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CURRENT COMMENT





T is the well-found-

ed opinion oi' every





Fert’hty good business farmer

versus that the maintenance

Production and improvement of

the fertility of his





soil‘is the foundation of his prosperity.

In a conversation with the editor on

this subject, one of the best farmers

in southwestern Michigan, who has

made an enviable record as a success-

ful potato grower, remarked that too

many farmers associate the idea of a

betterment of soil fertility with that

of over-production, and a consequent

cheapening of prices for farm prod—

ucts. He contended rightly that this

is an erroneous idea and that during

the process of the improvement of soil

fertility the farm is likely to produce

less, rather than more, but at a very

considerable gain in economy of pro-

duction.



This viewpoint is undoubtedly cor-

rect. Eras of over-production of sta-

ple crops in this country have been

the result 01‘ the general tendency

among farmers to turn the stored—up

fertility of naturally rich soils into

cash as rapidly‘as possible. This ten-

dency has in no small degree forced

the farmers living on less productive

soils to become soil robbers in order

to make a living during these periods,

which fact has at times aggravated

the problem of over—production to a.

point which has made certain lines of

production unprofitable to all classes

of producers. The giving of general

attention to the maintenance and im-

provement .of soil fertility by the farm-

ers of the country would tend to cor-

rect this tendency and add to the pres-

ent and future prosperity of the farm-

ers of the country by inaugurating an

era of more economic production.



An example which illustrates this

fact is afforded by a survey of condi—

tions on the dairy farms of the state,

preparatory to the launching of the

alfalfa and dairy campaign now being

conducted by the agricultural college.

This survey shows that a majority of

the dairy farmers of the state are us-

ing timothy hay in the production of

milk, which every good dairyman

knows is an uneconomic proposition.

Surprisingly few farmers are produc-

ing clover hay as a feed for their dairy

cows. The majority of them are still

using the old combination of clover

and timothy for seeding their land.

But on much of their land clover does

not “catch" with its old-time vigor and

they perforce fall back on timothy as





15 My crop with the resulting _uneco-'





nomic yields and unprofitable milk

production. ,



By the use of lime as a soil correc-

tive and well proven methods of get-

ting it established, alfalfa can be suc-

cessfully grown on any well-drained

Michigan soil. The result will be

quickly apparent in profitable yields

' of hay and economic dairy production,

.as well as 'better yields of theorem

which follow the alfalfa and a conse-

quently greater economy of labor in

all the farming operations, which Will

add materially to the prosperity of the

farmer.



Close attention to soil fertility prob

lems is undoubtedly the foundation of

farm prosperity. This fact is clearly

demonstrated by object lessons in ev-

ery farm community.





FEW days ago 8.



Fewer p prominent auc-

tioneer in Central



Farm Michigan called the

Auctions editor's attention to





the marked decrease

in the number of farm auctions this

year as compared with recent years.

This man was called on to officiate at

only about one-quarter of the number

of farm auction sales during the pres-

ent year as compared with the high

point of previous years. And most of

these sales were held to close estates

or by tenants who were changing lo-

cations. Very few of them were held

by farm owners who were planning

on going into other business or on re«

tiring from the farm to live in some

nearby village or town.



The interpretation of the reasons

for this fact will depend upon the

reader’s point of view. Vi'e believe that

the correct interpretation is that more

farmers are coming to appreciate that

they are in the best line of business.

They are sure of a job and a comfort-

able living, even under the most ad-

verse business conditions, and they are

engaged in a basic industry which is

bound to be among the first to profit

from a return to conditions of normal

business prosperity.



Farming is a good business to tie

to. It affords the safest opportunity

for the savings, the most wholesome

life and the best possible conditions

for raising of children to the estate of

useful citizenship.





AST spring when





H o a rural lassie

.150 We went to the Big City.



.ee she surprised her

Things friends by becoming





enthusiastic over the

discovery of cocoons on the street

shade trees, while the bright ‘down

town shop windows were almost a bore

to her. Her interest in the cocoons

led her to urge her decrepit old uncle

to revive his ancestral qualities by

climbing around monkey—like to gather

them. This acrobatic performance

naturally drew the attention of the

passers-by who wondered at the cause

of the commotion. They were much

surprised when shown the cocoons on

trees under which they had passed

several times daily, intent upon their

way to work or their daily window-

gazing tours.



Is not this but an indication that al-

though we all see things, what we see

and how we see depends upon the man

behind the eyes that look. Interest

evidently intensifies and directs sight

to the things we are interested in. See-

ing things is mental as well as optical.



For instance, near-sightedness is

common in matters of thought. It

seems to be a human-failing to pass

judgment before we get a true per-

spective of the matter under consider-

ation. Near-sightedness has often

been an obstacle to public progress.

For years we simply could not see



, good roads and cooperation. But now

we all realize their value. ‘



It is fortunate that there are always

some , who are far-sighted and broad-





visioned enough to see those things,





 





 





and to persist in them until public vis-

ion gets adjusted to see them as they

reallyhare. .



On the other hand, it is unfortunate

that we. have other persistent ones

who are cross-eyed in their views of

things. The Reds and Radicals are of

this type. They simply can not see





things straight and therefore raise





havoc.





Sometimes it is difficult to tell

whether the vision of a leader is good

or defective. But in most cases we

can feel safe in picking the forward'

looking man who prefers to build and

improve what we already have, than

to destroy it and start anew. Public

affairs are not so bad that we need a

complete reversal in the management

of them.





Despite the fact that defective vis-

ion ‘preVails and that we are all in-

clined to judge the world by what we

see from our front windows, we are

going forward. Front window critics

are getting fewer as by greater con-

tact with other people, through the

press and through travel, we are get-

ting broad-visioned, .one of the great

essentials for safer and more‘rapid

progress. It really does make a lot

of difference how a fellow sees things.





HE potato patch



'has made Aroos-

took county. Maine,

famous among all the

counties of the coun-

, try. Of course, this

county is about ten times the size of

the average Michigan county, but-in

it are districts where potato produc-

tion has attained a high degree of per-

fection.





'We grow potatoes in Michigan, lots

of them, the state ranking from first

to third in the production of this crop.

Our potatoes also have quality, as wit-

nessed by the showing made at the

recent national, potato show at Du-

luth. But the possibilities of these

great potato—producing areas in this

state are being only partially realized.

Yet in them every condition for a sim-

ilar development as that attained in

Maine, is present. Furthermore these

Michigan areas are capable of produc—

ing other crops, particularly legumes,

making it easier and cheaper to main-

tain the soil in a condition peculiarly

fitted for the growing of super-crops of

tubers. We also have every confidence

in our farmers and our agricultural

leadership and in the expansion of the

potato market to the end that we are

just now wondering what our next cen—

sus and the 1940 census will tell us

when the state’s attainments are then

compared with the producing areas of

other sections of the country.





Watch the

Potato

Patch





SHORTS.





 





Thrift is mankind’s way to progress.





The herd begins with a good sire; it

ends with a bad one.





Getting ahead is not a matter of

chance with the most of us, but is a.

matter of industry.





An Arabian proverb runs thus: “He

who has health has hope, and he who

has hope has everything.”





“Civilization, culture and develop-

ment of rural people are 'to be found

in conjunction with town and small

city, and not apart.”—~Galpln.





“Right and Wrong vary with differ-

ent communities, different groups, dif~

ferent circumstances, and different in-

dividuals. What is poison for one is

food for another.”———Babson.





EFFICIENCY.





 





It ain’t a. senseless hoardin’



Nor stinting of our need, .

But efficiency in spendin’



That should become our creed.





It ain’t some money Set aide

(in-impulse once awhile", '

But steady sawin’ idayfiby'daya





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News Of theWee





Wednesday, November 16. .\

RESIDENT HARDING issued at.

proclamation. declaring peace with



Germany.——A reduction of about thirty

per cent in wages will be‘ announced

by Colorado mine officials—Airplanes

are being used to carry mail along the

Kongo river, in Africa—The homeless

and destitute of Elmira, 'New York,

will be allowed in uncoupled resi-

dences this winter.——The methodlsts

are holding thir first annual national

conference in Detroit.—-The peace con-

ference at Washington goes into sec-

ret session—The National Council of

Women in session at Philadelphia

passed resolutions urging legislation

which would prohibit the sale of cigar-

ettes to women—A school census

shows that Detroit is a haven for mat-

rimonial-seeking maidens. This city

has over 105,000 eligible young men

and only 84,000 unmarried women.





Thursday, November 17.





ENRY FORD’S railroad reduces



paseenger rates to three cents a

mile—Texas Cherokee Indians have

asked the supreme court to review

their claim to more than a million

acres of land in Texas—An eastern

scientist says that a fly has more

chance to live to be a hundred years

old than a man. Too much pampering

and hospitalization are weakening the

human race, he said—Henry Ford has

bought Wood Chuck Lodge, the sum-

mer home of the late John Burroughs,

his friend—Over 5,000 bales of cotton

were destroyed by a compress fire at

Fort Smith, Arkansas—The council of

ambassadors has decided that German

ships may enter the Black Sea for

commerce purposes.





- Friday, November 18.

ENERAL FOCH will take to Paris

the bob cat delivered to him by



airplane from the west.—Korekizo

Takahashi, Japan's new premier, was

once a mine slave in the United States.

——Physical examination of‘4,000 school

children in Detroit shows that seventy-

five per cent have physical defects.—

Essex county, Canada, farmers will

test the growing of tobacco from seeds

imported directly from Turkey—It is

reported by an officer of the French

cavalry that ex-Kaiser William still

dresses himself in gaudy soldier

clothes and calls himself “Majesty/La

One train from the northern peninsula

carried the carcasses of one hundred

and ten deer, trophies of successful

hunting trips. ._



Saturday, November 19.



AN unusual holdup took place in



Parsons, Kansas, when two girls

were forced to take off their new fall

suits, silk stockings and shoes. The

robbers did not harm them otherwise.

——A theological seminary in Roches-

ter, New York, has advertising as a

part of its course in training minis-

ters—S. S. Kresge, the famous five—

and ten—cent stdre man, heads a civil-

ian vigilance committee formed for the

purpose of assisting the officers in en-

forcing prohibition in Detroit.——Presi—

dent Harding receives a thirtydive—

pound turkey for Thanksgiving from

M. H. Dailey, prohibition commission-

er of Mississippi.



Sunday, November 20.



EARL BRONNER, an ex—service man



who is blind and has both hands

gone, has devised a typewriter on

which he. produces perfect copy with

his feet and the stumps of his arms.

~The Kalamazoo Central High School

is thrown into a commotion when a

large number of “freshmen” girls ap-

peared at class with emblems bearing

the initials B. V. D.—At a New York

and Chicago Claim Agents’ conference

it was stated that $56,000,000 worth of

freight is lost yearly.-——Twelve persons

were killed and thirty injured, and

great property damage resulted when

two cyclones struck Mana and Arkao

delphia, Arkansas.





Monday, November 21.





SCOTTISH manufacturer of golf



balls says that Canada buys 3,686

.golf balls every yearn—Great Britain

and Japan favor “in principle” Secre-

tary Hughes’ plan for navy limitation.

——Secretary of Labor Davis announced

that industrial plant employment in-

creased 463,682 during October.——-It is

claimed that three men and a type-

writer inflamed the “Reds” throughout

the world in matters referring to the

Sacco-Vanzettl case ’in Massachusetts.

—Mr. Edison and Mr. Ford are confer-

ring on the Muscle Shoals nitrate

plant—The Michigan one-buck law 16

successful in stopping the wanton,

slaughter of deer -in“the northo_ an

woods—h commune can; ~r

can soldier tries ' ’

finds 5her '
SUCCESSFUL business man who

had occasion to hunt up a farm:

er in acommunity thirty miles

from his home town was amazed at

the lack of community spirit shown’ in

the neighborhood of the man, whom

he finally located after much trouble.

The business man knew/little or noth-

ing about country conditions, except

that farmers had been having a hard

time with labor conditions during the

past years, but he did _know.thatyit

takes cooperation in any business to

make it go, and it was this lack of

cooperation that amazed him in the

country.



He first inquired the general direc-

tions for locating the man at a store

on the side of town where he natur-

ally supposed the man would deal.

“Don’t know the man!” said clerks and

proprietor. He tried another store with

the same response. “Must buy his

goods from a mail order catalogue,”

was the verdict of one and all. Finally

a blacksmith was found who could

give rather vague directions, and the

business man kept on going. Arrived

within a mile _or two of where the

blacksmith had indicated he again be-

gan inquiring. “Don’t know him. How





long has he lived around here?” were.





the replies to his questions.



By this time the merchant was cur-

ious. “Don’t you meet him at church?

Don’t his children go to the school

yonder? Are there no social gather-

ings where you would learn his

name?” These were some of the in-

quiries he made. To his surprise he

discovered that the church was closed

for want of supporters, the school

house closed for lack of children to

teach, and that there were absolutely

no social pleasures for the people, ex-

cept that on Sunday loads of city peo-

ple in automobiles came out for a big

chicken dinner, and the children yell-

ed and rambaged over the country, as

the man put it. There was no disti'nc-

tive country life and every- man he

talked to “knocked”, the community

and farm’ life.



The merchant was amazed and sad-,

dened. For years he had cherished

the dream of retiring from the cold-

blooded city to the kindly, quiet, hap-

py country neighborhood where people

rejoiced with those who rejoiced and

wept with those who wept, where peo-‘

ple had time for picnics and socials





 

 





 





 





and good times, where hearty cooper-

ation was the rule of life and where

health and peace and happiness reign-

ed supreme. When he told some of

hisr’shattered dreams to his friends





 





 





 





 





 





they said with one voice: “There was

a time when such conditions prevail-

ed, but that was in the past.”



Now there is no denying that the

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BRAHAM WISE did not enjoy himself when his neighbors were, quarrel—





ing. He did many extraordinary things to -keep peace.

driven to his wits end following a break in diplomatic





Once he was





relations between





two of the leading farmers of the community over the. damage done to a

corn crop by the cattle of one of‘these farmers. After several lailures friend

Wise finally concluded to try the method followed by that other Abraham

several thousands of years ago, and offer up the turkey gobbler that these





belligerent neighbors might again restore peace.





So he invited these neigh-





bors to a bountiful turkey dinner. Now they have forgotten their differences.

To keep the community running smoothly very often means a little personal

sacrifice, but Abraham Wise-says it is worth while, and he should know.





ommu nity’Worth Saving?





By Hilda Rr'cémmd





the building of. centralized school

houses, and the abandonment of the‘

little country churches have done

much to abolish the community or

neighborhood spirit in many localities,

but after all, isn't it worth while to

stop running down farm life and farm

conditions and try to restore the neigh- ,

borhood spirit? Is it not true that

young people might be held to the

farms and those who have wandered

away to town won back if the whole

country standard should he suddenly

raised a number of degrees, In other

words, is the country community as a

country comm‘unity worth saving, or is

it better to call it a suburb of some

nearby city and depend upon the town

to furnish the amusement, the relig-

ious influences, the schooling and ev-

erything but the fare living from the

land? That is the question that must

be settled quickly in view of the many ,

empty farm houses and lonely country

neighborhoods.



And if it is worth saving, somebody

will have to do some effective pioneer

work in many dying'communities at

once. Somebody with courage and the

firm conviction that the country com-

munity has a mission to perform ‘must

rise up to show the boys and girls and

the men and women that the little unit

can be made just as effective as the

big unit in town, and that it is far saf-

er and more pleasant to have a neigh-

borhood spirit that binds folks togetha

er than 'one that tears them asunder.



It may look. like a big proposition,

and it is a big one, but it pays to un-

dertake the task of purifying and ele-

vating the standards everywhere. It

pays in money 10 have a community

that holds together, for nobody wants

to locate in a neighborhood where no-

body knows his neighbors or cares to

mingle with them, but it pays in the

finer, higher things of life far more.

The people who live in your neighbor-

hood are the same kind of people you

meet in town and elsewhere, only you

do not know them as well as you

should. Start the ball rolling and you

will see how eagerly people will help

restore the kindly neighborhood spirit

that will spread and grow until the

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Cornering the Corn Crop.



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‘fore she finally takes possession but

her aggressiveness is a strong remind-

»th it. is tints. to. hasten ,the air





 





 





 





 





Francisco Farm Notes

’ ' By’ P. P. Pope





 





 





 





weather jobs. Getting in the corn

crop is one of these. It is about half

husked; next year’s supply of seed is

provided for, though there is room on

the seed corn racks for many more

bushels. We usually aim to have them

full at an earlier date, but the crop

was so thoroughly matured this year

that there has not been the usual nec-

essity for extra early drying, and the

numerous jobs incident to the hog sale

have occupied pretty much the atten-

tion of the whole force.



The entire crop was cut with corn

harvester and set up in large shocks

this year. The stover as well as the

grain is in good shape to withstand

the inclemencies of the weather for





some timewithout great damage. Last





year about one-third of, the crop was





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ensiloed and the remainder husked on

the stalk. Now I imagine I hear the

reader asking questions. \Vhy did we

not fill the silo this year? \Vhy were

we so slack as to leave corn standing

to be husked on the Stalk last year?

Well, there are good reasons. \Ve have

been taught a great deal about the

right and wrong way of doing things,

and many of us have formed a habit of

doing things just so year after year

with religious regularity. This is an

admirable practice. generally, but one

of the character building elements of

farming is that efficiency calls forth

initiative in suiting action to environ-

ment or circumstances, and often the

most efficient practice necessitates

rather radical changes in our custom-

ary way of doing things. For instance,





 





last fall we were facing the problem

of foreign labor at exorbitant prices,

and our big mows were running over

with roughage. The field in which

the corn grew was greatly in need of

organic matter. \Ve could husk the

corn standing at about the same ex-‘

pense for labor that we could cut it,

put it in the shock and pick up the

scattered ears. The work would be

done and the roughage left Where it

would do the most good. It would

have cost us the full feeding value éfi

the stover to have the shocks husked.

In addition we would have had to pick

up the corn, haul the stover to the

barn and back again, all for the satis-

faction of keeping up the habit.





This year the story has been quite

different. Our only reason for not

filling the silo was that past experi—

ence had taught us that with but twen-

ty cattle’ to feed from an eighteen-fopt

silo, enough silage would spoil and be

wasted to more than offset the saving

in feed. Our silo was built when we

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‘ real Michigan farmer.





than cemmon this year, and although

there is a plentiful supply of the choic-

est clover and alfalfa, we will need to

carry as much of it as possible over

for another season on account of the

total loss of our this year’s seeding.

So we plan on making the best possi-

ble use of our rough feed,l thinking

that by so doing we may be able to

get by next year without the necessity

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to handle the crop this year without





 





 





Farmer Pope





HIS is the likeness of the author

of “Francisco Farm Notes." His

name is P. P. Pope. Mr. Pope is a





On his farm he





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he slips on a white

collar when he goes

to the photogra-

pher. Last week he

gave a description

of Francisco Farm,

from which he gets

his living. No frills

.or furbelows are

practiced by Mr.

Pope, he follows

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of farming—meth-

ods that stand on

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in following each" week his notes on

what he is doing and why he is doing‘

things as he is. Not infrequently will

he venture to tell of the work of his

brother farmers from actual visits to

their farms.





 

 





P. P. Pope.





 





 





the employment of extra help, and

with suitable weather the bulk of it

will be cared for by the time this copy

reaches the reader.





The Hog Sale.





Perhaps our readers would like to

know what we think by this time of

the practice of selling pure-bred hogs

at auction. This is a practice that is

coming more and more into vogue in

Michigan. There are many advantages

as well as disadvantages in this way

of disposing of the season's production

of hogs. I think on the whole it is a

good thing for both the breeder and

the buyer, and I believe pure—bred hog

sales as a regular part of the season’s

business are here to stay on an in-

creasing number of Michigan farms.

Like all new practices it takes time

and patience and in many cases finan-

cial sacrifices before success is assur-

ed. First sales in any community al-

ways bring out a curious crowd; peo-

ple who come to look on; people who

come to see what a pure—bred live

stock auctioneer looks like, how he

works and what he says. And why

shouldn’t they? It is but natural. It





is the unknown that creates suspicion.

Later on as the newness wears off and

the

these same curiosity seekers become

good bidders, and once a man buys in

public he likes to continue his buying

that way.

comes from matching his

judgment, his bidding against the oth

er fellow that he likes.‘





practice becomes established,





There is a stimulus that

wits, his





We have sold pure-bred hogs at auc-





tion now four different times and I am

sure I am safe in saying that each

sale has been better than the one pre-

ceding. None of them have failed to

pay a reasonable

above the market price for the hogs

and actual cost of conducting the sale.

At the same time none of them so far

have given as good a return as we

would have secured had we sold the





margin over and





 





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hope soon to have} more cattle are

smaller silo. The hay crop was shorter





are at least four:

a full and comfortable living from the

land;

well; to be of good service to the com-

munity; to leave the farm more pro-

ductive than it was when he took it. "

—leerty Hyde Bailey .





 

   





or fifty sales at'private treaty req

8. great deal of time an an immense

amount of correspondence, and brings

in the returns in drlbbles, a little here,

a. little there, overa long period 'of

time. The public sale makes strenu-

ous WOrk for a few days, but it adds

that personal touch that we all like,

cleans up the surplus all at one time

and brings in the returns in a lump

sum. Prices at our recent sale did not

rule high. They were very conserva-

tive, but they paid out. I think the

same could be said of every pure-bred

hog sale held in Michigan this fall.

That is more than can be said of many

other enterprises of the farm during

the year just past. This fact is en-

couraging to us. With the process of

liquidation still going on, and money

the tightest ever known, the total re-

turns from_ the hog sale are nearly

double the market price. After de-

ducting the total costs of the sale

there is still left a comfortable margin

of approximately $200 on the thirty-

three head, or a little over $6.00 per

head for the blood. This is nothing

to boast of and would look like a rath-

er poor showing in normal times, but

under preSent conditions we are satis-

fied. It seems to me that now is the

time for us to keep our feet on solid

ground, buy conservatively, feed effi-

ciently, advertise consistently, and not

lose sight of quality and usefulness in

our enthusiasm for blood lines. And.

if we do that, there is a big fiéJd for

improvement and production ahead

and the raising and selling of pure-

bred hogs at auction looks enticing.





MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.





 





“'hat is the law in regard to fore-

closure on real estate mortgage?



There are treatises on this subject

in several volumes, but a short answer

to the question might be, that there

are two methods of foreclosure—by

advertisement under the statute, and

by suit in Chancery. The first is slight-

ly cheaper but not so secure against

the effect of error. Either method

takes about fifteen months under the

Michigan statutes—J. R. R.





LIABILITY AS SURETY.





 





Eight years ago I went as security

for a neighboz on a gas engine for

$200. The paity has been renewing

the note three times a year ever since

and still owes $140.1s it lawful? Am

I obliged to either pAy or keep on sign-

ing the note, or can I refuse to sign it

without paying it, I am convinced

that the man will never pay the note.

He has sold the engine and has used

the money for other purposes—F. D.



The only way for the indorser to es-

cape is to induce the payee to release

him. If a renewal is accepted from

the debtor without the” consent of the

surety, the surety is discharged. The

surety may pay up at any time and

sue the debtor himself—J. R. R.





FREIGHT RATES.





 





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Rapids to Dowagiac, and I paid the

price asked for same. Since that time

I have received two letters demanding

mme cash, around $4. 00, saying thatl

hadn't been charged the correct rate

While I always want to be honest, I

feelvgs éhough it is no fault of mine.—





If the local agent quoted and the

shipper paid the wrong rate, he is lia-

ble for or entitled to recover the dif-

ference to make up the correct rate.

The rates claimed by the railroads are

regulated by the interstate commerce

commission and the state railroad

commission—J. R. R.





 





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' THE RURAL SCHOOL.

' AM a reader of the Michigan Farm-

I'er but I do not get all ”het up”



and excited over everything I read

'in the Michigan Farmer or anywhere

‘else, and I would advise S. McQ. in

'the Michigan Farmer of October 22,

'1921, to keep his shirt on and keep

cool.



I am farming and am enjoying the



'pleasure of chapped skin and deep

bleeding ‘cracks on my hands, the re-

sult of husking corn simply to enable



' my only boy, now ten years old, to at-



~tend the one-room rural school. He

is going to have the best there is, and



- I think he'is getting it.



Americansunconsciously are trying



.to imitate the educational system of

,the Germans. What will we have when

the educational system advocated by

some of our professors and educators

are adopted?



What is the difference between the

average American and the average

German. Nothing more than the prod-

uct of two different systems of educa-

tion. Our one-room school system of

education has developed a class of

men and women who are resourceful

and have initiative. The boy, the prod-

not of our one-room school can turn

his hand to most anything. His brain

works fast, he is observing and in an

emergency is there with bells. For

quick results put the product of the

one-room school on the job. If you

have lots of time and are in no hurry,

then you can put on the job the prod-

uct of the educational system that

casts in moulds and gives a certain

number of hours or minutes-nto .each

subject each week.



The boy or girl to be really useful

and successful must have a broad

foundation. It'is no mystery to me

why a much larger per cent of the

boys and girls, who have spent the

first eight years of school life in the

o'ne-room rural school, are ‘able to

make good in an office after finishing

the commercial course in the high

school than those who have been“ city

trained. Is it really too bad that the

rural children must spend some of

their time in productive farm work?

Would it be more profitable to the

child to run wild on the streets?



Now if Err-Governor Ferris or Henry

Ford had not been compelled to waste

so much of their time husking'corn

and doing farm chores before daylight

and after dark while they were boys





 





there is no telling what they might

have been. While now they loom up

in a class by themselves, W. N. Ferris

might have been an unknown profes-

sor and Henry Ford a punch press

feeder or bunch grass feeder.



Mr. S. McQ. justquit your worrying.

All the children of Michigan now have

at least nine months of school each

year. A college or university educa-

tion is not absolutely essential to

teach Young America to become re-

sourceful and have initiative. The

teacher who is just barely able to pass

the examination for a second-grade

certificate after- her allowance of

third-grade certificates has been ex-

hausted may be able to do the job and

meet with- greater success than oth-

‘ Pet 35.3913 rural-raised and rural





 

 





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"i " to our bore. and mounds.





tain its position of being the most re-

sourceful and initiative , people on

earth—W. C. KUGLER.





W I

THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL.





. VERY reform measure has had its

bitter antagonists. When the

reaper was intr‘oduced into Eng-



land, the farm laborers Wrecked and

burned the machines because it was.

thought it would throw them all out

of work. Far be it from me to criticize





”the antagonists of the consolidated





school. They are sincere and no doubt

very kindly folks. I_ write this with

the hope that it will shed some light

upon this debated question.



I have taught in six states of the

middle west, from Mississippi to Mich-

igan, from Indiana to Dakota, in the





 





most primitive of rural schools to the

best equipped high school. I might

add that I am a farmer now with a

family of children, so I have a per-

sonal interest along with my wide ex-

perience. .



Here are some arguments against

the one-room rural school; I speak

from knowledge born of experience.





The rural schools are insanitary.

There is rarely any provision for ven-

tilation. The floors are in a filthy con-

dition. The toilets are unspeakably

filthy; this last is especially true of

the boys’ toilet, if the teacher is a

woman and no adult janitor is employ-

ed. Investigate for yourself if you

doubt this. ”



The water supply is almost always

poor. Very few rural schools are equip-

ped with sanitary drinking fountains,

and where there is one, it is almost

always out of order. Individual drink-

ing cups are not a success. They are

used for about the first week and then

you will find most of the pupils drink-

ing water from a common cup.





In the last rural school I taught~





there was a water pail and one cup.

Two of the pupils had tuberculosis,

yet all drank from the same cup. Five

of the pupils have died from tubercu-

losis since I taught there a few years

ago.



The rural schoolhouse gets cleaned

once a year whether it needs it or not.

Between times the janitor—often one

of the boys—sweeps without sweeping

compound and dusts with a feather

duster. As a consequence the dust of

ages settles on everything, that is, the

dust which does not find its way into

the pupils’ lungs.



The teacher in the rural school must

hear at the least twenty-four classes

a day, and some have over thirty. ' Di-

vide the actual school time into twen-

ty-four parts and it leaves but a very

few minutes to a class. Class periods

in the consolidated school average

forty-five minutes, with ten minutes

more for supervised study.



. In rebuttal people will say: “All

those things were true of the schools

we older ones attended, yet we made

strong and healthy adults.” That is

true enough, but it was the work of

the Old law of the survival of the fit-

test. Study the old graveyards and

read the pitiful records of the little

ones. Note again how the number of

little mounds is all out of proportion

with the natural number of large





 





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M. A. C. T0 JUDGE AT INTERNA-

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OR the first time in more than ten



years M. A. C. will be represented

by a student judging- team at the Inter-

national Live Stock Show at Chicago.

Seven men for the team have been

chosen by competitive tests. They are:

L.,E. Johnson, Sumner; G. E. Tiche-

nor, Dowagiac; L: E. Harper, Middle-

ville; J. D. Walker, South Byron, New

York; A. R. Schubert, Hancock; H. L.

Wright, Toledo, and W. F. Case. The

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BEANS BRING PROFIT.





 





EANS were far and away the best



proposition Michigan farmers had

this year, says the Michigan Elevator

Exchange. For the past two months

the price to the producer has been

about $4.00 a hundred, with the result

that almost half the Michigan crop has

been marketed during the past six

weeks. Receipts at many points have

been two to three times what they or-

dinarily are, and indications are that

there will be an increased acreage of

beans next season. _



Comparing the average Michigan

yield of beans per acre to the average

yield of wheat and the price paid for

both this year, it is easy to see how

much better fared the fellow who had

some beans. The average yield of

beans in Michigan is nineteen or twen-

ty bushels per acre, and there are

yields of thirty to thirty-five bushels

per acre. The average yield of wheat

per acre in Michigan is about fifteen

bushels. Beans at $4.00 per hundred

equal $2.40 a bushel to the farmer.

Figuring a yield of twenty bushels 01'

beans to the acre, the producer’s re—

turn this year on an acre of beans has

been about $48. More if his yield Were

higher, and correspondingly less if he

fell below twenty bushels. Wheat at

an average of fifteen bushels per acre

this year has brought a return of about

$15 per acre.



Michigan has come back into the

lead as the nation’s largest producer

of beans. California held this position

for two years during the war when

pea beans advanced to ten cents per

pound.



The Michigan Elevator“ Exchange,

the largest farmers’ cooperative eleva-

or association in the state, estimates

that it will handle 175 cars of beans

during November.





GRANGE TO MEET AT FLINT.





 





HE forty-eighth annual convention



of the Michigan State Grange, to

be held in Flint, December 13-16, in-

clusive, will be one of the most im-

portant meetings the organization ev-

er has called, according to A. B. Cook,

of Owosso, master of the Grange.



“Several outstanding problems are

to be met and solved at this session,”

Mr. Cook said. “In addition to a num-

ber of grave public questions that

must be considered, a future course

relative to grange policies and expen-

ses will be decided upon. These chang-

es are necessary becauseof drafts

upon our reserve funds this year.”



Cooperation the Keknote.



The grange is expected to consider

in some form proposals that have been

made in recent years for a closer

affiliation between farmers and work-

ing men in the cities through cooper-

ative markets. This matter has been

discussed at previous meetings of the

organization; and the annual conven-

tion of the Michigan Federation of





 





 





time ago, approved the‘ cooperative

marketing plan. Representatives of

the grange and other farmer organiza-

tions were invited by the unionists to

attend the labor meeting.





One of the big discussions at the

Flint gathering is expected to come

over the decrease in the price of food-

stuffs. Considerable dissatisfaction

over prices has been voiced in all

parts of the state among agriculturists

and those who have expressed an opin-





ion on the subject, both in private con- .





versations and in farmers’ meetings,

have let it be, known that the farm-

ers, as a class, believe they are not

obtaining their share of the price city

people are paying for commodities.

This problem will be discussed on the

floor of the convention and it is ex-

pected that resolutions of some sort





will be drafted and presented to the





grangers. >



The first day of the meeting will be

set aside for welcoming of the dele-

gates, the annual address of the mas-

ter and other preliminary features. At

the banquet the chief speakers will be

President M. L. Burton, of the Univer-

sity of Michigan, and Professor David

Friday, new president of the Michigan

Agricultural College. .In view of Pres-

ident Friday’s new position his ad-

dress is eagerly awaited not only by

members of the grange, but by other

farmer organizations as well.



The third day’s program will be de-

voted to reports of the officers and

conferring of the fifth and sixth de-

grees. 0n the closing day committee

reports will be submitted and acted

upon.





STOCKMEN RATIFY MARKETING

PLAN OF COMMITTEE OF

FIFTEEN.





LIVE stock producers from all parts



of the country met in Chicago on

November 10-11 to consider the plan

of cooperative marketing prepared by

the Farmers’ Live Stock Marketng

Committee of Fifteen. After much

discussion the plan was finally adopt-

ed by a unanimous vote.



The Committee of Fifteen was an

pointed by J. R. Howard, president of

the American Farm Bureau Federation

as the outcome of a live stock mar-

keting conference held in Chicago in

‘October, 1920. The committee itself

represented in large measure_all the

varied interests in the live stock in-

dustry.



The cardinal features of the plan as

submitted to the delegates include (1)

the formation of 'producers’ live stock

commission associations at terminal

markets which will perform the duties

of _a commission company on a cost

basis. Members will include coopera-

tive shipping associations and also in:

dividual live stock producers.



(2) Producers' stacker and feeder

companies will be established at the

stock yards to handle the stocker and

feeder animals which cannot be sold





. direct to live stock producers through





the terminal commission association.

All profits made in handling such an~

imals will be pro-rated after deducting

a percentage to provide a commercial

reserve. Members of terminal com-

mission associations will be members

likewise of the stacker and feeder,

company. _



(3) The establishment of a National

Live Stock Producers’ Association

whose members will be the individual

producers and cooperative shipping as-

sociations which are members of term-

inal commission associations.



_(4) The organization of cooperative

shipping associations on a local basis

exclusively or in county or regional

units to be allied with the dominant

farmers’





organization in the state~

Where they are located is to be stint};
. active farming seasons.





 





 





 





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EXPERIENCE WITH INOCULA-

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R. JOHN MARSHALL, of Allegan



county, has had some experience

in inoculating the alfalfa plant to pro-

duce nitrogen-gathering bacteria. He

has a small patch of alfalfa south of

his house on a portion of which he

used the commercial culture and on

the remainder soil from an old field

where alfalfa had been successfully

grown. The stand where the culture

had been used was very poor, while

almost a perfect growth had resulted

where soil inoculation was used. It is

probable that the culture used was not

good—W.





‘ JUNE GRASS IN ALFALFA.





 





ARMERS who are attempting to



grow alfalfa on lighter soils' find

some difficulty with June grass. Wher-

ever the alfalfa is thin, the grass gets

a start and competes for space to the

disadvantage of the alfalfa. In order

.to give the alfalfa plant a chance un-

der these conditions, Mr. Rather, of

the extension staff of the M. A. 0.,

suggests the use of the spring-tooth

harrow. The teeth on this implement

should be set to cut deep. This will

.tear out the June grass, but will not

injure the alfalfa roots. Harrowing

should be done in both directions right

after the first cutting of hay. The own—

er may feel that he is over-doing’the

thing but he should not be dishearten-

ed by finding all vegetation covered

with the harrowing. The June grass

will be largely killed, but the alfalfa

will come on faster than ever as a re-

sult of the cultivation received—B.





EMPHASIZES FEEDING VALUE OF.





ALFALFA.

HE article on “A Generation of

Alfalfa Experience,” by I. R. Wa-

terbury, in your issue of October 15,

is of more than usual interest to me

and should appeal to a large majority

of farmers in this section of the state

(Berrien county).



Our soils are generally sandy loam,

the kind that needs constant rebuild-

ing to keep up production. The writer

has been growing alfalfa for a number

of years with highly satisfactory re-

sults, both as a seasonal crop and for

maintaining soil fertility. .A number

of other farmers in this locality are

seeding to alfalfa in a small way, but

taken on the whole, this planting is

far too limited for the good of the

land,



The excellent article from Mr. Wa-

terbury should, and doubtless will,

arouse further interest in the growing

of this plant. There is one feature,

however, not brought out by Mr. Wa-

terbury—-and the main reason, I think,

why the alfalfa acreage is so limited

in this locolity. I refer to that of its

feeding value.’ The‘ impression quite

generally prevails among our people

Who have not used it that it is suit-

able for cows only; that for horses or

other animals it is not a desirable

feed. I also held this View at one time,

but since growing it on my own farm

I have learned that aside from its be—

ing a superior cow feed it is equally

valuable for horses, sheep, swine and

poultry—that, in brief, as an all—round

ration fpr farm animals it holds first

place. Jn my experience with a farm

team of horses, Ihave fed nothing but

alfalfa (no grain whatever) during the

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Not having alfalfa pasture'available,





. we feed both green and dry alfalfa hay





to the hogs with good results. Our

chickens find a considerable share of

their living on the alfalfa fields from

early spring until freeze~up in the fall.

In the winter this is their green feed.

It can be fed dry but is better when

moistened by steaming—it then be-

comes the ideal winter feed for laying

hens or other fowls.



If you can give some space to this

matter of feed value it should serve to

remove a prejudice so many hold

against one of the very best crops for

our character of soil. Many of our

farmers are engaged in small fruits

andi truck growing. 'This, where but

small amounts of moisture is produc-

ed, calls for something to maintain or

restore soil fertility. To meet this

need large quantities of manure is

shipped in, at an ever-increasing cost.

This expense could be materially .re-

duced, and the fertility of the land pre-

served by rotating to alfalfa. ’



With an increased planting to al-

falfa we will have a rejuvenated, soil

and greater crop production in south-

western Michigan—H. G. KRAKE, Ber-

rien County.





VERTICAL DRAINAGE.





 





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CONVENIENT BARNS.





 





W HILE we were taking our morn—



ing meal at Fenville, the other

day, County Agent Bentall, of Allegan

county, stated that when it comes to

building convenient barns we must

take off our hats to the Hollanders.

For instance, they construct their sta-

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only a low partition between immedi-

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IN Van Buren county we have grown



from one association to two. From

this we conclude that interest in the

work is growing. This is not consid-

ered much of a dairy community, it

being really a diversified farming dis‘

trict. We have found out that dairy-

ing goes well with other kinds of





farming.

One man expressed himself like

this: “I am a fruit man; it is my bus-





iness and I expect to follow it the rest

of my life. Before I began‘keeping

cows, I had to go to the bank and bor-

row $500 every spring to keep up my

xpenses until fruit ripened. Then the

first fruit had to go to the bank to

pay the money back, but since I have

kept my cows they pay these expenses

and when the fruit comes, it is mine.

I am going to take good care of my

cows. They are also building up my

farm, and I have better fruit.” He is

well satisfied with the association

work and thinks it is a great help in

building up his herd. He has some

registered cows and plans next year

to do some semi-olficial work.



There are other fruit men who be-

lieve cows and fruit go well together,

and being progressive men, they be-

lieve that testing is the only way to

find good cows, and they are the only

ones that pay.



Perhaps the most noticeable results

were obtained by two brothers. They

were young men who wanted to build

up a good dairy herd, one that would

pay. They asked me about it and if I

would advise them to start in the test-

ing association. After talking the mat-

ter over, they decided to begin. While

the first test was disappointing in a

way, it showed there were possibili-

ties. They began to feed better and

be more regular about the care of the

herd. After two or three tests, they

began to cull, and at the end of the

year it was a surprise to all of us, the

results they had obtained in so short

a time. They both said that they had

never invested any money that had

given they such large returns. They

are in the second association this year.

I don’t know how they are coming, but

I know that they are going to make

improvements again this year, for they

have found that it pays.



Those who have been testing for

several years look at it as a business

proposition. It enables them to know

just what they are doing. While most

of them don’t realize it themselves,

they take enough better care of their

cows to more than pay all expenses of

the testing. They get more interested

in their business, and it is like getting

the next chapter in a very interesting

continued story to have the tester

come and find out what their cows are

doing this month. If the tester has

the interest that he ought to have, he

is just as interested to find out, too.

It is really a very fascinating work.—

M. S. THOMAS.





BEE MEN TO MEET.





 





OW to market this year’s bee crop,



which is usually large in Michi—

gan, will be the most important sub-

ject to be discussed at the annual

meeting of the Michigan Beekeepers’

Association at Lansing the first three

days in December.



Among the speakers will be Prof. H.

F. Wilson, of the University of Wis-

consin, on “The Needs of Cooperative.

Marketing,” and George W. Dial, man-





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prevailed in many portions of the

state this year, a record attendance is

expected, according to R. H. Kelty, an

M. A. C., secretary of association—H.





PREPARING EDUCATIONAL EX-

HIBITS.





 





THOSE who visit the Intgrnational



will, among other things, see the

big exhibit of the Federal Department

of Agriculture. In the ten booths and

large number of panels one can find

various activities visualized. An inter-

esting illustration of the value of us-

ing better sires and better stock fea-

tures the display. Another pen will

demonstrate the type of feeder steer

that is most economical to feed, the

kind of feeds to use and how a. fin-

ished steer should look. Other booths

will show a properly devised system

of hog farm sanitation, the story of

keeping sheep 0n the farm, how one

may have beef cattle accredited, etc.

A new and effective method of worm

eradication in hogs will also be in this

exhibit.





 





EDUCATIONAL rWEEK.





 





PROBABLY no public service has



suffered more from unintelligent

criticism than the public schools. In

order to impress upon the public the

accomplishments and needs of our

schools and to secure cooperation and

support in meeting these needs as well

as to \teach and foster good American-

ism, Educational Week will be held on

December 4-10. This program is un-

der the auspices of the American Leg-

ion and the National Educational As~

sociation. To the end of making the

program a success all communities are

urged to observe the week. All pe'r-

sons and agencies should cooperate to

the end of making the work of our pub-

lic schools more effective and efficient.





 





THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL.





 





(Continued from page 497).



There is but little if any playground

supervision in rural schools, and as a

consequence iniquity abounds. Right

now my wife and I are struggling im-

potently against the rotten filthiness

which is being dinned into the ears of

our little girl who is attending a rural

school for the first year.



It is better [or the children to wade

a mile or two through mud or snow or

be takenain a school bus? The old ar-

gument against the school bus is not

applicable now that we are rapidly

building improved roads. ‘



Too large a proportion of pupils in

rural schools quit school at the end ofi

the eighth grade. This is because there

is 'no connection between the eighth

grade and high school. In the consol-

idated school, especially with the jun-

ior high school, there is no perceptible

break between the eighth and ninth

grades.



Teachers in consolidated schools

are hired for their fitness for a special

work. The primary teacher is trained

for that one work, the high schOol

teacher ditto. In the rural schOol one

teacher teaches all subjects and all

classes, regardless of her training. Ob-

viously she cannot be good in all sub.

jects. The pupils reflect her weakness

in any one or more subjects.



I do not condemn all rural schools.

Here and there, we find a teacher of

exceptional merit and her school re-

flects her ersonality. There are many

good rural schools but the best of

them are not as good as a consolidated

school ‘In their very nature they can-

not be. No one teacher can do it ea.
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A GOOD AND A POOR MARKET.





E are looking for good markets.



One farmer, a member of a cow-

testing association, discovered such a

market on his own farm. He also

found a market that paid less than

market prices. The good market was

his cow, Nell, while the other was Old

Brindle. . '



At the time this record was made,

corn was worth fifty cents, oats twen-

ty cents, s‘ilage $5.00 per ton, and hay

$15; when he fed these different feeds,

properly balanced, to Old Brindle, he

received forty-three cents for his corn,

twenty-six cents for, his oats, $4.25 for

silage and $11.75 for his hay. In other

words, Old Brindle failed to return the

market price for these farm feeds. In

the same herd this farmer kept Nell.

She was given the same care and the





rels after they have been well cleaned.

Chop the potatoes and add two per

cent of corn meal. Place the silage in

the barrels and weight down with

rocks after the fashion of weighting

down sauerkraut. Do not feed for-

several weeks.”

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MICHIGAN A‘r THE LIVE STOCK

MEETING.





 





THREE Michigan men were present

at the meeting of national live

stock producers at Chicago, November

10-11, when themarketing report of

the Farmers’ Live Stock Committee

of Fifteen was adopted unanimously.

The plan looks forward to improving

live stock marketing conditions

through the cooperation of the pro-

ducers.

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same feed as the other cow. The re-

turns, however, were quite different.

This cow paid the farmer ninety-three

cents for corn, fifty-six cents for oats,

$9.30 for silage, and $27.90 for hay.



It was worth while for this farmer

to belong to a cow-testing association.

It was the cow—tester who discovered

this good market. A whole herd of

cows like Nell might be developed,

providing one 9has at hand all the

means of picking out the animals that

will return good profits on the feed

given them. The cow-testing associa-

tion furnishes the members with this

necessary knowledge—VV.





 





PORK FOR FARM CONSUMPTION.





A HOG of medium condition gaining

rapidly in weight yields the best

quality of pork. Large amounts of fat

are objectionable. A reasonable

amount gives juiciness and flavor to

the meat. Smdoth, even and deeply

fleshed hogs produce the nicely mar-

bled cuts. The meat of old hogs can

be greatly improved if the animals are

properly fed, but young pigs from

eight to twelve months old will fur~

’ nish 'the‘ home with a far more desir-

able grade of meat.





 





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A SUGGESTION codes from a Min-

. nesota demonstration farm which

may be of interest to Michigan potato

raisers. This hint of making use of

the small tubers and cull stock is de-

scribed in the following words; “Time

will be well spent this season in sal-

Mva'ging the unmarketable potatoes.

Store this stock in a frost-proof place

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cation conference were C. J. Miller, of

Union’City, and E. E. Compson, pres-

ident and secretary, respectively, of

the Michigan Live Stock Exchange;

also Clark L. Brody, general manager

of the Michigan State Farm Bureau.

Live stock men present represented

the live stock producing sections or

the country, Ohio to Idaho and Texas

to Montana.

The Farmers’ Live Stock Marketing

Committee of Fifteen was appointed

last January by President Howard, of

the American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion. The report made by the commit-

tee was adopted with scarcely a

change. The committee’s plan for na-

tional cooperative marketing of live

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1. The establishment of Cooperative





Producers’ Live Stock Commission As- ‘





sociations at terminal markets.



2. The organization of a National

Live Stock Producers’ Association,

Whose board of directors shall put the

plan into effect'and direct its working.



3. The establishment of Producers’

Stocker and Feeder Companies in con-

nection with the Terminal Commission

Associations.



4. The establishment of cooperative

live stock shipping associations at

shipping points where available busi-

ness will justify and local sentiment

will generally endorse them.





 





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YELLOWS CAUSES CABBAGE

LOSSES.





 





ABBAGE yellows were quite se-



vere in fields about Charlotte this

year and great losses have been sus-

tained by growers; In some instances

the losses run as highas $1,000. The

Eaton County Farm Bureau is advis-

ing the growers to plant disease-re-

sistant varieties next year. The Wis-

consin Experiment Station has under-

taken the growing of two disease-re-

sistant varietieswtlie Wisconsin All

Seasons and the Wisconsin Brunswick.

While the seed of these two strains is

somewhat limited, the farm bureau is

offering to attempt to secure a supply

for all those in Eaton county who

make known their needs—R.





NURSERY ORDERS POOLED.





 





ENZIE county fruit growers are



pooling their nursery stock orders

with the County Farm Bureau in an

effort to secure better rates from the

nurserymen. The pooled order prob-

ably will be given to the lowest bidder

guaranteeing the best stock. Growers

at first, especially the cherry men, had

voted not to buy nursery stock until

prices came down to a reasonable lev-

el, but later reconsidered their action

when the pooling plan was devised.

THE MICHIGAN FRUIT VARIETIES



SHOULD BE STANDARDIZED.





 





 





NLESS Michigan fruit varieties



are standardized, the state’s repu-

tation as a leading horticultural sec-

tion is in danger, say M. A. C. officials.

Consequently they are preparing to

urge orchardists at the annual meeting

of the Michigan Horticultural Society

at Grand Rapids in December, that a

few reliable varieties be adopted. It

is pointed out that eighty varieties

were included in apple shipments

made recently from one point in the

state.



“There should be two lists from

which to choose,” says W. C. Dutton,

of the M. A. C. Horticultural Depart-

ment. “One should be for the grower

who will raise large quantities of a

few varieties and ship in carlots, and

one for the grower who sells on a local

market and wishes a succession of va-

rieties over the longest possible peri-

od. Conditions are so diversified in

Michigan, however, that the same va-

rieties cannot be recommended for all

parts of the state. Such a list would

have to be divided into districts.”——H.





WINTER PROTECTION FOR THE

STRAWBERRY PLANTS.





 





NDER the most favorable seasonal



conditions winter protection for

strawberry plants is absolutely essen-

tial to a profitable crop of fruit; what,

then, may be said when winter condi-

tions are unfavorable? It is safe to

say that strawberry plants that go

through hard winters without protec-

tion will be of little value so far as

profit is concerned, either for fruiting

or for propagation. One needs only to

try out the two systems, (if a method

of culture omitting the winter mulch

may be properly termed a system), to

verify this statement.



Snow is. an ideal winter covering for

strawberry plants in so far as it may

be depended upon; but even where it

remains fairly constant during. the

greater part of the winter, its greatest

value is not as a substitute to other

materials but as a supplemental pro‘

tection. Even where snow comes ear-

ly, falls deep, and remains late, there

still remains a period of time when





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frost action may work more or less.

injury to strawberry plants. Straw-'

berry plants that show up thrifty and

green on the.going of the deep snow

covering soon part with this virgin

vitality under the action of frost and

sunshine. Dried up foliage quickly

takes the place of the luxuriant green- ,

ness so essential to plant vigor and

productivity.



Yes, the strawberry bed should have

been given protection at the approach

of winter, but, if this work was neg-

lected it will no doubt still be a profit-

able proposition. The season is sure

to be unusually severe on allkinds of

vegetation. In most situations a pret-

ty heavy application of material will

be necessary to carry the strawberry

plants through uninjured. Fortunate-

ly, our berry bed is favorably located

as to windbreaks.





APPLE CROP SOLD.





 





ICI—IIGAN fruit growers will take



a leading part in the first sesSion

of the American Farm Bureau Feder-

ation Fruit Marketing Committee of

Twenty-one when it convenes in At-

lanta. Ga., November 19. James Nicol

of South Haven, one of the leading

fruit growers in the state, and presi-

dent of the Michigan State Farm Bu-

reau, will preside at the conference.

Mr. Nicol was named chairman of the

"committee last April during a national

fruit conference held in Chicago.



The Wolverine growers have a plan

which they propose to lay before the

conference calling for state and sec-

tional marketing ofrfruit. The idea is

to effect certain economies in distribu~

tion by first cooperating with the can-

ners to supply their needs and then

to supply the fresh fruit trade more

efiiciently by eliminating duplication

of effort. Better marketing methods,

such as uniform grades, packing and

packages also are included in the plan

as well as a suggestion that an effort

be made to advertise the fruit so mar—

keted.



The conference will devote its en-

tire time to a discussion of national

fruit problems. It is quite likely that

some action will be taken to‘ secure

legislation to prevent adulteration of

fruit juices and fruit products—R.





THE ANNUAL FRUIT GROWERS’

MEETING.





 





SHORT course in horticulture is

1 in store for all fruit growers who

attend the annual convention of the

Michigan State Horticultural Society

when it convenes in Grand Rapids on

December 6-8. Some of the leading

state, national and federal experts on

horticultural subjects have been secur-

ed as speakers by Secretary T. A. Far-

rand, of East Lansing, and they will

discuss every important subject and

question of interest to fruit growers.

Many of the lectures this year will

be illustrated, either by stereopticon

vieWs or‘ motion pictures. Secretary

Farrand is now in communication with

the United States Department of Agri-

culture, seeking whatever films and

views it may have on horticultural sub-

jects for use during the convention.

An apple judging contest will be held

in connection with the convention with

the sons of the fruit growers as the

contestants. An exhibit of modern

equipment and chemicals used in pres-

ent-day culture also will be shown dur-





ing the convention—R. ,.





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—I’m only warning you that Mr. Avery

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whom they are going to let escape.

It’s only common sense, you see.”



“That is what you wanted to say?”

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“We can go, then, Harriet.”



But she made no move to go. Her

eyes rested upon Eaton steadily; and

while he had been appealing to her, a

flush had come to her cheeks and fad-

ed away and come again and again

with her impulses as he spoke.



“If you didn’t do it, why don‘t you

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name of anybody you know or tell us

of anyone who knows about you?”





Eaton sank back against the seat

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Avery standing ready to go, and then

fell.



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Miss Santoine, to ask so much about

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fore any of this had happened? You

were not so much interested then in

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when the conductor charged that, it

was a complete surprise to you.”



“No; I did not suspect that.”



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me?”



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me to,” she said.



“Your father?

What?”



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be tthe. And since you will not

te11’—”



“To tell would only further confirm

them.”



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but he could not tell where or when.

And neither Mr. Avery nor I could tell

him who you were; so he asked us to

find out. I do not know whether, after

we had described you to father, he

may have connected you wth Mr.

Warden or not; but that could not

have been on his mind at first.”



Eaton had paled; Avery had seemed

about to interrupt her, but watching

Eaton, he suddenly desisted..



“You and Mr. Avery?” Eaton repeat-

ed. “He sent you to find out about





“Sent me in this case—more than Mr.

Avery; because he thought it would be

easier for me to do it." Harriet had

reddened under’ Eaton’s gaze. “You

understand, Mr. Eaton, it was—entire-

ly impersonal with me. My father be«

ing blind, is obliged to use the eyes of

others—mine, for one; he has trained

me to see for him ever since we used

to take walks together When I was a

little girl, and he has made me learn

to tell him what I see in detail, in the

way that he would see it himself; and

for helping him to see other things on

which I might be able to report so

definitely and clearly, he has Mr. Av-

ery. He calls us his eyes, sometimes;

and it was only—only because I had

been commissioned to find out about

you that I was obliged to show so

much curiosity.”



“I understand,” said Eaton quietly.

“Your report to your father, I suppose,

convinced him that he had been mis-



staken in thinking he knew my voice.”



“No—not that. He knew that he

had heard it; for sounds have so much

meaning to him that he never neglects

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it was I who—” Eaton, as he blunder-

ed with the words and checked him-

self, 1ooked up apprehensively at Av-

ery; but Avery, if he had thought that

it was worth while to let this conver-

sation go on in the expectation that

Eaton might let slip something which

could be used against himself, now

had 10st that expectation.



“Come, Harry,” he said.



Harriet arose, and Eaton got up as

she did andstood as she went toward

the door.



“You said Mr. Avery and the conduc-

tor believe—” he began impulsively, in

answer to the something within him

which was urging him to know, to

make certain, how far Harriet San-

toine believed him to have been con-

cerned in the attack upon her father.

And suddenly he found that he did not

need to ask. He knew; and with this

sudden realization he all at once un-

derstood why she had notybeen con-

vinced in spite of the conviction of

the others-why, as, flushing and pal—

ing, she had just now talked with him,

her manner had been a continual de-

nial of the suspicion against him.



To Avery and to Connery the attack

upon Santoine was made a vital and

important thing by the prominence of

Santoine and their own .responsibility

toward him, but after all there was

nothing surprising in there having

been an attack. Even to Harriet San-

toine it could not be a matter of sur-

prise; she knew—she must know——

that the father whom she loved and

thought of as the best of men, could

not have accomplished all he had done

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to insane-and unreasoning hate against

him or by some agent ‘wicked and vile

enough to’ kill for profit. She could not

conceive of its having been done by a

man whom, little as she had known

him, she had liked, with whom she had

chatted and laughed upon terms of

equality. The accusation of the sec-

ond telegram had overwhelmed her for

a time, and had driven her from the

defense of him which she had made af-

ter he had admitted his connection

with Gabriel Warden; but now, Eaton

felt, the impulse in his favor had re-

turned. She must have talked over

with her father many times the mat-

ter of the man whom Warden had de-

termined to befriend; and plainly she

had become so satisfied that he de-

served consideration rather than sus-

picion that Connery’s identification of

Eaton now was to his advantage. Har-

riet Santoine could not yet ‘answer the

accusation of the second telegram

against him, but—in reason or out of

reason—her feelings refused accept-

ance of it.



It was her feelings that were con-

trolling her now, as suddenly she faced

him, flushed and with eyes suffused,

waiting for the end of the sentence he

could not finish. And as his gaze met

hers, he realized that life—the life that

held Harriet Santoine, however indefi-

nite the interest might be that she had

taken in him—was dearer to him than

he had thought. \





Avery had reached the door, holding

it open for her to go out. Suddenly

Eaton tore the handle from Avery’s

grasp, slammed the door shut upon

him'and braced his foot against it. He

would be able to hold it thus for sev-

eral moments before they could force

it open.



“Miss Santoine,” he pleaded, his

voice hoarse with his emotion, “for

God’s sake, make them think what

they are doing before they make a pub-

lic charge against me—before they

charge me with this to others not on

this train! I can’t answer what you

asked; I 'can’t tell you now about my-

self; there is a reason—a fair and lion<

est reason, and one which means life

or death to me. It will not be merely

accusation they make against me—it

will be my sentence! I shall be sen-

tenced before I am tried—~condemned

without a chance to defend myself;

That is the reason I 'could not come

forward after the murder of Mr. VVar-

den. I could not have helped him -~-or

aided in the pursuit of his enemies~—

if I had appeared! I merely would

have been destroyed myself! The only

thing I could hope to accomplish has

been in following my present course~

which, I swear to you, has had no con»

nection with the attack upon’ your

father. What Mr. Avery and Connery



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HEODORE DREISER has a very,

beautiful story entitled, “The

Lost Phoebe.” An old farme1

lost his wife. They had lived togethei

£01 fifty years. Her name was Phoebe.

Refusing to ~live with any of his [chil-

dren, the old man kept house on the

One night, looking out in the

moonlight, he thought he saw Phoebe

standing in the garden. When he got

the1e she was gone. The next night

he was sure she stood by his bed. He

Spoke to he1 and 1eached out his hand

to seize her, but she vanished The

idea glew on his childish mind that

Phoebe was about the place, and he

began to look for her. For seven yea1s

he continue (1 the search. Leaving

home, he took his frying pan and a bit

01' bacon and b1ead, and wherever

night found him, there he stayed. In

all weathels, he plodded up and down

county, calling

“Phoebe! Phoebe ” At night the farm-

er’s boy would be bringing home the

cows, and suddenly across the fields

he would hear a voice calling, “0,

Phoebe! Where are you, Phoebe?”

and he would mutter to himself,

“There goes old Reitsneider again.” At

last, one night he found his Phoebe.

The cry of the old man is one for

which there is an answer. If not, this

is a very strange world. We live in

a 1easonable world, a world that you

can depend on. It is an 01der of things

you can reckon with. Two times two

are always tour, at night or by day,

in storm or sunshine, on Sundays and

holidays. When you plant wheat, you

get wheat, not oats 01' millet or buck-

wheat. Radish seeds produce radish-

es, not onions or green peppers. A

man would wager all he had on that.

It is now late in the afternoon. In a

few hours it will be daylight again.

All our engagements, plans, business

arrangements depend on our living in

an orderly world, not a world of l'reaks,

whims and uncertainties. For all our

natural appetites, there are appease—

ments. For hunger there is food, for

thirst, water from the earth, for heart

yearning, there is the love of wife, hus-

band, child, parent. Can it be that for

this universal longing for immortality,

there is no answer? Is the world de-

pendable in everything but that? If

the universe is as reliable inthe things

of the spirit as it is in things of mat-

ter, then there is always an answer

for that age-long desire for life in the

next world.





E believe in a good God. There

are many puzzling facts about

us. There is pain and wrong and sul—

l'ering, which we do not understand.

But at the bottom 01‘ it all, we believe

in a good God, a God _who desires the

highest happiness for His children. He

is compared in Scripture to a. human

father. We are told that such a father

will not offer his child a stone when he

asks for bread, nor tantalize him with

other miserable substitutes for the

things he c1aves

Now this God has created a being

capable ol endless growth. If there a1e

limits to what the soul can attain to,

they have never been discovered.

The1e is planted in every breast the

desile for life, life that is full, life

that contains no alloy of fear, life that

expands on and yet on, that is not

crippled by pain nor weakened by sep-

aration from those it loves. Such life

is attained only partially in this werld.

Say what you will, we are but broken

shadows. The Bible is right when it

compares us to a leaf. We are here

today and gone tomorrow. And' has

this Goa of goodness created this won-

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dog dies? No, God’s very integrity

and honor are wrapped up in the prop-

osition that there is another life be‘

yond this, a life wider, deeper and

richer. 'Otherwise we are but as chil-

dren playing on the shore, who build

sand houses, only to see them washed

away.





HIS is the day of the expert. There



are experts in everything—medi-

cine, farming, education, war. Are

there experts in the things of the un-

seen World? Answer, yes. Who are

they? The sages, the seers, the proph-

ets, the saints of the centuries. They

are the aristocrats of the spiritual life.

Listening to them, one gets but one

impression—they believe with all the

force of their mighty souls in the real-

ity of the alter-life. When a man says

he takes no stock in this “immortality

stuff,” he turns his back on the best

brains, the best biggest hearts, the

strongest personalities that the race

has to offer. When we say we believe

in the resurrection and the life, we are

companionizing with the mighty men,

the poets, seers, philosophers, the

great souls of all time. John Knox,

[the father of Presbyterianism waking

up from a reverie, says, “I have been

in heaven, and have possession.” D.

L. Moody, when dying said, “Heaven

opens before me. If this is death, it

is beautiful.” Scores more could be

quoted.



As splendid as are these testimon-

ies to the reality of the future life

there is yet a greater. Heaven and

earth came together in Jesus Christ.

We would like to hear What he has to

say about this. His words are worth

more than all the wise men of all time.

Why do we say'this? Because the

record of His life shows it was unique.

Christ sees into the very essence of

things. He never is conscious of wrong

doing. He has a perfectly clear con-

sciousness of God. As another has

said, He could reach out and touch

(led at any time. And He knows man,

as no other person ever has. ll'hen

Christ says He is greater than Solo-

men, we believe it. When He says He

existed before Abraham, we believe

that. When He declares that He is

the way, the truth and the life, we

also believe that. We cannot help our-

selves, when we look straight at Him.

What, then, does He say, about this

great question of the future life? Well,

He does not argue about it. He does

not speculate, or paint in glowing col-

ors something of which He is not per-

fectly sure. He does something much

more simple and much greater than

all these. He just speaks from per-

sonal knowledge.





E may study about Japan, and



become well versed in the life

and people of that nation. But a man

who has been in Japan knows much

more about it than one could get from

books. Jesus speaks from his intimate

knowledge of the things of the next

World. What does He say? “In my

father’s house are many mansions.” “I

go to prepare a place for you. And if

I go, I will come again and receive

you unto myself.” It is as if He said,

“Why, didn’t you know that before? I

supposed everyone knew that. That

has been true from the beginning of

time. God would not be happy if He

were separated from His children.

That could never be. God wants His

children to be where He is.” To Christ

the next world is the most natural

thing one can speak of. It is as real

as this world. Perhaps it is more real.

To the dying thief He could say, “To-

day shalt thou be with me in para-

dise.” It is not strange, therefore, that

this teaching of the next life had such l





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What Farm Boy: and Girl: May See at Home





T is fine to be able once in a .while

to go away from home on sight-

seeing trips. We come back with

minds stored with things that will

keep us thinking lor many a day.

Wherever possible it is a good thing

for our boys and giils to go on such

jouineys now and then.



And yet, there are many things to

interest us and instruct us very near

home, and if we keep our eyes open

we may get a great dead of pleasure

as well as information from a. careful

study of some of the most common

things about the farm.



Take some of our plant weeds fdr

example. In some parts of the country

farmers are greatly troubled by a plant

called the Russian thistle. The farm

ers of the west have to fight this plant

with all their might; and one reason

why this is so, is because the farmers

farther east do not combat it as vig-

orously as they might and ought.



Often this plant is called‘ the tum-

ble—weed. It is interesting to learn

why this name has been given to it.

Through the summer season this weed

grows like other plants; but as the end

of the season comes on, the’branches

get hard and dry, and they have a way

of folding down upon themselves, until

the plant resembles a big ball. Inside

of this are the seeds of the plant,

ready for distribution, and the tumble-

weed scatters them, all right.-



When the plant: is fully mature, its

hold upon its roots become Weakened,

and some day when the wind blows

hard, the stem is parted from these

roots and away the top goes, tumbling

along with the prevailing wind. From

its habit of thus rolling along the weed

has been called the tumble-weed, or

the rolling-weed.



Before now slips of paper have been

fastened to tumble-weeds, stating from

what part of the country they started;





and long‘ afterward these balls are

found hundreds of miles‘ from the

place they started. By this time they

have shaken'out all their seeds. They

are sown from the place where the

plants grew away out into other sec-

tions, where they take root and grow

to plague the farmers into whose crbps

they come. If you and l and all of us

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gress, we would be doing a great kind-

ness to our fellow farmers in distant

parts of the country.



Just now, too, a homely shrub is

coming into blossoming, as if it knew

flowers are scarce in the fields. Near

my home there is a factory where ex-

tract o’r? witch hazel is made; In win-

ter the farmers cut and bring in the

brush growing on their pastures and

it is turned into the liquid we know so

well as a remedy for all sorts of

sprains and bruises. In the localities

where this shrub grows we can see

great clumps in November and Decem-

ber, all bearing the little yellow blos—

soms.



And did you know that right along

with the blossoms of this year we will

find the seeds of last year? The witch

hazel is peculiar in this respect and

will well repay studying by those who

love the country and its useful and

beautiful things. When I was a boy I

used to have nosebleed a great deal.

A lady who knew about it told me to





get the branches of witch hazel, scrape~





the bark off and dry it thoroughly and

make a snuff of it to be sniffed up the

.nose. I did this and I am sure it help-

ed about the nosebleed.



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in Calhoun county.



With the five boys and girls are two

farmers, 21 banker, and a club leader.

The boys and girls have actually start-

ed in the business of breeding and

feeding pure-bred live stock on their

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The girl in the center has a fine pig

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has it temporarily in durance vile in

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holds the silver cup trophy in her

hands where it will show up well.



That bright boy in the belted coat is

the youngest and says he is going to

make a crackerjack of a farmer some

day. He is not holding his pig in the

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Horse 01' Cow hide. Cult or other skins

wllh fill! or has on. and make them

into costs(tor men and women), robes.

rugs or gloves when so ordered. or we

can make your hides into Oak Tanned

Harness Lennonm making it into work

harness when so ordered; or make

Slaughter Sole Leather.



We can can your on" skin. Into Shoe

Luther. giving! them an elegant: gram

finish etel, Mahogany Russet

or lighter shade.



Your goods will cost; you less then to

buy them and be worth more.



Our Illustrated est-log gives a. lot of

Information. It tells how to take 01!

and care for hides; how and when we

pay the freight. both ways; about our

sole dyeing process on cow and horse . ~ ,

hide, cal! and other skins; about. the '

for goods and game trophies we sell. taxidermy, etc.



Our Fuhlon Book, which herebofore has been a. separ-

ate affair. has been incorporated 1n and made 11. art of

our regular catalogue. “h n Feel-Ion plate. 0 muffs,

neckwenr and other fine fur garments: also remodel.

ing‘ and repairing. together with prices and estimate“.

In ordering catalog, write name and address plain.



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It’s loads of fun—just study this picture, then write down the names of all the objects having

names that start with the letter “S"; like stove, spear, shovel, etc.

will be given to the twenty-five persons sending in the best prepared and nearest correct

lists of names. Everything in plain view—nothing hidden—no need to turn the picture up—

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This is a campaign to help everybody get‘bet—

ter acquainted with the FOle’C Fur Co., of

St. Louis, Mo., and to show trappers and fur

shippers how much more satisfaction they can

get by shipping furs to li‘oukc liur Co. for top

market prices with better grading.

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- 9 been received by Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis, during the

Here S the plan contest, you will win $200 instead of $25; if at least THE PRIZES

Anyone can try for the prizes no one sends any twenty-five dollars’ worth of your furs have been rc- I! if :tthlt‘aSét £5.00 [tattleasgmfioo lffigeasESBIOJO

. _. . . ceived you will win $350 instead of $25; if at least i “0 W0 .0. dug-s wor . 3 d115's wo) , o dugs

rnoney. If your answer .15 awarded Fn‘St Prize by {hel fifty dollars’ worth of your furs have been received you 2:11:06 gibrggflive y 2021155800106 y irfifiifii‘fe y

Judges you Wln wm $2309 But we make a. specia will win the Grand Prize of $1,000 instead of $35. 1 _________ 525 _____ $200 ________ $350 __ $1 000

offer whereby you can wm eight, fourteen or even , . . 2_-_______ __~__: 100 ‘ ‘7 175 """"" '500

forty times that much money by shipping your raw Send in your answer as soon as you completed—state 3 _________ l ______ 75::::::::::: 100:::::::: 200

furs to the Fouke Fur Co., St. Louis, in addition to whether or not you are gomg to send furs m- Slur) 4 ............... 50 ___________ 75 _________ 125

sending in your answer to the puzzle game. You. Will your furs in any quantity at any time during the con~ g """"" g """ 2g """""" 60 """"" 9g

Be Paid Highest Market Prices {01' Every Skin You test—no IlCCd 10 hold illClll 10 11121.1(6 Just OllC SlilpillCllt. 7::::::::: 4:::::: 20::::::::::: ig::::::::: 50

Shi —n five er cent or any other commission will The amounts of your different shipments Will he added 8 4 15 30 50

b 3 d 0t d—lli k .11 be mailed to on within a few together at the close of the contest and if the judges 9::::::::: 4:::::: 15::::::::::: 25“':"::: 40

he e ufc e c ecf WI (1 d— :1 1 __~ dl declare you a winner then you will get whatever prize 10 _________ 3 ______ 1o ___________ 20:1: ____ 30



OUTS a ter your “’5 are gra e . no eay .regar 653 the total amount of your shipment entitles you to. 11 --------- 3 ------ 10 ----------- 2° --------- 25



of whether or not you wm a prize, you Will get full . 12 _________ 3 ______ 10 ___________ 10 _________ 20



value and big cash returns for your shipment promptly. Naturally, FOUL'C .FUI‘ CO- wants to treat you $9 fairly l3 ......... 2 ______ 5 ___________ 10 _________ 15



' . - _ . in paying high prices for your furs that you Will want 14 ......... 2 ...... 5 ........... 8 ......... 15



If your answer is awarded First Prize by the Judges to ship all your furs to Fouke, but there is no obliga- 15 ......... 2 ...... 5 ........... 8 ......... 10

and if at leaSt five dollars' Worth Of your furs have tion to do so' whether you enter the contest 01- not. 16tht025th l ------ 3 ----------- 4 --------- 5

RULESEfiLyggyggfsngggggg 313‘; We pay the following prices for Michigan fur—fur from nea by states in same pro- WE DO

not related to any of our many portion, according to quality. Write for our Price List Servicewit’s FREE.

employees and anyone not; living in .. NOT

31393313393 St‘ Louis my “bunt Extra Large Large Medium Small llnprime

i331. 0311311233; 13%“ 1.; tlggufggj As to Quality As in Quality As to Quality As to Quality As to Quality DEDU CT

Words or the sugelspelling c311 be SKUNK Black ........ 7.00 to 6.00 6.00 to 5.50 5.50 to 4.50 4.50 4.00 3.50 1.00

use .°n y once. 11 y one wor can Short ........ 6.00 to 5.00 5.00 to 4.50 4 50 to 3.75 3.75 3.25 2.75 .75



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33 ifii‘étf‘wio‘ie 31.355 1%” $.13 30 Narrow"... 5.00 to 4.00 4.00 to 3.50 3.50 to 3.00 3.00 2.50 1.75 .50 50/70

“0t use singular and vice versa. Broad ...... 2.50 to 2.00 2.00 to 1.75 1.75 to 1.25 1.25 1.00 .75 .20

Obsolete, hyphenated and compounl

313:2“ wfidg‘mtl $5311): gum.“ No. 1 Extra Large lo. 1 Large No. 1 Medium llo. 1 Small No. 2 No. 3 No. 4

5211271131110? 13101605“? 2? 13113:.- $11}: MUSKRAT Extra to Amaze Extra to Average Extra to Average Extra to Average As in Size and Quality _

full name and addieés on “PM 2.60 2.30 2.10 1.85 1.60 1.30 1.00 .75 1.00 .60 -25 .05

right corner of page.

133.5335:“£33‘3’5'331c331ie‘isoé’; 5.2 R ACCOON Fancy ...... 8.00 7.00 6.50 5.50 [5.00 4.25 3.75 3.25 3.50 2.25 1.00 .35

not connected with this company. ‘ Average... 6.75 6.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 3-75 3.25 2.75 3.25 2.00 .75 .25

Entrantsd will cgsiiier decision of

these jn ges as a.

(5) In eVent of tie for any prize. MINK ‘ Dark ........ 16.00 14.00 13.00 11.50 11.00 9.50 8.50 7.00 8 00 5.00 1.50 .35

full amount of such prize will he i ‘ Average... 13.50 12.00 11.00 9.50 9.00 7.50 6.25 5.25 6.00 4.00 1.25 .25

awarded to each tying contestant.

g? fizndcofilplit‘g' $9223.32??? WOLF Cased ...... 18.00 16.00 15.00 13.00 12.50 10.50 9.00 7.00 9.00 6.00 2.00 .50

whether or not you expect to send Open 15.00 13.00 12.00 10.50 10.00 8.50 7.50 5.25 8.00 5.00 1.50 .30

in furs in addition to the answer.

{3353‘ 12's,a'iii§§.’sw‘€$'§tcroiiffiiiiéllg FOX Red ......... 14.00 12.00 11.00 9.00 8.50 7.50 7.00 5.50 7.00 4.50 2.00 .75

Names of prize Winners and correct Crey........ 2.75 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.10 .90 1.25 .75 .30 .10

lists of words will be printed and _

sent to each cciintestitmt fwinding in may and

one or more sh pmen s 0 111's. 3



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now or our regular price list service—it’s

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on our liberal standard of grading

for furs from States named. receiv

by us between date of this price list and the mailing out of our

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LWoman’s Interests





Country Girl’s Dream Come True





HE was just a young West Mich-



,igan farm girl," “green little girl,”



she says herself, but she had a Big

Idea. And that idea was to write

stories. She sat by the sitting—room

table copying painstakingly, the story

she had been working on for months;

nobody knew of it but herself and

mother, and nobody must know of it.

Her dream must be kept a profound

secret until she was a proud author

with editors begging her to let them

have the honor 01' printing her stories.

She must; have a pen name.



“0, 1 hope they’ll print it,” she said

to mother as she finished the last word

and searched for her new name. “But

that’s a daring hope.” ,A flash of light

crossed her face. “Daring 110pe, Hope

Daring! \N’hy, that‘s just the very

thing.” And Hope Daring, late Anna

Johnson, began her career as a story

writer to thousands of other dreaming

girls and adventurous boys.



The story was printed in The Mich-

igan Christian Advocate, but without

pay, However, Hope. Daring says that

no later achievement in life has ever

given her the thrills which came when

she got her copy of the paper and saw

with her own eyes that the great Doc-

tor Potts considered her story worthy

of space. Bet tier still was the letter

which came llOlll him, telling her that

while his paper did not pay for contri-

butions he. was sure that if she sent

some of her work to the Methodist

Book Concern they would accept it

with pay. Shortly there went out to

the publishing company a story which

brought her in a check, the first one

she had ever had of her very own.



Having received real money, you

may be sure that, the blood of the as—

piring young author was fired. How-

ever, she. has the author’s usual story

of hard sledding. It was a year be-

tween checks, with stories going out

and coming back with sickening mon-

otony. The Story of how she persever—

ed and won success is as interesting

as one of her own tales.



“I had no criticism, no books on

short story writing, as we have now,”

says Miss Johnson, “in fact, editors in

those days weren’t even so ready to

makersuggestions as they are now, and

you know how chary they are of giv-

ing any help today. It was just a mat-

ter of keeping at it, trying to find my

own mistakes, studying the magazine

I had designs on until I thought I

knew’ their needs, and then trying my

luck. I never had the courage to keep

on sending out the same stories, as so

many authors say they do. A half doz-

en times was always my limit, and is

yet. If. a story doesn’t sell on that

many trials, I use it for kindling.”



.Luckily this young author did not

need to depend on her pen for a liv-

ing. She taught country school as a

regular job, and made writing a pas-

time. Her second check, at the end

of a year, came .from Arthur’s Maga—

zine, a formerly welLknown‘ periodical

which is now extinct. It was one of

those turns of fate which at the time

look like misfortune, that gave Hope

Daring her chance. Her mother be-

came an invalid, and she had to give

up teaching school and come home to





 





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take care of her mother. For six years

she acted as nurse, and filled all her

spare time with reading and‘ writing.

During. this period she may be said to

have arrived.



The way in which she did it may

help some other farm girl with a tal-

ent. First, she took stock of herself.

She knew her own capabilities, her

strong points and her weak ones. She

can tell you as unemotionally as a.

critic what are the weak points in her





work, but she knows the good ones,





 





MissArma Johnson, Otherwise Known

. as Hope Daring.





too.“ Second, she was content to do

well what she could do, leaving that

which she knew was outside her reach,

for others. Her field lay with the

farm and church publications. She

knew the needs of the farm women,

the dreams and hopes of the farm girl,

for she was one of them. Brought up

on a farm just outside of Hastings,

Michigan, and in later life a citizen

of that small town, she knew the sort

of things which would appeal to the

women and girls, yes, and the boys,

of country places. Church work and

Sunday School work, too, always had

a big part in her life, so naturally she

knew the hearts of the girls who would

read the Sunday School papers. To

the publishing houses which reached

these classes Hope Daring sent her

work, with the result that she has

reached and helped uncounted thou-

sands of discouraged women and strug-

gling girls.



Boys, too, have been admiring read-

ers of Hope Daring. For while this

quiet-looking little woman has never

had any “wild and wooly” adventures

of her own, she has wanted them bad-

ly enough to furnish her with imagi-

nation with which to satisfy even the

most daring and adventuresome lad.

This ability to please boys has brought

her many requests from publishing

houses, and has had not a little to do

with her success. ..



It is a. proud day in the life of an

author when she can say an editor has

asked for her work. Hope Daring

dates the first of these requests back

to 1902, when Dr. Joseph ‘Berryfof the

Methodist Book Concern, now Bishop

Berry, asked her to write a. sequel to

her bOOk, “Agnes Grant’s Education.”





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Harvest” was the result. Both stories

were published serially in the Epworth

Herald, and later appeared in book

form.



A neat row of books by “Daring”

give some idea of her busy life. Most

of these ran first as serials, later be-

ing brought out by the publishing

houses which owned the papers in

which the stories ran. Of these books

Hope Daring counts her best “The

Furniture People,” a book for children

in which the little heroine learns





about the former.life of the old wal-p





nut, sideboard, the white pine table,

and the other furniture of her home;

“Madeline, the Island Girl,”a story of

Mackinaw Island, and its sequel, “A

Virginian Holiday? “Father John,” a

story of Detroit which ran serially as

“Ruth VVebster’s Quest,” and the two

books previously mentioned, Agnes

Grant’s Education and its sequel.

This year an almost unheard of hon-

or has come to the author. She has





been asked to write a story, and had ’





the story accepted without reading.

The publishers, of course, have long

been familiar with her work. This

new book is called “Sowing and Reap-

ing,” and will appear in the Youth’s

Comrade, of Kansas City.‘ The serial

will start January 1, and the book will

come out next summer.





“If I had ever dreamed of what was

ahead of me when I started out, I

should never haveJiad the courage to

try to write,” Miss Johnson confessed.

“Isn’t it a blessing that ignorance

veils our eyes to the pitfalls before

“us? I couldn’t do it over again, but I

was young and full of courage and

hope, and so I kept on, learning by my

coming by slow and

painful degrees to learn what to send

out. I must say I always had a. little

sense about sending out my stories,

though. I made it a point- from the

first to study the needs of the periodi~

cal before I mailed a story. I believe

that is why so many would-be writers

fall. They write a story and send it

out to the first periodical they think

of. Once in a while it may suit, but

usually it doesn’t, and after a. few' re-

jections the discouraged author quits.”



Miss Johnson’s home is still in Has-

tings, but she spends much time. in

travel. Her summers are usually spent

in North Michigan, preferably at Bay

View, and the winters somewhere in

the south. A winter near New Orleans





two years ago gave her background





for southern stories, and a good idea

of the life of southern folk. In Has-

tings she takes an active part in the

life of the town. She is a member of

the Women’s_.Club, and in the church

works with the young people. One of

the thriving girls’ clubs of Hastings

is the Hope Daring Girls.



Perhaps no better picture of the real

Hope Daring could be given than that:

shown by her own simple words:



“I’ve always found it easier to laugh

than to tell other folks my troubles.”





 





The loneliness of the country wom-

an ten miles from a railroad is truth





ing compared to that of city dwellers,

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CANADIAN WOMEN ENTER POLI-

TlCS.





MRS. MARY IRENE PARLBY, a.

farmer’s wife, has recently been

admitted to the new provincial cabinet

of Alberta. Mrs. Parlby is the second

woman in Canada to receive this dis-

tinction, the first being Mrs. Mary E.

Smith, of British Columbia. Canadian

women are taking an actice part in

their government. They have demand-

ed the following reforms:



That women shall be included in the

panel of all juries sitting on cases

where women are concerned; that wife

desertion be made an extraditable of-

fense; that there shall be a uniform

divorce law for Canada, and that the

divorce laws shall be equal as between

men and women.





 





WEXFORD COUNTY WOMAN GETS

HIGHEST HONORS.





 





HEN Mrs. Mabel Walker Willer-



brandt was recently appointed

United States Attorney-General in Los

Angeles, California, few Michigan.

folks who read of the appointment

knew that a former Michigan woman

was being appointed to one of the

highest offices in the legal profession

ever filled by a woman.



Mrs. Willerbrandt was born in \Vex-

ford county. As recently as 1908 she

was a preparatory student in Ferris

Institute at Big Rapids, and after grad-

uation from that school, married a tel-

low classmaie, F. W. VVillerbrandt, and

the two taught school in Cadillac

county.



Later they were forced to go West

on account of Mrs. Willerbrandt’s

health, and there both studied law.

Mrs. VVillerbrandt, in her new office,

will have charge of questions pertain-

ing to the enforcement of' prohibition,

and those relating to customs and in-

ternal revenue.





DARN ON THE MACHINE.





HEETS, towels, table linen and



knit underwear may be darned by

machine neatly and strong. Use fifty

thread for towels and 100 for table

linen. Tie up machine, foot so that it

is about one-sixteenth inch from the

feed. This allows the work to be

drawn forward and back. Stitch for-

ward from a quarter of an inch out-

side the hole across open area to with-

in a quarter-inch ot‘ the outside of the

hole on the other side. Continue until

all the spam is filled in with threads

extending one waymcalled “warp”

threads. In the same manner put in

the cross or “woof” threads.





BOOKS FOR FIFTH GRADERS.





TEST of the relation between

what children read and their de:

gree of mentality was recently made

in the Detroit public schools. It was

found that the bright children prefer-

red the higher type of books, while

children of a lower grade of mentality

chose books of an interior nature. The

teachers in, charge of the test were

divided as to whether the children

were bright because they read good

literature, or read good literature be-

cause they were bright. The consen-

sus of opinion, however, was that good

reading helps to make bright children.

In making the test well written his-

tory, poetry and high-grade fiction

were classified as superior reading;

books for information, and average

novels as second-class, and dime nov-

‘ . els and Elsie and Pollyanna type of

» ”books. ”Inferior.



. . as. following list of





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hooks for fifth

by the Ens-





 





 

   





lish department and public library of

Detroit:



Aanrud, Lisbeth Longfrock; Ander-

son, Fairy Tales; Arabian Nights.



Baldwin, American Book of Golden

Deeds; Baylor, Juan and Juanita;

Brooks, True Story of George Wash-

ington; Brown, In the Days of the

Giants, John of the Woods.



Collodi, Pinnocchio; Craik, Little

Lame Prince. -



DeFoe, Robinson Crusoe.



Foa, Boy Life of Napoleon.’ ,



Gordy, American Leaders and Her-

oes. '



Hale, Peterkin Papers; Hall, A. N.

Boy Craftsmen; Hall, M. E., Dutch

Days.



Harris, Uncle Remus’ Songs and

Sayings; Hawthorne, Wonderbook and

Tanglewood Tales. '



Jacobs, Indian Fairy Tales.



Kipling, Jungle Book, Captains Cour-

ageous.



Mackey, Home of the Heart and,





 

 





 

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





Other Plays; Miller, First Book of

Birds; Morley, Donkey John of Toy

Valley.



Paine, Arkansas Bear; Pyle, Robin

Hood.



Schwatka, Children. of the Cold;

Seawell, Little Jarvis; Seton, Krag

and Johnny Bear; Sewell, Black

Beauty; Stein, Christmas Porringer,

Gabriel and the Hour Book; Stone and

Pickett, Everyday Life in the Colonies.



Tappan, American Hero Stories;

True, Iron Star.



White, Magic Forest; Wiggin, Posy

Ring.



Zitkala-Sa, Old Indian Legends Re-

told.



Books suggested for the sixth, sev-

enth and eighth grades will be given

in another issue of this journal.





 





FARM BU LLETINS.





 





HE Department of Agriculture in

, Washington offers the following

bulletins which may interest farm fam-

ilies. In writing address Superintend-

ent of Documents, Washington, D. C.



No. 1, Judging Sheep, Farmers’ But-

letin, 1199.



No. 2, Floors and Floor Coverings,

Farmers’ Bulletin, 1219.



No. 3, The Well-planned Kitchen, De-

partment Circular 189.



No. 4, Food for Farm Families, Sep-

arate 858, Year-book 1920.



N0. 5, Farm Help from the Birds,

Separate 843, Yearbook 1920.



No. 6, Helping Landless Farmers to.

Own Farms, Separate 844, Yearbook

1920.



No. 7, The Cost of a Bushel of

Wheat, Separate 846, Yearbook 1920.



N0. 8, How the Public Forests' are

Handled, Separate 847, Yearbook 1920.



Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are five cents

each. Nos. 1 and 2 are free.





 





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over the hole and fasten securely on

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CONDENSED POULTRY TOPICS.





“These. modern methods make me





Thus spake old Biddy Dominick.



“We used to please ou1 selves, you bet,



Folks took what fresh eggs they could

get;



But now We stay up halfthe night



And lay ou1 eggs by Mazda light.



This culling also I protest.



I’m getting old—~I want to rest;



Yet if in laying I grow lax,



I’ll be the next to get the axe.”





USflEFUL POULTRY LITTER.





E once had an earth floor poul-

try house, that was a little too

low and inclined to be damp. There

was no time to raise the level by haul-

ing sand so we covered the floor with

loose corn fodderio a depth of about

six inches. Over the fodder we placed

straw. The tough fodder formed a

good foundation for the lighter straw

litter. During‘the winter fresh straw

was occasionally added as the old lit-

ter became packed down. The hens in

the house were thrifty and laid very

well. This is not as good as a cement

or board floor, but worked out all right

on an earth floor Where an unusual

depth of litter was needed Loibuild

it up.

Straw is the best litter we have

ever used. About six inches can be

placed on the floor in the fall. The





it down. A litter that is not replen-

ished becomes almost as hard as a

floor and the scratch grain is not bid-

den. The purpose of litter is to make

birds exercise by scratching. So new

litter must be placed on the old to fur-

nish that loose top layer that easily

hides the grain. When litter becomes

damp and tough it must be removed.

The broken hay from a clover huller

sometimes can be used for scratching

litter. Dry leaves are useful in small

poultry houses if an abundance of

leaves can be obtained near at hand.





 





I3

Some chic s. ‘





 





The leaves break up very easily and

are not as good as wheat or oat straw.



Shredded corn fodder is also used

for litter. It absorbs moisture and

does not break up easily, thus lasting

a long time. On poultry farms where

only corn is raised, the use of shredded

fodder saves the purchase of straw.

If straw must be purchased for the

poultry flocks and storage room is lim-

ited, it pays to buy baled straw. This

saves time in replenishing the straw

litter in the laying-houses. In some

sections poor grades of hay can be

used for poultry litter. W'e find that

the important point is to have a mix-

ture that is dry and clean and hides

the grain. The material produced at

home is often the cheapest and in

place of straw the other materials will

give fair satisfaction.





A BACK YARD HENNERY.





EVERY now and then a local paper



will print an egg story of how a

flock of six Leghorns or nine Anconas

belonging to Smith or Jones has made

a remarkable egg yield. Such an arti-

cle is now before me giving figures to

show how the Plymouth Rock pullets

belonging to W. G. Adams, Blooming-

dale, laid an average of 184% eggs and





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





hens gradually break it up and pack‘





made their owner a net profit 01320.96





1 The editor in commenting on the fig-





ures draws the conclusion that a thou-

sand hens would assure anyone a very

comfortable income; all Of which is





possible but has not often been dem- ‘





onstrated in this county. _Many people

every year come across the lake from

Chicago to make an easy living rais-

ing poultry and mighty few of them

succeed. That a flock of hens prop-





‘erly managed will pay a profit, how-





ever, has been. demonstrated by the

county agricultural agent of Van Bur-

en county, Mr. W. C. Eckard, for a

number of years. Up to the present

season Mr. Eckard has been breeding

Rhode Island Whites and he‘has made

them appear to be the champion egg

machine, selling better than $100 worth

of eggs during fall and winter months

from aback yard flock. Mr. Eckard,

however, let all of his Whites go last

spring and began over again with day-

old White Leghorn chicks. His reason

for doing this was that he did not

consider the Rhode Island 'Whites as

a strictly egg type and not a standard

breed. Mr. Eckard’s first lot of ninety-





seven pull'ets hatched April 14 began.





laying in September and by October

first were producing fifty per cent.

During the month of October this lot

of pullets laid 1,694 marketable eggs.

The second lot of about the same

number of pullets hatched May 1 were

producing a fifty per cent clip the first

of November and another lot of nearly

two hundred late in May have not yet

struck their name. However, during

the first week in November Mr. Eck-

ard gathered ninety dozen eggs and

this will increase to better than a

hundred dozen per week for the sea-

son. Mr. Eckard ships every day to

Chicago and the price for day-old eggs

last week was sixty-five cents. Mr.

Eckard’s success is probably due more

than anything else to his feeding. He

crowds the feed into the chicks from

the time they are hatched and gets

them just as fat as possible and then

gradually changes to the laying mash.

The chickens, however, have sprouted

oats and buttermilk from the first day

they are fed. The birds are not hous~

ed in expensive coops; in fact, they

would be regarded as crowded, the 370

birds being housed ina. barn twenty-

four feet square. As a village lot,

back yard proposition, Mr. Eckard has

demonstrated what can be accomplish-

ed and has shown also that the “best”

egg breed may be more a matter of

care and feed than anything else. —.I

E. V. R.





Too often-the poultry breeder will

neglect the flock for a long time and

.when the birds are half sick expect to

find an easy remedy to quickly return

them to health. In such cases the

treatment is often unsatisfactory. The

hen that is half dead with map or

bronchitis is usually a victim of neg-

lect. The trouble can be prevented

easier than cured.





Hen health can almost be assured

by providing living quarters that are





dry and well~ventilated but free from





drafts, food that is clean and sufficient

to maintain bodily vigor and produce

eggs besides, and exercise to create an

appetite.





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T H T .M 1cm

THE sLmo MAN'S EYES.





(Continued from page 504) .





are planningwto do to me, they cannot

undo. They will merely complete the

outrage and injustice already done me

———of which Mr. Warden spoke to his

wife—and they will not help your fath-

er. For God’s sake, keep them from





going further—”





Her color deepened, and for an in-fi





stant, he thought he saw full belief in

him growing in her eyes; but if she

could not accept the charge against

him, neither could she consciously de-

ny it, and the hands she had been

pressing together suddenly dropped.





“I—l’m afraid nothing I could say

would have much effect on them,

knowing as little about—about you as

I do.”





They dashed the door open then—

silenced and overwhelmed him; and

they took her from the room and left

him alone again. But there was some-

thing left with him which they could

not take away; for in the moment he

had stood alone with her and passion-

ately pleading, something had passed

between them—he could give no name

to it, but he knew that Harriet San-

toine never could think of him again

without a stirring of her pulses which

drew her toward him. And through

the rest of the lonely day and through

the sleepless night, he treasured this

and thought of' it again and again.





The following morning the relieving

snowplows arrived from the east, and

Eaton felt it was the beginning of the

end for him. He watched from his

window men struggling in the snow

about the forward end of the train;





shoveled and trampled snow where

rock and pieces of the snowplow were

piled beside the track—stopped, wait-

ed; finally it went on again and began

to take up its steady progress.



The attack on Santoine having tak-

en place in Montana, Eaton thought

that he would be turned over to the

police somewhere in that state, and he

expected it would be done at the first

but when the train slowed at

Simons, he saw the town was nothing

more than a little hamlet beside a

sidetrack. They surely could not de-

liver him to the village authorities

here. The observation car and the

Santoine car were uncoupled here and

the train made up again with the San—

toine car as the lost our of the train

and the observation cur ahead of it.

This, evidently, was to stop the pass-

ing of passengers through the Salli,

toine car. Did it mean that the change

in Santoine’s condition which Dr. Sin-

clair had been expecting had taken

place and was for the worse? Eaton

would have liked to' ask about this of

Connery, whom he saw standing out-

side his window and keeping watch

upon him during the switching of the

cars; but he knew that the conductor

would not answer him.





He rang, instead, for the porter and

asked him for a railway folder, and

when this had been brought, he open-

ed it to the map of the railroadrand

checked off the names of the towns

they would pass. Nearly all the names

set in the bold-face letters which de-

noted the cities and larger towns

ahead of them were, he found, toward

the eastern end of the state; the near-

est—and the one, therefore, at which

he thought he would be given up—

was several hours away. At long in-

tervals the train passed villages all

but buried in the snow; the inhabit-

ants of these. gathered at the stations,

stared in on him as they looked in on

any other passenger; and at each of

these stops Connery stood outside his

window guarding against possibility of





 





 





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Imp. Edgar 0i Daimeny





Probably





m World’s Breatesi

BreeLing Bull





Blue Bell. Supreme Champion at the Smith-

fleld Show 1919 and the Birmingham Show

1920. is a daughter of Edgar of Dalmeny.



The Junior Champion Bull. Junior Cham-

pion Female. Champion Cali Herd and F1rst

Prize Junior Heifer Calf. Michigan State Fair.

1920. were also the get of Edgar of Daimeny



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

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





 





 





 





 





GLOVERLY ANGUS





Cows and Heifers Bred to

Blackcap Brandon of Woodcote 2nd





For Sale

GEO. HATHAWAY it SON. Ovid. Mich.





Reg. Aberdeen Angus

bulls and heifers of the very best of dbreeding. from

Bi. 0 15 months of age. For next t30 days wil price

bulls at $100 00. Real bar rgains Inspection invited.



RUSSELL 81108.. Merrill 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





 





Guernsey Bulls

at Farmers’ Prices





‘No. 1. Two years old grandson of





Itchen Daisy’s May King of Lang-

water, the $20,000 bull. Sire’s dam

Polly of Richmond Cottage, 9109

lbs. milk,418 lbs. fat,Class C. Four

to four and half years,nicely mark-

ed fawn and white. Price $150.





No. 2. Twenty months old grandson

of Itchen Cowslip, English record

440 lbs. fat in ten months. Same

sire No. l. Marked fawn and

White. Price $150.00. ‘





No. 3. Nine months old, out of a

Polled cow. Same sire as N 0.1. His

dam will be put on test next month.





Nicely marked fawn and white,-





black nose, has buttons for horns.





Price $55.





No. 41. Ten months old, dam Fran-

cis of Maplecresi, No. A. R. 3666,

4112 lbs. fat inxninemonths. Same

sire as N o. 1. Nicely marked fawn

and White. Price $100.





The sire of these bulls is Robert’s

Golden Secret of Saginaw, a son of

liobert’s Secret, he a son of

Osseo 4th, a grandson of Lady Ro—

berts, full May Rose breeding. All

the above are guaranteed right in

every Way and subject to prior sale,

prices are .crated F. 0. B. R. R.

station Saginaw.





Hicks’ Guernsey Farm

Saginaw, W. S. Michigan





GUERNSEYS





Every animal in the herd islisted for sale. Cows

Heifers and Bulls. None reserved. A rare op ortun.

ity to get some goods to.ok Accredited herd o. 7482



ST.A'US1‘ELL FARMS. Jackson. Mich





 





 





Guernsey Bulls for sale. 2 sired by

RegiStered Gay Boy of Halcyon. l sired by Avon—

dale’ 3 Choice. All one yr. old. ready for service. 1 born

July 26th 1921. sired by Avondale’ 3 Choice. All beauti-

fully marked fawn and white. Address Dr. W. R. Baker

4800 Fort St... West. Phone West 629. Detroit. Mich.





Registered Guernseys





We have a special proposition on your Bull for next

w. North Adams. Mich.





 





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G U E R N 5 EV S EBEEIR’E‘iizg

Co ntai ming blood of world champions.

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





 





 





4110 Guernseyls bulls 10 to 15 mos. old. Accredited herd

tprize Azearllng and calf at ackson.



class loader. Carrie of Hill-



Priced to sell.





burst. 814 lbs. 1.1.0.11 of A. R. dams.

G. W. Albion, Mich.





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GUERNSEY Bullatoszoorling. and a two- 1.3.330“.





whose dam is on

breeding: Cheap. MAHompe. R. 5. and Rapids. Mich.





“Top Notch” Holsteins





W0 Bargains In Young Bulls



The hull we advertised as No.1 last week was sold

by oorrespondenceto a good breeder in Sanilac County,

who writes. “Bull received well pleased with him



We have another extra no your: bull that we be-

lieve some good breeder will want. 0 was born Feb.

16. 1920. Eleven of his near tested dams average 32.19

lbs. butter in 7 days. His sire's two nearest dams aver-

age 36.32 lbs. butter in? da 5. His dam is a 24 lb.grand-

daughter of the famous olantha Johanna Lad.’Who

has more daughters with milk records from 00

lbs. than any other sire. His dam' s sire’ 8 three near-

est ddms average nearly 31 lbs. butter in ‘7 days. He

is handsomely marked about half and half. and

think one of the best young bulls we have 1'

Price 8150.00 1'. o. b. How el.l



The other bull was born Se 15.21.1920; is from agood



R..0 daughter of a cow t at pruddced 18. 9861 be.

milk and 750. 82 lbs. butter in one ear. and is from a

son of a 30 lb. cow that produce a 31 lb. cow, who in

turn reduced a 31 lb. cow. HisB nearest dams aver-

age lbs. butter in 7 days. Handsome] marked in

solid colors—a little more black than wh to. and like

the other bull a very fine individual. Price 8125.00

1. o. b. Howell.

McPherson Farms CO.. Howell, Mich.

All herds under U. S. Supervision.





 





 





\WinnWood Herd





— Registered





Holsiein-Friesian cattle





We breed them to sell. If you

are looking for seed stock, we

have it.





John H. Winn. [Inst]

Bochosisr. Mich.





accepted in payment of finely bred reg-



‘ Good "Old istored Holstein bull calves. Quality

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

GEO.D .CLA R.KE - 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. O. ancestors

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

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Traverse City, Mich.





A BLUE RIBBON WINNER

YOUNG BULL





0n the 1921A Show Circuit For Sale at a low rice.

Out of an . AR 0. granddau hter of Pontiac orn-

dyke. Sired by our SENIO SHOW BULL. Model

King Segig Glista 32.37 lbs.





GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS,

Corey J. 'Spencor. Owner

111 E. Main Street. Jackson. Michigan.

Herd Under State and Federal Supervision





Sons of a 34 lb. Bull





We hove several Holstein Bulls sired b “Judge Joh

Lyons" and 011 of A. O. cows from 7511 n.p

SINDLINGER BROTHERS. Lake Odessa. Mich.





 





 





 





Reg. Holstein Friesian bulls sired by a gdson of King

of the Pontia(‘ s. ages from six months to one year

old. nicely marked and good individuals priced to move

them to make room for winter calves. Herd dunder

Federal and State supervision. haven t had a reactor

in the herd. Henry S. Rohlfs. R. I. Akron. Mich





' ' ' pure- -bred bull calves. also ood

"OISIelll'I-Ilesmn grade t'heifers: tuberculin tegsted

herd. Prices are r s Larro Research Farm.

Dept. A. North End. etroit. Mich. -





 





The Wildwoo‘charm

Jone 01111951111... strain. Herd on State Mia-red

High constant] done. Run: for

v‘m BALDEN! Phone 14 .5. Capac. 11101:.

Lillie Farmstead Jerseys {33313, $33.23.. ’2'?“

001mm. LILLIE.





 





li‘ord Sale read t!" service from R. of

JETS” BuSIIMSIM d.ams T. sted Will give time.

1‘11 & PARKER.e R4. Howell. Mich.





BIDWELL 339513313





calves —the did-





 





that will put weight on your dai

erence will soon Ks. y for the b.ull ow selling lfood

Elcotch ahd Sootc toppedyearlings,reasonably. ced

We guarantee every animal to be a Hreeyéer Reds-r111

Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio. N





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan





Richland Shorthorns





The place for Bull Bargains Two white year-



lings by Imp. Newton Champion and out of Imp-



Scotch cows Also several other real Scotch



calves at low prices. Write for particulars.

C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS,



Ofllce at Tawas City. Mich. Herd at Prescott. Mich.





The Maple’s Shorthorns





Kirk Levington Lad. by imported Hartforth

Welfare. in service. Bulls and heifers for sale.





J . V. Wise, Gobleville, Mich.





’Francisco Farn Shorthorns





and BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

Now oflering: ——Three bulls ready for service. Masto o-

don. Olansman. Emancmipator blood in gilts bred for





spring farrond Seet

PE BROS. 00.. Mt. Pleasant. Mich





Scotch Topped Shorthoms 3.3522 flwgiiigoyw:





 





 





 





 





 





lln bull. These cattle are of cod ty 6. well bred”





an in excellent breeding cond tion. ave sold farm

and must sell. V. M. Shoesmith. East Lansing. Mich.





' Bull calves for sale from the

ShOI’thOI‘ns. best milkin blood obtainable.

ROSEMARY FARMS. iliiamston. Mich.





BUY SHORTHORNS of Central 1111113151;





Breeders' Association at farmers prices. 8Write for

sale list to M. E. \1 iller, Sec' y. Greenville. Mich.





BUY THE KIND





that are improving the breed. We won grand cham ion

bull. junior and reserve champion bull. first In calf erd

and first in get of sire at the Michigan State Fair.

Some promisinAggoung‘bglls for sale Get our prices.



8. &CO.. Bad Axe. Mich.





Milkin Shorthorns. accredited herds. males

g and females. low prices. Davidson

and Hall. Beland and Roland, Tecumseh. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





Scotch and Scotch Topped males and

For sale Females. any age prices right Ad-

dress Northwestern Michi an Shorth horn Breeders‘

Ass'n. Roy F.Zimmerman. ec'y. Traverse City.Mich.





 





at bargains. Cows and young bulls ready

Shorlhoms foru u.se 8 ring calves. either sex also

Poland China pigs. obert NQIB. Pierson. Mich.





 





W1... stock.“lm mated





Ooopersville. 11135 .





 





Cannon-elect





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rtlflcute. 0'. ' .

DUROC sown.s ma alt-031:3:-

Orion King No. 109250 6011 of the 116,000 hour 0





by Lon view Farm. Le 811111111. Mo. vmoo oung

ready or service out of Wood

THE assumes mam." l"Bailey. Mich





DUROC JERSEYS





9 ring boars that will improve yo ur ho 0' Orion

herr riv King. 001. and Pathfinder bree ing. at rea-



sonab le prices. Writ to us your wants. 320d“)



gilts all sold W. C.T AYLOR, .Milan. Mich.





DUROC BOARS Sam 32°53” .1533





by Michigan Orlpgn Sensation. Michi an Demonstra-

tor, Path 11 der Prince and “on? iant Sensation

Inspection invited. Satisfact on nearanteed.



Michigana Farm. Pavilion. Mic Kalamazoo 00.





ouRoc JERSEYS





Bred glts all sold. Choice spring hours by Brooke

water emonstrator.

RUSH .. Oakwood Farm. Romeo. Mich.





 





 





 





 





. EST View Duroc Farm oflers spring been from

WHomo Farm Tippy Orion “and Pathfinder Prince

with bi bone and type ady for service, sows, fall

gilts an sprin EIRWEB with Eli“! ty. Write or come and

see them. SOLE, Plymouth. Mich.





D ro J Ho we as all

Pure-Bred 1.3... 100333.11... .‘f.’ .0... oi” .1

ages for sale





Reasonable pr r.ioes Larro Resea

Farm. Box A, North End. Detroit, Mich.





 





 





Ch loo stock. also

Duroc Boar PigS- 1.2.... 00...“...

Jacob R. Freed Elwell, Mich.

lit M h be d f ll

CheSter Whites 11% at? a v3": low pgirgesasldtisfgo-

tion guaranteed. Alexander, Vassar. Mic





 





 





GHESTER Whitos(.i —Fall ifs0° only.d forsale. A com -

blnation ofW oodlyr cedan Big Sensation

blood lines. G. D. wSlpringer. R. 6. Grand Rapids. Mi ich'





CHESTER WHITES.





shipped O. O. D.





Service boars

from 825 to 835

Albert Dorr. Clinton. Mich.





.5 Raise Chester Whites 3

Like This





the original big producers





HAVE started thousands of breeders on the road to

success. I can helpyou. ll wanttor-mht

great in





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a. s. Barnum, R p D lo Portland. Michigan





0. I. C. BOARS





1:1 0.0. D.

J. csar. annrci. pm Mason. mm.

C ’ s .





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April and May boars at reasonable ricel. Webe-





 





 





 





Shorthorns of best Bates breedin .

Milking bulls. cows and heifers for sale g

EH. KURTZ. Mason. Mich





one Registered Shorthorn Bull calf six months

old. Best of breedin . First check forSSOtnkes

him. WARD W. DUN TON. Clarkston. Mich.





 





B Red Polled Cattle. our herd headed by Famous

Eg- Charmer.Grand Champion hIichigan State Fair.

Under State and Federal b'supen ision, no cattle for





 





 





 





Four 32 lb. Yearling Bulls





Hired by SEGIS KORNDYKE DE NIJLANDER. a 32

lb. son of a twice Michigan State Ribbon winner; her





' dam 29% lbs. One these calves from a 30 lb dam. one





a28% lb. dam. one a. 19 lb. 3 yr. old with only 96 udder.

one 16 lb yr. old. Two of dams are daughters of

King Segis Pontiac. a 37 lb. son of King Segis Fed-

erally tested June 10. Herd under State and Feder-



al supervision. APriced at half value.

.G. WADE. White Pigeon. Mich.





 





ull Bargain. 3100 gets a light colored bull ready for



service born Apr. 1,191.0.f mm 21 51 lb. dam. and

sire whose six nearest ldams av. 33. 34 lbs butter 7 days.

Herd under state and Federal supervision. 0st ar

Wal lin. Wiscogin Farm. Unionville, Mich





sale at present. West brook Bros. . Ionia, Mich.

HOGS _

BERKSHIRES





Oiler for immediate sale a few you nxlboars suitable

for use. at very reasonable prices so small pigs.





slits 06:11 or bred. Breeding of the best.

rey. 1303 \lajestic Bldg... Detroit. Mich.





EVERY’S BIG BERKSHIRES





Choice boars. Sowa bred or open. Satisfaction guar-

anteed. W. H. EVERY. Manchester. Mich.





 





 





Duroc Jerseys A few extra good fall boars. and

a choice lot of spring boars of the heavy

boned type popular blood lines at reasonable prices.



DROD chERNS. Monroe. Mich.





 





H I t - Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred

regis ere an 1g ~gra e. co up.

039'" 1 d d 1: 1: d Prl

Splendid individuals and breeding. Write us your re-

quirements. Browncroft F arms. McGraw, N. Y





Purebred registered Hol-

Why Pay More? steinheifercalves FIFTY

dollars Three months old sixty dollars. Circulars

free. Condon’s Holstein Coves. West Chester. Ohio





 





 





B Holstein Bulls ready for service sired by a 42 lb.

83-bu11. Priced to sell. also a few heifers and cal-

ves. B.YREAV Akron. Mich.





Herefords





Repeaters, Beau Donalds. Fairfaxcs, and Farmers

represented in our herd Repeater 17'3rd. a son of

old Repeater. ahead of herd. Both sexes and all

ages for_ sale.





ALLEN BROS.,





(Farm at Paw Paw, Mich.)

Office 616 So. West St., Kalamazoo, Mich.





Herefords For Sale





1 Polled bull calf. grandson of Bullion 4th. 1

horned bull. 1 year old. for sale cheap.

COLE & GARDNER5 Hudson. Mich.





Jersey Thoroughbreds





Few cows and bull calves. Best breeding line. Guar-

ante teed Tuberculin tested twice a year. wa 011 have

no money will take bankable note. avg



411 Free Press Building. Detroit. Mich. wMain I”





TTETRt BRED JERSEY BULLS

Bu A SPRING STOCK IRARgI.

Megan County. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





Silver Creek.





JERSEY 1311an m%.:.r....5

d9 Mb





,Herd boars. Panama Special





 





 





Breakwater Duroc Jerseys





SPRING BOARS sired by Panama Special 55th,



lg Bone Giant Sensation and Breakwater

Demonstrator. The best of the breed, Order

one by mail or come to the farm. You will like

them when you see them. Prices reasonable.





BROOKWATER FARM, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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





DU ROG JERSEYS: 3.533132%?





sale. CAREY U. EDMUNDS. Hastings. Mich





 





 





n Herd headed by Great King Orion Col. assis-

llmcs ted by a good son of King ()rion Fanc Jr.

HA REY FOWLER Sturgis, 10h.





 





 





Sprln pigs by Walt'o

ion, lrst Sr. Yearling

Detroit, Jackaon,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw I919





Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich.





 





Buror. Jersey Swine





Breeding stock for sale at all times at reasonable

prices. If in need of a high class boar. or sow

any age write. or better. cometo farm Bestof

Bloodline and we guaranm iyou satisfaction-



lth and Home

Farmh- Wonder. Booking order' for fall pic. at .16

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Bros” 10 Mi. and Ridge Eds. Royal ak. Mic h.

I one yearling boar and 1m

0 l C 8 ' s ringpigs. either sex not akin.





Big growthy stock. M m 8 west 11? De t. Oitzs Ph .

or '10 B. SCHULZE GNOashville. M2312.





0. l. c Bprin boars and gilts no akin. We breed and

- own t 9 Grand Champion Boar at West Mich.





State Fair. eshi OD and Reg. Ire

GEO. .IVELTON it SON. eAIto. Mich.





For Sale 0. HI. w.C Serviceable Boats





M ANN Dansville. Mich





Central Mich. 0. l. C.





Swine Breeders Ass’n.





Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. Every

sale guaranteed by association.





DR. H. w. NOBLES,

Sales Mgr.





 





Chester White Swi 8. St 1

0' 1' C0 andB Big Type with On nlit . I031!

sold out of everythin but Sprin pigs ave the

finest lot I ever bred. eet me at t e State Fair and

oiherllaiadin-gmi fairsg of the State. And see a sample

0 our 0

NEWMA ’S STOlCSK FARM. R. 4. Marlette.Mich





O. l. C’s, Boats and Gills "aegggyl gig:

and] quality lguararfiteed. ShipC 0..]; Em Front





Stock Farm. WI TEORMANo Dryden, Mich.





o ' I ' also fallp





CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM,





 





onroe. Mich,





Choice April boar from a rand

0. l- c 80 {Wildwood Prince and fgom a Schilglfltlgg

troleum Giant. A. J. Barkerdz Son. Belmont. Mich





' Boars. Herd headed by a

0- l. co Bono. Stock A.reg free and sonnognlzgniogagi‘g

factory, .LVII LK & SOI‘E“ Alma. Mich.





O. I. C’s





ril boars all cold. one IAdnil

PETERSON. R- 2





i t left and Au.





onia, Mich. m Surat Farm'





Gilts All Sold





Could have sold man more. and have 0



more boars left for sale. OrderE.a1-1y 111131131:

bar the Spotted Poland China is the coming farm

breed for Michigan. Address W. I BEARCE. or

CHAS. BABCOCK. Ovid. Michigan





lARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS





”Wail“ either sex. Sired by P'- Cinnamon

ompo 0





11 on by Smewoth

st. .1 . 11 mil .

them! ’7‘5.%1¢1mp.mflt°”nmugrm lino.”_





MEWS





 





 





   





 

 

 

 





Coral, Mich. '





C’s. 20 choice young som'





 

   

 

   





A. . —4~I\-.‘ ,_, _
mvw-,""%fi.M





 





DOUBLES THE VALUE





fires





   





OF HIS COWS





Uses Kow-Kare with. Grain Feed

with Wonderful Results





This Yankee dairyman knows the value of

increasing the milk yield through perfect cow-

health. R. D. Johnson of Groton, Conn.

writes:





“Have used our Row-Kare for the past

two years. and have never fed cows any

grain without giving one tablespoonfui of

Row-Kare. I have positively doubled the

worth of cows. I bought a cow 3 year ago

for $76 and she was giving fourteen quarts

per day. and she has just fresher-led again

three weeks ago, and I am getting twenty-

four quarts per day, and Kow-Kare made

this cow. Have four others that I bought

that were giving from fourteen to sixteen

quartz and now I am getting twenty-two

quarts per day from them."





Kow-Kare is a valuable winter aid in the

cow barn because it keeps the assimilation

and digestion in healthiest condition when

the feed must be mostly concentrates and

roughage. Winter housing and feeding re-

duce the vitality and activity of the milk

making organs. Row-Kare restores and keeps

digestive and genital functions healthy. Bar‘

renness, Abortion. Scouting, Bunches, Milk

Fever. and Loss of Appetite are banished by

using ‘Kow-Kare as directed.



The milk yield tells the story of the healthy

herd-——and poor milkers mean a loss. Let Kow-

Kare help you to a bigger dairy profit. Gen-

eral stores, feed dealers and druggists sell it

at the new reduced prices—65c and $1.25





DAIRY ASSOCIATION 00., IN 0.,

Lyndonville. Vt.



Writs today 1.:‘2‘



for this valua-

ble book on EL , KARE

diseases ofi KBW'





cows,





qa% \.

\ VG“





EREE '15 4*

BOOK -





‘ ABSORBINE





"RAGE MARK REb.‘J.S.PAT. OFF.



Reduces Bursa! Enlargements.

Thickened. Swollen Tissues,

Curbs, Filled Tendons. Sore-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





       





ness from Bruises or Strains; I





stops Spavin Lameness, allays pain.



Does not blister, remove the hair or



‘ lay up the horse. $2.50 a bottle

at drug'gists or delivered. Book 1 R free.

ABSORBINE, JR., for mankind—an

antiseptic linimcntjor bruises, cuts, wounds,

strains, painful, swollen veins or glands. It

heals and soothes. $1.25 a bottle at drug-

gists or postpsid. thWill tell you more if you





write. in e U. . A. by

W.F.YOIINO.- s :fiBlflthl..hflnnleld.mm





 





I will condition a Horse or





Cow in twelve days.

Put flesh on its bones. Give itlifs

and vigor. Can add 50% to looks

and value. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay.

Bend postal for free offer.





P. M. FAUST. BRYN MAWR, PA.





 





HOGS





 





of the 13' been b d t .

F“ SIIB ”III'OGS Writs yolgr wings. one ype

CHAS. EBAY. Okemos, Mich.





 





 





Big Type Poland chinas





Size Quality Typo Ancestry





The best the breed affords

Write or see





Wesley Hlle, lonia, Mich.





 





 





 





 





B T Pol d

The Thumb Herd 0,313,,“ ’52,, 30 if”

I am oflerlng bar sins in Poland China. My herd

boar which won ve firsts rand champion at Bay





silkwhdat‘gtab 1:“an 1 P. Bprin bciars. gilts

n p y 'm. once a P t d

Tusoola ad. glut of Miss Smooth 3nmb%?gf:dlbl





Magnet. Orange Maid and others. Largest herd f

pnaemnners in the thumb. sold on approval. Wrigo





your wants.



E. M. ORDWAY. Millinston, Mich.

L.T.P.C. $15, $20 & $25

turns in as fillers? being





FULcnna and CLINE. address r. T. Hart. St:

Louis, Mich.





fa"Bmifigthype‘ PdoIaEnd China



e or sex. It re y l



by Herve; 8 Giant. Also l'filts bredll'sourl-‘ahthrlhlytégrgg

boflover s Liberator. P cod to sell. satisfaction guar-

anteed. D0308 ROVER. Akron. Mich.





_ is a place for bargains. W -

.... ..lt‘lltfi’“’§f“‘r°°“ slam. 553°“:-

on ype 0 an i

slud'irthe angle. oi? can fudrnish shit ”villi:

0





n an. '

FILER, Portland. Mich.





 

 





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A LIVE ASSOCIATION.





ALAMAZOO county has a splen



did cow-testing association of

twenty~five live members and three

hundred and twenty-five cows. This

association was organized in Febru-

ary, 1921, through the efforts of Coun-

ty Agent R. L. Olds, and J. S. Waldron

of the Dairy Extension Department, M.

A. C. It has now been in operation

nine months and for the length of

time there has been a lot accom-

plished,



The association has four herds of

registered Jerseys, five herds of regis-

tered .and high-grade Holsteins, and

two of grade and registered Guernseys.

The average monthly production has

never fallen below twenty pounds of

fat per cow and has been as high as

thirty-two pounds. A few herds have

individual cows that will make close

to 600 pounds of fat and drop calves

at the close of the year.



For the month of September, when

production was at low ebb, we had 302

cows in milk and the average produc-

tion was 472 pounds of milk and twen-

ty pounds of fat. Average returns for

$1.00 in feed was $3.08. Production in

some of the high herds was about as

follows: H. B. McMurray with ten

registered Holsteins has nine month’s





 





   





average of 8,322 pounds of milk and

‘1 300 pounds of fat. Ray Carlwright has

Ssix registered and grade Jerseys that

f for the same period Show 5,924 pounds

‘of milk and 314 pounds of fat. A grade

Guernsey herd, owned by T. L. Tea,

has produced 6,088 pounds of milk and

310 pounds 01‘ fat in a like period.

! These herds speak volumes for card

{and breeding and may well be held up

{as object lessons. The association now

:has 100 per cent pure-bred sires and

|in a number of herds new high-class

sires have recently been purchased.

Both the Jersey and Holstein breed-

ers of Kalamazoo county are now talk-

ing of organizing breed associations.

They have some splendid individuals

of both breeds—S. PHILLIPS.





AN ALFALFA STATE.





HE people of Michigan should not



think of Michigan as being behind

in the production of this great forage

plant. Of all the states east of the

Mississippi river, Michigan ranks sec-

ond in the production of this legume.

New York state has the honor of be-

ing in first place, according to the

1920 census. We predict, however,

that should the big campaign planned

for the promotion of this crop be car-

ried out that it will not be long until

Michigan will lead in the acreage of

alfalfa among the states west of the

Mississippi.





 





FURTHER CONCESSIONS IN BE-

HALF OF INTERNATIONAL.





HE Central Passenger Association,



at récent meeting decided to make



the reduced rate of fare and a half for



the round trip granted visitors to the



International, effective from all the



territory that comes under the control

of that association. _ ’



In other words, all points in New

York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia

west of a line drawn from Bufialo to

Pittsburgh, and thence to Kenova, W.

Va., will enjoy this reduced rate.



Accordingly the rate will be effec-

tive from all stations west of the

above line to the Missouri river, as

well as from all Missouri river points.

This information will surely interest

many of our subscribers.





 





 





E, the Edison ofEurope, manufacturer

of the greatest Cream Separator the world





has_ever known, announces a sweepmg reduc-

tion in prices. .



Labor conditions in general together with tremen-

dous re-buildmg and reorganizing efforts. put forth

by this big man of Belgium has resulted in cutting

production costs to the bone.



And right now at this particularh'ma exchange rates

are extremely favorable. Take advantage of this

condition while it lasts. Get the most for your

American dollar. Buy now and save mpney!





Reduced Nearly 1A,





Before buying an separator find out how the

Melotte has won 2_ Grand and International Prizes

and how. for Efficrency of Skunmmg, Easeof turn-

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50'





after 30 qus ,

Free Trial .





This is his offer. NO MONEY DOWN — rm TIMI.

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We will send an Imported Melotte Cream Separator

direct to your farm on a 30 days absolutely F roe. Trial

—no deposits— no papers to sign-use it as if it were

your own separator. Compare it—test 11’. in every way.

When you are convinced the Melotte skims cleaner



turns easier, washes quicker, lasts longer than all

others, then pay $7.50 as first payment and the bal-

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minutes unless brake is a Flied. No

bowl has solved the prob





Fill out and mail the. coupon for . New

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Don't buy any separator until 'you have

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Send coupon for full information and also

‘ price list showmg 22% reductions.





The Melotte Separator 5: 2: mm;

Dept. 9108 a“: w. sea. 31., Chicago, Ill.





 





Self Balancing Bowl {$052133





only sin Ie-bearing-bowl separator ever made. This. _ .

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itskims as perfectly after 15 years' use as when new. Positively can not ever_ get out of

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milk. The 600 lb. Melotte turns as easfl as the 300 lb. machine of other makes. Spins for 25

er separator has or needs a broke. The Melotte

cm of perfect skimming.





Send This Coupon!





 





The Melotte Separator, H. B. Babson, U. S. Mgr.

Dept. 9108 2843 W. 19m St., Chicago, Ill.





Without cosftorne or obligation in any way, please send

me the Melotts talog which tells the ful story of

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I by breeding.





O. I.





Buster.





CRANIDELL’S PRIZE HOGS,





 





C. HOGS





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

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

Write your wants, all stock shipped on approval.





Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





L. S. P. C.





1 yearlin herd boar as goodas you ever saw. spring

boars by glov. 18L. You can't beat the rice nor the

breeding. _ H. 0. SWARTZ, Schoo craft. Mich.





LARGE TYPE P. C.





Home of the lat est herd of individuals in Michigan.

Come and see. ompare and be convinced, expenses

paid if not as represented: priced in keeping withOthe

times. Young boars ready to ship, that grow into

winners. also sows. W. E. Livingston. Patina. Mich.





319 Type Poland Chmas

For Sale. Smooth Orange. No. 408079, age 20 months.

Miss Prospect, No. 910] ‘2. age 2 yrs. 7 months. bred

Nov. 8. Two (wen gilts sired b Smooth ()range.l



S. O. EBSTER, R. South Haven. hIich.





 





Big Type P. 0. some very choice boars double im-

mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from

Iowa's greatest herds. E.J.Mathewson.Burr OahMich.





Bi type Poland China boars and gilts of April furrow.

ailso one yearling boar that is hard to beat._ Prices

right. CLYDE FISHER. a. 3, St. Louis. Mich.





BIG TYPE Poland ChinasJeadlng strains

at lowest prices. Both sex. all



a es, and b ed so nd its.



G8.A.BAlJlIIlGARVlgiLlIEBF1 R. 2, Middleville. Mich.





P C swine. large type.M arch and Apr. pigs. Slred

' ' by “King Wonder". for sale. sent out on





‘BPproval. R. W. MILLS. Saline, Mich





L T. P.C Model sg‘ring boars and gilts now ready





' to ski mething good at a right price.

W. J. AGELSHAW, Augusta, Mich.





Big tyge P.0.Sprin boars and choice fall pigs. either

sex. ired by Bl]; ob Mastodon. Priced low guar-

toed. 0. . Garnant. Eaton Rapids. Mich.





A Real Bargain at

Kape Kon Farms





We offer 40 big healthy yearling Shropshire and

Hampshire Rams all registered at $25.00 each

Come or write while the picking is good.



S Coldwater, Mich.





The Maples Shropshires





For Sale. Extra well bred yearling Rams. also

'2 yr. old stock ram sired by a Broughton Ram.

Will sell a few good ewes and several Duroc Jerk

sey spring boars. Brookwater bred. Write your





wants early.

C. R. LEL‘AND,

R. 5, Ann Arbor,





 





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Wool-Mutton Eng°§u§§gégsood b robust.





e I

at farm. or $17.50 crated and deliver 01:2}le ”A5133

some gopd br ing ewes. bred to high class rams.





A H. FOSTER. Ailegnn. Mich.





hropshires~Yearlin and lamb ram with

sired by an imported Winton ram. Write mintiigé

and description. W.B. McQuillan. Howell. high.





 





Registered Shropshire Rams





Priced to sell. Dan Booher. R. 4, Evan. Mich





 





A Few Fall Yearling Sows





good ones. E. D. HEYDENBERK. Wayland. Mich





 





lgs at a bargain. 9th yea





Hampshire; D‘ace your order for bred gilts, and ran

1‘.

J H W- SNYDER. a. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





 





° for sale. Two spring boars. some

Hampshlres sprin gilts. also fall igs both sex.

I. R. BAUSERMA . R. 1, Three ivers. Mich.





SHEEP





 





 





' 7 yearling rams also re and ewe

ShrOPShues. lambs. Buttar and Beater Bib-





 





C. J. Thompson. Rockford. Mich}





Ileg- Shropshire Hams 2:3 13“.; depart“. will

ship on approval. K. F. Mouser. R. 6. Itgaca. Mich





FOR SALE :2 .ggg‘g‘gflgflm ......





OALHOON Janos. BrbnsomMIeh





 





 





REGISTERED Oxfords. Some good ewes bred for

Dec. delivery. Few good rams left. Write your

wants. G. T. Abbott. Palms. Mich. Deckerville phi-e





 





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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Monday, November 21.

Wheat.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.24; No.



2 mixed and No. 2 white $1.21.

Chicago—No. 3 red $1.16; No. 2 hard

$1.11%@1.12. ~

Toledo—Cash N0. 2 red $1.24; De-

cember $1.24.

Corn.

Detroit—Old Cash No. 2 yellow 58c;

No. 3 yellow 560; No. 4 530; new Yel-

low, Cash No. 3 53c; N0. 4, 51c.

Chicago—No. 2 mixed 5014@501/§c;

No. 2 yellow 501/2@51c.

Oats.





Detroit—«Cash No. 2 white 39c; No.

3 white 360; No. 4 31@33c.





Chicago—No. 2 white 35@371/zc;

No. 3 white 33@350.

Beans.

Detroit.—~~Immediate and prompt

shipment $4.30 per cwt.

Chicago.——Choice to fancy hand-





picked Michigan beans at $5@5.25;

red kidney beans $7.75.



New York—The market is steady.

Choice pea $5.25@5.35; do medium at

$4.75; kidney $8.25@8.50.



Rye.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 84c.



Cliicago.~—N01ninal.



Toledo—Cash 81c.



Seeds.





Detroit—v Prime red clover, cash at

$12.50; alsike $10.75: timothy $3.

Toledo—Prime red clover $12.65;





alsike $10.90; timothy $3.021/2.





Hay.



Detroit—N0. 1 timothy at $19@20;

standard and light mixed at $186,919;

No. 2 timothy $176318; N0. 1 clover

mixed $15@16; No. 1 clover $156316;

rye straw $12.50W13; wheat and cat

straw $11.50@l2 per ton in carlots at,

Detroit. -

Feeds.



Detroit—Bran $23.50@24: standard

middlings at $23@23.50; fine do $26@

27: cracked corn $27; coarse corn

meal $24; chop $21 per ton in 100-lb.





sacks.

WHEAT





The wheat market fluctuated rather

violently last week within a limited

range but, maintained practically all of

the advance from the recent low point

when prices at Chicago dropped below

$1. Receipts of wheat from farms are

the lightest since the new crop season

started and much lighter than at this

time a year ago. Mills are taking more

or less grain from terminals in spite

of a seasonal slump in the demand for

flour. The visible supply decreased

1,213,000 bushels during the previous

week and a fairly steady rate of de-

creases right along is expected. Be-

cause of the prolonged drouth in the

southwest it is feared that several

'million acres of new wheat. will go

into Winter in an extremely weakened

condition. This may become an ex-

tremely important factor next spring.

Argentine wheat from the new crop

has been offered to Europe at prices

below a competitive basis with this

country, but the old crop surplus is

held above an export parity with Can-

adian wheat. The biggest shadow over

the United States wheat market at the

present time is the Canadian export-

able surplus which is not moving in a

sufficient volume to indicate a rapid

export movement in the next two





months.

CORN





Corn has shown relatively more

strength than wheat during the last

few days. Large amounts of corn were

purchased for export and by eastern

distributors who desire to have the

grain available during the winter at

eastern lake ports. Industries also

have been steady buyers. Receipts at

Chicago although large for this season

have been less than actual require-

ments especially at Chicago. At the

higher prices now being paid, produc-

'ers are expected to sell rather freely.

. Plans to finance the‘holding of the big

'corn surplus until needed are taking

shape. Prices have already responded

to some extent to this news. A cam-

«paign to reduce the acreage of corn

’next year, replacing it with legumes,





is in prospect.

, OATS

.. riThe oats market shadows corn rath-

rclosely. , No material change is no‘ ~

’ , e in domestic demand. A'Kfew in-





,Light to common





 





quiries for export are made fme time

to time but no actual sales have been

reported. It has been calculated that

the twelve states in which most of the

surplus oats are produced have about

300,000,000 bushels less this year than





a year ago.

' . SEEDS





Lighter receipts and a prospect that

market supply will be much smaller

for awhile resulted in a substantial

advance in the cloverseed market last

week. Timothy also advanced, cross-

ing the $3 line at Toledo for the first

time in a long while. The totalred

cloverseed crop is officially estimated

at 1,214,000 bushels compared with 1,-

760,000 bushels harvested last year.





FEEDS





Increased demand for mill feeds

which made possible an advance of

over $2 per ton has been checked by

the price rise. Flour mills are not op-

erating at such a large percentage of

capacity as they were a month or two

ago so that offerings are lighter. The

linseed meal market is film but cot-

tonseed meal shows weakness due to

an increase in the crop estimate. The

new seed has been moving to crushers

rather rapidly so that stocks of meal

in the hands of mills are rather large.





HAY





Wet weather has curtailed the move-

ment 01' hay to central western mar-

kets while demand is fairly active.

Firm prices are the result. Eastern

hay markets are dull with the demand

sluggish and prices only steady. The

southern markets are weak. '





POULTRY AND EGGS





Egg markets weakened in the last

few days following the prolonged ad-

vance which carried values about 60





per cent above the 10W“ point of the

year. Cold storage holdings showed

a decrease of 1,182,000 cases during

the preceding month. During the same

month last year holdings decreased

1,457,000 cases. If the rate of decrease

during November and December re-

mains relatively as high the carryover

of cold storage holdings on January 1

will be below the average of the past

two years. In spite of the holiday de—

mand, poultry prices declined last

week. Cold storage holdings of frozen

poultry" on November 1. amounted to

34,841,000 pounds, an increase of 9,-

238,000 pounds during October com-

pared with an increase of

pounds in October, 1920.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 50@53c

a dozen; ordinary firsts 43@47c. Poul-

try, springs 16c; hens, general run at

Isl/2c; roosters 13c; ducks 21c; geese

200; turkeys 350.



Detroit—Fresh candled 48@53c per

dozen. Poultry, hens 17@18c; roost-

ers 13c; turkeys 34@35c; ducks 22@

23c; geese 20@21c.





BUTTER





Butter markets weakened again de-

cidedly in the last few days due pri-

marily to a continuation of unusually

heavy production for the season and

fairly heavy receipts at distributing

markets. Only slight withdrawals

froun cold storage were necessary on

account of liberal arrivals of fresh but-

ter each day. Loss of confidence seem-

ed quite general at the close of the

week with buyers disposed to wait for

lower price levels and dealers offer-

ing their holdings at sharp concessions

in order to make immediate sales.

Prices for 92—score fresh butter were:



Chicago 421/20; New York 421/20. In

Detroit fresh creamery in tubs is sell-

ing at 36@380.





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Live Stock Market Service





 





 





Monday, November 21.





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DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 1.25]. Market slow on all

grades; 250 lower.





Best heavy steers ....... $ 6.007} 6.50

Best handy wt bu steers $6.25@ 6.75

Mixed steers and heifers 5.00@ 5.25

Handy light butchers. . .. 4.25@ 5.00

Light butchers .......... 3.75@ 4.00

Best cow‘s ............... 4.00@ 4.75

Butcher cows ........... '3.00@ 3.25

Common cows .......... 2.00@ 2.50

Canners ................. 1.25717 2.00

Best light weight bulls... 4.00

Bologna bulls ........ . .. 3.004? 3.75

Stock bulls ............. 3.00@ 3.25

Feeders ................. 5.254] 5.50

Stockers ................ 3.507;) 5.00

Milkers and springers. . .. 40(1) 80





Veal Calves.

Receipts 322. Heavies dull; others





steady.

Best .................... $ 9.50@ 10.00

Others ................... 3.00417 8.00





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 1,959. Lambs 25@50c low—

er; sheep slow; quality common.

Best lambs 8.50@ 8.75

Fair lambs 7.25@ 8.00

5.00@ 6.50

3.00@ 3.50

1.00@ 1.50





Fair to good sheep ......

Culls and common ..

Hogs.



Receipts 1,749. Market strong.





Mixed hogs .................... .25

Extreme heavy .......... 6. 4 o

Pigs ............................. 7.50





CHICAGO

Cattle.





Estimated receipts today are 19,000.

Market strong to 250 higher. Beef

steers medium and heavy weight 1100

lbs up choice and prime $8.60@11.25;

do medium and good $5.75@9.60; do

common $4.75@5.75; light weight 1100

lbs down good and choice $9@11.10;

do common and medium at $4.75@9_;

butcher cattle, heifers, common, medi-

um, good and choice $3.40@9; cows

common, medium, good and choice at

$3.25@6; bulls bologna and beef $3.10

@585; canners and cutters cows and





h ifers 2.25 3.25; do canner steers:

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handyweight‘ medium, good and choice

$5.50@8; feeder, steers common, medi-

um, good and choice $4.60@6.60; stock-

er steers common, medium, good and

choice $3.40@6.25; stocker cows and

heifers common, medium, good and

choice $3@5.

i Hogs



Estimated receipts today are 40,000;

holdover 2,967. Market active, mostly

10c higher. Bulk of sales at $6.75@7;

tops $7; heavy 250 lbs up medium,

good and choice $6.80@7; medium 200

to 250 lbs medium, good and choice at





. $6.S5@7; light 150 to 200 lbs common,





medium, good and choice at $6.35@7;

light lights 130 to 150 lbs common,

medium, good and choice at $6.85@7;

heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth

$6.10@6.70; packing sows 200 lbs up

rough $5.90@6.25; pigs 130 lbs down

medium, good and choice $6.75@7.50.

Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 19,000.

Fat lambs 25@400 higher; fat sheep

steady. Lambs 84 lbs .down medium,

good, choice and prime at $8.50@9.40;

do culls and common $6@8.25; spring

lambs medium, good, choice and prime

$5.75@7.75; ewes medium, good and

choice $2@4.25; ewes cull and com-

mon $1.50@2; yearling wethers medi-

um, good and choice $7.40@8.40.





BUFFALO .

Cattle.



Receipts 3,000; slow, steady. Ship-

ping steers $7@8.50; butchers $6.75@

8; yearlings $9@10; heifers at $4@7;

cows $1.75@5; bulls $3@5; stockers

and feeders $5@5.50; fresh cows and

springers slow and steady $40@135.

Calves, receipts 1,900; market activ

and steady at $3@10.50. ,



Hogs. _.



Receipts 19,500; active; heavy are

steady; others 10@25c lower. Heavy

$7@7.25; mixed'$7.25@7.50; yorkers

$7.50@7.60; light yorkers at $7.75@8;

pigs and roughs $6@6.25; stage at $4

@450 3 ‘



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 10,000; lambs and yearlings



50c higher; others steady. Lambs‘ $4





9.50; yearlings $3.50@7; wethers at.





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POTATOES





Potato. markets have been weak as

a. result of an accumulation from for-

mer receipts rather than from large





day to day arrivals. The movement

shows a. 'decided falling off Compared

with a few weeks ago. Northern sack-

ed round whites are quoted at $1.45@

1.65 per 100 pounds at shipping points

in Minnesota and Michigan; $1.85@

1.90 at Chicago and $2@2.15 in other

consuming markets.





BEANS





The bean market showed consider-

able improvement during the past

week with pea. beans selling freely at

steady prices. It is 'said that because

of hard times beans are being used

more freely as an article of diet. The

choice Michigan pea beans are selling





_ in New York for‘$5.15@5.25 per 100-lb.





sack; medium choice $5.35; red kid-





neys $8@ 8.25.





APPLES '





Barrelled apples were weak in the

last few days while boxed apples were

firm. Total shipments of boxed apples

thus far have already exceeded ship-

ments for the entire season last year.

Baldwins are quoted at $7@7.50 per

barrel while northwesternextra fancy

Jonathans are bringing $2.25@3 per

box in'large consuming markets.





WOOL ’





Total stocks of wool in the hands

of manufacturers, dealers, and the

government on September 30 were

498,615,000 pounds compared with 417,-

173,000 pounds on the same date last

year. Stocks in. wool pools and in

first hands are believed to be smaller

than at this time a year ago. _ The

emergency tariff will prevent a repe-

tition of the large volume of imports

brought in during the first three

months of this year. "The American

Woolen Company mills are reported

to be working at 97‘ per cent of capa~

city, the highest on record with ord-

ers sufficient to last into February.

Prices for wool last week hardened

still further according to Boston ad-

vices, with more attention being paid

to medium and low grades to meet the

demand for lower priced clothing.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The poultry market has an over-sup-

ply and dealers are requesting ship-

pers to let up for a while. The mar-

ket for butter and eggs is not improv-

ing, as the receipts are ample. Fruit.

and vegetables are active and steady.

Apples bring $2.50@4 per bu; potatoes

$3@3.50 per 150-lb. sack; onions $5@

5.25 per 100-lb. sack; cabbage $1@1.25

per bushel.





GRAND RAPIDS





Except for chickens which were

weakened by a heavy run, the poultry

market in Grand Rapids for Thanks-

giving week was strong. Turkeys were

in good demand and bids were ad-

vanced from one to two cents over

last week’s prices. The hog market

was decidedly weak. The grain mar-

ket opened the week steady, but po-

tatoes were unsettled. Movement con-

tinues light, shippings in Michigan last.

week totaling 460 cars. Prices as fol-

lows: '



Poultry—Turkeys, live 28@300 lb;

dressed 35@37c; chickens weak, live

15@17c; heavy hens 160; light 14@

150; ducks 20@220; geese 18@20c. '



Fruit.——Apples, fancy $6@7 per bbl;

seconds $3@5 bbl.



Vegetables—Potatoes $1 bu; onions

dry $2@4.50 cwt; celery 20@450 per

bunch, “$1 box; cabbage, white $1.35

bu; red $2 bu; carrots, parsnips, beets

and spinach $1@1.25 bu; turnips 50c

bu. Greenville.—Potatoes No. 1 white

$1.30@1.40 per cwt.



Grain—Wheat No. 1 red $1.08 bu;

white $1.05 bu; rye 62c bu; barley 85c

bu; oats 420 bu; corn 600 bu; buck-

wheat $1.35 cwt; beans, white $3.50@

3.75 cwt; red kidney $5.50@6 cwt.





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





D‘uroc—Jersey.———December 1, C. L. Pow-

er, Jerome, Mich. . '

Holsteins.——-Dec.- 16, Dispersal Sale,

Lakeside Dairy, Lake Odessa, Mich.

Draft Horse Sales—Jan; 18, Michigan

Agricultural College. 11.8.

-- Secrets: Michigan Hag

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V EW MARKETS FOR DAIRY COWS.

URING the pioneeringdays of the

reclamation projects, the settlers



confined their efforts almost wholly' to



the growing of general crops, such as

grain and alfalfa. Their forage crops

were consumed by the range stock

driven in for winter feeding and fat-

tening. Such methods of farming were

easy, and so long as the prices of beef

and mutton held up were fairly profit-

able. They were not, however, con.

ductive to thrift. and good cultivation.

For the past three years the rapid de-

cline in the price of meat products and

wool has resulted in decrease in the

number of cattle and sheep, and in the

prices of forage crops. Based on the

investment in land and water rights,

. the irrigation farmer can not afford to

produce alfalfa at present selling pric-

es. He must find some other method

of disposing of his hay, which repre-

sents nearly seventy per cent of his

crop. Consideration of his problem

leads him naturally to turn to dairy-

ing as a solution. His concern just

now is where to obtain ”his cows. Farm

bureaus are lining up the farmers in

organizations. which, with the active

cooperation of the local bankers, are

planning to purchase in carload lots,

with funds secured from the federal

loan agencies. Information concerning

these is obtainable from the Statisti-

cian, Reclamation Service, Washing-

ton, D. C.





 





MR. HARTMAN TO DIRECT FOOD

MARKET WORK lN STATE.





 





ICHIGAN was agreeably surpris-



ed in the appointment of William

P. Hartman, of Grand Rapids, secre-

tary and manager of the Western

Michigan Development Bureau, as the

new director of food and markets in

the department of agriculture. Mr.

Hartman was named to the office by

Governor Groesbeck upon the recom-

mendation of State Commissioner of

Agriculture H. H. Halladay. He will

succeed Fred L. Woodworth, who has

been appointed collector of internal

revenue in the eastern district of

Michigan. Mr. Hartman was formerly

agricultural agent of the Grand Rapids

. & Indiana Railroad and later with the

Falk Potato Flour Company of Cin-

cinnati, Ohio. Mr. Hartman tendered

his resignation to the directors of the

Western Michigan Develbpment Bu-

reau on November 22. His successor

has not been named.





SAGINAW HOLSTEIN BREEDERS

HOLD SUCCESSFUL SALE.





 





SALE of fifty—two pure-bred Hol—



stein-Friesian cows, calves and

bulls brought $6,555 at. the Saginaw

Couny Fair Grounds, November 16, at

the annual auction conducted by the

Saginaw Valley Holstein-Friesian

Breeders’ Association. About 400 in-

terested cattle owners and buyers

from the central part of the state at-

tended the sale, and showed their in-

terest by sharp snappy bidding.



Some of the leading sales of thor-

oughbreds were: Artense Virginia

Ravenwood, consigned by Thos. Phoe-

nix to Percy Nye, of Romeo, for $415;

Netherland Helen Beauty Girl, con-

signed by the Netherland Farm, Mun-

ger, to Jacob Hoffman, Oakley, for

$325; Netherland Lulu Prilly, by the

same farm to Arthur Pitton, of High-

land Park, for $305; Netherland Josie

Prince Segis, consigned to Jacob Hoff-

man for $300; Netherland Princess

Helen Girl to Homer Stableford, Yale,

for $285; Segis Artis Mooie, consigned

by Thomas Phoenix to Arthur Pitton,

Highland Park, for $260; Belle

Segis Ravenwood Mooie, consigned by

Thomas Phoenix to Henry W. Mohr,

Pigeon, and Prilly Aagie consigned by





 





William Roenicke to Jacob Hoifman





. for $200.———M.





YOUNG BROTHERS’ POLAND-

CHINA SALE.





 





HIS outstanding offering of Big-



Type Polands found buyers at

somewhat higher figures than have

been paid at the general run of swine

sales this fall. The auction was held

at Niles on November 10. Forty-nine

head sold for an average of a little

over $52 per head. F. O. Haynes, of

Ohio, bid the top price of the sale

when he bought Wrigles Great Giant

for $265. Link Lookings, of Indiana,

paid $185 for each of two gilts, and

W. Hunter of the same, state, went

down in his pockets for $152 and $125

for two more of the same litter. E. E.

Yoder, of South Bend, .got the fifth

gilt of this litter for $88. Two young

boars out of the great boar Gladiator,

went for $75 and $71.





SELLS GRAND CHAMPION SOW.





 





Virgil Davis, of Ashley. Michigan,

has sold Ryan's Fancy Royal Lady

Second who took the grand champion

awards in the Duroc classes at the

Grand Rapids Fair, and the same hon-

ors at five other fairs in the state this

past season to the Loeb Farms, Charl-

evoix, Michigan, for $500. ,





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MERICA’S bean crop for 1921

amounts to 9,332,000 bushels. This,-

at least, is the estimate of the federal

crop reporters. Last year the final

estimate was 9,075,000 bushels. The

1921 crop is about four million bush-

els below the average for the five

years from 1915 to 1919 inclusive.

Beans are eaten more freely when the

household finances are short, for this

product furnishes food elements very

cheaply. ~





BEANS.





 





MILK PRICE lN DETROIT AREA. .3





 





The milk price for the Detroit area

has been set at $2.41 for all the milk,

no surplus. This price holds for the

months of November and December.





A joint effort will be made by Mich-

igan canners and the State Farm Bu-

reau, to work out a more efficient sys-

tem of marketing fruits and vegeta-

bles in Michigan.





Duroc-Jersey Hog Sale

Thurs. Dec. 1, 1921 at 1:30 PM.





The offerin will consist of 7 tried sows,

22 spring gi ts and 9 boars. Cholera im-

mune. Certificate of Registration with

every hog.



Top Col’s King, a good grandson of

Walt’s To 001., will sell in this sale. If

in need 0 a real herd boar, come to

this sale.



Wm. Waffle, Goldwater, John Hoffman, Hudson,



Auctioneers





0. L. Power, Prop., Jerome, Mich.





Better Service

Quick Returns





Ship your veal, hogs, lambs and poul-

try to Gunsberg Packing Co., Eas-

tern Market, Detroit, Mich., check

mailed same day goods arrive. High-

est price always. Write for shipping

tags. References-Peoples State Bank.





Gunsberg Packing Go.





2460 liiopelle, Detroit, Mich.

HA Ship To The Old Reliable House





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Auto Mechanic $6 to $10 a day

Auto Electricians $225





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