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Whole Number 4141





ONE YEAR 81.00

FIVE YEARS 83.00





 





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  I Remaking Rural Communities

36600]; Mat Serve a Hum/red Miler—By R. P. C‘mwz‘bm’





. HERE is probably no more po-

. ‘ tent force for upbuilding and re-

viving a community than the

consolidated school. It is but natural

that after the consolidated schobl is

established other community enter-

prises should come into play. The

school tends to bring people together

and it is often the case that many peo-

ple, although living within a compara-

tively few miles of each other have

been total strangers to one another

and have made their first acquaintance

through the school and the children.

We are going to visit just such a re-

markable school in, Colorado, but be-

fore we do so it might be well to as

certain just where this state stands in

the consolidated school movement. It

is true that Colorado does not have as

many such schools as other states

more fortunately situated, but when

one counts one hundred and fifteen

such schools in a mountainous state, it

is easily equivalent to almost three

times that number in a state which is

entirely level and populous. Through-

out the eastern half of the state there

have been numerous consolidated

schools springing_up on every hand,

and these are schools that would be a

credit to many cities. But I early prom-

ised in writing this series of articles

dealing with consolidated schools to

point out in each state those features

that are especially interesting and

which would furnish lessons to other

communities.

So we are going to take a little trip





Hundred Miles in District.



Many of our friends in states much

more favorably situated would be non-

plussed at the prospect of transporting

pupils every morning and evening from

a territory a hundred miles square, but

that is just what is happening in the

San Luis valley. The first school that

we shall visit will be the Sargent

school, whose territory embraces ap-

proximately one hundred sections. Not

so many miles from this school is an—

other consolidated school, the Center





success that it was only a short time

until a remarkable community church

was established, holding its services

every Sunday in the' modern school-

house. It is a complete school plant

with houses for the superintendent and

teachers, a splendid garage with a

gymnasium on the second floor, and

even a house is provided for the min-

ister near-by. The school itself was

named after Professor C. G. Sargent,

of the Colorado Agricultural College,

who has taken a leading part in pro-





 





 





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school, which serves one hundred and moting consolidated schools

fifty-three square miles.





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people in the surrounding country

heard about the proposal and decided

to get into the consolidated district.

More and more kept clamoring for ad—

mittance until nearly a hundred square

miles of territory were consolidated.

In fact, there were eight special school

elections.





I would especially commend the idea-





ol' visiting a neighboring consolidated

school to those who are in doubt as to

whether or not they should consoli-

date. In fact, the visiting habit is

pretty well established in the San Luis

valley now and numerous parties from

neighboring states visit the schools in

that section for two or three days at a

time.



Ten acres for the site of the school

were donated by an interested farmer.

The school building, consisting of

about fifteen rooms was erected at a

cost of $32,000, with $3,000 more added





for school equipment. A nine-room

house for the superintendent was

erected at a cost of $4,500, and an





eleven-room home for the other teach~

ers at a cost. of $5,400. The equipment

used to transport the children cost

nearly $17,000, and $3,600 was invested





in an eight-room parsonage and site-





l‘or a home for a minister. A gymnas

ium and garage cost $6.000. This with

some other expenses, made a. total 01

about $75,000. Five acres of the land

are used for the school site and the

other five acres are devoted to demon-

stration plats.



Today the total enrollment of the





down into the San Luis valley in south

ern Colorado. Leaving Denver early

in. the morning we have journeyed

southward on the limited through Col-

oradoSprings, Pueblo, and then turn-

ed westward over the mountains

through the Royal Gorge and Canyon

City. At Salida we have changed to

the narrow gauge, and then rambled

along over the mountains until about

evening we find a great valley spread

out before us. This valley is approxi-

mately seven thousand six hundred

feet above sea level, and is hemmed in

on nearly all sides by lofty mountain

rangesr‘a





regard transportation of pupils as an

almost insurmountable obstacle, it will

be a revelation indeed for them to

know that at the Sargent school hardly

a pupil has to leave home before eight

in the morning and practically every-

one is home by five in the evening.

There are not only remarkable fea-

tures in connection with the Sargent

school -as regards the transportation

of pupils, but it is also a very remark-

able community venture. It serves to

prove my assertion that one ‘of the

first steps toward reviving and making

a real community is a good-consolidat-

ed school. This school proved such a





The idea of erecting this splendid

school plant was started in 1916 when

it was planned to consolidate only a

few districts on no very elaborate

scale. But the big idea really came

when about twenty automobile loads

of taxpayers and school patrons from

that community set out on a long au—

tomobile tour to the La. Jara consoli-

dated school about forty miles away.

By the time they had come back to

their respective homes they had be-

come so enthused with the idea of.

erecting a consolidated school that con-

solidation carried by an overwhelming

majority in the election. Then more





school is three hundred and sixteen

pupils. or this number two hundred

and forty-eight are in the grades and

sixty-eight in the high school. Is not

this a remarkable record for a school

right. out in the open country?

A Great Transportation System.

To get a real inspiration of just what

this school is doing, one should make a

visit to it on any school day or Sun-

day. There is no trouble or turmoil

connected with the transportation of

the pupils. The teachers eat their

breakfast in their own home and a

little before eight o’clock go out and

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VOLUME CLVI. NUMBER THIRTEEN





DETROIT, MARCH 26,1921

CURRENT COMMENT





 





N another column



- of this issue will

Freight be found the report of

Rate a conference of organ-

Problems -ized farmers and ship-





pers on the important

transportation problem. There is no

question but that the extent of the

transportation toll has an important

bearing on the prosperity of all indus‘

- try and all the people engaged in ev-

ery industry. And it has perhaps a

greater bearing on the prosperity of

agriculture than that of any other sin-

gle industry, due to the fact that the

larger number of people engaged in it

are larger buyers than the average of

peOple in other industries, as well as

because of the fact that the great bulk

of their products, reaching an enor-

mous aggregate, must pay transporta-

tion tolls.



While it is a sound business axiom

that if transportation is to be ade-

quately maintained, freight rates must

be sufficient to pay legitimate costs

and a reasonable return on the invest-

ment, yet there is no convincing evi-

dence that present exceedingly high

rates are necessary to that end. In-

vestment in railroads is a much con-

fused term, and is too often expressed

in terms of pyramided values based on

watered stocks or on replacement val-

ues figured at the peak of war time

or post war costs. Neither farmers

nor other business men are able to get

a “reasonable return” on their invest-

ment on this basis under present con-

ditions, nor are transportation compa-

nies entitled to it. But what is the

remedy?



Government operation did not prove

to be the economic panecea for our

transportation ills that many people

believed it would. Reorganization un-

der private control does not show car-

ly promise of a practical solution. Sec-

retary of Commerce Hoover has been

quoted as having definite plans for the

reorganization of the country’s trans-

portation facilities along economic

lines, with a proper coordination of

rail and water facilities. This, if pos-

sible of accomplishment, may be the

key to the solution of the problem,

since these interests have always been

in conflict rather than cooperative.



That considerable time will elapse

and a good deal of experimentation

will be required before this vexed ques-

tion will be equitably settled seems to

be apparent. In theemeantime our fav-

orable geographical position is a matter

for congratulation to Michigan farmers

and; snapshot rera._ ,With good local





are, required to change a nozzle tip on





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markets right at hand and many large

consuming centers Within easy reach





as compared with many agricultural .-





states; with a wide variety of prod

ucts which increases the ratio of near-

by demand, and with the prospect of a

direct water route to every port of the

world at no distant date, Michigan is

in a much more favorable position than

most agricultural states. While her

citizens will look forward with keen

interest to a solution of the country’s

serious transportation ills, they will

be able to survive them or reorganize

their business to meet them with a

minimum of financial disaster, pending

their final cure.





HE so-called





a ‘ff



Emergency emergency t r1

_ measure passed dur-

Tar'ff ing the closing weeks

Measures of the regular session





of congress met the

fate which was prophesied for it in

President VVilson’s veto. That itspos-

sible effect on prices of farm produce

was discounted on the strength of the

probability of such action is attested

by the fact that the veto had no dis-





Freight Rates





Farmers and S/zéopers





HE National Traffic Conference



called by the American Farm



Bureau Federation, others farm-

ers’ organizations, shippers’ organiza-

tions, manufacturers’ associations,

chambers of commerce, railway com-

missions, and attorney-generals for

several states, met in the Congress

Hotel at Chicago, on March 14, for the

purpose of determining the policy to

be adopted by the shipping public to

relieve the situation created bynthe

present high level of freight rates"



President James R. Howard, of the

American Farm Bureau: in his opening

address struck the keynote of the con-

ference when he declared that “The

present schedule of transportation

charges is prohibitive. Freight rates

must come down. Otherwise the farm‘

er, manufacturer, miner, and laborer

will suffer and suffer alike. I am a.

farmer,” declared President Howard,

“but I can’t continue to produce un-

less I can transport. I am a consumer,

but I can’t consume unless things are

transported tome. It costs as much

to ship a bushel of corn from Omaha

to New York as the farmer receives

for it at the Missouri river. The re-

turn to the farmer is judged by prices

in terminal markets, but from these

must be subtracted the transportation

charge which today is one hundred

per cent more than prevailed before

June, 1918. The same principle applies

to other producers.”



Judge S. H. Cowan, of Fort Worth,

Texas, counsel- for the American Na-

tional Live Stock Association, pictured

the plight of farmers in remote sec-

tions squeezed between low prices for

their products on one hand and high

freight rates on the other. “Rio Grande

farmers,” said the speaker, “are forced

to sell cabbage at $3.50 a ton to pro-

vide the barest necessities of life,”

while signs on crated and uncrated

fruit under the orange trees in Cali

fornia read. “Too cheap to steal, help

yourselves.” Such conditions impover-

ish the local banks and merchants as

well as the farmers and the railroads

themselves lose traffic when the peo»

ple do not prosper. Since the railroads

must stand the loss in one form or the

other they should cut rates far enough

to start freight to moving again.”



Luther Walter, a Chicago attorney,

advocated abolishing the national

agreement between the railroads and

the workers, put into effect through

the railroad labor board. Under the

present crafts system seven craftsmen





 





 





   





 





cernible efiect onémarh‘et‘= prices of sta-

ple farm products. _.



President Harding is quoted as fav-

oring an early adjustment of tariff

schedules in the interest of fairness to

the farmers of the country. Congress;

man Fordney, chairman of the House

Ways and Means Committee, who

championed the emergency tariff act

has expressed the determination that

a revision of tariff schedules be made

one of the first tasks to be tackled by

congress during the special session.

Other majority leaders are equally de-

termined that a revision of federal tax

schedules be the first order of busi-

ness. As both propositions would come

before Mr. Fordney’s committee it is

probable that a compromise will be

effected whereby both these proposi-

tions will be considered by congress

during the special session.





It is probable that any tariff legis-

lation attempted at ’this time will be

of a general, rather than a special na-

ture, in view of the general business

situation. It is also certain that the

various industrial and sectional inter-

ests will complicate the situation and

make it the subject of lengthy discus-





Must Be Cut





Urge Rate Adjustment





an engine where formerly one man did

the whole operation. Reduction of ex‘

penses was the first step, according to

Mr. Walters. He stated also that the

Interstate Commerce Commission had

power to reduce rates which were pro

hibitive, regardless of revenue and

that the yardstick that was good for

interstate rates should be good for in-

trastate rates.





Glen E. Plumb, representing the rail-

way brotherhoods, presented the view-

point of railroad labor. He declared

that the workers were ready to accept

a substitute for the present national

agreement» governing labor so as to

eliminate inefficiency as much as pos-

sible. He placed much of the blame

for the present situation upon the rail-

road executives and also attacked the

provisions of the Esch-Cummings act

which guarantees the return to capital

and made an appeal on behalf of the

railroad workers who have been dis-

charged by the railroads since the

wage increases went into effect.



Sam M. Felton, president of the Chi-

cago & Great Western Railroad, stated

the position of the railway executives.

Rates can not be reduced until operat-

ing expenses are cut down. Wages

and coal are two‘ of the leading items

and even in coal, labor is an element

of cost SO that the principal way to re-

duce operating expenses is to cut down

labor costs. The railroads are in a ser—

ious condition with a one—third decline

in freight, 450,000 idle cars and inabil-

ity to pay interest on bonds.



The results of the conference took

definite form in the adoption of reso-

lutions as follOws:



The repeal of the so-called rate-mak-

ing rule of the act to regulate com-

merce.



The restoration to the individual





states of power with respect to intra-





state rates.



The amendment of the transporta-

tion act so that the Railway Labor

Board may grant reasonable wages and

not compel the railroads to pay more

than reasonable rates will provide;



Calling upon the Interstate Com‘

merce Commission to proceed at once

to make freight" rate adjustments so as

to serve the traffic of the country.



Asking the carriers to distribute

cars equitably and not discriminate‘in

favor of any one commodity.



Requesting the Interstate Commerce

Commission to require carriers to .flle

their car service rules ,wsth them





mission as regularly published Writs ,





 





 





In connection with tariff revision

some progressive agricultural leaders

are urging a scientific schedule of tar-

iff duties, whiCh will be based upon

relative domestic and foreign produc-

tion costs. This is doubtless a desir-

able aim, when approached‘with due

regard to differences in standards of

living and wage scales. In fact, it is

the basic theory upon which most tar-

iff laws have been written, but into

which wide variations have crept dur-

ing the process of formulation. This

was the theory upon which the tariff

commission of some years ago based

its inquiries.

divorce local influences from tariff leg-

islation. Self-preservation is the first

law of nature, and congressmen are

certain to follow the lines of least re-

sistance in representing the generally

conflicting interests of their constitu-

ents in the matter of tariff legislation.

Then the resulting conflict in congres-

sional opinion must be adjusted by

compromise, with a result that is very

likely to contain many inequalities,

which increase with time and changed

conditions.



By nature, protective tariff legisla-

tion is emergency legislation, but tar-

iff schedules to be effective in meeting

emergencies should have a degree of

permanence which will give a desir-

able stability to essential industries

which they may conserve. Thus, well

which they may conserve. To be of

maximum benefit an emergency tariff

law should be written with this end in

view. Such emergency legislation

would be desirable at this time.





News of the Week





Wednesday, March 16.

FFICIAL announcement of the

signing of the Russia-Polish peace



treaty is made.-—The total number of

automobiles registered in the United

States last year was 9,211,295, an in-

crease of 1,645,849 over the preceding

year.——War has been decreed at an

end in the Italian provinces of Venetia

and Julia—Greek forces in Smyrna

are preparing for a big offensive

against the Turks.



Thursday, March 17.





ARKED' improvement in employ-

ment conditions in this country,

particularly in the automobile industry

is reported from Washington—A trade

agreement is signed between Great

Britain and Russia and cemmerciai re-

lations between these two countries

will be I'esumed.——A1'menians are suc-

cessful in driving the Russian Bolshe-

vist army from their territory—Dr.

Zayas is elected president of Cuba——

The removal of the bodies of 13,900

American soldier dead from the Ar-

gonne cemetery to the United States

has begun.

Friday, March 18.

OLSHEVIST forces have captured

Kronstadt from the revolutionists.

—Federa1 reserve reports show moder-

ate improvement in business condi-

tions—The Hart capital punishment

bill is defeated by two votes in the

Michigan house of representatives——

Rioting breaks out in Belfast, Ireland,

in connection with St. Patrick’s Day

celebration—The state department at

Washington directs a note to Panama

urging that country to accept the de-

cision in the boundary dispute with

Costa Rica.

Saturday, March 19.



HE senate taxation committee of



the Michigan legislature decides to

report out the bill providing for a fran-

chise tax on foreign and domestic cor-

porations, which measure is designed

to add approximately $6,000,000 to the

state's revenues—The executive board

of the United Mine Workers of Amer-

ca decides that any attempt to reduce

the wages of coal miners will be re-

sisted by the organization—A federal

patrol to cover the entire Mexican

border is under consideratiomat Wash-

ington.~—A majority of the workers in

the packing plants at Chicago favor a

walkout in a vote just taken, following

a cut in wages and longer hours of

work. ——Detroit auto show opens.





Sunday, March 20.





RE plebiscite of upper Silesia

isbeingtakentf‘demem





has. so that an 'early-{sctflsementfof “the

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But it is impossible to
ANY failures have been experi-

enced by seeding clover in cats

and some farmers do not sow

clover in the oats for that reason, so

in order to maintain the rotation (and

keep clover it becomes necessary to

plow the cat stubble and sow wheat.

Lhave heard a number say that if

there was any certainty in getting a

good stand of clover when sowing the

seed with oats they would not raise

much wheat. On our land here, which

makes from forty to sixty bushels of

corn, we can make more from corn

than from wheat.

_ That clover can be Seeded with cats

with'good results has been shown pret-

ty regularly in our work. Soil condi-

tions that are favo’rable for cats are

favorable to clover, so we are able to

get a good crop of oats and at the

same time start a. good stand of clov-

er. When sowing clover seed in the

spring on wheat or rye the seed lodges

on a firm soil, usually-with plenty of

moisture surrounding- it. It also has

the. advantage of being sown early, us-

ually March, so that its shell is soft-

ened by some freezing and contact

with moisture near the surface of the

soil and it" may have a long hard rain-

fall on it before it begins to germinate.

If these conditions can be duplicated

in a measure when the clover is sown

with oats it will help to bring on a.

good stand of clover. Sometimes soil

conditions make it impossible to get

all the oats sown until near the mid-

dle of April or later, and in the rush

of work the cloverseed is not sown un-

til several days later, so the oats get

an earlier start than the clover.





'The safest and best plan is to sow

the clover seed right along with the

oats by a special attachment to the

drill or seeder or sow it immediately

afterward. It is often hard to find

calm days at this time of year but

early morning hours are sometimes

calm. If the wind is blowing at a right

angle to the direction you are sowing,

the seed may be sown successfully

when a fairly strong breeze is blowing.



The object should be to get the clo-

ver seeded as soon after the oats as

possible, and then by following the

seedings with a spiketooth or smooth-

ing harrow it is possible to firm the

soil somewhat about the seed and cov-





Careful Preparation of the Soil





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er the seed well. These are the two

things that will contribute most to

success in sowing the clover with oats,

and most especially with late season

seedings {when the soil has become

drier and has a tendency to dry up

quicker than a. month earlier.



If the cloverseed does not get start-

ed as soon, or soon after the oats, the

cats have a tendency to crowd out the

clover and use up the moisture rapidly

that is so necessary to start the young

clover. In a dry spring the seed has

come quicker and thicker where we

rolled the ground after the seed was

sown; rolling helped to bring up the

moisture and keep the seeds growing





Insures a Good Catch of Clover.





Oats





pretty vigorously until a. good rain

fell. If we wait to sow cloverseed un-

til the oats are. well germinated or

through the ground, the clover "will be

spindly and straggly all- through the

summer. Clover does not germinate or

come up as quickly as oats.



Of course, the lighter we sow our

oats the better our clover will do, be-

cause there will not be the competi-

tion among the plants as there would

be in heavy oat seedings; however, we

sow from two and one-half to three

bushels of cats and sow it as early as

possible so it will grow rapidly and

mature early and our clover'makes a

good growth under such management,

though the clover in the rye and wheat

will be larger and a little more vig-

orous.



The best plan we have found in seed-

ing is to double disc the stalk ground

which forms a good seedbed for cats,

then sow the cats and cloverseed and

follow right away with the smoothing

harrow. There is not much danger of

covering the seed too deep by this

plan, and we have secured good stands

of clover with from six toeight pounds

of seed per acre of the red and sweet

clover, and about five pounds of the

alsike clever. Dry weather is the

worst thing to contend with in getting

a successful stand 01‘ clover in oats

and double discing ol‘ the ground, or

discing before plowing to prevent

trash and clods from shutting off cap-

illary connection of moisture between

the furrow-slice and sub-soil, improves

moistuie conditions during the entire

growing season of the oat and clover

crops.





 





Michigan Highway Activities





HE following statement gives

readers an idea how the state

highway department is using

state and federal funds in the improve-





\ ment of our highways:





At the spring election of 1919, by an

overwhelming majority, the people of

Michigan voted a $50,000,000 road bond

issue for the purpose of completing the

trunk line road system.



This was followed by two acts of the

legislature, namely, Act 19, Public

Acts of 1919, which provided that “all

trunk line highways established under

the provisions of Act 334 of Public





vActs of 1913, shall hereafter be con-





structed, maintained and improved un-

der the direction, supervision and con-

trol of the state highway commission-

er.” Act 25 of Public Acts of 1919 pro-

vided that the bond money should be

used solely as follows: (1) for the

purpose of paying the state’s portion

of the cost of constructing federal aid»

ed roads; (2) for the purpose of pay-

ing the state’s portion of the cost of

construction on state trunk line high-

ways or state reward payable on such

highways; (3) for the purpose of pay-

ing the cost of building trunk line

bridges; and (4) for the purpose of

paying state reward on highways other

than trunk line and federal aid roads,

in case that should become necessary.



To make the state’s activities on this

work) clear it should be understood

that'there have been .two federal aid.

appropriations, one in 1916 amounting

to $75,000,000 and one in 1919 amount-

ing to $200,000,000. The federal aid





‘act proyided that this money should





be apportioned among the states, one-

third according to area, one-third ac-





cording to population and one-third ac-





 





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ey is slightly less than $8,000,000.



The state began work on the trunk

line system under an act of the 1egis~

lature of 1917 which provided that the

counties should render some financial

assistance in this work, the richer

counties paying as high as fifty per

cent of the cost of same and the poor-

er counties as low as twenty-five per

cent, counties of other valuations rang-

ing in between.



The legislature of 1919, however, re-

moved a part of this burden from the

counties for both federal aid and trunk

line roads and now the richer counties

pay only twenty—five per cent and the

poorer counties as low as five per cent

of the cost of new construction, other

counties ranging in between.



Federal aid projects have been ap-

proved and placed under construction

in thirty-three of the eighty-three coun-

ties of Michigan, covering 353 miles at

a total cost of $6,541,999.93. Of this

mileage 215 have been completed at a

cost of $3,001,915.52.



Trunk line contracts, under the pro-

vision of Act 19,. above referred to,

commonly known as the Aldrich Act,

have been placed under construction,

covering 698 miles at a total cost of

$10,870,019.95. Of these 275 miles have

been completed at a cost of $4,848,-

97119.



From the foregoing, it will be seen



that 1, 051 miles of road, mostly all on

the trunk lines, have been placed un-

der construction under the provisions

of the two 'acts referred to, at a, total

cost of $17,412,019.88.

* All of the state’s portion of this con-

struction must be met from the bond

issue, except such portion of the cost

of federal aid roads as was met by an

appropriation of $450, 000 by the legis-

laturo of 1917.





 





available for construction during the





The act providing for the expendi-

ture of the bond issue specifies that

“not more than five million dollars

shall be expended by the state for

highway purposes in any one year.” At

present, (January 1, 1921), we are in

the second fiscal year. Bonds to the

amount of $7,000,000 have been sold,

leaving a balance of $3,000,000 which

may be sold between now and July 1,

when another $5,000,000 of highway

bonds may be sold, making a total of

$8,000,000 available for construction

work and the completion of contracts

now'outstanding, during the building

season of 1921.



It has been noted that contracts

amounting to upwards of $17,400,000

have been awarded and that something

over $9,500,000 will be required to com-

plete contracts outstanding. However,

since about $3,500,000 of the outstand-

ing contracts are for federal aid roads

on which the government pays approx-

imately fifty per cent of the cost and

the counties approximately twenty-five

per cent of/the cost, only $882,304 will

be required to pay the state’s portion

of federal aid contracts now in force.

But since the state on the average is

paying upwards of seventy-five per

cent of trunk line contracts, awarded

under the Aldrich Act, something over

$4,500,000 will be required from the

state to complete this work.



In other words, approximately $5,-

500,000 of state funds will be required

to complete federal aid and trunk line

contracts now outstanding.



But it has just been noted that only





$8,000,000 more of road'bonds may be





sold during the remainder of 1921,





hence if $5,500,000 are required to





complete contracts now outstanding,

only $2,500,000 of state funds will be





 





coming summer. This will necessarily

be a considerable slowing down of the

work put on during the past two years

and road projects will have to be con-





sidered carefully before they are un-' ‘





dertaken. However, 11' a reasonable

proportion of this money is expended

on federal aid roads, it would still

seem possible to place under contract

somewhe1c between $5, 000, 000 and $6, -

000, 000 worth of trunk line roads and

b1idges in 1921.



If to the t1unk line and federal aid

roads above mentioned, we add assess.

ment district roads which the state

has had supervision of since 1917, the

total contracts would exceed $21,500,-

000 and reach into eighty-one of the

eighty-three counties in the state. To

handle so large a program, a consid-

erable force is necessary and it is

sometimes thought that the state high-

way department is carrying a large

overhead but when the vast expendi-

tures for construction are considered,

together with the fact that they reach

into practically every county in the

state, it will be found that the percent-

age of cost of supervision is small.



The financial statement for the last

six months of 1920 shows that federal

aid road contracts cost $1,493,954.25,

with a cost of engineering supervision

of but $42,482.56, which is less than

three per cent, while trunk line road

construction cost $3,440,259.89 with a.

cost of engineering supervision of but

$93,291.47 which is also less than three

per cent. The cost of surveys and

plans were paid from a special fund,

but if everything were added, the sup-

ervision cost would still be below four





per cent, which the department con-





siders phenomenally low and substan-





tial proof that the work is handled eco~' ,





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IDLAND county farmers, work-

ing through the recently organ-

ized farm bureau, have purchas¥

ed a big elevator on the Pere Mar-

quette Railroad in Midland, formerly

owned by the Midland Cooperative As-

sociation. The farmers’ organization

. has for some time been figuring on the

deal and over two hundred of Midland

county’s most prominent farmers are

financially interested in the enterprise.

They are planning to hold meetings at

Coleman and Sanford, to enlist the

support of farmers there in a similar

project in that vicinity, thus giving all

members an equal opportunity for mar-

keting their produce-to their advan-

tage.



The Midland County Farm Bureau

now has nearly one thousand members.

I. B. McMurtry, the hustling county

agent, recently held a big farm bureau

round-up which packed the town hall

on a week-day afternoon. In connec-

tion with his program he organized

what was claimed to be the best corn

and potato show ever held in Midland.

“Mac” brought down with him from

Cheboygan county some very fine Pe-

toskey potatoes, which he intends to

introduce for the purpose of driving

out inferior varieties.



Good Crops in Montmorency.



Montmorency county farmers are

taking pride in the fact. that their

county ranked first in 1920 in the yield

per acre of corn, hay, oats and buck-

wheat, in a group of ten counties in

Northeastern Michigan. The county

ranked third in barley, fourth in pota-

toes, sixth in winter wheat, ninth in

rye and tenth in beans.



Gratiot County Meets Hoover Relief



Quotas.



The report of the county committee,

which had charge of the combined

Hoover fund campaign and the near

east relief, shows that Gratiot county

topped her quota for each fund by a

few dollars. This is expected to be in-

creased slightly, as reports from vari—

ous parts of the county are not com-

plete. The Hoover fund quota was

$5,000 and the amount reported was

$5,010.37 as pledged, and $4,512.37 paid





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B y James C. Mills





in. In the near east relief fund cam-

paign the amount set for Gratiot coun-

ty was $1,500. To this fund $1,504.02

was subscribed, the incomplete report

shows, $944.02 of which has already

been paid in.



Inspection Brings Better Milk.



Miss Beatrice Warner, city inspector

of foods and markets, and John M.

Zehnder, city sealer of weights and

measures, have inspected about three

hundred dairy farms supplying milk

for sale'in Saginaw. Within a month

they will complete the inspection of

all dairy farms that contribute to the

city’s milk supply—the first thorough

inspection ever made. They found the

farmers willing to cooperate in raising

the standard of conditions surround-

ing their herds and barns, and, except

in a few isolated instances, have found

few insanitary places.



As a result of the tour of inspection,

many farmers have had their herds

tested for tuberculosis by state agents,

although neither the city nor the state

has authority to compel tuberculosis

tests. These tests have revealed sev-

eral animals suffering from the dis-

ease, which were killed. It has result-

ed in heavy loss to some farmers, but

has materially raised the standard of

,the milk supply.



A sugar beet growers’ farm bureau

community meeting was held on Wed-

nesday, March 9, at Hemlock; and on

the Monday preceding a farm bureau

local meeting was held at the Leidlein

school in Buena Vista township, Sagi-

naw county. A joint meeting of the

Bridgeport Farm Bureau local and the

Sugar Beet Growers’ Association, was

held Thursday afternoon, March 10.

Hereford Breeders in “Thumb” Form



Association.



On Thursday afternoon, February 24,

in the court house at Bad Axe, a large

number of breeders and admirers of

the white—faced cattle, met and per-

fected an organization covering the

whole Thumb district of Michigan. T.

B. F. Sotham, of St. Clair, a man with

life-long knowledge of the breed, was

present and very pleasingly told of ex-

periences in connection with breeding





methods that produced outstanding in-

dividuals. He brought out the fact

that the Hereford is less tubercular

than any other breed, stands the hard-

ships of the western range better and

responds to the conditions of the Mich-

igan farm equally as well, thus being

an ideal beef animal under all con-

ditions. "



‘He advised the breeders to get right

down to the rock bottom of the busi-

ness of breeding a fast-growing early-

maturing baby beef animal that could

be sold at a profit for beef, but always

retaining the outstanding animals in

the herd, and thus build up the indus-

try in the Thumb to a point where the

herds will have no superiors in our

state, and the breeder a splendid rep-

utation.



Earl C. McCarty was then ch0sen

temporary chairman, with James R.

Campbell temporary secretary, and the

business organization proceeded by

adopting a constitution and by-laws.



Kinde Cooperative Grain Company



After an active and successful stock

selling campaign to reduce the liabili-

ties and provide a working capital, the

stockholders of the Kinde Cooperative

Grain Company held a special meet-

ing and elected a whole new board of

directors, after the resignation of the

old board had been submitted and ac-

cepted. The constitution and by-laws

were amended, to provide for a board

of seven members, instead of five. The

total subscribed stock at this time was

reported as $32,950, which will be in.

creased nearly $10,000, and the mem-

bership is three hundred and ninety-

one.



On Monday following, the stockth-

ers met and elected a board of direct-

ors consisting of the following: Fred

Moeller, George Leseski, H. D. Horton,

Edw. Ahearn, Tony Indo, Frank Schott

and Stewart McDonald. The new board

thereupon elected Fred Moeller presi-

dent, H. D. Horton secretary, and Ed-

ward Ahearn treasurer. It was decid-

ed to continue the sale of stock until

the entire indebtedness of the associa-

ation had been wiped out, since it is

good business judgment in the man-





agement of any farmers’ organization

to provide adequate'capital.



Some changes were made in the. by-

laws of the association to enable it to

join with the Farm Bureau Exchange,

and the membership was admitted in

due course. The elevator started buy-

ing grain and beans on Monday, Febru-

ary 21, with Tony Goretski as manager

and‘W. J. Crockard, bookkeeper.



Plan Cannery in Caro.



Experienced men in the canning in-

dustry recently visited Caro in an ef-

fort to interest prominent citizens and

farmers in a plan to establish a can-

ning factory there to represent an in~

vestment of about $125,000. /



At the annual meeting of the Tus~

cola County Farm Bureau, M. D. Lynch,

of Silverwood, was the unanimous

choice for president; J. F. Campbell,

’of Fairgrove, for vice-president, and

members of the executive committee

elected were: A. E. Goodall, of Cass

City; George H. Rumble, Unionville,

and Herman Walt, of Reese.



A Boost for the New Colgrove Road.



Commenting editorially on the pro-

posed Colgrove trans-state highway,

named in honor of Phil T. Colgrove,

president of the Michigan Good Roads

Association, one of the leading news-

papers in the state recently said:



“The response to this proposal from

all acquainted with Michigan’s fight for

good roads will be an unanimous aye.

Mr. Colgrove put his shoulder to the

job of getting Michigan out of the mud

at a time when good roads were a rar-

ity. Traversable trans-state highways

did not exist, and there were not many

cities which could be conveniently

reached over the highways. He has

consistently and persistently fought

for improved roads, and to him the

state owes much credit for its present

fine and continually improving high-

way system.”



The Colgrove road as planned starts

at Port Sanilac, on Lake Huron, runs

directly westward through Sandusky

and Kingston to Saginaw, thence to

St. Louis and then southward through

prominent cities to the state line of

Indiana.





Indorscs National Marketing Plan





Mz'cflz'gmz Grain Growers Elect Delegates to C flicagw C 072 ‘Ueflflbfi





HE national grain marketing plan



of the Farmers’ National Market-

ing Committee of Seventeen, was unan-

imously indorsed by one hundred

Michigan growers, county agents,

managers of cooperative grain elevat-

ors who adopted a resolution to that

effect and heartily commended the ac—

tivities of the committee on behalf of

the grain growers at a state meeting

held at the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege on March. 17. The action follow—

ed an explanation of the plan by two

members of the Committee of Seven-

teen, W. C. Eckhardt and C. V. Greg-

ory, of Illinois.



The meeting elected three delegates

to represent the interests of Michigan

grain growers at the ratification meet-

ing on the plan to be held in Chicago

on April 6. They were: Hale Tennant,

of East Lansing, agent in marketing

for Michigan, cooperating with the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture; A. B. Cook, of Owosso, Master

.of the Michigan State Grange, and

James Nicol, of South Haven, Presi-

dent of the Michigan State Farm Bu-

reau, also chairman of the board of

. control of the Farm Bureau’s Elevator



Exchange. ‘ . )

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or for the Illinois Agricultural Asébcia-

tion, explained that the proposed na-

tional marketing organization was

farmer-owned from top to bottom and

legally and economically sound. It de-

pends on an iron clad system of con-

tracts which will link the grain grower

to his local cooperative grain market-

ing association and the association to

a central sales association for a period

of five years. All growers who would

sell grain through the central associa-

tion must become members of that as

sociation, and all their surplus grain

must be marketed through their local

association and thence through the

central sales association, except that

which they would have milled locally.



Abuses resulting from the specula-

tive market in grain and which are

costing the farmer" untold sums annu-

ally were cited. Mr. Eckhardt declar-

ed that the manipulations of the mar-

kets are not worked for the benefit of

the farmer at any time, and the grain

grower is the man who stands the

loss, while the speculators reap an un-

earned harvest. The National Sales

Association, providing for the market-

ing of all the grain by the farmers

themselves, would eliminate this evil,

:said the speaker. ' . . .





 





 





The present system of selling grain

works disadvantageously to the farmer

in another manner, said Mr. Eckhardt,

in that seventy-two per cent of the na-

tion’s grain is sold in a period of four

months. During that time the price

plunges downward. For the next eight

months it keeps coming up, but the

farmer hasn’t got any grain then. The

National Sales Association, he said,

would market grain in such a manner

that the supply would be more evenly

distributed and prices more stable

than they are today.



There are three fundamental ele-

ments in the proposed grain market-

ing system, stated Mr. C. V. Gregory,

of the Committee of Seventeen: The

grain grower, the local cooperative ele-

vator company or grain growers’ asso-

ciation and the central sales associa-

tion.



The “grain grower” to become a

member of the proposed grain market-

ing organization, must join the nation-

al sales association, paying the mem-

bership, and sign '8. contract to deliver

all of his surplus , grain to the local





elevator company or grain growers’





association, for a period of probably

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may be handled by the local coopera<

tive company or grain growers’ asso-

ciation just as at present—by purchase

from members or by shipping for

them on consignment, or may be pool-

ed. In such cases the directors of the

elevator company or grain growers’ as-

sociation will sell the grain at such

time as seems most advantageous, and

at the expiration of the pooling peri-

od, will return to each grower the av-

erage price received for the grain of

his kind, variety and grade, less cost

of handling. Pools may cover any pe«

riod of time up to one year.



The local cooperative elevator com-

panies, which have been so successful

in solving the grain marketing prob-

lem locally, are to be retained as a

basic part of the new grain marketing

system. The relations of the local

farmers’ elevator company to the cen-

tral sales association will be as fol«

lows: .



It will sign a contract with the cen-

tral sales association, agreeing to de.

liver all grain received from those

farmers who are members of the na-

tional agency to that sales agency ‘for

sale, for a. period -of probably the





. _ _ g , , . , years. It mayxship its grain-to $119”

The surplus grain of the, members





 





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take the automobile busses and go

around and gather up the pupils.



An expert mechanic is employed and

every morning he drives. the busses

out and lines them up in front'of the

school ready for the teachers. Not all

of the teachers, of course, drive these

busses, but out of the eleven that are

now in use a large proportion are driv«

on by the teachers. They receive $85

a month extra for this work and con-

sider it quite a recreation. By nine

o’clock every pupil is at school ready





g Rural Commonities

(Continuedfmm Page One)





tions just as good as the children in

the city.



It was only a little while after the

"School was established that people be-

gan to think of a community church.

In other words, the community ideals

and ambitions began to grow. The

new schoolhouse had hardly been coin-

pleted when a flourishing Sunday

school grew up. Then came the

church, Christian Endeavor societies,

and everything that goes with them.

The church has about two hundred





 





 





for work. The teachers simply leave

the busses out in front of the school in

the morning; the mechanic comes

around and gathers them up and sees

that they are in perfect. repair and

ready for use in the evening. The

mechanic receives a regular salary of

$150 a month, and this is well spent.

because there is never any trouble

about the equipment being in repair.

By four o’clock in the evening he has

the busses out in front of the school

all ready for operation again. ‘



It may be truthfully said that prac-

tically all of the children are back

home within forty-five minutes after

the busses leave the school. In fact,

when the route is about eight miles

long, the last child is out of: the car in

just thirty-two minutes after the bus

has left the building. I presume that

there is no school in America that has

its transportation problem so well

solved as the Sargent school, and

where everything connected with it is

done with so much system.



The building itselfis an imposing

structure, which would grace any city.

It has fifteen rooms, including a school

and community auditorium and a work-

shop and domestic science room. The

gymnasium is on the second floor of

the garage, which itself is a fine struc-

ture of cement construction. Of course

the buildings are modern with running

water, electric lights and steam heat.

The same thing applies to the teacher-

ages, built for the use of the superin-

tendent and teachers. The twelve

teachers employed either have college

or normal school or equivalent educa-

tions.



Each of the eight grades has one

teacher. A short time ago the children

were attending little one-room schools

that were scattered over the country-

side; today they are receiving educa-





The Sargent Consolidated School in Colorado.





 





 





members and the Sunday school an at-

tendance of about two hundred every

Sunday. Forty to fifty boys and girls

attend. the Christian Endeavor meet-

ings in the evening. A minister was

hired at a salary of $1,500 a year and

a nice home built for him right across

from the school. The church services

of course, are held in the school build—

ing. Seventy members were taken in-

to the church the first Sunday, and a

couple of weeks later twenty more

were added.

In the church are Methodists, Bap-

tists, Presbyterians, Congregational—

ists, Lutherans, Christians, and even

other denominations. The pastor must

be an ordained minister in some Evan-

gelical denomination. The church it-

self is not under the control of any

particular denomination. ,

Perhaps thebest part of the story

is yet to be told for the people in this

community have now voted $125,000

worth of bonds and are setting out to

build another building, at a cost of

$88,000 which will serve especially for

high. school purposes.

The Center Consolidated School.

The Center consolidated school, lo-

cated some little distance from the Sar-

gent school is probably destined to be-

come one of the most famous consoli-

dated schools in the United States.

This building was dedicated in the

spring of 1920 and the school district

there embraces one hundred and fifty-

three square miles. This building is

said to be the largest consolidated

school building in the United States.

At least it must be in length, for it is

three hundred and eight feet long, and

there are thirty-five rooms in the

building. Center is just a small town





 

 





 





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Don’t Wait Until You Have

Nothing Left to

Insure .





Last year farm barn fires were disastrous the country over and statistics show

almost total fire losses in each instance. Very few of these were fully Covered

by insurance. Last year was not unusual, and most likely there will be as

It you happen to be one of the unfortunates. ho

will you come out on your insurance adjustment? '





This is the time to figure on your fire hazard. Don't wait until you have noth-





The Common Sense Way to Protection





The Peninsular Fire Insurance Company offers farmers the same protection

city property owners are afforded. buildings being appraised according to lo-

cation and general condition. with all protective improvements recognized.





Write our Farm Department today and learn all about a Fire Protection you

cannot afford to be without. This will not obligate you in any way and brings





Fire Insurance Company





OF AMERICA

Capital $1 ,000,ooo.00





 





 





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MICHIGAN

.i. FLOYD lRlSH,





Sec’y and Managing Underwriter





 





 





 





Farms and Farm Lands





 





POULTRY AND FRUIT FARM





33 Acres. Priced Low at $1,800





Good limestone land. 1.30 apple trees. 800 peach

trees. 1?. acres woodland. (iood Six-room house.

convenientto neighbors. stores. churches and schools;

L’llxlU-t’t. barn. chicken house, garage. his is a.

dandy little 'i‘arin. ’l‘orms. $600 cash. balance easy.

“’rite for [further particulars of this. and othei de-

sirable Virginia farms at reasonable iiricos. .



Uglesby Real Estate Agency. 1110.. Lyni-hbuig. Va





$800 Down Secures I

105 A. With 7 Cows and





Heifers. hog. poultry. machinery. Cl‘t‘illll separator.

household furniture, crops. etc; convenient advan-

tages: productive machine-worked tields; l.».-(-ow.pas-

ture; valuable wood. timber; variety fruit-2 $00 sugar

maples: X-room househl‘J-cow barn. SDBH‘E water. 1'

taken now Sifitflgets a . easy _ orins. ‘ll‘ill is page 5:

Now spring Catalog 1100 Bargains. lj‘lllula. bT ROUI

AGENCY, H14 BU Ford Bldg, Dk‘il‘()lt, .'\Ilt'll.





FARMS FOR SALE





100 acres oflgood laud; tine new buildingsgood orchard;

‘35) acres of good timber; good road: threef miles: :0

car lino. Price $60.00 per acre. ”arms rom .i p

500 merits zit bargains. PRAY a’nd VALLONL.

I‘ll Hokey Building. Jamestown. N. \.





 





 





f. ‘ . f'. 'i

4 Acre Truck Farm {infill}. .2553...5.3‘£





to exchange for 0‘.) to .‘i‘ll acrc farm \i'ith‘stocli and tools.





 





Stock farm for rent: 83 acres cultivated land. 165

acres pasture. Growl land. good buildings.

House and lot. on car linc and pavement. to exchange

on 40 to 80 acre farm. “'ill buy stock and tools.

Xli] .l‘z SUN. Buy (‘it_\. Mir-Ii.

(l eiiiiig a new tract of fer-

FOR SALE-‘ti e farm lands wiellplouatpd

in the great. potato and dairy district ot Wisconsin





and Michigan. Secure first choice now. Liberal

terms. \Vrito for free booklets. ctc. _ Sainborn Coin-

pziny. No. 29, Sanborii Bldg. Eagle River, WisconSin.





and cutovcr lands.



CENTRAL WISCONSIN FARMS S... 10...... (.1... m...



soil. No siiiid or swamps. A wonderful clovcr section.

Prices very reasonable. Write for list. '



OWEN REALTY 00., Owen. Wis.





Several Modern 80 to 400 Acre

Lapeer County Farms. From $100 to $1.30 the acre. No

better farms anywhere at any price.



ELMER HOLMAN. Realtor.





 





 





Lapeer. Mich





in Delaware where the

Farms and Homes climate is pleasant. the

lands productive and prices reasonable. For inform,

ation write. State Board of Agriculture, Dover. Del.





 





F 8 h 80 acres all under plow. 2 horses. 4 cows. 5

or . hogs. 60 chickens. and full line of farm in)

plements. Good buildings. Orchard. At $4100. Easy





 





terms. Write John Conant. Grand Haven, Mich_

. One of the best farms. 3 miles

For Sale south of M. A. c. 122 A. with





good buildin 3. £172 r acre.

- g aw. fiMPY. R. 7. Lansing. Mich.





 





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Works like a Hue





Covers 8 Acres a Day '





It does as good work as you can do

with a hoe——It cuts every weed—None

can dodge it-Keeps the surface in con-

dition to readily absorb rain and pro-

duces a mulch of fine soil which pre-

vents the escape of moisture. , One trip

to the row—narrow or wide.





‘VDWLEQ‘





Rel. U. 5. Pat. Oil

CULTIVATOR





as you can do with a two~horse cultivator—and

better work—because it cultivates shallow. and

has no teeth to destroy crop roots. By removmg

plow fool: you can cultivate astride the row.

Can also be, adjusted to cultivate crops planted

cithor above or below the level without destroy-

ing the sloping sides of the ridges.



It's the cultivator for corn. cotton. tobacco.

peanuts, beets and truck crops. It is unexcelled

also as a bean harvester.



Carried in carload lots at leading distributing

points.



Write today for catalog which fully explains

The Fowlcrth’S FREE





HARRIMAN MFG., Box 504, Harriman, Tenn.





 





Tag your stock—best and cheapest means

GOP and Cattle.

on tags.





identification for Hogs, Sb

- Name. address and number stamped

Catalog mailed in. on request.





F.S.Burch &Co.1flW.HuronSt.Chica . o





 





 





Early. Biennial

White blossom.





Sweet Clover Seed.





scarified. State inspected. 9934‘ pure. sold direct

fl‘llm “Grower to Sower" at 87.001111. f.o.b. LattyBags

free. E. V. HARMAN, R. 3. Latty. Ohio.





 





certified Peloskoy Seed Potatoes,





Grown in Presque Isle County. Price $2.50 per cwt.

F'. 0. B. shipping point.

OTTO GRAMBAU. Metz. Mich.





 





' More farms, farm lands. business pro rt.

wanted for spring and summer list. New depart,-

ure. Miller & Morse. LicensedBrojters.Edmore.lEich.





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LEGISLATURE PASSES AGRICUL-

TURAL DEPARTMENT BILL.





REATION of a State Department



of Agriculture along the lines pro

posed by the State Farm Bureau was

assured when this proposal passed the

senate, Thursday, March 17. without a

dissenting vote. As it had already re-

ceived similar approval in the house it

was sent immediately to the governor

for his signature. Since Governor

Groesbeck is’heartily in accord with

this measure, it is expected that he

will sign the bill immediately, and

since the bill was given immediate ef-

fect in both houses, it will take effect

at once.



The bill provides for a commission-

er of agriculture to be appointed by

the governor, but, would allow this

commissioner to have charge of all the

details of organizing his department.

All his decisions relative to the nulli-

ber and compensation of his assistants

and employes would be subject to the

approval of the state administrative

board. '



The new department will take over

the powers and duties now vested by

law in the department of animal indus-

try, the state food and drug commis-

sioner, the state veterinary board, the

immigration commission, the commis-

sioner of immigration, the market di-

rector, marketing director, and would

have general supervision of the man-

agement of the-Detroit Fair.





 





FACTS REGARDING FARM BUREAU

EXPENSES.





TATEMENTS attributed to Mr.



Coleman criticizing the conduct of

the Michigan State Farm Bureau, par-

ticularly with regard to overhead costs,

have recently been given publicity in

certain Michigan publications. These

criticisms are answered by President

James Nicol, of the farm bureau, as

follows:



“The largest, salary paid in wool de-

partment is $3,500 and is paid to the

grader. The sales service and man—

agement of the wool pool is as fol-

lows:



“Hankins Brothers guarantee all

sales and collections, advance on ini-

tial expense money and some advances

on wool. which in all amounts to

slightly over $100,000. They are under

ample bonds and were to receive one

cent per pound it‘ wool pool was un-

der one million pounds, should wool

pool be over one million pounds,

they were to receive one-half cent

per pound on all amounts over one

million pounds. Amount: pooled will

entitle them to three-fifths of a cent

per pound on the total. A small amount

of wool, probably less than fifty thou-

sand pounds» could have been sold at

one time at about Sixty cents but, the

farmers did not, want to sell and the

amount that: could be sold was so small

that it would have made so slight a

difference on the total sale, as to have

been unnoticed.



“As rogards sala'i'ies paid, Mr. Cole-

man was reported to state the amount

as $72,000. I wonder if the general

public is aware of the magnitude of

our business. At present we have six-

ty-seven employes in our headquart-

ers building at Lansing, exclusive of

the wool department. In February,

which business men generally concede

the dullest month. in the year, we did

$419,036.57 worth of business for our

members. This month. to date, March

15, we have done $305,311.66 worth of

business and you realize- our depart-

ments are just at the starting period.

Mr. Coleman is right, we will pay

$72,000 in salary, but we will get value

received and divided by sixty-seven

employee it will not. cover» the bill. Our

annual statement of receipts and ex-





 





“Agricultural News





 





 





penditures is printed in book form and

open to the public. We have ninety-

seven thousand members in our organs

ization and a salary list of $72,000

would amount to seventy-four cents

per annum to each member. It will be

more than that as our business in-

creases, but where on earth can a

farmer get the magnitude of Service

for such a minimum cost? Mr. Hank-

ins receives no salary and his services

in handling the wool pool will certain

ly extend over eighteen months and

possibly two years.”





 





MICHIGAN INDORSES NATIONAL

GRAIN MARKETINGPLAN.





 





(Continued from page 410).

tral sales association on consignment,

or it may pool its grain with the grain

of one or more other similar farmers’

elevators or grain growers’ associa-

tions. Such pools may cover any de-

sired territory, time, and kind of grain.



The central sales association will be

governed by a board of directors. the

number of which has not yet been de-

cided upon. These directors will hire

a manager, department heads and oth-

er employes, and will direct the busi-

ness policies of the association. Di.

rectors will be elected by the member-

ship. Each local community will elect.

one delegate for each one hundred

members or major portion thereof.

These delegates will represent the

membership at an annual meeting to

be held in each congressional district.

The congressional district meeting will

elect one delegate to the annual na—

tional meeting. This delegate will cast

One or more votes at the national

meeting, depending either on the num-

ber of members represented or the

amount of surplus grain produced, or

both. , .



The national meeting will elect the

board of directors of the national

sales association.



The sales association will be a non—

profit, non-capital stock organization.

All money received from the sale oi"

grain will be returned to the growers

through the local elevator company or

grain growers’ association, less the

cost of operation.



The sales association will have au-

thority to establish branch offices, to

organize such subsidiary corporations

as its directors may deem necesSary,

and control such subsidiaries through

the ownership or control 01' the voting

stock or otherwise. The most essen-

tial of these subsidiary corporations

are as follows:



Warehousing CorporationMTo own

or lease terminal and other elcvatm's

and the necessary equipment.



Export COi‘poration.-~~To

grain for export.



Finance Corporation-HThe principal

function of this corporation will be to

accept warehouse receipts, issue its

own short-time notes against them, and

so provide funds to help finance the

whole grain marketing system.



Selling Companieszo acquire séats

on grain exchanges, and to dispose of

grain thereon in the usual way. Legiss

lation to open these exchanges to

farmers’ companies is now being push-

ed in several states, with the backing

of the Committee of Seventeen.



Practically every feature in the pro-

posed plan has stood the test 01' expe~

rience in one or more successful farm-

ers’ marketing organizations. The com—

mittee realizes keenly that there are

many problems in grain marketing that

are not fbund in the marketing of oth—

er commodities. It realizes just as

keenly the value of previous coopera-

tive' marketing experience, and has





handle





crystalized that study into a plan which





it believes will prove more efficient





than would any plan transplanted bod! , »

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that is-a good ration fer the baby

chicks and for growing chicks?

Sanilac Co- E. D.

Wé’ never . feed baby chicks until

abopt fifty or sixty hours old, when the

yollL'fw'lll~ have been absorbed. Then

we give fine grit and sour milk, fol-

lowed shortly after by dry rolled oats.

We place bran in a hopper and also

fine Charcoal. We have also used the

commercial growing mashes with fine

success. The dry rolled oats-are con-

tinued for about four days, and then

commercial fine chick scratch feed is

gradually substituted. This is contin-

ued until the chicks are large enough

to eat cracked grains. ‘ _

A good home-made scratch grain ra~

,tion for chicks consists of two pounds

of cracked wheat, three pounds crack-

ed corn and two pounds of rolled cats.

A good home-made dry mash can be

made of two pounds of wheat bran,

one pound of cornmeal, one pound of

wheat middlings, one pound of rolled

oats.

Green food, such as clover chaff or

sprouted oats should be supplied to

chicks in a brooder house. After that

if they have a range covered with

green growth they will harvest that

part of the ration themselves. Sour

milk in sanitary fountains is a great

help in promoting rapid growth of the

chicks and keeping down bowel trou-

ble.——R. G. K. -.





LUMP ON HEAD.





 





I am in hopes you can tell me what

is the trouble with some of my chick-

ens. A small lump comes on one side

of the head and keeps growing until

the eye' is affected and they go blind.

Those that are all right eat good and

lay right along. Three of our hens

.have been affected in a short time.

What is the cause, and what can we

do for them?



Berrien Co. Mrs. G. C.



Isolate the hens with the lump on

the side of the head so that they can-

not eat or drink with the flock. This

trouble seems to be contagious and

may spread to a large per cent of the





flock. When the lump seems to be I





localized, open it with a sharp knife

and remove the yellow, hard cheesy

substance which will be found there.

This substance will not drain out but

must be removed as carefully as pos-

sible. Make the cut fairly deep. A

slight cut on'the skin will only draw

blood and not reach the accumulation

of material which causes the trouble.



After the operation wash out wound

with a weak solution of some commer-

cial coal tar disinfectant or a weak

solution of iodine. Then keep the bird

confined while the wound is healing

over. It may be necessary to remove

the scab in a couple of days and take

out more of the cheesy accumulation.

Do not return the hen to the flock until

the swelling has entirely disappeared

and the bird shows that the nostril is

clear and free from infectious mate-

rial which might) be carried to other

hens through the medium of the drink-

ing water.



We have seen cases of this kind eas—

ily cured and others are obstinate and

seriously devitalize the bird. It seems

to result from a catarrhal cold which

causes the nostril to clog. There is no

odor as is the case with roup, and we

believe that cures will result in most

cases if the bird is vigorous and the

operation is carefully made. A helper

should hold the bird with its head on

a newspaper rather than near the

ground. Then the material removed

from the wound can be burned to avoid

other'hens eating grass which may be

contaminated with the, disease.



R. G. K.





 





It is wise economy to plant shelter—





belts of evergreens, arbor-vitae, Nor- "

way spruce, and. balsam fir, a portion





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

   

 





' Increase Your C raps This Year

With This Roller-Bearing

Sp reader





     

 





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





The year I920 witnessed a most remarkable demand for lnternational Roller-Bearing

Manure Spreaders. The insistent call for them was far in excess of the supply; in many

localities five could have been sold for every one available.





 

   

   

 

 





Popularity and fame like this can grow out of one .thing only—and that is sheer merit.

The record of the International Manure Spreader, in the improved type, promptly showed

the farming public that here was a product of especial features and especial value. Factors

that combine in creating that value are detailed on this page. These factors, from roller

bearings on down. must be of practical interest to every man on a farm.





 

   

   

   

 





Months of effort, in material supply and manufacturing, have raised the production of

these spreaders to a point where demands may be met. This is a year when you must go

after increased crop yields with all tested methods—and the roller-bearing lnternational is

at your service. See the spreader at the International Dealer's or write the Chicago address

for information.





   

 





 





 

   

   

   

 





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easy, strong, steady feed. Box tapered 5. Wheels Track—Rear wheels track the bearers gives the manure a third

to eliminate friction on both sides. Six withthehontwheehlightening drait. beating, and spreads it finely and

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3. OsdllaflngFronlele-Autmype,per- 'amming apron. because the spreader 9. All-Steel Main Frame—Wood box

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NOWHERE is the need for reducing the

cost of production more urgent than in the

case of the great staple crops Corn, Grain, Hay.

These have always been low value per acre

crops. Their labor cost factor is high. A

double yield, per acre involves but little ad-

ditional labor.



Fertilizers are the direct means to increase yield.





For the best results, fertilizers must be prOperlyI

balanced.





One-sided fertilization spells soil exhaustion.

Balance the fertilizer with 5 to 10 per cent. of Potash.

There is plenty of it now.





SOIL & CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE

H. A. HUSTON, Manager





   

   

   

 

 





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Approved by the National Board of

Fire Underwriters and recognized

by insurance companies for their

fire-resisting qualities:



With. limited fire protebtion in rural

districts, it is essential for farmers

to_ have the best roof covering ob-

tainable. For more than 20 years

Reynolds Shingles have maintained

a distinct leadership.



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GOMBAULT’S

CAUSTIC BALSAM





THE STANDARD REMEDY

HUMAN and VETERINARY)





 





   

   

   

 





   





It is generally true that an external

remedy that is good for the animal is

also good for the human body, and

Gombault’s Caustic Balsam is no ex-

ception to this rule. The many

testimonials received from physicians

and veterinarians are convincing

proof of its merits. Rheumatism,

Backache, Neuralgia, Sprains, Strains,

Lumbago. Sore Throat, Stiff Joints,

in fact any ailment requiring an

external application can be treated

with absolute safety and the beneficial

results produced are all that could be

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Sweeny. Capped Hock, Strained Ten—

dons,Spavin,Ringbone and other bony

tumors. A trial uill convince anyone

that here IS a remedy without an equal

\\ rite for any infonnation desired. $1.75 per bottle at druggists

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If I had to buy three-quarters of the

feed, how many chickens should I keep

to make an average living for a family

of three, also are White Leghorns the

best egg producers?



Menominee Co. V. E. W.





Your question is very difficult to an-

swer as so much depends on your nat-

ural ability to handle poultry and how

much you would consider an average

living for a family of three. White

Leghorns are usually considered the

most popular breed for the commercial

egg farm, as they can be handled in

large flocks and produce white eggs of

fine size which meet with favor on the

best city markets.



Buying three—quarters of the feed

would make the business less safe than

on a farm where one-half or more of

the feed could be produced at, home.

But if you had a good laying strain and

managed them properly you could pay

for the feed and have a fair profit. At

present the 'price of eggs compared

with the price of feed makes the busi-

ness quite satisfactory. But you must

base your business operations on con-

ditions as they soon are apt to be when

returning to normal.



Some can make more on two hun-

dred hens than others make on a thou-

sand. One thousand hens might lose

money when two hundred might pro-

duce a very satisfactory sideline in-

come. The more birds 'you handle the





 





CHICKS





Our Tenth Year





We hatch about 20,000

every Tuesday. White

Leghoms and Brown Leg-

homs. Bred to lay, large

white eggs. Stock has been

improved considerable

during the ten years and

is e now som of the best.

We ship everywhere by

parcel post in lots of 25,

50, 100 and 1000 or more.

Safe arrival guaranteed.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Write for catalogue with

price list.





Wolverine Hatchery





H.Wiersma, Owner and Mgr.





Zeeland, Mich., ll. 2,





 





V 200 Chicks Ready for Shipping





 





 





Michigan’s Largest Pedigree Poultry Farm





DAY OLD CHICKS





From S. C W. Leghorns, That have been carefully culled for heavy

laying. Mated with PEDIGREE cockerels, whose records in the past

I five years are, the lowest in that time, 215 eggs, in one year, and as

high as 290 eggs, in one year. We guarantee that every chick and

breeder that we sell comes from Lakewood Farm only. Write for cat-

alog. Grade A, 20¢ each. Grade B, 15c each.





Lakewood, Farm, Box B, Holland, Mich.





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modern methods of hatching and shipping methods and we

ship you nothing but the best. our stock is of the standard

Free range bred for heavy egg laying quality and our chicks

are strong and healthy and will develop very rapidly. We have

the following breeds S. C. White, Buff and Brown Le ghorns,

Anconas, W. and B. Rocks, R. C. and S. C. R. I. Reds, B. and

W. Orpingtons, W. Wyandottes. Get our big bargain offer

in CHICKS and BROODERS and save money on your

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greater the complications and risk and

the more experience necessary. It will

pay you to visit a commercial poultry

farm in your section and also visit

with farmers with large flocks of poul-

try. Of course, you will need several

hundred hens to make an average liv.

ing for a family of three but the num-

ber of hens, regardless of how large

the number may be, is not. a sure guar-

antee of profit. Some men have done

very well on one-man poultry plants

with about one thousand hens and pul<

lets.



Many of the small plants make a

fair income by selling hatching eggs,

breeding stock, day—old chicks and also

do a little fruit growing at the same

time. With poultry as the foundation

on the small farm there are unlimited

opportunities of taking up various side-

lines to help out with the income and

make the living more certain.



If you can work on a poultry farm or

for a farmer with a large flock of poul-

try you will find out much about; the

management of laying hens. Or you

can start on a small scale without giv-

ing up other sources of income and

gradually learn the business from your

own study and experience. You can

read the farm journals and poultry pa-

pers and study the free bulletins put

out by the experiment stations and de-

partment of agriculture. To sum up

the answer to your question, there is

no certain number of chickens that

can be mentioned as capable of produc-

ing an average income for a family of

three. You might do it nicely on six

or eight hundred bred-to-lay hens if

the family demands were moderate

and a lot of the living came from the

garden or small farm.——R. G. K.





POULTRY HOUSES NEED RENOVA-

TION.





 





OME old poultry houses can be ren-



ovated and modernized and made

suitable for housing a profitable farm

flock, even though they are now in

poor condition, If you have such a

house with a step-ladder roosting sys-

tem it can be improved by removing

the 01d roasts. Then construct drop-





 





ping-boards and place roasts over the





boards. This will increase the scratch-

ing area on the floor and make it easy‘

to take out the droppings at least a.

few times each week, depending on

the time given to the hens.



Many of these old houses have glass

windows but no open front. Such

houses are damp and full of odors.

Take out part of the windows and cov-

er the opening with quarter-inch mesh

wire. A muslin curtain or a curtain

made of old sacks can be used during

severe storms. There need be no bad

odors in a poultry house if the house is

clean and the air is fresh. The open

front insures a supply of fresh air and

this keeps the house dry and the hens

healthy. .



Old dirty floors become unclean and

the soil should be removed and replac-

ed with clean sand. Never let the level

of the earth floor become lower than

the outside ground or the floor will be

damp and possibly the melting snows

may drain into the house.



Use only portable equipment in the

poultry house. Nests and hoppers that

are spiked to the walls are difficult to

clean. Have the nests so they can be

taken out in small sections and sun-

ned and sprayed. It will keep down

mites and lice and make poultry keep-

ing more profitable.





ABOUT GOOSE EGGS.





 





I have four Toulouse geese begin‘

ning to lay. I wondered if the eggs

could be hatched in an incubator, as

I don’t think I would have setting hens

enough to use. Perhaps some reader

has had experience with them and can

enlighten me as to the temperature,

etc. Also can you tell me what goose

eggs generally sell for?



Van Buren Co. D. P. S.





Most breeders of geese do not use

incubators for hatching geese eggs but

prefer hens and the geese. The first

eggs laid by the geese are given to '-

hens so the geese will go on laying.

And later in the season the geese are

alIOWed to set. The eggs require from

twenty-eight to thirty days to hatch

and need the same temperature as for

hens’ eggs, one hundred and three de-

grees. They need lots of moisture and

should be sprinkled often and also

given plenty of time to cool after the

first week. Geese can be hatched in

incubators but the length of time re-

quired for incubation and moisture

needed make it much safer to incubate

the eggs in the natural way.



Goose eggs from pure-bred geese us-

ually sell at about forty cents each.

If many are sold it is necessary to ad-

vertise and carry OH correspondence

and pack the eggs very carefully for

shipment. Eggs sold in the community

might be sold for five or ten cents less

per egg than those which must be

shipped to distant buyers—R. G. K.





NO CURE FOR BLACKHEAD.





 





Please give me treatment for my tur-

keys. There seems to be bOWel trou<

ble among the turkeys of my flock.

They mope around fo1 several days,





then die. The disease seems to be

sure death.

Tuscola Co. R. R.





The disease known as blackhead is

similar to the symptoms described. The

bird mopes around and there is green-

ish-yellow diarrhea and no appetite.

In some cases the head turns purple.



There is no cure and in some dis-

tricts it has eliminated turkey raising.

If you lose many birds from blackhead

it might pay to stop raising them for

a few years until the soil has had a

chance to clean up. Then new stock

can be obtained from a healthy vigor-

ous flock.
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importance of_ conserving the

woodlot. We will say that we read

every word that is printed which in

any way refers to the timber lot, and

some of these articles are read many

times. I am interested in the preser-

vation of timber and that is the rea-

son why I give these articles so much

attention.



An article concerning my woodlot

was published in the Michigan Farmer

several months ago but there are many

things to say about it yet. I have sev-

en acres of timber and I am trying to

preserve it so that it will furnish a

continuous supply of timber for farm

l - use for years to come. In order to do

. ' ' this I must cut the timber which I use

in such a manner that it will stimu-

late the growth of what is left stand-

ing. It is not easy work to put these

ideas on paper, but a glance at what

I have done would give a person an

idea of my plan for conserving timber.

I am working my timber lot up into

groves. My timber lot is covered with

Small, but very tall trees. They are

called second growth. They vary from

a few inches to eighteen inches in di-

ameter. I cut a strip of timber through

a the woods about two rods wide and



work the timber up into firewood. Next

I leave a strip of timber standing about

two rods Wide. I then out another

strip of timber about two rods wide

parallel to the first cut-over strip. This

leaves a strip of timber two rods wide

between the two cut-over strips.



1 am satisfied that such work stimu-

lates the growth of what timber there

is left. The large trees were taken off

from the land many years ago by the

early settlers. Some of the readers of

the Michigan Farmer know that I have

a red cedar grove of about two acres.

The trees grew from seed produced by

larger trees standing close by. The

ground is covered with strips of tim-

ber where a part of the growth has

been cut out for firewood. The young

trees spring up by hundreds‘and I let

them grow. I never have received one

cent in payment for any tree.



All calls for Christmas trees from

churches, schools, or private citizens

are gladly filled. And I frequently

give away small trees for ornamental

purposes or windbreaks.

exact rash promises from boys who

call for trees. Three boys drove into

my yard inquiring for Christmas trees.

I directed them to a spot where they

could find some.“ When they returned

to settle for the trees I made them this

proposition: “Now,” said I, “If you

will agree to behave yourselves for six

months and keep out of saloons, I will

give you the trees.” They seemed very

much pleased with the proposal and

readily accepted the terms, but I care-

lessly neglected to ask their names

and I do not know to this day who

they were. Of course, they understood

the proposal as a joke, but still they

maybe reminded occasionally of the

fact that I think saloons are bad places

for boys—O. A. VANDERBIL'I‘.





 





 





 





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From Cloverland

By L. 11. C/mre‘



EAN H. L. RUSSELL, of the Uni-



versity of Wisconsin, is one of the

speakers scheduled for the farmers’

institute at the Menominee County Ag-

ricultural School, March 29-30-31. His

address Will occur on the second day

of the institute in the afternoon, and

will be on the subject, “The Possibili-

ties and Problems of Cloverland Agri-

culture.” Dean Russell comes from a

state which is doing a good deal in the

development of its cut-over lands, and

he himself can speak with knowledge

of the problems of the north country.

The Menominee County Farm Bureau

is cooperating with the Menominee

County Agricultural School in its ef-

forts for a successful farmers’ insti-

tute, and it has adopted resolutions in

favor of an increased state appropria-

tion which helps to maintain this

school, and in favor of an additional

appropriation of twenty thousand dol~

lars for the erection of a new dormi-

tory. Both county and state are finan-

cially interested in the maintenance of

the agricultural school.



The Grand Rapids office of the Unit—

ed States VVcalher Bureau has just is-

sued its regular monthly summary of

weather conditions in Michigan for the

month of December. This permits some

interesting comparisons between points

in the two peninsulas in regard to such

items as 'pi'ecipitation, temperature

and wind velocity. Taking such ex-

treme stations as Detroit and Mar-

quette. 1 note that the mean monthly

temperature for the metropolis was

32.08, and of Marquette 26.09 degrees

F. There the precipitation was 2.84

inches, and for Marquette 2.27 inches.

Marquette had twenty-six cloudy days

and Detroit twenty-four. I note that

Detroit led the state in wind velocity,

and that Escanaba in the upper penin-

sula led the state in percentage of sun-

shine. Last summer, Mr. J. Wade

Weston, assistant state leader of coun-

ty agents, issued a statement in regard

to the climate of the upper peninsula,

which states after noting that the up-

per peninsula falls between the forty-

fifth and forty-seventh meridians, that:

the average rainfall for the region is

34.5 inches as compared with 32.9 for

the state at large. As Mr. Weston

points out, the major portion of our

rain comes during the growing months,

May to October, so that a summer

drought is the exception. The first

snow usually comes about the middle

of November and disappears about the

middle of April. It has probably de-

parted much earlier than this, this year.

As the snow comes usually before the

ground is frozen, its departure leaves

farmers free to get onto the land, and

insures a quick growth of grass and

other vegetation. It also allows vege-

tables to remain in the ground all win-

ter without damage in most. instances.

The mean annual temperature for the

upper peninsula is given at thirty-nine

degrees F., while the mean summer

temperature is 62.5 degrees. Mr. Wes-

ton notes, too, that “the stimulus from

the fine air and sunshine, the cool, in-

yigorating weather, combine to make

the dairy cow productive, the lambs to

top the market on grass, and the peo-

ple to be energetic physically and men-





tally.” While Mr. Weston does not

say so, it. seems probable that the

“tang” or stimulating quality of our





air is due to the normal lower temper-

ature which reduces the absolute hu-

midity of the air and this reacts on

evaporation from the body. Many vis-

itors to this section notice this quality

in the northern atmosphere but are not

clear as to its cause.



There are two federal farm loan as-

sociations in Chippewa county, center-

ing at Rudyard and Dafter, according

to Agent Kunze. It is contemplated

to establish other associations at Pick-





 





 





 





   





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He stepped forward and put his hand

on the mountaineer’s shoulder.



“How a man can go down on his

knees and pray for his enemies,” smil-

ed Dale, “is entirely beyond me. Do

you really mean it?”



“I try hard to,” Moreland said quick-

ly. “In a-‘doin' that," he went on, “I

go Ben Littleford one better. Ben Lit-

tlet'ord’s the bell sheep o' the people

who lives acrost the river from us, peo'

ple we’ve hated to years and years.

Ben, he holds fambly prayers, too, ev—

ery night. He'd ax the blessin’s o’ the

Lord on the stranger onder his roof,

but not on his inimies, the Morelands.

Yes, I try hard to mean it, Bill Dale.



“It was allus hard fo’ me to be a

good man, Bill Dale. It's hard fo’ any

Moreland to be a good man. We’re

too full 0’ life and too human; we’re

too quick to hate and too quick-mmeb-

bewto love. And we fight too quick;

we’re all sort 0' proud, and with us

honor is allus a-wrastlin’ with good-

ness [0’ the high place.”





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"And that. other enemy, murmured

Dale—«and he wondered why that

should bother him so much, why he

should feel that vague responsibility

about it—“the man who killed your

brother, David—"



“I don’t never pray fo’ him,” inter-

rupted the mountaineer, going a little

pale. “I hain't that nigh puffect. A

man don’t git so good 'at he axes the

Almighty to bless the devil—or the rat-

tler in the laurels, or the copperhead

’at waits onder a bush fo’ the passin’

0’ some bare-legged child.”



bale winced, but Moreland didn’t n0-

iice it. Dale let his hand tall from the

other’s shoulder. Moreland began to

speak again:



“I didn‘t tell ye afore, Bill Dale. My

brother David. he was the hope 0’ his

people. He was better‘n the rest of

us. The one bigr aim 0’ his life was to

educate us all. the benighted. Yes,

we’re benighted. and we know it. He

meant to do it with the coal he’d found.

As I’ve done told ye, we ain’t never

had the. heart to sell the coal. . . I

hope ye‘ll have a fine rest, Bill Dale.

i ain't a-goin’ to call yc ‘Mister’ no

more, Bill Dale!”





“Don‘t!” smilingly said the younger





man. “Bill Date is right, y’know. Good.

nivl ll, John Mott land!"

llale 1emoietl his shoes and outer





clothing. blew out the light, and went

to bed in the best, room‘s hand—carved

black walnut t‘ourposter.



For, a long time he lay there awake,

and stared through a little window to-

ward a bright star that burned like a

beacon fire about the pine-fringed

crest of David Moreland’s Mountain.

He did not hear the incessant, murmur-

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Even these strange sounds could not

break into his thoughts.



He believed he understood now why

his father had turned a greenish grey

when this coal property was mentioned

to him. He believed he understood

why his father had flatly refused to

investigate this vein. But he was whol—

1y at a loss to account for the use of

his own given name instead of Dale.





Then his mind turned upon the

mountainfolk. They really seemed a

great deal better than the set that had

been his since he could remember. He

had hated the artificialities of his old

life so much that he put almost more

than full value on the honest, simple

virtues of these people of the hills.



Looking toward the mountain again,

he spoke as though he were talking to

David Moreland himself:



“I’ll see it through for you, old man.

This shall be my country.”



CHAPTER III.



Goliath of the Hills.

ALE awoke a little after day-

D break, arose and dressed himself,

and went out by way of the door

beside the huge stone-and-clay chim-

ney. A thin stream of blue smoke was

curling upward from the kitchen fire;



the Morelands also were up.



The mountain air was bracing. Dale

threw out his chest and started eager-

ly for a walk.



The road led past the cabin of Grand-

pap Moreland, the old man of the very

long rifle and the black bruin stories.

When Dale was directly in front of the

log house, he saw the aged mountain-

eer standing on a rickety sawhorse be-

side the stone step at the narrow

porch; Grandpap Moreland was help-

ing a grey cat down from the roof.



“It’s a blasted funny thing," he was

saying complainingly, “ ’at you can

climb onto the house, but you can’t

climb down!”



He sprang stiffly from the sawhorse,

dropped the cat, saw D'ale smiling at

him and called outrcheerily:



“Mornin’! I was jest a-takin’ that

thar cussfired old pest down offen the

roof. I‘ve took him down every morn-

in’ as rcg’lar as I makes fires, fo’ three

year or more. Ef it wasn‘t: bad luck

to kill a cat, I’ shoot him. mebbe.”



After breakfasting with John More-

land, Bill Dale borrowed fishing-tackle

and a minnow-pail from his host, and

set, out alone for the little river. He

observed the wild things as he went.

In the dust of the oxwagon road he

saw the crooked track of the black

racer snake, the terror of the rattler.





 





the ironweed and the scarlet bloom of

the meadow clover. There was the

mating call of a partridge, and the

lovelorn coo of a dove.



Where the brook from John More-

land’s spring emptied into the river, he

stopped and caught a dozen black-back

minnows, then he started down the

bigger stream to look for a promising

pool.



There were many shoals and rapids,

and he went almost half a mile before

he found a place to his liking. It was

a beautiful spot. Above, the water pour-

ed between two great boulders with a

gentle roar; below, it shallowed out

over round stones. Overhead towered

tall white sycamores.



Not until he had put a minnow on

the hook and cast it out did he see

that he was not alone at the pool. On

the other side, less than sixty feet





away, Babe Littleford sat on a stone





the size of a small barrel; she held a

cane fishing-rod in her hands, and her

bare feet were in the water to her

ankles. She was looking squarely to-

ward Dale, and there was something

akin to reproachful anger in her long

brown eyes.



“Good morning!" called Dale, lifting



his hat. ‘

. There was no reply. There was not

even a change of countenance. Again

Dale called his friendly greeting, and

again there was no reply. It piqued

Dale. He wanted to know more about

that wild but somehow superb, freshly

beautiful creature who had interested

him so much the day before.



A few yards down the stream the

white body of a sycamore lay from one

bank to the other; it had been blown

there by a recent, storm. Dale wound

his line, took up his minnowpail, went

down and crossed by means of the

prostrate tree.



She didn’t even look around when

he walked up to her and spoke again.

It struck him as being decidedly odd.



~ “I say,” he told her, “you’re as chat-

ty as a set of stencils. You mustn’t

talk so much, y’know.”



Her eyes smiled at the

Dale couldn’t; see her eyes.



“Do you like violets, Miss Little-

ford‘?” he asked next.



In the black. mica-starred soil at his

feet grew a carpet of the finest violets

he had ever seen. Babe let the tip of

her cane rod fall into the water and

looked around.



“It sounds funny to hear a man talk

0’ sech little things as vi’lets,” she de-

clared. “Most 0’ men don’t think 0’

nothin’ but workin’, fightin’ and eatin’.





river, but





Brown wrens hopped, twittering, along\Out here we mostly calls vi’lets ‘john-





the old rail fences. Above the foot 0f

the majestic Big Pine a dozen crows

were harrying a hawk. Wild bees were





ny-jump-ups.’ I’m a little mad at you!

I went home yeste’dayfland I think I

run might’ nigh the whole six mile—'





onderstood you was a-comin’ to our

house-and you went to them low-

down Morelands!”



“I beg pardon,” he said contritely;

“didn’t know you were especially ex-





pecting me. I had business," he ad-

ded, “with John Moreland.”



He looked toward his toes. There

was a flutter and a swish, and a fine

bass came flouncing to the violets.



“My!” he exclaimed. “It’s a dandy,

isn’t it?”



He unwound his line, put on a fresh

lure and flung out. .



"What are you baiting with, Miss

Littleford—minnows ?”



“N0,” smiling saucily, “I ain’t a-bait-

in’ with min—ohs. I’m a-baitin’ with

minners. You’re wuss’n Major Brad-

ley, who spends his summers up here.

He calls taters ‘potaytohs’!"



Before Bill Dale could make a reply

there came to his ears from some-

where down the river the chorus of a.

rakish old hill song, and the voice was

that of the lanky moonshiner, By

Heck—



“01,1 when I die, dont-a bury me deep,

Put no tombstone at my head and feet,

Put a bear‘ s jawbone in my right hand

On my way to the P1om- ised Lea and.





Oh! On my way to the Promised

Land!”





Dale laughed. Babe thrust her catch

on a forked switch, baited her book

and th1ew out again.



A few minutes latel theie appeared

on the Mo1eland side of the 1iver the

singer of the rakish old song; he had

a minnowpail in one hand and a white

hickory rod in the other.



“Hi, thar, Bill, old boy!” he yelled.

“Hi, thar, Babe! Either of ye’uns

ketched anything?”



Ben Littleford’s daughter held up

her fish proudly. Heck slapped his

thigh with his slouch hat.



“Good fo’ you!” he exclaimed. “But:

they ain’t a-bitin’ jest right. The moon

is wrong, and the signs is wrong, to"

fishin’.”



At that instant John Mmeland ap-

peaied at Heck’s side. He seemed

very serious about something.



“Bill Dale,” he called, “come over

here.”



Wondering, Dale put down his rod

and turnedto obey. Two minutes lat;—

er he stood before John Moreland.



“I jest wanted to tell ye,” and the.

mountaineer almost closed one alert

grey eye, “ ’at ye’re purty shore to git;

into trouble over tharfi’



“I’m an able-bodied man,” Dale re-

turned smilingly.



“You shore are,” frowned Moreland,

“but mebbe you ain’t used to (turn-ml

hard fightin’.”



Not used to hard fighting! Dale’s

smile broadened. Once he had whip-

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toward the other side of the stream.

Dale looked and saw, standing beside

Babe Littleford, .a quite formidable

man. He had the height and breadth,

almost, of a Goliath. He was black-

eyed and black-haired, and his thick,

short beard was curled like the hair

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was roughly dressed; his arms were

bare to the elbows, and they showed

muscles like knots of wire cable paint-

ed brown.



One of his great arms suddenly





" straightened toward Dale. and a voice





as gruff as the growl of a bear said

hotly:



“What was you a—doin’ here a-talkin’

to my gyurl ?”



Babe Littleford looked angry. Dale

flushed, then went pale.



“I have a habit of talking with whom

I please,” be said evenly.



“Spoke like a man,” drawled the

lanky Heck in a very low tone.



Goliath of the hills stared unbeliev-

ingly. Dale said in an undertone to

John Moreland:



“Is it that Ball fellow?”



“Yes,” answered the hillman; “it’s

Black Adam Ball. I seed him a-comin',

and I wanted to git ye on this side 0’





the river. You ain’t got no two-eyed

shotgun loaded with buckshot,

y'know.”





Ball dropped his rifle to the violets,

slowly clenched his huge and hairy

hands, and thrust his bearded jaw out

aggressively. ,



“I dare ye over here, ye pink cow-

ard!” he challenged.



“If you have any business with me,

come over here and transact it,” Dale

retorted. “I won’t run.”



“That’s Moreland terrytory,” Ball ob-

jected. “But I"ll meet ye half way,

and I dare ye to take me up, ye lace-

trimmed pink mollycoddlel’,’ _





Bill Dale groaned at the epithet. He

glanced toward John Moreland, then

he looked toward the middle of the

river.



Half way would be the middle of the

river, and no place for a fight, surely.

But Dale was nettled. His temper, the

temper he had never been able to keep

wholly under control, was rising fast.

lie threw off his coat and hat and

rolled up the sleeves of his soft shirt

to his elbows. Then he waded into the

pool. The slowly moving water was

up to his waist at the halfway point,

and the bottom was of hard-packed

sand. ‘



The Goliath stared unbelievingly.

He was not accustomed to having his

challenges thus accepted. He threw

off his hat and went to meet the lithe

young stranger.



Bill Dale squared himself and put up

his guard. Adam Ball came on, and

he was’scowling wickedly. It was to

be a hundred and eighty pounds of

gymnasium strength against more than

two hundred pounds of the strength

of the out-of—doors; it was to be the

intelligent fighter against the primi-

tive animal-man, fists that were some-

what tender against fists that were

hard and toughened—a battle without

a rule or a rest.



Ball rushed, the clear water swirling

in his wake, and let out with a power-

ful right. It was a blow to crush an

ordinary man’s chest in; but, to Ball’s

surprise, it failed to land. Dale evad-

ed it cleverly, and at the same time

sent a swift left uppercut to the oth-

er’s bull-like jaw. Adam Ball muttered

two wicked words and steadied him-

self; he had caught a tartar. A mo-

ment, and he led out} again, and he

missed again; but he followed it with

a blow that made a red mark on Bill

Dale’s shoulder.



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that rebounded dully, from the giant’s

chest and elicited only a harsh laugh

of contempt. There was little to be

gained by striking a. man like Adam

Ball on the chest; Dale knew now that

he must reach a more vulnerable spot.





Then he feinted with his left and

drove his right to Ball’s mouth, bring-

ing blood. Ball roared in his blind

rage and dashed toward.his antagon-

ist, resolved to get a clinch. But Dale

eluded the terrible arms, although in

So doing he received a blow on the

temple that made him dizzy for a few

seconds.



While Ball was again engaged in

trying to gain the advantage of a

clinch, Granny Heck made her appear-

ance on the Moreland' bank. She

promptly launched her sympathies in

a manner that pleased both her gaping

son and the watchful and silent John

Moreland.



“Hit him in the stummick, Mr. Bill!"

she cried over and over. “Hit him

whar he lives at!”



The combat grew hotter and hotter.

Both landed frequently now. The faces

of both were bleeding, and each spat

red now and then. Their clothing had

“been torn away to the belt, and their

magnificent wet bodies glowed in the

morning sunlight. Dale had seriously

damaged his soft hands; they felt as

though they were filled with slivers of

steel. But still he fought on doggedly,

determinedly, desperately, minute af-

ter minute. ‘



Those on the two banks watched it

all with suppressed excitement. Even

garrulous Granny Heck was silent

now. Babe Littleford stood in the edge

of the water, with her hands clasped

below her throat; her face was pale.

John Moreland, who had witnessed

many other great fights, himself a

fighting man, had never before beheld

such a contest of strength and endur-

ance as this; Bill Dale had won John

Moreland’s heart for all time to come.





But the blows of the fighters were

growing weaker now. The sound of

their labored breathing rose distinctly

over the gentle roar of the sparkling

waters above. Occasionally Ball mut-

tered an oath as he tried for a clinch

and failed to get it. Dale was still

elusive.



Then the watchers saw Adam Ball

lunge at his man, saw Dale stumble

out of sheer weakness, saw Ball’s

mighty blood-streaked arms close

about the beautiful white body and hug

it close to his great and hairy chest.

A moment, and Ball was bending Dale

slowly backward and downward more

by reason of weight than of strength;

another moment, and Ball was about

to sink the brown head under the sur-

face!





cry.

the water and shouted hoarsely:





“Don’t ye drownd him, Adam! Ef





ye do, ye’ll answer to me!”

But Ball did not hear him. Ball was





hard put in his attempt to thrust his ‘





antagonist’s head under water.





Babe Littlet’ord gave a smothered ..

John Moreland stepped toward .





 





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move. He slipped downward suddenly,l ,





immersing himself completely, and

shot one arm around Ball’s thigh;

then, by a great effort, he rose with

the giant and overthrew him, and stag-

gered free! i



Ball’s hairy face came to the surface;

first. Dale fought back the pain of

the water in his lungs, and the pain as

of sharp and jagged slivers of steel





in his hands, and struck madly, half ; :





blindly, at‘ the hateful face. He kept





it down, but it wouldn’t go under the '





water completely. . .



Adam Ball began to drift as though

lifeless down the stream.

followed, still fighting weakly, choking

as he breathed. But soon he ceased

to strikeuHe saw, instead of the beast-

llke face,-flashes as of distant summer





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picture of the Cross. The women are

standing afar off. At the foot of the

crossihe soldiers. are playing cards.

Someone runs and puts a sponge full

of vinegar on the end of a stick and

odors it to Him. There is the blood

and watei that came 101th, when the

soldier pieices His side. (An eminent

Scotch physician wrote a book on the

death of Christ, in which he claimed

that Christ died literally of a broken

heart. Hence the blood had separated

into blood and water). Then, there is

the burial. We are told all the details.

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liever asks for the body, and bui'ies it

in his own tomb. The tomb is rock-

hewn. It is in a garden. Another

wealthy man brings one hundred

pounds of spices, for embalming the

body. A huge stone is rolled against

the entrance of the tomb. The Phari-

sees request an extra guard, so that

the body may not be stolen during the

night. Pilate gives them a. sarcastic

reply, telling them to make use of the

guard they have. The burial is hur-

ried, for the Sabbath is drawing near,

and the embalming is not completed.

Women who had followed Christ down

from Galilee watched to see where He

was buried. They also procured spices.

Christ was dead. His followers were

hopeless. They gave Him the best

burial in their power. That is the first

point.





HE second point is, that Christ



rose from the dead. Here. again

there isthe testimony of those who

were present. Minutest details are

given, of what happened, on that won-

derful Sunday morning. At daybreak,

before it was light, one woman went

to the tomb and found it empty. She

is so excited she runs back into the

city and tell John and Simon. They

do not believe it. _They regard it as

an idle tale. Nevertheless their curi~

osity is aroused, and they go to the

grave. They run all the way. John

can run faster than Simon, and gets

there first. He crouches down and

locks in. Then Simon comes, but he

does not look in, he goes in, and begins

to examine the grave clothes in which

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head is lying apart, by itself. Mary

who came early to the tomb, cannot

bear to go in. It is more than a wom-

an’s heart can endure. She stands on

the outside, weeping, after the two

men have gone. Presently a man

comes along. It is the gardener, as

she supposes. (We have already been

told that the tomb was in a garden).

She asks him where the dead body has

been taken. He looks at her and says,

“Mary." It is enough. She would have

known that’voice anywhere. It is not

the gardener. It is the Lord. She falls

at his feet crying, “Rabboni.” The

same day, two of the disciples were

walking to a. village not far from Jer-

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strange events of the morning, a.

stranger joins them. They tell him

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him to spend the night with them. As

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ward, he has this opportunity, and he.





cries out, “My Lord and my God.”





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saw them. And there are many more.

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saw. And these stories of the death

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tiny and the study, and often the op-

position, of nineteen hundred years.

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dead.





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as we can cry, “My Lord and my God.”

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the death of Socrates be that of a.

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ter we can say, “The despised Gali~

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mighty, having lifted The gates of em-

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He is what He claimed to be. When

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happiest life in\ihe world. It means

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resurrection of his Lord is a. type of

the resurrection that the Christian will

have himself. It means that there is

no enemy that can prevail against him

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life of conquest, and though the body

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lightning, and red blotches against a.

thick blackness. The blotches faded,

and all became dark to him; he pitch-

ed forward, gasping, and began to

drift down the stream with the van-

quished Ball.



Babe Littleford was standing in the

water to her knees. When Dale suc-

cumbed to utter exhaustion, she start-

ed toward him to save him from

drowning. She felt strangely drawn to-

ward the big, white, clean man who

had whipped the Goliath she had al-

ways dreaded. But she had gone only

a few yards toward the center of the

river when John Moreland and Sam

Heck reached the unconscious figures.



Heck dragged Ball to the Littleford

bank and left him lying there, face

downward, on the sand. Moreland half

carried, half dragged Bill Dale to the

other bank. Babe Littleford waded

out. She paid absolutely no attention

to the worsted bully. She stood intent-

ly watching the limp form of Dale.



“Is he dead, John Moreland?” she

called tremulously.



“No, Babe,” Moreland answered, his

voice not unkind; “he ain’t anyways

nigh dead.”



He and Sam Heck took up Dale’s

dripping figure and bore it away. Babe

Littleford ran to higher ground, hid

herself behind a clump of sassafras

and watched them.



Granny Heck followed with Dale’s

coat and hat. She chattered all the

way across the meadow——



“Now, what did I tell ye, John and

Sam? What did I tell ye? La, la!

Wasn’t it a master fight, like I said——

now wasn’t it?" ‘



“Sometimes ye make me a little tir-

ed, grannywoman,” Moreland remon-

strated gently. “The’ ain’t nothin’ in

i‘orchune-tellin’. You’ve just been here

so long ’at you know how to jedge the

future by the past. Havin’ seed so

much 0’ human nature, you know a

right smart about it. And you’re a tol’-

able good guesser, too, I reckon.”



Gnanny‘ Heck flared up quickly:

“Ain’t nothin’ in forchune—tellin’! Now

don’t go and fool yourself, John More-

land. You listen to me about a half a

minute, John. I seed more in the cup

’an I told Mr. Bill. I seed blood and

death. I seed a big fight atwixt the





’ Morelands and the Littlefords!”





“That’s easy to guess at,” John

Moreland replied. “You know, 0’

course, ’at Black Adam will do ‘all he

can to bring trouble to us on account

0' Bill Dale a-stayin’ with us. And you

know it ain’t never onpossible to hatch

up war atween us and the Littlefords.

Jest run on ahead, Granny Heck, and

tell my wife to hunt up some kind 0’

good liniment fo’ Bill’s bruises. Tell

her she needn’t waste time a-lookin’

up any bandages. This man here is

like me: he wouldn’t wear bandages,

’cause they look bad.”



CHAPTER IV.

Dale Tells a Story.





HEN Dale came back to con-

W sciousness, he was lying under



cover in the carved black wal~

nut bed. Beside him stood John More-

land, who held in one hand a bowl con-

taining a hot herb brew that his wife

had prepared. Granny Heck, her son

By, and Mrs. Moreland stood not far

away.



“This here’ll be good fo’ ye, I think,”

said Moreland, nodding toward the

bowl in his hand. He went over and

put an arm around Dale’s shoulders

and helped him to sit up.



Dale drank the stuff with difficulty.



“Much obliged,” he muttered thick-

ly. “I——,let’s see, did I whip—how did

it end? He didn't lick me, did he—that

fellow Ball?"



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« “You take a man named Bill,” croak-

ed Granny Heck, “and he’ll sartinly

scrap ye. Now thar was my Uncle

Bill, him what jumped a nine-rail

fence on his fiftieth birthday—”



News travels rapidly in the big hills.

The Morelands began to gather at the

home of their chief to see the man

who had whipped Black Adam Ball;

every Moreland able to walk came to

see Bill Dale. For three hours he was

lionized, but he didn’t enjoy it; the

water had left many pains in his chest,

and his head ached dully, and his

hands still felt as though the bones

were shattered in them.



Came a thundershoWer that after-

noon, and the mountain evening fell

with a chill. A fire was made in the

wide stone fireplace in the guest’s

room, and when supper was over the

family gathered there with Dale, who

refused to be kept in bed. The light

of the blazing logs was sufficient, and

the big glass lamp was not brought

into use.



After a few minutes of silently

watching grotesque shadows flit across

the log walls, Dale said to John More-

land:



“If your brother David could know,

don’t you think he’d want you to get

the value out of the coal?”



John Moreland bent forward to rest.

his chin in his hands. His sober grey

eyes stared thoughtfully toward the

fire.



“I ain't never looked at it thataway,”





he said.

“That’s the right way to 10 at it,”

declared Dale. “But you sh





ldn’t sell

the. property as it is.” .



The mountaineer turned an inquir‘

ing face toward his guest.



“How in thunder could I handle it

ef I didn’t?”



“Why not let. me develop it for you?”

Dale said earnestly, eagerly. “I won’t

charge you anything above expenses,

and I won't be extravagant.”



“It’d take consid’able money to start

thing a-movin’. Have you got it?" ask-

ed Moreland.



“No, but I can get it. Almost any-

body would be willing to lend money

on so good a thing as this, y’know.”



For a little while Moreland sat there

and looked squarely at Dale, who re-

turned his gaze without a sign of

flinching. The hillman was trying to

find a motive; he was not of the class

that expects something for nothing.



“How comes it at you, who ain’t

knowed us but two days,” he demand—

ed, “can be so much int’rested in us ?”



The question demanded a straight-

forward answer. Dale realized that

there was but one way in which he

could give a satisfactory explanation,

and that that was by telling the truth

-—but not the whole truth, as he sur-

mised it, for then his efforts would go

for naught.



Moreland was speaking again, and

his eyes were brighter now.



“i agree ’at David would want us to

develop the coal, of he could know.

It’s a light a—breakin’ to me. But that

coal is sacred to us, Bill Dale, and

afore ye go any fu’ther I’ll haf to ax

ye to tell me all about yeself. A city

man up here in the wilderness—it don’t

look ’spicious, Bill, mebbe, but—well,

I hopes ye can pardon me fo"axin’ it.

1 shore got to be keerful about Broth-

er David’s coal. Addie and the boys’ll

go out and leave jest us two in here;

and when ye’re a-talkin' to me it’s the

same as talkin’ to a tombstone so fer

as tellin’ is consarned. Addie, honeyr

Luke, you and Cale-" .



Mrs. Moreland and her sons arose

and left the room, closing the door he-

hind them. Bill Dale paced the floor,

arms folded, brows drawn. Finally he

halted before the Moreland chief.



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Lo, the Poor School-Ma’am





And really 'to qualify means a great

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to be always so full of the subject that

you can't begin to get half out of a.

lesson that you want to in the time

you have to give to it. It means to

read and study constantly everything

you. can find on the things you are

teaching; not simply to be satisfied

with what your one text book tells you.

It means to read a. dozen different

histories; to find out what every gram-

mar you can get says about nouns and

pronouns and modifiers; to read books

of travel so that you can really know

the countries about which you are

teaching, and can make the children

realize that the folks who live in Hin-

dostan, and China and Russia are real-

ly human and have the same wants

and hates and loves which we have.

You can’t do all that reading and

studyng without a benefit to yourself.

That benefit will be worth. more to you

ten years from now than the money

you are saving.



Greater than the advantages to your-

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There isn’t anything in life more

worth while than helping folks. And

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something more than a perfunctory

hearing of lessons; if you try to enter

into their lives and help them along on

the road to clean living, inside and

out; it‘ you teach them citizenship and

help them form habits of honest work,

you are doing more for America than

all the politicians and spell-binders

who are going about shouting them-

selves hoarse over Americanization.

and cure-ails for our present ailments.



Then there are the mothers you can

serve. Farm women in newly settled

country are not as a rule, bothered to

know what to do with their spare

time. As a matter of fact, they are all

too often without any recreation, ex-

cept occasional visits to neighbors.

Here is an opportunity for the school

teacher to be a real help to the com-

munity. She can organize a mothers’

club to meet either at the schoolhouse





 





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or from house, to house in the neigh-

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tive; something which will help the

farm woman in her work, and leave a.

part of the time for fun. She can get

the community in touch with the agri-

cultural college and secure their ex-

tension workers for lectures or class-

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she can make herself so valuable to

her district that she will not need to

look outside for a raise. Her own peo-

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HOME DEMONSTRATION ACTIVI-

TIES.





I N Chippewa county 9. county organi-



zation has been effected, with Mrs.

William Schoals, of Brimley, and Mrs.

C. R. Moore, of Daffner, as chairman

and secretary, respectively. The man—

ager of the Soo creamery has promis-

ed the agent to furnish milk at twenty

cents a gallon to anyone whom the

agent considered needed it, though the

retail price of milk there was fifteen

cents per quart at the time the prom-

ise was made.



The farm bureau executive board of

Oakland county raised the agent’s sal-

ary to $2,000. Seven study groups are

learning and discussing the relation of

food to health, and the Holly group

are working on Costume design and

children’s clothing.



In Allegan county, food study groups,

clothing, interior decoration and dress

forms hold sway.



Kalamazoo county sent Mrs. Fred

Delano to Lansing as its delegate to

the women’s congress in February.

The home demonstration agent has

been conducting nutrition classes, and

holding dress form schools. Two meet-

ings were held, when Miss Helen Arms,

extension specialist from the Michigan

AgriCultural College gave “first aid”

in remodeling and cleaning hats. The

agent is also working with the com-

missioner of schools to establish hot

lunches.



In Shiawassee county women have

been admitted to the farm bureau on

the family membership plan. The

agent is doing garment-making work

and assisting in establishing hot lunch-

es in schools-



Dickinson county women are work-

ing with their agent studying menus

and food values, and clothing, which

includes bias binding and its use,iun-

der garments, danrning, patching, mend~

ing, patterns and putting garments to.

gether, and textiles. ,



In Gogebic county, Superintendent

Rice, of the Ironwood schools, offered

the use of the kindergarten building

for hot lunch work. The home demon-

stration agent appointed a committee

to work with those selected by the

school board to buy equipment, and

the Ironwood women’s club offered to

pay the salary ofa woman to take

charge of the work. The Anvil group

of women have been learning cutting,

making plackets and buttonholes, and

making dress forms. At Bessemer

the women study miliinery.



Canning chicken interested some of

the Women of Honghton county. Cloth-

ing meetings have been held and in

some instances families have been





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with the girls’ clubs.



Wayne county men wanted to know

why their wives had to study about

food after years of cooking. The wom-

en invited the men to meet with them,

and the question was answered. Bread

making and scoring interested these

fine cooks,- and so did the making of

dress forms. The home demonstration

agent also helped the boys’ and girls’

club leader organize garment clubs.





REMAKING RURAL COMMUNITIES.





(Continued from page 411).

Vista on a spur line of railroad. Part

of the district lies in two different

counties.’



In order that the school might have

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were purchased at one side of the

:town. This will make it possible to

Emaintain agricultural plats and devel-

:op fine grounds, which will become al-

émost a park. Perhaps the most nota~

"ble feature of this school is the splen-

did auditorium, probably one of the

finest school auditoriums in any town

of less than fifty thousand population

in this country. It has a seating capa-

city of seven hundred persons, and

permanent theatre seats have been in-

stalled both on the main floor and in

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Which alone cost $300. ' ‘



The building has a gymnasium, tliir-‘

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baths and dressing-rooms under the

gallery. At one side of the gymnasium

is a kitchen, where banquets may be

prepared and served in the gymnasi-

um. It is especially interesting to note

that on the day of the dedication two

thousand people were served at a big

dinner at this school. It is needless

to point out that it is perfectly equip-

ped mechanically with electric lights,

heating and ventilating systems, and

telephones in each room.





 





The total cost. of the building was

$112,000. The first bond issue of $82,-

000 carried by a vote of eighty-three

to five and a second bond issue of $45,-

000 for the completion and furnishing

of the structure carried unanimously.

There are some four hundred pupils in

the school, about half of whom come

from the open country. The budget

for one year’s running expenses is

about $28,000. I recall that on the

day of the dedication one man who

had just purchased a farm not so far

away, visited the school to see how he





 





could git inside of the consolidated

district. Students in the high school1

here receive instruction in collegel

preparatory, commercial work, voca-§

tional agriculture and vocational homel

economics, just as they desire. l



Anyone who is at all pessimistic with)

regard to consolidated schools would

do well to take a trip to the San Luis

valley and see just what has been ac-

complished. There are other consol-‘

idated schools in the valley, but thesei

are outstanding examples. That con-‘

solidated schools can exist is proved

by the fact that they do exist. The

simple fact is that the children in

these communities are getting good ed-

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in. any city.





 





“Leading the Way,” an article de-

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schools in Indiana, will appear in an

early issue.





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A Champion





By James





0 Lester Weaver, of Chesaning,



goes the distinction of being the



champion in bean club work in

Michigan, having been awarded a sil-

ver loving cup by the Michigan Bean

Jobbers’ Association, the trophy being

presented at a special community

meeting at Morleytown on the evening

of February 28. R. A. Turner, State

Club Leader, was present, as also was

Brown Harris, county champion corn

grower, and Lucile Boivin, third-year

canning club champion, as honored

guests. The Morleytown Agricultural

Club did some very‘ excellent work last

summer in growing beans and corn,

the boys meeting regularly to study

problems dealing with these crops, un-

der the leadership of Miss Edith Cor-

nair and County Leader Arthur L.

Strang.



Being asked to tell about his sum-

mer’s work, Lester Weaver said very

modestly: "Many years ago no one

ever heard of such a thing as club

work. if our forefathers had heard of

club work they would have thought it

was connected with playing ball. There

is much enjoyment and knowledge

that we get out of club work our fath-

ers and mothers did not have a chance

to get. ‘



“Club work is what keeps the boys

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E have just received from Mr. B.



H. Heide, Secretary of Interna-

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A. Steer, Spayed or Maitin Heifer

(pure-bred, grade or cross-bred) drop-

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1, 1920.



Feeding period begins April 1.

First prize ...... . .............. $50.00

Second prize ...... . ........... 40.00

Third prize ......... ’ ......... 30.00

Fourth prize ................... 20.00

Fifth prize .................... 10.00





B. Steer, Spayed or Martin Heifer

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Third prize ......... ’ ......... 30.00

Fourth prize ................... 20.00

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First prize ..................... $50.00

Second prize .................. 40.00

Third prize ......... ’ ........ . 30.00.

Fourth prize ................ 20.00

Fifth prize £00



D. Pen of Three Barrows farr0wed

after March 1.



Feeding period begins June 1.

First prize .. . .................. $50.00

Second prize ......... . . . . ..... 40.00

Third prize . . . . . . . . .’ ......... 30.00

Fourth prize ...... ......... . 2000

Fifth prize . . . ...... . .- ..... . . . . 10.00





1. Application to enter contest must‘ i





retary International.Expos-ition.,Uni!!!1 f . _

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C. M ill:





boy gets blue because he has too many

chores to do and sometimes dad says,

‘Never mind, John, I'll give you a pig

and when it is sold you’ll get the mon-

ey for it.’ This always lightens the

boy’s heart and he goes to do his

chores, happy to have semething his

own. ’ But when it comes to sell the





pigs, dad puts the money in his pocko‘





et and forgets all about John. This is

what causes many boys to leave the

farm. But in club work the boys own

their own stock and crops. '



“I will tell in a. few words how I

raised my crop of beans. Last spring

I planted "my beans with a hand-plant-

er and cultivated them every time I

had a. chance, so the beans would grow

better. The plants had podson earlier

than any other beans near our place.

In the fall when I' pulled by beans and

drew them into the barn, II had five

large slingloads. I let them stand in

the barn about three or four weeks and

then I had them threshed. When I

took them to market I found I had

thirty-six bushels and thirty pounds.

After paying the threshing bill I had

a profit of $65.67 from my acre of

beans. I exhibited a peek of beans at

the county fair and received first prize,

which was eight dollars. This made a

total profit of $73.67. '



“I want to be in club work next year

because I think it is the only thing

for farm boys and girls. It makes

them interested in their farm work.”





Attention Young F coders!





feeding period, who will then forward

entry blanks. Contestants are limited

to two entries in any one class and

must personally select, care for and

exhibit animals entered without any

aid or assistance.



(2). A complete daily record of the

feed consumed during feeding period

should be kept by contestant, who

must use the uniform price schedule

shown in 1921 premium list in figuring

cost of gain. Final entries will not be

accepted unless contestant shows the

original weight at the beginning ofthe

feeding period and also weight of ani-

mal on November 15. Immediately af-

ter that date mail records to “Interna-

tional" office so that they may be grad-

ed before animals are shown.



3. In judging these classes quality

and finish will count sixty per cent;

gain, fifteen per cent; cost of gain, fif-

teen per cent, and records and written

reports, ten per cent.



4. As these contests arevto be kept

on a short feeding basis some assur-

ance must be had that the animals

were not on feed previous to opening

date of contest. Contestants must be

ready to produce the necessary evi-

dence on this and other points if re-

quested to do so.



5. All animals must be in place

ready for exhibition at 9:00 a. m. on

opening day of show. No entry fee

will be charged in these classes.





   





 





   

   

   

   





 





 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Lesson 1.-—Why Pure-bred Poultry

Pays.



HE ,ownership of a flock of pure-



bred poultry pays because the



birds add to the attractive appearance





of the farm and stimulate interest in.





the production of poultry and eggs.

The boy or girl owning pure-bred birds

will have a chance to sell much of the

surplus without entering into compe—

tition with cull stock. In the spring

when eggs are most plentiful and sell-

ing at the lowest prices during the

year- there is a chance to sell eggs for

hatching to breeders who are starting

new flocks or buying new blood for

their old flocks.



During the summer and fall it will

not be necessary to sell the best of the

surplus cockerels for broilers. Farmers

will need them to improve their farm

flocks and these cockerels can often

be sold in the community for three





Poultry





Lesson 2.—-Selecting the Breed.



HE boy 0r girl starting out with



poultry has usually been advised

to select the breed liked best. But this

should be somewhat qualified. It usu-

ally pays best for the breeder to select

a breed that is liked and also suitable

to supply the market demands in the

community. The breeder wishing to

specialize in egg production will often

select the Leghorns because they have

been proven excellent layers when

maintained in large flocks and there is

much good Leghorn stock in the

country.



The owner of a small flock for home

use will wish to produce both meat and

eggs and for this purpose the heavier

breeds are selected, like the Plymouth

Rocks, Rhode Island Reds or Wyan-

dottes. These birds are also good lay-

ers and have been proven especially

good for winter egg production. The





 





 





'1‘ our special request Mr.





Ralph G. Kirby has prepared a





series 01' short lessons in poultry management for boys and





girls who are interested in this profitable business. Mr.





needs no introduction to older





words about his success may interest our young folks.

graduating from Michigan Agricultural College, Mr.





Kirby

readers 01' this paper. but a few

Since

Kirby has





spent most of his time developing a poultry and fruit l'arm near





East Lansing.

spiration to boys and girls who





His success along both lines should prove an in-





have lost interest. in farm life.





We wish that. our young readers could visit his farm, examine

his poultry and ask him as many questions as they have in mind.





This is not possible, however,

thing. We have arranged with





tions direct by letter or through this department.





so we have done the next best

Mr. Kirby to answer your ques«

If there is





”anything you want to know about poultry management write





to Mr.





Kirby in care of this department and he will give you





the benefit of his study and experienceerds).





 





 





times or more the price they would





bring for meat.





In selling market poultry it pays to

ship birds of unil‘orm type and weight.

11" a crate ot‘ fowls make a pleasing

appearance in the crate and they are

01' good weight they will be apt to bring

more money than a crate of mixed cull

The fact that the

breeds are mixed will mean that the

birds are an assortment of different

Possibly some will be light in





stock of all breeds.





types.

weight while some are large and heavy.

The poultry dealer 011 the best city





markets will be prejudiced against





that kind of a shipment.

Market eggs bring the best prices





when they are graded and each crate





contains eggs of one color and type.

In the eastern markets where many

ggs are shipped from this section it

pays to ship eggs all of one color. The

New York market pays a premium for

The Boston market likes

brown eggs the best. All markets like

eggs of good size that are uniform in

type. The flock of purebred poultry

will produce eggs of that kind while

the mongrel flock produces the mixed





assortment of eggs which do not com-'





mand the best prices.

All the work in developing bred-to-





’ lay strains has been done with pure-





bred poultry. The mongrel flocks have

received no attention from the breed-

ers who have been trying for years to





‘produce strains of chickens which lay





heavily and hand down that ability to

their offspring. You must obtain pure‘

bred birds'to receive these advantages.



The steady improvement of your

own flock can only be accomplished

by breeding from pure-bred fowls of

strains noted for their egg production.

You might have a few mongrel hens

that laid many eggs’but you could not

know. that pallets from those hens

would be of much value. When you

obtain pul'lets from your pure-bred

hens of a- bred-tol‘ay strain you know





that if other things are equal those.

pullots should inherit a. tendency to





tractive on any farm.





very heavy Asiatic breeds, like the

Brahmas and Cochins are slow matur-

ing fowls and not usually heavy layers

so they are more often found in the

yards 01' l‘anciers rather than in flocks

of boys and girls who are raising poul—

try for meal and eggs.



111 selecting a breed it is best to re-

member that the individuals in the

breed are often more important than

the breed. Any 01' the good Mediter-

ranean or American breeds can be cull-

ed and improved until the egg yield 01'

the flock will be very satisfactory. The

egg-laying contests are steadily prov-

ing that most 01' our popular breeds

contain a large number of high-produc-

ing hens it they can be located through

culling and the trapnest. 01' course,

the more DODLlltil‘ breeds are bred in

larger 1111111bers and this means that

first-class breeding stock is more easy

to obtain than is the case with the

rare breeds.





The light weight. breeds, like 1119‘





Leghorns, Minorcas, Anconas, and

Canipines lay white eggs. The Rhodc

Island Reds, Plymouth. Rocks, Wyan-

dotles and Orpinglons lay eggs which

are rather tinted in various shades

from brown to while Cochins and

Brahmas produce b1011n eggs.



In general the most success can be

expected when such breeds as the Leg-

horns, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island

Reds 01' Wyandottes are selected be-

cause these breeds are very popular

and there are always new breeders

starting out that will wish to purchase

l'oundafion stock of such breeds. This

gives the breeder many more chances

to sell hatching eggs and breeding

stock than is the case when his birds

are of a scarce and rare breed for

which there is little demand. This does

not mean that the scarcer breeds are

not desirable and many boys and girls

have good success with them. Some

101' these breeds, like the Campines,

Houdans, Lakenveldeis and Hamburgs

are very beautiful fowls which are at-





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iost Chick Losses





The too- f1cquc11t heavy death rate /

among chicks during the critical brood- '

ing period 15 one of the heaviest drains

on poultry profits. Baby chicks are

expenswe—every one that dies 15

a real loss that can’t be made up.

It’s bettei to raise the chicks you

'hcwe than to replace them with

others.





There is no reason why you

should not giow to maturity practically every

good chick you hatch or buy lhc secret lics 111

feeding from _the first meal the original “baby

food for baby chicks” --





Pratts Buttermilk.

Baby Chick Food





It completely nourishes the chicks. resulting in

quick, cvcn, healthy growth and development;

carries them safely over the dangerous first few

weeks. .1





Chicks eat so little during the first six weeks that

the slight extra cost of the perfect chick food—the

original “PrattW—is next to nothing. It is made

up many times by the value of theb extra chic/a:

Jar-ed, and the grim value of every chick raised.





Let your chit ks prove the truth of thtSC statements. Feed

them l’ratts Buttermilk Baby Chick lood If it doesn 1;

please you—your monty back.





Pratts Poultry Regulator





is needed by layingr and breeding hcns now, when they are

laying heavily. lts tonic and invigorating cll‘ccts help to

overcome the strain of continuous laying and they lay eggs

that are fertile and hatch husky chicks.

The gcnuinc l)1;'1tts l’oultry chulatot has been :1 big aid

to successful poulriy ktcpcrs 101 nuirly hlty 11:115. “by not

test it? You are suic to bandit—3 011 can t lose.





”Your Money Back If YOU Are Not Satisfied. "





Rcfuxe’ Jubslitutae—grl t/Ie gmuinr Pfa/Li‘.

Tlll’l't’J‘ a Pratt dmlvr war you.





1' PRATT FOOD C0.

l Philadelphia

. Illa/car; of Pratt: Animal Regulator, Cow



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By Parcel Post Prepaid. Guarantee Live Delivery.





This is our 12th season in hatching Baby Chicks of qualitsy. bred for

exhibition and high egg production. Prices after Apr. lst. SC. White

and Brown Leghorns.1.l and 15 cts Barred Rocks R. C and S. C.

Reds, 15 and 17 cts; S. C. Anconas 14 and 16cts; S. C. Black Minorczis

22cts; S.C. Buff Orpinglons, 21 cls; White Wyandottcs 25cts, Odds

and ‘ Ends 13cts. Our chicks are batched right and full of pep. All we

ask is one trial and we know you will come again the same of thousands

of others. Combination offer on chicks and Broodcr stoves.





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Bred-to-Lny and Exhibit. baby chicks (WE (' 01111 St Winner-‘5 eggs hour :11 rain

Anconas and hatching eggs. 80111111 for matiulg fial’risgiiocks '“ilthl 1111301111.? to 1:91) a yoai. $3 .01)

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l‘or hatching. $1.11) (‘01 13.11argo



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Crescent Strain S. C. White Leghorna

Black Legliorns. Brown Leghorns. Bull Leghorns.

Black Minorcas. Rhode Island Reds. Barred Plymouth

Rocks. (also White). Wyandottes. (Silver laced and

White) and blottled Anconas. WE H A’l‘CH eggs from

flocks on range on separate farms. Send for booklet.

containing lel] of value to poultry raist 1's



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BABY CHICKS BABY mucus

High Guilty-Moderate Prices





1' mm e as of seletted farm fl 1.

Bred fogr egg DX'Ole lion. Noocii‘lzsiil iiigés reasonable.

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Hi h iialitv. .11'1' ( 1"

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25,000 Husky Chix Weekly "

from free range. wefullyaelected stock. hatch-

ed by expert- in areal np-to-date hatchery. We

specialize in 14 leading breeds. Safe delivery

guaranteed by P. P. prepaid. Write for catalog.





7901 Franklin Ave.. Cleveland. Ohio

SHE'S PWLII" FARM &. llllflllElll

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651E313 POULTRY 1" RM. Holland Mich.





   

   





 





 





 





 





Additiornl Farm MI. on Page 127
' Elihu-2015119 ninrcroiii. .





Reg. Holstein Bull Calf





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication





 





THE HOME OF





Imp. Edgar oi Dalmeny





Probably





m World’s Breatesl

Breeding Bull





Blue Bell. Supreme Championat the Smith-

field Show 1919. and the Birmingham Show

1920. is a daughter of Edgar of Dalmeny.



The Junior Champion Bull. Junior Cham-

pion 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—sired by

Edgar of Dalmeny are. at this time. offered

for sale. .



Send for Illustrated Catalogue.





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

w. E. scmrrs, Prop. Sidney Smllli, Supt.





 





 





 





 





 





For Sale





Woodcote Trojan-Ericas





We are offering len cows bred to either





IMP. ELCHU 0F HARVIESTOUN. or

IMP. EDGAHDO 0F DALMENY





Write for our 1921 BULL SALE LIST

Woodcotc Stock Farm, Ioniu. Mich.





 





EGISTERED Aberdeen-Angus. Ten heifers, six

bulls from eight to fourteen months. Best of

breeding. the gruwthy kind that make good. Reason-

able. ' F J. WILBER, Clio, Mich





GLOVERLY ANGUS





Cows and Heifers Bred to

Blackcap Brandon of Woodcote 2nd





For Sale

GEO. HATHA‘VAY & SON, ()vid, Mlcll.





bulls and heifers from 6 to



Reg' Aberdeen Angus 18 mos. old of the very best



of breeding. also Berkshire Swine, boars ready for



service and pigs both sex singles, pairs or trios,

will accept Liberty Bonds. . _



RUSSELL BROTHERS. Merrill. Mich.





GUERNSEYS





Bull calves for sale. Sired by Anton'r-i hiay K ng that

sold for $7.000. Farmers prices and guaranteed to

please. GILMORE liliO' 'H RES, (,amden, Mich.





Registered Guernseys

A bull Calf, nearly ready for light service. at aprice,

you will pay, don‘t wait long on this fellow.

.l. 1V1. WILLIAMS, No. Adams, Mich.





G U E R N 5 EV s ““EGISTERED





BULL CALVES

Containing blood of world champions.

HICKS’ GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. W.S. Mich.





 





 





of May Rose Breeding

Guernsey BUIIS ’l‘heir dams have records

420 to 650 lbs. fat also n. few rows and heifers are

offered. H. TV. Wigman, Lansing, Mich.





13EDERAL Inspected Guernsey Bulls. Priced to sell.

Nine sold in 10 mos. fine Masher Sequel 3 yrs.

old. Hure, sound and right 8176.00. Four randsons

of Ex‘Chzimpion A. A. cow.under 8 mos. old . rom cows

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





G U E R N s E Y BULL CALVES .0...



Sire's dam made

19.46020 milk. 909.05 fat. Their mother‘s sire’a dam

made 5,109.10 milk,’i78.80 fut. Oan spare 2 to 3 females

of above breeding. '1‘.V.HIOKS. Battle Creek. Mich





 





Six registered Guernsey bulls Nlay

For sale Hose breeding ready‘for service. Cheap





if taken soon. John Ebola, R. 2, Holland, Mich.





 





accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

‘ 600d "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. Quality

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

GEO. D. CLARKE, - - - - Vassar, Mich.





ll ' t ' Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred

0 3 9m registered and high-grade. Price 20 up.

Splendid individuals and breeding. Write us your re.

quiremente. Browncroft Farms, McGraw. N. Y





$175 buys reg Holstein heifer 2 yr. old. Fresh soon.

Sire by "Prince Korndyke Johanna". A3165; lb.

bull. Bred to 281b, bull. B. B. Reavey. Akron, Mich.





360 Reg and Del.

Born in Dec.

J. R. HICKS, St. Johns, Mich.





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. O. ancestors

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

quotations, stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

Traverse City, Mich.





NOTICE





The Winwood Herd ‘





on Nov. 1st will move their Herd of

Pure Blood Holsteins to their new

home, 1% miles south of Rochester,Mich.

and for the next 30 days we will sell

what bull 'calves we have cheap as we

will be unable to get our buildings com-

plete before winter. So get busy if on

want a son of Flint Maplecrest oy

at your own price.





JOHN H. W1NN,(Inc.)





Roscommon, Michigan



' or Guernae cal ea," raoticaily are

“0381311111 7 wegkgio 'd.{215.00 ‘éaoifomed ror'im !

men anyw ere. B 82.80 on guaranteed. I

Accepted. . Edgewood Farina, Whitewater, Wis.





 





 





 





Sired by





Breakwater Farm,

H. w. MumfordLOwne'r,





Malecty’c Intense 1271 91 who is a double grandson of the

famous Royal Majesty and who is out of the cow Majesty's Iris 2.0570! the

second highest cow to be tested in the state of Michigan. .

All of these bull are out of Register of Merit dams. '

Brookwater herd is on the Federal Accredited List as TUBERCULOSIS

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.





   





 





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Ann Arbor,'llieliigan





J. B. Andrews, Manager





 





 

 





CRANDELL’S PRIZE HOGS,





 





‘ ISTE IN CATTLE





A. Hopson, Girard, Ill. writes





“We think purebred Holsteins are be: d '

needs, market milk t a apted to our particular

economical handlers of feeds.

deal With a breed of animals, individuals of which hold all the .

world’s records for butter fat and milk produaion."





The Holstein-Friesian Association of America

164 American Bldg., Brattleboro, Vermont





0. i. c. Hoes





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

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

Buster. Write your wants, all stock shipped on a/pproval. '





:and because Holstein: in general are the most





, ""500"an is the Basra





Prihoihle oi Shooeis'”





From Michigan Farmer, page 195,’

'Feb. 12 issue. The farmer never

voiced a truer statement. The Jersey

is the most economically producing

dairy cow; she has proven it. There-

fore she is the Basic Principle of





Successful dairying.





"Economy means prudence, keen judgement,

5%,“! management and the avordance of wasted



ei‘efore grading up lyour dairy herd With a

pure bred Jersey 3 re is economy.

“Expenditure . is oft-times an Economy."

Therefore buying a pure bred JCflCY 51“ 1:

economy.





“An. investment should have your faVOrablc



consideration when it will aidinyour chosen



work.”_ Buying qpure Jersey sire will be



an aid in your work. “You are practic-



ing economy" w cn you invest in a pure

Jersey bull.





 





 





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Cass City, Mich.





Lillie Famistead Jerseys fif‘L‘dfi‘V” “m“

COLON 0. LILLIE.





Jersey Bulls £301,255.“ 34- dams :70 to

NOTTEN FARM. Grass Lake, Mich.





bulls for sale: From Marguerite's Premier

Jersey agrandson of P0 is 99th and it. of M. dams.

SMITHJ: PAR ER. B. 4,





Howell, Mich,



Meridale Interested Owl No.11131] heads my herd

. bull calves from this great sire and out of that M,

dams for sale. Leon E. aws, R. 6, Allegan, Mich,





 





' Shorthorne. Bulls and hell! .

RegIStered rices within reach of all. on

G. R. DeSH TLER, R. 4, Tecumseh, Mich.





 





 





 





 





THE





PDNTIAC





H ERD

“Where the Cham-

pions Come From”





Offer special prices for

60 days to Michigan

dairymen on bull calves

from tested dams, sired

by Sir Clothilde Concor-

dia or Flint Hengerveld

Lad. Send for extended

pedigrees and prices.





Pontiac State Hospital

Poniiae, Mich.





Sons oi a 34 lb. Sire





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

of a 31 lb. cow for $150.



One from a 27 lb. jr. 4 yr. old daughter

of “Sir Korndyke Veeman Hengerveld”

for $300.



These bulls are sired by “Judge Joh.

Lyons” who is a son of one of the hi h-

est record daughters of the great “King

Segis.”



Write for pedigrees. ,





Sindlinger Brothers

Lake Odessa, Mich.





USE PURE-BRED SlllESl





Estimates furnished by the Dairy Division of the

United States Department of Agriculture show

that the dairy'cows of the country average only

4,500 lbs. of milk per year.





 





 





A good Holstein bull will increase the production

oithe ordinary herd 0 per cent in the first gener-

a ion.





Let us help you find a good one to use on your

herd. You cannot make a better investment.





The Michigan Holiiein-Friesian

Association -

ll. W. ,llOlllllll, Jr., Field Secretary,

llld Stale Block, Lansing, Michigan





a or f gddame of 8 mo. old



33.60"”. INTI“ $113553. have him for present

cost of service. Liberntg Bond or note. ,



M. L. c Redford, Mich.





LAULIN,

e . Holstein Frieslan'oowe will ll one or more.

Begin and Pontiac breeding bmiiigm and-priced





 





 





 





 





right 20 ‘ I see. them Or

write.





   

 





to . old a

in Tallinn??? Akron Mica. .«





Cluny Konigen Colantha Silver 326205





lbs. milk in 7 days.





butter from 418.7 lb. milk and is a granddaughter of Colan-





ovcr 145.000 lbs. in 14 milking periods producing 15

calves.





R. Bruce McPherson,





BIDWELL slflllfll’iis





 

       





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cows. ,

Cooperaville. Mich.





 





For Sale 475 00 that will put weight on your dairv calves —the diff-

. O erence will soon'gay for the bull. how selling good





A Young_Bull. Cash or Terms

From Junior two year old A. R. 0. Heifer, 17.68, born

February 10. 1920 sired by



MODEL KING sears GLISTA

Whose grand dam, GLIS’I‘A'ERNESTINE. has six

times made better than thirty pounds of butter.

This bull 1H bound to transmit high milk production.





GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS





3l5 N.East Ave..(‘oi'ey J.Spen(-cr.0wncr Jackson,Mich.

Under StatLand Federal Supervision





“Top Notch” Holsieins





Buy a “milk” Bull of Quality from the Breeders

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

days. havxng an 800 b. dau hter.



Uur herd IS rich in the b ood of Colnntha 4ths Jo-

hanna, theonly cow that ever held all world’s records

11 every division from one day to one year at the same

time. She produced 651.70 lbs. mi'n in 7 days. \Ve are

offering for sale a hull. whose dam exceeds this record

Er. over 7% lbs. in 7 days.



is dam'a records are:—





 





Milk 1 Day 100.1 lbs.

Milk 7 Days 559.3 lbs.

Butter 7 Days 26.31 lbs.





Hie name is

KING VALE CORNUCOPIA WAYNE, No. 312599

_ Born February 6, 1920

His dam and sire'e two nearest dams average

Butter 7 Days 33.02 lbs.

i '7 Days 607.3 lbs.

Handsome-1y marked about one third white.

32.0% f. o. b. Howell.

hIcPHERSON FARRIS 00., Howell, Mich.





All herds under U. S. Supervision.





Scotch and Scotc topped yearlings,reasonably. riced.

We guarantee every animal to be a breeder. B ederal

Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. I. O. B. B.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM;

30:: D, Tecumseh, Michigan

Milking Shorthorns. bulls and heifers 5 mo. to]





year old for sale at reduced prices to make room

for younger stock. . H. KUli'l‘Z, Mason, Mich.





Stop! Look! Listen!





Have you a catalog of the Shorthorn

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

1 P. M. We are listing four valuable

females and two show bulls.





Richland Farms,

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





The ’Maple’s Shortliorns





Kirklevington Lad, b Imp. Hartford

Welfare, in service. took for sale.





J. V. WISE, Gobloville, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





MEADOW Hills Shorthorns. Herd headed by Sil-

ver King. f‘ull brother of Lavender Sultan Pur-

due University's great Sire. For sale females of all

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





 





Cluny Stock Farm





Offers





Born May 29, 1920

A white bull with a few black spots.

His sire a 30 lb. son of King Segis Pontiac Konigcn.

Sirc's 7 nearest dams average 32.301 lbs, butter 624.1





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





(ha Johanna Lad.

2nd dam—~a 21 lb. cow that our barn records show milk-





Pcdigrcc on application.

Price $250.00. Federal Accredited Heard.





Howell, Mich.





 





HEREFORDS





Cows with calves at side, open or bred

heifers of popular breeding for sale. Also

bulls not related.





Allen Bros. Paw Paw,Mich.





I

Kalamazoo,





616 So. Weetnndge Ave..

Michigan





 





HEREFORDS





Two high class, registered bulls, nearly a:

year old, for sale.

and one with horns, good size, color, and





One double standard,





FRANK KEBLER, 1,





Branch County Farm

Breeders 6f





Polled Shortliorn Cattle





Young Bulls For Sale

Several well bred herd bull prospects.

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





FIVE BdiiliiiEIFERs





that; we will sell cheap if tak . '

about them_or better come and 3:: 3.3.3.06 Inquire

CARRIBROS. & 00., Bad Axe, Mich.





VALLEY VIEW FARMS





Choice young Shorthorn cows and heifers for sale at



all times. bred or open. or a carload, also a few young

bulls strong in Sultan Blood. Write



S. B. PANGBORN d: .SON, Bad Axe, Mich.



Scotch and Scotch topped. Herd



Shorthorns bull pro? acts I roan 16 mo. old;



1 1‘9.“ 8 me. Also four yr. 01 roan now. All stock



registered and guaranteed right.



J. A. WIL «£8011,





 





Alma. Mich.





' ' Shorthorn Breeders A ' .

central Mldugan tlon oflerfor sale 75 newsffii‘i,

irsiilk and has! breedin





New list read





all ages. Jan.

Greenville,





R. Sec. ioh.





Tm . Iloyol Pioneer in service bred b .

Shorllllll'nll Dugno first five sires bred by W. Duthi‘g.

J. A. BARNUM, Union City, Mich.





E. MIL





 





 





toe}; Yearling Shorthorn 2%,,35‘

01' u





M. G. MOSHER 5:. sons, Osseo. Mich'.





lltg- llflll I’llllfld $3981 gggiczasigpng bulls from 6 to 18

R. Grand Ledge, Mich.





e . Rod Polled bull valve , f om .

R (5d, sired by Famous Oharfne: 758’ Innis-2e‘31:dea a:





 





0harmer1919International GrandOham l .0

State and Federal tested.Westbrook Brogffiinigrgllag





 





 





 





 





 





 





ilersehtitle. Maiest

sale. A m .





 





markings. Both the making of show bulls. Wayside Egrpgfigg: Sgsgfigttlcg’ere nag?“

. rree ce

COLE & GfigNERs solicited. ERVIN MOORE, asseo, Mich. .

HUDSON . . H005

BUTTER BRED ”litigant?” DUROG JERSEYS

‘ CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. Bred elite. service bear- and tall boar pics at Be in

«sun: Creek. Allegan County. Michigan. prices. Your correspondence or personal 11,51,430”

. s cordial y invited.

RUSH B 08.. Oakwood Farm, Rom, eo, Mich.





 





The Wildwood Farm





strain, Herd owsme‘aoered-

. to n . oomtani‘l‘g done.- Bulfiifor





l

ted ALDE , Phone ' ch.





 





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tex- in‘theb era name.

to deliver J 339 M. . ' W





 





 

 

 





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‘th-lli’.

Orion. First Sr. ear ng

Detroit, Jackson,C-d. Rapidcfand Saginaw 1919





Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich.





Warm





 





Breakwater Duroo Jerseys





BOARS—R eady for Service

Bred Sows and Gilts





Write us for Prices and Pedigrees

Mail orders a Specialty Satisfaction guaranteed.





KWATER FARM Ann Arbor, Mich.

BR09Munlford, Owner, J. B. Andrews, Mgr.





DUROC sowsJ and mkgliltsc giggle:





K' No. 169259 Son of the $10 J000 boar owned



8: £31303:er Farm. LetSumit. 1310. also Avgunyg boars

oo sows.



"my for Tsfihvihnozim‘iisgrssm 13.1 ey, Mich





 





" S and Gilts bred for

Duroc Jersey Weigh. A ril. Ma furrow.

Alsoa ‘ few spring boars. at 0 blood ines and





splendid individtimls. Satisguittion guarantged. Writie

1‘ edi me an new. or e or come an see. v15

tgispwelgome. '1“hos.Underhill 11' Son. Salem. Mich”





11y Pl 9 Now. Reg. Duroc pigs crated and delivered

Bro exgress station for $20 each. Choice stock sired

by State Fair winners an ueighing near 100 lbs. each

W riteforpartlculars. Mic iganaFarm, Pavilion. Mich.





UROC Jerseys. Bears for sprin service. heavy

D boned type. from the most popu or blood lines at

reasonable prices. Partridge Rock eggs from best lay-

ing strain $’ per 1I'.- Drodt & Berns, Monroe Mich.





A FEW CHOICE 3‘20 gilts for





Carey U. Ed Inonds. Hastings. Mich.





 





 





Ereiim. Fall ‘s‘lifll! hpdksm





 





R MR? 9*





figs-:8. m , M Caches-ole. Em A. 0. Strain 85 -

' mm lbih‘ fipeof and 88 01-21mm. ‘

breeding. Satisfaction gusr. aIt. W i s. Saline. Mich. Mrs. J ES E F. BALL. R. 9. tharlotte. Mich.





 





L. s P C a few choice boars

° ' at farmers prices.



fill-.11 bred to Black Giant one of the best pigs out of

l.l this fall. Alcoa grandson of The Clansman and

Harrison Big Bob. H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft, Mich





L. T. P. C.





70 head of Poland Chinas at priv ate sale. Am offering

3 ring boars from $40 to $50 and gllts the same price.



ummer and fall pigs 3?!) each. The first check will

bringJ you the first choir e. HART. FULCHER a

CLI E. Address F. ’1'. Hart St. Louis. Mich.





{Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





Offering II dozen choice gilts and a few tried sows

bred to such boars as Michigan Mastodon and Mich-





igan Clansninn.

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





 





 





Big Type P. 0. some Iery choice boars double Im~

mune, out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from

10w.1' a greatest herds. I‘..J. Mutheu son. Burr Oak. Mich.





905811;?! Poland China: 23..‘°§ll“‘..£§3°3§3. £233

a

G. AgiMGARDNER. R. 2, Middleville. Mich.





Large lype Poland Chinas. “'1‘“: "33°51 .11. at

.FELDKAMP. R. 2, Manchester,Mich.





 





 





 





L ‘l' P c if you are loooking for something good

- in “bred lts at a ri ht price. W rite

W..J AGELSH Augusta. Mich





POLAND China Bred Sows and Gilts at bargain

prIce?j also spring boars angd fall pigs. either sex.

CLYDE FISHER, R. ,St. Louis. Michigan





Leonard’s Biz Type P G. Sows bred 'to





. . Orange Clansman. Fall boar igr

weIgh l7.I lbs. Real herd boar respects.

write. E. R. Leonard. .3 St. Ennis. Limbo





PINE GROVE HAM PSHl RES





We are offering a few tried sows bred for March

and April furrow. These sows are all closely re-

lated to our winning show herd and of popular

blood lines and the price! Wav Down. !



Geo Coupar & Sons. Mariette. Mich





 





bred for





DUROC JERSEYSA ‘8‘" ““mew. 3......





rilf

ones. E. D. HEYDENBERE.WWI1v1and. Mich.





DUROC





Bred sows all sold A few choice





fall boa-rs for sale.

YALOR. Milan. Mich.





' Strictly Big Ty ewith qual-

0'1 C SWlne ity. Afew gi ts bred for

last of April. and May furrow. A few Sept. and Oct.

fall pigs either sex. Extra ood ones Of our Stabte

Fair prize winning blood ines. Will ship 0.0.

and woe them free. WMAN S STOCIII

ARM. R. 1. Mariette. Mich.





O..sIC’





 





Fall pigs by 0.0. Big Callaw IIy have size

and quality Iand are pricedI‘

.THOll I.PSON Rockfoid Mich.





' Bred ilts all sold. Spring

HampShlres and fa lb obar igs at a bar-

gain. JOHN W. SNYDER. RA . .ohns. Mich.





Bred sows .R/IIId Gilts $50 and up. forHApril.





il.‘ and June farm“ axe a

few good fun pig gs at reasonable prices for sale.

.G. NIOSHER 1k SONS. Osseo hIich.





 





My herd boar Registered

2 grade sows eto furrow in

All at a bargain if taken at one



GEORGE KOHLE R. Cadillac, Mich'





SHEEP.

Good strong in-





VIool-Mullon Shropshire Rams Md“... man.

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





FOR SAL





April.





 





 





O I C Bred Gilts for Mar. and Apr furrow

° . ' also a few choite service boars

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FA RM Monroe. IMich





bred for April and May

0' I. C. G l l t S furrow. Shippe (1.0 O. D.

H. W. MANN Dansville, Mich





 





Choice ones. all ages. bred to

ShrOPShires imported ram. ‘





Also a few rams

W .McQUILLAN. R. 7. Howell. MIch.





Want a Sheep? Let American Hampshire Sheep





Association send you dandy

booklet with list of breeders. W I‘ite COMFORT

A. YLER. 2‘2 Vloodl and A\C.. Detroit. Mich





 





 





o I 0’ Choice gilts for April and May furrow. also

8 fall pigsB Booking orders for 8 ring pig

ARKER & SON, elmont. lilich

at special





We Are Offering 0m 0





0. I. 0. fall pigs sired by State Fail winn

WEBL RBROS.. Phone 408. RoyalOak. Mich.





Central Mich. 0. l. C.





Swine Breeders Ass’n.





Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines.

sale guaranteed by associatIon.





DR. H. W. NOBLES,

Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich.

a | c1. Big Type Gilts. bred for Mar. and April





furrow. Bears I111 ages. Write me for prices.

G. P. ANDREWS, Mason. Mich.





low prices

eour choice





 





Every





 





 





O I. 0' s. 8 last spring gilts due to fan-ow in Mar.

arid Apr somkei tried sous service boars and last

fall pigs. not big growthy stock Registered

free. Citz Phonea llgln Otto B Sc hulze, Nashville. Mich.





 





 

 





Raise Chester'Whites

Like This





9

”2 the original big producers

. I . ,





 

   

   

   





I HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can help you. I want to Place one ho from





[DJ great her In every community where am not alre

resented bx at mag

months ol on.





scar y develoPers—ready for marks

II. I. urinals, “B 11-, D 10 roman. ”1111111131.;





 

 

 





 





Write! myplsn- More Moneyf





 





 





Prize winningO. I. C‘s. Jan.

Saginaw Valley Horrl. a... 1...... p... priced reason-

able. J. Gibson, Fosters. Mich.





Large Type Polanrl chines

Thursday, i’I'iié'EiID er, 1921





All Registers GuaransteedFAo Two Herd Sires. 15

Bred Sows Due to furrow In Apri1.MI1y and June

Trains will be met at M of sale date. Terms of

sale 8 months time at 7% on approved joint notes.





llruit cooling, Bad Axe, Mich.





1'. A. Stahlbaum E. H. Binder

Auctioneer Clerk





Bl: I 3 Polmds. Some very choice fall boars.

“l ready for spring so ce for sale. They are

sited byT he Olansman: dam.fl1HsSlD25Mi Colum-

bia, a littermate to the 840.010 The Yankee. Also stew

choice boars by Chic Olan8b0§. flat The Clansman.

WESI. Ionia. Mich.





 





bow pros

M50011“ or wrists

Aim 11.111011





BIS Tm E11 m;ds.he¢sows all sold but havosome .





 

 





:Pald and osafe Lsdelive amnteed3. ”Catalog

i 111110 311%





’ For Sale with lambs by



400 Breedmg Ewes sides. mostly black faced.



ALMOND B. CHAPMAN. South Rockwood, Mich.

HORSES





Percheron Stallions and mares at Beasonable





pl'll‘fie inspection inIite

F. L KING .1" SON. Challotto. Mich





POU LTRY





 





”an.“ P. R. Cockerels for sale. M. A.C. heavy lay

ing strain. Sired by 1st pen cockerels at De-

troit Show 1920. Rosemary Farms. Williamston. Mich.





DAY OLD CHICKS}. S 0 ‘Xfi‘tep‘ggii





trap-nested stock where every hen must produce 60



eggs in four winter months. One hundred big thrifty



chicks for 825.00. CALW HI TE PQDL'I‘ RY

R.DS Alex. MacVittieM. Proprietor. Caro. Mich.





BA.BYCHICKS provediur-





ieties at lowest ossible prices. A t a] order will

convince you of t eir Buglerior quality. Catalogue free.

Ohls Poultry Yards and atch ery . Marion. Ohio





BABY CHICKS Hatching“ eggs, Starred

trap-nested. bred- to- lay e XJIertly tested ($3513.15 r5133:





erations, lar e illustrate catalogue 25c stam sfor

circular. orman Poultry Plant Chatswo Ill.





Hatchln eggs from Parks ZOO-egg

Barred ROCks strain. Rich hin the blood of PaIks

best pedigreed pens. 82 per 15. $6 per 50, $12 per 100.

Prepaid RFGK parcel est in nonhreakable containers.



{B . Route 1, last Lansing. MIch.





 





 





Eight im-





 





 





 





' Big Ty e S. C. VVhlte



Broad View Farm ugh”; mg mg



bodied birds Heavy layers of big white eggs. Ex-

hibition type Ieggs 15 32.50.100 $8. Postp .1i.d



bIcKIl RCHER. Hillsdale. Mich.





CHICKS CHICKS





Shipped safely Severllll where by mail. S. C. White

Leghorns and ottled Anconas. the great egg

machines Strong. sturdy chicks guaranteed to sat-

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

catalogue. W. Van Appledorn, R. 7. Holland. Mich.





CHICKS English Strain White Leghorns

the heavy laying strain at only 81.”)

per 100: repaid by mail safe arrival guaranteed send

cash wit oro‘ or special rIIteys on .100 or more.

JAMESTOWN HA’l CH Y. Jamestown, Mich.





DAY-OLD CHICKS





$16. 00 per 100 and up. Hatching eggs 82.00 to 315 01.

pm setting and 89. 09 to $15. 00 per 100. from 2:) varieties

of purebred farm ranged fowls: Chickens, Geese.

Ducks Turkeys and Guineas. PIice list and circular





 





 





free. Plenty ofi nice breeding stock. Book now for

earlys ring de LMINGTON

HATC 111ng It POULTRY 00. Wilmington. Ohio.





 





DAY-OLD CHICKS





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

Calefully H8l8( ted open mngc. purebred utility stock.

Price reasonable. (/lI‘Culiil free. 8U UNBEAM

HATCH ‘R.Y 2433 S. Main St... Findlay. Ohio.





Corkerels. hens and ul-

FOWlel', 5 Bug RoCksl lets Vl’rite for prices.p

R B. FO\1I.ER. Hartford Mich.





Don’t Buy Baby Chicks





Until you. get .our catalog and lprices. Pure bred.

heavy lIIyIng “bile and Brown .eghorns.AnconI1s.

Write today. I\'IoIIIII‘clI Hatchery. Zoeland, Mich.





LOOK [3..Zs.l’."£d..l CHICKSC





Our Hi- Grade pIolit paying Hred- to-I.av. M. A

tested and exhibition chicks, at reasonable prices.

Hatching eggs. HIIIIielies, Clr'culill ll'li . ..



Laurence Poultri Farm. 11.7. Grand Rapids. Mich.





BABY CHICKS sense





 





 





 





 





Prepaid. sate d6lli‘i‘1y guaIIInteed. Single Comb

White Le horns; White. Brrfi’and Barred Plymouth

Rocks; S. lt. I.Reds.1ndAII(onI1s.





Fenton Chic ken Hutc he: _\ Box 244, F enton. Mich.





 





 





100 for $8: b."





for 1921.





$13 a 100 and up.





Postage P A I D. 95%

live arrIval guaranteed FREE feed with each or-

der. 40 breeds chicks. 4 breeds ducklings. Select

and Exhibition grades. A batch ever y week all

year. Catalogue free. Stamps apprecmted- _



NABOB HATCHERIES. Gambier. Ohio.





March Chicks Home





March 28th Single Comb White Leghorns $14.00

per hundred: Rocks and Reds $18.00. Add 50c for

half and quarter hundreds. Write for other var-

ieties. Prepaid and guaranteed live delivery.





Washlenaw Hatchery. Ann Arbor, Mich





SELECTED WINTER LAYERS





8.0. WHITE LEG-HORN EGGS FOR HAT CHING

laid by hens that averaged 01 e1 two hundred eggs each

last season. 15 Eggs .00; .50 $0.10 10ll$l100 BABY

CHI CKSre hweek béaginning March lst. 15 87. 50:

2.1 $10.50 5320.50: 100 84 0.00. No catalogue



Dunningyille Poultry Farm. Dunningville. Mich.





S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS





Send for Catalog SNOWFLAKE POULTRY

FA RM. Route 1, Grand Rapids. Michigan





S 0. Black Minorcas. Ck' ls $5 .00 each. One 01"!

and 4 2-year.old hens 815 One yearling cock and 5

hensSZO. 00 great bargain. R.W .Mills Saline. Mich.





Fl he] strain dandy layers

Snowy While Rocks E9233 3] 50.15 54 ..0- $8 100

All prepaid. Mrs. Earl Dehnhoff,VI1nburen.Ohlo





Are you interested 111 results? Hogan.

"SGlUlAllconas tested layers of, large white eggs

winter and summer beauty and utility combined,

hatchinge eggs of real quality at prices that will sur-



rise ecialty breeder. write for particularleol-

ege ioew Farm, Hillsdale.Mich. R. 3. G. A. lech. Prop.





5 ll). English While Leghorns





Barron strain. My free catalog describes them gives

feeding methods II new way to cull hens and much

valuable information. A. Wauchek. Gobleville. Mich





B A B Y C H I C K S

of Superior Quality





Hot!from the Hat1herv. right to your door safely. by

prepaid parcel post. BIG Strong, flufl‘y fellovw hutch-

cd from eggs of selected 11111. ks, 11nd under our own

super Iision. UCKS. Ll!) GHONNS, A N(‘()NAS,

REDS .IIId MINORCAS, (‘hicks that lIve and grow

into money Brod for EGG bPRODUCT ION and the

SHOW li()()l\’l. Save Inn by so II Iding for (llll crItII-

logue NOW THE SUPFlnle 0R CHICK HATCH E RY.

Lock Box 197 l’IIIir'Ie Depot. Ohio.





BABY afl'cKs Single OonIlIWhite Leg~

born (’1‘ o m H II r re 11



StIIIin). Barred Plymouth Rock. S. C. R. I. Red,

A_n(onas. \Vhite VVIIIndottes and onw LeghoIna

2.5 fm 85.50.10 for $10 00 100 for $1211.05,3 I000 $170 00. Ross

Wade. Meadow Brook llatrheiy Mt himr‘is blich.





Barron’s S. C. W. Leghorns,





She pard's‘ Ancnuas. Eggs. chicks. b‘ “cek old pullets.

Legliorns from M. A C. “llll records from 200 toL’79 eggs.

Anc (Inns from Sheppard cggs $5 per 100: chicks $10 per

100. Byron Center Poultry FIII In. Byron Centh Mich.





for hatching, selected



Barred ROCk Eggs quality $9 (ll for 15.

$6.00 for 50; $12.00 for 100. 1 repaid Pill‘( el PUr-‘i



MR. H.HUNT. R. ]. Dcurbmn Midi.





 





 





Buy ’em

Near





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





1.1. 1.7.

Barred Rocks 53551.1 5...“?





Flock average

last year 133 eggs.LlI.‘W1SB





.AVE RY. Clinton. Mich





 





' H't h' v e -

Barred Books from Rocky llrdge ”2.? ”(7.9.1 “23

lay bIrds “$2.00 per 1:”). l‘repuid by Parcel Post.

.RICHAR1)SON Hanover. lVllCll.





 





ChicksBaby Chicks





SIngle Comb WhIte Leghorns Our SpecIally

English- American strain. Vie are not operating

a hatchery but hav e the largest most up- --to date

Single Comb White Leghorn farm in Mich All

eggs going into ouI incubators are produced on

our own farm from high quality stock nothing

sold that is not good enough for our own use.

Such chicks are worth more to you than those

bought from the average hatchery. though our

prices are practically the same. March April and

May ch11 ks in lots of 50 to 200 per chick 16 1-2c,

200 to 500 160 500 to 1000 15 1-20 lst hatch comes

of? March 11. Our supply 15 limited order now

8weeks old April hatched pullets $1. 25.





Macatawa White Leghorn Co. -

R. 7, Holland, Mich.





‘10 CHICKS





“HOMESTEAD FARMS

. . -‘ a& We are now beinning to ship

' chicks from our





Pure Breed Practical

Poultry





 





This is the stock that will pay on



your farm. Ducklings .Ind Hatch-



ing'Eggs.



Hih (in uality Egg Leghorns

1:! ll Standard Breeds





end for 64 page illustrated Cat—

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, March 22.





Wheat.

Detroit.——Cash No. 2 red $1.65; May

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





r$1.63.

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Chicago—No. 1 hard $1.59

aard $1.53; March $151944.

Corn.

Detroit—Cash No. 3 yellow 670; No.

1 yellow 64c.

Chicago.——No. 2 yellow 62@631/2C;

No. 2 mixed 61% @63140.





Oats.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 46%c;

No. 3 white 45c; No. 4 white 42c.

' Chicago.——No. 2 white 401/2@41c; No.

3 white 38%@391/zc.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt are

lower at $3.70 per cwt.

Chicago—White beans steady. Hand-

picked beans choice to fancy $4.50@

4.75; red kidney beans $9@9.25 per

cwt.

New York.——Market is dull. Choice

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

red kidney $9.25.





Rye.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 rye $1.50.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover at $12;

alsike $15; timothy $3.10 per bushel.



Toledo—Prime red clover, cash at

$12.20; March $12; alsike 15; tim-

othy $2.95 per bushel.



Hay.



No. 1 timothy $22@23; standard and

light mixed $210122; N0. 2 timothy

352071321; No. 1 clover mixed $18@19;

No. 1 clover 317(1118; rye straw $13@

14; wheat and oat straw $12Q513 per

ton in carlots at Detroit.





WHEAT





Economic conditions. particularly in

‘the form of wage reductions, have

been a ruling factor in the wheat mar-

ket. Prices of this cereal declined

Sharply and coarse grains have been

carried along. Trade sentiment main‘

tains that. lower wages necessitate

further reductions in the cost of liv-

ing, and viewed in this light, wheat is

too high. Recent governmental re

ports on wheat stocks have tended to

confirm this view as the domestic sit-

uation is less closely adjusted than

earlier estimates had indicated. The

high condition of the winter wheat

crop which will start to come upon the

' 1 market in less than three months has

been an additional factor.





CORN





Offerings by growers during the past

; week have been extremely light and

i the low price offered, together with‘

:1 the high value for feeding, especially

to hogs, and the fact that farmers have

been busy with spring work, explains

the situation. Domestic demand is

quiet and the export trade shows lit-





tle activity.

OATS



Oats are not coming to market in

large quantities'and there is not much

: trading in the export market. The

‘; ‘ seeding of oats is progressing north-

' j ward and favorable weather, together

g with the tendency to cut down labor

Costs and convert cultivated land into

pasture, indicate an increase in the

‘, acreage of cats.

.BEANS



At New York choice pea beans are

being offered freely at $4.35@5 per

3wt., but most sales are at the first-

named figure. Mediums are very dull.

Red Kidneys are selling slowly at

$9.25 per cwt. Foreign beans are mov-

ing very slowly and prices are entirely

in the buyer’s favor. At Detroit the

bean market is very inactive. Choice

pea beans are quoted at $3.75 per cwt.

for immediate shipment.





FEEDS





Prices of feeds have weakened again

after a period of strength. Production

is ample but demand is below normal.

Oil meals as well as mill feeds are af—

fected. Latest quotations per ton (100

3b. bags) in carlots are: Detroit.—

Bran $316333; standard middlings $31

@33; flour middlings $34@36; coarse

cornmeal $31@32; cracked corn $34@





35; chop $30.

SEEDS





Stocks ,of red clover and alfalfa

seeds in dealers’ hands are below

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HAY





Demand for hay from country sec-

tions has broadened while country

loadings are unusually light and prices

have hardened. The general outlook

is not encouraging on account of large

supplies still in the hands of the pro-





ducers.

CHEESE





Following a sharp decline in country





markets distributing cheese markets

weakened on all styles: Buyers be-

lieve that lower prices are on the way

and rumors of stocks offered at conces~

sions in the country caused them to

await lower prices at central points.

The buying is a hand-to-mouth affair

on fresh cheese but there has been a.

broader demand for held cheese of a

fancy quality and such goods are now

becoming scarce.





BUTTER





Butter markets declined steadily un-

til near the close of the past week due

to arrivals of Danish butter on eastern

markets with more on the way. Do-

mestic receipts also increased slightly

and some California and New Zealand

butter was shipped into the middle

west. The market developed firmness

at the close of the week as the Danish

was practically all sold in advance but

confidence was not. fully restored. The

prices for 92-score butter as quoted by

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were as follows: Chicago 45%c; New

York 45c; Boston 45c; Philadel his. at

45%0 per pound. PriCes at etrort

were 43950 for fresh creamery butter.





EGGS AND POULTRY





Egg markets have developed an ex-

treme weakness as a result of big ac-

cumulations in central markets as well

as in country districts. Production al-

ready is as heavy as in April last year.

Banks are restricting loans on eggs to

go into storage. According to reliable

reports advances are limited to $7.00

per case at seven per cent interest.

Storage packed April eggs, quoted two

weeks ago at 35c sold at the close of

last week for 2394c at Chicago. At

Detroit prices are 23%@24c per dozen

for fresh current receipts.





WOOL





‘Wool markets have been rather in-

active during the past week as mills

are ready to take chances with tariff

legislation and are allowing producers

to carry the old clip, although the

shearing season is already under way

as far north as the state of Washing-





ton. The failure of the emergency tar-





iff caused a resumption of American‘

buying in foreign markets for a short

time but this has not been maintained

and only about 22 per cent of the last

New Zealand offering was sold with

buying limited to local operators. The

sales of cloth by the woolen mills are

reported as satisfactory..- but the high

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Wednesday, March 23.‘





DETROIT





Cattle.



Market dull; all grades 50c lower

than last week’s close.



Best heavy steers ....... $ 8.40@ 8.50



Best heavy wt bu steers 7.7561) 8.25





Mixed steers and heifers 7.00@ 7.75

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.00@ 7.00

Light butchers .......... 5.5061) 6.00

Best cows ....... . . . . . 6.00@ 6.50

Butcher cows ......... . 4-5001? 5.75

Common cows .......... 3.00@ 3.50

(Ianners ............ . . . . 2.50@ 3.00

Choice bulls ...... . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.50

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.75

Stock bulls ..... . . . . . . 4.50@ 5.00

Feeders 7.00@ 7.50

Stockers ............. . . . 6.00@ 7.00

Milkers and springers. . ..$ 40@ 80

Veal Calves.



Market dull. -.

Best ................. .. .$14.00 4.30

Others . . . . .......... . . . . 5.00 10.00



Hogs.



Market dull. -

Mixed hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.50@10.75

Pigs ....... . 11.5

Heavies . . ....... . 9.50@ 9.75



Sheep and Lambs.

Market 25@500 higher.

Best lambs ............. $10.00@10.50

Fair lambs .. . . ,_ . . . . 8.00@ 9.00

Light to common . .. . . . 5.00@‘ 7.50

Fair to good sheep ...... 5.00@ 6.00

Culls and common ........ ,1.50@ 3.00





BUFFALO

HeaVy hogs are selling here today

for 3510256171050; mediums $11@11.25;

yorkers $11.75@12; pigs $12.25; lambs

$11.25; calves $15.50.





CHICAGO





Hogs.

Estimated receipts today are 14,000;

holdover 6.859. Market. active, with





Market steady.

medium, good, choice and prime $9@

10.75; do 85 lbs up medium, .

choice and prime $7.75(®10.50; do culls al 9X90” busmess was reported ques-

and common $7@8.50; spring lambs, tionable.

medium, good and choice $7.50@9.25; draggy,



ewes medium, good and choice $4.75@ ‘

6.50; ewes cull and common $2@4.50;



yearling wethers





25c higher. Bulk of sales $9@d0.50;

tops $10.75; heavy 250 lbs up medium,

good and choice $9@9.60; medium 200

to 250 lbs medium, good and choice at

$9.25@10.40; light 150 to 200 lbs com-

mon, medium, good and choice $10.15

@1075; light lights 130 to 150 lbs

common, medium, good and choice at

$10.25@10.75; heavy packing sows 250

lbs up smooth $8@8.85; packing sows

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

down medium, good and choice $9.50

@1075.

Cattle.





Estimated receipts today are 7,000.

Market slow but steady; prospects

lower. Beef steers, medium .and heavy

weight 1100 lbs up choice and prime

$9.9081060; do medium and good at

$8.50 9.90; do common at $8@8.50;

light weight 1100 lbs down good and

choice $9.25@10.50; do common, medi

um $7.50@9.25; butcher cattle heifers,

common, medium, good and choice at

$5.50@9.50; cows common, medium,

good and choice $5@8.25; bulls, bolog-

na and beef $4.75@7; canners and cut-





0 ters cows and heifers $2.75@5; do can-





ner steers $3.50@5; veal calves, light





and handyweight medium, good and

choice $8.50@11.50; feeder steers, com-

mon, medium, good and choice $7.75@

9.35; stocker steers common, medium,

good and choice $6.25@8.50; stocker

cows and heifers, common, mediu’m,

good and choice $4.50@6.50. ‘





Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today are 16,000.

Lambs 84 lbs down,





good,





medium, good and





light weights 250 lower; others 15@ choice $7.25@9.25.





 





 





Little Journey/:70 t/ze Market





lV.—Canners and Cutters.





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C UTTERS and canners which are quoted in our live stock

price. list are cattle too thin in flesh for their carcasses to

be disposed of over the butcher’s block as fresh beef. Instead

they .are used in making canned meats, bologna. sausage, boned

cuts, beef hams, and similar products, depending on which af- -

fords the best outlet. . ' -' , .

Cutters are better than canners since the loin and rib pieces



of a cutter may be used as-fresh'beef. Old Wornout dairy and

beef breeding cows makeup the “bulk. of the class, although

some heifers and a still smaller percentage of steers are so thin-

that they must be included. . , . ' .





   





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impose most of the reduction in prices

of cloth upon the raw wool. Boston

quotes prices partly nominal as fol-

lows: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces:

Delaine unwashed 40c; fine unwashed

31@33c; one-half-blood combing 33@

35c; three-eighths-blood combing 30(1)

310. Michigan and New York fleeces:

Delaine unwashed 39c; fine unwashed

29@30c; one-half—blood combing 32;@

34c; three-eighths-blood unwashed 29



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@30 , .

POTATOES





Potato markets have made little net

change during the past week. New

stock is arriving in small quantities,

but it is not yet a factor and is 'not

expected to influence the course of the

market as stocks of the old crop are

not unduly large for the season. There

is a big demand for seed stock from

middle western states, but the acreage

in the south has been reduced. 1 At

Detroit prices are as follows: $2.25@

2.35 per 150-lb sack for Michigan. U. S.

Grade No. 1 Round White stock.





APPLES





The apple markets have been more

firm during the past week and advanc-

ed 25@50c in consuming markets. The

cold storage holdings are about 500,000

bushels more than at this time a year

ago, but the export trade is brisk and

the domestic market is absorbing the

supply rapidly so that stocks should

be well cleaned .up during the next ‘

two and one-half months. The big dis-

counts continue nn small sizes which

are unusually abundant. Baldwins from

cold storage are quoted at $5 per bar-

rel, f. o. b. western New York shipping

points and $5@6 in large lots in the

consuming markets.





ONIONS





Onion markets present a very dis-

couraging outlook as they are glutted

at the end of the season. The new

Bermuda crop is ready and is normal

in size while there is enough old crop

for another month. Consuming mar-

kets are quoted at $75c@$1.25 per 100

pounds for yellow stock.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





There. was little activity in the pro-

duce market Monday and prices held

firmly in nearly all lines. Little stock

was carried overfrom last week and

receipts are not large. Potatoes are

easy and .the supply is sufficient. All

vegetables are plentiful and the mar-

ket is easy. Prices are as follows:

Potatoes $2.25@2.75 per 150-1b. sack;

onions $1@1.25 per 100 lbs; cabbage

$25@30 per ton; turnips $1.50@1.75

per bushel; apples, fancy $2.25@2.75

per bushel; firsts $1.75@2.





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

 





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FARM BUREAU MARKET REPORT.



With April option selling at $2.50

discount over cash prices dealers are

avoiding trade in carry-over stock and

farmers may find rather slow market.

Clover seed now under cost of produc»

tion and low prices will discourage

production on the new crop which will

help consume carry-over. Never was

more attractive time for buying and

sowing clover seed from the farmer’s

standpoint. Early spring has caused

abnormal movements of seed during-

March. Oats and barley sowing will.

continue throughout April. Not much

strengthin coarse grain market. The‘

short advance of Monday held tempor-

arily suddenly declined when addition-





The hay deal continues





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





Guernseys.——May 10, F. E.

Manager, Eau Claire, Mic

Poland Chinas.—-—March

ling, Bad Axe, Mich.

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The Secret of Perfect Slamming

The Belgium Melotte is the only single-bearing-bowl

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frictionless ball bearing and spins like a top. It is

self-balancing. lt skins as perfectly after 6 years'

use as when new. Positively caimot ever get out of

balgnce and vibrate, thus. cousin cross currents

which waste cream by rennxmg th the milk. Six

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Invented by Jules Melotte — the Edison of Europe.

stands first in Euro where every penny must be

saved. Used on ‘ of the Bel um dairy farms.

Holds $8 international prizes. A mitted duty free

by special act of Con ass to save money for American

farmers. The worl a greatest Separator at a bar-

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No Money Down





We don't want anyone to send us an money on the

Melotte. We want to rove to you rst that it is the

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After 30

5 50Days Free Trial





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possible to buy anywhere in the world we



will send one direct to your farm on a 80

day, absolutely unconditional free trial. Use it as if

it were your own. mpare it with others— at it to

every test. You .alone are the judge. en the

Melotte has sold itself on merit alone, lend your

37.60 as first yment and make small monthly pay-

ments of $7. until the Separator is paid for.





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escription of this wonderful cream separator

and. the story of Jules Melotte, the inventor Don't

hesitate—don't do another thing until you write us.





MELOTTE





H. B. BABSON De I. 9103

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Why Four Leaf Phosphate





Is Better





When yOu apply rock phosphate

to your SOll, remember that the

phosphatic material in rock phos-

phate can only be reached and dis-

solved into form available for plant

food after the little silica coated

cells _are cracked or broken. Ordinary

grinding, because of the minutcncss of the

cells, cracks only a portion of them.



The Four Leaf mill equipment accom‘

plishes amore complete breaking up of the

small (microscopic) cells. This is attained

through rnorc perfect drying and grinding

in a special three stage process of crushers.

hammermill. and special tube mill.



Four Leaf 'process is the reason why



' users secure bigger yields the first year and

greater returns thereafter from-Four Leaf

Phosphate.





Write us about your soil building problem

and for the name of your Four Leaf dealer.





FOUR lEAF

PHOSPHATE





THOMSON PHOSPHATE COMPANY

721 Fisher Building Chicago, Ill.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-

ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of

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

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

service becomes private practice and $1 must be enclosed.





 

 





 





 





Bruised Hock—About five weeks

ago my horse was kicked on hock,

causing a gathering, which opened, but

soon healed, leaving a bunch on inside

of hock. A. L. D., 'Ubly, MichfPaint

bunch daily with tincture of iodine.



Stocking—Pinworms.——When allow-

ed to stand in stable the hind leg of

my horse stocks and is tender. When

worked all day, swelling leaves, but

returns. I would like a. remedy for

pinworms in horses. N. C., Cheboy-

gan, Mich—Give him a teaspoonful of

acetate of potash in drinking water

two or three times a day. Bandage

leg in-cotton. Wash out rectum wrth

a two per cent solution of coaltar d1s~

infectant twice a. week is an inexpen-

sive remedy for pinworms.



Cold Abscess.—-—Horse has a large

hard bunch on lower point of shoulder,

which makes him stiff. J. D. H., Ban-

croft, Micli.—~Clip off hair and apply

one part red iodide of mercury and Six

parts lard every ten days. The bunch

will soften, then it should be opened,

and swabbed out with tincture of

iodine.



Too Much Bowel Action—I have a

cow up in years that came fresh a

week ago. Both cow and calf are do-

ing well but the cow is thin and her

bowels are too loose. She is a great

milker and I would like to have her

lay on some more flesh. D. 0. L., OD—

sted, Mich—Increase her grain ration.

Give her a half ounce of powdered

gentian in each feed.



Barrenness—My eight-year-old cow

came fresh in October, 1919. Since

then she has been bred many times

Without getting with calf. She comes

in heat every two weeks. C. J. M., Ann

Arbor, Mich.——I)oubtless she suffers

from a cystic condition of the ovaries.

Have your veterinarian massage and

crush ovarian cysts. This can be done

through rectum and vagina.

Heaves.—Will you please send me a

remedy for heaves? Mrs. F. T. 8., Ida,

Mich—You can safely give any of the

commercial heave remedies which are

regularly advertised in the Michigan

Farmer, or give half-ounce doses of

Fowler’s solution in feed two or three

times a day. Feed no clover or dusty,

badly cured fodder and very little of

bulky food. Keep in mind that chronic

heaves is very often an incurable ail-

ment.



Barren Heifer.——Have Jersey heifer,

three years old in April. A year ago

last September I took her to the bull

for the first time and am unable to get

her with calf. All last summer she ran

With a young bull. I have had, her

served by several different bulls with

out success. Have applied the soda

treatment but it failed. Can you tell

me what to do with her? J. G. S.,





 





 





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Somerset Center, Mich—Dissolve one

cake of compressed yeast in a quart

of clean tepid water, let it stand for

two hours in warm room, wash out the

cow’s vagina with soap and water, then

inject the yeast solution. Treat her

once a day for Several days. If not

asking too much of you, kindly let us

know the result of this treatment.





 





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





(Continued from page 408).



es, shall be under the sovereignty of

Germany or Poland.~—A royal decree

is issued by King Constantine of

Greece calling the classes of 1913-14-

15 to colors in preparation for an of-

fensive against the Turks—The Ger-

man Reichstag adopts a disarmament

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.eral ownership—An attempt will be

made to mediate‘the wage cut and Bond posts for free ofier.

longer day plan of Chicago packers.





partment of agriculture, the American

people ate ten pounds less meat per

capita last year than during 1918 but

eleven pounds more per capita than

during the first year of the war.

Monday, March 21.





REMIER VIVIANI of France is en-

route to this country to discuss i

ternational problems with President

Harding and cabinet members,

particularly the conditions in formulat‘~.

ing the peace program to be submitted

to congress.—~The national association

of railroad owners urges the coordina-

tion of the facilities and service of all

railroads of the country to avert fed-





 





 





 





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It makes me smile when I see poor guys pulling

away by hand. Buy a hlehring Milker and you

can smile too. It was the first. practical milker

and still has the lead in speed. efficiency and

cheapness of operation and re air. Sand for a

catalogue and be convinced. It will milk one or

two cows at once. Price $80 cash or $85 on trial.

so an e power milkers.

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Improved Senator Dunlap Strnwherr

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Cuthbqrt Red Raspberry and \Vilsnn Blackberry

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season will be. It is particularly important to the farmers of Michigan, because tests have proven

that the largest percentage of all Michigan land needs lime badly.





We don’t ask you to take our advice in this matter. Ask your County Agent. Cooperate with

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