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NUMBER ONE DETROIT, JULY 2, 1921 CURRENT COMMENT HE constructive thoughts and high Class A m e r i c a n ideals Versus which President Burt- Community on, of the University of Michigan, present- ed to the graduating class of that in‘ stitution in his baccalaureate address are worthy of consideration by every patrotic citizen as well as by the young men and women who are just entering active business life to Whom the address was delivered. President Burton’s address was so replete with Wholesome . truths and constructive ideals that it is impossible to cover them within the limits of this com- ment, and we must be content to men- tion only a few of the many thoughts expressed which have a wide applica- tion. Briefly, he told the students that our future is dependent upon “Our sense of values.” He declared that “Life has meaning just in proportion as an indi- vidual acquires some appreciation of [excellence in whatever form it may appear.” He asserted that during the war, “The morale of American and American forces was only possible be- came as a people we still believed that some things were right and other things were wrong.” He laid down the principle that “Vital issues can only be solved by personal contact of warm- hearted human beings.” He prophesied that “World peace waits the day when every nation, great and small, has the .same chance to work out its destiny that democracy promises to the indi- vidual." He advised his hearers that “To know the deepest satisfaction in life. you must become creative work- ers." He expressed his belief without qualification that “Real achievement, in the highest andbest‘sense, is pos- sible only to him who finds his inspir- ation in great challenging ideals which absolutely defy realization at any giv- en moment.” In speaking of the solution of the many problems which confront us as a. nation, President Burton stressed the ;vital importance of the human ele- ment. He declared that “Nothing in p11 the universe can compare in worth With a single human being.” and ex- pressed the belief that this truth alone _. " solve the growing problems of bless and group distinctions in Ameri— " "'- He well said that ”When public 3 oils are settled merely or solely “ ‘1 e bags of their effect upon the ' 59mm interests cf single groups and , :‘W usuholethereis danger""ahead emu-111mm , 611114 .structIVe suggestion regarding the - Price Levels proper settlement of the many vexed questions which are pressing for solu- tion at the present time, and one which should appeal strongly to every thoughtful citizen, was that only as we insist upon having the facts in regard to our national problems gathered at public expense by honest, well-trained experts will we be able to compass their wise solution as an intelligent and well informed people, and not by demagogues, dominated largely by prejudice and basing their conclusions upon a partial understanding of the facts. OR many .months farmers have anx- iously awaited an up- ward turn in the trend of prices for farm products. It has been the general belief of well inform- ed people that as farm, prices were the first to fall in the process of defla- tion, they would be first to show a fav— orable reaction. According to a state- ment just released by the United States Department of Agriculture that reaction is now in evidence. This re- port of the Bureau of Crop Estimates shows that using one hundred as the basis for the average price not farm crops during the year 1913, the index number of farm prices on June 1 was 109, as compared to 104 on May 1 and 309 on June 1, 1920, when the peak in prices of farm crops was reached. The advance in prices giving this higher index figure was uneven, but it is a matter for encouragement that it was largely in the staple cereals which are generally looked upon as the barometer of general farm prices. The average price for wheat advanced dur‘ ing May from $1.11 to $1.21; that of corn from fifty-nine and a half cents to sixty-two and a half cents; that of bar- ley from forty-nine cents to fifty-one cents; that of rye from $1.05 to $1.12, and that of apples from $1.42 to $1.69. During the same period hay, eggs and chickens showed a slight decline, while butter declined from thirty-nine cents per pound to twenty—nine cents. These advances in the price of star ple cereals are the more encouraging because of the fact that present finan- cial conditions make investors partic- ularly hesitant to invest in them, even though they may be convinced that general conditions favor higher future prices. But notwithstanding these con- ditions the trend of quotations during the present month indicates that the index figure for June will show a still further improvement while industrial investments are still on the downward price trend. What the result of heavy marketing following the harvest period may be is, of course, problematical, but with weather conditions unfavor- able for the development of spring- sown grains over wide areas n0 ab- normal price depression is likely to be maintained with the movement of of Farm Crops the new crop, particularly if same is marketed gradually, which is likely to be the case, as the prospect of loss from holding grains at present prices has been correspondingly reduced with the deflation of grain prices. In the meantime statistical experts and econ- omists are prophesying a general turn for the 'better in business conditions this fall, which should be a stimulat— ing factor in the‘ market for farm prod- ucts if their predictions are realized. At any rate it is a matter for sin- cere congratulation to the farmers of the country that for the first time since June, 1920, there has been an average upturn in prices for farm products. It is‘ an apparently plain indication that the bottom has been reached ”and that a reaction has set in Which is likely to be of very considerable benefit to the 'farihe'rs of the Country during the mar- the basis of the interests of "heating season for the current year's ‘ production. “fever, the greatest hen- 4 most closely and judge most correctly I. " successful snort has also been 1 ’ by the fruit grewers through the tom the economic conditions which will af— fect price levels during future months. But there is substantial ground for on: couragement of both farmers and bus- iness men in the indicated trend. of farm prices as above noted. HAT work of a. - - , high order is be- 3411371191111 ing done in at least antinues some ., of the depart- to_ Lead ments of the Michi- - gan Experiment Sta.- tion is quite satisfactorily shown by a report of wheat tests which has been received just now from the Missouri Experiment Station. That station has undertaken to test out every distinct type of wheat known to the United States. Of these the station found and tested over a thousand. The plots for this season have just been harvested and an examination made of the qual- ity and yield of the different varieties. The plan of the tests provide for the sowing of a single typical head of each of the various kinds. These small plots are cared for and harvested by'hand. A few of the best kinds are then se- lected and grown on a. more extensive scale on larger plots where” field im- plements are used. Following further selection the best grains for that state are then sent out to the various state farms where quantities of seed are pro- duced for distribution. The news in which Michigan readers will be particularly interested is that one of the two types of wheat selected by the Missouri plant breeders for gen- eral propagation in that state was bred at the Michigan Experiment Station by Professor Spragg and his assistants. The Missouri authorities also declare in their report that one, of the most helpful ways in which the station can assist in improving farming from an economic standpoint is to give the farmers better seeds to sow. If this be true, and thoughtful agriculturists everywhere concur in it, then the Mich- igan station is working along right lines and the result of the Missouri tests would further indicate that the plant breeders of East Lansing are do- ing work of a high quality. For all of which they are to be highly congrat- ulated. LTHOUGH grow- ers of a few kinds of fruits fared unusu- ally well last season, the general situation Outlook for F rui t Growing has not been as satis-' factory to the producer as in times past. Now that a. review of the apple season of 1920-21 is possible, the stu- dent will find upon examining the rec- ords that the past season has been a notable one. Three features mark the year as such to the apple grower: The unusually heavy production, the lack of demand from customary buyers in the producing sections, and the unus- al high costs of marketing. Notwith- standing the fact that a considerable portion of the stock in the barreled districts was not marketed at all, ship~ ments reached the record-breaking to- tal of 105,000 cars, of which 70,000 bar- rels were from the barreled apple sec- tions. High costs” of marketing were due to the unprecedented high prices asked for containers, to the advance in transportation rates and to the high commissions and other charges asked by the dealers. There is promise that some of these barriers to the proper and profitable conduct of the business of the Michi- gan fruit growers will be cleared away for the present season. The trafic de- partment of the Michigan State Farm, Bureau reports that a reduction in the water rates Mm$§ Lake Michigan has_ beenet’fecfeeti This reduction mutatgjm bureau to bring down the prices' . containers. oral reduction come in part the reduction in income which will result from his light yield» occasioned by the freezes in April and . ' May. Realizing that interstate freight rates will probably not be changed during the present marketingyearrthe fruit growers are looking forward to . the distribution of their product as near the point ofproduction as possi- ble. In all, it would appear that the outlook is becoming more encouraging to the producer of good fruits. News of the Week Wednesday, June 22. EVERAL American ships have mysteriously disappeared from the high seas. U. S. Naval Department is looking for pirates—Heavy stormv-in vicinity of Detroit floods basements, and causes considerable property dam- age—University of Michigan, chemist says gasoline will eventually go up to sixty cents per-gallon.—Ireland serves "No Peace without Freedom” notice as King George goes to Ulster to open Irish Parliament—Chicago board of trade “cleans house" by making dras- tic amendments to rules—Allied dip- lomats in joint note to Greek govern— ment offers mediation in Greco—Turk— ish conflict—Hawaii Japanese will gain industrial control of the islands—Navy fliers sink former German submarine with bombs 111 test off Cape Charles. Thursday, June 23. HE department of agriculture .31:- nounces that the milk production of 1920 is forty million pounds lower than that of 1919.—~Rescu-e tugs saved twelve passengers of naval bombing plane which fell in the water at Hamp- ton Roads.——Mysterious disappearance of American ships is claimed by New York police to be due to Russian Reds. —James R. Angell, former Michigan University man, is installed as pres- ident of Yale College.——.Mexican rebel- lion, claimed to be headed by formen supporters of Carranza, is reported as brewing at the harden—President Harding tells National AsSociation for the Advancement of Colored People that he will study the race question.— Secretary Hughes says Great Britain has not pledged United States refusal to aid Japan if there is war, in. its treaty with Japan.——Senate ratifies house bill to reduce personnel of army to 150,000 by October 1,—Eighty-flvc foot fall from smokestack of the Roach canning factory at Hart, Michigan, kills steeplejack." Friday, June 24. REMIER MEIGHAN, or Canada, says the Canadian minister at Washington would facilitate business between the two countries—Over four hundred thousand G. A. R. aveterans march during the state encampment at Flint—Landslide in southern Japan causes estruction of four thousand homes d the death of three hundred people.——Egypt asks the League of'Na— tions to end British rule in that coun- try—The United States government in educating eighty-three thousand five hundred former war veterans. ——Admir- a1 Sims, upon return from England, says his speech in London was .mis- quoted. ——Babe Ruth hits his twenty- fifth home run for this season—Jap- anese navy buys 22,000 tons of fuel oil from Mexico. Saturday, June 25. T is rumored that war has been de- clared between Russia and Letvia. ——Gasoline prices are reduced two cents per gallon to consumers —-Pres~ ident Harding names C. B. Warren. from Michigan, as envoy to Japan.— Congres’smen from New York state are fighting hard to stop the waterway project designed to open up the Great Lakes to ocean traffic. —Govem0r Groesbeck issues a call for a special session of the Michigan Legislature in reinact the soldiers’ bonus bill“ ‘ a provision exempting the bond taxation in Michigan. —--The convention of the socialist 11mg: session in Detroit. Sunday, dune 26. HERE is promise that. coal semen. " 10111 i s‘. This. together with a new in production m3 . should help the fruit farmer to first? fears that the' . Shorthorns. Herefords, _ mals, including bees. Mf‘fflichigan Agricultural Col- loge Experirhent Station has ' played an important part in stimulating the development of Michi- gun's varied and valuable live stock i—o ancestry. The latest Year Book of the' department of agriculture furnishes the following data relative to the num- bers and values of Michigan live stock far 1920, via: ‘ Number. Value Horses . . . . . . . 640,000 $ 60,800,000 . M11188 cocoa... 4,0 , ' Milk cows . . . . 873,000 . 83,808,000 Other cattle . . " 773,000 33,084,000 Sheep . . . . . . . .2,224,000 31,900,000 Swine . . . . . .1,450,000 31,900,000 _ , , --1-—-—-—-——-— ‘ Total ...-...............$236,231,000 It is -very' apparent from these fig- ures representing large numbers of a Swai’iety-~ of live stock, aggregating a ';huge valuation, that the experiment station must necessarily meet a vari- ety of demands for assistance by way :of solving difficult problems. ,Numerous and varied experiments designed to stimulate the live stock in- dustry in‘ the state were conducted - :during the interval between the open- “ ing of the college in 1857 and the or- ganization of the experiment station in 1887. During this period the col- lege established excellent herds of Angus, Gallo- way, Ayrshire, Holstein, Jersey and Devons, in addition to several breeds of sheep and swine, and the period was notable for its efforts in the line , of improved breeding and breeding ex- periments, particularly those of Dr. Manley Miles. Since the establishment of the Mich- igan Experiment Station in 1887‘, no less than ninety-seven official bulletins ‘ have been issued, distributing results of investigations relating to farm ani- fortyeight related to beef, dairy, mut- l‘ton, pork and poultry production, thir- .ty-t_hree to animal diseases and sixteen ,to bees. The experiments relating to animal production included the following im- portant features, viz.: Feeding trials with steers and pigs of different breeds, Of this number . By R. S. 55410, Dzrectar Mie/zzgan Experiment Statzm work with the former beginning “as early as 1887. Many experiments re- lating to the differences in the breeds in value of wool and mutton produc- tion were reported on, including the comparison of different feed combina— tions. In the dairy department, world’s records in production were made by three famous Holsteincows, Belle Sar~ castic, Rosa Bonheur 5th, and Houtje D, and by the Brown Swiss cow, Col- lege Bravura II, and also by the Guern- sey cow, Carrie of Hillhurst. The pub- liCations of the late C. D. Smith in 1896 on feeding dairy cows, resulting: from his experiments, were basic to ed- ucational work in this line and still continue to berused. The results of investigation concerning costs .of mar- ket milk production, directed by Prof. A. C. Anderson, meant a saving of mil- lions of dollars to dairymen in the state. At two diflerent times grade dairy herds were established to investigate means of increasing production and improvement through up-grading. The results were of much. value to the milk producer and resulted in the publica- tion of a. practical method of improv- ing common cattle by the use of pure- bred Sires. A method of organizing cooperative cattle breeders’ associa- tions was worked out in 1909. The first bull association in this country was organized in Michigan, followed rapidly by fifty or sixty others. Two other important investigations repeat- ed for three successive years produced very definite data relating to rearing calves on skim-milk and also to the production of baby beeves. The Mich- igan Experiment Station was the first to determine the. feeding value of dried beet pulp and cull beans. The station chemists, including the pioneer, the late Dr. R. C. Kedzie, made many de- terminations relative to the composi- tion and digestibility of a great vari- ety of animal feeds. The experiment station erected 'one of the first, if not the first, silos in Michigan and issued a bulletin in 1889 on silos and ensilage. The poultry pub llcations ’dealt "especially with the gen- 'eral methods of feeding, care, man- agement and housing, the two bulle- tins covering these subjects were out- standing in their usefulness. The first advanced registry testing work was done at the college in March,.1894; since this time all work of this kind in the state has been supervised by the dairy department and has grown so as to require the entire time of one sup- ervisor directing an average of about forty‘testers, who, for the year ending June 30, 1920, tested a total of about 1, 650 individual cows. Agriculture has long been an im- portant industry in Michigan. The number of bee-keepers in the state is estimated at 15,000 people, owning probably 175,000 colonies. Before the organization of the experiment station in 1887, Prof. A. J. Cook had conduct- ed many investigations relating to bee- keeping. To date the bulletins total sixteen in number, including such sub- jects as wintering, planting for honey, composition, foul brood, transferring bees and numerous other topics of im- portance. Researches in veterinary science and bacteriology resulted in the pub— lication of thirty-three bulletins on an- imal diseases, between 1884 and 1915. By 1896 Dr. E. A. Grange had conduct- ed investigations and published bulle— tins on common diseases or farm ani- mals, with special bulletins on diseas— es of the horse and sheep: Other pub- lications related to laminitis, foot rot, glanders and farcy, new contagious diseases of horses in America, tuber- culosis in cattle and two publications on external conformation of the horse in relation to selection. Since 1898 the bacteriological department of the sta— tion has published twenty bulletins re- lating to' tuberculosis of cattle and fowls, contagious abortion, hog chol— era and foot—and-mouth disease. When preventive measures against hog chol- era were discovered, the bacteriologi- cal department of this station was the first institution of the kind in the Unit- ed States to produce virus and serum for the control of this most dreaded ' disease. ' The college and experiment statione maintains large herds and flocks oflex- cellent quality for educational and in? vestigational purposes. The horse equipment at the present time in- cludes the following pedigreed ani-. mals, viz.; Twenty Percherons, five Begians, six Clydesdales and twenty- five high-grade Percherons. In 1920, M. A. C., at the State Fair, ’Won first prize on heavy draft team with Per~ cheron mares, and also reserve cham- pionship on Belgian mare. In 1919 the State Fair winnings included Grand Champion Percheron and Clydesdale mares. The dairy herd consists of fifty-seven Holsteins, twenty-six Guern- seys, twenty-five Jerseys and three Brown Swiss. Many state and world records, both in production and in the show ring, have been made by individ- uals in the college herd. The beef herd comprises twenty-one Herefords, sixteen Aberdeen Angus, and twenty- six Shorthorns. sheep totaling two hundred head in‘ cludes flocks of Shropshires, Hamp— Shires, Oxfords, Southdowns, Dorsets, Rambouillets and Cotswolds. In addi- tion grades are used annually for ex- perimental work. The breeding pig herd of sixty head includes Duroc Jer- seys, Poland-Chimes, Chester-Whites, Berkshires, Tamworths and large Yorkshires. In the poultry department are 747 hens and sixty—three cooker- els, including White Leghorns, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leg- horns, Wyandottes and Orpingtons. The number of turkeys, geese and ducks comprises seventy-five head. Twelve colonies of bees are maintain- ed for investigationa] purposes. One of the leading live stock ex- perts of a sister state recently pro- nounced the Michigan Agricultural College live stock equipment as being the strongest he had seen from the standpoint of uniformity and symmet- ry. An outline of experimental proj- ects now under way will be given in. a subsequent article. Good Hay at the Lowest Cost AYMAKING is a task which must be performed while the 4 heat of summer is oppressive. There is also a good deal of anxiety connected. with the operation for a good deal of skill and judgment is re- .quired to make and secure hay in good condition so as to give the best re- sults as feed. When the weather con-' ditions may reduce the quality and ' consequent value of the hay for food '1 at home or commercial purposes, hay ByW.f1. may be termed “dried grass”~but this does not convey the meaning of all that we want or all that is desired in hay. ‘ Grass may be dried before it is cut and yet be unpalatable as food for farm animals and yield little nutri- ment when it is consumed. As fresh grass is in itself a nearly perfect food fer live stock the hay made from grass cut when it is at its best, and cured so as to retain all the constituents of the grass, with only the loss of the Uiza'erwood water during the process, is the hay that is not only the most palatable but the most profitable as feed. The man who operates a large farm and who has a good deal of hay to care for should have a complete outfit of modern hay-making machinery, be- cause other work on the farm is likely to interfere with the handling of the hay crop and haying must be done in the shortest possible time. The small farmer can get along with more mod~ est equipment. All necessary prepara- tions for handling the hay crop should be made a few days in advance of the time the mower is to be put in the field. A machine may need overhaul- ing and repairing, possibly some new machine will need to be purchased, and it is not advisable to wait until it is time to begin haying before this is done. Of course, the time when hay should be cut is a matter of much importance. The station flock of. mama Weekly Established 1843 bopyrigm 1921 1' [The Lawrence Publishing Co. 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Under the Act or 11 arch 3.18779 VOLUME CLVIL NUMBER ONE DETROIT, JULY 2, 1921 CURRENT COMMENT HE constructive thoughts and high Class A m e r i c a n ideals Versus which President Burt- Community on, of the University of Michigan, present- ed to the graduating class of that in- stitution in his baccalaureate address are worthy of consideration by every patrotic citizen as well as by the young men and women who are just entering active business life to whom the address was delivered. President Burton’s address was so replete with wholesome 'truths and constructive ideals that it is impossible to cover them within the limits of this com- ment, and we must be content to men- tion only a few of the many thoughts expressed which have a wide applica- tion. Briefly, he told the students that our future is dependent upon “Our sense of values.” He declared that “Life has meaning just in proportion as an indi- vidual acquires some appreciation of excellence in whatever form it may appear.” He asserted that during the war, “The morale of American and American forces was only possible be- cause as a people we still believed that some things were right and other things were wrong.” He laid down the principle that "Vital issues can only be solved by personal contact of warm— hearted human beings.” He prophesied that “World peace waits the day when every nation, great and small, has the .same chance to work out its destiny that democracy promises to the indi- vidual.” He advised his hearers that “To know the deepest satisfaction in life. you must become creative work- ers." He expressed his belief without qualification that “Real achievement, in the highest andvbest sense, is pos- Sible only to him who finds his inspir— ation in great challenging ideals which absolutely defy realization at any giv- en moment.” In speaking of the solution of the many problems which confront us as a nation, President Burton stressed the wltal importance of the human ele. ment. He declared that “Nothing in ill the universe can compare in worth with a single human being.” and ex- eased the belief that this truth alone ‘fill solve the growing problems of flags and group distinctions in Amerb ' ‘ " He well said that “When public ‘ one are settled merely or solely the bags of their effect upon the ‘ ' nal interests of Single groups and Wulmmu ' danger ahead.” .structive ~ Price Levels f upon the basis of the interests of 'keting season for the current year's Perhaps his most eon- suggestion ‘ regarding the proper settlement of the many vexed questions which are pressing for solu- tion at the present time, and one which should appeal strongly to every thoughtful citizen, was that only as we insist upon having- the facts inregard to our national problems gathered at public expense by honest, well-trained experts will we be able to compass their wise solution as an intelligent and well informed people, and not by demagogues, dominated largely by prejudice and basing their conclusions upon a partial understanding of the facts. OR many ”months farmers have anx-. iously awaited an up- ward turn in the trend of prices for farm products. It has been the general belief of well inform- ed people that as farm, prices were the first to fall in the process of defla- tion, they would be first to show 3. fav- orable reaction. According to a state- ment just released by the United States Department of Agriculture that reaction is now in evidence. This re- port of the Bureau of Crop Estimates shows that using one hundred as the basis for the average pricewof farm crops during the year 1913, the index number of farm prices on June 1 was 109, as compared to 104 on May 1 and 309 on June 1, 1920, when the peak in prices of farm crops was reached. The advance in prices giving this higher index figure was uneven, but it is a matter for encouragement that it was largely in the staple cereals which are generally looked upon as the barometer of general farm prices. The average price for wheat advanced dur- ing May from $1.11 to $1.21; that of corn from fifty-nine and a half cents to sixty-two and a half cents; that of bar- ley from forty—nine cents to fifty-one cents; that of rye from $1.05 to $1.12, and that of apples from $1.42 to $1.69. During the same period hay, eggs and chickens showed a slight decline, while butter declined from thirty-nine cents per pound to twenty-nine cents. These advances in the price of star ple cereals are the more encouraging because of the fact that present finan- cial conditions make investors partic- ularly hesitant to invest in them, even though they may be convinced that general conditions favor higher future prices. But notwithstanding these con- ditions the trend of quotations during the present month indicates that the index figure for June will show a still further improvement while industrial investments are still on the downward price trend. What the result of heavy marketing following the harvest period may be is, of course, problematica], but with weather conditions unfavor— able for the development of spring— sown grains over wide areas no ab- normal price depression is likely to be maintained with the movement of of Farm Crops the new crop, particularly if same is. marketed gradually, which is likely to be the case, as the prospect of loss from holding grains at present prices has been correspondingly reduced with the deflation of grain prices. In the meantime statistical experts and econ- omists are prophesying a general turn- for the 'better in business conditions this fall, which should be a stimulat- ing factor in the market for farm prod— ucts if their predictions are realized. At any rate it is a matter for sin- cere congratulation to the farmers of the country that for the first time since June, 1920, there has been an average upturn in prices for farm products. It is‘ an apparently plain indication that the bottom has been reached and that a, reaction has set in which is likely to be of very considerable benefit to the farmers of the country during the mar- prodacflon._ aroma the W efit will accuse $155111:on most closely and judge most correctly the economic conditiOns which will af- fect price levels during future months. But there is Substantial ground for en: oouragement of both farmers and bus- iness men in the indicated trend. of farm prices as above noted. ' HAT work of a. - - . high order is be- £1 ”199“" ing done in at least ontlnues some. of the depart- to_ Lead ments of the Michi~ . gan Experiment Sta- tion is quite satisfactorily shown by a report of wheat tests which has been received just now from the Missouri Experiment Station. That station has undertaken to test out every distinct type of wheat known to the United States. Of these the station found and tested over a thousand. The plots for this season have just been harvested and an examination made of the qual- ity and yield of the diflerent varieties. The plan of the tests provide for the sowing of a single typical head of each of the various kinds. These small plots are cared for and harvested by hand. A few of the best kinds are then se- lected and grown on a. more extensive scale on larger plots where‘ field im- plements are used. Following further selection the best grains for that state are then sent out to the various state farms where quantities of seed are pro- duced for distribution. The news in which Michigan readers will be particularly interested is that one of the two types of wheat selected by the Missouri plant breeders for gen- eral propagation in that state was bred at the Michigan Experiment Station by Professor Spragg and his assistants. The Missouri authorities also declare in their report that one. of the most helpful ways in which the station can assist in improving farming from an economic standpoint is to give the farmers better seeds to sow. If this be true, and thoughtful agriculturists everywhere concur in it, then the Mich‘ igan station is working along right lines and the result of the Missouri tests would further indicate that the plant breeders of East Lansing are do- ing work of a high quality. For all of which they are to be highly congrat- ulated. LTHOUGH grow- ers of a. few kinds of fruits fared unusu— ally well last season, Outlook for Fruit Growing factory to the producer as in times past. Now that a review of the apple season of 1920-21 is possible, the stu- dent will find upon examining the rec- ords that the past season has been a notable one. Three features mark the year as such to the apple grower: The unusually heavy production, the lack of demand from customary buyers in the producing sections, and the unus- al high costs of marketing. Notwith- standing the fact that a considerable portion of the stock in the barreled districts was not marketed at all, ship- ments reached the record-breaking to- tal of 105,0bo cars, of which 70,000 ban, rels were from the barreled apple sec- tions. High costs' of marketing were due to the unprecedented high prices asked for containers, to the advance in transportation rates and to the high commissions and other charges asked by the dealers. There is promise that some of these barriers to the proper and profitable conduct of the business of the Michi- gan fruit growers will be cleared away for the present season. The traflic do» partment of the Michigan State Farm Bureau reports that a reduction in the the general situation; has not been as satis- , Congressmen water rates across Lake MiChlgan has PB * successful effort has also been " by the fruit growers through the bureau to bring down the prices on containers. This, together with a gen- eral reduction in; production costs should help the fruit farmer to over- ’ come in part the reduction in income which will result from his light yield a g , occasioned by the freezes in Aprilgnd , May. Realizing that interstate freight rates will probably not be changed during the present marketing year the fruit growers are looking forward to _ the distribution of their product ,as near the point ofproduction as possi- ble. In all, it would appear that the outlook is becoming more encouraging to the producer of good fruits. News of the Week Wednesday, June 22. S EVERAL American ships have mysteriously disappeared from the high seas. U. S. Naval Department is looking for pirates.——Heavy storm'in vicinity of Detroit floods basements, and causes considerable property dam- age—University of Michigan, chemist says gasoline will eventually go up to sixty cents per gallon.—~Ireland serves “No Peace Without Freedom” notice as King George goes to Ulster to open Irish Parliament—Chicago board of trade “cleans house” by making dras- tic amendments to rules—Allied dip- lomats in joint note to Greek govern- ment offers mediation in Greco—Turko ish conflict—Hawaii fears that the Japanese will, gain industrial control of the islands—Navy fliers sink former German submarine with bombs in test off Cape Charles. Thursday, June 23. HE department of agriculture .an- nounces that the milk production of 1920 is forty million pounds lower than that of 1919.—Rescue tugs saved twelve passengers of naval bombing plane which fell in the water at Hamp- ton Roads.—Mysterious disappearance of American ships is claimed by New York police to be due to Russian Reds. ——James R. Angell, former Michigan University man, is installed as pres- ident of Yale College—.Mexican rebel- lion, claimed to be headed by former: supporters of Carranza, is reported as brewing at the border.——President Harding tells National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that he will study the race question.— Secretary Hughes says Great Britain has not pledged United States refusal to aid Japan if there is war, in. its treaty with Japan—Senate ratifies house bill to reduce personnel of army to 150,000 by October 1.——Eighty-five foot fall from smokestack of the Roach canning factory at Hart, Michigan, kills steeplejack.‘ Friday, June - 24. REMIER MEIGHAN, of Canada, says the Canadian minister at Washington would facilitate business between the two countries—Over four hundred thousand G. A. R- -vetera.ns march during the state encampment at Flint.~—Landslide in southern Japan causes estruction of four thousand homes (1 the death of three hundred people—«Egypt asks the League of 'Na- tions to end British rule in that coun— try. ~The United States government is educating eighty- three thousand five hundred former war veterans. ——Admir- a1 Sims, ~upon return from England, says his speech in London was .mis- quoted.—~Babe Ruth hits his twenty- fifth home run for this season—Jap- anese navy buys 22, 000 tons of fuel oil from Mexico. Saturday, June 25. T is rumored that war has been de- clared between Russia and Letvia. ——Gasoline prices are reduced two cents per gallon to consumers .———-Pres- ident Harding names C. B. Warren. from Michigan, as envoy to Japan.— from New York state are fighting hard to stop the waterway project designed to open up the Great Lakes to ocean traffic. —Govoxnor Groesbeck issues a call for a special session of the Michigan Legislatuhe to reinact the soldiers’ bonus bill with a provision exempting the bonds- taxation in Michigan. —‘—The _ . , convention of the socialist party session in Detroit. . . Sunday, June 26“ HERE isipromiee 1m (Michigan, Agricultural Col- ‘ le'g'e Eiperinhent Station has played an important part in stimulating the development of Michi- ’ gan’s varied and valuable live stock department of agriculture furnishes . the following data relative to the num- ‘ 'Vbers and values of Michigan live stock 101‘ 1920, viz.‘ . , Number. Value 'HOi'ses . . . . . . . 640,000 $ 60,800,000 Mules 4,000 , Milk cows . . . . 873,000 . 83,808,000 ' Other cattle . . " 773,000 33,084,000 Sheep . . . . . .’ . .2,224, 000 31,900,000 SWine . . . . . . . .1, 450, 000 31,900,000 .__,_..____..__ Total ...-...............$236,,231000 It is very apparent from these fig- « ares representing large numbers of a. ,Fsvariety. of live stock, aggregating a huge valuation, that the experiment station must necessarily meet a vari- ety of demands for assistance by way for solving difficult problems. ,Numerous and varied experiments designed to stimulate the live stock in- dustry in the state, were conducted . during the interval between the open- 7 ing of the college in 1857 and the or- »ganization of the experiment station in 1887. During this period the col- lege established excellent herds of .Shorthorns, Herefords, Angus, Gallo- way, Ayrshire, Holstein, Jersey and Devons, in addition to several breeds of sheep and swine, and the period was notable for its efforts in the line ,of improved breeding and breeding ex- periments, particularly those of Dr. Manley Miles. 7 Since the establishment of the Mich- ,igan Experiment Station in 1887‘, no , less than ninety-seven official bulletins ' have been issued, distributing results of investigations relating to farm ani- ,mals, including bees. forty-eight related to beef, dairy, mut- ton, pork and poultry production, thir- ty—three to animal diseases and sixteen to bees. ‘ The experiments relating to animal production included the following im- portant features, viz.: Feeding trials with steers and pigs of different breeds, 1 Good Hay at the Lowest Cost AYMAKING is a task which must be performed while the - heat .of summer is oppressive. There is also a good deal. of anxiety connected, with the operation for a good deal of skill and judgment is re quired to make and secure hay in good condition so as to ‘give the best re— .Sults as feed. When the weather1 con? ditions may reduce the quality and neonsequent value of the hay for food at home or commercial purposes, hay I Tlfidustry. The latest Year Book of the- Of this number .v' Stock Industry By R. S. Sflaw, Diroczfior M zc/zzgan Exportment Statzon work with the former beginning as early as 1887. Many experiments re- lating to the differences In the breeds in value of wool and mutton produc- tion were reported on, including the comparison of different feed combina- tions. In the dairy department, world’s records in production were made by three famous Holsteincows, Belle Sar- castic, Rosa Bonheur 5th, and Houtje D, and by the Brown Swiss cow, Col- lege Bravura II, and also by the Guern- sey cow, Carrie of Hillhurst. The pub- liCations of the late C. D. Smith in 1896 on feeding dairy cows, resulting, from his experiments, were. basic to ed- ucational work in this line and still continue to be‘used. The results of investigation concerning costs .of mar- ket milk production, directed by Prof. A. C. Anderson, meant a saving of mil- lions of dollars to dairymen in the state. At two different times grade dairy herds were established to investigate means of increasing production and improvement through up-grading. The results were of much value to the milk producer and resulted in the publica» tion of a practical method of improv- ing common cattle by the use of pure- bred sires. A method of organizing cooperative cattle breeders’ associa- tions was worked out in 1909. The first bull association in this country was organized 'in Michigan, followed rapidly by fifty or sixty others. TWO other important investigations repeat- ed for three successive years produced very definite data relating to rearing calves on skim-milk and also to the production of baby beeves. The Mich- igan Experiment Station was the first to determine the. feeding value of dried beet pulp and cull beans. The station chemists, including the pioneer, the late Dr. R. C. Kedzie, made many de- terminations relative to the composi- tion and digestibility of a great vari- ety of animal feeds. The experiment station erected 'one of the first, if not the first, silos in Michigan and issued a bulletin in 1889 on silos and ensilage. The poultry pub- ByW.H may be termed “dried grass”'but this does not convey the meaning of all that we want or all that is desired in hay.‘ Grass may be dried before it is cut and yet be unpalatable as food for farm animals and yield little nutri- ment when it is consumed. As fresh grass is in itself a nearly perfect food fer live stock the hay made from grass cut when it is at its best, and cured so as to retain all the constituents of the grass, with only the loss of the lications 'dealt especially with the gen- ‘eral methods of feeding, care, man- agement and housing, the two bulle- tins covering these subjects were out- standing in their usefulness. The first advanced registry testing work was done at the college in March,.1894; since this time all work of this kind in the state has been supervised by the dairy department and has grown so as to require the entire time of one sup- ervisor directing an average of about forty'testers, who, for the year ending June 30, 1920, tested a total of about 1, 650 individual cows. Agriculture has long been an im- portant industry in Michigan. The number of bee-keepers in the state is estimated at 15,000 people, owning probably 175,000 colonies. Before the organization of the experiment station in 1887, Prof. A. J. Cook had conduct— ed many investigations relating to bee- keeping. To date the bulletins total sixteen in number, including such sub jects as wintering, planting for honey, composition, foul brood, transferring bees and numerous other topics of im- portance. Researches in veterinary science and bacteriology resulted in the pub— lication of thirty-three bulletins on an— imal diseases, between 1884 and 1915. By 1896 Dr. E. A. Grange had conduct- ed investigations and published bulle~ tins on common diseases or farm anl~ mals, with special bulletins on diseas- es of the horse and sheep: Other pub— lications related to laminitis, foot rot, glanders and farcy, new contagious diseases of horses in America. tuber- culosis in cattle and two publications on external conformation of the horse in relation to selection. Since 1898 the bacteriological department of the sta- tion has published twenty bulletins re- lating to' tuberculosis of cattle and fowls, contagious abortion, hog chol- era and foot—and—mouth disease. When preventive measures against hog chol- era were discovered, the bacteriologi- cal department of this station was the first institution of the kind in the Unit- ed States to produce virus and serum Underwood water during the process, is the hay that is not only the most palatable but the most profitable as feed. The man who operates a large farm and who has a good deal of hay to care for should have a complete outfit of modern hay—making machinery, be— cause other work on the farm is likely to interfere with the handling of the hay crop and haying must be done in the shortest possible time. The small farmer can get along with more mod» for the control of this most dreaded disease. ’ The college and experiment stationz‘ maintains large herds and flocks otex- cellent quality for educational and in- vestigational purposes. equipment at the present time in- cludes the following pedigreed ani-_ mals, viz.; Twenty Percherons, five Begians, six Clydesdales and twenty- five high-grade Percherons. In 1920, M. A. C., at the State Fair, Won first prize on heavy draft team with Per~ cheron mares, and also reserve cham- pionship on Belgian mare. In 1919 the State Fair winnings included Grand Champion Percheron and Clydesdale mares. The dairy herd consists 01: fifty-seven Holsteins, twenty-six Guern- seys, twenty-five Jerseys and three Brown Swiss. Many state and world records, both in production and in the show ring, have been made by individ- uals in the college herd. The beef herd comprises twenty-one Herefords, sixteen Aberdeen Angus, and twenty- six Shorthorns. The station flock of. sheep totaling two hundred head in. cludes flocks of Shropshires, Hamp« shires, Oxfords, Southdowns, Dorsets, Rambouillets and Cotswolds. In addi- tion grades are used annually for ex- perimental work. The breeding pig herd of sixty head includes Duroc Jer- seys, Poland—Chinas, Chester-Whites, Berkshires, Tamworths and large Yorkshires. In the poultry department‘ are 747 hens and sixty-three cooker- els, including White Leghorns, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leg- horns, Wyandottes and Orpingtons. The number of turkeys, geese and ducks comprises seventy-five head. Twelve colonies of bees are maintain- ed for investigational purposes. One of the leading live stock ex- perts of a sister state recently pro- nounced the Michigan Agricultural College live stock equipment as being the strongest he had seen from the standpoint of uniformity and symmet- ry. An outline of experimental proj- ects now under way will be given in a subsequent article. est equipment. All necessary prepara- tions for handling the hay crop should be made a few days in advance of the time the mower is to be put in the field. A machine may need overhaul- ing and repairing, possibly some new machine will need to be purchased, and it is not advisable to wait until it is time to begin haying before this is done. Of course, the time when hay should be cut is a matter of much importance. The horse ;_ ! i “.7. ...,... .. ' . '-‘ .,. 4 {me} "Erie‘s 213';- vats“. 5 begin cutting clover when“ bent one-third of the heads have turn- d brown. At this stage it is about eighty .--per‘ cent water and cannot be Astdred safely if it contains over six- -'teen percent, so the problem of curing felover hay is simply that of evaporat- ing the difference between eighty per cent, of water and about sixteen per cent or less. In order to do this quick- ' lyior. in from twenty-four to thirty-six hours, it'must be done through the leaves. As soon as the stem is separ- ated from the stubble- the supply of '.water from below ceases while the evaporation from the leaf continues as .long as it has life in it. To secure this quick evaporation air must have free access to the leaves. Hence the problem of curing clover hay is to keep it in as loose form as possible. When the crop is heavy and the sun hot, the leaf structure of the upper part of the swath is often killed, as is shown by the leaves becoming brown or black while those in the under part of the swath are scarcely changed in color. Hence the value of the tedder in lifting the swath and allowing free access of the air. Unless this is done the clover is sunburned and if the leaf structure is killed before the sap is out of the stalk it is impossible to make a good quality of hay, nor can the cur- .ing be done in any reasonable time. It is impossible to cure clover hay properly during damp muggy weather. It is, however, an easy matter to cure it in clear sunshiny weather with a. fresh north or northwest wind. In fact, it is easy to cure clover hay as it should be cured if the atmosphere is very dry with sunshine and any kind of a breeze. The problem therefore, is to keep the clover so loose during the curing process that it is quickly converted into hay by the evaporation of the moisture through the leaf and before the leaf structure is destroyed by the hot sun. With favorable weath— er clover in the condition above de- scribed can be cut one evening, tedded or put in small windrows before din- ner the following day, and hauled dur— ing the afternoon. Where one has only a few, acres of clever probably the best method of handling is to cut it and allow it to wilt, put it in small piles, then cover it with hay caps and let it go through thesweatingpizocess‘ih the piles. . I begin cutting my first crop of ale falfa when it is about one-fourth in bloom. ‘When; the time for harvesting alfalfa approaches it begins to prepare for it as though it were a foreseen, event by throwing out buds near the root, thus forming a crown. If the al- falfa is out before it has prepared it- self by throwing out these buds or’ new shoots frdm the root it will not do anything in the way of growing until it has time to start these shoots. That may be a matter of a week or ten days. In the meanwhile weeds will fight for the possession of the land and there- fore if the alfalfa is cut too early there will inevitably be a short crop follow- ing. If, however, we neglect to cut alfalfa soon after it has made the new growth the plants will begin to throw their. strength to these buds, the main stalk will start to crinkle down, and the hay will grow and produce seed, but the second crop will not be as good for ha‘yr as it would have been had the first crop been removed, for a seed crop detracts a good deal from the next cutting. If the first crop is cut at the proper time then the plants, will start off vigorously and we shall soon have a good growth for . a second, third or fourth cutting. I always run the cutter bar of the mowing machine rather high when cutting alfalfa, as otherwise there is danger of cutting off the buds or shoots that are growing to make the next crop, thus seriously damaging the following crop. There are two ways of handling al- falfa. One is to cut at the time Speci- fied above, allow it to wilt, put it in small piles, then cover with caps and let it stand for a few days. Then on a clear day remove the caps, open up the piles, air and sun the hay and then put it in the mow. The other method is to cut it in the evening or early in the morning after the dew has dried away and put it in small wind- rows. Then when, by taking a wisp of it and twisting it hard no moisture can be seen on the outside it is ready to be put in the barn. The first is the safest way so far as the present crop is concerned, but the objection is that if the piles remain on the ground more than a day or two the alfalfa under- neath will be killed and the field will be bady spotted. Alfalfa is no more “Wind and sunshine. scarcely as difficult. Whichever meth- cd is adopted the great object in "our- ing alfalfa is to preserve the leaves ‘and it should not be allowed to stand until after they have begun to fall which they will do shortly after the new shoots from the root are an inch or so in length. The greater part of the nutriment in aflaffa is contained in the “leaves: are worth more than‘thelr Weight in bran. ‘ Making Good Timothy Hay. I always prefer to cut timothy when it has reached the stage of full bloom and the first blossoms have begun to fall. At this stage’the plant has at- tained its maximum growth and it also contains ,1 the maximum of digestible nutriments. The plants have been gathering and storing up soluble nutri- tion until the point of blossoming is reached after which the seed begins developing and drawing upon the nu- triment in the stalk which becomes concentrated in the seed. From the Cell the soluble nutrition in the stalk gradually diminishes and. the woody fibre which is insoluble in water he- gins to increase and continues until the seed is mature. Hence the proper stage of growth at which to cut timo- thy for hay is immediately after full bloom. Timothy hay does not require as much sunshine for curing as clover and alfalfa. If one has a large amount of timothy of the same grade to harvest a beginning should be made a little before the best stage for cutting, so as not to lose by some of the field be- coming overripe. If the day is bright and breezy I proceed as follows: I start the mowing machine in the morn- ing as soon as the dew has dried away and stop the same as soon as I think there is sufficient timothy cut to han- dle during the day. If, however, I have suspicion of foul weather I stop the machine before I think there is half enough down, as it is better to secure one or two loads of hay thoroughly well made than to have twice the quantity partly spoiled with a rain shower. I start the tedder about one hour after starting the mower. If the timothy is Very heavy it is given a fact: it is! In feeding values these; mence hauling and clean up the; l: swath before night After the hay’is in the barn the latter is tightly chsea. , at night. ing or moulding .in the mew. 'if/the“ timothy is cut when the bloom is on the head and mowed away without‘any rain or dew on it. The hay will come . out in the winter bright green in color and it will be worth ,asmuch to feed and the stock will relish it almost. as well as the grass it is made from. Hay may be unloaded in the barn very satisfactorily with the double har- poon hay fork, but the hay slings should be used wherever the struc< ture of the barn will permit. I like‘ slings because they drop the hay in the mow so that it can be easily and evenly spread over the mow. Slings also aid in getting the hay unloaded_ quickly and take it perfectly clean from the wagon. If considerable hay is to be harvested it will prove eco- nomical to obtain a hoist, which may be run with a small gasoline engine. In this way an extra wagon may be brought into ser' 'ce. “"hen t1... team pulls a load into the barn it immedi- ately leaves it and hitches to the empty wagon and returns to the field. The load is taken off with the hoist and the empty wagon run out of the barn by hand. A great amount of hay is stacked ‘ out of doors and allowed to take all kinds of ‘weather which results in tons upon tons of hay being spoiled every year. When hay must be stacked it should be protected with stack covers or a temporary shed built over it, that 1s, if it is to remain in the stack for some time and not baled. However, it pays to bale the hay. It is more im- portant to bale stacked hay than ,that which is stored in good barns, but it is well to bale all the hay as it is bet. ter protected, easier to handle and does not require as much room as the loose (hay. Of course, all hay grown for commercial purposes must be bal- ed. I have for years baled my hay. I have my own baler. Neighbor farmers assist me in baling my crops for the use of the baler after I am through with it, so my labor expense is noth‘ ing except the use of the baler. ACTIVITIES OF FARM BUREAUS Latest [Voter From Local, State and Natz'oizaZ Organizations WATER TRANSPORTATION RATES REDUCED. ATER freight rate reductions on fresh fruit, which will affect the saving of thousands of dollars to west- ern and northwestern Michigan fruit ‘men, have been made by the Michigan transit and the Goodrich steamship lines, largely through representations of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, says that organization, which repre- sents the growers before the steam- ship lines. The two lines operate be- tween principal Michigan fruit-ship- ping points and Chicago. A sweeping reduction of fifty per cent, or ten cents on one—third, quarter and one-fifth bushel baskets of fruit from eighteen northwestern Michigan points is a feature of the Michigan Transit Company’s reduction, says the farm bureau. It is declared that hun- dreds of thousands of packages of this size are shipped out of northwest . Michigan every year. The saving to the growers on the three foregoing sizes of baskets will be $10 on every hundred baskets shipped, says the , bureau. It is also pointed out p, city consumers Should benefit pro- , tionateiy. amboat men declare that the re: duction in rates cannot stand without a big volume of business, says Frank E. Coombs, Farm Bureau Traffic Coma missioner. WOOL POOL INCREASES IN POPU- LARITY. ' THREE hundred and sixty thousand pounds of wool are rolling into the Michigan State Farm Bureau wool pool each week, an average of 60,000 pounds a day, says the farm bureau wool department in announcing that during the week of June 20 the 'pool passed the 1,500,000 pound mark and should reach 2,000,000 within the next ten days. More than $150,000 has been advanced to growers as initial pay- ments on the wool they have pooled. The advance is one—half the value of the graded wool on date of pooling, says the farm bureau. Wool is moving out of the pool. Last week a block of 150,000 pounds of short staple fine wool was sold at twenty-two cents a pound. Graders are still busy cleaning up the southern section of the state and preparing the wool for shipment at grading warehouses in that region. Volume sales of "new”wOOl. are expected to begin shortly after- July 1. _-..* Wool grading dates for the week of July 5 are as follows: Tuesday.—Evart, Mt. Pleasant, Port- land and Climax. Wednesday—Reed City, Mt. Pleas- ant, Pewamo and Schoolcraft. Thursday.—Custer, Clare and Mar- shall. Friday—Cadillac, Clare and Albion. Saturday.—>Manton, Beaverton, St. Louis, Stockbridge and Mesick. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION BACKS FARM BUREAU. VERY contention of the farm bu‘ reau regarding cooperative. elevat- ors and the grain trade is backed up by the federal trade commission’s “Preliminary Report on the Profits of Terminal and Country Grain Elevat- ors,” just issued in Washington. The report shows that cooperative elevat- ors are male efficient than independ- ent and line elevators, as judged by the profits made. , The joint congressional commission to investigate agricultural conditions will organize and begin its inquiries next week. The cdmmission will dis- cuss the cold storage interests, the the Volstead cooperative marketing bill and the French truth-in—fabric bill. BEWARE OF FOREIGN SEED. ARMERS of the northern (states are facing a serious situation in the matter of getting adapted clover and alfalfa seed, due to the fact that within the past year millions of pounds of southern-grown French and Italian clover has been dumped upon the American market, says the State Farm Bureau, which now has represents; tives in the northwest, signing up the growers of hardy alfalfa for Michigan '- growers. The farm bureau is also tak- ing measures to protect Michigan farmers on their clover seed. . Farm bureau figures show that dur- ing the eleven months ending May 31 more than 13,000,000 pounds of French and Italian clover entered the United States. , 4 there was a great increase in they imports and 2165, 000 pounds were’ landed at the ports of. New York and Baltimore. x Such seed, the farm bureau d " has been found by the Yi There is no danger of heat- , During'the week ending June . " -,_-"»-w-5. 1, . g -- ‘ 1'. proved of most value. fl silent Association . _ ,_ 7 States Department of Agriculture in 7‘; cooperation with M. A C. Sweet Clover Tests. At Right Eighty-mesh Limestone was Used, and at Left Forty- to Sixty-mesh. Soil Demonstrations ONCLUSIVE proof of the value of commercial fertilizer for use on clover and alfalfa was afforded farm- ers of southwestern Michigan. at the field meeting at Cassopolis on Satur- day, June 25, when demonstration plotS‘"or —t‘ " can. "county poor farm ‘were thrown open to public view after five years of experiment by the M. A. 'C. soils department. Abandoned for five years previous and covered with sorrel, the land was chosen originally because of its run- down condition, typical of much of southwestern Michigan. The soil is a sandy loam. From the total area of apprOximately ten acres, more than one hundred plots of one-tenth acre each were formed. Supervisors of Cass couny cooperated and the labor was furnished by the manager of the poor farm. The purpose of the experiment was to test the effect of lime and commer- cial fertilizer on the catch and growth of Sweet clover, red clover and alfalfa. Of 'the single elements the plants re- .ceiving potassium showed a remarkar ble growth and catch and this element Best results were obtained from the complete com- mercial fertilizer, however. " Tests also were carried on to deter- mine the effect of limestone divided to diderent grades of fineness. It was found that the finer grades gave pro— portionately better results, chiefly in the catch. Just what is "the reason is not known, according to G. M. Gran- tham, extension specialist at M. A. 0., who has supervised the experiment. It is thought possibly the lime goes into solution. The fact remains that it does the work. Similar results were obtain- ed with hydratedlime and marl. Last year areas unlimed yielded no sweet clover whatever, while those treated with three tons of ground limestone per acre yielded 3,176 pounds, green weight, and those with limestone and commercial fertilizer, 7,648 pounds per acre. These results will be duplicated this year. Other tests were made to determine the effect of different applications of nitrogen on small grain crops. This element was found the most profitable as far as these- crops were concerned ~—the more it was pessi‘ble to use, the better the. results. Even soluble ni- -trates along with barnyard manure gave good returns. “The demonstration plots at CaSSop- olis have yielded probably more strik- ing results than any other soils ex— periments ever carried on in Michi- gan,” said Dr. M. M. McCool, head of the M. A. C. soils department.—H. Sweet Clover Treated with Lime, Pigsphates and Potassium. is At Right heck Market for Michigan Flax S soon as the financial situation _ turns, growers in eastern Michi— gan may be expected to be in position ,.to .capture the Irish flax seed trade. Members of the »farm crops depart- inent at M. A. C. call attention to this ~ development; which is the result of ef- forts by the. Michigan Crop Improve— and the *United " In former years Ireland imported 136st of its flax seed from Russia. More " tly, however, with the Russian my cut off, Canada has provided GesSary amount. Because of the possible for the Canadian government through buying up Michigan seed to add $40,000 to its coffers last year. During the .last we months the Michigan Crop Improvement Associa- tion has established an. inspection sys- tem entirely satisfactory to the Irish Department of Agriculture, members of which have highly complimented its thoroughness and efficiency and advo- cated its adoption throughout the world. Fifteen hundred acres of blue- blossom fiver flax has been certified by the association as to purity, origin, name and freedom from such diseases as anthracnose and wilt. , i . Pedigreed strains, some of which are , said to be far superior to the .bluetblos- _ mm, are now being cultivated by Rob- . . ert Davis, representative of the federal . 'tically any sound tions. spec1es of lumber is methods of applying ., suitable. The lum- Carbosota are fully MII\ I 41II1II W0 01) PRE SERVATION /c>4 timely tat/L m the interests pffimber conservatlomon the film.) _ -_ _ —-—— AS: // ”1/11!illlilllllilIllIllll|lllllliI|lllllillllllNllllllllllil|lllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllillllllllllllIllllli’XllllilllllIlllllllllllll||llllll|lll|lll|lllllllllilllllllilllll HIIHN!‘ llllilllll' llllllliiillllllifl‘lllli lilIW‘ ,lI'I J1-?lll l_'ll”1l|lli' ‘IILllfl lllmlll .1-9‘ _\ y Ammonium j"! lllllnlllllbl' T: ‘ i 7/ Erecting home- made silo, l using hemlockfloorin swr- " face-treated b dippmg in t r osota. lying Carboeota 'ng—about 25 one per 1000 board eet. ( he Open Tank process requires about 60 gallons.) Satisfactory, Economical Silos 0 be satisfactory, a silo must roperly “cure” the ensilage. o be economical, it must be inexpensive, durable, and free from repairs. Farmer bu in stock fiaon’n for “home- made’ ’1’ '{b at local (um er yard. gallb your State Agricultural College. This silo, 10 feet in diameter by 30 feet high, requires about 4,000 board feet of lumber. The treatment employed de- pends upon Circumstances. It may consist merely of dipping thelumber in hot Carbosota. But Where a number ofsilos are decay by preser- _ ”m 111 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII‘ IIIII ‘° be I1IIIiIIIIIIIII better way is for Such treatment in It is Wood, when it does not rot prematurely, IS unquestionably the ideal material for silos. And it will not rot prematurely, if protected from 1.1111 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII the farmers inter- no way contami- ested to rig up a ‘ ‘ c om m u n i t natestheensilage, treating plant ’ and a well carbo- for carbosoting by soted silo should the Open Tank last fully a generation. practically‘ ‘rot-proof.” ’u lll'llllllIIIIllplll lilillnl Hll|I:llil'l’ llllllllll.lfii.s§il11:;111... process. For such a plant, steam piped from a threshing engine, can be used to heat the Carbosota, and an ordinary horse-operated der- rick to lift the lumber mm and out of the treating tanks. (De- tail blue- -pr1nt free on request.) You can go to the nearest lum- ber yard; buy common 1” x4” flooring; treat it yourself with Carbosota, as the farmer in the picture is doing, and build a good home-made silo at com- arativel small cost. p y Green wood should not betreat- Wisconsm hemlock was used ed by non-pressure processes, I . for the 3‘10 at the . Ifunavoidable ,write ' ‘ “ght,alth0ugh prac- for special instruc- ' f The difl‘erent ber, and the Carbo- sota for treating it, described In our free booklet, “Long Life were purchased at for Wood ” a local lumber yard, M ‘: which also furnished OSt lumber dealers ,. carry Carbosota in stock. If your dealer does not, write to our nearest office and we will see that you are supplied .5‘ the plans for the silo. If your lumber dealer cannot supply the . Plans: you can read- Double wall “home—made” silo. Any ily Obtain them fro”! species ofsound lagged lumber can be The Company Cleveland Cincinnati " New York Chica Boston St. Louis Pittsburgh Detr t Birmingham Kansas City Minneapolis Dallas Nashville S acuse Peoria tlanta Duluth Salt Lake Qty Bangor ashington Lebanon Youngstown Milwaukee Toledo Columbus Richmond Bethlehem Elizabe Buffalo Baltimore Omaha L nver Jacksonville THE BARRETT COMPANY , LIMITED, Montreal,Toronto,Winnlpeg‘,V'ancouvei-, St. John, N. 3., Hallfix.N. S. 5 . i-IrOning Out Rural Problems Interesting Discussion: at M. A. C. Confirence OMMUNITY life in the country must be developed‘so that agri- culture may maintain a dignity of its own that will not be threatened by. the lure of the cities, in the opin- ion of leading speakers before the com- bined assemblage of ministers and lay- men, Michigan farmers’ automobile tourists, visitors to the conference on economic problems and rural‘educat“ ors at M. A. C. from Monday to Friday, June 20-24. The economic problems are in real.- ity problems of learning cooperation and of learning to think in terms of hundreds instead of tens of years. The present low prices on faith products appeared of little concern either to Speakers or auditors. They took the ‘situation as a matter of course and as— sumed that it will be remedied as soon as the business depression is over. But the sociological, educational and religious questions are permanent and must be faced. Dr. Carver Speaks. Many angles of farm life were touch- ed upon in the series of gatherings through the week. Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver, professor of agricultural eco- nomics at Harvard University, was easily the outstanding figure of the conference. His five addresses cover- ed a wide range of topics and he show— ed himself almost as well versed in re- ligion as in economics. Along with the interchange of ideas, visitors to M. A. C. were afforded sev- eral kinds of wholesome recreation during the week. Six Grange teams participated in simultaneous base ball games on the drill ground on VVednes— day. On Thursday the ministers and B0ys' and Girls’ Club leaders clashed on the diamond. Visits to the barns and crops demonstration plots on the M. A. C. farm proved popular and, needless to say, the bivouac of the Michigan Farmers’ tourists who at- tended their reunion, was a scene of merriment. Dean R. S. Shaw, of M. A. 0., taking up the “The Farmer’s Viewpoint,” de— clared farmers have faced the extreme decline in agricultural prices with equanimity and harbor no resentment toward other classes for present con— ditions. During the war live stock raising was neglected in favor of the cereal crops, he pointed out, but now the pendulum is swinging the other way again. He warned against spe- cializing in one kind of stock too much, however. Looks for Better Prices. That the price index, which on gen- eral commodities is now one hundred and'fifty, and on farm products is one hundred and seven as compared with _one hundred in 1914, will rise slightly before becoming stabilized, was pre- dicted by Prof. G. F. Warren, of the agricultural. economics department of Cornell University, who discussed “Prices of Farm Products.” Short ups and downs may be expected for a time, he said, but these fluctuations will be- come steadily less. He predicted that farm prices will regain their relative position with respect to other commod< ities. Professor,Warren displayed a large number of charts during the rise and fall of prices on various farm products ,‘stnce the Civil War. The situation of “ __this period is very similar to that fol- lowing the Civil War, he said, except thatvthe period of inflation continued sensor in 1919 and 1920 than in 1865. he great task of the American "Man is .t0131Y8 1340th 590131.0th dren socially fit, morally strong and able to carry the responsibility. of be- ing citizens, declared Miss Mary E. Sweeny, dean of home economics at M. A. C., in her address given in the open air on the campus on Thursday afternoon. , Home Problems Are Large. Executive ability equal to that of men in the business world is required of a woman in keeping up her home, Miss Sweeny asserted. “I’d like to put up a job like that against any man— agerial position in the country and see how many men face tasks involving as many factors as woman’s,” she said. “If you discharge your wife and put her in a dormitory or lunchroom she’d earn $3,000.a year. But you say, ‘Oh, well, it's a woman’s task.’ You don’t realize what a woman gives uncom- plainingly. I am not going to worry about you husbands. I am interested in that two-year-old boy or girlnthe future of America. I am appalled when I see how much money the govern- ment spends teaching men how to raise pigs and how little on how to raise babies.” Miss Sweeny discussed the various phases of a woman's task and said she ,is obliged to be everything from an expert buyer to a trained psychologist in the management of a husband. “I'd rather take care of a whole orphan asylum than one man with a cold in his head,” she declared. She closed with an appeal to the men to go “fifty- fifty" with the women on labor-saving equipment. Woman’s Program. A special woman’s program was held Thursday in the Woman’s Building. Speakers were Mrs. Edith Wagar, of the Michigan State Farm Bureau; Mrs. I. R. Johnson, secretary of the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs; Miss Jennie Buell, secretary of the Michi- gan State Grange; R. A. Turner, state leader of Boys’ and Girls’ Club work, and Mrs. Louise Campbell, state leader of home demonstration agents. Simultaneously the men were meet- ing in the open air west of the Senior House. Besides ‘Dr. Carver’s address, short speeches were given by Hale Tennant, of M. A. 0., extension spe- cialist in marketing; N. P. Hull, presi- dent of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Association; George B. Horton, of Fruit Ridge, and A. B. Cook, master of the State Grange. All stressed the necessity of cooperation among farm- era. In the afternoon the first and only that R. F. D. flag in the country, which has * stood in the center of Climax marking the spot where one of the first experi- ments in rural free delivery was made, was raised on the campus with proper ceremonies. Laten- Rolph Duff, secre- tary to the governor, and Clarence E. Holmes, superintendent of the Michi- gan School for the Blind, welcomed the Visitors on behalf of the state and‘ city. Consolidated Schools. Consolidated schools are needed in Michigan because they are more eco~ nomical and make possible a higher standard of rural education, according to W. H. French, professor of agricul- tural education at M. A. C. Dr. Car- ver, of Harvard, and other leaders who addressed the joint conference on eco- nomic problems and consolidated schools, spoke Friday. The one-room institution would be ideal, said Dr. Carver, speaking on “The Consolidated School in its Eco- nomic Relation to Agriculture,”if there were enough good teachers to go around. But the consolidated school has been found to mean economy. “Sin itself is nothing but the uneconomic use of human energy and truthfulness is a labor-saving device,” declared the Harvard economist. “Any proposition that is economical is right, and if it’s right, it's economical. If the consoli- dated school is economical, it’s right.” Professor French, who discussed “Vocational Education in the Consoli- dated School,” agreed with Dr. Carver “mere consolidation won’t solve the educational problem. Teachers of a high class must be provided to jus- tify a change in system.” He favored a high school curriculum| consisting of three years’ training in English, two years in history and civ- ics, two years in mathematics, three years in science, half a year in ele- mentary economics, half a year in ac- counting, two years in Latin, four years in vocational training and two years in music. For the boys in rural schools he advocated manual training along agricultural lines and for the girls training in home economics. High school boys and girls should be given chorus work and taught to understand and appreciate the beauties of music, he held, so as to help the nation in its march toward civilization. Develops Community Spirit. The consolidated school is valuable, in the. opinion of Dr. Carver, because it builds up a spirit of teamwork throughout the community besides teaching the technique of doing things. The desire to cooperate must be de veloped. “Every teacher and minister might regard himself as a coach to turn out winning teams,” he said. “I’ve sometimes thought we ought to put a. ' few athletic coaches on the "faculties of our theological schools._ We plight have to chasten their language a. bit. but they understand teamwor. " The rural problem is fundamentally a religious problem, contended the. Harvard economist. "A man’s relig- ious duty is to do whatever will con‘ tribute most to the life of the people. An economist doesn’t need to be squeamish about concerning himself With anything that produces economic. results.” Other speakers of the day were Miss . Helen Retoska and Mrs. John Shaw- of the Mattawan consolidated school; L. Roy Perry, county road commission-. , er, Grand Blanc; Lee L. Driver, Penn—_ sylvania; Roy Noteware, school com- missioner, Wexford county; W. L. 061’- fey, assistant superintendent of educa< , tion, and A. B. Cook, master of the State Grange. During the week, also, two hundred and fifty veteiinarians, comprising more than half of the number practical ing in Michigan, attended the confer-. ence called for preliminary instruction preparing them for the government tu- . berculin testing examination on Satur-_._ day, June 25. In addition, Boys’ and. ~ Girls’ Club leaders gathered in Lane» ing for their annual conference. FINANCING STOCKMEN. NATIONAL banking pool of $50.7 000,000 somewhat similar to a live stock loan company, to finance the live - stock industry, was formed tentatively in Chicago on June 15. The scheme is the outgrowth of suggestions, by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Federal Reserve Bank officials and is expected to displace the $22,000,000? pool formed several months ago but whose funds were used only to a small extent. The details have not been completed but the main features included are as follows: Commercial banks all over the country will contribute to the $50,- 000,000 pool, making it national in. scope. Operations of the pool will be under direction of a paid manager who will be a practical banker having long experience and thorough knowledge in. handling live stock credits. Notes. moneys and collateral will be in. charge of a committee of three to five trustees from Chicago banks. Each ap«, plication for credit mus-t have the ap«_ proval of a committee of three bankers in the state from which it emanates. Money will be loaned at current rates of interest, plus one per cent bonus. but it is believed interest in no case will exceed eight per cent. ‘ The one per cent bonus will go to the country banker, virtually acting as agent, who forwards the application. for credit to the pool, as a fee for hand- ’1ing the local details of the transac- tion, such as examining the credit standing of the seeker of the loan and the safety of the security. The pool will lend about seventy- ,five per cent on present market prices for live stock. The notes received by, the pool will run for six months with. the privilege of renewing four times iii necessary and if the security remains satisfactory, thus providing a, loan Oi! thirty months’ duration. The pool is expected to remain in operation for two and a, half years, by which time the live stock industry is eXpected tof I have overcome present difficulties; 4 This factor would limit the renewal privilege of loans issued later on. .9 ' The decision is to loan up to s vans ty-five to eighty per cent of pre’ market values indicates that thfir‘ me“ 14‘ - . ~A..~., —- 1 >.. ;‘ . 12$. , , ffAMEFIIcA's Paorsejrlve tsupply the only protective food‘s likely A ~ ‘;Vetch, like almost any other plant, i' , out and then cut it, it will not grow 111) r .- I ll ”' Fo'oo. WHILE testifying on the Voigt x . is . bill 'beforeth'e house committee . 13h agriculture, Dr. E. V. McCollum, of Jphns Hopkins University, defended America’s great dairy industry by giv« ingld‘n detail the'results of his experi: ments which show that dairy products til be used in sufficient quantity in the merican diet to produce normal: growth in children, protect normal Malth in adults and prevent early be- ginnipg of senile decay. He contrasted this very plainly with the Oriental diet, which includes large quantities of leafy vegetables. This I is what the vendors of "cocoanut cow” products advise, to go with oleomar- garine and “filled milk.” The oriental, he said, is undersized and "ready to » grow whiskers and sit down for his. children to care for" when he is fifty years old or earlier. The great races . of the werld, he said, from the times ctr-Abraham, were the races whose diet has milk as itsbasis. Dr. McCollum told the committee that the sale of any food which in any Way would result in people using it as milk. and in place of milk when it was not‘milk, thereby weakened disease resistance, destroyed growth and at— tacked longevity to that extent. “Veg- etable oils do not contain vitamines so they can be relied upon as protective foods,” he told the committee. 'He showed photographs proving that ulcerated sore eyes and rickets result— ed from a diet deficient in milk or Its products. He gays the evidence to show that the absence of butter-fat caused rats to die as of starvation, even when fed on a diet rich in vege- table fats. He proved to the commit— tee‘that men fed on the normal diet ‘with'milk left out, even when given a Tnorrhal ration of collards and other leafy vegetables and of fat pork, de- veloped pellagra and were cured of - pellagra by the‘ addition of» milk to their ration. ' ,. “Every person should use two quarts of milk a day,” he told the committee. It was evident from what he said that he considered the sale of .a counter» «felt product which the uninformed buyer‘or user would think of as milk, when in fact, it was not milk, but whose use would prevent the use of real milk, should be prohibited by lavr. VETCH FOR PASTURE. How long will vetch sowed with rye . this fall pasture next season ?—-—E. 0. ‘if it is pastured off or clipped often enough, will continue to grow nearly the whole season and furnish pasture. It is the same way with rye. If you allow the rye to form joints and head . again, but if you keep it pa‘stured ofi and take pains to clip it with amow- hag machine, providing your stock do eep-Vit eaten .down evenly,-it will pasture nearly the whole sum- am and so will the vetch.—~C. C. 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Gansser, Bay City, Michigan, today and, without obligation, you will receive complete information. U 5 Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Executive Office Grand Rapids, ' Michigan Colon'C. Lillie, Pres. * Home Office - Bay City, , . ' ' ' . F. F. McGinnis, Sec. and Treas. . . .. Col. A. ll. Gansser,!)irgd’o‘r ml Genie. . Michigan 1 mam ‘ ‘ NeWS ' : Atom I Cloveran By L. 1. Clara « ,UPPER PENINSULA SOIL SURVEY. HAT ofiicial assurances have been given that the project of a soil survey will be taken care of by the state administrative board, is pleasing to people on this side of the Straits. and it is hoped, southward also. There is a. real need_ for such a survey, or, more properly, land classification, in the northern sections of the state, and it was regretted that the legislature did not see fit to make provision for it. If the govennor can see a ‘way of effecting the same result, it will be gratifying to our people. MARQUETTE COUNTY FAIR. HE Marquette County Fair is to be held August 30 to September 2, and this year’s event will mark the first fair under the direct control of the board of supervisors. The premi—V um list will carry $5,700 in its budget, which is twice the outlay of former years, it is declared. The premiums are allotted as follows: Horses, $1,543; cattle, $1,320; sheep, $607; hogs, $452; poultry, $237; greens, $199.75; roots and vegetables, $117.50; potatoes, $67; fruits, $128.25; schools, $153; manual training, $229.50; clubs, $84.50; foods, $147.75; clothing, $210.- 50; art, $143; plants, $54.25. The Mining Journal of Marquette, which furnishes this information, in- sists that there is no reason why Mar- quette county should not have the greatest fair in the upper peninsula, and reports much public favor and in- terest in this year’s project. ___,_____ ISOM E RANCH ACTIVITIES. MR. J. A. Doelle, of the Upper Pe- ninsula Development Bureau, re- cently visited the Triangle Ranch near Amasa, and found very interesting de- velopments under way. The ranch comprises an aggregate of fifteen thou- sand acres, of which 250 acres have been cleared this year, while' it is plan- ned to clear 2,500 acres during the en: suing three years. There are now fifty-six men employed at headquarters while forty men are engaged in clear- -ing operations. The company uses four tractors, including one ten-ton machine, and relies mainly on dyna- mite for removing stumps. The clear- ed portions of the land are carefully levelled and will be devoted to the raising of forage crops. There are now five hundred cattle on the ranch, but this number fill be materially in- creased. Another big ranch has gone in in Blaney township, Schoolcraft county, and it was recently announced, was shipping 2,500 head of cattle from Ar- izona to be summer-fed on its grass- lands. This is ,regarded as only an initial shipment, and annual shipments of at least 10,000 head are promised. The Blaney Company is said to hold some 22,000 acres of cut-over lands in this territory, in addition to some 200,— 000 acres in the southwestern United States, cattle are to be Winter-fed in the southwest, summer-fed here, and marketed in the fall, it is stated. The reported shipments from the Blaney Ranch last year, were eighteen cars. The Buffalo market is said to be favored. o HIGHWAY, CONSTRUCTION IN CLOVERLAND. , \ HERE is gm. activity in the; my per peninsula this year, in relation _ to highway censtruction. It is 'regard- .y = god gas both. socially'aece‘ssa'ry and 'eco- 1 n to this omiéallv- expedient. to: operations. Houghton recunty; super! T visors have. been at odds with :the ‘ state highway department over thelet- ting of the contract for the new-four- . teen-mile Ontonagon road, apparently - because they wished to keep the con-‘ tract in their own hands and thus bet- ter be able to handle the local labor ' problem. The commissioner at Lan- sing preferred to award a portion of the contract to a private concern. It was thought that the disagreement might prejudice the voting on thevpro- posed two hundred thousand dollar bond issue, June 7, but it did not do so. At all events the vote was over- whelmingly favorable. Large outlays are also being undertaken in other counties. It was brought out at‘a hear- ing held in Marquette, late in May, to effect a reduction in the railway rates _for the transportation of sand and gravel for road construction, that some four hundred miles of trunk-line high- way construction are projected in the upper peninsula, and that half of this ' amount is under contract, in. addition to large mileage under county and township construction. The state highway department’s program : in- volves linking up all cities and import- ant places of the peninsula, it was an- nounced, but the high freight rates on road material was holding. up con- struction, it was asserted. Marquette county seems to have been more suc- cessful than Houghton county in hav- ing its way with the state highway department, and has taken over a con- tract to construct a highway from Lit- tle Lake to the Delta county line. Iron Mountain is to spend over $100,000 on highways within the city, which is a ~ part of the state trunk-line system. Delta county reports the largest amount of road construction projected this season in the county’s history. Some twenty-five miles of new con- struction are going on and repairs on the present system will be fully car- ried out. Seventeen miles of new grav- el road are going in on the trunk-line from Rapid River to the Alger county line. This is only a sample of the general activity everywhere manifest in upper Michigan roads. It is good work and the tourists from the south- ern portions of the state will eventu- ally also be the beneficiaries. Mark- ers of all sorts are also being installed this summer. . GRASSHOPPER iaArr H'ANDY. ALREADY we are hearing of grass- hoppers and of means of combat- ting them. Fortunately, arsenite of lime is a by-product of the copper smelters of the district and so it is ready to hand. Marquette county sup- ervisors have authorized the purchase of hopper poison which is to be dis- . tributed to the farmers through the agency of Mr. Walker, agricultural agent ,at half the cost. coon PROSPECTS m BLUE- BERRIES. THE people of Garden, Deltacoun- ty, are confident that they are to have an exceptionally fine run of blue- berries this season, reports the Morn- ing Press of Escanaba. Frost and _ fires are on their good behavior. and ,‘ the crop has a good chance. This prob- f" ably reflects conditions throughout~ the; peninsula. -- .. i The contract for the new tube losis. sanitarium [to be erected mm by Delta and Menominee counties 3 recently been let. the amount in it. is; stated,. .being, 3113;000 '~ county hasmlso determined 31:11am: : 1113923121011. Wm wll they .an aqua. , ’ " h! the Elite Jinn . flies was still downward. Farm prod- ‘ ,_ gusts ,in April were fifteen per cent * "hisher than the average for 1913. Dur- 71113 May they advanced to seventeen - per cent over 1913. Wholesale prices "tor all commodities, including farm ‘ products, in April were fifty-four per, cent over the 1913 average but declin- ed three points in May to fifty-one per cent over 1913 Stated briefly, these index numbers show that the farmer’s dollar is about two per cent larger than it Was during April but it, is stil1 only about threefourths of prewar size. These figures do not show the true relationship of what the farmer sells to what he buys since they are in all cases terminal market prices. By com- . their products at the local delivery point with wholesale prices for com- modities other than farm products and foods, the bureau of crop estimates finds that the puichasing power of ' unit quantities of farm products dui- ti , 111g April was only sixty- -ti1ree per cent ‘ as large as in 1913. The figure for May has not been published, but presum- ably it would be larger than during April. It is significant also that it has risen from fifty-eight per cent last De- cember to sixty-three per cent in April. These sources show that the farm— er’s position is improving. The rate is slow andprices must be leveled off .r" much more before the farmer’s buying power has returned to normal. . «.1 m.fh’"‘“m'r'ar~—~ w.— . . if 1. dem S. Southwell, 77 Years Old, Farm- ed in Saginaw County 50 Years. .. . ' .CAMPAIGN AGAINST WEEDS. N al'sike clean—up campaign will be M . , staged in several counties of north- ! ,, . eastern pMichigan during July, by the " State Farm Bureau. A weed expert ‘h'om the University of ‘Michigan, 'working. with the county farm bureaus, show farmers how to remove different .weeds that detract from the quality of his alsike seed. Seed containing nox- ious and foreign Seeds bring a much lower price than pure seed, for exam- ple; seed that is worth $12 a bushel may bring only $5. 00 or $6. 00 if it con- tains a large amount of noxious weed seeds or foreign seeds, such as white f’ clover, ’which on account of the simi- iarity in the size of the alsike and White clover seeds is impossible to re- ‘iflove. In some cases farmers may ' 'Ye to abandon certain fields alto- poses if they would have a number one alsike seed crop. ' . ,fioperly drained lands will absorb a. tor the. crops 9. larger amount . _ thalandthanland ~ «saunas. ’ . paring the prices paid to farmers on , yr Enlarged from a negative made mm a Two Dollar BROWNIE THE BROWNIE CAMERAS of'the'box type are the simplest But what is even more im- portant, they are well made and carefully inspected, have good of all cameras to load and to use. lenses and make goodpz'cmres. THE No. 0 BROWNIE makes pictures 1% X 2% inches. It has an excellent meniscus lens, a shutter for snap-shots or time exposures, has two finders and is handsomely finished. Kodak film cartridges for 8 exposures to fit this Brownie are but twenty- In every detail a practical little camera. Inex- pensive to buy and inexpensive to use. A Ask your dealer or write us for a catalogue of Kodaks and Brownies. EASTMAN KODAK CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y. five cents. The No. 0 Brownie. The Price. $2.00. includes the excise war tax. 'will give field demonstrations and will. other for a time for seed-growing pur» Missed his train—but not refreshment. Coca-Cola is sold everywhere. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY Atlanta. Ga. _ D, 'l: ‘9‘? 0'9. 3 0‘95 ‘9 5%MO‘9: ' '1’.” 1" .lTI‘IBL ,z‘_; s» .4 Anion neel and woodTniln are quiet and powerful One- third the work- ing part. of any other mill. Only 1min Film bearing subject to wear. Thu 1: oillcu. Ind easily":- phceable. Coven-n b dependable weghc without npn‘ngsm F! in my 4w ncdlowa. 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He is liable for damages ,in a civil action at all events; and if signs warning trespassers are posted ,gconspicuously he is liable criminally. '5 J. R. R. GARBAGE—FED HOGS. I have an opportunity to get garbage from a nearby city which I intended to feed to my hogs, but I have been informed that it is unlawful to offer the meat of garbage—fed hogs for con- sumption. Please advise me.——H. S. I am not aware that there is any law against selling hogs that are fat- tened on city garbage. In fact, it can- not be that there is, because many cit- ies dispose of a’certain part of their garbage in this way. The city of Grand Rapids, for instance, for years has dis- posed of its garbage to men who make a. business of fattening hogs, and I think it is safe to say that you need have no fear from anything in this di- rection. It is barely possible that you would have to offer these hogs on the market as “garbage-fed hogs,” but there is no reason why their meat is not fit for food. If you have had no experience in feeding city garbage to hogs, I would advise you to look into the matter carefully before you put very much money in it. The mortality from ”gar- bage-fed hogs" is heavy, that is, many of them die. Sometimes they get small pieces of glass. The food varies greatly at times and cases of pneu- monia and sometimes cholera affects them. I cannot tell you exactly why this is, possibly it is because they are kept under unsanitary conditions rath- er than the food which they eat. City garbage is a good cheap food for hogs and ought to be utilized. It certainly ought not to go to waste but it should be handled properly and the hogs kept under proper sanitary con- ditions else there is great danger of sickness and death—C. C. L. SEEDING WITH BUCKWH EAT. I am going to sow fifteen acres of buckwheat early in July 011 sandy land ' in just fair condition, and would like to seed it, but need some advice as to what seed would be best to sow. How would alfalfa be mixed with other seed, and how much per acre? Macomb Co. J. A. S. Buckwheat is not considered a good crop to seed with for any kind of grass or clover because it is a rapid grower and shades the ground so much that the slower growing grass or clover seeds cannot: become establish- ed. Of course, if you seed the buck- wheat real thin and there happens to ‘be timely rains, sometimes you-get quite a good catch of clover with the buckwheat, but it is considered risky to seed with buckwheat. The buck- ‘wheat comes off so late in the fall that there is hardly time then to seed to clover or alfalfa and have it become well enough established to withstand the winter. My advice would be to attempt to grow a good crop of buck- wheat without any seeding and then this fall, as soon as the buckwheat is harvested, disk the ground thoroughly and seed to rye. Rye will get along Then next spring ture of your clovers and grasses and 'expect very good results. 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Camp Fire girls in Philippines. up two, come down one. w», Flks and elephants frolic at Elks party in‘Long Beach, Calif. One mule power moves whole family from New York to Califor- elephants enjoyed being guests of honor. ' nia. The husband, a cripple, rides in wheel chair. ; mam is: Underwood sumac}. New 1921: ' ’~. $2.44. as; '»5/e ', twat. “ \~.\\\ummm:“quill/1753 . .1 m: a ’n: L’umumnmmunumu in thematter of the dynamiting of the two buildings and the trestle.’ He wish- ed very much to steer clear of arrest, for reasons of his own, and he was hiding his time in a little town in west; ern North Carolina. When the dyna nliting affair had blown over he would go back and try again, perhaps by an altogether new scheme, to get himself into possession of the Moreland coal. Then there came to the neighbor- hood a man whom no Moreland, and none of the Littlefords, had ever set eyes upon before. He was a. very un- couth mountain man, with long black hair and shaggy beard; his clothing was outlandish and ragged. He had not much to say; there was about him, somehow, an air of mystery. Two days after his arrival, in the afternoon, the stranger met Dale mid- way between the Halfway Switch and the opening of the coal vein, and stop- ped him with an upraised hand. “Do you know good coal when ye see it?” he drawled. “Why?” asked Dale, on his guard. The stranger looked sharply in all directions, as though he wished to make sure that no person was within earshot of them. Evidently satisfied, he drew from a trousers pocket a shin- ing black lump of coal, which he held out for Dale’s inspection. “What do ye think 0’ this here?” he wanted to know. Dale took the lump and examined it closely. It was apparently as good as the Moreland coal, which had sent the expert Hayes into raptures. Dale then looked closely at the stranger. He ap- peared to be honest; his gaze was steady, and seemed very innocent. “Where did you get this ?” Dale asked. . The alert eyes narrowed. “Do ye think this here vein you’re a—fixin’ to mine is the only vein in the whole country?" “Where did you peated. “Do ye think?" drawled the other, at I’m plumb fool enough to give my find away fo’ nothin’? I been pore all 0’ my life, Mister!” “How am I to know,” frowned Dale, “that you’ve really got a find ?” “Ye’d believe yore own wouldn’t ye?” “Yes,” Dale agreed, “I’d believe my own two eyes, of course. What’s your name, and Where are you from?” “What do I git outen it? I don’t own the mountain it’s in, but it shore can be bought fo’ fifteen cents a acre. And nobody knows about it but jest me. It lays close to the railroad an’ CHAPTER XVI. Sentenced to Hang. HERIFF TOM FLOWERS and four able deputies rode out of Cartersville very early on the fol- 'lowing morning. _ They went to the Big Pine Mountain country, and, by a scheme that entailed some shrewdness on the‘ part of the chief officer, arrest- ed two Balls and two Torreys on sus- picion and took them away without trouble. The two Balls and the two Torreys were lodged in the Cartersville jail and offered their liberty and exonera- tion from all blame in the dynamiting affair if they would give the names of the other guilty parties and appear against them. The mountaineers de- clared stoutly that they knew nothing whatever of the matter, and when pressure was applied they grew sullen and refused to talk at all. It was plain to Flowers that they did know something about it, and he finally ordered that they be kept in a cell on a diet of bread and water until their tongues loosened. At which the Balls and Torreys swore loudly and swore that they would rot in jail first e—unless their kinsmen came and shot *up the town and liberated them by force! “To me that is proof that you four .are guilty,” grimly smiled the sheriff. “And if your folks want to try storm- ing the jail, let them. A full company of militia can be rushed here within an hour, at any time, and we’ll give your folks all the fun they want.” It may be recorded that the four hill— men never confessed. Bill Dale, closely shadowed by one lanky Samuel Heck with his inevita- ble, ever ready rifle, went among the workers with a cheer that he did not feel. For Caleb Moreland was in jail, and Caleb Moreland was innocent. But there was one sincere delight for Dale: Hayes was driving the little rail- road ahead with all his might and all the might of his men. Hayes was in high favor with those under him; they worked even harder when he was ab- sent than they worked when he was standing over them. The days ran on, and there was no sign of a hostile demonstration from the Balls and Torreys. Judging from appearances, they were wholly satis- fied with Caleb Moreland’s being in jail. - Henderson Goff had disappeared. Dale hoped that he was rid of the man for all time. But he wasn’t. Goff was not so confident as was Major Bradley that he could establish his innocence get this?” Dale re- “I eyes, 11L JCRES_fll Find: Mat the Farm Vie: wit/z t/ze Cityflr Excitement. AWQMWWHIvmmmmmmmmnmmummlmmnmmmm.:muummmmuwmrm'l"mm H::mels'flHm!HHlHIHIIHIHIII'HHHH“HHH}' ‘ A. 3,. Oumnmnmumumumuumumumnmnmumumumnmnmumuwuwumnmumrhymnmnmu7n”aim“nnmfihumnmnmnmnmummpmu this here Moreland vein, too. What do I git outen it,’ Mister?” The mountaineer seemed more hon- est than ever, but Dale was still on his guard. He asked again: “What’s your name, and where are you from?” . ' This time the answer came readily: “My name it’s Walt Turner, and I’m from Turner’s Laurel, Madison County, State 0’ Nawth Ca’liner. But my find it ain’t nowhars clost to home. ’Tain’t no more'n about two hours 0’ walkin’ from right here, Mister. Ef you’d jest up and go along wi’ me, I’d show it to_ ye.” Dale rubbed his smoothly shaven chin and considered. He was the last person in the world to throw away a big opportunity. There might be a con; siderable vein of this new coal. Even if he was sent to the state penitentiary for a term of years, Hayes was entire- ly capable of carrying on the mining operations. “I’d like to take my mining man, Hayes—” ‘ “No!” quickly objected Walt Turner. “I don’t want nobody else to know whar it’s at but jest you and me. That away, ye see, ef I'm treated crooked I’ll know edzactly who done it—and I’ll shore git you!’ But I heerd tell ’at you was pow’ful square, Mister.” “Could I get back here before night- fall?” _ . Turner’s eyes lighted. “Shore!" “Then lead the way,” ordered Dale. Walt Turner, from Turner’s Laurel, Madison County, State of North Car- ,olina, crossed the little creek on stones and went straight to‘ the northeast, missing the Ball settlement by a good mile, and hard on his heels followed the Moreland Coal Company’s stalwart general manager. The way was exceedingly rough. The two men climbed rugged cliffs, threaded dense thickets of great lau- rel, mountain laurel, sheep laurel, and huckleberry bushes: They were one hour in a stretch of woods where the hemlocks, poplars and hickories stood so thickly that the interlacing branch' es overhead shut out completely the light of the sun and half the light of day. Fearing a panther, or a Wildcat, Dale kept his revolver loosened and ready in its holster. Walt Turner arm- ed himself with a long staff—for snakes, he said; and then he proved it by killing a rattler that had eight rat- tles to its tail. But they traveled rapidly, notwith- standing the fact that the going was difficult; and two hours after the be- ginning of the little journey Dale saw before him a small and almost circus lar, level-bottomed basin walled in by low cliffs. ”A small creek ran through this basin and made two easy ways of entrance. In the’hollowe they saw clumps {of laurel and huckleberry bush- es, and wild‘grasses knee-high; toward the center stood a solitary big and gnarled black walnut tree. They entered at the point at which the creek ran in, and wen to the wal- nut tree. There Turner halted and faced Bill Dale with a peculiar glint in his eyes. Dale was looking at the rug- ged walls of stone, and at the thick green forest that rose above them; he was marvelling, as only a true lover of beauty can marvel, at the wonderful grandeur of it all. Walt Turner, of Turner’s Laurel, op‘ ‘ ened his slit of a mouth and spake, “Here’s'the kitty!” 4 -Dale was brought out of his enjoy< ment must rudely. From behind clumps of laurel and huckleberry bushes, from the tall grass,‘from ev- erywhere—it seemed from nowhere—- there sprang dozens of Balls and Tor< reys with rifles in their hands! Bill Dale had walked, as gentle as a kitten,. straight into a trap. His right hand moved toward the butt of his revolver, then dropped at his side. It was foolish, worse than useless, to show fight; dozens of rifles were staring at him with their frown< ing, murderous eyes, and their' bullets would‘riddle him if he showed fight. He glanced toward Walt Turner, kins« man of the Balls. Turner was laughing openly. little kitty!” “If ever I have the chance,” mutter- ed Bill Dale, “I’ll thrash you for this cute little joke of yours." “You won’t ever have the chanst," laughed Walt Turner. The Balls and Torreys began to close in on all sides, and a solid ring of dark and for the most part bearded, wickedly triumphant faces formed it self around Dale. Adam Ball’s father, _ the acknowledged leader of that band of cutthroats that was now the Ball< i4 Torrey faction, glared at Dale with . ' black eyes that were filled with the \ fire of intense hatred; then he seized Dale’s revolver and thrust it ihside the waistband of his worn jean trousers. Dale felt the grip of rough hands on _ -I . his shoulders and arms. He fully real- ' ' ized his great danger; but he strove to ‘ keep all signs of fear out of his count: ‘ enance, and he was not unsuccessful. , “I presume this is what you call tak- ' l " ‘l ing the law into your own hands, isn't 5 “Poor —By Frank R. Lee! RESTFUL ON THE D. {:M FQEON/ \NHAT’5 GOING W‘ \‘ ' I _ ”hf-=HAPPEN' {3, f ..._ QM”? —. . M,;..e~.—1 ,4 on ’ u, . . ,, . .1 ml or teammate .Cut Cost ‘1 1 and lawn remiss 3116:, stun}? ri to , 111mm“ . nu seals. 0 Di Rh." lerrace ‘ cuts and piles on "‘"EflER vector or winrowe and horse cuts and shocks eon-l 00m BludenBoldln‘every sate On with ~. madgnthebmt. Teetimenlulennd ' I.“ "0c.” M c... wot“ in shy soil’. "M V ditchorcl cleaneditches uptown curled em Bebbitendflkunk ‘_ ff- 7- ’3 E do not celebrate ’holdiays ex- actly as we used to. Probably we take them as seriouslyaswe did then, but our method of expressing ourselves is not just as it was then. The time was, when a town felt that it had to get up a. 'series of attractions that would draw the folk from all the country around. I rode one Fourth nineteen miles over a rough road to attend such a celebration. The day was fiercely hot, and I was in a state of liquefaction when I arrived. There was everything imaginable to' cheer the heart of a. country boy. There were horse races, potato races, sack races, fat men’s races, old men’s races, but above all there was the human race. There were farmers present Who had not been to town for a. year, and there were Indians, negroes and immi- grants. The parade was a. howling success, especially among the babies. Then came dinner. In spite of hav- ing drunk lemonade and milkshakes enough to put a ruminant’s stomach out of business, I was hungry. I paid a 'quarter to get into an improvised dining-room filled with farmers of ev- ery description and many who had Our Sermon Writer, Mr. McOune, and Son, Enjoy an Outing. never been described. I sat next to a lumber-jack. The piece of meat on his plate only whetted his appetite and he reached over and took the. piece off my plate. Everybody reached in all directions for anything he saw, and in ten minutes the tables were as in nocent of food as so much space in a desert. There was, of course, an on ator of the day. There always was. He was usually a congressman or a man who wanted to be. _He was list- ened to attentively by the committee on arrangements and the G. A. R.~Post. It is very hard for an orator to com- pete with races and merry-go-rounds. But the congressman did a good piece of work,,the committee said. He wav- ed his arms and shouted some things about the flag and this glorious coun— try of ours, accepted his $25, and took the next train for home. HESE old-time celebrations were a good thing. They brought peo- ple together, and, with the exception of the drunkenness,‘most people were better for them. There is needed, however, a sort of patriotic instruction today that was unknown then. Americaswas very self- sufficient in those days. She lived by herself, far from other nations. . The old antipathy between us and Great Britain was ca’refully'fed and fanned in the school histories, and the chil-. dren were taught that the only flag in the world worth looking at was the Stars and Stri "s. 0147‘ [flatly Sermon—By N A. Mchme item was in no way mil-itemized. Bull now we are apprehending the fact that we are not isolated. It is only a. few days' journey to Europe. market is influenced by immigration, and our money conditions are sensi4 tive to the financial barometer across the seas. Moreover, we are not (it is to be hoped) fostering hatred for Great Britain. On the contrary, we now sense the fact that if the Anglo-Saxon is to have an honorable place in the world, the two great English-speaking races must act in a spirit of harmony and good-will. Our boys and girls might well be taught that the soldiers Washington fought were sent to America. by a. fac- tion of the English government at the behest of a German king on the Eng- lish throne who was insane part of the time, and that English statesmen like Lord Chatham favored the colonists and (hoped they would never submit. This is not said with the idea that Great Britain is perfect as an interna- tional neighbor, but neither does Eu- rope regard America. as a perfect neighbor. You may not like the color of your neighbor’s house, nor the pres- Our labor ' l ......... ence of his chickens in your pansy’ bed, but you do not'shoot him, nor bring a law suit. In other words, there is not quite the eagle-screaming there used to be, on our national holidays. Our way of expressing love of country has changed a bit, and I rather think it is deeper and more sound than' it was in those other days. We have only one world to live in, at preSent, and we have to live in it together. War does not settle anything very sat- isfactorily. We are learning that now. Peace is possible, if it is cultivated early enough. ODAY we are aware as never be- fore that Christianity has every- thing to do with patriotism. It has everything to do with our internation- al relations. Many good folk do not believe in foreign missions. They re- mark that we do not have enough re- ligion, and other sapient sayings. There is only one answer to this, namely, that if we do not export Christianity, we will import anarchy. Universal Christianity means a new. area in politics, and a new era. means peace and good will. Whenit is real- ized that the contact of America with Asia often misrepresents the best ele- ments in American life, there will be a greater respect for the exporting fer religion. But it must be genuine Christianity, not make-believe. So—call- ed Christian governments have been dishonest in their dealings with other powersr especially with thé weaker peoples. England forced opium on Chi- na against that nation’s will. ,Whe'n China protested, it brought on the opi- um war, and a‘treaty in which China promised never to interfere with the .., .,, 1 ‘H importation of opium. Today United 1 States manufacturing interests have representatives in Asiatic lands intro- ducing good American whiskey, gm. anteed to produce crime, pauperism,‘ hatred and degeneracyThere is much atheistic propaganda in Asia. ' pean and America. writers Nietzsche and Haeckel are translated and circulated widely. » If there were not circulation of Christian literature, the result would be tragic.» Happily the printing presses of good literatg‘rd” like ' _./ r ‘W‘ .. "a”. ‘ ’ admixed a brave ‘mam Bebe turned slightly toward the - gjeifraootfinted judge and asked calmly: universal anarchy. Our patriotism and our religion both have been too narrow. The Fourth of July orator who shouted I finegthings about the flag, and said we could whip any nation that dared to insult our navy, was as narrow as the religionist who thinks we should keep .11- our Christianity at home. There? are other nations in the world besides ourselves' It is very proper that we should love the United States“ more than any other nation. Pity us if we do not. But that is not the reason we should be bragging about the nations we can lick. People who spend their money forever in law suits never get very far. Christianity must be applied universally, or it cannot be applied at all. As the great French preacher said, Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all. It is a matter of selfishness, of self—preservation. Ex- pert whiskey and evil ideas and you iwill import a train of ills and violence. Export religion, peace, love, and the reaping will be glorious, a millionfold. There are plain illustrations of that, new on record. There is nothing in the way of world development that the Christian religion cannot effect, if it will. And that is the highest pa- triotism. The Clan Call (Continued from page 13). 'go out and bring back a verdict with- out losing time. The twelve mountaineers rose un steadily and went to the creek, and there one of them uncovered another jug of fiery new whisky that was alien to a revenue stamp: They drank heav- ily and returned to the walnut tree court without mentioning the trial. The foreman was a Torrey, and a particularly bad one. 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F you are one of the many women whose work is made ten times as hard as it need be by an inconven- ient kitchen and a misplaced pantry, this story of how another farm woman completely changed her home by mov- ing a partition along five feet, and eliminating the pantry altogether, may give you an idea of, how you can ever- come some of your difficulties. You wouldn’t believe unless you saw it, how much difference just changing that partition, and. altering the position of BEDROOM L ,. andfirgot to puia 30211 mto. ’ ‘ ”Henry Ward Barrier. ‘, Not all the space taken from the din- ing-room was needed for kitchen space, so this was made into’a closet for the men’s outside garments, the entrance being just at the south of the door between kitchen and dining—room. In the old arrangement of rooms there were no cupboards in the kitch~ en. Dishes and supplies were all kept in the pantry, the china in cupboards which ranged down the kitchen side of the pantry to the pass window. The flour bin and broad shelf were on the POAPC‘H / stoves, tables and cupboards could make in a day’s work. Mrs. Fremont Baird, of Allegan coun- ty, near‘Hopkins, owned the kitchen. It was much such a kitchen as the av- erage farm kitchen, too small for all the things which should be in it. In fact, it was the summer kitchen, with all that implies in theway of moving stoves twice a year, and having to see your dining-room steamed up in the winter months with cookery. The pan- try, as you can see by studying the first illustration, opened off the dining- room. There wasn’t a door into it from the kitchen, just a little pass window through which dishes and food might be put. Flour bin and moulding board were in the pantry. This meant that on baking days in summer, you stood in the pantry to get your cookies ready to bake, and while you might put them through the window into the kitchen, you had to travel around out there through the dining-room to get them into the oven. It meant no end of steps that shouldn’t be taken, and Mrs. Baird being a progressive farm woman took steps to eliminate them. The old kitchen, as you will see, was a rectangle, about 11x12 feet. The range stood against the wall separat- ing the kitchen from the dining-room, the sink was in the farthest corner by the pantry wall. The’table was on the apposite wall, under the one window, and the hot water tank filled another A door led from {he kitchen The alteration was made by taking five feet off the large dining-room, thus aking the kitchen irregular in shape, The. electric light system and the Women Stay on t e F arm staff. The college furnishes blueprints pumn for the water supply are in a and a small tank as a working model cellar under the kitchen, which, being separated from the vegetable cellar is always cleanand is utilized as a laun- dry. Water, pumped from the well by a windmill is stored in a storage cis— T tern underground‘outside. The pump is automatic, starting when the tank, which holds only a pailful, is emptied. An electric washing machine, elec- tric vacuum cleaner, and electric iron are among the labor-saving devices. opposite side under a window which looked out on a screenedvin porch. The cupboards were torn out of the pantry and taken to the kitchen. A second window was cut through along- side the‘other, and a work-shelf with cupboards beneath built along this en- tire north wall, with the exception of space enough for the sink and cistern pump. The door leading onto the porch was walled up and cupboards built in this niche, with flour bin and moulding board beneath. This brings the things for baking altogether. The old pantry was then converted into a’ bathroom. The range was moved from its position by the dining-room wall, and set next the bathroom wall, where connection could be easily made with the hot water tank in the latter room. The tank was placed in the bathroom to assist in heating it, as the house has no furnace. ‘ The table, little used as the work- shelf under the windows takes its place, was put in the space to the left of the dining-room, with the oil' stove on the porch side of this alcove. In the dining-room a china closet was built on the wall space formerly taken up by the pantry door, the cupboards coming out of the coat closet in the kitchen. A door which in the old arrangement led from the pantry to the cellar has been utilized to give an outside en- trance to the bathroom so that work- men may enter that room and wash up, without bothering workers in the kitchen. This door opens into a'little vestibule, which opens out upon the screened-in porch. The window in the“ I ' l BEDROO/V poor/r“ / , I . s n ‘ 5 aArlmoozw 1% Pf E Ozwwc ___h o o - o o M AMA/64;“ ' 0% 0 o 0 9“ Hi \ 14‘“ ii i. 0‘ on. 9 ‘ s . Q P 0 1‘? (IV - w PUMP WORKS/fill? AND 2 1' PORCH CUPBOA R05 ,These Diagrams Before and After Remodeling, Show lnconvenience Changed to Convenience in the Kitchen. which makes life on the Baird farm easy, but in spite of these conven- iences Mrs. Bair declares that if she could have but one—electricity or run- ning water—she would take the water. “Nobody knows unless they have had to go without it, just what run- ning water means to a housekeeper," she says. “You can’t imagine how much water it takes to do the day’s work on a farm, especially a dairy farm like ours, with all the milk cans and pails and strainers to care for. We used to have a jar which held twenty-five gallons, and was filled from the windmill, but many a day we emp- tied this and had to have more water. Now just to turn a tap and have all the water you want to run out seems to me a greater labor-saver than even the electric washing-machine, though I wiouldn’t want to give that up now, either.” The question of cost is always an important one to be considered when the idea of installing light and water systems is entertained. The Bairds found out that the cost .of installing was greater than the (cost 01' the gen- erator and pump, but this might not be true of- all who wish to put in these improvements, as in this case it was necessary to build the cellar under the kitchen for the equipment. The light system and pump cost $845. But the cost of_fixtures, wiring, plumbers, the- sons, etc. was around a'thousand del-‘ iars. Wages paid to labor. have gone down since this work was done, and there might also be a diflerence in theiyflgliy price paid for fixtures. it to farmers who wish to put one in. COMMUNITY smes. was singing school. Now it 13 community sings. Different names, different methods of leading, but the results are about the same, a get-to- gether event for the community. grandfather’s day the singing master with his tuning-fork led, and initiated the- folks into" the ,mystery of sight reading. Maybe they had a five-octave organ for accompaniment. leader is the nian with the biggest voice and most pep, and he doesn’t teach yOu how to sing by note. You have to find your own key and keep on it as best you can. Maybe a victrola grinds out the accompaniment, maybe some pianist helps out, and again, maybe'you have no accompaniment at all. Community sings since the war have become a big factor in drawing folks together. If you want to try one and have no music, write to ( ammumty, Service, Inc., No. 1 Madison avenue, New York City. They will supply you at cost with leaflets as follows: “Cum- munity Songs,” “Twice55 Community, Songs}: and “One Hundred and One Best Songs.” The same service also puts out a handbook on Community: Music for leaders of training schools. Talking machine companies and player piano companies also make rec- ords especially adapted for community, sings. Also write instrument makers for selections. If your community, needs something to bring the folks to- gether try a songfest. Nothing goes farther towards awakening a feeling of good fellowship than singing and playing together. ‘ HEN grandfather was a boy, it» In' Now the ' «LM . 4 arouse new interest in the fair. This ‘ {the'lnternational Stock Show at ‘Chi— ._"1ir‘0ys’ and Girls’ * Page Cl '. I, . to o .1 o o o o x ub Ac lVlthS 1n Michlgan HE Way the Michigan boys and canning club which had seven mem- . ; girls are going at club work bers last year, has twenty-eight this ' . proves that there is considera- year. These facts show that club work ble satisfaction in accomplishing the in this county is in a healthy and ac- things that are worthwhile. Both aim- tive condition. less play and work get tiresome. Such The Granges are backing the can- wOrk becomes drudgery and such play ning clubs in Eaton county. ~This- will produces restlessness and often bad undoubtedly prove a good means of habits. But when there is an object getting leaders during the summer, to accomplish, interest becomes enliv- while the teachers are away. ened and enthusiasm is put into the At Beulah, last winter’s hot-lunch things to be done, even though they club has developed into a community may be disagreeable at times. Work canning club. The girls will get to- becomes play and brings happiness gether this summer and can on a com- and contentment. munity basis, products which will be The reports. show that the Michigan donated for next winter’s hot-lunch boys and girls are active in club work. work For instance, m Branch county, one There are undoubtedly many other hundred and thirtyiwo girls recently projects and accomplishments in club finished their garment-making project work that show e‘ven ‘20 a greater 8X- with a profit of $678.97. The boys,‘in tent than those mentioned here, the handicraft work, did not do quite as scope of this work in our state. The well, but seventyfline who were in editors of the Michigan Farmer would the project made a total profit of be glad to receive from club leaders, $24555. , boys and girls, and others, short items telling of what the boys and girls are doing in their club, and other rural ac- tivities. Little stories of unusual ac- complishments by individual boys and girls would also be welcome. 'In Genesee county the clubs got good support for their Achievement 'Day. [he board of supervisors voted $200 and the Flint city council $100 for Achievement Day purposes. The Chamber of Commerce of Flint ap- “— pointed a committee to help formulate THE GRASSHOPPER. plans for the Achievement Day cele- ———« bration which was held May 7. About AVE you ever tried to catch a seven hundred people attended the af— grasshopper? If so you will know ternoon meeting and four hundred it is not easy. Just as you think you boys and girls were given dinner at have him, you will find he is quite a noon. » distance away, chirping merrily, as if __‘ When the boys and girls get through to say, “You are not nearly clever with one project they are anxious for enough to catch a fellow who has six another, is the experience of the Sag— long legs, four wings, and a body as inay County Club leader. In nearly light as air.” g every case where they have had win- If you do catch one, put him under ter clubs there have been requests for a glass and examine him. You will summer project work. see that his body is ringed, that his Poultry work sems to be the most shoulders are covered. by a shield, and popular among the young folks of that he has a large mouth, in which, Washtenaw. They have been busy could you see them, he has two pairs there this spring distributing chicks to of strong jaws, one for holding and six poultry clubs. About 2,500 chicks cutting his food, and the other for have been divided between the poultry chewing it. He gives them plenty of club workers. work, for he eats all that comes his Howard McPherson, of Wayne coun- way. ty, state poultry champion, started on The chest is formed of three rings, March 1 with 238 chicks and has mar-A each of which bears a pair of legs, and keted already some nice chickens as . the two hinder ones two pairs of broilers. . wings. The abdomen is also ringed, In Cheboygan county the club leader and on the side of each ring you will borrowed from a local art store some see a dark spot. These spots are the children's dresses and rompers, simply breathing holes. made of good quality material, with a How surprised you would be if you fancy stitches to offset garments, t0 could see inside the grasshopper. From show the sewing club girls. This dem-fi each breathing hole runs a tube which onstration made the club members en- branches off into hundreds of tiny .thusiastic about making clothes for tubes that are kept in shape by a Stiff thell‘ younger relatives 01' for using thread which winds round and round the suggestions on their own clothes. You will see the abdomen move up and It led the girls to the selection of more dewn as it pumps air through the simple styles and more desirable ma— holes into the tubes. ‘erials. / So now ou know h The County Fair Board Of 0311101111 Mr. Grassthper can let; S:§r:tuizvkll:: County has authorized a boys’ and when he has spied you with his bi - -gi‘rls’ department in connection with fixed eyes, which have hundreds (ff the fair this year and will give a bank WindOWS.—-MARK MEREQITH account of $1.00 to each club member . .making an exhibit in this department.~ . The Taymouth Fair, Saginaw coun- ty, which has not been very successful the past few years, has turned over T the entire premium list to the boys and girls in the hope that this may THE HABIT OF LEARNING. HE most important thing in school is not the information you acquire but the habit of learning that you establish. Here is a man with no edu- cation. He has never learned how to slow-e:1 plrobllegns. Some trouble comes 1 _. 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We can more than please you for the money, guarantee you satisfac’uon. Huber’ s Reliable Hatchery, East High St., Fostoria, Ohio .0 .39.“ 0 0 0 0 00,00 00.00”” : .0 3, Good big.healthy chicks tsh POULTRY 08?in (Ehicgs room “$1” atsutility cpl-6013;; a. a once roe yoarnoro a cry, yoamore, . H t h n g from Parks filo-o g . Mad ROCkS chin.) fileh 51:: the blood of Paris digre ed ens. 82 per] 5, Sfiperfio, 812pe.r100 c H ' c K SB English lStrain White Leghorn. lay Brown Leghorn and Anoonas. Bars 11 prices for our l stockkopt on free rang rder now for ear y e varies. Hillside Grove Hatchery Form. B, l. olland, Mich ' . gm ribs“e arce est. in nonbreakablo containers ' v . rep ”1‘; 9 BB. Route 1, East Lansing, Mich. ' ‘* l h in h . eHICKs names, when 3!). I!) repaid by mail as! s arrlv toadsend Intro-town.“ interested observer of poultry will note many flocks that are not pure- Sometimes one breed predomi- nates but many of the birds will be of mixed breeding. What is the reasbn that many farmers keep mongrel flocks of poultry? Usually they feel that they are producing birds fully as vig- orous as the pure-bred flocks of neigh- bors and they claim to receivejust‘as many eggs, although accurate records find. The owner of pure-bred poultry has the following advantages: The best birds that have been bred for either egg-production or exhibition are, of Cause,upure-b13eds. The farmer .who wishes bred-to-lay foundation stock can only find it in some line of bred-to—lay pure- -breds. If he wishes exhibition birds he must select a line bred pure, with emphasis placed on exhibitiOn qualities. New friends are made for the poul- tryrbusiness largely through the at- traction of pure-bred stock. The own— er of a scrub flock has absolutely no sale for_hatching eggs and the sale of hatching eggs in the spring is one of the most profitable features of any kind of poultry business. Surplus breeders are easily sold if they are quality pure- -breds. It is not necessary to dispose of them at ordi- nary market prices for they honestly are worth more money to any man de- siring to establish himself in the poul- try business. The farmer with mature breeding stock or surplus cockerels can practically always figure on mak- ing «more money on his stock if they are pure-bred. It is because there is a demand for such stock and according :’ to the present outlook, it would seem as if this demand would'grow better each year. The cost of establishing a pure-bred flock is not large and it is not neces- sary to dispose of all of the scrubs the first year if they are of a. good laying type. A trio of purebred breeders will show a wonderful increase in three or four years if they are properly man- aged. The mongrels can then be sold , as pure-breds are produced to fill their places and soon the farmer will own a flock of several hundred fine birds without a scrub in the flock. Several years ago many farmers criticized pure-bred poultry and considered it only a fad. “The laying contests have proven' the value. of the pure-bred flock which has been bred over 11 pe- riod of years for one distinct purpose. The demand for- hatching eggs from beginners has also proven the loss that occurs to the farmer raising scrubs. The purebred flock km the farm is go- ing to be a more commongslght in the W“‘WWB reg," _ :3 f" '* By K G. Kzréy N travelling around the state the the pure- bred flocks and they are the of scrub poultry flocks are difficult to stnoyed and- than“ " birds that pay. HENS snoop AND DIE. . We have been having trouble with i our hens for the last year. .Quite a number have died, symptoms being the same. The hens begin to droop, drOoping wings and tall, combs get colo1less and in two weeks or more the hen is found dead. attack some of the young thrifty bone as well as the older ones. 0. F. F. ' When hens become light and. un- thrifty and soon droop and die the trouble is very apt to be tuberculosis. Make a postmortem examination of ' the carcaSs and see if there are small hard grayish~white nodules on the liv-. er. This is the point where the tuber- cular infection is most apt to occur. ' Hens that die of this trouble should be burned as the disease is contagious. Then thoroughly disinfect the house. It may pay to have a veterinarian in- spect the flock. Any hens that show: signs of weakness can be killed and the veterinarian can pass upon them as to their value for market. A 11001: that is constantly suffering from loss- Raising Pure-breds :Results in Pride as well as Profit from the Work. es caused by tuberculosis cannot be a. profitable flock. It is necessaryin some cases to kill all the birds and begin over again with healthy founda- tion stock. Then the best of manage.- ment can beused to keep the birds healthy and vigorous. Care should be used in buying poultry from other breeders to obtain only fine vigorous specimens. The disease might be‘ in- troduced into a good flock by one weak bird. This has probably been a. very hard winter on some poultry flocks and the best of management has been needed to keep the birds in a healthy laying condition. The losses in flocks from tuberculosis seem to be increasing, judging from the inquiries and prevene tion is the only remedy. ,- CONTROLLING. lVllTEs. How can I get rid of bugs in my poultry house? bugs. . Red mites can be killed by painting the roosts with kerosene oil or one of ‘ the commercial coal tar compounds. The old cylinder oil drained from an engine is excellent as a preventive of mites. Paint the under sides of the roosts and allow the oil to seep into all cracks and crevices where m ‘ can hide during the day. If the pens try house is thoroughly infeste mites it will be difficult to 118 them with one spraying- It several weeks the maes: ., It seems to ‘ They look like bed ‘ rte-rm..- orti'culturc ' GRAPE LEAFHOPPERS TO BE SER- IOUS IN-GRAPE DISTRICTS. ', HE season of 1921 promises to be one notable for harmful insects, especially those thatspend the winter as adults. Amopg those that seem to have come through the winter in great quantities are the grape leafhopper, in the grape region of Paw Paw,,Law- ton, etc.- I ‘ Grape growers should be on the lookout for the first appearance of the leathpper nymphs (the young) work- ing on the undersides of the leaves. A timely spray of “Black-leaf 40”‘——one pint to eight hundred pints of water, and four or five pounds of soap put on at this time will help control them and is the best remedy at this time of year. There is no use trying to spray for the adults, as they cannot be con- ':l trolled in that way. It may be neces- sary to use more than one spray dur- ‘ ing” the season. i; . FIRE BLIGHT SERIOUS. LIGHT has attacked many apple, , , pear and quince trees. The ends 1 I '1" of the twigs and leaves turn black as , . 2 if scorched by fire. For this reason ‘2 the trouble is commonly called fire 7 ' ' blight, although it is also known as twig blight, pear blight, and blossom blight. It is a highly contagious, bac- terial disease and spraying is not ef- fective. , “Blight in young trees can be cut out, i making the out six inches or more be— low the lowest point where the effect ’ of the blight can be seen on branch. After each cut the knife and the wound should both be disinfected immediately 5. with water solution of corrosive subli— 3' mate, one to 1,000. Corrosive subli- mate is very poisonous. Prunings should be collected as made and burn- ed at once. ' Large trees showing a quantity of l , ‘1 f; twig blight make pruning out imprac- ‘l ,3 tical. Water sprouts and new shoots [l i should be cut off the trunk and lowest parts of main limbs of susceptible \ trees during a blight epidemic. GREEN MANURE FOR ORCHARDS. l . HE two principal functions of ‘ green manuring are the use of cover crops in the orchard and is a. blanket for the land during win- ter. The plants best suited for this burpoSe are unquestionably the legume ’crops. . For fruit trees of all kinds the most important fertilizing element is nitro- gen. Through their nodule forming bacteria the leguminous plants draw into the ground and make quickly available for the trees, large quantities bf the free nitrogen of the air. And not only do the legumes in- _ crease the amount of nitrogen in the soil; they are as good humus formers as can be planted. It should also be noted that practically all legumes are deep-rooted plants and hence bring up 'mineral food from the sub-soil. While the soy-bean, the field bean, the field pea, the crimson clover, the cowpea and the lupines, all give good results in the orchard, the best of all legumes ' for this purpose is the red clover. ’ The value of green manure has long ' hegnglirecognized by American fruit- :‘:."gr’owers.' Nevertheless, there is quite ' literally throughout the United States ' arth of cover crops. Fortunately 'is .at‘ hand 'an immediate and a1 remedy for this situation. . recent years there have been I . ' «5”,‘VJWV' _ ,_-> increasing the growth of legumes. Al- most without exception these experi- ments have demonstrated that the best legume food known to man is agricul- tural gypsum. Indeed, its systematic use has time and again increased leg- uminous growth as much as five hun- dred per cent and even more. Soils in which legumes are grown are nearly always deficient in sulphur. Legumes, of course, must have sul- phur, tremendous quantities of it. Un- less they get it in easily available form they simply starve to death. Agricultural gypsum, which is an untreated, ground, natural rock fertil— izer, furnishes sulphur in an immedi— ately available and neutral form~—in exactly the form that sulphur is sup- plied to nature. SUGAR KEEPS .BORDEAUX. HAT‘ granulated sugar will keep Bordeaux spray mixture from de— teriorating is the discovery of the Or- egon Agricultural Experiment Station. It is well known by orchardists that. Bordeaux become almost worthless unless used shortly after being mixed. This trouble can be overcome by add- ing one-eighth ounce of granulated sugar dissolved in water for each pound of copper sulphate ‘(blue vitriol or bluestone) used. ‘When sugar is used in the proportion mentioned the spray mixture will not spoil on ac- count of a breakdown or delay on ac- count of rain. For a two-hundred-gallon tank of 6‘ 6-50 Bordeaux, which will require twentyfour pounds of bluestone, dis- solve three ounces (seven heaping tea- spoons) of Sligar in a little water and add slowly to the tank of spray, agi— tating until thoroughly mixed. Too much sugar must not be used. For small amounts of spray, dissolve one well-rounded, but not heaping, tea- spoon of sugar in one quart of water, then use at the rate of one-half pint of this solution for each pound of blue stone going into the amount of Bor- deaux required. ' TRANSPLANTING HOUSE FERNS. Can you tell me if house ferns should be transplanted and if slips should be taken out? Or should they not be molested in any way? When is the best time t otransplant if so?~ Mrs. M. A. S. After house ferns get so they fill the pot quite full with roots, they should be transplanted into larger pots. Oc- casionally, when this is neglected the roots so fill the pot that there is little room for soil. If you wish to have the fern large do not take any of the slips out. If you wish to start new plants take out those slips which can be taken out without disturbing the roots much The transplanting can be done any time but it is probably best done in spring. In transplanting put some fresh earth in the bottom of the larger pot and then place the ball of roots and earth taken out of the old pot in the new one. Fill in with fresh earth. One important precaution to be ob- served is to see that there are no air pockets left. Firm the new earth firm- ly around the ball of roots. Have the fern set lower than it set in the old pot as the usual tendency of a fern being to grow out of the soil. The less the ball of roots and earth are dis- turbed in transplanting the better the results will be. ' A good sprayer is almost. a necessity in the garden. 3 One of the knapsack type, will be found convenient and of; 4 sufficient capacity to, “do; all; the cones praying in a. latte-._tardea.-..; ,. l" Me-o-my, how you’ll take 'to a pipe—and P. A.! Before you’re a day older you want to let the idea slip under your hat that this is the open season to start something with a joy’us jimmy pipes—and some ‘Prince Albert! Because, a pipe Albert satisfies a man as he was never ' satisfied beforee—and keeps him satis- And, you can prove it! fied! P. A.’s flavor and ness and {its freedom from bite and parch (cut but by our exclusive pat- ented process) are a revelation to the :3; man who never could 'get acquainted with a pipe! P. A. has made a pipe a thing of j oy‘. to four men where one was And, you’ll say so as soon as you start to cash-in on this smoked before! smokehunch !‘ Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pound humidors and in the pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener tog. Pm N as h tin CRIMP CUT the national Joy [ONO BURNING PlPl T BAC ' > O CO Copyright 1921 n. J. Reynolds” "'10,“! Tobacco Co. Winston-Salem, N. C. packed with Prince Why— fragrance and 0001- f POULTRY Special Sale on Pullets We will have a special sale on our Bred-to— Iay April hatched Single Comb White Leg— orn pullcts at 75 cts. each. Sale starts now and ends July 4th. This stock is No.0ne quality produced on our own farm, from high quality stock and is fully guaranteed. Take advantage of this opportunity to secure good stock at a reason- sonablc price. This offer will not be repeat- cd this season as we are selling our own stock only. Order direct from this ad. and save time. Macatawa White Leghorn Co. R. 1, Holland, Mich. ‘ CHICKS AT REDUCED PRICES after June 15th and during Jul 8. C. W. Leghorne $10.00 per 100; Barred Rocks 312. 0 per 100. Parcels Post paid 100% safe arrival. Circular. Sunnybrook Poullry Farm, Hlllsdale, Mich. Winter Laying Pullets now eight weeks old. Anconas and White Leg- horns; Brown Leghorns, Buff Leghorns. Rocks. R. I. Reds, WyandottCS. Black Minorcas. Dollar and up as they grow older. Cresent Egg Company Allegan, Michigan DAY-OLD CHICKS $16.00 per 100 and up. Hatching eggs. 32.00 t 15.0(, per setting and $9.00 to $15.00 per 100. from 25 vgriseties of pure bred. farm ranged fowls: Chickens. Geese. Ducks. Turkeys and Guineas. Price list and circular free. Plentiaolf‘nice breeding stock. “I’loIok now for earys nn 9 verv I MIN HA'rcfiEn JzPOULTBY oo. wnmingmn.GCil§ig S. C. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS Send for Catalog SNOWFLAKE FARM. Route 1, Grand Rapids. P19511553; " MGd'ROCkS figomxintgegéecn from “£5.36 a 1031'. Pet‘- ,; b .P Oi ' " . W .- -:, . Wastes smears. m [John’s [Chickschicks Great price cut for June and July deliveries to lower than Dre-war prices. Better chicks at areal , bargain price. LOOK f‘ l’urc S. OW. Leghorns $0.00 a 100. $4.50 for 50 ' ' Pure Barron Eng. Leg, 11.00 a 100, 5.50 for 50 ‘ Pure S. C. Anconas 11.00 a 100, 5.50 for 50 l’ure B. 1’. Rocks 14.00 a 100, 7.00 for 50 .- Hatch every Tuesday. order direct. Prompt ship. Inent on all varieties by Parcel Post mail. Full count strong lively chicks on arrival For quick service and an entirely satisfactory deal send us -. your order. 13 years reliable dealings. Fine in- structive catalog and price list free. W. Van Appledorn R. 7, Holland, Mich. Big Beautiful Barred Rocks are hen hatched. develop quick, good layersfine Show quality, 30 eggs 53.50.50 55. Postage paid, Photos. circulars. JOHN NORTHON, Clare, Mich. 8 to 1?. week bullets, cockerels. b no Barred ROCkS and cock birds. Leading pen atoll/I. .-. A30. for December averaging 22 eggs each. 1 pullet laid 27 eggs in both Dec. and January. 1 puIIet laid 80 . eggs in 91 days,w1nners at largest shows in state. Write \R- for price list. G, Caball. RA. Hudsonville. Mich. -» LOOK. BABY CHICKS pt 8 cents and up. Announcing our summer prices or . W. Log- 10 cents Buff Leg. 11 cents Br. Leg. 11 cents Anconas 12 cents Barred Rocks 13% cents Reds 13% cents Bull" Rocks 13% cents W. Wyandottes 15 cents Brmlers 8 cent s Deduct 5% for orders of 5000r more. 10% for orders of 1000 or more. We. prepay arcel post charges and guarantee live delivery. and f f and earliest delivery date. or me catalogue Ohls Poultry Yards Jr Hatchery, Marion, Ohio BABY CHICKS I O of Superior Quality Hot from the Hatchet- '. 1 hi; to p59 aid parcel ost. BfGrsgrong. your door safely, 8 b '11tu fallows hatch! ' , un er our 0 -' ' GHQlilisll ANcgNA‘g: into money. Bred for EGG moduor‘ihiinandth: ‘ SHOW ROOM. ave money by sendin for our one? logue NOW. THE SUPERIOR 8&10 HATCHER . o. , p. Look» Box 197. Prairie Depot. 5 .. ' Additional PoultryAIb.‘ m m... . ;_vM-,-c~.amw.»¢ 5.xwwuxmea.“ .MW new»: . BREWERS” 'llIliI-IC'I'GRY Change of Copy or cancellations must reach on Ten Days before date of publication our hard with a pure-bred Hoists Write for informationltdo. Grand'Rapids, ioh. Grade up from a h record cow. J0 EPH H. BREWER. THE HOME OF Imp. Edgar ni Dalmeny Probably The World’s Ireatesi Breeding Bull Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the Smith- field Show 1919. and the Birmingham Show 1920. is a daughter of Edgar of Dalmeny. The Junior Champion Bull. Junior Cham- pion Female, Champion Calf Herd and First Prize Junior Heifer Calf, Michigan State Fair, 1920, were also the get of Edgar of Dalmeny. -. A very choice lot of young bulls—sired by Edgar of Dalmeny are. at this time. offered for sale. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WILDWOOD FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN VI. E. Sililii'i's, Prop. Sidney Smith, Supt. CLOVERLY ANGUS Cows and Heifers Bred to Blackcap Brandon of Woodcote 2nd or Sale _ GEO. HATHAWAY & SON. Ovid, Mich. EOISTERED Aberdeen-Angus. Ten heifers, six Rbulls from eight to fourteen months. Best of breeding. the growthy kind that make good. 'Reason- able. Inquire F. J. WILBER, Clio, Mich Reg. Aberdeen Angus bulls and heifers of the very best of breeding, from 12130 15 megahs offiagei bFor next 3E0 day: Wii pg'icie l .00. ea argains. nspec ion InVl.e . bulls at S RUSSELL BROS, Merrill, Mich. GUERNSEYS Bull calves for sale. Sired by Anton's May K ng that sold for $7,000. Farmers prices and guaranteed to please. GI LMORE BR OTHERS, Camden, Mich EGISTERED Guernsey's. Bull calf ready forlight service—out of our old Foundation Cow—Primrose Bessie—and one of the best May Rose Bulls inthe stateJlOO buys him. Never had a reactor—no abortion. Herd Fed. Tested. J. M. Williams, No. Adams, Mich. G U E R N 5 EV S —REGISTERED BULL CALVES Containing blood of wo rld champions. . HICKS’ GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. W.S. Mich. of May Rose Brebdin Guernsey Bulls Their dams have recor s 420 to 650 lbs. fat also a few cows and heifersare offered. H. W. Wigman. Lansing, Mich. uernsey bulls, grandsons of Carrie of Hillhurst 3rd A. A. Class Leader. and out of cows on test. Also a 2 yr. old out of a 3% yr. old with a 500 lb. record. Priced to soil. Federal tested. Satisfaction guaran- teed. G. W. and H. G. RAY, Albion, Mich. Registered Guernseys bull calves ForflSale, for $50 each. Sired by May Rose Bull, his 5 nearest dams average 7251bs. fat. r E. A, BLACK, Howard City, Mich. Females of superior breeding, at reduced Guernsey prices. Tubercuiin tested. Send for sale list to day. G. Watervliet. Mich. Bull grandson of Langwater King of May Gimme! 3 yrs. old. quiet and sure, price ri ht. Apply The Jennings Farms. Bai ey, Mich. Winancd Herd Registered Holstein-Friesian tattle We breed them to sell. If you are looking for seed stock, we have it. John' H. Winn, [Ina] Rochester, Mich. USE PURE-BRED SIRES! 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. Wigent, 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 State Block, Lansing, Michigan MY! OH, MY! ‘WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY We re now oiferin a beautiful calf born Aug. 2nd. w.aHis sire a 35.6% lb. bull. Dam's sire hasthree sisters each with yearl records of over 1200 lbs. two of " them former Worlds’c am ions. Write for ped reesi HILLCREBT FA M, Kalamazoo. “ F iesian heifer and bull calves, purebred ”Glam" rggistered and high-grade. Price ‘2) up. 8 lendid- individuals and breeding. Write usyour re- Au manta. ,, ,Browncrott Farms. McGraw. N. Y "9‘ -- a] t all ti ith ' . 30.8., Hovlvstmm 32;. “331:3 herd: 3.1.2: - ' ' _ see em. m “b“mfifé’fii? n. 1.- anemones “Top Notch” Hcl‘stcins a "milk" Bull of Quality from the Breeders of t e world’s only cow to produce willbs. milk in7 da s, havm an 800 b. daughter. ur herd 3 rich in .the b cod of Colantha 4th: Jo- hanna, theonly cow that ever held all world’s records 11 every diVision from one day to one year at the same time. She produced 651.70 lbs. milk in 7 days. We are offering for sale a bull. whose darn exceeds this record Ill); over 7% lbs. in 7 days. is dam’s records are:— Milk 100.1 lbs. Days 659.3 lbs. _ 7 Days‘ 26.31 lbs. His name is KING VALE CORNUCOPIA WAYNE, No. 312599 ' Born February 6, 1920 His dam and sire’s two nearest dams average utter 7 Days .02 lbs. Days 607.3 bs. Handsomely marked about one third white. $250.00 f. o. b. Howe . McPHERSON FARMS 00., Howell, Mich. All herds under U. B. Supervision. A Proven Blood Line KING SEGIS transmitted to his sonsthe power to transmit to their daughters the greatest of roduc- tion over long eriods. It is his ofispringt at has recently made t e greatest yearly production ever dreamed of 37,381.4 pounds of milk 11 a year. We have for sale at moderate prices, fieJaiuiiéul individals of show type KING SEGIB .GRAND RIVER STOCK FARM, 315 N. East Ave. Jackson, Mich. C. J. Spencer,0wner, Under State and Federal Supervision e ted in ayment of finely bred reg- A Good Note $22.8. Holstein bull calves. Quality of the best. and at prices within reach of all. Write. GEO. D. CLARKE. - - - - Vassar. Mich. The Traverse Herd We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the large, fine growthy type, guaranteed right in every way, They are from high producing A. R. 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. Cluny Stock Farm Offersl Cluny Konigen Colantha Silver 326205 Born May 29, 1920 A white hull with a few black spots. His site a 30 lb. son of King chis Pontiac Konigen. Site's 7 nearest dams average 32. 301 lbs. butter 624.1 lbs. milk in 7 days. His dam has 3 1r. 3 year old record of 17.683 lbs, butter from 418.7 lb. milk and is a granddaughter of Colan- the Johanna Lad 2nd dam—a 21 lb. cow that our barn records show milk- ovcr 145.000 lbs. in 14 milking periods producing 15 calves. Pedigree on application. Price $250.00. Federal Accredited Heard. R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich. 7 Yearling Bull Bargains Sired by So is Korndyke De Nijlander a 32 lb. son of a twice Mic igan ribbon winnerther dam.29}§ lbs. Dams are daughters of King Segis Pontiac, 8.37 lb. son of King Se is. Records 16 lbs. to 20 lbs.‘ Priced at half value.$1 up. Federally tested June 10. Write for list. ALBERT G. WADE, White Pigeon, Mich. Reg. Holsteins and Berkshires, most any age, either sex,priced according to other commodities. Write or come. B. B. REAVEY, Akron. 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, Thumb Hereford Breeders Assocration now ofl‘erin some ex llent oung males and fe- males cf 0 oice brce in‘g. an furnish one or a carioad. Priced right. our inspection solicited. Jas. R. Campbell, Secretary. Bad Axe, Mich. Full-blooded high-class Hol- FOR SALE: stein Bull. Black & White Farm, Fremont, Mich. ichigan ° bulls some ready for RegIStered Jersey serviée, sired by Ox- ford’s Champion Fox 168681, out of Oxford Daisy’s Princess, Register of Merit record 8311 lbs. milk; 468 lbs. butter with first calf, milked 50 lbs. per do with second calf. Sister to Sadies Crown Princess 163 8 lbs. milk. 1031 lbs. butter in one year. The dams of these bulls are Ihigh produlcers, mafiy of thdem dare prize winners. rices very ow. ua yconsi ere . C. S. BABSIETT, Kalamazoo, Mich E B . BUTTER BRED ”litany“ CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM, Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan. The Wildwood Farm Jersey Cattle. Maiesty Strain. Herd on State a‘cored- ited list. R. of M. testin constant] done. Bulls for sale. ALVIN BALDE , Phone 14 -5, Capac. Mich. Thorobred Jersey Bull Calves gaginggggg and Federal accredited list, $25.00 each. Also one earling bnll ready for service. Pedigrees on re nest. l. w. JAYNE 4. BEN BRAWT, Fenton. ich. Ready for Service. JERSEY BULLS Raleigh—Oxford and—Ma‘esty breeding. Meadowland Farm, Water- manva aterman. Packard Bd.. Ann Arbor, Mich. Lillie Farmstead Jerseys oonos o. mum. Bull calves from R. of M. cows. Coopersville. Mich. Registered Jersey Bulls myfgdgrgifdm': n. n. FOWLER. artfo , Mich. For Sale tread for service from n.‘ of Jersey Bill's M. dams. 'r. .tested. wm givetime.’ sun-Ha PARKER. n. 4, Howell,Mich. our,” 31......- "can; that will put. weight on your dai calves —t1ie dil- orence will soon Kay for the bull. ow sell 00d Eicotch and. Scotc -topped yearlings.reasonabl r cod- We guarantee every animal to be a breeder. ederal Post. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. Y. C. B. B. BIDWELL STOCK FARM, , Box D,‘ Tecumseh, Michigan l f ale from the Shortharns. 3:33 this: Schema“... ROSEMARY FARMS. illiamston. Mich. ilichlanri Shorthnrns We offer a few choice Scotch heifers with calves at foot. This is good foundation stock and the calves are all from top sires. Prices reasonable. Write your wants and see the cattle. C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS, Oflice at Tawas City. Mich, Herd at Prescott, Mich. The Maple’s Shortliorns Kirklevington Lad, by Imp. Hartford Welfare, in service. Stock or sale. J. V. WISE, Gobleville, Mich. Huron County Shortliom Breeders Ass’n. offer for sale Scotch and Scotch topped males and females of all ages. 300 head to select from. For information address Jas. R. Campbell, Secretary. Bad Axe. Michigan. BUY SHORTHORNS of 06mm!“- gan Shorthorn Breeders’ Association at farmers’ prices. Write for sale list to M. E. Miller, Sec’y, Greenville. Mich. For sale. Fames Pride Shorthorn Bull 724792. Two yrs. old nice roan with star in forehead. Ver gentle and afine specimen of the breed. Price $225. . . W. E. BARTLEY. Alma, Mich. FIVE Biii‘ibmi’isirsks that we will sell cheap it taken at once. Inquire about them or better come and see them. CARR BROS. dt 00.. Bad Axe, Mich Francisco Farm Shortliorns and BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Now ofieringB heifers, 2 hulls, all Scotch. Sows to farrow in Aug. and Sept. Spring pigs. 60 head to choose from. POPE B OS. 00., Mt. Pleasant,-Mich. Imp. Royal Pioneer in ser- Shorthorns Vice, Bred by J. Durno. J. A. BARNUM, Union City, Mich. Rag; ed Pollod cattle, herd headed by Famous armor 751 same blood as Charmer 1919 Int. Gd. Champion. Herd State and Fed. tested. No cattle for sale at present. Westbrook Bros. Ionia, ,. ich 3 extra ood bulls, calved last Poued Shorthoms Nov. A sosome good heifers. Price reasonable. Edw. Gunden, Pigeon. Mich. HOGS Place Orders NOW for BERKSHIRE boars or sows 6 to 8 weeks old Reg. and Trans. and delivered an where in Mich. for 315. or afine lar e bred sow at $30.00. I also have an ex- ceptionall no 400 1b.. boar for sale at $40.00. He is a dandy an anybody in the market for him should never pass this up. He is a good one. C. H. WHI"NEY.iMerrill. Mich erkshire spring pigs, either sex, 310, $12 and 815 according to age. Also fall gilts and yearling sows. CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette, Mich. Breakwater Duroc Jcrscys FALL BOARS OPEN GlLTS ‘ All of the right: type and the best of breeding. . rices reasonable. Mail orders a Spec1alty. Satisfaction guaranteed. BROOKWATER FARM, Ann Arbor, Mich. H. W. Mumford, Owner J. B. Andrews, Mgr. DUROC JERSEYS: sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS. A few choice bred giits for Hastings, Mich DUROC JERSEYS Bred gilts. service boars and fall boar pigs at Bargain 1311688.. Your correspondence or personal inspection is cordially inVited. Romeo, Mich. RUSH BROS. ‘ at once I have just wh t write Me heavy bone registered Dug: $13.1; sey boars readfifor service. W. . MAYES, L. B. 505. Durand, Mich. DUROC Jerseys. Boars for spring service. heavy boned type, from the most popular blood lines at reasonable prices._ Partridge Rock eggs from best iay~ ing strain $2 per lo. Drodt dz Berns, Monroe. Mich. Oakwood Farm, Sprin pigs by Walt’s Orion, irst Sr. Yearling / Detroit, Jackeon,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich. Collinsdale Duroc Jerseys irons, Mich. n.1, L. A. Burhans, Owner Herd Boar's Wolverine Pathfinder by Pathfinder Wolverine Sensation by Great Orion Sensation. Wolverine Renown Wonder by Great Wonder IAm Fall bear and gilts by the Sensation boar. 100 s ring pigs from these boars. Her Sow: breeding . - 0. c. K., Pathfinder and Big Bone, Giant. :5. Maplewood fDuroc Jersey Pigs mspdhmemké’ ’m'oo' ‘8'“ ”’flSMiiTiflfirm” . . , ~ an , Howard Moore.,‘0wner . Willis L. Meore,,M__‘gi-.l ’~ “indicators—2} BUY a BULL l ' .1933!!- »: Git; . ‘ Vete’rina—ty.~_ ryrt‘r , hm“ . We“ _.._ CONDUCTED BY DR. W. 0. FM Advice through this column is givén free to our subscribr en. Letters should state fully the history and symptonie'of each case and give. name and address of the writer. initial. only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the ’ service becomes private practice and 51 must be en ‘ tr . ‘31 r ,v- lidiii: t‘. 'r Tumor Abscess—Last spring a hard bunch commenced to grow in groin of my twenty-year-old are. It has grad- ually increased in size until it is now the size of a cow’s udder. Our local veterinarian .calls it a. tumor, but his remedy failed to reduce it. What had I better do for her? H. D. P., Bruns- wick, Mich.——Apply one part of- red iodide of mercury and" eight parts of fresh lard once a week, or paint bunch withk tincture of iodine three times a. wee . ' Seed Warts—Our twelve—year-old black mare is troubled with flat'seed warts. D. P., Reading, Mich.-V~Apply. pine tar by means of a. hard brush, or apply castor oil. Bog Spavin—Thoroughpin.——I woulfl like to know what can be done for a. ' colt that has thoroughpin and bog spavin, which will permrnent‘y cure him. V. H. DeC., Stockbridge, Mich.~« Apply equal parts of tincture of iodine and spirits of camphor to hock daily. Fungus Tissue—Horse has a malig- nant sore on pastern which will not heal, and I might add, it seems full of. proud flesh. C. R. L., ~Rushton, Mich. ——Dissolve one ounce of permanganate ofpotash in half a pint of water, brush . ' some on to sore twice daily. Burning off a bunch of this kind is considered . good practice, unless you cut it off with a. sharp knife. Abortion—Retained Placenta.»—Just about a. month ago my three—year—old cow had a bad attack of scours; on‘ January 4 she lost her calf. thirty days too soon; afterbirth came .. away the fourth day, but she only, gives a pint of milk at a milking. She seems to be in good health. A. O. W.,, Fenton, Mich—Good care and plenty of feed is the remedy. ’ Warts on Udder.~—I have a cow that has numerous warts on her udder and teats. O. G., Puckett, Mich.-—«After- milking her, apply olive oil freely twice or three times a day. In my practice I ulsiually clip or cut off those with nec . Suppurating Lymphatic Glands.~—I have two calves with bunches on jaw, or throat; one bunch opened, but; an» other bunch came on other side of Jaw. Have the calves got tuberculo- SIS? R. W., Dexter, Mich—No, they, do.not show symptoms of tuberculosis. Paint bunches with tincture of iodine daily and they will get well. Shy Breeder.——My two- and a half year old Shorthorn heifer comes in heat regularly, been» bred‘ for a long ' time, but without result. She ran with Had I better breed _ bull last summer. her to another bull? G. C., Mariette, M10h.—DISSOIV8 a. yeast cake in one quart of warm water, let it stand in a. warm room for three hours, then flush vagina. of cow daily for one week, and besure to treat her two or three hours before she is mated. In my practice I usually flush vagina with clean tepid water before using the yeast mixture. Let us know the. result. . Dehorning Cattle—What is proper time to dehorn young cattle? Is it apt to seriously affect heifers that are with calf? W. E. B., Lachine, Mich—This is the best season. If properly done it should not affect your pregnant heifers. ' ‘ 'l‘wo Openings in One Quarter.—My, heifer gives milk from two openings in one quarter; what can be done? F. W. A., Vassar, Mich—When she goes dry, have one section of quarter de- stroyed; this is work for veterinarian. White Scours.———Within twenty-four hours after my lambs are born they scour and die. F. T., Springport, Mich.~Give each sick lamb one drop: of formalin in a. little milk, ort sulpha- carbolates. ' immunize with bacterins. disinfect pen. E. O.——'Your cow that has or doubtless improve, if the "one; . . , gently hand-rubbed; and» Desi shbuld be well fed. more? first time fresh..you may _ for her. to steadily-improve on but now is the'tiine'mud ' of gentle hand'mb‘bing If your stock are valuable _ ‘ Clean and, ‘- It came.- 5' I ., “1-,. . err“, .~Mfl W’W ' \ r aw,” N .3. . l l: l '1 ,. , at the present price of butter? W. o. ' . r: a fertilized egg will start incubating ' “temperature is not raised to and main- ~ground will need very little prepara- tion for wheat, as buckwheat stubble . anything of that sort and all you will ground before sowing the rye.——C. C. L. for butter-fat.——-C. C. L. ‘~wa..tj.na also" "spring-very much surer and Will bene- fit ”all' the . crops. _ The buckwheat ‘land is left loose and mellow and the buckWheat has shaded the ground so much that -there will be no weeds or have to do is to disk or harrow ,the BUTTERMILK FOR PIGS. I have a chance to buy buttermilk for my spring pigs. What can I at— ‘ford to pay for it and how should it be fed and in what quantities? This buttermilk will be delivered at the farm every other day. W111 there.be. any danger of the buttermilk becoming ' 7 to%a3r(1:‘1y1C0. F. C. There is very little difference in the feeding value 'of buttermilk and skim- milk. If the cream is carefully churn— led, all the butter-fat removed, all that is left-is.'skfim~milk, called buttermilk. After churning that sour milk is bet- ter than sweet milk, but I think that the principal reason is because the sour milk is sour all the time, and ,when people are feeding sweet milk many times it is sour, so the pigs eat one meal of sweet milk“ and one meal of sour milk and do not seem to do as :well. They do not relish the ration as .well, and if the milk cannot be fed sweet every time I would prefer to let it stand till it sours, then the pigs will get the same milk every day and I am of the opinion that they will do better. With regard to prices. It is difficult to say what one could afford to pay. The old rule is that when corn meal is Worth $1.00 per hundred pounds, skim- milk if properly combined with corn meal or some other food is worth forty cents per hundred as a food and, of course, if corn meal is more valuable, then you could afford to pay in propor— tion for skim-milk or buttermilk. I would not consider buttermilk worth more than skim-milk.—C. C. L. TABLE CREAM VS. BUTTER. Which of the two following proposi- tions are the best, selling cream at fifty cents per quart, twenty-six per cent test, or selling cream to creamery If you have any tables on the weight of cream at different tests, you could do me a favor by sending me the table. If you have no tables, could you tell me what twenty-six per cent cream will weigh to the quart? Calhoun Co. E. G. S. A quart of your cream will weigh about two pounds. This is not exact, but is close enough to determine which is the best bargain. If you sell two pounds of cream testing twenty—six per cent, ther'e should be .52 pounds of butter—fat and at fifty cents a quart it would be nearly $1.00 per pound for the butter-fat. The present price of butter-fat for butter-making purposes is only about one—half of that. So if it does not cost too much to produce and handle your table cream and get it to market, it would be a better bargain than making your cream into butter. " I have no access to tables giving the price of cream at different tests, but you can easily figure this out yourself by actually weighing it, if you know how much the cream tests. You can find the number of pounds of butter-fat and, of course, knowing the value you can. determine what you will receive at sixty-eight degrees. Then, if the _ / near one, hundred degrees, the . “akin the [egg 11198..an decay 01' 1'01;- oleah. inf ' e ‘ ‘ at, againon the rye this J . fall. ' This'will make your seeding next IV MICHIGAN 46 //I/ This Trademark is Your Protection How Do You Stand? Farm fires are serious, sad events—unless the owner is fully pro- tected AGAINST this ravager of property. What a simple, logical thing this property protection is, and yet, how often remorseful farmers have been heard to say: didn't I fully insure my buildings?" Would unexpected fire cripple you? are you one of the fzr-sighted farmers who have seen to It that all your buildings ARE fully covered? , When Peninsular Protects You. Peninsular Policies positively protect property on a liberal common-sense basis. Your farm is thoroughly a praised before any policy is written, and when you se- TECTION you automatically forget to worry about the safety of your hard-earned house, house-hold goods, barns and other buildings. You get the city man's considerations; your holdings being rated according to location. condition and general improvement. If you are not FULLY INSURED, don't wait and take a risky chance. Department today and, without obligation, learn all about How do YOU stand? cure PENINSULAR PR touch with our Farm THE PENINSULAR WAY. Expert advice on ”HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CROPS AGAINST WIND and HAIL" will also be included in our answer. ENINSULA Fire Insurance Company of America Capital $1. (GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN COLON C. LILLIE, President. “Why Or Get in 000,000.00 J. FLOYD IRISH, Sec'y and Managing Underwriter O. I. Buster. CRANDELL’S PRIZE HOGS, C. all ages sired by Callaway Edd 1918 world’s grand champ. bear and C. C. Schoolmaster 1919 world’s grand champion also Wonder Big Type and Glant Write your wants, all stock shipped on approval. HOGS Cass City, Mich. HOGS DUI'O Jersey Boar‘s of all ages. big, heavyboned C smooth kind. rcal herd boars and priced to sell. First check for $50 gets a 400 lb. April year-ling, a grandson of Panama Special. Write for pedigree or come and see. Visitors alwayswelcome. Satisfaction guaranteed. Thos. Underhill & Son. Salem. Mich and gilts bred to DUROC SOWS Jacks Cherry Orion King No. 169259 Son of the $10,000 boar owned by Longview Farm, Le Sumit. Mo. also young boars ready for service out of good sows. Apply E'I‘HE JENNINGS FARM. Bailey. Mich Reg. Duroc Boars 83$:k13p,";f;,d?3°'°°' ““0 J. R. HICKS. St. Johns, Mich. Duroc Bred Gilts for Sept. farrow from prize winning stock, at $25 and $35. Spring boar and sew pigs of Orion Cherry King, 001., and Pathfinder breeding. W. C. Taylor, Milan, Mich. uy good hogs now, from one of the largest herds of _ registered Durocs m the state. Open fall gilts at. $20. bows and gilts bred_for summer and fall furrow. Booking orders for spring pi s. Will accept a few sows to be bred to good sons of rent Orion Sensation and Duration. Michigana Farm. Pavilion, Mich. Am booking orders for spring Duroc Jerseys pl 3. Few fall gilts. E. D. HEYDE BERK. Wayland, Mich. DURocs A few choice. ready for service, hours for an e Sturgis, IMich. HARRY FOWLER. egg kept ‘ 3 IRa'i's‘eTIChester'Whites , 1 Like” This _ W915?“ hi8 919duce‘r‘3‘ b 6. ' Bred gllts 250 lbs. 340. Sept. CheSter WhlteS. furrow. Sprihgplgs$12to$31 ALBERT DORE, Clinton. l\'Iioh. 0 I. C's. Last; fall gilts bred to farrow in Aug. boars , 'for service, also spring pigs for solo, .MILO H, PETERSON. Ionia, R. 2, biich . Elmhurst Farm. 0 I 0’ Choice gilts for April and Nlny furrow, also I . s f pigs. Booking orders for spring pigs. all A. J. BARKER & SUN, Belmont. Mich ' Strictly Big Typo with unl- l 0' I' C. SWlne lty. A few {tilts bred1 for ‘ last of April. and May farrow. A i‘cw Sept. and Oct. fall pigs either sex. Extra good ones. 01’ our Stu-o Fair prize winning blood lines. Will ship C.(). I). ‘ and record them rcc. NEWlVIAN'S STOCK ‘ FARM, 11.1. Marlcttc, Mich. WI'Ite for Prices April furrow. Both sexes, Sire C. C. Callwny Boy. Good long ones the kind that fills the Pork bl)ls. Some good Jersey bull calves of the Albertas J nbileo kind. All stock reg. in buyer's name. VILLAGE STOCK FARM. chdo. Mich. Central Mich. 0.1. C. Swine Breeders Ass’n. Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. sale guaranteed by association. DR. H. W. NOBLES, Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich. I. C's. one yearling boar, last fall gllts bred for . next fall far-row: this spring pigs not akin, big growthy stock. reg. free. Citz's phone. 56 mile west. of Depot, OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich. 0. I. C’s. Specizfil prices on spring pigs rom prize winning stock. Must, be sold to m: he room. WEBER BROS. Phone R. O. 408, 10 mile d. W.. Royal Oak. Mich, Special prices on choice pigs of 9 0' I“ C S. March and Ma ' ‘ ' y furrow by C. (.. Bl I Callaway. C. J. Thompson, Rockford, Mich, " on O. I. C. pigs of March and Every 0 I c B_ig type serviceable boars.weigh from 150 to I I I in lbs.\Gllts bred for May and June furrow. Write for p ices. G. P. Andrews, Mason, hIich 9 choice boars and s rin i s 0 ' I ‘ C s at. farmers rices. p g p g CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARL . Monroe, Mich 0- '- CI‘ GILTS Jill-ladfggiogvune and H. W. MANN, Dansville. Mich L.T.P.C. $ 15, $20 &-$25 Our top notohlstretclwboar pigs are weaned and read to' ship. They are oh boars as Harts Bloch slredb su Price Cline’aBIaB b. It? ht Kin Gian and Leon- '8 , Baa; Hosan'i'uno a . mu ', - ~ . a... anemia 1"?"- E- 21-521,» . Spotted Peland‘ China's ‘- The has with more outcrosses than any other breed. Which insures vitality and pro ‘ifica'cy. Why breed and feed grade hogs when you can buy registered hogs at special low prices. Writehme your wants In bred gilts, boars or sprung pigs. Cholera immuned. Satisfaction guaranteed. SAMUEL GE RBER Blufiton, Ind. R. 4, ' ' Choice 5 ring boar pigs 815 Be Type Poland Chinas. e... whé’. W..... a... by Clansmen Buster and their dam being a rlze win- ner at the State Fair. Also gilts bred for opt. Far-- row for $40 and up. Guarantee Satisfaction. DORUS HUVER. Akron, Mich. a few choice boars L ' S ’ P ‘ C ' at farmers prices. bred gilts all sold. Also a grandson of The 0 ans- man and Harrison Big Bob. H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft, Mich Bl Type Poland Chinas. A great. litter by Checkers; g dam a grand-daughter of Giant Buster, are for sale now. They were farrowed Mar. 1. and were purchased of Jim Bloemendnnl. Alton. Ia. in dam. Do you want the best. the breed produces? Come over and see them. Wesley Hile, Ionia. Mich. BIG TYPE 1’. C. boar pigs at. weaning time. $25 from Mich. or St. Louis. Mich. Leonard Farm Champion herd. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call write. _E. H. LEONARD. R. 3, Big Type P. C. some very choice boars doubleim- mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from Iowa's greatest herds.E.J.Mathewson.Burr Oak.Mich. Big Type Poland China: lowest Prices. 1...... sex, all ages, and bred Bows and gilts. G. A. BAUMGARDNER, Ii. 2, Niddleville, Mich own bred for spring litters all sold. Have some choice gilts bred for‘Aug. litters. also some Sept. boars for sale. Clyde Fisher. R.3. St. Louis, Mich. at L T.P.C.few choice brod gilts sired by T's Clansman 'Mlch's 1920 Gd. Cham. bred to Smooth Buster 1'st Jr. yearling 1920 A. A. Fcldkamp. Manchester. Mich. For Sale: Poland China Pigs, Bolh Sex. Fred Jewson, 'Wulnut Ridge Farm, Allegan. Mich. h' f ' l . L- T. P. C. $3.13... 3.2 clitinf‘ériment W. J. HAGELSHAW, Augusta, Mich. bred gilts now ready for Aug and Sept. HamPShlre furrow: Spring and fall boar pigs at. a bar. gain. JOHN W. SNYDER. RA, St. Johns. Mich. Hampshires 1914 1921 A few choice boars of this spring furrow that sure will improve your herd if used for herd boars. They are bred right and are right, and will produce right. Write for description and prices. We are glad to answer inquiries. Steuben’s Hampshire Farm, Angola, R. 3, Ind. Pine Grove Hampshires Bred sows all sold. “'9. are offering 100 spring pigs of excellent breeding and quality. Either sex, order early. GEO. COUPAlt & SUNS. Mariette. Mich. POULTRY White Leghorn Pullets. The greatest egg pro- ducers known Largo free range birds from Robb. Christophel, R. 4, Holland, ;\, ich. ' all sold. “’1” hutch Rocks and Baby ChICkS other standard varieties next. season. H. II. PIERCE, Jerome, M1011. LOOK [miscl’flfaed ] CHICKS Our Hi—Grade profit. paying Bred-to-Lay. M. A. C. tested. and cxhibition chicks, at reasonable prices Hatching eggs, 8 varieties, Circular FREE. Lawrence Poultry Farm, R.7. Grand Rapids. Mich. ChICks‘y Pullets Barron Leghorns $9.0 ; Rocks $11.00; S. C. ll. I. R9115 $3.00 er hundred. Eight week old pullcts and cocltcrels W lite I.cghorne,llocks n‘nd Reds at Bargain prices. Write me your wants- Cutuloguc. llrumnicr's Poultry Farm. Holland,MIch- Earggfr..§-.C.;.YY.:.Esta?my:. , ‘ - , ~ , > -' ‘ a e. . - ville S. C. W. Leghorn ltauch, IIlldSL)11Vllle,\lV.I'lgfi. ' for May and later dcllvcry. Leghorns ChICkS, 12w s. c. Reds in dollars liun. Circular Flt EEPOR’I‘ H A’l‘(lH l‘IR Y. Ho): 12, Frccport. hdich $10 a 100 and up. Barron 75c up. mid cockerels. Thorou h -bred Sand 10 week old ' Postage PA I I), 95% live arrival guaranteed. FREE feed with,cach or- der. 40 breeds chicks, 4 breeds ducklings. Select and Exhibition grades, A hutch every week all year. Catalogue free Stamps appreciated. NABOB HATCHERIES, Gambler. Ohio 100,000 CHIX 110 UP. Best. selected utility trapuested exhibition stock ever prodlx‘vd. lwu-ys 2,000 chix on hand 5 to 15 da old. 13 varieties. Hatching eggs. Hens. ducks. Ear y bookings. avoids disappointment. Catalog. Beckmuu Hatchery, 26 E. Lyon, Grand Rapids, Mich. PULLETS 4,500 White and .Brown Leghorn and Ancona 8 weeks old pullets: also 10,000 yearling Leghorn and Ancona Send for prices and description of stock. Sl'ATE FARMS ASSOCIATION, Desk 1, Kalamazoo, Mich. June and USEFU L ANCONAS Julychicks lay before cold weather. E gs half price $6.50 per 100. 53.50 per fifty, Hogan teste , beauty and utility com- bined. Specialty breeder S. C. Mottled Anconas, Send for booklet. (Useful facts about Useful Auconas). It is free. College View Farm. R. 3. Hillsdale. Mich, WHITTAKER’S R. I. REDS Both Combs. Michigan's Greatest Color and Egg Strain. We are offering some unusual bar nine in Chicks and Hatching eggs for June and ear y July. Write for Free Catalog. . INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence, Mich. hens. aby Chip—12,000 Standard Quality every Tues. at greatly reduced prices; Mottled Anoonas, English and.Amerioan White ghorns. Brown Leghorn: and Barred Rocks: all sing 6 comb, Parcel Post paid. safe . arrival guar. Knoll's Hatchery, R.3. Holland. Mich. ,' EASLEY S. 0. But! Leghoma. eight-weekvold» pulleta and cockerels and breeding hens at. bargain. prices. Bred from omcially certified egg bred wi are, original Dr. Hensley flock. Chicks at special pr oec. V Henry DoPree, B. 8, Box 137. Holland. Michigan' audition“ p...1..yg._a...‘.g.,.. 19f GRAIN QUOTATIONS V Tuesday, June 28. Wheat. Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.30: .Iuly $1.26; No. 2 white $1.25; No. 2 mixed 1.25. 3 Chicago—No. 2 red $1.321/é; No. 1 hard $1.42@1.43IA; July 51.19%; Sep- tember $1.17. " Corn Detroit.—Cash No.528 yellow 62c; N0. ellow 61c; No. 4, c. 3 lChicago—No. 2 mixed 57%@591/4C; No. 2 yellow 57%@591/zc. . Oats. Detroit—Cash No. 2 white .400; No. 3 white1371,éc;No. 4 white 34%0. Chicago—No. 2 white 36%.@37c; No. 3 white 35@35%c. Beans. Detroit.——Immediate and shipment are higher at $3.60. Chicago—Market is slow and de- mand easy. Hand-picked Michigan beans choice to fancy at $4@4.25; red kidney beans$9@9.25. - New York—The market is quiet. Choice pea $4.60; do medium at $4.75; red kidney $11.75. Rye. Detroit—Cash No. 2 rye is lower at $1.20. Seeds. DetroitbPrime red clover $13.50; October $11.75; alsike $14; timothy at $3.15. ' prompt Hay. No. 1 timothy $19@20; standard and light mixed $186,019; No. 2 timothy $1661118; N0. 1 clover mixed $13@14; No. 1 clover $13@14; rye straw $13.50 @14; wheat and oat straw $12.50@13 per ton in carlots at Detroit. WHEAT Hot and dry weather in many sec- tions has caused premature ripening of winter wheat while in parts of Kan— sas and Oklahoma rains have been ex- cessive and have delayed the harvest. The markets have failed to respond freely to reports of crop damage dur- ing the past week because of unfavor- able economic conditions and the ar~ rival of new wheat at southwestern markets along with large receipts of old wheat. Export demand for wheat , has not been brisk recently, although Germany purchased about 2,000,000 bushels on ninety days’ credit arrang- ed through British and Holland banks. Japan also continues to buy wheat from the Pacific Coast. Present con- ditions point to a wheat crop of 830,- 000,000 to 850,000,000 bushels in the United States. This is larger than the average pre-war crop but world condi- tions indicate that it will be needed. The International Institute of Agricul— ture has estimated the world’s surplus of old wheat above the normal carry- over on July 1 as 52,000,000 bushels, while Broomhall’s figures seem to show about 120,000,000 bushels. CORN Up to the present time corn-crop reports have been unusually favorable. ‘lot weather with sufficient moisture, has forced rapid growth. The crop is farther advanced than usual and the general condition is above the average. The movement of old corn to market continues at a. surprising rate. Stocks at terminals are accumulating with the export demand decreasing and domes- tic buying rather light. OATS The cats market is making a poor response to dry weather damage re- ports. Stocks are large and consump- tive demand is rather dull, although there is an occasional spurt of activ- ity. Stocks in consuming sections are not large and there is, a prospect of a good rally in the market if the crop deteriorates much further. Prices for the September delivery which apply, of course, to the new crop, are about two cents higher than the present cash FEEDS Feed markets are rather irregular but the price trend especially on mill feeds, remains downward. Production ., has increased slightly while demand continues extremely light. Still loWer prices may be seen in the next month .03" ,two but declines from these levels ~ 7 market. ,. .1 likely to be .moderateunless, com 200 lb m 061; 934968 also “1116113011113an 1 . ward. Detroit prices are; Bran $24; standard middlings $24; coarse corn meal $27@28; cracked corn $30; chop 328‘ per ton. HAY Receipts of hay are unusually light for this season of the year. This is especially true in the southwest where new alfalfa is usually abundant by this time. Low prices/fail to attract ship- ments. Prices show little change as demand is decidedly limited. BEANS This market .shows no excitement with the demand for peas and medi- ums slow and supplies ample. Michi- gan prices at country elevators _ are around $3.55 per cwt. BUTTER Butter markets during the past week were a routine affair for the most part. Net changes in prices were small. Some trade interests were disposed to look for lower prices at first but con- tinued hot weather with reports of drouth in some sections caused fear of reduced production. ' Reports indicate that production reached the [peak of the season during the preceding week. Prices are likely to advance, especial- ly on finer grades, the percentage of which will be reduced by hot weather while under-grades will be increased. Receipts are large enough to maintain a broad movement into storage. Pric- es i‘or 92-score fresh butter on June 25 were as follows: Chicago 33%,c; New York 341/30; Boston 350; Philadelphia 3 5 1/2, c. CHEESE Cheese markets were firm during most of the past week but toward the close a setback in country markets caused a slight weakness in the dis- tributing centers. Storage demand for fine cheese was fairly satisfactory. Twins, longhorns, and square prints were in demand while single daisies were neglected as southern demand for them is limited and they are not desirable for storage. EGGS AND POULTRY Prices for both eggs and poultry advanced during the past week due . largely to lighter receipts. production of eggs early in the season is gradually being offset by lighter pro- duction at the present time. Cold stor- age holdings of case eggs on June 1 were 6,840,000 cases, an “ increase of 1,900,000 cases during May, whereas a year ago holdings increased over 3; 000,000 cases during May. Frozen‘ egg holdings continue to pile up. Stocks on June 1 were 26,449,000 pounds, an increase of nearly 5,000,000 pounds during the preceding month. Receipts of dressed poultry are running rather large but cold storage holdings of froz- en poultry on June 1 Were 12,000,000 pounds less than on May 1. They were larger, however, than on June 1 a year ago. Detroit.—-—Eggs, fresh candied at 261/2c. Live poultry, hens at 28@30c; roosters 15c; geese 15c; ducks 25c; turkeys 25c; broilers 40@420. WOOL Wool markets' have been more ac- tive during the past week and prices remain rather firm. Buying in the west continues on about the. same basis but Texas wools have been bought at pric- es one to two cents higher than a few weeks ago. Government owned wools, mostly South American, sold at auc-. tion during the week at prices slightly lower than at the auction a month ago and over one—fourth of the offerings were withdrawn. Reports of mill ac— tivity continue gratifying and the con- sumption of wool is practically up to the prewar rate. During the summer months there is usually some curtail— ment but there is no reason to antici- pate a marked decrease in the rate of wool manufacture. It appears that con- ditions are slowly shaping up for a moderate advance in the price of wool but it is likely to be many months in reaching its maximum. APPLES . Storage holdings of apples-remain large and .new apples are already ar- riving. Old stock is not moving freely but dealersare not forcing the market and are trying to unload with .as little loss as possible. Ganos and Ben Davis are quoted at $4.75@5 per barrel and northwestern Wine Saps at $2@2.25 per box with the exception of extra large sizes. Live Stock Market Service I Wednesda DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 482. Market steady. Best heavy steers . . . Best handy wt bu steers Mixed steers and heifers Handy light butchers . . . . Light butchers Best cows . . . . Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . Common cows . .. .. . .. Canners Best light weight bulls . . . Bologna bulls .......... E‘tock bulls QIOOCIOIOIr...' Feeders ................. . . Stockers ................ 3.506) 4.50 Milkers and springers. . . .5 40@ Veal Calves. Receipts 631. Market opened slow and closed dull at 50c lower. Best ............... . . . . . .$10.00@10.50 Others 4.00@ 8.50 Hogs. Receipts 1,236. Market 10c higher. Mixed hogs . .3 8.90.@ 9.00 Pigs ........... 9.00@ 9.25 Heavy 8.50 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 513. Market steady. Best lambs . . . . . . . . . . .310.00@10.50 Fair lambs ........ 8.00@ 9.50 Light to common. . . . . . 5.00@ 6.50 Culls and common . . . . . . 1.00@ 2.00 Fair to good sheep 3.00@ 4.00 ’ ‘ CHICAGO Hogs. Estimated receipts today are 24,000; holdover 6,734. Market'tslow, mostly 10@15c higher. 13qu of sales 58:50 9; tops $9.15. for ‘ , lbs up medium, good and @890 ; medium 200m 250 good and 01‘91‘9938‘5393 ccccc on... ooooooooooooooooo a 0090.! lbsjmedinm, flight 150“,” - s comes. ‘d V one load; heavy 2a6 * choice $8.65,. y, June 29. 150 lbs common, medium, good and choice $8.65@9; heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $7@8.45; packing sows 200 lbs up rough at $7.65@7.90; pigs 130 lbs down medium, good and choice $8.25@9. ‘ Cattle. Estimated receipts today are 8,000. Market steady. Beef steers medium and heavyweight 1100 lbs up choice and prime $8.25@8.75; do medium and good $7@8.25; do common at $6@7; light weight 1100 lbs down good and choice $7.90@8.65; do common and medium at $5.25@7.90; butcher cattle, heifers, common, medium, good and choice at $4.25@8; cows common, me- dium, good and choice $3.75@6; bulls bologna and beef $3.50@5.75; canners and cutters cows and heifers $1.50@ 3.75; do canner steers $2.25@3; veal calves light and handyweight medium, good and choice at $7.50@9.25; feeder steers ommon, medium, good and choice 5.75@7.50; stocker steers,com- mon, edium, good and choice $4@ 7.10; stacker cows and' heifers com- mon, medium, good and choice at $2.75 J o c Sheep and Lambs. Estimated receipts today are 14,000. Sheep steady; lambs 25c lower. Lambs 84 lbs down medium, good, choice and prime $8@10.60; do culls and common $5@7.75; spring lambs medium, good, choice and prime $5.50@8; ewes “me- dium, good and choice at ~32:25@4.85; ewes cull and common $1@2; breeding ewes full mouths to yearlings 82.6069. 5.50.; yearling wethers medium," , - and choice $5.75@6.,85. ’. ‘ ..""“Bf.l..1rr.fALo - TOStm _ .'kt;t Ibo“ 3.0361,!“ 3'39???" . flog? $39197 g: ” early in; _ The heavy " . fPOTATQES; _ Potato “markets- continue to'gslide down hill. Shipments are heavy-ah . .- though not so large as a. year ago. No “ material upturn can be expected as the market supply .will remain heavy; The, outlook is for rather low prices. 8 right albng. Virginia barreled pota- . g? toes are quoted at $3.25@3.65 in ear- loads and Carolinas at , Some old potatoes are selling at 5% i 60c per hundred pounds.‘ This pays littlemore than shipping expenses. . CHEAPER STOCKERS AND FEED-~ ens expecreo. ' - ALTHOUGH some trade interests ' contend that stacker, and feeder cattle are on rock bottom, this view does not seem correct. Demand is slack and is likely to grow more so during the harvest-pen‘od in July and August. Not infrequently drouth de- velOps in range states which speeds thin cattle to market. While nothing of this kind is taking place now, the movement of range cattle will not reach its height for another sixty days and much can occur in the way of changed weather ‘ conditions in that length of time. Drouth is reported in parts of the Dakotas and pastures are drying up but thus far cattle have not been shipped out as a result of it. Shipments of stocker and feeder cat- tle from public stockyards during the first five months of 1921 were 24.2 per cent less than during the correspond— ing period of 1920. This fact eiws not point to a beef shortage although it gives assurance that the supply of cat- tle still on feed is not unusual‘u ié‘l'm. HORSE MARKETS FACE FURTHER DULLNESS. ' HORSE values continue extremely ' draggy and the markets are facing a period which is invariably dull. Har- vest demands and purchases made by. coal and ice concerns may prevent- prices from declining much further, but there is a factor in sight capable of bringing about a big advance. The lightest run of the year appear- ed at Chicago last week while buyers were more numerous. Prices were strong on the best heavy horses but were unchanged on the rank and file. St. Louis market was stagnant and most sales were of a forced character. The range season at the latter mar- ket starts early in July. , NEWS OF THE WEEK. (Continued from page 2). strayed by fire, entailing a loss at $35,000.—’Prosecutor Boyd, of Kalkas- ka county, is urging a closed season on fire setting during the dry period.——« The American committee for the Chi- nese famine'fund announces a total of $7,250,000 collected to aid the stricken Chinees.—A clash is reported between Italian and Polish troops in upper, ., Silesia. STATISTICS gathered in the Kala- mazoo public schools show girls to be far superior to boys in penmanship. German-Russian, transport com; pany has been organized to’ carry on’ business between the two countri,‘es.——- . Representatives of the English miners and of the government are in confer- ence on terms of the coal strike settle- ment.~—.General Motors Company is, distributing a bonus of 123,884 shares of stock as a reward to loyal employes. Monday, June 27. COMING LIVE STOCK sAL‘ssI..-,j ‘ Guernseys.740ctober 19, Mio State Sale, Lansing, Mich. Fox, uWaukesha, Wis, Sales“- ager. , , ‘AberdoensAngoer-September. _» ern/ Aberdeen-Angus. Breed station "Sale. Eastern: Siam 41011.8". ‘ mascara 1 -. 'j ._ Guernsey Breeders E ‘ E Assimilation held their annual Sum- ) l E and in a general social time. ‘ ricultural : a cow of the dairy type. meeting at the farm of Mr. John ,mott, of Birmingham, Michigan. fprenoon was spent in viewing the splendid herd owned by Mr. Endicott, All gath- ered in" a beautiful grove on the banks of En. small lake for dinner. Immediately afterward, the meeting Ewes called to order by the president, ,Mr.'F. H. Ormston, of St. Johns. A "splendid program included the follow- ing speakers: “Mr. George J. Hicks, of Saginaw, who~spoke on “How to Make the As- s0ciation Mean More to Guernsey Breeders.” Professor'~Reed, the new head of the dairy department of the Michigan Ag- . College, who represented the college, and spoke in behalf Of the dairy industry of the state. 'Mr. Carl B. Musser, field representa- tive of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, who gave information along var- ied lines, of interest and value to the Guernsey breedehs‘. . Mr. H. W. Wigman, of Lansing, gave a splendid cow .demonstration, point- ing out the points of merit and de- merit, to be considered in looking for The talk was extremely practical and valuable in view of the fact that Mr. Wigman is a ~ very-experienced breeder, and one of the best judges of Guernsey cattle in the state. The activities planned for the fol- lowing year, include the selection of a herd to represent the breed to be entered as an exhibit at the State Fair at Detroit, and possibly at the Nation- al Dairy Show. A committee was appointed to select ’ stationery and a slogan, to be adopted as far as possible by the breeders of the state. It was also left to this com- mittee to select contributions of ani- mals to be sold at public auction, the proceeds to be given for the benefit of the association. The meeting was considered highly interesting and beneficial. The hearty welcome and splendid entertainment given by Mr. Endicott was rewarded by a deep appreciation of those pres- ent, and the association wishes to thank him through the press for the kind invitation to his farm.——~G. HOG MARKETS 'SHARPLY HIGHER.‘ HE hog markets advanced sharply during the past week and most of the advance was retained at the close. Eastern shippers were active buyers and some of the large packers pur- chased freely but others feught the advance. Unlike the cattle market which is facing a period of increased receipts, hog market supply is certain to dwindle during the next few weeks. In view of the high average weight of most of the receipts, the Small dis-. count at which packing sows are sell- ing, is quite a surprise. They are not yet numerous although they were more conspicuous during the past week and will increase in numbers right along. Although conditions point to a further advance on butcher and bacon grades of hogs during the summer, packing grades cannot be’exp-ected to advance much, if any, above the present level. Combined stocks of frozen pork, dry salt pork, pickled pork, both cured and in process of cure, on June 1 were a shade smaller than on May 1 but were about sixteen per cent lighter than on June 1 last year. GENERAL CROP SUMMARY. I ROP conditions for the week end— ing June 18, 1921, are covered in reports just received by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, from its field sta- tisticians in the difierent states. Corn—The corn crop has generally been making good growth throughout the central or leading corn-producing E " etates and has been well cultivated. 1' cool nights and lack of sufficient mois- We have checked growth somewhat in the eastern section of the country. crbp is up to a good stand in the rthern section and cultivation has new Chineh‘ “bug damage is reported 11111101611!!! 11111131111. but in Okla. ‘ ”mine E damase from rust. ’damage from bugs is reported. Culti- turing short. ,. ‘belng checked by the heavy E the winter: th . rable “c ported of poorly-- filledc heads and of Rain is delaying the alarveSt in Oklahoma and causing some damage to uncut fields and grain in the shock. Spring wheat is making good growth, and early fields are beginning to head! There 'is some danger of too rank growth of straw in Minnesota. Oats—The condition of the cat crop throughout the northern tier of states is generally good and early fields are plaint is re-‘ heading out. In the central states the crop is rapidly commencing to mature and considerable complaint is reported of thin stands and short straw. Han; vesting is in progress as far north as the central portion of Missouri. Potatoes—The stand and growth of' Irish potatoes are gene-rally goodv throughout the northern and central states, although rain is needed in some portions of the central section. Some vation is general and some planting of late potatoes is still in progress. Some blight is reported in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Fruit in General-The June drop of apples throughout the eastern and cen- tral portions of the country is quite heavy, thereby lessening the previous small crop prospects. The prospect for all stone fruits throughout these sections is very unfavorable, and the strawberry crop is being cut somewhat by drought. The early cherry crop is. being picked in Washington. Live Stock, Hay and Pastures—All classes of live stock are in good condi-1 tion and no epidemics of disease are reported. Flies are annoying dairy cat- tle earlier than usual in Wisconsin. Meadows and pastures generally need rain throughout the eastern and central states and hay crops are ma- The cutting of alfalfa is becoming general throughout the north and northwest and a good yield is re-' ported. In building siltbasins drain have the bottom .of the basin at least a foot below the level of the tile. in the tile! . l 1 1 4 it .13 lill E l ' ‘ 311111111595 A Missouri farmer Writes: “I bought a De Laval Separator and 1n 12 months I sold - $400 worth of cream, and received $150 for calves and $270 for pigs which I raised on the skim- milk. Separator is the most profitable investment I have De Laval made for some time." I can truthfully say the This is not an unusual instance of what a De Laval ' Separator will do, and thousands of farmers have done l even better. The De Laval Separator saves the most cream and gives you the greatest cash income.~ It provides skim- milk in the best condition for feeding calves, pigs and poultry. longest period of time. And it gives this excellent service over the That’s why there are more than 2,500,000 in use the world over. It is the best and in the long run the cheapest. Easy terms can be arranged so that it will pay for itself. See your De Level agent or wrxte us. THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR COMPANY NEW YORK 165 Broadway CHICA GO 9 E. Madison Street Saoneror later you will buy :11 De Laval Cream Separator or Milkcr/ SAN FRANCISCO 61 Beale Street l .)\ MULE'HIDE “NOT A KICK .. IN A MILLION FEET ROOFING // W a ‘\ SHINGLES . E N INETY per cent of all » rallroads enterlng Chi- // cago use MULE—HIDE —— “becauSe it’s stronger and lasts longer.” Ask your dealer. The Lehon Company MANUFACTURERS 44th to 45th Seen Oakley Ave., Chicago M/ ”/7 % \\ / / \ /// / / / \K\\\\\\\\\‘\ / \\\\\ / - . Total value McCaffrey’ s Hay Manager Now With Ben. E. Rogers & 00. We solicit your consignments. Liberal advances on all shipments. Geo.E.Rogers & 00.,801 Wabash Bldg.,Pittsburgl1,Pa Our tr 1de on fancy poultry farm (ggs in increas‘qig daily. Therefore we are in a position to pay liberal piexuiums above the Chi- Cugo 111111th for fine new laid stock Special p1cmiun1 for whites We solicit your ship- ments. 81111111 \ia E1'9xp AME (‘AN BUTTE ll. dz CHEESE COMPANY. W34 HowRard St. Detroit. Mich. HA Ship I! L. RICHMOND CO” Detroit. ESTABLISHED I893 theist Prices Prompt Returns D A R N_ E z .1l1soluttlv 9 “minutes darn- ing stmukings .1111! mending clothes Send 35( in monw (om risk) for a sum 16 131. be and our propmition to ctxdusive 2.1gents be best hard time sellex in Amelie 1.1 $200 to $500 a month easily made. Intt. malt s Company, 203 Old Whitney Building, Detroit, Michigan. POULTRY RHODE ISLAND WHITES win over all breeds at the egg laying contest. 30.0ggs $5; 50 3&100815 order from this ad. Some chicks. H H. JUMP, R. 5, Jackson, Mich. R. C. Br. Leghorn C’kls. gtggsssgm fem“ IVES. CLAUDIA BET'IS, Hillsda‘le. Mich. Eggs from No 1 on will he s- 0- Black Minorcas 151 50 per setting 0 15, for the be]. of the season. .Mi ls, Saline, Mich. Single Comb Buff Leghorn hens and early hatched pnllets and cockerels. Good laying strain. W'illard Webster, Bath. Mich. ' ' Black ManTC‘.fi L1ght Brahma 250 Quahty CthkS each, Barred Rock, R I 3011.180 each. Tyrone Poultry 1 arm, 1* enton, Mich. Us hlte H yandottes o Hatching eggs . $2.00 per 15. anby chicks 28 cents e11ch.CockereIs hens 311d pull ets. FRANK DeLONG. R. 3. 207 (gs average Three Rivers. Mich. w ‘ English and American hIte Leg-h Ol‘nS strains. Choice cock- erels. hens and week pullets 8140 each for lOor more: specialIfrir‘es in 100 lots. Will shiBC FRANK EINZ. Box 6, Comatock ark. Mich. 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