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but the proportion of ear to stalk is invariably higher in the home-grown, and grown not only in the same state but in the,

corn grown from the acolimated seed. The quality of the silage same locality. Seed grown in southern Michigan Will not do so

is nearly always superior 'when home-grown seed is planted. well in ‘central Michigan as the local varieties and vice versa.

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DETROIT, MARCH 19, 1921





 





CURRENT COMMENT





HAT the high cost.

of doing business

has depleted the avail.

able financial resouro

es of the state gov-

ernment, and created

a state financial. problem akin to that

at present faced by the average citi-

zen, whatever the business in which

he is engaged, is a fact which has been

well known and much discussed dur-

ing recent months. But the acute na-

ture of the problem, and the drastic

actionwhich will be required to re-

lieve the situation, are more clearly

revealed in the report just released by

Professor David Friday, of the Univer-

sity of "Michigan, whose services were

' sought by Governor Groesbeck to make

an economic analysis of the situation

and suggest a feasible remedy.

Professor Friday’s report shows that.

notwithstanding the fact that the tax-

es levied in the years in which the

legislature met were practically treb-

led between the years 1909 and 1919,

and were almost doubled in the. last;

biennial period of that decade, the

state government now finds itself in a

situation requiring an additional in-

come of $6,000,000 during the present

calendar year to discharge its present

obligations and meet current operating

expenses, without taking into consid-

eration other pressing demands which

are being made on it for extensions of

the work of state departments and im-

provements needed by state institu-

tions. This report shows that the to-

tal of money available for the present

calendar year from state taxes and

miscellaneous fees, other than automo-

‘bile license fees, will be almost exactly

$20,000,000. Against this sum there

will be the following demands: Un-

paid claims held over from 1920, $2,.

000,000; expenses of state government,

including institutions, $17,000,000; U.

of M. and M. A. C. mill tax, $3,000,000.

and special appropriations required for

the completion of buildings now in

progress, $3,140,000, or a total of $25,-

{140,000.

This computation of the certain de-

mands upon the state treasury does

not take into consideration a balance

of. special appropriations for construc-

;=tion projects not yet started, amount-

' ‘ing to $4,600,000 which Prof. Friday

has assumed will be wiped out'by the

dcg'islature, n01 the one half mill tax

, 'e‘i'or highway purposes which will be-

’m available July 1. amounting to

.Slnce there will be no men-





The State’s

Financial

Problem





which is now in progress.





The report. points out that in this





situation the only remedy for the ex-

igency which confronts the state is to

find a new source of revenue which

will yield $6,000,000, and which can be

legally levied at once; a tax so simple

of administration and easy of compu-

tation that the returns, accompanied

by the payment 01’ the tax, can be

made not later than July, 1921. To

meet these requirements, the report

states that the most feasible plan

seems to be a. franchise tax on corpor-

ations, \both domestic and foreign, for

the privilege of doing business as a

corporation in Michigan.



As for the highway department the

report calls attention to the fact that

it has at present funds to its credit

sufficient only for current operation

and maintenance. Its funds for meet-

ing even its obligations on contruc-

tion now in progress are exhausted.

As a means of meeting this emer-

gency and pushing the construction

campaign already planned the report

recommends that the legislature pro-

vide for the issuing of $10,000,000 of

the bonds authorized each year for the

next four years at a rate of interest

which would insure their sale, which

would insure the early construction of

a considerable mileage of improved

road, and relieve to some extent the

present condition of unemployment.

The report. contemplates the working

out'of a sinking fund plan which would

provide for the payment of these bonds

without unduly increasing the burden

of state taxes in any one year.





Briefly, the principal contributing

cause of this deficit in the state treas-

ury, into which the report goes to

some length, was the general increase

in wages and commodity prices subse-

quent to the legislative session of 1919,

which was not foreseen by the legisla-

ture. From the standpoint of the per-

manent solution of this problem it is

probable that this lack of foresight on

the part of the legislators was fortu-

nate rather than otherwise. Obviously

the farms and homes of the state are

already taxed to the limit of practical

endurance. New sources of revenue

must be found to meet the emergency

and expediency and the necessities of

the case will doubtless dictate the

present source as indicated in this re-

port. But his permanent solution of

this vexed question will require more

than the inauguration of a make-shift

tax which can be largely passed on to

the public through increased commod-

ity or service prices. Many thinking

citizens who have given the problem

much thought believe a tax on earning

power rather than on thrift is the best.

solution. All of the loading farmers’

organizations of the state have on-

dorsed this principle and have joined

issues through their federated commit-

tee in advocating the adoption of an

income tax for state purposes. The

manufacturing interests of the state,

which have strangely opposed this

plan, may see the situation differently

after contributing liberally, as they will.

be obliged to do if the planpembodied

in this report is adopted.





01-? relief by the reduction of state

expenditure there is little hope. New

developments will continue to create

new demands for improved service and

facilities—demands which history

teaches us can not or will not be de-

nied. The endurance of such an in-

creasing burden .canbc made possible

only by its equitable distribution

among the beneficiaries, which is ob-

viously not possible through property





‘tax alone, if, indeed, it cannot be more

fairly aocomplishod by substituting Excessive «freight rates ‘ are an 1111- 25“

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state p . poses





. highway department the financial are

rangers-cuts for which must be recr-



, ganized if it is to do any new 00!!“ch

tion work, or even complete the writ ' -





. ‘ .lplaytng'tlic grain

PM live stock markets





nous front among the

texture articles in the agricultural





press.- Whether, or not, this new idea

of accepting the advice of market can





perts and professbrs of economics as

to. when to store grain and hold back

cattle, sheep and hogs is gOing to ben-

efit farmers or prove a “wolf in sheep’s

clothing” depends precisely upon the

ability of these “seventh sons” to fore-

case accurately the trend of.._grain and

live stock prices. It makes mighty in-

teresting ‘copy for the papers and

seems to find popularity among cer-

tain classes of farmers. However, suc-

cessful grain growers and stock farm-

ers who have followed the "ups and

downs” of the business for years be-

lieve in an orderly system of market-

ing, and have practiced it for years,

but they also realize that there is

grave danger ahead of any attempt to

artificially stimulate the great mar-

kets of the. country through holding

farm pioducts more than a reasonable

length of time.



Knowing when to hold and when to

sell is one of the chief secrets of mak-

ing the farm pay. A few men succeed

in selling their grain and live stock

above the average prices for the year;

more fail to get. the average. There is

always a. right time to sell, it“ one knew

when it arrived. Based upon the sup-

ply and demand of former years these

market experts and professors of eco-

nomics find it comparatively easy to

forecast What is likely to occur in the

range of prices during the year. but

when they attempt. to forecast the re-

sults of a system based upon holding

back farm products for any. consider-

able length of time in order to increase

or maintain prices they are going to

run up against a snag, for factors oth-

er than the probable demand i’or that

one particular commodity must be giv-

en due consideration. Every system

ever worked out has exceptions, and

very often the exceptions are right,

and the main proposition fundament-

ally at fault. System is needed in the

marketing of farm products, but if car-

ried too far there is danger of it in-

tensifying the very evils it is seeking

to correct.



In going over probable price fore-

casts for the coming few months one

finds that but little consideration has

been give}; to the p1obable wages oi?

labor in the big industrial centeis of

the country. And yet eveiy well- post-

ed farmer understands that the prices

he will get for his grain, live stock,

fruit, vegetables, poultry, eggs and

dairy products depends to a very large

extent upon the pay envelope .of the

city wage earner. How many market

experts can accurately forecast what

wages are going to be during the

spring and summer?



An astonishing thing about family

food budgets is the fact that when

prices of some commodities reach cer-

tain levels there is a falling'off in con-

sumption and an increased demand for

substitutes. The dairy industry is

slowly recovering from such a condi-





tion at the present time, and any ma-





terial advance in prices or falling off

in .wages is sure to result in decreased

consumption of whole milk, cream,

butter and cheese, and the wider use

of substitutes which gained such a

strong foothold during the period of

war-time prices. .Who can tell just

how the family food budget is going to

fare during the next few months? EX-

ports and professors play safe by quot-

ing tom-year history ofscasonal varia-

tions in prices rather than reviewing

present conditions. Therefore, there

is danger of their system proving a

disappointment to those who use it.





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{yet no market airport or professor of

economics can foretell with any degree

of accuracy how these new factors are

going to affect the movement and pric-

es of farm products. They- can give

the ten-year average and tell ‘us what





may occur if: such and such is the





case, but the real truth of the matter

is they have no precedent upon which

to base their estimates. Ten-year aw

eiages may prove a safe guide, and

then again they may not



There are not a few farmers who

have posted themselves thoxoughly on

the situation and made up their minds

to go ahead with their business as us

ual, and arrange their marketing so as

to take advantage of prices duringdif-

ferent seasons of the year. Such a

course is pretty sure to result in a

more orderly system of marketing

farm products, which is a. step in the

desired direction of stabilizing prices

on an equitable basis. L





News of the Week





Wednesday, March 9.





“7 ORKMEN in Petrograd revolt



against the soviet troops, as reb-

els under the leadership of General

Kozlovski advance on the city—Pre-

mier Dato, of Spain, is assassinated in

Madrid.,—The United States army of

occupation will remain in German ter-

ritory for the time being, according to

a decision 1eached by P1es1dent Hard-

ing’s cabinet. —Rep01ts from Germany

indicate that the people of that coun—

try are calmly meeting the situation

due to the break between the repre‘

sentatives of the allies and Germany

in the reparations conference.





Thursday, March 10.





HE allied leaders issue a procla-



mation to Germany ordering the

surrender of all-arms within twelve

hours and prohibiting strikes and sab-

otage. ——Italy is preparing plans fo1

meeting her obligations to the United

States. —Kronstadt is withstanding all

attempts of the Russian soviet aimy

to letake the fortress .-—The white

Ruthenians declare theii independence

of Russia ——A royalist movement has

developed in §ibexia, communications

with Which have been cut off the past





week

Friday, March 11.





encumber givcn due consideration And:- -





HE German imperial cabinet unan- I





imou51y approves the manne1 of

conducting the rece e31 negotiations

with the allied in Lon on. ———A11ied 1ep

rescntativcs demalld the immediate de.

livery of all mil' uipment held

b Austria —Twelve ed States sea-

ones complete the! gest flight ever

undertaken by a son on of seaplanes

when they return to San Diego from

Panama—Five big oil tanks destioy-

ed by fire in Brooklyn. ——Representa-

tives of Turkey and the allies are dis-

cussing peace terms at a conference

in London. wThree Michigan colleges

meet in a triangulal debate and dis-

cuss the ploposition of prohibiting

Japanese immigration. "

Saturday, March 12.

PANAMA is asking an indemnity of

$1,.000000 from Costa Rica on ac-

count of recent military invasions of

the formei country. —The total expen-

ditures fox building 111’ one hundred

and fortyesix American cities during

Februaly agg1 egates $77,840,102,whic11

is an increase of one hundred and thit-

ty- two per cent over January. ——A con-

ference of all ant1Bolshev1st parties

is bein gheld. at Revel, Esthonia, to aid

in the movement against the present

Russian regime. ——Secretary of Agricul-

ture Wallace is considering the ad-

vancement of funds to falmels in the

dlouth stricken mess of the country

for the purchase of seeds for the com-

ing season’s crops. —~Forty- four states

join with Wisconsin in a test case be-

fore the United States Supreme Court

to detelmine the poWe1 of the Intel‘-

state COmmerce Commission to my

scribe intrastate rates on railroads.“





Sunday. March 13.





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fire at Richmond, Va. ~Leade1‘s of





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SURVEY of Michigan’s oat crop





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farmers are yearly losing money

on this grain, largely due to the fact

that inferior yields are harvested. We

grant that the cat crop ‘is not usually

a big paying one ; however, this does

not 'permit losing money on the crop

When one, with little or no added ex-

penditure of labor or capital, may re‘

ceive larger yie'lds per acre and thus

turn a losing preposition into a “mom

ey-maker.” ,



Seed of Great Importance.



The writer' has examined seed cats

from nearly every section of the state

with the result that an impression is

left that a great deal of poor seed is

' being used as a foundation for the oat.

crop. Many farmers state that often

the inferior yields of oats were direct-

ly due to the'use of .poor seed.



More attention should be given to

seed oats. There is little excuse for

the planting of seed that is of low

germinability, foul with weeds or in‘

fected with smut. In all cases a thin

stand is almost certain, resulting in a

decreased yield. If the seed is dirty

and smutty the crop harvested is not

only inferior in quantity but is also of

poor quality. Dirty oats never receive

a top price on the market in that they

make poor feed. Elevators do not like



‘to handle such oats as it has been

their experience that any grain con:

taining excessive amount of foreign

material is more likely to become dam-

aged in storage. Foul seed and poor

seed beds pave the way for bottom

prices and damaged grain.



- Use Adapted High-yielding Seed.



Variety tests clearly show that there

is a wide range in the yielding abili-

ties of different varieties. These tests

also demonstrate the value of having

varieties that are well adapted to the

soil and climatic conditions. For in-

stance, a weak—strawed oat, regardless

of its yieldingabilities has no place on

the low lands of Michigan for it is the

standing oats that produce t.l1e"p1'ofit-

able yields and not those that “go

down” and must be harvested with a

mowing machine. The practice of en-

deavoring to profitably grow oats with





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NLESS a cooperative association



of producers is adequately and

soundly financed, by its own

members, it invites disaster,” says G.

Harold Powell, General Manager, Ca1-

ifornia Fruit Growers’ Exchange. Two

kinds of capital are usually required'

a permanent capital for buildings or,

other facilities, and a Working—capital

from which to advance money to the

members before the returns are re-

ceived from the crops, and to meet the

running expenses of the organization.

The method of financing will depend

on the nature of the organization and

the characterof its business. If it is

to be equitable, the capital contribu-

tion of each member should be based

onhis patronage, whether it be in pur-

storing, manufacturing, dis-

tributing, selling or other activities. In

California, for illustration, a group of

citrus- -fruit growers who build a pack-

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seed that is not adapted has long been

proven wasteful; however, seveial

Michigan farmers adhere to this cus-

tom in spite of the fact that their agri-

cultural college’ has developed varie-

ties which are well suited to theircon-

ditions.

. Improved Varieties.



. The Farm Crops Department of the

Michigan Agricultural College has

been working for over ten years in the

breeding of oat varieties which are

high-yielding and well adapted to the

climate and soils of Michigan. Such

varieties as the Wolverine, College

Wonder, and Worthy oats furnish am-

ple proof of the great value of this

work



The College Wonder oats is a high-

yielding stiff— strawed variety that is

well adapted to the heavier soils of

Michigan. This past season many fine

fields which greatly impressed the

writer and many farmers with their

high-yielding ability and stiff- strawed

characteristics were observed at vai-

ious points about the state. F. F. 001-

nair, Chesaning; L. L. Lawrence, De<





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cola county, has accomplished an ex-

cellent se1vice for farmers of that

county, in aiding them to standardize

on this variety. The community of

Fairgrove represents standardization

quite fully carried out. Ed. Coler, W.

R. Kirk, W. S. Bell, S. J. Murday, and

James C. Kirk, are located at that

point and through the good offices of

their county agent, have maintained a

high standard with the Worthy oats.

The characteristics of this variety are

quite similar to those of the College

Wonder cats but in recent variety

tests the W'orthy has not yielded quite

as high as the latter. '



A comparatively new variety known

as the Wolverine oat has proven very

popular with farmers located on loam

soils. This oat has not quite as stiff

a straw as the College Wonder oat but

is better adapted to the upland soils

as the cat matures a few days earlier,

hence, has often escaped the disas-

J. W. Pickett,

of Caledonia, first discovered this cat

and gave the seed to Professor Spragg,

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catur; R. W. Kimmel, Ypsilanti,

Frank Dexter, Milan, started in with

pure seed of the College Wonder oat

and harvested very satisfactory yields.

This cat has done very well in the

Saginaw Valley and in the counties of

Tuscola, Midland, Gratiot, Monroe and

Lenawee. In fact, it appears to be

a highly valuable variety for those

farmers where lodging frequently

occurs.



The Worthy variety is one of the

first oats put out by Professor Spragg

and is a very popular and widely used

variety. R. W. Sleight, Laingsburg;

Wm. F. Dowling, Jr., Ak1on and F. H.

Oimston, St. Johns, have used this va-

riety for a number of years and have

maintained a high standard of seed

with the result that they are strong

believers in the value of Worthy oats.

County Agent Alex MacVittie, of Tus-





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variety until now Wolverine oats are

quite widely grown through the

state. County Agent (3. V. Ballard, has

done a great deal with this cat in Jack-

son county, with the result that. such

men as W'. E. Eckerson, Jackson, R.

No. 4, Roy Hogle, P21111111; A. Scdg—

wick, Parma; Russel Dean, Parma. are

enthusiastic growers of the Wolverine

oats and each year take excellent care

of their seed stock endeavoring to

maintain the high standards of the

plant breeders. Quite a few farmers

near Middleville, Barry county, are

now doing si1nila1 w01k with this va—

Iiety, J. H. Campbell and Scott (‘amp-

bell, standing out, as bmng p.11 t1cul.11lv

successful. In IIillsdale county, Bai-

num Brothers and Ed. Cheney, of llills-

dale, and I. K. Maystead, of ()sseo,

should be complimented upon the

standaids which they have maintain-





ed. The value of the Wolverine is not

confined to lower Michigan alone, as

George Wheeler and W. T. Bandeen,

at Mt. Pleasant, have demonstrated

the worth of this variety under their

conditions. G. R. Began, Rosebush,

Isabella county, is another enthusias-

tic grower of the \Volverine. Walter

Inglis, a short-course student at M. A.

C. had an exceptionally fine piece of

oats this year. County Agent Brewer, '

of Presque Isle county, is encouraging

the wide use of the Wolverine variety

throughout that section. The experi-

mental work of G. W. Putnam con-

ducted in the upper peninsula, as well

as various farmers’ experiences have

shown 1119 \Volverine to be a highly

desirable variety for that section. In

one case it yielded as high as one hun-

dred and thirty-five bushels per acre.

So we see that the county agents and

several farmers have ample ground for

boosting the Wolverine outs for their

loam soils.

Know Your Seed!



Michigan farmers should carefully

study their soil and climate, then

choose the variety best adapted to

their conditions and obtain the very

best of seed of that variety. The Mich~

igan Crop l111p1'ovement Association

has worked in close harmony with the

agricultural college to increase the

various variciies mentioned herein,

with the result that Michigan has quite

an ample supply of high-quality seed

oats. The Farm Bureau Seed Depart—

ment is making a strong effort to ob-

min such high quality seed for its

members at 11 very conservative price.

This appears to be a real service to

Michigan farmers, for in obiaining seed

oats from this source they are assured

of high quality seed, whose genuine-

ness, purity and gcrniinability are

guaranteed. .



Now is the lime to start on the way

for profitable oat production. Maximum

yields per acre means minimum cost

of pl‘OdllClion. Higquuality oats bring

greater returns, whether sold or fed

on the farm.



Pure, wellobrcd, high-quality seed

oats treated for smut, is the first and

vital step in profitable oat production.





11121110ng of CoOpcrativcs





Strmg/y Empéarzzer Med of S010“! BZIJIflEJJ Metéods





the number of Uses 01 the other unit

of each member. This capital conni-





tion should not only be lllODOI‘llOlldl

to the use which each makes 01: its





bution may be made in advance, or. by facilities, but should also be kept pro-

agreement, it may be paid out of the gressively proportional to his uses, is





proceeds of. the sales of fruit.

payments are defer1',ed the association,





If'the in order that the capital of the indi-

xidual membei

,.protected by the subsc1iption agiee- proponional to his activities through





mav' not become dis-





lnents with its members, gives a note lapse of time 01 as a Iesult of changes

to a bank and obtains the capital im- in the amount of his patronage. lf

mediately needed to provide the facili- ilicse capital contributions have been





ties.





‘ This liability may be paid off made on the basis of acreage, purchas-





on receipt of subscriptions, or may be es, or shipments, a plan should be de-





deducted from the proceeds, or both.

The working capital of an associa-





tion is usually obtained th1ough bank at a membei’s





vised to keep permanent payments al-





ways proportional to the future extent

business and provision





loans either secured 01 unsecured by be made that new membeis contribute

the directors, or through loans of mem- on the same proportional basis. To

bers, or through the credit furnished effect this end, the members may agree

the association by negotiable pron1is~lo a redistribution of the capital from





sory notes—which in tum are used as time to time, 01,





if so desired, t11e1e





collateral for bank loans——the ciedit may be an accumulation fund paid in

thus loaned by each member having a on a basis similai to [hemiginal con-

pro rata relation to the use he will tribution, such fund to be used as an

make cf the association. Working cap- equaliZer of the capital.





ital is also secured by using “trade ac-





j; ceptanees" as security.





A ceitain large, cooperative capital-





stook organization, known to the au-

seen the capital contributions thor, which furnishes packing-housie

rs er a :COODerative associa- and orchaid supplies





1,0». segue i111.“





 





.the adjustments of a clearing 1.101189 in:

settling with its member banks. '





 





grOWers, has devised a 111e1.hod of re-

distributing the capital on a propor-

tional basis. The stockholders agree

that they will readjust their stock in

proportion to the amount of fruit which

each shall ship through the marketing

organization to which they belong~—1‘t

being acknowledged that. the ship»

ments of fruit provide a fair basis for

determining all contributibns to the

purchasing organization. Their agree-

ment provides that a certain amount

per box shall be deposited in. a fund.

called a “revolving fund," and that

the agency which handles it shall re—

distribute the stock from time to time

in proportion to the shipments of, the

stockholders. Such a transaction is,

in effect, a sale of stock by those who

ship less fruit to those who ship more,

thereby always maintaining among the ,

stockholders a proportional equality of _

stock ownership. Instead of using a« ,

“revolving fund," the readjustment of ;

stock could just as well be made‘on"

an auditor’s "balance sheet similar to;
'Ctlitie‘s





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a

mittee meetings the office of Grimm alfalfa is the hardiest plant and hauling the product to the cars. United States Department of Agricul-





ognized by the Saginaw supervisors‘as Several communities in Saginaw coun- ed their product at an idle kraut fac- inoculation of the bean plant f01 the

having been officially created as a. ty have ordered through the seed de- tory Where eight hundred bariels of different diseases, will be made. This

county department, and County Agent partment of the State Farm Bureau, k1aut were made. At p1esent prices plan will give the farm bureau a splen-

Arthur G. Bovay and County Club two thousand five hundred pounds of the growers would realize about $18 did opportunity to. learn more about

Leader Arthur Strang have been 911- this selected seed. This means that pe1 ton for theii cabbage. Without this the disease -resistant varieties, and .11.

gaged to carry 011 the work during the two hundred. and fifty acres, or seven- outlet and enterprise the product the same time plan out c0nt1ol me.-



present year. They are required, how- ty-five new fields, will this year grow would have been wasted, as it was mes th1ough the growing of diseaw ‘





ever, to devote all their time and at this excellent forage crop. grown ten or twelve miles from ship- f1ee and disease resistant beans. ’11:!

tention to the duties of the newly cre- Rural Russet Potatoes. ping points, and the prices offered diseases to which particular attention

ated department. The potato crop is not an essential would not have paid the cost of haul- will be paid are the bacterial blight,





Mr. Bovay will continue his program one in this county, and it is not cus~ ing. The saving effected on this mod anthracnose, mosaic, rust and .root ‘





of work as outlined by him 111 Jantr tomary to give much attention to qual‘ uct was fully three thousand dollars. rots.



ary, which will include demonstration ity of seed used. Attention of the During May, June and July four new The maintenance of a permanent

work, such as the introduction of new county agent was called to this by the cooperative associations were mganiz- field station of this kind will provide

varieties of seeds, educational proj- city food inspector, which showed that ed to buy supplies and market farm a means 01’ direct contact with the





ects, particularly boys’ and girls’ club the supply coming into Saginaw was pieducts, with a total membership of bean gIOWers , through the farm bu.- .





work, experimental work with seed of inferior quality. As some of the seven hundred and flux ty -one. The 1eau, by placing field trials and demon-

and 8011, and marketing 01‘ any other common diseases affecting quality can volume of business was $126,200, and stration plots in the various parts of

new field of endeavor that the United not be detected readily unless the tu- the saving eflected was $8,650. To the the county, of such beans as the coop-





States Department of Agriculture and her is cut in two, the housewife Was credit of the‘ county agent and the pro- crating parties wish to have tried out .





the Michigan Agricultural College may the first to make complaint. As a re gressive leaders there me, at the be under field conditions.

recommend. sult of the investigation farmers were ginning of 1921, tWelve cooperative as~ Spotted Poland-China Sale at Frank-



Encouraging Use of Better Seeds. advised to use new seed, and in the sociations in successful ope1ation,do- enmuth. .



Emphasis has been given to the im- vicinity of the city about seven hun~ ing an agg1egate business ofa qua1ter About five years ago the Grueber

movement of crop production by en- dred bushels oi' Russet Rurals Were 01' a million dollars yearly, at a profit Brothers, of Frankenmuth, brought in

couraging the growing and use of ped- distributed. . of $44,000. from Indiana several full-blooded Spot-

igreed seeds, particularly of oats, Great Help to Cabbage Growers. Bean Laboratory Program. ted Poland-China hogs for breeding

wheat and rye. More than twelve hun~ In the matter of better marketing The farm bu1eau plogram 101 1921 purposes. At the time there were few

dred bushels of pedigreed seed oats, of considerable assistance was given to canies a tentative airangement with if any animals of this breed in the

Wolverine and College Wonder strains, subsidiary organizations, principal of the United States Depa1tment of Agri- county; and the owners of the new

were distributed last, spring to far111~ which is the Saginaw Produce Grow- cultu1e fo1 the establishment 01:" a bean stock have since directed their efforts

ers, and had much to do with increas- ers’ Exchange, organized principally laboratory in Saginaw. The plan is to toward raising the standard of hogs in

ing yields. This was because some of for the purpose of marketing cabbage. have'from two to four farmer cooper- their community. The excellent type

the more. common varieties grown, During the season one hundred and ators in every township grow from one which they have emphasized in their

lodging very easily on heavy soils dur- fifty carloads of green cabbage were to three acres of different varieties of breeding is worthy of commendation.

ing the wet season, were wasted, the marketed, amounting to several thou- beans under the diiection of the fa1m The first annual sale of Spotted Pol-

pedigreed sorts being able to with- sand tons. Local buyers’ prices were bu1eau inspectms and the department and-China hogs was held recently at

stand severe climatic conditions. Dem- from two to five dollars per ton lowei ot' agiicultuie. These cooperators will the farm of Alfred Grueber, two and

onstration plots of wheat, of Red Rock than the prices secured by the ex- be furnished with several varieties one-half miles from Frankenmuth vii-

variety, and Rosen rye in four town- change; and 11’ this organization had which we believed disease remstant lage. This was also the first sale held

ships were supervised by the county not rendered this service to the grow and these will be studied during. the in the state of this particular breed.

agent, the results of which, in compar— ers, it is doubtful that. half of this cab- g1 owmg season by experts in change. and much credit was given Mr. Grue-

ison with a number 01‘ other varieties, bage would have been marketed at all, Thele will be one plot located some- ber for his excellent handling of the

will be available this season. as the prices offered by local buyers where near the city, which will he stole.





What the Farm Bureaus Arc Domg





HE South Dakota Wool Grow- this idling acts as a disc1imination diana Fede1ation of Fa1111ers’ Associa- per diem expenses of assistants sent



l ers Association voted to suppozt against Michigan shippers of small tions are handling by a grain commit- out by the State Farm Bureau to help



the wool marketing program of fruits, and it has joined with other tee of ten, 11 live stock committee of in the organization of cooperative as-

the American Farm Bureau Federa- traffic agencies in protesting the ruling. ten, a canning crops committee of five, sociations and farm bureau locals. The

tion. They recommended the adoption Arepresentative body of the Granges, a wool pool, a milk producers’ commit- county will be asked to pay twenty«

of a maximum wage scale of ten cents the Dairymen’s Association, the Feder— tee, a live stock marketing agent, quar- five per cent and the local to be bene-

per head and $60 3. 111011111 for herders. ation of Farm Bureaus, the Colleges of terly live stock reports and the Feder- fited will be assessed fifty per cent.



A. J. Rogers and A. T. Det’ue, state Agriculture, and the State Department ated Marketing Service of Indiana, The committee decided to send

executive committeemen of the farm of Agriculture 01' the New England composed of the Indiana Federation of Frank Coombs, farm bureau traffic

bureau. were appointed the live stock States formulated a plan for present Fa11ne1s Associations, .the Falmei commissioner, to Chicago March 14 to

committee ot’ 1he organization by Pres- ing their claims for protection in tar-(11am Dealers’ Association and the ln- attend the meeting of farm bureau





ident Nicol at the March 8 meeting of if]? legislation. diana State Grange. , traffic men, called by President J. R.

the executive committee. The live Nebraska favors a uniform farm Forestry interests of Michigan, as Howard, of the American Farm Bureau

stock men at 1l1ei1' annual meeting in wage scale. represented by the Conference of Fedeiation.





February endorsed the State Farm The dairy interests of Indiana ere Michigan Foresters, stand solidly be- Despite the present stagnation in

Bureau and agIeed to become the 0111- ated a dairy department as a part of hind the program of the State Farm the wool mazket, the various fa1m bu-

cial live stock body of the oiganiza- the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Bureau for a comprehensive program reau wool pools are disposing of wool





tion under the commodity contiol plan. Associations. of forest fire protection and reforesta- in consideiable quantities at advancing

The peiishable ireight division 01 Indiana wool growers decided to tion under the direction of the pro- prices Du1ing the week ending Maich

the American Railway Association has have a 192.1 wool pool. posed State Conservation Department 5 a half— million pounds of wool weIe





been abolished and all activities in Illinois is trying hard to meet her and insist that $150,000 should be ap- sold at the following average prices:

connection with the pe1ishable height quota of one million bushels to the propriated for fighting forest fires. Bright wools‘: Delaine 40@410; fine

taiiff have been consolidated undei gift corn project. one county set Legislation defining the methods to be staple 33@34c; half-blood 30@32c;

the direction or E S Biiggs Pontiac aside a gift corn day and received employed to insure forest protection three-elghths-blood 27@28c; quarter-

Building, Chicago, lllinois. Mr. Briggs three carloads. A wonderful success has received the careful consideration blood 25@26c. Semi-bright grades re-

is chairman of the National Perishable is predicted for the corn project. of these experts. alized three to four cents less per

Department of the State Farm Bureau. All farm organizations interested in » pound, with the low-. -.'-'qua1te1 a1 ound 18

All refrigerator car business should be cooperative marketing are to appoint RESOLUTIONS of the ‘Menominee @200.

taken up .either with the farm bureau delegates to vote on the findings of the County Farm Bureau asking for 8. Farmers having wool in the Michi‘

traffic office. Norris Block, Grand Rap- Committee of Seventeen. state appropriation for the Menominee gan pool have placed orders for two

ids,‘or with Mr. Briggs. N01 th Dakota discussed at length County Agricultural School were adopt- thousand blankets to be made from the

According to a new express claSSifi the proposition of marketing through ed by the executive committee of the virgin wool in the pool. Montana has

cation ruling, the express companies the National Sales Agency all their Michigan State Farm Bureau at its sent seven carloads of W001 to a mill

will no longer accept baskets of fruit grain as outlined by the Committee of regular meeting March 8, and recom— to be made into cloth, blankets and

~in small packages unless they are tied Seventeen. . mended that the school receive the robes. The Illinois Agricultural Asso-

together in lots of not less than four The number of all live stock on same‘cOnsideration at the hands of the elation is also manufacturing blankets

'nor‘more than ten. This practically North Dakota farms has decreased legislature asother educational insti- and bats, Iowa, Maryland and the

does away with the shipping or small twenty-nine per cent in total value tutions of the state. 1 New England states gins considering.»

five-pound baskets of grapes by ex- during the past year. Farmers are re- The eXecutiv'e . committee decided the- adoption of this,

pee in less than carlots. The farm luctant to‘ decrease their dairy herds. that hereafter the State Farm“ Bpreaucr met

' ’ 'trafll’c department believesth'at The marketing activities of the It» would pa twentyfi I: per seat - ‘ the ‘ ' '





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FTER much discussion in com- Experimental work has proved that would scarcely have paid growers 101‘ owned by the farm bureau and the 1





county .agrieulturist is now rec- well adapted to the Michigan climate. About tWenty cabbage growers-pooh ture, whe1e etertain tests and peIhapS‘





   

   





 





 





 





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By Bruce Lampron, oft/1e Was/zz72gto72-Ida/zo W/zeat Growers Association





N the first two articles of this ser-



ice, the fundamental principles and



object of the two channels through

which farm products are marketed

were discussed. , The fact Was men-

tioned that the object of the specula-

tive system was to make money by

buying cheap and selling high. It is

organized on a. basis to accomplish

that purpose. The fact was also men-

tioned that the object of the coopera-

tive organization was to sell its mem-

bers’ pioduct to the consumer at a

price that will insure its entire con-

sumptiOn and yet get a fair price for

the producer. This and the succeeding

two articles will deal with the essen-

tial features of a, pure cooperative as-





Membership.

The first essential in eliminating ad-





? verse interests and reducing the spread





between the producer and the consum-

er is that the marketing organization

limits its membership. to persons

whose interests are identical; that is,

producers of certain commodities. If

you want to sell grain, raisins, poultry,

rice, walnuts or citrus fruits, the mem-

bership should be confined to the pro-

ducers of those respective commodi-

ties. If one organization permitted in

its membership producers of all of

these commodities, a mass organiza-

tion with diversified interests would

result. The poultrymen would not be

interested in selling lemons; the grain

grower would not be interested in sell-

ing walnuts or rice. The specialists

who are employed to operate the sell-

ing agency could not have a thorough

knowledge of the grading, handling,

and selling of all these commodities.

To be efficient a selling organization

must eliminate adverse and diversified

interest. It must concentrate upon one

commodity. Every member in the or-

ganization must have the same inter-

est, and membership, therefore,-must

be limited to producers of one certain

commodity.



The California Poultry Producers’

Association sold in. the first year of its

existence, 1917, 213,532 cases of eggs



$2,382,444.23, at thirty-four cents

per dozen net to the producers; in





' 1918, 270,313 cases were sold for $3,-





827,523.17, at forty-two and a half

cents net to the producer; in 1919,

315,257 cases were sold for $4,680,065.-

75 at forty-five cents net to the pro-

ducer. This association increased its

sales fifty per cent in three years and

secured thirtythree per cent advance

in the price to its members.



According to an unofficial report, the

product from 600,000 hens was signed

up and sold through this association in

1917, and in 1920 the product from

1,800,000 hens was signed up and sold.

Adverse interests are eliminated and

concentration and efliciency result

where the membership of a coopera-

tive assOciation is limited to producers

of one commodity.

organize by Locality to Avoid Locality



Competition.





The distributors of these commodi—'





ties should not only confine their mem-

bership to producers in one locality,

but they Should. organize as extensive-

ly as possible by commodities. The

consumer does not care whether the





‘ wheat that he feeds or that makes his





 





eggs are produced in Florida or Cali-

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flour, is grown in Kansas, Washington,

North Dakota, Idaho, Oregon or any

other state. The consumers of oranges

and lemons, or of eggs, do not Care

whether those oranges and lemons and





 





of the commodity being sold.





duced. They. buy commodity—not

geography.



When a marketing association is or-

ganized [by locality, each locality is

hunting for a market. That necessi-

tates a sales department for each lo-

cality. Those sales departments gen-

erally find the same good market the

same day and each ship to that mar-

ket. a sufficient supply of the product.

The results are a glutted market and

a loss to the producer. Organize by

commodities, not by localities, and

have a central selling agency. That is

absolutely.necessary for an efficient

distribution.



The California prune growers organ-

ized by localities as early as 1900. Each

locality contended that it had the bet-

ter prunes The speculators took ad-

vantage of their jealousy and compe-

tition. They played one local organi-

zation against the other and repeated

failure to the locals was the result. In





 





identical and the personnel of the gov-

erning board to actual producers, it is

highly important that the governing

board he democratically elected. They

should be nominated by a. primary

election.



State laws usually require that the

directors of any corporation shall be

elected at an annual meeting. It is

impossible for all farmers or even a

majority of the farmers of a large or-

ganization to attend the annual meet-

ing and use their privilege 0f voting.

To make it possible for every member

to vote and have ‘a voice in saying who

should represent his organization, the

capital stock concerns have provided

that each member may vote by proxy.



The thing that this proxy system of





,voting permits has occurred in most





capital stock organizations; that is, the

gathering and voting of proxies by a

few ring-leaders. Through this proxy

system, a few men can and often have





 





Efficient Marketing Machinery and Economic Production Are the Two Prob-





lems of Our Grain Farmers.





This Heavy Crop of Hybred No. 6 Wheat





was Grown by Edward Rlnke, of TUScola County.





1916 these prune growers organized

state—wide, by commodity, not by local-

ity. They set up a central selling

agency and are now the third largest

cooperative selling organization in the

California chain. Each locality receives

the same price upon the same grade

of prunes. Seventy per cent of the

prunes of California are now

through the prune growers’ organiza-

tion. Years of experience has proven

conclusively that producers must coop-

erate by commodity, not by geography.

Governing Board.



After eliminating adverse interests

by organizing by commodity and limit-

ing the membership to the direct or in-

direct producers of that commodity,

the governing board should be limited

to members who are actual producers.



No farmer or producer of any com-

modify should have his product sold

and his selling organization governed

by any person whose interests are ad-

verse to his. Every director should be

an actual producer of the commodity

being sold and have his product in the

pool. Professional ‘or business men

who have land and are renting that

land for crop rent and have that prod-

uct to sell, should be members and sell

through the association, but should

not be on the governing board. Their

interests are diversified and too often

not in- accord with the actual producer

except in selling the one commodity

which is generally a side line with

him. In pure cooperation, it is essen-

tial that the directors of the coopera-

tive organization be actual producers





a- 5191.511“ at the Directors.





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elected and reelected themselves to

the controlling offices. A capital stock

concern does not care who is manager

or who the directors are as long as

their object is attained; that is, to pay

the members good dividends upon that

capital stock. The point is this: What

can an autocratic capital stock buying

concern, whose only object is to pay

dividendshdo to get a farmer more

money for his products? Nothing!

The governing board of a pure coop~

erative association, which has no ad-

verse interests and whose sole object

is. to sell as directly as possible to the

consumer at a reasonable price, must





.be nominated from among the mem-





bers by a direct vote 01' the members.

They must be nominated by a primary

election. To fulfill the legal'require-

ments and assure the election of these

nominees, the association election reg-

ulations must state that the nominees,

nominated at the primary election

shall be elected at the annual meeting.

The Wheat Growers’ Associations of

the northwest have p1ovided that the

membe1s can vote in the election, eith-

e1 by mail 01 by pelsonally depositing

thei1 ballots.



It should be borne in mind that the

elimination of the proxy system and

the use in. its stead of the primary

election is the only possible way of

conducting an organization upon a

strictly democratic basis. Any organ-

ization to be efficient must have the

personal support of its members. The

primary election is absolutely essential

in making the organization demomatic

and keeping the support of its mem-

bers. _



One Member, One Vote. ,





in sets as In spare coope tive’rnarltoting as,





sociation, one member should have

only one vote. It is not. cooperation

where “big fish" are permitted to eat

up the “little ones.” This may happen

and often has happened, in organiza

tions where capital stock votes. Money

or product should not vote. Members

should vote.





Every American-citizen has one vote

because that is democratic.

ents with one child have, and should

have, just as much to say about the

government under which that child

shall live, as the parents with several

children have to say about the govern—

ment of their children. The man with

a small quantity of produms should re-

ceive the same price and have the

same protection on his small quantity

as does the man with the large quan-

tity. The future of American agricul~





‘ture depends largely upon the small





farmer. His rights should be and are

protected in a pure cooperative con-

cern where one member has one vote.

The more recently formed coopera~

tive associations, such as the Washing

ton-Idaho Wheat Growers’ Associa-

tions, have adopted this feature. This

is proving a very strong feature in se-

curing the confidence and cooperation

of the medium and smaller farmers. It

is one of the absolute essentials in a

pure cooperative association.

Specialists Should be Employed.





In order to eliminate the adverse in-

terests and have a pure cooperative

assolcialion, the directors must be ac-

tual producers of the commodity for

which this distributing organization is

built. These men cannot be actual

producers and also be specialists, such

as traffic men, expert salesmen, statis—

tical men and other specialists.



These directors must, therefore,

have highly trained specialists for

each department, and a general man-

ager with a high executive ability. N0

organization ”ever became large and

eliicient with inexperienced men as

operators.



On the other hand, no organization

with real possibilities ever remained

small and ineflicient Willi experienced

and efficient men as its operators. It

is absolutely necessary that a large

cooperative association secure for op-

erators, highly trained and eilicient

men and pay well for their services.



The prune growers have secured for

their operators trained men. who study

prune marketing three hundred and

sixty-five days a year. The poultry

producers have learned that the most

experienced expert in selling eggs is

the cheapest sales agent, regardless of

his salary. The Wheat Growers’ As—

sociations of Washington and Idaho

will have the handling of more than

fifteen million bushels of wheat for a

period of six years commencing with

the 1921 crop. Oregon and Montana.

are now adding a large quantity to

this volume. They are employing ex—

perts at the head of each department.





Sell Only Members’ Products.





A producers’ selling organization

should sell only members’ products.

Buying is adverse to selling. If any

provision is made in a producers’ sell»

ing association for buying, part ofthe

organization’s activities are then ad-

verse to the producers’ interests. Cap-

ital stock has to be provided, and divi—

dends paid ;‘ buying as cheap as possi~

ble follows. A pure cooperative sell-

ing association must sell only.

is no provision for buying non-mem-

bers’ products;

duce of its members only.

the interests. of the selling agent:





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What is the best fertilizer for a

vineyard, other than barnyard manure,

also for strawberries and blackcaps?



Van Buren Co. - W. A. R.





Probably the best way to fertilize a

vineyard. also strawberries and black-

caps is to use a cover crop and fer-

tilize this heavily with a fertilizer con-

taining a good per cent of phosphorus

and potash. Where no barnyard ma-

nure is available organic matter can

be supplied by growing a crop of oats

or a crop of rye and vetch between

the rows, this to be seeded in August

or early September. The fertilizer can

be applied to this coverage crOp and



. you will accomplish the same purpose

as you would with barnyard manure,

supplying organic matter and the es-

sential elements of fertility.—C. C. L.





 





THE FARM GRANARY.





 





Yours relative to the construction

of [farm granaries, is received. 1 note

the enclosed clipping from the Michi-

gan Farmer, showing a combined corn

crib and granary. There are many

good suggestions in this clipping, but

the kind 1 had in mind was simply a

granary without corn crib. in many

sections of the state farmers do not

raise corn, except for fodder, and

while in the southern part, no doubt,

corn is grown quite extensively, yet in

the central part most of the farm gran—

aries are simply for grain. I am sur-

prised that, while nearly every kind of

farm building has been suggested and

illustrated, very little is said about the

granary. It occurred to me that the

most convenient kind would be one

where the grain is stored in bins on

the upper floor, with proper spouts for

drawing the grain from any bin. This,

of course, Would require an elevator to

elevate the grain into the various bins

from some. bin on the ground floor into

which the grain is dumped during the

threshing, and immediately elevated

into bins. This would give space on

the lower floor for tanning mill, bags

and othercommodities. I fancy that

a farm granary that woiild hold, say

up to five thousand bushels, would be

large enough for most any farm, with

the exception of some very large farm

which, of course, would require a larg-

er one.



Chippewa (lo. J. ”W. S.



We show herewith a small granary

that would be suitable for a small

farm. It is eighteen feet. wide and

twenty-four feet long, but any length

can be had. The floor and foundation





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and three-fourths of them on our

farms. A dollar a year‘is a very con-

servative estimateot‘ the amount of

damage a rat does in one year. So

this man’s estimate on this basis—

which is exceedingly. conservative—

shows that it requires all the labor of

tw‘o hundred thousand farmers with

their full equipment of teams and im-

plements working constantly to feed

the rats of the nation.



If one should not desire the corn

crib it could easily be made into a bin

for small grain by closing the doors

along the bottom. With the use of

these doors, as shown‘ by Figure 3, the





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changes which take place in the soil

during the growth of the plants. 'Un-

less you feel that no other crop promis-

es so good a money return as potatoes

for the labor and expense involved on

your soil, would advise you to grow





some other crop, until you 'get‘ the soil





into better condition. If possible you

should have a clover crop or some

other leguminous crop growing to plow

under for potatoes. Even the growing

of rye and the plowing under of it at

the proper time will greatly improve

soil conditions. ‘ ‘



If you feel that you are very anxious

to grow potatoes on this soil this year,





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bin can be used for either

small grain, as desired. -



The floor plan shows the. layout, but,

this can be changed to suit one’s taste

or conditions. The cross section shows

the size of lumber or timbers used and

the construction details.



For the average farm we doubt if it

would pay to go to the extra expense

of putting the grain bins on the second

floor as heavier lumber must be used.

But it” one wanted to go to-this addi-

tional expense it would be a saving of

labor.—H.u:t.r:r' M. WARD.





COI‘II 01'





POTATOES ON POOR SOIL.





 





I have a field which I want to plant

to potatoes. It is a clay loam but it

is badly run. Can you tell me how

much fertilizer to use to the acre, and

the best way to put it on, and what

kind to buy ?



Ionia Co. W. S. W.



It" the soil is badly run out as you

indicated in your query, no amount of

fertilizer nor kind will assure you of a

profitable crop of potatoes on such a

soil. For successful potato production

the soil should be prepared for this

crop for several seasons before the

potatoes are planted. One of the rea-





cn are. nook





layers ?





FLOOIL PLAN”





sons for the low average yield of pota-

toes in Michigan, and the small profit





 

 





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SECION '

would advise you to use complete fer-

tilizer carrying, at least, four per cent

nitrogen, eight to twelve per cent of

phosphoric acid and four or five per

cent of potash. This should be used

at. the rate of at least three hundred

pounds per acre, and five hundred will

be still better. The method of appli-

cation should be to either use the

planter with the fertilizer attachment

or a grain drill with a fertilizer attach

ment. If neither of these tools is avail‘

able, sow the fertilizer broadcast, then

harrow the soil for planting and thor-

oughly disc or harrow the fertilizer

into the soil. It is very essential that

the fertilizer must be mixed with the

soil. C. W. WAID.





WHICH BREED OF POULTRY?





 





I would like some advice .in regard

to changing the breed of poultry I

keep. I have been keeping Rose Comb

R. I. Reds fora number of years, and

like them very much, but have been

thinking that I might get more eggs

from Leghorns. Are they good winter

And are their eggs as large

as the Reds? And is there any choice





as to the laying qualities of the differ- .

ent varieties of Leghorns, and would

it be well to make the change?





Mackinac Co. H. E. P.

The Leghorns are considered first-





 

 





 





_age than the fires of America—the





paged nation on the globe.

got. the federal government, who has

“spent his life studying the rats and

nther small animals of the ‘country;

claimsflthat there are at least two hun- i





are of concrete, which makes the crib 01' noprofit WhiCh many growers 59‘

proof against rats and mice‘and other cure, IS the attempt to grow potatoes





losses. \

The rats of America do greater dam-





most thoroughly fire-swept and dam-

An official





at mm rats in America;





 





 





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in uncongenial soil.

particular about soil conditions than

potatoes.





No crap is more





It is not only necessary to have an





abundance of plant food, but the soil

must be well filled with organic mat-

ter to‘ provide for water-holding capa-

city and an abundance of aeration. The





mportance of provision, for aerationvis





 





have their enthusiastic advocates. But





 





class egg machines at all seasons, but

some breeders think that the heavier

breeds are a little the best layers in

the winter if they are carefully select-

ed individuals from a laying strain. A

good strain of Leghorns will lay eggs

as largepas the Rhode Island Reds. The

White, Buff and Black Leghorns all





the White Leghorns have been in the





lead because the broilers from a White





breed-Jock the best on the market and '





   





ried out much I fine work in the im~

provement of the breed.

There is so much good White Leg-





horn stock in the country that it is





easy to obtain good birds. The Rhode

Island Reds are one of the most popu-

lar breeds in the country which proves

that they have a fine utility value.

Whether you change breeds or not de-

pends largely on personal preference.

As a commercial egg farm proposition

we should like the Leghorns best. But

for a farm flock we would prefer the

Rhode Island Redsr—RrG. K.





 





KIND OF FERTILIZER.





 





What kind of fertilizer is best for

clay loam, alsofor sandy land?

Oakland Co. J. E. C.





Acid phosphate alone in a majority

of instances is a good profitable fertilz‘

er on clay loam soil, also on average

sandy soil, but some sand is deficient

in potash and there you should apply

not only phosphoric acid but potash.

You can best determine what and how

much by experimenting. Leave a strip





in the field and notice the results of '





different kinds of fertilizer and com~

pare the results with each other. In

this way you can determine whether

your land needs nitrogen, phosphoric

acid or potash or any combination. But

on general principles it is safe to apply

acid, phosphate. Most of the soil in

Michigan responds to this treatment.





 





RYE OR CORNMEAL FOR GROWING.

PIGS.





 





Which would be the best to feed to

growing pigs, ground rye or cornmeal?

The pigs weigh about 100 pounds. If

any difference, how much? Rye would





' bring about $1.00 per bushel and the





cornmeal costs $2.25 per cwt.

Otsego Co. C. B. L.





Pigs do not like ground rye very

well. They like cornmeal much better.

but in connection with this‘ you ought

to have some other food that is richer

in protein. If you have skim-milk and

will make a slop of cornmeal or ground

rye you can get along very nicely. if

you have no skim-milk then I would

prefer to feed wheat middlings in pref-

erence to either rye or cornmeal. Pigs





 





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will grow nicely on wheat middlings

alone, but will not do well on corn—

meal alone, nor will they do well on

ground rye alone.

milk you can mix the com and rye to-

gether, half-and~half,, and make a slop

of skim-milk and they will do well."





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. the trade, begins July 1.





the market which would result in a.

lower price after holding than could

have been obtained immediately.





farmer to hold wheat until the



next Spring before, selling, de-

pends primarily upon the normal sea-

sonal trend of prices. As might be ex-

pected, prices are lowest as a rule,

during July,‘August, September and

October, since sales of wheat by farm-

ers who are not in a position to hold

it puts the heaviest burden of supplies

upon the market at that time. The

wheat crop year, as it is Considered by

New wheat





AVE prices usually advanced



enough to cover these essential

Costs and risk, or has it been more

profitable 'to sell at harvest time? The

proponents of speculative markets

claim that when sales of grain are

heavy in the fall of the year and prices

are depressed that speculators will buy

and prevent prices from going as low





PER NW M





BUSHEL

3 2.50





32.

£12.30





3 2.20





Seatonal’Crend

inWheat Prices





3 2.10



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s 1.70

$1.60 .



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Chart No. 1.-—The prices used are average prices paid to producers as

estimated on the first of each month by the Department of Agriculture. The

ten-year average line is lowest on July 1 and highest on May and June 1.

May is really the high average month. The usual advance has been about

twenty-five cents per bushel. The course of prices during the 1919-1920 crop

season was much similar to the average, although on a higher level. Note

the sharp break from July to December, 1920. This season has been a decid

ed exception to the rule. An advance in prices du1 mg the 1emaining months

is possible but it is hard to see how they can be lifted as high as they weie

early in the harvest season.





 





rom the southWest begins to arrive

early in that month. Fer the majority

of the wheat growers August is prob-

ably the earliest month in which wheat

could be marketed even it sold direct

from the threshing machine. Most

spring wheat growers cannot get on the

maiket' until late August and the bulk

q of such wheat must, of necessity, be

‘ { marketed in September or later.

Estimates made by the department

of agriculture show that as an average

of the five crop seasons beginning in

‘ 1 July, 1914, "and ending June, 1919, sales

I of the wheat crop were distributed as





 





follows:

Cent.

Per

July ........................... 12.58

- ” ' August- . ....................... 14.88

1 2 September ...... , ........... . . 16.8

‘ ; October ...................... . 14.58

‘ ' November .................... . 10.96

, \ December .._. .................. 7.8

January ........................ 5.68

Februyary ...................... 4.56

March .......................... 3.34

April ........................... 3.06

May ............................ 3.08

June .................... . ....... 2.28

' 1 , Total ....................... 100. 00

Over three- fifths of the crop is sold

- i . during the first third of the year, and





less than one- eighth during the last

third at the Year. ,

Wheat prices should be higher in





 





as they otherwise would. Also that

speculative selling in the spring when

prices are high prevents them from

going as high to the consumer as they

otherwise would. Many farmers be-

lieve that the reverse is true; that





speculators are most willing to sell

“short” when the volume of grain be-

ing sold by farmers is heaviest and

that speculative buying is most in evi-

dence after the bulk of the grain has

passed into consumptive channels and

seasonal scarcity is at hand. They be-

lieve, in brief, that speculative opera-

tions, instead of stabilizing prices, tend

to depress them unduly in the fall and

advance them too high to the consum-

er after most of the grain has left the

farmer’s hands.

fer, therefore, to hold their wheat and

to sell it upon the higher market in

the spiing if they can do so.





These farmers pre-





Chait No. 1 shows the usual trend





of prices paid .to producers for wheat

as determined by the .monthly esti

mates of the department of agricul-

ture.

the month.

ten~year average. During the ten years

consideied there has been on the av-

erage but little difference as between

the first four months of the crop year.

A very. small advance has occurred as

a. rule during the next three months,

st» after harvest in but February advanced over ten, cents

_ hove theOctober level.

fill





The figures are for the first of

The lower solid line is a





March shows

session. An analysts .of the





A72 Ana/3m} of Present Mantel Condztzom'éy Gz/éerl Gus/er





WHETHER it is advisable fora





individual figuies shows that March

prices usually are above those of Feb-

ruary but in two cases March was con-

siderably below February and these

two abnormal instances more than off-

set the trend in the other eight. May

and June prices are highest and as an

average 'of the ten-year period these

months have been about twenty-five

cents higher than prices in the July

to October period. , Again, it is to be

remembered that these are first-of-the-

month prices.



During the 1919-1920 crop season

prices were much higher than the ten-

year average, as 'well as more erratic.

Again, May and June were the highest

months.



Prices remained high until the first

of July, 1920, but the drop after that

date was very precipitate until Decem-

ber, since when the price shows but





' little variation. It seems quite unlikely





that prices next May and June will be

as high as they were last July.



Prices during the war period were

admittedly abnormal in behavior. An

average of the ten years, 1904-1913,

shows much the same seasonal trend,

May being the high month and August





 





 





cent for nine months it would amount.

to about five cents per bushel when

wheat is $1.00 per bushel, and seven

and one-half to eight cents at present

prices.



Storage charges, if the farmerhas

his own granary, can be ignored but if

he must pay for storage this would be

a big item in determining wheth-

er he could afford to hold. Other fac-

tors, such as waste by rodents and

weevil should be considered if there

is likelihood of damage by them, and

also the fact that it may be inconven-

ient to haul wheat in May when the

price is usually highest.



As an average of the last ten years

it certainly has been profitable to hold

wheat until late in the crop season.

During earlier years it has been profit~

able to hold from the month of lowest

prices, July or August, until May, the

month of highest prices.



Chart No. 2 shows the changes in

the visible supply which means the

amount of wheat in terminal elevators

in the principal primary markets. It

is a partial index of wheat supplies,

especially in the later months of the

crop year. The figures used are those





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





the low month. Likewise an average for the week ending nearest to the

Sfifif July Au Sept Oct. Nov. DecJan. Feb. Mar. Apr. MayJune’

IN BUSHEISK

10,000,000. {Se 16 d )

65.000000 (inVISible 511le $1

kOF Wheat ,9’ /

60.000000. /9 I

fit,

' 55,000,000. §

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50.000000. '1? I \

$7

45.000000. 9 . .65: 492,

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140,000,000. .5? 1 53’- \\ \

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Chart No. 2.——The visible supply is

leading p1in1a1y markets.

supply. The usual tiend in the size of

fiom July until January, then a iapid

move again.





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of Chicago prices for the thirty years,

1884-1903, as calculated by the Univer-

sity of Illinois, shows May to have

been the high month and July and

August the low months.



During the thirty~year period just

mentioned Chicago prices have advanc-

ed until May about six cents per bush-

el, or about eight per cent of the har-

vest season price. During the ten-year

period, 1904-1913, Chicago prices ad-

vanced about twelve cents, or nearly

thirteen per cent of the harvest period

price, while in the ten-year period,

1910-1920, prices to producers advanc:

ed until May about twenty- -five cents,

or aiound twenty per cent of the har-

vest season price.





HRINKAGE amounts to about one



, and one-half per cent which may

or may not be onset by a change of.

grade. Counting interest at seven per





At this season it is a 10ugh index of the available





Since August, 1920, the visible has been below the average and

on Maich 1, 1921, it was only about hall the usual size at that season of the

In fact, it was only about as large as it usually is on June 1.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Ihe store in terminal elevators at the





the visible supply is a big increase

decline until the new crop begins to





first of the month. The ten-year aver-

age shows that there is a- sharp ad-

vance from about 20,000,000 bushels

on July 1 to over 67,000,000 bushels on

January 1', then an equally sharp de-

cline to about 27,000,000 "bushels on

June 1.



On July 1,1920, the visible supply

was slightly above the average as a

result of the big 1919 crop. A month

later it had fallen below the average

and it has been losing ground gradu-

ally ever since.



IOn December 11, 1920, the supply ,

reached its maximum at 48,408,000

bushels, since which time it has rapid-

ly declined to 28,059,000 bushels at the

end of February, 0r about fifty per ‘

cent of the average at this season and

about the same as the average amount,

on June 1 during the , preceding-“ten7

years. This is only'one out eta 1111111 '



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HE Snell bill introduced into

congress during the past Decem-

. ber by Representative Snell, of

New York, has already attracted much

attention. It '8 designed to increase

the scope of orestry practice in the

United States. Being backed by strong

interests, it seems to be on its way to

passage—4f not by this congress prob-

ably by the next. This bill is the re-

sult of the widespread feeling of inse~

curity as to the future supply of raw

materials for our wood-using industries

and a realization that the long-herald-

ed timber famine is actually becoming

a reality. It is based upon the idea

that to insure a timber supply for the

future the nation must practice fores-

try—which means simply growing

trees and forests the same as we grow

other crops.





Since forestry is closely akin to ag-

riculture and the bill itself has been

referred to the committee on agricul-

ture of the house of representatives, it

cannot but be of general interest to

farmers and especially to farmers in a

state with such important woodland





interests as has Michigan, where forty- .





two per cent of the state is forested.

This amounts to 15,500,000 acres, of

which nearly 3,000,000 acres, or about

twenty per cent, is in the form of wood-

lots. The acreage of woodlot on each

farm in the state averages fourteen

acres.



not us therefore look over this bill

and see 110w its passage will affect the

general interests of our state and spe-

cifically those of the woodlot owner.





The preamble to the bill states that

it is “to provide through cooperation

between the federal government, the

states, and owners of timberland for

adequate protection against forest

fires, for reforestation of denuded

lands, for obtaining essential informa-

tion in regard to timber and timber-

lands, for extension of national forests,

and for other purposes, all essential to





continuous forest. production on landS'





entirely suitable therefor." All these

are on their face laudable objects and

seemingly imperil no legitimate agri-

cultural interest, although perhaps on

the other hand, in no special way aid-

ing them.



It is never safe. however, to judge

of the contents of a bill from its pre-

amble. An examination of the contents





of this particular one shows that it in-

tends to accomplish the following

things:



1. To provide in cooperation with

state and private agencies for protec-

tion from fire of‘ forests on'private and

state-owned lands and for the encour-

agement of conservative cutting of tim-

ber in such a manner as to renew the

forest growth on land suitable for it

——not on agricultural land—Something

not ordinarily attempted by lumber-

men, but easily possible.





2. To provide that no state shall

come under the provisions of the bill

which does not supply a sum equal to

that allotted by the federal govern-

ment for that particular state. This is

only the extension of the principle of

federal cooperation with states in for-

est fire prevention now operative un-

der the Weeks law, a cooperation al-

ready taken advantage of in Michigan.

This bill carries an annual appropria-

tion of $1,000,000 for five years for this

cooperative fire protection. Michigan

last y ear was allotted $2,110 of federal

funds for this purpose





There are approximately 445 ,,000 000

acres of forest land not belonging to

the federal government in the United

States, of which approximately 15,500,-

000 acres are in Michigan, therefore if

the allotments under the Snell bill are

made to the states on the basis of their

comparative acreage of forest land,

Michigan’s share, according to the

above figures will be $58,000. The bill,

however, specifically states that no ex-

penditure of funds shall be made in

any state unless that state conforms to

the federal standards in its fire pre-

vention organization. It may as well

be admitted that the one now operat-

ing in Michigan could not do this. The

first portions of this bill would aid the

woodland interests of the country

about as the Smith-Lever act aids the

strictly farming interests.



3. To provide for a comprehensive

survey of the timberlands, and timber

requirements of the nation. This

means in part. a combined forest land

and soil surveyasomething which the

legislature of Michigan provided for in

this state some years ago but which

owing to the war was never made. An

appropriation of $1,000,000 annually for

five years is provided for this purpose

and for such activities other than fire





By P. L. Butm'cé, Arrzirtant Professor of Forum, Mzc/zgran Agnew/Mm! College





protection as are mentioned above. '



4. To provide for an appropriation

of $1,000,000 annually for the next five

years for investigation; (1) in forest

research—as necessary to the premo-

tion of tree-growing as is agricultural

researCh to the progress of general

agriculture; (2) for investigations in

wood utiliz‘ation—‘which is. to forest

production what marketing studies are

to farming, and (3) for study in forest

taxation. Foresters and students of

taxation are universally. agreed that

taxes on forest land'are too high and

should be based simply on the value of

the land and not on that of the grow-

ing crop, which should only be taxed

at the moment when it is cut. Investi~

gations resulting in definite proposals

to do this would pave the way for tax

reforms greatly to the interest of farm-

ers owning woodland. The sum sug-

gested for this appropriation may seem

large but is only about twice as much

as has annually been appropriated for

forest research. A



5. It provides for an appropriation

of $1,000,000 yearly for the next five

years for reforestation of denuded

lands in the national forests. There are

thousands of acres in these forests not

now in timber which should be made

to serve the purpose for which they

were set aside when they were organ-

ized. The work of reforestation has

lagged because appropriations have

been withheld. This portion of the bill

is of particular interest to Michigan

since there are two national forests

within her boundaries upon both of

which much planting needs to be done.

Such work calls for local labor which

brings money into the pockets of the

inhabitants near the forests.



6. To provide for an appropriation

of $10,000,000 annually to apply on the

act of March 1, 1911, commonly known

as the Weeks Law. The purpose of

this act is to permit, the purchase of

lands on the headwaters of navigable

streams to protect them from defores-

tation which causes erosion and inter-

feres with navigation. The operation

of this law has proven universally sat-

isfactory and the citizens of New

Hampshire, Virginia, and North Caro-

lina, where most. of the lands have

been purchased, are fully in favor of

it and advocate further appropriations

for carrying out its provisions.



It is proposed in the Snell bill to





withdraw the provision of the Weeks

Law, requiring that the purchase of

lands be on the headwaters of navi-

gable streams and to permit the pur-

chase anywhere at lands better suited

for timber production than any other

purpose. This ,provision is of interest

to Michigan in search for a solution

for her waste land problem. There is

probably no region in the United

States .where there is so much land

more suitable for timber production

than £01 agricultuie which can be ob-

tained so cheaply or planted to trees

at such slight cost, as in some por-

tions of no1thern Michigan. This is

well recognized at Washington.



7.

property of the United States and not

used for certain specific purposes shall

be classified and that those lands found

to be more valuable for growing tim-

ber than for other purposes shall be

added to the national forests. There

are thousands of acres of non~agricul-

tural public lands in the west and

probably some in Michigan not incor-

porated in national forests. At present

they are subject to depreciation by fire

and timber thieving. If pre-empted by

lumbermen their timber would be strip-

ped off and the land would become

useless. ' The logical thing to do is

what is proposed by this bill—to incOr—

porate-them into the national forests

where they will continue to produce

timber to be marketed for the public

good.



It seems evident from the above an—

alysis, first, that this bill is in no way

inimical to agricultural interests: sec-

ondly, that it holds possibilities for

good to the state of Michigan, and in

many cases specifically to farmers;

lastly, that it. should go a long way

towards alleviating the timber short-

age Which we are already feeling and

which will in a few years become acute

if prompt stepsare not taken to me

vent. it. The large size of the appro-

priations will probably be urged

against it but it should be remembered

that the appropriations made in the

past for these purposes have been

wisely expended for the public good

and not squandered in; pork barrel

projects. From the farmer’s point of

view federal appropriations which are

not raised from land taxes are more

desirable than state taxes generally:

raised from the land.





Fruit Growers Cooperate with M.A.C.





HROUGH a plan recently adopt-

l .. ed by which fruit growers of



.,Michigan will help plan the ex-

periments of the Michigan Agricultural

College station along horticultural

lines, the college has launched upon a

new research policy which may have

widespread results if applied to other

agricultural problems.



Details of the plan were discussed

recently at a meeting in Grand Rapids,

where, at the invitation of Prof. C. P.

Halligan, head of the M. A. C. horticul-

tural department, members of a com-

mittee appointed at the lecent meet

ing of the Michigan Horticultulal So-

ciety convened. Men present were:

Chairman C. E. Buskirk, of Paw Paw,

representing the grape growers, Geo.

Fridayjof Coloma, small fruit grow-

ers; Robert Anderson, Covert, peaches

H. Blakeslee, Fennville,

and Harry Rackman, of Northville,

apple growers; A. J. Rogers, Beulah,

northern Michigan cherry interests,

and in an ex-ofl‘lcio capacity, President

.A. Hawley, of Hart, and Secretary





T. A. Farrand, M. A. 0., East Lansing

A series of tests with grapes and

small fruits will be made near Paw

Paw and Benton Harbor to determine

the kinds and amounts of fertilizei

that should be applied and an endeav-

or made to settle the controversy be-

tween grape growers as to the num-

bers of buds to leave under different

conditions of vigor for the production

of the succeeding season’s crop.

Extensive experiments will be car.

ried out on the Graham Experimental

Station near Grand Rapids, to test and

compare such sod mulch crops as al-

falfa, clover and non-leguminous





grasses with cultivation for apple and

cherry orchards and also to determine

crop returns the most





which cover





 





humus to the soil. Experiments will

be conducted to determine the best

time to apply nitrates to peaches and

the effect of feitilizeis supplementing

some of the cultural treatments will

be studied.



Because of the general disagreement

among apple growers as to the amount

and kind of pruning young trees should

receive, one experiment at the Graham

station and another near Grand Rapids

are designed to throw light on this

question. An attempt will also be made

to force biennially bearing apple trees

into annual fruit pioduction through

pruning and fe1tilization.



Further comparative testing of dust-

ing and spraying on all kinds of fruits

will be done all through the fruit belt.





' the spring of 1921?

' up much better than most other farm





‘ buying.

strength of the market for this cereal





' very likely to be higher than inMarcE'





Attempts will be made to develop

cheaper, more efficient and more adap~

table dusts and spray materials with

better spreading ' properties.



That the committee will be a valu~

able asset to the department and the

fruit interests of the state was clearly

demonstrated at the first meeting.

Nearly every experimental project we

sented was thoroughly discussed and

seldom did the proposals escape alter-

ation for the bette1'.——F. W. H.





 





WHEN SHOULD WE SELL WHEAT?





 





(Continued from page 373).

ber of instances which indicate that

the piesent statistical position of

wheat is a strong one.

Will wheat prices advance during

They have held





products as a result 01? heavy foreign

But unless the statistical





should prove to be a snare and a do:

lusion the price of wheat in May is





 





To provide. that lands now the,
'HE dormant spray is a. spray ap-

. plied some time after the leaves



., have fallen in the fall and some

time before growth begins in the

spring. In other words, while the trees





- are dormant it may be applied any





time during the dermant period. Late

fall is a very good time for application

as we avoid the usual spring rush.

Early spring will do as well, or we

may apply the spray during the winter

if a warm spell insures the spray

against freezing upon the tree before

it dries. The general practice is to ap-

ply it during early spring. '



The dormant spray is a contact

spray, that is, it kills by coming into

contact with the insect or fungous. It

is not intended for biting, but for suck-

ing insects. The San Jose scale is the

moSt prevalent and the most injurious

of this class of orchard pest. If it is

present in small numbers, you may

recognize it by small, reddish, discol-





» ored spots on the tender bark. If pres-





ent in large numbers, the bark has a

crusty appearance. If uncontrolled,

San. Jose scale will kill the largest

tree in from two to four years. It will

wipe out the currant and gooseberry

patch in a short ‘time. Its presence

causes the fruit to become knotty, un-

shapen, rusty and practically worth-

less. It attacks trees of all kinds and

is sure death if left alone. Only the

dormant spray will control it, as we

dare not use summer sprays strong

enough to kill scale efficiently.



The aphis is controlled by the dor-

mant spray. Aphis eggs are laid in

great quantities on the twigs and the

young lice hatch out just as the buds

open. Aphis is the cause of the dwarf-

ed, misshapen apples so often found.

They cause the young leaves to curl

and eventually die. If the dormant

spray is applied in sufficient strength

it kills the eggs.



The dormant spray kills the fungus

which is responsible for apple blotch.

Summer sprays are almost wholly poi-

son sprays intended for biting insects.

They are of some aid in controlling

fungus but cannot wholly control it be-

cause we dare not make them sufii-





. ciently strong.





To sum up, then: _ The dormant

spray controls San Jose scale, oyster

shell scale, all the scales of minor im-

portance, aphis, pear psylla, apple

blotch and various -other fungous

growths which disfigure fruits. In one

sense it may be called life insurance

as the trees will become worthless if

it is not applied. It also controls an-

thracnose on raspberries and black-

caps. It must be applied during the

dormant period as it is used in strength

sufficient to burn foliage.



Commercial nine-sulphur is general-

ly used for this spray. It should be used





.strong for dormant spraying.





 





 

 

 





Observation and actual practice have

convinced the writer that a weak solu-

tion for this dormant spray is time and

money thrown away. Use one part

lime-sulphur solution to about eight

partswater. Remember that the San

Jose scale is literally a hardened rep-

robate. He carries protective armor

on his back. The spray must be strong

enough to penetrate this armor. Aphis

eggs are protected by a comparatively

hard and varnished case. To clean

them up use spray strong. The fun-

goids are very tenacious of life. Kill

them with a strong solution. Miscible

oils are also used for this spray with

good results, especially on apple and

pear trees.



One or two cautions: do not use

lime-sulphur solution for any spray on

grape vines. Grapes do not need a dor-

mant spray and lime-sulphur in sum-

mer spray for grapes is injurious. Do





not attempt to use a dormant spray





solution after growth starts.





FIRST BEAN LABORATORY IN

MICHIGAN ESTABLISHED.





HE farm bureau program for 1921



carries a tentative arrangement

with the United States Department of

Agriculture for the establishment of a

bean laboratory in Saginaw. There is

great need of controlling the diseases

of the bean crop, since the past season

showed a tendency toward increase of

blight, root rot, anthracnose and other

diseases which, if allowed to continue,

may undermine one of the important

crops of this county. The county agent

arranged with the department of ag-

riculture for the establishment of a

laboratory for the purpose of studying

bean diseases exclusiVely. The plan

is to have two or four farmer cooper-

ators in every township grow from

one to three acres of different varieties

of beans under the direction of the

farm bureau inspectors and the de-

partment of agriculture.



'These cooperators will be furnished

with several varieties which are be-

lieved disease resistant, and these will

be studied during the growing season

by experts in charge. There will be

one plot located somewhere near the

city, which will be owned by the farm

bureau and the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, where certain

tests and perhaps inoculation of the

bean plantof the different diseases,

will be made. This plan will give the

farm bureau a splendid opportunity to

learn more about the disease-resistant

varieties, and at the same time plan

out control measures through the grow-

ing of disease-free and disease-resist-

ant beans. The diseases to which par-

ticular attention will be paid are the

bacterial blight, anthracnose, mosaic,

rust and root rots. J. C. MILLS.





 





 





 





 





 





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“Preserve—Conserve ”urges Senator Copper of Kansas





"Those two words are weighty with meaning to every citizen of the nation.

It' 1s necessary that we save and take care of what we already have.



"This' is especially true of the lumber resources of the nation. Our timbered

areas are being rapidly depleted.

important that we make the best use of the timber we already have. Not I

stick of it should be wasted.





"Wood is so closely linked with every activity of modern life that it would

seem impossible to get along without it. Yet we [see that possibility. Much

wood is allowed to decay needlessly, on farms, in cities. in every industry.





”There are many methods of preserving wood, practically doubling in life

9nd service. These methods are not expensive when the good they accomplish

- is considered. They should be employed by every person using wood, not only

Senator Arthur Copper for the benefit of the individual but for the good of every citizen."





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$350,000,000 Lost by Farmers

Annually





This stupendous sum—$350,000,000—is

a conservative estimate by experts, of the

yearly loss which wood decay inflicts upon

the farmers of America. _



And part of that loss is coming out of

your pocket.





Carbosota is, first of all, a high-grade,

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Ifyou doubt it, take a

look at your farm build-

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weakening the foundation

timbers, sills, joists and

flooring of your barn and

outbuildings! See how it

15 eating away the lumber

in your porches, walks,

cubs, hog and poultry

houses—your hay-r acks,

silos, shingle roofs, fence

posts and fencing!



The cost of p1actically

all repaixs to farm build-

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ments can be charged to

wood decay. Wood doesn’t

wear out—it rots out.





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seen only through a powerful microscope.

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or mushioom growth. Sometimes the

wood bccomcs‘ ‘punky.” Toth1ivc,lungous

growths must have air, warmth, moisture

and food. Their food 18 the wood itself

they literally eat it up. These organisms

develop most rapidly where wood is sub-

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This photomicrograph shows fungous growths

within the cells and structure of the wood than

cause decay. The cross section is of three an-

nual rings of chestnut greatly magnified.

small lighter areas or spots are decay pockets.





(Courtesy Dept. of Wood Technolo y, N. Y.

State College of Forestry, Syracuse, . )





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RESOLUTION aimed to put a

curb on the American Farm Bu-

~: reau Federation’s grain market-

‘ ing program was introduced in the

last session of congress on March 3.

by Congressman Norman J. Gould, of

New York. The resolution resolves

that whereas the production and dis-

tribution of the nation's food supply is

a. matter of primary importance to ev-

ery citizen of the United States; that

any combination, contract or agree‘

ment to restrict the production of food-

stuffs or to unduly enhance their price

by combination, collusion, or other un-

lawful act WOuld work a cruel hard-

ship upon our people, and whereas de-

clines in agricultural products have ex-

cited the fear and anxiety of our farm-

ing population and may cause them to

be misled into the hasty adoption of

plans or the formation of associations

purported to provide a meansof pro«

tection against loss, but actually dis—

couraging production and arbitrarily

establishing and sustaining the price

through means ultimately injurious to

both producer and consumer, be it re-

solved that the committee on agricul-

ture of the house be instructed to

make inquiry into the nature of actual

and proposed agricultural organiza-

tions which are in whole or in part

receiving appropriations, directly or

indirectly, from the treasury of the

United States, and whether or not such

organizations, or their officers or agents

have proposed or are undertaking to

‘ establish, maintain, or control the

price of food products through asso-

ciations, combinations, contracts,

agreements, or otherwise. It is further

resolved that the committee on agri—

culture shall report its findings to the

house, together with such recommen-

dations as may be necessary to protect

the public interest and provide un-

hampered food production, and further

to recommend such congressional ac-

tion or executive action as may remedy

any existing condition if such be found

requiring legislation, or the prosecu-

tion of any individual, organization, or

corporation appearing to he engaged

in the establishment or operation of

unlawful combinations or censpiracies

to restrict the production of foodstuffs

or artificially enhance the price of the

same. -





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





N explanation of his resolution Con-



grefiman Gould has issued a state-

ment in which he says: “Certain facts

tending to show that an effort is being

made by certain farm organizations to

restrict the production of foodstuffs

which were developed before the re-

cent‘hearings of the banking and cur-

rency committee of the house led me

to investigate the situation more fully.

I find in a magazine published in this

city a very comprehensive article con-

cerning the activities of the American

Farm Bureau Federation in this partic-

ular direction. Nothing could be more

dangerous to the country than the ar-

bitrary restriction by any organization

of farmers of food production for the

purpose of increasing prices. It is not

merely economically unsound, but it is

absblutely dangerous to the health,

well-being and prosperity of the coun-

try.



“There appears to be no doubt that

the American Farm Bureau Federation

is committed to such a policy. It ap-

pears that What is known as the Farm-

ers.’ Grain Marketing Committee of

Seventeen of the American Farm Bu-

reau Federation, in session in Kansas

City :in February, recommended the





 

 





 





 





adoption of a grain marketing plan and

this Committee of Seventeen substan-

tially intends that the members of the

American Farm Bureau Federation

shall control not merely the marketing

of g1 am live stock and dairy products,





of Mn: York, T éreatem to L1m12 116172111163 of 00111213! Agents

" By E. E. Reynold:





“All congressional investigations of

farm Organizations conducted in a,fair~

minded way and with a view to secur-

ing all the facts, will be welcomed by

the American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion, and every effort made to assist in





but shall control the amount of pro-eany way possible. The American Farm





duction. No committee andyno organ-

ization should be in a position to con-

trol the grain crop of the United States.



“Such action by the American Farm

Bureau Federation is particularly an-

tagonistic, when it is known that the

county agents of the department of ag-

riculture are—sand I quote the presi-

dent of the American Farm Bureau

Federationmthe keystone of the feder-

ation. Mr. Howard insists that ‘the

county agent is the strong right arm of

the American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion.’ This county agent receives one—

half of his salary from the department

of agriculture and the other half from

the state agricultural college, being a

combination state and federal officer,

paid from the taxes received by the

federal government and state govern-

ments. If this county agent is to use

his influence and power for the pur-

pose of restricting the production of

foodstuffs, I believe that these county

agents should immediately be detach-

ed from the federal payroll."





Congressman Gould also objects to

the “attempted dictation to congress

by the American Farm Bureau Feder-

ation in the matter of legislation."

“Heretofore,” he says, “such dictation

has invariably been attempted by the

American Federation of Labor, but

now We find this American Farm Bu-

reu Federation attempting the same

tactics, and this American Farm Bu-

reau Federation, it must be remember-

ed, has as its nucleus county agent's

paid out of federal funds and out of

federal taxes. Nothing will produce

discontent, unrest, and even bolshe-

vism quicker than an attempt to limit

the food production of the United

States, boost the prices and compel

the people to pay double what they

ought to pay for their food. I shall.

insist upon this investigation in the

next congress, and I shall continue to

act until this conspiracy against the

people is ended. We can at least di-

vorce those who inspired this conspir-

acy from the public payroll.”





OMMENTING upon Congressman



Gould’s resolution and statement,

Gray Silver, Washington representa-

tive of the American Farm Bureau

Federation, says:





Bureau Federation has no secrets and

operates entirely in the'open. It is

built upon the voluntary membership

support of a million and a half for





ward-looking farmers who are endeavw





oring to improve agricultural condi-

tions and increase production through

cooperation and coordination of efforts

along lines consistent with permanent

production. This is a privilege and a

right open to every citizen of the Unit-

ed States and further investigation of

the federation can only serve to con-

vince larger numbers of its solid basis

and its sincerity and integrity of pur‘

pose. Neither the federation nor the

Committee of Seventeen has adopted

any policy of limiting production or

fixing prices.”





“All who are well infOrmed and in

timately acquainted with the organiza-

tion and functions of the local County

Farm Bureau units, fully understand

the relationship of the county agricul-

tural agent to the farm bureau. They

know that the farm bureau is the only

organization which universally sup-

ports and makes effective the work of

the county agent in his endeavors to

increase production. They know that

the duties of the county agent are pre-

scribed by law and that the county

agent observes the law. They know

that the duties of the county agent are

entirely separate and distinct from

those of the farm bureau officers. And

finally they know that instead of using

government funds to support the farm

bureau the farm bureau contributes

heavily to the county agents’ financial

support, and uses its own funds in car-

rying out educational demonstrations.

Any attempt on the part of congress

to interfere with the legitimate func-

tioning of the county agricultural

agent would reactto the detriment of

both the consumers and the produc-

ers.” in



in an address before the Southern

Commercial Congress, Milo D. Camp-

bell, of Michigan, president of the Na-

tional Milk Producers’ Association, de-

clared that “American agriculture at

this hour is in the slough of despond-

ency, and with but slight encourage-

ment, other than benevolent words,

from congress and the powers in

charge of our governmental affairs.





"More than one-third of the nation

consists 0! food producers. Without.‘

them the people of the cities would-

starve. And yet this army of protec-

tors flnds here in Washington out of

five hundred and thirty senators and

representatives less than a dozen from

their calling. During the last session

of congress, there have been thou-‘

sands of pages in the Congressional

Record devoted to condolences, to eu-

logies of the farmer. to prepared epi-

taphs for the tombstone over his dying

hopes, and not five lines of legislation

have been written for his relief.





“The greatest camouflage arrange-

ment that any parliamentary bodyyof

the world possesses, and. through

which the adroit and oily congressman

can be all things. to all constituents

consists of the fossilized inheritance

rules, by which senators and congress—

men retain their committee places

from session to session, provided their

own constituents send them back. No

matter what national view they may

have, no matter whether their senti-

ments are responsible to the semi

ments of congress there they sit by

primogeniture in a national capacity

representing less than one-four-hun-

dredth part of the people of the Unit-

ed States. By custom they are also

appointed upon conference committees

with the other coordinate body.





“In just such, a cemetery there sleeps

today the measure known as the Vol-

stead bill, giving to farmers the right

to cooperatively sell their own prod—

ucts. Two or three men in the United

States Senate stand over its grave,

both defy and deny thirty—five millions

of farmers the relief for which every

farm organization has asked and which

was promised them by both of the

great political parties in their last na-

tional campaign.



“We have consideration for the diffi—

culty that confronts congress in giving

to important. matters earliest atten-

tion, but when we find every potential

relief to farmers denied them, every

important measure upon which their

hearts have been set, tied in covert

by inside rules and steering commit-

tees, by party whips, into whose pres-

ence a farmer cannot and dare not en-

ter, we note with what ease and leger‘

domain the buck can be passed by

sending bills to the dormitories of

these hostile committees. Better would

it be for the farmers of the country

and for all industry, if congress were

open-faced where its real sentiments

could be expressed or known.”





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g. _ HE biggest~ meeting of - actual

" , farmers and persons directly in-

terested in live stock production

ever held in the upper peninsula is

scheduled for March 29-30-31, at Me-

nominee County Agricultural School,

Menominee, Michigan. A big gather-

ing of Cloverland farmers from fifteen

counties of the upper peninsula. and

Northern Wisconsin.

Thiswill give all classes of farmers





and their Wives an opportunity to hear '





'the, leading experts from the Michigan





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Agricultural College, the Wisconsin

College of Agriculture and other noted

authorities on the subjects of domestic

science, farm crop production and live

stack growing.



This big three—day institute will have

sessions for both men and women, as

has been customary in the past. The

farmer’s voice will be heard on every

aspect of agricultural thought and

practice at this meeting.



March 29. the first day of the insti.





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and at Farmers’ Week of the Michigan

Agricultural College, on display at this

institute. 'The school and interested

business men of this section of the

country otter eight silver trophy cups

as an inducement to exhibit at the big

grain and potato show to be featured.

There will be a shoe display, bringing

out the fact that Dame Fashion must

take a. back seat for Solid Comfort and

Health. _ . ‘



Farm machinery companies will

have their latest machinery on dis-

play. Baking powder and» cereal com-

panies will demonstrate and pass out

samples and literature. The garment-

making clubs of the rural schools of





this section, will display their gar-





ments in an endeavorto win the tro-

phy cup and sewing machine offered

as prizes.



The local American Legion team is

to play the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege Base Ball Team on the evening

of March 29. The college team is a





 





 





Some of the Cups to be Offered.





tute, is to be called Farm Bureau Day

and a large delegation of farm bureau





men and women from all sections of .





the upper peninsula are expected to

attend this meeting and'hear state au-

thorities discuss textiles, dairy and

market problems.



March 30 will be general agriculture

day and Dean H. L. Russell, of the

Wisconsin University, a recognized au-





: thority on agriculture over the entire

country-will be the main drawing card;

_ but crops fertilizers and land clearing





subjects discussed by prominent men

in~ their lines, will also be a big fea-

ture for the men’s session on that day.



The women will be privileged to

hear Dean Sweeny, of the Michigan

Agricultural College, also nationally

known as a leader of thought in the

problems of farm women. Miss Helen





' D. Moore, of the Department 01‘ Public





Health at Lansing, will also furnish in-





, teresting information on health prob-





 





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: lems to be met.

, agents will be on hand to demonstrate





: pep speakers, moving. pictures,

demonstrations will play an important





Home demonstration





pattern making, fabric testing and to





* conduct a millinery clinic.





The last day, March 31, will be par-

ents’ and children’s day, at which time

club





part on the program. The moving pic-

ture, “Todd, of the Times," and also





3 the one _ taken at the International

1 Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, “The





Visit of; the Victor's,” are to be shown.

'Majny displays; and educational ex-

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very fast team and a peppy game is

expected.



New and refreshing milk drinks

will be served between sessions and

everything is planned to'make this

event the farmers’ and housewives’

convention of the upper peninsula and

to give everyone a pleasant and profit-

able time-





VETCH FOR HAY.





 





Will vetch (fall vetch) sown with

oats mature so as to make cat and

vetch hay? Will the vetch live through

the coming winter so as to make seed

that year?



Kent Co. R. T.





You can sow a mixture of sand vetch

and oats early this Spring and the

vetch will mature sufficiently to make

into hay. I doubt it you get the best

results but it certainly will improve

the quality of the hay by adding more

protein to it. But if you want to raise

vetch for seed you should sow it in

September with rye. This .then lives

over the winter like rye, and matures

suiticiently so that the rye and vetch

can be harvested together the next

season. This is the way practically all

the vetch seed is produced. Special

machinery separates the rye from the





'vetch.





Personally, I would prefer for hay

this year, to mix Canada Field Peas

with cats rather than with vetch.

These will make full growth in the

same length of time the oats do, and

when cut at the proper time and prop

erly cured‘it makes an excellent hay

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every so often; and “every so .often” in an automo-



bile means generally every 500 miles—never to exceed

1,000 miles. In a tractor, every thirdday at least.





This is the most important thing in the care of a motor.

It’s much less costly than repair bills and it’s. less annoy-

ing. When you drain off the old 011 replace With kerosene

and run our motor slow y for one minute, then drain and

refill wit En-ar-co Motor Oil. You’ll find that your motor

“feels” better and acts better—more “pep” and new life.





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l and accumulates, resulting in serious damages, and unex-

pected repair bills. '





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of any motor. This Scientifically Refined Oil in connection

with White Rose Gasoline and En-ar-co Gear Compound

will give you best results at the least expense.





Why En-ar-co Motor Oil is Better





i All Motor Oils are made from crude petroleum —- they all have the same

starting point; but the difference comes in the stopping point.





The exacting care and scientific accuracy used in refining Enoar-co Motor

Oil will not permit its “making” to stop until it has reached the very height

of quality required of it. Possibly, for this reason, we do not get as much

En-ar-co from a gallon of crude petroleum as we could, but you get a

better oil. This is why En-ar—co will keep your motor remarkably free

from carbon, engine trouble and repair costs.





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A403 National Bldg” Cleveland, Ohio

‘ 3mm in 95 Cities
No Iadzwtzom a] Higéer Prices at Presenthy sad... Show





"ROBE and. more is heard of the



possibilities of a spring bulge. in

. , feed prices. Such a course is

not unusual for the feed trade, despite

"the ripening of pastures‘in many sec-

tions of the country which permits ma-

terial curtailment of buying. The rise

in prices is influenced more by the

slackening movement of commodities

from the country incident to spring

work in the fields. The seasonal trend

or cattle, hog and sheep prices during

spring is upward, and this exerts a

bullish influence on corn, other coarse

grains and foodstuffs. Some feeds,

however. follow a declining tendency,

particularly“ those which suffer the

- sharpest contraction in demand result-

ing from the use of pasture. Alfalfa,

prairie and tame hay rank in the lat-

ter group.



The trend of the market for various

feeds in recent. weeks has not offered

any signs of an upward movement of

values. Instead, declining prices, in

some instances sharp, have occurred

during the past month. ~Bran and

shorts are selling on a basis about $3

to $4 a ton lower than a month ago,

alfalfa. hay has declined an average of

$5 a. ton, the high protein feeds, in-

cluding cottonseed cake and meal, are

aslniuch as $2 a ton lower, and the

coarse grains have fluctuated irregu—

larly, tending slightly downward most

of‘the time. The commercial mixed

feeds also are lower, at least the de-

clines in the 1aw products justify re-

cessions





Those who are bullish on the feed-

stuffs outlook place much hope in the

improved position of the corn market.

They see a material and possibly a

sharp contraction in the movement of

the coarse grain from the country,

which at no time on the crop has

reached a. volume commensurate with

the size of the harvest. Pressure of

renters’ corn is now practically out of

the way, settlements in most sections

of the country having been completed

on March 1. Incidentally, there is less

pressure, too, from producers who

have been selling to escape the annual

tax assessments. Almost without ex-

ception marketings of corn show a

falling-off after the January and Feb—

ruary run is at an end. Other influ-

ences restricting the movement, in-

cluding the rush of spring field work,

are the prospects for a large pig crop

over the important hog and corn-pro

ducing sections and the relatively at-

tractive position of pork animal prices,

which is stimulating use of the coarse

grain.



The Feeding Demand.





Along with the expectations of a

smaller movement of corn from the

country. feeders are displaying more

and more interest in the offerings on



~ markets and an enlargement in the

feeding demand is probable before the

approach of summer. Whether the

feeding demand will be up to normal,

however. is a question, owing to the

abundance of other feeds in the coun-

try. But the trade which is favorable

to the buying side of corn maintains

’ that the coarse cereal is relatively the

cheapest feed and that by its use as a

substitute for other commodities the

demand will again reach a large total.

There is already considerable buying

between farmers, but the feeding de-

mand for corn on markets is still of .a

~ negligible volume. in View of the fact

that stocks of the grain are the largest





L T .1 in more than five years amd one of the





‘ -nrges't on record for this season.





sixty to sixty-eight cents a bushel in

Chicago at this writing and around

fifty-six to sixty-live cents at other mid-

dle west markets.



The Prospective Pig Crop.



More than pas-sing consideration

must be given the prospective crop as

an influence on- corn, and on other

feedstuffs as well. Relatively high hog

prices in recent'months have not been

a material influence on the corn mar-

ket because of the scarcity of stock

and feeding pigs. This, however, will

disappear with the approaching ”spring

fan-rowing season, while the mainte-

nance of hog prices around their pres-

ent levels—there ,is quite general talk

of material advances—will mean a

strengthening of the position of the

coarse grain. .Meat animal producers





,will probably not err in acoumulating

their spring and early summer require:

‘ments of corn in the immediate future.-





The Oat Market.



A relatively broader feeding demand

has been felt’in the oat market than

in corn, though the minor cereal's fluc-

tuations have been almost entirely in

sympathy with the action of the lead-

ing feed grain. Thesouth has bought

more freely with the approach of-

spring, yet there is more or less disap-

pointment over the volume of oat bus-

iness with that territory. No other

section in the United States has suf-

fered to the extent of the south from

the commodity price depression of re-

cent months, the extreme weakness of

cotton being reflected in- a‘serious lack

of credit in that territory. Incidentally





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A Study of Timothy Prices





T is calculated that the United

States grows about 15, 000, 000 acres

of timothy alone, and 20,000,000 acres

of timothy with Clover which is pre-

sumed to neCessitate the use of around

200,000,000 pounds of seed annually.

There are no official estimates upon

timothy seed production, but the sup-

ply usually is ample enough to supply

domestic needs and supply a certain

quantity for export. The price is some-

what erratic, depending upon the price

of hay. High prices for hay usually

result in high seed prices during the

following year because less is cut for

seed and there is a bigger. demand be-

cause of the effort to increase acreage.

Timothy seed did not attain a very

high price during the war period. An

exceedingly large crop was produced

in 1916, while high prices for feed

crops reduced the demand for grass

seed. Prices for the 1919 crop were





high, but not so high as upon the 1911

crop.



This year’s crop is known to be

large and much of it remains infarm-

ers' hands. Exports are averaging

slightly over 1,000,000 pounds amonth.



Trade'expectancy is that spring de—

mand will be fairly large because of

low prices for grains. However, hay

prices are low and the outlook for hay

producers is discouraging so long as

present freight rates remain in force.

This situation will be a partial offset.



Prices as shown by the chart are be-

low the average of the preceding ten

year. Usually there is an advance

during the spring months. Whether it

will occur during the coming spring 1

the question puzzling both buyers an

sellers. If sellers become anxious to

Unload the market might weaken,

while an abnormally large demand

cause a big advance.——G. GUBLER.





 





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mined by the department of agxiudtm.

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the lack of buying power by planters ,

of; the south has been and continues

teact as a powerfulcheck on bullish-

nese in prices for all feeds. Farmers

have sold oats quite freely, their ‘sur-

plus stocks still being considerably

larger than normal for this season.

Oats are bringing around forty to fifty

cents a bushel on middle west mar-

kets, including Chicago. Spring field

work is usually a stimulant for buying

oats, which probably will be reflected

in prices.

The Mlllfeods.



Bran and shorts have undergone re-

cessions, probably marking the end :of

the readjustment process for six weeks

or two months, that is, until the trade

begins to discount the opening of the

new crop year. While hardly on an

attractive basis yet, both the light and

heavy offals, which are selling at the

lowest level in more than five years,

are now in a position to compete eas-

ily with competitive feeds. 011 west-

ern milling markets, including Minne-

apolis and Kansas City, bran sold be-

low a dollar per hundredweight Within

the past month. Prices have since

strengthened, being around $21. 50 to

$22.50 a ton in Minneapolis $20 50 to

$21. 50 in Kansas City, $23 to $24 in

Chicago and $24 to $25 in St. Louis.

Minneapolis was quoting around $26 a

ton for bran a month ago, with other

markets on a freight differential.





Since the recent dip in prices, brown

and gray shorts have strengthened rel-

atively more than bran. Minneapolis

quotes flour middlings or gray shorts .

around $25 a ton and $22 to $22.60 for

brown shorts, with the Kansas City

market around $22 to $23 for gray and

$21 for brown. Red dog, or a very low

grade flour, is bringing around $32 a

ton on both markets. St. Louis ano

Chicago prices are holding around $26

to $27 a ton for gray shorts. The heav-

ier feeds will broaden the premium ov-

er bran for the next few months if

past years’ experience may be taken as

a barometer. Owing to enormous

needs of hog producers for shorts in

feeding pigs, this wheat offal ordinar-

ily rises more rapidly in price than

bran: A year ago the differential be-

tween bran and shorts amounted to

about $20 a ton at this season. A dif-

ferential of $5 a ton is probable this

year. The millfeed situation does not ,

offer extremely bullish prospects, ow‘

ing to the outlook for a moderate en-

largement in the production by mills

and because of the hesitancy among

buyers in accumulating stocks. Still

there is enough hand-to-mouth buying

by hog producers and dairymen in the

central states and middle west, as well

as the south and southeast, to absorb

the output of mill, with the result

that stocks are not accumulating in,

commercial channels. A spurt in buy-

ing by hog feeders will therefore be

felt as a bullish influence.



The commercial Feed-s.



With only a meager demand from

foreign countries and an almost gen-

eral lack of interest in ofierings on

the part of fertilizer manufacturers

and commercial mixed feed interests,

more 01 less difficulty is being experi-

enced in sustaining prices for cotton-

s-eed cake .and meal. The domestic

feeding demand is of moderate propor-

tions, haying increased slightly in re

cent weeks in anticipation of heavier

Spring requirements. But even the do-

mestic business is of smahcr than noi-

mal volume for this season. .0111: M

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Dld. You Buy “Separators

or Insulation?





When you bought your battery it had that leaves you with a bill to pay for

either separators or insulation between having those separators replaced.





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

 

 





 

 





 

 

   





 

 

 

 

 





   

 

 

 





 

 

 





the positive and negative plates. Most of the cars with wide reputation

. , If you werebattery-wise enough to buy for quality use the Willard Threaded

1_§§§§ a car with a Willard Threaded Rubber Rubber Battery—the battery with in-

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, Go to the nearest dealer in' your territory when you

'fggE need a new battery, or authorized Willarcl Service.

MICHIGAN Grand Haven, Kooiman Batt. Strx Ironwood, Julius Bentzcn Elect. Co. 33333

IIIIII Adrian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Union Garage , . C0 . .. Jackson. . . .Jackson Sto. Batt. Co. 55533 ,

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,fi‘o‘m shoddy. ‘ Not ‘for a long tune have



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{at any price. Now you can get them



‘ 'at prices lower than those generally ask-

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; The ordinary “all wool’fi guaranty does

not protect you. A blanket or piece of

goods containing 100% shoddy may be



' sold as “all wool”; but it is second—hand

WOOI, with all the best wear gone. . Vir-



Igin wool” wool that has never been used



. before—is the only assurance of .full wear

and value. _ . _ _

These blankets are made from Virgin Michigan-

grown wool by mills under contract with this Bur-

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for the wool produced by Michigan farmers; in dis-

tributing the maximum number of blankets. not in

making a profit on the blankets themselves.



It presents an unusual opportunity for you to buy

the best blankets at a low cost. If you are not sat—

isfied fully, we will gladly refund your money. For

those who desire a softer blanket, some are made

with cotton warp.



double. ure virgin wool in blue

The Aurora and whii’e, tan andx ills/hue, gray

and whiteplaids is 72x34 inch es, weig t . .5

pounds with a neat locksitch binder. Price $9.50





. ‘ sin le, made ex ressly for people

The "linOIS whg' require a ‘iittle softer blan-

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The George Washington, affix;





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pink border. size 72x84 inches, weight _5 pounds.

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HE officers. and directors of the



Michigan Milk Producers’ Associa-

tion have been for some. weeks quietly

working out a plan by which the sur-

plus milk problem in the Detroit area

could be eliminated. This plan was

suggested at the delegate meeting held

at Detroit in January, and its present

development is along the general lines

announced by PTesident Hull at that

time. Since that date the board of di-

rectors ot’ the producers' organization

have gone into the matter more care-

fully, aud appointed a committee to

Visit the model plant maintained by

the Dairy Division of the United States

Department of Agriculture at Grove

City, Pa... to study the methods used

there and the price gotten for the milk

used in manufacturing the products

made there, which include Swiss and

Italian cheese of a quality which fills

the place of the imported article in our

markets.



Pursuant to this study of the prob-

lem a general meeting was called at

Detroit on,Friday of last week, which

was attended by about. two hundred-

and fifty daii-ymen representing the

various local units in the DetrOit area.

The favorable report of the committee

was supplemented by Mr. Helmer Ra-

bild, of the Dairy Division who was

present at the meeting to explain the

work done at the Grove City plant and

give his views as to the manner in

which such a plant could be made to

serve the Detroit area producers.



Following the presentation of the

proposition in all its details. the dairy-

men present approved the proposition

by a practically unanimous vote. A

committee was appointed for each

county in the area to take up the ques-

tion of financing the proposition with

their membership and report to the

board at a later issue.



The plan calls for the erection of a

modern plant. at some central point

outside of Detroit, for the manufac-

ture of various milk products, primar-

ily as a means of caring for the sun

plus milk in the Detroit area. Prac-

Iically, this plan, if successfully work-

ed out will demonstrate the possibili-

ties of solving the problem of dairy-

men outside the market milk area by

similar means.





‘TO MANUFACTURE WOOL INTO

CLOTH.



HE wool department of the State



Farm Bureau is going into the

clothing industry. It has announced

that both ladies’ and men’s suitings

will be made from virgin wool in the

Michigan wool pool. The product will

be turned out by a Michigan mill. This

will not only give the farmer having

wool in the pool an additional return

on his wool through its sale as a man-

ufactured product, but it will enable

him to buy the finest in suitings from

his own plant at cosh—material abso-

lutely free from shoddy. The wool de-

partment is now sending sample books

to the county agents. Several other

states of the American Farm Bureau

Federation has engaged in the manu~

facture of suitings with marked suc-

cess.





pnocness or AGRICULTURAL

DEPARTMENT BILL.





 





BILL providing for the establish-

ment of a department of agricul-

ture, wthh was introduced by Home

sentative Atwood, has been successive-

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houSe sidetracked over legislation to

secure immediate passage of this

measure. When it was reported by the

agricultural committee on Wednesday





the rules were suspended and the bill,





given immediate consideration by the

committee of the whole. After being

favorably reported by this body, the

rules were again suspended and the

bill put on its immediate passage on

third reading. The roll call evidenced

unanimous approval of the measure by

a final vote of eighty-eight to nothing

and given immediate effect. The bill

was sent to the senate for their action.



The agricultural committe of the

houSe made several amendments to

the bill which will make the proposed

department more truly agricultural in

character. As a result of one of" the

amendments, the duties of the board

of geological survey will not be taken

over by the new department, but will

no doubt be included in the work of

the proposed department of conserva‘

tion to which they are more 010$.er

related. The work of the present mar

ket director will be placed under the

department of agriculture Whose duties

have been amended to include “the in.

vestigation and improvement of mar-

keting conditions as now provided by

law.”



Fostering of direct trading between

producer and consumer will come with-

in the scope of the new department ac-

cording to another amendment.



Harmony between the State Depart-





ment of Agriculture and the other.





state departments is insured by the

adoption of an amendment providing

that “all the powers and duties impos-

ed by this act. on the State Department

of Agriculture shall be exercised and

performed under the supervisory con-

trol of the state administrative boarc .”

The bill as now [amended agrees al-

most exactly with the recommenda-

tions of the Michigan State Farm Bu-

reau and its enactment. into law by the

present session of the legislature will

be a great advance for the agricultural

interests of Michigan. '

LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE ELECTS

OFFICERS.





 





HE first meeting of the newly



elected directors of the board of

directors of the Michigan Live Stock

Exchange was held in Lansing, Thurs-

day, March 3, when the following offi-

cers were elected: President, C. J.

Miller, Union City; vice-president, E.

R. Munson, St. Johns; secretary-man-

ager, E. E. Compson, Lansing; treas-

urer, N. W. Stuart, Clarksville; record-

ing secretary, George Boutell, Perry;

farm bureau commit-tee, E. A. Beamer,

Blissfield; P. M. Granger, Charlotte.





HEARING ON STATE INCOME TAX

LAW.





 





ARMERS of Michigan’again effec‘

tively voiced their protest against

present conditions of taxation and

their united support of a state income

tax when representatives of the var-

ious farmers’ organizations of the

state appeared before the house com-

mittee on revision and amendment of

the constitution and on behalf of over

four hundred thousand farm voters

urged the passage of the McArthur,

Mosier resolution to provide for the

submission to the people of a, constitu—

tlonal amendment to allow for legisla-

tive enactment of a state income tax

law. ‘ '

N.'P. Hull. representing the State

Grange voiced the sentiment of the

friends of the bill when he believed





that an income tax was dust soother





it should be "adopted mum: to more

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submission ofthls issue to the elector-



ate were: “ Senator McArthur, father .

of the senate version of the resolu-



tion; J. N. McBride, representing the L

affiliated farmers’ clubs,and Mrs. Dora.



Stockman, speaking for the farm wom~



en and children of Michigan.



Owing to the lateness of the hour.

representatives cf the Michigan State

Farm Bureau executive committee and

legislative department yielded their

time to O. F. Barnes, chairman of the

board of state tax commissioners. Mr.

Barnes, in the most comprehensive

and authoritative speech of the even-

ing, pointed out that we ,are operating

under an eighty-year-old 'tax system

which was framed to meet very differ.

ent conditions than those which exist

today. He asserted that three thou:

sand million dollars worth of intangi-

ble property in Michigan pays no tax.



The forces opposed to a state in:

come tax were represented by four

very able speakers but were unable to

meet the argument brought forward

by the friends of the bill as to the

justice of the proposed measure. These

speakers were: Hal H. Smith, counsel

for the Michigan Manufacturers’ Asso-

ciation; Allen Reese, of the Calumet &

Hecla Copper Company; Mr. Savage,

of the Saginaw Manufacturers Asso-

ciation, and J. Walter Drowdy, of Des

troit.





MICHIGAN WELL ORGANIZED.





 





GREAT many Michigan farmers



are doubtless aware that their

state is unusually well organized

in the field of cooperative marketing,

but probably few realize that the Mich-

igan Agricultural College spends more

money for thede'velopment of this

movement than any Other land-grant

college in the country.



Proof of this fact is contained in'the

annual report of statistics of coopera‘

tire extension work recently issued by

the United States Department of Agri-

culture. The amount set aside‘ by M.

A. C. for marketing is $14,700, easily

the largest in any'of the thirty-three

northern states included in the same,

classification. Massachusetts is next

with $10,425, Missouri is spending

$8,440, Iowa $8,100, iNebraskn. $5,200.

New York $5,440, and Ohio $3,700. In

Wisconsin no budget is set aside strict-

ly for marketing, but even under dairy.

ing where practically all market activ~

ities' in‘ the state are centered the

amount listed is only $13,810.





SELECTING ‘ BIRDS.





 





ITALITY and vigor are of the high

est importance in selecting birds

for the spring breeding pens, declares

C. H. Burgess, head of the poultry de-

partment at M. A. C. None that has

been sick during the year should be

chosen, while on the other hand, those

with red combs and lustrous feathers,

which sing or crow often, are pretty

sure to be desirable. :

Breeders sould be penned by them~

selves and fed generously upon grains,

both Whole and ground. “Give them

green food,” he says, “and sour skim-

milk. Feed grain in deep litter. Make

hens in breeding pen work, if possi—

ble, giving them free range. Eggs

should be gatheied often during the

colder days. of spring and kept 'in a

temperature that is less than sixty de-

grees F., but not below fifty degrees:

Turn the eggs often.” A

The breeding pens should be made

up during March if the work has not

already been done, says Professor Bur.-

gess.—F. W. HENSHAiw. «





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HE Delta County Farm Bureau



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a central milk distribution plant

at Escanaba. An option on a building

has been secured and meetings will

now be held throughout the county to

choose delegates to the conference in

Escanaba. Officers will be chosen at

this meeting and by-laws will be adop-

ted, then a stock sale will be put on,

it is announced. It is intended to be-

gin the operation of the plant this





spring. It is a farmers’ cooperative

enterprise for direct marketing of

milk.





Farmers around Rapid River in Del-

ta county are also said to be consider-

ing the establishment of a cooperative

creamery. The Delta Farm Bureau has

recently ordered forty thousand pounds

of grass seed from the State Farm Bu-

reau—~enough, it is stated, to sow three

and one-half acres of land on every

farm in that ecunty. It is claimed

that this is the largest order placed

by any county bureau with the State

Farm Bureau. Mr. Pattison is prepar-

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tatoes from ,below the straits, it" his

farmers want them—rand some of them

do. He states that trials of this vari-

ety in Menominee and Schoolcrai‘t

counties have proven very satisfac-

tory. The Delta bureau, it is reported,

has recently unloaded its sixteenth

carload of feed and flour, and four cars

of commercial fertilizer and one car

of grass seed is due to arrive next

month. The bureau is now taking or-

ders for binder—twine, seed corn, fence-

wire and seed barley.



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any other county of the state, last

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certified seed potatoes. Mr. Pattison

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Farmers’ Week for Cloverland.





The farmers’ institute at the Menom-

inee County Agricultural School,'to be

held March 29-31, will feature a drain-

age exhibit by the Michigan Agricul-

tural College, which will indicate the

crops suitable for drained and poorly

drained lands. There Vl’lll‘alSO be a

machinery exhibit. Through the coop-

eration of A. T. Depue, upper penin-

sula directOr. of the State Farm Bu-

reau, there will be a display of woolen

fabrics made under the direction of

the State Farm Bureau, which will

'be in charge of” Mrs. \Vager, also

of the farm bureau directorate. A con-

siderable number of outside concerns

will display manufactured products

likely to be of interest to farmers.

The grain exhibit of Michigan which

was shown at the International Grain

Show in Chicago, last 1-511, and later

at Farmers’ Week in East Lansing,

will also be put on at the Menominee

school. A distribution of pedigreed

grain will take place.



' Surplus of Copper.



The depression in the copper mar-

ket, which has left Michigan produc-

ers with many millions of pounds of

the red metal on their hands, is again

, leading to talk of our mining compa-

nies going into the manufacturing bus-

iness along lines that will consume

This has been sug-

gested for some time, but the public

announcement on the part of Mr.

James McNaughton, of Calumet, man-

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tions were favorable. is very signifi-

cant. The Ca-lumet and Hecla has 75,-

000,000 pounds of copper on hand, and

its manufacture into marketable arti-

cles may afford the only escape from

the present situation. State Repre-

sentative William Miller, of Houghton,

has introduced a bill into the legisla-

ture, legalizing manufacturing by min-

ing companies. Michigan copper.

while pure copper as it comes from

the ground, is produced at a relatively

high cost, because it comes from very

great depths, in some instances of-

more than a mile below the surface,

and because it often comes from rock

whose copper content is very low.

This situation with a bad market has

put the Michigan copper industry on

its back, and if it is not revived, it

will terminate its existence as one of

the great industries of the state, and,

incidentally, as one of the big tax con-

tributors. This latter consideration

will influence the legislature to do all

that it can to aid the industry, and to

this end, appropriations should be al—

lowed which will permit the Michigan

Geological Survey to lend whatever as-

sistance can be rendered. Indeed, this

applies to our iron ore interests as

well as our COppel‘ interests. The re-

connoisance work of the geological sur-

vey, its maps andinvestigations, are

at the base of our mineral develop

ment.



Mr. W. H. Moulton, of Ishpeming,

director of the sociological department

of the largest corporation in the Mich-

igan iron industry, described the work

of his department to the faculty and

students of the Northern State Normal

School, March 3. For its 3,600 em-

ployes in the mining department, the

company maintains a force of twenty

social workers; including three full-

time nurses and managers of the‘com- ,

pany club houses, a safety engineer to

study and develop methods of insuring,r

greater safety for the employes, whose,

assistant. gives regular instruction in

safety to classes of employes. Mr.

Moulton stated that because of theme

efforts there are many less accidents

and fatalities than formerly. A resr

cottage is maintained where any wom-

an who requires rest for recuperation

from an illness or otherwise may go,

and where last year eighty people were

maintained for an average of twelve

days each. The company supports club

houses for its employes, which afford

opportunity for wholesome recreation:

dances, parties, athletics, meetings

and games.





Hay Now Moving Rapidly.



The Chippewa County Farm Bureau

is said to be swamped with orders for

hay and farmers are working hard to

satisfy the demand. On the other

hand, local warehouses of the bureau

have— been cleaned out of flour, sugar

and feed, and more cars are due to ar-

rive shortly. An additional order of

grass-seed will be forwarded to Lan-

sing soon. The Chippewa Bureau has

taken over a new office and warehouse-

building at the “800,” which will bet-

ter serve its growing requirements.





‘ The front portion will serve as a lobby





and rest-room for farmers.



The sheep on the Creetan- Com-

pany‘s ranch, Drummond Island, are.

reported to be wintering well. Their

winter forage is clover hay and oats.

Next summer they will return to their

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0RD comes that one of the barns

AOn the'old home farm in Eaton

county, burned with all contents. The

owner had gone to the barn to do the

chores, and set his lantern on top of a

box where he kept feed, in the base-

ment, and started milking. When he

finished the first cow he found his pail

was leaking, and went to the house to

strain the milk, leavingrthe lantern.





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besides hay, grain, beans, cloverseed,

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wouldhave burned also, as the wind

was high, and the house caught fire

several times, but was extinguished.





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some of the stock got loose and nosed

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bad enough, but just think of the poor

dumb brutes tied up and roasted alive.

Every year more of the farmers are





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CHAPTER 1.

David” Moreland’s Mountain.





ABLYLE WILBURTON DALE—-



known to himself and a few close



friends as Bill Dale—had laid out

a course of action almost before the

northbound t1 ain had left the outskirts

of the state‘capital behind. It incur-

red facing big odds; but other men

had faced big odds and won out, and

what others'had done he'could do. In-

deed, he had already done several

things which other men might not have

thought of doing, and one of them was

the leaving of a b1ide, not figuratively

but literally, at the altai in a fashion-

able church! But he knew Patricia

hadn’t wanted to marry him any more

than he had wanted to marry her.



It was only natural for him to think

of coal, now that he had cut loose for

all time from the "set” in which he

had always been a colossal misfit, now

that he must pull his own oars or virt-

ually perish. He had heard coal talked

since the day of his birth; to him coal

and business meant exactly the same.

His thoughts ran backward.



One of his father’s associates had

often spoken of a. fine vein in the moun-

tains of eastern Tennessee~had often

tried to persuade his father to look

into it, to no avail. Young Dale re-

membered that this vein lay not far

from a long railroad siding called the

Halfway Switch, in the vicinity of Big

Pine Mountain. The owners were

mountainfolk of English descent, his

father’s associate had said. Decidedly

strangeqthought Dale, that his father

had never cared' to investigate it.



It was growing late. Dale and the

midnight hour had always been strang~

ers. He drew the rim of his soft hat

over his eyes, lay back on the red

cushions, and let the monotonous

click!-click! ot the 1ail joints below

lull him to sleep



The cindery little train reached the

long siding about the middle of the fol-

lowing morning. Dale took up his bag,

hastened out. and soon found himself

standing alone in the heart of an ex-

tremely wild section of country. But

it. was a beautiful country. Great rug-

ged, forest—covered, green hills reared

their heads on all sides;eve1ywhere

he saw the gmgeous floweis oi the

laurel, the ioyal pu1ple of the redbud,

the golden yellow 01' the wild honey-

suckle, the dainty white stars of the

puccoons, and giant terns—it was June

in the mountains, too.



When the noises of the little train

‘and the fast mail it had just met had

died away, there came the saucy chat-

.teiing of boomer squiuels and the

sweet twittering of birds. Dale caught

the joyous spirit. He could have fairly

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human heart. Here all was unspoiled





and unprofaned, and something whis-

pered within him





‘They want call you a. savage here,





—make this your own country.



From somewhere on a nearby moun-

tainside a rifle’s keen report split the

air; a bullet whined like a mad hor-

net; Dale’s hat jumped 21' little on his

head. .



The awakening was exceedingly

rude- Dale wheeled, his grey eyes

ablaze, and saw only a tiny cloud of

smoke- mist rising from the laurels

more than fifty feet away.



“Come out, you coward!” he roared.

“Come out and let me see you,” cur-

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“If I behave myself-e!“ Dale laugh

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tried; I’m the one and only mamma’s

little Willieboy! I wonder if .I could

put up at, some house near here; eh?”



A spirit of mischief shone in the

young woman’s hazel eyes.



“Put up what ?” she asked, revealing

two rows of perfect teeth' kept per-

fectly white by the constant use of a

spicewood toothbrush.



“I mean stop-er, stay for a few

days, you know.”



“The’ might be, "‘ thoughtfully.



“Where 9”



“At pap s, or grandpap’, or with most

any 0’ my people ; or,” she added with

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voice. “I’ve always wanted to know

just what a real highwayman was

like!”



The muffled sound of a twig break-

ing a short distance off to his left next

claimed his attention. He was being

closely watched by a pair of the finest,

clearest brown. eyes he had ever seen.

He saw her eyes first; he never forgot

that.





She was standing on a low cliff be--

yond the sparkling creek that flowed

beside the iailroad, and she was par-

tially hidden by a clump of blooming

lau1e1. But Dale could see that she

was about twenty; that, every line of

her rounded, graceful figure.whispered

of a doelike strength; that she was as

straight as a young pine; that her

chestnut-brown hair caught the sun-

light, and that her face was ovel-shap-

ed and handsome—rather than pretty

—in spite of its tan. She was bare-

footed and her d1ess was a simple

thing of white dotted blue calico



Dale took off his hat. There was a

bullet hole in the very top of its high~

peaked croWn?”



“Who’s the robber?” he frowned.



The girl blushed.



“Mebbe he ain't a 1",obbe1 ” she said.

‘Mebbe he thought you was somebody

else. Anyhow, you ain't very bad huIt,

ale ye?”



Dale smiled. “Oh, not seriously.”



“You ain’t likely to be, of ye be’

have yeself.”





1L .1! CRES—Sure/y Slim is (m #11 ’Round Man.





might stay with some 0’ them low



down Morelands.”

“Where do your people live?”

“About six mile back that way.” She



pointed over her shoulder with a fore-





finger.





“Six miles-” exclaimed Dale. “And

how does one go, please, ma’am?”



“Walk,” quickly. “The trail ain’t

moren a foot wide, but the’s been big-

ger men ’an you travelled it.”



”Am I to understand that you have

walked that far this morning?" asked

Dale.





“Yes,” answered the young woman.

“It must .be something important.”



“Yes,” she replied. “To see

trains pass, fo’ one thing.” .



“Would you mind showing me the

way to your'parental domicile?”



“Vi"hat’s that, fo’ goodness’ sake?”



“Your home, you know,” Dale ex

plained with a smile.



“Oh, my home. Why didn’t you say

so then? No, I won’t,” she declared.



Dale put his bag down and rested

his hands on his hips.



“Why, may I enquire?”



“ ’Cause I won’t. I don’t never keep

comp’ny with no strange menfolks. But

yander comes By, and he’ll show ye

the way; he’s goin’ over to the settle-

ment.” .



Dale faced to the right and saw, com-

ing toward him with steps that would

have measured almost four feet, the

tallest and lankiest individual he had





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ever seen outside a circus. The new‘.

comer had a smoothly-shaven chin, his

coal-black hair was long and his long

moustache completely hid the narrow

slit that was his mouth. In one hand

he carried a repeating rifle. .



“Who’s that?” Dale half whispered.



“That’s By Heck," answered the girl.

She continued in a, low voice, “His

name’s Sam Heck; but pap he called:

him ‘By Heck’ one day, and the nick-

name stuck to him like molasses. Ev-

erybody calls him that now, even the

revenuers. By, he’s the biggest eater,

and the biggest liar, in the world; But

his lyin’ don’t never do no harm, and

nobody keers. So of ye want to go to

the settlement, Mister, By, he’ll take

ye over. They mebbe ain’t got What

you’re used to fo’ eatin’, but ye’ll be

welcome to what the’ is.”



She seemed more inclined toward

being friendly now. Her voice had bet-‘4

come soft and musical. Although Dale

did not suspect it, the change had been

made in the sacred name of hospital-

ity-most mountainfolk being long on

hospitality.



She laughed a little, turned, and dis-

appeared among the .blooming laurels.



The man By Heck wore the poor

clothing of a poor hillman. His hat,

which had once been black, was all

brim and yet all crown; his suspend-

ers, which had been bought with a

’coonhide, were redder than fire; his

rundown cowhide boots seemed ridicu-

lously short because of the great

length of his slender legs.



When he had reached a point some

three yards from Dale,~ he halted, plac-

ed the butt of his rifle carefully be-

tween his toes, and leaned on its mun

zle; then he deliberately began to take

eye measurements of the‘ newcomer,

and there was not much about Dale’s

exterior that escaped his keen scrutiny.



Dale didn’t like the starewto him it

was impudent.



‘ “Well, what’s the verdict?” he asked





sharply.

“Spoke like a man,” drawled By

Heck. “I reckon you must be up here





. aflookin' fo’ coal.”





“How did you reach such a conclu~

sion as that?"



“Jest plainhoss sense.” The droop-

ing mustache muffled the words some-

what. “The‘ ain’t but three things’ at

can bring a city man here, Mister.” he

drawled on, “and them’s moonshine

stills, bad health, and coal. You shore

ain’t got bad health, and you ain’t got

the cut of a revenuer, though a few

minutes ago I thought ye was.”



“And you shot at me!” said Dale.



“No,” objected Heck. “I shot at yore

hat. I allus hits at what I shoots at,

Mister. I wanted ye to turn yore face.

so’s I could see it, ‘and ye did. As fo’

that coal—~— .





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{They lived over in.

them 'and the Littlefords. The settle-

ment it lays atween David Morelund’s

Mountain and the Big Pine, on a putty

green valley. Doe River runs atween

the Moreland’s and the Littlefords

They’re everyone darned fine, folks.

I’m a goin’*over thar now. Want to go

’long? Say—darn my picture of I didn’t

l'o’git to ax what might be yore name,

Mister!”



“Bill Dale," came quickly—“Bill Dale.

Settlement? Sure! Lead the way, By

Heck. Who’s the young woman I was

talking with when you came up?”



“Who? Her? That’s old Ben Little-

ford’s gyurl. Her name’s Babe. That’s

what they call her. She’s got another

name; but it ain’t been used fo’ so

long it’s been fo’got, I reckon. She’s

the youngest one 0’ old Ben’s children.

I reckon mother’d know her name. a-

seein’ she knows everything else.

Mother, she’s the settlement’s for-

chune teller, and I’m the settlement’s

whiskey-maker; darn my picture ef I

cain’t make twenty-year-old cawn whis-

key in a day and a half! Wisht I may

die el’ I cain’t. I makes whiskey fo’

both sides of ’em. But Babe-—



“Well, Babe she's sort 0’ odd, some

how. She hain’t like none 0' the rest

0’ the Littlet‘ords. By gosh, she’s aw-

ful high-headed. She can read good,

Babe can; Old Major Bradley, from

down at Cartersville in the lowland, he

spends his summers up here to’ his

health, and he teached Babe how to





read. Fine feller, Major Bradley, Law:





yer. Babe she has done read every-

thing in the whole country. The’s sev-

’ral Bibles, and a book about a Pil~

grim’s Progress, and a Baker’s Hoss

and Cattle Almaneck, and a die-dic-

tionary. But the' ain’t nothin’ much

in the dictionary, I 'low. Babe she

comes over here to git newspapers to

read. The’ used to be a old trainman

who’d throw off newspapers here fo'

her to git. I reckon he must done be

dead now, but Babe jest keeps on a-

comin’. Everybody likes Babe.



“But we’d better light out to ’the

settlement, Mr. Bill, or we’ll miss din-

ner, mebbe. I’m a. plumb fool about

eatin’. I e’t twenty-two biscuits 0’

flourbread this mornin’ fo’ breakfus’,

asides a whole b’iled hamshank, and

other things accordin’. It’s the dyin'

truth! Come on, Mr. Bill."



They went down to the creek, cross-

ed it on stones, and began to climb the

low cliff. Soon they had entered a

narrow, winding trail that led upward

at a gradual slant, and Dale had to do

some of the best walking of his life in

order to keep pace with his long-legged

guide.



After an hour’s travelling, Heck

stopped in the trail and put the butt

of his rifle to the ground.



“From right here, Bill," he said, “we

can see every house in the whole set-

tlement.”



They were standing on the crest of

David Moreland’s Mountain. Below

them lay a broad valley checkered

with small farms; and each farm had

its log cabin, its log barn and its apple

orchard. Growing corn and wheat fill-

ed the fields; the fragrant green mead-

dows along the clear and beautiful,

sycamOre-lined little river were dotted

here and there with grazing cows. Be-

yond it all rose, the great and majestic

Big Pine, which was higher and more

rugged with cliifs than David More-

land’s Mountain.



"The Moreland’s lives on this side

0’ the river, and the Littlefords lives

on yan side,” drawled Heck. "They

don’t never have nothin’ to do with

each other, but they don’t hardly ever

fight; they’re all strappin’ big men,

and they fights so hard it don’t pay.

My gosh, Bill, every man of :em'can

shoot a‘gnat’s eyelash off at four hun-

dred'yards—I wish I may drap dead et‘



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But 'Snowbird only heard the soft

glide ot' the wolves in the snow. The

wind was blowing toward Dan; and

while he had heard the loud chorus of

the pack, one of the most far-carrying

cries, and the penetrating crack of a

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to smile at him, then crept over to his

side.



The strain was over.

what, they had to face.

pistol in his steady hand.



His hand lowered to his side and he

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ignited and burning out; they were

crouched and ready to spring if she

should venture forth after more. The

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his heart when he tried to look at them.

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the fire was out. Besides, the madness

of starvation, intensified ten times by

their terrible realization of the wound

at her hip,’ was upon the pack as never

before. The muscles bunched at his

lean flanks.



But as Snowbird and her father gaz-

ed at him in fascinated horror, the

great wolf suddenly smashed down in

the snow. She was aware of its cur-

‘ious, utter collapse actually before the

sound of the rifle shot that occasioned

consciousness.

It was a perfect shot at long range;

and for a long instant her tortured fac-

ulties refused to accept the truth.



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on the other side of the sled—fell

kicking in the snow. The pack had

leaped forward at the first death; but

they halted at the second. And then

terror came to them when the third

wolf suddenly opened its savage lips

and screamed in the death agony.



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to his knee, and was firingagain and

again, his gray eyes looking clear and

straight along the barrel; his fingers

without jerk or tremor pressing again

and again at the trigger, his hands

holding the rifle as in a vice. Every

nerve» and muscle were completely in

his command. The distance was far,

yet hé shot with deadly, amazing ac-

curacy. The wolves were within a few

feet of the girl, and a fraction’s waver

in the gun barrel might have sped his

bullet toward her. ,



“It’s Dan Failing,” Lennox shouted



Then Snowbird snatched her pistol

from her father's hand and opened fire.

The two shells were no longer needed

to free herself and her father from

the agony of fangs. She tobk careful

aim, and although a pistol is never as

accurate or as powerful as a rifle, she

killed one wolf and wounded another.



Frenzied in their savagery, three or

four of the remaining wolves leaped at

the body of one of the wounded; but

the others scattered in all directions.

Still Dan fired with the same unbe-

lievable accuracy, and still the wolves

died in the snow. The girl and the

man were screaming now in the fren-

zied joy of deliverance. The wolves

scurried frantically among the trees;

and some of them unknowingly ran

full in the face of their enemy, to be





shot down without mercy. And few

indeed were those that escapedmto

collect on a distant ridge, and, per—





haps, to be haunted In dreams by a

Death that came out of the shadows

to blast the pack.



Again the pack-song would be des—

pairing and strange in the winter

nights—that age-old chant of Famine

and Fear and the long war of exist—

ence with only Death and Darkness

in the end. And because it is the

voice of the wilderness itself, the ten-

derfoot that camps in the evergreen

forest will listen, and his talk will die

at his lips, and he Will have the begin-

nings of knowledge. And perhaps he

will wonder if God has given him the

thews and fiber to meet the wilder-

ness breast to breast as Dan had met

it: to remain and to. fight and to con-

quer. And thereby his metal will be

tested in the eyes'of the Red Gods.



Snowbird stood waiting in the snow,

arms stretched to her forester as Dan

came running thrOugh the Wood. But

his arms were wider yet, and she went

softly into them.



“We will take it easy from now on,"

Dan Failing told them, after the camp

was cleared of its dead and the fire

was built high. “We have plenty of

food; and we will travel a little while





each day and make warm camps at ‘





night. VVe’ll have friendship fires,

just as sometimes we used to build on

the ridge.” _



“But after you get down into the val-

leys?” Lennox asked anxiously. “Are

you and Snowbird coming up here to

live?” /



The silence fell over their camp;

and a wounded wolf whined in the

darkness. “Do you think I could leave

it now?” Dan asked. ‘By no gift of

words could he have explained why;

yet he knew that by token of his con-

quest, his spirit was wedded to the

dark forests forever. “But heaven

only knows what I’ll do fora living.”



Snowbird crept near him, and her

eyes shone in the bright firelight. "I’ve

solved that," she said. “You know you

studied forestry—and I told the super-

visor at the station how much you

knew about it. I wasn’t going to tell





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be rebuilt, children.

" fires in the fireplace on the fall nights.

There is no use of thinking of the

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house—just a cottage at first-right

»beside it,” Dan replied. He could go

back to his forests, after all. He would

not have to throw away his birthright,

fought for so hard; and it seemed to

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much as that ol’ the forest rangers—

those silent, cool-nerved guardians of

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For a long time Snowbird and he





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than to words, trusted to the yearning

, of his arms. '



“We’re made for each other, Snow.

bird, darling,” he told her breathlessly



' at last. “And at. last I can claim what

I’ve been waiting for all these months.”



He claimed it; and in open defiance

to all civil law, he collected fully one

hundred times in the next few min-

utes. But it didn’t particularly matter,

and Snowbird didn’t even turn her

face. “Maybe you’ve forgotten you

claimed it when you first came back,”

she said.



So he had. It had completely slipped

his mind, in the excitement of his

fight with the wolf pack. And then

while Lennox pretended to be asleep,

they sat, breathless with happiness on

the edge of the sled and watched the

dawn come out.



THE END.





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they cain't! Do ye see that big cabin

iright plumb 1n the middle 0 the high

half 0’ the settlement, Bill? Well, “the

boss 0’ the Morelands lives than John

Moreland. That’s whar you want .to

go, Bill, senCe ye’ve got a oncyorable

case 0’ the disease know-ed as coal-on-

the-brain. But I can tell ye aforehand,

you ain’t got enough money to buy that

coal, don’t matter how much money

ye’ve got. ‘Dadburn my picture ef I

dont. know edzactly whatl’m a. talkin’

about!” _ '

Dale was not looking toward John

Moreland‘s home now. His gaze had

wandered t9 the other side of the riv-





er. By Heck waited a full minute for

a reply to his Speech, then spoke

again.



“The gyrul or the coal—fie that





what’s a botherin’ ye, Bill?”



Dale’s eyes twinkled. f‘MustI choose

between them ‘2” he laughed.



“Shore!” By Heck wasn’t even smil-

ing. “Shore! The Mmelands and Lit-

tlefmds hates each other wuss nor a.

bluc- tailed hawk hates a. 010W. The

gym], or the coal. Bill?”



“We’ll go down to John Moreland’s,”

announced Dale.



The mountaineer tOok up his rifle.

“Let me gi’ ye a word or two 0’ warn-

in’,” he continued seriously. “Don’t

you‘ offer to pay John Moreland fo’

eatin’ his grub, nor fo’ sleepin in his

bed, nor to chawin’ his tobacker. Ef

ye do, yore goose will shore be cooked

with John Moreland. But ef ye was to

brag on the vittles a little, John's wife

a—bein’ pow’ful handy in the kitchen,

it wouldn’t do a. bit 0’ harm. Do ye

onderstand it all now, Bill?”



Dale nodded, and "they began the

descent.



John Moreland’s house was built of

whole oak logs, which were chinked

with oak splits and daubed in between

with clay; the roof was "of handmade

boards, and a chimney of stones and

clay rose at either end. There was a

front porch and a back porch, the ends

of which were completelyclosed in by

walls of blooming honeysuckles. The

yard was filled with all manner of old-

fashioned flowers.





John Moreland himself sat on the

front porch, andbeside him lay a re-

peating rifle, two young squirrels that

had been very neatly shot through the

head, and ‘ a weary black-and-tan

hound. He was an uncommonly big

man, and about forty-seven; his eyes

were grey and keen; his thick hair and

full beard were a. rich brown, with

only a few threads of white. He wore

boots, brown corduroy trousers, a blue

flannel shirt, and a. broad-rimmed black

hat; his belt was a, cartridge belt.

There was a certain English fierceness

about the man. One felt that he could

trust John Moreland.



As the moonshiner and his compan~

ion reached the gate, Moreland rose

and pushed his hat back from his

forehead.



“Hi, John," grinned Heck. "This

here feller wants to stay with ye a few

days. John. Seems to be' all right."

“Come right in,” invited the chief of

the Morelands. He indicated the home-

made chair he1had just vacated. “Set

down thar and rest, stranger. I’ll be

back in a minute or so. ” '

He hastened into the cabin, carrying

the squiriels with him.



“He’ s went to tell his wife to hatch

up' a extry good dinner, Bill," whisper-

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go a-fishin’. Say~afoize I high it; don’t

you mention to John about me a-sayin’

I was the settlement’s whisky- maker; '

.he might not like it. Theydon’t drink,

much here—jest a. little snort afore

breakfus’, sometimes. So long, Bill Ol‘d4

boy!”



John Moreland returned presently.

The man from the city rose and prof-

fered his hand. \





“My name,” he began, old habit

strong upon- him, “is Carlyle—"



Before he could get any farther with

it, John Moreland flung the hand from

him as though it were a. thing of un-

speakable contamination. His bearded

face went deathly white with the

whiteness of an old and bitter hatred.

his great fists clenched, and every mus-

cle in his giant body trembled.





“What’s the matter, man?”

wanted to know.



“Caxlyle!” Mo1eland lepeated in a.

hoarse grow]. “You say yore name is

Carlyle!” »



“Yes,” wonderingly, “but that’s only;

a part of it. My name is Carlyle \Vil-

burton ,Dale—BilljDale. What’s the

matter?”



“Did you come from West Virgin-

ny?” sharply.



Dale gave the name of his home

town and state. .



“That’s diff’rent.” The mountaineer’s

countenance ,became lighter. “This

man I’m a thinkin’ about, he was from

“fest Virginny. I hope you won’t hold

nothin’ ag’in me fo’ actin’ up that

away. I couldnt he’p it, shore, it

seems. You’ll know how I felt when I

tell ye about it, Mr. Dale. I owe it to

ye to explain. Jest a minute—-"





He stepped into the cabin and

brought out another chair, sat down.

heavily and crossed his legs. Dale, too,

sat down.





“The mountain you had to come over

to come here, Mr. Dale,” Moreland be-

gan, his big voice filled with an old,

old sorrow, “is knowed as David More-

land’s Mountain mostly because David

Moreland is buried in the very highest

place on the top of it, him and his

wife. He was my brother, and he was

the best brother a man ever had. It

was allus the talk 0’ the neighborhood,

how much we liked each other. Up

ontel the time he was married, I went

with him whar he went, and he went

with me Whar I went. I’d fight fo'

him, and he’d fight fo’ me. It’s hard

to tell, even atter this long time. . .



f‘David, he was a strappin’ big man,

like, all 0’ the Morelands. He was

about yore size, and grey-eyed like you,

and he had brown hair like you. When

you walked 11p to the gate, it made me

think 0’ him the day he was married;

he was dressed in dark blue like you.

Then he went up here one summer

and found this vein 0’ coal. He got

lawful p'session o’ the mountain, and

moved his wife 11p here. The rest of

us lived ovei in the Laurel Fork coun-

try then.



“One day I got a letter 1310111 David,

which said that a man named John K. ’

Carlyle was a-goin’ to buy his moun-

tain) and the coal, and said that his

wife was 'pow’ful sick. A week later

she died, and left a baby which died,

tea, accordin’_to a’ old Injun by the

name 0’ Cherokee Joe, who knowed

my pap and knowed David. And a

month later we was all dragged from

our beds by this 'same'Cherokee Joe,

tellin us that Carlyle had Ishot David.

Carlyle, Cheiokee Joe said, was a.-

drinkin’ hard. The Injun seed the

shootin’ through a window. . ,:





“It was might’ nigh it three days





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later when we got here and found 'poor -



David a-leyin’ whar he’d fel We's‘cour- '9

ed thei‘mountainsfo‘ "

_ {down the river half a' mile. mg and in , emu

‘jmaw. Come to see 1119. Bill. -
. . . “The land up here looked putty,

and it belonged ‘to‘us byVDavi’d’s death;

50 we all moved up here to live, and

built'us cabins. ,



“Major Bradley found out about the

end 0’ my brother, and he wanted us

to put the case in the hands 0’ the

law. But we wouldn’t do it. A More

land never goes to law about any-

thing. He pays his own debts, and he

collects what is his due—”



John Moreland arose and paced the

porch floor, which creaked under his

weight. He stopped before Dale, and

went on sadly:



“Now ye’ll know why I was so much

tore up when I heered yore name, the

Carlyle part. John K. Carlyle killed

the best man ’at ever lived. And meb-

be ye’ll onderstand why we ain’t never

had the conscience to sell the coal,

which cost Brother David his life.”



Moreland’s guest sat staring absent-

ly toward a brown-winged butterfly

that was industriously sipping honey

from the heart of a honeysuckle bloom.

He gave no sign that he had heard

anything out of the ordinary, but in an

odd, persistent way his mind seemed

to connect his father, John K. Dale,

with the story he had just heard.



John K. Dale had come originally

from West Virginia, and he had flatly

refused, time upon time, to make any





investigation of the Moreland coal

property.



The hillman interrupted young Dale’s

thinking:





“Addie, she's a—goin’ to have dinner

ready purty soon. Would ye like to

wash, Mr. Dale?"



"Yes," was the answer, and in the

tones of Bill Dale’s quiet voice there

was a shade of meaning that Moreland

didnot catch. “Yes, I’d like to wash.”



CHAPTER II.

In the Cup.



ALE found the humble home of

D his mountaineer host a home in



the fullest sense of the word. The

utter honesty and simplicity of it, and

the absence of everything that was not

,necessary, gave it a certain charm.

I At the noonday meal, Dale met Mrs.

Moreland and the sons of the house-

hold, and they were exactly as he had

pictured them. Mrs. Moreland was

quiet, motherly, always smiling, as

straight and real as her husband. The

sens, Caleb and Luke, were as much

alike as the fingers on your hands;

they were tall and broadshouldered,

grey-eyed and brown-haired.



IBefore sundown Dale had become

acquainted with the rest of the Mort-

lands, and he liked them, every one.

He was at the cabin of his host‘s grey

old father and mother for a long time.

Grandpap Moreland proudly showed

him a. long-barreled Lancaster rille

whose stock was marked with many

notches, which indicated many victor-

ies over many black bruins.



When supper was over John More-

land lighted the big glass lamp in the

best room, and the family and their

guest gathered there to spend the ev-

ening. Then the lanky moonshiner and

his mother came in.



Granny Heck had the sharp features

and the stooped, thin figure of a witch.

She wore a faded blue bandana about

her white head, and she carried a long

hickory staff; there was a reed-stem-

med clay pipe in her mouth, and her

dark» calico skirt had a tobacco pocket

in it. '



Her son preceded her into the room.

He walked to the centre-table, faced

about, and said with a low and airy

sweep of his hand:



“Bill, old boy, this here’s maw. Maw,

she tells forchunes.”



“So this here,” creaked Granny

Heck, looking over the brass rims of

her spectacles, “is Mr. Bill! Well,

well! And la, la! I had a uncle nam-

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She dropped into the rocker that

Caleb had placed for her.



“Addie,” she said to the smiling Mrs.

Moreland, “will! ye bring me a cup half

full 0’ coffee grounds?”





When the cup came, the fortune-tell-

er took it and shook it and patted it,

all the while muttering mysterious

words that she had learned from the

old Indian, Cherokee Joe—which serv-

ed her purpose very well. Then she

moved a trifle nearer to the lamp, and

began to look intently into the cup.



“I see,” she mumbled more or less

sepulchrally, “a pow’ful good-lookin’

gyl'ul in a caliker dress, with her hair

a-hangin’ away down her back. A bare-

footed gyurl, with big, purty eyes.

She’s a standin’ on a low clift, a-peep-

in’ at you through the laurels, Mr. Bill.

This is in the past. . . . '





“In the future,” she went on slowly,

“I see this here as plain as daylight

through ‘a knothole; a awful big man,

with curly black hair and curly black

beard, and with eyes like a clifthawk’s,

and I see you too, Mr. Bill; and I see

a fight, a master fight—~Lord ha’ mus-

sy, what a fight! But you‘ll marry the

gyurl after all, Mr. Bill.”



The old woman had



But who

was the “big, dark man?” Some fel-

low who had lost his heart to the

mountain girl, perhaps.



When the Hecks had gone, John

Moreland leaned forward and touched

his guest on the knee.



“That thar big man mentioned in

tellin’ yore t'orchune,” he said, “might

ha’ been Black Adam Ball. Y’onder-

stand, I don’t believe in i'orchunetell-

in’. But Granny Heck is a domed good

guesser, and she hits it lots 0’ times.

Black Adam he lives with his pap and

mother a few mile up the river. He’s

about thutty-five, and he looks like a.

bear—beast with his curly beard and

long hair. As big as a skinned hoss,

he is, and plumb ongodly strong. He’s

been a-beggin’ Babe Littlet‘ord to mar-

ry him fo‘ a year or two, and she won’t

listen to him.



“Et‘ ever ye do 1131' to fight Black

Adam," John Moreland went on, “ye

want, to fight him with a two-eyed shot-

gun and buckshot. He’s the meanest

man on earth; snake-broth and pizen

.vine is religious aside 0' him. But

ontel ye' begin a-makin' love to Babe

Littlei’ord, I reckon the‘ ain’t no dan-

ger 0’ you a-havin’ trouble with Black

Adam; and you ain’t likely, I take it,

to make love to Babe.”



"But Babe‘s the best, one 0’ the Lit-

tlefords,” declared Luke.



John Moreland frowned at his son.



“The’ ain't none of ’em fitten timber

l'o’ archangels,” he said, and reached

for the leatherbound old family Bible.

He opened the book at random. e ‘



“It‘s about time we was a-goin’ to

our rest, and we'll go jest as soon as

We’ve had prayers, Mr. Dale. This part

0’ yore visit, l’in shore, will seem like

home to ye."



Dale made no reply.



“’hen halt a chapter from St. Mat-

thew had been laboriously but rever-

ently read, the Morelamls knelt at their

chairs, and so did Bill Dale. John

Moreland's bedtime prayer was very

simple, and very earnest, and it had in

it more of thanksgiving than of sup-

plication. And a part of it certainly

was u11c01nmon—-«



“Bless the stranger with us here to-

night, anti all 0’ our kinfolks, and all

0’ our friends, and our mimics, the Lit-





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heard Mrs. Moreland dimly when she

told him to let her know—she would

hear him if he called—if there wasn’t

enough cover for his bed. Then he

found himself alone with the stalwart

chief of the Morelands.



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OSANNAH in the highest!” sang rlvedjln the mountain republic. In the



the crowd the ,day that Christ huge Bath Museum, in Geneva, twelve



entered Jerusalem. The Sunday hundred“ volunteers worked in three

before Easter'has come to be known daily shifts. Hundreds of. thousands

as Palm Sunday. in celebration of this of money orders were received and

event. In some countries, much is sent to persons in the warring coun-

made of Palm Sunday. In 1914, the tries. The German and French govern-

writer- was in Rome, Italy, on Film ments oflicially thanked the president

Sunday. Crowds of people filled the of Switzerland, for the vast service

churches. There was a special service that had been done to their nations. If

of palms in Saint Peter’s Cathedral. John Calvin could see, from the battle-

The‘ streets were thronged with peo- ments of heaven what his beloved'

pie. The Roman church makes much Geneva was accomplishing for the

of Palm Sunday, and the Protestant helpless and the sick, he would be jus-

churches might well celebrate it more titled in thinking that he had not toil.

than they do. It is becoming to be ed in vain.

observed, however, in a very happy

way, in many churches, as the day





_ HE mightiest movements of his-

when children are received into the





tory have taken place in the name





. church. This is sensible and to the of Him who entered Jerusalem on an





point. .The day can {’9 explained to ass. Not that these movements have

the child, as the anniversary of the always been wise or benefieent. Far

time, when earth’s and heaven’s king from it. The human element often

rode into the holy city, while the peo- spoils the divine element. But it shows

ple acclaimed him: He was klng, but the grip which the Galilean has had

he l‘Ode “Qt as king, but as Peasanl. on men, all the fleeting centuries. Said

His palfrey was the most humble 0f Napoleon, “I think.I know human. na-

beasts. the ass. ture somewhat, and I tell you that

these men of antiquity were men, and

PALM Sunday has the significance I am a man. Alexander, Charlemagne

of joy. Christianity is the joyous and myself founded empires. vBut on

religion. Singing exclamations of won~ What did these creations Of‘ 0111‘ gen-i

der, usher in the Christ child. The ius depend? 0n force. Christ alone

angels sing to the shepherds. Mary founded His empire 011 10W. and t0

breaks out into the Magnificat, when this day millions would die for him."

she learns of the coming of the King. The Crusades were a. wild and fantas-

Simeon and Anna are thrilled, when tic dream, from one viewpoint. From

first they see Him. The rule of the another angle, they were the most

Lord in this world has been attempted, beautiful undertaking of the middle

never with complete success. Yet as 3898- Tens 0f thousands 0f Europe’s

we look back, the very attempts are best minds, greatest souls, and noblest

among history’s brightest spots. There b100d went to Jerusalem, tomes—0116?. if

was Savanarola in Florence. He tri- DOSSibIG, the HOIY 881911101111? from the

umphed for a while, and then his voice hands of the Mohammedan. Last year

was silenced, his mighty person disap- twenty thOusand Irish and one hun-

peared. But what picture in Italian dred thousand French journeyed 1:0

history is more gripping, than- Savan- Rome, to attend '3: great religious

arola, at the burning of the vanities? festival. 1

Calvin made the attempt to have 3. And the value of these religious fes-

city of God, in Geneva. He ruled hard, tivals, like Palm Sunday, is, that they

and he ruled well. But at-last the one bring us face to face with our need (if

mies of so high an ideal prevailed, and the great religious principle of today.

the City Of GOd W33 forgotten. Yet A writer who is acknowledged in both

today, when the foreigner visits Gen— Europe and America. as an authority

eva, his sojourn there 'is incomplete on the social movements of the day

if he does not call at Calvin’s church; says, that we might have slid back-

and see the old high pulpit, where the ward, in the past tWenty years. Our

prophet was wont to declare the word literature is not as clean and helpful

0f the LOI'd- And in New England, the as it was. With the increase of wealth V

fathers made Llleattempt once more. there has been a vast multiplying'of

People waded through the SHOW and selfishness. Pagan ideas stalk up and

sat in unheated churches, to listen to down the land, unashamed. There has

two-hour sermons, and declared they been a. revival of pgganism, in Ameri-

enjoyed it. Yet the Puritans did not 03,118 Says. Well, what killed off pag-

build the kingdom "wherein dwelleth anism, centuries agone? Christianity.

righteousness”, as they had hoped to, There was a life and death struggle in. '

do. J‘esus enters Jerusalem, acclaimed the early days of the church, and the

today, deserted tomorrow. Savanarola church won, though not without some

is hero today, and martyr tomorrow. marks and scars that weakened it. And

Calvin’s Geneva rises to his hopes only now nothing but the spirit of Palm.

for a time, then slips back into the Sunday, and all other Sundays, will

easier ways of the world. Tile Puritan avail to keep the nation where it be-

iS succeeded by a generation that longs. There is but one real progress

thinks as much of movies ‘as of mor— and that is growth of soul. “The world

als. Were all these. failures? Does is not a vale of tears, but a. vale of

Palm Sunday celebrate vanished hopes ? soul-making."



There is no failure with any honest

effort. Sometimes the failure is only a

stepping-stone to a higher form of suc-

cess. No one would dare to say that . .

the New England of the Puritans had After Paul Jones went to the city

failed. The Puritan conscience, thank he was proud ‘of his income and con4

God, is not dead. And the ideals of Sidered himself a $2,000 man, even if

those days are still with us. New Eng‘ the money was all gone at the end of

land blood has gone into every state in lilo year. He didn’t think much of

the Union. - And in the very Geneva country guys who make less money,

where Calvin is buried, there was a even if they did get board, room and

ministry of niercy during the war that washing to boot. But now Paul is out

was probably not paralleled. German of a job and city expenses are high.

soldiers who had been wounded, were He is coming back to the farm to’he’lp.

sent there in great numbers, and the~And he better not brag about his cityt-

Swiss cared for them. French soldiers wages to the coil in? broth it ‘” 59m ’





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ICHltxA‘N folks were shocked re-

Mcently to wad of the death of

three or tour hospital attendants

in a big city hospital from eating can-

ned spinach. Not so very long ago

similar poisoning occurred in Detroit,

the deaths this time coming from eat-

ing canned ripe olives. Immediately a

number of folks vowed a solemn vow

never again to eat store canned goods.

As a matter of fact, a great many

families would be safer eating the com-

mercial canned product than trusting

to home cooking. For alas and alack,

mother is very often more careless

and likely to poison her family, than

are the commercial canneries whose

fortune rests entirely on their reputa-

tion for turning out safe, palatable pro-

ducts. There is the woman whom I

saw go out in the garden, pick a pan

of peas, bring them in and shell them,

and then “dump" them in a rusty pan

to cook, without washing to remove

the sand and earth, or even stopping

to pick out the bits of stem and dried

leaves. Another cook sent to the table

home-made sausage, after three min-

utes’ cooking, underdone and far more

dangerous than properly canhed com~

mercial products.



For be it known to those cooks who

think because they grow the vegetable

and make the sausage that it must be

sale, that the germ botulinus which

caused the deaths in both cases, is

found in dirt and was first discovered

in pork, after it, had for several years

been causing the death 01‘ many folks

by sausage poisoning! 115 name, botu-

linus, comes from the Latin word for

sausage, botulus. It is widely dissem-

inated in nature, and your own garden

truck may convey it to your table.

Hence the necessity for carefully wash-

ing all vegetables before they are

served, and making sure that every

particle of dirt of whatever sort is re-

moved.



Pork-all meat-should be thorough-

ly cooked, and ii" there is the slightest

evidence of spoiling it should be very

promptly thrown out. The toxin—poi-

son—developed by the growth of the

germ—is so deadly that several in-

stances are on record 01’ women dying

from simply tasting a bit of the food

before cooking it, to make sure it was

not. spoiled.



Yet in spite of the deadliness of

botulinus, State Food and Drug Chief

Fred H. \Voodworth says that there is

no reason for anyone to die of botu-

lism if the cook simply uses her two

God-given senses, sight and smell. Two

good eyes will tell an experienced cook

whether the can gives evidence that

the food has worked. It” the can is

swollen, showing that gas has been

generated inside;il’ you can work the

top up and down; if it is badly rusted,

or if you can see that it has been

punctured and resoldered, discard it.

If your grocer will not take it back,

write to the canner who put it up and

tell him. He will be eternally grateful





of bad odor, or do not look the right

color; throw it out. Don’t do as some

cooks do, “dope" it up with seasning

so the family will not detect the hint

of spoiling. The odor from botulinus

is so distinctive that if you once smell

it you will never forget it. It is ex-

tremely disagreeable, and has been

compared by some to rancid butter. or

strong—smelling cheese. If you can add

to this a suggestion of uncleanliness

you may get an idea of what botulinus

smells like. The odor is so strong that

there are cases where cooks have fail-

ed to notice a less marked odor, after

having discarded a tainted can, and

have cooked a. can of vegetables also

tainted, though not in such an advanc-

ed stage. The formation of gas is one

of the first indications of the presence

of botulinus, S1) it‘ you open your own

canned products and detect the pres-

ence of gas 01' leakage you will be

wise to throw it. out.



Don’t make the. mistake, howeve1‘,,of

giving this discarded food to the pigs

01' chickens. One farm woman lost a

valuable flock of chickens by feeding

them a can of vegetables which she

thought was just “beginning to work."

01’ course, not all spoiled food contains

botulinus, but any Spoiled food may

contain it; and since the only way to

know if it is present is-by careful lab-

oratory methods, your rule should be

“safety first," which means to discard

anything which does not look right,

smell right, or taste right. If the food

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problem of making their own dresses.

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In canning be sure that everything

is thoroughly clean, perfectly sound,

without specks or any bad spots, and

then that it is thoroughly cooked. Pres-

sure, steam processing. it‘ properly

done, destroys spores and germs. So

for this reason goods put up in a com-

mercial canner, if properly managed

are safer than those canned at home

by boiling and not properly done.



Remember that botulinus is deadly.

But like every other deadly thing, it.

has been furnished 'a’set of warnings

by nature. Read your signals, bad col-

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“From an investigation of the recent

outbreak of botulism in Grand Rapids,

due to eating canned spinach,” says

the Food and Drug Department, “it

was found that the food material in

question had been entirely used up or

thrown out. This necessarily hamp-'

ers the placing of responsibility for

deaths on the suspected material. How-

ever, the remaining cans of spinach

have been examined by various work-

ers and the preliminary work, so far,

is convincing that there is bacillus

botulinus as well as its toxin present

in the spinach. The Food and Drug

Department in cooperation with the

United States Department of Agricul-

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adequate steps in removing from the

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to be made two inches larger, first cut

the paiuern, pull out portions one-half

inch apart, and use this size for the

new measure.





To decrease the size of the bust, lay

a fold in the pattern from center of

shoulder to bottom of waist one-fourth

of the amount to be decreased, as

shown in diagrams A and B, Fig. 1.





If the waist is to be lengthened, cut

the pattern in two on a line two inches

above the waist line. First hold the

pattern to the person and mark where

the waist line comes. After cutting.

separate the parts of the pattern the

amount it must be lengthened. (See

A and B. Fig. 2).



The waist is shortened by laying a

fold deep enough to take out the extra

length, making the fold two inches

above the waist line.



Sleeves are lengthened and short-

ened in the same way, except that two

cuts or tufo folds are made, one above

and one below the elbow.





In altering the width of the sleeve.

. make one fold directly down from t0p

‘ to bottom, starting at the middle of the

shoulder as shown in diagram C, Fif’

1. If sleeve must be widened, cut from

the middle of the shoulder to bottom.



If patterns are to be made larger,

necessitating cutting them, it is better

for the beginner to lay the out parts

on a. large sheet of paper and cut a

new pattern than to trust to pinning;

them on the cloth.



Before cutting out any part of the

garment. study your pattern as a





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way of the goods, as given in your

printed directions. See if you can

save by cutting some pieces on a fold,.

or if it would be better to cut them

from a single thickness of the goods._

After the pattern is laid on and

each piece pinned securely, mark all

notches and perforations with tailor’s

chalk, or by taking a stitch with the

needle and thread. Notches cut in

seams are apt to rave] and fray.

Success in sewing depends upon .ac-

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measure or rule at your right hand.





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and measure, measure, measure. If!

you are a beginner, baste plentifully,

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straw. After the first week or

sprinkle with warm water about every

third day until the last week.

they Should be sprinkled every day. It

will take about five weeks for the eggs

to hatch when- set under hens.

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N many.farms the problem of im-

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hens during the breeding season. Only

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needed. ‘In this enclosure can be plac-

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the best male bird that can be raised

or purchased. Then the eggs from this

small flock can be used to develop the

breeders for the coming year.



On most farms there will be many

hens that can be classed as useful

birds although not quite good enough

to use, as breeders. These can be

given free range during the breeding

season and, if hen hatching is used, the

free range flock will furnish the set-

ting hens 'to hatch and brood the

chicks from the eggs laid by the best

stock.



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set upon eggs laid by inferior layers

that have just started. This removes

some of the best layers from the

chance of egg production for a. long

period. More improvement. would be

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ten as possible during the breeding

season.



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IIE growing popularity of goose

I in this country makes it advan-

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if she wishes to make the most of her

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from the food which the farm produc-

es. While hens are almost, an essen-

tial because of the feed which they

save, geese in connection with hens

Will bring in surprisingr returns for the

time and money invested. We have

found that they not only keep them-

selves during the summer and fall, on

the graSs and waste fruit from the 01‘-

chard, but; the other poultry, especially

the ducks, will eat :1. much greater

amount of herbage because of running

with the geese.

Because of this fondness for green

stuff, the goslings are raised much.

more cheaply than other fowls and it.

is not difficult to succeed with them if

a. few simple rules are followed. 1 us-

ually use hens for hatching the eggs

as incubators do not give very satis-

factory results. In fixing the nest, I

cut a sod or put some dirt in the bot-

tom of a. box, then cover with hay or

two,





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take from the hens until all are hatch«

ed.

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A mating is not necessary for each

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after the males have been removed.

This means that the breeder must wait.

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first eggs after a. mating will be infer-

tile for about ten days. The practical

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before eggs will be used or sold for

hatching.



Investigations in trapncsting and

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some hens lay eggs which are never

l‘eltile, while other hens lay eggs that.

nearly always ploduce vigorous chicks.

A general rule in mating is to uée

eight females to a male in the Asiatic

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male brings good results with the

American breeds like Rocks and Wy—

andottes. Fifteen females to a. male

is all right with Leghorns. In many

.cases a la1ger number of females per

male have brought; 1ery good results

but, of course, they might; not be de~

pended upon. When the fovvls are on

free range the fertility seems to run

better with a small number of males

than when the breeding pens are clOse—

ly yarded.—~R. G. K.





How to Raise Goslings





warm water and set. in the, middle of

the box where the goslings can crowd

about: it. Cover all warmly with blank-

cts. Be sure they are kept warm,

though not too warm if the weather is

hot, for they are very tender the first

few weeks.





HEN they me from twentyefour



to 11111 ty—six hours old, ‘I give the

first feed. Even then they will never

eat much and sometimes will eat only

grass. They never have the appetites

tor grain that young ducks develop.

They should be fed alone as they can-

not eat as fast as ducks or chicks and

there is danger that they may starve

to death. Bread and milk makes the

best feed, although I sometimes make

a johnnycake of corn meal and mid-

dlings with a little soda and moistened

with milk 01' buttermilk, then baked

quite hard. When ready to feed, mois~

ten With milk 01‘ water but do not

have it sloppy. If it; is possible to feed

the bread, however, it will give much

better results and even a considerable

expense for the first few weeks will

pay in the end.



If they can be kept from indigestion

and from getting wet or cold, there

should be. little difficulty in raising

ll1or11.lt is well to feed about five

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It for any reason they are wet, wipe





dry by the heat of their own bodies. I

have néver had much success in rais-

ing them after they became real wet.

If they can be kept well and strong

until they begin to feather, there is

little trouble to raise' them. After

they are feathered they can shift for

themselves and may be turned on pas-

ture with only a little grain.





I 13‘ it is possible to spare an old goose



to raise the little ones, it will be

more satisfactory than any other meth-

od. They are not only on guard every

moment of the day and night, but they

also find just the food which the gos-

lings need and will raise them on al-

most nothing in the way of grain.

Strange to relate they will take them-

in the wet grass or on the water and

feed them the coarsest feed while the

little ones grow more rapidly than

With the best of care. -



The goose can cover twelve or fif-

teen eggs and will hatch in about four

weeks so it is well to let them lay

until the end of the season, probably

the middle or last of June.



When the goslings begin to hatch,

take them away as soon as dry or the

goose may leave the remaining eggs.

When all the eggs are hatched, shut

the mother in a coop for a. few days

until the legs are strong enough to

carry the fat bodies, for the old goose

will lead them long distances. Even

after she is let out, a shelter should

be provided for nights and wet weatho

er. It is sometimes necessary to drive

her into this as she is quite independ-

ent about caring for the little birds. I

always feed several times a day as

they will grow faster than if left to

pick for themselves.



No mother seems to enjoy her bab-

ies more than an old goose, and she

will care for them until they are al-

most full grown. Last spring we had

a strange example of motherly love. I

bought some goslings which were all

feathered and almost grown. They

were placed in a yard by themselves

for a few days, then let out with the

others. One of the old geese evidently

decided on adoption as soon as they

arrived for she mounted guard on the

other side of the fence and waited pa-

tiently until she could get to them.

They had never had a goose mother,

however, and the strange white bird

terrified them. They ran and she chas-

ed them, until, exhausted at last, they

sat down to rest. She mounted guard

and evidently in some strange way she

made them understand her affection

for after a time they all started off to-

gether. From that time on they were





 





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inseparable until the goslings were ful-

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K 5 English Strain White Leghorn.

c H I c Bred to lay Brown'Leghorn and

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BABY CHICKS 23 for $5.50 50 for $10





and 100 for $18.00.

Prepaid. safe delivery guaranteed. Single (lomb

W bite Iieéhorns; Whit-e. Bull and Barred Plymouth

ltockS; 8. . R. I. Reds and Anconus. .

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BABY ”HICKS Single (‘othhite Leg-



horn ('l‘ o m B 1in r0 :1

Strain) White and Barred l'l} mouth Rock. 8. (l. R. I.

Red,An(-onu.<.VVhito VVyantlottes and Brown Leghorno

25 for 35.50. 50 for $10.00, 100 for $15.00. 1000 $170.00. ROE!

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158 gs. $1.75; 100 for 38; by



Barred ROCkS regaid mail. Flock average

last year 133 eggs. LEW 8 . AVERY. Clinton. Mich

Hatching e g gs





Barred Rocks lrom Rocky Ridge in... md to

lay birds $2.00 per 15. Prepaid by Parcel Post.

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5000 hatches biarch 14th. Exhibition and bred-today

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Minorcaa, Orpingtons, grow and pay. Now isyour

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

Rock quality chicks that please, guaranteed full

count and to arrive to on "a 1 ready made" in first

class condition by narce post paid. Leghorns $1» or

100. Rocks ‘18 per 100. Special ricer; on nlll) to 1000. it-

culzir. Sunnybrook Poultry Hillsdule, Mich.





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circular. DEER a ADAMS, Litchfield. hdich. I. I). \l'yngarden. R. l. Zeoiand. Mich.



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post aid. Prices reasonable. Safe arrival guaranteed.



FRFF delivery Superlative qualih’ Outa 03 free. Royal Hatchery. 1i. 2. Leelnnd. ‘Mich.

from. select high-producing stock. . All

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A '. . 17 . R k. 20 , B.

Baby Chicks 1.23335. 13.. $1., ‘31:...





All 8. 0. 5‘)”; Dis. in lots of 1000 or more. Parce Post

Paid and safe delivery unranteed. Catalog free.

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Onckerels. M. A. 0. Strain $5



Barred Plgmonlh flask and $8 orZ for $15.

Mrs. JES E 1“. BALL, R. 9, Charlotte, biich.

B- d P. R. Oockerels for sale. M. A.(‘.. heavy lay-

arre ing strain. Sired by 1st pen cockcrcls at Do~

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We ship thousands each season





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DAY OLD CHICKS horns. From





trap-nested stock where every hen must produce 60

eggs in four winter months. One hundred big thrifty

chicks for $25.00. MACALWHITE POULTRY

YARDS. Alex. MacVittie, Proprietor, Caro. Mich.



Eight im-





B A B Y c H I c K 5, proved var-





ieties at lowest ossible prices. A trial order will

convince you of t eir su erior quality. (‘alulogue free.

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Rocks, m-Inun Htrnin,

trap-nested. bred-to-luy,expertl.v tested for many gen.

emtions, large illustrated catalogue 1.31: stamps for

circular. Norman Poultry Plant.





Chutsworth. Ill.

Barred Rocks





 





 





 





 





Hatching eggs from Parks 200~egg

strain. Rich in the blood of Parks

)ens. $3 pcr 15. $6 pcr 50. $12 per 100.



Prepaid by parce post in nnnbreuknblo containers.

R. G. KIRBY. Route 1. East Housing. blich.





 





impossible to tell the mother from the

daughter.





 





as extra heavy layers. Selected cockerols at ubnrgnin.

Pullcts





RED-TO-LAY S.(‘.. White Leghorn»: from pedigreed

males mated with hens sclcctcd by M. A. C. expert





The Ferguson (30.. R. 6, Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





Ducklings need no feed until they

are from twenty-four to thirty-six hours

old. For the first Week they should





Broad View Farm





bodied birds. __

liibition type eggs 1.; $2.50.





Big Type 34. (l. VVhlt-e

Llaghorns big long

Henvv layers of big whitecggs. Ex-

' 100 $8. Post lurid.



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be fed five times a day; after that the

number of times may be decreased to

three times until

three weeks old. A good ration to be-

gin With consists of a mixture of equal

parts, by measure, of rolled oats and

bread crumbs, with three per cent of

sharp sand mixed in the feed, gradu-

ally changing from less of the bread

to more of the oats, and adding bran,

and later corn meal. This feed should





- - . ' ' free. Plenty of nice breedln ‘t -k. B k - t‘ r

be made qu1te moist, elthez w1th milk earlysfiring mauve”. *3 b m wff’kug‘g“;&

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CHICKS CHICKS





rim ped safe‘liyqevgrgrlgte‘red 1;)? mail. h

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they ale two to machines. ‘ g

isfy.

catalogue.





CHICKS





per 100:

cash wit 1 order special run-s 011.300 or more.

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$16.00 per 100 and up. Hatching eggs, 82.00 to sham,

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

of pure bred, farm ranged fowls: Chickens. Goose.

Ducks. Turkeys and Guineas.





S. C. White





Strong, sturdy chicks guaranteed to sat-

(lrder now for spring delivery. 13th season. Free

W. Van Appledorn. R. 7. Holland, blich.





 





English Strain While Leghorns

the heavy laying .~.trnin at only 315

repaid by mail safe arrival guaranteed send





Jamestown. Mich.





DAY-OLD CHICKS





Price list and circular





 





up green feed, such as lettuce, clover,

alfalfa or lawn grass, adding to the





Strong. vigorous follows. the kind that live and grow.





Price reasonable.





DAY-OLD CHICKS





lurefully selectedopcn range, purebred utility stock.

Circular free. SLNBEAM





 





 





 





cent. If milk is not available for use HATCHERY. 2433 s. Mam St.. Findlay. Ohio.

in fixin the mash, after the first week i . . .

. g Fowler s Buff Rocks tazreitlr..“sz:r.ss.“”-





add a small amount of beef scrap.





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B. B. FOWLER. Hartford, Mich.





DAY OLD CHICKS





and hatching eggs from select heavy

reducing stock. Delivery guarano

eed. Wh. Leghorns, Bar. Rocks, W.

Wynn, S.C. Reds, B. Orp. Cat. tree.





- GOSHEN POULTRY FARMS. 8-19 (lethal-l.

from pure Toulouse geese. . Ten for





five dollars. Parcel post paid.

Mrs. Amy Southworth. Allen. Mich





 

 





 





 





Bourbon Red Turkeys and eggs. Also





For Sale Amomw (l '

-, . ,- ncken eggs Shcp ard strai .

SMITH BROS, R. 3, Allglrlsta, Micli.





l Day Old (‘hick..

Lock. 100,000 I!" 1921. Rocks; S.0.W.I.cghorns,

American and English: and Anconns. Write for free

catalog. Fairvicw Hun-hon; Ii. 2, Zeeland, Mich.





Barred





Ohls Improved Leghorns

BABY CHICKS. bred from stock with high egg re-

cords and show room quality None better for filling

the egg basket, Catalogue free.



Marion, Ohio





(lhls Whin- Leghorn Farms,

100,000 CHIX 15c UP.

Best selected utility trapncstml exhibition stock ever

produced. .18 varieties. llatc ling eggs Hens, ducks.

Early bookingsmvoidsdisappoinrnwnt. Catalog FR PIE.

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, Bl. HT HISSON, Imlny City, Mich

Rhode Island Whites §,§,,>,'";',,‘;:t:;",:‘:;§





money in raising poultry try the R. I. White. stock

for sale, order ahca .

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R. C. Br. Leghorn Eggs,

$l.50 for 15. Pckin duck. $1.50 for b‘. ‘4'. Chinese goose

eggs, 400 each. Mrs (‘lnmlia lietts, Hillsdale. Mich.



eggs for hatching. Also some





H.0.Bhode Island lied . . . .. .

MRS. ALBERT llAli Will‘sIl,(’hl‘.e~lllet"llf::l::’lcieik. Mich.





S.'(‘.. WHITE LI'IGHORN EGGS FOR HA’l'CHlNG

laid by hens 11ml averaged over two hundred eggs Hat-ll

last season. in Eggs $3.00: 3035.5“: 10031.10”. BABY

OEIC_I\S_ each week beginning March lsi. 1.3 87.50:

.25 $10..n;_:.u $20.50; 100 $40.00. no catalogue, '



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S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHlCKS





Send for Catalog SNUVVFLAKE POl'l/l‘R"

FARM. Route 1. Grand Rapids, Michigan





q (J. Black hlinorcns. (lk‘ls $3.00 each. Ono ck'l

to, - andi 2-yearmld hens 815 One yearling cock and 5

hens $20.00 grout bargain. R. W. Mills. Saline. Mich.





Snowy W hile Rocks fighdsifmgx ,4_ ,0

All prepaid. '





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Are you interested in results? — '

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winter and summer. beauty and utility combined.

hatching eggs of real quality at prices that will sur-

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ege View 1' arm, Hillsdale. Mich. R3, G.A.Zilch,Prop.





5 ll]. English While Leghorns





Barron strain. hiy free catalog describes them. gives

feedin' methods“ a new way to cull hens and much

valunb 0 information. A. Wauchek, Gobleville, Mich





dandy layers.

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Fulwood’ s frost proof will stand a temperature

of fifteen degrees above zero. Plant now and

have early cabbage. All leading varieties. Prices

by express 1000 to 4000 at $2. 00 per 1000 5000

and o 0%r at $1. 50 per 1000. By parcel post Dre-

paid 1 for 500; 500 for 3150:1000 for $2. 50

Greater Baltimore Tomato plants same prices as

cabbage. Satisfaction guaranteed. or money

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Choice Strawberry Plants





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ANY of our boys and girls will

M have baby chicks this spring,



and what fun it is to care for

these fluffy, little fellows! They must

be kept warm and comfortable, have

prOper feed and water, and be careful-





. 1y watched to detect any sickness and





disease that may appear, if they are

to have the necessary start in life to

enable them to grow and develop into

large, hardy chicks and mature fowls.





Most boys, and girls set eggs and

hatch their chicks under hens, which

is the best way unless ,a very large

number of chicks is wanted, in which

case an incubator is sometimes used.

When the mother hen is hatching she

should not be disturbed except to re-

move the shells, unless she becomes

uneasy and steps on or picks the

chicks. If so, they should be removed

as soon as they are dry. Place them

in a basket or box lined with flannel

or some other soft material and cover





.the top, keeping the basket in a warm





place until the remaining eggs left un-

der the hen are hatched.





Every poultry club member should

always hear in mind that newly-hatch

ed chicks are delicate little fellows and

must be treated with great care. They

hatch in a temperature of 102 to 105

degrees, and their first and most im-

portant requirement for the next forty-

eight hours is warmth.



As soon as the chicks are taken from

the nest or incubator and placed in the

brood coop with the mother hen, or in

the broader, they must be kept warm

and comfortable until they are old and

strong enough to run about and with-

stand the changes of Weather.





When brooded by hens they remain

under the mother of their own accord

nearly all the time for the first two or

three days. If they are to be raised in

a brooder, this should be warmed to

the proper temperature, about ninety-

five degrees, regulated and made ready

in advance. The same applies if day-

old chicks are bought; always have

the brooder ready so that when they

reach you the chicks can be placed at

once in the brooder, where it is warm,

roomy, and comfortable.





If the mother hen should die or in

case the brooder is ordered and fails

to arrive in time, boys and girls are

sometimes at a loss to know what to

do with the chicks. In such a case a

temporary or home-made brooder may

be made as follows: Take a box, with-

out cover, about eighteen to twenty-

four inches square and about ten inch-

es high. In one side next the bottom

out an opening three inches high and

eight to ten inches long for the chicks

to pass through. Protect this opening

with a strip of woolen cloth; tack at

the upper edge, having perpendicular

slits cut from the lower edge to within

one-half inch of the topic allow the

chicks to pass through. This box cov-

ered over the top with a heavy blanket

or any warm cloth may be used with-





out heat when the room temperature





where the brooder is located is seven-

ty-flve degrees or over. If the tem-

perature is lower or the chicks appear

to be cold, take a large! bottle or jug

and fill with hot water and place inside

the box, refilling it as often as neces-

sary to keep the chicks warm and com-

fortable. '



Baby chicks should not be' fed for

from twenty-four to' thirty-Six hours

after hatChing, and will not suffer if





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er by members and parents.





By Ear/e ‘ W. Gage





given no feed until the third day. The





yolk of the egg which is absorbed by





the chick when hatching furnishes all

the nourishment required during that

time. After the third day they should

be fed four or five times daily for the

first week or ten] days, but only a small

amount at a time. Chicks will grow

faster if fed four or five times daily

than by feeding three times daily, but

they should; be given only what they

will eat up clean each time. Over-

feeding will do more harm than under-

feeding; therefore, care should be used

and only a proper amount given each

time to satisfy their hunger and keep

them exercising.



The first feed should consist of

johnnycake or hard-boiled eggs, mixed

with stale bread (not moldy) crumbs

of pinhead oatmeal, using a sufficient





 





2 q,-





amount of the latter to make a dry,

crumbly mixture.

binatibns of feeds may be used”with

good results for the first week; then

gradually substitute for one or two

feeds daily 3. mixture of equal parts of

finely’cracked wheat, corn and pin-

head oatmeal or hulled oats, to which

may be added a small quantity of brok-

en ricc, millet, rapeseed, and charcoal,

baby chick size.



When the chickens are eight to ten

weeks old add one part of ground oats

and increase the meat scrap to one

part. This mash may be placed in a





These feeds or comr





Giving BabyChicksGoOd'Care





hopper, where it will not be wasted.

and left before the chicks at all times.

.As' soon as the chickens are old

enough and will eat whole wheat,

cracked corn, or other grains, the

small-sized chick feed may be discon-

tinued and the larger-sized grains fed

instead. These are known as “develop-

er grains” and may be bought at most

any feed store. In addition to the grain

they must be supplied with grit, oys-

ter shell, and charcoal at all times, and

the better way is to place these in a.

hopper, hanging it in a convenient

place where the chicks may help them~

selves. If chicks are kept in confine-

ment they must be furnished a. lib-

eral supply at tender, green feed, like

la'wn clippings, lettuce leaves and such

other things as are available.

Whenever possible, however, place





the chicks on a grass range where

they can have exercise and plenty of

green_feed, catch bugs, worms, etc.

Chicks that are allowed. to run on a,

grass range are usually strong and

thrifty and will grow much more rap-

idly than those that are kept confined.

Buttermilk mash is a very good ration

to keep in the hopper before the chicks

as this is one of the most economical

and satisfactory developers, though if

sour or buttermilk is available, this

answers the same purpose, and allows

leduction of the meat scrap by one-

half.





How I Raised My Pig





By I ‘van Gal/pin, flmz Arbor, M z'c/zzgan





HAT shall we raise? This was

W the first question to come up at



our first club meeting. A few

suggestions were made and talked ov-

The ones

to be favored the most were, calf

clubs, corn clubs and pig clubs. Seeing

that pigs are quite cheap things to





start in with and that they were well





adapted to our locality, they were fav-

ored and approved by a. large majority.



The next question to come up was,

“What kind of pigs shall we raise?”

Of course, some wanted different kinds

but the “Durocs” were favored by a

large number because they maturé so

rapidly and were liked by the farmers

of our locality.



Mr. Lyons, our club leader, found a

place in Hillsdale county, where we





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could buy about thirty pigs that were

pure-breds and owned by one man.

They were disposed of to twenty-six

club members, as some of us raised a.

pair. The way we chOSe them was—

all the numbers from one to thirty

were placed in a, hat and well mixed.

Each member then drew one or two

numbers, and had the choice corres-

ponding to the number drawn.



My choice brought me a boar weigh-

ing thirty-seven pounds and a gilt

weighingpthirty-four pounds. The two

cost me $33, which I berrowed of a

bank for a term of six months. From

then on it was individual work, except

for a few suggestions gathered from .

others and from material sent to us

by Mr. Lyons. - - . ‘-



Aboutthefirstthingldtutomy;
‘ prize for having the largest; exhibit. of





this when: ours: only in our blind-

, mess. we gather thorns. for. flowers.——- ,





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they'got

-ate so muchalfalfa that they got pod-

dy, which made-’themlook real bad.

It was not very long before I had to





" Separate my pigs 'and'keep‘ my boar in v





a tight pen where there was avlittle

grass. He at once began to lose his

poddiness and really began to look

like a. good pig. My gilt was getting





such a large pod that her back was '





gettingrso weak I had t0'take her off

the alfalfa also. In a short time it

began to go away and her back began

to strengthen up and get‘straight. The

next thing to happen was for my boar

to get sore eyes. I began at once to

bathe them in warm Water and boric

acid because the county fair was to

begin soon and I want-ed to show my

pigs. ,His eyes soon get well, which

was the last trouble I had. They both

made good gains, but each month the

boar would gain a little more than the

sow.





HE county fair was to be quite an



event, and the club wanted to

make a good showing, so we made ar-

rangements to get twenty-five of our

pigs there.

for our Dixboro club. Besides our

pigs we equipped a booth with vegeta-

bles and canned fruit.



Just before the fair I used to give

my pigs a bath with soap and warm

water. They seemed to enjoy it a

great deal, as they would lay down

every time I did it. I also used some

oil on the hair to make it smooth and

glistening.



The judging day brought us better

luck than we expected as we won all

the young boar prizes and one gilt

prize from the other clubs. We won

second prize on our booth and first





all the clubs. Our girls’ canning club

also won first prize on their canning

demonstration, besides individual priz-

es on cans of fruit.



At the end of the contest with the



valued prizes, my pigs gained me a

little over $100 outside of expenses. I

intend to sell my boar soon, but will

keep my gilt. and breed her fora litter

of spring pigs, unless a large price is

offered for her. They are both for

breeding purposes and so are not fat

at all. The boar weighed two hundred

and ten pounds, while the sow weighed

one hundred and sixty-seven pounds

at the end of the contest.

, It would .be useless to try and enu-

merate the benefits outside of money

which I have derived from this work,

but I have enjoyed it the most of any

work I have ever been in. One of the

greatest benefits I have gotten from

it is the value 01' well-bred stock. Next

year I am planning on going into this

work with all my heart and soul. -I

am going to see just how many other

boys and girls I can get interested in

it so that they will have the opportu-

nity of all the benefits I have gotten

from it.





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oats and barley, said to be the low-

est. in the history of the Michigan

Crop Improvement Association, has

been caused partly by a slump in the

market and partly by the large supply

of these grains on hand in the im-

provement association.



Secretary Bibbins calls the seed

“adapted, bredto Michigan conditions,

guaranteed pure, of high. quality and

true to name.” Orders may be placed

with the seed department of the Mich-

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Secretary Bibbins, farm crops depart-

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for buying lemonade instead of

milk at a restaurant replied that

he had plenty of good milk at home,

and enjoyed the change when away.

But he said that he used butter at

home and away from home and didn’t

believe in using substitutes at any

time. He claimed lemonade was all

right as a change from milk, but oleo

never tempted him from butter.



Farmers who argue in favor of but-

ter substitutes do their business a lot

of damage in order to 'save a few pen-

nies on the food consumed at home.

Experiments have proven that butter

contains elements which substitutes

cannot contain and these elements are

needed for health and bodily develop-

ment. Too many of our best families

in the cities, with ample means to en-

joy good butter, are buying substitutes

and a lot of publicity will be needed

to make them return to buying butter.



One farmer suggests a. law to com-

pel the use of pure-bred bulls. If such

a law were enacted it might lead to a

lot of other laws and some of them

might not turn out as good as they

looked. We now have plenty of laws

on the books and what we need most

is to pay attention to the law of nature

and common sense and each man be

his own sheriff to see those laws are

obeyed. It is a sure thing that pure-

bred bulls are the right thing but, most

good farmers had rather use such bulls

from choice and not because the law

says they must do it.



Some farmers have found that milk-

ing machines will pay with small herds

of from four, eight and ten cows. Of

course, it is understood that they must

be good cows. Whether such machines

will pay with small herds or not de-

pends on the farmer and his system of

management. In general the farmer

with only four to six cows cannot

spend too much for equipment if he

has to pay interest on the investment

and lacks the best opportunities of

selling milk at a. profit.



To lift a calf into a truck, stand on

one side of the calf and have a helper

on the other side. Take hold of hands

under the calf and lift it up and over.

In this way a veal calf can be lifted

with little effort and no injury or rough

handling of the animal.



It does not seem as if the price of

veal on the hoof is going to compare

favorably with the market price for

veal when the consumer buys it. W'hy

not butcher the calves at, home and try

selling them to restaurants or divide





One local dealer tells me that he could

afford to pay more for meat if his cus-

tomers' would buy is! all. But he ’finds

they all want the finest cuts and this

leaves him with other parts on his

hands._





DAIRYMEN generally hate to batch





er calves. But one knock and they

are ready for the knife and it is really

not as ‘cruel as shipping them alive to

a distant market. It is rather hard to

do it at first but not much harder than

killing a chicken after becoming used

to it. Not much equipment is, needed.

The heart and tongue can be kept for

home use. There will be considerable

blood for a poultry mash. The liver is

usually demanded by local dealers or

buyers for restaurants and should be

delivered with the carcass.





One dairyman in our section tells me

he is making as much money this year

with low-priced feed as he did last year

on the high-priced rations. Of course,

the checks are not as large and it

looks as if the business was not as

good but he figures his costs carefully

and does not seem to be discouraged.





The cost of labor is less in the dairy

business and most of the dairymen in

our region are able to get. better men

than have been available for about

five years. When labor conditions im-

prove in the cities it may be more dif~

ficult to obtain men.’ But right now

there are men who have worked with

cows, who are out of work and some of

them may be induced to return to the

farm, but stay permanently.





A dairyman cannot develop his busi-

ness too rapidly and depend on plenty

of labor because it can be found now.

Many of the transients who appear

anxious for jobs on a dairy farm now

will be the first to make tracks for the

city when the old jobs come back. The

fact that there are plenty of men gives

the farmer a chance to choose help

more carefully. It does not pay to

hire poor help at any time as they are

the most expensive.



Watch that new hired man milk and

see if he does thorough work. Noth-

ing is more costly than hired help that

steadily dry up the cows by stopping

the process of milking before the flow

has ceased. A young boy with unde-

veloped hand muscles should not be

trusted with heavy-milking cows. He

may soon have very sore hands and

prefer to half milk the cows rather

than own up that he can’t do it right.





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help in driving cattle. but many





worry them. Such methods are not





good for milk pioduction and irritate





the disposition of animals which are

naturally very nervous. A dog bark-

ing loudly around the barn at milking

time is not a good business proposi-

tion. I believe it pays a. farmer to

drive in the cows himself when they

are near the barn and not let the dog

bother them.



It you have a sick cow, give the vet-

erinarian half a chance to save the an-

imal by calling him early. When a.

cow is .devitalized from sickness and

half dead, the veterinarian may be

blamed for losses, though not responsi-

ble. Cows take larger doses of medi~

cine than men, and medicine costs

money. The veterinarians do a lot of

good in the live stock business and

farmers can learn much from them.

Their fees should be promptly and

cheerfully paid. The writer does not

know any vets that are profiteers or





any that have become unduly wealthy





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IS DAIRYING FlNDlNG ITS PLACE?





AIRYING in Michigan received an-



other boost during the last week

ol.’ February, when the Michigan Allied

Dairy Association met in Grand Rap-

ids. Contrary to tradition, dairying

stepped out of its accustomed sphere

and made its debut into society. Right

into the lobby of one of Michigan’s

finest. hotels, the dairy cow, its prod-

ucts and producers, rubbed shoulders

with the traveling salesmen, poli-

ticians, society women, travelers and

all. There submitted to Michigan’s

most skeptical gmup, dairying was re

ceived with open arms. The dyspeptic

traveling salesman marveled over the

food value of dairy products and pro-

ceeded to the dining-room to order a

dairy diet. The cocoa cola, bevo and

ginger ale sponges retired to the bar

and found it transformed into a foun-

tain of youth and vitality. For the

first time since May 1, 1918, they found

satisfaction in the healthful Holstein

highballs and Jersey cocktails and

drank toasts of allegiance to dairy

drinks for the rest of our alcoholic

drou‘th. To shorten a long story, the

sales of dairy products were increased

fifty per cent.



The stimulus to all this interest and

consumption in dairy products was

bmught about by the exhibit put on

underthe supervision of Professors

Goodwin and Brownell of the Dairy

Department of the Michigan Agricul-

rural College. The entire lobby of the

hotel was given over to the exhibit

which was very artistically arranged

in an educational display, showing all

phases of dairying from producer 'to

consumer, with special emphasis on

the food. value of dairy products in

comparison with other foods.





Some of the problems brought out

in the exhibit were the production and

care of cream on‘the farm, value of a

better product, causes of undesirable

cream, marketing problems of butter

and cheese, method of determining the

keeping qualities of milk, materials en-

tering into an ice cream mix and many

others.





A wonderful. result was accomplish-

ed in the exhibit which showed to the

hundreds of producers and manufac-

turers, who assembled for the conven-

tion, the value, of advertising and how

easily dairying lends itself to advertis-

ing and at the same time giving to the

consumer the value of dairy products.





‘ When we consider ourselves as fa1m-

ers Ior life, and make farming a prac-

tical studio then we will, take pride. in

our Earths and live stock. ,'



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Service also helped make the De Laval

Separator famous; and it is service back





of the De Laval Milkcr that is helping





Sooner or





be





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mllklng, to place 1“ g





basis. For over





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to create preference for it among dalrymen.

means that the De Laval Mllker will be properly

installed, that you will be thoroughly instructed in

its care and operation, and that the De Laval Com-

pany’s interest in you, instead of ending there,





This





The De Laval Separator has rendered a_scrvicc

of lncstimablc value to the dairy industry





De Laval Mllker is doing the





It removes the one great draw-





back to dalrylng—hand milking. Ameri-

can farmers realize the service, stability

integrity back of the

“De Laval,” all of which is reflected

in the rapidly increasing use of De Laval





Mllkcrs.





name





Write for full information con-

cerning the Do Laval Milka:





The De Laval Separator Company





NEW YORK, 165 Broadway

CHICAGO, 29 But Modicon Street





SAN FRANCISCO. 61 Beale Street





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lllllllllllz'JlSz DIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publicatlon





 





 





 





THE HOME OF





Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny





Probably





The World’s Greatesl

Breeding Bull





Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the Smith.

field Show 1919. and the Birmingham Show

, 1920, is a. daughter of Edgar of Dalmeny.



The Junior Champion Bull, Junior Chain.

plon Female, Champion Calf Herd and First

Prize Junior Heifer Calf. Michigan State Fair.

1920, were also the get of Edgar of Dalmeny



A very choice lot of young bulls—mired by

Edgar of Dalmeny are. at this time, offered

for sale. ,



Send for Illustrated Catalogue.





WILDWOOD FARMS

' ‘ ORION, MICHIGAN

w. E. SOIIIPPS, Prop. Sidney SmItII, Supt.





 





 





 





GLOVERLY ANGUS





Cows and Heifers Bred to

Blackcap Brandon of Woodcote 2nd





For Sale

GEO, HATHAWAY .l: SON. (hid. Mich.





 





bulls and heifers from 6 to



Reg Aberdeen Ang l188.111011 old of the very best



of breedin. also Berkshire Swine, boars ready for



service an pigs both sex singles. pairs or tries,

will accept“ Liberm Bo11s.d



RUSSELL BROTHERS Merrill, hlich.





Registered Guernsey's

A bull Cult, nearly ready for light service at. 11 price,

you will pay, don’ t wait. long on this fel lo“

J M. WILLIAMS, No. Adams. Mich.





 





 





G U E R N 5 EV S Ellflfilbllllv’rfs’

Cont taining blood of world champions.

HlCKS' GUERNSEY FARM. Saul new W. S. Mich.





 





' Heller and bull calf unrelat~

GuemSeY Bargains ed. Both for what the heifer

is worth. Also acting cow. Liberty Bonds ucce lted.





WIGENT. Watervllet. lch





 





Guernsey Bulls 12.22.252.223532.

420 to 650 lbs. fat also a fcu (0“5 and heifers are

118.106 H. Vl 1gmnn. Lansing, Mich.





 





FEDERAL Inspected Guernsey Bulls. Priced to sell.

Nine sold in 10 mos. A fine Masher and 3 y1s.

old sure. sound and right 8175 00. Four randsons



of Ex- Champion A. A. cow, under 8 mos. old rom cows

on test. .& ..G RAY, Albion. Mich.





G U E R N s E Y .32“ mm wow



e’s dam u1 Ml.-

19. M10 In i.lk 90915 fat. Their mother’ s sire' .-. dnnl

mad 9 15 109.10 milk. 778. so fat. Onn spare 2 to 3 female s

of above breeding. T V. HICKS. Battle Creek Mich





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





II‘Or Sale





Woodcote Trojan-Ericas





We an Eoflering ten cons bred to either

HARE LORD OF HA “VIE ESTOUN. or

IMP. PAEDG ARDO 0F DALMEJY





ertefor our 1921 BULL SALE LIST

. Woodcote Stool: Farm, Ionln. Mich.





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 

   





 





 





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Six registered Guernsey hulls May

For sale Rose breeding ready for service. (‘heap





if taken soon. John Ebels s, R. 2, Holland. Mich.





 





I and I“ accepted lnpayment of finely bred reg-



of the . attired Holsgzelin bull hcnlzel'h ‘1“ng

beacon a ncoow 1112680 0 a 1-1



31110. 11.61.; 1:11.p - Volcanhflch





 





"dd.“ Prieslan heifer and bull calves, purebred

to red and but rade. Prlc cs :20 up

Splendid individuals and breeding. Write us your to

quiremento. Browncroft Farms. MoGraw, N. Y





M8175mmfip¥ll§§°k1““"1’... 22222

omd 0 na .

bull. mod to 8 lb. bull. lfkeavey. Akron, Ml l.ch





 





 





   





The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the large.

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way~

They are from high producing A. R. 0. ancestors

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

quotations. stating about. age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSP‘lTAL

Traverse City, Mich.





NOTICE





The Winwood Herd





on Nov. lst will move their Herd of

Pure Blood Holstelns to their new

home 1% miles south of Rochester, Mich.

and for the next 30 days we will sell

what bull calves we have cheap as we

will be unable to get our buildings com-

plete before winter. So «let busy if you

want a son of Flint NTaplecrest BOy

at your own price.





JOHN H. WINN, (lnc.)





Roscommon,





Michi gar!





Suns Ma 34 Ill. Sire





One from a 19 lb. jr. 3 yr. old daughter



of a 31 lb. cow for 3150.



One from a 27 lb. {/12 4 yr. old daughter



of “Sir Korndyke eeman Hengerveld”

for 8300.



These bulls are sired by “Judge Joh



Lyons” who 1s a son of one of the high-



SStis record daughters of the great ”ng

egis



Write for pedigrees.





- .Slndllnjgor Brothers
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Estimates furnished by the Dairy Division of the

United States‘Depaitment of Agriculture Show

that the dairy cows-oi the country average only

4,500 lbs. of milk per year”





A good Holstein bulllwill increase theproduction

of the ordinary herd‘O per cent in the first gener-

ation. - .





Let 'us hel ou find a good one to use on your

herd. You‘ha’nnot make a better investment.





- The Michigan Hoistoin-Friesian

Association

H. W. liliililli, lr., Field Secreiary,

Old Slain Block, Lansing, Michigan





or of ddams of 8 mo. old



33.60 "is. llllllel' ghll.agl(:land hive thim for present

. L'l rt on orno e. .



0°“ of some" M.|I)f MvoLAULIN, Redford. Mich.





 





 





' or (‘ erase calves. practically pure,

HOISte‘n 7 wez‘lis old.:25.00 each.crated for shi -

Satisfaction guaranteed. Hon 9





' h .

ment amw ere Whitewater. Wis.





Accepted. Edgewood Farms,





 





eg. Holstein Friesian cows will sell one or more.

gis and Pontiac breeding bred right and priced

right from two to six yrs. old come and see them or

write. ' HENRY S. ROHLFS. R. ], Akron. Mich.





For Sale $475.00





A Youn Bull. . Cash or Terms

From Jurgiligrlgnsi yous (girl A. R. 0. Heifer. 17.68. born

Fb '. . 2 sire y



e “M" MODEL KING SEOIS GLISTA

Whose grand dam, GLISTA ERNESTINE, has six

times made better than thirty pounds of, butter.

This bull is bound to trammit high milk production.





GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS





315 N. East Ave. .Corcy J. Sponcor.0wner Jacksou.Mich.

Under State and Federal Supervision





“Top Notch” Holsteins





Bu 3 ”milk" Bull of Quality from the Breeders

of the world's nnlv cow to produce 800 lbs. milk in 7

da 1;. having an 800 lb. daughter.



(lur herd is rich in the blood of Colnntha 4ths Jo-

hanna. the only cow that over livid all world's records

n every division from one day to one. year at thevsame

time. She produced 6.31.70 lbs. milk in 7days. “e are

ofiering for sale a. bull. whose dam exceeds this record

in over T'u’ lbs. in 7days.



is dzim'e records are:—



M‘lk





 





100.) lbs. '





i l Day

Milk 7 Days $59.3 lbs.

Butter 7 Days 26.31 lbs.





h-i Hallie l“

H KING VALE CORNUCOPIA WAYNE. No. 312599

Born February 6. 1920

His till“) and sire‘s two nearest dams average

Butter 7 Dow 33.02 lbs.

hriilk 7 Days 607.3 lbs. .

Handsomoly marked about one third white.

330M; f. o. b. owell.





McPBERSON FARMS 00., Howell. Mich.

All herds under U. S. Supervision.





Cluny Stock Farm





Offers





0 I

Cluny Konigen Colantha Silver 326205

Born May 29, 1920



A white bull wiih a few black spots.



llis sirc a $0 lb. son of King Seg‘is Pontiac Koniizcn.



Sire“: 7 nearest dams average 32.301 lbs, butter 624.1

.lbs. milk in 7 days.



His dam has 3 Jr. 3 year old record of 17.683 lbs.

biiurr from “8.7 lb. milk and is a granddaughter of Colauv

iha Johanna Lad.



2nd dam-“a 21 lb. cow that our bani records show milk-

ovrr 145.000 lbs. in 14 milking periods proi‘iuciiii.r 15

calves.



l‘rdiizrcc on application.



Price 5250.00. l-‘cderal Accredited Heard.





R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, 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.

6i6 So. WestnadgeAve" . .

Kalamazoo, Michigan

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BUTTER BRED JEIir'bErilssngm‘

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK Fili‘ciiikan





 





 





 





Silver Creek. Allegan County.





The Wildwood Farm





Jersey Cattle. Majesty strain. Herd on State accred-

ited list, ii. of M. testing constantly done. Bullsior

ALVIN BALDEN, Phone 143-0. Capac. Mich.





 





 





sale.

SEY BULL Ready for Service.

JER i d anl] l‘li 1,: h Maxim-d

—M ' t breeding. 1‘ ea ow am ‘ill‘lll. 'ator-

1121131 A: W’zghzmau, Packaid [N., Ann Arbor, Mich.





Bull calves from

R. of hi. cows.

Coopei‘svilic. Mich.





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys

COLON 0. 1.1L LIE.





i’ R. f M. (1 ms ST to

Jersey Bulls 5532......” 3‘ °

NOTTEN FARAI, Grass Lake, Bfich.





 





ll fir sale: From Marguerite's Premier

Jersey SErSndl-aon of Po 9 99th a d B. of M. dams,

bMI'i‘Hd: PAR EH. R. , Howell. Mich.





 





eridale Interested Owl No. 111311 heads my herd

Mbull calves from this great sire and out of R.oi M ,





dams for sale. Leon E. Laws. R. 6. Allegan, Mich:





° Shorthorns. Bulls and heifers.

RegIStel‘ed rivee within reach of all.

G. R. DoBH .Cl'LEB, R. 4, Tecumseh. Mich.





BID UV ELL BUYA BULL

.5555.555.implicationsmuster .5.

,. hand Scotc - opped yfiléisggqeasonabl riloed.





teee or animal breeder. ederal

,réflaorii: hour-virgin Toledo. Ohio, N. y. c. a. a.





 





 





 

 

 





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Breakwater Farm,

H. W. Mumford, Owner,





 

 





ative merits of





The Holstein-Friesian





Sired by Maleuy'a Intense I 27191" _ ‘

famous Regal Majesty and who is out of the :cow'lgaieaty'a Iris 20!?



est cow to be tested inihe state of Michigan. _ ~ ,

«All ‘ofth‘ese bull are out of Registerof Merit dams. Z





and Holstein stock of both sexes sell more readi

prices than other breeds. Everybody is interea





 





 





who is aidouble grandson





Brookwater herd is on the Federal Accredited List as TUBERGULIN

FREE. There never has been a suspicious case of tuberculosis on the farm.

PRICES are the lowest that they have been for this class of stock and

lower than they will be again in the next few years. . ‘

Description and pedigrees furnished upon request.





In Arbor, Michigan





J. B. Andrews, Manager





- mun CAT its





Cornelius Van Buren, Santa Ana. Cal. writes:





"I had supervised official dairy tests for two years in Wisconsin and

California and therefore had a very ood





opportunity to study rel-

Holstein is moat in demand



and for hi 1'

in Holstclns. ’





all dairy breeds. T





Association of America





164 American Bldg.,_ Brattleboro, Vermont





 





Choice individuals; shipped to you





are. BOARS





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





J. CARL J EWETT,





c. o. d. express paid and guaranteed





Mason, Mich.





 





 





 





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Buster.





CRANDELL’S PRIZE HOGS,





 





all ages sired by Callaway Edd 1918 world’s grand champ. boar and C. C.

Schoolmaster1919 world’s grand cham

Write your wants, all stock 5





.Hoos





ion also Wonder Big Type and Giant

ipped on approval.





Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





Bloomdale Shorihorns





See our cattle get our prices and breeding before [my-

lug. Both bulls and females for sale.





. CARR BROS. d: 00.. Bad Axe. Mich.





‘1ilking Shortliorns, bulls and heifers 5 mo. to]

i year old for sale at reduced prices to make room

ior younger stock. E. H. KUR'I'Z, Allison. Mich.





Stop! Look! Listen!





Have you‘ a catalog of the Shorthorn

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

1P. M. We are.listiug four valuable

females and two show bulls.





Richland Farms,

C. H. Prescott & Sons, Town: City, Mich.





The Maple’s Shortliorns





Kirklevington Lad, by Imp. Hartford

Welfare, .in service. Stock or sale.





J. v. 'wnss. Goblevllle, Mlch.





, EADOVV Hills Slim-thorns. Herd headed by Sil-

i . \1‘1‘ King, full brother of Lavender Sultan Pur-

duo University‘s great sire. For sale females of all

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





 





 





 





 





Branch County Farm





Breeders of





Polled Shani... Cattle





Young Bulls For Sale

Several well bred herd bull prospects.

GEO. E. BURDICK. Mgr., Coldwater, Mich.





VALLEY VIEW FARMS





Choice young Short horn cows and heifers for sale at

all times. bred or open, or a carload. also a fewyoung

bulls strong in Sultan Blood. Write



S. H. PANGBO liN dz SON, Bad Axe. Mich.





 





Shorthorns Scotch and Scotch topped. Herd





bull pros ects l roan 16 mo. old;

1 redfimo. Also feur yr. ol roan cow. All stock





registered and guaranteed 11%“.

J. A. WI dz SON, Alma. Mich.





' ' Shorthorn Breeders Associa-

antral MICh'gan tion ofl'erfor sale 75 headzBoth

milk and beetbreedin , all ages. New list read Jan.



7,. M. 1-1. MILL ‘R, Sec.. Greenville. ioh.





Shorthorn bulls ready for service





ROEIStered for sale or trade. A p

THE JENNINGS FARLIS. Bailey, Mich.





Imp. Royol Pioneer ’ “i b . .

Shorllloms Durno first five sii‘egnbggd‘bcyve‘igulthig.

J. A. BARNUM. Union City, Mich.





In Jail Pulled$3?’813‘i8¥’2.’i‘é‘.‘””“"5mm“ 5° ‘8

Grand Ledge, Mich.





FR NK KEBLER, R. 1,



Re . Red Polled bull calves. from 3 mos: to 1 year

081d. sired or Famous Charmer 75% same blood as



Charmerlm InternationWr-anddbnmpion. Our herd ~



State and Federal tested. estbrook Bros.,Ionia.Mich





‘N ‘ Farm'Brown Swiss Cattle are good ohea

GYSlde B ll cal as for sale eorres nde ca

solicited. ER INM can; , cinematic»?0 ." =





 

 





 





DUROC JERSEYS





Bred gilts. service boars and fall boar pigs at Bargain

prices. Your correspondence or personal inspection





is cordially invited.

RUSH BRUS.. Romeo, Mich.





Oakwood Farm.





 





Swir-

non,





Detroit. Jackson.Cd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919





Phillips Bres,Riga,Mich.





pigs by Walt’a

first Sr. Yearling





 





uroc Boers at bar ain rices large growthy hogs 15

Dmonths old at‘ 3%. Win send C. U. D. and reels-

ter in the buyers name. Orders booked for Apr. i

to deliver June lst. Vi’. E. Bartley, Alma. M 0E

‘M ' at once I have just what you want



rite Me heavy bone registered Duroc Jer—





sey boars ready for service.

W. H. MAYES. L. B. 505, Durand, Mich.





Breakwater Duroc Jerseys





BOARS—R eady for Service

Bred Sows and Gilts





_ Write us for Prices and Pedigrees

Mail orders a Specxalty. Satisfaction guaranteed.





BROOKWATER FARM, Ann Arbor. Mich.

H. W. Mumford, Owner J. B. Andrews, Mgr.





DU R 0 C S O W S affckiilts bred to





. Cherry

Orion King No. 169259 Son of the $10,000 boar owned

by Lou view Farm. Le Snmit. Mo. also oung boars

ready or service out of good sows. p ly



THE JENNINGS FARM, Bailey, Mich.





 





 





Duroc Jersey 33%.“? ”graphs... for





. furrow.

Also a few sprin boars. Best 0 blood ines and

splendid individua s. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write

for pedigree and i-ices. or better come and see. visi





tors welcome. ’ os. Under-hill d: Son. Salem, Mich'





Buy Pigs Now. Beg. Duroc pigs crated and delivered

to express station for $20 each. Choice stock iii



iv); State Fair winners and weighing near 100 lbs.oach

rite for particulars. Michigana Furm,Pavilion.Mich:





UROO Jerseys. Boars for sprin service. heavy



boned type, from the most popu or blood lines at

reasonable prices._ Partridge Rock eggs from best lay-

ing strain 82 per lo. Drodt dc Berna, Monroe. Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS R’W-lgl'“ "de535

ones. E. p. HEinmsunuii’i'l wtii‘s‘i. Mich.

DUROCS fiii‘i..i.°.‘.“.3i‘.§il¢ 55°" .....





W. o. TAYLOR. ‘ Milan. Mich.





 





' Strict Bi '1‘ with ual-

0' I' C' Swnne ity. lifevgv yiii; bred1 for

last of April. and Ma tar-row. A few

fa] piss either sex. ra good ones.

Fair prize winnin \blood lnes. Will shig 0. O. D.

gain £10on them ree WMAN’ STOCK

C .





n.1, Mariette. Mich.

‘ 7 Fall i byC 0. Bi Call h i

00 ‘0 C 3 and q‘izgl‘ity and aregpriceldwrgght?ve 812.9

.. C. J. T 0MPSON. ‘ Rockford. Mich.





0 j V ’ ' Bred Gilts for Mar. and Apr “er!

",0 Io«co 3130 to ch ' e i -

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Wmizh this column in siren ‘fi'ce to‘ our subscrib-

era. Lem - should state fully the history and symptom of

each can”: and. rive-name and address of the writer. Initial-





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

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Unthrifty Sow.—.—Have sow that has

had only one litter of pigs. She is’all:

run down and out of condition. DD.

(3., _ Holt,‘ Mich.——Mix equal parts of

ginger. gentlan, bicarbonate of soda.

and powdered licorice together and

give her a. teaspoonful or two, at a dose

in feed two or three times a day.





Nodular Disease—Have recently

lost three sheep, and several more are

sick. Their sickness 'shows up sud-

denly, the animal appearing as if'in-

toxicated for two days, then die. Am

feeding ensilage once a day, also corn‘

fodder and mixed hay twice daily. I,

opened- one and found kernels on the

small intestines about the $3126 ‘of a.

bean and filled with a greenish sub-

stance. The paunch was filled with

lfood but nothing in the small intes-

tines. What ails these sheep? The

sheep are two and three years old. H.

N., Fowlerville, Mich.—Doubtless your

sheep suffer. from EsophagostomaCol—

umbianum ,“nodular diaease,” and .the

symptoms are so obscure that the

presence of the parasite is not discov-

ered until the sheep is dead. Treat-

ment is hopeless.



Fleas on Dog—What will kill fleas

on. dogs? F. Z., Marine City, Mich-:—

Apply one part coalstar disinfectant

and thirty "parts water. »



Catarrh.—We have a cat troubled

with cold in the head, caused perhaps

from exposure. It is inclined to sneeze.

Mrs. W. H., Adrian, Mich—Dissolve a.

teaspoonful of salt in one pint of blean

tepid water; then dip nose and lower

part of face into this saline solution

three times a day. .Keep him in warm

place, feed him whatever he craves.





Indigestion—Worms.——My nine-year-

old mare is thin, and occasionally pass—

es a few worms. What shall I give

her? R. S., Whittemore, Mich—In-

crease her feed and mix equal parts of

powdered sulphate of iron, gentian.

ginger, fenugreek and salt, together.

Give a, tablespoonful in each feed, for

not less than thirty days.





Lumps in the Teats.——One of my

cows freshened a few Weeks ago, and

since then bunches have grown-in both

front teats, which make milking some-

what tedious and difficult. J. L, Fre-

mont, Mich—Step into any drug store

and purchase ‘ two ounces of iodine

ointment and apply it to teats directly

over bunches twice a day. Don’t use

a milking tube unless you are willing

to boil it for fifteen minutes each time.





before using it, for if you don’t the





udder is likely to become infected and ,-

ruined. ' ‘ -



Effect of Feeding Corn to Cow.——

Last fall I butchered a six-year—ol’d

cow that I had fattened exclusively on’

corn. and when boiling some of the

meat the water has a reddish color.

What is the cause of the water chang-

ing color? W. D., Lansing, Mich.—

Doubtless feeding her mostly on corn

had most to do with changing the col-

or of the water after the meat had

been cooked. Don’t cover kettle and

change water .a time or two. The meat

can be safely used for food. ’ .a

Warts on Teeter—I have a three-

year—old heifer that has several warts

on her teats. Have applied castor oil,

but it fails to remove them. R. G.,

Clarion, Mich.~——Every wart that has a.

neck should be clipped off, or cut off.

Apply lunar caustic' to wound to pre-

vent them growing again. Rub on pure

olive oil to flat warts twice a day.

Depraved Appetite—I have ~nine

head of cattle which have been eating

and gnawing boards and all kinds of

wood. since last fall. I also noticed it

“some last summer when on clover and

June grass pastur . Cows are now in

poor condition and do not give .much‘

milk. Am feeding corn and soy bean

Silage twice a day, 'with ground corn

and oats, bright corn fodder and June

clover twice a day.- F. V. IL, Char-

lotte, Mich.—~—This disease is confined

to_ certain regions, due to soil and cor—-

tam local vegetation, therefore . a.

change of food ‘is doubtless the best

remedy. Mix one, 130qu of Carbonate

of' iron," four pounds of

powdered section. one pou





 

     





 





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Review or FEED'LMARKE'TS.

(Continued from page 378).

rially smaller than a year ago. The





statistics available,

for January 31 show a total of 233, 979





-. tons on hand, compared 'with 265,670





tons a year ago. This is further strain-

ed by the fact that crushers are not

now operating so intensively as a year

ago, a majority of plants, in fact, hav-

ing closed down for lack of seed. Mill

activity the remainder of the crop year

will be on a very restricted scale.



For a brief period linseed cake and

meal followed the downward course of

cottOHSeed feed, but the fiaxseed prod-

ucts have since rallied, now selling as

much as a dollar a ton higher than in

the early part of February. On the

Minneapolis market crushers and job-

bers are asking about $39 to $40 a ion

for linseed cake and meal, While ex‘

port operators are quoting the market

for cake at the seaboard around $45 a

ton. Extensive buying of linseed cake

by Holland, the Scandinavian coun-

tries and other European nations has

been the outstanding strengthening in-

fluence in the domestic market, mills

having been enabled to dispose of

much of their surplus stocks. Feed-

ers also have taken hold more freely,

due in a measure to the improved po-

sition of hogs, but the domestic de4

mand still lacks much from being nor-

mal. Observers ol‘ the foreign demand

situation are inclined to doubt the

maintenance of that trade, owing to

the approach of the pasture season in

those countries. Without a foreign de-

mand, d‘iiiiculty will doubtless be expe‘

rienced in holding up prices around

current levels.



The Hay Market.



The. position of the market for al-

falfa, prairie and tame, hay offers little

of a bullish character. The occasional





 





such a low level as to 'make shipments

from important producing sections far

from terminals impossible.

other irrigated producing states of the

northwest have practically halted their

shipments of alfalfa, being unable to

absorb a ten-dollar rate to the Kansas,





 





display of strength is due almost en-

tirely to a technical rather than funda-

mentally sound influence, the reluc-

tance of farmers to dispose of their

surplus at current prices. Yet the'

fact remains that stocks of alfalfa and

other varieties of hay are in the ag«

gregate the largest on record for this

period of the year. For several weeks

the alfalfa market would undergo a

sharp break because of the pressure

of offerings from the country, then sud-

denly rally in price because of the let-

up in marketings, with each succeed-

ing rally causing another rush of hay

to terminals. The declines are more

severe than the upturns, with the re-

sult that hay is now selling at a. con-

siderably lower price. Alfalfa can be

bought around $21 a ion for the very

best grades, around $16 to $18 a ton

for good shipping grades and down to

$8 a ton for the cheap brown offerings

on the Kansas City market. Tame hay

is selling at an extreme range of $9 to

$21 a ton in Kansas City, up to $27 a

ton in St. Louis, with a range of $18

to $27 a ton in Chicago for timothy

and clover mixed. Some prairie hay

has been worked to Michigan points,

but the quantity is negligible, timothy

being available in this territory at

much lower prices than the delivered

cost of Kansas fancy wild hay.

Dairymen and other feeders should

not become enthusiastic over the re-

cent declines in hay and accumulate

large stocks. Hay should be bought

only as needed. However, there is

some fear of a. possible dry spell and

many producers are “sitting tight” on

their surplus alfalfa, though there is

too much of the legume in the country

to make such action an influence ,of

importance on markets. Further ma-

terial declines in prices, of course, will

be slow, for "the market already is at





Idaho and





 





.Puts Horses. IIIfl

Prime Condition





Most horses will work if they

feel right. hen you have to

force them, something is wrong.

0 horse feels right when worked

hard on warm spring days unless

his heavy winter coat is clipped.

Spring cll ing 13 the best pro-

tection aga'igst colds, stiffness“

and more serious horse ailments.

It pays big, and pro ssive

farmers l$10 it with a .ew‘art

No. 1B 31 ll Bearin Clipping

Machine. Price 14 at your

dealer' 3. or we ship direct

on rece t of $2 and you pay balance on ar-

rival. Grt'iaranteed to please or money back.





 





Bigger Wool Crop





The w_ool' is an important plan of

your sheep profits. Get it al



Hand blade shearing leaves 15%

of the wool crop on the sheep. be-

sides an uneven fleece that won 't

bring best prices.



This Stewart No. 9811“ Bearing



achine shears nick and clean,



loves no ridges. uickly pays for

itself, even on a few sheep.



$22 at your dealer’ 9. or buy direct

from us, sending $2 and paying

balance on arrival.



If your flock is large, write for Catalog

No.69 of power shearing machines.





Chicago Flexible Shaft Company

null. “12'! 5600 Roosevelt Road, Chic-go





.FELDKAMP, 12.2. Manchester, Mich





 





L ‘l‘ P. c If you are hookingl for something good.

- in “3"er lts at 11 ri 1. price. Vi riot

..J l AGELSH Augusta. Mich





GLAND China Bred Bows and Gilts at bargain

Prices. also sprin boars Rand full pigs, either sex

YDE FISHER . 3 St. Louis, hiichlgnn





 





 





I Bi T pe 13.0.8111“; bred’to

Leonard 8 015m gClzmsmnn.I‘ Fallboax' 1183

Weigh 1" ’ “’5- Real 11111531111111 prnspei ts ( al 1):

“rite. h- R IPImard, ..St Louis, Mich.





PINE GROVE HAMPSHIRES

We are offering a few tried sows bred for March

and April iarr1'111. These sows are all closel_1 re-

lated to our winning show herd and of popular

blood lines and the price! \\ an Down. !

(ieo Coupar CK Hons. ll arlette. hlich.





 





~ ' Bred ilts‘ all sold.Spr'1ug

HamDShqres and fail boar pigs at a bar-

gam. JOHN \i. SNYDER, . l , St. Johns hilt h.





Bred sows $111131 (tilts $.01md up,f11r ApI'L





and .lunc fax-tam“ 111110 (I

few good full pigs at 1'1 111-10111).le priies for sale.

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SHEEP.

SHEEP WANTED





“ill trade big blzu' k ”mime-r111 Pcr1horon Stallion

llyearsz 11111211 sound. 1:611:10 good “other .11111 show

horse. George P;'-,u1l1e Giulicn. Mic.h





Wool- Mullon Shropshire llama. 31‘,‘{Li‘.1.f‘1“.'.°1’1‘§1i‘1‘y'

bred piiccd right. A ll. FOSTER. Allegu11.Mlch.





 





Shropshires Choiie cues. all ages. bred to





imported ran1.Als11a l’cw ram“

..B McQUILLAN R."1, Hon-111, M1111.





 





 





 





 





 





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0 I 0’ Choice gilts l"m April 111111 leu farrow, also

8 fill 1 pl 8 Booking 11rd1- -rs for spring pig gs.

.BARKI'Z R &' SON, Belmont, biich





 





 





at specoizil low prices



we Are Offeringm some (1111 choice

(i. I. (‘. fall pigs sired bv State Fair winne 1'11



\i E Bl" It Bli()H,l’h1~nc 408 ll111al0uk, Mich.





Central Mich. O. l. C.





Swine Breeders Ass’n.





llog~ of 11“ ago) 111' popular blood lines. livery

5111c puuruutced by :ISSOCl‘dthll.





DR. H. W. NOBLES,





Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich.





 





 





 





 





0 I c! Big Type Gilts bred for Mar. and April

3- furrow [loam all ages. Vi lite 1111+ for p1'i1es.

G.P.ANDRl‘WS, .\l11.~11111,Mi1'h.





 





 





 





 





1.0'3. Blastspringgiltsdue to furrou in Mar.

'and Apr. some trio sows service hours and lustr‘

gall go, not ak biggrowthy sto1k. Registered

mgltz. Phone 124n Otto Schulze. Nashxille, Mich





 





 





want a Sheep? Let American HampshircShci- ~p





Asso1iation send you rlzmdy

booklet with list of breedcn. W rite COMFlUl 'l'

A Y'ILl ll. ‘33 \\ oodlund Arc Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 





 





POULTRY



March Chicks B" 'e'" H



Near am



100 ’10 ‘



S. C. White Leghorns - $18,011 $9 .11 3.11111

B11. R111'ks.R. l. Reds - 30.00 10 T10 .31)

111-111 1111' other 1arieties. With 11rd1 1 pl: use glm

(L111 “.ullld and name second (‘ll()l(t‘. Pri paid

11ndgum'1mt1cd live deli1er).

Washlcnaw Hatchery, Ann Arbor, Mich





 





 





 





 





BABY CHICKS





of Superior Quality





Hot from the H.1t1i11-1'1'. right to 111111' dom' sul'c ly by

prepuid parcel p11.~t.lll(l Strong, fluif} fellows l111t1l1<

ed from eggs of dolor-11d flu1k~ '111rl under our 111111

supervision. 10(118. I VGlIOliN‘, ANi ()NAB.



RFDS and MINORC -\S. (‘h'u ks that Hip and grow

into In1111e1.Br1'd f111'}<(i(il’R()D( (‘ TIUN and the

SHOW “003181119 money b_1 sending for our 1 alta-

logue NO“. ’I fill! h‘l'l’l'. lllUR CHICK HA [(‘Hli' iii.



Lock Box 19'7.P1"11i1i1 [)1 pm. Ohio.





Barred Rock Eg ggs 5:35.313: *"12' '11:: '2':

86. 00 for 50; 8131. 00 for 100. Prep llll Pzir'c el l"'c1st

MR H. Hl" N’J ,





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Raise Chester Whites

13 Like This





”I: the original big producers

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I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success 1 can help you. I want to place one ho from

my ”gore“ herd in every community when 11m not IlreI y

. We“ fine early ’devolopeI'sOread y for Inn-kc o‘E-a

3:60 .lttk‘ More 31011ny tom





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Prize winning 0. I 0's. Jan.

saglnaw valley Herd- and Feb. pigs priced reason-

a.ble J.Uibs11n Fosters I\'Ii1h





 





Bi T Polands Some very 1'l111i1e full hours.

read) for springsenice f111'1.1l1'.'l‘hcy are



shed l1_\Thc Clans-1111111: dam. ”10.910251 Miss (‘nlum-

l1'1:1.1I littermmi 111thc $40. 000 i‘hc Y 1Ink(.c.Aluoul’c11'

choice hours b} The (“llanslm HO“ of "lhe Clunsmau.

W1‘1SI.l"HILE. Iouia, Mich.





' Poluuds Bred sowsull sold, but havcsmnc

Blg Tyre good herd boar pr'ospe1 ts fall boars

welglnng 1'7.'1 lbs. Sired bv the Ar1tic.C.1ll11r 11 r119



10'RLS HOVE,R 111111111 1111111.





 





(‘ Bred sows. Fall pigs singly 111' in pairs Also S.





Barred ROCk ChiCks 1"" 4 ilff‘ Ili' -li1' 1- 1'1 R3-





. duced Prime ii 111 f 1'

Circular. H. H. PIII'R. ROE. Jer.o1n1' {lit-(ll.





Officially Certified Pedigreed





S. C. Bull' I (ghOl‘llo (hix and eggs from 219(1) ‘38} 11:0-

ord Rico [1 M11110 -1 makers pri1 611 right

HENR'i Dcl’Ri'l H, R 8.8011137, Holland, h'iicll.





s c Brown Leg hams ‘finrmn S C. Vi htlm l cglmrns-





_ {3‘75 strain. 1'1-3.8 ' 30.

83.11; (-10 8; 100- 39g prepaid hilstlHilton,(izilli1111lls,0





S lilac 'k ‘ 11111r1111111kcrels exhibition 11111! utililv.

Northrup Ntluin Ex1'lusi1'1l1 hatching eggs

SinglesettIug-I 111111121111it120 J. Dcedrhk. Va» 111', Mich.





S C ‘v 1111911161” Egg; ‘15111'1'111111 Stsmin sto1k from

L1111 icon 0 egg on ‘300110rl.'1.$2-.lll)

(01'30 V. (i. Y( U,RK B1111 l01, Fast J..1nsi11g,l\llcli





Van’s White Rocks 111-4 111 stat“ of





Missouri. (‘111ker-

els and eggs folr xale from high 1'11111'd f1 11ml 3.





Van A“ “cut l’luius. Mo





. P l ..- '1.

White Wyandottes. .512: “1...... st, &

(‘ och-rel.» from 111 111-1 ulth ‘30? e 11 CW ' '

$8 00 0111' h E gg‘ 330‘ Ollper 15. gg “we Igo 31 l and

1' [{ANI\ Dcl ()NG R. .l, '1‘ ll 1'1'1' Rivers, Mich.





Whittaker’ s R. l. Red 1.2;..k'11'2g

Combs hilchigun's Calm and Hg strain. l'repuid

and safe cit-liven guarantor-.11 Humgi for fm1-1ut11log.

11V .lI‘RLAKlaH FARE“, Box 39. Lu11"re111c,l\'1ich.





 





'.C Mmon .1 cockorcls all his: 'l‘ipe of the best of

breeding. Sutisi’uctionguar. R Vi .Mills, ‘aliuc, Mich .White WyandOttes V‘iinneru 0"" "g0





 





11 low choke boars





L SO P. C ’ at farmers prices





olibeum~H11om





strong,sturdy. goodR breediu Cooke l l

and 810.00. E. J. 111m '6' a "00 5‘50





oxhl, Hillsdale.l\1i1h.





gills bred to Black Giant one of (in best pigs out of ' froml 1' d t1-l

Ill. thi 3' fall. Also a grundsouof’lhe Clansmau and White Wymdoue COCl‘erels st o1'k.'s:".' ( in





Harrison Big Bob. 11.0.8“ All ’1‘ Z, 3111101111 raft, Mich





L.T...PC





70 head of P01111111 Cliinus at p1'i1 ate H1ll6.AlIl offering





1 00 each.





HOWARD GRANT, Marhall. Mich.





Whilst W randottes Omcial records. five hens 107i





Eggsl;'1.$3.00 and811l.;00 100





( , $1; .00. (‘ t

('1 W. SCHO’ITMANN. ) "





hiontroso. Ill-





swing hours from 340111350 11nd gilts tln same price Hutchin eggs. Heavv S C. M .An-

. . . panis 1‘}.





Summer and fall pigs 8‘35 e111 l1 The inst 1'11111'k will





MingI Iou the first. choice HARI, FU (‘jHFH& perléegg.





E. Address 1“. ..Hart St. Louis. Mich.





 





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





Offering a dozen choice gilts 111111 a few tried sows

bred to such boars as Michigan Mastodon 11nd Mich-





igIn Clansman.100 horn cockerels Large,





P. l). POPE. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





lg T1pe I’. 0 some 1'er1 1-hoi1e boars double 1m





1' (mas uyers. PI' 1Z0 11 inners.

Laurence Lahuio, Cheboy gIn Mich.





6 0 B R E E D s ""‘itkens ducks,





eas. pigeons. hares dogs. Fine

log only 10c.





see-so turkeys. guin-

1 his and deuc. cat-

Lduln A Souder, Sellemrllle, Pa.

March hatched. BaIron strain, S C. White



vigorous, pure whitebir





flaudfieach. R. L. McInemey R. 1, Frankenmuth. Mich.





Bmune.out1100n) 111., .111 d mammmh mm from White Holland Turkeys White African Guineas 111





Iowa' 5 greatest herds. E. J. Mzithcu son Burr Oak. Mich.





BI 1"" Pln'lnd chilliS 25x,'o:lel"t prices. Both





H Burgess, Prof. .Poultry.

for sale.





ages. and bred Mammal:





1111134111 1;: tgicm (‘- lifterori‘g'e 0.

10 1'1 0 e 11

'Alden Vi liitcomb, ByrongContcr. fiiicham





Bronze Turkeys, ToulousoGIoso





 





cows and Aslits

G.A MGARDNER, R. 2.





 

 

 

 





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If on want the has th t

lm'TODA Y t a money





 





Mlddlerille, Mich. 6885!





'Swaiufoldlryi‘mltl'hichm Bum, Width.





nd l’ekln d1 1: Eith e

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BABY CHICKS





At Itly Reduced Prchs. English and American White LI horns and Ancon-

I furl-:11 raked—Free Rnnge—nghclt Quality—Lowest Pri ices;m





‘ A Square Deal is Our Motto





can buy send for our free catalogue and price





Large Type Poland chinas. Homing, ggr sale at ‘
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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, March 15. -

. Wheat.



Detroit—Cash. No. 2 red $1.70; May

$1.63; No. 2 white and No. 2 mixed

1.68.

$ Chicago.~---No. 2 red $1.65%_; No. 2

hard $1.5 1,4 @1591/2; March 331.55%.



Corn. .



Detroit.——»Cash No. 3 yellow 70c; No.

4 yellow 67c.



Chicago—No. 2 yellow 66¥i@67c;

No. 2 mixed 65c.



Oats.



Detroit..—«-Cash No. 2. white, 46%,0;

No. 3 white 450; No. 4 white 420.



Chicago—No. 2 white 42417430; No.

3 white 403463430.



Beans.



Detroit—«Immediate and prompt are

lower at $3.75 per cwt.



(Iliicago.-~«White beans steady. Hand.

picked beans choice to fancy $4.50?!)

4.75; red kidney beans $9(n}9.25 per

cwt.



New York—Market is dull. Choice

pea $4.75; do medium at $5.50@5.60;

red kidney $0.



Rye.



Detroit.——Cash No. 2 '



Seeds. ,



Detroit.——Prime red clover $13.25;

alsike $15; timothy $3.10 per bushel.



ToledowPrime red clover, cash at

$13.05; March $12.80: alsike $15; tim-

othy $2.95 per bushel.



Hay.



No. 1 timothy $22@23; standard and

light mixed $21022: No. 2 timothy

$206,021; No. 1 clover mixed $18@19;

No. 1 clover $174018; rye straw $13.71)

14; wheat and out straw $12(u)13 per

ton in carlots at Detroit.





WHEAT





The government report removes a

great. deal of the strength of the do-

mestic wheat situation, as it was com-

monly believed that; the United States

could not. export additional quantities

without drawing upon our normal car-

ry-over of about; 70,000,000 bushels.

The total supply now shown amounts

to about; 318,000,000, compared with

338000.000 bushels last year. This al-

lows thirty to forty million bushels yet

for export. in addition to a carry-over

of 70,000,000 bushels. The total North

American surplus for export is esti-

mated at about 85,000,000 bushels. The

world's supply and demand situation in

the wheat market, can still be regarded

as rather strong, especially since the

low estimate on av‘ailable surpluses

from Argentine and Australia have

been confirmed and the first ctlicial re-

ports froni lndia suggest; a crop below

actual domestic requirements. A crop

scare in this country or decided re-

vival in general business may induce

a. material upturn in wheat prices but

if such factors fail to develop the mar-

ket will not get, as far above present

levels as seemed possible a short time





ago.

CORN





Reserves of corn on farms on March

1 were 1,572,600,000 as compared with

1,071,000.000 bushels last year. This

total is about 60 per cent above the

average of the preceding five years and

about 100,000,000 bushels above the av-

erage of private estimates previously

issued. The (liszmpearance of corn

since November 1 amounted to 1.000,-

000,802 bushels, compared with 1,897,—

000,000 bushels last, year, and a ten-

year average of 1,854,000,000 bushels.

Mild weather and an open fall seem to

have offset the low price.





OATS





Reserves of oats were 689,000,000

bushels. or 271,000,000 bushels above

last year. The five—year average is

520,000,000 bushels. The March 1 fig-

ures indicate the disappearance of 893,-

000,000 bushels front the farms during

the first eight months of the crop sea-

son, which is the smallest: since 1914.





BEANS





Bean markets continue w k ith

buying power restricted t hand-to-

mouth char-acted. Pri s for choice

hand-picked stock f. . b. Michigan

points are quoted ar 1d $3.90 per 100

pounds'which means about $3.25 to

growers for beans in the dirt.





FEEDS





Slight advances in branand other





mill feeds took place at loading trad-





ing centers during the past week. Lin-

Seed oil ,meal also advanced about, $1

Per: toast :Mienea ' lis’ Supplies an





we lawman-2!





' pear adequate and there seems no like-





lihood of a big rise in values as grass

will be available before many weeks

have passed. , .





HAY





Most hay markets have been rela-

tively firm during the past week. Re-

ceipts are unusually light and there

has been a slight: increase in demand,

particularly from sections near the

principal distributing centers. Reports

to the bureau of crop estimates show

a great abundance of hay still on hand

in Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, North

Dakota and South Dakota. Grass will

soon 'be available and with a moderate

increase of acreage of clover and tim-

othy in prospect the outlook for mar-

keting the surplus of hay from the

1920 crop. is not especially promising.





POTATOES





Potato markets have been somewhat

irregular but the general trend of val-

ues is upward. Shipments are heavy

but many of them consist of good

stock going south. and southwest. Sup-

plies of table stock are normal. Mich-

igan stock U. S. Grade No. 1 brings

.2 per 150-lb sack in Detroit, and $1.20

(«t-1.25 per cwt. in Chicago.





APPLES





Apple markets displayed additional

strength during the past week and

prices advanced. Receipts are moving

into consumptive channels more freely





, markets.





and the export movement, especially

to Great .Britain, has been heavy.





' BUTTER =



Butter prices declined from day to

day throughout the past: week. _Dan—

ish competition, which was on the. hor-

izon a week ago, exerted more influ-

ence. Although no Danish butter was

unloaded until the end of the week,

four cargoes are“ expected within the

next two Weeks. Warm weather also

reduced the sale of storage butter and

California butter is being offered in

the middlewest at low prices as the

season is now close to the flush period

in that state. Heavy production in the

middle-west is also in sight. There is

no speculative buying as the market is

expected to decline still further before

the storage season arrives. A price

as low as 35c for butter for storage in

May has been predicted by some mem-

bers of the trade. Prices for 92-score

fresh butter on March 12 were as fol-

lows: Chicago 451/ic; New York 471/20;

Philadelphia 48%c; Boston 470.





EGGS AND POULTRY





Spring-like weather during the past

week caused further declines in egg

Receipts at four markets in-

creased about 20 per cent and are now

running nearly double. those of last

year. A small percentage is moving

into cold storage as bankers Will not

finance such holdings liberally. The





 





 





Live Stock Market Service





 





 





Wednesday, March 16.





BUFFALO





Hogs declined 5OC@$1 from Tues-

day’s prices, heavy hogs now bringing

$10.25@10.50; mixed hogs $10.75@11;

lights $11.50@11.60; best lambs were

sold for $11.50; calves are higher at





$15.50.

DETROIT





Cattle.





Market steady.

Best; heavy steers . . . .$ 9.00@ 9.50

Best handy wt bu steers 8.00 @ 8.25

Mixed steers and heifers 7.50?!) 8.25

llandy light butchers . . . . 6.50@ 7.50

Light butchers . . 5.5061) 6.50

Best cows ..... . . . . . . . . . 6.50@ 7.50

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.00

Common cows . . . . . . . . 3.00613 4.00

Canners 2.5061) 3.50

Choice bulls . . . . . . . . . . 6.00(_u) 7.00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0060 6-00

Stock bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.50

Feeders 7.0061) 8.00

Stockers . ...'. . . . . 6.00@ 7.50

Milkers and springers. . . .$ 40@ 90



Veal Calves.



Market steady.

Best ....................$14.00@14.50

Others 600601000



Hogs.



Hogs 50c@$1 lower.

Mixed hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.25@10.50

Pigs and yorkers . . . . . . . . 10.75



Sheep and Lambs.



Market dull.

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

Fair lambs

Light to common . .

Fair to good sheep . . . . . .

Culls and common . . . . . .





CHICAGO





Hogs.

Estimated receipts today are 23,000;

holdover 16,972. Market 35@500 IOW‘





10.25

8.00@ 9.00

5.0061) 7.50

5.00@ 5.50

1.50@ 3.00





er; heavies slow. Bulk of sales $9.10

@1035; tops $10.65; heavy 250 lbs up

medium. good and choice' $9(q)9.50; me—

dium 200 to 250 lbs medium, good and

choice $9.35@10.35; light 150 to 200 lbs

common, medium, good and choice at

$10.10@10.65; light lights 130 ‘to 150

lbs common, medium, good and choice

$10.15@10.65; heavy packingsows 250

lbs up smooth $8698.85; packing sows

200 lbs up rough $7.75@'8; pigs 130

lbs down, medium, good and choice at

$9.50@10.65.

Cattle.



Estimated receipts today are 9,000.



Market slow and steady to lower. Beef





steers medium and‘heavyweight 1100.





lbs up choice and prime $10@10.75;

do medium and good at $8.50@10; do

common $8@8.50; light weight 1100

lbs down good and choice $9.50@10.50;

do common and medium $7.50@9.50;

butcher cattle, heifers common, medi-

um, good and choice $5.50@0.50; cows

common, medium, good and choice at

$5@7.85; bulls bologna and beef $4.75

@7; canners and cutters, cows and

heifers $2.75@5; do canner steers at

$3.50@5; veal calves light and handy-

weight medium, good and choice $9.75

@1225; feeder steers common, medi~

um, good and choice at $7.75@9.75;

stocker steers common, medium, good

and choice $6.50@8.50; stocker cows

and heifers common, medium, good

and choice $4.50@6.50. -

Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 19,000.

Heavy lambs dull, others are steady.

Lambs 84 lbs down medium, good,

choice and prime $8.75@10.50; do 85

lbs up medium, good, choice and prime

$8@10.25; doculls and common $761;

8.50; spring lambs medium, good,

choice and prime $7.50@8.75; ewes,

medium, good and choice $5@6.35; do

cull and common $2@4.50; yearling

wethers medium, good and choice at

$7.25@9.45.





 





 





Lift/e Journeys to t/ze Market





lll.—Prime Steer.

RIME steers such as are quoted at the top of the classes and





grades in this market report





are the most select grade of -





steers produced. Such steers have the blocky, rotund build, typical

of beef cattle which win prizes in the show ring, They are not

coarse in bone. but show the clean-cut head and joints which, stock-





men refer to as quality Or refinement in animals.‘ They have been





carried on a heavy feed of grain





and are hi hly f‘attened. When slaughtered they will. dress out





for a period of four‘ to six months





from sixty-p hree to. sixty-five per cent of carcass to live weight.





3 “Prime" means. theflrst or highestt grade.





heifers,

h (I





When applied. to

a. meaning similar-file





"and. decnnes





.ceased.——Navy





receipts of poultry have been liberal

in prices occurred on

somepmarkets. ‘ - ’

. ~ HONEY »

:There is little activity in the honey

market and supplies are light. .At

Boston sales to retailers of 24-section

cases, White Clover No. 1 heavy are

reported at $8.50@9-; light $7638. At.

Cleveland extracted honey-is quoted at

16,@19c per. pound for White Sweet,

Clover. There is practically no trade

in bulk honey. At Chicago the market;

is very weak and White Alfalfa and

Clover honey in bottles is quoted at.

13@131/2c a pound, and White Clover

and Alfalfa in 24-section cases at $6@

6.50 for 'No. 1 heavy quality. Beeswax

is quoted at from 32@33c for light and

29@31c per pound for dark. ~-





DETROIT CITY MARKET





’ There is an active demand in the

city for apples, cabbage and potatoes.

The supply of produce is light and the

buyers are not numerous. Fancy ap-

ples in wholesale lots bring $2.25@

2.50, while other grades {range down

to 75c for inferior stock. The best

white cabbage brings 75cfi)$1;‘ dry on

ions 75c@$1; parsnips 50??)85cy pota-

toes 85can$1; carrots 50@85c per bu;

eggs, 45@50c per dozen.



Salesto jobbers at tracks show p0.

tatoes selling at $2.10@2.15 per 150-lb.

sack; Michigan Greening apples A~2%-_

inch grade at $485605; Baldwins $5.50

(@575; onions 75c@$1.



Hay prices are draggy and a. little

lower than last week. The highest

price paid was$21 with a few loads

a. t$18. .





HORSE MARKET





Demand for horse flesh continues to

center on farm chunks suitable for the

eastern trade. Receipts during the

past week were more readily absorbed

than during the preceding week and a.

slight recovery in values was apparent.

Chicago prices as follows: Good and

choice heavy drafters, 1700-1800 pounds

$200@265; common and medium draft—

ers $125@175;\ farm mares ’$100@140;

farm chunks 1200-1400 pounds $125@

175; wagon horses $125@_175.





FARM BUREAU MARKET REPORT.



New high levels were reached in

medium clover during the past week

caused by a heavy demand and light.

sales on 'growers’ part, $13.25 the high-

est point. Timothy scored .3. 20 cent

advance, closing at $2.95. Alsike is un-

changed. Future markets indicate a.

sharp break when the rush is” over.

Seeding is under way in the southern

counties, while all sections of the state

are ready to sow. "





'





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





(Continued from ' page 368).

izations.——The American consul at

Fiume is refused recognition by that

government.



' Monday, March 14.





THE League of Nations accepts the

mediation by the United States in

the frontier dispute between Panama

and Costa Rica, and hostilities have

estimates for Great

Britain show large reductions but still

total an expenditure of 84,372,300

pounds—The Japanese cabinet is now.

facing difficulties and may quit.

Tuesday, March 15.

~HREAT of an economic blockade

against: Germany is made in the

British house of commons.~—An earth—

quake shock is reported from central

Illinois.~United States ”commissioner

generalrof immigration is completing

plans to divert immigrants from indus-

trial centers and place them on small

farms.~——Germany is making formal

protest to the league of nations against

the allied penalties imposed because

of her refusal to accept indemnity de-

mands.—~April 11 is selected as the

date for opening the special session of

the sixty~seventh congresss.——Recogni~

tion of the Greek government of King

Constantine by the United States is,

expected to follow negotiations now

under way; , _, ' ' » ' ._





h—ny'u—uu-





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Notice the





 





scented money and I?

gRANTEE SPREADE Vgesmo ‘3

sshumul skill Chan makeit . 111de



lots of perfection not We? “nether



lmeetone





6&0! RdEAD these

own in and out

clutch Mix your





before they become

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with girht ado

res or

3311! commercial fertilizers):q I: e

tertilizers evenly or sow lure

of gen r from seat with shirt"3

lime and fertilizer with the so

wet and ruined borrow your land at the saline nt

Let one man. o of luen

flvs horses. WRIT UR

SAVING 0

GUAR RANTE

apartment 3-





Registered Seeds

At Association Prices





0111:, Bailey, Soy Buss, Com, etc,

registered Mm



Crop [Wt Ass’n.

These graced! we seeds!!!-

specte bytbe association, are supplied

~ At Association Prices

Oats 8. 60 to $1. 25 per bushels; Barley-

81. 15 to $1 75 dependin von size of or-





 

 

 





   





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ders. Equally attrs rices on

clover, alfalfa and other iiel seeds.

sex-:1) om.



MICK! N sure: FARM BUREAU

221-1 N. Shoot. Landing, Mich. (I)

’B wens-n W "



s, "haw-mm. ' "

GRINDERS

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'5 era, are not endeavoring to accumulate

. big stocks, but are purchasing in a.

' , hand-to-mouth manner.

- . which they have pursued for months

:‘ leaves more than half of the 1920 clip ‘





 

 

 





 





 





 





‘ a eousv.

. e

21.91..

. tion for a number of Weeks. Additional

1 purchases of raw wool are expected as'





 





 





POKEMOS'I‘ AMONG m MR8

Crush and grind all the rim that w: th. for

hogs or “coarser for entt feeding am in husk.





Ila-d IIIln. and all small (ulna.



sens abIlIty and Sonic. rsdiptsfr

every line a!” these Masterful ulGrindm. Small“ but

eflective in talent.





LIIII‘I’ “MIG—MIN UPI—[XIII mm"

@814 Mm

10' sizes—Ito





.crop and 14.5 per cent of the 1918 crop





 





KP. or more. Also BpeepEE Mills.

It you well to investigate. CatalgaFR.“

’l‘lle III. P. W00





 





 





 





Get mtehlese bargains and sure yields



by planting Ansus' QUALiIa'! Ellnsmloen

p revel

9 rd





adedsn

$0.1m“ seed 15013 en eelm

and state is tests —— World's tsn

03339.11. .SofisionOm-n. v. m 1.1.

refill ”d over I! iel‘.o..-- bagel-lollies lg:

mm 11 our 8 n

and grout advice on 9:99 growing ll.





 





MONEY-SAVBNG CATALOG

”FREE





.. m

flfimfi





0:11? {cumin-mast

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Fleece Wool, Walled





We are paying the following prices for

fleece wool f. o. b. Detroit.



Delaine 33c



Fine Clothing 24c



1-2 blood combing 266





I 3-8 ” ” 24c

1-4 ” ” 22c

Rejects ” 15c





Wool sacks furnished for packing wool.

Check sent on receipt of wool.





Traugott Schmidt 8: Sons,

508-560 Monroe Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Capital $1,750.000.





Prices Reduced 0-





Strawberry Plants





5pm- 1000. This offer is

$ 53006 only from this advertise—

ZI— ment and mentioningB this "3‘5“”!

' 3...“: Dunlap, Warllold. you.

and Gibson: at $8. 75 per 1000; $2.1m 500; H81. 25



for-250, not preroid;100 for $1.00"

unwed, or wielr mshig plants by express.





 





examini must please or no“



other eties 1: other prices. My plsnts In



treatment she use every war to use them It

will pay you to sign), Me. LI: 968.

grapes and sveryth 111m. rite J. G.





sumac-say, n. 3. Aliens,





 





sir





 





 





final 2: 1 :11” 111111 vc5t 1.1L“...-





\ w..«





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





. per cent of the 1919 crop and 39.0 pel





"isfled with settlements made.





first installment of which appears in





 





_ '— res—405' ’





 





Woolen mills, as Well as wool deal-

»This policy





in the'hands of the grower. Buying in

the west is decidedly limited although

the new clip is already beginning to

come off. One sale of Utah wool is re-

ported at a price of about 25 percent

of that of early May of last year. Pull-

ed wools show more strength than the

fleece wools and a. sale of nearly a mil-

lion pounds at Chicago was reported

early the past week. Foreign auctions

deve d a firmer tone when the fail-

ure of tariff legISiation caused a re-

sum tion of American buying. The.

use en goods trade appears to be in

a head-thy state as mills are satisfied

with the demand and orders already

obtained will necessitate mill opera-





3. result of these sales of cloth. The

American Farm Bureau Federation re-

ports sales of wools from various state



ools. Prices are approximately as fol-

‘ ws: Delaine 40@41c; fine staple 33

@340; one- half-blood 30@320; three-

eighths-blood 27@280; one-quarter-

blood 25@260. These prices are for

bright wool-s. Semibright wools bring

three to four cents less. Low quarter-

blood wools have sold for 18@l20c and

seedy, hurry and off-grades for 13@17c

per pound.





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





 





The Crop' Reporting Board of the

Bureau of Crop Estimates makes the

following estimates from reports of its

correspondents and agents:



The amount of corn on farms in the

United States on March 1, 1921, was

about 1,572,397,000 bushels, or 48.6 per

cent of the 1920 crop, against 1,070,-

677,000 bushels or 37.5 per cent of the

1919 crop on farms March 1, 1920, and

855,269,000 bushels, or 34.2 per cent of

the 1918 crop on farms March 1, 1919.

About 21.4 per cent of the crop will be

shipped out of the counties where

grown, against 16.3 per cent of the 1919





so shipped. The proportion of the 1920

crop which is merchantable is about

87.0 percent (equivalent to 2,811,266,—

000 bu.), against 87.0 per cent (2,486»

296,000 bushels) of the 1919 crop and

82.4 per cent (2,062,041,000 bushels) of

the 1918 crop.



The amount of Wheat on farms on

March "1, 1921, was about 207,591,000

bushels or 26.4 per cent of the 1920

crop, against 164,624,000 bushels or

17.6 per cent of the 1919 crop on farms

March 1, 1920, and 128,703,000 bushels

or 14.0 per cent of the 1918 crops on

farms March 1, 1919. About 58.4 per

cent of the crop will be shipped out of

the counties where grown, against 60.3

per cent of the 1919 crop and 58.8 per

cent of the 1918 crop so shipped.



The amount of cats on farms March

1, 1921, was about 689,566,000 bushels,

or 45.2 per cent of the 1920 crop, as

against 418,983,000 bushels, or 34.0 per

cent of the 1919 crop on farms March

1, 1920; and 590,251,000 bushels, or 38.4

per cent of the 1918 crop on farms on

March 1, 1919. About 28.2 per cent of

the crop will be shipped out of the

countieswhere grown, against 26.0 per

cent of the 1919 crop and 27.4 per cent

of the 1918 crop so shipped.



The amount of Barley on farms on

March 1, 1921, was about 69,836,000

bushels, 01' 34.6 per cent of the 1920

crop, against 36,848,000 bushels, or 22.8

per cent of the 1919 crop on farms on

March 1, 1920, and 81,746,000 bushels,

or 31.9 per cent of the 1918 crop on

farms March 1, 1919. About 36.4 per

cent of the crop will be shipped out of

the counties where grown, against 35.0





cent of the 1918 crop so shipped.

HORSE BREEDERS' SALE.





The Michigan Hrose Breeders’ Asso-

ciation held their annual sale at the

Michigan Agricultural College Febru

ary 24. While the prices were not sen-

sational yet consignors were well sat-

All of

the animals were sold with prices av-

eraging as follows: Eight grade hors-

es averaged $198; sixteen pure-breds

of working age averaged $240; elevea





 





gazing colts and stallions average

The sale was deemed a success be-

cause of the downward tendency in

the price of all commodities and the

tight money situation—R. S. HUDSON,

Secretary-treasurer M. H. B. A.





1 THE CLAN CALL.

This is the title of a new serial, the





 





 





 





blur eminence!

when it rains is

made sure





Look for the

Reflex Edge





5.}. Town ('11





Established l336

. fiesta”. Mass.





 





 





 





Cheaper ln Price

Yet Dependable





are the R. K. Double Tread Time Retreuted and

double chain stitched. .[u the Rural (listlicts

our tires are preferred to others because they

stand the abuse on rough roads so “elk-yet 1110

cheap in price and we guarantee them even at

the ‘58 little pricts.





Size Price Size Price

389;- --------------- 5 ‘3 g3

Xi,-:............... .

352x333............ 8.00

dlx-i .. 10. 00

3214 .. . 10.00





 





2 percent oil‘ for (lash with order,

10 percent deposit required with all C. 0.

orders.





R. K. Tire Company

837 No. Broad St., Dept. C, Phila, Pa,





Send for descriptive booklet and price list.

Good Territory Open for Live Agents.





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Micyhlgan Grown





Hardy stock. Michl 'nlge grown. selected

for their proven hi yie d It pays to use

Northern grown see because plants from

such seeds have vitality. full of pep, make

speedy. vigorous growth.

We handle all kinds of clovers and field

seeds. Michigan grown.

Prlcos, per bushel





Ito San. . . $5.50 Early Brown. $3.00

Hollyhrook. $5.00 Manchu, . . .. $6.50

lack Eyebrow. $6. 50





SEED DEPARTMENT





culrlgnn State Farm Bureau

Mar Strut Lansing. Hichigal;





$50.00 A WEEK





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If you are a “live wire you (fall easily earn

a good salary in your spam: time selling our au-

tomobile pollc1es. VVrltc tor lull information.





LIBERTY MUTUAL AUTO INS. C0.





Farmsand Farm Land.





 





m Hie” Glsy Loam Soil u‘d’l’lald

, gel '8 wonderlu Glover's

cs .00 to per sci-9T time--





soon. Isle Co ty.

Lsndsjrom wpb-IchT that





geese]: «41%»de





es

has been removed- m





Let Glover and Alfalfa Seed Cro 5 pay (or your

lend—it is doing it (or others H RE—Why not

lorwyou?0f (Entire forties often paid for onto: a?

me ecropof seed—the product of one bushel





only “:31“! cash regent exacted. (and if «eggs:





e lointerest. I: first and second gears)

amoun ments the third year an

, —-unt uni. paid for—is measured on





‘ by returns from seed yields harvested yearly at

the rate of 5 acres for every forty purchased.

Do you catch the point?



What you receive for your Seed Crops your

ly—be it big or little—establishes the amount

of your yearly obligation on interest and

payment from third year on.



While building the farm home you are not con.

fronted with a. fixed yearly cash payment that,

if not paid promptly. often endangers the loss

of your prOpel-ty and' in many cases discourages

would.be settlers.



Your responsibility is limited to seeding stipu—

latated acreage yearly—harvesting and market-

ing the seed crop and applying proceeds upon

Qayment of land yearly until land is 911in or





Paying for a farm in Clover Seed Belt where

Seed Crops average $100. 00 per acre. entails no

hardship for the dairyman or stockman—ss the

hay and chaff crops more than pay the expense.

leaving the seed Crops as the mortgage lifter.





THAD. B. PRESTON





ONAWAY, MICH.





$1400 Secures 210 A. With

Horse 25 Dairy Cattle, and





Modern. machinery, produce, etc; buildings estimat-

((1 worth 38000; int (1m? last year ':l00 wood and tim-

11m to newly pay to: all: (Wonlenilnt ull adlzlntages;

100 acres mm hine- “()rkod, 3 tons hay, 850 bu. pummel-1,

125l111.10rnto :lcrc;apple orchard: equipped sugar

grole: fine 9- room house; 100- ft. burn, 31.1., pr'OSDel-

ous ownel wishing to retire. eacriflc (...; 86 100 gems u r\-

thing; easy terms. Soc past-‘1‘: Spring Catalog 1100

Bargains. Just out. ‘ ‘ S'IHRUU'l AGENCY.

all BU Lord Bldg, Detroit, Mich.





FARMS FOR SALE l





100 acres ol‘lgood lend: fine new lmildillgmgood orchard;

2:3 non-s of good Limbel; good made three miles to

our line. Price $60.00 on aue. Farms from 5 to

>00 new" at bargains. IRAY and VALLUNE.

101 (:oksy Building, Jamestown. N. Y.





FOR SALE__Qpening a new tract of for-

tile farm lands well hunted



in the great potato and dairy district of Wisconsin

and Michigan. Seture that choice now. Liberal

terms Write £01 free booklets, etc. Sanborn Corn—

1mm. No. 29, 81111110111 Bldg. Fagle Rher, Wisconsin.

and cutover lands.





GEINTRM. WISCONSlN FARMS 5.1.10... 011,...»





soil ossnd m snzlulps A \" underful clov or section.

1 rl( (3:14NI \ery reasonable. W rile for list.

)WEN REALTY 00., Owen, Wis.





 





 





 





 





 





Lancer Countyk‘:¢rms.1“rom $100 to $150 the sore. No

better farms aniluhele at. any who.

ELMER ()LMAN, Realtor, Lapeer, Mich





 





in Delnuare where the





Farms and Homes (l1matels pleasant, the





lands productixo and prices reasonable. l‘or inform

:liion “rile. State Board of Aglitulture, Doxer, Del





 





For saIe‘lO acres all nude! plow. 2110rscs. 4 cows,

huge 60 L'llll in us, and full line of form in:



plemonts. (mod buildings. Orchard. At $41.00 Easy



terms. W rite John (I onnnt, Grand Haven, Mich,





If richest SO“, (filfiutpest lanjds, ,tinest climlete,





gar suing. pou try,

(111i 1 ying. 11.11111 11] gas luteresls you w11te Chamber Conl-

meme, Basin, Vl yoming. Illus. booklet Basin l'acts.





 





 





 





Small Farm For Sale or Trade





near town. Willls Bradley. Bedford, Vu.

To hear from owner of





w A N T E D land for sale.





0. K. HAWLEY, Baldwin, Wis.





 





 





‘ . 100 acres, fine house lar e l ,

Big Bargam' creek, only $1100 needed, firitéaggr

pictures. DeCuudles, Bloomingdale, Mich.





 





 





 





Farm Lands For Sale





Several Modern 80 to 400 Acre A





 





Gulster Bldg., Petoskey, Michigan



to sell well-known line RIM

SAME“ wanted of oils, paints and 1001- FA HELP

éngs direct t1? farmers. Men aberago ilnm $100 to _ .

‘00 per wee Lommiseions pal wee kly Bonuses married man who has for -

paid monthly. engard of Ohio made $439 in one WA N T E D jug tools and equipment To





week; Meyers of Allan. took 10’ Orders “151- month.



l‘ine opportunitx tnl lilo—elm salesmen shipping



paints: ('lexel 111d, Chicano. KjUI-“ilfi Cit ,Mluneapolis

For com Jrll to )mpositinn writ



’letA PE”IR()Ll‘ll'1\/6100.,Clelcluntl Ohio



and Red Currant





G R A P E V | ME 5 3...... N] 51.9.:





don, 100 $12.11v’b g Strawberries 100 with (‘L Rose,

$1.95 poutpaid lower Mu ll 10,000 Dunlap Illnwh‘ y

on ly$‘..’9, because the or is me now. Full price

lists free. GOBLll‘VILlel‘ MICH. r'Nl RSICISRII‘





 





Kentucky Tobacco-





TWO YEAR 0L1) LEAF. Riv l1. Mellow Nature C‘ur-



Chewing and Smo ng. [AL '1 “It”. OF- '

F Bil lbs. 51. 00 POSTPAII ). K123 N l‘ l CRY 'lOBAC

CO ASSN., Dept. .’.16, Huutmille, Ky.





 





Homespun TObacco 10 lbshfililllt)‘: 20 lbs. 35.00:





a. $10,101

F A R Id .10 R S' U N I 0 N, Mayfiel 1] Kentucky

Home is anted miles of Detroit fortwo

boys nod}. four and six were Addrc

.KIEL, 1811 Field Am ., lleilnit. Milli.





Barn Paint 51. 35 Per Gallon





(letr factory plices on all painlflts. We

lfiflevi' We pay that ‘ reilzgh

FRANKLIrN “COLB ORK, Dept. hi, Franklin, ind





Trained Ameflwmmm F”

HAY

HAY Ankh. Pot-toes





We'll! alumna. Detroit.





 





on farm wit-hill fifty





 





unds Babbitsnd “Skunk

l ages. Send sat

KY. Holmesville p()hio





 





Ship to The Old Reliable House

Daniel McCaffl-ey’ 8 Sons,

623-625 Wabash Bldg. Pittsburg. Pa.





 





 

 





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Good Clubbing Offers





OFFER No. 301.

Michigan Farmer, one year. . . . . 41.00

McCall’s Magazine, one year. . . . 1.50

Total value.. ..............$2.50

Both for $1.75.





 





 





OFFER No. 302.





Michigan Farmer, one year. . . . . .31.”

Woman’s World, one year. . . . . . . .50

American Women 50





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Total value $200

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ings. “Near l.‘l lkston, Oakland Count.

RS RIGH‘ 229 Gratiot Ave... "Detroit. Mich

position on farm. single. one ear

WANT: D at. agsrlc ultulal colleges! _yrac-

tlcal experience. B. H Sticklo. Three Oaks, icb,

wamed single middle age man to work on ranch, must

have stock grperiem-e. Position open April 1st.

D. HARSCH, Siloam, Midh.

HORSES

Stallions and males at lessonobld

PerCheron 1m as inspection invi
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5-. . n ‘A .

dations

for IRACTORS

(Abbru iated Edition)

\ How to Read the Chart

i

’l‘tlE correct grades of Gargoyle Mobiloils lot

tractor engine lubrication are specified in the

Chart below. , g

A means Gargoyle Mobiloil "A”

8 means Gargoyle Mobiloil “B”

BB means Gargoyle Mobiloil “BB”

Arc means Gargoyle Mobiloil Arctic



These recommendations coyer all models of tractors

unless otherwise specified.



& Vthre dillercnr- grades of Gargoyle Mobiloils are



g recommended (or summer and Winter use. the winter



ii recommendations should be lolloned during the entire



1~ period “hen freezing temperatures may be experienced._



4:; This Chart is compiled by the Vacuum Oil Com-

pany's Board ol Automotive Engineers. and constitutes

a seientific guide to Correct Tractor Lubrication.



If your tractor is not listed in this partial chart. eon-

sult the Chart of Recommendations at your dealer's. or

send for‘booklet, "Correct Lubrication for Tractors."

which lists the Correct Grades for all Tractors.



M "u 1.20 wt. III. ”‘1 I".



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'- ,. AHOtlinModrls an A an A m: A nn A A A

All\\nr)i...... n A n A n A B A u A

Appleton. . .- ,, ....... A an A BB A Bl) A

Aunmn-Taylorilb‘54). . .. WEB A BE A A A



.... ‘14‘ an A nn A’ ..2



" Sluil“’2uhr<lnl5ng.) llll A BU A Wm...”

Alllhlicrhlodels ..... B A n A u A n A A A



Ann/(540v ........... A A A A A. A A Arc.



"MotorCulnvarurkl‘lamer A \n. .

"AllhxherMoilrls n A n A n A n A A



simian-mung” . n A n A n A n A.



Bean—lintk-l’ulln . n A A A A A A A.

)ligliull ..... n A n A B A h A

lluchcyrillndlay,0hlu). B A B A B A B A B A



'aul‘lld) ........... A A A A

A A A A A A



”Kenn nu A n A



A .I-I“"“ii"A"ii"X'



. ........ “A"nii"A"niJ"A'ffII...:



A B“A n A



A an A us A A A



firm A DB A A nu.



A ’liB”A"Ii'B“A”ii“A'



n A n A



' ccvu)......4. A ll A B A B A A A



‘ AllOtliu Models . A A A A A A A A Arr,



qurCnytZOJSl... . ll A ll A B A ll A AAre,

“ “ AllOlhuMmlrls.. n A n A n A B A n A

lurdwn., .. ,. .. . BB .-\ BB A Bil A ...

.....nAnABA

A “B A In} ‘A‘ Bl) A- ...

........,n A n A n A

AnAnABAnA

AnpAunAnuA u A

.ullis . MB A ...... ..

‘ (Mmlr 1d) H. . ,. .311 A

" . 1.4.5) .. A an A llll A in) A nu A~

“ '* AllUtiu-rMmlclc n A n A n A B A n A

Hum . nn A nn A no A an A n A

Illinois ..... n A n A n A 'A A.

Indiana A A A A ..

.(xrm no A nn A BE A nu A u ,A-

lnCrossc ll A ll A . . . .

'bmy. n A n A n A

Iighlloor. m; A nu A

aneapo! .. ' A B A B A ll A U A

Moguiiwo .../l A A A A A

'1 AllOtlirrModtl an A an A nn A nu A

Molincl’nircrs‘l.. '\ an A an A nn A an A

Monardi .......... UH A ....

National ....... an A no A

qusnprzmz; ..... ,, .1 ll A ll A BB A .



.. (SD—18,106) , , an A an A ..



" AllOthchtdtls .. I! A

NgwAg .......... nu A nn A an A

Nikon ............ .1513 A an A nu A nu A n A

onPulmms,m—zo). .. ,. an A

" " n—znuwcu A nn A

~ “ 2 ) ...... A nu A nn A A .,

“ “ OtherMo‘lzlu. A ll A )1 A ll A B A

Puma”: A nu A nu A an A A A

Women. A n A n A n A u A

Royer ....... A B A ll A

humerus-16) B}! A an A nu A

.- 2—20.. n A u A A A

Rulocll(ianl)i......... n A R A ll A ll A 1‘..‘.rr

4 " AllOtherModcla nn A no A nu A nu A A Mr.



A BBABBABBAN‘A A

,....... MB A ..



A n A n A.



AnnAisnABDAm A



A A A



A B A



A M A as A ,.



_VA an A us A .

'Iiij'nii'A'nisHA'i 'I..I.



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A 'ii"A'"ii"A' 0 “MB A

B A A A .............

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The Decisive Year





 

 

 

   

   

 





Utmost economy will help you, over it





N answer to the universal cry for pro:



duction, most American farmers invested

their profits to render their farms more

efficient. Many of them drew heavily on

future profits.



'l‘oday- prices have dropped. Bankers are

calling loans and restricting credit. Many

farmers View the future with anxiety.



These conditions are temporary. Food

is a prime necessity. Authorities state that

it is a question of weathering safely the

next year. ‘



171/75 mm or done o; the utmost economy.



Soon the plowing will begin. Your tractor

will daily need gallons offucl and its ration

of oil. Gargoyle Mobiloils when used as

specified in our Chart of Recommendations

mean dollars and cents saved because they

mean gallons of fuel and oil saved. At the

height ofthe season, time is ofutmost value.

The tractor ~which unex-

pectedly breaks down eats

up money. Men lose time.

Repairs and parts must be

paid for. The delay itself

often affects crops. The

correct grade of Gargoyle

M obiloils helps you r t -actor





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to stay in'harness when you most need it.



Cheap oils are a waste of money. True,

they cost less. But the poor lubrication they

supply is often a vital factor in shortening

the life of machinery. Cheap oils steal the

power your tractor needs for pulling. They

cause mostly breakdowns and excessive re—

pair bills.



ln hundreds of public and private tests

Gargoyle Mobiloils have shown a saving of

oil from 50% to 70% andafuel economy from

17% to 25%. The Vacuum Oil Company

was the first to supply petroleum lubricants

to automobiles 'and has ever since been rec-

ognized as the ' leaders in the science of

lubrication throughout the world.



Gargoyle Mobiloils will give you ut—

most economy'in the lubrication of your

most valuable equipment—tractors, trucks

and automobiles.



At the end ofthc year this

means a tidy sum of dollars

and Cents saved.



The chart shown here in~

dicates‘ exactly what grade of

Gargoyle Mobiloils will giVe



» you best engine results from

your tractor. ' ‘





   

 

 

   





 

   





 





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A grade for ear/2 type. of motor





In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your dealer, it is safest to purchase

in original packages. Look for the red Gargoyle on the container.





New York Philadelphia Detroit , Minneapolis





_ . Kansas City, Kan.

Boston Pittsburgh Chicago Indianapolis





DOMESTIC

BRANCHES :





   





 

 

 

 





 





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high-grade lubricant: for rum clay affirm.

obtainable two‘wlm'a in flu world.





   





 





 





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