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VOLUME CLVI NUMBER EIGHT





DETROIT, FEBRUARY 19, 1921





 





CURRENT COMMENT





1TH a. deficit of

millions in the





- Stat? s t a t e treasury, and

Taxat’on with extraordinary de-

Problems mands being made on





every hand for state

funds for the support of state activi-

ties, such as the care of unfortunates

and dependents, the restraint and

reformation of criminals, the mainte-

nance and development of educational

institutions, the carrying out of the

road improvement program, the ever-

increasing expense of law enforcement,

etc., the ever—vexed question of taxa-

tion has become an all important con

sideration for the people of Michigan

at this time.



Asa means of providing funds for

overcoming the present deficit in the

state treasury and for increased ap-

propriations to meet the indispensable

needs for state purposes in the imme-

diate future, Governor Groesbeck has

proposed a. capital stock tax on corpor-

ations, which plan is finding favor with

legislators as a source of state income

which can be quickly realized, as it is

believed that such a tax can be made

collectible ’uring the present calendar

year.



The t‘armers’ organizations of the

state have long been working on this

tax problem. Their members have long

realized, as other thinking citizens

have come to realize, that the burden

of property taxation on the farms and

homes of this state has reached its

practical limit. In casting about for

other sources of state income to re-

lieve the heavy burden of taxation on

farms and homes, the farmers’ organi-

zations have settled on a state income

tax as the most'l‘easible method of se-

curing such relief. Following up this

crystalization of opinion these organi

zations have severally approved the

adoption of a state income tax in Mich—

igan, similar "ta that now in force in

Wisconsin and some other states,

which plan has also been approved by

the State Tax Commission. Now prac:

tical action along this line is being

urged by the federated legislative com-

mittee of these organizations, which

met in the senate chamber of the capi-

tol at Lansing on February 11, for the

discussion of the proposition and the

formulation of a plan of action. This

Committee consists of representatives

of the State Grange, State Association

of Farmers’ Clubs, Cleaners, and the

State Farm Bureau. The meeting was

_ ‘ also attended by representatives of a

' - f‘otherrorganizations not pro-





foals.





 





 





organizations. \

After full discussion of the proposi-

tion it was agreed that it would





‘neeessary to amend the state consti‘





tution before a state income tax

law could be enacted. Accordingly





committee of five was appointed to:





meet with the governor and the taxaé

tion committees of the two houses of

the legislature to submit ,a proposed

amendment to thevconstitution which





would permit the enactment of such a ‘





law, and urge its immediate submis.

sion to the voters of the state. It was

believed that if prompt action could be

secured, the proposal could be submit-

tedi at the general election in April.

The initial presentation of the plan

was made on Tuesday of this week,

and the matter will. be closely followed

up by the committee to secure quick

action by the legislature if possible.



Interested members of these organi-

zati'ons can be of great aid in getting

early action on the submission of this

proposed amendment to the voters of

the state by urging the importance of

such action on their representatives in

both houses of the legislature through

a personal interview, or by letter if

that is impossible. It is conceded by

all who have given careful study and

thought to the situation that a mate-

rial increase in state appropriations is

unavoidable in the present situation.

It is certainly apparent to every farm-

er that new sources of tax money are

imperative under these conditions. You

can help solve the problem by support-

ing this committee in its efforts to get

a proposed amendment to the constitu-

tion which will make possible the adop-

tion of an income tax for state pur-

poses submitted to the electors of the

state for their approval.





HE c o u n t r y is

short of suitable





Rmsmg. farm horses. There is

Better no doubt about this,

Horses and when all things



are taken into. ac-





count it is plain that it is about time

farmers saw the light more clearly and

set about the problem of supplying

their needs so far as suitable horses

are concerned. The average farmer

can raise better horses than he can

afford to buy. The colts from his

mares, the product of one stallion, will

mate more closely in disposition and

be better adapted to his work than

horses that he can buy, one or two in

a place. There is something about the

working of horses that match in size,

strength and disposition that makes

the work much easier and the teams

and men more efficient. It is difficult

to buy good pairs of farm horses, and

the necessity of making up three and

four-horse teams makes it very desir-

able to have a lot of uniform horses

that have the same size and disposi~

tion. This can best be accomplished

by breeding a few uniform mares to

one good stallion. The surer way to

have matched pairs is to breed them.

It means persistent effort and an ad-

herence to one type until the purpose

is accomplished.



The farmer who goes into the busi-

ness of breeding a. few good mares

each year should do so with the firm

resolve to patronize the best stallion

within reasonable distance of his farm,

and to continue his breeding opera-

tions on a moderate scale each year,

through good and bad times. It seldom

pays to keep more mares for breeding

uses than can be furnished with steady,

profitable work during the greater part

of the year. Horses should have work.

This is the main argument in.favor of

farmers keeping well-bred ' mares.

Farmers need their work, and the

work with intelligent management

agrees with the mares. Many farmers

are employing mares for work, and

they are raising strong and growthy





 





numerous lay members Sofi- the allied





More mares are ab é“ eta (1',





properly develop her breeding quill.

ties, and, as a rule, she will get more





bemoderate exercise at work On the farm





than when she i’sgiven the run of the

yards or pasture: for an occasional frol-





a to, and runs and jump! and kicks; clip-





ping and straining he: soft muscles.

She is far more likely to injure‘herself

in this way than by performing work

on the farm to which her hardened

muscles are accustomed.





To secure maximum results from the

work teams the farm must be run. on

a systemat'hc basis. Horses should

have steady, profitable work every day

when the weather is favorable. There

is no excuse for, work teams to stand

idle many days in a week. Horses

need regular work. Weather condi-

tions will cause some loss of: time: but

there are always odd bits of work

apart from crops that can be done as

well anumber of days 0: weeks ahead

of time as when they demand immedi-

ate attention. More work is accom-

plished and there'is 'less rush and ex-

pense if plans are made to do anything

a few‘ days or weeks ahead of time in-

stead of a few days behind time as is

usually the case during the rush sea-

son. When this policy is enforced

there'is less temptation to overwork

the horses to make up~for lost time.

Every day horses are crowded beyond





their strength is dearly paid for in





loss of condition and broken spirits, if

not in sickness.



Much of the horsepower on many

farms is wasted because of the own-

er’s inability to properly adjust the

hitch to accommodate several horses.

If one horse is able to do more work

than one of his mates, make him do it.

The whiffletrees can be adjusted to

divide the load, and economy demands

that each of the team do a full day’s

work according to his strength. The

ease with which this can be done,

however, is no reasonable excuse for

keeping a miscellaneous bunch of farm

work horses. It is hard to place too

high an estimate on the value of the

stimulus given to the business‘of the

farm by well-matched teams. Good

men prefer to work on the farm where

the work is done with high-class farm

horses.



Good, strong harness and durable im-

plements increase the efficiency of the

work teams. The horse that is well

fitted with a collar and a good harness

can do more work and do it easier

than one that is compelled to wear a

poorly fitted, dilapidated harness to

annoy and irritate him every step he

takes while at work. Strong and dur-

able implements reduce breakage to a

minimum and avoid delays required

to make repairs during the busy sea-

son. Fly nets help to increase the effi-

ciency of horses during the summer.

They are not expensive, and will last

a long time if given good care. Large

implements save the time of horses as

well as of men. There are many times

when three or four horses can do more

efficient work than two horses, and

leave an extra man to do the odd jobs

about the farm. With several horses

handled by one driver, there is 'more

opportunity to keep everything mov-

ing smoothly without allowing the

horses to stand idle in the barn. The

cost of suitable farm horses and keep-

ing them during the year makes it im-

perative that they have somethingrto

do every day when the weather is

pleasant;



It is the steady, every—day work that

counts, not the work that is accom-

plished through attempting to do two

day’s work in one. A well-Iaid~out sys-

tem of crop growing distributes the

work of the teams so regularly over

the season as to greatly economize the

horsepower required at any one time.

By planning fall plowing, manure haul-

ing during the winter, crop marketing



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it all-owed to stand idle; On mly

farms two good teams, with skillful

management, could be made to do

more work, and do it ’ easier, than

three teams now do it with plundering

management, thus cutting dewn the

oo'st of operating the term from three

to four hundred dollars a year. Wheth-

er a farmer is operatinga tractor or.

depending entirely upon horses for





farm work, he cannot afford to, over- .1

look the possibilities of increasing the





efficiency of, his business through rais-.

ing better horses and providing them

with profitable work as many days as

possible during the year.





News of the ‘Week'





Wednesday,';February 9.

BEAT BRITAIN is supporting the





U (1 States in the proposal to.





interact alize Yap Island—An im-

portant election in South Africa is be-

ing held to determine whether the ter-

ritory will remain one of the self-gov-

erning dominions of Great Britain, or

set up an independent republic; to date

the secession party seems to be in the

lead—The ‘United States Senate and

House committees agree on a bill. for

the government regulation of cold stor~

age.———Health officers in this country

are worried lest an epidemic of typhus





start from victims now on emmigrant’





ships in American harbors._—-—Egg pric-

es show a decline of twenty-six cents

during the past two weeks.

Thursday, February 10.

UDGE GARY declares that existing

prices and wage scales injthe steel

industry are to continue—An order

is issued by the Interstate Commerce

Commission directing the public utili-

ties commission of Michigan to in-

crease intrastate railroad rates twenty

per cent, which order has been tempor-

arily blocked by injunctions—A blank<

et indictment naming twenty-nine cor-

porations charging violating of the

New York state anti-trust law is re«

turned by the grand jury investigating

the alleged building trust—It is report-

ed that forty divisions of Soviet troops

are being massed on the Polish front,

and twelve divisions on the Rouman-

ian front.





Friday, February 11.

HE latest returns on the South Af-





rican election shows the imperial?

istic party to be slightly in the lead.——— .





At least twenty-seven persons were

killed and forty injured when a tor~

nado strikes the town of Oconee, Ga.—

A resolution is introduced in the Unit-

ed States Senate providing for an in-





'ternational conference to arrange~for.

a. reduction in the German indemnity:

and the settlement of the Emotional-





war debt to this (smoky—Bavaria

agrees to conform with Germany’s dis

armament pact.——Dr. D. C. Vaughan,

dean of the medical school of the Uni-

versity of Michigan, resigns after fifty

years of service in that capacity.

Saturday, February 12.





T is announced that a general reduc-



tion in wages of railway employes

is not being considered by the associa-

tion of railway executives.———President

Wilson declines to adopt the New York

health commissioner’s suggestion that

a complete embargo upon immigration

be placed on New York City as a pro

tective measure against 'typhus and

other communicable diseases—During

the past week about seven thousand

men have returned to work in Detroit

——A treaty of peace between Soviet

Russia and Poland is signed at Riga.

according to a dispatch from Moscow.

——Chicago tenants are organized to op-

p08e high rents upon the expiration of,

their present leases.



Sunday, Febmary 13.





REVIVAL of trade with Japan is



indicated by the substantial in-

crease in imports and exports for Jan-

uary—Secretary of the Navy Daniels

advises giving the President control

over oil resources—The new adminis-

tration is expected to ‘take seventy-five

thousand names from the government

payroll, beginning July next—Price re-

adjustments by independent steel con-

cerns was the feature at the past week

in this industry—Denmark ‘has be.

come a heavy buyer of American goods.

——Admi1al Knapp urges the United

States not to withdraw the American

forces from Haiti.





. Monday, February 14.

REPARATIQNS are '

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PRESENT OFFICERS flND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE STATE FflRMBURExIU





Rear Row, Left to Right—A. J; Rogers, Secretary Pro-tern, of Beulah, Benzie County;

of Decatur, Van Buren County; A. T. Depue, of Faithorn, Menominee County. Front Row,





Fred Smith, of Antrim County, (Elk Rapids); W. E. Phillips,‘

Left’to Right.———Fred Van Nordsdall, Treasurer, of Three





Rivers, St. Joseph County; A. E. Il'lenden, of Adrian, Lenawee County; Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, of Carleton, Monroe County; James Nicol, President, of

South Haven, Berrien County; M. L. Noon, Vice-president, of Jackson, Jackson County. .





R. A. J. ROGERS, of Beulah, for5

mer member of Michigan State

Farm Bureau executive cbmmit-

$66, was elected temporary secretary,

and'Fred Van Norsdall, Three Rivers,

was reappointed treasurer of the State

Farm Bureau at the first meeting of

the new executive committee of the

farm bureau. held at the Lansing head—

quarters, Wednesday, February 9.

Mr. Rogers will assume the duties of





V C. A. Bingham, former secretary, who





was defeated by James Nicol, of South

Haven, for the presidency of the organ-

ization, at the State Farm Bureau’s





'annual meeting, held at the Michigan





Agricultural College ‘ during Farmers’

Week. ,



Several changes in organization

were made by the executive commit-

tee, which adjourned after deferring

action upon resolutions adopted by the

delegates at the annual meeting. It

was said that no action would be taken

upon the resolutions until a permanent

secretary had been appointed.



Two oiliceswere dispensed with——

that of the assistant secretary, and

that of the campaign manager. Action





in both cases- was taken in the inter-

ests of economy, the committee said,

and as a step toward a more compact

organization. It was said that Presi-

dent Nicol plans to take‘an active part

in the administration of farm bureau

affairs. He hopes to put in much of

his time at the farm bureau offices.



The permanent secretary will take

over the duties of the campaign man-

ager and will handle all matters per-

taining to organization, in addition to

his own duties.



The executive committee clothed

President Nicol and Secretary Pro-tem

Rogers with authority to act for the

entire executive committee in all mat-





-~ters in the absence of the executive





committee.



.President..Nicol appointed as chair-

men of farm bureau committees, the

following members of the executive

committee:



Upper Peninsula and Forestry, A. T.

Depue, Faithorn, Menominee county.



Legislative and Field Work, Fred

Smith, of Elk Rapids. ,



Dairy, Vice-president M. L. Noon, of

Jackson.





Seed, W. E. Phillips, Decatur.



Publicity and Home Economics, Mrs.

Edith M. Wagar, of Carleton, Monroe

county.



The elevator exchange, live stock

and beet chairmanships are pending.



Before adjourning to meet again at

the farm bureau offices in Lansing on

Friday morning, February 18, the ex-

ecutive committee_ voted to advance

$500 from a previous appropriation,

voted by the delegates at an annual

meeting, to the Michigan Sugar Beet

Growers’ Association for organization

purposes. It also accepted the follow-

ing statement from the sugar beet men

calling upon their nine thousand mem-

bers to study the scale‘of prices re-

cently approved by the American Farm

Bureau Federation at Chicago before

signing beet contracts for the coming

season. The beet growers' statement

is as follows:



To Michigan Sugar Beet Growers.



The critical situation in the sugar

beet industry is commanding the most

painstaking consideration by every

grower. The State and National Farm

Bureaus in connection with theState





- Farm Bureau Executive Committee Meets





and National Beet Growers’ Associa-

tions have united in working out a

scale of prices for the 1921 season for

all beet-growing states of the country.

These prices are based upon those al-

ready reached in a conference of the

Utah-Idaho Farm Bureau growers'with





the factories of that section and Were.





approved by the recent conference of

beet growers called by the American

Farm Bureau Federation at Chicago.

The scale is as follows:





For 50 sugar, beets per ton. . . .$ 6.45

For 6c sugar, beets per ton. . . . 7.74

For 70 sugar, beets per ton. . . . 9.03





For Sc sugar, beets per ton. . . .' 10.32

For 9c sugar, beets per ton. . .. 11.61





For 100 sugar, beets per ton. .. 12.90

For 110 sugar, beets per ton'. . . . 14.19

For 120 sugar, beets per hon, . ., 15.48





For 13c sugar, beets per ’on. . . . 16.77

For 140 sugar, beets per ton. . . . 18.06

For 150 sugar, beets per ton. .. . 19.35



The sugar price used as the base of





reckoning is New York or seaboard

price averaged for the whole year.



Growers are urged to study these

prices carefully and await develop-

ments before signing contracts offering

a lower scale than the one here pre-

sented.





Alfalfa Seed for Michigan Farmers





' By A. L. Bibbi—ns, Extension Specialist, Mefligmz Agricultural College .





failures! We have them both.

Pride is taken in those stands

which have proved to be successful;

however, it is quite customary to en-

deavor to hide and forget the failures.

The 'Successful stands are of great

value, not only because of the yields

of valuable feed that they produce and

the influence the crop has upon the

soil, but also because they serve as a

guide for future seedings. "

The failure may not be termed a tm





q LFALFA successes and alfalfa





.tal loss,.if we, but make use of it to





“evaluable experience: If all

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they would quite 111:er have a list of

“Don’ts,” and thus, failure furnishes in-

formation which if properly applied

insures success with later seedings.

Michigan’s Experience with Alfalfa.

The first alfalfa seedings made in

Michigan clearly demonstrated the nec-

essity of drainage and the thorough

preparation of the seed bed. Many

stands are testimonials to the value of

lime and inoculation. ,« The early ex-

periences have been such that they tell

us that if we do not believe in- drain-





age; in a ‘well prepared seed bed, in





liming and inoculation that we have no

right tossed algaira.‘

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vided for there have been failures due

to Winter-killing. Our late experiences

have taught us that there is a wide

variation in hardiness between differ-

ent alfalfa strains. Some easily suc-

cumb to the ravages of an open winter

with little snow and lots of alternate

freezing and thawing, and formation

of smothering ice-sheets, while, on the

other hand, there are varieties which

are quite resistant to such conditions.

It is quite apparent that the earlier

growers of alfalfa overlooked one of

the most important factors of success-

ful alfalfa production.



1 To be sure, it is most essenltial to





a.





as. 03.1 rammed fertile .6011 set





has been limed, inoculated and well

prepared; however, to obtain the max-

imum returns it is very important that

pure viable seed of the hardiest and

best adapted varieties be planted.

What is Good Alfalfa Seed?



It must be pure. Most of us can read-

ily detect dirt, sticks, etc., in seed, but

very few notice the presence of weed

seeds and adulterants. Occasionally,

apparently high-class alfalfa seed upon





"examination is found to contain many





weed seeds, which greatly lower the

value of the seed and enhances the

success of the crop.



The great majority of the seed trade

endeavOr ,to handle the best of seed:





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





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'y however, we are faced with the sitin-





f tion that occasionally, either by care





‘ilessness or perhaps with a purpose,

alfalfa seed is adulterated (with other

legumes which to most is unnoticed.



-Seed of both the yellow and white

blossom sweet clover are, sometimes

used to adulterate alfalfa seed, and the

farmer later discovers that his field

contains from one to twenty-five per

cent sweet clover. An alfalfa price

was paid for the seed and pure alfalfa

seed should have been delivered.



A much worse adulterant is yellow

trefoil, a southern—grown legume which

is of little or no value to Michigan

farmers. The seed of yellow trefoil re«

sembles somewhat the seed of alfalfa

—in fact, ninety-five per cent of the





farmers are easily deceived by adulter— '





ating alfalfa seed with yellow trefoil.



The writer has seen samples of al

falfa seed which contained as high as

twenty-five per cent of yellow trefoil

This means that the buyer pays for

one hundred pounds of alfalfa but only

receives seventy-five pounds. Samples

of this seed have been shown to hun-

dreds of Michigan farmers with the re-

sult that the great per cent were com-

; pletely fooled.



The seed must be plump, of good

color, and viable. Shriveled and light

seeds seldom produce thrifty plants

and no one can afford to accept seed

which contains many. The color of

alfalfa seed is a fair'indication of its

general condition and germinability. It

should be of light straw color and free

from many green immature seed and

seeds of reddish or reddish-brown col-

or. This latter type is taken to indi-

cate seed that is either old or has been

damaged at harvest or in storage.



Odor should be fresh: If a sweet

odor is present look closely for sweet

clover hulls and seeds. The cumarin

of sweet clover gives it a peculiar

sweetish odor which is foreign to al-

falfa. Alfalfa seed which has an odor

similar to that of rancid butter usually

is old and of low- vitality. Occasion-

ally such seed is used to adulterate

good viable seed and thus it is sold,

not at its worth, but at the price of

high-quality seed.



The seed should be of a strain that

is hardy and adapted to the regions in

which it is to be sown. It is a conced-

ed fact that southern-grown domestic

seed is not hardy enough to Withstand

our more rigorous climate.



Millions of pounds of alfalfa seed

have been imported into America from

countries of southern climes with the

result, that the value of the careful

preparation of the seed bed, liming and

inoculation, are lost because the seed

sown was unadapted.



Alfalfa seed of most any strain if

viable will germinate and give growth

and indication of a successful stand

the first year,

will show signs of weakness in the sec-

ond year, especially if the previous

winter was in the least unfavorable.

The great difference between adapted

and unadapted varieties is usually most

easily seen in the third year. Those

strains which are not sufficiently hardy

begin to die, and June grass takes their

place, While the hardy strains are at

their maximum strength in the third

year and returning a valuable crop.

Good seed of such varieties is the only

kind that should be sown.



Alfalfa varieties for Michigan may

be classified as adapted or unadapted.

Varieties of Alfalfa Unadapted to

Michigan.



Peruvian alfalfas, either the smooth

or hairy types, had their origin in Peru.

It is considered to be a leading variety

for the warmer regions of the United

States and is widely used in California

and along the Mexicon border. In com-

parison to common alfalfa it has small-

er Crowns, fewer branches and stems,

and is more upright in,its manner of

growth. ‘ _



The district of Turkestan Russian

furnishes, a variety of. alfalfa which





but if it is unadapted it ‘.





bears its name Became of ' wide

variation of climate the seed from Tur-

kestan varies in its hardiness—some

doing quite well in the northern states

of America, while other Turkestan

seed fails when sown in this region.

The United States Department of Ag-

riculture reports that Turkestan alfal-

fit is not as good as many of our do-

mesticated varieties.



Erench and Italian varieties are

poorly adapted to Michigan in that





they are unable to withstand our more





severe winters.



Southern-grown common alfalfa may

produce good stands but seldom are as

profitable as those of the more hardy

varieties. Southern-grown seed is not

recommended for seeding in Michigan.



Yellow flowered” alfalfa seed produc-





Manage varieties ; , '

ditions. -



Grimm, Coasack and Baltic are three

excellent variegated varieties and in

addition there is the commOn, which if

the seed is produced in the north, es-





pecially the Dakotas or Montana, is





quite suitable for use in Michigan, but

usually not so productive, as the true

Grimm.



The Grimm, Baltic and Cossack va-

rieties withstand winter-killing be-

cause they prepare for it. In mid-Oo-

tober the plants may be six to eight

inches high and begin to turn brown,

as they are going into the protective

dormant stage. In this condition they

can stand freezing, without being killed

when the common strains suffer be-

cause they grow’ late in the fall and





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gives poor yields.

Alfalfa Varieties Adapted to Michigan.



The various strains of the variegated

alfalfas are best adapted to Michigan

conditions. These strains obtained the

name of variegated because of the

wide variation of the color of the bios-

soms, there being a variety of colors

ranging from white, light. yellow, and

green to the smoky hues or purple,

brown andblue.



The variegated strains have widely

spreading crowns, which are low~set

and may be partially or completely

submerged in the soil which in con-

trast to the smaller and higher set

crown of the common, makes them

more resistant to injury from alternate

thawing and freezing. The tap root of

the variegated strains is branching and

thus the crown is better anchored in

the soil and given greater feeding area

greater yields resulting. Many tests

have demonstrated these strains to be





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not in the protective stage when the

freezing weather arrives. This kills

some plants and weakens the produc-

tive power of others with the result

that the stand is a complete failure or

produces yields inferior to the improv-

ed varieties.



In the spring one may notice that

the common strains are slow to start

growth, while the Grimm, for instance,

with its vigor conserved starts quiCkly

and makes four to six inches of-new

growth before the weaker common has

started. This proves to be an advan-

tage at harvest time for more hay is

to be had.



Know the Source of the Seed.



Pure, viable, common alfalfa seed

looks just as good as the best of the

variegated alfalfa. It is next to an im-

possibility to distinguish the seed of

each but there is a great difference in





their value for our Michigan condi-'





tions.

Many of the adverse reports we hear

concerning Grimm may





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insistnponaguarantee notonlyas to





purity and germinabiiity of the seed,

but also its We to name, freedom

of mixtures with other varieties, and

its origin should be guaranteed.

Fortunately growers imthe Dakotas,

Montanas and Idaho have organized





‘ themselves into associations similar to





our Michigan Crop Improvement Asso-





'ciation and are putting their seed on





the market with certification as to its

purity, germinability, genuineness and

origin. Probably ninety- Jive per cent

of such seed has already been pu -

chased by the farm bureaus and a fe r.

reputable commercial seed houses. hi1.

J. W.” Nicolson, manager of the seed

department of the Michigan State

Farm Bureau, visited the Grimm pro-

ducing sections of the northwest and

purchased 110,000 ponds at fifty cents

per pound f. o. b. shipping point. The

farm bureau would like to obtainmore

of this seed but find that the supply is

exhausted save for a few small scatter-

ing lots.



Our advice is to know the source of

your alfalfa seed and demand a guar-

antee as to its purity, germinability,

origin and trueness to name.





'TURKEY RAISING IN MICHIGAN.





URKEYS on a small or large farm

are one of the most profitable in





vestments. They make one almost one;





hundred per cent profit when the bugs,

worms and grasshoppers are taken -in-

to consideration.



In the first place, I keep my turkeys

as quiet and tame as possible. The

young 'ones eat out of my lap and fly

into my dish while feeding them. When

the hens start to lay I locate the nest

if possible, take the eggs to prevent

their chilling, placing hens‘ eggs in

the nest. When the hens start'to set

I only place under her what eggs she

can nicely cover. The rest are put

under hens, on the ground if possible,

but given to turkey mother as soon as

hatched. '



We make a pen as soon as they are

ready to leave the nest, just something

that will keep the young ones in for

three or four days. Then they are

only let out for a little while at a time.

Always see that they are shut up at

night to prevent them from getting in-

to the wet grass in the morning, for a

turkey can ’t stand wet feet.



I feed my turkeys four or five times

a. day until about a month old, then

gradually less, until twice a day. I

always feed my little turks the first

thing in the morning when I get up, as





this makes them more contented and‘





keeps them from going into the wet

grass. _



I have had the best success in feed-

ing rolled oats. I buy it by the one

hundred pounds. The little turks like

it, they eat it readily, and it always

agrees with them. I also use plenty

of curd with red pepper, and often

bread and milk with red pepper. I

give plenty of fresh water and milk to

drink. They must have plenty of" grit

and will eat shells when quite young.



I always empty ashes where they

can get them easilyIto eat and dust in.

Keep plenty of good louse powder on

hand. When “dumpy”, grease the top

of their head withturpentine and lard,

use plenty of powder under their

wings. ’ "



You will feel fully repaid for this

work when you market a nice big heal-

thy flock. After a turk is six weeks old

there is not much danger and as seen

as they are in the red, .can look out

for themselves. Farmers troubled with

grasshoppers can make no better' in-

vestment than a nice flock of turkeys.



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months of a pig' 8 life is to produce

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HE season now closing has prob-

U . ably been one of the. most disap-

pointing -“and unsatisfactory to

fruit growers, as well as to those en-

gaged “in other, lines of agricultural

production,'of any in recent years. By

the grace of a beneficent Providence

these growers have been successful in

’makingthe'two blades of grass grow

allright, but the benefits have accrued

mostly to the other fellow. But

strangely enough, consumers have not

benefited at all by, the low prices to

the producers.

A most peculiar and unprecedented

combination ofuntoward causes have





t contributed to the poor showing. The

i scarcityof cars and poor railroad ser-





vice, the increased cost of transporta-

tion, the high cost of labor, the big in-

crease in price of packages, have all





5 combined to levy a heavier tribute up-





on the returns from fruit than the in-

dustry can well stand. It remains \to

be determined whether or not the

horticulturists of Michigan will be able

to successfully surmount all of the dif-

ficulties or if people will have to go

short of fruit.\ One or the other of

these is inevitable. There are people

enough to eat all of the fruit produced

in this year of unusually large crops if

only it can be gotten to them at prices





-which they can afford and which the





grOWers can afford. There are plenty

of people not far from the large com-





mercial orchards who scarcely have a“

. taste of fruit.» .





Some of the heavy expenses involv-

ed in marketing fruit cannot be very

materially reduced by the growers at

present, but there are some that can.

It is difficult to get any reduction in

transportation rates or for the people

to gain muchimprovement in railway

service, but-the influence of, the farm





, bureau maybe able't'o help some and





perhaps secure a better supply of cars.





. Unemployment may help out the labor





situation, and a. smaller fruit crop,

which is certain another season after

such a large yield, may "make a lessen-

ed demand for packages and cause a

reductionin price. But there are ways

in which some of the enormous ex-

penses of the past season may be ma-

terially reduced. ‘





. HATEVER may be accomplished

must be done through coopera-



tion. Individual effort is futile, and

one of the first things necessary for a

closer union of forces is for the grow-

er to understand more fully his limi-

tations. There are some requisites in

successful marketing‘which the indi-

vidual grower lacks. The first is, he

is not a salesman. Selling goods is an

art, and there is an army of salesmen

traveling over the country whose sole

business is selling goods, and these do

most of the selling. The owner of a

large business establishment of any

kind rarely goes out selling his prod-

ucts, nor does the superintendent .or

any of the. hands or roustabouts. The

selling is all done by men who are ex-

perts at the . business, and without

these there is not one concern in a





{hundred that could survive a month.





But the farmer has to be superintend-





ent, hired man and roustabout all in'





one, and salesman combined. No man

is sufficiently versatile to be all of

these at once, and should he attempt

to close contracts with a trained buyer





the. chances ,arer‘thalt the bargain will

be “£479 able. to the purchaser.





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'istant, as it is in marketing fruits, the





prices of which are subject to violent

fluctuations from “day to day. With

his ignorance both of prices and mar-

ket conditions the farmer is at an es-

pecial disadvantage when dealing with

buyers who are informed on both of

these subjects, so he invites benevolent

assimilation at the “very start by ask-

ing, “what will you give?” A seller in

any other line by asking such a ques-

tion’ would set himself down as an easy

mark. Instances are numerous where

farmers have been buncoed because of

their ignorance of values. An agricul-

tural journal relates how a farmer not

long since was offered seventy-five

cents per bushel for potatoes when

they Were selling for $2.50 in a mar-

ket not twenty miles distant. A farm-

er having several hundred bushels of

crabapples was offered $3.00 per bush-

el for them. Compared with prices in

former years this looked good to him,

and although he belonged to a fruit

exchange he feared the manager

might not be able to get as much, so

he sold. The buyer had no market for

them, but ”went to the manager of the

exchange and asked him to sell them,

and wanted him to get $4.50 per bush:

e1. Hefdidn’t get quite that, but the

buyer made enough to buy a good car

out of the deal. ’ .,



It is important, too, to know where





the best markets are. There are al-





ways places where a car of fruit can,





be sold‘ for considerable more than is

offered by local buyers, but it is neces-

sary to have a carload to ship, and

this the average grower does not have,

nor does he know where to place it,

in most instances, even if he has a

carload. It is universally admitted that

a wider distribution of our fruit is in-

dispensable, but this is impossible

with individual effort.



There would seem to be no sufficient

reason why a considerable saving

might not be effected by a return of

empty packages. Thirty cents for a bas-

ket-tomarket a bushel of fruit, 0r fifty





'cents to carry the same quantity in a





barrel, is out of all reason. The return

of empties is common in other lines,

particularly with poultry and eggs.



A number of fruit growers with

whom I have talked agree with me that

it does not pay to make the grades of

apples put up in the exchange packing

plants. Buyers will not pay enough for

the better grades to pay for the extra

work and waste in making them. There

are always marks on apples. call them

blemishes if you wish, which no spray-

ing or cultural methods will prevent,

such as small limb chafes and injuries

caused by weather and by causes

which perhaps nobody knows what,

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HE illustration shown herewith il—

lustrates two types of self-feeders

which most any of the readers will be

able to build with ordinary lumber pur-

chased from your local lumber dealer.

Build these feeders so that hogs can

get_at both sides of them, then you

get_just twice the feeding capacity for

the length of each feeder, as you do

when you make them usable an only

one side. Make. them of good strong

lumber, weather-proof and hog-proof





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can put grain in one side and concen-

trates in the other side of each feeder.

Where you have only a small number

of hogs the latter plan will be the

preferable one. After you have filled

them two or three times you will know

how often they should be filled. and

there will be little or no need for look-

ing them over except on filling days.

Put the feeder where it and the hogs

will be protected from the sun and

from snow and rain. Then the hogs

caneat from it in comfort. If it is

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keeping properties of the fruit, and its

appearance but slightly, but which rule

it out of the “A” grades. A consider-

able proportion of apples that are

practically free from insect and fungus

injuries, for the control of which spray-

ing is done, goes into the lower grades

or into the elders because of these

slight marks, and the buyers discrimi-

nate against the-lower grades, but will

not pay encugh for the first quality to

pay for making such discards. Farm—

ers have been able to sell their mer-

chantable apples put up in one grade,

or in some instances for a flat price

put up in two grades, for more money

than is realized by the patrons of the

exchange.



This statement needs qualifying. A

large proportion of the apples of west:

ern Michigan now go through the ex-

changes, and the fruit is widely dis-

tributed throughout the country. If

the immense crop of the year had been

dependent on local buyers and near—by

markets, as formerly, prices would

have been too low to pay for market—

ing. But the claim that people will

pay a fancy price for fancy fruit is not

justified by the experience in the ex-

changes, and the lower grades, which

are exceptionally fine apples, go for a

low price, and an unusual amount of

fruit which is better than will be found

on the hotel tables of the state gener-

ally, go into the ciders, which this year

hardly paid for handling. And with

present labor costs it is mighty expen-

sive making such grades.





MANY imagine that the spread be-

tween prices to producers and

consumers indicates profiteering, but

an examination will show a chain of

expenses which can be cut out by 00-,

operative methods of marketing, and

all are necessary under present meth-

ods. Fruit not marketed through the

exchanges is either consigned to com-

mission men or sold to local buyers. A

bushel of fruit selling in Chicago on

commission for $1.50, or a barrel sell-

ing for $4.50, which would be fair

sales, incur the following \expenses

shipped by boat, rail rates still'higher:

Bushel. Barrel.





Freight .............. $0.30





Cartage

Commission





Expenses

Returns





There is still a deduction to be made

for labor costs of at least twenty-five

cents per bushel, or eighty cents per

barrel, which leaves the grower a net

return of forty-four cents per bushel

for fruit which sold in Chicago for

$1.50, or ninety-three cents for a barrel

selling for $4.50. But much of that

fruit goes beyond Chicago and is sub-

ject to another set of expenses for

transportation and commissions equal,

probably, to those in getting it to Chi~

cago, and we may estimate those ex-

penses about as follows:





Bushel.

Original cost . . . . ..... $1.50

Transportation .35

Commission . . . .21





$2.06 $5.80



A retail dealer living beyond Chi-

cago and doing business for only ten

per cent, and that is not excessive "

where stuff is measured out by the

peck or smaller quantity, must charge

$2.50 for a bushel which netted the

grower only forty-four cents, or $5.80 ..

for the barrel for which t 9,9 duper





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'OTWITHSTANDI‘NG the reports

N that wool consumption for De,

cember showed a decrease com-.



pared with the preceding month; that

on January 1, fifty-four per cent of the

wool textile machinery in this country

was idle, and' many cargoes of wool

have arrived here or are headed for

American ports, there is an encourag-

ing trend in the wool market. Accord-

ing to the wool market specialists of

the Department of Agriculture there is

now a better market for domestic

wools than at any time in the last

three months, with a better demand

and better prices. They report that

territorial wools are in demand on the

Boston market at prices ranging from

eighty-five to ninety-five cents a pound

on a. scoured basis. There is a scar-

city of fleece wool reported, with the

stocks on hand small.



Vast. quantities of wool are coming

1 into this country. There has always

been a rapid increase in wool importa-

tions during an agitation in congress

for higher duties and just before the

enactment of a protective wool tariff.

This wool now coming to our shores,

however, is low-grade and does not

come directly into competition with

our domestic wools. ’



The stocks of wool owned by the

United States government at the pres-

ent. time total 51,000,000 pounds; but

the greater part of these stocks are

classed as carpet. wool. At the last

government sale, 3.400.000 pounds of

wool were offered. and not one lot was

withdrawn. Of this wool, 3,000,000

pounds was sold to carpet mills, 2,800,—

000 pounds having been purchased by

two carpet. mills. An auction sale of

4,000,000 pounds of government—owned

wools scheduled for February 4, in Bos-

ton, was cancelled by Secretary of War

Baker.





HE latest development in the so-



called‘ adulterated butter tax situa-

tion is information that Commissioner

of Internal Revenue W. M. Williams

has refused to make any concession to

the butter manufacturers, except to

postpone the date of the ten-cent tax

becoming operative until April 1. In

the meantime a hearing will be given

on February 25. before the internal

revenue commissioner, for the purpose

of giving the butter producers an op-

portunity to present their case.



This butter tax, if collected, will hit

the packers to the extent of several.

million dollars a year, as they are

among the large distributors of cen-

tralized creamery butter. It is claimed

that this tax will affect the entire car-

ton butter business in the ’United

States.



A hearing will be held before the

house agricultural committee February

15, on the Dyer bill to remove the tax

on colored oleomargarine. This is the

first time oleomargarine legislation has

been taken up during the present ses-

sion.



The Maryland—Virginia Milk Produc-

ers’ Association, supplying Washing-

ton with milk, has decided to operate

a plant in or near Washington, for the

purpose of manufacturing the surplus

milk of the members into butter,

cheese and other products.

ciation has reduced the price of liquid

milk from forty-four to thirty-six cents

a. gallon.



Aftcl an unsuccessful attempt on the

part of the friends of packer regulation

to get the senate bill reported out with-

out amendment, the committee on ag-

riculture ordered a favorable report on

a substitute bill, which places the con-



,trol of the packers with the Federal

Department of Agriculture, and places-

the stock yards under the jurisdiction





the lntmthtc “ommerpe Comm-is-

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stock‘ commission to, supervise the

meat-packing industry.



The American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion and Nationail,2Grange representa-

tives are working actively to get the

packer bill out onto the floor of the

house for action this'session. It is the

opinion of close observers in congress

that if the bill could be brought to a

vote it would pass the house. The de-

bate has been limited, and prospects

are fair that the measure will be voted

on by the fifteenth of this month. It

is also hopefully predicted that the

senate bill will be presented for action

on the floor of the house instead of the

one reported out by the agriculture

committee. This is believed to be the

only possible chanceof its becoming

a law during the present session.





HE friends of packer control legis-



lation are confronted with a new

and serious opposition -to their meas-

ure, the United States Chamber of

Commerce. Copies of a brief contain-

ing arguments against the proposed

legislation have been sent to members

of the senate and house, and there has

been sent out from the Washington

headquarters of the chamber to the

fourteen hundred organizations and

more than fifteen thousand corpora-





tions. firms and individuals included in -





its membership, at request that they

lend their assistance in opposing the

legislation. This emphasizes the effi-

ciency of the business men’s organiza-

tion in lining up their support or oppo-

sition to any measure before congress,

and also the necessity of the many

farmers’ organizations federating their

interests under one great representa-

tive overhead organization, similar in

its plans and methods to those‘now em-

ployed by the United States Chamber

of Commelce.



The chamber points out what it

terms “the farce of voluntary registra-

tion as proposed in the senate packer

bill. The measure provides that pack-

ers may register or not, as they wish,

but to those that register the govern-

ment grants special favors, such as as—

sistance in procuring cars and the dis-

semination of information which it is

alleged would place those not register-

ing under serious competitive handi-

caps. The effect of the provisions

would be to force corporations engag-

ed in this business to register; Once

they are registered the government as—

sumes a control of the operation of the

business that is equivalent to actual

government operation.” ‘





By Elmer E. Reynolds





The Chamber’s brief contends that

this is the first time that the congress

has seriously- considered taking con-

trol" of the entire functioningof a pri-

vateindustry through a government

commission.



A plan for the disposal of the stock

yards and other subsidiary interests by

the “big five” packing companies, were

filed with the district slipremecourt on

February 7, under'a ruling issued Jan-

uary 4, which required the packers to

submit such plants within thirty days

of that date.



The 'plan provides for the sale of the

stock yards holdings on a cash or an

installment basis and names agents to

conduct the sales. It is also provided

that the district court appoint three

trustees to supervise the sales and rep-

resent the packers at stockholders’

meetings until their subsidiary inter-

ests shall have been disposed of. The

sales agents are required to report to





the court periodically, and the court is'





empowered to set the time limit for

the disposal of the packers’ stock

yards holdings. It is claimed by the

packers that sales of their interests

are now in progress, and efforts are

being made to hasten the consumma-

tion of the dissolution of interests.





HARLES w. H0LMAN,‘1¥éE?éEéEE-

ing the National Board of Farm Or-

ganizations, appeared before the Ford-

ney ways and means committee in fa-

vor of a tariff on soja beans and soja

bean oil, peanuts and peanut oil, copra

and coacoanut oil. Tariff duties are

asked for that will be sufficient to

guarantee that none of these products

from the Qrient can be laid down in

this country at a lower price than Am-

erican growers can afford to sell prod-

ucts with which these foreign prod-

ucts enter into competition. At the

present rate of production in ten years

Manchuria will be able to export

enough soja bean oil to equal the cot-

tonseed oil from a cotton crop of seven

million bales.



The Dai'rymen’s Cooperative Sales

Company, of Pittsburgh, supplying the

Pittsburgh district with liquid milk,

has begun active work in its territory,

cbmprising several counties in Ohio,

Pennsylvania and West Virginia, to

raise funds for the proposed Temple .of

Agriculture in Washington.



An amendment to the general agri-

cultural appropriation bill, introduced

by Senators Swanson and Glass, of

Virginia, authorizes the secretary of

the treasury during the fiscal years of





 





 





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HE accompanying graph shows the reader the rapid increase myth;-

membership of the Michigan State Farm Bureau during the year

from February 1,1920, to January 31,1921. The year began with only





22,749 members and closed with 97 ,264.





Only seven counties remain to ‘





be organized: these are Ontonagflon Mackinac and Keewenaw in the up-

per peninsula, and Iosco, Roscommon, Oscoda and Bay in the lower pe-

ninsula. The county membership ranges from one hundred and thirty-

five in Crawford, to 3, 220 in Sanilac, and the average for the. seventy -‘liv'e





counties organized is 1, 297 members,





and forty-three of the counties have





a membership of over a thousand and, and sixteen of over two thousand.



In Seven counties where the membership campaign has been continued



.by the County Farm Bureaus the number of members has been i gens- _'

_ ed from 10 .175 to 14m orbit 11W mmumgpg 89.7, _ 1





1921-1922, to purchase at par and ac-

c'rue'd interest, With any funds in the

treasury not otherwise appropiiated

from any‘federal land bank,‘farm loan

bonds. issued by such bank. Such pur-

chases shall not exceed the Sum of





$100,000,000 in either fiscal year, stall ‘

be made only upon recommendationin





writing of the Federal Farm / Loan

Board, and the bonds so pur’Chased

shall bear interest at the rate of five

per cent per annum.’ 0





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HE bill providing federal aid in the



construction of post roads passed

the house of representatives by a vote

of two hundred and seventy- -eight to

fifty-eight. This measure makes avail-

able $100,000,000‘ as federal aid to the

states for road building during the

next two years. 'The bill authorizes in

addition the allotment from the treas‘

ury of an unexpended balance due the

states by appropriations previously

made. The money is to be allotted to

the states proportionately, previding

the states supply an equal amount. The

sum of $3,000,000 is provided for the

building of national forest roads and

trails. It is alsa provided that any

person, firm, corporation, member of

any highway commission, or employe

that makes any false statement or rep-

resentation as to the character of ma-

terial used or quality of work perform-

ed in the construction of any project

approved by the secretary of agricul‘

ture, with the intent to defraud the

United States, shall upon conviction be

imprisoned not to exceed five years or

pay' a fine not to exceed $10, 000, or be

punished by both fine and imprison~

ment.



The producers are preparing to

make an. aggressive fight for a redch

tion in freight rates. It is said that

they will go before the Interstate

Commerce Commission with a well-

planned program. of protest against

present rates and further increases, the

cattle growers and shippers leading

the movement.





Last fall when delegations of farm-

ers were coming to Washington, ask-

ing for financial relief, Secretary of

the Treasury Houston firmly and per-

sistently turned them down with a.

declaration‘tha‘t the government could

do nothing for them. All their pro-‘

posals were very emphatically pro-

nounced unwrorkable by the secretary

of the treasury, and he would not sug-

gest any method by which the cred-it

situation could be improved. Even the

War Finance Corporation, he declared,

could not do anything to help the farm-'

ers because there was no money in the

treasury for this purpose. Now, how-





ever, secretary Houston insists that





the government should loan the allies

$75,000,000. This he told the senate

judiciary committee, at a hearing on

the Reed bill to prohibit further cred-

its ,to foreign countries, was the

amount of authorized credits not yet

absorbed by the allies, and which he

claims the United States is under obli~

gations to furnish them.



The trial shipments of apples from

the Pacific Coast to England by way

of the Panama Canal have proved very

successful, only a small percentage of





_waste being reported.» A cargo of Cal-





ifornia citrus fruits from Los Angeles

by way of the canal, was unloaded in‘

Baltimore a few days ago, in excellent

condition. and it is’fsaid by the steam-

ship ofllcials, that at a rate of nearly

$1. 00 per hundredweight below the rail-

way rates between the two points. The

yeasel made the trip from Los Angeles





‘to Baltimore in twenty-one days.“ An.





omcial from the Federal ~
Tfie Bred Sow bales-«1's Now a” Estaé/z'sflea’ Feature of tee Business





S a result of the awakening of



the meat-producing interests of



the country :to the fact that a.

large percentage of last year’s brood

sows have been. shipped to market

there is sure to be a lively scramble

for bred sows during the next few

weeks. But few farmers have geod

brood sows to sell at any price. For-

tunately, however, some of our pro~

gressive breeders of pure-bred swine

have held over many of their last

spring gilts and during the next few

weeks these animals will be offered at

public sale in various parts of the

state. -





One of the most pleasing features of

the present hog breeding and feeding

situation is the fact that so many high-

class pure-bred sows are going to sell

at prices farmers can afford to pay for

them. There are a remarkable lot of

good sows being offered at public sales.

One can find sows of all blood lines

and of varying degrees of breed type

and perfection, but nearly all are use-

ful, producing animals that will de-

liver splendid profit for farmer pur-

chasers. The prevailing .prices are

such that any good farmer can afford





of the most desirable points to look for

in the economical production of high-

class pork. It means longer, heavier,

leaner hams, shoulders and sides; be-

sides it makes it possible for the sow

to carry large, healthy litters safely to

farrowing time. That long, broad back

also weighs heavy when the hog reach-

es the market. Farmers who have bred

and fed smaller hogs are always de-

ceived in estimating weights of big

'type Duroc Jerseys that carry so large

a proportion of their weight above the

line from the base of the ear to the

base of the tail. A well-sprung rib

with a strong, broad back indicate the

same qualities in the hog, that a broad

back and deep chest do in an athlete.





Good strong legs and plenty of \bone

are other points that contribute to the

popularity of the Duroc Jersey hog.

They make it easy for him to make

greater use of forage crops and take





decided advantage over those who are

feeding pigs that cannot be fed for the

longer period without a loss.





NOTHER valuable characteristic



of the modern Duroc Jersey sow is

the neat, well-set-up underline which

prevents her udder from dragging on

the ground and insures strong, robust

pigs. Besides this part of the carcass

is the least profitable at market time;

the fewer pounds of live weight repre-

sented in the underline the more prof-





itable hog you have to sell to the pack-





ers. It was not so very long ago that

the low, shuffy hog was considered the

ideal for pork production, but during

recent years the big, mellow, long ani-

mals have demonstrated their supe-

riority, both as breeders and feeders.



There are Duroc breeders in almost

every central and southern county in

Michigan who commenced with one or





 





 





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‘ I ‘ E farmers of Michigan are beginning to realize the future

possibilities of breeding and feeding good hogs.





The grow-





sow sale, for I am confident that prices

will reach a high level between now

and the first of May. Already farmers

in Indiana and Ohio, who have sold

themselves short of breeding stock

have written inquiries and some of

them expect to attend our sales. I am

sure that if I could handle my sows

during the farrowing period I could

sell every pig saved for a good price

next May and June. With cheap grain.

feeds and a scarcity of hogs there was

never a more opportune time for farm-

ers to ,feed a reasonable number of

good hogs, and no farmer who feeds

hogs can afford to waste his time and

feed handling scrubs, for if there is

any farm animal where the value of

pure-breds stands‘out clearly, it is the

hog. And sixty dollars invested in a

good bred sow will give any farmer a

good start. A hundred dollars invested

in a better animal would give him a

better start, but that is purely a mat-

ter for,,t,he individual to decide accord-

ing to the amount of money he has to

invest. The only pure-bred game that

one can get a start in for less money

is poultry, where a setting of eggs will

turn the trick.”





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to own good sows. In fact, because of

the current and prospective prices of

grain and the relative higher prices of

pork products, there are few good farm-

ers who can afford to be without them.

We. are getting back to earth. The

good brood sow begins to look better

than ever. She will raise the value of





ing tendency to raise better hogs than have been produced in

the past is noticed in nearly every county. Live stock shippers

report a decided improvement in the quality of hogs shipped

from various districts. Today the hog growers of the state are

in a. position to buy some of the best animals within the popular

breeds of swine without sending their money outside of the

state and paying excessive express charges for the transporta—

tion of breeding stock to their statibns. The breeders of pure-





THER Duroc breeders are in the



same position. They have fed

high-priced grain to their breeding

stock and developed their young sows

with the expectation of finding a good

demand for them from their farmer

trade during the fall and early winter.





 





farm feeds and contribute to the pleas-

ure of farming. But be sure and se-

lect the good ones.



Prominent among the breeders who

have good bred sows to offer at the

comingpublic sales are some of the

men who have put the Duroc Jersey

breed of swine to the front here in

Michigan. During the past few weeks

the writer has visited many of these

herds and the majority of the sale of-

ferings are in fine Condition and safe

with pig to the best sires of the breed.

Never were conditions more favorable

for farmers to 'buy a few pure-bred

sows and eliminate scrub hogs from

their farms. The purchase of two or

three good brood sows will furnish a

fine drove of pigs to fatten for market

nekt fall, and the sows themselves will

be worth more next fall than they will

‘ sell for in these public sales:





The Duroc Jersey hog needs no in-

troduction to the farmers of Michigan.

The breed has made good on every

farm where it has been given a fair

trial for a reasonable length of time.

* The strong, arched back, body set well

up frOm the ground; wide-sprung ribs;

neat, straight underline, and rich cher-

ry coat, represents a highly perfected

machine for the economical production

of high-class pork and lard. '





NE of the many points of eXcel-

lence of the breed that should at-

tract the attention of farmers is the

remarkably strong constitution, which

in itself means extreme hardiness;

prolificacy, without which the farmers

hog-raising efforts are sure‘ to fail;

size and bone, which are so essential

to the makingvof profitable gains; ear-

ly maturity; easy feeding and, the eco-

nomical use of grass, forage, opens and

feeds generally used on the farms of

'the state to supplement corn. This

strong constitution is due largely to

.thejhigh, arched back, the rangy body,

good width and even underline. When

you find hogs of that type you have

' kind‘ca ableof giving a good re-





for those who are interested in





these public sales andbuying a

prices they see fit to offer.





 





 





sufficient exercise to maintain body

health and vigor. Some farmers still

argue that the smaller, compact hog

will mature quicker and produce more

pounds of fat at an early age.

perienced feeders know that it costs

more to produce a pound of fat than

it does to produce a pound of lean

meat, so that old argument of early

maturity is knocked into a “cooked-

hat” by the modern Duroc Jersey hog.



The large, vigorous, growthy pig is

capable of producing more pounds of

choice lean meat from a given amount

of feed than the smaller, compact ani-

mal, and even though the tendency of

the markets .is toward lighter pigs

there will always be a demand for hogs

that, produce a fine quality of well-

marbled flesh, even though they may





be carried along until they weigh from ,





three hundred to four hundred pounds.

The farmer who is feeding a drove of

pigs that may be carried along a few





bred swine have surely done their part in placing this improved

blood Within the reach of the farmers and breeders.





to avail themselves of this good blood through attending some of





But ex:





It remains

raising better hogs for market





few of these good individuals at





 





 





 





two brood sows costing little more

than their actual value for pork, who

now have their farms well stocked

with good hogs. What these men have

done farmers can do and they will

soon be in a business producing an in-

come almost as constant as the dairy

cow, and generally much larger, as

their herd improves and their experi.

ence broadens and the business be-

COmes more profitable and interesting.

For the past three or four years most

of these men have made satisfactory

profits. This year conditions have

been against them. They have main-

tained their breeding stock and grown

their gilts on high-priced feed, and now

they are willing to pocket a loss on

their season’s business, because they

still have faith in the Duroc Jersey

hog and know that prices willreach a

higher level before next summer.



Not- long ago one of the most promi-

nent Duroc breeders in Michigan said.

"If" I had the neCes'sary hog houses- and





Instead of reasoning along lines that

the price of hogs must naturally follow

the price of grain feeds, farmers who

had finished this year's pig crop on

high-priced grain feeds became disgust-

ed and sent their brood sows to mar-

ket along with their spring pigs. Today

they find themselves with an abund-

ance of cheap feeds and no animals to

feed it to. Some of these men should

thank their lucky stars that these

breeders have had the nerve to hold

their young sows for these spring

sales, and give them an opportunity to

correct their mistake in judgment be-

fore it is too late to get. hogs to feed

for next season. And many of them

should also thank their lucky stars

that it has also given them an oppor-

tunity to retire from the business of

breeding scrub hogs. ‘



Many breeders of

and farmers, have been surprised at

the number of Duroc sales that have

been announced for the next few

weeks. Some of them have even hint-

ed that the breed was becoming less

popular. I want to say right here that

more than fifty per cent of the pure-

bred hogs in Michigan are Duroc Jer-

seys and it is not surprising that many

breeders are putting on these bred

sow sales. No one will deny that the

breed seems to predominate here in

Michigan. They have virtually splash-

ed some of our leading hog-producing

counties with red. This proud! position

of the breed has been won strictly on

the ability of the individuals to goout

on our farms and make good.



As grain prices decline and pork

prices advance there is considerable

gloom among farmers who have I sold

their brood sows, but fertunately’a few

of them can replace those sent to mar-

ket by attending these sales and rein-

vesting some of their money in pure-

breds.

compelled to wait until another year

before they can find good brood sows





pure-bred hogs,





for sale at any reasOnable price, “for-





there is not one good sow to he onoretl

at public sale for every one hnmh'ed





needed on our farms at the wettest





“farmw‘ing pens r would not hard a hired» time, ” -





The majority, however, will be .
alve-





HE following resolutions were

passed by the annual delegate

meeting of the Michigan Live

Stock Exchange in session at M. A. C.

Whereas, during 1920 an aggregate

amounting to three carloads of live

stock were condemned to the tanks

for tuberculosis.

Whereas, this loss must be consider-

ed by meat packers in fixing prices

paid for live stock.





Whereas, tuberculosis in hogs is

'traced to creamery section where

skim-milk is fed. showing that tuber-

culosis milk is a menace to the human

family.



Therefore be it resolved, that we co-

operate to our utmost in the campaign

being made by the Michigan live stock

producers for the eradication of tuber-

culosis, for better sires, and for better

markets for their stock.





Whereas, there are now over fifty

Michigan cooperative live stock ship-

ping associations, including about one-

quarter of our state exchange mem-

bers, carrying transit insurance; and

Whereas, our state live stock exchange

is interested in securing for its mem-

bers the best possible protection at the

lowest possible cost.



Resolved, that the delegates at this

convention authorize the board to in-

vestigate the advantages to be gained





Stock EXC ange Delegate





Endorse Mw Policy of tie State Farm Bureau:





through some collective. insurance ar-

rangement with a reliable insurance

company- If, upon investigation the

board finds the collective insurance

proposition worthy of action, they are

empowered to act.





Propose Bill for Protection of Stock.





Resolved, that the following propos-

ed bill be endorsed by the Michigan

Live Stock Exchange, and that this

resolution be referred to the legislative

committee of the State Farm Bureau.





Proposed bill: To'compel corpora-

tions, companies or individuals owning

stock yards in this state from which

live stock is being shipped, to con-

struct and maintain covered yards and

to provide penalties for violations

thereof.



The people of the state of Michigan

enact:





Section 1. All railroad companies,

other companies, corporations or indi-

viduals owning stock yards in this

state from which a minimum of fifty

deckloads of live stock are being ship,-

ped yearly shall within (state time)

after the taking officer of this act con

struct [and maintain thereafter, roof

covering at said yards of at least . . . .

square yards for each full seventy-five

deckloads of live stock shipped there-

from yearly. Roofing shall be of such

material and construction that it will





'ject to an additional fine of .. . .





protect live stock from ordinary storms

of rain or snow.



Section 2. Any company, corporation

or individual subject to the provision

of this act who refuses or neglects to

comply' with the provisions herein set

forth shall be guilty of a misdemeanor





and on conviction thereof shall be fined





not more than . . . . dollars, or impris-

onment in the county jail for not more

than . . . . days, and upon continued re-

fusal or neglect to comply with the

provision herein named said company,

corporation or individual shall be sub-

dol-

lars, or imprisonment in the county

jail for‘not more than days, or

both such fine and imprisonment in the

discretion of the court for each addi-

tional period of thirty days, of non-

compliance with the provisions of this

act. '

Endlorses FarmBureau.



Resolved, that the Michigan Live

Stock Eirchange hereby endorses the

work of the Michigan State Farm Bu-

reau and agrees to cooperate with the

Michigan State Farm Bureau in becom-

ing an organized department of same,

in accordance with its recently estab-

lished policy; and until such time as

the Michigan Live Stock Exchange

shall become a legal department of- the

Michigan State Farm Bureau, and in

order to immediately facilitate cooper-





 





' ceti





ation between these two organizations,

be it meolved that a request be made

to the executive committee of the

Michigan State Farm Bureau. to allow

a‘duly authorized representative ofthe

Michigan Live Stock Exchange to sit

in ex—officio capacity with said farm

bureau executive committee to act in

such matters as pertain to the live

stock industry; and be it further re-

solved, that the board of directors of

the Michigan Live Stock Exchange be

empowered to elect said representa-

tive



The new beard of directors elected

by the Michigan Live Stock Exchange

consists of George Boutell, E. A. Beam-

er, 0. J. Miller, E. E. Compson. M. W.

Stewart, \E. K. Munson, and P. M.

Granger.



Retiring officers are: President, Lee

Harrison. of Constantine; vice-presi-

dent, C. J. Miller, of Union City; sec-

retary, L. E. Wiliet, of Laingsburg;

treasurer, E. A. Beamer, of Blissfield.

The new officers are to be elected by

the new board.



The board of directors was empow~

ered to investigate the possibilities of

establishing cooperative commission

houses in Detroit to compete with

those privately owned. Ninety per

cent of the" stock handled by Detroit

houses now comes from Michigan co-

operative associations it is said.-H.





National Tractor Show “Shows Progress





[Veto Deng”: Are Commenting and Tflorougfl/y Practical





HE Sixth Annual National Trac-

tor Show held in Columbus last

week was without a doubt the

most complete exhibition of farming

machinery ever held in this country.

It not only reviewed the rapid progress

that has been made in applying me-

chanical power to farm operations but

it forcibly drew attention to the won-

derful possibilities that gasoline and

'kerosene can bring to the American

.t'armer. No one who inspected the

eight large exhibition buildings, the

permanent home of the Ohio State

Fair, devoted exclusively to power

farming machinery can help but visual-

ize what farming will be in the future.

The idea back of the show was not

to sell tractors. Power farming is

broader than that. It includes the use

of the truck for hauling purposes; the

tuse of the tractor in soil preparation,

planting, harvesting and other farm

operations; the use of the motor culti-

vator in planting and cultivating row-

ed crops; the use of stationary en-

gines in lighting, pumping water, milk—

ing and other services that liquid fuel

can perform to make the burdens of

the farmer lighter. to enable him to

cut down production costs, to make

life on the farm more enjoyable.

Manufacturers spared no expense in

ably presenting the power farming

idea. There was no admission fee, the

only requirement being the securing of

.a .pass by registration. The large din-

ing-hall cm the grounds was open the

entire week and lunch stands were lo-

cated in each building. Everything pos-

sible for the comfort and convenience

of visitors was provided. . Covered pas-

sageways between the buildings and

mammoth heating plants in each~ build-

ing protected visitors from cold and

, "rain

, Education and service was the slo-

" ' .gnn back of each exhibit. How it work-

_ Jed. how to take care of it, how to oper-





available, the intention being to show

why power farming is a practicable

thing, not only to the dealer but to

the farmer.



In addition to the educational fea-

tures found in each exhibit, a regular

program on tractors and their opera-

tion was arranged by the management.

Motion pictures on power farming were

popular. The lectures on power farm-

ing: Adapting the farm to power, de-

termining types and size of tractors to

buy, the trend of tractor design, igni-

tion trouble, tractor hitches, lessons

from 5 tractor survey, the tractor and

belt power, tractor service, tractor

tools, community purchase of tractors,

housing the tractors, by such promi-

nent agricultural engineers as Olney,

Dickerson, Davidson, Slogren, Scoates,

Blasingame, Aitkenhead, Duffee, Ives

and McCuen and finally a frank discus-

sion by four real farmers on“what the

tractor did for them rounded out the

educational program. These men must

be congratulated on the able way they

hand-led their subjects and the interest

which developed at these lectures in-

dicated that their efforts were well

worth while. The educational exhibit

of the American Society of Agricultur-

al Engineers was a worthy one—large-

ly a compilation of data on power farm-

ing by the agricultural engineering de-

partments of 'the state universities.

The Society of Automotive Engineers

also made the show an occasion for

a meeting and prog1 am on power

farming.



The show was marked by great ad-

vances in the construction of imple-

ments and machinery, which are drawn

"and operated by tractor power Sim-

‘piicity of operation, control from the

seat, better materials and a higher

grade of workmanship characterized

almost every exhibit. Many exhibitors





skeleton sections of

their product, making it possible for

the spectator to see and understand

the operation of their machines. Grain

separators, sufficiently small for the

needs of individual farms were there

in far greater numbers than ever be-

fore.

sections with the machine in motion

made the principles of their operation

plain. The idea of standardization is

being accepted and rapidly developed

by manufacturers. This was particu-

larly noticeable in the products of trac-

tor manufacturers who are producing

trucks.

can be used interchangeably in either

truck or tractor. Belt power take-off

for trucks was featured by a number

of. concerns. Complete seedbed prep-

aration in one operation was featured

by one manufacturer.



A number of new tractors made theii

first public appearance. A small steam-

driven tractor for small farm use, of

a design radically different from the

ponderous steam tractors, attracted

considerable interest. Several compa-

nies are working along similar lines,

so it seems entirely possible that the

small steam-driven tractor may win a

place in'power farming, achieving to

some extent the supremacy which the

gas engine now. holds. Several foreign

makes were also exhibited. There were

numerous exhibitions of small garden

tractors and implements.



Tractor drawn implements was the

idea back of implement companies’ ex-

hibits. The difference in the wear and

strain of tractor-drawn implements ov-

er horse-drawn implements is being

recognized'more' and more by imple-

ment engineers. New designs and con-

struction have been largely governed

by that fact. “Implement units are be-

ing built more and more in sizes to





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Removable panels and cut-out





The same engine and parts ,





., The management of the show patties





meet the demand of tractor service.

Grain separators are being built small

enough for the individual farm. On

the other hand, especially in tillage

and seedbed preparation tools, larger

units demonstrated the fact that one

man is able to control a larger number

of operations. This fact in a large

way accounts for the economy of trac-

tor power and the popularity of power

faimiug. Quite a few suggestions and

changes in implement design were me-

sented, a number of which will no

doubt pass the test of service and be

accepted as special tractor implements.



Companies manufacturing tractor ac-

cessories were very well represented.

The latest development of magnetos,

wheels, carburetors, engines, spark

plugs, special hitches and steering de-

vices, governors, bearings, lugs and so

on were lavishly, though tastily ex‘

hibited.



In contiasting the pioduct of 1921

with those of foxmei years, one thing

is evident and encouraging. Tractor

and implement engineering is making

progress. Freak designs were not in

evidence. New designs are conserva—

tive and practical. Engineers are be-

ing guided by past experience and are

not attempting radical designs with

which they hope to revolutionize the

tractor industry. This fact will un-

doubtedly have a beneficial effect on

new developments



From any viewpoint, the show was a

huge success. Any spectator who view-

ed the three hundred and fifty-six ex-

hibits——all presenting the idea of pow-

er applied to farm operations-would

do nothing'but praise thecompieteness

With whichfthefidea Was presented.

Early attendance, in spite of rain and

inclement weather, gave a good indi~

cation of the interest of farmers and

dealers and even the general public in

the new era of farming operations.
HE attention‘of the Emmet County

Farm Bureau was called last sum-

mer to a striking demonstration of the

eflect-of'sweet cloverv stubble on rye

on the farm of O. P. Churchill in Bliss

township in Emmet county.



In 1919 Mr. Churchill had a strip of

sweet clover running across a field.

.The first crap was cut for hay and the

second crop was used for the' same

purpose. The whole field was then

plowed and sowed to rye. The follow





 





ing summer there was a noticeable

difference in the rye growing on the

sweet clover stubble. A quicker start

was made, it was heavier stooled, larg—

er stalk and heads, better color and

thriftier condition all around. The

grain when threshed out was large,

plump and had a good appearance. The





Good Reads—-





3R the purpose of ascertaining the

Fessential facts relating to the im-

pact, or wearing effect on the road,

of motor truck traffic, the United

States Bureau of Public Roads con-

ducted this year an elaborate series of

tests, using apparatus in many cases

specially designed for this purpose.

The complete report of these tests has

not yet been published, but the prelim-

inary report establishes certain facts

that show the popular opinion in re-

gard to gross weight and road damage

to be wholly unfounded, and that it is

the “unsprung weight,” or weight not

sustained by springs, the tire equip

ment, speed at which the truck runs,

and the overloading-Of trucks beyond

their rated capacity, that are the im-

portant factors in determining the

impact. ‘

Thus in one series of tests it was

shown that a three-ton truck, with a

load of five tons, running at a speed of

fifteen miles per hour over a two-inch

rut, had an impact, or crushing blow,

of seventeen tons. A five and a half-

ton truck with a load of five and a

half tons, so designed as to have a

light unsprung weight, under the same

conditions had an impact of twelve

tens, or only sixty-eight per cent of

that of the smaller truck, showing that

the overloading of the small truck, and

its heavier unsprung weight, greatly

increased its impact. It was also

shown by these tests that the kind of

tires used, their condition, and speed

at which the triick is operated, are

factors in determining impact- .When

the rate of speed is increased there is

an increase in wearing pressure on the

road. ,





There are other important facts that

must be taken. into consideration in

dealing with this question. The vari-

ous sizes of standard types of truck are

equipped with tires, proportionate to

the gross weight of truck and the load

it is intended to carry. The tires of

the larger trucks are made sufficiently

wide to provide that their pressure on

-the road surface shall be the same as

that of the smaller types, so that in

reality the inweight on a given. area of

road is no greater than that of the

, smaller truck with narrower tires.

. Again, it must be remembered that pro-

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writer’s attention was called to it and

in company with G. M. Grantham, of





Agricultural College, visited thefield

in July and cut one-fourth square rod

samples of rye growing on the sweet

clever, and rye adjoining but not hav-

ing the benefit of the sweet clover

stubble. These samples were sent to

the college and threshed out.- The

yields were as follows: The rye on

the sweet clover stubble yielded seven-

teen bushels of grain per acre and

2,200 pounds of straw. Where there

was no sweet clover, the yield was

eight and a quarter bushels and. 1,440

pounds of straw. The presence of the

sweet clover stubble doubled the yield

of grain and gave an increased straw

yield of 760 pounds. The accompany-

ing illustration shows Mr. Churchill

with the two bunches of rye cut. The

difference can be readily seen. They

were both out from equal areas.





Here was a startling demonstration

of the benefit of sweet clover and or-

ganic matter on a crop of rye. If it

will do it on rye it will repeat on other

crops. The soil was light and had been

run. Other soils in Emmet county,

Michigan, need similar treatment.

Sweet clover will turn the trick.



' K. K. VINING.





Motor Trucks





ed, and if several small trucks take

the place of one of large capacity the

additional weight to be carried over

the road, represented by the weight of

the trucks, exclusive of load, amounts

to an increase of fully fifty per cent.

With the large truck prohibited there

is a direct incentive to overloading the

smaller sizes, with the result that the

tires are forced to carry a much great—

er load than they should bear, thus in-

creasing the danger of breaking or

cutting the road surface. It must be

self-evident that one large truck, with

wide tires, and light unsprung weight,

moving at a slower rate of speed, will

do less damage to the road. than three

small trucks with relatively heavier

unsprung weight, running at a greater

speed.



That the large trucks a1e unjustly

blamed fo1 road damage is shown by

the fact that some sections of a road

over which these trucks are operated,

together with smaller trucks and pas-

senger cars, will be badly worn, while

adjoining sections of the same road,

subject to the same traffic, are in good

condition. If it was the large truck

that caused the damage it would have

had the same effect on all the road

over which it travelled.

‘not have this effect, shows that the

failure of the damaged section was due

to other causes, generally some defect

in road construction, such as insuffi-

cient fodndations, lack of drainage,

frost or inferior materials.



With the rapid growth in number of

cooperative associations for marketing

crops and hauling farm supplies by





rural freight and express service, the 1

demand for the motor truck in the ’





country districts will steadily increase.

It has been demonstrated by twenty

years’ experience that the large capa-

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He also pointed out that the Farm Bu<

reau Federation was not antagonizing

any other farmers’ organizations but

was cooperating in every possible way.

The farm home is the heart of the

country, said Mr. Howard, and there

should be in them the same comforts

that are found in city homes.



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Arkansas, and I had a wire from‘Sec-

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get started.” .

' Mr. Howard vigorously attacked the

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Michigan farmers operate their own ,

farm twelve per cent higher than the

figure for Ohio. Michigan has 206,689.

farms, 172,310 of which “areoperated by

their owners, and 32,689 are farmed by

renters. Salaried managers operate

1,961 Michigan farms. - ,



.The ~Mlchigan public utilities com

mission has Opened for investigatihn

every rate in the state, and the" Michi-

gan Tramc League is calling a meet-

ing‘in Grand Rapids 'on February 27 to

go over the ~matter and see what ac-

tion it will take. The farm bureau

traffic department is a member of the ‘

league. 5 '



The Michigan State Farm Bureau

has secured a second break in the fer—

tilizer market, which, based on an esti-

mated spring requirement of 60.000 '

tons for the state, and figuring in a

reduction secured in January, will saVe

the farmers of the state considerably

in excess of half a million dollars On

this commodity.



The State Farm Bureau is pushing

a movement to Secure for Michigan

farmers through/rates and through

routings on shipments going over elec-

tric and steam lines. Separate rates

and routing, which prevail at present,

are discriminations upon farmers liv-

ing along electric lines, and upon those

having need of both lines .for any

single shipment, charges the farm bu-

reau. Hearings on the subject are'now~

being held at Detroit.





Wisconson Farm Bureau





be compelled to dump his crops on the

market at "one time in order to meet

his notes. “The-farmer must be financ-

ed,” he said, “so that he can send his

crops to market as they are needed.

It’s a case of either the speculator or

the farmer carrying the crops and the

farmer is the one to do it."



The resolutions committee brought

in resolutions expressing pleasure that

the farm bureau movement had come

to Wisconsin, favoring cooperative

marketing, urging all possible aid for

the cheese federation and the milk pro:—

ducersfi associations, asking the ‘Uni-

versity of Wisconsin to investigate the

feasibility of distributing market re

ports by wireless, thanking George W.

Hull, the retiring president, for his

work to help the’ farm bureau, and urg-

ing the legislature to pass such laws

as may be found necessary to stop dis-

crimination against cooperative selling

and buying organizations. These were

unanimously adopted and referred to

the executive committee for action.



The constitutional committee report-

ed in favor- of several minor changes

in the constitution, which were adopt—

ed after considerable discussion.



The budget committee brought in a.

budget based upon an expected income

of $40,000 This committee also urged

a state-wide conference of cooperative

shipping associations, with a view to

having them work with other states.

They also recommended aid in reor-

ganizing the Southwestern Sugar Beet

Growers’ Association. These resolu—

tions and budget were adopted and re- -

ferred to the executive committee.



The legislative committee recom-

mended that the president, vice-presi-

dent and secretary act as a general

legislative committee to aid in secur-

ing the passage of laws of benefit to

the farmer. This motion was unani-

mously adopted.



The treasurer’s report showed re-

ceipts of $17,375, expenditures of $7,-

470.48, and a balance on hand of $10.-

318.77, with about 2,500 outstanding

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sociation were largely, attended



by practical breeders and in this



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gleaned frOm the series of meetings as



can be condensed into a small space.



The points must of necessity be rather



disconnected because of the large



range of information which was com.



bined under each address.



Prof. C. H. Burgess stated that the



problem of the poultryman is to pro-



duce the type of birds that othermen



want. This means a. combination of



utility and fancy qualities. There are



now, more good flocks in Michigan than



ever before and culling has saved a

feed bill estimated at $2,000,000 per‘

year. In some‘sections only one out

of five of eastern poultrymen in busi-

ness five years ago are now in busi-

ness. In. other eastern sections it is

one out of ten. This explains the high

prices received for eggs this winter in

spite of comparatively low feed costs.

The college departments are now re

ceiving many inquiries from men about

to go into the poultry business. Some

write for information on the handling

of as many as 15,000 hens, thus show-

ing their inexperience at once. When

they are told that 1,000,hens eat forty-

five tons of mash and forty—three tons

of grain per year they realize some-

what the problem of caring for 15,000

hens. Professor Burgess says that

what Michigan needs is one hundred

good hens on every farm.



The fanciers are a great help to the

poultry business and it pays to keep

pure-bred stock. Six years ago every-

one seemed to aim'at utility alone. Be-

fore that there was a time when every-

one wanted ribbons and utility was

neglected. A union of the two is imv

portant and necessary. The hen of to-





color and produce a good number of

eggs. For example, a flock of White

Leghorns can be of all types, but the

uniform flock is best.





Diseases Take Large Toll.



In speaking of poultry diseases, Pr0<

fessor Burgess said that 100,000 hens

died of disease north of Grand Rapids

last year, according to their estimates.

Hens with tuberculosis are usually

lame but all lame hens do not have it.

The loss of appetite in a hen is one of

the first signs of disease. It is said

that only a goat or a man will eat when

sick. In cases of tuberculosis the post-

mortem may Show that the liver is

normal but in most all cases it is found

to contain gritty nodules. The remedy

is to kill the infected flock. Then the

birds found normal can be marketed

and the remainder burned.



A poultry house must be thoroughly

cleaned. This means the ceiling and

windows as well as the floor and drop-

ping boards. To disinfect a poultry

yard it must be plowed and lime scat

loved. The chicks must be raised on

clean soil whenever possible.



The first stage of a cold is the wa-

tery eye, the second is the swelling

and the third is roup. Roup is indicat-

ed by the offensive odor. Spray per-

manganate solution in the roof of the

mouth and nostrils for colds in the

first stage. Paint iodine on chicken

pox.



Finding the Good Stock.



In answer to a culling question, Pro-

fessor Burgess states that Mr. Fore-

man is now at Guelph finishing his

work, but will be back in April and

available to help with ~the culling in

Michigan. They found a fraction of

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the winter layers and use them no

breeders. Use good-sized eggs of stand-

ard weight: ri‘he standard weight of

eggs is two ounces each, or twenty-

fOur ounces per dozen. To test the

vigor of newly-hatched chicks place a.

chick on its” back on a board. If it

turns over and jumps up and is. ready

for business,‘ it is a good chick. If it

lies there and: weakly yelps it is no

good and better out of the way. ’



. . Pointers.



Milk is the best animal food for the

breeding stock. Meat scrap and ground

bone are the best for lnyors. Among

the succulent feeds are sprouted oats,

mangels. cabbages and ensiloge. “The

sprouted cats can be used at the rate

pf a cubic inch per hen per day. The

use of green food in the winter helps

to make hatchable eggs.



Here are some good egg pointers.

Artificial lights have been found to in-

crease the vitality and vigor of a flock

as well as the egg production. Stop-

ping egg production starts the moult.

The clippings from meat can be cock-

ed and fed mixed with bran and it will

be. good for egg‘ productibn. Fifty to





 





 





sixty degrees is the right temperature

in which to keep eggs saved for incu-

bation.



High-grade meat scrap is safest.

Test all brands by pouring boiling wa-

ter on a sample. If the odor is offen-

sive it is not fit to feed -the hens. The

eggs from tankage-fed hens are not so

good in flavor as those from hens that

are fed meat scrap. Don’t feed marble

with the idea of giving the hens both

lime and grit at the same time. The

lime in the marble is not available.

Granite makes good grit and it pays to

keep oyster shells before the hens at

all times.



If epsom salts are given to hens use

one pound to one hundred hens and

give it once a month in a moist mash.

This is considered a very good tonic

to keep the digestive system in good

condition. Do not give the salts in

water or the hens may not touch the

water.



If hens have all the milk they can

drink the amount of meat scrap in the

dry mash can be cut in two. Professor

Burgess is a, strong advocate of milk in

the poultry ration and believes that it

is worth all it costs. Buttermilk has





proven fine as the first, drink for young .





chicks.

Feeds by Judge Hale.

Judge D. E. Hale, of Chicago, gave

many interesting points about poultry

feeding. He stated that vitamines are





essentials of life of which we know"





little but they are contained in the leaf

of plants, the yolk of eggs and milk.

The great loss among. chicks occurs

during the first ten days because the

chicks are fed too soon or too often.

The stufllng cauSes an impaction of the

digestive system. Two-thirds of the

bowel trouble is simply caused by di-

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is consumed on the journey to the buy-

er, who does not receive them until

they are ready for food. '



Tube the chill from the drinking wa-

ter that is given to young chicks. Do

not give too much water at first. The

chicks hatched out in a stolen nest

might only get the moisture on leaves

and grass in the morning. Yet the old

hen makes them exercise and probably

they get little water. and yet they

thrive and are husky when the mother

hen brings them up to the house for

inspection. - ‘ .



Dry mesh is good for the first feed

for chicks. Give the amount—they will

eat in ten or fifteen minutes and feed

four or five times a day. Give scratch

food after a few days to make the

chicks dig in the litter. Protein is need-

ed to make everything about the chick

but fat. This includes feathers, bone.

blood and muscle. Enough protein can-

not be placed in the scratch grain and

the best mash feeds run sixteen, eight-

een or twenty‘per cent protein. The

same kind of,miik should, be used at

all times. Do not give sour milk one

day and sweet milk on the next. Lack’

Of exercise breaks down hens and hens

that are forced may produce eggs lack-

ing in fertility.



Lauds Michigan as Poultry State.



The next speaker, Judge W. H. Card.

of Manchester, Conn, is a poultryman

with years of practical experience, a

keen sense of humor and a remarkable

way of making scientific poultry prob-

lems easy to understand. He says that

no state has increased in the value of

its poultry products as the state of

Michigan. In 1915 the value of prod-

ucts was estimated at $5,000,000. In

1920 it is placed at $27,000,000. Judge

Card has recently been in forty—one

states and says that no state has pro-

gressed like Michigan in the quality of

its flocks. He gives great credit to

Professor Burgess and his department

for their activity in culling work and

other lines which have boosted the

poultry industry in Michigan.



He advises poultrymen to breed from

their highest specimens in vigor and

stamina and strive to make the beauti-

ful useful and the useful beautiful. He'

gives line breeding the credit for the

development of much fine poultry. Out~

breeding is crossing unrelated speci-

mens of the same kind. Cross-breed-

ing simply means crossing two differ-

ent breeds. Line breeding means breed-

ing n'om' related stock. He says that

the wild birds are bred by a single

mating system and that nature is

above man in breeding methods.



The real fancier today wants a union

of utility and fancy, according to Judge

Card. He also believes that inbreed-

ing is all right if birds of good stami-

na are used. The under-color of fowls

affects their market value. Buyers do

notwant a black pigment in the skin

of the birds they buy for the table.

That is one reason that the White Leg-

horn is more popular than Leghorns

of other colors.



In raising chicks Judge Card fights

red mites, hawks and crows and takes

the chicks from the brood coops as

soon as they are old enough to roost.

He says the poultl‘yman must take

himself by the back of the neck and

make himself do things. He believes

there would be more presidential tim-

ber if most of us would do more and

learn more in 1921 than we' did in 1929.



Other points from his lectures are

as follows: Stande types do not de~

tract from egg production. It does not.

pay to caponize Leghorn cockerels. In

an open-front coop near the roosts the

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HE annual inquiry relative to the



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DeLand, Secretary of State, and Verne

H. Church, Agricultural Statistician,

United States Bureau of Crop Esti-

mates. The report show‘s a less num-

‘ber of all kinds of farm animals in

Michigan than one year ago, and that

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000, while that of one year ago was

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.The quantity and value of each kind

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as a whole. The average value per

head. is higher in Michigan than for

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A less number of

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[arms is considerably less than former-

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timated to have decreased four per

cent during the last year in the state,

a loss of 28,000. The average value per

head is placed at $93, which is within

two dollars of the price one year ago.



Mules—Very few mules are raised

in the state, the number being chiefly

maintained by importations from other

states. The number does not change

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age price per head is $96 as compared

with $99 last year.



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average value is $70 per head. Last

year it was $96, The total valuation

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AST August when the Holstein.

northern Michigan

fgathered at the Loch Farm near Charl-

evoix for their annual picnic and get

itogether, they heard Dr. T. S. Rich,

ifedcral inspector of bovine tube‘l‘cu‘

losis eradication work in Michigan, de

scribe how the state and federal gov-

crnments were setting out to eradicate

bovine tuberculosis. In the audience

were several county agents and farm

bureau officials and when Dr. Rich de-

scribed how Gogebic county, in the

gupper peninsula, had hired a veteri-

Enary and set him to work on the tu-

berculosis proposition, an idea came

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er, have the supervisors make neces-

sary appropriations, get the coopera-

tion of the state and federal authori-

ties and go after bovine tuberculosis.



The live stock men in four counties

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was held in September at the Loch

:farm and attended by Dr. Rich and

Dr. Hunt, of Lansing, county agents,

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,visors, a tentative appropriation of

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“Livestock in Michigan ;





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lock of demand for and falling prices

of dairy products. . -



Other Cattle—Other cattle hays

been reduced in numbers during the

year from 773,000 to 727,000, or six per

cent. The present value is $21,180,000

as compared with $33,084,000 on Jnnu-.

ary 1, 1920, representing a loss of about

thirty-four per cent.





Sheep—The lack of demand for, land

the low market price of wool has dis-

couraged many sheep . owners, and

large flocks have been reduced and

many small flock‘s said. However, the

number of lambs on January 1 was

somewhat greater than the previous

year, due to the fact that the market.-

ing has beén slower than usual. Oth-

erwise the loss in number of sheep

would have been greater thunxthe esti-

mated net loss of four per cent. The

estimated number is 2,135,000 with a.

total valuation of $14,731,500. Last

year the number was 2,224,000 and the

value, $26,243,000.





Swine—While there was a tendency





-to reduce the number of swine, the





loss for the year amounted to only one

per cent, as the declining prices and

slack demand has delayed the market-

ing. Corn is plentiful and many-farm—

ers continued to feed until after Janu-

ary, hoping that the market would im-

prove. Under normal conditions these

would have been largely marketed dur-

ing December and would not be count-

ed in the January 1 estimates. The

indicated number on January 1 is 1,-

435,009. The value is $20,520,509,

more than $11,000,000 less than last

year.



Total Numbers and Values of Michigan



Live Stock, January 1, 1921.





Kind. Total No. Total Valuc.‘

Horses , . . . 614,000 $57,102,000

Mules ' 4,000 384,000

Milch cows 856,000 59,920,000

Other cattle . . . 727,000 21,810.00)

Sheep . . . . . .2,135,000 14,731,500

Swine ........ 1,435,000 20,520,500





 





Total value . . . . . . . . . $174,468,000





Fighting Cattle Diseases





the same, Each county sharing equal-

ly in the salary and expense of the

veterinary. Each county is to share

equally in the time of the veterinary.

The latter’s activity will be directed

from Dr. Rich’s office in Lansing.

These plans were presented to the

boards of supervisors at their January

session in the different counties and

approval was given the plan. It is ex~

pected that the work will start about

February I, i



Breeders of both dairy and beef cat-

tle in all the counties have been inter-

ested, in the work and many have

made application for the same with the

result that the veterinary employed

will be more than busy. The‘ rules

and regulations as set forth by the

state and federal government will be

carried out to the letter. Herds quali-





fying will be put on the “accredited





herd list.”



These counties have taken a. step



that no counties have yet taken in the

lower peninsula and the men in touch

with the cattle business feel it is a

step worth while. Not only from an

economic standpoint but fmm human-

ity side as every tuberculin; milk cow

removed lessens the chances of tuber-

culosis in children.

The county agents Who have been

active in the work are: Dr.~J. P.

Houston, acting county agent of Grand

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LICENSE FOR SELLING NURSERY

STOCK. '





Please tell me if it is necessary for

me to get a license to sell grape plants

that I raise myself on my farm.——SUu.





Under the state law, persons wl‘io

grow grape plants for sale are requir-

ed to take out a license, and to have

the stock inspected before it is deliv-

ered. The wording. of the law is as

follows: “Any perSon or persons, grow-

ing or offering for sale, in thisstate,

any trees, shrubs, vines or‘plants, com-

monly known as nursery stock, shall

on or before the first day of August,

in each year, apply to the Michigan

State Board of Agriculture for. the in-

spection of said stock and for a license

for its sale. A license fee 9f five dol-

lars shall be paid and a bond for one

thousand dollars, with sureties satis-

factory to said board, and conditioned

upon the compliance with this act

shall be filed.”





The words “vines or plants" would

certainly include grape vines, and that

they would be classed as “nursery

stock,” is indicated by the definition of

“nursery stock” given in many federal

and state laws which reads as follows:

“The term ‘nursery stock‘ wherever

used in this act shall be held and con-

strued to mean and include fruit trees,

fruit tree stocks, nut trees. grape

vines, fruit bushes and fruit plants.

rose bushes, forest and ornamental

trees and shrubs (both deciduous, and

evergreen), field-grown florists’ stock,

and cuttings, Scions. seedlings of fruit

or ornamental trees or shrubs, and all

other woody plants and parts thereof,

and plant products for propagation or

planting.”



During the last year or two the high

prices of grape plants have caused

quite a number of vineyardists to prop-

agate and grow a considerable number

of grape plants for sale. They have

taken out licenses and had the plants

inspected in accordance with the law.

A few have claimed that they should

not be required to take out a license

since they are not nurserymen. Afteri-

tion is called to the fact that the law

does not use the word “nurserymen,”

but it requires “any person, or persons

growing plants or vines for sale to

take out a license.” However, it would

not be too much to claim that persons

who grow grape vines for sale really

are nurserymen since, according to

the above definition grape vines should

be classed as nursery stock and sev-

eral state laws define nurserymen as

persons who grow or sell nursery

stock. ’



The object of the law is to prevent

the spread of dangerousfinsects and

diseases and our observations show

that there is really more danger of

spreading insects and diseases on nur-

sery stock propagated by the small

growers than by the larger ones. The

latter, of course, have more at stake

and naturally are not only better post-

ed regflarding the insects and diseases

but are prepared to combat them. Ev-

erything else‘ being equal, they will

take more pains to see that the stock

which goes out is free from insects and

diseases. Parties growing nursery

stock are required to secure a Certifi-

cate- showing that it has passed inspec-

tion and to furnish a copy to each cus-

tomer. They are also under bond to

keepa'list of the parties to whom the

stock issoldso that if necessary the

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shade trees from their own wood-lots,

and to dig and sell or exohange surplus

small fruit plants without taking out a

license. ' -



The “surplus small fruit plants” are

construed to relate to strawberry run-

ners and red raspberry suckers which

may be dug along the. borders of the

fruiting rows and these can be sold

without a license, provided the fruit.

grower is not a nurseryman. In this

case he would be considered a nurse

eryman if he makes a business of

growing and selling the plants. When

all of the plants are dug and sold the

owner could not be considered to be a

fruit grower, and if the plants are ad-

vertised for sale in any way, he would

make a business of selling them; and

would require a license.



The object of the law being to pre—

vent the spread of dangerous insects

and diseases, it requires that. all plants

to be shipped shall have a certificate

of inspection. This applies in all cases.



In some sections of Michigan many

fruit growers sell their surplus plants

to dealers who have a license, but as

these dealers have given a bond that

they will only sell plants which have

received a certificate of inspection, ar-

rangements have been made to exam-

ine “and issue certificates upon such

plants as they contract for, on the pay-

ment. of a fee sufficient to meet the

cost of the inspection.





 





AMOUNT OF FEED PER HEN.





I would like to know. the amount of

grain a hen needs. My liens do not

lay, but, just. take on fat. 1 feed my

eighteen hens one and a half quarts of

wheat: in the litter in 1118 morning and

the same amount of corn at night.

They have a dry mash and meat scrap

in a hopper, and out quite a lot, of it.

They also have table scraps. etc., at

noon. They have plenty of grit and

oyster shell, and seem ready to ear or,

any time. Will you tell me just how

much to feed to get. eggsmMi-s. (l. 1.}.



Experiments have proveu that a

bred-to-lay lien in good condition needs

approximately seventy pounds of feed

per year. This will consist or‘ thirty-

five pounds of a properly balanced dry

marsh and thirty-five pounds of mixed

scratch grain. At that rate the daily

ration would be about one-tenth of a.

pound of mash and one-tenth of :1.

pound of scratch grain,



Of course, the amount of feed eaten

will vary with individual Items. The

over-fat condition can usually be pro-

vented by feeding the scratch grain in

litter so that the birds have to vxork

for it. If liens become over-fat when

properly fed it usually means that they

are not good layers and should be cull-

edout. The feed that they eat all goes

to fat and not much of it into eggs.



If hens that are overfat seem to

have some value as breeders it will

pay to keep them on a bran and water

diet for a while until they begin to

thin down. Then they. can be returned

to an egg-producing ration. We find

that it pays to market a hen that be-

comes heavy with fat or use her on

the home table." Such cases do not

Often occur when the liens exercise and

lay. Old hens are more apt to take

on heavy‘fat than pullets. By breed.

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TI. haves. piece of ground I 'wish to

rnish one-third of fertiliz-

flyifisflg fig used), and one-third of

the" twine to harvest it. In return I

want one-third. of the corn put in the

crib and one-third of the stalks put in

the stack‘: Now, if that— is not right

and fair, what is? What is customary

for, corn, wheat or oats let out on

shares? V. A. G.

- Thereis no hard and fast rule for

renting land on shares. There is so

much difference in the fertility of land.

Good rich land in splendid condition,

the renter could. afford to give a larger

share of the crop than he could with

poor land that would'not give a good

crop, and the renter could afford to

work‘for a smaller share. Anyway, a

broad general rule is that the land

draws one—third. If the man furnishes

the seed, fertilizer, twine and does the

work he gets two-thirds of the crop

andthe landlord gets one-third. » But-it

is supposed that the renter harvests

the landlord’s share as VWell as his

own, and I should think that if you

furnish One-third of the twine, if this

is good land and there is a prospect of

a good crop that the renter could well

afford to crib your corn and haul your

stalks. ‘ ,

There is another element that enters

into this question that the landlord

should consider, and that is the char-

acter of the renter. If he. is a good

man and will take geod care of the

corn, and do it on time so that you

will get a good crop you can afford to

pay him a little extra if necessary and

really, when all is said and done, the

renting of land is a private arrange

ment made between the two parties.

Whatever can be agreed upon.

C. C. L.





MARKETING THE FRUIT CROP.





 





(Continued from page 219).

realized ninety-three cents. It must

be expected, therefore, that those ap-

ples must retail for fifty to sixty cents

per pack. Manifestly some method

must be devised by which the fruit can

be gotten‘ to the consumer for less ex-

pense.



A further serious objection to the

commission system is that it allows

those men to fix prices, and with any

considerable amount of fruit marketed

in this way it is impossible for any

marketing assoCiation of farmers to go

much beyond that price. And if farm-

ers are to take their places on an

equality with other lines of business

it must be possible for them to fix

prices the same as other business

men do. ‘



When fruit is sold to local buyers

the situation is only improved inas-

much as the grower knows what he is

getting for his stuff and has his money

before it leaves his hands. For the

buyer naturally ,argues that Chicago

prices should be a basis for prices at

shipping points, and if a bushel sells

for $1.50 in Chicago the charges for

transportation and commisSion should

come out ofit, and $1.00 should be the

proper price to the grower. The con-

sumer does not appear to derive much

benefit from such a transaction, how-

ever. The spread between him and

the producer is narrowed but little by

this system.



Through the cooperative system,

with a central packing house, it is pos-

sible to ship in'carlots, thus reducing

freight charges, and cut out one set

of charges, amounting as‘we have seen,

to fifty cents per bushel. The fruit in-

dustry has got to come to this system,





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Missouri,





makes the statement that his John Deere Spreaders pay him 500%

on money invested. Mr. Wright was only one among a large number

of farmers who were asked by a prominent farm publisher, this

question,“Do you think the manure spreader is a profitable investment? "





Every farmer who answered

this question, and who owned

or used a spreader stated that

the manure spreader is a highly

profitable investment. You ask

your neighbors who own spread—

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it’s the best machinery invest-

ment you can make.





A Spreader Pays in

Mere ,Than One Way





These men who have turned from

the old fork method of distributing

manure to the machine method, find

that a spreader pays big in a number of

difl'erent ways.





 





Manure Goes Twice as Far





These Spreader users make manure

go twice as far-the same quantity fer-

tilize: more land more effectively

because the manure is evenly dis-

tributed—its value is doubled.



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instantly control the amount of manure

put on the land—the spread can be

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Manure Spreader Makes

Top - Dressing Profitable





Only by using a good Spreader can

you don thorough job of top dressing

pasture and hay land, corn,‘ etc. Top-

dressing has proved a mighty profitable

way to increase production.





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What a Few Other

Farmers Said:





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A. A. Beker,Winnetoon. Neb. says:

"The manure spreader is the heat

investment n farmer can make.”





Harry L. Graze. Hamilton, Mm.

eays: "By using the manure spreader

the amount of lnbor is reduced

and therefore. we are inclined to

save more manure. Since min

ante-dare we make and haul 50%

more than by the old method."





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Doubles Fertilizing Value

of Manure





Manure—the greatest of all fertilizers

-ia of value only to the extent that it

in judiciously used. You can double

its fertilizing value with a John Deere

Spreader. This is the big reason why

this machine makes ,a profitable invest-

ment at twice its cost.





Don’t Delay Buying a

Good Spreader





Get your order placed at once for a

good spreader. Get the full advan—

tages the spreader gives you on every

load of manure you have to haul—the

saving of labor, the distribution, the

control of the quantity of manure to

meet the soil’s needs.





Look Over the

John Deere Spreader





Go to your John Deere dealer and

look over the John Deere Spreader.

Notice its extreme simplicityf—no

clutches, no chains, no adjustments

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See the Beater on the Axle





Notice that the heater and 'the

main working parts of the John Deere

Spreader are mounted directly on the

axle. This permits extreme simplicity,

and working parts that can not get out

of line to cause binding, heavy draft

and breakage.





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The illustration shows the beater

drive gears with one side of gear case

removed. This simple gear arrange.

ment, much like a triple-geared horse-

power, insures efiective transmission Of

power. The gears operate in a bath of

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The Straw Spreading

Attachment



You can get a perfect sirnw sprendw

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Deere Spread or. With the Joun ,Deero

Spreader with straw ”reading attach.

ment you can utiliz: to the fullest

extent two valuable fertilizers—barn-

yard manure and straw.



It’s the extra bushels per acre that

count—there’s where your big profits

lie—and here is where the John Deere

Spreader fits in. Get the extra profits

that its use makes possible.





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Cranston had hard work

Again Gibbs’





ominous specula~





“Y es 1”

curbing 'his impatience.





eyes were full of

tions.



“He stopped at the body, and it was

plain he’d been there before. He went

crawling through the thickets, lookin’

for clues. He done what you and me

never thought to do—lookin’ all the

way between the trail and the body.

He’d already found the brass shell you

told me to ,get. At least, it wasn’t

there when'l looked, after he'd gone.

You should've thought of it before. But

he found somethin’ else a whole lot

more important—4a. roll of papers that

Hildreth had chucked into an old pine

stump when he was dyin’. It was your

fault, Cranston, for not gettin’ them

that night. You needn’t've been afraid

of anyone hearin’ the shot and catch

ing you red-handed. This detective

stood and read ’em on the trail. And

you know—just as well as I do—what

they Were.”



But I went back the next morning,

as soon as I could see. And the moun-

tain lion had already been there. I

went back lots of times since. And

that. shell ain’t nothing—but all the

time I supposed I put it in my pecket.

You know how it is—a fellow throws

his empty shell out by habit.”



Gibbs’ eyes grew more intent. What

was this. thing? Cranston’s tone, in-

stead of commanding, was almost

pleading. But the leader caught him-

self at-once.



“I don't see why I need to explain

any of that to you. What I want to

know is this: why you didn’t shoot and

get those papers away from him?”



For an instant their eyes battled.

llut Gibbs had never the strength of

his leader. If he had, it would have

been asserted long since. He sucked

in his breath, and his gaze fell away.

It rested on (Iranston’s rifle, that in

some manner had been 'pulled up

across his knees. And at once he‘was

cowed. He was never so fast with a

gun as Cranston.



“Blood on my hands, ehwsame as on

yours?” he mumbled, looking down.

“What do you think I want, a rope

around my neck ‘? These hills are big,

but the arm of the law has reached up

before, and it might again. You might

as well know first as last I’m not goin'

- to do any killin’s to cover up your

murders.”



“That comes of not going myself.

‘You fool—if he gets that evidence

down to the courts, you’re broken the

same as me.”



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from the gallows. I did aim at him—”

“But you just lacked the guts to pull

the trigger-"

"I did, and I ain’t ashamed of it. But





hairless—the snows we. here mm and-





he won’t be able to even get word

down to the valleys in six months. If

you want him killed so bad, do it your-

self." -



This was a thought indeed. On the

other hand, another murder might not

be necessary. Months would pass be-

fore themed would be opened, and in





the meantime Cranston could have a:





thousand chances to steal back the ac-

cusing letters. Perhaps they would be-

guarded closely at first, but by the late

winter months they would be an old

story, and a single raid on the house

might turn the trick. He didn’t be-

lieve for an instant that the man Gibbs

had seen a detective. He had kept too

close watch over the roads for that.



“A tall chap, in outing clothes—dark-

haired and clean-shaven.”



“Yes?”



"Wears a tan hat?"



“That’s the man.” '



“I know him——and I wish you’d pullo-

tured him. Why, you could’ve taken

those papers away from him and slap-

ped his face, and he wouldn’t have put

up his arms. And now he’ll hide ’em

somewhere—afraid to carry ’em for

fear he-meetsme. That’s Failing—the

tenderfoot that’s been staying at Len-

nox’s. He’s a lunger.”



“But he didn’t look like no lunger

to me.”



"But no matter about that—its just

as I thought. And I’ll get ’em back—

mark my little words.” _



In the meantime the best thing to do

was to move at once to his winter

trapping grounds-a certain neglected

region on the lower levels of the North

Fork. If at any time within the next

few weeks, Dan should attempt to car-

ry word down to the settlements, he

would be certain to pass within view

of this camp. But he knew that the

chance of Dan starting upon any such

journey before the snow had melted

was not one in a thousand. To be

caught in the Divide in the winter

means to be snowed in as completely

as the Innuits of upper Greenland. No

word could pass except by a man on

snowshoes. Really there was no urg-

ency about this matter of the evidence.



Yet if the chance did come, ‘if the

house should be left unguarded, it

might pay Cranston to make an imme-

diate search. Dan would have no rea-

son for supposing that Cranston sus-

pected his possession of the letters;

he would not be particularly watchful,





and would probably plgoonhole them

until spring in Lennon’s desk.



And the truth was that Cranston had

reasoned out the situation almost per-

fectly. When Do! wotened in the

morning; and the not lay already a.

foot deep ever the wilderness world. he

knew that he would have no chance to

act upon the Cranston case until the

snows melted in the spring. So he

pushed all thought of it out of his mind

and turned his attention to more pleas-

ant subjects. It was true that he read

the documents over twice as he lay in

bed. Then be tied them into a. neat

packet and put them away wheres-they

would be quickly available. Then he

thrust his head out of the-wigdow and

let the great snowflakes sift down up-

on his face. It was winter at last, the





season that he loved.





He didn’t stir from the house, that

first day of the storm. Snowbird and

he found plenty of pleasant things. to

do and—talk about before the roaring

fire that he built in the grate. He was

glad of the great pile of wood that lay

outside the door. It meant life itself,

in this season. Then Snowbird led him

to the windows, and they watched the

white drifts pile up over the low under-

brush.



When finally the snowstorm ceased,

five days later, the whole face of the.

wilderness was changed. The buck-

brush was mostly covered, the fences

were out of sight; the forest seemed a

clear, clean sweep \of white, broken

only by an occasional tall thicket and

by the great, snow-covered trees.



When the clouds blew away, and the

air grew clear, the temperature began

to fall. Dan had no way of knowing

how low it went. Thermometers were

not considered essential at the Lennox

home. But when his eyelids congeal-

ed with the frost, and his mittens froze

to the logs of firewood that he carried

through the door, and the pine trees

exploded and cracked in the darkness,

he was correct in his belief that it was

very, very cold. ‘



But he loved the cold, and the silence

and austerity that went with it. The

wilderness claimed him as never be-

fore. The rugged breed that were his

anceStors had struggled through such

seasons as this and passed a love of

them down through the years to him.



When the ice-made a crust over the

snow, he learned to walk on snow-

shoes. At first there were pained ank—

les and endless floundering in the

drifts. But between the fall of fresh

snow and the thaws that softened the

crust, he slowly, mastered the art.

Snowbird-and Dan never fully realiz-





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ed the M significance of her name 3.

until he saw her flying with incredible .

grace over the snow—laughed at him ‘1 -

tit-first and ran him races that would

m;m ink}: tolling; Mist into

a ten-foot 5mm She taught him

how to ski and more than once she

would stop in the middle of an earnest

bit of pedagogy to find-that he wasn’t

listening at all. He would seem ‘to be

fairly devouringher with his eyes, de-

lighting in the play of soft pinks and

rods in her cheeks. and drinking, as a

man drinks wine, the amazing change

of light and shadow in her eyes.



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of her eyelids in which her eyes would

show lustrous, through the lashes, or

sweeping,





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startlingly graceful. ,

Lennox Wakened one morning with

the realization that this was one of the





hardest winters of his





experience.





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had banked halfway up his windows. r.

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desperately to keep their heads above

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water.





the abundant stores of provisions that

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and ”bacons. dried venison, sacks of po—

tatoes and evaporated vegetables, and,

of course, canned goods past counting.





With the high fire roaring in the grate,





the season held no ills for them. But

sometimes, when the bitter cold came

down at twilight, and the moon looked

like a thing of ice itself over the snow.

he began to wonder'how the wild cre—

atures who wintered on the Divide

were faring. Of course most of them





were gone.





WOof,





long - since, had





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winter lair.





But the wolves remained,





strange gray shadows on the snow.

and possibly a‘ few of the hardier

smaller creatures.



More than once in those long winter

nights their talk was chopped off short

by the song of- the pack on some dis« \

taut ridge. Sometime, when the world A?

is old, possibly a man will be born that

can continue to talk and keep his mind

on his words while the wolf pack sings.



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charge against a certain class of

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the commandment of God and have

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with conscience so long that they can-

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hence cannot act right. Their inner

monitor has become so twisted that

they do not recognize right when they

see it. First, they would not see. Then,

they could not. L

'A gnat is a tiny insect, about the

size of a mosquito. It does not look

very much like a. camel. But Christ

says that the Pharisee’s sense of right

and wrong is so warped that he can-

not tell a gnat from a camel. The

Pharisee has moral astigmatism. _Going

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tration. He says the Pharisee’s soul

is like a metal dish, highly polished on

the outside, but on the inside it is sep-

tic, foul, putrid. And the tragic side

of it is, the Pharisee is utterly uncon-

scious of all this. He regards himself

as quite the model of what a man

ought to be, in morals and religion.

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« a perverted state? How can he devel-





op such a combinationof contradic-

tions? How can he become such a blue

ribbon hypocrite? It is not hard. It

comes on unconsciously. You can see

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she was particularly bad, when she

said that God had called upon her to

impose her kultur on Europe and the

world. She excused her practices by

saying, “War is War.” Intelligent peo-

ple can be found who will argue by the

hour for the saloons, and will enlarge

on the benefits of liquor. While the

populace of Petrograd is dying this

winter, and people are falling over

dead in the streets from cold and hun-

ger, Trotzy and Lenine-state that they

are the heralds of a new age, which

will surpasse all previous ages, as the

modern dwelling surpasses the cave.

Preachers in the south used to preach

sermons two hours long on slavery, in

which they proved to their perfect sat-

isfaction that the Bible upheld slavery,

and it was a divine institution. \



vTennyson represents in the “Lotus-

Eaters” a company of ‘men and women

on an island who were anxious to get

back to the mainland, where their fam-

ilies lived. Before embarking, they

ate of the lotus-tree, which has 'the

fabled power to put its victims into a

dreamy half-sleep, and takes away all

energy. From that time, the lotus-eat-

ers make no efforts to leave the tropic

isle, where they are marooned. They

are content with a half life.





' OW if all this is true, about the

soul getting into a state where it

is asleep or blind, until it gets insects

mixed with camels, what about the

conscience? Is not that a guide? How

many times I have had men‘say, "‘Well,

I do what my conscience tells me and

that is religion enough forme.” To

obey conscience is a great thing, and

happy the man who really does so. But

what are you going to do when con-

science is warped? What if your guide,

is blind? The German leaders we spoke

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may be corrected to the second. The

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quire correction. In a certain public

building in London, there is a yard-

stick of metal, embedded in the floor.

It is exactly a yard long, to the one-

thousandth part of an inch. It is the

standard yard of the British Empire.

And the soul requires a standard.

When we measure ourselves by our-

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the ardstick, and ere we know it, we

will e counting thirty-four inches as

thirty-six. When we set our spiritual

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of God's clock, it is not surprising we

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is easy to become blind.



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Myra Kinsting says she guesses the

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told her he guessed the Lord would

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stead of cords if he had meant him to

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since a. friend. who is a. newspaper re-

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have to be an ultimate consumer. of

anything. ‘



Michael Palmer sold his Durham

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When Betsey was taken off down the

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But he is certainly an unknown quan-

tity today. The cry setsin vibration

curious memory chords, and for a mo-

ment the listener sees in his mind's

eye his ancient home in an ancient

world—Darkness and Fear and Eyes

shining about the cave. It carries him

back, and he knows the wilderness as

it really is; and to have such knowl-

edge dries up all inclination to talk,

as a sponge dries water. Of course; the

picture isn't entirely plain. It is more

a thing guessed at, a photograph in

some dark part of an under-conscious-

ness that has constantly grown more

dim as the centuries have passed. Pos-

sibly sometime it will fade out alto-

gether; and then a man may: continue

to discuss the weather while the Song

from the ridge shudders in at the win-

dows. But the world will be quite cold

by then, and no longer particularly in-

teresting. And possibly even the wolves

themselves will then be tamed to play

dead and speak pieces‘which means

the wilderness itself will be tamed.

For as long as the wild lasts, the pack

will run through it in the winter. They

were here in the beginning, and in

spite of constant war and constant

hatred on the part'of men, they will

be here in the end. The reason is just

that they are the symbol of the wilder-

ness itself, and the idea of it continu-

ing to exist without them is stranger

than that of a nation without a flag.





It wasn’t quite the same song ’that

Dan had listened to in the first days

of fall. It had been triumphant then,

and proud with the wilderness pride.

Of course ‘it had been sad then, too,

but it was more sad new. And it was

stranger, too, and crept farther into

the souls of its listeners. It was the

song of strength that couldn’t avail

against the snow, possibly of cold and

the despair and courage of starvation.





These three that heard it were inured

to the wilderness; but a moment was

always needed after us laSt note had Dan back to his first adventure in the





died to regain their gayety.





“They’re getting lean and they’re the mad coyote. Snowbird thought of

getting savage.”Lennox said one night. the beast only as an enemy. The

stretched on his divan before the the wolves killed her father’s stock; they





place. He was still unable to walk;





. but the fractures were knitting slowly she shared the hatred of them that is



and the dOCtOI‘. had promised that the a common trait Of all primitive peo-

“If we plesh

, had a dog, I wouldn’t offer much for the pistol, and she fired twice at the

. his life. One of these days we’ll find fleeing figure.



’em in a big circle around the house——

- and then well have to open up With them saw the wolf go to its side, then





summer would find him well.





the rifles.”





But this picture appalled neither of of them sped after him !

his two young listeners. No wolf pack I ‘ '

,can stand against three marksmen,

armed with rifles and behind oaken





‘ walls.





Christmas came and passed, and J an-

' nary brought clear days and an ineffec-

These

were the best days of all. Every after-

noon Dan and Snowbird would go out

on their skis or on snowshoes, unarm-

ed except for the pistol that Snowbird

carried in the deep pocket of her mack-

inaw. “But why not?” Dan replied to

“She could kill

five wolves with five shots, or pretty





near it, and you know well enough that

that would hold 'em off till we got him standing, wholly motionless. with





I eyes fixed upon her.





tive sun shining on the snow.





Lennox’s objection.





home. They’d stop to eat the five.





'have'hard. enough time keeping up

with her as it is, without carrying‘a why.

And Lennox was content, In in his path, his muscles inert, and his

the first place, the wolf pack has to be eyes filling with speculations is always

desperate indeed before it will even startling. When this occurs, it means

threaten human beings; and knowingsimply that a thought. so compelling

the coward that the wolf is in the other and engrossing that even the half-un-

three seasons, he couldn’t bring him- conscious physical functions, such as

self to believe that this point was walking, cannot continue, has c0me

reached. In the second, Dan had told into his mind. And it is part of the

the truth'when he said» that five deaths, old creed of self-preservation to dislike

or even fewer, would repel the attack greatly to be left out on any such

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most severe winters the wolves gather,

in particularly large packs; and a qual-

ity in the song that they had heard

Lt night'seemed to bear it out. The

:horus had been exceptionally loud and

ltrong, and he had been unable to pick

)ut individual voices.



The snow was perfect for skiing.

Previously their sport had been many

times interrupted either by the fall of

fresh snow or a thaw that had softened

the snow crust; but now every after-

noon was too perfect to remain in-

doors. They shouted and romped in

the silences. and they did not dream

but that they had the wilderness all to

themselves. The fact that one night

Lennox’s keen eyes had seen what

looked like the glow of a camp fire in

the distance didn’t affect this belief of

theirs at all. It was evidently just the

phosphorus glowing in a rotten log

from which the winds had blown the

snow.



Once or twice they caught glimpses

of wild life: once a grouse that had

buried in the snow flushed from their

path and blew the snow-dust from its

wings; and once or twice they saw

snowshoe rabbits bounding away on

flat feet over the drifts. But just one

day they caught sight of a wolf. They

were on snowshoes on a particularly

brilliant afternoon late in January.





.He was a lone male, evidently a

straggler from the pack, and he leaped

from the top of a tall thicket that had

remained above the snow. The man

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rib bones showing plainly even through

the furry hide. Ordinarily the heavily

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sightamdng the distant trees, but they=

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“How many shells have you mvflrat

pistol?” - '-



She took one breath and answered

him. “It holds five, and I shot twice.

I haven’t any others.”



“And I _ don’t suppose it ever oc-

curred "to you to carry extra Ones in

your pocket. 9"



“Father is always telling me to—

and seve1al times I have. But I’ d

shoot them away at target practice

and forget to take any more. There

was never any danger—except that

night with a cougar.

but what does it matter now '2”



“We’re a,,couple of wise ones, going

after that wolf with only three shots

to our name. Of course by himself he’s

harmless—but he’s ,likely enough to

lead us straight toward the pack. And

Snowbird—I didn’t like his looks. He’s

too gaunt, and he’s too hungry—and I

haven’t a bit of doubt he waited in that

brush for us to come, intending to at

tack us—and lost his nerve the last

thing. ,That shows he’s desperate. I

don’t like him, and I wouldn’t like his

pack. And a whole pack might not lose

its nerve. ”



“Then you think we’d better turn

back?”



“Yes, I do, and not come out any

more without a. whole pocket of shells.

I’m going to carry my rifle, too, just as

Lennox has always advised He’s only





, got a flesh-wound. You saw What you





did with two cartridges—got in one

flesh-wound. Three of ’em against a

pack wouldn’t be a great deal of aid. I

don’t mean to say you can’t shoot, but

a jumping, lively wolf is worse than a.

bird in the air. We’ve gone Over three

miles; and he’d lead us ten miles farth-

er—even if he didn’t go to the pack.

Let’s go back.” .



“If you say so. But I don’t think

there’s the least bit of danger. We can

always climb a tree.”



“And have ’em make a beautiful cir-

cle under it. They’ve got more pa-

tience than we have—and we’d have to

come down sometime. Your father can’t

come to our help, you know. It’s the

sign of the tenderfoot not to think

there’s any danger—and'l’m not going

to think that way any more.”



They turned back and mushed in

silence a long time.



“I suppose you’ll think I’m a cow-

ard,” Dan asked her humbly.



“Only prudent, Dan,” she answered,

smiling. Whether she meant it, he did

not know. “I’m just beginning to un-

derstand that=you—1iving here only a.

few months—really know and under-

stand all this better than I do.” She

stretched her arms wide to the wildel-

ness. “I guess it’s your instincts. ”



“And I do undelstand,” he told her

earnestly. “I sensed danger back there

just as sure as I can see your face.

That pack—~and it’s a big one-is

close; and it’s terribly hungry. And

yOu know—you can’t help but know——

that the wolves Ere not to, be trusted

in famine times.”



“I know it only tOo well,” she said.



Then she paused and asked him

about a strange grayness, like snow

blown by the wind, on the sky over the

ridge.





CHAPTER XIII.





ERT CRANSTON waited in a

B clump of exposed thicket on the



hillside until he saw two black

dots, that he knew were Dan and Snow-

bird, leave the Lennox home.

very still as they circled up the ridge.

noticing that except for the pistol that

he knew Snowbird always carried, they

were unarmed.‘ There'Was no particu-

lar’ reason whyhe should'be‘ interested

in that point. It was just the mountain





1,. way always to look fOr ‘Weap'Ons, and





it is rather difficult; to trees the mental

processes behind ibis impuISe. Perhaps





ItCan be laid to the fact that many-





I did intend to—.





. He lay-

:had drawn up over his body, and he





8.

The two passed out or his 513111;, and





after a long time he heard the crack





of Snowbird’s pistol. He guessed that

she had either shot at some wild crea-

ture, or else was merely at target prac-

tice—rather a common proceeding for *'

the two when they were on the hills

together. Thus it is to be seen that

Cranston knew their habitsfalrly well.

And since he had kept a, close watch

upon them for several days, this Was

to be expected. ‘



He had no intention of being inter-

rupted in this wo1k he was about to

dorm He had planned .it all verywell.

At first the intermittent snow-storms





and the thaws between had delayed





him. He needed a perfect snow crust

for the long tramp over the ridge; and

at last the bright days_;,a.nd. the icy

dawns had made it. The-elder Lennox

was still helpless. He had noticed that

when Dan and Snowbird went out,

they were usually gone from two to,

'four hours; and that gave him plenty

of time for his undertaking. The mo-

ment had come at last to makea thor-

ough search of Lennox’s house for

those incriminating documents that

Dan had found near the body of Landy

Hildreth.





The only really dangerous part of his

undertaking was his approach. If by

any chance Lennox were looking out

of the window, hemight be found wait-

ing with a. rifle across his arms. It

would be quite like the old mountain-

eer to have his gun beside him, and

to shoot it quick and, exceptionally

straight, without asking questions, at

any ‘stealing figure 'in the-snow. Yet,

Cranston felt fairly sure thatLennox-

Was still too helpless to raise a gun to

a shooting position. .





He had observed that the mountain-

eer spent his time either on the fire-

place divan or on his own bed. Neither

of these places was availableto the

men windows of the house. So, very

wisely, he made his attack fronr‘ the

real.



He came stealing across the snow—-

3. musher of the first degree. Very

silently and swiftly he slipped off his

snowshoes at the door. The door itself

was unlocked,»just as hehad supposed.

In an instant more he was tiptoeing,

a. dark, silent figure, through the cor-

ridors of the house. He heldrhis rifle

ready in his hands. '





He peered into Lennox’s bedroom

first. The room was unoccupied. Then

the floor of the corridor‘Creaked be-

neath his step; and he knew nothing

further was to be gained by waiting.

If Lennox suspected his presence, he

might be waiting with aimed rifle as

he opened the door of the living-room.



He glided faster. He halted once

more—a moment at the living-room

door to see if Lennox had been disturb-

ed. He was lying still, however, so

Cranston pushed through. .



Lennox glanced up from his maga-

zine to find that unmistakable thing,

the barrel of a rifle, pointed at his

breast. "Cranston was one of those

rare marksmen who shodts with both

eyes open—and that meant that .he

kept his full visual powers to the last

instant before the hammer’fell.



“I can’t raise my arms,” jLennox said

simply. “One of ’em won’t work at all

——besides, against the doctor’s orders. "



Cranston stole ove1 toward him,

looking closely for weapons. He pulled

asldethe woolen blanket that Lennox





pushed his hand into the cushions of

the couch. A few deft pats, holding





his rifle through the fork of his arm,





finger coiled into the trigger guard, as-

sured him that Lennox was not “heel-

ed” at all.. Then he laughed and went .

to work. ~ '3 ; p ‘

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NYONE who attended the farm “

> A ers' round-up meetings at M. A.





G. two weeks’ ago must have

been impressed by the new spirit of

unity and strength manifested by the

ag1icultural interests of Michigan, a

spiiit which characterized every gath-

eiing and seemed to pervade the place.



Farmers’ Week as now held in this

state is typical of the development of

agriculture along cooperative lines, in

the opinion of college leaders and not-

able agricultural men who were speak-

ers during the week.



Never before in ‘so many cases did





John leave the. chores to be done by , 5





his neighbor and trek with Mary. to

East Lansing.

five thousand and eight thousand per-

sons in attendance, according to final

estimates. Registration figures were

close toifive thousand, and thousands





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of others failed to register.



Unusually keen interest was mani-

fested in the general speakers, such as

Charles Brand, marketing specialist;

Dean Eugene Davenport, of the Uni-

versity of Illinois; A. F. Lever, expert

in agricultural finance, and others.

The exhibits, more plentiful and at-

tractive than ever before, combined

with the entertainment features to

chase away monotony in the short in-

te1 1ms between meetings.



.Farmers’ Week in its present status

It is only since the

Smith-Lever act in 1914 that the big

gathering has been possible.

that date local farmers’ institutes were

held in the various counties and. once

a year an institute round-up was held,

either at M. A. C. or at some other

point in the state.



The fact that it is now the farmer’s





own week is pointed out by Robert J'.

at M. A.‘





Baldwin, extension director,

0., as the chief development since 1914.

“In the old days the round-up was sim-

ply an educational conference,” said

Mr. Baldwin, “at which members of





the college faculty set forth their ideas.





Now some fifteen agricultural associa-





   

 

 





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tions hold their annual meetings in'





connection with farmers’ week. These





control their own programs and the.





in





college merely coordinates the whole,

procures speakers of prominence from

outside, and plans the exhibits and en-

tertainment.”



Farmers’ Week as now held has an





important effect in causing the ‘whole‘





college, engineering and home econom-

ics divisions, as well as agricultural,





to focus its attention upon the practi- '





cal problems of the farmer, in the

opinion Eoi" Ashley M. Berridge, chair-

man of the Farmess’ Week committee.

This in turn reacts upon Michigan ag-

riculture in many indirect ways

through the experiment station and ex-

tension department.



One reason for the success of the

round-up in covering the vital farm is-

sues of the day is the fact that the

committee decides upon the keynote

long in advance and proceeds to build

all plans around it. This year the key-

note was cooperative marketing. For

next year it is, of course, still uncer-

tain, but it is expected to be farm

credit and finance. Already plans are

under way for next year’s gathering.



Mr. Berridge was at Cornell this

week‘attending the New York state

round-up for purposes of comparison

and to gain any new ideas that may be

useful.

other states who addressed Michigan

farmers expressed themselves as fav-

orably impressed and declared that

Michigan’s round-up is now second to

none in the country, not even except;

in; those of New York, Ohio and Wise

cousin, formerly held to be the best.

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ROBABLY no woman’s congress

has been packed so full of worth-

while things as the 1921 congress,

just 'closed. " There were the two new

Women leaders at the college to be





heard, Dean» Mary Sweeney, the new,





head of home enonomics, and Mrs.

LOuise Campbell, leader in Home Dem-

onStration work in the extension de-

partment, both big women in their

chosen field. There were daily confer-

ences in all lines of farm and home

work, movies, plays, and teas, and last

-——that is, it came to a headoon the last

day—the burning question of a succes-

sOr to Mrs. Cora Ketcham, on the

board of the farm bureau. The elec-

tion oers. Edith \Vagar to that posi-

tibn settled the question to the com-

plete andlasting satisfaction of every

woman who knows Mrs. V‘Vagar.





To those who do not know her, let

it be said that Mrs. Wagar'is a “sure-

nuff” farm woman, living today on the

farm to which she went with her 1111s-

band when they were first married.

She knows the needs of the farm wom-

anwand incidentally, the farm man——

and her middle name is Common Sense.

Mrs. Wagar’s talk on “Why I Want a

Home Demonstration Agent in my

County,” was one of the features of

the congress.





“My husband and I started as part-

ners on a Small farm, with poor build-

ings and equipment,‘ and there we de-

termined to build our home for life'.

We‘ agreed that we would not stay on

the farm just long enough to g111b what

we could out of the soil and then 1e-

tire’ to a nearby village, but we would



' live as we went along; we would build

a home for the ages, and spend our

life always with the. things for which

we had worked and which had become

a part of our life. Only the farmers

who do this know the joy of living.

That is one of the reasons I want a

home agent. We must have a leader

who can change the thought of the

woman who thinks her lot is the hard-

est on earth. She must be taught how

to lighten labor, how to make farm

home life more worth while. We must

improve conditions on the farm so that

women will be content to stay in the

country. We need a few extra women

there to call upon for additional help.

How many women in Michigan dare

not have a baby because they know of

no one who would come in and do the

extra work while they are helpless?

We need someone to teach us food

values, to teach us the necessity of

consuming more milk. Monroe is a

dairy county, and it is distressing to

consider how much oleo is uSed in our



, farm homes, to think of the pitiful lack

_ of milk on the family table.”





The opening day was given over to





‘A - clothing. Miss Ada Blanchard, of Bos-





ton, director of Clothing Facts Bureau,

gave an interesting talk on the findings

of her bureau; Miss Winifred S. Get-

temy, head of the household art de-

partment, spoke on “Standardizing of

Textiles.” Miss Cecil Van Steenburg,

’3 assistant professor of household arts,

gave a talk on “Shoes, ” which will be

published in these columns in the near





 





 





 





 





 





mighty big ideas for Michigan girls

and women, which those who heard

her feel quite sure she will carry

through. ' -



“I thought it was a wonderful thing

to vote,” she said, “and when I first

went out to earn a living I thought

that was wonderful, too. But the most

wonderful thing which has happened

was when home-making became a pro-

fession. The home is the most vital

factor in civilization, for men are mold-

ed not by schools and religion, but by

homes and women. Here at Michigan

Agricultural College we are going to





Qj _ The 1921 Women’s Congress EL,





go. We want them to have everything

to make work easier which they can





afford to buy. We want to help them

in gardening, poultry and dairy work,

for to make any headway in nutritional

work we must have the foods to feed.

We want a standardized dress for high

school girls. You know we used to

wear underwear and shirtwaists: Now





we wear ‘blouses’ and lingerie, With-Out





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terested in sewing. They are working





on remodeling garments, learning the

use 'of sewing machinéy‘i‘attaChments

and commercial patterns,‘and how to

make dress forms. As a part of the

work in food, Miss Prattipis‘conducting





diet squads at the'Soo Where the ehi‘l-' .

dren are learning to drink milk and.





like it.

Miss Stimson, in Dickinson» county,





also has a large foreign element She , .





Thompson suit for girls, or a middy, a. has visited every community and prac-





neat comfortable dress that can be got-

ten into with little trouble and fasten-

ed with one or two books.”





 





 





ber of the/Farm Bureau’s

eeed Mrs. Cora Ketcham.

owners $5,000 a year.

ers’ Week.





stration work. ‘

Rural nutritional clini0s are





young women g1 aduates of the

have ma11ied.





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Activities Among Mic/”gal” Farm Wine”





RS. EDITH WAGAR, of Monroe‘county, was elected mem-

One home demonstration agent, Miss Clark, of Kalamazoo

county, culled seven thousand hens from flocks-and saved the

Ten counties sent a woman to represent their county at Farm-

Michigan is the fourth state in the Union in home demon-





extension department of the college.

Five hundred and fifty-eight of the six hum ded and thirty— six





state board of directors, to suc-





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train the girls to be. home—makers and

mothers. It is twelve times as danger-

ous to be a baby under one year old as

it is to be a soldier. We are going to

change that, for it is largely ignorance

that kills three hundred thousand bab-

ies a year.”



Mrs. Campbell, home demonstration

leader, explained 110w money to finance

extension work is secured and urged

the women to go home ,and work for

an agent in their county. There are

now twelve agents in Michigan, and it

is hoped to increase that number to

twenty-five this year.



“There are so many things the ex-

tension department are workingon,”

she said. “We want to start a ‘paring

knife’ campaign. We want every wom-

an to have an egg-beater that won’t

stutter, you know the kind you turn

twice ahead and once back to make it





 





Farm Women in Her scum

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Mrs. Campbell called on the home

agents for two-minute reports of their

work. Miss Aurelia Potts, assistant

leader, reported for Miss McIlhenny,

of Houghton county, who was unable

to be present. The work in that county

is largely among foreign women, who

must be visited personally. Miss Mc-

Ilhenny gained their confidence two

years ago during the flu epidemic when

she took charge of the situation and

turned the town hall into a hospital

and herself into a hospital corps.



Miss Woodworth, of Allegan county,

devised a caucus and convention.sys-

‘tem to find the things the women want-

ed most to take up. The decision was

nutrition, clothing, including the mak-

ing of dress forms, and poultry.



Miss Pratt, of Chippewa county,

found the order reversed in her coun-

ty, where the women seemed most in-





 

 





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thinking parent;-

in





tically every school and found in many

that the children were drinking no

milk at all. She has started milk cru—

sades in' the rural districts, and this





winterwhile snow in the upper penin- -





sula makes it almost impossible to get

into the country, she is conducting

sewing clubs in the cities.



Miss Richardson, of Gogebic county,





found that in spite of the extreme win- ,





ters, very few schools were serving hot

lunches. She is starting this work, has





a squad of fifty children drinking a»





quart of milk a day, and as a side line





is helping various groups of women}





make their new spring hats. \



Miss Clark, of Kalamazoo county, is

carrying on all phases of the work. Nu-

trition Work has been requested by so

many that she has started a seriesof

classes with a course of fifteen lessons.





' Investigation has revealed that the av-





erage amount of milk consumed in. her

county amounts to only one and two-

fifths cups per day.



Miss Pennell, of Manistee county, is

just commencing her wOrk. She plans

to concentrate on starting babies right.



Miss Garrett, of Oakland county, is

also new in her county. She is work-

ing on nutrition, especially with school

children, and has helped make a num-

ber of fireless cookers and dress forms.



Miss Rogers, of Wayne county,"finds

her big field in nutrition, especially in

milk campaigns. She is working, too,

for more home conveniences, and for a.

larger social life. The women in her

nutrition class invited their husbands

to one meeting, and have been politely

requested by the men to let them come

light along.



The need of a new home economics

building was urged by Mrs. Dora Stock-

man, woman member of the board of

agriculture.



“Michigan Agricultural College had

the first home economics course in the

United States,” she said, “but we must

go forward into larger fields. And to

progress we must have room for labor-

atories for research work. We want

to learn what to feed the babies, and



know our formulas are right. We want





~ to' know why so many mothers cannot





'feedtheir own babies. We want a

place out here where we can bring

babies and let our girls actually take





care of them. When the home is put .

back in'its rightful place, when home- .

making is again considered the most .

important occupation for women, then '1

many of our moral and industrial prob- .





lems will cease ”

Miss Alma Binzell, of the University

of Minnesota, was the feature “of the

Friday morningsession, and her talk

“Making Children More Worth

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Miss_Binzell stressed the fact that

the first five years are the formative

years; that training should begin the

moment of birth, and that a child could

be permanently ruined by the fourth

year through mismanagement. She

gave figures to show that those church-

es which train children early have as

low a proportion as one in 4,250 in

penal institutions, while in those

churches where religious education is

deferred until later the rate runs as

high as one in seven hundred and fifty.



Mrs. W. R. Alvord, of Detroit, state

president of the State Federation of

Women’s Clubs, had some pertinent

thoughts for the other half of the

voters.



“I want to have the boys taught to

be fathers," she said. “I want them

taught food values. If they knew this

most important thing mother wouldn’t

be told to give up to Johnny when he

doesn’t want to eat his lettuce or drink

his milk. In our manual training class-

es I want our boys taught things that

really count. I want them to learn

how to hang screens. and look after

faucets and balky furnaces.”

interesting exhibits of shoes, stock-

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en’s house dresses had hundreds of ad-

mirers. At a table students illustrated

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en learned how to decide whether they

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The food and library exhibits were

in the agricultural building. The food

exhibit stressed the fact that most

families serve twice as much meat and

eggs as necessary, and only about half

as much fruit and vegetables. A proper

diet was suggested.



Mrs. Linda E. Landon has planned a

package library for farmers and out-

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kamp, has the library ready. The idea

is to clip from magazines and newspa-

pers" articles on subjects of wide inter-

est, and arrange the clippinés‘in con-

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etc. For the farmer’s scrap book Mrs.

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opes the farmer puts his clippings, all

related under the one head. If six

months later a clipping has been prov-1

en worthless, it may be easily removed

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AM going to the city tomorrow and

I I think your Uncle John ought to



know it,” said Mr. Davidson to his

son Fred as the two were at the barn

doing the chores.



The farmer raised his ‘eyes to the

skies, assuming a debating attitude.

The sun was setting in a sort of red

glory that was pleasing to the fnan,

since there had been almost daily gains

and sleet dul‘ing the past week.



“Why do you wish Uncle John to

know of your going to the city,

father?”



“Because, you see, he has a lot of

unsold furs on his hands, a full win-

ter’s catch, and the sooner he gets

them to market the more money he

will get out of them. Indications are

that the fur market is in for a sharp

decline. I wish John knew—”



“I’ll go tell him if you want me to,

Father,” said the son, who evidently

was not averse to a trip down the riv-

er to his uncle’s home some halfscore

of miles distant.



“You might go, Fred,” mused the

farmer, “but for the fact that, old D011

has cast a shoe, and has gone lame;

There’s not another horse I would

trust you to ride'so far at night. You

know we have tested her more than

once.”



“Truly.” exclaimed Fred. “Old Doll’s

true blue every time: but there’s an-

other way to get to Uncle John’s and

back tonight. The sleighing must be

about used up from the spring rains,

but there’s the river, you know.”



“The river, son?”



The eyes of the speaker fell from

contemplating the western Sky to a

cbntemplation of a long, smooth ex-

panse of ice that sped away as far as

the eye could reach toward the distant

horizon.



“It’s nearer to Uncle John’s by the

riverffather, and my skates are fresh-

ly sharpened. I’d as soon go as not.”



Mr. Davidson sat down on the milk-

ing stool and reflected.



“i ought to have thought of this

sooner,” he communed. “It is impera-

tive for me to get to Great Rapids to-

morrow before night. I have to meet

Jake Campeau there with furs of my

own. I guess we’ll have to put it off

one day longer.”



“Do you think a single day will make

much difference in the price of furs,

father?” asked Fred.



, “I am afraid so——”



“Then Uncle John’s furs shall be

here to go with you tomorrow morn-

ing!” declared Fred, springing from his

own stool, swinging his pail nearly full

of frothing warm milk about his head.

I’ll go and get ready at once.”



Twenty minutes later boy and man

came out of the house, the boy carry-

ing a folded strap in his right hand, a

pair of skates swinging from his left.

They walked down to the river whose

surface was still covered with its win-

ter coating of ice.



“I don’t know if it is really safe,

Fred,” said the father hesitatingly. “If

your mother was home she might—”



“Suggest that I stay strictly on

land,” laughed the boy. “Mother is so

7very easily worried. I’m glad she’s

away, for now I can go to Uncle John’s

' without giving her a single pang of

,. worry. I’ll be back by midnight with

7 Uncle John’s pack of furs strapped to

Jay back, never fear.”



' ,Mr. Davidson sat on a log near shore

. a” his son strapped on his skates.





Never was there a boy of Fred’s years

a better skater. The farmer had no

fears for his son if the ice were only

safe. It was now the latter part of

February, and no thaws had come to

soften the white field over the river’s

bosom save within the last few days.

It did not seem possible there was real

danger. The moon was already risen

giving promise of a cool, bright night.



Fred skated away, sending back a

farewell shout as his parent straight-

ened up to send a farewell wave of his

hand to the boy gliding over the steely

surface of the river.



“Good boy, good son,” mused the

farmer as he went back to the house.

“He’ll be home again by midnight. It’s

all right of course.”



It would have been as the father be-

lieved had not circumstances over

which neither father or son had any

control. The ice was an even glare,

the worst hummocks having been plan-

ed out level by the recent rains. The

surface of the river was like glass, the

weather having sufficiently cooled to

freeze the surface water completely.



Half a mile down the stream and a

dark object shot from the shore of the

river and set out in pursuit of Fred

Davidson. The farmer’s son recogniz-

ed his pursuer as one Abner Blot, a

shingle weaver’s son, who, though sev-

eral years Fred’s junior, yet still be-

lieved himself superior on a pair of

skates.



“Where you going, Fred?” called

small Abner as he Sped down the glit-

tering surface of the river as if shot

from a bow.



“To Uncle John’s,” yelled Fred.



“Good, I’ll go along!”



Soon the smaller

alongside of the other. Abner was cur-

ious and wanted to know why his

friend was going so far so late in the

day. After Fred had explained, small

Abner suddenly swerved to the side of

the former, graSping his arm, saying in

a sharp voice:



“You can’t make it, Fred. There’s

a big air hole four miles down, at Fid-

dler’ s Elbow. You’ll run into that and

drown! Let’s go back’



“Take your hand off me,” called

Fred. “Go home if you want to. No-

body asked you to go. I can manage

that airhole. I knew it was there, but

111 land and walk around it—that’s

easy.” ,



Abner did not return. Instead he

wheeled slightly aside and continued





boy skated up.





to skate parallel with Fred. Zim-zim-





zim-zlitt! the keen steel runners of the

boys’ skates cut and sang across the

hard ice. A mile, two miles, almost

three, and then—



What was that echoing down be-

tween the banks of the narrowing

stream. The howl of dogs? Ah, no!

T00 well the older boy knew that

sound, the howl of gray timber wolves!



It had been a hard Winter, and the

wolves had been bothersome to the

settlers. Many a night had Fred been

.kept awake along about midwinter by

the mournful howl of these beastsvas

they gathered for their prey, usually a

deer separated from its mates, fleeing

for its very life.



“Crackee!” exclaimed Abner. “What

is that noise, Fred?”



“Can’t you guess?”



“Taint wolves, Fred!”



There was a perceptible quaver in

the small boys voice.



“I expect it’s that same,”

the older boy.





assured

“You can’t go home

now, Abner. You’ll have to keep on

with me. They’re not chasing us. We

can outrun ’em anyhow. Keep close

to me, Abner.”



The small lad needed no second bid-

ding. The two boys, urged by the wolf

howls into greater speed, were appar-

ently outdistancing their enemies,

when Fred’s companion, in jumping ov-

er a small tree imbedded in the ice,

fell prostrate with a cry of pain.



Fred circled about, coming back to

his friend almost instantly.



He snatched Abner by the arm and

drew him to his feet. A sharp. 'cry

from the lips of: the small boy shocked

the other. ’ , .



“I—I can’t go a step, Fred. I’ve

sprained my ankle!” wailed Abner.



"Quick then!” uttered the larger

boy, “climb on my back!”



Fred squatted down, and when the

other clasped both- hands about his

neck he rose to his feet, feeling con-

siderably burdened ”as you may igam-

ine. At the same time the howls of

the wolves .grew more distinct, and up

the moonlit glare of ice, dark forms

were seen running like immense shad-

ows in a mirror.



The smaller boy breathed hard as





Fred struck. out across the white ex-.





panse of ice with all the powers of ,his

muscular young legs.



“Hang on tight!” breathed he,

don’t choke me that way.”



Fred Davidson knew now that the





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wolves were actually pursuing him;

since they came directly down the riv-

uttering horrid





yelps at every jump. It soon resolved





itself into a skate for life.





. The farmer’s son never felt the need

of keeping his strength more fully than

at this moment. What if askate strap

snapped! Or if he should sprain an

ankle as Abner had done, the two of

them, would be lost!





On with increased speed swept the

boy skater with that black bunch of

humanity, Abner Bolt, clinging like

grim death to his perch, his lame foot

dangling,‘whippin‘g against his friend’s

jacket with a frosty clicking, at the

same time paining him exquisitely.



“If I only had a gun,” breathed little

Abner.



Fred said nothing. He felt that he

needed all his strength to guide his

skated feet on their flight for life. Pres-

ently a long dark streak met the boy’s

strained vision in the distance. As he

drew nearer Fred realized the truth—~

it was the airhole!





“Oh, Fred!” screamed Abner,

muffled voice, “there’s the airhole

now!" Yes, there it was, wide and

rippling near the center of the river,

narrowing toward the shore, then wid-

ening again till the free water ran

clear in the moonlight. And our boys

wereggliding directly to their doom.

The thoughts of Fred worketLrapidly.

It seemed to him at first that the only

hope of safety lay in a dash fer the

shore, where among the willows which

bent low along the margin, he might

be able to hide from the wolves.





Turning his . head as far as possible

Fred saw that the gray timber wolves

were gaining upon him at every Jump:

He could not make the shore if he so

desired. His only hope lay in keeping

straight on, and that was not‘rea‘rlly a

hope, as he was sure to plunge into

the open river and go under the ice!





Abner hugged all the tighter, breath-

ing hard, not seeming able to make

any further suggestions.



Nor did Fred need any just then. His

lips drew tightly across his strong

white teeth. His every effort was at

a terrible strain as he faced toward the

narrowest point of open water, the

hard breathing of ' panting pursuers

reaching his ears from the rear. The

wolves were so close Fred feared they

would be upon him before the airhole

was reached. Betterdeath in the river

than at the jaws of timber wolves!



At the near edge of the narrowest

point of open water Fred made a. des~

perate leap high in the air. It took all





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dened as he was with little Abner. The

great, speed at which he was going,

carried him much farther than he had

dared _to- expect. His skates touched

the far edge of ice just beyond that

awful opening, cut and cracked the

feathery fringe of ice where the water

plunged beneath it, and. glided on to a

broad expanse of solid ice. Even as

this took place Abner gave‘a;tilt at

Fred’s throat completely shutting off





his breath.





Another instant and the two boys

sliding a. few yards

across the glittering surface of frozen

water! ,



A groan from Fred. Abner rolled ‘

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uinely frightened. out of his wits by

the unexpected catastrophe. ‘



Fred crouched on the ice, clasping

his hands together till they ached. At





the tremen-

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“Where are they, Fred?" finally





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larger boy. _



Half an hour later the two boys ar-

rived at the home of Uncle John, com-

pletely tagged with the night’s adven-

ture, quite willing to rest and partake

of some refreshment set out by the

good uncle’s wife.



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high praise for the way they had out-

generaled the ravenous timber wolves.





________.—-—-———-——"





STATE; cLue WINNERS ARE

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OF great interest to all boys and

girls throughout the state is the

announcing annually of the state cham-

pions in the various club projects.

Since the state club leaders are not

able to do this until Farmers’ Week

each year the news of the awards

reaches the club folks at little late.

EVeryone who attended the big event

at M. A. C. this year were shown the

importance of this junior project work.



Just last week Mr. Turner, State

Club Leader, announced the state

champions in the. three leading crop

clubs, namely, potato, corn andrbean

clubs. An award of a large loving cup

will be presented to each state cham-

pion. ' Starting in 1916 the Michigan

Bankers’ Association presented the

State Corn Club Champion with the

large cup. This Was won last year by

Floyd Bergey, of Caledonia, Kent coun-

ty. In order to'keep'the cup perma-

nently some 'club member must win it

three consecutive years. Otherwise it

is retained only for one year.



Other cups were offered last year

for'the state champion in the bean and

potato projects. rIlhe Michigan Bean

Jobbers’ Association presented the one

trophy while the Michigan Potato

Growers’ Association gave the other.

This year the cup offered for the best

crop of beans went to Lester Weaver,

of Chesaning, Saginaw county, and the

one for corn to Forrist Beddell, of

Flint, Genesee county.



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the potato: club project. The northern





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honors again and the silver cup was

presented to Theodore Stenson, of Cov-

ington, Baraga county. Theodore was

state potato club champion last year

also, and now has but one more year

to win before he can keep the cup per‘

manently. In his story below he says:

“I hate to lose it, I'm used to it now.”

We predict he will make a comeback

if possible.



Theodore planted a quarter of an

acre of Green Mountain potatoes and

had a total of one hundred bushels, or

at the rate of four hundred bushels per

acre. His exhibit at the college last

week showed remarkable skill in se-



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’f his. work.» was included in his ex-

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' . I have planted a quartet-acre of

potatoes every year. My first crop was

one hundred and ten bushels.

second crop was one hundred and five ,

bushels.

tato crop will be this year as I have

not harvested it yet.





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the Newberry State Farm. Her name

is Princess Longfield Segis. I did not

have enough money so I borrowed

some from my dad. The second year

I finished paying for her.

the money helped pay for my expenses

at the Menominee Agricultural School.





county fair last year.

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The rest of

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competing with the farmers.





had taken for several years before. I

believe the reason for this is that I

selected my exhibit more carefully

than he did.



Last winter I sent an exhibit down

to the Potato Growers’ Association

and was, made state champion. I re-

ceived a silver loving cup which I must

win two more years before I may keep

it. “I hate to lose it, I’m used to it

now.”



Our potatoes are under the pure

seed inspection" by potato specialists.

These plots have frequent visits by

Mr. Benjamin, county agent, Mr. Wes-

ton, head of county agents of the up-

per peninsula, and Mr. Kotila, potato

specialist.



Mr. \Veston and I worked all day

staking blacklegs. My princess takes

great interest in my potato plot also.

She feels that it is necessary to pay a

fashionable call occasionally. ‘



THEODORE STENSON.





 





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Get rid of the egg-eaters and the

feather-pullers if you have some in

your flock, or they will soon teach the

habit to others.



Crowded chickens won’t pay any, bet-

ter than anything else that is over-

crowded. It pays to have quarters that

are perfectly commodious and comfort-

able.



The droppings are one’of the import

ant adjuncts of the.pou1try business

on the farm, if carefully mixed witn

dry earth and kept as fertilizer.

manure is richer than hen droppings.





It never pays to expect two-hundred-

egg pullets from one-hundred-egg hens.

Remember that “like begets like.” '



Improve the quality of your flocks

by purchasing some good fowls or eggs

from a heavy-laying strain of pure-

breds. It will be money well spent.



The farmer who says chickens don't

pay is the one who neglects them or

does not keep an account, and hence

does not know how much revenue the

fowls really do bring in..



Keep the drinking vessels of both

the chicks and the 01d fowls scrupu-

lously clean. Wash them out every

evening and scald them out at least

once a week—Replenish the water sup.

ply several times a day. Don’t pour

fresh water into the vessels, but throw

out all the stale water and then put in

the fresh water.



The way to break up a hen that

wants to sit is to begin the first time

she is found to be sitting. Put her in

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a few inches off the ground. Usually

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. Leghorns,





By Prof C.





gone at the college, and as the

clouds rise and the atmosphere

clears, we are ready to state that“





the biggest, ever held at the college.

Every year shows a; marked improve-





birds on exhibition. The show was

staged in the new laboratory and was

visited by m01e than six thousand of

the leading farmers of the state. F01

the first time ducks, geese, and pigeons

were shown along with other poultry.



Judges W. H. Card and D. E: Hale,

placed the ribbons.

hibitors were fearful that the interpre-

tation of the standard of the mid-west

and the far-east judges would be wide«

1y different. This was one of the rea-

sons why Judge Card, of Connecticut,

and Judge Hale, of Chicago, were chos-

en as judges. So far .as I have been

told, both men agreed upon the inter-

pretation of the standard. The Rhode

Island Reds and the Barred Rocks that

won at the grand championship show

would be in the winning, whether they





- were shown in Chicago or Boston.





An educational feature was held on

February 2-3. The lecture room was

crowded to the limit at each lecture

and demonstration. In fact, we had to





would handle a crowd four times the

size and then there was only standing

room to be offered in limited amount.

Both judges participated in discussions

and demonstrations. The chalk talk

of Judge Card, on the evening of Feb-

ruary 2, was not only instructive, but

very entertaining as well. His pictures

were finished in color. On the evening

of February 3, the poultry department

gave an informal recepition and lunch-

eon, w'here elbow touched elbow.



As stated above, the exhibit was of

very high order. Two hundred and

thirty-five birds constituted the entry.

Fifty-six exhibits were made in num-





sented. Bay, two exhibits; Berrien,

four; Calhoun, three; Cass, three, Eat-

on, two; Ingham, ten; Ionia, three,

Jackson, one; Lenawee, one; Macomb,

one; Oakland, nine; Ottawa, two; Sag-

inaw, three; Shiawassee, one; Tuscola,

one; Washtenaw, five; Wayne, five.

The most popular breeds in the way of

number in exhibit were Rhode Island

Reds and Barred Rocks. Some of the

finest quality stock in both breeds

were offered. The Orpingtons were es-





, pecially- high-classed, So also the White





Plymouth Rock. The finish and condi-

tion of the White Rocks, the White

along with their standard

type, made them winners in the silver

and the gold and diamond classes. Time

and space will not permit the discus-

sion of each exhibit, but let the writer

say that every exhibit was high-class.



S. C. Ancona..——E. S. Tray, Jackson,

first cockerel, first pullet; W. E. West

& Son, East Lansing, first and second

cock, first hen, first pullet.



R. C. Ancona.——W. E. West & Son,

first cockeiel, first pullet; B. H. Mc-

Comb, Caro, first cock.



Buff Cochin Bantams. ——Ve1'n Eek-

hart, Vermontville, first young pen.



Buttercups.——Charles M. Hewer, Ply-

mouth, first cockerel, first pullet; Wm

Kamienski, Vermontville, second cock-

erel, second pullet.



Dark Comish. —-Wm. Whittaker, De-

troit, first cock, first hen, first cock-

erel, first pullet.



Houdan. ——Wm. Beadle, Marcellus,

fiist cock, first hen, first cockerel, first

pullet

! S. ‘C. White Leghorns. ——A. D. Isbell,

Stockbiidge, first cock first hen, first

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third cock, second hen; W. T. Shuttle-

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Black Langshans. MHarvey Rial Hal -

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first hen, first cockerel,

first young pen.

White Langshan. ———Dr.

Simpson, first cockerel, first hen. '

S. C. Black Minorca. ~—Para.dise Poul-

try Yards, Halfway, Second cockerel,

first old pen; J. J. Desmond, Ann Ar;





NOTHER show has come and W. Simpson, Webberville, second cock,

first pullet. '





Charles W.





S. C. Black Orpington. —John Miller,

Farmington. first cockerel, first pullet.

S. C. Buff O1'pington.——-Wm Allan &

Son, Detroit, first cock, second hen,

second cookerel, Second pullet; H. A.





Jackson, Clawson, second cook, firiit ‘





hen, first cockerel, first pullet, first old

pen.

" White Crested Black Polish—H. S.

Lisle, Ann Arbor, first cockerel, first,

second, third and fourth pullet.



S. C. R. I. Reds. —J. S. Moores,St_ock-

bridge, second cockerel; Grove Carpen-





ter Concord, first and third pullet,’





fourth cockerel,

J. Toynton,





fourth young hen;

POntiac, third cock-





erel; Joseph A Menard, Detroit, third,





cock; S. J. Arnold, Larising, first and

second cock, second hen, firSt and fifth

cockerel, second and fourth pullet, sec-

ond young pen.



R. R. R. Reds. —A. N. Walker,

Battle Creek, all awards. '



Dark Barred Rocks. —H. ~ E. Powell

& Son, Ionia, fifth cock, third hen,

fourth and fifth cockerel, first pullet,

first old pen; Chas. H. Wrignt, Jones,

second cock, first cockerel, second hen,

third pullet, first young" pen; Rose~

mary Farms, Williamston, fourth cock;

Dean W. Thrasher, Drayton Plains,

second cockerel; Joseph Toynton, first

cock, first hen; Vern Jipson, Lansing,

third cockerel, second pullet; Douglas

V. Bow, Saginaw, third cock.



Light Barred Rock. -——C. H. Wright,

Jones, first cock, first cockerel; Vern

M. Jipson, Lansing, second cockerel.



White Plymouth Rocks—Fred J.

Kueffner, Saginaw, third cock, third

hen, second cockerel; A. E. Fuller,

Northville, first cock, first hen, first

cockerel, first pullet, first old pen, first

young pen; Allan & Douglas, Pontiac,

second cock, second hen, second pullet.



Partiidge Rocks. —H. G. Lewis, Ath-

ens, all awards.



Silver Laced Wyandottes.——C. B.

Browning, Courtland, all awards.



Golden Laced Wyandottes.—C. B.

Browning, all awards. ,



White Wyandottes. ——Henry Van

Hoven, Zeeland, first cock, first cock-

e1el,fi1st hen} second pullet; Wm. H.

Forster, Royal Oak, first pullet.



Light Brahma—Allan & Douglas,

Pontiac, first cock, .first hen; Harold

Frank, Bay City, first cockerel, first

pullet.



Silver Campine.——A. Campbell, Clin-

ton, all awards.



Buff Rocks. ~—Irvin Shepard, Chesap-

ing, first hen, first pullet; W T. Shut-

tlewmth, Ypsilanti, first cook, first

cockeiel, second hen, second pullet.



Silver Spangled Hamburg—Frank

Fritsch, ‘Galien, all awards.



R. C. Black Bantams.—— Frank J.

Fritsch, all awards.



Golden Sebiwight —Fiank J. Fritsch,

all awaids.



Buff Wyandotte. —B. Hazelton Smith,

Niles, all awards.



Columbian Wyandotte.~— Hayhow

B1',os. Royal 03,11,111] awalmds



Buff Cochin. —John Carroll, Jr., Bay

City, all awards.



C. Brown Leg1101115.~—F. Mitchell,

East Lansing, all awards.



S. C. Brown Leghorns. —-Douglas V.

Bow, Saginaw, all awards. ’



Pekin Ducks.———W. T. Shuttleworth,

Ypsilanti, all awards.



Toulouse Geese.-——W. T. Shuttle-

worth, all awards.



Medals were awarded as follows: In

order to win a bronze medal two in

each class must compete.





Winners of Bronze Medals.





A. p. Isbell, S. C. White Leghorn,

on cock and hen, and cockerel; W. T.

Shuttleworth, S. C. White Leghorn, on

pullet; Harvey Rial, Black Langshan,

best cock; Dr. Charles W. Simpson,

Black Langshan, best hen;- J J. Des-

mond, S. C. Black Minorca, best co’ck-

erel; Wm. Allan & Son, S. C. Bufi

Orpington, first cock; H. A. Jackson,

S. C. Buff Orpington, best hen, best

cockerel, best pullet; H. S Llsle, Wh1te

Crested Black Polish, best pullet;

Grove Carpenter. S. C ..R 1. Red, beet





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R. C. Brown Leghorn, best cockerel,

hen. , , .-

Winners of Silver allocate.

Four silver medals were awarled on

the best en in each of the following

classes. merican, English, Mediter-

ranean, Asiatic. A. E. Fuller won the

silver medal on the best pen in the

Anterican class.) White Plymouth

Rocks; H. A. Jackson, Clawson, best

pen in‘ the English class, S. C. Buff

Orpingtons; A. D. Isbell, Stockbridge,

best pen lathe Mediterranean class, 8'.

C. White Leghorns: Dr. Charles W.

Simpson,.Webberville, best pen in the

Asiatic class, Black Langshans.



One Gold'Medal Awarded. '

A solid gold medal was awarded the

best pen, all breeds competing, in the

show room. A. E. Fuller. Northville.

was the winner. White Plymouth

Rocks.



Two Diamond-set Medals._

Two diamond-set medals were award-

ed as follows: For the best cockerel

and the best pallet in the show room

all breeds competing. A. D. Isbell won

best cockerel, S. C. White Leghorns;

A. E. Fuller, best pullet, White Ply-

mouth Rock.





 





POULTRY ASSOCIATION MEETS.

(Continued from page 226).





It is no test to caponize fowls and then“

kill them at six or eight months of

age. They should be held a longer

time. Good luck is reported in catch-





twelve feet high placed near the poul-

try range.

Culling by Burgess.



In the last talk by Professor Burgess

he gave a practical demonstration of

Culling illustrated with good and bad

birds from the college plant. Such deni-

onstrations help the breeder to form

the image of good hens in his mind

and the writer believes that it pays to

attend such exhibitions whenever pos-

sible. Professor Burgess states that

he dees not believe the two-hundred-

egg flock will be prevalent on the farm.

When a hen passes the one-hundred

mark she can make a profit. One hun-

dred to one hundred and twenty egg

averages are good. A one hundred and

forty-egg flock has a fine. egg average.

No three’ hundredegg hens have been





He says that Michigan breeders have

good stock and it is not necessary to

go hundreds of miles away in order to

obtain good hatching eggs or breeding

stock. Last year one million hens were

culled in Michigan and more culling

work was done by the county agents

of Michigan than was done in any oth-

er state in the Union. The good pro-

ducing hen has an intelligent appear-

ance, while the slacker is not intelli‘

gent looking. The heavy layer moults

rapidly. Slow-maturing fowls are not

good layers. At the college plant the

cost of artificial lights is one cent per

night for sixty hens.



In addition to the. program of lec-





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coop and number of birds in the house. 1





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This is our 12th season.

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we receive from our customers proves that our chicks from stack of

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chicks from pure bred. free range farm stack. 8. .

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Chicks. Booking orders now for early

BOW“ Mk hatchestfi safe delivery. Circulars and

prices on application. H. E. Pierce. Jerome. Mich





BABY CHICKS





Hatched from free range stock. Quality and live

delivery unranteed. W'rite for catalogue.

STI LWATER HATCHEBY. Covington. Ohio.





 





ARRED Plymouth Rock cockerels for sale. some

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George 11. Campbell. R. 5. Box 70. Ypsilanti. Mich.





Baby Chicks and Eggs lor Hatching





Barron‘s White Leghorns. Barred Rocks and 11.1.

Reds. Bis sturdy chicks from free range stock With

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BRUMMEBS POULTRY FARM.

English Strain White Leghorn.





c H I c K s Bred to lay Brown Leghorn and

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on range. Order now for early deliveries.



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and Hens: Leghorns. Minorcas, Beds.

Rocks. Orpingtons. Wynndotlee. on-

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Pure Bred in all the leading

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tures the college staged a poultry show

which brought‘out many beautiful spec-

imens of our standard breeds. Many

farmers not particularly interested in

poultry still had time tram other lec-

tures to "visit this show and note the

progress made during the last year.

The awards are published elsewhere in

this issue.





 





The hosts for laying hens. should be

overhauled and renewed two or three

times during the season, the boxes be-

ing painted with coal oil to kill lice,

while fresh nesting material should be

abundantly supplied. The nests for

sitting hens should be renewed every

time a fresh batch of eggs is set.



Fowls do not need to be continually

“doped” with stimulating food or

drugs. Pure food, exercise and good

care are the main requirements. _



One of the best formulas for feeding

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a. little of everything. Feed enough,

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7901 Franklin Ave, Cleveland. 0.

3.1.3011. Barred Rocks. W'lilte

£9.21. £553E§.:l’ssirs.¥¥§t‘nlrsrs





layers. First hatch Feb. 28th. Write for price list and

circular. DERR a ADAHS. thchfield. Mich.





Baby Chicks ~





FREE delivery. Superlative quality} .



from select high-producing stock. All I



annular varieties. Reasonable prices.



"rite for catalog at once.



AEBDALE POULTRY FARM. .

Springfield. 01110-





 





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Big 5“). Barron While Leghorns





Real winter layers. 703 eggs from 50 ullets in Dec

Free catalog describes them. ives to lug methods'

a new way to cull hens and nine valuable information'

Send for it. A. WAUCHEK. Goblevllle. Mich'





easy omens Sim "0mm“ Leg-



horn (Tom Barron

Strain) White and Barred Plymouth Rock. S. 0. R. I.

Red.Anconas.White Wyandcttes and Brown Leghorns

:5 for ‘8.25. 50 for $11.00 and ion for $20.00. Bose Wade.

Meadow Brook Chicken Hatchery. Mt. Morris. Mich.





hicks Anoonus 170. Books No. B.

moms 160. W. . 156‘.

A118. 0. 5% Dis. in lots of or more. Pa

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35.00 eech. J. A. BAlmUM. dnion om, Mm,-

Barred with Rock Sggkggyé dist-.1“ Strain 3:.





Mrs. JF EF. BALL. 8. 9





Band P. R. Cooker-eh for sale. M. A.C. heavy loy-

_ ‘ ing strain. Sired by lst pen cockerels at De-

troit Show 1920. Rosemary Farms. Williamston.l\lich.



We ship thousands each season





CHICKS] Semi for prices and testimonials





Fumzronr EA'l‘CHEBY. Box 12. Freeport. Mich





DAY OLD CHICKS so. White Leg





h o 1- ii 5. From

trap-nestled stock where every lien must produce 60

eggs In tour Winter months. One hundred big thrifty

chicks for 52.5.00. MACAINVHITE POULTRY

XAKDS. Alex. MacVittie. Pioprielor. Caro, bilich.



Eight hu-





BABY c HICKS, provedflll'-





ieties at lowest possible prices. A trial order will

convince you 0} tlieirsuperlor quality. Catalogue free.

Obie Poultry Minis and Hatchery. Marion, Uhiu.





Charlotte, Mich,





 





 





 





 





 





BABY CHICKS gifi'fin‘izo‘ifii 333$

trap-nested. bred-tn-luy.expertly rested for many Ben-





Norman Poultry Plant. Chatsworth. Ill.





circular.

Hamill eggs from Parks ZOO-egg

Barred ROCkS strain. id: in the blood of Parks

best pedigreed ens. $2 per 15. $6 per 50. 812 per ll“).

Prepaid by parse £92“; in nonbreakahle containers.

B. G. Hill} . Route 1. East Lansing. Mich.





 





RED-TO-LAY 8.0. White Leghorns from Pedigreed

males mated with liens selected by M. A. (3. expert;

as extra heavy layers. Selected cockerels atabargnin.

Pullers. The Ferguson 00.. ll. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





Wh't W yandgttes Oflicial records. five hens 1074 eggs.

I 0 Eggs 1... $3.00 and 310.00; 100. 315.00. Cut cg

tree. G. W. SCHOTTMANN. IVIontroso. Ill.





 





100 him-sh hatched.Bnrron strain. 8.0. White Legs





33 and $5 eagli. R.E.l\lolnerney. 11.1. rsnkenmuth.llcli.





 





' Big Type S. C. White



Broad View Farm 1,831.0... m ,m



bodied birds. Heuyy layers of big white eggs. Ex-

hibition type signs in $2.30. 1m $8. Post puid.



E. B. hIoKERClll‘lli. Hillsdue. Llioh.





CHICKS CHICKS





Shipped safely everywhere by mull. S. C. White

Lechoms zuid S. C. Mottled Ahi'ollafi, the crust ex:

machines. Strong. sturdy chicks maninteml to sat-

isfy. Order now for spring delivery. 13th season. Free

catalogue. W'. Van Appledorn. ll. 7. Holland. Mich.





C H I C K S Brown Leghorns. from heavy





laying strains. Parcels-post brings them up to your

door. Safe arrival guaranteed. $15.25 per 100 post-paid

Catalogue free. Royal Hatchery. 3.2. Zeeland. Mich.



Standard bred YV 11 i t o





C H I C K S ! Leghorns and Brown Leg-





horns.— Bi'ed to lay. large white eggs. 50 chicks 87.50;

100. 81.).00 and 500, $72.00. Safe arrival guaranteed.

Parcel post brings them to your door. Catalog free.

W'olverinc Hatchery. R. '3. Zeelnnd, hiich.





HICKS. Bred-today S. C. W. Leghorn and Barred



Rock finality chicks that lease. guaranteed full

count an to arrive to on "a i read made" in first

class condition by carve post paid. eghorns $18 or

10.). Books 820 per 100. Special {riseson 500 to 1000. (gir-

oular. Sunnybrook Poultry ‘arni.





Hillsdnle, Mich.



CHIC English Strain White Leghorn



‘ the heavy layiu strain at only as



per 100; repaid by mail safe atriva guaranteed send.

cash Wit i order special rates on 500 or more.



J AMESTOWN HATCHEBY. Jamestown. Mich.





DAY-OLD CHICKS





316.00 per mo and up. Hatching eggs. 32.!» to 815.06

per setting and $9.00 to $15.00 per 100. from 25 varieties

of purebred. farm ranged fowls: Chickens,



Ducks. Turkey: and Giuneus.

free. Plenty of nibe breeding stock. Book new for

earlys rin delivery. WILMINGTON

HATC Eli ' a: POL LTBY 00. Wilmington. Ohio.





DAY-OLD CHICKS





Strong. vigorous follows. the kind that live and cm





 





 





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Carefully selected,open range. purebred utilit stock

Price reasonable. Circular free. SUl‘BEALI

HATCHLRL 2433 S. Main 8t.. Findlay. Ohio





 





Fowler’s Bull Rocks germs ..... rd-





, Write for ices.

B. B. FOWLER. Hartfoprld, Mich.





F Barred Rock ckls. Ri let strain nice]



0" Sale barred :3 w ' '

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Hatching ecu 8 varieties. Circular Earn. " *



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gem is the largest and best organized

branch of agriculture. From the bull

barn, placarded to tell of the progeni-

tors of breeding experiments, to ,the

tops of the dairy building where the

finished product in the form of dainty

cheese sandwiches or hot oyster stew

,was served, was presented the major

problems pertaining to dairying from

producer to consumer. The main dairy

barn, besides its many breeds of dairy

cattle°found on Michigan farms, show-

ed the results of such problems; as,

the third c'rossof a. pure-bred Guernsey

bull on a. scrub cow and her descend-

ants, self-feeders for calves, cows test-

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true measure for determining the prof-

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alone, that requires seventy—five cow-

testers, puts dairying in Michigan far

in the lead of any other class of agri-

culture in regard to efforts being made

for improvement.





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changed very little during the past

month, there is some revival of faith

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While there have been no large orders

of late, domestic consumption has been

at “least nonnal and shipments have

been going regularly to fill fmeign or-

Stocks are gradually melting

away and some of the plants which

closed early in the fall are again oper-

ating and others will undoubtedly open

with the advent of spring. One of the





large corporations which closed prac‘.





tically all its plants in October will





open several of them in the near fu-,





ture. The great concern of that cor-

po1ation is whether 01 not it can again

secure the pationage of the farmers

who formerly supplied it With milk, in

view of the fact that its former pa-

trons are now well organized and the

company refuses to deal with the or-

ganization.



Theie has been some reduction in

the asking price of some of the well

ad1e1tised b1ands of case goods. In

addition, demand for powdeied milk is

at low ebb Which is responsible £01 a

inatexial decline in the price of that

product. On the other hand, bulk

quantities of fresh-made sweetened

whole condensed milk has shown a.

slight advance in price. The fact re‘

mains, nevertheless, that conditions

have improved very little and that de-

mand will be but 11 minal during the

months to come as here is-no factor

Operating at the present time to stin1-.

ulale the consumption of condensed

milk products. Without doubt, there

will be a greater demand for bulk

goods during the ice cream season,

but that demand will be seasonal and

will have no permanent effect on the

industry in general.—L.





AGRICULTURAL CLUB ENTER-

TAlNS SPEAKERS.



lib] Ag1icultu1al Club of the Col-



lege entertained several of thel

speakers at a banquet during the noon!

hour‘Wednesday, of Farmers’ Week,

following which informal talks were

given by severa’l of the guests.



Eugene Davenport who was first

called upon advised that young people

should disregard the manufacture of

those things which cannot be consum-

ed. He touched upon the question of

taxation for educational purposes stat-

ing that the amount that each individ-

ual pays for this purpose is small in-

deed compared with what we thought-

lessly spend in other ways.



Former Congressman Lever stated

that agriculture now needs farm lead-

ership. 11‘ the men who are in the col-

leges training for agricultural work

live up to their opportunities they will

undoubtedly be the ones from whom

the leaders of agriculture of the future





 





 





 





will be chosen. Mr. Lever explained

the Lever bill, food control act and

other important legislative matters.





Do not be misled by the rabid, he con-

tinued, but keep your feet upon the

ground. And further, do not expect





the government to solve all your prob- :





lems for the real solution must come

through self help. It should be our

ambition to leave some heritage to fu-

ture generations.



Mr. Roberts, of New York, stated

that the~nation is now entering from

over—urbanism. The country supplies

the life blood to our cities. That sup-

ply, is now threatened and it is neces-

sary to conserve the supply by moral

and social leadership as well as along

economic and technical lines.



H. N. Wentworth, of Chicago, said“-

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HE Calumet News states that



L. M. rGeismar, county agricul-



tural agent of Houghton county,

has located a supply of russet potatoes

in Baraga.‘ county, and has arranged

with the-grower to sell seed to the

farm bureau in the spring. It is plan-

ned to grow this potato in large quan-

tities in HOughton county and to mar-

ket it under the designation, “Hough-

ton Russet.” The farm bureau will

give each local one bushel for seed and

the yield used for the next year’s seed.

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ders for this potato in advance of the

farm bureau's supply.



Dr. John Loire, of the Northern State

Normal School, is making studies of

heredity in relation to egg production

in hens, and has a small flock'of thor-

oughbred Wyandottes as the subject of

his investigations. Recently‘he exhib-

ited some of his hens at the Fox River

Poultry Show in \Visconsin and won. a

first and second prize. Then he took

a first at the Northern Wisconsin Poul-

try Show held in Superior, and a first

at the Northern Minnesota Show at

Duluth. Dr. Lowe does not pose as a

chicken expert. His specialty is fish,

and he has served as expert advisor of

the Wisconsin Conservation Commis-

sion. But the results here noted seem

to point to some capacity in another

department of biology.



The Dickinson County Fair, to be

held at Norway the first week of Sep-

tember, is now being prepared for and

assurances are forthcoming that it is

to be the best ever. The grounds and

buildings are to undergo some renova-

tion. A barbecue for Labor Day, with

sports in connection, is on the cards

Horse races will feature this occasion

The Dickinso‘n County Fair Association

joined the American Trotting Associa-

tion, last year, it is stated, and so is in

line for superiOr material for these rac-

es. Farm products and live stock are

also to feature the fair in a high de-

gree, we are assured. The premium

book is now being arranged.



More Good Cows.



The Ontonagon County Farm has

two thoroughbred cows with excellent

records: One of them produced 618.8

pounds of milk, and 30.48 pounds of

butter in seven days. Another animal

has a record of 2,012.2 pounds of milk

and 94.36 pounds of butter in thirty

days,’as reported in the Cloverland

Press, of Ewen.



The records of the Gogebic County

Cow—testing Association contained

some pleasing information for farmers

of the district at; the end of December,

says the Ironwood News-Record. One

grade Holstein produced 1,915 pounds

of milk with a yield of 86.1 pounds or

butter-fat. Another cow yielded in

January 2,489 pounds of milk, testing

five per cent, Yielding 124.4 pounds of





butter-fat. The result is regarded as

justifying the care that the owners

have taken in breeding for production.

These cows come from' herds where

pure-bred‘ sires have been used "for

twenty years or more." The foregoing

seems to show' that our Finnish and

Swedish farmers are not hOpelessly

conservative in. their agricultural meth-

ods. A number of pure-bred Holsteins

have recently been added to the herds

of Gogebic county. '1



Gogebic county has ordered two cars

of TNT for land clearing. The price

is put at ten cents per pound.

Consider Change in County Govern-



ment. ' ‘



A committee of the Chpipewa county

board of supervisors has considered

the proposed change in county gayern-

ment, and has approved the proposal

that the legislature submit to the‘vdt—

ers an amendment permitting, ‘under

general laws, that counties Should

frame their own charters. llt is antici-





pated that some of the rural supervis-





ors will oppose the resolution of the

committee, favoring such an amend-

ment to the state constitution, when it

again comes before the supervisors at

its March meeting, according to The

800 Times. ,



One sometimes hears it asked how

long will the reserves of mineral in

the Lake Superior district hold out.

The end of the deposits of iron and

copper are by no means yet in sight.

The Gazette, of Iron Mountain, recent-

ly quotes an article in the Iron Trade

Review), ascribing to the Lake Supe-

rior district a reserve of marketable

iron ore of some 2,500,000,000 tons, of

which nearly one-third is inMichigan.



Improving Labor Conditions. .



An important conference of upper

peninsula industrial leaders andbusi-

ness executives will be held in Esca-

naba on February 22, under the aus-

pices of the Delta District. of the In—

dustrial Relations Association. A ban-

quet will be held in the evening at

which the principal speaker will be

Mr. John Calder, M. E., manager of the

Employei's’ Relations Department of

Chicago. The purpose of the gathering

is to form an upper peninsula chapter

of the Industrial Relations Association

national organization, with a view to

the extension of the work already go-

ing forward in Delta and adjoining

counties to the whole upper peninsula.

I have already written of this work for

The Michigan Farmer. Its idea is much

like that of community service but un-

der the direct control of the business

managers and their employes. It in-

volves the establishment Of community

centers and good, healthy entertain-

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are in order. With the right attitude‘

on both sides, such crises can be pass ‘

ed with much less friction than other!l

wise might occu1. I am told that, when

the supexintendent of one concern in

northern Michigan had presented to;

him the alternative of reducing wages

or closing shop, he was brought to do

what for him was an unprecedented

thing—call in the men and frankly lay

the whole case before’his employest

telling them-of his fears and difficul-

ties. This plant had had a nasty strike

some time before and the superintend-

ent was fearful of trouble if wages

were reduced. But the work already

carried on among his men by the In—

dustrial Relations Association had

wholly altered the attitude of employer

and employee, and the outcome of the

conference was a satisfactory adjust-

ment of the situation involving a low-

er level of wages but no shutdown of

the plant. Now the effort .is to be

made to interest employers in other

upper peninsula districts in this work,

and the whole matter will be threshed

out at the Escanaba conference It;

appears to be necessa1y to organize

the work in a district 01‘ somewhat 1e

s11 1cted size, and there would seem to

be 100m fo1 separate associations for

the Marquette and the Gogebic ilonl

ranges and f01 the copper country, at

least. It is understood that Commu-

nity Service Incorporated is prepared

to relinquish this field to the Industrial

Relations Association, when it is ready

to undertake the work.





 





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GETTING RID OF WOLVES.





A REPRESENTATIVE of the Biolog-

ical Survey of the U. S. Depart.

meat of Agriculture has been working

in the district for some time seeking

to deal effectively with the wolf prob-

lem. Not only here but in many parts

of the United States wolves have be—'

come more of a nuisance than forme1- l

ly and the sulvey has increased its ac-

ritity in the direction of their extermi—l

nation. According to the Ganette, of

Haughton, Mr. Ligon, of the Biological

Survey, has been .opearting in Houglr'

ton and Baraga counties of late. His

method is the skillful use of poison

(strychinine), and it requires a good

deal of skill to outwit this clever beast.

Farmers are given inszructions as to

its proper use. Mr. Ligon regards





Michigan’s bounty laws as unusally- ‘





generous, but evidently quite ineffec‘

tive. According to a deputy game war-

den of Houghton county, trappers are

pursuing their vocation with less eag-

erness this year, due to the decline in

the price of furs, muskrats for instance,

now selling as low as forty cents a’

pelt. Five dollars is said to be a high

price for mink—.0.



The South Dakota Farm Bureau Fed-

eration tells its members of the im-l

mensity of the farm bureau movement

in the following manner: “If all thel

farm bureau members of the United

States were to march down the main'

street of your city at the rate of five

thousand a. day it would take the line

about ten months to pass the post

office." }





 





 





Feed this Way





30 lbs. of corn

and oats or





Centaur Feed





70 lbs.





Unicorn





tions were fed Unicorn.





Average fat . . .





1111111 11:11 11.1.11. 11.11:. M 1.31. '





-_._..... m...— #—





High Paced” Unicorn

' akes LowéCost Feed





with clover hay





 





For November, four out of

the ten highest cows in all

Indiana cow testing associa—





Average milk . . 1609.5 lbs.

59.9 lbs.





\





‘Those who are not feeding

UnicOrn say that it is “high‘





priced.”





greater profit





There’s more





Use Unicorn





Lasts longer.





New England





 





Those who are feeding Uni—

corn say that it gives them a





get with any other feed.





The Unicorn feeders know

that it’s not the price of a thing

that counts, but how much

you get for your money.





profit m a ton of Unicorn than

there IS in a ton of any other feed

—— home—mixed or boughten.





your feed bills. Goes farther.





less—not more.





CHAPIN St COMPANY.

. Chicago





than they can





milk and more





and cut down





m





Actually costs





Office at Boston





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





 





(‘ flange of Copv or (‘ ancellations must reach us





l‘en D1118 before date of publication





 





 





 





THE HOME OF





Imp. Edgar of Batman





Probably





The World’s Ereatesl

Breeding Bull





Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the Smith-

field Show 1919. and the Birmingham Show

1920. is admin tel of Edgar albumeny.



'l‘h:z Junior Champion Bull. Junior Cham-

piun Female, Champion Ca f llerd and First

Prize Junior He fer Calf Michigan State Fair,

1921), were also the get of Edgar of Dalnieny



A verv choite lot of young bulls—sired by

Edgal of Dalmeuy are. at this time. offered

Sor sale





Send for Illustrated Catalogue.





WILDWOOD FARMS

. omen, momma

I. a. scams, Prop. ,smm Slllllll, 31m.





 





 





 





 

 





 

 

   





 

 

 

 





 

 





For Sale





' V n . O

Woodcote Trojan-Encas

Yfigrbibefill‘blaq'it?§lvli93 'SE‘the"

m. immune or mi. 111% “1

White for on 1921 BULL BALE LIST

_ .Woodcote Stork Farm. 11min. Mich.





 





 

   

   

 

 

   

 

 





 





CLOVERLY ANGUS





Cows and Heifers Bred to

Blackcap Brandon of Woodcote 2nd





1‘01'21le

GEO. HA l‘llA“ AY 1% SUN Ovid. hllrh.





Six registl red Guernsey bulls May

For sale Hose luceding rt 111131 for ser1ice.0hoap

if taken snon.Juh11 l‘.l)ll “.13, llollimd.l\1lchp





' Guernsm yearlinghuus Dolh Dimple' s

RegIStered M111 Kingof Langwator Bucking Pm





to 8011. Geo. ll. lteevm 1LT, Glztndkupids.blith





 





bulls and heifers from 6 to



Reg' Aberdeen ‘Ang S lnmns. olll ofthevery best



of breeding. also Berkshlrf‘ Seine hours ready for



senlco and pig.» both sex singles, pairs or trios.

will acceptI Uberm Bu nds.



USSELL BROTHERS. Merrill, hlich.





 





rrhe Village Farm Guernseys ull‘er l’m 141110: The

l‘ ride of Sweet Orchard Farms N0 4' .1057 Dropped

l)( t. 3 1919 mad; to head your her.d his full sister now

on A. B. test l1' ..s milked over 11000 lbs 90 lbs 1111 in 50

dms Sire Lnngwater V\ 11111. sttlrt‘zstl'x‘t) dam (invel.

nor '1: Minnewasxa 2d milking 4.1 lbs (1.1ily (381.38). Sire

Lunguzlte r Aduxuu (20514.411111 Imp. Gm" s Minne-

Waskalifil‘fll). First check of $1.1) takes him. Rex Gdf-

fin, Herdsman. (lJ Wintel. Owner, Scheuaing. Mith.





Guernsey Foundation





Troy-nun; cave and bull not related. All out. of Adv.





Reg. dams. Othertuws with A. ll records up to 600

bent. Ins action invited

PAUL LUV St. Austell Farms, Jackson. Mich





 





FOR SALE CHEAP





Three Guernsey Bulls fourteen months old register-

ed Five Guanine: Heifers coming two year old and

and bred grade stock. JOSEPH A. SCHROEGER

Box 77. Mel-rimmed. Waym Mich





Registered Guernseys





A bull Calf, nearly mdy for light service. t

you will pay. don' t “at tlong on this fellow. a a price.

..I M. WILLIAM No. Adams. Mich.





(N uermvs. Federal Inspected. Only 1 serviceable

Iago bull left. Horn Nov. 1919.Da1n‘s 11nd sire s dams



“mounds over 400 1.th h.f. Class G. races 3 times

to Imp. Masher 8equel. Will shl on apprm all 'Ihree

bull calvesuldew ’1 men G. W. & G.Ray,Alhion.Mi<-h.





G U E R N 5 EV s —RF6IBTE%§B





Onntltlnlnu blood of world h

l'HCKS' GUERNSEY FARM. 51.2133" "’1'de Mm.





Gamay Bulls 0" M“ “0” “main

Th l

3...»... 1...... -. .1131”... “11.33%

. . W. Winn innan. Mich.





 

 

 

 





 





,GUERN 51:? 2.1a “$353 W





The Traverse Herd





“'e have what you Mint in BULL CALVFS. the lam.

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every wny_

They are from high producing A. R. U. ancestor!-

Dam's records up to 3” lbs. Vl'rlte‘ for pedigrees and

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Traverse City, Mich.





 





accepted in payment of finely bred: -

A 600d “0h snared Holstein bull calves. Gill “:1

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

GEU. D. (‘LAH H.KE Vassar. Mich.





Here Is A Good One.





Born June 2nd. bv 1Vapleurest De Kul Kennel-vol

A silo having three at ters each with records of avg;-

liilltl pounds of butter in a year 1110 of them former

“oi-(id ldhnmptnns

l a e am by an own brother to Highland Hart

Kol with 11 Veul‘l‘ record of 1247 9. ' hi us mnlvinou‘tlg:

of Iflneveditnsz has produced) many 1090 to 12m cows.



)0 eut6 (ountu v1 ere can v0 ‘

Pric- ”feed 8100 t for ( “l! k sale. 11 equal it

Bill crest Farm. gr . .Lav Kalamazoo. Mich.





Friesian halter and bull cal

“Ohm registered and high- grade. Efiepg‘m

Splendid individuals and breed ing. rite us your re-

quirements. Browncroft Farms, McGravr.





2 MI. calvasslreaifl lb non of Maple CrestK

dyke Heng.’1‘heir dams lime 19111.2";



oldsisterand 827 lb. sire T'eims 37"de Hal-33011

L. McLAI 'LIN Redford. Mieh_





 





FOR SAL Re istered Holstein-F riosin

bul calf ready for service ex-



tra choice hreedi nd individuzlllty. ling 06th.



Ponflnca breeding enn 8. Habits It. 1. Akron. lich-





For Sale $450.00





Ashe bll f A. CR.0?"£:x-m D 501'

w :1 mm m born ecem

1.18. aired mr MB 3.1" m‘

“KI Kim “0'8 OLISTA

Whose grandd mGLIBTA mr EST!“ but In

chutes made better than thirtvéouuds of butter; - ;

no- nrbr to (calm





 





 





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L- “‘37-...— Amu—wm-





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





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1.4.1:; 34.1172: - Ls-Leu.
c. w. Newman, Prop. Merry;

all Farms, Wyalusing, Penna

Oylvania, writes:





“Holstein cattle have‘ been

» the real foundation for .my fi-

nancial success. From an orig-

inal investment of $75 in one

purebred female I have in

twelve years sold $3,840 of

stock. and have six valuable

animals on hand.”





Send for Free Booklet:





The Holstein-Friesian Association of America

164 American Bldg. Bratfleboro, Vermont





 





NOTICE





The Winwood Herd





on Nov. 1st will move their Herd of

Pure Blood Holsteins to their new

home, 12; miles south of Rochester,M1ch.

and forthe next 30 days we Wlll sell

what bull calves we have cheap as we

will be unable to get our buildings com-

plete before winter. So get busy it on

want a son of Flint Maplecrest 0y

at your own price.





JOHN H. WINN, (Inc.)





Roscommon, Michigan





 





bull calf born Nov. 1920 extra

choice breeding and indiyid-

J.li. Hicks. St.Juhns.Mich.





Reg. Holstein





uality, $60 reg. and del.





Two Registered Holstein Bulls

12 and 15 mos. old. Nice straight. individuals, from good

dams $100 each. J M





“Top Notch” Holsteins





EAG. ER. Howell. Mich





“milk" Bull of Quality from the Breeders





Buy a cow to produce 800 lbs. milk in 7





of thfi world’s Still} i i It

‘ in an ). tau 1 or.

ddSii‘r hagrd [is rich in the b nod of (‘olantha 4ths Jo-

hanna. the only cow that. ever hold all world’s records

in every division from one day to'one year at. thesnme

time. She produced 651.70 lbs. milk in 7 days. VA 9 are

offering for sale a. bull. whose dun. exceeds this record

by over 7,54; lbs.ii(1i 7 days.

is dam’s recor s are:—

H Milk 1 Day 100.] lbs.

Milk 7 Days





$139.33 lbs.

_ Butter 7 Days 26.31 lbs.





\lTSALE CORNUCOPIA \VAYNIC, No. 312599



Born February a, 1920

i ' tn 1 nearest ams average

Hi8 dam analgiiiefi‘ ( DayH 3302 lbs.



h’lilk d7 b Days 6071.3 {lL’Lh't

\ 'k): aotonotnri wre.



Bandsomely md§&’>il.tiC f. 3. b. Howell.

McPEERSON FARMS 00., Howell, Mich.

All herds under U. S. Supervision.





Bluny Stock Farm





Offers the best selection of young bulls from 8 to

12 months we ever raised; out of dams up to 29.70

for aged cows and over 20 lbs. for 2 yr. olds.

Yearly records up to 24000 lbs. milk and 1000 lbs

butter. Sired by our Senior Herd Sire, Maple:

crest Application Pontiac. whose darn made 3;)

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

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

igen Sir Rag Apple. our Junior Herd Sire. whose

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

Colanths, Denver who made 36 lbs. in 7 days and 1315

lbs. butter and 25431 lbs. milk in 1 year. Several carry

the blood of both those sires.



They are extra well grown. straight and right. One

of these at the head of your herd is bound to Increase

production. ,



Send for pedigrees and prices





ll. Bruce McPherson, Howell. Mich.



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Young Bull $3.}. 5.1:. .2?...2......R 2.93.2:

old 30 lbs. breeding both sides also bull calves 2 and 3





‘ P i‘ (1 hr lick sale.

“‘“mspfi'imfiéimi F‘XRM. R. 2. Vassar. Mich





Bil name

KING





 





 





s HoRTHoR ,

. women





Michigan Agricultural College

,EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN





FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921

SHOW 10 A. M. - SALE 1 P. M.





44 Females 11 Bulls

About % Scotch About l Scotch Topped '

Many of the Best Families Represented ‘





Every Animal Guaranteed Tuberculin Tested and sold subject to

60 days retest.





We believe this to be the best lot of Shorthorns ever oflcred by this Asso-

ciation. Several of Michigan’s finest herds are represented, herds which have

won many prizes in recent years at the International and other leading Shows.

Many Shorthorns of the choicest Scotch breeding will be offered.





CONSIGNORS





C. H. Prescott & Sons, Tawas City, John Lessiters’ Sons, Orion, Mich.

Iich. John Schmidt &Sons, Reed City, “

“ L. C. Kelly, Plymouth,

J. M. Hicks & Sons, Williams-

ton,





55. HEAD





H. B. Peters & Sons, Carland,



F. S. Postal Est,, Evart,



Whitney Bros., Onondaga, “



W. B. Kelly, Ypsilanti, “ A. J. Adams, Litchfield,



S. H. Hicks & Sons, Lansing, “ W. S. Adams, Litchficld,

R. C. Huckins, Comma, Mich.





IF YOU WANT

Shorthorns of Real‘Merit ,Come to Sale





PERCHERON and BELGIAN HORSE SALE

25 MARES 3 STALLIONS

Same Place, February 24th





Write for Catalogues





Auctioneers: ADAMS & HUTTON





G. A. PRESCOTT, Jr., Pres., W. E. J. EDWARDS, Manager,

Tawas City, Mich. ‘ Eagt Lansing, Mich.





Big Type Poland Chinas





' Will sell





Thursday, February 24, 1921





at Farm





(Under cover) "





40 HEAD BRED GILTS, TRIED SOWS

5 HERD BOAR PROSPECTS

5 TOP FALL GILTS ‘



All Double Immune





Trains ‘will be met at Sturgis on N. Y. C. and Nottawa on G. R. 85 I., A. M. of sale.

' WRITEVFOR CATALOG





E. J. MATHEWSON.

Burr ,Oak, Mich.

iRA COTTINGHAM, w. M. KELLY,





Auctioneer For the Michigan Farmer





 





 





._ Some Great Attractions





 





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HOLSTEIN BULL liTSS‘°L%?QJ€;§





dams Price $100. Dewey O. Pierson. Metamora. Mich.





F0 R SAL E

buys a. beautiful iRegistered Holstein heifer calf





:75 six weeks old. Sired b a. gandson of King Segis.

’10 better breeding. B. B. eavey. Akron, Mich.





A pair of bred heifers of Hood





Farm brooding. .

A. BRISTOL. Fenton. Mich.





0.91. c. B o A RS





: m... 1...... .21....





. ‘Mbull calves from this rent sire and out of





> prices.





 





Choice individuals; shipped to you c. o. d. express paid and guaranteed

right or your money refunded. All stock registered in buyer’s name.





J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.





 





HERE FORDS





cows with calves .at side, open or bred

heifers of popular breeding for sale. Also

bulls not related.





Allen Bros/Paw Paw,Mich.





616 So. Westnadge Ave"

Kalamazoo,





‘-





Michigan





 





' Fairfax and Disturber blood.





Hereford: For Sale 150 Reg. head in herd





S

_ patriotic): on all sires. choice females for sale. Write

. n‘your needs. Earl C. McCarty, Bad Axe. Mich.





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‘ I ’ . - “i

0.]. C. HOGS « *

all ages sired by Callaway Edd 1918 world’s grand champboar and-C: C.

Schoolmaster 1919 world’s grand chamfiion also Wonder Big Type and Giant

Buster. Write your wants, all stock s ipped on approval. . '





CRANDELL’S PRIZE HOGS, Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





 





J Show bull born ‘May 24th. 1920. Solid color.

"33 and vorv handsome. Sired by Oxford's Cham-

oi 16881.0“ of Oxford Daisy 9 Princess, RegJ

ter of Merit record 8311 lbs. milk 4081M. butter wit

per digs with 2 . Slat;

, cabs ‘2 l -. .



out!





 





The *Wildwood Farm .,

Jerse Cattle. Majesty strain, Herd on St:



. tted lIot' ".of M. constantl don

am calf. milked so lbs. . a. a _. . “is,



tor to Bodies Clown. , ..

Butter on bun





hi r





 





 





 





' buyer. Cat

NEWTON BARNHAlt'l,





‘35“‘Ywaggggigigggg ..





” radiocarbon. '

B. of M2 cows. '





COLON 0. LILLIE. perlvlllo. Mich.





Jersey Bulls Iggy, 0:1 n. m m .. .





mom FARM‘. and; mo. Mich.





bulls for sale: From Marguerite'l r .i

a randson f Po 99th and-R. fl.

MITHtgAB R. R. 4. Rogell. oil:





Jersey-





erldale Interested Owl No. man heads in! hag, :'





dams for sale. Leon E. awe. ll. 6. Allogan. h: :





Blooindale Shorthorns 3





See our cattle got. our prices nd bieedln h f b ._ ,

lng. Both bulls and females or sale. 8 e ore “3





our. BROS, a 09.. . Bad Azanich.





BlDWE‘LL‘ onions-

that will put wombt 0“ ’0“? “P; i





calves -t.he dill-

erence will soon ay for the bull; ow selling gocad





esotoh andtScotc -toppied yegglli’négsieugnably ed‘ l

e guaran so every on ma a me an era

hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. Y. O. B. B.





iBIDWELL STOCK FARM,

Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan





St ' L k' l.‘ t '

op. 00 . is en.

Have you a catalog of the Shorthorn

Sale to be held at M. A. C. .Feb. 25th at

1P. M. We are listingfour valuable

females and two show bulls.





Richland Farms,

C. H. Prescott & Sons, Towns City, Mich.





Shorthorns. Bulls and heifers.

rices within reach of al .

TLER, R. 4,





 





 





 





 





Registere

G. R. DeSH





Tecumseh, Mich.





 





Milking Shortliorns, bulls and heifers 5 mo to]

year old for sale at. reduced prices to m M1201?

. c .





for younger stock. E. H KURTZ. Mason,



, _.

The Maple s Shorthorns

Kirklevington Lad, by Im . Hartford

Welfare. In service, bulls ibr sale.





J. V. WISE, Goblevlllo, Mich.





 





 





Branch County Farm





Breeders of





Polled Shorthorn Cattle





Young Bulls For Sale

Several well bred herd boll prospects.

GEO. E. BURDICK, Mgr., Coldwa‘ter, Mich,





VALLEY VIEW NFARMS__





Choice young Shorthorn cows and heifers for» sale at

all times. bred or open. or a carioud. also a fen/young

bulls'strong in Sultan Blood. Write



S. H. PANGBORN dz SON. . _ Bad Axe. Mich.





 





 





EADBW Hills Shorthorns. Herd headed by Sil-

ver King, full brotherof Lavender" Sultan Pur

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

ages. a few young bulls. Geo. D. Duster. Doster, Mich.





Central Michigan





 





Shorthorn Breeders Associa-

b ed' tigfi ofi'erfogsulerfit hang;13'oth



re in ages. ow is rea . .

E. MILfER. 880.. Greenvilie.h1i:h.





milk and beef

15. M.



' ' Shorthorns. Bull calves 8100 00 each.

Mllk‘lng Federal accredited nerds: Davidson

and Hall. Roland and Beland. Tecumseh. Miohn



cattle choice 01m bulls fromtl to 18

“a“ "Cd Pulhd mo. old for 811er g

FRANK KEBLER. B. l.





 





Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





eg. Red Polled bull calves. from 3 mos. to 1 year

old. sired by Famous armor 755 some blood as

Charmer 1919 International Grandéhampion. 0m.- herd

State and Federal tested.Westbrook Bros..Ionla.Mich





HOGS





Registered Berkshires. Gilts, and Sow.- bred for April

May and 'June {arr-ow. A yearling Boar and a few

youngerklprmg pigs. Chase Stock Farm.Marlet.De.Ilich.



' Berkshires for sale. Two young boars.

n0§l3lend ready for service. two young gilts. a sow.

an yo





or ones of either sex Let me know our

OHN YOUNG. R. 2. Breckenridge. ich.





DUROC JERSEY SWINE





for sale 2 yr. old herd boars. war-ling boars and boar

pigs, also bred sows and gilts. rite for pedigrees and

p ces. Come and see them.



THUS. UNDERHILL do SUN. Salem. Mich





DUROC JERSEYS





Bred gilts. service boars and full boar pigs at Bargain

Your correspondence or personal mspectlon

s cordially invited. -’ .



RUSH BROS. g Oakwood Farm. Romeo, Mich.





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Michigana Durocs. for? ‘afigtsafn 3.13:3

treaty, Also bred new sale February let. S tlsfiwtion.

guaranteed. t). F.'FOSTER. Mgr., Pavilion. Mich.





 





wants.





 





 





 





sows and gilts bred to “alts King 29499

Duroc who_has sired more )st and 2nd rise pigs

at. the State Fair in last 3 years than any at or Duroo

boar. Everyone will be a, money maker for the





. and price list.

‘ St. Johns. Mich.





 





“WM; Jersey boars from 8 mo. to 1 yr. old: Select

young 80va mated to maintain size and correct '

type Prices reasonable. shipped on a.

guaranteed right. W. E. BABTLEY..





bred sows and gilts for March and April tar

row. at prices on o? afford “Ni“- Write

w. 5. TA Lon. M lan.‘ Mich. .





roval and

ma. Mich. _





 





Duroc





 





ma.‘

t
Stock Judging Pavilion, Michigan Agricultural college





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A CIRCUIT .   -





The follOwing well known “breeders will sell

good registered Duroc. Bred Sows on the

following dates:





Monday, February 21, 1921





Michigana Farm Ltd., at Pavilion, Mich.

Kalamazoo County





Tuesday, February 22, 1921





Chaslen Farm, at Northville, Mich.





Wayne County





Wednesday, Febr’y. 23, 1921





Thos. Underhill 8: Son, at Salem, Mich.»





Washtenaw County





Thursday, February 24, 1921





Newton Bamhart, at St. Johns, Mich.

Clinton County





These sales will be held regardless of weather

Write to‘ the several breeders for catalogues .





Following men will handle mail bids. Send bids to

them at respective sales in owner’s care:





Col. R. M. Clark, Brimfield, Ill., Auctioneer





Joe Havga, Peoria, Illinois

Ass’t Sec'y National Duroc Jersey Br. Ass’n





W. M. Kelly





. , For The Michigan Farmer

Sales will Start at 1 o’clock in the Afternoon





' WllWlMWWlWlMlmmmmml





Fellow Broodorsliarmors





This is our 9th bred sow sale, but the first one in Michigan and we

brought with us the leading Duroc families of the west.





We believe in this offering we~have some sows that will help to im-

prove any pure bred herd, they are mostly Colonel breeding mixed with

Giant, Colonel High Model, Sensation, Go d Model Defender and mixed

with the top breeds here such as Panama Special 4th and Michigana

Demonstrater, as last season we purchased the top sows at any sale we

attended and we want to say there is some real show sows in this

offering.



An): how we will be glad to see you here on Feb. 22nd if nothing

more than to make our acquaintance. Northville is 25 miles from

Detroit on the D. U. R. and P. M. R. R. the farm is 3 miles from North-

ville. Autos will meet all trains on both roads; if you get here the night

before go to Ambler House as our guest. -/'





All hogs are double immune from Cholera.





CHASLEN FARM





_ ‘ c. H. & L. A. YOUNG, Prop.

Colonel M. R. Clark, Auctioneer.





AUCTION





Thurs, February {24, l92l ,





At 1:00 P. M.





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40--lleg. Holsteinsr-40

Wednesday, March'2,1921, at Perry, Mloll.





Complete dis rsion of the Spalding herd, with consign- ' .

ments by B. . Smith and H. 0. Loomis. l





These herds are headed by





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a son of Sir Veeman Hengerveld, from a 28.5 lb. Junior .

2-year-old daughter of King Korndyke Sadie Vale. and





HAPLEGBEST ‘BANOSTINE APPLIGATION





a son of Friend Hengerveld DeKol Butter Boy, out of the

highest record daughter of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke.





Several cows with A. R. 0. records, including a 26.5-lb.

cow, and a 22.6-lb. Junior 4-year-old, and a 20-lb. ‘g‘rand-

daughter of Pontiac Apollo.





The Spalding and Smith herds have each passed a clean

test under supervision.





Sold with 60-90 day retest privilege.





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JERSEYMCATTLE ..

AUCTION SALE





Wednesday, February 23, 1921





30 well bred registered and grade Jersey cows giving milk, 6 Jersey heifers

and 12 heifer calves and 12 heifers recently bred.





These heifers .and calves are daughters of Gold Medal Noble 164784, whose dam

has won 12 A. A. C. C. Medals. This good sire and one of his son's, one year

old, are included in the sale.





Full dairy equipment, farm implements and tools listed in sale.

.Nine head of horses, draft mares, work teams and colts.

Fifteen Chester White hogs. Large quantity of feed.



B. L. K. Milker with piping and power complete.





County at 10 o’clock sharp, Wednesday, February 23, 1921.





E. B. MEYERS, Prop.





Montague, Mich.





Sheep Auction 550 Breeding Ewes

Sale Wednesday, February 23rd





At One o’clock Fast Time





At South Rockwood, Mich.





All are in good condition from one to four years old. About 100 of these are

Delaine and. Ramboulette types. Balance mostly black face, most of them are

due to lamb in March and April from Shropshire Rams.





ALMOND B. CHAPMAN, Prop. South Rockwood, Mich,





Farm located (by auto). on Dixie Highway two miles south of Rockwood or 22

miles southwest of Detr01t. By street car three quarters of a mile south of

Crooks Road.





HOLSTEIN CATTLE SALE





Wednesda , February 23. {l mile south of Ovid. Having sold m farm

will sell 7 1gth bred registered females, tubercular tested, 2 cows daugh.

ters of A. R. O. dams, with other farm stock and implements,





ac. SMITH, Ovid, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





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0 I I I c s I bred to our herd Hg“; Long 40 HeadI him-ch 5th. Auto’s in wait. 11at:

Boy No. 93964, a wlnner in seven-shows. Younfl 80W Park Hotel. Monroe. also at National Hotel. Dun e,

. weight about 100 lbs. Boats. Special prices on be our guest sale day. F. J. Drodt, Monroe, Mich.





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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

February 15, 1921.





Wheat.





Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.96; May

$1.89; No. 2 white and No. 2 mixed

1.94.

$ Chicago—No. 2 red $2.01; No. 3 hard

$1.79@1.801/2; March $1.75.

Cor

Detroit.~——Cash No

4 yellow 700.

Chicago.~No. 3 mixed 65@661/zc;

No. 2 yellow 671/1@671/20.

Oats.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 500; N0.

3 white 481/20; NO. 4 white 451/20.

Chicago—No. 3 white 431/11 @450; N0.

4 white 41%@43c.

, . Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt are

dull at $3.90 per cwt.

Chicago—White beans steady. Hand-

picked beans choice tO fancy $4.50@

4.75: red kidney beans $9((159.25 per

cwt.

New York—Market is dull. Choice

pea, new $5.10; do medium at $5.50@

5.75; red kidney $9.25@9.50 per cwt.





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Rye.

Detroit.—Cash No. 2 rye $1.60.

Seeds.

Detroit.—Prime red clover $11.25;

alsike $16; timothy $3.10 per bushel.



Toledo.—~I’rime red clover, cash and

February $11.10; alsike $15.50; timo—

thy $2.95 per bushel.





Hay.



No. 1 timothy $200021; standard and

light mixed $190r20; No. 2 timothy

$18@19;p No. 1 clover mixed and N0. 1

clover $170118; rye straw $126013;

Wheat and oat straw $11@12-per ton

in carlots at Detroit.





WHEAT





Immediately after the extreme weak-

ness in the wheat market during the

first week in February, marked

strength developed which has dominat-

ed the behavior of all grain prices dur-

ing the past week. The advance in

wheat amounted to around twenty

cents per bushel and was due to fresh

export sales, to purchases made by ex-

porters to fill old export sales for ad-

vance delivery and to a moderate in-

crease in demand from milling centers.

The decline also checked receipts, al-

though the total holds above that of a

year ago. The visible supply declined

again, the total now standing at 32,-

250,000 bushels, a decrease of one-third

since December 11, and only about one-

half the average at this season of the

year. As a result of the freight rate

increase, smaller interior mills have

been buying wheat direct from farm-

ers at relatively low prices and supply-

ing local flour requirements at prices

below those on shipments from the big

milling centers. This has resulted in

the disappearance of the wheat with-

out its showing up in regular trade

channels and has also contributed to

the slack demand for flour from the





larger mills.

CORN





Low prices to producers have check-

ed sales of corn and to some extent of

oats. The movement from the interior

continued to decline during the past

week to a point below that of last year

when car shortages and the railroad

strikes were factors in transportation.

Cash corn has developed greater

strength as a result, notwithstanding

a slow eastern demand. The visible

supply of corn increased over 6,000,000

bushels over the preceding week, and

the total is now 20,366,000 bushels. It

has practically doubled within two

weeks. Export demand remains com-

paratively slow even though prices are

below those of Argentine. The con-

tending factors in the market include

the big farm holdings and the grow-

er’s need for cash on the one hand, and

muddy roads and the higher value for

feeding to hogs on the other.





OATS





Oatscontjnue to follow corn. Plant-

ing is under way in Texas, Oklahoma

and southwestern Kansas, and as far

north as southern Kentucky. The sea-

son is a week or ten days ahead of





SEEDS





'Spring demand for clover seed is not





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the story as the demand subsides rap-

idly after April 10 or 15. The average

price paid to producers during a period

of years has been highest during April,

according to the Department Of Agri-

culture. Whether this will hold true

this year depends on the size of the

spring demand and the anxiety of pro-

ducers to dispose of their rather large





holdings.

FEEDS





Feedstuffs continued to decline dur-

ing the past week, bran falling below

one cent per pound wholesale, in value

both at Minneapolis and Kansas City.

Minneapolis standard middlings or

shorts also reached $19 a ton whole-

sale. This is a much lower price than

seemed possible a few months ago,

and in View of the firmness developing

in the grain markets it appears unlike-

ly that prices will sag much lower, al-

though stocks are comparatively

heavy. Light production at the larger

centers is offset by grinding at smaller





interior mills.

HAY





The hay markets continue relatively

weak although prices for the better

grades of timothy are above prices of

corn, oats and even some of the by—

product feeds in the same market cen-

ters. Stocks in producers’ hands are

large, and the season of heavy con-

sumption is rapidly passing.





BEANS





The Michigan bean market suffered

another setback during the past week,

due, it is believed, partly to specula-

tive manipulation. Although the crop

is light, stocks are moving into con-

sumptive channels much more slowly

than usual. Some of the members of

the trade looked for $5.00 beans, but

as a. result of general trade dullness

and the fact that new green beans

from the south will be on the market

within sixty days the season of heav-

iest demand will be over before long.





POTATOES ’





Potato markets developed a show of

firmness toward the close of the week,

and prices advanced 5@100 per 100

pounds upon northern white stock. Chi-

cago closed firm at a range of $1.15@

1.35 on both bulk and sacked stock.





The next two months will tell.





   

   





 





Shipments are normal at around 500

cars per day, but indications point to

a heavier movement in a week to ten

days. As a result of low prices large

quantities are being fed to live. stock

in certain sections, and early reports

on the acreage in the extreme south

now being planted indicate a reduc-

tion of 30 to 75 per cent in various

counties. Prices are as follows: Chi-

cago—Round whites U. S. Grade No. 1

sacked $1.15@1.25; bulk $1.20@1.35

per 100 lbs. Pittsburgh.~Michigan

round whites U. S. Grade No. 1 $1.95

@2 per 150-lb. sack. Detroit.——Michi-

gan whites $2@2.25 per 100-lb sack.





EGGS AND POULTRY





After a precipitate decline of almost

fifty per cent in value, egg markets

scored a moderate reaction at the close

of the'past week. Production has been

favored by weather conditions in prac-

tically all sections. There is no pros-

pect of any big advance, even though

accumulations are not large, and ad-

vances will be of only temporary dur-

ation. Poultry prices are showing a

seasonal tendency to advance. Latest

quotations were as follows: Chicago.

——Eggs, fresh firsts 36@361/20; ordi-

nary firsts 33@35c. Poultry, spring

chickens 300; hens, general run 31c;

roosters 220; ducks 28@35c; geese 22

@240; turkeys 43c.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied 3001?,

34c. Live poultry, spring chickens 29

@300; Leghorns 25; heavy hens 32@

330; light hens 30@310; roosters 20c;

geese 27727280; ducks 35c; turkeys 40





(g) 420.

BUTTER





After reaching a condition almost

panicky butter markets staged a sharp

recovery toward the close of the past

week. Foreign competition and an in-

crease in domestic production were the

principal factors in the decline. No

new Danish shipments were reported

but another cargo is on the way. Dan-

ish butter already on hand was held

Off the market as a result of the low

prices prevailing. The surplus of but-

ter was not as large as at first expect-

ed, the condensaries are reopening,

and removing their butter production

from 'the market supply and the de-

cline in prices should stimulate 00n-

sumption. _Moderately broad demand





 





 





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Markets for





DETROIT

Cattle.

Market opened steady; prospects are

lower.

Best heavy steers ....... $ 7.25@ 8.00





Mixed steers and heifers 6.7560 7.75

Best handy wt bu steers 6.25@ 7.25

Handy light butchers . . . . 5.25@ 6.25

Light butchers . . .‘ ..... 4.7501) 5.15

Best cows .............. 5.25@ 6.00

Butcher cows ....... . . . . 4.25@ 4.75

Common cows . . . . . . 3.25@ 3.75

Canners ..... . . . . . . . . . 2.50@ 3.25

Choice bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7562) 6.00

BOIOgna bulls ‘ o o o o o I o a o o o 5.006 5.25

Stock bulls 4.25@ 4.75

Feeders ................. 6.50@ 7.00

Stockers ................ 5.00@ 6.00

Milkers and springers. . . .$ 50@ 90

Veal Calves.



Market very dull.

Best .............. . . . . . . $12.00@13.00

Others . . . . . . . . .......... 4.00@10.00



Hogs. »



Pigs steady; mixed hogs are 15@250

lower.

Mixed hogs .............. $ 9.50@ 9.75

Pigs .................... 10.7

Heavy .................. 8.75@ 9.00





,Sheep and Lambs.

Market dull.





Best lambs ..............$ 8.00

Fair lambs .............. 7.00@ 7.75

Light to common . . . . . 4.00@ 6.50

Fair to good sheep ....... 3.00@ 3.75

Culls and common . . . . 1.00@ 2.50

CHICAGO





Hogs.



Estimated receipts today are 20,000;

holdover 12,785. Market 10@25c low-

er. ,Bqu of sales $9@9.75; tops $10.25

(early ; heavy 250 lbs up medium, good

and choice $9@9.30; medium 200 to

250 lbs medium. good and choice $9.10

@9.95; light 150 to 200 lbs common,

medium, good and choice-$9.69@10.20;





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February 16;





light lights 130 to 150 lbs commdn, me-



dium, good and choice at $9.65@10.20;



heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth



$7.85@8.75; packing sows 200 lbs up



rough $7.50@7.85; pigs 130 lbs down



medium, good and choice $9@10.10.

Cattle.



Estimated receipts today are 6,000.

Market strong to.25c higher; calves

weak. Beef steers medium and heavy

Weight 1100 lbs up choice and prime

$9.90@10.65; do medium and good at

$8.40@0.90; do common $7.50@8.40;

light weight 1100 lbs down good and

choice $9@10.25; do common and me—

dium $7.25@9; butcher cattle, heifers,

common, medium, good and choice at

$5,@9; cows common. medium, good

and choice $4@7.50; bulls bologna and

beef at $4.25@6; canners andcutters

cows and heifers $2~.50@3.75; do can-

ner steers $3.50@5; veal calves light

and handyweight medium, good and

choice $9@12; feeder steers common,

medium, good and choice $6.75@9.75;

stocker steers common, medium, good

and choice $5.50@8; stocker coWs and

common, medium, good and

choice $3.75@6. _



Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 17,000.

Market steady. Lambs 84 lbs down,

medium, good, choice and prime _$7@

8.75; do 85 lbs up medium, good,

choice and prime $6@8.50; do culls and

common $5.50@6.50; spring lambs me-

dium, good, choice and prime $5@6.25;

ewes medium, good and choice $3.25@

4.85; ewes -cull and common at $2@3;

yearling wethers medium, good and

choice $6@7.25. ‘ - »





BUFFALO

On thisemarket today heavy hogs

are selling :at- $9.25@9.75; mediumsat

310.506911; others at





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for fresh butter is expected to contin~

ue. Wholesale prices on 92-score but-

ter on February 11 as reported by the

Bureau of Markets were as follows:

Chicago 440; New York 440; Boston

440; Philadelphia 450. > -





CHEESE





Weakness in butter and egg markets

.caused‘. some’loss of confidence on the

part of cheese handlers early in the

week, but with the turn for the better

in thOSe two commodities a firmer

trade developed. The volume of tran»

sactions was comparatively large. The

eastern markets behaved in a manner

similar to Chicago. Receipts declined

over 25 per cent at the four markets

the biggest change occurring at New





York. .

. CABBAGE





Cabbage shipments were lighter dur-





-' ing the past week and prices hardened





on old stock but new stock remained

weak.





DETROIT ’CITY MARKET





"Supplies are light and movement

slow. Apples bring 75c@$3 according

toquality; cabbage 60020850; onions 75

@800; parsnips 60@750; potatoes 706?;

75c; turnips $1@1.75 per bu; eggs 45

(@600 per dozen; poultry 32@400 lb;

hogs 13@150; veal 18@19c. These

prices represent sale in wholesale

lots. " '





STATE FARM BUREAU MA





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The market on Coarse grains shows

considerable improvement. During the

past week there has been a sharp ad-

vance of about ten cents on wheat and

other grains. Millers are buying more

freely and the general market under-

tone is very strong, due to exports.

Hay continues dull and draggy with

little prospect for improvement before

the new crop, as there is a large vol-

‘ume to move and feeding sections are

overstocked. Buyers’ views are very

low and most sales represent loss to

shippers. Clover market has declined

and importations due soon and much

seed in the hands of growers will pre-

vent, high market. Alsike and timothy

remain firm, with only slight declines.

Consignments continue to come to the

seed department and large quantities

are still on the farms. ‘ '





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





 





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ment will determine the strength of

the Lloyd-George administration—The

Mongolian city of Urga .is reported to

have been captured by a force ,of Rus-

sians and Mongols—Research work at

Harvard University has made it possi-

ble to secure X-rays of much greater

penetrating power than have ever be-

fore been obtained in-this country——

Envoys of Soviet Russia present their

credentials to Mexican communists.





Tuesday, February 15.



THE success attending the use of



' the chaulmoogra oil treatment for .

leprosy has occasioned the abandon?

ment of some of the leper colonies:—

New York garment makers are return-

ing to work after having been out on

strike one week.~—-President-elect Hard-

ing urges the present congress to

speed up- legislation—In his address

before the fifthsession’ of the thir-

teenth Canadian parliament” the Duke

of Devonshire declares that the princi—~





ple of protection must be conStantly

maintained by the Dominion.





COMING LlVE STOCK SALES.





 





Duroc‘Jersey SWine.—4Tuesday, Febru-

ary 22, Chaslen Farms, Northville.

Michigan.



Sheep.——February 23, Almond B. Chap.

‘man, South Rockwood, Michigan.



Jerseys—February 23, E. B. Myers,

Montague, Michigan.



Holstein—February 23, E. C. Smith,

Ovid, Michigan. .,



Percherons.—-February 24, The Hors

Breeders’ Association, M. A. C.,East

Lansing, Michigan. ~ . '



Poland Chinas.—Fébruary 24:, E. J.

Matthewsoanurr Oak, Michigan,



Shorthjorns.—February 25, -. Michigan

Shorthorn; Breeders’ Association, M.



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any .dis-





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or tests is





costly. The ..

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:oreness or abnormal condition

makes the'cow restless and re-i

duces the flow" of milk.



Cuts", 'Chaps, Scratches, any ,con-‘i

gestion. or inflammation can be

quickly‘cleared up by using Bag j

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for cows. Caked Bag is promptly

redueed by this winning remedy. A;

great aid in treating Bunches and Cow}

Pox. '



Bag’ Balm. in the liberal 65c package. isv'

inexpensive insurance against sericus





troubles. Keep a package on hand. Sold

by general stores. feed dralcrs and drug-

gists. Booklet. "Dairy Wrinkles." Free. ‘





DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO. :

Lyndonvilte. Vt. :





 





 





 





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Mr. POULTR? FARMER:





We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and



have created a profitable market for your eggs the



yeararound. We pay the highest premium for your



Hennery Whites—We remit same day shipments



arrive. ' Ship OftennShlp by Expres-



’ GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.

2652-2658 18th Street, Detroit, Mich.





Remember! We guarantee you uthtactien with every shipment





H Ship to The Old Reliable House

Daniel McCaffi-ey’s Sons,

623-625 Wabash Bldg" Pittsburz. Pa.





A Apples. .Potntou Wanted Hi ch est

Enrica paid. The

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m—U—BAR HOG AND

CHICK FEEDERS

“Home. Hog and Chick Wat-

erors. . lony Broader Stoves.

~ Write for ci rcular and prices.





, .. . THE BLU-BAR MFG. 00..

. Dept. e, svcamons. 0.





NEW CROP TABLE RICE

AND SPANISH PEANUTS





100 poundsin doublesacks, freight collect. Beautiful

whole longsgramwhlte rice 85.00. Choice recleaned

peanuts to. . Guaranteed to reach you in good condi_

tlon. J. ED. CABANISS. Box 162, Katy, Texas





For Sale -- Frost Proof Cabbage Plants





Early Jersey Wakefield. Charleston Wakefield. Buc-





 





 





 





cession a Flat 'Dutch, at 81.50 r 1000 on: ress

tlxollect Parcel post paid. 100 at ; 500 at 1.50;





.000 for 52.25.

C. J. dz 0. WHALEY. lMartin’s Point P. 0., S. C.





PEDIGREE SEED OATS





Wolverine and College Success seed 0 ts 1 l . .

Apply THE JENNINGS FARMS.a He‘ll-82f. liaise:





Cloveraeed tine uality, 1920 c

Mammom grown. Boolean; and graded. as lee

$12.00 bu. bags tree.~ F. A. Follett. Fremont, nd.





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FARM HELP

Farmer Wanted





Ex rienocd farmer to operate a 0d



B levilla. A man not afraid of worlllkI wildnkta‘g: n8:-

ernl farming. Wife must be good housekeeper. re-

fer small children. When writing state also of fan-





 





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six 5531s Milking done by machine. 0:;th :19;

mon y.





_ Donor anawerunloes 1011 are a farmer

and rush permanent poultlon. ddress replies to

0. H. Kickadden. 46 Davenport Ave. Detroit, Mich.





"1 ' ' to work farm onsha ee—

w'nld W Hall 200 acres near Duisburg,

Oaglnnd 00. Good land and buildings.

P. . WRIGHT. mGrafiot Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Man With F





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HR DAVIDSON. R. l.‘ Elberta. Mich.





HOGS





Breakwater Dumc Jerseys





BOARS—Ready for Service

Bred Sam and Gilt:

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1‘ ' . west. 1. .

g No important developments have

occurred in wool markets during the

past week. Sales in this country are

moderate in volume but-American buyr

ers continue to operate in British and

Australian markets, most of which re-

port prices as firm. Last week arriv-

als of foreign wool were very large,

representing the van or pur-

chases made last fall. Changes in the

woolen mill situation are slight but all

appear, to be for the better. The de-

mand for wool centers upon the fine

and fine medium grades which are not

abundant. Australian markets were

quoted at $1.15@1.20 .clean landed at

Boston for choicé Gil-70’s, counting

$3.85. Some Illi-

nois wool of three-eighths and quarter-

bIoOd grade was reported sold at 26@

270, Michigan combmg quarter-blood

at 26c, and some Ohio fine delaine at

40 41c, or around $1 on the clean

bus 5. Boston quotes prices as follovrn;

Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces, delaine

unwashed40 41c; fine unwashed so

@313“; half—100d combing 33@35c;

three-eighths—blood combing 30@31c.

Michigan and New York fleeces, de-

laine unwashed 39@400; fine unwash-

ed 29@30c; half-blood unwashed 32@

34c; three-elghtbs blood unwashed 29





@30c.

LIGHT RUN HELPS CATTLE.





 





A SHARP reaction in the cattle mar-

ket was due almost solely to a de-

cline of about twenty per cent in re-

ceipts at leading market centers. The

dressed beef markets continued on the

easy side, although price reductions

were not marked. The inception of 'the

Lenten period was partly responSIble

and this factor in meat demand will

continue during the next five or 51x

weeks. Recovery was most marked on

the better grades of steers, which ad-

vanced seventy-five cents to one dol-

lar at Chicago. There was apparent

a slight disposition to hold back unfin-

ished kinds which have flooded the

markets for nearly two months, a

change which! suggests that we are

now entering the period when the re-

maining cattle are in stronger hands,

and the market will display greater re-

siliency. If conception of numbers of

cattle on feed should prove to be er-

roneous, and another avalanche, or ev-

en a moderately heavy run arrive,

weakness will quickly develop as the

dressed beef trade is in no condition

to absorb a big supply. All the signs

justify the counsel to hold back unfin-

ished steers for another fifty to sixty

days. Cows and heifers advanced along

with steers, the better grades showing

the most strength. Canners and cut-

ters and bulls were not helped by the

advance in the other classes. Veal

calves scored a fractional advance in

spite of the weakness in the dressed

market. This division has two or three

Weeks of grace before the spring runs

from dairy districts.





 





SOUTHWEST MICHJGAN HOLSTEIN

, BREEDERS’ MEETING.





HE annual meeting of the South-

west Michigan Holstein Breeders’

Association was held at the City Club

at Niles, Michigan, January 27. The.

program took the form of a general

discussion of plans for furthering the

best interests of Holstein breeders and

the Black-and-White cow in Southwest-

ern Michigan. Secretary Norton, of the

state organization, oflfered a number of

suggestions and outlined a. plan of con-

structive work for the coming year,

which was adopted by the members.

An entirely new board of officers was

elected for 1921, as follows: President,

Fred Green, Emmanuel Missionary

College, Berrien Springs; vice-presi-

dent, George Franz, Eau Claire; secre-

tary-treasurer, Chester Ball, Dowagiac.

The executive committee to consist

of the officers, together with S. A.

Smith, of Emmanuel Missionary Col-

lege, Berrien Springs; Walter Dillman,

of Dowagiac, and D. H. Beeson, of

Three Oaks. Among other things, the

secretary will keep an up—to-date list of

animals offered at private sale by the

members, and the state association of-

fice Wlll be kept informed in regard to

animals listed.





HE well-known S'horthorn breeders



of Bad Axe, Michigan, Messrs, S.

H. Pangborn & Son, r port the recent

sale of two splendi heifers and an

outstanding herd sire prospect, sired

by Perfection Heir 2nd, to’ Mr. M.

Shupe, a welhknown farmer of Elston,

Michigan. The three animals sold for

$3,690. These kind of sales help. to

strengthen the ShorthOrn .. business





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 





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AHORSE goes lame—that means no

That means “No plowing this week!

wasted. by one lame bone.

Tboro ' ,

(3mm mulled

Risk of havmg bone





TROY CHEMICAL CO





One last fall boar wgt. 425, two last fall

- gilts, bred lots or spring pigs and this tall pip

either sex. good growth stoc 56 mile west of Depot.

Citz's. Phone I‘M. Otto . Schulze. Nashville. M ch.





0.1. C’s





I. C's.





Fall pigs by 0.0. Big Callaway have size

and quality and are price right.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich.





o I C Bred Gilts for blur. and Apr furrow

' ° ' also a few choice service boars.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe, Mich





O. l. C. Gilts

H.W.M





 





bred for April and May

furrow. HhippedO. O. I).

A N, Dansville, Mich.





O I. C's choice bred gilts for April and May (arrow.

. (all pigs either sex. Bookings orders for spring





 





plan. A. J. BARKER & SON. Belmont. h'Iich;

‘a’ ' at special low r rices



e Are Offerlng some of our choice

0. I. 0. tall igs sired by State Fair winners.





WEB Phone 408. Royal Oak, Mich'





ll BROS,





Raise Chester Whites. ,

/ -., 6' Like This





the original big producers





I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can help you. i want to lace one hog from

* ......" “as “M ‘“ °V°"..°fi““.i‘.““‘l’pmw"°£;’e.3$‘Pé‘fii‘ltfl”?

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neith- o .Wrice in! II! plan— ‘ More Morley from “at





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‘ Strict] Bi ’1‘ c with

For Sale 0. l. C. Swme, quality? Hive”, few

good boars and gilts left of sametype and blood lines,

that won for us at. Ohio and Michigan State Fairs.

Priced very cheap. Write us before you buy.

NEW’MAN'S STOCK FARM.

ll. 1, MAliI.E'l"l‘l“.. MlCll.





Central Mich. O. l. C.





Swine Breeders Ass’n.





Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. Every





sale guaranteed by association.





DR. H. W. NOBLES,





Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich.





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 hours, "Mich. Buster" by “Giant Buster". “A

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



respects in Michigan great length, bi bone

Come get your pick. Jno. C. Butler. Portion , Mich





“I c! Big Type Gilts, bred for_Mar. and April

. c 8- farrow. léoars all ages. Write me for prices.





P ANDREWS, Mason, Mich.





a few choice boars

L 0 S 0 P ' C ° at farmers prices.



ilts bred to Black Giant one of the best pigs out of

gll. this fall. Also a grandson of The Clansman and

Harrison Big Bob. H.0.SWARTZ, Schooloraft.Mich





 





his sire was champion of the world. his dam's sire

Grand Champion of Iowa State Fair.

0. E. GARNANT, Eaton Rapids; Mich.





L. T. P. C.





70 head of Poland Chinas at private sale. Am offering

e rs from w to and gilts the same price.

gunner and {was each. The first check will

brirfi‘ on the choice. HART, FULCHER &

CL g. Address F. T. Hart. St. Louis, Mich.





chiscolam Poland Chinas





Offering a donor: choice gllts and a few tried sows

bred to such boars as Michigan Mastodon and Mich-

igan Gama-





P. P. POPE. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.





BIG TYPE POLANDS





red tilts for sale. Also a few choice fall pigs by The

and his son The Clansbdy. They are great.





W

Immune and mastered. Come or write.

‘ESLEY RILE. R. 3. Ionia. Mich.





' Spring gilts lred for March and

Eli 3“ “admin“ April and some sows bred tol‘ Big

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’ ARGE Type Pole Chinas. A few 0 oi e i! ll

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here in Michigan.





 

 

 





 





A. a. Farina P. 11.2. Manbhester,lllioh.





 





E-T-HEHORS

e can cure

" while plowing.





Blown; today.

Aaunlleryield;al¢eerop:moucyloet and

Don’t take the chance.

A bottle of SAVE-THE-HORSE, the humane treatment for sore. lame and blemished bones. is

It am much because bone may Work while beta. cured.

SAVE-THE-HORSE cures—that's why we sell it with signed Gunilla: to cure Ringboue.

SPAVlN - or Shoulder. Knee, Ankle,

“Mahler" without blistering or lost work.





ourmse. BOOK k. 't “bl l to local ndenhnd. and beat all lameness,

BOOK ’and our expenmrinary'e adnilrlceelal 3'23: freee‘lbryzhue ukin ,eifzou are not sure. ‘Don't run the





laid up when you moat





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





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Hoof or Tendon Directe' or return money.





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need bun.

the GUARANTEE and let us take the risk r'you.





VE-THE-HORSE.

F R E E Walked” for .mp1. of as. MONEY-BACK Gm... soon and advice— .11 ms.

320 State Street





Druuietl amt... ..u seventy—mass with Sined Guarantee, or weeenditdirect by Parcel Post.





3' hunt n, N. Y.

m2 0 Prepaid.





Big Type P. C. some very choice boars double im-

mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from

Iowa's greatest herds. E.J.Mathewson,Burr Oak,Mich.



' Poland Chinas bargain $75 buys a bred gilt

B" I,“ and a 2501b. spring boar also choice gilts

bred for 540. Guarantee Satisfaction.





 





DORUS ROVER. Akron, Mich.

ll; Tm Poland China: 33x}°‘£ii“ag$§f°iia 33:3





sows nndfillts.



G. A. BA MGARDNER, R. 2. Middieville. Mich

C. Bred sows. Fall pigs singly or in pairs. Also 8.

‘ C. Minorca cockerels all big Type of the best of

breeding. Satisfaction guar. B.W.Mills, Saline. Mich.





L T P c If you are loooking for something good.

' ' - - irr‘bredfilltsat aright price. Write.





AGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.





()l.ANi) China Bred Son's and Gilts at bargain

prlces. also spring lmars and fall pigs, either sex.

CLYDE FISH HR. R. 3, St. Louis, hlichigun





 





5 Big Type P. C. Son's bred to

Leonard 5 Orange Clansrnan, Fall boar pigs

weigh 17;) lbs. Real herd boar lea-inspects. Call or

wtlte. E. R. Leonard, R. 3. St. ills, Mich.





 





' Hampshire gilts now ready to shi . S rin

"nglercd boars and fall lpigs at a. bargain.p p g

JOHN W. SNYDE , R. 4, St. Johns. Mich.





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Wool-Mullen Shropshire Rams. semester,-





bred, priced right. A. H. FOSTER, Allegan. Mich.





 





Choice ewes. all ages. bred to





Shropslures imported ram. Also a few rams

Vt. B. McQUlLLAN, ll. 7. Howell. Mich.





Let American Hampshire Shes

want a Sheep? Association send on. (land?

booklet with list of breeders. Vl'rite COMFORT

A. TYLER. 2'1 Woodland Ave. Detroit. Mich.





HORSES





Stallions and mares at reasonable

prices; inspection invited.

Chartlotte. Mich





 





 





Percheron

F,L. KING ”0N





 





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Belgian Stallion .3111 5.35-9.35. £513.11?





work. W. B. STICKLE, Three Oaks. Mich.



' ' for sale, Imported Chestnut sorrel

Bfllglan Slalllons age 5. weight 2200, sound; registered

sorrel. age 3 sound. Blackmail. Albion. Ind.





Good Clubbing Offers





OFFER No. 117.

The Michigan Farmer. one year. .3100

Swine World, one year ... . . . . . . . 1.00

American Sheep Breeder, one year 1.50





 





 





 





Total value .... . . . . . .$3.50

All for $2.50.





 





OFFER No. 120.

The Michigan Farmer, one year. .$1.00

Potato Magazine, one year. . . . . . . 1.00

Poultry Success, one year. . . . . . . 1.00

Total value $300

All for $2.15.





 





OFFER No. 121.

The Michigan Farmer, one year$1.00

Modern Priscilla, one year .. . 2.00

Tractor & Gas Eng. Review, 1 yr. 1.00





Total value 3400

All for $2.95.





 





OFFER No. 122.

The Michigan Farmer, one year. .51.”

People‘s Home Journal, one year, 1.25

Woman's Home Companion, 1 yr. 2.00





 





 

 





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Mr. W. P. G. Harding, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board says, “Dumping of Farm products on the market

. promotes speculation. I am a firm believer in the policy of gradual and orderly marketing.” Every year corn and

grain prices slump heavily after harvest because of this heavy seasonal selling. . ,





Farm marketing experts say that spreading the selling season

over a long period, would avoid these great fluctuations. This

will stabilize prices and cut down the difference between the

price the farmer receives and the price the consumer pays— in

other words, it will cut out the speculators’ profits.





Thousands of farmers today are obtaining all the profits from

their crops by storing them over the heavy selling seaSon. They

get better prices than those who sell on a glutted market.

Modern storage structures enable them to hold their crops with-

out loss and give them absolute protection against rats, mice,

fire and thieves.





E. H. Dunlap of Missouri made $1250 1n extra profits in 2 years





by storing his corn and wheat in a Martin Cr1b and Bin. Here

is what he writes: _



“I held my 1918 crop of wheat 1n my Martin Crib and later sold it at an advance

of 30 cents per bushel, after which I filled it with white corn and held it until the

following Spring and sold it at an advance of 61% cents per bushel.



“In 1919 I again held my wheat and made a profit of 35 cents per bushel over

what Iwas offered at the machine, and later filled it with corn which I delivered

at arr advance of 40 cents per bushel. My extra profits' 1n two years over the

price at harvest time, were $1250.00. This 1n addition to the big saving from

rats, mice, mould, etc."





That’s the way to beat low grain prices and market fluctuations

—store your corn and grain this year 1n





Rat Proof-Fire Proof-Weather Proof Storage for Your Corn and Grain





 





and then you too, can sell whenever the market suits you. You

will be safe in holding your crops for several months or longer

if necessary. Your crops will be protected from rats, mice, fire,





mould and even thieves. Martin Cribs not only pay for them-

selves in what they save but enable you to make greatly increased profits.

Owners say they are the best investment they ever made.





Write Today for Our Big





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