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VOL. ctvr. No. 16

Whole Number-+149 “ii Ll”!





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921





: W ill Mlch1gan Stay in the 'Mud?

: ‘ ‘ Can Inc Farmer .14 ford to In vest in Tile Drains? ’ ’ I: Inc Queriion

' Answered in Th5 flrtz'c/e——By if. van Haz'tsmcz





 





 





ONE YEAR

FIVE YEARS





 





 





NLY one of the elements which

0 combine to make what we call

season, is partly within the farm-

er’s control, and that element is mois-

ture. The only agencies the farmer has ‘

for its control are conservation, drain-

age, and irrigation. Of these drainage

is the most efficient and essential from

the viewpoint of the Michigan farmer.

It. is impossible to grow any of: the

crops generally grown in Michigan

successfully on any soil that is not

well drained. Some land is naturally

well drained, but there are millions of

acres of fertile soil that is producing

only a small fraction of its productive

capacity, because of the lack of ade-

quate drainage. This undrained area

constitutes Michigan’s drainage prob-

lem.

Michigan’s Drainage Problem.

Michigan’s drainage problem is a

twdfold one. On the one hand we

have nearly 4,500,000 acres of fertile

land under cultivation that needs arti-

ficial drainage. On the other hand,

there are, according to the vMichigan

Geological and Biological Survey of

1918, over 5,500,000 acres of swamp





are. it

Dean Shaw of M. A. 0., Believes i





 





n The Drainage.





of acres of cats in that county were

only partially harvested, much of it

was mowed and cured like hay, while

some was not harvested at all. Farm—

ers on drained land reported yields of

from fifty to eighty-five bushels per

acre, which were harvested with little

dilllculty.



The frequency with which reversals

like that described above become the

lot of the wet—land farmer, is responsi-

ble in a large measure for the scores

of well-equipped farms that are desert-

ed by their owners, who driven to de-

spair by repeated crop failures, are

lured to the city where they can at

least make a living. The. worst fea~

ture of these wet-land tragedies is,

that in most cases, they need never

have been enacted. The remedy for

poor drainage is more certain and ef-

fective and less costly when compared

with the benefits it brings, than the

remedy for most of the other troubles

with which the farmer has to contend.



Under-drainage—the Remedy.



Adequate drainage involves more



than the removal of the surface water





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better qualifier/fir discus:—

z'ng t/te quasi/on of {1min—

age for 1/13 fan/wry of

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Haitmm. Hr /ms [won

instructor in Farm Drain-

age at t/zc [LI/knigan rig-

ricu/tural Col/ego and /ms

done considerab/a oxn’m/on

worn. During 1710 past

two years I'm A”; new in

c/mrge of 2/10 (lo/nomtrrz-

tz'on wort in St. Clair

County w/Iic/z worn no:

attrartm’ nation wide at—

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land thatis reclaimable through arti-





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ficial drainage.

Regardless of the agricultural value what





it might produce if properly

of some of this swamp land, it is a





drained. In other words, the equivalent

question whether its reclamation will of over 3,000,000 acres of farm land is

be of any value to the farmer. Miclii- yielding annually no return for the la-

gan farms have been under-manned bor, seed, and fertilizer that is put into

for years. Many farmers are “land- 'it. If it were possible to estimate the

poor," to use a favorite term, They annual loss in man, horse and tractor

have spread their efforts over such a powei‘, seed. fertilizers, and crops on

large area that very little of the land this land, that can be directly charged

gets the attention it should have. The to poor drainage, the result would stag-

results are similar to the results ob- ger the imagination.

tained when a quantity of manure suf- Thousands of Michigan farmers are

ficient for one acre is spread over working this land, year in and year

three or four acres. The present scar— out, under the handicap imposed on

city of labor should militate against a them by inadequate drainage. While

program calling for early swamp recla— neighbors on well-drained land are

mation. Increasing the tillable area of sowing seed in a well~prepared seed-

the state will aggravate this scarcity. bed, these wet-land farmers are trying

Improvement of Land’ Under Cultiva- to make a seed-bed out of soil so wet

tion by Means of Drainage Urgent. in spots that it resembles a hog-wal~

The problem of draining the 4,500,- low. If, by dint of over twice the labor

000 acres of poorly drained, cultivated that is ordinarily required, they have

land in Michigan is one that should be succeeded in getting the seed into the

given immediate attention. Although ground, chances are that a re-seeding

this poorly drained soil is more fertile will be necessary because the ground

than similar well-drained land because is so cold and wet that the seed can-

it has never been robbed of its fertility not germinate but rots instead. More

through continued cropping, it is pro- seed and labor are then invested in





 





ducing only twenty-five per cent of the field.





ly favorable season the field may give

promise of a good yield, as was the

case on scores of poorly drained farms

in St. Clair county last season.

before a crop of oats, which promised

"to be fair, Was ready to barman-58911:.surface. of the ground.





~tiimal heavy~ A well-drained soil is one in whichg'f‘”





ers that tile—draining portions of their

The crop has a cost of seed- farms will benefit them, the reply the

ing charge against it double what it writer gets is often in substance,

should be. Dry, hot weather follows “Why, my land doesn’t need drainage!





 





   





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Mr. Bunte Gets Eighty Bushels of Worthy Oats Per Acr'e on a Field which

had‘ Never Before Produced a Profitable Crop.



and the ground becomes cracked and It’s naturally drained.

hard. The crops starve from a lack of off it perfectly.

moisture, practically all of which has what they should be, but I’m sure tile—

evaporated. The result is a crop of draining won’t help it.” Although such

inferior quality that will very likely land may appear well drained, an in—

fail to cover the cost of seeding and spection with a soil augur to determine

harvesting it. the location of the water level, will



This typifies the experience, not of a generally reveal the fact that the sub-

few isolated farmers, but of thousands soil is saturated to such a high level

of farmers in the state. In an extreme- that deep-rooted plants like alfalfa and

other legumes, and beets cannot be

grown successfully.



Whether or not. a soil is well-drained

depends much more upon the nature at}

the sub—soil than upon the slope of the





The water runs

I’ll admit crops aren’t





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VOLUME CLVI. NUMBER SIXTEEN





_ DETROIT, APRIL 16, 1921





CURRENT COMMENT





UR readers are fa—

miliar with _ the





COOperfztwe work of the Commit-

Gra'n 'tee of Seventeen, ap-

Marketing pointed last July, to





work out a feasible

wholesale cooperation in the market-

ing of surplus g1 ain p1oduced on Amer-

ican farms. Aftei months of investiga-

tion and work a plan was developed,

which was p1 esented to the farmers of

the giain producing states at meetings

called by the farm humans of those

states. At these state meetings pro-

vision was made for the sending of

delegates to a national ratification

meeting for the final acceptance of the

plan as presented or as it might be

modified.



The general provisions of the plan

advanced by the Committee of Seven-

teen have been previously given in

these columns. In brief, the plan pro-

vides for the organization of a nation-e

a1 sales agency on the usual non- profit

basis of cooperative o1ganizations, to

be controlled by farmei elected dilect-

01's. Only grain growers or farm own-

ers receiving grain as rent are eligible

to membership, members to enter into

a contract to‘market all or a prescrib-

ed portion of their surplus grain

through their. organization for five

years. Under the plan several subsi.

diary corporations are contemplated,

including a finance corporation com

trolled by farmer capital, which would

loan money and issue debenture bonds

on warehouse receipts held by mem-

bers; a terminal warehouse corpora-

tion; an export corporatwion and such

other subsidialies as may be needed.



‘ Service departments, including an effi-

cient statistical buieau me also con-

templated under the plan.



At the national ratification meeting

held in Chicago. last week, a report of

which appears in. this issue, the plan

was unanimously indorsed with only

slight modifications as to pooling ar-



‘rahgements. A board of twenty- one





' directms was elected to carry out the.





plan. Mr. James Nicol, piesident of

_ the Michigan State Faim Buleau, was

one of the directors so elected, to rep-

resent a. group of states consisting of

'Michigan. Kentucky, West Virginia

and Maryland.

In developmg this plan the Commit-

. tee of Seventeen took the best fea-

tures of other successful wholesale co-

eiative marketing plans and adapted

89m to the grain

essential fea





 

   





u. plan.





~sellln5 propositior'L _ ‘

a seem to be 5.1111





as the first link in the mark‘etmg

chain. The plan seems to be well cab.

culated- to check tho evils of the pres-

ent grain marketing system. without

destroying established marketing ma.-

chinery, and put the growers on the

“inside” of? the grain market. Michi-

gan farmers are to be congratulated

on having an able representative on

the board Which will work out this

Practically every farmer is in-

terested to some extent in grain mar-





modity proposition. and 11th the co- st moment of this project





'THEBE has just





.' c o m e from the

Prom“, press a volume from

mid... . the pen of Roger W..

Reactions Baboon, the great sta-





tistician, in which he

gives much emphasis to the law of





equal relations as a controlling princi~

pie in the affairs of the race. His work

has brought him into very intimate





touch with hundreds and thousands of

businesses and the men who are mak-





‘the offlbe or the store.





conclusion that £11m; I





don: as aided by Newton for the phy: J





gloat world; has a definite application

to the everyday affairs of men, wheth-

er these man be in the field, the shop.

Mr. Baboon

does not take the credit for discover-





ing the social and business application





of this law, for he points outthat two

thousand years ago it was recorded

that “with what measure you mete it

shall be measured to you again.”





What he wishes us to know is that





~ this law is not a matter of sentiment,





Farmers Ratify Grain Plan

‘ Delegates ratz'fi/ plan propored 5y Commztz‘ee of

Seventeen unammom/y; “tacks/zed Umz‘ed Gram





Grown, Incorporated;





elect temporary Board





of T wemfy-om’ Dzrectorr





HE marketing plan proposed by



the Farmers’



Committee of Seventeen was

unanimously accepted at. a big ratifica-

tion meeting in Chicago, April d7‘-8.

One hundred and three selected dele-

gates from the twentyfive surplus

grain producing states voted “aye"

unanimously at the end of a two-days'.

stormy discussion.



Should grain growers who contract

to sell their surplus grain under the

plan devised by the Farmers’ Market-

ing Committee of Seventeen be requir-

ed to pool at least one-third of their

grain? This question proved to be the

rock which for a day and a half threat-

ened to split the conference.



The final plan submitted by the Com.

mittee of Seventeen gives to the farm-

ers composing the local grain growers’

association absolute option as to

whether their grain shall be pooled or

sold outright on consignment through

the national selling organization known

as the United States Grain Growers, Inc.

It developed, however, that there had

not been absolute unanimity among the

members of the committee and six of

them were ready to defend the compul-

sory pooling of the grain.



Argued for Compulsory Pooling.



The issue was raised shortly after

the plan drafted by the committee was

read to the delegates ”when C. O. Mos-



er, from Texas, offered an amendment

which provided for compulsory pooling

of one~third of all the grain marketed

by individual growers through the Na-

tional Sales Agency. J. R. Howard,

president of the American Farm Bu-

reau Federation, who presided over the

meeting, gave both sides equal oppor-

tunity to present their arguments on

the floor.



The amendment was seconded by

Aaron Sapiro. representing the Pacific

Northwest Wheat Growers, who made

a vigorous argument in its behalf. Only

by pooling at least one-third so that

the grain could be fed upon the market

as it is able to absorb it. will it be pos-

sible to introduce the plan of mer-

chandising grain. Without it there will

be a continuation of the practice of

dumping grain which farmers now fol—

low. Mr. Sapiro believed that the plan

provided too many options, and that

by giving the farmer the opportunity

to sell all of his, grain immediately,

the pooling plan would not be. given a

real chance. Most growers are famil-

iar with the plan of outright sale or

sale on consignments while few of

them are. familiar with the pooling

plan. Mr. Sapiro advised that without

the compulsory feature the number

who.- would volunteer to pooh their

grain might not be sufficient to.,sta.hi.l-





_ize the market and therefore the pool-





ing principle would not be given; the





Grain Marketing.





Delegate after delegate presented

his personal point of view on the ques-

tion or that of the organization which

he represented. All delegations were

more or less divided except those from

the Pacific Northwest or from the

southwest. Among these sentiment in

favor of the pooling idea was almost

unanimous.



Would Provide for Limited' Pool.





Proponents of the pooling plan as-

serted that the burden of carrying any

surplus production should be borne by

each producer in proportion to his to-

tal production instead of imposing it

entirely upon those who pooled their

grain, as might be the case in the

event that the policy of withholding

grain from the market until later in

the year proved to be unprofitable as

a result of a decline in market values

beyond the control of the sales agency.

Also they argued that farmers were

ready to pool their products when the

plan was properly explained to them

as illustrated by the success of the

wheat pools in the northwest and the

southwest, cotton pools in several

southern states, by wool pools and milk

pools in various states in thé north.

They stated that a pooling clause in

the contracts would be no more “com-

pulsory” than any other feature of it.



Delegates who opposed the amend-

ment maintained that farmers would

be unwilling to sign up for the sale of

their grain under the plan if they were

obliged immediately to contract for

the pooling of even one-third on a five-

year basis. Almost invariably, howew

er, delegates prefaced this argument

by the statement that they personally

were entirely ready to contract for the

pooling of their own surplus grain. The

possibility of alienating public opinion

might be construed as a national mon-

opoly, was also brought out, while

Clifford Thorne, attorney, and certain

other members of the Committee of

Seventeen, considered it unwise to in-

corporate the compulsory pooling

clause lest such a plan be declared il-

legal thus- imperiling the entire scheme





whereas if pooling were made option-_





al, in the case of such legal decision

the machinery could contitnuc to co-

crate;





After about one: hundred and fifty.





speeches had been heard for and

against the. “compulsory

amendment” the roll was called; The

vote. stood: thirty-eight for and sixty-

one: against, With two. delegates absent

Immediately afterwards the. vote was

taken upon the ratification of the plan

as presented by the committee and it

was: passed unanimously.



: The principal. featuresfof the plan of

the committee were made public in

these- columns some time ago. There





   





 





 





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wounds Madam flit? munici-

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but of scientific fact, which is .just as

certain in the business and moral

world. as in the physical. Newton said,

“Every action is followed by an equal

reaction.” Babson declares “that every

act, word or thought is followed by an

equal reaction of the same character.”

In other Words, what we do to others,

or say or think abbut them, is certain

to react to our own advantage. or dis-

advantage" in accordance with whether

our act or word was helpful or harmful

to these others. An era of prosperity

he declares, is simply the reaction of

the industry and economy and right-

eousness developed during a. period of

depression. A panic is likewise the re:

action from the inefficiency, extrava-

gance and the corruption which devel-

ops during the years of prosperity.





If, then, it be true that when we ren-

der service we are certain to get our

reward and when we overstep in our

demands and insist that we have

more than our due, that later we must

pay full price for the things we get, it

would seem wise in this period of re-

adjustment that we work with and for

the spirit of cooperation, not only

within, but between the various groups

of producersfand consumers. Neither

the farm nor the factory produces all

the materials employed in the regular

line of business. No railroad produces

the raw mateiials nor the finished

products which it transports. Every

member of each group keeps steadily

atlhis task; the farmer in the field,

the mechanic in the shop, the miner

under the ground, the clerk in the

store, the trainman on the railroad,

and the capitalist in his office; each

sharing in the very complicated proc-

ess of adding something to the value

of commodities which are eventually

purchased by some consumer to sat:

isfy his wants. It would appear that

the sooner these facts are recognized

the sooner will the solution of many

of the complicated problems which are

now besett-ing our civilization be arriv-

ed at. Of all classes the farmer,-with

his‘newly created organized power, is

perhaps best situated to lead the way.





News of the Week





Wednesday, April 6



ACORDING to Wm. C. Giace, pres-



ideal. of the Bethlehem Steel Cor-

porar‘tion, the steel industry agam

shows a gain in business. ——A hurri-

came from off the Gulf of California

has caused a. big toll of human life in

Santa Rosalia and southern Arizona. —

All mmes in great Britain are idle and

there is general rioting in Scotland,

with danger of mines being. flooded. A

class war is feared. —Viyiani, French

representative has asked the United

States for a specific alliance against

Germany. —-Finai agreement between

Mexican and foreign operators to sta-

bilize ocean rates between North At-

lanti’c and European ports will cause

increases of from twenty-five to two

hundred per cent above present levels.





Thursday, April 7.





HICAGO will start a cottonseed oil



exchange similar to that 1'11 New



York; due to the packing iridduiir3;E

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EPORTS of distress‘ from all of



the forces interested in the on-



ion growing industry have reach-

ed the office of the Michigan State

Farm Bureau. It is, therefore, making

a study of the onion industry in Mich~

igan and the neighboring states with

- a view of discovering exactly the prob-

lems confronting the onion growers

and determining what means should

be adopted for their solution.



As a result of a survey which it has

just completed, it has been found that

the situation .was not in the least over-

stated by Mr. H. J. Cheney, manager

of the Grand'Rapids Growers’ Associa-

tion, when he recently wrote, “This has

been a particularly bad season for all

parties concerned on account of high.

freight rates, no storage; houses, un—

favorable weather, and an abundant

, crop to dispose of.”



While all of these factors have com-

bined to contribute to the present di—

lemma of the onion growers, the chief

drawback lies in the lack of organiza—

tion and cooperation on their part. Mr.

Cheney recognizes this fact when he

says: “I am convinced that each co-

operative organization should have a

warehouse for the storing of farm pro-

duce and that there should be careful

inspection and grading at point of ship-

‘ment, also collective selling and mar-



keting by experts who would be in

touch with the entire distributing prop-

osition.” '



This plan has also been advocated

by Mr. Ezra Levin, muck specialist at

the Michigan Agricultural College, who

states that the onion growers must

have warehouses or remain entirely at

the mercy of the dealers. The onion

dealers are well organized—4n fact, so

well organized that two or three years

ago they were indicted for violating

the Sherman anti-trust laws. They had

adopted the policy of sending only one

dealer to each onion-growing center

and thus setting their own prices. In

many cases the big dealers even own

the land and the growers grow the crop

on shares. Mr. Levin recommends co-

operative marketing and storage as the

only solution of the problem of the on-

ion growers.





That such cooperative marketing of

the onion crop has been successful in

other states is indicated by a state-

ment made by Mr. C. E. Durst, man-

ager of the Fruit and Vegetable De~

partment,of the Illinois Agricultural

Association, who recently visited Mich-

igan to study the onion situation in

Michigan. Mr. Durst states, “The co-

operative association at South Holland

sold all the sets of its members and

had to- buy more to serve its trade.

Furthermore, it did not slash prices

and its leaders expect to net the grow-

ers about one dollar per bushel. On





 





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the other hand, you will be interested

to know that most of the contractors

lost heavily this year. I am told that

one contractor will dump over 100,000

bushels of sets and that he did not

average over sixty cents per bushel

for the sets sold. Practically all the

contractors will dump a lot of sets.”

In View of the success of- the coop-

erative associations already in opera-

tion in Illinois, Mr. Durst states that

a much more complete organization

will soon be effected. He says: “There

are a considerable number of growers

ready to join as soon as plans are com-

pleted. Leaders from various parts of

the district are already agreed on the

general principles and they are now

working out the details in conference.

We are planning to organize on much

the same plan as that of the Michigan

fruit and vegetable associations.” -





HE keynote of the whole situation



was struck by Mr. Alfred Bentall,

county agricultural agent of Allegan

county, where many onions are grown,

when he recently wrote the State Farm

Bureau: “There is apparently no ma-

chinery at present operating in the

state able to care for the onion crop

in anything like an efficient manner

and something surely will have to be

done. before next year.”



The situation of the onion growers

who have not yet disposed of their

crop is doubly serious, for the Texas

onions are coming on the market, thus

increasing the competition. The United

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states that for safety Michigan onions

should all be marketed by March 1, so

as to avoid competition with the Texas

product.



The two organizations that have

been of the greatest assistance to the

growers, aside from the regular deal-





ers, have been the Michigan Potato

Growers’ Exchange and the ‘rrand

Rapids Growers’ Association. These





organizations have been of consider—

able assistance, but the problem in

hand has not yet been settled. Rela-

tive to his experience with these two

organizations, Mr. Alfred Bentall, coun-

ty agricultural agent for Allegan, un-

der date of March 15, wrote the farm

bureau as follows: “We arranged with

the Grand Rapids Growers’ Association

to market the onions from the Moline

and Dorr territory, and the last I

heard, which was only about a few

days ago, only about one—quarter of the

cars had been settled for. There were

still thirty cars for which full settle—

ment had not been made, some of

which did not even pay the freight.

Other cars were sold fairly well

through the Michigan Potato Growers’

Exchange, but the price was very low.

I think it probable that the onion in-

dustry in this county will, not pay ex-

penses this year.”



The Grand Rapids Growers’ Associa-

tion recently held a meeting with the

Allegan- growers in which a detailed

report of each car handled was made.



Information gathered by the State

Farm Bureau indicates that many on-

ion growers have lost heavily during





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the past year and some of them, due

to lack of any market, have lost all

they raised during the past season.

Few of the onion growers have real-

ized cost of production.



Studies in the cost of producing on-

ions have shown widely different re-

sults. For instance, the Massachusetts

Experiment Station determined that

the cost of growing a 460-bushe1 per

acre crop of onions was $142.58, or

thirty-one cents per bushel. Figures

for the Pleasant Valley onion district

in Iowa show that under their condi-

tions the cost of raising a 600-bushel





per acre .crop was $336 per acre, or

fifty-six cents per bushel. The Massa-

chusetts Department of Agriculture





found the cost of growing an acre of

onions to range from $148.50 to

$211.50.



In view of-this present emergency,

C. W. \Vaid, M. A. C. Extension Spe-

cialist in potatoes and vegetables, fa-

vors the proposal of a. tariff ol.‘ one

and a half cents per pound, as was

recommended by congress in the emer-

gency tariff. He maintains that better

grading of onions must. be practiced

and that cooperative organizations are

necessary for the accomplishment of

any such standardized grading.



In the past, onion growing has prov-

ed a comparatively profitable proposi-

tion. The United States Department

of Agriculture, after an impartial

study of the incomes from alarge num-

ber of farms found that the average

labor income from onion farms was

$1,732, as compared with $394 for the

celery farms, $1,519 for the pepper-

mint, farms, and $1,056 for grain and

stock farms.



With adequate organization and mar-

keting facilities, there is no reason

why Michigan onion growers should

not realize a fair profit. for as Mr. Lev-

in states, “Michigan can grow the fin-

est northern onions of any state in the

Union.”





Not only can Michigan produce on-

ions of superior quality. but the aver-

age yield on onions in this state is con-

siderably above the average for the

linited States as a whole. Michigan,

with 1,235 acres of commercial onions,

had an average production. of 468 bush-

els per acre, while the national acreage

of 38,260 acres averaged only 395

bushels.



One of the most norable examples of

the results of cooperation in the onion

industry is the case of the. onion grow-

ers in the Pleasant, Valley onion dis-

trict in Iowa. These progressive grow-

ers have devoted their entire attention

to the growing of onions and have been

successful from every standpoint. The

five hundred acres of land in this dis-

trict which is devoted entirely to on-



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Live Stock Committee Reports





-.HE Farmers Live Stock Market



ing Committee of Fifteen held



its second meeting 111 Chicago,

on Ap1il 7- 8, with all the members of

the main committee and all but two of

the ten alternates in attendance. Vice-

Chahman A Sykes, 1da Grove, Iowa,

presided as chairman.



This committee, which was appoint-

ed by President J. R. Howard, of the

American Farm Bureau Federation, as

the outcome of a conference he1d in

Chicago on October 8, at which repre-

sentatives of all live stock producels’

organizations were present is expected

to work out a plan 101 the cooperative

marketing of live stock comparable

with that which the Committee of Sev-

ienteen developed for the grain grow-

ers of the United States.



Tentative outlines of work presented

by its vaiious sub- committees which

were appointed at the first meeting

.held on Febiuary 23— 24, were present-

ed and after discussion by the main

committee these sub-committees were

authorized to proceed with the inquir-

ies which they had outlined. No de-

tails of these plans were made public.

The various sub-committees are as fol—

lows:



(1). Orderly marketing or control

of flow; (2), cooperative marketing on

centralized markets; (3), live stock

statistics, reports and market repor-t

ing; (4), transportation; (5), legisla-

t-ion.



The next meeting of the committee

will be held at Chicago in the La Salle

Hotel on May 25. A



Is COOperative selling of live stock

better than competitive selling? Both

sides of this question were presented

to the committee on the opening day

of its session. E. E. Withey, manager

of the Faun"e1s Union Live Stock Com-

miss ion Company at Omaha, and H. M.

Osborne, 01' the Equity Live Stock

Commission Company at South St.

Paul, presented the aigument for coop-

erative selling, while Everett C. B1 own,

President of the National Live Stock

Exchange, Bluce Stafford president

of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange;

‘T. W. Jleirems and Kay Wood, 01 Chi-

cago; Thomas Dealtry, of Sioux City,

Iowa; Nat C. Rogeis, of South St. Paul,





and William Ranisdell, of St. Joseph, .





spoke on behalf of the present method

of selling which they described as com-

petitive selling.



Both Mr. Withey and Mr. Osborne

outlined the history of the develop-

ment of their commission companies

The Omaha Company is owned by the

Farmers Union 01 Nebraska. Last

year it handled a total business of $40,-

009,000, was able to return fifty per

cent of the commissions in the form of

a patronage dividend to the growers,

and in addition put aside a small

amount for surplus. It is now the larg-

est commission firm on the Omaha

Yards and has no difficulty whatever

in disposing 01' live stock consigned to

it although members of the live stock

exchange will not purchase from it. Mr.

Withey stated that it would be impos-

s1bie for such a firm to succeed with-

out an organization among the produc-

ers to back it up.



Mr. Withey also spoke in favor of

the establishment of one farmers’ co-



native commission firm at each

sgch yards and the formation of an

. oyerhoad council which would be made

‘. up, of one representative from each of

the Whit! companies.



11:; Qshqrne stated that the cooper-



own company at South, St Paul was.





" ,8»sz ot- the We Wows

rm” which has been engagod in





«the marketing of grain fora number





of years. This live stock company has

been in operation since 1916. It is pay—

ing its first patronage dividend this

yeai.



Both of those 99111111153193 firms

charge the regular commission at the

time the iiwe Stock is rocoivod. Neither

one has obtained membelship in the

Live Stock Exchange and neither one

is now seeking membership, although

When first orgamzed they both had

made application for memhei ship. Both

of these men believe that their 111198-

ence on the maiket has helped to bring

about certain informs on the part of

Live Stock Exchanges which would

not have occm 1ed in their absence.

The present method of handling feeder

cattle on most maikets wheieby they

are sold by the line commission com-

panies to speculators was condemned.

The South St. Paul organization in par-

ticular has been successful in the de-

velopment of a stocker and feeder

trade direct with farmers, thus saving

to the live stock producer two com-

mission fees and avoiding the exces-

sive fills which feeder buyers frequent-

ly encounter.



J. E. Poole, Publicity Director for the

Chicago Live Stock Exchange, discuss-

ed at length some of the complaints

which producers advance against the

present method of selling. After brief

statements from other representatives

of the live stock exchanges, numerous

questions were asked by the members

of the committee.



The two principal questions raised

by the committee with the exchange

members were: In what way is com-

petitive selling superior to cooperative

selling? Why are the cooperative live

stock commission companieswalready

in operation, even though handicapped

by the refusal of exchange members

to deal with them, able to return

so large a portion cf the commission

to the shippers? To these questions

answers were of necessity, general and

unconvincing.





WIRELESS FARM MARKET RE-

PORTS PLANNED.





 





EGINNING April 15 agricultural



market reports will be sent to farm-

ers and other agricultural interests by

Wireless from Omaha, St. Louis, Belle-

fonte, Pa, and Washington D. C. an-

nounces the United States Bureau of

Markets. The wireless of the post

office department will be used for this

purpose. Each station will have a

three-hundred mile radius and farmers

in twelve central and ten eastern

states will be able to obtain directly,

or through local wireless agencies, in-

formation regarding prices and condi-

tions at the leading agricultural mar-

ket centers of the country the same

day the business is transacted. The

radio call signal will be “Q. S. T.,”

which means “everybody listen.”





 





MORE RELIABLE FARM STATIS-

TICS.





 





EPEAL of the present law requir



ing threshermon to send in to the

secretary of state reports of the crops

threshod was assured when the senate

on. April 5 by a vote of twenty-one to

nothing voted to discontinue this cum-

bersome and inaccuiato method of

gathering 0191). statistics.



Roses! of this low is not recorded

as an eddonco that tho posses: legis—

new 4998 1191 We no insert-t

areas 19:. momma! s.- a: is

generally conceded 1051.9 merely clean





 





 





ing the decks for. the passage of the

bill to place the gathering of statistics

relative to crop acreages and the num-

ber of the various Classes of. live stock

among the duties of the township sup-

ervisors. These figures‘would he col-

lected at the time of making the spring

assoss-meht of. pnogerty and would be

1111111111112de 10 the newly created state

oomm1ss1one1 of agriculture.



This Bhoposal has met with favor-

able consideration in the house and

will in all 11n911hability be enacted. It

has the approval of the federated leg-

islcliive cowmtteo at the cooperating

Michigan tam organications and of

other agmoidtural leaders of. the state.





 





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A NEW course teaching general

science and its relation to agnicul-

turo will soon be made evanehle to

new students at M. A C. This course

of applied science will interest those

who do not want to specialize in tech-

nical subjects but yet want a general

education on science as related to as-

ricultua'e, engineering or voteninaly

work The course will give the student

a bload view of the whole scientific

field and such other instruction as will

make him an efficient citizen with a

wellsbalanced education. A number of

the departments will enlarge their

scope to give thorough instruct-ion

along this line.





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CONDUCTING CLASSES IN FARM

ACCOUNTING.





 





R. W. G. CURTIS, of the research

and extension department of M.

A C., has just completed a series of

classes in farm accounting in Saginaw

county. On Wednesday, March .30, he

met with Maple Grove farmers who

wanted to know the college plan of

farm bookkeeping, and the evening of

the same day held a meeting for the

same purpose in Buena Vista. 011

Thursday afternoon he was in (Frank-

enmuth on this mission, and that night

instructed the farmers of Albee.



As a result of these meetings more

than fifty farmers adopted the farm

accounting system and took account

book sets of» the new system. The

county agriculturist keeps a moderate

supply of the bookkeeping sets on

hand, and is prepared to aid all farm-

ers who want to take up the plan.





STATE FIRE PROTECTION FOR

FORESTS.





 





1 BEST fires are cutting a big

swath out of our forests and pock-

etbooks, says the State Farm Bureau,

which is pushing vigorously a cam-

paign to conserve the forests of the

state through adequate fire protection

and a system of deferred taxation on

standing timber which will make wise

Tweed“ secretions a, mom profitable

undertaking than they are now. "

With hut twentysnve per cent the

moon and a system of- taxation

that is the equivalent of: taxing farm

Croce in the. field. twice a woes» during

the growing season, Michigan’ ‘8 re-

111111111113 three million acres 11;. stand

ing timber and seven million, acres of-

idle land do, not destiny 9 131mm that

is are. 191 the more interest! of the

state, armies W! has homo, to 1113+

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ment’s plan for state fire protection is‘

that developed by foresters of the

state, crowding for ,a full—time chief

forester of the state, in charge of all

forest fire prevention. and assisted by

three state. district chiefs and forty

trained forest fire rangers. The defor-

vr'ed tax Plan would place a‘aommal tax

on standing timber land, but none 0:1

the trees until they were .cut for 1111;:-

ber. Then one, and only one, lumber

tax would he Collected instead of the

many annual taxes under the preseiit

plan. The pnosent system is held to

tax forests to an untimely and uneco-

nominal end.



In this country there are aboutthree

hundred and sixty million acres of ab-

solute forest land, that is, land not

adapted to farm-ing but wherewclima-tic





conditions permit~ the growth of for- ~





ests. This is approximately equal to

oneatenth of the total forest land Of

the rest of the world, and not quite

twenty per cent of the total area of

the United» States.



This land if protected from fire and

properly handled, is sufficient to pro-

duce all the wood needed by the peo—

ple of this country and a. surplus for

export, according to forestry depart-

ment figures.



To accomplish the desired result

there must be cooperation between the

federal government, the state gave-11n-

ment and the Pond owner, says the do.

pa-rtment. The owner must be given

the benefit of a moderate tax while his

crop of timber is being grown. The

land must be protected from forest

fires due‘ to the negligence of his

neighbor or the negligence .of the com-

munity, and he must be required to

employ sufficient safeguards in the way

his timhei is cut, his slash disposed of,

and the danger avoided to actually re-

forest the land.





VASSAR MAKES STRONG APP-EAL

FOR NEW Gel—GROVE ROAD.





 





1TH the news that the senate



bill creating the new Colgrove

trans-state highway, connecting Sagi-

naw and the Thumb with southern

Michigan and Indiana, had passed that

branch of the legislature, the people of

Vassar awoke to, the importance of

this highway, and hold a big meeting

in the opera house, at which more

than two hundred and fifty good roads

boosters agreed. to work for the such

cess of the project.



W. J. Spears called the meeting to

order, and after an opening address,

named A. W.' Atkin, of Vassar, chair-

man of the meeting. William '8. Lin‘

ton, president of the Michigan Good

Roads Association, and W. M. Bryant,

of Kalamazoo, gave enthusiastic talks.

Mr. Linton told the audience that the

bill pending in the legislature had

been amended to include Vassar on the

list of towns through which the road

would pass, and that the highway is



being 41W bashed by the Detroit

Automohtle Club, and many influential

business men’s clubs in the state. The

estimation pleas. to make the prams-

ed. road. onset the most beautiful to

he found anywhere.





11111111111 appointment by Mr. Spears, ,





Yicfi'nmidmt of Tuscola county, of

chairmen from the various townships

through. which the road would pass. as

a boosting committee, the mess meet-

ing adjourned The committee ap-

restated 111111111111; of: Conrad Miller.

Work; Harry Price, Vassar; I F

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HE man who offered his kingdom



for a horse has been out of



sight for the last eight months.

Although horses had a brief boom last

spring it was short lived 'and since that

time values have worked lower and

lower until on January 1 the average

value as reported by the department

of agriculture for the entire United

States was the lowest since 1906. When

the decreased buying power of the dol-

lar is takeninto account the average

.value per head makes a still less fav-

orable showing.



The behavior of horse markets fur-

nish a contrastin a number of ways

with markets for meat animals.



1. Prices of horses are less flexible

in the country. Once priced a horse

may be held by the farmer for a cer-'

tain figure for a long time. Central

market prices also vary less rapidly.



'2. Since prices are on the basis of

so much per head they are more diffi-

cult to quote because of variations,

soundness, disposition and training

which may affect the preference of the

individual buyer.



3. Heavy receipts over a period of

Several weeks means that high prices

are being paid. Homes are usually

making money where they are, or they

are being kept cheaply in the country

so that there is no incentive to send

them to the market in large numbers

unlessdemand raises prices toa high

level. In cattle and, hog and sheep

markets when the receipts are heavy

prices are low. ’



The Circle of the year brings chang-

es in the total number of horses which

are wanted and also in the particular

kinds which sell to advantage. De-

mand is broadest during the spring

months and as shown by the chart.

which accompanies this discussion.

prices at that time average ten to fif-

teen per cent higher than in the pe-

riod of low prices. During the ten

years, 1911 to 1920, April, May and

June have been the high months and

November, December and January

have been months of low prcies.





Will Michigan Stay in the Mud?





the stationary water table is kept be.

low the level to which ordinary plants

grown on it normally extend their

roots. In order to maintain this con

dition, underground outlets are essen-

tial. ‘ In a naturally drained soil, the

subsoil is sufficiently porous to allow

excess water to pass through it readily

to underground passages which nature

has provided. Where this condition

does not exist the farmer must resort

tothe use of artificial under-drains.

Open Ditches vs. Tile Drains.

Except under special

which will be discussed later, an un-

der-drain, in order to bring the water

table down to the proper level for heal-

thy plant-root development, should be

at least three feet deep. Open ditches

are, therefore, out of the question be-

cause of the large waste of land they

‘en'tail. An open ditch three feet deep

must be" over six feet wide at the top

in order to minimize upkeep. Besides

the waste of land involved, a 'strong

objection to open ditch-es is the cost

of maintenance. They require frequent

attention while tile drains require

practically no attention except an occa-

sional inspection of the outlets. A third

objection to the use of open ditches as

undertdr'ains is the obstruction they





. farms to field operations. Tile drains





conditions _





During the “late winter and, early

spring farm chunks, which are medi-

um~sized horseswith a preponderance

of draft blood, are in demand, particu-

larly from ‘the eastern states. This is

the first pronounced trade feature and

becomes the backbone of the market

during late February and continues

strong throughout March and most of

April, then wanes until early Junes

Mares are wanted for farm use, and

when there is any interest in horse

breeding will command a Small pre-

mium over geldings at this season.





ConstructiOn work opens up in the

spring months and ice companies also





‘orses‘





are in the market for “rugged work-

ers" from April to the middle of June.

Industrial activity and the movement

of goods become more active so that

the market for big horses suitable for

heavy hauling also improves at this

season.



Demand for carriage horses, road-

sters and saddlers is largely concen-

trated into-the spring months. These

classes are for city use during the sum~

me; primarily, so that they are left

in the country when they are raised

and where they can be kept cheaply

until they are wanted. V



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( Continued from First Page)





Whether or not land needs tile drain-

age can generally be readily determin-

ed by an examination of its surface,

and its sub-soil, and by the location of

its water table relative to the surface.

Indications of the need of underdrain—

age are:



1. Seeping hillsides. The water

comes to the surface along the side of

the hill, and sOaks the land below the

line of exit, often for a distance of

several rods.





2. Water standing on top of the land

in pools and furrows in late spring. and

during the growing season.



3. Large cracks during a dry season.



4. A springy, soggy condition.



5. Loss of crops due to heaving by

frost



6. Ponds and swampy aieas.



7. Wate1—table in the soil too high

for the healthy development of plant-

root systems.



8. Inability to grow alfalfa, clover,





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





kets cannot absorb so many horses as .- ,

city and farm buyers have supplied '





their wants‘ and prices weaken. Many

horses also are sent in from the farm

as soon as heavy spring work is com-

pleted. Many of these are jaded, thin

in condition, with sore shoulders and

unfit to go into city work. Naturally

they do not sell well.





Many horses are disabled on city

streets by extremely hot weather.

These are cheap ones as a, rule, and

the same kind is purchased to replace

them. They may be blemished but

must be horses ready to go to work.

()verfat kinds and green young ones

are not wanted at this season.





“Southern” horses, or chunks, are

small in si'ze'and show a preponder-

ance of light horse blood. They are in

demand from Septembe1 to March nor-

mally, the ma1ket 1eaching its zenith

usually in January





Lumbering companies buy “loggers”

during October, and coal companies

purchase during the same month.





During November the demand grows

dull. December has a semi-holiday as-

pect in the horse market except for

southern horses when the south is

buying.



Severe weather increases the winter

demand £01 hmses 1'01 city use. Deep

snow puts, many nags which 3.18 al-

1eady nea1ly played out, completely

out of commission. Such a. factor is

01' slight importance, however, in influ-

encing price trends.





Of course, horses 01' the different

classes should be fitted and marketed

during the period when each is in de-

mand. This means February, March

and April for farm chunks; March and

April for drafters; April and May for

pleasure horses, and southern chunks,

in January. Mules are in demand by

the south where most of them are used

druing the same period as southern

chunks. January and February are

good months in which to have them

ready for market.





and beets successfully on the heavier

types of soils where lime is not the

limiting factor.



9. Growth of Weeds and grass com-

mon to waterlogged soils.



Land showing any of the above char-

acteristics that is fertile enough to

grow a crop in dry seasons will be ben-

efited by under-drainage, unless the

sub-soil is impervious to water.





Tile Drainage as an lnvestment.





“Why risk with men your hard-won

gold?

Buy tile and drain—your brother,





dust

Will pay you back an hundred fold

Earth ne’er commits a breach of

trust.”

——(Adapted from a» Hindu poem).

Although the benefits of tile drain-

age are fully appreciated in some coun—

ties, whole townships of which are

drained, there are thousands of farm-

ers in other counties where the drain-

age problem lS‘jUSt as important, who

know little or nothing of the value of

tile drainage as a means of overcom-

ing the biggest handicap they have to

contend with in their farming opera-

ticns, the handicap of wet land. Oth-

ers, who appreciate the value of tile-

drainage, hesitate to undertake the job

of tile-draining their farms because





they do not understand the engineer-fl '.

ing requirements involved in the work.

.p still others are under the impression"





 

   





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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although, in reality, the poor man. who

~is’ entirely dependent upon the income

from his farm, is the one who above

all, “cannot afford not to drain.”



In order to convince'farm'ers who

are skeptical or ignorant as regards

the value of tile-drainage, the writer

has secured testimonials from farmers

from various sections of the state.

Questionnaires were sent. to these

farmers, Wth the request that they

use them as a. means of telling the

thousands of: readers of the Michigan

Farmer What tile-drainage has done

for them. Information and data ob-

tained in these questionnaires‘wil-l be

~ used to show the value of tile-drainage

as an investment in this article, and

of the practical benefits of tiledrain-

age, in a second article. Acknowiedge-

ments are due these farmers for the

generous way in which they responded

to the writer’s appeal for information,

many of them sending pictures and let-

ters giving information and experi-

ences not called for in the question-

naires‘.



It is not within the scope of these

articles to present in detail all the in-

formation obtai—ned. Most of it has

been summarized in tables which will

be presented from time to time, as oc-

casion demands.



The following quotations from let-

ters and questionnaires are represent-

ative. The experiences they relate are

not extraordinary. In studying the re-

ports, the writer has been unable to

detect any tendency to exaggerate

Conservatism is a. characteristic of all

of them. The writer has seen all of

the experiences related, duplicated

many times.



Farmers Testify.



Here are quotations from the ques-

tionnaires mentioned above and from

letters from farmers who have had

experience with tile drainage:



John A. Brigton, Romulus, Michigan,

writes: “I consider tile drainage the

best ever as an investment. It is a

wonderful benefit financially The first

yea1 aftei my land was tiled l raised

one bundled and sixty baskets of own

pe1 acre, where the average before was

eighty bushels. The inc1ease in crops

has paid for the cost of tiling in thuee

yeals. The1e has been an increase of

fiom f'OIty to filly per cent in alfalfa,

clove1. timothy. beets and potatoes

My enti1e 1211111 is tile-d1ained ”



Fied W. Kennedy, Plymouth, Michi-

gan, is enthusiastic. He goes 011 to

say: “I am sending you with the ques-

tionnai1e a pictuie ot a wheat test- plot.

Befo1e I tiled this field I had it planted

to wheat. I got a yield of one hundred

and twenty-nine bushels from twenty-

nine acres. The first crop of wheat on

the same ground after tiling, with no

change in fertilizer, yielded thirty

bushels per acre. Part of the same

field was in rye and threshed ninety-

seven bushels from less than two and

three-fourths acres. Tile-drainage is

the best inuestment in the world for a

farmer that intends to make his livmg

off the farm. On very wet land two



' yea1s will pay f01 the cost of tiling.

The increase pm 31:19 due to tile drain-

age on my team in 1920, was: Corn,

forty to sixty bushels; wheat twenty

five bushels; barley, thirty bushels;

oats, twenty bushels.



“I had a full crop of clover where I

never had any before.“



.Chris. Stein, St. Clair. Michigan, has

had a very convincing experience. He

says: “About two years ago 1 tile-

drained forty acres of land that hardly

ever produced a good crop except in a

dry season. The soil was a medium

clay. Half of the field was high land

and the other half low land. The wa-

ter from the upper half drained on to

the lower half, where .it would stand

until the sun dried most of it up. Some

years it was impossible to get any

seed in this land because it was so

wet. In the fit-teen years I have work-

ed this land I never got a good crop of

corn off it until last year, the year

after it was tiled. About the best I

ever raised was thirty bushels per



‘ acre. Last year 1 got over ninety bush-

,eis per acre from the same field. I

figuie that the increase in mop has

paid for ovei two- thi1ds of the cost of



‘ tiling the land. ~-



“Twice last year this corn field had

nearly a float of wate1 standing on it,

but the tile carried it all away in a

jaw hours, and this wate1 did little 01



no damage because the corn was the

mime. the waste: stood the deep-





 





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draining





necessary. ater collects in them and





it talk-es longer .for the grand to dry '





out near them. ’



“There was a pond in this field

Which was never dry before the land

was tile-drained except in a. very dry

season. A tile line came along two.

sides of it and one through the middle,

and there has never been any water

stand in it since. This pond is now

producing a crop, while formerly it

was a nuisance, because I always had

to work around it.



“Tile-draining is the only thing on

heavy land where a man wants to use

a tractor. The land is made dry more

even so he can work all over the field.

without miring down; and can be work-

ed much earlier in the spring and also

much easier. I think it takes (ply a

little ove1 half as much work to get

the giound leady foz a crop and the

best part of it is, that crops are cer-

tain. Once a farmer works tiled land

he hates to work any other kind. I

expect to keep on tiling until the whole

farm is tiled.



“Neighhms who thifilght I was crazy

to put my labor an money in tile-

dra-ining have changed their minds and

are planning on doing some draining

themselves this year. Two of them

have gone in partnership with me in a

tiling machine so we can do the work

whenever we please, and find it to be

very handy.”





These Farmers Are Convinced.



Here is what fifty~two Michigan

farmers think of tile-drainage as an

investment:



Best investment a farmer can make.

-Fred Nickel, Monroe; Jos. T. Davis,

Fairgrove; L. H. Kirtland,‘Erie; Aug.

L. Bunte, Flat Rock; S. J. Murday,

Fairgrove.



A wo1t11- while investment. ———Forest

B. Chiistian, Woodland.



No fa1m investment that will bring





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wise I don’t think it isf





for a well- drained soil is first requisite

to maximum crop produCtion .—R. B.

Emens, Holton.



Although a new beginner, i believe

it the best possible Investmentflw P.

Wilson. Smith’s Creek.



One of the best investments a farm-

er can make in Monroe county. “David

Weflnan, Ida.



There is no better. Better than gov-

ernment bonds.~Fre.d Teets, Yale.



A very good one by all means—W.

L. Huber, Charlotte.



Where clay has a subsoil, the very

bear-George H. Gray, Vassar.



A good one. I mortgaged my term

in order to tile-drain it.—H. A. Offley,

Nashville.





A paying investment—Bernard

Begeman, Allegan.

A better investment than buying





iland and building it up. Once drained

itnis- built u'p.—-—Fred' Garhnger, Nash-

v1 e.



Best in the world for a farmer that

intends to make his living off the farm.

—F-red Kennedy, Plymouth. .



All rig-ht. Capital back in three

years—H. J. Vogt & Son, Richmond.



I know of no other investment that

will pay back as often as drainage:—

Stacy V. Phillips, Charlotte.



One of best mortgage lifters a farm‘

er can invest it.—~L. H. Peck, Keeper,

Ottawa County Infirmary, Coopers-

ville.



I'nc-rease in yield in first year paid

two-thirds of cost—«Christ Stein, St.

Clair. .



Best thing a man can invest his

money lit—G. B. Dalman. Zeeland.



One of the biggest factors from the

standpoint of permanent improvement

of a farm. ——Fred F. CO1nai1 Chesan-

ing



About the best investment a farmer

can make. ——Paul 0. Marvin, Holton.





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Making a Five Horse Evencr





HEN the five horses are to he

used abreast the main evener is

divided into five equal parts between

the centers of the end holes and the

hitch applied as indicated in the draw-

ing, two of these divisions being on

one side and three on the other. A

three-horse evener is then attached to

the short end and a two-horse to the

long.

In some work, as plowing with a

heavy gang~plow, it is not desirable for

the five horses to walk abreast; it eith—





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greatest thickness in the direction of

the pull. A two-b-y-four-inch will sup-

port a much greater load when on edge

than when flat. Second-growth hick-

ory, white ash, red elm, oak and long-

leaf southern pine are used in evener

construction. The woods first named

when they can be obtained in clear

lengths, make the best eveners, and

when they contain a portion of sap-

wood will be stronger if made up with

the sap to the back, as it usually has





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er necessitates travel on the plowed

ground or causes too much side draft.

This can be remedied by letting one





horse work against the other four,

placing two teams tandem on the

short end of the main evener. The





hitch will then come on the main ev—

ener one-fifth of its length from the

point where the four horses are at-

tached. A short vertical evener with

equal arms at “A” equalizes the load

between the two teams in tandem.

Eveneis should be made with their





greater tensile strength than the heart

wood. Close, fine-grained, heavy pieces

are the strongest. The easiest mate-

rial to get, however, is the pine, as the

local lumber yard is more likely to

have a good grade of it on hand. Se-

lect a piece that is slash-sawed, i. e.,

one in which the grain runs across the

end diagonally. for greatest strength.

Keep eveners and whiffletrees painted

or oiled, and they will reward you with

extra service. —HARLEY M. WARD, Ag-

1icultura1 Engineer.





 





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Land “slit Ior nature :onl‘y has produc-

ed, since drained, good craps of corn

and Oats. -—‘-C. Boone, Zeeland.





One of the best investments a farm?





or can make. —Fr.ank Layla, St.'C'1a;i‘l';

Timothy Sheridan, Fairgnove.



I consider it one of the best invest-

ments that can be made; on a farm

where drainage is necessary. «Irvin

Henda‘lxson, 'Kopkins.

good investment. ———Wm. A.

Gnozinger, W00.dland.



Ithink there is no better investment

than tile-drainage. —Joe Van De Veldve,

Zealiand.



As good ass government bond—G.

W. Kennedy. Plymouth.



Have a low “muck” farm. Drainage





has done wonders for it. ——H. W. Han-

cock, Charlotte.

Good—A. M. Todd, (10., Months;





Fred C. Miller, Willis; A. D. Miller,

Woodland.



It mil pay a good rate of inte1est,

even at present high prices—~14. A.

Show, Algonae.



No better investment on farm hav-

ing medium to heavy soil.———Fra1rk C.

Hambleton, Coopersvrlle.



Extra amount .01 beets on one field.

due to drainage, paid for the whole job

of tiling—P. H. Distelrath, St. Clair.



Increased yield of corn fifty per cent.

Half thel time .to prepare-soil for crops.

——North Westbrook, Marine City.



Where land is used for grain crops,

the investment is a, very profitable

one. —James H. MeKenney, Belleviile.



I think tile drainage is a very good

investment—J. D. Wise, Woodland.



Giltedge.—A;lfred Vincent, Durand.



Best I ever made on the farm.——G.

Hurteau, Allegan.



- The very best—Potter

Zeeland.



I consider it an extra good invest-



ment.——M..E. Parmelee, Hilliards.





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0. K.—Irwi:n Dean, Croswell.



It is a paying investment providing

there is a good outlet—Nicholas De

Weerd, Hudsonville.



All right if the land is productive

enough. —Merriman Bros, Deckerville.



It is the basis of all soil improve

ment on land that needs drainage.—

ColonC. Lillie, Coopersville





Returns from Investments in Tile

, Drains.



Here is a table showing the term of

years during which the value of crop

increase has paid for the cost of drains

as estimated by fifty farmers:





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One 9 100

Two 12 50

Three 1,7 331,,

Four 10 25

Five 2- 20





The value of any investment is de-

termined by its earning capacity. The

table above shows that five years was

the longest term required .£0.r the cann-

ings on-the investment in tile-drainage

to equal the total cost. Some farmers

reported that the increase in crops, due

to tile-drainage, had paid for the cost

of the drains, in one wet season. This

report shows that the returns on the

investment varied from twenty per

cent .to one hundred per cent. The av-

erage return based on the number re

nor ting was neally thir ty- eight per

cent.



Tile Quainage an Ideal investment for

a Farmer.



Tile-drainage has all the .requisi-tes

of an ideal investment. There may be

investments that yield bigger returns,

but there are none that offer so splen-

did a combination of desirable teatures.



Tile—drainage is a permanent invest-

ment. It is not a novelty. It is based

on principles that are as unfailing as

the law of gravity. It has stood the

test of centuries in European coun-

tries,‘ and of many decades in America.

Properly installed, it never loses its

efficiency. It is the most permanent

improvement. possible on the farm.

Buildings and fences deteriorate, but

tile—drains go on forever!



The security of tileedrainage as an

investment is aunexvoelled. It is as se-

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a direCt relation to the profits from the

flock. A desirable lamb carcass must

first be the result of good breeding;

second, the result of proper feeding,

and third, the result of castration and

docking of the lamb. The most desir-

able, and thus the most profitable lamb

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part lean and' showing no uniformity

in weight, quality or condition.



The custom of docking all lambs is

almost universal in the west and to

this, in large measure, may be attrib-

uted the fact that lambs produced on

our western, ranges outsell native

lambs at the market on the average

of $1.00 to $1.50 more per hundred

pounds. It is true, however, that uni-

formity in breeding is a factor in favor

of the western lambs. It is certain

that had the western flock master not

found docking of lambs highly profit-

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the sheep business are making an ef-

fort to educate the American public

to eat more lamb. If this effort is to

be a marked success, the lambs must

be properly bred, properly fed, and

the carcass of a desirable character.

The competitive prices of beef, pork

and lamb are on equal footing, and

thus the larger consumption of lamb

depends upon its being as palatable

and tender when served on the table

as beef or pork. The farmer does not

market his bull' calves as bulls, nor his

boar pigs as boars, Why should he

market his lambs as ram lambs, rath-

'er than wethers? The correction of

this neglect with regard to the dock-

ing and castration of lambs, is vital,

and upon a more general .practice of

decking and castration in the farm

states hinges .real profits and more

general success.



Large Percentage of Lambs Not



Docked. '



If the industry is to be made to yield



satisfactory returns, the docking of





Equipment Required and Lamb Properly Held.





universally practiced in that great

lamb-producing section.

Benefit of Docking.



All lambs should be docked. It

should be a uniform practice of those

who keep sheep, that the tail should

be removed when the lambs are seven

to fourteen days old. The lamb’s tail

renders no substantial benefit to the

lamb. Second, its presence is injurious

because of the filth that accumulates

around and beneath the tail. Third,

lambs are more attractive, look heater

and deeper in the leg and twist if the

tail is removed. When the tails are

left on females they are apt to fail to

breed.



Method of Docking.



The preferable ways to remove a

lamb’s tail are by using a sharp knife

or docking irons. One man holds the

lamb, as shown in picture. The op-

erator, by feeling on the inside of the

tail, candetect where the joints are.

He should push the skin on the tail

back toward the body of the lamb so





 





 





 





 





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lambs should be attended to without

fail atthe proper time. It is conserva-

tively estimated that eighty per cent

of the native lambs, those produced in

farm states, which reach the markets,

come to the market undocked, and

that the percentage of ram lambs

among the offerings during the last

year has been as large as ever before.

The remark, “What a trashy lot of na-

tives,” is one often heard in the sheep

houses of the'leading markets. This

is becauselambs come to market from





, the farm, states in lots weighing all





the way fromjorty to one hundred and





3. £0.17”, Dogma, undocked, part fat and.





 





and Properly Docked Lamb.





as to leave some surplus skin to grow

over the stub, and then cut the tail at

a joint about one and a half inches

from the body. The out should be made

quickly with a sharp knife. If any

particular lamb should bleed too much

a piece of cord may be tied very tight-

ly on the stub of the tail close to the

body. This will stop the bleeding. The

string must be removed in a few hours

or the tail will slough off.



By using the hot punches' no danger

need be feared from /loss of blood. Old

sheep can be successfully docked with

the hot punches. The punches should





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“Woodlot devastation and forest devastation dilfer only in

Woodlots must be ‘farmed’ to the best

advantage. ‘Woodlot farming’ with crops of timber equal to

yearly growth is coming in the form of judicious cutting,

pooling and sale of timber.

closer utilization, less waste and a state-wide marketing

system means conservation of the farm woodlot.

“Replacement cost, following decay of posts and poles not

rendered immune to fungus attack makes the practice of wood

preservation in business consideration worthy ofclosest atten-

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Fence Posts





No matter what kind offence posts

you use, it will pay you mighty

well to protect them against decay

by preservative treatment with

Carbosota Liquid Creosote Oil.



The properly carbosoted fence

post is the cheapest per year of ser-

vice. Think of setting out a post

and not having to replace it for

20 to 30 years. It will last as long

as the wire and will prove highly

resistant to grass fires.



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fence posts, using the so-called

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your State Agricultural College, , 1'





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booklet, “Long Life for Wood.”‘

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. HE-rmanknous decision‘of-thepros-

idents and secretaries of the Mid-

_ west Farm Bureau Federations who

met at Indianapolis on April 4 was that

county agents and farm bureaus should

not directly engage in commercial and

business activity. The prevailing idea

was that much work of commercial

and business nature must be done

through farm bureau efforts, but that

it should be done either through sub~

sidia-ry organizations or through inde~

pendent cooperative organizations.



M. L. Mosher, of "Eureka, Illinois,

president of the National Association

of County Agricultural Agents, said

said that in the eight years he had

served as county agent he had become

fully convinced of the fact that the

main work of the county farm bureaus

and county agents is educational and

should continue to be such. Mr. Mosh-

er pointed out, however, that many

times this educational work could be

accomplished easiest through commer-

cial channels. He told 110w he spent

several years trying to get farmers in

his county to use more rock phos-

phate, but with only moderate results.

Then he turned his attention to mak-

ing it easier for them to secure phos-

phate by organizing a farmers’ com-

pany which acts as dealer and local

distributing agent for phosphate. Im«

mediately the amount of phosphate us-

ed in the county jumped several hun-

dred per cent.



Mr. Mosher gave another instance

of how commercial activity of the farm

bureau had helped some of the educa-

tional work. He was trying to improve

the kind of clover and grass seed used

by the farmers in his county when he

bumped into the proposition that they

could not buy highclass seed any-

where in the county. The solution

was the organization of a farmers’ co—

operative seed company which went

into the seed business in a commer-

cial way and made it possible for the

farmers there to secure a high-quality

of seed without difficulty and at a rea—

sonable price.





“I feel that these are legitmate kinds

of county agent and farm bureau ac-

tivity,” said Mr. Mosher, “because

these commercial activities have actu-

ally accomplished more in a strictly

educational way than all the teaching

that we could do in ten times as long

a period as it took to establish them.”



Mr. Mosher's remarks were warmly

endorsed by Clark Brody, of the Mich-

igan Farm Bureau, Charles E. Gun-

nels, of the American Farm Bureau

Federation, Chester H. Gray of the

Missouri Farm Bureau Fedeiation, and

Murray D. Lincoln of the Ohio Farm

Bu1eau Federation.





The presidents and secretaries also

warmly endorsed the idea of construct-

ing country roads of gravel and other

cheap materialsand then maintaining

.them through a system of patrols. The

paved road idea was condemned on

account of its present cos-t.



The road question was brought into

the conference by Howard Leonard,

president of the Illinois Agricultural

Association. “We will all be dead and

forgot-ten before we can get enough

country roads paved to benefit any

considerable proportion of farm peo-

ple,” he said. "After a thorough study

of the various systems of road con-

struction and management, we have

concluded that the plan followed in

Wisconsin of using available cheap

. materials for road constluction and

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shape for travel is the best road sys-





tem for present conditions. That is the





reason why the Illinois Agricultural

Associatinnis asking the Illinois legis-

lature‘ to provide such a road system

in Illinois, and we have found that the

members of that body are very favor-

ably inclined toWard our request.”



A Farm-to-Market System.



A large percentage .of the roads in

Wisconsin are of gravel construction,

according to Mr. Leonard, While oth-

ers are made of mine waste or other

material at hand. “This enabled the

Wisconsin authorities to improve a

good percentage of the roads in that

state, seven thousand two hundred

miles, to ‘be exact, or all the principal

highways leading into the towns. This

means that Wisconsin has a real farm-

toanarket road system.



Mr. Leonard’s remarks were warmly

endorsed by other farm bureau oili-

cers. “The interest on a $40,000 con-

crete or brick road will build and main-

tain a gravel road,” sand John G.

Brown, president of the Indiana feder-

ation. “Present prices have about

driven hard roads out of the question.”



“The Wisconsin system sounds like

it is suited to Missouri needs,” said

Chester H. Gray of that state. “A spe-

cial summer session of the legislature

is to be called this summer on road

matters, and before that time I intend

to familiarize myself with the patrol

plan.”



James R. Riggs, of Sullivan, Indiana,

former assistant secretary of agricul-

ture, and a man of many years’ ex-

perience in road building, also an-

nounced himself as unqualifiedly in fa-

vor of gravel roads and the patrol sys-

tem. “They are just. as satisfactory

as concrete or brick, are "much cheap-

er, and can be built and maintained

for the interest cha1ge on hard roads,”

he said.



The conference of presidents and

secretaries also sent a telegram to

Henry C. Wallace, secretary of agri-

culture, asking him to impress upon

President Harding and congress the

necessity of an emergency tariff upon





farm products in order to prevent miSy





cellaneous importation of products





from foreign countries.





WOOL GRADING HOUSES same

LOCATED.





 





OOL pooling days at the various



local grading warehouses of the

State Farm Bureau throughout the

state promise to develop into commu-

nity affairs of some size, says the farm

bureau in commenting upon the enter-

prise of merchants who propose to

make the first day of the local pooling

period one of sales and bargains. La—

peer merchants have arranged for such

a day. Other towns where warehouses

will be located are planning similar

action.



Farm bureau men report that gen-

eral interest in the wool pool is in-

creasing. The program for blanket

and suitings manufacture as addition-

al important outlets for wool in the

pool have met with general approval,

they say, and the consuming public

has an eye on the situation. Farmers

are reported keen to see their w'ool

graded. Specialists from the college

will assist in explaining the process

and will present some new ideas in

the sheep business.



Local grading houses which have

been announced by the farm bureau

are at Lapeer, Imlay City, Holly, South

Lyons. Howell, Oxford, Merrill, Durand-

and Lansing. Warehouses are being

located every day. Wool growers’ rec-

ommendations have been considered





and will continue to be considered ser-





iously, says the Wool department. ,

Repeat visits of graders will be





made when necessary, says the farm





bureau. Farm bureau growers ‘ who

live in remote districts Will probably

find it to their advantage to ship to

the nearest grading station or to Lan-

sing. The freight to Lansing is said

to be about one-half cent a pound. The

local warehousing system Will elimi-

nate all local freight rates and extra

handling charges. '





 





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P LAN S for the pooling and market-



mg of the statefs wool has been

approved by the Utah Eamm Bureau.

We directors «of the Utah .W‘ool Grow-

ers’ Association have been placed on

the farm bemoan wool» marketing com-

mittee to perfect the pooling and mar-

ketisng details. dinners of the Utah

Farm Bureau estimate that five mil-

lion pounds of the state-grown wool

will be consigned to the pool.



A recent sale of more than a million

and a quarter pounds of alfalfa seed

in a single transaction by the Utah

Farm Bureau seed marketing depart-

ment has completely cleared their 1920

seed pool of over two million pounds

of seed representing the 010p of fou1

hundred individual growers.



By oxganized fighting of excessive

tax assessments a local township farm

bureau in Dakota county, Minnesota,

effected a cut of $8,000 from the town-





ship tax rolls.





Indications of a strong farm bureau

organization in Rhode Island are re-

ported by E. B. Heaton, of the Ameri-

can Farm Bureau Federation organiza-

tion department. Mr. Heaton is in

charge of the membership drive in that

state and reports the signing of sixty-

five out of the eighty-five farmers seen

the first day.



Kansas Farm Bureau has asked the

Kansas State Agricultural College to

establish a course in cooperative mar-

keting. Michigan’s agricultural col-

lege has been offering such a course

for two years.





FARMERS RATIFY GRAIN PLAN.





 





(Continued from page 496).

year period. He pays a membership

fee of ten dollars with no assessments,

to become a member of the United

States Grain Growers, Inc. This cor-

poration is to be ’a non-profit, non-stock

company with no dividends to be on

erated on a cost basis. The grower

would receive every cent obtained for

his grain. less the cost of marketing.

Grain sold on a consignment basis

would be handled at a maximum

charge of one per cent of its value cor-

responding to the present commission

charges.



On grain placed in storage or involv‘

ing other marketing facilities, the total

deduction for capital investment would

not exceed one per cent of the value

of the grain and for this deduction cer-

tificates not bearing interest would be

given. Funds thus acquired and from

membership fees would be used to es-

tablish subsidiary corporations for

warehousing, financing, exporting and

for a service department involving

legal transportation, news-gathering,

statistical and other divisions.



Local elevators to become a part of

the scheme must be organized on a

truly cooperative basis, paying divi-

dends in proportion to patronage.



President zNicol, of the Michigan

State Farm Bureau; A. B. @oek,'Mas-

ter of «the WW- We Grange, and;





Hale "Pennant, agent in marketing for

Michigan, represented this state at the

conference. Mr. Nicol was elected; as

one of the twenty-one directors of the

national organization~ He represents

the twelfth district, which comprises

Michigan, Kentucky, Virginia and

Maryland.



Abstract cf Resolutions Adopted.



Continuing in open session following

the ratification of the plan of its Com-

mittee of Seventeen, the delegates to

the Farmers’ Grain Marketing Confer.

ence adopted twelve resolutibns which

stripped of/legal terms, are as follows:



One resolved that farmers must be

able to bargain on equality with pur-

chasers of farm products, and urged

congress to enact proper legislation

permit-ting of the same in the most

efficient method possible in order that

the farmer may obtain a reasonable

rate for his labor, and that food 'may

'be furnished the consumer at a mini—

mum cost.



A second one, resolVing that the

farmer is entitled to a protective tar-

iff if the manufacturer is, urged that

the tariff be so revised as to correctly

reflect the difference in the cost of

products at home and abroad on farm

products.



Speculation in futures on grain ex-

changes of the country was condemned

in a resolution which urged the proper

legislation which would effectively pro

hibit short selling or gambling in pric-

es on one of our staple foods.



Any substitutioncf a sales tax which

would place the burden of sustaining

the government on the people in pro.

portion to what they consume instead

of in proportion to their ability to pay

was. strenuously opposed in one reso~

lution.



Stating that the present railroad

rates are unfair, another resolution

earnestly petitioned the railroad to

grant relief from the high rates as

soon as possible and petitioned the In-

terstate Commerce Commission to use

its influence to accomplish this end.



The development of the Great Lakes-

St. Lawrence waterway was urged in

one resolution.





Another resolution urged extension

of credit facilities of the government

through federal banks to the agricul-

tu—ral interests of the «country.



One resolution favored such revision

of the federal reserve bank act as shall

adjust credit facilities of the bank to

the legitimate needs of agricultureand

that the amount of credit extended to

agricultural interests be on equality

with that extended other industries.



Admiration for the stand of Secre-

tary of Agriculture Henry C. VVailace

on the question of cooperative market-

ing and satisfaction for the admirable

way he has taken over his office was

expressed in a resolution.



Deep appreciation of the work of Dr.

Charles McCarthy, of Wisconsin, was

stated in a resolution, a copy of which

is to be placed on the minutes of the

meeting.



Stating that the United States Grain

Corporation made a profit on wheat of

a sum aggregating millions during the

war to which it had no moral right, a

resolution was passed asking congress

to appropriate or set aside this fund

into a permanent revolving fund to fur—

nish the grain farmers an additional

credit in the moving of crops.



George A. Mansfield, president of the

Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, made

a resolution that the committee select-

ed to organize andput into operation

the plan ratified 'by the convention

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Potash for Swamp Land





DOES the corn grown on your

swamp or muck land look llke

the large ear or like the small one? The

small one shows the kind of corn pro-

duced on potash hungry muck land.

When 100‘ to 2.00. lbs. per acre of

Muriate of Potash, or- 400 to 800.- lbs.

of Kainit, are broadcasted on potash

hungry muck, full yields of sound corn

are produced.





For onions, on such lands, 100 to 200 lbs.

per acre of Sulfate 0f Potash is the

right amount to produce full yields of

sound onions that ripen normally and

keep well.





With potatoes and ..truck crops, like

results are obtained.





Even at war prices potash gave a good profit

on swamp lands. Now it can be bought for

very much less. It will help you reduce the

cost of production, and greatly improve the

quantity and quality of your crops. There

is plenty of it if you will take the trouble to

insist on having it.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





The following firms have requested

us to state that they will sell unmixed

Potash Salts:





Ashcraft-Wilkinson Co., Atlanta, Ga.



Dawhoo Fertilizer Co., Charleston, S. C.

Harby & Co., Sumter, S. C.



A. F. Pringle, Inc., Charleston, S. C.

TheNitrateAgencies Co., 8,5Water St., N.Y.

Baltimore, Md. Columbus, 0.

Norfolk, Va. Savannah, Ga.

Jacksonville, Fla. New Orleans, La.‘





 

 





 





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PEAS VS. CORN FQB HQGGING for a definite period he is bound to sur-

DOWN. ’ render it at the end of. the term with-





 





out notice to quit, but if from the state-

ment we are to understand that there

has been a holding over from year‘to

year by custom without a formal new

lease, then the holding is what we call

tenancy from year to year, and the

failure of the lessor to give the lessee

notice to quit entitled the lessee to

presume he is to have the lease for

another year, and in'this case he would

be entitled to retain the property for





D0 field peas make good has pas-

tune? We have about eight acres that

we will either put to corn or peas, to

hog down. How many hogs would the

eight acres carryif put to peas, and

about what time could the pigs be

turned in? How many peas would you

sow" to the acre?- Would you advise

sowing oats with them, if so what pro-

portion? 90 you think peas are better

sown broadda‘St or in drills?



Iugham Co. D. ,I. S.



It used to be Quite a. common prac-

tice to sew Canada field was far 1108'

sins down- Hess were turned. in just

as soon as the peas were ripe. It is a

splendid idea to fence off a portion of

the field, let them. clean it up, and

then move the fence over. In this way

they will not wallow the peas down,

tramping them into the ground and

wasting so many. Theoretically speak-

ing, peas are a better food for hogs

than corn, because they contain more

protein and hogs do Well on them. You

would not want to. turn the hogs in till

the peas are ripe. In other words, this

would not be hog pasture, but more

for finishing the hogs that had been

pastured up to this time. There prob-

atny is no better "hog pasture than

Dwarf Essex Rape 'and you could run

your hogs on rape pasture with a little

corn until the peas are ready to be

turned into. This would be early in

July. Ordinarily hogs would have the

peas all cleaned up before the corn is

_ ready to hog down. I would suggest

that you plant one-half of this field to

peas and one-half to corn, then when

the- hogs have cleaned up the peas

the corn will probably be ready to fin-

ish them oft—C. C. L.





for what he has expended. The im-

portant fact is, whether the lease un-

der which he held was a definite lease

for one year, in which case A. B. U.

has no redress, or a customary holding

from year to year, in which case he is

entitled to the benefit of his new crap.

His lease may be terminated by one

year’s notice at any time or by six

months’ notice before or by notice to

quit at the end of any year served six

months before the end of the year.



J. R. R.





RIGHTS UNDER LAND CONTRACT.





 





A sold his land to B in September.

They made the contract and B paid

$1,000 down. B was to take possession

in March and a deed was to be made

then. There is a gravel pit on the

farm. Did A have a right to sell the

gravel between September and March?

—— . S.



In the absence of an express agree-

ment giving the seller the right to

mine and remove gravel after the sale

he has no such right. His right is con—

fined to holding possession and use till





his lien on the land fer the balance of

the purchase price—J. R. R.





LIABILITY FOR TAXES. ESTOPPEL BY SURVEY.





 





 





I had a farm that I rented in fields

on halves in 1920. In July I sold- my

farm and all my personal property.

The parties were to have my share of

the crops and Day the taxes. I had

nine cows, all giving milk, and they

all' freshened this fall, and they had

the milk and increase from the time of

sale, also the horses and tools to, gath-

er their crops and put in, their fall

crops. Now, who should pay the tax-

es? They were assessed to me and I

paid. them. Was that right? I knew

nothing about it until I received a note

that they were assessed to me.—F. H.

Unless the taxes are paid, the prop-

erty will be sold to pay them, but the

tenant is liable to F. H. if collectahle,

on his contract for what he agreed to.

pay. The taxes were probably properly

assessed—J. R. R.





In June, 1914, I saw my neighbor

about building a line fence. I aske

him where the line was and he said

he didn’t know. He suggested getting

it surveyed, so we made an agreement

to have it surveyed, each paying half

the expense. I was to build the south

half of the fence, he the north half.

The two farms were surve ed and ev-

erything was satisfactory. ‘ started to

build the fence the following August

and built forty rods. Three years lat-

er the other forty rods, then he be-

came dissatisfied and went to see the

prosecutor, claiming that I had eight

feet of his ground. Will the law allow

me to claim the surveyed line, or will

the old line fence hold?—J. F. B. ‘



Where adjoining owners have a sur-

vey made, agreeing to be bound by a.

survey and the stakes are set, each is

bound by the survey so made by a

species equitable estoppel, although





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survey made was correct or not, it set-

tled the boundary question—J. R. R.





I have rented a farm for the last

3 three years, cash rent. Have. paid for

‘ it each spIring in advance by check.

Last fall wrote to the owner who

“lives in the city, that unless, I heard

from her to the contrary within seven

gidays, I would continue to work her

farm the same as I had for the last

three years, and that I would sow

wheat. This was September 16, and I

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in what I was doing. Now, must I lose,

and who is atfault ?—A. B. U.





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acre and gives an average yield of five

hundred bushels per acre. As a result





5 or the activities of the “Pleasant Val-





ley Onion GroWers’ Association,” these





' ' Iowa growers received an average

‘ price of $2‘ 25 per cwt., 01 $1121,é per





bushel.



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of Michigan are widely scatte1 ed there

are several centers, such as those in





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allow for the organization of strong

local cooperative associations. That





' formation of such locals and their un-

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the problems confronting the onion in-





- rdustry, H. J. Cheney, manager of the





Grand Rapids Grewers’ Association,

states: “The last, but not the least,

consideration would be the planting of

pure 'seed tested as to germination and

variety.” The seed department of the

State Faim Bureau stands ready to

handle the seed for the onion groweis

whenever they o1ganize and plesent

their needs a yea1 in advance

Cooperation and organization should

be the watchwords of the onion grow-

ers, declare prominent growers, who

believe that an organized onion indus-

try would prove well~nigh invincible.





LIVE STOCK SHIPPING ASSOCIA-

TION HAD GOOD YEAR.





 





HE Caro Live Stock Shipping As-



sociation held its second annual

meeting at the court house on Tues-

day, March 22, and elected officers for

the ensuing year. The report read by

Manager Nate Pattison stated that

fifty-six loads of stock were shipped

last year, netting the members a' total

of $125,400, an increase from the pre-

vious year when thirty-nine carloads

were shipped, valued at $101,000. The

membership of the association increas-





' ed from one hundred and eighty-one





to two hundred and ninety. The new

officers are: Edward Coler, president;

J. P. Richardson, secretary-treasurer;

Henry Lane, Frank Arnold and R. Rob-

inson, directors. The association man-

ager will be elected at a special meet—





" ing of the board of directors- Consid»





erable discussion ensued over the

question of the association joining the

local farm bureau, and it was finally

decided to leave the decision With the

board of directdrs.—M.





DOCKING LAMBS.





 





(Continued from page 501).

be heated to a cherry red heat and the





' tail seared off at one to one and a half





inches from the body. The wound will

be seared over and no blood will be

lost. It is true that the tail does not

heal quite so quickly when the docking

irons are used, especially if they are

too hot. When the irons are used at

proper temperature the wound will

heal just as quickly as when the knife





_ is' used. When the lambs are handy





with one man to catch them and a

third to hold them,‘nine to twelve

lambs can be docked between the heat-

ing of the irons. The wound is also

sterilized and needs no further atten-

tion. The lambs should be watched

for a few“- days to see that they are

recovering from the operations satis.

factorily.





 





Over f01ty 'per cent of the fat pig is





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REIT growers are now suc0essful-

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growers” cooperatives in a large

number of states stretching from the

Atlantic to the Pacific and from Texas

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acag‘o, April 5. Sixty-five delegates from





tw'entysfour states representing every

.class of fruit grQWn in the United

States were present.



At the close of the meeting four res-

_olutions were passed. The most im-

portant. of these authorized the ap-

pointment of a Committee of Twenty-

one by-President Howard to undertake

a study of the various problems affect-

ing the fruit industry and to prepare

a plan whereby fruit producers may

establish and conduct cooperative fruit

marketing organizations on the most

favorable methods.



Stating that the big problem of

American fruit growers was one of ov-

er—production and under-consumption,

R. B. Peters, of DeVorc, California,

representing his State Farm Bureau,

showed the need of an export outlet

for the American-grown fruit. He ad-

vocated a trading protective tariff. The

present prohibitive tariff walls of for-

eign countries forbid an export outlet

for us. Were the government to put

a high tariff on imports from other

countries and an equally high one on

our fruit exports, an arrangement

could be made to let one duty equalize

the other and a market would be se-

cured. It was thought by Mr. Peters

that this tariff might be arranged

through the state departments. The

need of an export outlet for California

fruit is dire. Even with canning and

drying the fruit surplus is great.



'Unfair transportation rates were dis-

cussed by W. H. Armstrong, president

of the Washington Farm Bureau;'



“I presume most of you are familiar

with the peculiar situation that con‘

fronts us of the western coast. We

are now payng twice the freight rate

that we previously paid. Apple grow~

ing-has become a precarious pursuit

as a result.



It was brought out that prevailing

transportation rates are doing more

than any other one thing to stagnate

business all over the country. They

are standing in the way of the great

domestic fruit market which awaits

opening. '



A fruit growers’ organization based

on. the cooperative marketing plan,

capable of expanding east and west,

and doing splendid work, was present-

ed by E. M. Plank, of the Ozark Fruit

Growers’ Association. It was started

as a local organization. When it was

found that the neighboring counties





' were competing with it on the same





markets, they were brought into the

organization, which became known as

the Ozark Fruit Growers’ Assosiation.

It operates in Tennessee, Arkansas,

It is purely

cooperative. It has standarized the

.Dack and stabilized the market. The

price is ascertained by the central

manager. Mr. Plank declared that the

organizatiOn has been very successful





' and is simply a sensible-application of





business principles to marketing.

“The production of fruit is nation-

wide but the marketing of our fruit is





f-worldwde," said Mr. Plank. *“It is a

_ problem too.big.forjth,e..individual. .We

‘5th cooperate, coordinate our inter-





ests and solve these problems to—'

gether.” .



Other resolutions we‘regpassed as the

conference drew to a close. It was re;





 





   





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solved that the fruit growers com-

mend to the several states that laws

be enacted empowering the chief mar.

ket officials to promulgate grades and

standards with power to amend as nec«

essary.



To offset the unjust competition

which is ruining the lemon and other.

fruit industries ofthis country, itwas

resolved to commend such duties tobe

levied as will enable- American fruit:

to fairly compete with foreign offer.-

ings.



It was further resolved that the

American Farm Bureau should create

a fruit department with a fruit man. of

abilityat its headwho should devote

his entire time to this department. «A

committee of five was'appointed :to

work with the farm bureauon a pie

to finance this department. ’ '



Many words of approval were heard

from the delegates as the conference

drew to a close. It marked one more

step in advance in the cooperative

marketing movement. It added one

more group to the roster of those who

seek a new future for American agri-

culture.





ORCHARD DEMONSTRATION A-T

MIDLAND.





 





LARGE number of farm orchard



ists from several counties gather-

ed at Midland, April 1, under the di-

rection of the County Farm Bureau

Agent. The morning was spent going

through the inspection department of

the Dow Chemical Company, and in

the afternoon Mr. H. H. Dow’s or-

chards were visited. Extension Spe-

cialist T. A. Farrand gave a spraying

demonstration and answered many

questions on fruit growing. Mr. H. H.

Dow told of his experimental work

demonstrating that. the water-holding

capacity of the soil was the limiting

factor in successful , orchar‘ding.





EFFORT TO SECURE FEDERAL

VETERINARIAN.





 





NE of the numerous pieces of work

‘ planned by the local farm bureaus

this year is attempting to rid the dairy

herds of tuberculosis. As near as can

be ascertained from tests already

made, about one of every ten head is

afflicted with. the disease, and this

means that it is spreading rapidly. A

warninghas been sent out urging farnr

ers to lose no time in finding out which

of their animals have the disease or a

tendency to it.



The farm bureau is in a position-to

secure a veterinarian appointed by the

state and federal government to do

the testing, provided the farmers are

willing to pay a portion of the expense.

By having this veterinarian appOinted

it-is possible for the farmers to secure

$25 to $50 per head more indemnity

than when the testing is done by a

local veterinarian. By paying at least

$10 for the testing of a herd this ad-‘

vantage is secured, provided twohum

dred farmers agree to the plan. The

saving to the farmers in loss of cattle

slaughtered because of the disease, is

well illustrated by the fact that had

this plan been practiced‘up to March 1

fully $4,750 would have been gained in

payments on the one hundred and‘flfty-

one head killed. '



‘To consider this important subject

an enthusiastic town’meeting washcld





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HAT is Bordeaux mixture? VIt

‘ 1 is made when a two' per cent

copper sulphate—bluestone or



blue vitriol—‘43 mixed with -a~ two per

cent lime solution.

tice four or five pounds of bluestone

. is dissolved in twenty- -five' gallons of

4‘ Water. Six pounds of stone or hydrat-

ed lime is dissolved in 25 gallons of

? water. If stone lime is used, it is first



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] . tion are mixed and then stirred vigor-



i ously. If the. lime is good, the quan-



’ tity suggested is sufficient.



Hints on Making.



Copper sulphate dissolves in hot wa-

ter, or it will dissolve over night if

, suspended in a cheesecloth sack in

I cold water. It will not dissolve quickly

if merely thrown in the barrel. If

concentrated solutions are mixed

, a heavy precipitate results. Good Bor-

‘3 deaux can only be made by putting

thin solutions together and mixing

, them thoroughly. Best mixing will re-

1’ sult if the lime solutions and the blue-

stone solutions are poured at the same

time into a third barrel and then stir-

red. Wooden barrels are handiest for

making Bordeaux mixture. For small

amounts a barrel may be sawed to

make two tubs, or wooden candy pails

may be used. Bordeaux should be

strained before putting in sprayer.



Uses of Bordeaux Mixture.



Bordeaux mixture is our best fungi-

cide for use on vegetables, potatoes,

grapes, and ornamental plants. For

apples and stone fruits, lime-sulphur

replaces Bordeaux. On potatoes Bor-

deaux mixture not only protects the

" potato plant against fungous diseases,



but also prevents the burning of the

leaves which comes in hot, dry sea-

,j sons. Sprayed plants outyield the un-

sprayed plants. For use on potatoes

to control the potato beetle, onehalf



s , pound of Paris green, or two pounds of

arsenate of: lead may be added to the

Bordeaux mixture.





Will it keep? Stock solutions of



bluestone and of lime will keep———mere-



i ly make up the water lost by evapor-



‘ ation. Mixed, they should be used



Within a few hours. Addition of a half



pound of‘ sugar or molasses will keep



fifty gallons of the prepared mixtures

, f over night.



Tests for Bordeaux.



How test for right proportions?



Make the Bordeaux as directed and



. the test will be right.



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ls air-slaked lime any good for Bor- n

Use hydrat-





deaux? It is worthless.

ed lime or stone lime.





. 'What kind of stone lime should I

i use? One that is low in magnesium.

.’ It must be quick to slake.



How slake lime? Sprinkle with a

little water until the lime gets hot.

Then add more water until the lumps

crumble. Too much water will pre-

vent proper slaking.



. ls hydrated lime all right to use?

i i Yes.



Should Bordeaux be strained? Yes,

through a brass sieve or a loose-tex-

\ tured cloth. Don’t use burlap sacking

' as the fibers will clog the nozzles.



. L What kind of nozzle? Use a disc

: nozzle'with a new plate if the old one



is corroded.



. . Why not use blue vitriol direct if it



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GUT-OVER LAND DEVELOPMENT.



HAVE heard it said that some



farmers are opposed to the devel—



opment of north Michigan cut-over

lands, because the market for agricul-

tural products is already over-supplied,

and diminished rather than increased

production, is the thing to be desired

to restore good conditions for the farm-

ers of the state. It may, therefore, :be

of interest to state the other side 01'

the question. Of course, every group

‘ of inhabitants views our economic

problems from its own more or less

narrow outlook. That is as likely to

be true of one section as another. In

the long run, the broad, far-sighted

View wins everything, it our economic

interests are not to suffer.





America has grown great by devel-

oping every natural resource to the

limit. without reference to local selt~

interest. In Michigan agriculture is

now in a bad way, it is primarily due

to defects of distribution of its prod—

uct rather than of over-production.

Plainly, the. world as a whole is short

oii foodstuffs. We are attacking the

problem from the wrong end, it we cur-

t'iil production. In any case, the pres-

ent situation is undoubtedly temporary

and we shall reach a normal price

basis long before any large proportion

of our cut-over lands are brought un-

der cultivation. Development is a very

slow process and the product of these

lands will only very gradually reach

the market outside of the district. In-

deed, much of the product will be con-

sumed locally. Nor is it proposed to

place anything like all of our ten mil—

lion idle acres under the plow. Large

.areas should go into new forests to re-

place the old forests that once occu-

pied these lands. Other portions will

go into ranches for-grazing; others in-

to fruit, whose product will be gradu-

ally and locally absorbed without any

appreciable effect on the general mar-

ket l'or farm products.



Those who purchase northern cut—

over lands are either persons, usually

of recent European origin, whose finan-

cial resources are too small to buy ex—

pensive improved farms elsewhere, or

they are ranchers who require much

larger tracts than could profitably be

acquired in the older sections of the

state. We should by all means encour-

age our foreign population to get back

to the land. It is best for the country

and it is best for them. Many of these

people cannot afford highpriced im-

proved lands, but with sweat and hard

labor they will improve rough stump

land, make a home in what was re—

cently a wilderness, and make a tax-

able property, where formerly lands

were going delinquent for non—payment

of taxes, thus easing the tax—burden of

the whole state. The progressive im-

provement of our cut-over areas dimin-

ishes the forest and brush fire danger

and the grasshopper pest, whose source

is,in these same tracts of wild grass

and brush lands.





Finally, if it is true that the produc-

tiveness of many of the older farms is

falling off because of too continuous

cropping, soil erosion, etc., it would be

well to turn to the virgin soils of the

north country, and give these over-

worked, washed-out lands a rest, let-

ting them return to grass or forest, as

has been done in the oldest sections of

the United States in the east.





If it is true that farmers in the older

sections cannot make a return on their

investment, that is partly due to their

lands beng valued too high. If they

were to capitalize their net return at

the current rate .of interest, they- would

probably find that this is so. Then





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Cloverland ‘

would it not be well to reduce their.

investment in Iands as such by invest"

ing in more acres at less money farth-

er northwbu't not too far north, as the:

recently published report of the bu:

reau of crop estimates, referred to in

these columns recently, shows, ‘to ob- .

tain a high return per acrewa higher

return, indeed, for many crops, than:

the southern counties of the state

realize? "



It would be quite tin-American to

keep these idle lands in their present

condition, and it would be contrary to

the interest of the state and its inhab—

itants everywhere. We cannot main-

tain monopoly prices in. agriculture

any more than in manufacturing with-:

out suffering for it. Let every acre.

do its best. . ‘ ‘





 





CLOVERLAND CROPS.





HE Farm Bureau News Letter of.



Iron county recently issued, lays

out a planting program for its mem?

bers. After noting that there “is not

a better climate in the world than we:

have for grass, potatoes, rutabagas,

oats, barley, rye, celery, cabbage, and

probably a dozen other things,” the

letter advises against the growing of

corn; and it notes that. while toma—

toes, beans, cucumbers, squash and

wheat may give profitable yields, farm-

ers ought to be cautious in regard to

them. The writer seems to think that'

the “town-fellows” are responsible for

an over-production of potatoes, and

urges caution as to the plantings of

this CI'Op in the coming season, and

advises giving consideration to Certain

other crops whose over—production has-

not yet occurred.





 





CONSERVATlON or TIMBER.





HE unfavorable condition of the



copper industry, has led the peo—

ple of the copper country to consider

other industrial possibilities of the.

county. The board of. supervisors at‘

its recent monthly meeting discussed

the subject at length and a committee

was named to take the situation under

consideration. It is proposed to corre-

late Houghton, Baraga and Keweenaw

counties in this investigation. The

manager of the largest saw-mill in the .

district is reported to have conceded.

that only forty per cent 01" the timber:

cut by his company is made use of.

commercially and that the remaining,

sixty per cent can, With good manage-r

ment and enterprise, be most profit:

ably made use of. The director of ans





 





other mil-l referred to the nine billion“





feet of standing timber of saw-log di-.

mensions found within a radius of,

forty-five miles of the county seat, or

which fifty—five per cent. is hemlock,

best of any variety, he claimed, for pa-

per pulp making.





 





A NEW SOC-IAL CENTER.





 





HE Bay de Nocq-uet Lumber Com-



pany has just opened a 'fifit‘y their

sand dollar club house for its employes

at Nahma, on the peninsula east of Es"

canaba. This is an isolated community

of farmers and woodsmen, and the"

magnificent new structure erected £01"

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ARLY the following» morning, Dale

m‘ade ready for his journey to- our»

ci’nna-tis. Having learned the even:



ing before that he was going, Bty. Heck



had come to accompany him to. the



Halfway Switch. Heck became very



enthusiastic and declared that he



would like to go clean to Cincinnati,

just for the sake of seeing the town;

and he looked decidedly blue when



John Moreland told him, with a sly



wink at Dale, that Cincinnati was made-



up almost wholly of revenue officers.



Heck finally became desperate about

it. He didn’t care, he said, if Cincin—

nati was twice as big as Cartersvi-ll’e

and made up altogether of revenuers;

he’d lick them, just as he’d always

licked revenuers! ‘



“I shore wisht ye could see yore

way clear to le’ me go with ye,” he

growled into his long and drooping

moustache. ”Et‘ ye could, Bill, old boy,

I’d take along a jug o’ yuller cawn

whiskey twenty year old.”



“Which was made the day

yesterday," laughed Dale.



Heck was forced to admit it.



The- two set out for the Halfway

Switch. They had three hours in which

to cross David Moreland’s Mountain

before the arrival of Dale‘s train, and

they walked leisurely.



They had not gone a dozen rods

when there came from somewhere

down near the river the sound. 01’ a

rifleshot. Both stopped and faced

about. quickly.



“‘I‘ll be dadgummed ef the Little-

fOrd’s ain’t found their weepons,” ex-

claimed By Heck. “They have, igod,

as shore as anything.”



“How do you know?” Dale's voice

was troubled.



' “1 Shore know," and Heck narrowed

his gaze. “’At was Ben Littlei‘ord’s

old .45 Winch. I‘d know that gun of I

heered it at the navth pole. The bar’l

it’s been cut off, and it don’t sound

like other Winchesters. Plague take

my hide, Bill——I feel like we was a-

goin’ to hear somethin’ drap hard!”



“Caleb Moreland was down near the

river cleaning out the springhouse

ditch,” Dale muttered, facing his com-

panion. “I think we’d better go back.”



Together they went back to the cab—

in. John Morel-and and his wife and

their son Luke were standing at the

weather-beaten front gate, with their

eyes turned anxiously toward the riv-

er. Caleb was coming up through the

meadow, and he carried his hat in his

hand.



“Who fired that shot?” asked Dale.



“Ben Littleford,” John Moreland an-

swered readily.





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old rail fence on the other side of the

road and: approached: them Mstilzy. He-

was breathing. rapidly, and his strong

young face was drawn; and pale—with

the old hate.



“Well,” said his iron‘tather, “What

is it?"



Caleb‘ held up. his broad—rimmed

black hat and ran a. finger through a

hole in- the upper part of the: crowni’s

peak.



“He didn’t miss!” snapped John

Mo-reland.



“No,” quickly replied Caleb, “he.

didn’t miss. He don’tnover miss. You

know that. pap, as, well as ye know

God made yo. He done it jest to show

me he: meant what he said. He told

me to go and tell you to gether up

yore set 0’ rabbit-hearted heatherns

and come down to. the river l‘o’ a lead-

and-po-wder picnic, onless ye was a-

skeered to come. He said to tell yc

the wimmenfolks had hid our guns,

and we’l find ’em onder the, house

floors."



John Moreland took it with utter

calmness, though his. face was a little

pale behind his thick brown beard. He

turned to his wife, who looked at him

squarely. '



“Addie, honey,” said he, “I’m mighty

sorry.”



“Ef~—ef you was much sorry, John,”

Mrs. Moreland half sob-bed, “ye would

not go. down thar to the river.”



“Me a coward?” Moreland appear-

ed to grow an inch in stature. “Me

let a Littleford send me news like this

here which Cale brings, and not do

nothin' at all about it? I thought you

knowed me better’n that, Addie.”



He faced his two stalwart sons. Al-

ways he was the general, the leader

of his clan. He sent Caleb in one di-

rection, and Luke in another, to arouse

his kinsmen.



Then he beckoned to Dale, who had

been trying hard but vainly to think

of something to do or say that would

be of aid to the cause of the women.



“I don't want you in this here mix-

up,” he said decisively. “You must

stay clean out of it. You ain’t used to

this way 0’ fightin’. Asides, you’re our

hope. More’n that, mebbe, you owe

yore life to Babe Littlel’ord; ye cain’t

git around that, Bill Dale.”



He went on, after a moment, “.le I

git my light put out today, I want yo

to do the best ye can with the coal.

But 0’ course ye will. Somehow I got

a. notion, Bill, ’at this fight ain't a-goin

to be no ord’nary fight. When all 0’

both sides gits into it this-away, the’s

allus lights put out, and gep’ally lots

of ’em. I want ye to do me two fav-

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out today. Will‘- ye- do ’em- flo’me, my

friend?” .



“Certainly,” Dale promised.



“Much obleeged to ye, shore. The

lust is this: I want ye’ to. take good

pay out 0’ what the coal brings, pay

in! yore work. The second is this: I

want ye to go to Ben Littleford atter

l’m gone—pervided he is yit alive——

and tell him about the end 0’ my bed

time prayer; I want him to know I

went him one better, ’at I Was a. big-

ger man inside; ’an him Emmember,

Bill, you’ve, done promised. me. NOW.

you go. ahead to Cincinnaty, and do

jest li‘ke‘ye- didn’t know the. least thing

about tins trouble» were 31-30%" to

have. So. long; to yo, and; good luck!"



“I don’t like the Mew" Dado began,

when the big bit-khan». interrupted: him,

sharply:



“(to on! Ye caim’t‘ do no, good: here!”



Hoe-k started. Date turned and: fol-

lowed the lanky moonshin’er; there

seemed to, be; nothing, else: to do.



A battle between the factions was

not such a new thing to By Heck. He

sang as he toiled ahead of Dale. up the

crooked and rainwashed path:



()h, when I die, don’t-a bury the- deep.



Put no tombstone at my head and feet.



Put a bear’s jawbone in my right hand



()n my way to the Prom-ised La-a-and,



01.1! ()n my way to the Promised

Land!



When they had reached a point a

little way above the foot of David

Moreland’s Mountain, the pair halted

and looked back. They saw the Little-

i:‘~o.rds and the Morelands, every one of

them armed, going toward the river.

It had a strange and subtle fascination

for Bill Dale, a fascination that he did

not then try to understand.



As the. fighters reached dangerous.

ground, they dropped to their hands.

and knees and began to crawl through

the tall grasses, the ironweed and the

meadow clover. They were intent up

on reaching the shelter of the trees

that lined the banks of the river with-

out being seen. The stream here was

more, than fifty yards wide; this was

Blue Cat Shoals. The tWO lines of

trees stood back a rod or so from the

water, making the final shooting dis-

tance some seventy yards.



Drawled Heck, “Le’s set down here

and watch it; hey?”



Dale was silent. The very air was

filled With the spirit of tragedy. The

l‘aroff tinkle of a cowbell seemed

tragic; tragic, too, sounded the song of

a bird somewhere in the tree branches

overhead.



“Did ye hear me, Bill?”



“I think,” Dale muttered, “that I’d

better not go away until tomorrow. I

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risin’ and settin’ o’ the sun?” he grin-

ned.



They went back to John Moreland’s

cabin. '



It was altogether by accident that

the Littlet‘ord chief found his weapons.



‘He had dropped a small coin'through

a crack in the floor. Babe was quick

to say that she would crawl under the

house and look for the coin, although

she, had just put on a. freshly-laundered

blueand-white calico dress. Hei- anx-

iety: showed plainly in her face. Her

farther questioned her. sharply, and she

stammered in spite oil herself. Ben

Littletord’s sminici‘ons were aroused.



So Ben Littleford‘: came. out from un-

dor' the cabin arm with his hands full

oi? the steel: of: rifle barrels, and: with

the money fergotten, He placed the

rifles. caretully- on the, floor of the

porch, turned; and; caught his daughter

by the arm. '



“Who hid ’em?” he demanded.



“I hid ’em," was the ready answer,

defiant and bitte«ré“l, me! What’re

you a-goin’ to do about it?” '



Littleford flung his daughter’s arm

from him. He was king, even as John

Moreland was king. His keen eyes

stared at the young wom'an’s face as

though they would wither it.





“What made ye hide ’em?”'he growl-

ed. “Say, what made ye do it ?”



“To try and save human lives, ’at’s

Why!” Babe answered. “That man

from the city—what’l-l he think 0’ us

'a-do-in’ this-away, 'a-dghtin’ like crazy

Wildcats?”



“‘Ef he. don’t like the way we do

here, he can go back home,” retorted

the angry mountaineer. “He ain’t tied,

is he?”



Babe smiled a smile that was some-

how pitiful, and turned off.



“The‘ ain’t no use in a-argyin’ with

you, pap,” she said hopelessly. “I—I

might’ nigh wish I was, dead.”



At that instant the gate creaked op-

en. Babe glanced toward it and saw

coming that black beast of a man,

Adam Ball the Goliath, and he was

armed heavily; in one hand he carried

a new high-power repeating rifle, and

around his great waist there was a

new belt bristling with long» bright

smokeless cartridges fitted with steel-

jacketed bullets.





When Dale and his companion

reached the cabin, Addie Moreland

met them. Anxiety was breaking her





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toward bringing peace, and he knew- .





that John Marciano would be angry at

his interfering. But he nodded and

went toward the rive1. He didn’t have

the heart- in him to refuse.



As he crossed-the. old rail fence into.

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Then there came the keen thunder

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Dale halted for a moment. Between

two sycamores on the nearer side of

the river he saw a puff of smoke ris-

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the farther side; a Littleford had fired

first. Dale went on, moving rapidly

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Then came a puff of white smoke

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heard the coarse zzz of a half-spent

ricochet. He knew that he was in

some danger now, and he was surpris-

ed to find that he was not frightened.



When he halted again, it was on his

knees behind the big white sycamore

that sheltered John Moreland.



“Back, are ye?” frowned the moun-

taineer. And with the grimmest hu-

mor, “I reckon ye had a fine, large

time in Cincinnaty. Yore friend Har~

ris was well, I hope. Git that money

from him?"



“Cut that out,” said Bill Dale. "It

doesn’t get us anywhere—”



A bullet threw particles of sycamore

bark to his face, interrupting. John

Mmeland pointed to a green furrow in

the side of the tree.



“Ben Littleford h1sself ” said More





land. “He’s ahind 0’ that wateroak

acrost thar. Don’t stick yore head

out!”





The mountaineer turned his gaze ov-

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nance seemed to freeze. Dale looked

around quickly and saw Babe Little-

ford, less than ten feet behind him!»





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grasses and weeds.

carried a white flag made of a man’s

handkerchief and a willow switch. She

halted and sat up.





“Babe!” Dale cried out. “What are

you doing here ?”



Babe gave him a pale smile. She

opened her lips to speak, when John

Moreland broke in angrily:



“This ain’t no place fo’ you.

git away from here.”



Babe went pale.



“Ef pap’d shoot me, a—thinkin’ I was

a Moreland, mebbe it’d stop the. ever-

lastin’ fightin’,” she said.



John Moreland stared, and Bill Dale





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Babe went on:





“I’ve come to save all 0’ yore lives;

but of I do it, ye’ll hat to make yore

men quit a-fightin’, and hold up this

here—and I promise ye on a Little-

ford’s word at’ pap’ll call ye a better

man ’an him ’cause ye done it—”



She tossed the white flag to him.

"The’ ain’t no time to lose, John More-

land; hold up the flag! Ef ye don’t,

ye'I‘l every one be killed, ’cause ye’re

every one in a trap!”





they knew it.





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John» Morsland in order that he might

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“I’m a-goin’ to tell ye 9’ this dan-

ger,” she said, “and trust to you a bein'

man enough to do what I axed ye to.

Black Adam Ball, he’s got a new fash-

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Babe thoughtlessly arose to her feet,

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burned its way across her temple and

through her hair, and’she crumpled at

Bill Dale’s knees, totally unconscious.

Dale gave a hoarSe cry and gathered





been accused of being a great



preacher. Even if he had been

so accused, he never could have been

convicted of it. But on this particular

Sunday morning he spoke like a new

man. There was urge, sweep, grip, in

his manner. He spoke like a'man re

leased from long imprisonment. He

took a double text: “Where there is

no vision, the people perish,” from

Proverbs, and, “Give attendance to

reading,” from Timothy. As the ser-

mon moved along, it was evident that

some were going to be cheated out of

their accustomed Sunday morning nap.

Ed Dongflapper, who had slept in the

same pew for twelve years, never took

his eyes off the preacher. The super-

intendent of schools, Mr. Ruler, was

manifestly pleased, and old Mrs. Heark,

who was deaf, leaned on the seat in

front of her the whole time.





The main points of the sermon were

these: People who attend rural church-

es very often do not get any new ‘deas

about their church, and hence fal‘into

bad ruts. They cOntinue doing things

the same way that their fathers did,

for no other reason than that their

fathers did them that way. Skimp

waxed humorous as he enlarged on

this point, giving examples of old

chaps with lace curtain whiskers (who

lived in California) who made it a

part of their religion to oppose every-

thing new that the minister proposed.

He instanced one deacon who refused

to come to church and listen to the

sermon, after he learned that his pas-

tor wrote his sermons on a typewriter.

He said it’ was a devil’s machine.

Skimp’s next point was that the

church in the country was on the de-

cline, and was fast losing its young

people, for want of life and progress.

Incidentally, it was also losing many

of its best ministers who were going

into business, because of the smallness

of their salaries, and the salaries not

paid at that. Then he turned to the

other side of the picture and told" of

famous country churches, that had be—

come known on two continents. He





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right forearm was wrapped in a. blood-

stained blue bandana:



“Black Adam is hid som’eres in this

meadow; go and ketch him,- and don’t

take no chanst with him. Shoot him

like a dawg ef he tries to trick ye!”



A dozen men ran to look for the

would~be sniper. The Littlefords, still

armed, came dashing across the river.

Ben .Littleford threw down his rifle

and knelt beside his daughter; he

wrung his big hands and cursed the

day that had seen him born.



Dale held her close. His face was

as white as hers, and his eyes were

flaming.



“Why don’t you shoot all your wom-

enfolk?” he said to the Littleford chief,

and every word out like a. knife, “It’s

by far the simplest way; it’s merciful

y’know. Sec, she isn't breaking her

heart. over your murderous fighting,

now. No, keep your hands away—e

you’re not fit to touch her.”



(Continued next week).





 





 





The Revival at Mud Valley





Our lVeeé/y Sermon—By IV. A. Mchme





(Continued from last week).





ed his congregation that Charles

Kingsley, author, poet, scientist,.and

reformer, the author of “Westward

Ho!” and “Water Babies,” was a coun-

try preacher, and remained as the

vicar at Eversley for thirty-three years.

He outlined the work of a young Pres-

byterian minister who Went to' a for?

saken country church, and left it a.

strong and influential church, ten years

later, where the value of the land ris-

‘es, the nearer you get to the church.

He mentioned a Methodist preacher,

likewise young, now on a. rural charge,

who has entirely changed the complex-

ion of the town, and improved the

farming, in the past six years. He told

of the reading circles that some rural

churches have fathered, of farmers’ in-

stitutes that have been engineered by

the preacher himself, of lecture cours-

es where the best of speakers and em

tertainers appear, and there is no ad-

mission charged, of the glee clubs that

some churches have organized, and of

the community betterment clubs that

had been established in some villages.

He pictured the country church as the

most ideal place for a. minister to

work, given certain fundamental con-

ditions, and the good country town as

the best possible spot to rear 8. family.

He named many eminent men who had

first seen the light of day in a village,

and Who had received their early im-

pressions there. He warned his hear-

ers, however, that frequently the coun-

try town was the finest place to move

away from, that could be imagined.





R. SKIMP concluded his sermon



by making a. proposition to his

people: It'was, that instead of the

sparsely populated Sunday night con-fl

gregation, averaging about one person

to a pew, they should start a study

course, on problems dealing with the

country community. He knew, he said,

that there would be opposition to hav-

ing such a course on Sunday night,

but he had considered it thoroughly,

and was convinced that there could be

no better use of the Sunday night hour

and a half, than just that. He closed





spoke of that leader and prophet, Ob« his sermon with an appeal to begin a.





new era in the Mud Valley church,

that would bless generations yet un-

born, and remake the whole commu-,





until the section fairly laughed with nity. He said there would be ten min?

crops, every mountain path was a. goodv‘utes for discussion and conversation. ‘

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us, in these later days”



‘fGood land?" said John Thick to his

wife, “What’s get into Skimp? He

mu'sta eaten something powerful fe1

b1-”eakfast. “Some lite in the old

hound yet, eh’ Mose,” said Mr. Slow

to Mr. Grasp. “What do you think of

it?" was heard on all sides. The an-

swers were not always couched in

words of flaming enthusiasm. “Noth-

ing to‘it,” said Thick. “Give us the

old, simple gospel,” said Mr. Flat. “I

ain’t much on this new-tangled stuff,”

said Mr. Shift. “What we want is not

the reading of a lot of books, but a

hell fire, gospel revival,” said Mrs.

Fiim “That’s true enough,” said Jake

Ready, “But what’s the use of havin'

a preacher if you don’t follow him?

That’s what the bell wether’ 3 £01, ain t

it? I ain’t much on this kickin’ and

knockin’.”



It was time to call the people to-

gether again~ 'M‘r. Skimp had been

busy answering questions. How much

would the books cost? What was the





study on Sunday night? What would

the young people think, if they saw

their parents working on Sunday

night? Did St. Paul read books?

Didn’t the Bible say that he that ill-

Cieaseth wisdom inc1easeth somow?





HEN the people were seated



again, Mrs. Firm got up and

said, “It seems to me, that what we

rant is not a lot of reading man-made

books, but a real, old—fashioned he'll-

fire revival, with people getting con-

verted, and mourning over their sins.

This idea of reading might do very

well for children in school, but it had

no place in the church.” There were

many heads that nodded as Mrs. Firm

uttered these sentiments, and Skimp’s

plan looked as sick as a horse. Then

Jake Ready got up, and, looking over

his specks, he said, “Well, ain’t this a

revival, the preacher’s been talkin’

about? That’s what I’d call it. When

we have our county fair, it’s a revival.

And when we git out and holler fer

Harding or Cox, that’s a revival. When





spring comes and we get to work in‘





the fields, that’s a revival. Of course,

these ain’t hell- fire revivals but they’re

~1"eVivals all the same. This is a new

kind of Ievival, that the pieaeher’s

talkin’ about, and let’s go in for it.

VVhat’s the use of havin’ a leader if

you don’t follow him?” Jake, Ready

had not shaved for a week and had a

generally uninViting appearance, hut

Skinip could have kissed him for all

of that. (To be continued).





 





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Location, Material, Fonna’ation





If possbile build the home on a knoll

where it will receive sun and air from

all sides. The old way of building your

home in the midst of-a grove is passed.

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some building during 1921. Scores of

families that have been “holding off”

to see what would happen to prices,

will be unable to postpone building,

or at least remodeling and repairing,

any longer. For families must be hous-

ed, and buildings must be kept in good

shape or the money loss by deprecia-

tion will exceed any saving made by

waiting for lower prices.



If it is a new house to be built the

first consideration is the location. The

site for the. home must be dry. It

would be interesting to know how

much of the illness of the world may

be traced back to damp buildings.

Probably, with the exception of bad

food, no other one thing is at the bot—

tom of so much ill health as dampness

in the building where mPst of one’s

time is spent. Cataiih anaemia,1heu-

matism, tuberculosis, may be the 1e-

sult of living in a damp house. And if

arobust constitution, coupled with out—

door work, prevents the occurrence of

any actual illness such as these, at

least the body is robbed of much need-

ed vitality. Besides the injury to

health, dampness in a building hastens

its deterioration.



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location which promises a dry founda-

tion. Bed lock, ol couise, is idea_,l but

this is not always 0 be found where

the home must st' (1. Sand and gravel

is next best, with clay the poorest

foundation soil of all. If there is no

other choice, the excavating should be





carried well below the flOSt line. If

you do not know by previous digging





the exact nature of the soil, find out





[what it is before deciding definitely on

the site of the house. '





family and the looks Of the place.



()1’ course, the direction. the house

faces must be decided by the location

of the farm. A south or an east face

are considered the best, but if north or

west must be. our choice, the rooms

may be planned so as to place those

where we spend the most time on the

sunny side of the house. Put’your own

sleeping-rooms on the south or east.

The spare room, which is seldom used,

can have the bleak north corner. For

a farm home in Michigan I should

choose the south. side of the house for

the kitchen. ()ur prevailing winds are

from the south, and excessive sun may

be shut out by trees, or by awnings

until the trees have. a chance to grow.

A southeast corner will give you the

breeze, and you will have the sun'in

the morning, before you are tired out.



The next question is material.

Shall we have brick, cement, concrete

blocks, stucco, field stone, frame, or a

combination of one or two? Some ma-

terial which will not need to be 1.'tint~

ed is desirable, unless the first cost

actually prevents using it. Frame hous—

es do not cost so much—or have not

in the past-but When the cost of

painting every few years is considered,

it is a question if the frame house does

not cost more in the end.



Field stone is an enduring material,

and if you have it yourself, is inexpen-

sive although the cost of laying is

somewhat greater than the expense of

putting up brick. Brick is the ideal

building material according to many.

It absorbs less moisture than stone,

drys quicker, and is a poor conductor





’of heat.





Whatever the material for the house





proper, the basement walls will be of

concrete. In building your basement,

remember the first point in home

building, the avoidance of dampness.

Having selected the dryest spot avail-

able, use every precaution to keep your

cellar dry in future. To do this it

must be tile drained, of course. As a

further precaution. waterproof the

walls. There are many ways cf doing

this. Sometimes a waterproof coating

is put on the outside. This may be

tar mortar, tar or pitch mixed with

sand, a thin coating of asphalt, or even

glazed tiles. Often a commercial com-

pound which prevents dampness is

mixed with the concrete. Another

method of preventing dampness is to

leave a space from a foot to a foot and

a half outside the wall, and fill this

in with broken stone or gravel.



Dampness is sometimes caused in

spite of all these precautions, by the

use of poor materials. See that your

contractor uses only the best gravel,

sand, and cement in mixing the con-

crete. In spite of all your precautions

for a damp-proof basement, a damp

house may result from too rapid build-

ing. Time should be given for all ma-

terial to dry thoroughly before plaster

is laid.



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depends upon the material for the sup-

erstructure. If you are to have a frame

house, the basement wall should be at

least a foot thick. For a brick house,

a sixteen-inch wall is required. A stone

foundation should be a foot and a half

thick for a frame house, and twenty—

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been traced to unventilated vegetable

cellars beneath old houses. Then if

you are to have a modern house with

furnace and laundry in the basement,

provide for windows through which

coal may be put into the coal bin and

light thrown on the furnace. A window

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wall, otherwise your washroom will be

always flecked with coal soot. The

best location for the cistern is below

the basement floor.



The location of the furnace must'be

considered. It a hot-air furnace is used

it is thought to give better*.'esults if

placed about the center of the base-

ment. This does away with any extra.

long pipes. If hot water or steam are

used, the plant may be put in a corner

of the basement. An outside chimney

saves planning rooms to conceal it, but

wastes heat. Decide which is most im-

portant to you, symmetrical rooms, or

the small amount of heat lost by hav-

ing the chimney run up the outside

wall. If you are to have a fireplace,

the chimney must have a. separate flue.

Arrange t0«have an ash pit; for the fire—

place built into the chimney, with a.

door in the basement for the removal

of ashes.



Whether you expect to have electric»

ity right away or not, have the house

wired for electricity when it is built.

If women are to stay on the farm they

must have the work made lighter, and

there is no cheaper nor more efficient

helper than electricity. Even if you





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An Artistic Effect was Produced by the Careful Arrangement of Field‘

- Stones, in the Construction of this Country Home.





chosen for the foundation it should be

at least a foot thick, though an eight-

inch wall of brick will do for a small

house.



In building your basement, plan for

plenty of windows to come in the prop-

er location for your purpose. The base-

ment should be aired as religiously

as the house, especially if a part of it

is used to store vegetables. ; Many cas.





es of. epidemicsin neighborhoods have, ~





 





 





are going to have acetylene or gaso-

lene for lighting, plan on electricity for

power. Some day the power companies

are going to realize the possibilities of

furnishing cheap power to farmers. Be

ready for that day by having your wir-

ing done when you build the house. It

will cost very little then, and if you

should sell the farm,- the knowledge

that the house is. wired. will not hurt
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years and proved safe by millions.

Directions in package.





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spoonful to each

gallon of Winter

cream and out of

your churn comes

butter of golden

June shade to

bring you top

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Agent Activities. ~



'Gogebic County—The agent gave a

.tood demonstration in Bessemer and

at Anvil, a demonstration on"how to

test materials. This group also have

been taught the right way to make

plackets and buttdnholes. Three other

centers are studying millinery, learning

to choose a becoming hat, make a

frame, cover it, make. flowers and rib.

bon trimming and remodel old hats.



Houghton County—(The agent spent

a good deal of time advising as to diet.

During the month of January ninety-

four dress forms were made. Interior

decoration was also considered in one

instance.



Manistee County—The agent gave

a talk at Bear Lake on “The Market

Basket, and Foods to Put in it.” Miss

Arms, the clothing Specialist, also vis-

ited Bear Lake and gave a demonstra-

tion on testing materials, in whidh men

as well as weinen, showed great inter-

est. -At Marilla the club have made

dress forms and studied the “set-in”

plac’ket. The sewing club at Cope,

mish learned to draft apron patterns.

‘ Wayne County.-—The Bellevue group

have discussed meat substitutes and

fish. In this county the Red Cross





 





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- As a veterinary remedy its

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acknowle ged .f o r m a n y

years in cases. at Curb.

S plint. cheny. Capped

Hock. Strained Tendo‘ns,

Spavin, Ringbone and other

bony tumors.





A Perfect Antiseptic

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For treatment of Rheu-

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‘Lumbago, Sore Throat, Stilt

Joints, Cuts and Bruises it

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at: druggists, or sent by pam-

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dietitian, the home demonstration

agent and the county nurse are carry

:ing on a weighing and measuring cam

‘ paign and a milk campaign. The coun-

ty school commissioner is also cooper-

Itiling. Dress forms have been made in

many districts. The agent is also as-

sisting the Boys’ and Girls’ Club lead-

ier in starting garment-making clubs.

Dickinson County—One Italian

igroup made tight-titted linings to cov-

ger their dress forms. These same wom-

en have also made waists and one

piece dresses, fitted over their forms.

In Norway the women are studying

clothing.



The ’serVices of these agents is for

any group of women in their county

who need help on any home-making

problem. If you do not know where

to address them, ask your supervisor,

or write Mrs. Louise Campbell, East

Lansing, Michigan, who is in charge of

the work of home agents in Michigan.





HELPS FOR HOME-BUILDERS.





 





The following bulletins contain many

helpful suggestions for prospective

home-builders:



“Farm Archictecture,” by E. T. Wil-

'son, U. S. Department of Agriculture,





 





“Planning the Home Kitchen,” by





sity, Ithaca, N. Y.

“The Faun House,” by Helen Bink-





“The Farm Kitchen as a Workshop.”

by Anna Barrows, U. S. Department of





“Farm Home Conveniences,” by

Madge J. Reese, U. S. Department of





“Selection of Household Equipment,”

by Helen W. Atwater, U. S. Depart—

ment of Agriculture.



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if there is a charge. Five or ten cents

is sometimes asked for certain bulle-

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sunlight.





 





Carbide is often referred to as “crushed stone”.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Progressive farmers .

make their own fuel and light





, ,H'E Colt Carbide Lighting-and-Cooking Plant

has given the farmer the means to enjoy City

lighting and city cooking conveniences, avail-





This simple machine mixes carbide and water to

produce gas which has been declared by Scrence to be

the hottest fuel known for cooking and ire pg. It

likewise produces light that is a perfect match for;





Crushed stone and water produce fuel and light





That's





just what it looks like. And, in itself, it is equally inert and





harmless.





-It can be stored indefinitely with perfect safety.





The simple little Colt machine brings'jthe carbide and





water together automatically.

takes care of the supply, so

you use.





Here, then, is the ideal fuel

plant is easily installed.

asking but little in return

‘per‘forms.





An automatic shut-off control

that you pay for just what





and light for you. The Colt





It requires but nominal attention,

for the marvelous servrce it





Make your place stand out from the surrounding farms.





Give it the manifold advantages of a Colt Carbide Lighting-





and-Cooking Plant.





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you all about cost and everything else you want to know.

Get the facts and let them decxde for you.





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The following books are good refer-

It you do not wish to.

buy them, ask for them at the nearest

library. Write the state library at

Lansing. Michigan, for reference books





“Ventilation for Rural





Address F. H.





Dwellings,





“Home Waterworks,” by Carleton

Lynde. Sturgis & Walton Co., Publish—

ers, New York City.





“Electric Light for the Farm,” by N.





Liberty St, New. York City.





“Successful _

Build Them,” by Charles E. White. Jr.,

The Macmillan Co., New York City. '





“How to. Build It,” Keith’s Architec-

tural Servxce, Minneapolis. Minn.





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Houses and How to,





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OFFER No. 313.





Michigan Farmer, one year. . . . . £1.00

Breeders’ Gazette, one year. . . . . 1.5a





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Coffee just what you have been looking for.

Roasted dail ' sent parcel post prepaid.

3 lbs 3100—10 1bs.=$3.‘20



State it you want Coffee ground.

5 lbs. choice Black, Green or Mixed Tea $2.50.

Guaranteed by one of the oldest Coffee Roas-

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Importers and Roasters





 





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Good Clubbing Otters





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Michigan Farmer, one year. . . . . .$1.00 .





Today’s Housewife, one year.... 1.00



Young People’s Weekly, one year .833



Total value ........ ..........$2.85

All for $2.15.





OFFER No. 308.

Michigan Farmer, one year. . . . . @1000

American Magazine, one year. . . . 2.50

Boy’s Life, one year 2.90





 





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Smokers, Comb Foundation,

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‘General agents in Michigan

Send

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We have issued a most valuable

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sand uses oi Formaldehyde and

the reports of the U. S. Dept.

of Agriculture on scientific seed

cleansing to avoid smuts and

fungus of seed grains. t





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wheat, oats. barley. rye, etc., also scab

and black-leg diseases of potatoes and

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Lesson Vl.—Feeding the Chicks.

ITTLE chicks need nothing to

L eat until" the last hatched chick

in the brood is about thirty-six

hours old. Of course, they do not

hatch at the same ‘time and the first

hatched chicks should have something

to eat by the time they are about

forty—eight hours old. This gives the

egg yolk a chance to be absorbed. It

feeds the chick all that is needed for

the first few hours and the brood

should be allowed to remain as quietly

as possible under the hen until ready

to be taken to the brood coop and fed.

Some of the chicks may become hun-

gry and fall out of the nest box and

become chilled. This can be prevent-

ed' by bending a small piece of fine

mesh wire around the nest box. Dur-

ing the first week fine grit, rolled oats

and wheat bran are all that is neces:

sary to keep the chicks growing. Give

them plenty of fresh clean water and

also sour milk or buttermilk, as it;

helps to keep down white diarrhea and

other digestive troubles.

Feed the grit, rolled oats and bran

on bits of board or shingles five times





Getting Rea for theFlock .

G. Kz'réy





them at all times and if possible fur-





~nish all of the sour milk they will eat.





Watch for head lice and grease the

heads of the chicks with a. bit of lard

if any lice appear. Otherwise they

will befievitalized and the best of feed-

ing methods do little good.

Lesson Vll.—Brooding Successfully

with Hens.





R001) coops should have strong

wooden floors. This keeps the rats

and weasels from digging under and

stealing the chicks. Then if the en-

trance to the coop is closed each night

by a strip of board braced with a small

stone there will be few losses of chicks

due to pests. A large-toll of chicks is

taken each year because of unprotect-

ed brood coops and it saves much dis-

couragement if such losses can be

avoided.

Often during storms the brood coops

are blown over and the chicks scatter-





ed and chilled or drowned. This can

usually be prevented by weighting

down shed-roof brood coops with





stones or driving stakes into the ground

and fastening them to the coops. The

A-shaped brood coops can be staked





 





Interest in Live Stock Keeps Young People on the Farm.





a day during the first week. Feed only





i the amount that the chicks will clean





up in a short time. The point is to

keep them active and hungry but not

let them become too hungry. Do not

slight the chicks and then try and

make up by giving them a very heavy

feeding. This will spoil their appetites

and retard growth and it may cause

some of the weaker chicks to sicken

and die.



Here is a simple ration we have used

with success for the succeeding weeks.

Second week, rolled oats, two parts,

and cracked wheat, one part. Third

week, rolled oats one part, and cracked

wheat one part. Fourth week, rolled

oats one part, and cracked wheat two

parts. Fifth week, cracked wheat two

parts, and cracked corn one part. Bran

can be used all the time by placing it

in small hoppers near the brood coops.

We have better success when we have

used the commercial growing mashes

for chicks in place of the bran. A one-

hundred-pound sack will do a flock of

little chicks a lot of good and these

mixtures are so well balanced that the

chicks do seem to produce feathers





.and frame very rapidly when growing

tmash is always before them. Some of





the commercial mashes contain dried

buttermilk and this helps to keep down

digestive troubles;



The chicks should have a grassy

range as this helps to furnish them

with exercise and green food. As 'they

develop the range should be increased.

Chicks that are six weeks old can be

given mixtures of all the small. grains.

Keefe brag. mistsawmsmesh- before





down easily by driving a stake at an

angle at each end of the coop. Locate

the brood coops on'land that will not

be flooded in heavy rain storms or

many chicks may be lost in the water

that will settle around the mother hen

and soak and chill them.



If, possible place the brood coops in

the shade as they have low roofs which

become very hot in the sun and this

intense heat is not good for the moth-

er hen or the chicks. It pays to place

the coops in the shade of an orchard

or near a raspberry patch. Chicks can

hide among the dense raspberry canes

and easily escape from hawks. Corn

or sunflowers will also make a nice

protection for the brood coops.



To keep the chicks healthy the brood

coop floor must be clean and dry. It

pays to clean the floor about once a

week and spread on a fresh layer of

sand. This absorbs moisture and gives

the old hen fresh dirt in which to dust.

Setting hens must be clusely confined

so they should be given green food and

plenty of water as well as grain so

they will keep in health and return to

laying condition as soon as the chicks

are weaned, or a few weeks sooner.

-If the mother hen has td’ eat fine

scratch feed with the chicks she will

scarcely ever be able to obtain a full

crop. Better give the hen a handful

of whole corn once a. day when the

chicks are eating their scratch grain.

With that addition she will pick up





enough scratch feed away from the ,‘





chicks to keep in good" condition.





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and will constantly, pace befme the _





wire front and scratch eweery .dish in

the br00d coup full of dirt. Always

protect the.old hen from lice *by heat-

ing her with blue ointment Q1 dusting

with louse powder. Spray the brood

coops when they am cleanedywith one

commercial disinfect-

ants to keep down mites. An extra

brood .eoop is bandyffor holding the

mother lien while her coop is being

gleaned.





“THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION.





OWN at Columbus, Ohio, where

D the Farmers’ National Congress

held forth recently, an open con-

ference was held to get to the bottom

of the question of Why the boys leave

the farms and flock to the cities. The

following lines were hailed by the gath-

ering as the underlying cause for the

emigration: . ‘

Good-Bye, Dad.

I left my dad, his farm, his plow,

Because my calf "became his cow;

I left my dad——’twas -wrong, of

course——

Because my colt became his horse.

I left my dad to sow and map

Because my lamb became his sheep;

I dropped my hoe and stuck my fork

Because my pig became his pork.

The garden truck I made to grow

Was his to sell and mine to hoe.



And now that the problem is recog-

nized, “Dad” has begun to change his

policy, asthe times demand that he do.

Before long the exodus will cease, and

the refrain will go something like this:



Dad & Son, Inc.





With dad and me it’s half and half—

The cow i own was once his calf;



No town for mine; I will not bolt,

Because my h01se was once his colt;

I’m going to stick right whele I am

Because my sheep was once his lamb;





.I’li stay with dad—he gets my vote





Because my hog was once his shote;

It’s “fifty-fifty” with dad and me—

_Profit-shari11g company.





 





‘W-lT-H BOYS’ AMP GIRL-8’ CLUB

MEMBERS-





CCORDING to Miss Osborn ,a more



lively interest is being taken in

live stock work among the members

of the Branch county clubs. One of

the Spotted Poland China breeders has

offered a gilt to the .club member rais-

ing the best pig this summer. The

Polled Shorthqnn breeders are discuss-





‘ ing the idea. of each breeder placing a





.calf with a boy at a reasonable price

and then assisting the boy in feeding.

In another section of the county the

Guernsey breed appears to be in favor.



The Macomb county boys and girls

are becoming enthusiastic over their

club work. There is more interest tak-

on this year than has previously been

shown. Summer work has a stronger

appeal to the club members .of this

county than winter work and for .this

reason the coming of spring is putting

the boys and girls on tiptoe.



The following club members have





 





been awarded scholarships at the Mich-





The chief cause of





 





 





engine trouble





#sediment in inferior oil





 

 

   

 

   

 

   

   

 

   

   

   

 

 

 





   





Problem one.





Boston





Problem two.





thousand or more baskets.





uI have a small patch of berries in my gnl’oj

don. We always. have a few busbcla more than we can;

use. How an I realize the most on them?" ‘

Answer; Send un 81. 95 for 200 waxlined paper berry backcm':





least amount of trouble.





traveled bighway.nnd sell in town and to automobllists

W list can you do for me?"-





ISTALL‘ED at night—«it may

happen to you! Are you

treating your engine fairly3

Has the power begun to go

bad, bearin sto pound, istons

to knock? fif so, troublb is in

store for you.





Ninety per cent. of modern

engine troubles are due to



our lubrication. Under the

1ntensc heat of the engine——

200° to 1000° F r—ordinary

oil forms great quantities of

black sediment. Sediment

causes premature wear which

will cut the life of your e ine

in two. This is the hindgden

$9.11 taken by sediment in in-

Eerior oil.





You can eliminate engine

trouble from this source.

Sediment is reduced 86%





when you use Vocdol, the

lubricant that resists heat.

(See the two bottles at the

right.) With Vecdol in the





engine most serious troubles





are prevented. ,





Have your engine flushed

out. Put in Veedol. Lead-





ing dealers have it in stock.





Veedol lubricants for every

part of the car





Use Yeedol lubricants for all ,parts

of the car: VEEDOL for the engine

(light zero, medium, heavy, special

heavy, extra heavy); for the dificr-

ential and transmission, VEEDOL

TRANS - GEAR OIL or GEAR

COMPOUND; for the tractor and

truck, WORM DRIVE OIL;

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Setting





«3 By G. O.





T first thought, setting a‘ hen

A seems to be a very simple sub

ject, but when I hear of so many

failures and poor hatches I find upon

inquiring that very few people know

just how to set a hen, or it" they do,

they seldom follow the best methods.

The first essential in starting in the

business is to purchase eggs of some

good, reliable breeder who mates noth-

ing but strong, vigorous birds. Place





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your order for the eggs, but do not"





have them shipped until you are c912

tain you will have a broody hen when

they arrive. When they arrive do not

place them under the hen, but place

them in a. cool, dry place, and do not

disturb them for twenty—four hours.



A day or two before you expect the

eggs to arrive, arrange a. place to set

the hen. Whenever a hen is allowed

to steal her nest away, she usually

selects a cool, damp place, away from

the flock, so that she will not be dis-

turbed. These conditions should be

duplicated as nearly. as possible when

a place is being selected for the hen.



Nests for Sitting Hens.



When only a, few hens are "to be set

it is not. always convenient to provide

separate quarters for the sitting hens.

0f the various styles of nests for sit-

ting hens the following is recommend-

ed: The nests should be fifteen inches

square, fifteen inches high in back and

sides, and witha board six inches high

in front .to prevent the nesting mate-

rial from falling out. Before placing

the nesting material in the nest proper

it is well to put three to four inches of

damp earth or a piece of grass sod in

the bottom of the nest to provide mois-

ture. The nesting material which may

consist of hay, chaff,'or straw, is then

put in. Pack the nesting material

down firmly and shape a circular nest

slightly deeper in the center than at

the edges. Some folks call it “saucer-

shaped.” A nest so shaped will pre-

vent the eggs from rolling out from

under the hen and becoming chilled.

They must be kept warm to start in-

cubation. , -

How to Set a Hen.



The number of eggs to place under

the hen will depend upon her size and

the season of the year. Usually fifteen

eggs are considered enough. However,

if the hens are set early, it is better

to place only thirteen eggs under them.



Before the hen is set, she should be

dusted with a good lice powder 01'

sodium fluorid. Then she is ready for

the eggs; It is well_to repeat the dust-

ing on the tenth and nineteenth days.

Then hens should be released and fed

each day. Feed them close to their

nest, so they will have to hunt for the

food. Feed whole grains and water.

Avoid damp mash as they will make

the nests dirty and require more time

in cleaning. As a rule hens will re-





turn to their nests before there is any.





danger of the eggs chilling, but if they

do not go back in half an hour they

should be put back. Do not remove

the hen after the nineteenth day.



The period of incubation for hens’

eggs is twenty-one days. Usually some

of the eggs hatch in the evening of

the twentieth day; it sometimes hap'

pens, however, that the hatch will run

over the twenty-first day, especially

during cool weather.



Examine the nest and eggs and re-

move when necessary any broken eggs

and washing'those that are soiled. 'If

the nesting material is sailed replace

with clean chart, hay or straw. Nests





 





 





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lice, which will cause the hen to be-

come uneasy and leave the nest. This

is likely to cause the loss of a. valu-

able sitting of eggs. When a nest is

infested with mites the hen, if fastened

in, will often be found standing over,

rather than sitting on, the eggs.



Frequently eggs that are laid in

winter or. early spring are infertile,

and for that reason it is advisable to

sit; several hens at one time if possi-

ble. After the eggs have been incu-

batedfor from five to seven days, de-

pending somewhat on the color and

thickness of the shells, they should be

tested, the infertile and dead-germ

eggs removed, and the fertile eggs re-

turned to the hens. ‘ Thus in many

cases all the eggs remaining under

several hens may be placed under one

or two, and the hens from which the

eggs were taken may be reset. _For

instance, thirty eggs are set under

three hens at the same time; that is,

ten under each hen. At the end of

seven days, at which time the eggs

should be tested, it may be found that

ten are infertile 01' have dead germs,

leaving only twenty fertile eggs. These

twenty e’ggs can then be put under two

hens, and a new sitting placed under

the third hen.





REGARDING BLACKHEAD IN TUR-

KEYS.





NOTICE in issue of March 26, an



article, “No Cure for Blackhead” in

turkeys.



I Wish I could help R. R., of Tuscola.

county, for I have cured some very

sick turkeys of that same trouble. I_





may be too late to help this case, but





for the benefit of turkey raisers I will

give my simple home remedy.

This is how I cured turkeys that





"were so sick they did not eat for days:





First look out for chicken lice. If tur-

keys are found lousy, dust with good

louse powder. You are apt to find a.

few lice on turkeys if not doing well,

and it Dre-disposes them to disease.

You cannot be too watchful. For sick

turkeys with yellow dysentery or bow-'

e1 trouble I take one-half teacupful of

pure sour buttermilk, and a large ta-

blespoonful of charcoal, pounded up

fine, (good hardwood 00313 are best),

then I’add about one-fourth teaspoon-

l'ul of cayene pepper. I mix in a. little

wheat bran, rolled oats, and a tea-

spoonful of oil meal.



This is mixed so it is soft and easy

for the turkey to swallow. Bread

crumbs are good to put into it, too.

But, have it all soft and feed it gently

and slowly to your sick turkey. Put it

down the throat a. little at a time. This

is one dose for large turkeys. Feed it

morning and evening. When bird gets.

well enough to eat of its own accord

give this dose but once a day. *



It took about a week to cure mine,

but it paid. They were very nice large





turkeys but got very thin in flesh while





sick. But they are well and thrifty to-

day. Be gentle and careful of sick

birds. Give water about as in health,

but don’t allow them to drink unrea-

sonably. Sometimes there is extreme

thirst. Put some pepper in water, too.

Keep biIds that are sick in a yard by

themselves



Butteimilk is fine for this trouble. I

tried all sure- -cu1'es I could get, but

nothing gave results like this. I think





a good mash feed mixed up with sour»

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age has got them. We have

we them the best of care,

corn, oyster shell, and





some dis

always



give them grain,.c

they have free range





yard. The gm lame in one leg, then

waste am. until they die, or until 1.

they are killed. They appear to eat‘





well until about a week before they-

' die. What causes this, and what is the





‘ cure? .

Tuscola Co. M. W.





When a hen'beeomes lame and shows





signs of' rapid eniaciation it' indicates





tuberoulosis. If a postmortem finds

that the liver is covared with grayish

nodhlee that is another sign of the





disease. Such birds must be destroyed"





as tuberculosis is contagious and no

cure has been found.

valuable- fleck it will certainly pay to

call a» veterinarian and have him in-

spect the birds and make recommenda-

tions. When one hen is sick it may

look expensive to. employ a veterinar-

ian but when a good flock is at stake





the poultrym‘an must find out the trou-

ble at canoe and take measures to im-





prove conditions.





, The flock may have to be marketed

and'new stock obtained after the house

and yards have been thoroughly disin-





fected—R. G. K.





 





POULTRY FARM QU ESTIONS.





I have some land which I Wish to

develop into a- poultiy farm, and I

would appreciate some information. Of

all poultry houses I have seen and

read about, I like the Missouri poultry

house best. What do you think of it ’

Would it be suitable for Allegan coun-

ty? I have an old building I can re-

model into a poultry house ten by

twenty-five feet. I want to ,make an

open—front house, making it twenty-five

feet deep. Because of it being so nar-

row, would that cause it to be drafty?

Would a ten—by-twelve portable brood-

er house be large enough to raise three

hundred chicks to maturity? I expect

to keep White Rocks. Is a brown egg

lowerin price in the Detroit market

than a white egg?



Illinois. G. S. C.



I have recently been reading an arti-

cle on the Missouri poultry house by

H. L. Kempster. Professor Kempster

states that it is a, type of poultry house

which can be used in any climate. He





formerly taught at the Michigan Agri-I

cultural College and is very familiar





with Michigan poultry conditions. I

feel that the Missouri type of house

will be very satisfactory for our state





and may build one myself before long.



A building ten feet deep is not quite

deep enough to keep the wind away

SixteenB

feet is the least depth that we would

Houses that are twenty





from the roosting platform.





wish to use.

feet deep prove very satisfactory.





A ten—by-twelve portable brooder

house and a stove brooder will protect

three hundred chicks very nicely until

weaning time when the brooder is re-





moved and roosts installed. It would

be rather small to house three hundred

birds until maturity. Probably you





would wish to sell some as broilers at





an early age and this would cut down

the flock. Then it is best to separate

the cockerels and the pullets soon af—





ter the broilers are culled out, or pos-

That size of

broader house would then be fine to

hold all of the pullets until they were

ready to remove to laying quarters in





sibly before that time.





the fall.





Poultrymen in our section ship fine

grade white eggs to New York City in

order to obtain a premium on them.

the graded

brown eggs bring about the same as

white eggs on the Detroit market. I

think that white eggs have no supe-

riority over brown eggs of the same

quality and freshness, and find

that most Michigan consumers seem





As near as I can find,





size,





to feel the same about i-t.——R. G. K.





Good care means good breeding,

good feeding, constant watchfuzlness of

small details and Melly marketing at





the right time to get the most dollars.





Pleasostbli nae what 311‘s my hens: 1"“

have a fine flock of Barred Rocks, but .





of an acre of '





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RI. 5, Box I 1 , Holland, Mich.





Our chicks are of the highest quality

and our prices are within reach of

everybody. We have S C W. Leg-

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Leghorns, S. C. B-. Leghorns, and

Barred Rocks.





 





 

 

 





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STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION,





Desk l. Kalamazoo, Michigan





BABY CHICKS





~. We fur-nickf pure bred chicks of be

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stockflb locks built directly from lay-

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Dept. 99 orfB. Ohio.





 





 





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Manning' 5 Ancono F111 111,





and 11.511.114.515. chicks

end for mating

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Anconas

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containi 111110 of value to poultry raisers.

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customer always a customer.





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Barron'B 8 White Leghorna. Bar d Rocks audll

3'ch otul'sdy chicks from ree raaneee stock wit





Interesting catalogue

3553151.? POULTRY FARM. Holland Mich.





G H I G K s longlish Strain White Leghorn





Bred to lay Brown whom an

Alumnae. Bargain prices





for our quality stockkep

(Hml'lfll 99 range. Order now Ior earlly deliveries.

lac Grove Han her1 Form, B, ,Holland. Mich.





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Buff, Barred, Columbian

Partridge, Siher Penciled, White R01~ ks:

Anconas, biteg W1 andottes. Rouen





Ducskfgp’nfi‘IpAN“ P'OULT '1'20 YARD

R. F. .. g'h heridau. Mich.





 





 





DAY ~0LD CHICKS





1M3 du .ongtchingtag 82.00 to $15 0t

per settings Wt er 100 ,from 25 varieties

of pure 11ml, farm ran$ edf





fwls: Chickens, Geese,

Pucks, Turkeys and Cu 1191111. Price lie: and circular

to





P énty of nice breeding stock. ck 1113'0101'

91ft y s lghqydclivery. Vl’Itli'MIN TO

TOE dz POUL’I BY 00. Wilmington, Ohio.





FBMOI' ,8 Bu“ Rocks. Eggs for hatching.ft Alsoafew

I oft





choice cockerel s

{mph-ices. R. B. FOW LEE, Hartford, Mich.

Don’t Buy Baby Chicks

i“ 1“”‘w‘1’iifec‘ii‘lk’ .3"?. 30133.“? “X3 339%

Win31.) ll?“ 1110...§'.c1. 11m- ery‘.fl Zeeland, 111.3113

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Our Lgl- rude profit paying Brod to Lay

tectod'and exhibit-ion chicks, at reasonable prices.



Hatching e gs, 8 varieties, Giroul 1' FREE.



Lawrence oultry Farm} R.7. rand Rapids Mich





SELECTED WINTER LAYERS

8.0 WHITE LEGHORN EGGS FOB HATCHING

laid by bonus that :1;er11g{1(1)lnovers two ”hundredeggs each

last so 4 ego BABY

klioglnnius 5”March flint, 1587.50;



113300.50; 0030050 10034 0. 00. Va uable catalo ue

unning'ville Poultry Farm, Dunningiil 61, Mick.

dandy 155......





Snowy White Rocks 100





All prepaid. Mrs. Earl Defnhoff, 1lilmburen. Ohio





5 II). English While Leghornsm





Barron strain. My free catalog describes them. gives

teed!!! b bode. a new way to cullh one and much

us





6 ineformation. A. wauchek. Goble1ill'e, Mich

S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS

Send for Catalog SNOWFLAKE POULTRY

F,ARM Route 1, Grand Bapids, Midiigan





BABY Cli‘CKsa 25 nfor :5 50 50 for $10





100 for $18..00

Prepaid. sate deliver guarnnt teed. Single (‘omb

White Le orns; “'h to, Bull and Barred Plymouth

Rocks; 8. I Reds and Anc.onas





Fe nton 0111.1 ken Ham-hen Box 2

15 eggs. $1. 50;





Barred ROCkS pre mid mull.

last year 13-3 eggs. LEWIS AVERY.





$16.00





 





Fisbels lstrain,





 





 





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100 for $7; by

Flock average





Clinton, Mich

Barred Rocks from Rocky Ridge 1...... 1....





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In) bi1dsV$LL 00 per 1:3. P19115111 by Pan «1 Post.

.RICHARDSUN, Hauovxei Mich.





e contestds winners, eggs from strain



med Rad‘s wig) records to 290 .1 year. 82.00

per setting piepaid by P P. Circular free.



RED AST LING, Constantine. Mich





CH 10KB. Bred- to- lay S C. W. Leghorn and B. 11 red

Rock ualjty chicks that. lease. gua1.111teed full

count an toarrlve to ou' ‘a l madly m11.de”in first

1 111551 condition by name post paid eg horns $131



100 Rocks $18 per 100. Special priceson €00 to 1000. Cir-





 





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magic? withyeur poultry. 12 -

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-. 03" D WEST HAT 0111.5...

(BMW. Deni-born 811. Bldg. Chicago, Ill,

CPITCKS' English Strain White Leg'ho'rms

the heavy laying strain at. only $15

per 100' ugrepaid by mail [88th arr?» guaranteed senld

:- as on.

JAM'i'zs'row £915.31”. fimegto'wn, Mich.

Good big. ealthy chic s 011.110,.

Baby Chicks... .1. .1. . ..





Catalogue free. Sycamore etchery, Sycamore.





341.13.. 8513111"? 33th 8“" °'° £30523





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Pure bred

and





toes.

bite Leghorn

Anconas Our free range flocks. the nest

and best in this section; the result of 12 ears

constant improvement along with Mich. Ami.

College flock improvement methods. Birds with

5 egg records up Full count strong lively

husky‘chicks on arrival by mail. Satisfaction

and reliable dealings guawronteel Quahty stock

at prices to suit your purse Valuable ieedmg

instructions with each chick order. New book-

Catalog and re-





15000 weekly at bargasina pr





vised price list free.





W. Van Appledorn,

R. 7, Holland, Mich.





R. C. Rhode 1.1.1.1114: Reds





Choice Rose Comb cockercls—hcn—hatched, farm





raised, big thrifty, prize winning strains. $5.00,

$7.50 and $10.00. We raise only R. C. Reds.

No eggs or chicks.





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Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan

Luige Ia 'cy ('1 k



llllflde l8lallll llflll crelsat $3-coch. 11 ddr'gsa

BUKTSIS (IN, 11111111 City, Mich.



Anc 1111's, White Leghtrns, Br w



Baby Chicks Legllurns an B Books all 1:111:





single combs. at groatlv reduced prices 811 per 100M111

up parcel post p-1id.safe deliverv guaranteed. catalog





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tee. nolls Hatchery, Holland, Mich'



Pl\ mouth Rock eggs for hatchin 80.00 per

Barred 13 p115311aid. Fullhlood stock. Prfze winning

Strain. BARNUM, Union City, Mich





 





s cot/11.10.51... Pen No.1 headed by a son of our



1 $50.12. 111. cock mated with 80f our best hens,

33.001191' l5. No.1pen headed by 11 cockerel of 0“Pope

strain, Eggs 82.50 perR15.Incubatoreggs$8 per

100. ..W allne,





I,ILLS Mich.

a 0 Br [8 hornE og'gg, .31.“ :30 128.115 rek'iu duck, .3160

each. 1‘s. cLAnnIA n'L'Tis 111113.111... a





mess Goose e

lch.



of Superior Quality

Hot from the Hatchery. right to your door safely, by

pre aid parcel ost. BIG Strong. fluffy fellows hatch-

ed rom eggso selected (locks, and under 011' 011111

supervision.- ll I?) S. LEGHOKNS AN' yes ,

BEDS and “NMINOBCAS, l€Chicks that live and grow

money. Brod for G6 PR: ()DdUCTION and the





8110“ ltOUM.nbe1/thor 0111'. c ta-

logue 1111:“ SUPER on crude" KgEA'ICH'EIHL

Prairie Depot. Ohio.





Lack 301197.

A . . - .

Wl'iite Wyandottes ,,$,.d;§f,§§3,” ”m:

otcncy, good breeding Cockerols at $5. 00' $711150 aned

10.00, bred from Chicago Coliseum winners of Boost

lag and Hogan tested lmcrs. 1383883.;00 $5.0

andps $1 00 per 151.0.1talog free.

KILL Y, Box M Billsdule, blich.





100, 000 CHIX 14c UP.





Best selmtod utility trapnlested exhibition stock 9101'

produced Always 2,000 1' hix on hand 5 to luldi'lj‘l

ol.d 181.11'1etios H.111 lung eggs. Hens, ducks. 01.1ny

bookings. avoids disappointment. Catalog.



Ber Lmuu Hmcherv. 26 1"). Ly.0n Ginnd ltupiils. blit" 11.





Are you iiitcrcsted‘ m resultsI Hog; 111

”$800 Anconas tested, liners of large white eggs

winter and summer, beauty and utility combined

hatching eggs of real quality atéiricns that. will $111.

pri e :.'.011 pec-ialty b1ccder of. C Mottled Auconus

Write Ior booklo t (Useful for: ts about Usef l Ancon-

as) it is free. (‘ollcge View F1111». Hills'd ille. Mich.





H"! Barred “()0 ks hutv hing es s from heavy-lay "3,11 ,

l s Hogan tested “ell barred ock. 15-3250; 50- 0;

100-510. Circular Erie. Lucian llill,Telwnsl1'a, Mich.





 





 





1 ' M A o culled White L orns and Rhode

Eggs! Island VI bites, dandyeél); 91's 31. .1 1%:

setting Mrs: Earl DeI.ane, Oxford,





 





Hatching eggs, M. A. C. Luring

Barred ROCk strain. 1% Reggs $2; SOegg'a 50.

Postpaid. Mrs J. T. 13.1.1 Charlotte. ich.





 





 





 





cular. Sunnybrook Poultry Farm Hillsdzile, Midi. RFD 'l-O LAY S. C. White Le]:hnrns from pedigreed

' ‘ . 111. lee ted with hens selected by M. A. C. expert.

Chaice Bab ChiCks Englmh 11.13 610m 11'211'vy layers Selected cockerols ataba in

y “' 11 d Pullets The Ferguson 00.. R. 6 Ann Arbor (h.

Eamex'ican hite Leghorns auéi 4Ancimals. dexltallillg ' h 11" is 6.

rec yngar en. - . 96 an Mic . for etc in se cite

Barred Rock Eggs ....1....s.‘66 o. 1...

CHICKS“ Pure- bred Whne and BIO“ 11 Leg- $5. 00 £01: 50; $1MJRIIO for 100. Pro 1.11d Parcel Post.

I: “k t t l 0f l horns "(’1'3'1'1'8'“ range heaviytlaging H UN 1. Dearbom.“

soc P8 argeszew 31' ee gcapal' y out

.."3'1' “'1'. “has“ he???“ W... Barred Rock Chicks startlingly"... R:-

08 1'96. 01’ eiery . , Zee and Mich. circular. PIERCE, Jerome. LMji‘hr





 





pure- Toulouse geese. '1 on for

Parcel postp





fro



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Mrs oAmy South-worth, A'llon. Mich

Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are hen





J'Ohn, S hatched. de1elop quick. good layemfine

511mm quality. WaysfiileM BOII5THO Postage Enid. Photos.





late Mich.

eI99” 108, 0“ hr ”21-111)“... 0111 SChlcksie





Barred

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catalog. fill-vi isfi'agc'ligry. 11.32. Zeelund. Mic

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BESTH Breeds Chickens,Ducks, Geese,Turkeys. Guin-

eas, Hares, Do 3. Stock and eggs. Write your wants.

Catalog free. .A. Sander, Box 95, Seilersville. Pa,

for M .15 and later delivery. Le 211113



11516 are bun. at



FREEPOBT ATCHERY. dsBox 12. Fraction. M. ch





Officihlly Certified Pedigrocd





orns chi; and eggs 1310111 219 110281 reo-

ord stock. oney makers riced right.

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m inland “I White Arum





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Put 3. SW Ring in the top

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lubricating oil out ‘of the combus- .





tion chamber. It stops the waste

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troubles.





Install the real Moo- Ring in

all lower grooves. The equal

radial pressure of its exclusive 2-

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compressed into power—as it

should be.





These rings stand for" 10 years of suc-

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ways install the combination.





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also other Bunches or Swellings. No blister.

no hair gone. and horse kept at work. Eco-





nomical-only afew drops required at an appli- . I





cation. $2. 50 per bottle delivered. Book 3 II It".

ABSOBBIIIE. .III.. the antiseptic liniment for man-

kind, reduces Cysts Wens, Painful, Swollen

Veins and Ulcers. 1. 25 a bottle at dealers or

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Own a Real Outfit

This Year





Machinery and labor make up the

thresherman’s expenses. You can-

not cut labor costs but you can cut:

machinery costs with an outfit that

runs steadily and insures a full

day's work right through the season.

Start your season this year with 3





66. River

Special

Don't overlook the big feature—it beats

out the grain and leaves a clean straw pile.

The big. smooth-running cylinder with its

"Man Behind the Gun" and the beating

shakers do the work.

Seventy-three years: experience in build-

lng threshing machinery exclusively are

back of this thresher. Experienced thresh-

errnen know itsdependability—“on the

job ' every day right through the busiest

season. Decide now to make bigger profits

‘1?! running a Red River Special with 3



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hols-Shepard Steam Engine or Oil-Gas

Tractor. Wnte for circulars.





Nichols & Shepard co.





(In Continuous Business Since 1848)





ldersExcl il fBedRI S al'l‘hreah ,

on, awhii'i’s‘iemmd'iin- mm





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N these trying days of high. taxes



(which threaten for some time to



come), and the readjustment of

conditions that will again start the

wheels of industry, and bring content;

ment and prosperity to our country,

there are a few factors that ought to

be considered that would mean much.

if proper action were taken.



Let us consider the salaries of pub-,

lic officials. A great many of them tell

us at election time, or soon after, that

they want to be considered as'the ser-

vants of the people and that is just

what they are supposed to be.



‘In fairness to the people these ser-

vants represent it would seem justifi-

able and right that they share‘a. por-

tion of these losses by reduction of

salaries, thereby lowering taxes to the

whole. A great many perhaps are un-

derpaid and to those due considera-

tion should be given. ,



It would seem that ‘a. reduction of-

twenty-five per cent in all salaries over

$1,800 per year, providing said reduc-

tion did not reduce the salary below

$1,800, would be a fair basis to work

upon.



Some would doubtless object stren-

uously and threaten to resign, but

there are plenty to take their place

and perhaps a great many could and

would render the public far better ser-

vice than some now serving merely as

“political loafers.”



Millions of dollars have been sacri-

ficed as loss to agriculture and indus-

try in the past few months and while

industry has been greatly paralyzed,

agriculture is going to keep right on

“doing business.” Some may quit but

others will take their place. There-

fore, as servants of the people some

immediate action should be taken,

Whereby this class would stand a. just

portion of loss and thus reduce our

present high taxes.



And further, let us consider the tax-

ation of automobiles and motor ve—

hicles. The state of Michigan is ex-

pecting to save several thousand dol-

lars by having the license plates made

at the Jackson state prison. Why not

make a set of plates good for three

years and save a good many more

thousand dollars for taxpayers?



Other states are doing it at a. far

less cost than Michigan. Some states

are issuing license plates for two years

and with those whom I have talked,

it is very satisfactory. Minnesota is-

sues a three-year license, or did a short

time ago, and at a far less figure for

the three years than Michigan is charg-

ing per year. Be that as it. may: if

Minnesota can issue ’ a three-year

license, Michigan ought to be able to

do the same thing, thereby saving

thousands of dollars in manufacturing

and handling to the taxpayers.



Then there is our post office depart-

ment. Millions of dollars would have

been available had the government left

the postage rates as they were when

it cost three cents to send a letter

that now goes for two. No one would

have felt any hardship under the three

cent rates and our government would

have had a. large revenue to help pay

off the debts.



Of course, the volume of business

done .under the three cent rates may

have been somewhat less, but inhard-

1y seems probable. as very few per-

sons would hesitate over one cent

extra.



Taxation being the means to carry

on our government is a necessity, but

taxation at the present time has be-

come; a. heavy burden, and while many





are tottering under the load and many





falling by its weight, .it is high time

some action is taken to reduce high

taxes. At the present time bills‘ are,

being introduced re legislative bod—

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ies' that mean the imposing or extra,





burdens on our already overloaded tax-

payers. ..



/ Place a tax on sales and production

and it simply means that the salesman

and producer will have to add that ex-

tra. to his selling price and the con-

sumer pays the tax, plus a. profit and

cost of production, throwing the bulk

of this proposed tax on the consumer.

While there are quite a. few positions

and officers that could be done away

with, thus reducing high taxes, it would

not be advisable to abandon any offllce

that was rendering a paying service





to the health or prosperity of our state '





and its people.





If our state and national legislative

bodies would devote some of the time

to simple and eifective legislation that

is now being taken up by complicated

and ineffective methods, there would

be less extravagant expenditures and

far less ineffective laws. Let a person

study law and after being admitted‘to

practice a. large amount of them drift

into politics, perhaps because it re-

quires so much knowledge about law

in order to create laws. No wonder

we have so many lawyers making more

laws for more lawyers.





Simplify our laws in such a way so

that the various branches of farming

and industry can be represented pro-

rata by active workers and we will

have a, truer democratic form of gov-

ernment with unnecessary laws done

away with and taxation reduced to a.

minimum.





 





REGISTER THE GOOD PURE-

BREDS.





 





INCE the value of an animal de-



pends upon its ancestry it is im-

portant that the pure-bred animal of

quality be registered, for then it will

be possible to go back and learn the

qualities and values of its ancestors.

Not all pure—bred animals are regis-

tered; in fact, there are more pure«

bred animals not registered than reg-

istered.





Every breeder knows that when he

desires to continue with one type of

animal he must choose breeding stock

whose ancestors have been of that par-

ticular type. The more generations of

ancestors a. sire or dam may have

which conform to the type the breeder

wishes,





what he wants. Records are the only

means available for knowing just What

there is back of an animal and conse-

quently the good breeder is obliged to

depend almost entirely upon a study

of the pedigree after he has settled

whether the particular individual is

worthy of consideration of a, place in

his herd. It is therefore a. matter wor-

thy of repetition that all good pure-

bred animals should be registered.—

R. H.





 





LAW ON LICENSING STALLIONS.





 





BREEDING of horses in Michigan

has been placed on a. much higher

plane by the passage through both

branches of the legislature of a bill to

provide that only pure-bred and sound

stallions may be granted licenses by

the state veterinary board. The cost

of making an individual inspection of

the soundness of each stallion is cov-

ered by an annual fee of $5.00 for

each «stallion, with a $3.00 renewal fee.

Among the diseases and unsound-

nesses which debar a. stallion from be-

ing granted a license, are: Cataract,

moon blindness, roaring or whistling,





heaves, broken wind, bone spavin, ring- ' "

bone, side-bone, bog spavin and gland-‘

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the more certain will the .

breeder be that the offspring will be '





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or and- breeding powers regardless of





tending sales and buying the type or

’ 'cows that he needs»





' recorded. by the American Poland-Chi-

' ization forty-three years ago.





 





 





Buying Cows at Auction

g ., G. K. moss. . :‘

'\ uMNiatfamon sellsa cov‘wfromr.





‘ ' 'J his hard at a private sale he

seldom wishes to sell One of.

the best cows in his herd. At an auc-





tion sale he often closes oub'his hardy ,

and the buyer has a chance to obtain





the best cows in» the bend. Then' it

pays to go to the farm at least a cou-

ple of hours before the sale and look

over the cows that are of special in-

terest.’ Sometimes the inexperienced

buyer can obtain help from some dairy

farmer who knows good cows. But be

careful. in obtaining such information

not to try and get it from other bids

ders on‘the same animals. It is not

to their advantage to encourage rival

bids on cows they wish to buy.



Before attending a pure-bred sale it

helps tmobtain- a; catalog andv give the

pedigrees careful study to see how

they will! match up with cows in the

home herd. Then their value can be

estimated; This may save errors at

the sale when the mind is sometimes

confused by the crowd and. the rapid

change of animals in the ring and the

talk of the auctioneer. Many‘a buyer

has been influenced too much by the

auctioneer and gone home feeling rathv

er depressed at the price paid for cer-

tain stock. It is better to know your

ownrpurse and buy judiciously.



Do‘not» pay too-.much attention tothe

records of distant relatives in a cow’s

pedigree. Most any cow of any breed»

ing at all can have the name of some

good one in her pedigree it you go far

enough back. This does not mean that

such a cow may not be fine. But it

pays to know something about her

close relatives and her vigor. I be-

lieve a, cow is nogcodif. she lacks vig—





how many fine cows are in her pedi—

gree. The farmer buying pure-bred

cows at auction is buying more than

the animal on which he bids. He is

buying seed stock. The purchase is

not only the one cow but the chance

of producing many more like that cow

from her and her daughter, and on»

down the line. So the vigor of the

cow is of great importance.



When buying cows at neighborhood

sales it is often possible to learn con-

siderable about the best cows in the





herd by visiting the barn at milking '





time several days before the sale.

Then it is possible to see the cows

before milikng time and note the

amount of milk produced and see how

they look after being milked, This in-

formation will be valuable when the

bids are rolling in and a man» is in

doubt as to the cash value of a cer-

taincow.



It is also useful to‘ see those cows

before they are fitted for the ring. A

certain aniount of trimming often

makes cows look better than they are.

It takes a little study to find out the.

accurate value of the cow which has

been carefully fitted foi‘ inspection in

the auction ring.



Buying of a reliable farmer is one of

the surest ways of obtaining good

cows. When such a man holds an

auction 'he describes his cows accur-

ately. He not only tells the good

points of the cow but he tells the bad

ones if there are any. He does not

necessarily run down his own herd-

but he does not misrepresent the cows

by leaving unsaid anything that a buy-

er shouldknow. The best of cow 'buy-

ers sometimes buy cows that do not

prove as good as expected.‘ But by

careful study and sane bidding the

farmer can. build up a good heard by at-





 





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* Holstein

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THE HOME OF





Imp. Edgar oi Ilalmony





Probably





Breeding Bull





Blue Bell. Supreme Champion at the Smith-

field Show 1919. and the Birmingham Show

1920. is a daughtei 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 oi Dalmeny are. at this time. offered

for sale.

Send for Illustrated Catalogue. ‘





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

W. E. SCRIPPS. Prop. Sidney Smith, Supt.





 





 





 





 





For Sale





Woodcote Trojan-Ericas





We are offering ten cows bred to either





IMP. ELCHO ()FH HARVIF . STOUN. or

REDGARDO 0F DALMFNY





VVIrite for our 1921 BULL SALE LIST

Woodcote Stock Farm. Ionia. Mich.





 





 





EOISTERED Aberdeen-Angus. 'l‘cn heifers. six



bulls from eight to fourter 11 months. Best of

breeding. the growthy kind tlwiat make goo od Reason-

able. Inquiie F. J WZILBPR (‘l1o.\lich





GLOVERLY ANGUS





(‘nws and Heifers Ber to

Blackcap Brandon of Woodcote 2nd





For Sale

GEO. HATHAWAY (it SON. Ovid. Mich.





 





bulls and heifers from 6 to

Reg. Aberdeen Angus 18 11105. old of thc1erybest

of breeding. also Berkshire Swine. boars rt adv for

senicc and pigs both sex singles. pairs or trios.





will accept Libert1nds.

R USSELL B1101 H ERS, Merrill. Mich.





Registered Bull





ready for immediate ser1i<e 5101.

.“ ILLIAIWS.





 





North Adams, BIICh





 





G u E R N 5 EV 5 ”common

BULL CALVES



Containing blood of 11'oild (I11u11pions..

HICKS’ GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw W S. birch.





 





of May liose Breeding

Their dams have records

a few cows and heifers are

Wigman. Lansing. Mich.





Guernsey Bulls





420 to 650 lbs. fat also

ofl'ered. H. \‘V.





FEDERAL Inspected Guernsey Bulls. Priced to sell.

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

old sure. sound and right 8175. 00. Four randsons

of Ex- Champion A. A. cow under Smos. old 10m cons

on t.est G. .& H. WRAY Albion Mich.





 





Six registered Guernsey bulls May

For sale Rose breeding 1eady for service. Cheap





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





 





Reg. Guernsey bulls for sale cheap. AState T B. test-

and from good nroducin ngan .R cow.s Age 1

to 12 mo. 0. J. Lambert a. one. ALinwood, blich.





FOR SALLE fi‘é‘i’r‘éfiysei’é'r'c'g‘.





.BYERS. Goldwater. Michigan





 





old enough





 





T110 young Reg. Guernsey Cows





For sale also bullc'ahes.

Geo. N. Crawford R 2. Holton. biich.





 





‘ 600d "oh accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

istered Holstein bull calves. Quality



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

GEO.D .(ILA K.E - Vassar. Mich.





 





"OISIEIII Friesian heifer and bull cakes. purebred

registered and high grade. Price $20 up.

Splendid individuals and breeding. VI rite us yourre-

quirements.Bro11ncroft Farms. McGraw, N. Y





8175:1113 reg Holstein heifc r- " yr. old. Fresh soon.

Sire by‘ Prince Kornd1ke~ Johanna". A 31 66 lb.

bull. Bred to 28 lb. bull. B.li. Reaiey. Akron. Mich.





Reg. Holstein BuII Calf 1‘32”“, Effie?“ De"

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





NOTICE





The Winwood Herd





on Nov. lst will move their Herd of

Pure Blood Holsteins to their new

home, 1% miles south of Rochester, Mich.

and for the next 30 days we will sell

what bull calves we have cheap as we

will be unable to get our buildings com-

plete before winter. So et busy if you

want a son of Flint aplecrest Boy

at your own price. .





JOHN H. WINN, (Inc.)





Roscommon, Michigan





BLYTHEFIELD FARMS





If you want to get a pure bred Holstein Herd Sire

from}. agl‘hm who produced 752 pounds of milk and

near v





 





 





 





 





ounds of butter iRn seven days. write to

PH H. BREWE Grand Rapids. Mich.





, ' ith I -

Several New Mrlch flows 3...... fitnéehgéétd" 3‘23.

Gotfredson Land Company. Ypsilanti Michlan



Mr. L. H. Leonard Manager. Telephone 749 13





 





or Guernsey calves. hpractically pure

7woek sol (l.00,t25 eac h.crated for i- '





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





Fair Grounds, Charlotte,





 

 

 

 





 

 





Second Eaton County Consignment, Sale.

bull and many others with good records will be sold.





THURS., APR. 2 1 st, 1 92 1





T. B. Tested 60 Day Guarantee





A30 lb.





SALE AT 12 M.

Mich.





18 mi. from Lansing on G. T. R R. 35 mi. from

Jackson on M. C. R. R. For information and catalog write,





A. N. Louoks, Sec’y.,





cow and a 30 lb. yearling





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Charlotte, Mich.





 





 





 

 





 





Satisfaction guarantee. B011

wood Fame, Whitewater. Wis.





ical producer.





associations.





owners of the breed. Send for Free Booklets."





~0 [STEIN CATTLE





E. T. DeHaven, R. 27, Garrettsvillo, Ohio, writes:



“I believe the purebred Holstein- Friesian to be the most econom-

I believe the Holstein cow is the most rugged

healthy of our dairy breeds. Our neighborhood specializes almost en-

tirely in this breed.

America is the best organized and most progressive of all breeding

Its work 1n maintaining the production standard and

of advertising the Holstein everywhere is a great benefit to all





he Holstein- Friesian Association of





The Holstein-Friesian Association of America

164 American Bldg., Brattleboro, Vermont





 





 





Livingston County

Holstein Association





Quality Sale





Howell, Mich.

May 1 8, l 92 l





 





90 HEAD m ,



Jay B. Tooley, J. G. Hays,

President Secretary



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For sale- 11t(1:921islgbredoalizd3 200L510?“ v 1322?;

reach. WM. BRINKVlAN. Fairgrove, Mich





 





Four Handsome Daughters“





of the 34 lb. show bull “Judge

Joh. Lyons” and out of A. R.

O. cows all for $1200.



Also bull calves from the same

sire from $50 up.



Bulls ready for service from

$100 up.





SINDLINGER BROTHERS

Lake Odessa, Mich.





USE PURE-BREE SIRESI





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

of the ordinary herd 0 per cent in the first gener-

ation.





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

herd. You cannot make a better investment.





The Michigan Holstein-Friesian

Association





H. W. NORTON, Jr., Field Secretary,

Old Slate Block. Lansing, Michigan





The Traverse Herd





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

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way,

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

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

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Traverse City, Mich.

33. so lbs. butterarrangement$21.23





cost of eeryice. Liberia; Bond or note.

cLAULIN. Redford. Mich.





 





 





F o R s A L I-: h... at...

high rade Hol-

stein youn cows. 9fresh. balance soon ue. Heavy

milkers SI 00. A great bargaine Selling to make room

for registered stock Gamble. Hart. Mich.





eg. Holstein Friesian cows will sell a e o more.

R and Pontiac brooddlngbred rightlland r helical!

or





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“Top Notch” Holsteins





Buy a “milk" Bull of Quality from the Breeders

of the 11orld‘ s only cow to produce 800 lbs. milk in 7

days. having an 800' b. daughter.



Our herd is rich in the blood of Colantha “he Jo~

hanna. the only cow that e1 or held rill world's records

11 e1ery division from one day to one your at the same

time She pioduced 651. 70 lbs. milk in 7 days We are

ofiering for sale ab b.ull whose dam exceeds this record

I) over 7% lbs. in 7 days



is dam' a records are:--



Milk





1 Day 100.] lbs.

Milk 7 Days 659.3 lbs.

Butter 7 Days 26. 31 lbs. ,





His name

Kl NG VALE CORNUCOPIA WAYNE, No. 312599

Born February 6,1920

His dam and sire' 5 two nearest dams average

Butter 7 Days 33.021

Days 607. 3 lbs.

Handsomely marked about one third white.

$250.0C f. o. b. Howell.





McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.

All herds under U. S. Supervision.





Cluny StockFarm





Offers





Cluny Komgen Colantha Silver 326205

Born May 29, 1920



A white hull with a few black spots.



His sire a 30 lb. son of King chis Pontiac Konizcn.



Sirc‘ s 7 nearest dams average 32. 301 lbs. butter 624.]

lbs. milk' in 7 days



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

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

tha Johanna Lad.



2nd dam—~11 21 lb. cow that our barn records show milk-

ovcr 145.000 lbs. in 14 milking periods producing 15

calves.



Pedigree on application.



Price $2 50.00. Federal Accredited Heard.





R. Bruce McPherson, 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.





616 So. Westnadge Ave.,

Kalamazoo,





HEREFORDS





Two high class, registered bulls, nearly a

year old. for sale. One double standard.

and one with horns, good size, color, and

markings. Both the making of show bulls.





COLE & GARDNER,





HUDSON , M ICH.





Hereford Slackers, Feeders 81 Heifers





We offer the followinez11£l grade Herefords. all of our



own raising. 28h long yearling steers. 40head



steer calves. also 30e head heifer calves. these fheifer



calves wouldm ke a ood foundation for abee fob rd.



SANILAC STOCK RM. ERK HIRE. SANI-

LAO COUNTY, Detroit omce No. 142‘ Broadway.





BUTTER BRED ”$3,923,?de

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK ARM.

Silver Creek.





The Wildwoo-d Farm





Jteldsllysgaltluef 1lc‘rfalestén strain. $051! (an Statfi effing;

0 tea cons n v one. u

hale. ALVIN BALDEI! Phone 143-5. Capac. Mic-h.





JERSEY BULLS Raleigh—Oxford





and—M breo di . Meadowland Farm, Water-

man} $31111... Pna‘ckard Rd. Ann Arbor, Mich.





Link F . ma Jets. 3' Bullica'lgves‘f

' ‘ ’ggbfifl- 14121.13. W11 ”3&1 -





 





 





ichigan





 





 





Allegan County. Michigan.





Ready for Service.





 





bulls for sale: F M

Jersey 3 grfimdson of P0 math zrggelri‘ite's Filming

MITH (Ir PAR ER. R. 4. Howell. Mich_





Meridale Interested Owl No. 111311 heads my hard

bull calves from this sir-eat sire and out of R. or M.





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





Registered Jersey Bulls}. ”$333 ‘Sgdaemw “0‘“





d .

FOWLER? 1133:3311, 13133.





' Shorthorns. B ll d

Reg “tered ricee within regal: olmn hem”

G. 'R. DeSH TLER. R. 4, Teoumlseh, Mich.





 





 





 





BIDWELL snonrnonns





BUY A BULL 1





that will put weight on your dairv calves —the dill-



erence will soon Ea ayfor theb bu IL Now selling 00d



Scotch andtScotc topped ylegglgngsueaeonablyipedcedi

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Test. we hour from Toledo. Ohio. N. Y. 0.3 B. If.“





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,

Box D, ' Tecumseh, Michigan

Milking Shorthorns. bulls and heifers 5 mo tol





1ear old for sale at reduced rices to make room

KU’ I T 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 F arms,

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





The Maple’s Shiertliorns





Kirklevington Lad, b .Hartford

Welfare, in service. tock or sale.





.J- V- WISE. Goblovllle, Mich.

BUY SHORTHORNS gf Moentml Michi-





8h rth

Breeders' Association at farmers’ grices wine???

sale list to M. E. Miller, Seo' y, Greenville. Mich.





One Yearling Shorthorn $1.,ng

for $125. M. G. BIOSHER&SONB 03300 Mich





 





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Branch County Farm





Breeders of





PoIIerI Shorthom Cattle





Young Bulls For Sale

Several well bred herd bull prospects.

GEO. E. BURDICK. Men, Coldwater, Michl





FIVE Bfiia’ibiinrraks





that we will sell ohea if take at

about them 01 better 00:16 and so: them once Inquire

CA RR BROS (Q 00,, Bad Axe. Mich.





VALLEY VIEW FARMS





Choice young Shoithmn cows and heifers for sale at

all times. bred or open. or a (sartorad. also a tewyoung





bulls strong in Sultan

8.11 PA Bad Axe. Mich





NGBOHN (t SONr1

flog fled PUIIBII cattle choice ayloung bulls from6 to 18





mo. old tors

FRANK KEBLER. R. 1. Grand Ledge. Mich.

Bull calves for sale from the





Shorthorns. be... mi“.

blood bti bl

ROSEMARY FARMS 1n illlams‘lona. xIllicit).





e Red Polled bull calves. from 3 mos. to]

(5d. sired by Famous Charmer 355 ram eblooyrfgg

Charmer 1919 International Grrandéhainpion!a Our herd

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





HOGS

Berkshire Bord Saws ““l‘yaillflififié‘lé‘l’afii’.” £11;





a few ood fall 11 at reasonable rices for I

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Re istered Duroc 1 crated and

Buy ”in? "0" del vered to expreeg Sation for $20

each ither sex or can furnish them unrelated to

each other. These are late fall 1111 sired “by State

Fair winners and weighing over Dgsbs. ritefor

particulars





DUROG JERSEYS





Bred gilts. service boars and fall boar pigs at Bargain





rices. Your oorres ndence or rson

i; cordially invited. Do Do al inspection

RU BROS. .. Oakwood Far in, Romeo, Mich.





 





uroEBoars at be ain ricee la 8 rowth h 15

Dmonths old at %. 179111 nd.r8 GSdD .alyld 19:88:8-

Ordersn booked





to:- in the buyers name. for A r.

to deliver June lst. W. E. Battle... Alma. p MLefi.’





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Write Me rear“... stamina: 1?:

say boars readilfor eerv oe.





HAYES. L. B. 56, DWAM- .i





Michigana Farm Ltd” Pavilon. Mich '
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$41, 1912,

geeldy at Det101t, Michigan, fer April,

State of Michigan,

County. of Wayne.





Business Manager

Farmer,

the best of his knowledge and belief,

a true statement of the ownership,





circulation), etc., of the aforesaid pub-

lication for the date shown in the

above caption, required by the Act of





443, Postal Laws and Regulations,





to wit:





and business manager are:





Go, Detroit, Michigan.

Editor, Burt Wermuth, Detroit, Mich.





Detroit, Mich.





Detroit, Mich.



2. That the owners are": (Give

names and addresses of~ individual

owners, 01', if a corporation, give its

name and the names and addresses of

stockholders owning or holding one

per cent or more. of the total amount

of stock).



M. J Lawrence, 2131 Wyoming Ave.

Washington, D. C.





Ave., Washington, D. C.

Euclid Heights, Ohio.





Olive M. Lawrence,

Drive, Cleveland, Ohio.





Nellie B. Christopher.

Gaius J. Lawrence,

Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Ohio.

Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio.

Cleveland, Ohio.



Cleveland, Ohio.





St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Kate E. Munsell,





:Blvd., Detroit, Mich.



F. H. Nance, 16727 Clifton Blvd.,

' Lakewood,

/ Neff Laing, 261 South ThirdSreet,

Philadelphia, Pa.



J. F. Cunningham, 1224 Belle Ave., rAR RM.





1632 Lafayette





Ohio.





Lakewood. 01110.,



I. R. waterbury,

Blvd., Detroit, Mich.

3. That the. known’





more of total amount of bonds,

gages, or other securities are:

there 1are none, so state).

Maria-E. Dunk, Detroit, Mich;

4. That, the two paragraphs next

above, giving the names of the oyvners,

stockholders, and security holders, if

any, contain not only the list of stOck-

holders and security holders as they

appear upon the books of the company

but also, in cases whom the stock-

holder or security holder appears upon

the backs of the company as trustee

or in any other fiduciary relation, the

name of the person or (:01 poration for

whom such truStee is acting, is giVen;

also that the said two'paragraphs con-

tain statements embracing afflant's full

knowledge and belief as the circum-

stances and Conditions under. which





db not appear upon the books of the

company as trustees” hold stOck’ and

securities in a capacity othér than that

of a bona flde owner; and“ this amam





er‘ person; association, or. corporation

has any interest direct or indirect in

the said stock, bonds, or other securi-

ties than~ as scxstatediby. him:





ies of each issue on this. publication

sold or distributed, through the mails





ing the six months preceding the date

shown: above; it.

required: from daily publications only).

(Signed)

1. R1 WATERBURN,

Baalhe'ss Manager.





Sworn to and‘ subscribedmbetore me.





this F‘ii'st Day of 111511119

Cm; CE ES‘





indium





 





9%? commission“ moms? <51be 12,,





 

 





RE'o BY THE LAM" OF' 7





or The Michigan Farmer, published





Before me a Notary Public in and

for the state and county aforesaid per-

sonally appeared I. R. Waterbury, who,

. having been duly sworn according

to law, deposes and says that he is the

of the Michigan

and that the following is to





management (and if a daily paper, the





August 24, 1912, embodied in section





printed on the reverse of this form,





1. That the names and addresses of

the publisher, editor, managing editor,





Publisher, The LaWrence Publishing





Managing Editor, I. R. Waterbury, .





Business Manager, I. R. Waterbury,





Carrie J. Lawr,ence 2131 Wyoming

Paul Lawrence, 2759 Hampshire Rd,

1677 Magnolia

Citizens’ Savings & Trust Co., Trus-

tee fcr Mary and Mortimer Lawrence,

. Cleveland, Ohio.

Guardian of

2903 Washington

Mrs. G. B. Rogers, 13519 Lake Shore

Lillian» Cotton, 9400 Euclid Ave.,

E. D. Pope, 11255 Bellefiower Ave.,

R. M. McConville, 1539' East 82nd





180 East .Grand-





bondholders,

mortgagees, and other security holder's

owning or holding. one per cent or

mort-

(If





stockholders and, security holders who ‘

has no.1’eason to believe that any, oth- 7





5. That the average number of cop- '





or otherwise, to paid subscribers d'urr .





(This. informationi is ‘





 





 





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‘ Buster.





'CRANDELL’S PRIZE HOGS,





 





 





 

 

 





H O-Gsf‘





" 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

Write your wants, all stock shipped on approval.





Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





atour farm 5% miles S-. E. of Belmont.

1:00 o’clOck





Thesday, April 19', 1.921





15 choice Reg. 0. I. C. bred gilts sired by

Wm. A. Wildwood 3rd and bred to Petro—

leum Dough Boy (a son of Petroleum Giant,

six times grand champion.) 1 extra nice

Septbioar. Will meet those coming on trains

at Belmont. Sealed mailed bids will be

taken care of by Clerk.





A. J; BARKER 8c SON,





Belmont, Mich.





 





Spring pigs by Wahfls

Orion, First Sr. Yearling

Detroit, Jackson, Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919





Phillips Bros,Rig_a,Mich.





 





Broiokwate‘r D‘umc Jerseys





BOARS‘——R eady fer Service

Bred Sows and Gilts





Write us for Prices and Pedigrees

Mail orders a Specialty Satisfaction guaranteed

BROOKWATER FARM, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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





DUROC sows r, 111.01.15.33





Orion King No.169'259 Son of the $10 000 hour owned

by. Longv'Iew Farm Le Sumit Mo. also young boars





 





 





L. T. P. C.





Sprin oar p s 815 to 395. Fall gilts sired by Hurts

13111121171510.1311 to 850. Also ha1e tuo gilts uhich

aHre grainddmghters of the Yankee and were breO to

qutsl lack rice March 241411.1heiv1111 go quick at

35:110. HART FULCHER &. CLIN 1‘, address 1“. '1‘.

ART. St. Louis, blich.





Big Ty e





 





Polands. Bred sows all sold, but hare. some





_ ood herd boar prospects,f fall boars

weighing 175 l s Sired by (h e Arctic. Call 01- Virgo

IORUs 110er Akron. M h





 





C. Bred sows. Fall pig.» singly or in pairs. AlsoS.

01111101111 cockerels all big "I pe of the best of

breeding. Satisfactionguar. R. W .1111 ls Saline. Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





Offering a dozen choice gilts and a few tried sows

bred to 811( h hours as Michigan Mastodon and Mich.





ignn Clansman.

P. P. POPE. Mt.

choice boars





L- S- P- C 0 .11 farmers prices.





bred gilts all sold Also a d f '1‘ -

man and Harrison Big Ogmn Hon 0 he Clans

H O. SWAR’I‘lé Schoolcraft. Mich





 





Pleasant. Mich.





a few





ig Type P. 0. some 1er} C'llOlte boars d ubl -

mune, 01117110011). aim and mammoth sd'ws rom'i-l

Iowa 5 greatest herd-t. E. J M.1tl1eu,son.Bu1-r Oak. Mich.





t lbw t l .

880% 8133251111111 China: .1?“ “with 3‘33:

G A BAUAIGARDNER. R. 2, Niddleville. Mlého

Large Type Poland Chins. NW”: .55”, “‘e 3"

.FELDKAMP R ManchestmuMich.





If you are loooking for somttl d.

L 1" PI 0- in bred Its ate rightpr‘ue. "r'imt:goo

AG ELSH AW. A11gustn.eMich_





 





POLAND China Bred Sows and Gilts at bargain

prices. Calsoiprin gillflali-l and fall pigs cithei «on

F8 ER R. 3 .St. Louis. Michigan

I Big 'lype l’. C. Sows bred to

Leonard 5 Orange (Housman,Fallboar igs

“0581) Im- lbs. Real herd boar rospects. Cal

write. E. R. Leonard. R. 3. St. 01115, Mioh.





PINE GROVE HAMPSHIRES

We are offering :1 few tried sows bred for March

and April farrow These sows are all closely re-

lated to our winning show lu-rd and of popular

blood lines. and the pri(e! \\ 31 Down. !





 





 





 





Carey U. Edmonds Hastings Mich.





 





Bred sows all sold. A few choice





i‘zvall hoais for see

.0. Y.LOR Milan, Mich.





DURO





- Am bookingpr era for spring

Duroc Jerseys E 15 F0, M1,,”

E. D. HEYD BER Vi’ayland, Mich.

Strictly Big Ty ypesb pith ual-

y





0. In C. SWine it fen git for





last of April, and Mm farrow AA to w Sept. and Oct.

fall pigs either sex. Extra good ones. .of our Stale

Fair prize winning blood mes. Will 5111 (l O D.

and record them fro .‘WMAN STOCK

R. l. Marlette. Mich.





01. 1. C'. 6’ t1 1 3V8“ bred for Ap1il t51111.10M11y





furrow. Shippe

MANN Dansvllle, Mlch

o I 0" Choice gilts for April and May farrow, also

3 falAl pigs. Booking Orgeig for spring pigs.

.BA ER 11:50 Belmont. blich





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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"'" ° 0" Tii'llllhfilllm'gs gl'l'glil'lfl'm Bl'il'ey, Mich (ieo. loupfll‘ & Sons. Mallutte. Mich.

' S d _(}'1t 1 d for ' Bred 'Ilts all sold. Spring

Duroc Jersey M'zl'riahfmA ril ' flay'rgarrow HamDSh'res and 12514110111” 1129 at .1 bar-

Also a few spring boars. Best 0 blood lines and gain. JOHN V\.SNYDJ"R . R. 011115. Mich.

Eplendfiid indivld‘itals. Satisfzution guaranteied. Wlite

orpe Igree an 911088. or better tome 11m see, \isi

tors welcome. Tbos UndeIl1ill&Son Salem MIch SHEEP;

A FEW GHO'CE Bred 111115 for 900§GOOD BREEDING EWES

- - “a'e- FOR SALE





Only in carload lots. One to four years old

mostly threes. Commence lambing' June lst

May 1st delivery. All \vintcred. Registered

Hampshire Rams, used. A big bargain.





Came and see them. Location. five (5) miles

from Durand on Bingham larm. Cars Loaded Free.





5.0. Bingham, Corunna, Mich".





Telegrams, Vernon. Letters, Corunna. This

advertisement Wlll not appear again. Act now.





 





Good strong in-





Wind-Mullen Shropshire Rams. annuals-Jam,

bred, priced right. A. H FOSTER.A119gan,Mich.





 





' I“ SJ . th 1

400 Breedmg Ewes 513:8, digstlgxblae'kfi 1!)th

ALMOND B. CHAPMAN.





South Rockwood Mich.





 





at special low prices





We Are Ofifieri-ngr,0





 





me 01.80111 choice



0. 1.0 Cfall pigs sired by State "Fair Winn

WEBB. RBROSH Phone 408 110111101111 Mich

'I. 0's. 8 last spring gilts due to farrow in Mar.





and Apr. some tri sows senice boars and last

fall pig”, not akin. big 5:1 on thy stock Registered

free Citz. Phone 124, Otto B So hulze, Nashville. Mich

0' I C; s Zeows for May furrow. Orders

‘O ' booked for March-pigs.

.J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich





Central Ml'cll‘. l. C.

Swine Breeders. Ass'n.





Every





 





Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines

sale guaranteed by association





DR. H. W. NOBLES,

Sales Mgr, Coral; Mich.





9-, ' Lake This





92 the originating produced





:1 HAYEH, stashed thousands of breeders on the road to



success. I can help you. I want to lace one 110 from

my great herd in every community where am not Eli-ea y to



b so fine early developers—ready for market at Ba



01: Write for ormy plan— ore Money from Hon.’





 





Raise... ChestenWhites. ' ‘





HORSES





> O

Stallion For Sale 3,, , gm,

stallion 1' ARO de LIME] 1‘1"] 14‘, Belgian Society

No. 61090, American Sm i( ty No. 59% ueighs m er"1001bs.

Beautiful bay, buyer could iealizo tuiu tlu pIi(0 in

face this spring Sanilat Stmk F,arn1 llelkshin. 3 mi.

direct east of Sandusky. Detioit Office 142‘: Broadway.





Stallions and mares at Icusonable

PerCheron prhts; inspedion in\'1tc 0.11

F L. KING & sON (harlotte. Mich





POULTRY

RHODE ISLAND WHITES





win50 over all breeds at the egg! yln co test: 30

.1038; 190 $15 'H'rde' from 11:32.13. n h‘efis

H.211 UMP. R. 5,_ Jae 1011'





Black \ inoroa cockerels exhibition and utlli

8- C Northrup Strain Exrlusl ve y hatching age

single settings or quantity. 0. J. Dcedrick. Vassar Mich.





 





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S C. w Leghorn Eggs Barnhm Strain stockrgf

'11 Lady Victory 3101 egg hen 82. 00 per 15.3 3%

for 30. v.0 OBK Box 403. East Lansing. MI





Chicks and

Whittakcr’ s. R. I. Re 11.11.

Combs. Michigan's Color and Egg strain. 8"Pro

and cafe delivery guféirnfnteed. Send for free catal

INTERLAK ER FAR M. Box 39. Lawrence, 11613.





White Wyandottes: Egg? “2““



R; ER!-



32110 per 1.3 Baby chicks 28 cents each. Cooke role.

hens and puilets



FRANK DeLONG R 3. Three Rivers. M1651.





chicks S.0.W.Engllsh0L:1§horns 31:11.19;





price on 1000 lots by parcelgi elivered

HENRY WAT 11.4. Holland. Mich:





 





 





 





 





Hatching eggs. Hen layers Brine

w' F‘ 9' Spanish winners 33- per 15 63$





81' 0.01 Ahmas Lawrence Lahaie; OheboygamMicb





 





 





 





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able.. J uGIbson, batons; #1141011.





:b0» 1:; C" S “hm“ ”031‘s and Spring pigs

#1 firm mm 82107611“ E1 1111“” Monroe. 11....





3?, very choice: fall boars.

(prim enticed as ice {glam sale. They are



Miss Colum-

”slits finmoltlsc few

.. ansman

Mimi}: 1113, M1 011.





 





 





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1’:le w 95.113133? priced reason!





 





 





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case, turkeys,yu1n-

eas. [1 echo. hares; dogs. Fine 1 11111. and don 3.0 cat-

logon .IO‘c. Edwin A: Sender. Sellersvllh.Pln .





W W‘vandottes Ofiic'lal records. five hens 1074‘

8.13: for. hatching at red icedtpxlms (1

tree. m6. W SQ’HOTTMANN; Molitrooesss





BARRED WK‘BDTOC'

Wlfite Wyandoltes E818 50. 50 or Mfifilfifi





 





 





 





 





Chicks. HOWARD GRAN

Mammoth“. ””3"" “351%. '.T “'°‘ix7°‘ » -

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, April 12.,





Wheat.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.40; May

1.35; No. 2 white and No. 2 mixed

$1.38.



Chicago—No. 2 hard $1.361/2; N0. 3

red— $1.271/2@1.30.





Corn.

Detroit.—~Cash No. 3 yellow 610; No.

4 yellow 58c.

Chicago—No. 3 mixed 521/2 @531/10.

, Oats.

l)etroit.~Cash No. 2 white 411/20;

No. 3 white 400; No. 4 white 37c.

Chicago—No. 2 white 371/1@37%c.

Beans.





l)etroit.~—elmmediate and prompt are

lower at $3.25 per cwt. '



Chicago.——Market is easy and lower.

Hand-picked beans choice to fancy at

'$3.80@4.25; red kidney beans $8.50@

9 per cwt.





New York—Market is dull. Choice





pea $4.50; do medium at $5.50; red

kidney $9.50.

Rye.

Detroit.———Cash No. 2 rye $1.39.

Seeds.





Detroit.—~Prime red‘clover, cash at

$12.75; April $10.25; alsike $14.25; tim-

othy at $3.00 per bushel.



Hay.



No. 1 timothy $206021; standard and

light mixed 551901920; No. 2 timothy

$18flnl9; No. 1 clover mixed $17@18;

N0. 1 clover $156016; rye straw $1361)

14; wheat and oat straw $12((i)13 per

ton in carlots at Detroit.





WHEAT





Export wheat buying has continued

throughout the past week. Europeans,

especially Germany, have been buying

for July and August shipment. The

price of new grain based on the July

future is around $1.50 per bushel, c. i.

1., European ports, or 4001500 less

than the prevailing price of old grain.

Reports from Kansas show farm re

serves in that section are still large

but in Nebraska the bulk of the sur«

plus grain has been sold. In the Pa-

cific northwest rather large amounts

are still held. In spite of the excel-

lent promise for the new crop-the

supply of wheat in central markets is

so small, export sales have been so

liberal and the world’s wheat supply

and demand situation is so closely ad-

justed that prices would go consider-

atny higher were it. not for the fact

that economic conditions in this coun-

try are decidedly against an upturn.

"Under the circumstances there is a

possibility of very radical behavior in

the wheat market but it seems inad-

visable to expect a great deal in the

way of higher prices.





CORN





Sales of corn by the producers have

been unusually small with receipts at

terminals the smallest for this crop.

No material increase is expected until

spring planting is out of the way and

prices have advanced to a point which

will net a. little more to the producer.

Demand from consuming sections re-

mains slow, corn industries are grind-

ing less than capacity and exports are

too small to have much effect.



OATS



The visible supply of oats is the

largest on record for this season. with

the exception of 1917, when the amount

was only a trifle more than at pres-

ent. A decrease of nearly one million

bushels occurred during the last week

in March which may indicate that oats

stocks have begun to shrink. The vis-

ible supply of corn is the largest on

record for this season with the excep—





tion of 1898.

FEEDS -





Mill feeds declined $1 to $2 further

.during the past week as a result of

light demand, especially from the dairy

districts. Weakness in markets for

coarse grains was another factor. The

wholesale price for feeds on the pound

basis are lower on midwestern mar-

kets than prices for corn and oats.

'Detroitr—Bran $30@32; standard mid-

dlings $27@29; coarse corn meal $30

@31; cracked. corn $31®34; chop at





$26@27.

V ~ ~ SEEDS





' “Urgent spring demand for clover and

‘ ' .. th‘ seed, is_passed:as the‘seasonfls.





 





‘3‘;





terest is turning to the new crop upon

has been unusually early. Market in-

which early indications have been es-

pecially favorable. Prices are as fol-

lows: Toledo.——Prime red clover $12.75

per bushel; prime alsike $14.15; 1919

prime timothy $2.60; 1920 prime timo-

thy $2.70. Chicago.—-—Clover, per 100

lbs $12@16; timothy $4@5.50.





HAY





While middlewestern markets have

been lightly supplied with hay, buyers

are few and many eastern markets

have had excessive receipts. Large

supplies on farms, low prices for corn

and oats and the advent of the pasture

season; make up an unfavorable hay

market situation.





POTATOES





Potato markets are reported firm at

northern shipping stations, the price

range being 85c@$1 per 100-lb. sack.

The volume of new stock is constantly

increasing and now amounts to about

ten per cent of the total supply. Con-

suming markets are quoted mostly at

$1601.50 per 100 pounds.





’ WOOL





Wool markets are still inactive as

the manufacturers are disposed to buy

only from hand to mouth in spite of

rather large sales of cloth' for fall re-

quirements. The memory of numer-

ous cancellations a year ago make

them unwilling to commit themselves

as far ahead as usual. The tariff un-





Q .





certainty still overhangs the market.





as follows: Michigan and New York

fleeces, delaine unwashed 36@38c; fine

unwashed 30@3lc; one-half blood un-

washed 31@32c; three-eighths blood

unwashed 28@29c.





BUTTER





The butter markets continued to ad-

vance until the middle of the past

week when consumptive trade changed

to storage butter, which was quoted at

lower prices The general situation

shows but little change. After April

15 the market. trend is expected to be

downward as it will be close to the

flush season. Some grass color is al-

ready showing and California grass

butter sold on the‘New York market

at a price one to two cents under ex-

tras. Supplies in distributing markets

are short at the present time and the

storage holdings are slightly smaller

than a year'ago. Prices for 92-score

fresh butter on April 9 were as fol-

lows: Chicago 461/20; New York 49c;

Philadelphia 500; Boston 500.





EGGS AND POULTRY





The egg receipts still increase from

week to week and are running far in

excess of the same period last year.

Cold storage holdings at Chicago, New

York, Boston and Philadelphia on Ap-

ril 7 aggregated 1,046,998 cases, com-

pared with 52,268 cases a. year ago.

Prices have attained more stability

and show but little change compared

with last week. Detroit.——-Eggs, fresh





 





 





Live Stock Market Service





 





 





Wednesday, April 13.





DETROIT

' Cattle.

canners steady;





. . .15 8.85617 9.00

8.00M] 8.75





Heavy cattle dull;

others 25c higher.

Best heavy steers

Best handy wt bu steers





Mixed steers and heifers 7.00@ 8.00

Butchers ................ 6.00617 7.00

Best cows .............. 6.50@ 7.00

Butcher ,cows ........... 4.75@ 5.75

Common cows .......... 3.00@ 3.75

Canners ................. 2.50@ 3.00

Best light. weight bulls. . 6.00@ 6.75

Bologna bulls . ...... . . . . 4.75@ 5.75

Stock bulls .............. 4.25@ 4.75

Feeders ..... . . . . . 7.00@ 7.50

Stockers ................ 6.0061? 6.75

Milkers and springers.. ..$ 45@ 95

Veal Calves.

Market steady.



Best ................ . . . .$10.00@11.00

Culls and common . . . . 6.00@ 9.00

Hogs.



Market dull.

Mixe ........ 9.00

Pigs ....... 10.00@10.25

Heavy . . . . ..... . 7.75@ 8.25





H. Sheep and Lambs.

Market steady.

Best lambs .............$ 8.50@ 9.00





Fair lambs 7.50@ 8.00

Light to common ........ 4.00@ 7.00

Fair to good sheep ...... 4.50@ 5.50

Culls and common 1.50@ 3.00





BUFFALO





Hogs‘ were stronger on the market

today and prices were 25c higher. The

lamb market is steady and calves sold

up to $10.50.





CHICAGO

Hogs. -

Estimated receipts today are 16,000;

holdover 7,657. Market fairly active,

mostly 10@15c higher. Bulk of sales





$790019; tops $9.35; .heavy 250 lbs up

medium, good and choice $7.90mj:8.40;

medium 200 to 250 lbs up medium,

good and choice $8.25@8.90; light 150

to 200 lbs common, medium, good and

choice $8.25CD9.35; light light‘s 130 to

150 lbs common, medium, good and

choice $8.85@9.35; heavy packing sows

250 lbs up smooth $6.85@7.65; packing

sows 200 lbs up rough $6.65@6.85; pigs

130 lbs down medium, good and choice

$8.65@9.35. '

Cattle.



Estimated receipts today are 9000.

Market generally steady, strong in

spots. Beef steers medium and heavy

weight 1100 lbs up, choice and prime

$8.75@9.50; do medium and good $7.75

@8.75; do common $7.25@7.75; light

weight 1100 lbs down'good and choice

$8.25@9.25; do common and medium

$6.75QI8.25; butcher cattle heifers,

common, medium, good and choice at

$5.25((i‘j9; cows common, medium, good

and choice $4.50@7.75; bulls bologna

and beef $4.25@6.75; canners and cut-

ters cows and heifers $2.25@4.50; do

canner steers $3,694.50; veal calves,

light and handyweight medium, good

and choice $6.50@9; feeder steers,

common, medium, good and choice at

$7608.50; stocker steers common, me-

dium, good and choice at $5.75@8;

stocker cows and heifers common, me-

dium, good and choice $3.75@6.



Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 19,000.

Market about steady. Lambs 84 lbs

down, medium, good, choice and prime

$8.75-@10; do 85 lbs up medium, good,

choice and prime $7.50@9.50; do culls

andvcommon $7.25(a)8.50; spring lambs

medium, good, choice and prime $7.25

@9; ewes medium, good and choice at

$5@6.75; ewes cull and common $2.714

4.50; yearling wethers medium, good

and choice $7@8.





 





 





Little Journey; to tfie Market





Bologna Bulls.





OLOGNA bulls, as the name implies, aretused primarily for





for the production'of bologna and sausage.





They include





the lean, muscular bulls which have attained some age and pos-





sess heavily crested necks.

more water than fat meat, an

sausage maker.





Lean meat can be made to absorb ‘





important consideration to the





A heavily muscled, mature Holstein bull is con-





sidered the most desirable sort for the bologna trade. Fat bulls,





suitable for .bologna' production.





mand a higher price than bulls, or butcher bulls, usually com-

which are known as ‘beef bolognas, although, they would. not be





.calzctilsses ofténmiil} be SUbfititUQQdFIQr steers. :1 .





If they have light: necks fat bull





 

 





‘ Holstein:

1.1





_ current receipts 23%@25c. Live poul—

Boston quotations, partly nominal, are try, spring chickens 320; heavy hens”





vat 31@3Zc; roosters 20c

ducks 40c; turkeys 40c;

APPLES



The apple markets, declined again

during the past week in spite of the

reduced shipments, especially of bar-

reled stock. Cold storage Baldwin ap-

ples. are quoted at $4.75@5.75 per bar-

rel in middle western consuming mar-





kets and extra fancy boxed stock at

$3@4. .





; geese 20c;





 





FARM BUREAU MARKET REPORT.





 





Grain market at lowest point in a

year. Michigan farmers hauling both

wheat and rye. in considerable volume.

Bean market dull and lower, wholesale

price is $3.20 for Michigan beans. The

general proposition looks like still low-

er prices before the new crop. June

clover supply suddenly became limit-

ed. Demand very heavy for this time

of year; advanced sharply during last

week; Toledo market holding firm at

$12.75. Alsike and timothy are rather

weak, apparently feeling the depres-

sion which normally comes during the

end of the seeding season.





 





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





 





(Continued from page 496).

Friday, April 8.



HERBERT HOOVER. secretary of

commerce, finds that the Germans

are selling goods under the cost of do-

mestic manufacture; he declares this

is made possible by German subsidiar-

les' to industry—Five railway labor

unions, with 500,000 members, submit

to President Harding’s plan to end in-

dustrial dispute between the roads and

their workers.~—Michigan Secretary of

State Deland makes $480,000 cut in his

bi-yearly budget, and has been con-

gratulated by prominent bankers in

settlng an example in this respect.





Saturday, April 9.





RESIDENT HARDING confirms ap-



pointment of Myron T. Herrick, of

Ohio, as ambassador to France—By

proclamation the President has desig~

nated the week of May 2228 as Forest

Protection Week—Detroit auto chiefs

have conference with President Hard~

ung, to impress upon him the import—

ance of the industry—The federal gov-

ernment will investigate building con-

ditions in all sections of the country,

Wl‘th a view of eliminating the crooks.





Sunday, April 10.





HE Swiss federal council has de-



cided to expel ex-Emperor Charles

of Hungary, who may go to Spain:—

The striking coal miners and mine

owners of Great Britain arrange for a

conference to settle strike of triple al-

liance—United States Steel Corpora-

tion reports over six million tons of

unfilled orders—Sixty thousand gal?

lons of liquor was poured into the sew-

er at Gary, Indiana—A plant to manu-

facture jelly from seaweeds is started

near Los Angeles.-—The state plans to

exterminate timber wolves by hiring

experienced trappers.





Monday, April 11.





HE etxra session of the sixty-sev-



enth. United States Congress opens

today; the republican majority shows

a big increase—Serious damage to the

fruit trees in central and southern Illi-

nois and southern Michigan by. the

freeze of Saturday and Sunday 18 re—

ported—The general belief is that the

mine owners and miners in England

will reach some agreement to prevent

the triple alliance strike.———Due to a lid

on Sunday liquor selling, New York

has the driest Sunday since 1896, when

the late President Roosevelt was po-

lice commissioner.





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





o. I. C.’s.——April 19, A. J. Barker, Bel»

mont, Mich.



Holsteins, ’Durhams and Guernseys.—

April 19, August Bewernitz, Inkster,

Mich. » ';



Holst-eins.——April ”21, Eaton County

Consignment Sale, A. N. Loucks,

Secretary. Charlotte, Michr .



Guernseym—May 10, (F. E. Fox,”



anager, E311- Claire ,





 





   





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good water and teed. Sam





Mi~fi$~mfiyy§ as we 'n‘ ‘wire fence.





rum: 1 .

7* ”as $0 li._B.. 9: Meant to property.

Werners- or quick suio.





No.83 Br-Lnrge two story Hotel. good location, i



" w‘ l ' ' t Land. Can be sub-

NQ' 8:31am ”468:1? glisquegmm Situated near

$511M, Alonso 00. $25; _ per nor-1:)



‘ a?!” acres. 60 cleared. ‘ iii

gall. 4;} miles from Ststiox} on propOse

6‘ house a





b 111.30 . rse silo granary.

wood. shed. o'rolmrd. 3.00 per care. To





N . ~ .-—1 ac farm stock. tools. machinery and

ligdsalowo ‘ ”ed. 4 5606, work horses. 8 milk oowa. 2

o ' numb: pigs enoh.A|l new buildings cement

1E0, ‘ no and floors. silo. Very best of innd,fenced

and cross, "fenced with woven wire. 9and drainage is



‘ out; 5 acres wheat. 15 acres hey. spres cleared,

go ' e’pas’tu . flowing 89H. Beautifu farm four

warm 993m, so’at’. w or has other business.



l'sell.t sSpring for $12. .00 part down. balance





our terms. _



No. 87 A.—-58~A. 21A. mprovedbsiance brush: mnnina



stream._flowin wei . house. barn, clay loam, near



so 1 and c uroh. telephone. mail route. Price

on. terms to suit purchaser.





No.88A.—-200 A. cla loom. level. running stream.

Will make good stoc farm. Near school and trucli

line hiking? Mail route. telephone. In flowing wel

district. .00 per acre. terms to suit.





No. 89 A.—65 aeresimproved'. 15 hardwood timber. clay

loam. barn 54106 and other buildiu 8. good water. On

meridian trunk line highwav, Schoo at corner of land.

T'ele bone and daily moi route. Orchard. Price

. per acre. 4 mi es from railroad shipping point.

This land will bear inspection.

No. SOS—Bargain to close an estate. zoo Acres

am and Ranch Land on State Trunk Line Gravel

Highway. 300 acres cleared. with houses, barns. silo.

farm machinery. Bearing orchard.





N. E. Mich. Bureau





Buy City, Michigan





clay loam

stone road.

garage.





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“Up-to-the-Minute”Farm with

4 Horses, 15 Cows





Touring car. bulls. poultry. modern machinery. vehi-

cles, gas engine. potato planter. diggen household

furniture, cropsincluded; 200mm. prosperous com-

munity. mile to RR town: 100 acres machine-worked:

40-oow pasture: abundance wood. timber. 50 apples,

plums; Monger maples, outfit: good 2-story house,

bi? basement barn, sprin water. etc. To settle.

a airs. man takes all. 321 down. easyéerms. See

gage 34 Spring Catalog 1100 Bargains. REE. '

TROUT AG NCY, 814130 Ford Bldg. Detroit, Mich





 





L001! On account of sickness, I offer myheauti-

ful dairy farm for sale. located near Grand

Ra. ids. Mich., 108 acres. new born with cork brick

eta is. running water. holds 40hesd. also horse and

yo stock barn thhgrunury. milk house. 3 large

tile silos. grist mill, electric light plant. chicken [and

hog hous . large t00l shed. corn crib, nd large 8-r00m

Price $20. . Easy terms.

Make ofler—andon May 20th will sell at Auction so





Reg. Jersey-Cow

Grand Rapids. Mich.





3. ~



GEO. E. WALKER,

better than 190 acres cleared. good clay and gravel

loam soil. good seven room .asgited frame house with

basement and good barn, . x. , on good road. five

miles to town. 40rods to school, od well and! or-

chard. good fences. Price S7000wit‘ 82000 down. Sale





 





 





must be made in thirty days Write

W. F. UMPHREY, livzirt, Mich.

GEORGIA FARM muggy





Michigan. stock. need no cover, two crops yearly. nny'



{zetarm with buildings. all cleaned-for cultivation.



rice 885.091 to $75.00 per acre immediate possession.



lie nie 3m (ignesee. Saginaw. Mich. Bell 3531 F1,

-e§idenoe 3631 2. Valley “0 B.





. ( ping a new tract of fer-

FOR SALE-HE): farm lands wel .lcceted

in the great potato and. d‘al district of isconsln

and iclriga-n. Secure rs choice now. Liberal

terms. Write for free booklets. etc. San'born Com-

pany. No. 29', Sunborn Bldg” Eagle River. Wisconsin.





 





 





' Chance 40 acres rich farm

Homeseekers laud. Central Michigan. 3800

with $100 or more dn'wnL Bul‘ance 10 years. Ronds_

railroads and cities established. filee uso‘bei'ore buylnz.

Stafield Brothers. 15 Merrill Bldg. WS:Sagiunw,Mich'





FARMS





FIG

Wanted to Hear gagging" 0" land

0. K. IfIAWLEY. Baldwin. Wisconsin.





[:U. S. flfficers’ Silk: Peplilnf





EOILIVE. Drab SHIRTS 2 for $3.75





 





Pmmltrv. truck. stock. and

(fiagn terms cheap.





NOCK. Salisbury, Md.





 





 





 





ReynlurU. S. ()ifioers" Silk

P liu‘ Olive Drab Shirts-

2 or $3.79. Only two to

a customer. They cannot

be duplicated at 38.00 a.-

piece or money back» and

are wurranteed to be fast

color. Two large pockets

with buttonsnnd‘ flaps.





Phy the Postman.





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‘ ur namemd’dress and size.



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Apples, Potatoes Wanted Highest

prices paid. The

E, L. R CtLMOND CO, Detroit. Mich





. naps she slipped when getting up. Our





' ell, Mich.—~—A.pply equal parts tincture





”'é’ \ $3.75 and sta e on or. :-

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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. c. FAIR.





Advice through this column is given free toour subscrib-

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service becomes private proclicc and 81 must be enciosedq





 





Warbles (Grubs).——I would like to

cows. I counted sixty-four in one cow's





sure properl applied to the swellings

will cause t e grubs to “pop out,” es-





stage of development. Sometimes they

can be pulled out with slender forceps,

but a certain method is tomake open-

ing larger with sharp penknife. Kill

every grub you take out. Cattle may

be treated during the summer with fly

repellents. If so, you Will have much





spring.



Bruised Leg—Will you tell me what

to do for my four-year-old horse that

has dry hard scab on lower art of

leg? 0. M. M., Arenac county, ich.—-

Apply one part oxide of zinc and six

parts of wool-fat (Lanolin) to the sore

twice daily. An occasional application

of tincture of iodine is good practice.



Brood Mare Perspires in Stable.—

Our four-year-old mare is due to foal

next June. She seems to be healthy,

but is the only horse I own which per-

spires in stable. Is this a bad symp-

tom and does she need treatment? P.

N., East Jordan, Mich. Ventilate your

stable, admit fresh air, without draft,

cha’nge her feed, keep bowels open by

feeding roots. Give her a teaspoonfui

of acetate of potash and a tablespoon-

ful of powdered gentian in feed twice

a day. A sluggish action of the kid-





 





spiration.

daily exercise.



Bruised Udder.~0ne of our cows

gives bloody milk from one hind teat

and this quarter of bag is sore.

H., Mason, Mich—Dissolve one ounce

of acetate of lead in one quart, of wa-

ter and apply to udder three times

{daily Rough milking is a common

‘cause of ,cows giving bloody milk.



Forage Poison.——-HaVe recently lost

two eight-months old calves. They

kept on growing weaker and Weaker,

but seemed to eat plenty of food up to





Letters should state fully the history and symptoms at ;

each cue and give. name and addreas of the writer. initials

only Ire published. When a reply by mail is requested the -





know how to kill the grubs in back of ‘

back. G. A. 8., Nirvana, Mich.—~P-res- -





pecially if they have reached a. late





lees grub trouble during winter and-





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getting into the ground right.

better and larger stand of corn.





 





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within a few hours of their death. I:

opened them, found no indication of.

disease. M. T., Aloha, Mich.——Doubl1-§

less the food they ate acted as a slow}

poison. l



Depraved Appetite—Have cow that}

freshened February 1; thrived well for3

a. month. Since then she has gradually

lost flesh. I sold her calf four weeks

ago. She is most fond of horse ma-

nure. G. 0., Mendon, Mich—Feed her

some clover, alfalfa, or roots. Give

her two tablespooniuls of powdered

gentian and four of powdered wood

charcoal in ground feed three times a

day. Grass is the best remedy:



Stifle Injury. About two weeks ago

one of my cows injured hind leg. Per-





 





local veterinary says she ruptured the

ligaments of stifle joint, allowing some

of the joint oil to escape. W. G., HOW-





of_ iodine and spirits of camphor to

stifle joint twice a day. Her recovery





 





will be slow.





.‘WHEAT AND RYE PROMISE WELL.





; HE Crop Reporting Board of the

' Bureau of Crop Estimates, Uni-ted

Department of Agriculture,

makes the following estimates from re-





parts of its correspondents and agents:





The average condition of winter

wheat on April 1 was 91.0 per cent of

a normal, against 75.6 on April 1, 1320,

99.3 on April 1, 1919, and 83.6, the av-

erage condition for the past ten years

on April? 1. There was an increase in

condition from December 1, 1920, to

April I, 1.921, of 3.1 points, as compar-

ed with am ayerage decline in the past

ten years of 4.8 points between these

dates. Upon the assumption of aver-

age abandonment of acreage and aver-

age influences on the crop to harvest,

condition April 1 forecasts a. produc-

tim of about 5210661600 busfi‘eTs,





 





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One second he d B to

Steel Multo;l iJI‘odeia D?

fourteen'insh Vulcan tractor pl 1 7‘ °m£fi122l€§fl

Hid mi 3.119813711' 5&0;- price mo in-



. $3. .. QM! ohOrOompsny.





April 1.





Which compares With 511,083,000 beeh-

elb, t e esm-gdigggyrmuou hr 1:920,





and . 293503.010 m



The average , on of We on Ap-

ril 1 was 90.3 per cent of a normal,

against 86.8 on April 1, 1920, 90.6 on

April 1, 1919, and 88.4, the average

condition for the past ten years on





 





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Absolutely accurate: It plants just the

number of grains you want in row or bill at

; exactly the spacing you want, and will not

[ scatter not break the corn. You never have

I to thin out after planting with a Sure—Drop.

’. It is light, yet strong and durable, and carries

the Ohio Rake guarantee of reliability. Some





I of its many advantages are : Large hinged hop—





neys, constipation of the bowels, lack pcrs,1naking seed plzitc changes possible with-

of exercise, stabling in warm, badly; out removing seed—combined foot and hand

ventilated barns are a few of the cans-j

es which cause weakness and cold per-l

Don’t forget to give her





lever for raising runners—«:quipped with nu-

tomatic reel and marker—is adjustable to

width of rows from 28 to 42 inches, will

plant any variety of corn or bczms.





All Steel Spring Tooth Harrow





Constructed entirely of the best steel—not :1





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The Ohio Rake Sure-Drop Com Planter positively insures your seed





It yields a profit the first year in giving a





single casting. The strongest zmd best har-

row on the market. Can be horse or tractor

drawn.





Both the Planter and Harrow were formerly

made by; the Gale Manufacturing Co. of Al-

bion, Mich. Prices on all Ohio Rake Farm

implements have been substantially reduced

since last full.





There’s a Dealer Near You





There are 210 Ohio Rake dealers in Michigan

who carry Ohio Rake Implements in stock.

Send us your name and we will send you des-

criptive circulars of any of our implements

and the name of our dealer nearest to you.





 

 

   





 





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Guaranteed 6 month»

Made of ' le

Chrome

Broad.» Solid- -

Leather Heels. Doub-



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555 to 12.





$4.45





Guarantee





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tir ly satis-

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Shoe.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Pity Postman

Send no mon-

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our name, ad-



reas and size.



Your shoes will be sent by



1 ' return mail. Pay Post-

mun $1.45‘amd postage on arrival.



Civilian Army & New? Shoe Company



. 73$ 4 W. 34th St. New York





Even estebliphed easel

yield canon: nub Suav-

in and Ringbone Pesto.



money back $2.08 8





Bone Spavin





or .

bottle postpaid. Send for FREE Vest-Pocket‘Veterinury

Adviser. Describes Spnvins nud 200 other horse and cattle nilmontl.





FLEMING BROTHERS.252WMI: Stock YIN!“ Chloe”





FOR SALE





water bowls.





 





‘10 complete cow stalls with 19

. steel manger divisions. and

Decxdcd on no (~11 :mge at present.



B. B. SMITH, Howell. Mich.





PEDIGREE SEED OATS





Wolverine and (“allege anm-sx seed oats for prices.

Apply THE JENNINGS FAHIVIS, Bailey. Illicit.





Choice Dahlia Tubers





LUCY 0. HA RROVV.





 





 





and Gladiolus

bulbs for sale.

Clarknvillc, :\iich_





DOGS





Write Dr. W. Austin szrlt. Mt. Clemens,

For sale Mich” for those beautifully marked Sublo

and White Scotch Collie Puppies: natural heelers

from trained stuck: pedigrees furnished. “'1“ also buy

thoroughbred Collie and Airedale'puppies for training





 





Fox-Hounds Rabbit and Skunk





Tra'ned' imam” do all ages. Send stamp.





 





 





Audion Sale

Tuesday,Apirl 1 9th





at 10:00 A. M. (Hot Lunch at Noon)





70 Head of Cattle





Hol‘steins, Durhams and Gucmseys. '





45 new milkers with calves by side.





Oihersytojfreshen soon. Farm located »





one mile west and one mile north of '

Inkst’er three. miles east and one mile





meet. all. ' curs





 

 





tric Line.





August He‘wer'nitz, Prop.





to noon- at the :





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lnklter. Mich. "





W. E, EUKY. Holmosville, Ohio

Podfifi'flw

C'H'I'C'K's lilbuplmrietllerse.





bred stock. Send ostai for prices.





0. K. CHICK. 0.. Box 11. Nappanee. In





$11 a 100





and up.





Postage P A I D , 95%

FREE feed with each or-

der. 40 breeds chicks. 4 breeds ducklings. Select

and Exhibition grades. A hatch every week all

year. Catalogue free. Stamps appreciated.

NABOB HATCHERIES. Gambler. Ohio.





April chicks “um Home





April 18. 19. 25 and 27. Brown Leghorns :15 or

Wigs. ,Rocks and Reds $16. Wyandottes 7181

‘ tor half (had We





end carter e.

for other varieties. repaid and guaranteed





live delivery. ,_





’m M. Bibi!





 





live arrival guaranteed.





 





 





 





 





 





 





ose Comb R.I.Red eggs for hatching. Orders book.

Red now for Cookerels und pullers for fall deliver .

MRS. ALBERT HARWOOD, R. 4, Charlevolx.‘ 'Mio .





8. 0. Brown Lt horns 252.279“ i . I‘m-Sill 0'

33.00; w‘fl;1oo-s:lgprepaid. MnsVfi‘i‘blwgfgelilm _ i 9





Barron S. 0. White I m »
pay Dollars





H E height of the season will



soon be here. Waste of hours

over repairs means a direct dollars

and cents loss to you. Waste ofdays

because ofa breakdown may mean

the difference between a successful

and an unprofitable season.



The work you obtain from your

tractor, truck and other farm

'machinery depends entirely on the

care and attention you give this

machinery. _



Prominent engineers agree that

faulty lubrication is responsible for

over 50% of repairs‘ on tractors,

trucks and automobiles. As you

depend more and more on your

mechanical equipment for the

financial success ofyour year’s work,

it becomes essential that you real—

ize the dollars and cents impor—

tance of scientific lubrication.



In hundreds of tests we have

shown that scientific

lubrication means

fuel savings from

17% to 25% and oil

savings at times as





high as 80%.





.' “'1‘.“ ' ';$\

err. :v s»





to save Pennies?





Aside from this matter of econo—

my, scientific lubrication enables

you to obtain greater power, free-

dom from operating troubles" and

fewer breakdowns—advantages

which have a direct bearing on the

financial success of your crop.





It is plain extravagance to buy

cheap oils because of a lower price

per gallon. Cheap oils rob your.

tractor of power, cause undue

repairs and often quickly ruin

machinery.





a: a: a:





The Vacuum Oil Company is the recognized

leader in the science oflubrication. As a re-

sult of our 54 years of experience in lubri—

cating machinery all over the world, we have

prepared for your guidance Charts of Recom-

mendations for truck, tractor and automobile

lubrication. These charts enable you to de—

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grades of Gargoyle Mobiloils will give best

results in your particular tractor, truck and

automobile.

The use of Gargoyle

Mobiloils will do more

than any other single fac—

tor to help you obtain

dollars and cents returns

from your tractor, truck

and automobile.





Mobiloils





In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your dealer, it is safest to purchase





in original packages.





New York Philadelphia

Boston Pittsburgh





DOMESTIC

BRANCHES:





Look for the red Gargoyle on the container.





Kansas City, Kan.

Des Moines





Detroit

Chicago





Minneapolis

Indianapolis





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Tristan“. Grades or 6mm Mobiloils to}

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Chart of Recov mmendattons ' .

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Mobiloils are i

the winter

the entire

experienced.

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Lubrication.





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HE comet 'gruies oi Gargoyle Mobiloils lot

tractor engine lubrication are specified in the

chlmbélow. ‘ ‘

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8 means Gargoyle Mobiloil “B"

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recommendation! Silduld be ioilowcd during the entire

period when. freezing temperatures may be experienced.

This Chart is compiled by the Vacuum Oil Oom-

psny’t Board oi Ameniative Engineers. and constitutes

e scientific guide teCérrect Trutor Lubrication. '

ll your Meter i :16: listed in this partial chart. cem‘

suit the Chart oi» mmendations at your dealer'yor

send for Booklet."¢atre& Lribriation {or Tractors“)

's'vitieh list; the Carter: Grades for all Tractors.





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ugh-grad. lubricants for every class of machinery. NEW YORK U. S A (I





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