulage

to railroad points as marketing cent-





are. The railroads of Shiawassee bi—

sect the county in every direction, af-

fording splendid facilities for reaching

the city markets. Crossing the county

from southwest to middle east, the

Grand‘Trunk Railway touches Shafts-

burg, - Perry, Morrice, Bancroft and

Durand, while the old Detroit & Mil~

waukee, operated by the same system,





 





 





 

 

 





the farm bureau is gradually getting

its business, and incidentally the farm-

ers’ business, on a firm substantial

basis. Already the farmers are realiz-

ing considerable saving in collective

buying and in selling through their

cooperative associations. This is done

by the various local or community

units bunching individual orders for

coal, fertilizer, feed and other com-

modities required in quantities, and

sending in to the farm bureau office

orders for the aggregate quantity of

each.





crosses from west to east,

Ovid, Owosso, Corunna,





 





 





,Field of Forty-bushel Wheat on Farm of George Myers.





so, where I was very pleasantly enter-

tained of an afternoon, Mrs. Dennison

has from four to five hundred White

Wyandottes, with a number of big pro-

ducers. Well versed in poultry raising

Mrs. Dennison keeps a careful record

of each hen, and follows a practice of

culling out non-producmg ones. Only

the day before she had sold in town

fifteen fat roosters, which brought

nearly one dollar each.





The Farm Bureau Locals.





Following the plan outlined by the

State Farm Bureau, the organization





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Wfié'had, until in year arid 8! half ago,





Durand. The Michigan Central enters

the county at Laingsburg, runs north—

easterly through Bennington to Owos«

so, and northerly through Henderson

into Saginaw county. The Ann Arbor

Railroad comes up from the south at

the eastern corner, passes through By-

ron to Durand, and northwesterly

through Vernon, Corunna, Owosso, and

leaves the county near its northwest

corner. The Saginaw division of the

Grand Trunk extends from Durand

through a corner of Venice township

into Genesee county.



The fifteen local units of the farm

bureau are located at the principal

towns mentioned, each under the di-

rection of a capable farmer and boost-

er for the bureau and its work. These

local managers have in most places

accomplished wonders in binding the

farmers together in a close union for

their mutual benefit and gain, and

great results are sure to follow in due

course.





Activities of the Farm Bureau.



The placing of the farmers’ business

on a business basis is a task of no

mean dimensions. A scattered popula-

tion in which individuals are confront-

ed with widely different problems is

not easy to unite upon all questions,

and it is only in unity and concerted

action by the great majority that real-

ly beneficial results are obtained. In

Shiawassee, where. no .united action





touching

Vernon and





county is in the,





 





This year the fifteen locals sent or-

ders aggregating fifty-four cars of coal,

nine of fertilizer, and three cars of

feed, the latter order being one car

each of cottonseed meal, gluten feed

and oil meal. To the middle of Sep-

tember about half of the coal had been

delivered to farmers at an average

saving of about two dollars a ton, and

practically all the fertilizer and feed

was either on cars at receiving sta-

tions or on the way. The total saving

to farmers through collective purchas-

ing, besides insuring delivery of com-

modities when needed, will reach a.

considerable sum. In this helpful co-

operative work the county banks lend

every encouragement, chiefly by loan-

ing money to finance the purchase of

community supplies through the farm

bureau, the i'armers’ guarantee notes

given the bureau forming the collat-

eral security for the loans. As soon as

the supplies are delivered and paid for

by the farmers, the accommodation

notes are paid and the farmers' notes

delivered back to the farm bureau

treasury.



Another feature of interest is the

extension of farmers’ cooperative ele-

vators in Shiawassee. At present there _

are four such elevators in operation,

at Laingsburg, with a branch at Ben-

nington, Henderson and Corruna.

Three other cooperative elevators are

proposed and will probably be estab-

lished this fall.



' County Club Work.





As yet Shiawassee has not organiz—

ed its club work on a comprehensive

plan. This was owing to the want of

competent assistance in the work of

the farm bureau, and the stress of

more important duties. But with the

efficient aid of Miss Landstrom, an ex-

perienced leader in this work, thor-

ough organization will be undertaken

this winter. At present there is a pig

club at Lennon, the boys choosing

Hampshires for breeding; and they

made an exhibit at the county fair this

year. A hot lunch club for students

was also in operation last winter. At

Laingsburg there is a poultry club in.

which the members run to Whiter

Rocks entirely.





' A Record Crop of Sugar Beets. ,

The harvesting of an unusually large .'

sugar beet crop will be in full swing

when this. story._ about, Shiawassee"

handset our j
In all there are eighteen thousand

flares of beets in and around Shiawas—

nee county, and the crop is unusually

good,“the effects of early drouth being

offset by the heavy and frequent rains

during the latter part of the summer.

Slicing of beets will probably begin

about the middle of October, but this

will depend upon how rapidly the

farmers deliver the beets. The sugar—

making campaign is sure to last more

than one hundred days. Whether there

will be eflorts this, year .to secure a

higher price for next season’s beets

has not been decided by the farm bu-

reaus. If such an effort is made, it

will be before any of the farmers have

signed contracts.

Farm Leaders of Shiawassee.



C. M. Urch, president of the Shiwas-

see County Farm Bureau, is one of the

really big men of the county. His fine

farm of one hundred and sixty acres is

situated in section thirty-four, Vernon

township, two miles south of Durand.

A casual inspection of this property

I shows the owner to be a practical

farmer with progressive ideas. In a

Wide pasturage you would find about

thirty-five head of full-blood and grade

Holsteins, twenty of which are milk-

ers; and in the pigsty somewhere near

one hundred and fifty hogs and pigs.

Mr. Urch has been feeding hogs as a

business for the last eight years, and

in the long run it has proven quite

profitable.



When asked What he considered the

most important work of the farm bu-

reau, he said: “I am a strong believer

in farmers’ cooperation in everything

pertaining to farming, and, while I am

amember of nearly all farm organiza-

itons, I am satisfied that the farm bu-

reaus have developed more substantial

helps than any other farm organiza-

tion yet started. The possibilities of

this farm bureau can scarcely be imag-

ined. Its most important work in my

judgment, is the legislative work; but

we want and must have strong and

earnest cooperation from the local

community units.”



P. P. Bishop, Henderson, vice-presi-

dent of the County Farm Bureau, owns





and operates a farm of one hundred

and ninety acres in Rush township,

and eight miles north of, Owosso. He

has been farming here for eight years

and has the land in a high productive

state, only five acres of the farm being

in woodlot. General farm crops are

grown, this year twenty-two acres be-

ing in wheat, twenty-eight acres in

cats, and twenty-six in beans. The lat-

ter crop is far above the average, and

a part was being pulled the day I vis-

ited his farm. The growing of beets

did not interest Mr. Bishop this year,

though he has done _ very well with

them in former years. In poultry the

family is interested, and their coops

have above three hundred Barred

Rocks.



Mr. Bishop believes that the commu-

nity units should arouse a greater 112(-

terest among their members to wo

together with a strong cooperative

spirit. The older members as a rule,

realize the benefits to be obtained by

coordination of effort, but the young

farmers cling more closely to the false

notion that every farmer sh‘ould Work

only for himself, and let the other fel-

low look out for himself.



A broad and comprehensive plan of





 





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e are nage is one

of the most important problems cons

fronting smawossee farmers, is the-be

lie! of Mr. Bishop. A start should be

made at once to map out a logical

course to pursue, for then the next

generation will derive great benefits

from increased production. A number

of farmers are becoming interested in

this movement, one having put in three

thousand feet of tile in his land which

runs to a fine clay loam.



J. W. Shippee, Bennington, is anoth-

er of those broad, level—headed farmers

who are doing big things for the ad-

vancement of farming in Shiawassee.

He is an active member of the execu-

tive committee of the farm bureau, and

is ever ready to give his time and ef-

fort to the promotion of its interests.

His farm is in Bennington township

about seven miles southwest of Owos-

so, and comprises two eighty-acre lots

about half a mile apart. The soil of

both lots is well adapted to general

farming, and he does not specialize on

any one crop.



In regard to the farm bureau work,

Mr. Shippee said: “I think we have a

good and efficient county agent in Mr.

H. E. Dennison, who is a fine fellow,





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Sheep-Feeding Barns of Robert Goodall.





very energetie,~ambitious andhas me .

interests. of the bureau at heart. ‘39

is certainly budding up the organizes

tion ‘to be a real big factor in farming

in this county, and while there is noth-

ing spectacular about his'—work he is

surely paving a way .for the rural pop-

ulation to help itself to better things.

He aims to promote the general good

of all farmers, and plays no favorites.

Our County Farm Bureau is organized

for business, pure and simple, and we

expect to develop it into a perfect bus-

iness agent for our membership, with

good service and their interests ever

in mind.” ’ '



A. W. Augsbury, Lennon, 3. member

of the executive committee of the farm

bureau, and leader of his community

local, has a fine farm of one hundred

and twenty acres in Venice township;

He is a general crop farmer, this year

having eleven acres in wheat, eleven

in cats, seven in barley and five and a.

half in oats and barley. In speaking

of the difficulties of organizing the

farmers in the outlying townships, Mr.

Augsbury said: “I find most farmers

are so engrossed with their own at-

fairs, or have so narrow a view, that

it is impossible to get a handful of men

together to discuss the pressing prob-

lems of the day. What can be done

when so few farmers take any real

live interest in community affairs?”



A. J. Hanchett, Corunna, whom the

farmers of Hazelton township have re:

peatedly honored by election to public

office, is a farmer whom once having

met and conversed with, you really

want to meet again. His farm is situ-

ated nine miles northeast of Corunna,

in what is probably the richest part of

the county. The land is flat and still

quite heavily wooded, the soil being

perfectly adapted to the growing of

general farm crops. Mr. Hanchett has

one hundred and sixty acres of this

rich land, twenty acres of which was

this year in wheat, thirty-six in oats.-

ten in beans, and the remainder in

pasture and wood. He has given some

attention to poultry, and intends tak-

ing up hog raising as a business. His



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POULTRY RAISING SCHEME.





I want to get a breed of chickens

which make good mothers and are

good for meat. I intend to put them

in a ten-acre field, fenced off, and let

every hen that wants to set raise

chickens, give young and old the





7 .same food and drink, gather eggs not





used for setting, and sell off the whole

‘ amount in the fall except some of the

best birds. In this way it would take

little time. But can it be done at a

profit? C. V.

Any of the American breeds of poul-

try, such as the Plymouth Rocks, Wy«

andottes or Rhode Island Reds, make

good mothers and are fine for meat.

The plan of raising the young poultry

on the same range as the old birds is

hardly practical as the old birds would

trample them and many of the young

would be stunted and unthrifty. The

rations given the old stock might not

be suitable for the growing chicks. All

breeds of chicks need special care at

different periods in their grOwth.

,_ Your card indicates that you have a

,liking for poultry but have not had

much experience with it, and we would

advise you to isit a poultry farm

where modern methods are employed

,and note the manner of conducting the

business. By reading and observation

you can pick up a great deal about the

, management of poultry under free

. range conditions on the farm. Then

“you can start out on a small scale and

gradually develop the proposition as it

proves. profitable. There is really no





gmucn money with poul-





try that takes little time and effort.

There is no easy money in the business

under the best of conditions, as the

large number of details take more

time than a beginner realizes until he





has had some experience. K.





SHORE RIGHTS.





There is a small strip of land border-

ing a lake. It has never been fenced,

being used as pasture, boat landing

and bathing beach ever since the coun-

ty was organized. A has had undis-

turbed possession for that length of

time and wants it to remain in that

condition. B, a newcomer, has had a

line run through and wants to fence it

in order to keep boats from landing,

as it interferes with his business of

running a boat livery. This strip is

good for nothing but as a boat landing

and bathing beach. Threshers have

used it for years to get their water

supply, and a fence shutting it off from

the public is not needed at this late

date. Is there any method of proced-

ure to keep this open to the public as

before ?——R. W. W.



Easements, such as rights of way,

are of two sorts, public and private;

and private easements are appendant

and in gross. A private easement in





gross is one belonging to. a person and





not for the benefit of any other partic-,





ular land, such as the right to dig and

sell sand from the land of another. A

private easement appendant is a bur-

den on one piece of land fer the bene-





fit of another piece belonging. to anOth-i

er 'persdn, "Such as the right to take

landffor





water— from a stream on “A’s.





‘ we





in rent or





the benefit of the house on B’s land,

or the right to.cross A’s land to get to

B’s land. From the question it is man-

ifest that there is no private easement

either appendant or in gross. A pub

lic easement is a right in the general

public to make use of the land of an-

other for a special public purpose,

such as a highway, wharf, etc., and

this may arise by dedication or public

use‘ for the statutory period, (fifteen

years).

this case. J. R. R.





TENANT’S RIGHTS UNDER LEASE.





I own a farm and live on it. Last

spring I rented it to, a man for one





“year (written contract dated from Apr.





1, 1920). He has use of my barn and

lives in a shack on his wagon, moving

it on the place this spring. Nothing

was said about his putting in fall/crops.



He‘has been very unpleasant and I

don’t want him to work it any longer

than his contract calls for. Can he

prevent me from renting any fields

(from which he has removed his

crops)C tr;c another man for fall crops?



B rents a farm for one year, the

time being up in March. A is to fur-

nish everything, B to do the work and

have one-third of everything. Now, if

B puts in fall grain and moves off -the

place in March will he be .allowed to

harvest and have the third of. the grain

he puts in this fall?——F. C. .



A lease for a given time entitles the





tenant to exclusive‘vpossession for that





teifm. and the lessorjhas no right to,"





£5? any bWSeoth





enter





rthan





Perhaps this right exists in





a reasonable time to discover violation

of covenants, till the lease is ended;

and in the absence of breach» of its

terms by the tenant, and it matters not

that he is a disagreeable neighbor.

But, on the other hand, the tenant has

no rights after the end of his definite

term; and any crops he does not bar-

vest before his term ends belong to

the lessor. It is different with a tenant

for an uncertain term, such as a ten-

ant for life; crops planted by him be

fore the end of the term do not belong

to the reversioner, but the tenant or

his representative may harvest them.

J. R. R.





ARTICHOKE FOR SILAGE.





Will you please advise me on the

value of artichoke stalks for silage? I

have never heard of them being used

but cannot see why they would not’be

as good as sunflower stalks.



Osceola Co. C. H. F.



I never knew of the stalks of arti-





chokes being used for silage. I am of

the opinion that the stalks of arti-

chokes would be just as valuable as

the stalks of sunflowers, but of course,

with sunflOWers you mix the seeds in

with the stalks and these sunflower

Seeds are very rich in oil and prdtein

and helps out the food deficiency in

the stalks. With the artichoke, of

course, we do not have the'seeds and i

it would be” theaplazln stalk,_w "

imagine would” cit" ’ ‘ "

H v‘er I"
T base Farmer: Have Aha/ate Control of we Crop— Cooperation Reward a

Dec/172mg Industry—By Herman Stem





(Copyright 1920, Standard Farm Papers, Inc )





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HIS is the story of the only farm-



ers’ trust in the world,_the Cal-



ifornia Associated Raisin Com-

Dany—an organization of ten thousand

farmers—ninety percent of all the

raisins produced, thus having a virtual

monopoly over the industry. Through

agreements with‘ its members, it has

absolute control over their crops, and

it fixes prices. The affairs of the com-

pany are directed by twenty-five men,

who operate under a voting trust

agreement. Finally, it has been inves-

tigated by the federal trade commis-

sion and hauled‘ into court by the de-

partment of justice. No other farmers’

company can claim so many distinc-

tions along this line. All of which is

cited as proof of the statement that

the raisin growers’ company fulfills

the requirements of a trust and is the

only farm-raised and farm-managed

trust in existence.



Different Kinds of Trusts.



But Wylie M. Gifiin, president of the

raisin growers, objects vigorously to

his organization being classed with

other trusts. “We’ve never pulled the

rough stuff with which the lumber

trust, the steel trust and others are

commonly credited,” he said. “For in-

stance, we have never done anything

to restrict production. Since the Cali-

fornia Associated Raisin Company was

organized in 1912, the production of

raisins in California





ninety per cent of the California rais-

ins are marketed under contract

through the. growers’ own company.

The history of raisin-growing in the

San Joaquin Valley is a sorry tale. It

dates back to 1884, when the first vine-





yards were set. The first crops brought '





large returns, followed by a wild boom

in raisins, and equally wild boom in

land, and a smash up. In 1891 raisins

sold for‘one cent a pound. GrOWers’

organizations of one sort or another

were formed, and followed one anoth-

er into the graveyard. By 1905, condi‘

tions became so bad that twenty thou-

sand acres of vines were uprooted,

each grower pulling up a. certain per—

centage of his holdings. Even then the

packers could not market the crop sat-

isfactorily.

Under-Consumption.



“It was not over-production and nev-

er was,” declares Giflin. “It was un-

der-consumption caused by a vicious,

inefficient and out-of—date distributive

system. They used to tax over-produc-

tion when twenty-five thousand tons

was the size of the crop, and a cent

and a half per pound was the price.

Now we sell two hundred thousand

tons above ten cents and the supply is

licked up clean before the season is

over. In 1907, when one of our defunct

associations was functioning fairly

well, a one hundred and ten thousand





posed to fix the price of raisins at the

cost of production plus a fair profit—

more to be sold for less. It was agreed

that the organization should not turn

a wheel until at least seventy—five per

cent of the raisin growers had signed

contracts binding them to deliver all

of their raisins for five years to the as-

sociation.



A good story might, be written about

the campaign to secure growers’ sig-

natures to contracts. There was little

enthusiasm, because every grower in

the district had seen previous organi-

zations rise and fall. If enthusiasm

was lacking, courage was not.- The

wisest growers knew if this organiza-

tion failed there would be_more fore-

closures than ever in the San Joaquin

Valley. By the time the raisin crop

was ready to be moved, seventy-seven

per cent of the raisins were pledged to





.the association for five years.





Financing the Company.



The biggest part of the job was to

finance the new company. It had one

million dollars of capital stock author-

ized, the plan being for every grower

to subscribe ten dollars per acre of

vineyard. Some growers subscribed

more, some less, others nothing at all.

Finally bankers and business men had

to take a good-sized slice of the stock.

It has since been generally recognized





ers previous to 1912, in addition to a.

number of smaller speculators. The

ten were known to the growers as the

High Five and the Low Five.



The High Five and the Low Five.



It was to the High Five and the Low

Five that Wylie Giflin, president of the _

California Associated Raisin Company,

went to in 1912 to sell the seventy-

seven per cent of the raisin crop con~

trolled by the new raisin association.

He offered to sell ’the seventy-seven

per cent for a period of five years for

three and one-fourth cents per pound,

this” figure being based on the cost of

production. The offer was scornfully

refused.



“That was most fortunate,” says Gif.

fin. “It was fortunate that our dreams

of somebody else doing our job did not

come true. It was most fortunate that

we were compelled to do the job our—

selves. Had we not been compelled

to do the job ourselves, had the pack-

ers accepted our offer and taken our

initiative away from us, our associa-

tion would not today be in existence.

T113 High Five and Low Five.would

still be dominating the raisin industry."



The association took the raisin crop

that fall as it was harvested, and sold

it direct to wholesale grocers or to

brokers who supplied the wholesale

trade. When the growers delivered

raisins they were given a first pay-



ment. As it takes some





 





has increased 500 per

cent. This increased

production can justly

be credited to our or-

ganization, because

the fair prices secured

for raisins have result-

ed in a tremendously

increased acreage de-

voted to raisins.



“We have not at-

tempted to stifle com-

petition; we pay no

attention to growers

outside our organiza-

tion, except as we oc-

casionally ask them to'

join. We market our

own raisins and no-

body else’s and let the

independent growers

handle theirs as they

see fit. If they want

to join, they are wel-

come on the same

terms as all the rest

of us; if not, we are

sorry they cannot see things the way

we do.



A Benevolent Trust.



“We have not charged exorbitant



prices for raisins. Our prices are fixed





high enough to make the growers a-





reasonable profit, and low’ enough to

move the crop. Raisins are not a nec-

essity, you know, and people would re-

fuse to buy if we charged too much.

In fact, during the past two years, in-

dependent buyers and speculators have

paid from two to seven cents a pound

more than the association price, and

our members have accused us of lay-

ing down on the job.



"Call us a trust if you want to, but

we’re a benevolent one. Give us credit

for stimulating production, providing

efi‘icient distribution and eliminating

speculation, and. at the same time

treating the consumer square.” _



“History of Raisin Industry.

_.All the raisins produced in the Unit-

States come from California, and





New Million-and-a-Half-Dollar Raisin Processing Plant.





ton crop was cleaned at five and a half

cents per pound; previously a consider-

ably smaller crop could not be moved

for two and a half cents. It was a

case of bad merchandising.”



In 1912 the morale of the raisin-

growers was the lowest in the history

of the industry. The growers were too

discouraged to even think of organiz-

ing. Another organization was launch-

ed, but had the bankers and business

men of Fresno not backed the proposi-

tion vigorously, it would not have been

started even.



An Ambitious Program.



The resultingproduct was the Cali-

fornia Associated Raisin Company. It

was the most ambitious plan ever tried

by any of the numerous raisin organ-

izations. It was proposed to require

the members to turn all their raisins

over to the company, which would sell

them; in other words, the growers

Would produce the raisins and the com-

pany would sell them. It was proposed

to pay every grower the same price





klifor the same quality of raisins, no mat-





ey were sold It was pro-





in California that right there the rais-

in growers committed their only ser-

ious blunders: (1) they alloWed out-

siders to join with growers in their or-

ganization; (2) they formed a capital

stock corporation instead of a non-

profit cooperative association without

capital stock. The reason why the first

was a blunder is quite obvious; the

second question is one of the funda-

mental features of California coopera-

tion and will be discussed in a separ-

ate article.



The raisin crop, previous to 1912,

had always been handled by the pack-

ers, who processed and packed the

crop, later selling it to the wholesale

distributors. These packers were not

only packers, but speculators also. In

fact, the words packer and speculator

can be used interchangeably, so far as

the California fruit business is con-

cerned. Their practice was to buy the

crops at the lowest possible prices, and

if the crop looked too large, to refuse

to buy more than they could handle

easily. The rest was allowed to spoil.

There were, ten principal raisin pack-





Owned and Operated by Raisin Growers.





time to get the money

from shipments, the

scanty supply of cash

in the raisin associa-

tion till was soon lick-

ed up. Growers were

induced to take notes

——even one-day notes.

A few with more war

a g e t o 0 k seven-day

notes and a few hardy

souls accepted ninety-

day notes. “The banks

believed in us and en-

couraged us until we

wanted to borrow

money,” Giflin said.



Over the Hilltop.



Before that first sea-

son was over, raisin

growers held over one

million dollars of asso-

ciation notes. These

notes were all paid

when due, and the as-

sociation managed to

keep its head above

water. The price of three and one-

fourth cents was obtained for every

pound of raisins produced. The raisin

growers were crossing the valley of

uncertainty and mounting the hilltop

of success.



The next year a few more growers

had courage, and some had'a little

faith. But no matter how they felt to-

ward the association they were com-

pelled to market their raisins through

it because of the iron-clad five-year

contract they signed. The packers and

speculators, alarmed at the strength

of the organization that snatched sev-

enty—seven per cent of the raisin crop

away from their grasp by one stroke,

stirred up all kinds of dissension.

Members of the association were in-

duced to sell their raisins to speculat-

ors, in spite of their contracts. The

contracts were then taken to court-

and sustained in every case—the most'

sweeping legal victory ever obtained ,

up to that time for the cause of coop- ’.

eration in California. ., ,



Eight Years of Success. ' L ‘





f The raisin growers? .
continued to grow stronger until now

it controls close to ninety per cent of





>,'?I3the rhisms produced in the San Jea-





. quin Valley. It always paid-imore than

the three and a quarter cents that was

fixed the first year. In 1919 the aver-

age price realized was ten and aquar-

ter cents per pound. This y'eariit is

fixed at fifteen cents.



At first, prices were fixed on the

basis of the cost of production, plus a

fair profit. This was soon abandoned





because it was not practical. One year,





the cost might be two cents per'pound,

the next year five cents per pound.

The consumer who eats raisins cares

nothing for the cost of production; he

adjusts his purchases to his wants and

and the price he must pay. The raisin

:growers soon were back on the law of

supply and demand, which they discov-

ered was not so bad when the manipu~

lation was removed from it.

increased Production.



The prosperity which attended the



raisin industry when speculators were

eliminated and prices stabilized led to

a tremendous 1ush into raisin growing.

The crop increased from thirty-five

thousand tons in 1912 to one hundred

and ninety tons in 1919, and two hun-

dred and ten thousand tons in 1920. It

Will probably be three hundred thou-

sand tons within five years. Yet these

' crops have all been marketed success-

fully, more being carried over from

one year to the next. Before the co-

operative association was formed, the

speculators were never able to market

all of the crop, though it was only one-

fifth of the present production. ‘

I The past year or so have seen an

unusual boom in raisins, due to pri-

hibition. As one man remarked, “rais-

ins are now our national drink,” and

this demand has sent raisin prices sky-

ward. The association officials believe

that a twenty-cent price could have

been secured for the whole crop, but

felt that it was too high to be just.





In order to sell the increased volume

of raisins caused by the larger acreage

the raisin annotation found it neces.

sary to advertise to create a larger de-

mand. Thefh'st year $100,000 Was used

for advertising, $150, 000 the second,

$440,000 last year, and $600,000 this

year. “It has meant success to us, for

it has solved theproblem of. over-pro-

duction,” says Giffin. ‘



Plan of Organization.



Thereare about ten thousandstock-

holders in "the California Associated

Raisin Company. Most of them are

growers, but a good amount of stock

is owned by bankers and business men.

About $4,000,000‘of stock is outStand-

ing. The new contract with the grow-

ers provides that each grower shall

own $4.00 worth of stoCk for each ton

of raisins produced. Dividends of six

to ten per cent are paid annually. Ev-

ery member must Own stock, and no

raisins are handled for non-members.



The grower signs up for stock, he

also signs away his voting power to a

board of trustees, twenty-five in num-

ber. These trustees are elected by

the stockholders by districts. They in





'turn elect a board of seven directors,





who manage the affairs of the com-

pany. This is the voting trust, an idea

borrowed directly from big business.

“It is not democratic, but it works,"

says Giffin. It has been essential. For-

merly, in order to transact business

we had to call a stockholders’ meeting.

In a large gathering the fellow who

could yell the loudest got the most at-

tention. Now the trustees are elected

by districts by the growers themselves

—the trustees are practically all grow-

ers, too—and they can give their un-

divided attention to the affairs of the

company. They are a deliberative

body. This plan of organization is a.

sort of benevolent autocracy, but it

has worked out best.”



The reason the raisin association

has proved successful, according to





Gimn, is that it has ' -.

lation from the raisin industryiand out

it upon a stable, substantic: basis.

“The old ”Stem under which mm





sold their product direct to the padkero

- or speculator was inefficient and would

have dentnoyed , the indnStry had it





continued," he said. “The censignment

system which was used for several





. years was vicious and rotten; it was.





the -mother of speculation, and the

growers were nearly always robbed.

The only system which has worked

out is the present one,’ under which

the farmers" grow the raisins, the as-

sociation prepares them for market

and sells them to the wholesale trade.

The speculators are entirely eliminat-

ed from the cycle. ”





“But how about the high retail pric-

es for raisins?” I asked.



“It is due to profiteering by the

wholesale and retail grocers,” was the

reply. “Consumers pay from twoto

three times what we get for raisins.

We have gone as far as we can legiti-

mately; its up to the consumm' to

meet us part way. The retail price of

raisins is no concern to us, except as

it affects the use of them. Some day

we may join the other cooperative as:

sociations'out hereand form a whole-

sale organization tor all of our prod-

ucts, but we’re‘a long ways from that

yet."





Raisin Growers in Court.



During the past two years the raisin

growers havebeen in almost continu-

ous hot water from government

sources because of the high degree of

control it has over the industry. They

have been investigated by the federal

trade commission and are now prose-

cuted by the department of justice un-

der the Sherman anti-trust law. It is

a fact, not disputed in California. that

these prosecutions were instigated by

a firm of speculators in San Francisco

who were one of the High Five, when





inéss. ‘ ‘ ‘ '

The Speculators attacked the raisin

powers at four points, (1) percentage

crop controlled (2) on refusal to

se 1 raisins to packers and speculate

cm: (3) out guaranteeing to the groc-

ery trade a stable price to prevail ‘

through the year; (4) on fixing prices _

on raisins through the plan of a “flnn- .

at- Iopening” price. '





The raisin growers, defended their

position stoutlyu Several of the ' other

cooperative organizations came to

their aid, as also did the state depart-

ment of markets; this latter action

was approved by Governor Stephens.

In fact, Colonel Harris Weinstack.

head of the state department of mar-

kets, went to Washington to assist in

the defense. The raisin growers were

sustained on the right to control nine-

ty per' cent of the acreage and on the





right to refuse to sell to packers or





speculators. They lost the claim to





establish a guaranteed price to whole- _





salers to be effective through the year,





and lost the "‘flrm-at-openin'g” price:





According to Gifl‘ln, they wereready to

abandon the "firm-at- opening" price

plan, and can operate without the goat-

antee to wholesalers.





The department of justice has now

hauled the raisin growers into court

to answer charges of violating the an-

ti-t1ust law. The raisin-growers might

have avoided the whole trouble had

they incorporated under the non-profit

cooperative plan.





The raisin growers are going to fight

the matter through. "Our fight to or-

ganize and fix prices is attacked. just

as the milk producers’ right to organ-

ize has brought farmers into court all

over the United States,” they say.

“Cooperative marketing associations

have their existence at stake in this

fight, which is engineered by the Spec-

ulative interests to destroy us. ”





Farmers’ News Interests Now Broad





Simgg/mg 272 Me Business 472d Political Entanglement: of M15 Reconstruction

Period Me Ill/er of Me S02/ 1.1" Looting Every Dzrectzon for Relief





T HE hides and leathe1 market sit-

uation has become a matter of



serious concern to farmers. Com-

menting on the demand for country

hides, which comprise more than a

third of all the hides and skins pro-

duced in this country, the Daily Hide

and Leather Market‘Report, of current

date, says that there is little in the

way of actual trading in the Chicago

market. Tanners continue to talk 10W-

er prices. The New York market is

dull, with no signs of improvement.

Boston reports that hide market ‘con—

ditions continue dull. It is reported

by the trade that seventeen tanneries

owned by a large sole leather concern

are closed down and that only limited

quantities of hides are being worked

in other yards.



C. V. Whalin, assistant in marketing

live stock and meats, of the federal

bureau of markets, says that while in

Kansas City a few days ago he saw a

car of two hundred bull hides, four

hundred cow hides, fifty calfskins and

seventy-five kip skins, sold at eighteen

,cents a pound for the lot.



The hide market, according to Mr.

Whalin, reached its highest point in

August, 1919. It began dropping when

the European demand fell off and the

exchange conditions became unfavor-

able to the export trade. At this time

there was also a slackening in the de~

inand for shoes and leather in this

Country. The shoe factories and deal-

ers were over-stocked and trade be-

came dull. The tanners ceased buying

hide stock-and there has been very lit-

tle trading in ‘hides and skins since





July ofthis year. Country hide stock





Went down to eight and ten cents for

cow hides,

cents for calfskins, to the small butch-

er and farmer.





Mr. Whalin predicts, however, that

there will be a revival in the hide mar-

ket sometime soon. People have been

wearing patched shoes, but these old

shoes are wearing out and the time

will soon come when they will be com-

pelled to purchase new shoes, and this

will relieve the market and the de-

mand for hides will again be restored

to normal conditions. Mr. Whalin sug-

gests that farmers and local butchers

take more pains in the production and

care of hides, which will tend to elim-

inate the discrimination now existing

against country hides. Dishonest prac-

tices must cease. In fact, he says that

improvement in country hides is nec-

essary to put this branch of the hide

industry on a sound economic basis.





HE‘wool market continues in much

the same depressed and uncertain

condition as the hide market. A sig-

nificant feature of the wool market sit-

uation worthy of note, was the falling

off in quantity of wool consumed in





the mills in August compared with the-





preceding months, as pointed out by

George T. Willingmyre, in charge of

the wool market investigations in the

bureau of markets.





W001 growers are pleased with the

wool grading proposition now being

worked out by Mr. Willingmyre. Wool

is being graded according to govern-

ment grading standards in large quan-

tities, Maine. Vermont, 01119, “Virginia,





and fifteen to eighteen,





Kentucky, Minnesota and Arkansas

having adopted these grades. The wool

market section of the bureau of mar’

kets~ is greatly hampered in its work

on acount of a lack of funds. The bu-

reau has had to let go several men

who were greatly needed in making

investigations. If wool‘is to continue

to be a factor in American farm pro-

duction .it is essential that congress

appropriate sufficient funds to enable

the bureau of markets to carry on the

important work it has begun in solv-

ing serious wool marketing problems.



In order that wool growers may not

be led into hastily selling their wool at

low prices because of the claims by

the dealers of injury to the wool by

moths, Mr. Willingmyre wishes to call

their attention to a statement he has

prepared in which he says that “own-

ersof wool held in storage need not

fear losses resulting from moth attack

before next spring if there is no evi-

dence of moth injury at the present

time. Even if a. slight evidence of

moth appears at this time, it is improb-

able that the moths will multiply fast

enough to cause appreciable injury be-

fore the coming of cold weather.. It

requires about two months for the de-

velopment of one generation of the

moth, even during warm weather, and

on the approach of cold weather this

period will be considerably lengthen-

ed. Cases have been reported to the

department in which wool that ‘has

been held for fifteen years showed no

trace of moth? The new does no dam-

age at temperatures lower than, ,

degrees at; roi- Et that minimums it

remains dormant.” 1





THE National Grange at its coming



session will be asked to endorse

the proposal that this government

grant a loan or credit of one billion

dollars to Germany, the money to be

spent in this country for food and raw

material. It is claimed that- unless

such action is taken the United States

will lose an outlet for vast quantities

of farm products which will react ”dis-

astrously on American agriculture. A

continuation of the present small vol~

ume of export trade for American pro—

duce means there will not be any for-

eign markets left for our farmers’ sur-

plus products. Because of a lack of a

foreign market our corn crops, esti-

mated at three ‘billion bushels for 1920.

our wheat, barley and other cereal





crops are greatly reduced in value.





Germany, it is asserted, proposes to

purchase in the first year an estimated

amount of $750,000,000 worth of food

and raw materials in the United

States, providing this credit is grant-

ed, and the credit is to be based on the

billion'dollars or more of alien prop-

erty now held by this country.

EFFORTS on the part of the farm-

ers to get cars to move their pro-

duce and credits to finance the mar-

keting so far have been unavailing.

The interstate commerce commission

seem unable to function in this matter

and the federal reserve board and Sec-





rotary 9f the Treasury Houston show

little inclination to ' ider tbs farm-





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' five per cent germination. Buckwheat





' I b By Walter 1m,





, HEN the buckwheat crop is har- It can be fed profitably ranging from



' vested,- it is essential it should twenty to fifty per cent of the grain

. be saved. The danger in heat- ration. It is usually advisable to feed

ing is above that of other grains, and about twenty-five per cent but we have

it is necessary that the buckwheat bin fed it as high as fifty per cent of the

should be carefully watched. The dam grain ration to dairy cows, and it prov-

ger arises principally from dampness ed one of the best milk producers. We

at time of threshing. .Threshing usu- have read criticisms of buckwheat be-

ally occurs in late September, October ing an irritant, but this year from

or November. The weather is frequent- about June 1 to August 15 we fed a

ly damp or wet, consequently'the grain bunch of nine pigs whole buckwheat,

goes in. the bins in damp condition. scattering it well on the ground so it

Grain is usually hauled from the field, required some time for them to con-

and if work is started at a" fairly early sume it. We fed whey, and the pigs

hour in the morning, there will be Suf- were on pasture, and were supplied

ficient dew or frost on the buckwheat mineral matter, and they were as good

to affect the efficiency of the thresher. as any pigs we have raised. We have

This will also cause dampness in the fed some buckwheat to horses, and

grain. This year a portion of our grain with cats at present prices, buckwheat

was stacked. Several days of wet selling for $2.40 per hundred pounds,

weather followed. We started at the with little demand just at present at

earliest moment threshing. The top those figures, one can feed this grain

of one stack was not properly dry. In in the dairy, poultry and to hogs, mak-

that corner of the building in which ing it a part of the grain ration, and

the buckwheat was stored, the grain realize not only profit but save trouble

commenced heating. . and expense of handling it.



Buckwheat should be observed from Save your buckwheat for you Will

day to day in the fall, particularly it Pay $2.00 a bushel for seed next year.

there has been dampness about the and fully as much if you buy it back in

unthreshed grain. If this is the case the spring 0" summer for chicken feed

it should not be placed too deeply in and more if ground for dairy feed-

bins, but better be spread so that it

can be shoveled. One should thrust his

arm deeply in the grain and this

should be done not in one place but

at different points. In addition to this

I use a tiling spade with blade about

fifteen inches long for stirring. Heat-

ing commences in pockets, perhaps not

larger than a man’s hat. This is apt

to spread. It may start ’with a partic-

ularly damp meaSure full of grain. If

the grain is badly spoiled it is danger—

ous to feed. If it is heated slightly

and cooled before it cakes or swells,

there is little danger in using it for

feed. We are using some now which

had started heating but was observed

in time.





Buckwheat may show no signs of

heating in the fall, but when'the warm

spring weather comes, much that is

dry will be in danger. Buckwheat that

is apparently dry and in good condi-

tion may quickly heat and become a

caked mass. Two nearby farmers felt

entirely satisfied the past spring that

their seed buckwheat was perfectly

dry. They felt it in the spring, and at

the time it was perfectly cool. Two or

three weeks Tater the grain was spoil-

ed, and they were compelled to pay

$4.00 per hundred for seed. I came

near having this experience. I found

a pocket perhaps about the size of a

keg. This was heating. I removed the

grain in that portion of the bin, and

stirred the remainder daily.





If buckwheat has become warm, and

perhaps may smell a little, it will still

make chicken, dairy or hog feed. It

will grow. I have tested and planted

that which had heated a little but not

swelled. However, I would advise the

farmer to figure on sixty to seventy-





 





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THE New York State Departmen



of Farms andearkets is conduct

ing a publicity campaign to encourage

a greater use of apples. The coopera-

tion of all organizations of producers,

distributors and consumers is being

solicited to make it a success. The

campaign started with “Apple Pie

Week” when the Duchess apple {came

into maturity. It is expected that at

opportune times other weeks will re-

ceive appropriate names.





Believing that new channels should

be opened up through which the apple

crop can be marketed, the Department

of Farms and Markets has been hold-

ing conferences with representatives

of the large chain grocery stores in

New York City.” J. B. Pease and L. R.

Simons, of the federation marketing

committee, recently attended a confer—

ence at which a majority of these

stores were represented. The repre-

sentatives believe their companies will

be willing to cooperate in helping dis-

pose of the apple crop on a basis which

will be mutually beneficial to both pro-

ducer and consumer.





The following statement by Mr.

Grater, of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea

Company, summarizes the ideas of' the

majority of the firms:



“We want small packages and have,

therefore, used box apples in prefer-

ence to barrels. In buying box apples

we know exactly the size and number

of apples and find that each apple is

sound. This is not true of the New

York state barreled apples. However,

if the New York grower can give us

apples in barrels, boxes or baskets

with statement of grade, size and num-

ber of-apples in container stamped on

the top, the retail merchant can dis»

pose of them to better advantage.”



In order. to secure the cooperation of

all the‘growers and organizations con-

cerned with the marketing of the 1920

New York state apple crop, two con-

ferences will be held in the near fu-

ture when representatives of the chain

stores will attend. Western New York

growers realize that something unus-

ual must be done to take care of the



mammoth crop this season—A. H. P.





which had badly spoiled caused a con-

siderable loss in a neighbor’s poultry

flock, when fed. '





One should save the buckwheat in

the bin. With flour at present prices,

and commercial feeds at figures now

quoted, buckwheat is worth not less

than $3.75 for dairy feed and not less

than~$3.25 for‘hog feed, and perhaps

more. ' ' . . ' »



As poultry feed it'is worth as much

as for dairy feed, and it ranks ‘next to

wheat in our experience for chickens.





 





 





 





 





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100,000 farm tractors, there are 519

motorized Express Companies doing

business in the states served b the

Standard Oil Company (Indianai’ and

this number is growing day by day.





Automotive Industries for 1920 declares “Trucks

are operating on railroad schedules, and have

proved more dependable, on a time basis, than

the steam roads have ever been. Their use to

replace the freight car for certain classes of

freight has proved a marked success.”





The Smithsonian Institute, United States Na-

tional Museum Bulletin 102, says, “In respect

to prompt delivery of farm produce, whether to

railways or directly to towns, the motor truck

has an exceptionally useful opportunity.”





It is these motor trucks, tractors and farmer-

owned automobiles that are largely increasing

gasoline consumption, particularly in the





Middle West.





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During the first four months of 1920, the pro-

duction of gasoline increased [31/270, while dur-

ing the same period, domestic consumption of

gasoline increased 331/370. This excess of con-

sumption over production has been a potent

factor in the advance of gasoline prices, but the

dominant underlying reason has been the in-

crease in the cost of crude oil.





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pany (Indiana) lies in manufacturing and dis-

tributing to the tractor, the truck, and the auto-

mobile a dependable supply of gasoline and

lubricating oils, and selling them at a fair price.

The latest refinery methods are producing a

continually increasing percentage of gasoline

from each barrel of crude oil. While large-scale

production and distribution assure maximum

economy in this industry, the savings eifected

by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) are

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peach-growing country,

ago one Marquette peach tree distin-





HE campaign for members of the

Michigan State Farm Bureau in

the upper peninsula goes mer-

rily on. Saturday,- September 25, Mr.

R. N. Bates, organiser for the bureau,

Jmet, at Ironwood, J. W. Weston, as-

sistant, state leader. of county agents,

. and'Mr. C. E. Guaderson’.~cou'nty agent

of Gogebic county, for the purpose of

establishing. the farm bureau in this,

the most westerly county of Michigan.

Gogebic is a large county and Well de-

veloped agriculturally, and there is no

doubt that it Will come across hand

somely.



So far the organization Work of the

State Farm Bureau has covered Chip-

pewa, sMarquetts, -‘Menominse,‘ Delta,

Schoolcraft and Lace counties of the





. _ northern peninsula, and is well under





way in Houghton county, the most





' , populous county north. of the straits.





The results in terms of members se-





-’ cured are most gratifying from the

‘ standpoint of the organizers. Most of





the farmers in these counties are be-

lieved to have been seen, and ,Mr.

Bates reports that of those approach-

ed, ninety-two per cent joined the farm

bureau in Menominee county, eighty-

flve per cent in Marquette county,

ninety-four per cent in Delta county,

ninety-six per cent in Chippewa coun-

ty, ninety-six per cent in Schoolcraft

county, and ninety-five per cent in

Luce county. Most upper peninsula

farmers are of immediate Eurbpean

descent. Probably the largest single

element is Finnish. There were over

fifty-five thousand in Michigan in 1910,

measured by the test of language, and

all persons of Finnish descent do not

speak the Finnish language. The Finns

cooperate much more readily than the

Yankee, which doubtless helps to ex-

plain the large success of the State





' Farm Bureau in securing Finnish mem-





bers in this section of the state. All

the counties adjoining Lake Superior

have many Finnish farmers; and the

large number of rural Finns in Gogebic

county is one reason for faith in the

success in the membership campaign

about to be launched there.



I have just returned from a trip to

Ironwood and the farming section in

its vicinity. The cut-over lands be-

tween Ironwood and Lake Superior are

being definitely brought under cultiva-

tion, chiefly by Finns, who have the

requisite tenacity and aptitude for the

rough work of agricultural pioneering.

The soil is an excellent clay. On the

whole, it is not easy to find in Michi-

gan a community with more attractive

faim homes and ampler barn facilities,

including silos, indicating a. progres-

sive, prosperous rural life. Ironwood

township, containing about one hun-

dred and twenty-five square miles, con-

tains eleven school houses, nearly all

of the new standard type of construc-

tion and with an equipment unusual in

rural schools in Michigan. The school

board is composed all of Finns and

Swedes. The chief,short-coming is in

not consolidating their schools and

teaching agriculture—real agriculture,

as at Otter Lake in Houghton county. ‘

This is a. potato country, and school

will be let out Monday and Tuesday of

this week, to permit pupils to assist in

harvesting the crop. There is an ex-

cellent stand or fodder corn as yet lit-

tle damaged by frost.



Robert Blemhuber, of Marquette, a

member of the board of directors of

the State Farm Bureau, is the proud.

possessor of a peach-tree bearing fruit.

While the upper peninsula is not a

some years





guished itself as a real producer of the

fruit. The growth of this tree was ac-

cldontal. and is said to 11m on: due

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queue Peach” in order to obtain a

'hardier variety. In this effort the Unit-

ed States Department of Agriculture is

also interested. Mr. Blemlmber’s bears

ing‘ tree‘ is'a descendant or'tha parent

Marquette peach tree, through one or

the agricultural college’s buds. It is

now three years old and flourishing.

Its maiden effort is not remarkable as

to numbers but is so as to size and

beauty of the fruit.



As elsewhere in Michigan, this has

been an excellent fruit season for the

upper peninsula, especially in the area

adjacent to . the Great Lakes. " 1mm

on the high tableland in the western

portion of the district, whose elevation

is some nine hundred feet above the

lakes, there are some fine stands of

apples. In some places apples, plums

and cherries have been extraOrdinariiy

prolific. '



Mr. Charles Burtless, brother of the

Secretary of the Michigan State Tax

Commission, and an extensive sheep

operator in 10300 and Ogemaw coun-

ties, visited “Cloverland” the past

week. He saw some sheep and some

sheep land which pleased him greatly.

He pointed out that western sheep

men coming into the district would, to

be successful, have to change their

methods. They cannot depend upon

the range for winter feed; but, he ob«

served, there is no good reason why

the farmer cannot produce his own

winter feed for even large numbers of

sheep—here as he has done in the

southern peninsula. He thinks alfalfa

the coming forage crop for this indus-

try in the winter season. He noted the

large quantity of natural grasses here,

due to abundant summer rains, and

found the Chicago market more acces-

sible than he had supposed.



In preparation for a. tour of the up-

per peninsula by the Michigan Pikes'

Association in 1921, a path—finding com.

mittee of the association will pass

from east to rest through the peninsu-

la during the week of September 27.

Not a few of the choicest spots in the

northern peninsula lie ofl.’ the main

line of travel, and if time is not to be

wasted and rare opportunities for

sightseeing not to‘be missed, it is de~

sirable that tourists should have infor-

mation and guidance as they pass

through the terirtory. Eventually it

is proposed to' link up this route

through northern Michigan with the

“King’s International Highway” in On-

tario, thus affording another link in

the great transcontinental route from

Montreal to Vancouver.





 





STORING MICHIGAN'S' POTATOES.





 





(Continued from page 431).

mous complaint and in me aggregate,

enormous loss: (1) Field frost depre-

ciated many otherwise excellent ship

(2) rough, careless handling

caused a great deal of rot in 1919





shipments.





The first of these troubles is not al-





ways easy to avoid. With a late grow-

ing season and an unexpected freezing

of the ground to the depth of three or

four inches, many fields of potatoes

are nipped and the tubers rot badly in

storage or shipment.

north one goes, the sharper the farmer



must watch weather conditions and-

get the crop in as soon as possible.



This is advised this year in any area '

where blight is absent.





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The careless handling must be elim-





inated. With potatoes at one dollar a

bushel, each good-sized potato is worth

about a penny.

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cellar conditions commonly given, is

likely to show severe rotting. The

farmer must realize that in the long

run he pays for this rotting of his

product.



The sound skin of a potato is its

best protection against rotting and





“wrapper" intact. ‘It is evident, with

the potatoes dug early, that the prob-

lem of preventing deep injury to the

tubers with tender skins is dlfl‘lcult.



Michigan potatoes are stored in

warehouses or cellars or are pitted.

Occasionally requests come to know

with what a storage cellar should .be

fumigated or disinfected. The ware-

house should be cleaned of all old, rot-

ting tubers and thoroughly aired and

dried. No special disinfection is nec-

essary. It would be better to spend

the money and time for false floors ,to

provide good circulation than to try to

disinfect the bins. The rotting organ-

isms are all about the potato. They

are native to the soil. Conservation

of the tuber depends upon the sound

skin and cool, dry, air conditions.



Large piles of potatoes should have

ventilation channels provided, either

by lattice work or by rows of crates.

Potatoes tend to sweat upon being put

into storage. Ventilation is necessary

to dry this moisture. Only a general

rule can be given, but potatoes should

be kept as dry as possible, yet avoid-

ing shriveling, and should be kept as

near the freezing point as possible, yet

avoiding freezing.





T was a regular fair—the big West

Michigan show held in Grand Rap-

ids, September 20-24. Judged by

any standard, crowds, noise, midways,

hot dogs, big pumpkins, fine stock,

patchwork quilts, commercial exhibits,

small boys underfoot and daring aviat-

ressoverhead, it was a. hummer from

opening morning _ to closing night.

There was plenty to see, much to learn,

places to rest, and more ways to spend

money than even Coney Island can

offer. .

The newly enfranchised voter came

into her own. Everything which could

in any way interest women was played

up, and every way you turned you saw

something to remind you that woman

is an important member of the firm

these days, instead of cook and seam-

stress. There was the usual exhibit

of fancy work and baked goods, of

course, but woman’s part in the fair

was not confined to this sort of thing.

The millers and grocers of West Mich-

igan encouraged women to show their

skill, by offering prizes for bread,

cakes, pies and all sorts of baked

goods. Perspir'mg judges labored ear-

nestly to decide impartially on the mery

its of loaves which to the uninitiate

all looked too good to be true.



The fancy work booths, with their

displays of handwork and machine

work yokes, lingerie, comforts, lunch-

eon sets and sweaters were always

surrounded by visitors. Woven bed

spreads dating back ninety years made

one wish the spinning wheel and loom

had not been utterly discarded. These

spreads were so much lovelier than

the commercial ones of today, or even

the knitted and crocheted ones, that

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dinary warehouse storage, and the dis-

advantage that the tubers are not

readily obtainable for shipment in cold

weather.





A pit should have a base of clean:





dry straw and if at all large should

have a straw chimney connecting with

the base to provide ventilation. It is

the custom to cover lightly with dirt





until a snow-fall. and then complete ‘





the covering with another layer of

straw and earth. Where provisions





for ventilation are not provided, a.





blackening of the hearts of the tubers

has taken place commonly in mild sea-

sons . O .



It is doubtless needless to say that

only sound, uninjured tubers should be

put into storage.





Michigan’s problem, then, is econo-

mically to gather, store and market

her vast potato crop. Whether the

crop is moved at once or held in stor-

age, the farmer must exercise care in

handling, protect from frost, and pre-

vent deterioration. A common fault

in the past has been to injure serious~

ly by bruises or wounds.

serious loss from rotting arises from

warm, moist storage conditions.





The cardinal principle is to provide

ventilation and to keep the tubers cool.

The black heart condition which de-

veloped so markedly last season may

be avoided if the tubers are well nor-

ated and do not get tea warm. The

potato even at the lowest offering of

this uncertain fall market, is worthy

of careful handling.





Whether the farmer is in the east-

ern half of the state which must con-

tend with a little blight, or in the west

which has its old, old problems, the

potato crop still remains the most in-

teresting and perplexing to raise and

market.





At the Grand Rapids Fair





blows, then Michigan farmers are go-

ing to have to spend some of this

year’s potato money on household con-

veniences. Many a woman studied the

exhibits of\ vacuum cleaners, power

washing machines, ironers, electric

irons and motor-run sewing machines,

and with a sigh, said they wished they

had electricity. But many more stud-

ied the exhibits interestedly, and with

the remark, “We must have electric-

ity,” turned to the booths where farm

power plants were on display, and in

business—like tones discussed prices

and terms. One power plant director

said that his firm alone has installed

fifty-seven plants since June, and

counting in what his competitors must

have done, it looks as though a large

number of farm women were going to

find life considerably easier.



It was a. little disconcerting, though,

to turn from the labor-saving machin~

cry to the phonograph booths. Judging

by the bargain counter crowd waiting

to give their name and address on the

chance of drawing a record at four p.

m., every home in the state has its

talking machine. You wished you

might see as eager a demand for the

things to lighten labor.



Interest in public health and morals

was not lacking. There was the baby

clinic where literature was given out

to mothers and fresh milk to the kid-

dies under five years. Here every af—

ternoon “Cho Cho,” the clown, cavort¥





‘ed for the amusement of the children,





and the Health Fairy told them stor-

ies calculated to inspire them to eat

and drink the proper foods, and look

out for fresh air, baths and exercise.

Next to the baby clinic the W. C. T.

U. workers gave out circulars outlim

mg are, of titer-meetant mother, prep; ‘





oration of'the'baby’s food, feeding ”the-





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Successful farmers everywhere realize this. They know that yields increase

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If you want to make certain that this

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which mothers might buy to help them

in their big work. Boys were loaded

up with leaflets which warned against

the evils of cigarettes, and charts and

posters told their story of public wel-

fare. Thon there was the Red Cross

booth with its drive for community

nurses, the anti-tuberculosis workers

showing what preventative measures

We all should use, and last, but not

least, the Michigan Community Coun-

cil center, where a. tree playground for

children was provided and a booth for

checking, also free of charge



The schools had a. building all their

own, where, in, addition/to the exhib-

its, demonstrations were given at var-

ious hours of the day. Boys showed

what is being taught them in manual

training, and girls from various schools

gave food talks.

of work done by kindergartners, bas-

ket work, samples of Writing and dia-

plays from the art department. One

of the interesting demonstrations was

that of the school for the deaf and

hard of hearing. *A dozen boys and

girls from eight to ten years old car-

ried out the teacher’s orders by read-

ing her lips. At her whispered com-

mand they arose, walked, jumped, hop-

ped, sat down, bowed, carried out a

dozen mechanical orders. Then step-

ping to the board in turn they wrote

the sounds of various letters which





The youngsters themselves were

most interested in the athletic con-

tests. City and country were matched

in jumping and throwing contests, and





‘records made of each child’s achieve-





(Continued from page 434).

pigsty is new and ready for more blood-

ed Hampshires.



“The buying and selling of farm sup-

plies and products,” said Mr. Han-

chett, “is the most important work in

.my judgment that the farm bureau can

center its efforts upon. The coal and

fertilizer situation was desperate until

the bureau made contracts for these

needful supplies, and the traffic depart-

ment of the State Farm Bureau, re-

cently organized, hurried shipments

through to our various community 10-

cals. Under this system, as you may

know, the farmers of the state have

employed an expert to attend to their

transportation problems, just as great

corporations employ expert traflic men





From Holstein Herd of Mrs. Hollis.





' to adjust and speed up shipments. This





new state office, I understand, has de-

veloped into an efficient service de-

partment that aids each of the other

departments of the farm bureau. Our

coal in this. community cost around

nine dollars a ton, and fertilizer about

$30, so you see a conSiderable saving

was effected by those farmers who

availed themselves of the bureau order





, service. Only the 'otber‘day the mem-

; bers of the executive committee gave

' their personal notes in the sum of 52-60

g each, to guarantee the shipments of

‘ selected seeds, such as clovers, 21mm.

' etc, a special service to the members





of the farm bureau." ,

A. 13. Cook, Owens, is a farmer, and





farming are decidedly diflerent from

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they determine by watching her lips.-





ment, together with the weight and» '

height of every contestant.





As further evidence ‘that she 1a of '





many-sided individual and can keep

the home going, looking out for health.

manners and morals, and still have _

time to make a few dollars on the side,‘

women invaded the poultry exhibit

and carried off numerous prizes. In

the dark Barred Rock exhibit, which

Secretary J. A. Hannah, of the West

Michigan Poultry Associa‘non, describ-

ed as “the hottest competition ever

gotten together," Mrs. Reva Murphy,

of Muskegon, carried 01! the first and

second prizes for hens, and the third

for cockerels, while in light Barred

Rocks she took first, second, third and

fourth for cockerels, and first, second,

fourth and fifth for hens. Mrs. Arthur

Rigg, near Grand Rapids, took first for

cockorels, and first, second, third,

fourth and fifth for pullets in the

White Wyandotte contest. Mrs. James

R. Robbins, of Muskegon, took fifth for

cockerels and fifth for pullets in the

Buff Wyandottes, and Mrs. R. Kolen-

drander, of Grand Rapids, carried off

first for. cockerel, first for mallet, first

for hen, and had the best pen in the

show room in But! Leghorns.



Michigan women have reason to be

proud of their showing at the West

Michigan Fair. Perhaps the fact that

a woman, Miss Olive G. Jones, is see-

retary, may have had something to do

with it. At any rate women were well

cared for, well advertised and well en-

tertained, and they quit the grounds

with a strong “come-again-next-year”

feeling.





Our COunty Farm Bureaus





ty acres, situated about five miles

south of Owosso, is part of the old

homestead of his father, who was a.

graduate of the M. A. C. in 1863. He

himself was a graduate from the same

college thirty years after, and at pres‘

ent two children are attending the old

schooL



On the old farm Mr. Cook grows gen«

eral crops, and this year had twenty

acres in beans, twenty-four in wheat,

twenty-feur in oats of the Wolverine

strain, and a small acreage in sundry

crops, but withoutany beets. He has

a valuable woodlot of thirty acres, a.

sugar bush containing one thousand

sugar maples, and a large orchard

bearing one of the best and biggest

crops in years. He raises no stock and

only a little poultry.



It is in this last respect that he dif-

fers in farm practice from his success-

ful neighbors. With the exception of

the faithful watchdog and the family

cat there is not an animal on his place.

He doesn’t believe in cattle, sheep or

hogs, as a necessary adjunct to suc-

cessful farming, and for a number of

years has had none. Nor does he buy

manure for fertilizer to supply the

lack of that element in his farm pro-

duction. He does believe in and uses

whereever needed proper commercial

fertilizers, and has demonstrated in a

most practical way that when rightly

used they furnish all the enriching

qualities the soil needs. He is a me-

chanic farmer, for nothing that a mo-

tor or machine can perform is done on

his place by human effort.



Directly across the road is the farm

and home of Clayton Cook, a cousin of

A, B. Cook, and a mile south the farm

of C. B. Cook, county agent of Oakland

county. These progressive farmers

were absent from the farms the day I

called. A half mile west on the same

road is the tam home of the esteemed

county agent, where I was pleasantly

entertained by him and his estimable -

wife. All in all. my jaunt through Sbi- -.

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EATHER isqhigh. Snow, sleet and

slush ruin leather shoes. They

can’t keep your feet warm in mean





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Snag-Proof rubber footwear has

not advancéd in cost anywhere nearly

as much as leather. yet it is more

comfortable, warmer and gives better

service during winter. No matter

how bad the Weather is, if you are

wearing Snag-Proof rubber boots,

shoes or arctics, your feet are kept

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Have you met the Snag-Proof

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Snag—Proof boot, shoe or arctic, he

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CALECIDE controls Pear Psylla, when

applied in the Fall, by killing the adults

before they lay their eggs. (After the



lay their eggs in the Spring it is too late.



Scalecide also controls lire blight by penetrat—

ing the diseased tissues and killing the hold-

over canker from which fire blight is spread.

It is not only a contact insecticide for scale, but

has fungicidal and germicidal properties too.





It Invigorates Tree Growth





The invigorating effect of Scalecide-is noted in

increased terminal growth; larger, darker foli-

age on bearing trees; and the holding of the

foliage later in the Fall, thus accumulating

starch and sugar which results in a plumper

fruit spur and insures a larger crop the follow-

ing year. Those who have used Scalecide and

lime-sulfur side by side claim that Scalecide

gives greater yields of fruit~—-in one case 582,.





Reduces The Cost Of Labor





Though Scalecide costs more per gallon than

lime—sulfur, this is much more than offset by





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the saving of material and labor. One barrel

of Scalecide, making 800 gallons of spray,

will cover, until they drip, as many trees as

three and a half barrels of lime-sulfur, which

make 1600 gallons of spray. And of course

you can apply 800 gallons of Scalecide in much

less time than 1600 gallons of Kine-sulfur.





A Pleasure To Use It

Scalecide is soothing and antiseptic to the skin;

it does not injure even the eyes; it is non-

poisonous to man or beast; and being an oil,

it makes the pump run easier and does not

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The past year many fruit growers were dis-

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, man who, a. few years ago, took what





was reputed to be the poorest, run-

down farm in the county. .Wise heads

scoffed at his declaration that he"

would make something otthe land, but

he persevered and today has proved

that anything that any land in Shia-

wassee can grow can be produced in

paying quantities on his farm. from alv

falls. to potatoes. His specialty, how-

ever, is the growing of gladioli. and

this year he had one hundred acres of

this beautiful flower in bloom. It was

a wonderful sight—that vast expanse

of harmonious color, waving gentlyin

the breeze. Remarkable, too, was the

enterprise displayed in producing such

a quantity of flowers for a ready mar-

ket in Chicago.





About two miles north in the same

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barn of huge dimensions, owned by H.

W. Hubbard & Sons. The Hubbards

are extensive breeders of high-grade

mules, and are well known throughout

this part of the state. They also cul-

tivate a splendid orchard of forty acres.

#At Burton, six miles west of Owoe

so, is the farm of James N. McBride,

who is well known to our readers as

the author of valuable farm articles in

our journal. He is a very successful

farmer of the brainy, advanced ideas

type; and among his farm crops this

year had a notable field of thirty acres

of No. 6 Jr. wheat.





or more than passing interest is the

farm of John Carruthers, which is two -

miles north of Bancroft. He is the

potato king of Shiawassee, having this





This Daughter of 35-"). Bull is Owned

by B. E. Simth.



year one hundred and thirty acres

planted to spuds. He makes a scien-

tific study of the handling of potatoes

on a large scale, and in the farm can

test last year was rated the best grow-

er in the county.



Dan Richardson, 3. young farmer

having sixty-eight acres two miles

south of Owosso, makes a specialty of

the culture of grapes. His vineyard of

four acres, of Moore’s Early variety,

is wonderfully productive this year,

and I found him busily engaged in pre'





‘ paring a consignment of four and five





pound baskets of the sweet fruit for

market in Owosso. A field of twenty

acres of alfalfa was about ready for

its third cutting this season. His 01'-

chard of six acres was heavily laden

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and Canada. The 185 audiences gregated

more than a hundred thousand afile. Each

audience found itself absolutely una le to tell

when Miss Shepherd was singing—and when the

New Edison was Be-Canarxne her voice—except

by Watching her lips.



This is a most phenomenal achievement. Merely

one such comparison makes an extremely diffi-





cult test for a. phonograph. Indeed, it is so’ .





difiicnlt that no other phonograph or talk-

ing machine manufacturer dares to make this

comparison. -



Mr. Edison subjected the New Edison to more

than 4000 suchtests. withover 50 different artists,

before more than four million people, beean'se

he wanted to prove that erfect Realism was an

everyday performance With the New Edison.





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HAT is your musical hobby ?

What kind of vocal or instrumental

music “gets.” you most quickly?

Is it a sweet voiced soprano ?-—-a soul stir-

ring violin ?—a jazzy orchestra?—or what?

If you’ll tell your Edison dealer, he’ll give

you a wonderfully fascinating test—the

“Personal Favorites” Realism Test. It will

tell you something you’ve long wanted to

know—whether the New Edison brings you

those particular beauties and makes you

feel all those fine emotions which yen ex-

perience in listening to your favorite living

artists.





THIS test is really a test of the power

of the New Edison’s Realism. Do you

know what Realism is—what it does?



A most interesting demonstration of what

the NewEdison’s Realism can do,took place

at Dallas, Texas, on April 26th, 1920,where

Miss Shepherd gave her 185th test.



Miss Shepherd, who is a famous concert

soprano, stood beside the New Edison and

started to sing:



“In the gloamw'xng, oh! my darling—”





With a soft, rounded loveliness, the be-

loved melody filled the auditorium. Pulsing

through its theme was the soul of a great

artist. Its message, warm with under-

standing, old yet ever new, reached the

hearts of the hushed listeners and





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cherished memories. ’ , a

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went absolutely still. But her lovely voice

went smoothly on—

“—it was best to leave you thus—”





The audience was puzzled . Then it awoke.

Miss Shepherd’s voice was now coming from

the New Edison—and no one had been able

to tell the difference between the living

voice and the RIC-CREATED voice.





The power that enabled the New Edison

completely to bathe this audience was its

Realism.





Edison’s Realism had put into the

REL—CREATED music all the magic of the

living voice with which Miss Shepherd

charmed her listeners.





YOU love fine music. You want your

home to enjoy it! You want your chil-

dren to get its cultural benefits. But where

you live may not be convenient to the

opera and concert centres.





Mr. Edison has long appreciated your

desire—your situation. Other music lovers

were in the same position. So Mr. Edison

concentrated his life’s greatest eflort upon

perfecting the phonograph. He spent seven

year: and three million dollars in research

wor .





What he strove for, was recently told by





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“The ordinary phonographf’as we have

known it, falls somewhat short of conferring

upon its owner all of the pleasure and bene-

fits that can be derived from good music.

The greatest shortcoming of the phonograph

was its lack of Realism, and it is this short-

coming which I have sought to overcome.

The result is a degree of Realism in our

present phonograph which is bafling to

even the mest expert ears.





“I have been quoted as desiring to see a

phonograph in every home. What I actu-

ally want to see in every American home is

music, so realistic and so perfect in its ren-

dition as to be an unending source of benefit

and pleasure.”





NOW you see what the Newi Edison’s

Realism is, and what it does. You’re

pretty certain that this Realism Can bring

the magic of music into your home. But

Mr. Edison wants you to assure yourself

on this point. He wants you to test the

power of that Realism on yourself.





Watch for the advertisements of

your local Edison dealer in your newspaper.

See when he is ready to give the “Per-l

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_ whole family along when you go to hear it.





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"f . a retainer of twenty-five hundred dol-

> ,_ , lars for one year. I will leave itto you .

». " ~' - to get this twenty~five hundred dollars





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', ./ ‘ perfectly safe and sane proposition?”

l j Had a vista of paradise opened up

" before Mr. Poundstone, he could not

have been more thrilled. He' had been

absolutely honest in his plea to Mrs.





, thirty two hundred and fifty-dollar se-

{ dan..muc11 as he longed to oblige her

, .2 and gain a greatly to be desired peace.

I ’ And now the price was dangling be;



I tore his eyes, so to speak. At any rate



2 i it was parked in the porte-cochere not

1.12 H } fifty feet distant!

3“ l' i For the space of a minute the mayor

‘ weighed his son’s future as a corpora-





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3:; g tion attorney against his own future

' l as mayor of SequOia—and Henry lost.

f {l "It might be arranged Colonel," he

i,’ ( murmured in a low voice—the voice

if; of shame.



*2 ’ “It is already arranged," the Colonel





) . replied cheerfully. “Leave your jit at

i ' ‘ { the front gate and drive home in Shin

( j : ley’s car. I’ll arrange matters with

' 7 her.” He laughed shortly. “It means

. l’ i of course, that I’ll have to telegraph to

' l San Francisco tomorrow and buy her

. 3 a later model. Thank goodness, she

“ t ‘} has a birthday tomorrow! Have a fresh

, .-’ cigar, mayor.”

.-» {1.33. Riding home that night in Shirley

l. l Sumner’s car Mrs. Poundstone leaned

“ suddenly toward her husband, threw a

‘t if fat arm around his neck and kissed

him. “Oh, Henry, you darling!" she

‘ purred. “What did I tell you? If a

person only wishes hard enough—”

V? , “Oh, go to the devil!" he roared an-



" I grily. “You’ve nagged me into it. Shut

up and take your arm away. Do you

want me to wreck the car before we’ve

had it an hour?” .



As for Colonel Pennington, he had

'9“ ' < little difficulty in explaining the deal

. to Shirley. who was sleepy and not at

. all interested. The Poundstones had

. j bored her to extinction, and upon her

1(5)} 3 ‘ uncle’s assurance that she would have

[2 L I] a new car within a week, she thanked



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that Bryce Cardigan had dealt him a.



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had played it exceedingly well.“‘Lucky



I blocked the young beggar from get-



{ ting those rails outlof the Laurel Creek



l spur,” he mused, “or he’d have had his



f l jumpecrossing in overnight—and then

. . . where the devil would I have been? Up



Z Salt Creek without a paddle—and all



\. the courts in Christendom would avail



‘ . me nothing.”



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{5 wide awake, listening intently, his

’ head cocked on one side. The sound

. grew louder; evidently it was ap-

proaching Sequoia—41nd with' a bound

‘ the Colonel sat up in bed, trembling in

every limb.



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diapason he heard hsharp clickéthen

another and anather. He counted them

‘—six in all.



“A locomotive and two flat-ears!” be

murmured. “And they just passed over





V’ grant 'y’ouisurc’ease from, sorrow. ‘ Of ' -

course, I will not~ give it to you. I’ll 7‘





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little group of pious men and

women of the Fatherland began to di‘

‘rect their attention to the land of

great forests—the American wilder-

ness——and the name of Michigan be-

came a familiar sound to them. They

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without tourist travel which spills

money on the way; without the pros-

perity incident to manufacturing or

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vertisements, and without boosting

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try of those hardy, honest and God-

.i'eaiing people, who worked diligently

and unceasingly six days in the week

and went to church on Sunday.



The origin of this community and

the motives which prompted these

sturdy people to migrate from their

comfortable homes in the Fatherland

to the western wilderness, make a

strong appeal to our imagination. As

narrated by Rev. Thomas M. Chalmers,

“a cry of need came over the water

from the wilds of America. It was a

cry of an immigration pastor to his

brethren of the Fatherland. He told

them of the religious destitution of

their countrymen scattered as sheep

without shepherds. The appeal took

mighty hold on the heart of a pastor

in Neuendettelsau. His name was Jo-

hann Wilhelm Loehe.





Loehe’s Vision.



"When once Loehe’s vision was turn-

ed toward America he was seized with

sympathy, not only for his pastorless

kinsmen, but for the Indian—~the un-

loved, untaught heathen, sitting silent

and lonely in the shades of Death. He

forbade himself rest until he had sent

a colony of Christian families to pene-

trate the wilderness, to settle among

the redmen, to preach and live the life

of the Master in their midst. His pray-

ers were overheard and a group of

young men, farmers and mechanics,

from Rossnthal and Almuhlthal, offer-

ed themselves for the sacred mission.



“In the meantime a letter had gone

from Loe'he to young Hattsdadt, pastor

of a little church in Monrce, Michigan,

asking him what the church was doing

for the Indians and what it was possi-

ble to do. A cheerful reply followed.

This friendly message decided the lo-

cation of the little colony in the infant

_ state of Michigan. In the winter of

1844-45 the members of the party were

gathered in Neuendettelsau, and reg-

ulations were agreed upon for the con-

duct of the colony in its future home





By James





in the wilderness. A course of relig-

iOus meetings was held, the members

of the colony being grounded in the

evangelical Lutheran doctrines, and

drilled in the rhythmic psalm and

liturgy.



On Sunday morning, April 20, 1845,

they boar-led the sailing vessel Carn-

lina, and in a few hours the. little col-

ony was lost to view of their friends

on the housetops of Bremen. After

seven weeks at sea, in which the ves-

sel encountered six heavy storms; was

driven by the wind at night into col-

lision with another vessel; in which

smallpox broke out on board, carrying

one of the children into the deep, and

threatening the life of their pastor, the

colony landed at Castle Garden on a

glorious Sunday morning.”



Rev. August Craemer, Pastor.



Before leaving New York the young





pastor, Rev. August Craemer, was wed- .





ded to Dorothea Benthien, whose self«

forgetful care of the sick during the

smallpox scourge at sea had won his

heart. The other members of the party

were: Martin Hospel and wife, Lor-

enz Loesel and wife, John K. Weber

and wife, John List and wife, John G.

Pickelmann and wife, John L. Bern-

thal and John Bierlein.



In August, 1845, this little band, trav-

eling by canal and lake, arrived at De-

troit.

on the little sailing vessel, Nelson

Smith, Captain Munson commanding,

for the tar distant settlement on the

Saginaw river. On arriving at the

mouth of the river they met adverse

winds and storm, and after waiting in

vain three days for a favorable breeze,

the men, it is related, resolutely took

lines and waded along the marshy

shores, pulling the vessel to a landing

place at Saginaw City. From this place

a road had been cut through the dense

woods to Bridgeport and Flint. In the

primitive settlement on the Saginaw

the Bavarians excited great curiosity

among the French and English pion-

eers, on account of their peculiar cloth-

ing and strange language. .



They Break Into the Wilderness.



After a short stay at this place the

pilgrims wended their way into the al~

most unbroken Wilderness, following

the trails and the Cass river, under the

guidance of a surveyor who had laid

out the lands they were to colonize,

and at last camped on the banks of

the river about a mile west of the pres-

ent village of Frankenmuth. Their

wanderings were at an end. In this





remote place, fourteen miles from Sag- -





inaw City and twenty from Flint, they

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short time were snugly housed and

had some patches of ground ready for

sowing in the spring. The lands pur-

chased by the colonists from the gov-

ernment, at. a price of $2.50 per acre,

comprised slightly more than a sec-

tion, and of this purchase seventy

acres’were reserved for church and

missionary purposes.



To start a colony in that wilderness

at that early day was no holiday affair.

The land was covered with first-growth

timber, thick and almost'impenetrable,

where the wild deer roamed and the

ravages hunted the bear and ‘wolver-

lne. The great oaks and elms spread

their branches over a thick under-

growth of brush and brambles, while

the towering pines rose like sentinels

above the forest. The hoot of the night

owl, the scream of the crane, or the

howl of wolves broke the stillness and

sent shudders over young and old alike.

The great pests were the myriads of

mosquitoes, while the intense heat of

July and August, and the chills and

ague were enough to dishea‘rten them,

but they held on and called their set-

tlement Frankenmuth—the courage of

the Franconians.



Hardships and ‘Privations Suffered.



They endured great privations in

their forest home, for they had none

of the commodities and conveniences

that are now looked upon as, necessi-

ties of life. The fopen fireplace with

its hooksand pots, was the only means

of furnishing warmth to the cabin and





of cooking their food, while pine torch- j





es lighted the interior at night. Their

main street was only an Indian‘trail





through the forest, where no wagon





could be drawn.‘ They were not expe-

rienced in the rough life of the forest,

and suffered from exposure and illness,

and often for want of proper food. A





’trip to Saginaw City took several days





by canoe on the Cass river, and what

provisions they Were able to buy had

to be brought up the river by the same

means, or carried on their backs from

the road at Bridgeport.



But with all their troubles, hardships

and privations they held resolutely to

their purpose with indomitable cour-

age and determination to make a home

for themselves, their children and gen-

erations to come. They had found

what they sought: freedom, political

and religious liberty, and they were

welcome to the land as they found it.

No autocracy, dukes, barons or counts

made their lives one of misery and

servitude; they could be their own

masters in this land of the free.



They Found an Indian Mission.



Meanwhile they did not forget their

pastor or their religious duties. Al-





most as soon as they were comfortably .

housed they turned to and helped him ‘

build a. block-house containing three

rooms._ The largest room was used as-

a place of meeting for Sunday‘services,

another was the pastor’s study, and

the third was a living-room and kitch-

en combined, 'and was completed in.

time for their first Christmas day ser-

vice. On New Year’s Day, 1846, a bell'

was hung in a tree in front of the-

church, and the little colony rejoiced

exceedingly when its clear tones were

heard calling them together to worship

God in the manner they had been.

taught in the Fatherland. As the con-

gregation increased in numbers the-

building of a regular church was be-

gun in 1846, and was completed in time»

for dedication on Christmas Day. The

dimensions of this log church, which

was the second house of worship erect-

ed in Saginaw Valley, were twenty-six

by forty-two feet. '

Rev. Craemer had already begun his

mission work, and gathered fifteen In—v

dian children from the camps of the

Chippewas close by, and the family of ,

the interpreter, a half-breed by the

name of Jim Grant, all under one roof

in the mission school, which was his

home. But the Indian mission soon

became extinct at this place, because

of the ravages of disease among the

savages, and the few .that were left

soon departed for other places. The

saintly pastor, however, did not relin-

quish his charge, but planted three

other missions, one seventy miles

away. “These missions were visited

every month. Their pastor shrank

from no hardship. Through rain, and

snow, by perils of land and water,





'shaking With the ague, he pursued the

.red man with‘the goSpeI of the lowly '





Nazarene. He slept with them in the

reek and smoke of their wigw‘ams, he

ate with them from their filthy kettles,





as the little colony was to live the life





of Christ in the eyes of the heathen.





This they did; but it was all of little





avail. The colony remained and be-





‘came a prosperous community, but the





red man moved toward the setting sun,

where he still exists, silent and

lonely.”



Increase of the Colony.



During 1846 the ’colony and congre-

gation were increased by over a hun-

dred emigrants, mostly from the neigh-

borhood from whence the first pilgrims

had come. They were directed to this

place by letters sent back from here,

telling about this free country which

held such wonderful possibilities for

the future.



Among the newcomers were the

Hubinger Brothers, who by their craft-

manship as millwrights did much for

the upbuilding of Frankenmuth. In the

following year John G. Hubinger erect-

ed a sawmill on the river, using ma-

chinery brought in sections from Bav-

aria; and in 1849 he opened the first

store in the settlement. ‘ .



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born in the settlement; and on August

28 following, the. eighthdays-old- child

of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Loesel died.

In 1847 another colony of settlers

came in, but part of them settled in

what. is now Frankentrost and Frank-

enlust. The former colony cleared an

opening in the dense forest, and by

their industry were so independent-





8. road to the outside settlements. J





Other Able Pastors.

, The enlarged colony suffered the

loss, in November, 1850, of their be-

loved councilor, friend and pastor, Rev.

August Craemer, who was called to a;

larger field of usefulness as director of

the Theological Seminary at Fort





Wayne, Indiana. He was followed by.





Rev. C. A. Roebbelen, under whom the

second church edifice was erectedult

was a frame building forty by seventy-

two feet in size and twenty-four feet

high inside. It was dedicated withthe

usual ceremonies on September 29,

1852.’ From the old log church, which

afterward was used as a school with

forty-seven pupils, were removed the

beautiful decorations brought from the

old country, including a valuable oil

painting representing Christ on the

Cross, and which now adorns the state

1y St. Lorenz church of this congrega-

tion. At that time the church member.

ship was three hundred and forty-five

persons.



Rev. Roebbelen was succeeded by

Rev. J. A. Huegle; and then began the

long pastorate of Rev. Ottomar Fuer—

bringer, which covered a period of

During this pastor-

ate the present brick church was built

and dedicated in 1880. It is one of the

largest country churches in the state,

being one hundred and twenty-six by

sixty-three feet in dimensions, and its

spire rises to a height of one hundred

and sixty-eight feet and is visible for

miles around. This stately church has

a seating capacity of one thousand.





Upon the death of . the venerable

pastor in 1892, Rev. E. A. Mayer took

charge of the church; and in 1900 Rev.

A. Voss was called as assistant pastor.





Strong Religious Spirit of People.



Three score years and ten and five—-

a span of life—have, passed since the

sturdy pioneers of Frankenmuth clear-

ed away the trees for the first block-

house, and the ring of their axes pro-

claimed the beginning of a new civili-

zation in the wilderness. The little col-

Ony was multiplied many fold and

meanwhile the forests have disappear-

ed. They have emptied their acres of

lumber into the river, while in their

place are flowing fields of grain and

corn, root crops and vegetables as far

as the eye can reach. In a visit to

Frankenmuth you ride on good gravel

roads beside well-kept fences, and see

grist mills, saw mills and cheese fac‘

tories, and frequent herds of sleek

cattle.



But the strongest impression is made

by the robust, sane religious life of the

community, which is devoid of the ar-

tificial cleavage as is often witnessed

in rural districts between the religious

life on 'the one hand and the social or

political life on the other. Instead, a

happy, industrious, religious spirit con-

stitutes the entire life of the place.





' “What is your village population?"

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man.

“About dye hundred,” he replies.

“How many of them are members of

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. race, anyone can win, if he will.

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N May,‘.1916, Russian. soldiers ar-.

I rived in France. To make the‘ jour-v

ney from Russia to France, required





' traveling a distance which _was7es‘ti-





mated at seventeen thousand miles.

They took ship, at Port Dalny and sail-

ed down the Yellow Sea, thence into

the East China Sea. Leaving the East

China Sea they‘entered the South Chi-

na Sea, which took them to Singapore.

Resting at Singapore'a few days, they

embarked again and sailed through

thegStraits of Malacca, and entered

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into the Red Sea, through the Suez

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N the twelfth chapter of Hebrews



the.Christian way is compared to a

race:’ “Therefore, with all this host

of witnesses encircling us, we must

strip off every handicap, strip off sin

With its clinging folds, to run our ap-

pointed course steadily, our eyes fixed

upon Jesus as the pioneer.” That is

a great picture. It‘is taken from the

Roman games, when thousands of peo-

ple would gather to witness the feats

of runners and other athletes. The

Romans and Greeks were especially





‘ fond of long distance running, and the





end of the course was in front of one

of the great stadiums when thousands

of people would be gathered. On the

lowest tier of seats were the emperor

and his court. Next above were the

nobles, then the soldiers, and last, at

the top were the common folk. To Win

a race and be recognized by the em-

peror was the aspiration of every ath-

lete. And, the Bible writer tells us,

the believer is like that. He is running

a race, and if he hopes to win he must

lay aside every superfluous thing—~ev-

ery evil" habit, every indulgence, that

would tend to hinder his speed and his

endurance. And, we are being watch-

ed, too. We are watched by a vaster

throng than ever watched the Roman

games in the days of old. The count-

less thousands of the heavenly hosts

are watching, with eager, sympathetic

interest. It ought to make us speed

up to think of some who are looking

on. There is Stephen, who suffered

the first 'Christian martyr’s death.

There is Elijah, who feared the face

of no man, and there is David, and

there are all the other great souls of

the Old Testament. They are all

watching us. And then think of Paul

and John. With what' eagerness they

are watching our successes and what

pain our failures must give them. And

there are the mighty men of history

who entered into their promised rest

Luther and Savanarola and Wesley

and all the rest. Does it not make the

pulse quicken to think that we are run-

ning a race that these giants have run

before us?





OW, you will note that the run-



ners are determined to win. They

strip themselves of all unnecessary

clothing, of everything that might im-

pede them. They do not have to do

this, they want to do it. - A runner

might run. with overcoat, rubber boots





and muffler on, if he desires to do so. ‘





He wants to

leave the smallest possible margin of





But he is in earnest.





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ual initiative. In, a new part of the





country“; one sees houses and barns





and stumps. Around the house there f .





is a potato patch or a bean patch. ,. But.

when the country has become settled,

the potato patch has become a lawn.‘

There is a swing for the children, and

a hammock for grandmother. That

means that there is a. margin of taste

and art, above the actual necessities.

And in the Christian economy it is

like that. At first, all is stern. ‘fThou

shalt not" do this and that. Then'

comes Christ, and the moral com-

mands still stand, but to them is added

a glorious margin of enthusiasms and

loves.” The runner wants to run the

race, he does not have to. He wants

to lay aside all uSeless habits, all

forms of little sin that lower his effi-

ciency, but he is not obliged to. He





‘ lays aside “every weight.” Some things





are weights that are not sins. ‘





“Our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the

pioneer.” I like that way of putting

it. Jesus was the pioneer in the faith.

He was the only one who ran a perfect

race. He is the master athletexof the

soul. And in looking to Him, wig are

certain of a leader who can bring us

through. And we are always sure of

the greatest success, as we keep our

eyes on him. When a runner begins

looking about, wool gathering, he is

taking big chances. Someone else will

push by him. But the men who have

stamped their generation for good are

men who have not forgotten to keep

their eyes on the great Leader: Knox

in the sixteenth century, Wesley in

the? eighteenth, Lincoln in the nine—

teenth. '





" LIVING THE-M OVER.





BY IDA M. BUN).





What good comes of living them over,

All the wearying, wearing things?

Those phantom shapes from the past,



that hover

So oft about us on night-black wings,

With their thorny thrusts and their

cruel stings?

Who is stronger for bearing a burden

Twice as heavy, or twice as far

As need requires? Lay it down. A'

guerdon 4- ,

Is beckoning you from Hope’s beam-

ing star.





But, oh! the joy of living them over——

The friendly word and the kindly

smile

That, like blooming roses or wind-

blown clover,

Cheer with their

weary mile,

And warm and strengthen our hearts

the while.

For hearts grow stronger when vanish-

ed, pleasure

Lend to the present their afterglow

Of softened light and we catch the

measures

.Of tlhe old-time melodies, sweet and

ow.





fragrance the





Then live them over—the joy and

gladness

Of all that has made the past life

bright

Let their memories banish the care

and sadness

That signal and sigh from a by-gone

night, ' '

And sear the soul with their canker-

blight.

And as ever the changes of time shall

reach us—





Its joy and blessing; its pain and

fret——





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teach us





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’ the train is going down Water Street

tithe switch into Cardigan's yard. By

' L George, they’ve ou‘twitted me!"



' ‘ With the‘agility of a boy he sprang

into hiscloth'es, raced downstairs, and

leaped into Mayor Poundstone’s jitney,

standing in the darkness at the front





_. gate.





CHAPTER XXX.





HE success of Bryce Cardigan’s

plan of getting his rails down

from Laurel Creek depended en-

tirely upon the whimsy which might

seize the crew of the big mogul that

hauled the last load of logs out of Car-

digan’s redwoods on Thursday after-

noon._ Should the engineer and fire-

man decide to leave the locomotive at

the logging-camp for the night, Bryce’s

task would be as simple as turning a

hose down a squirrel-hole. On the oth-

er hand, should they run back to Se-

quoia with the engine, he and Ogilvy

faced the alternative of .."borrowing” it

from the Laguna Grande Lumber Com-

pany’s roundhouse; and that opera-

tion, in view of the [act that Penning-

ton’s night watchman would be certain

to hear the engine leaving, offered dif-

flculties.



Throughout the afternoon, after hav-

ing sent his orders in writing to the

woods~boss, via George Sea Otter (for

he dared not trust to the telephone),

he waited in his office for a telephone-

call from the logging-camp as to what

action the engine-crew had taken. He

could not work; he could not think.

. He only knew that all depended upon

the success of his coup tonight. Fin-

ally, at a quarter of six, Curtis, his

woods-boss rang in. ‘



“They’re staying here all night, sir,”

he reported.



“House them as far from the log-

lauding‘ as possible, and organize a

poker-game to keep them busy in case

they don’t go to bed before eight

o’clock,” Bryce ordered. “In the mean-

time, send a man you can trust—Jim

Harding, who runs the big bull-donkey,

will (lo—down to the locomotive to

keep steam up until I arrive.”



He had scarcely hung up when Buck

Ogilvy came into the office. “Well?”

he queried casually.



“Safe-o, Buck,” replied Bryce.

about your end of the contract?”



“Crowbars, picks, shovels, hack-saws

to cut the rails, lanterns to work by,

and men to do the work will be cached

in your lumber-yard by nine o’clock,

waiting for the rails to arrive.”



Bryce nodded his approval. “Then

I suppose there’s nothing to do but get

a bite of dinner and proceed to busi-

ness.”





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"How





(Continued next week).





Sunshine Hollow Items

By Rube Rubicon





Flossie McGraw has taken the pic-

ture of Woodrow Wilson out of the

frame over the fireplace and substi-

' tuted a picture of Abraham Lincoln.

She says she got tired of apologizing

for things the administration does

which gets blamed onto Wilson. But

nobody kicks about Lincoln and so she

has peace when the neighbors come

over and ’see the picture over the fire-

place. Timothy, her husband, has

saved the ~Wilson picture becauseyhe

says that'his grandchildren can put it

up in the parlor and by that time the





kickers will be kicking about some- .





thing else and treating Wilson tali- and

decent. ,



At thedistrict school picnic, Martha

Peters started laughing with her

mouth full of milk. Finally her lips

gave away right in front of Parson

Talon-m. The Parson couldn’t swim

,.and was near)y ruined by what hap-





 





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i“ S a rule we farmers don’t give

‘ much thought to the value





of our time. But we sud-

denly realize that time is worth

money, when milking the cows or

' mixing the feed keeps us from bigger

iobs, out in the fields.

‘ “Last year I made up my mind

that I would look for a farm plant

with power enough to do real work.





The one I picked was the Western





Electric Power and Light Outfit,

and please notice that putting the

word Power first in the name

describes the outfit very well.

It is powerful. But I’m not going

to praise it up to the skies. I just

want to describe this outfit and the





The Western

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uum Sweeper

clean; your

house quickly

and easily.





A Western Electric lam post outside

mean: an up-to-date f armer inside. J





work it is doing for me, and let

you judge whether it would suit

your needs too.





The battery lasts lonéer



“It is the ‘tapering charge’ that

makestheWestern

Electric battery

last so long. The

charge doesn’t

strain the bat-

teries, because as

they fill, the cur-

rent gradually

slacks up by it-

self. These bat-

teries are power-

fultoo. They can

run my portable





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motor for hours and hours on a "





single charge. Or they can operate

ten electric lamps for thirteen and

a half hours.





"Then there is the generator,





built for endurance and hard work.

In fact, it will run such a combina-

tion as an electric iron,twenty lamps

and a one-sixth horsepower motor

just as long as you keep it going.

“With the batteries and the gen-

erator working together, you just

add the capacity of both. That ex-

plains how I can ‘use electricity to

milk the cows, separate the cream,





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any electric lamp .





churn the butter, turn the grind-l

stone and pump water.





The powerful engine is a:

big help

“The Western Electric Outfit,I

has an extra size',

engine, with a

pulley all ready

to be hitched up to

alot of themachin- .

cry I used to turn

by hand. So taken ‘

all in all, you can ~

see how I save ;

at least three .

hours a day for '

work in the field. .

A n d i n t h e s e .

times when farm- hands are so ~

few and far between, it is mighty :

important to have this dependable '

help that my electric power outfit

furnishes."





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By R. G. may





HE fa1m dog has a large place in



the heart of the boy. The dog



is his companion during work

and play. The dog loves the boy and

worries when he is away from home.

The boy often finds the dog one of his

best-loved chums and one of the strong

attractibns that holds him to the farm.

A dog can be Ifiade useful by proper

care and training or it can be a nuis-

ance because of its behavior.. Every

boy wishes to have his dog liked by

the other members of the household

and he can do a lot to properly train

the dog.



The dog’s training must begin at an

early age. When a dog must be pun-

ished, go to the dog and do not call

the dog to you and then punish him.

If he receives punishment for coming

when called he may lose confidence in

his master. He should be punished as

near as possible to the scene of wrong

doing. Then he is more apt to know

the cause of the punishment.





Always use the same commands,

such as charge, lie down, get up, etc.,

when teaching the dog its first lesson.

This avoids confusion and the animal

soon learns the simple acts that are

expected of him. When teaching a dog

to charge, press down on the back at

the time of giving the command. When

the act is performed reward the ani—

mal with praise. The tone of the voice

and the manner of the dog’s master

soon are understood by the animal.

Praise is appreciated and the dog wags

its tail, barks and rolls over and shows

its appreciation. Censure is also soon

understood and the dog hangs its tail,

skulks away and shows it shame for

Wrong doing.



Dogs should be given no privileges

While pups that they cannot have

throughout life. The little pup that is

allowed to jump into the chairs and

sofa will dislike losing that privilege

when grown up. Such a habit is diffi-

cult to break. Worrying stock and

chasing chickens cannot be allowed

and the habit is easily broken by whip-

ping and scolding at an early age.



The dog has a very sensitive ear. Do

not allow playmates to whistle, shout

or blow in the dog’s ear. It is a form

of cruelty to the animal. They also





have sensitive nostrils which cannot

stand rough treatment without much

pain. .



A small A-shaped kennel is of great

value in keeping a farm dog under con-

trol. A long swivelled chain attached

to the side of the kennel will enable

the dog to take some exercise. At

night it will be under control as is nec~

essary under the state dog law. Dogs

are not allowed outside between sun-

set and sunrise unless with their care-

taker and this means that a small ken-

nel is necessary or the dog must spend

the night in the house.



Keep the kennel in the shade during

the summer and provide a dish of cool

water for the dog. Dogs can stand

much cold, especially breeds like the

Collie or Airedale. They cannot stand

draughts or dampness and the kennel

must have a dry floor and be some-

what protected from cold raw winds.

A dog that is kept in the house soon

becomes house broken and will learn

its place. A box in the cellar or wood

shed will be all the sleeping quarters

it will need.





Many dogs are overt’ed, especially





when the family is large and there are,





many table scraps. Other dogs are

only half fed and are forced to forage

for part of their living. Both condi-

tions are bad and lead to sick dogs.

Oatmeal, corn meal and skim-milk can

form the basis of the dog’s diet. -. Add

bones when they are available but do

not give the dog much meat. Many

dogs get along without much of any

meat and they are healthy and vigor-

ous. Three meals a day are about

right for a young pup. Two meals a

day are enough for an old dog. Some

owners only feed a mature dog once a

day and find that it is sufficient.





Fleas are an unneCessary pest that

may trouble the dog and also the fam-

ily. Moisten a cloth with kerosene oil

and wipe all over the dog’s hair. Where

the oil touches a flea the pest will be





killed. After the oiling take a comb

or brush and thoroughly comb out all

of the fleas. Have the dog stand on a

paper and burn the paper after the

treatment. All of the fleas can be

combed out by carefully working

through the hair. Then keep the ken-

nel free from dust and dirt or the in-

festation will soon be back on the dog.

A therough spraying Of the kennel

with a commercial coal- tar compound

will destroy fleas.





Distemper causes the loss of many

good dogs. It can often be prevented

by keeping the dog clean and vigorOus

and properly fed. Also keep it away

from other dogs, especially town dogs

which have had the run of the streets

AIdog that is sick with distemper

should be isolated in a kennel or room

that will hold as near as possible to

sixty degrees temperature. The dog

must receive good nursing and not be

allowed to run and .romp until cured.





Small cuts and scratches can be

washed with peroxide of hydrogen if

they are located where the dog can-

not easily lick them. Dogs are won

derfully successful in treating their

own wounds when they can be reach—

ed. In such cases the trouble can

safely be left to the dog and healing

will rapidly take place.





Often an unthrifty condition of a

dog will be due to intestinal worms.

Then it pays to buy one of the com

mercial worm medicines which can us

ually be procured at any drug store

and used according to the direction

on the bottle. Frequently worm medi

cine will turn a thin dog into a husky

vigorous specimen in a short time.



The great usefulness of the farm dog

is as a watch dog. It will give warn—

ing when intruders appear and often

frighten them away without the farm

owner knowing of their presence. By

sending the dog after hawks that

swoop low on a poultry range the dog

will soon learn to run. and bark be-





patience to train a dog right.





neath every hawk that appears and the

bird under these circumstances will





seldom dare to come near enough to,





the earth to steal a chicken.



Placing the kennel near” poultry

houses is great protection to the

birds. A good dog is also of value in

keeping down the rats, weasels, wood-





chucks and skunks, which have littler





value on the farm.



The’farm boy can take much pleas-

ure with a pure- -bred dog but just about

as much with a cross- bred dog if it is

of good type and intelligence. Scrub

dogs are not always as scrubby as they

look. They are sometimes very bright

and vigorous and capable of learning

many tricks as well as useful acts,

such as watching the farm or rounding

up stock. Often the dog that is classed

as a mongrel cur bears a bad reputa-

tion because of bad training.



Boys can learn much about patience

and self-restraint in their efforts to

train an unruly pup. The boy who has

thoroughly mastered his dog and

taught it useful and interesting tricks

has something of which to be proud

because everyone does not have the

A dog

that is properly trained to stay at





home and be usefu\1,is a great source .





of satisfaction to the boy on the farm.





 





 





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ONE boy I know of used to stop at a.



farmer's house where a very in-

quisitive woman lived. She used to

“pump” that little fellow dry every

time she could. One day she asked

him something about the home affairs.

“My Mamma doesn’t want me to tell,”

came back the answer very quickly,

but modestly and firmly, and that was

the end of that woman’s quizzing the

boy. She found out that he knew

where the line was between what

should and should not be told away

from home and was bound to stand by

it. There is no finer quality for boy

or girl than that of upholding the right

always and everywhere. The home is

the boy’s castle, as well as the man’s.

The best, perhaps the only way he can

defend it is to be true to father and

mother.——-E.





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the outlay of energy and capital, no 1)

theirs.





ranch of agricultural extension
FA‘RMERS' NEWS INTERESTS.





_ (Continued from page 436).

New York district, which is not large.

there is a serious car shortage. Not

more than fifty per cent of the cars

needed to move the crop have been

supplied by the railroads. Instant ap-

peal to the interstate commerce com-





 





without results.

’ commissioner of foods and markets,

. charges the failure to furnish cars to

i" poor administration by the interstate

commerce commission.



A delegation of Illinois farmers, ac-

companied by former Assistant Secre~

tary of Agriculture Vrooman, recently

came to Washington in an effort to

pursuade the interstate commerce

commission to compel the railroads to

supply cars needed to move the wheat

crop. It was shown that the roads are

sending only a small portion of the

cafrs required into the wheat districts

of the middle west.



The proposition to organize four

thousand farm loan associations of the

United States into a national organiza-

tion, with headquarters in Washing-

: ton, is meeting the strong opposition of

the federal farm loan board of the

}‘ treasury department. The board on-

.) jects to the National Union of Farm





Dr. Eugene A. Porter,





Loan Associations making an annual

charge of ten dollars to the farm loan

association joining the union. The

federal farm loan board has notified

I farm loan associations throughout the

_, , country that no funds of the associa-

i tions can be used for this purpose. It

‘ p is also the opinion of the board that

| as there is no authority in the farm

loan act for such an organization, the

payment of ten dollars a year from the

funds of the local association would be



‘ contrary to the land loan act.





W. W. Flannagan, former secretary

. of the federal farm loan board, and

z" treasurer of the National Union of

‘ .~ Farm Loan Associations, answers the

5 ' treasury officials by saying that “as to

‘no authority being disclosed’ by the

act, for such voluntary alliance as the





mission in Washington was made, but .





 





 





National Union of Farm Loan Associa-

tions, it should not be so expected, nor

is it desirable that such special author<

ity should exist. The case is entirely

parallel to the organization of the na-

tional and state banks into the Amer-

ican Bankers’ Association. No author-





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ity for such organization is disclosed!

by the examination of the national:

) bank act, and yet practically all the'

" commercial banks of the country are

members of that association. Such

special authority in the act is undesir-

able, for the reason that it would be

subject to the construction of preclud-

ing all other voluntary 'organizations

except the specific one named.





Chairman L. F. McFadden, of the

house committee on banking and cur-

rency, has given notice that, “owing to

the numerous requests which have

been made by live stock associations,

farmers’ organizations and the farm

press for a judicial hearing on bills to

be presented by them to the special

short-time rural credits committee cre-

ated by the agricultural appropriation

act at the last session of the sixty-

sixth congress, “any personal rural

credits bill which may be presented on

or before October 25, 1920, to the house

committee on banking and currency,

will be presented by him to the spe-

cial cemmittee, and he will use his

best eflorts with the other members of

the special committee to grant such

requests for a judicial hearing. He

also suggests to the other members of

the committee that November 8, 1920,

be the last day on which answers to

such bills may be filed by the interests

which would be adversely affected by

the bills. It is probable that Repre»

sentative McFadden will be chairman .

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UR nation likes a leader who

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and eminence against odds. And



better still, it likes it if his wife has

been a real part and parcel of his suc-

cess.





Back in the 1880’s, in the thriving

county seat of Marion county, Ohio,

there lived a merry maid, whose fath-

er, Amos Kling, was the town’s “rich”

business man. He had ambitions for

his daughters, Hadessah and Florence,

to marry rising young business men or

sons of prosperous fathers like him-

self. He educated them in music and

provided them with other advantages,

while their thrifty mother sought to

make them capable house mistresses

like herself. “Dess,” as the older sister

was nicknamed, dutifully married a.

“rising business man,” but the merry

madcap, Florence, fancied an impecu-

nious young printer named Warren

Harding, who had come recently to

Marion from a little burg, Blooming

Grove, in the adjoining county of Mor-

row, and set up as a job printer with

type obtained for nothing by sorting

the cases for other printers in town.



Young Harding was the son of a

country doctor who eked out his in—

come with a little farm. On this farm

the boy W‘arren hoed corn, bugged p0-

tatoes, and milked cows until in 1879,

at the age of fourteen years, he went

to nearby Iberia where there was a

sort of college and high school, from

which he graduated in 1882, having

helped himself through school by set-

ting type for the village paper, and

“working out.” for farmers. Two years

later found him riding a mule into Mar-

ion to sell it. And there he staid.

Presently the Harding family moved

there, for Warren had gone into busi-

ness by acquiring part interest in a

funny little one-sheet paper called

“The Pebble.” Soon he bought out his

partners for $150, and set out to devel-

op a real paper. It was pretty uphill

work for some time; “dollars looked

as big to him then as skyscrapers,” so

Marion folks say. He worked eighteen

hours a day and often slept in his little

shop.



It was at this time that he became

acquainted with the merry maiden,

Florence Kling. And about this time

Florence was worrying her mother

some because she did not take so read-

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arts as was thought proper for a nice

girl, as she did to riding her father’s

horses and managing good times gen.

erally. Florence did not care so much

for “show” as she did for interesting

companions, and it did not take her

long to get to liking young Harding

more than her father liked to see. Con-

sequently “that trifling printer” was

not welcome at the Kling mansion.

Things went on this way for some

time, Florence’s faith in the young

man increasing with the years, and his





Copyright Edmonston. Washington, D. 0.

Mrs. Warren G. Harding.





determination to win her becoming re-

lentless. Florence gave music lessons

and earned “money of her own,” and

,Warren dug and delved until finally a

house could be furnished. In it they

were married and started that wedded

housekeeping that may land them in

the White House.



Florence Kling Harding’s merry

twinkle of the eye hid a resolute will

and her capability and courage that

made her a real partner for her hus-

band. She worked with him in the

print shop; she gathered notes of

goods and wares from the town mer—

chants and helped to get up good ad-

vertising copy; she kept accounts and

collected bills; she reported social do~





 





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‘ “Trall’s End " Country Home of Gove rnor Cox Near Dayton, Ohio.





ings, etc., the While her husband wrote

editorials, boomed Marion business in—

terests, set type, “made up,” and ran

the press.



Meantime the young wife managed

to keep the house so it was a real

home to them and to their friends.

The Hardings had no children but

their home has been a popular rendez-

vous (or young people.



When “The Pebble” developed fin-

ally into the prosperous Harding Pub-

lishing Company and the daily “Mar-





 





Copyright Underwood & Underwood

Mrs. James M. Cox.





ion Star,” the-modest home was im-

proved, the big front porch that has

already become famous was put on,

the “Star” editorials began to be quot-

ed abroad in the state and Marion

county folks, grateful for the‘prosper—

ity that they felt their live town paper

had brought them, sent the editor to

the state senate for two terms

(1900=04).



Then the party thought so well ,of

him that it made him lieutenant-gov-

ernor (1904-06). And in 1914 the peo-

ple of Ohio voted to send him to the

United States Senate, where he is now

serving his third consecutive term.



We have not gone into discussion of

details of Senator Harding’s public ser-





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vice. This article has aimed simply

to present the fundamentals of the

family that the reptiblican party has

nominated to head our government for

the next four years. They represent a.

type of persevering ability and real

worth that one cannot help but admire.

‘ The Othei Ohio Family.



Mrs. Margaretta Blair Cox had no



such part in her husband’ s success as





 





 





did Mrs. Harding, for she is a young .





wife of Mr. Cox’s middle age. It has

been his mother and sister who have

been his feminine inspiration. ‘ When

his daughter and son were young

things their mother chose to divorce

their father, then to the mother and

sister came the responsibility of rear-

ing the children, Helen, now Mrs. Ma-

honey, and “Jimsy,” who lives at the

Dayton county home, “Trail’s End,”

with the young step-mother and the

new little sister, Anne, eight months

old, and father, when he has time to

get away from “governor-ing” over at

the state capital.



Mr. Cox started “Trail’s End” with

the expectation of establishing his

mother as mistress there, but she did

not live to see it finished. Then, after

Frank B. Willis had defeated him in

the race for a second term as governor-

of Ohio, he went down to Hot Springs,

Va., for a week’s rest, and promptly

got beaten again, this time in a horse‘

back race with an auburn-haired girl

from Chicago, there with her aunt. He

had intended to stay only a week, but

he stayed a month, and then got to go-

ing to Chicago for frequent visits, and

the finishing of “Trail’s End” was re‘

sumed, for a mistress was coming to

take charge of it. And when Mr. Cox

became governor again there was a

governor’s lady for the “gubernatorial

mansion.”



But Margaretta Blair Cox, the au-

burn-haired, brown-eyed girl-wife of

Governor James M. Cox, prefers

“Trail’s End” to Columbus and the

gubernatorial mansion. Strangely

enough, too, for she was brought up a.

Chicago city girl except as she spent





summers at her wealthy father’s sum-





mer home in the country. Though she

was brought up as a rich man’s daugh-





ter, she has not escaped responsibility, .i





for soon after she finished school, her



mother died and the management of



her father’s homes fell to her, the fam-

(Continued on page 458,.





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l
N October Michigan is. at its loveli-

est". In planning your month, plan

time to enioy the‘ontdoors if only for

five minutes each day.

~_‘ ” ’ if your neighborhood has. no club 0r

social organization, start something.

You can get aid by writing the Michi-

gan Community Council, Perkins Bldg.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, or by writing



the extension department of the Mich-

igan Agricultural College, at East Lam

sing. Your school commissioner can

help you if you ask him.

Visit your school at least once this

month. If you have children try to

make it every week, but go once.

Evenings are long and indoor occu-

pations in order. Start a family read-

ing circle. The tendency to sensation-



al action and plot is robbing us of our

love for the classics. Insist that the

children listen while someone reads



- aloud from Dickens, Scott, Thackeray,

Stevenson, even Carlisle and Macaul-

ey. Have them take their turn at

reading. They may miss much, but

they cannot fail to derive benefit from

the careful writing.

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y no library in your town or county, and



you cannot afford to buy. Many coun-



. , ties now have traveling libraries. Per-



haps yours is one and you don’t know



it. Ask some of your officials to find 1



out for you.



October means last days of canning.



If you have always dried your pump-



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enough with the manufacture of flour to see these things—but

if you are a skilled home baker they will be apparent to you.

As the flour is, sowill be the bread, the rolls, the biscuits and

the pastry.





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ily consisting of her father, three

brothers and herself, the only daugh-

ter in the family. To this family was

later added an uncle‘ and a boy cousin

when the aunt died. Therefore she did

not come to “Trail’s End” without con-





 





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siderable experience in managing so home and family. Little Anne, whose

large an establishment. Dayton peo- clothes were all made by the young

ple tell of seeing her. sometimes driv- mother and Mr. Cox’s sister, receives

ing a little yellow truck into town to personal care by her mother, although

do her own marketing. She is an ex- a trusty nurse maid is there to leave

pert auto driver as well as horseback her with on occasion. Mrs. Coxseems

rider. And sometimes when the cook to care little for society, and the state

has left, she goes into the kitchen and capital fashionable set has been rather

prepares the meals. One day recently disappointed about this. But the re—

a caller is reported to have found her sponsibility of two big‘ houses, enter—

lamenting because a storm of the pre- taining for the governor’s political con-

vious night had knocked off the rasp— venience, and being a real mother to

berries which she had intended to put Anne, was plenty big enough job for a.

up that day. young wife, don’t you think?





“A Merry Heart”





T seemed tome when the woman it is a poWer that all too few people



told me her reason for marrying the possess.



man she decided upon, that her There are two sorts of cheerfulness,

judgment was lame. She was a widow and we often fail to differentiate one

of course, or she wouldn’t have reap from another. There is the cheerfulv

soned itr out—you never do the first ness of young children, who knowing 3

time. you just blithely leap in. no troubles, are filled with laughter. . i



“He’s always cheerful, and he says This sort is shared by some adults who a» ,

the little pleasant nothings you like either lack the power to see conditions i’ l

to have folks say to you. You may which do not affect them directly, or

know perfectly well they don’t mean seeing them, take the attitude that it

a word of it, but it smooths things out, is none 0f their affair, or that it is'the

and keeps you feeling pleased with will of God, and therefore should not

yourself. And that’s half the battle, affect their happiness. And there is

isn’t it?” the better form of cheerfulness, which.



To marry a man because he said seeing and knowing the misery in the

“soft nothings,” when you had already world, resolutely sets itself against

been married once and knew that life discouragement and keeps cheerful in

is real and life is earnest in double spite of conditions which cannot be

harness, seemed to me the height of overcome. It is this cheerfulness which

folly. There were other men who we should all cultivate as a protection

would have liked to console that par- against the. petty irritations 0f every-

ticular widow. They had bank ac~ day life. It is the only‘ thing which can





counts and steady jobs and income keep us from growing pessimistic,

property and pleasure cars, while this morbid, introspective, and can save us





wight was a better spender than he from falling into a loveless Old age.



was an earner, and his only piece of Little annoyances are bound to come

property was mortgaged. But the wid- t9 all Of us. No 938 can. count on a

ow passed over the substantial quali- hf? free 9f the daily grind 0f little

ties of her other admirers, and mar- things thh vex and annoy. But we





ried the man who was always cheerful. can lessen the pin pricks if we take

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soul craves, and still keeps her happy.

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than Ta'n‘ theimalth‘. in the world: ‘And
ARKET poultry requiring fatten- -

ing must be fattened in coops or

pens where they will receive lit»

tie exercise. Green food is not of val-

ue. in a fattening ration. ‘In fact, it

. will only take up room in their crops

, V which is needed for. fat-producing

toads. Fowls will increase in weight

‘,,on a diet of corn meal and sour milk

-. mash. The meal is better than whole

‘_ corn.

According to Cornell the high-pro-

ducing hen has a full bright waxy

comb and wattles. The face is thin



: and the beak, eye rings, ear lobes and

face are pale. The good hen has a full

ear lobe and a bright round eye. The

hen that should be culled out of the

: flock will have small hard dried comb

and wattles. The face will be fat and



' the beak, eye rings, ear lobes and face

will be yellow. The ear lobes will be

wrinkled and the eyes dull and snaky.





Clean, spray and sun the nests. Then



3 fill them with plenty of clean litter.

.- Half empty nests may result in broken

eggs and this often, teaches hens the

egg-eating habit. Dirty nests will mean

dirty eggs and they cannot be washed

without destroying the protective film

which nature has made to help keep an

egg fresh and wholesome.





Hens have scaly legs because of a

parasite which works beneath the

l scales. Sometimes wiping the legs

i : with a rag soaked in kerosene oil will

i effect a cure. In severe cases the

'3‘ scales can be soaked up with warm wa-

ter and soap and much of the incrusta-

tion removed. Then wipe them with

/ lard and gasoline to kill the pests.

l . When once removed the hens will have

‘ - little trouble with scaly legs if the

houses are clean and dry.





, Preserving Eggs.

,“_ Never try using last year’s water-

' glass solution for another lot of eggs.

Be sure and take your own cans or

bottles to the druggist when buying

waterglass. It is better to furnish your

own receptacle and save money. Earth-

enware jars are necessary to preserve

the eggs in the best condition. The

solution is made by using one part wa-

terglass to nine parts of water which

has been boiled and cooked. 1} gallon

of waterglass will make enough solu-

tion to preserve fifty dozen eggs. ’

As a. little speculation better than

oil stock we recommend putting down

about fifty dozen eggs now while they

are worth around fifty cents per dozen.

Sell them about Christmas time when

quality eggs are high and scarce. Sell

them for exactly what they are—water-

glass eggs. And let the quality prove

to the customer that they are better

than cold storage eggs sold in the store.

/ If the eggs are sold for seventy-five

.. 1 cents, that means $12.50 profit, less the

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putting down and fishing them out of

the crooks. That’s not much money,

: but there isn’t much easy money in

(l ‘ the business of producing food, and

' i every dollar counts.

. A hen has a bodily temperature of

106% degrees and she is protected by

a thick coat of warm feathers. When

the bird is well fed and living in a on

still air, her body generates enough

heat to keep her feeling fine and the

feathers keep the heat from leaving too

rapidly. A hen exposed to the wind

soon suffers from the shock caused by

' the feathers blowing out and exposing

the warm skin to cold air. This means

that windbreaks are useful on poultry

ranges and draughts must not be per-

mitted in poultry houses. Fresh clean

cold air is healthful to (owls. Damp

.mlean air is 'unhealthful whether

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vitality and red blood that’s re-

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good health, good appetite and good digestion.

Pan-a-ce-a does for a moulting hen—gives her





appetite and good digestion, so that she’ll eat more and digest more.





Helps





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your poultry through the moult.—And starts your pullets and moulted





hens to laying.





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produce appetite and good digestion—Tonics that

organs—Iron that gives a moultlng hen I‘lCh, red





and a red comb: It contains Internal Antiseptics that destroy disease





germs that may be lurking in the system.





Pan—a-ce-a helps your poultry to stay at

. become run-down, pale and thin. That’s why a Pan-a-ce-a hen gets back

on the egg job quickly instead of sitting





N0 disease where Pan-a-ce-a is led

par during the moult. They don’t





around all fall and winter as a bill





of expense while regaining her normal vitality.





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Rhode Island Whites .

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7 head in calf to a 36-lb. grandson





of May Echo Sylvia.

5 bred to a 33-1b. son of King Ona.





fibred to a 3o—1b. son 0f King Segis





ontiac Konigen.

Cows with records to 32.92.





Heifers from dams with records to





34.53-

Bulls from 30.72, 31.24 and 32.98

pound dams.





40 cows and heifers in calf to bulls

whose dam have records from





30-45 lbs.





Every animal in sale this comes





from a herd that has passed at least





one clean test. under state and

federal supervismn.





1 EAST lANSlNG, WED., OCT. 20th





75 Choice Registered Holsteins, in—

cluding I4 daughters of Sunshine

Clothilde Pontiac Lad, an excellent

sire rich in the blood of Pontiac

Korndyke and DeKol 2nd’s Butter

Boy 3rd, and 8 cows in calf to him.

7 cows in calf to Model Glista King

Segis, grandson of King Segis, out

of a 35-lb. daughter of a 31-lb. cow.





* DWUSSU, THURS., UBTUBER 218!





80 choice cows and heifers, includ-

ing IO daughters of Johan Hen—

gerveld Lad and I4 cows in calf to

this great sire.



6 daughters of Maplecrest Banos-

tine Application.



Cows with records to 31 pounds.





 





 

 





 





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learn. of a family that is until]! vital

connection with the church, which

raises five to eight thousand dollars a

year for its work. The inhabitants of





Frankenmuth are worthy of their par-

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Schools.



The Lutheran church believes in the

parochial school system as the very

foundation of its religious life. Since

nearly all the rural population is de-

voted to the church and its principles

governing the community, this system

has.practically supplanted the district

school. The congregation of St. Lor-

enz has given much attention to edu-

cation and has equipped its schools

with all modern appliances so that

they measure up well with the stand-

ard for country Schools. This is evi-

dent by the fact that in three consecu-

tive years one of the pupils of the par-

ochial schools received the prize for

the best eighth grade examinations in

rural schools of Saginaw county. As

a result of high efficiency attained, the

people of Frankenmuth are very much

exercised about the proposed legisla-

tion to deprive them of their just right

to educate their children along princi-

pies and methods of their choosing.



Eight schools are maintained by St.

Lorenz church in various parts of the

township, all under highly educated

and proficient teachers, some of whom

have served faithfully for years. These

are men with families and for them

comfortable houses adjoining the

schools are furnished free. The school

enrollment of Frankenmuth township

is three hundred and eighty-five.





The Civil Organization.



Although the first settlement was

madein the vicinity of the spot where

St. Lorenz church now points'its spire

skyward, that place was not destined

to be the site of the village of Frank-

emnuth. One mile further up the river,

where the Cass bends in an almost

perfect right angle, there were rapids,

and here the Hubingers made a dam

of logs and rocks, so as to create a wa-

terfall which they utilized as motive

power for their saw mill and subse-

quently a grist mill. In a few years

a cluster of houses appeared near the

mills, and this place gradually became

the village of Frankenmuth.



On January 31, 1854, the territory

now comprising the township of Frank-

enmuth was organized out of Bridge-

port, and George Schmidt was elected

supervisor; George A. Ranzenberger,

clerk; John A. List, treasurer, and the

first two Officers named, and John M.

Arnold were' the first Justices of the

peace. These first officers were elect-

ed on a nonpartisan basis, and proved

very faithful to their public duties, and

they soon evolved from the wilderness

a. system of roads and other improve-

ments that laid the foundation for the

prosperous township today.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





the power was easily available} j

tensive forests of cork pine adjacent

to the Cass, which made its name wellf

known in the lumber trade, furnished;

the timber from which practically all;

the village and farm buildings were

built. In summer the sawmill was run

night and day whenever there was a

good head of water, and many million.

feet of boards were sent to Chicago

and other markets. On the site of the»





   





old grist mill there stands today a, :9





modern and perfectly equipped roller

mill. An old steam mill a few rods up ' i

the stream still cuts ‘a considerable





part of the lumber used by farmers





and townspeople in new construction.

Another saw and planing mill issituat—

ed at the west end of the village on

the road to Saginaw.



In good roads Frankenmuth is a lead-

er among the townships of Saginaw

county. Long before the hard road sys-

tem was adopted about twenty years

ago, the main roads in Frankenmutn

were the best in the county; and today ,

under the county system are uniformly

in good condition. For a stretch of one

mile through the village the north and

south road is a concrete pavement

with curbing, and in some places as

wide .as a city street. This speaks . ,

well for the progressive policy of the

village and township.



Other activities are a mutual fire in

surance company, a workingmens’

club, two singing societies, an. excel-v





lent cornet band, a base ball club and t.‘





a women’s mutual benefit society.



The township of Frankenmuth has

the distinction of being the only town-

ship in Saginaw county to return to .

the treasurer its yearly tax roll fully i ‘

paid, without a single delinquent. This .

has been the practice for a number of

years, and is a matter of pride of the





sturdy and prosperous farmers and vil~





lagers. It is a convincing proof of the

thrift and communistic spirit of the .

people, and reflects the good business

traits and principles which have gov-

erned the community since the days of

Loehe and Craemer.



Celebrating Their Seventy-fifth Anni.



' versary.



On ‘August 15-16 the good people of

Frankenmuth and St. Lorenz celebrat»

ed the seventy-fifth anniversary of the

founding of their prosperous commu~

nity. The church and the spacious

grounds surrounding it was the scene .

of impressive ceremonies, which open— ‘ '

ed on Sunday morning.





‘

Frankenmuth’s first white child born '





in the settlement, John Pickelmann,

who first saw the light of day under





the spreading branches of a huge oak V -





tree, was present at the festivities,

sharing with Phil Gruet the position , ,,

of guest of honor. White haired, but "

keen of eye and alert of mind, Mr. ,,

Pickelmann joined in the celebration .1.

with those people whom he had seen '

come to the little village in the forest,





 

 

 

 





In the vicinity of the dam which the and transform its virgin pine lands l

HUbingers had erected, other indus- into fertile farms. .1, "

tries began to develop because there In his quaint, broken English he told ‘3,





Absolutely Guaranteed Free From Tuber-

culosis. Sold With 60-90 Day Retest

Privilege . Every Consignment In-

spected Before Being Accepted.





 

 

 





 





 

   





 





 





 

 

 

 





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Sales Managed By





The Michigan Holstein-Frisian Association





H. W. Norton, Jr.‘, Field Secretary

Old State Block, Lansing, Michigan.





 

 





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'Michigan problems than with those of

personnel is Gifford Patch, nowr assist-





-in Miss Selma. Bandemer, who is car-

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ham-magiamore. than a slight impres-

- station the trackless wilderness which

confronted them.





make a living. The woods were full

time and heard at night.” ,

Boulders Mark Historic Sites. .

the quaint, old-fashioned

5 tombstones of those who helped trans-

form a primitive wilderness into a

prosperous garden spot, the present





generation, with due respect and rev- _





crence-for the dead, have placed a

great boulder to mark the spot where

the handful of devout Christians built

the little log school and started the

mission among the Indians. Over in

the churchyard of St. Lorenz they have

placed another boulder, and on it is a

bronze tablet bearing the namesgof

those pioneers, that generations to

come may read and have in mind those

who, by hardship and privations and

unceasing labor, made possible a great

future.





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New MEN on M. A. 0. STAFF.





 





LMOST thirty new names grace

the rolls of the various staff ros-

ters at M. A. C. with the opening

.of the college term. Of these approxi-

mately half a dozen affect the farming

interests of the state directly and sev-

eral more indirectly.





Perhaps the most important change

has been the resignation of Miss Mary

E. Edmonds. B. 8., who as dean of

home economics has taken the lead in

.a number of women’s movements in.

_Michigan- during the last few years.I

Her duties have been taken over tem-

porarily by Miss May Person, who re-

turned to the college this fall. Besides

acting as temporary dean, Miss Person

is assistant professor of domestic

science.



The horticultural department has

been much strengthened by the acqui-





“There were trees,





E Mule-Hide

Comfort and

Centent—





There’s a world of comfort and content—

ment in the possession of MULE-HIDE

covered buildings.





The farmer, with his snug buildings protected

as or roll roofing, knows





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sition of two men of note from widely

separated sections of the country—-

Roy E. Marshall formerly of Virginia

Agricultural College, who will special-

ize in pomology, with the rank of asso-

ciate professor of horticulture, and

Newton L. Partridge, from Ames Col-

lege in Iowa, to be in charge of a new

.research division with the grade of

assistant professor. .





Charles E. Cormany has been added





instructor, a step which it is believed

will make for greater efficiency by re-

leasing some of the other crops spe-

cialists for different duties.





The vacancy in the position of farm

management demonstrator caused by

the departure last spring of Charles S.

Graves, who took over the executive

duties at one of the big dairy farms

near Detroit, has at last been filled by

H. M. Eliot, formerly of Texas Agricul-

tural College. M‘r. Eliot, a graduate of

the University of Wisconsin, has spent





at -Madison, and six years in Texas.

He is a Michigan product, however,

having been born near Olivet, andcon-

sequently is even more familiar with





other states.

Another addition to the extension





ant field agent in marketing. .The ex-

periment station also has a new helper





tensor Patten.





more choice bulls which are old enough

for service and sired also by the cham-

pion show and breeding bull Black

Monarch 3rd.





Supervision.





w. n. sealers. Prom.





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by MULE-HIDE shingl

that he has made no mistake, that his buildings are

safe and sound for years to come.





He bought on the strength of that unusual

service record-





“Not a Kick in a Million Feet”





‘and he has proved, through use, that it is no ex-

aggeration, it, is even less than the real truth. He’ll

never kick for he’s satisfied.





When you buy MU LE-HIDE, you buy heavier

and tougher roofing. It is more wear resisting and

satisfying. It meets every requirement.





Ask Your Lumber Dealer





THE LEHQN COMPANY





MANUF ACT





URERS





44th to 45th Street on Oakley Ave.





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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Day: before date of publication





Wildwood Farms

Angum





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





 





 





Our herd is under State and Federal





WILDWOOD FARMS

' ORION. MICHIGAN

swim Sarcasm.





 





 





 





 





 





The chemistry department, one of





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





WOOBCETE ANGUS

. Imported Herd Bulls

.J ELF“ £53? 01' gABRJIES‘I'OlLR £455.47.)





 





monsoon“) LMENY" ‘ “at

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[For sale Registered Guernsey bulls. May





breeding cheap if taken soon Come or

John Ebola 1i. 2





Holland, M ichigzin.





 





SPRING DE





also bull calves thre

Splendid individuals





Indiana.





the Ridge.

first place in class

Abbie of Riverside

Kings Ezulin of Plan

E. J. SM





WHITE BROTHERS.





L FARM GUERNSEYS





For sale; Choice of two bulls two and three years old;

Registered.





8 to twelve months.

and breedingi Prices right.

R. 2, o





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Busto of Smallidge Farm. born

Guernsey Bull Feb. 2 d. 1920. Sire Rennie of

who‘s dam 'l:rixey ol’ the Ridge holds





ICE. in iL-hignn.

is champion o! Mich.

Claire an A. it





. cow.

ALLIDGE. Eau Claire. Mich.





x 20. La Porte.





Grunddnm

Darn May





 





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eral Accredit.





OR SALE





Serviocable May Rose Guernsey Bull. Dam record

5515 lbs. {at 2 yr. old. Priced to sell.





Herds Fed-





Gilmore Brothers. Camden. Mi' h.





 





P bred Guernsey

"’9 Registered :30.

pad in rotation rece

WALTER PHIPPS



Geo. E. Currie, Mgr.





bulls from one to four weeks old.

not registered .5. Orders ship-

ived 0 excuse for sci-uh hulls.

FARM. &) Alfred St. Detroit,





 





DOTTIE'S PRINCE





H. G. RAY.





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nice heifer





 





 





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yearly record of 64'1th buttei‘ fat.





J. M. WILLIAMS.





GUERNSEYS





- tucks '%“m’“’“s'u‘i}“i’=‘lfiili°fm "”“m‘T‘W'





roam





Guernsey hulls from 3 months

For Sale: .





o 8 months old. Their sire is

No. 44696 his dam hasan oflicld’l

. BYER S. Goldwater. Mich.





era] Tnspected. Headed by only





son of Carrie of Hillhurst. exchamnion of A. A

class. .u bulls under 10 mos., l a dandy whose dam in

given over-50 lhs.milk No females to some.





4 mi. east of Albion. Mich.





G U E R N S E Y 311%}; CALVES Wham





dam ma 6





mount-mamas ft. 1‘ h a l - d

made 15,109.10 milk. 775.89 in?“ mm 8" ”es m





HICKS. Battle Creek. Mich.





Registered Guernseys





a 6 montlucfiitd’hnll (W) satisfaction for $100. A





North Adams. Mich.





—- REGIR’TER ED

BULL CALVES





Sock“ 8.“





Long





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Convert Roughage into

Dairy Products with

Purebred Holstein

Cattle





Cows that convert the roughage of

your farm into the best of milk, butter

veal and beef are worth more to you

than cows that are particular about their

food. If you sell your milk for direct

consumption, to a cheese factory, or

condensary, of course, you won’t con~

sider any other breed. When it comes

to butter, bear in mind that the separ-

ator shows that the Holstein cow still

leads. If you have any young stock

you need all that extra skim milk.



.Send for Free Illustrated Booklets.

They contain valuable information to

any Dairyman.



THE .HOLSTEIN—FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION





1“ Hudson Street

Brattleboro Vermont.





 





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In lbs. butternut! 8771‘“): limb
The Winwood Herd





on Nov- lst will move their Herd of

Pure Blood Holsteins to their new

home, 1; miles south of Rochester Mich.

and for the next 30 days we will sell

what bull calves we have cheap as ’We

will be unable to get our buildings com-

plete before winter. So et busy if on

want a son of Flint aplecrest 0y

at your own price.





JOHN H. WlNN, (lnc.)





Roscommon, Michigan





OUR HERD SIRE

Model King Segis Glista





By a 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segis Alban De Kol.

His dam Glista Fenelle 32.3] lbs. Her dam Giista 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.





“TOP NOTCH”





HOLSTEINS





McPHERSON FARMS COMPANY

has raised man great milk cows:—

1 Officially Pro need 842 lbs. milk in 7 days

94 lbs. milk in 30 days

" 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 30 days

100 lbs. milk in 1 day

20854 lbs. milk in 1 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 «months to 2 years

old for sale. Get a “milk” bull, and increase milk

production in your herd.

()ur herds are under U. B. supervision.





McPHERSON FARMS CO., Howell, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





'VVe have whnt you want in BULL CALVES. the large.

fine growthy type, guaranteed right in every way.

They are from high producing A. R. O. ancestors.

Dam's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and

quotations, stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Traverse City, Mich.





An Introduction





Mr. Dairy Farmer, Mr. Holstein Brood" Moot

Klllli Fillll





ALL THREE are working to a common purpose-to in-

crease the production of Michigan Dairy herds. .



We believe all three should work together.



“It: feel sure that no Michigan bull has ever been better

equipped for the work.



We have it on high authority that there are none better

individually.



His three nearest dams each averaged to produce 100 lbs.

butter and 2100 lbs. milk per month for a full lactation per-

iod with an average of 1.857 fat.



His dam is one of Michigan's greatest family-flhree full

sisters that have produced over 30 lbs. butter in seven days.

two of them producing over 700 lbs. milk. and two of them

producing more than 1000 lbs. butter and 21000 lbs. milk in

ten months.



His sire is the direct descendant of three

tions of 30 lb. cows and two generations of

yearly record cows.



His first three sisters to enter yearl test will each

produce more than 800 lbs. butter an 17000 lbs. milk

as heifers.





Let King Flint Help You Improve Your herd Through

One Of His Sons





A son of this great young sire suited to head any

hard in Michigan, grade or purebred. can be secured

in Genesee County and we want them all to stay in

Mirhigan.



Write us about your herd. tell us what you need and

what you feel you can aiford to pay and let us help

you find just what you want in Genesee County, the

center of Michigan’s long distance dairy cattle.





Eenrida Farm Elmorcsi Stock Farm

Waller T. Hill 6.1.. Spillane &. Son Go.





navison, Mich. Clio, Mich.





Superior Holsteins





Bulls all sold but are now booking orders for our

expected fall crop of





Bull Calves

aired by my new herd bull. a grandson of

May Echo Sylvia





My sire’s two nearest dams average over 35 lbs-

butter and 800 pounds milk in seven days.





A. W. COPLAND

Birmingham, Mich.

Herd under state and federal supervision





cluny Stock Farm





Offers the best selection of young bulls from 8 to

12 months we ever raised; out of dams up m29.76

for aged cows and over; 26 lbs. for 2 r. olds.

Yearly records up to 24000 lbs. milk and 000 lbs.

butter. Sued by our Senior Herd Sire. Maple-

crest Application Pontiac, Whose darn made 35

lbs. butter in 7 days and 1344 lbs. butter and

23421 lbs. milk in a. year. or by Dutchland Kon-

i on Sir Rag Apple. our Junior Herd sire. whose



am is a. 30 lb. 10 yr. old maternal sister of Dutchland

Colantha Denver who made 36 lbs. in 7 days and 1315

lbs. butter and 26431 lbs. milk in 1 year. Several carry

the blood of both these sires.



They are extra well fgrown stra ht and right. One

of these at the head 0 your herd s bound to increase

production. ‘





Send for pedigrees and prices.





3. Bruce McPherson, llol‘ioll. flloll





 





 





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1200 lb.





 





 





 





 





 





pound bull.





There are in the herd:

2—30—1b. Cows,





6—Sisters of 30-1b. cows





will have certificate before the sale.





For catalogue, write me,





JOHN B.





“Altadale Farm”

Ada, Mich.

[Close to Grand Rapids





5—Daughters of 30-1b. Cows





 





 

 





rspersion Auction

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16th v





11 O’clock A. M.





44 Registered Holsteins





Having rented my farm, I must close out a herd of Reg-

istered Holstein cattle I have been building for 14 years.

I started using a 27 pound bull; am now using a {32





l—30-lb. Bull





l——~30-lb. Bull





1—30-lb. ‘Bun Calf





and others headed for 30-lb. honors.

I say this because I have bred, raised and developed them all and

have tested only nine head so far with above results.





Have just passed clean, the final test for the Accredited Herd list and





For transportation to the farrn, phone me on arrival. .





MARTIN





Grand Rapids, Mich.





Auctioneer, Col. L. D. Perry





Pedigree Expert, R. A.





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The West Michigan Holstein-Friesian Association sell 115 high class

cattle following Monday at Grand Rapids.





 





 





 





 

 





The Adaptable Cows





JERSEYS thrive everywhere, under all conditions.

You could start a Jersey herd in the Canadian

Rockies and transplant it to Texas without damage

to productidn records.



The Jersey Information Bureau has been established to answer





your questions about Jerseys-the unvarying cows which breed true to.

to increase dairy dollars will be posted in addition. Addresse-





THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 324-R West 23rd Sb. New Yes-l:

An Institution for the Benefit of Every Jersey Owner





   





type. A book on how





 

 





   





   

   

 





 





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‘Jeru‘ .Bulls trom‘n. or Ir. dami “no a:

y. .Norrrgflu‘riii





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Shot-thorns 3”“ “n" l





 





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bnlifiandhelters 3mm

guitar: ion heads herd, one: togtwovyr.

bid by > g l .





a 1% .

.rL iv‘ii‘iii 35‘s.; mic. -





SHORT ,





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a bull that‘wiil put weights. on your dairies.

the difference will soon f th ‘ .

good Scotch and Scotchwoyp or yee him





or 1'9 1

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thermm‘h fuiigrgfpeoc," ”‘rta’fi‘ 13-17 "m

BIDWELL

D,‘ Tecumseh, Michiva





Richland Shorthorns





Imp. _Lorne, Imp. Newton pham ion and

Sterling Supreme in Servxce. e offer

for quick sale: Five Scotch Bulls, best

of breedin . Three whites 91.31000 each‘ One

roan :3; . one red at 8400. No females for

sale. ublic sale Chica 0 ct. 28th. .

. c. H. PRESC TT a. SONS.

Towns, City, Mich.





We Now Have—





a number (it choiceiy bred scotch r l

e for sale also three bulls from 6 to fimsgtlgsf 33

it our herd before buying. Sold 5 calves for 85400.

CARR BROS. A 00., Bad Axe. Mich.





' of 10 t r 30 h . ~

Your Chi-"cc berculix‘i tgsted Jgfie‘é‘fifi sill!





takes the ten and our herd all. Al

have i; mo. bull out or one of these cows having:





s. m .

E. A. LIVINGSTON, R. 10. St. Johns. mob.





' ' BHORTBORNS Cl

Mlu‘m Herds under Federal





STOCK FARM,





 

 

 

 





bred bull. calves

upervision.





 

 

 





Shorthorns 3mm Scotch bred bulls, cows and





eifers prio ed right,

W. B. McQUILLAN, R. 'l. Howell, Mich.





EADOW Hills Shorthorns. Herd headed b i.

M ver King, full brother of Lavender Sultanyfgul‘o

due University’s great sire. or sale males of all

~ ages. a few young bulls. Geo. D. Doster. garner. Mich.



best Bates breed

sale in“





’ ' Sho th f

Mllklng bull: B ggsmoo old for .

E. H. KURTZ. Mason, Mich.

Shorthorns of Merit 2:3 “.333:

for sale. ARTHUR DODDS. Lapeer. Michigan





Eight to to th I

Shorthorn Bulls o, Scowhnggn 02,202

opped breeding. Lawrence P. Otto. Charlotte. Mich.





S HORTHORNS—Imp.

by





 

 

 





Mysie Prince in service bred





 





 





 





J. Dumo, sire bred b W . D this.

sale. , J. a. BARN M.m Ilznion 00303515,:

For Sale 19 Shorthorn registered good breeding





 





‘ will sell chea to i so .

one JENNINGS FXRMOS? (figile§?filhah.





liking Shorthorn 3 m s.h .‘i‘

M and serviceable bulisoat Edggr‘sj’fgizggsmdoheeum





Mich. Shorthorn Asso. Oscar Skinner Bee.thon.illiich.

Polled cattle 1‘

Red cows with calvgsr sale bulls from

G. A.

cattle choice young bulls from6 to 18

o for sale.





flog. lied Pulled m0,

FRANK KEBLER. Grand Ledge, Mich.

Bull calves for sale.





flog. Bod Pollod





 

 





b side and heifer s.

JALHO N, Bronson. Mich.





 





from 3 mos. to





 

 





 





 

 





 





 





lyear old. i ed b F

grand son of Charmer 1919Inigrnat onglmé’ildn‘dham!

plan. WESTBROOK BROS. Ionia. Mich.

fi=

HOGS





 





A select lot of serviceable b0 poo-



hals' Faithful and from iérsé‘iaugfoiishmsoafd by E



THE BUSHROD JOHNSON FARM, Milo. Mich.

ith quality is our special-





 

 

 





 





35Holsleins at Auction 35





On the Farm of C. F. Smith





2% miles north and § mile east

of Hotel Elaine. Lapear. Mich.





Tuesday, October 12, 1920





3 Registered cows,2 Registered bulls. Maple

Crest Korndyke Hengcrveld and Pontiac

breeding. 30 head high grade cows and

heifers. Heifers sired by 27-lb. bull. Most

of these individuals are bred to a Son' of King

Ona, Michigan’s $10,000 bull.





J .M. Cox, H.R.Smith, C.F. Smith, Props.

33.6 ’bs. butter





3350 Terms. Kins»?! L





flebreeding.



I have five re lstered Holstein Frie-

se“ OI' Lease sian bull calvles from A. R. .~dams

from 8 to 4 months old. “King Ona" strain. Will sell

or let out for two years without charge. you to use

for breeding and then return to me ,



J. O. MORRIS, " orris Hills Farms"

Mt. Morris. .





Michigan

We Have,





 





608.) lbs. milk in 7 days aver. of

damsof3 mo. old bull. Price

rest and Pieter-





Redford. hitch.





ontiacs. Ma lee

. McLAULIN,





 





on our Ranch at Olare. several fine

Holstein Bulls at prices ranging

from $50.00 .131th lfurnish pedigrees. The records





for sale. Heifers from 8 to 24





ARDY.





Fill 33" 1 with calf b





from heavy producers





HEREfio





3 heifers for sale of po





PAW PAW,





4 Holstein heifers. 3 2 yrs..old



side others to

takes them all.



. . 3, Howell. Mich.





Holsteins of Quality





monts old. All ~regis.

tered and sold sub ectA to Htuberculin test





Rochester. Mich





l 3 yrs. old,

freshen later





RDS





. ular breeding

also some mce young bu s.





ALLEN BROS.





MICH.





 





HEREFO





this great bull. Also three fine





related to him. Correspondence soil





Cole & Gardner, Hudson,Mich.





RDS





D. S. Polled Herefords





Herd headed by Bonner Bullion. 815933. (18242) non of

grand champion Bullion 4th.





For Sale-A few good polled and horned cows bred to





bull calves not

cited.





 





Herefords BE:¥'.°.”‘F‘&§B°’ ...I





l at head or he

9 yearling an





 





 





of the best. and at prices within reach of all.

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31200 Buys live goodlouig reg Holstein cows. Some

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b

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"c "w‘i'i’LnM oilboiiiz ELL. Saginaw Mich. mar. o.Moo my, “in... Mich.

llolslein $333333“ “:fi..h‘:1l..°"§h‘a.°‘i§3b$t‘ ~ The Wildwood Farm : ,

83.1““ in “damn“ "W"- anenrn'e in: 0%“an Wmnwsm



. o rm 0 . . .. . . ,

q mm“ ”:2? 3 :1.” In!“ ' sale. ii Flynn,“ o- m.Mioh.

80009 . l on 0 1!. y l’ ' '

LED“ "Ill. intend Helga: bull calves. %:glg





sun-ER. “amps? “





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Berkshires 2‘“





W

. Write you to to

M. e. mosiina teens." "3m, Mich.





Registered Berkshi res. Gilts, and Bows bred for A til

May and J une furrow. A yearling Boar and a gew

younger-Spring pigs. Chase Stock Farm.Marlette.lich.





 

 





 





 





urge Berkshires. Rapid gainers. 550 to 600 lbs. 17

mos. First prize Jr. yearling gilt. State Fair. bred

and sold by us. W. . Every. Manchester, Mich.





Fine Registered

9. 3. WE





 

 

 





Berkshire igs for sai

Iprolific, larp litters. 9'

TNEY, errill, Mich.





Brookwaler Duroo Jerseys

BOARS—Ready for Service .





 





 





 

 

 

 





ity. This is your chancet

ualoatreasonablepnces.

Open Gilts

ofchaieebreedingandrighttype.PanamaSpedal,

ThePrinci al4th.0ri9aneg-ry King, and Great

Orionfamries. Nowuthetunctobuybefomfl”

demandtakeoallofthegoodones, . ‘

Write.ul for Prices and Pedi

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BROOKWATER FARM





ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

H. W. Mumford, Owner J. B. Andrews, Mg!-





 

 





 

 

 





 





 





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Davidson A Hall. Bfilnnd a Beland, Tecumseh. Mich. .





4 to 18mos.also ‘





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Spring!“ lealt’l

_ Ct &1 Y > . ,

Detroit. has» mad.Repids and" * ’ ,





Borrowers. '*
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h have farmers of Menistee county

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L . been cleared.

genome» 12 the when d thez:

T. rganlzation will tour the county in a





’ 121:. cows.

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0W hopes of Coun-

ty Agricultural Agent Cad Knopf





at their products were realized this

week when three closely—knit business

associations, known as farm bureau 10‘!





eels, were formed through his efforts '





for the purpose of collective buying

Ind selling.



The first, called the Northern Man-

htee County Local constitutes the set-

tlements of Arcadia, Pleasanton and

Springdele. The central local has its

principal shipping points at Norwalk

and Chief, and the third, at Onekama.

includes territory adjacent to that vil-

ilage.



These cooperative buying and sell:





ring associations have been formulated; '





an a business plan. They are well.

financed and the members are held un-

der bond to keep their agreements“





Acting as collecting agents for various .





products, the cooperative organiza





tions will at the same time distribute .





supplies purchased by managers in

charge. '



Benefits to both grower and consum-

er are promised to result from the plan

which is the first step in a local move-





ment to shorten the gap between the

person who produces and the one who. -





uses with better prices to the grower

and cheaper food for the buyer.

Money for emergency capital is so-

cured for the locals by depositing col-

lateral security notes, non-interest





bearing and payable on demand. They I





are simply a. method 'by which a mem-

ber loans $100 worth of his credit to

his local to be used if required.



More than four hundred cooperative

liarmers’ organizations have been found

i111 the state and are uniformly attain-

ing success because at last they are.

placed on a real business basis. The

chief cause, according to Agent Knopf,

.1301- failure in such ventures previously

has been ascribed to lack of loyalty,

but under the new type of organization

each member is under a strict agree-

ment and sufli-cient bond to make itf





worth while to abide by the terms (If. ‘





the contract.





Farmers in the vicinity of three lo- ,

cals formed are backing the movement -





heartily and no danger from lack of

support is anticipated.



In the past, lack of organisation has

been one of the American farmer'sg'

greatest troubles. Unlike other risk"

takers, he must lay his plans and start

his year’s work months before he has

any knowledge of what market condi-

tions will be, so that when the crop "isx

harvested he is forced to dispose of it'

hr the best price he can command.

Often he is the victim of unprincipaledt

middlemen who take his moduot at

the bottom of the market and in turn

dispose of it to the consumer at a pro;

Inhifive figure.



Agricultural leaders believe that or“

ganization will do away with these

evils, and by stabilizing the industry?

result in economic benefit to all class-‘

es.-—R. A.





 





CLEARS TWENTY-EIGHT sac-

‘raons OF LAND. ,





 





THE Land Clearing Association orE1

Marinette County, Wisconsin, un~

dertook at the beginning of 1920 to,

clear 183000 acres of land. Following,

an intensive campaign, the am of its

kind in history, the association may

announces that its goal has been at--

tented, the 18m and more having’





of then achievemmt. One





 





’ County; The adest Sales Company of Livingston County will hold their





leonam’s champion Poland china Hem





MOO TRACTOR OIL * ‘ THUBAN COMPOUND *





 





 





MOTOR OIL





Therein nothing that takes the

joy out of motoring as quickly

as an engine that overheats—

and then knocks and spotters.

Improper lubrication may 11:-

sult in these symptoms, in

which case they indicate that a

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OCT. 22nd OCT. 22nd.

Friday 01111.252nd 111 10 o’clock Howell Sales Company of Livingston





7th ANNUAL SALE OF





80 Head of Reg. Holstein Cattle





fitthesale pam'fion on the Fair Grounds at Howell, Mich.

Catalog Oct.10th.





Auctioneer .1. E. Mack, s. 1". Wood in the Box

Wm. Griffin, Sec. R. 5, Howell, Michigan0





 





Showed ten head at the Michigan State Fair and won second on under a year boar. second and fourth

on w 6 months pg Fiat Ed new, second senior yearling. First and fourth under a year

Fint.necmd,fl1irdonaowpigs.tm hnecders herd. fig‘rtm exhibitm_ hertfirstmgetcfrin,

first produce of dam. Grand ion sow,scm champion-ow cows-ml junior ion sow. All of

these more ,‘tfluecewcept by Imd’e Big Bob and his blood will be represented strongly

'mflxe 8* am October 28. Wail: for catalog and information. All hogs on the farm cholera

immune. E. R. LEONARD, ST. LOUIS, MlCH.





. DUROCS 23:1n5§$flowAatfirrg§lHlirhrég





Y‘LOR In flan, Mich





 





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D.H..EYD DEN BEBK. Wayland. Mich.





OAKWOOD FARM DUROCS





We can furnish ‘gun with anything from a weanling

pig to a hour of en! heading (uliber at reasonable

{111-1993. Your and correspondence is

solicited. BUD BRUSH Romeo, Mich.





 





 





Duroc gilts bred to furrow July and“ .



'2 ohm-count uflt. Daughters of Michigan Cherry 0(5.

bred toJaoha Cherry Uriah King Number 160.519.8011

000.00 champion Jacks Orion! King and All



large tm. hes bone 153111111. 250 to 3001

JEN INGS AB. 1115. B.Lb Bailey. Mich





 





W00“. Jersey hogs. Cholera Immune. Orion Cherry

d.Col breeding. BOéu- l yrold



..C K Boat 3 Ml'cm' old wt. wt) lbs. Fifty], September

pigs. sued b higana Panama S211d.1so

some 1.11 m EAR YMABTENaI AND SON

Bprinngrooka Stock Fenian Paw Paw, Mich.





 





' at once I have just hart

write MO heavy bone registers; 11111332115

sey boars ready to:- serv 1.09



W. LAYEB L. B. 505 Durand. Mich.





of the :00de

Duroc Jerseys lines 11.311131311213033 co





ndltion

at a. price 11 can afford to pa, Guaranteed t

you. .EOB Barbley. Alma. 10.11 0 Bolt





Jersey Herd headers in board. W11 -

DUTOC cause they are bred right fed rightflmgg1

right and from Grand Champion stock. Write or bet.

ter come and see. F. J. [Mod ILL Monroe. Mich





 





 





0.1. C. SOWS FOR SALE





Y 1111 to 111:3!” Set her “‘8 be a 1 ship

«oucg SW8 «(1 1n em mug are rec 01'

Choice mdiwidanls of 315% YPEMing. 111119 c y0.11.11”





express and re ister 1n bu as": name. .

RI. R. 5, Mason, Michigan. 1





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sows and slits bred to “alts King 29499.

“head-ed mole 1st stud2n 2nd rize pigs





 





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DUROC JERSEYS





Canny U. Edmonds. Hastuus. Mich.





The Wade’s champion





Stock of 11.11 ages for sale. Herd

headed by Callowav Edd the World’ .5 Chem-Non

OI I..C boar assisted be C. C Schoolmaster. Grand

Won boar advising-.11. New York and Ten.

nessee state fairs. Also. C. C. Giant Buster. unde-

feated Senior boar pig wherever shown and Grand

Ohmp‘lon d! 01111131011111.1113” fair. Get our cat-

alogue of Crandell' 3 prize hogs. Cass City Mich





 





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Wesley llile, Oct. 26lh, lonia,

Boone-Hill 00., Del. 2101, Blanchard





W. Brewbaker& Sons, Del. 3001, Elsie





These firms, members of Central Michigan

Poland China Breeders’ Association, will pre-

sent to the public an offering of Poland China

swine, such as has never before been offered

in the state. The sales will be held at' above

named places and will give the farmer an op-

portunity to fit his exact needs with breeding

swine that will produce more pork for the same

amount of feed consumed. This is an oppor-

tunity of a lifetime, for these firms will sell to

the highest bidders sows and boars of the

highest individual merit from the best blood

lines'of the breed.





Col. Harry A. Eckhart of Illinois and Col.

Ed. Bowers of Indiana, will do the selling.

These men are artists as livestock salesmen,





 





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lodnard & Fisher, 0d. 23..., St. Louis ' -

0has.Welzel& Sons, 0d. 29m, llhaea





and it will do the breeders and farmers of our

good old state an untold amount of good to be





ed with the breed from an educational stand-

point. Michigan is recognized today, as never

before as a state that produces as good, hogs as

any state in the Union. It is now up to the

breeders and farmers to produce hogs of more

and better quality. Quality always brings the

tap price on the Open market as well as in the

sales ring.





Write for catalogs to the above firms or the

secretary [of the association. Poland China

breeders are urged to join the association.

Write to the secretary.





Genlral Michigan Poland Ghina Breeders" Ass’n





E. ll. LEONARD," St. Louis, President

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West Michigan’s Great Sale of

REGISTERED





HOLSTEIN CATTLE





114 head of High Class Cattle at the West Michigan

. State Fair Grounds





Grand Rapids, Michigan, on

MONDAY, OCT. 18, 1920





A splendid lot of carefully selected cattle to choose from, where the

buyer can select anything he wants from a choice heifer calf to an unusually

good 32-lb. YOUNG HERD SIRE. ..



Among our offerings will be about a car load of very desirable yearlings

and two-year-old heifers from the notedTraverse City State Hospital Herd.

Most of these Traverse City heifers are safe in calf to an $8,000 Grandson

of MAY ECHO SYLVIA. °



H. A. Washburn will disperse his entire Government and State Accred-

ited Herd of 25 head of choice cattle,.including a 29-lb. cow and her six-

months-old bull calf.



Monroe & Lewis will also disperse their entire Government and State

Accredited herd of 15 good females including two splendid daughters of a

28-lb. cow. -



Clarence Bisbee will disperse his little herd of five females, including

'a. 29~1b. daughter of a 34-lb. sire, and a 24-lb. daughter of a 30-lb. cow safe 1n

calf to a 33—lb. bull.



We will also have a car load or two of good fresh milch cows of good

type, and a car load of springers due to freshen in November and December.



We will offer a car load or more of good cows due to freshen during

the winter or early spring; also about a car load of good yearling heifers,

and a car load of choice heifer calves. These yearling heifers and heifer

calves are good individuals; most of them are out of high record sires and

a number of them are from good A. R0. dams.



There will be two 29-lb. cows in the sale, a 25-lb. cow, a 24-lb. daughter





W. M. KELLY, for the Michigan Farmer





 





 





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. of a 30—lb. cow, and other good A. R. O. cows that space does not permit us to





mention.



The 32-lb. bull calf is sired by a 30—lb. son of King of the Pontiacs and

is one of the best young bulls ever offered in a Michigan sale ring. We

also have a 31-lb. 2-year-old bull in the sale, two desirable 29-lb. bull calves,

a splendid yearling bull out of a 26.88-lb. cow and a 31-lb. sire and several

other good bull calves out of high-class sires and good A. R. O. dams.





Nearly all the cattle in the West Michigan Sale at Grand Rapids come

from herds that are tuberculin tested regularly under the Government and

State Accredited Herd plan, and a number of these herds are ‘Fully Ac-

credited.” ' .



If interested in the cattle offered at the West Michigan Sale. WRITE





‘ FOR A. SALE CATALOG. .





 





Sale Catalogs Will be out October lst.

w. n. HARPER, Sales Manager, Mia-grieving, Mich.

,neneitus'rohigmsigm W carrot.“ ' v ’





 





 





 





WESLEY HILE, Ionia, Michi





 





ll. A. BOOHE, Blanchard.,8ecrelafi





 





 





AUCTION SALE





BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS





 





50 Head

Tuesday '

Oct.

26

1 P. M.





Tuesday

Oct.

26



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Miss Columbia 760748

Litter Mate to The Yankee and The Pilot





(In Central Michigan Poland China Circuit)





A special attraction at this sale will be four boars and two gilts from

Miss Columbia. These pigs are coming along in nice condition. High backs,

good length, deep and wide, strong feet, big bone, smooth coats, neat heads,“

and wide open eyes. This very mating Yankee-Long Boy, were the biggest

winners at the 1919 Iowa State Fair. _



A real attraction will be one boar and four gilts from Gertsdale Jessie,

sired by the Clansman, the famous $50,000 Poland China sire. This is the

mating that did so much to make my 1919 sale a success. This year’s pigs

are even better. They will be nearly four months old at sale time.





Another attraction is an exceptionally good yearling sow by the Yankee,





the $40,000 sire of good ones, and out of a Big Fred dam. These blood lines _





are right up to the minute, and produce pigs with quality.

One more attraction is the two quality sows, Miss Bob Wonder and her





litter mate. Miss Bob Wonder is out of Gertsdale Jessie, the dam of the '

.Clansman litter, and won first in her class of 13 at the 1920 Michigan State





Fair, also first at Bay City and again at Grand Rapids. Her litter mate is



an even better sow. ~ g ' ,

Some more attractions will be one litter by Lord Clansman from one of



the classiest yearling sows .in Michigan, carrying the blood of Gerstdale





Jones and Giant Ben. A litter by 'Lfs Big Orangeand from the litter mate " .





to Miss Bob Wonder is exceptional. Likewise Miss Bob Wonder’s litter by:

Livingston’s New Pro’épectgboar are desirable. , .I . ~

Buyers at this sale will get'the benefiteof over $1,000 paid in ser-_ ’



vice fees to the best sires of the Poland China breed during the past





year. _ .



No culls. No scrubs. Everything double-immune?! for cholera and

guaranteed as breeders. _ _ » ‘

_. _ Eight boars represented in sprina p'iusialone. ale-gs

o’clock, October-'26.. Catalogs will be trialled ' “apgl





 





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Collie Puppy Sale





for {10st I will sell eed males 2months old

forth). ()0. Natural healers rom trained stock send

check in first letter .OW. AUSTIN

EWALZI‘, Mt. Clemens. Mich, Phone'l





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Type Chester Whites. Choice, stretchy spr'm

weboars, also tried sows and fall gilts bre

.101- Bept. litters. ‘hese hogs are big and will fatten

at any age Gra and champion blood lines of the

'breed, W dwood Prince J-r.. Rajah. andOhampion X.

Dho‘lera mmune Satisfaction gnurant teed.

.N. L. HI LL JR. Mackinaw, 'lazewell 00. Ill





CHEsmTERs 1108.206an ........



beer of ild Mood

Prince Jr. brel‘ediwng for Sept. tmfurrow; spring igs.

ALEXANDER, Vassar. ich.





Central Mich. 0. l. C.





Swine Breeders Ass’n.





Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. Every

.sele guaranteed by association.





DR. H. W. NOBLES,

Sales Mgr. Coral. Mich.





SPECIAL prices on Fall, Winter andSpring

oars during October.

WEBER BROS" 3.2. Royal Oak. Mich.





0.1. C. ’5...





AHJBA





Booking orders for a ring pigs, we

ster free and shp 0.0. D.

KER d: SON. Belmont. Mich.





for Miller Meadows L.T ..P O.'s at Marshall

Calhoun Co F1111]; 811:221



CLY EW VER. Ceresco, Mich



' Registered ‘type Poland



FOR SAI‘E China gi lts 1111215 for Sept. far-



row. weighing 225 lb. for 560. spring gigs all sold. guar-



antee satislaotion. DORUS HOV R Akron, Mich.





l

o. I. C. Gilts bred for Ju y audSAug.fa1-row.





Also spring farmwedp

REWS Dansville. Mich





 





 





 





o I C Gilts bred for Sept. furrow

0 0 ' ands sspringa pigs.



F. O BURGES Mason,Mich.



I. 0's. One last full hour wgt. 4‘5. two last fall





gil ts. bred lots of wthupri 1% i?“ and this fall pigs

eithe er sex. goodgro sto mile west or Depot.

cm 3. Phone 1-24 Otto WthB Schulze. Nash‘i 111e, Mich





Poland China Special





Boar pigs sired by Monster Big Bob andf o 0



best sows. mood Tight for immediate shlpglieilli?

Big‘ bo.ned .tre hack,ed smooth follows from

opular blood lines. Write for information or visit





9 farm.

BOONE—‘HILL 00.. Blanchard. Mich.





L. S. P. C.





Ewerythhlg said previously 1111.25 spring pigs

placed on the bargain counter for mo. ofSept.





pairs or price not akin

PLOW ARTZ. Morin!”

Poland Ohinas special bar-g ai

m" TY!” sews“ for Weber hmw, “alias:

I“ ‘2. Middleville. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 

 

 





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ennumo HAY snow.





PLANS have been made for the sec-





‘Thc Chicago Board of Trade has ap-





" propriated $10,009 for cash premiums.





In addition to special .trqphies already

provided for the best sample of corn,

best car of corn and best exhibit of

hay, trophies will be offered this year

for the best exhibits of wheat and oats.



A special feature of the Show will

.be classes for clovers, alfalfa, til 1othy,

soy beans, cow peas, field peas, kafllr

corn and milo maize.



The state agricultural colleges and

the United States Department of Ag-

riculture will make educational dis-

plays. The Province of Ontario and the

Canadian Seed Growers’ Association

will also take a prominent place in the

show this year.



Director G. I. Christie, of Purdue

University, will again serve as super-

intendent of the grain and hay show,

with W. Q. Fitch as assistant.



At a meeting of representatives of

the middle western states, held Sep—

tember 14, arrangements were made

for the active cooperation of the state

agricultural colleges, state corn and

crop improvement associations. There

is every indication that the 1920 Show

will surpass that of last year in num-

ber of exhibits and in interest on the

part of the grain and hay producers.





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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-

ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of

each case and give. name and address of the writer. initials

only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the

service becomes private practice and $1 must be enclosed.





 





Partial Paralysis.—I have six ,shoats

weight about 175 lbs. each, on cement

floor, fed on corn and swill from house.

One of them has lost the use of his

lhindquarters, but occasionally he gets

up and walks a short distance. Some

of the others are walking stiff and

seem to act much the same as the one

that went down. One of them is not

thriving and may need a tonic. M. E.

Y, Williamston, Mich. -——Your shoats

are suffering from the effect of feeding

an unbalanced ration. Corn and kitch-

en slop is not a balanced ration for

hogs. Feed less corn, more oats, oil

meal, roots, tankage, clover or alfalfa.

The sheets need more exerCise. Give

the unthrifty one a teaspoonful pow-

dered gentian at a dose in feed twice

daily. Apply mustard and water to

back of paralyzed shoal; 3 times a

week.



Indigestion—I have a collie pup four

months old that has been ailing for

the past three weeks. He is fond of

potatoes. Thinking that he might have

worms, I gave him a few doses of

kamaia, this failed to help him; then

I gave calomel and santonin, but he

passed no worms. e is very thin,

saliva runs from m th, and his appe-

tite is not good. R H., Kings Mills,

Mich .-—G-ive him five drops of fluid ex-

tract of nux vomica, eight drops of

Fowler’s Solution, and one grain of

quinine at dose three times a «day. Let.

him have plenty of food, the kind he

craves.



Bruised ”Breast—On :account of my

horse bruising breast on manger, a

swelling came between fore legs. Have

been advised to cut into bunch, but

hesitate doing so until I hear from you.

H. G. Z., Decatur, Mich—If on pres-

sure with end of finger the swelling

fluctuates, then open it up freely to

admit of proper drainage, then swab

out cavity and paint bunch every day

or two with tincture of iodin. Give him

sixty grains of potassium iodide twice

daily.



'Spralned Tendons.——While hauling a

heavy load of gravel my mare sprained

the back tendons of hind leg, this





THE   151 i c H1





'3 . end annual Grain and Hay Show to .,

', be held in (connection with the Inter-

‘ national Live Stock Exposition, Nev- .

" ember .27 to December 4, 1920.





 





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bathed. Guarantees-highest skimming efiiciency and durability. Wegi -.





3i! Barf FREE Trial -l.lieilmo Guarantee





nmgrofitsflie separator saves and

hemachme Whack at our engense eHand we will cainnd what

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give you a whole year to pay our low "

\8nce dwand up. Read what Alfred

catches, North Jacksonhe 0.. says: “We

more lflflnm tmce

89,98? 1' is very 838

Why not get a in 1y gum

eparator for your farm

and let it earn its cost by what





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L T P C We have a large number of spring

' and sununer sready to ship sir-





ed by such boars as “Hart's ‘Blsc rice.’ onurd’ 9

Big Bob, " the ‘ Model Olansmn" and “Prospect

Yank' ' 11 great son of the h.340 000 Yankee. W rite for





hem over if you are in the

FULCHER d: OLINE, address

Hart. St. Louis, Mich.





prices or 00111:?IAR and 100





Closing out sale of big type Poland China hogs which

represents the work of 25 years of constructive

breeding. Everything goes; including our three great

herd bours,'Mich.ante1” by “Giunt Buster", “A

Giant" “Butler' s Big Bob, ” Two of the best yearling

prospects in Michigan great length, big bone.

Come get your pick. Jun. 0. Butler, Portland. Mich.





 





We want to sell you a

gig I'll” Pohnd chim- boar pig. If interested

wnte us and we will tell you all about him We

guarantee satiufaoti





HILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo, hlich,





 





Big T1 0. Bred gilts Fall yearlin s. prize win-

nexs, pfgout 11 lb. sire and mammal: sows fxom

Iows' sgreutest herds E. J. \ atheuson BurrOak, Mich.





 





Big Bob Mastodon pigs takes the cake, book \our



order now. Fall boars and gilts sired by a g1andson

of Disher Giant, open or bred to Big Bob fox Sap t. 23

yearling sons. 0. EWGARNAN’I Eaton Rapids, Mirh





 





IG '1‘. P. Chinas for sale. A few tried sows, spring

boars. A1113 Lpigs both sex. Recorded free in buy-

er's name. L l1amberlain, Marcellus, Mich.





 





am offering Large Type Pol and China Bows, bred

to F’s Orange. at reasonable rices; also fall pigs.

Write or call Clyde Fisher, St. ouis, Mich. R.R.3.





 





Large Type Poland China

pigs, both sexes now read\. w rite for description and

prices. RALPH SHERK, Caledonia. Mich





Lindhurst Poland Chinas





Stock for sale at all times. Public Sale Oct. 23.

W'M. LIND, Alto, Mich.





 





 





POLAND CHINAS





W. J. HAGELSHAW, Augusta, Mich.





 





Leonards B. T P. 0 See exhibit at Mich. State Fair,

get your name 011 mailing list for public sale Oct.

o11blem1mune.li.R Leonard, St. Louis Mich R. 3,





 





l. Type Poland China.V 8. Everything immuned by

11ng double treatment. Meet me at. Deti o1t 01 Jack-





son'h‘airs. ..A Feldkamp, R 2, Mamhester Mich,





 





BARGAINS on Big ty ylpe spring and summer Poland

China Pigs also year 1111; Shorthorn bulls, bull and

Robert Neve,





heifer calves. Pierson, Mich.





Big Type Poland China 1,3??de 2°53





choice. Frank Oliver, R. 2, Saline, Mich.





s H R0 P s H 1 R E s {it’ll‘nii‘flg

Hired by Imp. Berry No. 363 for sale Also a few sues.

ARTHUR DODDS, Lapeer, Michigan





 





sire imported Minton Ram

ShroPShires I zimbs 8'20 some ewes. 2yearling





rams. DA NBOOHER, 11.4, Evert, Mich.





 





' e ii g Ram that have size

Shropshire: 1.1.2.2.. f... ”‘1‘

ARMSTRONG BROS” R. 3, Fowlerv1lle, Mich.





Shropshire Rams





 





lambs. yesrlings and

1192 .. old. priced





 





right. CARL TOPLIFF , Eaton Rapids, Mich.

' Yearling and rams with qualitY.

ShrOPShlres from imported stm k





W. B. hIcQUILLAN, R. 7, Howell, Mich.





 





yearling rams. Ewes of all

ShrOpShires ages. Priced right.

.KELLY. Ypsilanti, lVIich.





 





Reg: stered Hampshire 5‘33," ,,}.’{;E};





reasonable. Lone Cedar 1‘ arm. Pontiac. Mich.

Good strong in-





Vlool-Mullon Shropshire llams. d..,d..,..,..,..uy





”bred priced right. A. H. FOSTER, Allegun, Mich





HAMPSHIRES





Registered Rams all a es Bred'for size, ty pe. quality.

Sire at head of flock, f8 .No. 25 463. Half brother

to the Grand Champion one at International 1918

Bred by love State Collee Also a few good ( 11 ea



. VgV. CASLER, Ovid, Mich.





 





 





 





Registered Hampshile Rams ready to ship. 40 year-

lings, ram lambs also a fan goodfwcs. A. \‘l

Welch & Sons. J.B lonia. Mich



Year] mg rams and ram lambs.





Reg' OXfOTdS. Breedingcucszu1dew.elumbs





Good individuals, prices righ

HU GH. EODGINS.Y(1le., lVlich.





.W elch, Manager,





 





Oxford Rams For Sale





Choice of 12 Reg. lamb rams at $35 one good yearling

t350. 00. EARL C. McCAR’l‘.Y Bad Axe. Mich.





 





Let American Hampshire Sheep

want 3 Sheep? Association send vou dead

booklet with list. of breeders. Write CUMFOR

A. TYLER, 22 VVomil 11nd Ave.. Detroit, Mir l1.





yearling rams. 111m lambs.

onlswold: ewes all ugeSB sired by Canu- Balswolds

dian rams. A. M.B Uh’l‘EL. Britton, Mich.





 





HAMPSHIRES





1914-------1920

Choice Spring boars. popular breeding. Booking

orders for fall pigs All stock Cholera Immuned

311% guaranteed Breeedsrs. Satisfaction guaran-



ec .





STEllBEll’S HAMPSHIRE FARM

. 3, Angola, ind





 





Edgewood Hampshires

All bred gilts sold. Now booking orders for gilts bred

for fall furrow, and pigs for Eigrm club work only.

Depew Head 19dgeuood Marion, Ohio.





 





get rob nr pi s, f

HImPSlIJlI’OSN leavfty new blm 1d 3195?)?” 3111?“, bred liltfi

WSYNDER, R, 4, tJOllns, Mich.





 





YORKSH IRES BRED GILTS





WA'J‘ERVIAN & WATERMAN

Packard Rd. - - Ann Arbor, Mich.





SH EE P.





' RamsB £10 tvel i s lt.bet

Delame of breeding. pritped giver-311g,wizr‘itquab ‘ y B

B H. SANDE R.S R.2,w Ashtabula, O.





'WHl'l'l'UM FARM SHROPSHIRES





A fine lot of imported and house bred yearling ewes

and rams for sale. A fine chance to start a new flock

orimprove the old one call at the farm or write





for just what youw want

0 EN HITTU'VI’, Eaton Rapids, Mich.





l-Iillcrest Shropshires





 





 





 





 





 





 





same mare fealed 4 weeks too early,

When first taken out of stable she‘

travels lame, is seemingly stiff all over. l

W. H. P., Mamas/80. Mich—Give her

rest, clip off hail; apply one part pow-





 





dared canlharides. and 5 parts fresh

lard, once every two weeks. Give her





- a teaspoonhfl of nitrate of potash in





in drinking water twice daily. 1





 





{A nice lot of Fwesand Rams of all ages our flock is

headed by McKerrow 3164 a son of Senator 'Bibby





writen erJ callon

1120.3» WILLIAMS. Middleville. Mich.





FOR SALE 35 Registered Shropshire





yearling name and ram lambs.

Also some choice Du Jersey boars an 1111 slits

CLIFFORD HIDDLET ON, Clayton, Mich.





‘ “Manama-toner,





‘1‘” mm uni 11m

0. J. THOMPSON.





Wmh.





 





Reg. Oxford Rams, m... 50 .2531» at W,

and reg. an

delivered. J. Robert Hicks, St. Johns. Mich.





 





f x “3800 Oxford rams and ewes sired by McKorrows

or . Ass11.No.88347. ’rite your want

G00. '1‘. Abbott, Palms. Mich. Phone 78-3 Deckerville





 





yeaIrling and ram lambs and

OXford Rams 0. LC. hours Stock regis-

tered. H. W. MANN, R. 1, Dnnmille, Mich.





 





To close an estate I' offer for sale twenty Lincoln

mus Lambs ) earlings and two year old at rea-

sonable prices they"l are a fine bunch.





..J KNI GET, Cass City, Mich.





 





A nice lot of registered Li 1

For sale yearli11g.2 yr. old and ram ml;

for sale. Prices reasonable.



.KNIGHT. Mariette, Mich.





 





For sale 3031112332.?‘1 Ramboulett rams

ALLEN ANGELL. Hubbard Laske Michigan





R -. ‘ .

FOR SALE 1 535‘; $523. 33".:‘1133‘233 .5211?





ling Rams. J. W. GRAHABI, DavisburgJMich





 





 





"or Sale fine yearling rams. Extra good fleeces,

L£01.11) bone and bred by a Broughto 0.8.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Phone 7152F6. R. 11.6,





 





HORSES

BAY MARE





Forl Sale sound and right in every way. weighth about

be. Must be sold at once come andsee

wrilze L.J .Hamlin. 496 Hurlhut Ave“ Detroit. hMioh.





 





 





Percher n fifiéfi?fi.§2§af§3’f£€lefiimwm

I. L. we I SON





Clint tlotte. m

Please Mention The Michigan Farmer





 





 





 





when writing to advertisers ‘
erably more wheat has been sold for , . unwashed. 60065 . fi

. - - ~. Best .................... $18.00@19.00 beef steers. medlum, good and chome .. . at 0. .ne

exgotlt; :1 21391!thlglig’nlirituiitoésd tithe Others ..... 6.00@15.00 $8-75@14; do co ,and heifers. medi- ‘51?W§§h?d 5129570: half‘bIOOd combing

gghaulsltion oflthe North American sur- Hogs. um, good and Ch ‘ce $7@9-75- 43%4521 Mgcgfeéilglgg'goo‘iY Cinfibmg

1' plus within the next three months, by Pigs steady; best hogs are 10@15c . Sheep ‘imd Lambs' es fine’unwasfied f:15L0@52€’w.vd fin} eec-

5 wh'ch time some wheat in the south- higher Estimated receipts today are 25,000' W’ h d 60 . h ‘ C’ e a ne un-

5" rn1 hemisphere will be available This Pigs .. . 14 75 Best grades firm; others SIOW' Lambs~57as; %V' c, alf—blood unwashed 55@ ‘

IV Summary leaves Russia and southwest Mixed hogs 15.45@15:55 giolggéfSVEd-nfidzfig {201;}; :élngnfggigi Necv}. 15:23:51? miiflgdand $5823?

ern Europe out of cons1derat10n. An Sneep and Lambs. $7.50@10;.sp’ring lambs medium, good, three-eighth-blood 42@43c: Quarter- ,

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

October _6, 1920.

Wheat.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $2.11; De-

cember $1.95; March $1.93; No. 2

white and No. 2 mixed $2.09.



Chicago—No. 2 red $20514 @207;

December $1.891/2; March $18814.



Corn.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 mixed 950; No.

2 yellow $1.



Chicago—No. 1 mixed 911/2@95c;

No. 2 yellow 92@971/ic.



Oats.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 60c; No.

3 white 581/2c; No. 4 white 551/20.



Chicago—No. 2 white 52@541/zc;

No. 4 white 520. '



Beans.



Detroit—Immediate and prompt are

lower at $4.55 per cwt.



Chicago.——Quiet. Hand-picked beans

choice to fancy at $6.50@7.



New York—ehull. Choice pea $6.50;

do medium $7.25.





Rye.

Detroit.——Cash N0. 2 $1.71.



Seeds.

Detroit.—~Prime red clover spot and

ctober $14; December $14.50; alsike



$3 6.50; timothy $3.40. _

Toledo—Prime cash $14; December

$14.60; alsik‘e $16.75; timothy $3.20.





WHEAT





Prices of cash wheat and futures

declined the past week to the lowest

point on the crop. Weakness in sterl-

ing exchange, increases in the Cana-

dian crop estimates, sharp declines 1n

corn, slumps in general commodities

and a rush by mills to purchase Can-

adian wheat were factors in the mar-

ket’s weakness. While American farm-





ers in a position to hold wheat are in--





clined to do so, Canadian producers

seem willing to sell upon the current

scale of values, and purchases by our

mills in Canadian markets have prac-

tically offset sales for export in our

markets. Since this is the season when

the movement of domestic spring

wheat is usually at its heighth, ex-

treme scarcity of the choicer kinds in

our northwest is indicated.



The total crop in Argentina, Austral-





lb





“-1 .





modity values even after the reduc-

tions which have taken place within

the last few weeks. However, if farm-

ers continue to Sell freely, it is prob-

able that still lower prices will be

seen upon the crop now ripening.





OATS





Cash cats are down to a point where

not much above 40@450 can be obtain-

ed by farmers, depending on the sec-

tion of the country. This is not only

below cost of production but approach-

es the pre-war level without making

any allowance for the decreased pur-

chasing power of the dollar. The crop

movement presumably has passed the

peak and demand is unlikely to be-

come less than it has been during the

last few weeks. No purchases for ex-

port are being made. Banks are show-

ing greater willingness in certain quar-

ters to loan money on oats because of

their cheapness, enabling farmers to

hold.



Little barley is being sold for export

but the old rye surplus has been ab-

sorbed by a movement abroad of 38,-

000,000 bushels in the last six months.





FEEDS





Mill feeds took another hunt for bot-

tom levels the past week. Weakness

in wheat and feed grains was a factor

and buyers continue to purchase spare

ingly. October nearly always develops

a sag in the feedstuffs market after

which there is an advance as winter

demand develops. Detroit quotations

are: Bran $45@46; standard mid—

dlings $52@53; flour middlings $62;

coarse corn meal $54; cracked corn

$56; chop $52.





SEEDS





Prices for timothy and clover seed

fluctuated the past week with the

grains closing near the bottom for the

season. As long as the present desire

to avoid owning anything lest it de-

cline in value continues prices on





seeds will not recover much lost

ground. Quotations at the week’s close

were as follows: Toledo—Prime red

clover, per bushel $14.25; prime timo-

thy $3.25. Chicago—Clover, per 100

lbs. $18.25; timothy $6@7.50.





Hay markets continued slumpy dur-

ing the past week. Since prices cus-

tomarily reach bottom during this sea-

son trade interests are wondering

whether the low point has been uncov-

ered as yet. Greater strength can be

expected in the next month or six

weeks at least. Buffalo—Timothy No.

1 $30@32; No. 2 $29@30_; No. 3 $26





@28.

BEANS





Of all farm products, beans have

probably gone farthest toward a re-

turn to pre-war values. Production

during 1918 and 1919 was large and

supplemented by heavy importations

as a result of which markets have been

extremely unsatisfactory. The current

crop is estimated "at 9,101,000 bushels

compared with 11,488,000 bushels har~

vested last year. The Michigan crop

is about 80 per cent as large as a year

ago and some damage from blight has

taken place. Prices declined during

the last two months about 20 per cent

and are holding steady at around $5.65

per cwt. at Detroit.





BUTTER





Further arrivals of Danish and Ar-

gentine butter were unloaded at New

York last week and were sufficient to

affect the market. Declines \in other

commodities also shook buyers’ confi-

dence and these factors together with

a natural reaction from the previous

week’s rapid advance caused a sloppy

butter market after a fairly firm open-

ing on Monday. Reports of declines in

condensed milk prices increased senti-

ment in favor of lower prices on but-

ter as some milk previously used in

condensing will find its way to butter





 





 





Live Stock Market Service





 





 





DETROIT





Market strong 25@50c higher. Beef

steers, medium and heavy weight 1100





factories. Prices were lowered on all





markets, and holders of storage ibutter‘ ’ I





were alarmed. However, the scarcity,

of fine butter came to the support of

the‘market. The unusual September

hot spell hurt quality considerably and

fine butter was short of trade needs.

Prices advanced during the last half

of the week, making a complete recov-

cry of the early decline. The close was

firm on fine stock. Undergrades ac-

cumulated and are hard to move at

prices much belowthose on top scores,

a condition which does, not denote a.

really healthy market. Closing prices

on the four markets upon 92 score but-

ter were: Chicago 590; New York

611/2c; Boston 61c; Philadelphia. 61c.





EGGS AND POULTRY ,





The inherent strength of the egg

market was shown the past week when





prices advanced in the face of declines ‘





in nearly all other foodstuffs. How-

ever, a factor of passing importance

was the recent hot weather which

made it difficult to get strictly fresh

eggs into market centers. Stale stock

is selling poorly, storage eggs being

taken in preference. Prices on live

poultry were on the easy side in most

markets. Prices were as follows: Chi-

cago—Eggs, fresh firsts 56@561;éc; or-

dinary firsts 50@53c. Poultry—Spring

chickens 271/20; hens, general run 23@

300; roosters 220; ducks old and young

25@27c; geese old and young 22@23c;

turkeys fancy 45c. Detroit—Eggs.

fresh candied 54@57c. Live poultry,

spring chickens 35@36c; Leghorns 30

@320; hens 34@35c; small hens 32G)

33c; specially fat hens 37@38c; roost—

ers 20@220; geese 18@200; ducks 36

@38c; turkeys 40@45c.





POTATOES





After a long period of decline potato

markets were disposed to firm up dur-

ing the latter half of last week. The

show of strength was most noticeable

at Chicago and adjacent shipping

points, but it was noticeable also in

other large terminal markets. The sec-

ond crop in the south is good but grow-

ers in the big Maine section report

very disappointing yields. Shipments

are only nominal in value. The latest

quotations are as follows: Chicago—,

Northern white stock $2.25 per c'wt;

eastern Giants $2.25 per cwt; northern

Early Ohios $2@I2.25.





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ia and South Africa is estimated as 28 Cattle. lbs up, choice and rim 1 .



per cent greater than H). 1919. Argen- Cattle market steady. do medium and goodp$12_e25%3’175@_7158f336 WOOL l

tina is expected to 113W} a CF01) above Best heavy steers ....... $11.50@12.00 common $9@12.25; light weight 1100 W001 buyers continue to wait for a

the average and in a recent statement Best handy wt bu steers 9_50@10_50 lbs down good and choice $14.75@18; lower price level which they expect‘

from Australia the crop 1s estunated Mixed steers and heifers 8.50617, 9.50 do common and medium $8.25@14.50' to see established in the Australian

at 144,000,000 bushels, against 46,000; Handy light butchers 7.50@ 8.50 butcher cattle, heifers, common, medi— auctions which have just begun. Aug-

000 bushels last year and well above Light butchers ........ . 6.0069, 7.00 um, good and choice ”@1350; cows, ust consumption of wool was only 38,-

the ten—year average._ The recent es- Best cows ........... 8.00@ 8.50 common, medium, good and choice at 000,000 pounds compared with a nor-

timates of the Canadian crop indicate Butcher cows ...... 5.50@ 6.50 $5_50@11_25; bulls, bologna and beef mal average of about 55,000,000 or 60,-

a. yield from thirty to Sixty m11110n Common cows ...... H" 450 $5_25@11; canners and cutters cows 000,000 pounds. Recent London sales

bushels greater than a month ago. If Canners ......... ........ 4.00 and heifers $3_75@5. do canner’steers were closed a week earlier than origi-

these figures are correct, the total crop Choice bulls ....... 7.00@ 7.75 $4.50@7; veal calves, light and handy- nally planned because of thelow pric—

available. for export from North Amer- ,lologna bulls 6,00@ 7.00 weight medium, good and choice $14 es offered and the necessity of with-

ica during the present crop year Stock bulls ...... .. 5.00@ 6.00 @1750; feeder steers, common medi- drawing 60 to 70 per dent of the offer.

should be 450,000,000 bushels or more. Feeders .......... 7.00@ 9.00 ufn, good and choice $7-50@12' stacker mgs. Recent declines in textiles have

Since July 1 about 135,000,000 bushels Stockers 6006:) 7.00 steers common, medium,’ good and unsettled the market for goods, buyers





of wheat and flour have been exported,

of which about 105,000,000 bushels

were from the United States. Consrd-





official statement from the agricultural

control commission of the Soviet gov-

ernment says that the Russian cities

will face starvation this winter. All

advices from that country indicate

that there is little likelihood of Rus-

sian wheat being a factor in the

world’s market during the next year.





CORN





Unusual quantities of corn have

been arriving at terminal markets dur-

ing the last. five weeks. These have





been a reflection of the large reserves

of old corn held by farmers, and of a

record crop, the latest estimates upon

which are around 3,200,000,000 bush—

els. At the same time sales of Argen-

tine corn to the eastern coast have





 





been unusually large. The main sup-

port under the market at the present





time is the belief that the, prices upon.





the new crop deliveries are so low





.holdover 4,094.





Milkers afié'sb'ririééréfIIIs '65@’ 100

.Veal Calves.

Market steady.





Lambs 500 lower; sheep dull.

Best lambs ............. $12.00@12.50

............. 1000601100

5.006;) 8.00

5.00@ 6.00

2.00@ 3.50





Fair lambs

Light to common . . . . . . .

Fair to good sheep . . . . . .

Culls and common .. .....





CHICAGO





Hogs.

Estimated receipts today are 10,000;

Market 10@15c high-

er. Bulk of sales $14.10@15.65; tops

$15.85; heavy 250 lbs up medium, good

and choice $14.50@15.60; medium 200

to 250 lbs medium, good and choice at

$15@15.80; light 150 to 200le, com-

mon, medium, good and choice $14.75

@1575; light lights 130 to 150 lbs com-

mon, medium, good and choice $13.90

@1535; heavy packing sows .250 lbs

up smooth $13.85@14.35: packing sows

200 lbs up rough $13.40@13.85; pigs

130 lbs down, medium, good and choice





 

 

 

 





choice $4.50@9.50; stocker cows and

heifers, common, medium, good and

choice $4.50@8; western range cattle,





choice and prime $8@9.75; ewes, me-

dium, good and choice $4.50@5.55; do

cull and common $2.25@4.25; breeding

ewes full mouths to yearlings $5@

8.50; yearling wethers medium, good

and choice $10.50@12.35.





BUFFALO

Cattle. .



Market for good grades steady, com-

mon slow; shipping steers $15@17;

butchers $961314; yearlings $15@17;

heifers $6@11; cows $7.50@10; bulls

$5.50@9.50; stockers and feeders $5.50

@850; fresh cows and springers $65

@130. Calves $20.



Hogs. _



Market steady. Heavy at $16.75;

mixed at $16.75; yorkers..at $16.60;.

light do $15.25@16; pigs $15.50; roughs

$13.50; starts $§@10. f’ '



Sheepand Lambs.

'Marke’t‘ active; ewes are 50c lower;





 





 





 





hoping to buy cheaper later on. Bos-

ton quotes prices, largely nominal, as

follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeci

es, Delaine,





blood 39@40c; Kentucky, West Virgin-

la and similar. three-eighth-blood un-

washed 43@450;

washed 43@44c.





APPLES V





Between a big barreled apple crop

and an extremely conservative attic

tude on the ‘part of buyers the market

for winter apples is very unsatisfac-

tory. At a season when the buying

usually is at ,its height, Sales in many





quarter-blood ‘ un-





sections have not been enough to es-





tablish prices.





DETROIT crrv MARKET. 5





Movement of produce is light in





comparison with the offerings for the ' '

Several loads of po-f ,

t $1.25@1.40 a bush-. 4'





past two months.

tatoes were’held a.

el with the bulk moving at $1.25@I.’3

Par-snipe - moved readily. at. $1.50 . 111'.

beets and-c ' ‘





 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





- , that farmers will decline to sell freely. $12-75@14;75-

‘ Present prices for corn. are low com-

a d with this general level of com- .





Cattle . . 13:11:12: 37(6315‘425: ye??““?n~9ét5$6@10: 1.

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Completed organization of the farm





bureau elevator exchange is expected

_ very soon.





Members of the State Farm Bureau

with “claims against railroads on ac-

county of unmet “rates, fares, charg-

es, classifications, regulations, or prac-

tices” are being told to file claims

with theinterstate commerce commis—

sion prior to March 1, 1921, through

the traffic department



The American Farm Bureau Feder-

ation is negotiating with the United

States war department to secure large

amounts of- material intended for

use during the War but which is ad-

mirably adapted for farm use. The

method of disposing of this war mate-

rial would be for the American feder-

ation to send samples to the State

Farm Bureau which would collect or-

ders through the county agents. The

Michigan Farm Bureau has assured





the American Farm Bureau Federa~





tion that it will cooperate in the distri-

bution of this material.



As a result of the fight by the State

Farm Bureau and other agencies last

summer to make the telegraph com-

panies responsible for losses to send-

ers occasioned by mistakes in trans-

mitting. .Examiner Patterson, of the

interstate commerce commission, has

recommended that telegraph compa-

nies should be liable for damages to

the extent of $500 on unrepeated mes-

sages and to $5,000 on repeated mes-

sages. To cover the liability! senders

will pay one-tenth of one per cent of

the value of their massages if they

wish to make use of this insurance.





DRAINAGE DEMONSTRATION.





 





ABIG drainage demonstration meet-

ing will be held on the farm of

John Patterson & Son, one mile north-

east of Columbus Station, Friday, Oc-

tober 15 at 1:00 p. m. Arrangements

are being made by the St. Clair County

Farm Bureau in cooperation with the

Michigan Agricultural College and the

executive committee of the county bu-

reau is preparing for the best attend-

ed and most important event in the

program of the organization for this

ear.



y Tile drainagework being carried on

through the cooperation of a few of

the leading farmers of St. Clair coun-

ty, the farm bureau and the Michigan

Agricultural College, in spite of delay-

ed tile shipments, has been making

very encouraging progress and the ap-

plications made for the work next year

comprise between three hundred and

four hundred acres. The project is be-

ing accomplished by means of modern

power ditching machinery and all who

attend the meeting at Mr. Patterson’s

will have an opportunity to see the big

machine in operation, which is capable

of digging as high as one hundred and

sixty rods of trench per day. A. J.

Smith, president of the St. Clair Coun-

ty Farm Bureau, reports that rarely if

ever, has such an array of talent been

secured for an agricultural meeting in

this part of the state.



Another interesting and instructive

feature of the big event will be the sep-

tic- tank and sewer system which is

also being installed on the Patterson

Farm. This, too, will be open for in-

spection and thoroughly explained by

Professor Robey and Mr. VanHaitsma.

It is now possible to have all of the

comforts and conveniences of the city

in the rural home at a comparatively

small expense and this meeting will

afford an unusual opportunity to learn

about the most important adjunct of

the farm home.





GRASSERS OVERVLOAD BEEF MAR-

KET.





 





BEEF shortage may be on the way

but its influence was not noticeable

in the ‘making of cattle prices last

week. Although choice and prime

steers recorded a new top of $18.35 at

Chicago on a load of yearlings, grassy





steers lost 50c®$1, the declines being‘





greatest on the. medium and common

sorts which were in seasonal abund-

ance. Dressed beef markets in the

east were sharply $3@5 lower.



The total supply at ten leading mar-

kets showed a reduction for the week.

Kansas City received less of a gorge

from the Flint Hills. and St. Louis had





fewer Oklahomas to digest. The north?





west range is run at high tide, and

many of the steers 15mm. that quarter





lack the degree of condition expected

, _ in view of the abundanceof grass. The





pastoral ‘-eeuntry»n'lust clean up before



inter sets in. The southwest is prob-

twothlrds “through by this time,

., rthweat supply is known to





 

 





 





I . dates and. locations.”





sharp advance from "the present level





of prices upon grass steers during the





next month or six weeks. Scarcity of

corn feds will continue for some time,

but conditions do not favor belief in

much higher prices for them.



Cows are abundant due to the usual

culling of herds after weaning time.

The cheapness of steers also contrib-

uted to the 25@750 decline upon she

stuff. Canners also lost ground but

bulls remain generally steady and veal

calves are beginning to display sea-

sonal weakness due to the fall born

crop from dairy districts. Dressed veal

prices were $2@5 lower for the week.



CATTLE FEEDERS CONTINUE



CAUTIOUS. -





 





EDUCED country buying led to a



decline of 75¢@$1.25 on stockers

and lower grades of feeders, but better

kinds are steady. Purchases run_large-

lyto fleshy kinds suitable for a quick

turn, buyers wishing to avoid keeping

money at eight per cent tied up very

long at a time when the general scale

of values is on a down grade.





country lacks confidence even though





it has a big corn crop, most of which

inevitably must be marketed on the

hoof and will buy with more judgment

than last year. Reports from banks

continue contradictory but there is lit-

tle evidence of increased liberality of

loans. The outlook does not suggest a

lower level on feeders than that of the

past week at any time soon, although

light stockers may shrink still further

in value.





HOG PRICES SLIDE TOWARD WIN-

TER BASIS.





 





HE expected increase in hog sup-



ply made itself manifest to the ex-

tent of about twenty per cent the past

week and a decline of $1@1.50 result-

ed. That it is the start of the fall run

is indicated by the big percentage of

light hogs and pigs, the latter losing

$8 in value. Eastern points have been

well supplied with new crop hogs re-

straining the operations of shippers in

western markets.



The break of $2 or more from the

recent high point has been sharper

than the increase in supply alone

would justify, especially-since whole-

sales prices upon fresh pork remained

practically unchanged during the past

two weeks while erratic price changes

have been taking place in the hog mar-

ket. Declines in cured pork products

and in numerous other commodities

however, have worked against sellers

of hogs. Increasing numbers-of light

hogs will soon destroy the advantage

they have recently had in the market.

Prices are certain to work lower during

the next two or three months although

receipts will run lighter than last year

when the hog population was only

slightly below the peak. The huge

corn crop must be fed in largepart

and a profitable feeding ratio for the

hogs marketed during the coming win-

ter and spring is probable, which will

tempt growers to put on weight.





 





PROVISIONS REFLECT DECLINES

IN C0





 





HICAGO’S lard supply decreased



about thirty per cent during Sep-

tember and good-sized decreases were

made préSumably at other storage cen-

ters. The movement of hog products

abroad is above the pre-war average

and domestic consumption has shown

the usual early fall expansion. There

will be a good—sized carry-over of lard

when the new packing season starts

on November 1, but cut meat stocks

are not at all burdensome. Foreign

exchange is a tremendous handicap to

foreign buying, otherwise our surplus

would move abroad quickly.





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





Holsteina—October 12, C. F. Smith, La.-

peer, Michigan. .

Holsteino—October 16, John B. Martin,

Holstein—October 18, West Michigan

Sale, State Fair Grounds, Grand

Rapids, Michigan.

Holeteins—October 16, John B. Martin.

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

HQletcins—October 19-20-21, Michigan

Holstein-Friesim Association. See

advertisement for locations.

'Holato-iHS—October 22, Howell Sales

Company, Fair Grounds, Howell,

Michigan, '

Poland callous—October 26-30, Central

. Michigan Poland China Breeders'

Association. See advertisement for

dates and locations.

Holstein—Michigan Holstein-Friesian

Association. See advertisement for!





 

 





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SHIP YOUR





POULTRYNEALandHoGS





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470 Riopelle St., Detroit, Mich.

Eastern Market





You Will Get a Square Deal

and Returns Daily.





Mr. POULTRY F ARMER :





We make a specialty of White Hennery his and

have created a profitable market for your e‘gs the

year around. We pay the highest premium for your

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arrive. Ship Often-3th by Exprolo





GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.

{94-inch Street. Detroit. Mich.





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at what they are worth. This rice end for week end-

“‘15 October 16nd, 1920. A ERI AN BUTTER &

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for fancy fresh eggs and

will pay you 620 per dozen.

delivered Detroit, cases

included for express ship-

ments strictly new laid





Ship to Tho Old Reliable House

Daniel Mc Cuff ey’s Sons,

623-625 Wabash Bldg.. Pittsburg. Pa.





 





LANDS O

High Grade Lands





A lens. acreage of high class, heavily grassed and

easily cleared lands is now available for pure

and settlement in Preeque Isle County's recogn

chamfillon clover seed belt. traversed by Detroit, and

Mack 8.03. R. and East Mich. Dixie Highway. land.

surround the thriving manufacturing city of Onawu

ilmpulatlon 3000) and are the choice selections of tho

ard wood lands. Timber was removed some year-n.0,





These are heavy and medium soils wlth a real bottom

and under laid with lime stone rivaling the famous blue

grass regions of Kentucky but more favored by cli-

matic conditions and the natural home for clover.

alfalfa, vetch, peas etc. to supply the home grown

fertility for unrivaled wheat. oats. barley and sugar-





. beet crops. Live stock thrives here.





The former owner hold these lands at an exorbitant



£206 and they came to me on an indebtedness. I

ve’other interests taking all my time and oller them



in any size tract and on easy terms. There are over



20. acres



Mr. A. V. Hinkley, Pres. Onaway Bank has charge



of them or write me. _





THAD B. PRESTON,





Pres. State Savings Bank, Ionia, Mich.





$2000 Cash Secures

160-Acre Equipped Mich. Farm





Splendidly located money-making farm, all ready for

business: complete equipment, even household furni-

ture included: machine-worked fields, good cultiva-

tion; creek-watered pasture: 700 cords wood ready

for nearby market; good house, big barn, poultry

house,tenant house,eto.,pure waterzquick buyer gets 2

horses. 4 cows. 2 brood sows, 7 pigs, poultry gas on-

gine, wagons, machinery, Implements, toolsfurnlture.

beans, potatoes, carrots, corn, hay, etc: everything

85700f£nly 8200‘) cash balance easy terms. Details this

and rm with income S7200 one year page 71 Strout'e

Big New Illustrated Catalog Farm Bar ains 33 States.

Just out. Copy free. STROUT FA M AGENCY.

814 BC Ford B (13., Detroit, Mich.





Wonderful Opportunity





TO PURCHASE





Rich Productive Farms





For A Home -- or As a Paying Investment

IF INTERESTED WRITE FOR CATALOGUE





ROGERS BROS. SEED CO. 1





ALPENA, MICH.





McCLURE-STEVENS LAND CO.





We have for sale 15,000 acres of fine unimproved

lands, well located. close. to schools. that we sell

on easy terms. line farm of 629 aches, all well

improved good buildings, basement barns, silos or-

chards, all modern Improvements. A sheep ranc'h of

310 acres, all fenced, well wate ood buildinfi

orchards. hree stock ranches, wel enoed. grass

Gladwln, Mich.





and watered.

McCLURE-STEVENS LAND CO.

For a Young Man



who wants a start in farming or a renter who wants

to own his farm. 160 acres, la s nice. good soil, 100

acres under the plow but not al stumped. fine orchard.

small frame house, fair barn. close to school,5x miles

togood market, on ood road. Price $4500, any rea-

sonable payment "In and ten to twenty years tun.

on the remainder. Write owner,



W. I". UMPHREY. Evart. Mich.

on first class 120 A. farm at Bentley Mich, 54 mi. vil-

lage, good schools, 8 room house. electric lights abu -

dance fruit, new modern barn 40x70. two silos l2x

other buildings, very productive soil. wire fences. no

A. c‘ultlvaited, balance pasture, ZlmAi. rye, 39A.Kood°d

new man ow. see seasons 010 s a be con-vino

that this is a No. 1 fan in. p



FRED SNYDER, Bontly, hdlch.



Three Farms

No. ], 160 acres. 60 acres pasture, fertile soil, 2 barns,

8 room house, 3 miles to market. ’. per A.

No. 2 An estate of 147 acres, 30 acres timber and

nature, good soil. 2 wells, 2 cisterns. $85 per A.

cry attractive terms. No. 3 153 acres, extra good

stock and gram farm, most favorably located 8130

fierlA. Further information write H. Russell.

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Ly Bureau, 413-414 Myers Bldg, A'shland. Ohio-

Comfort and Pleasure This

Winter





CLEARWATER ON CLEAItWATEIt HARBOR AND

GULF OF MEXICO. Wonderful surroundings. surf

bathing, mild climate, comfortable aocomodntions,

hotels and cottages. Citrus groves, trucking. chick-

ens and dairylng.‘ Good land, sufficient ruin. luxur-

xant growth. Write Board of Trade, Clearwater,l“la.





FOR SALE: FARM





430 acres. good buildings. with horses, cattle, implem-

ents, etc. Immediate possession. 840 per acre. Bus-

iness or resxdenre property in exchange or long time

contract. See 1). . It INNIE, Saginaw, Mich.

323% Genesee Avenue. Bell 3521. Val. 630-8.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Wanted Farmer

Experienced farmer (married man on

up-to-date farm near Belleville, Michi-

gan. In addition to cash salary, farm-

er is furnished with good house, near

school, fuel, milk, potatoes, also arden.

Milking done b machine. rite at

once to D. S. ISKADDEN, Box 811,

Marysville, Michigan.





“PILGRIM MOTHEII”Yam





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4 oz. skeins 65c: Pound $2.50. Write for

samples._ Our yarn guaranteed all virgin

wool like the yarn our mothers used to spin.





WGOLEI HILLS, Heed Glty, Mich.

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TRAPPERS AND SHIPPERS

We are buyers for New York Manufactusere. Are

in position to pay you as much or more for your

furs. We use 4 mm grade for Prime Goods.

15 years reasonable dealings. We buy tame Rab-

bit flms. Tags mdctc. Free.

pace First Nat‘l. Bank. Marquette. Mich.





fill GMAN . DAVIS co. my.





130 Spring St. Marquette, Mich.





Farms and Farm Lands ForSaIe





uy farms in New York State through the Farm Bro-

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175 acre New Ham -

F-a-R S'A'L'E shire farm. Bevenl’y

five tillage. one hundred pasture and wood, out six-

ty tons hay, twelve room _house, plumbing, furnace.

fireplaces. Barn forty by mxty,stanchious thirty head.

tour horses Buildings fine condition, windmill. Mile

churches, schools. Box B. Northborough, Mass.





 





 





 





 





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' ' , 109 acres on fine lake. good buildi .

”I: Bargam- only $1500 needed. write for picturlgss.

DeCOUDRES. Bloomingdale, Mich:





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