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CURRENT COMMENT





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER SAYS:





Merry Christmas to you all!

Well grown is half sold.





We would also favor a truth—in-mor-

als campaign.





Our petitions are for normalcy in

health as well as in business.



Selling hogs and buying pork is not

a profitable practice for the man who

grows the hogs.





Improper nutrition is the farmer’s

great problem in the fields, in the sta—

bles and in the home.





Trying to be gay to keep up with

the fashions has very nearly destroyed

our good sense and eaten up our re-

ligion.



The prudent dairyman applies the

seventy dollars’ worth of labor requir-

ed to keep a cow a year on a profit

returner, not on a parasitic bovine.





Don’t be tempted to purchase the

sugar-coated offering of stock from get-

your-million—quick promoters who are

finding farmers good prospects now

that city laborers have no money.





And again we say, “Merry Christ-

mas.”





NCREASING farm

- profits is a subject

Adding to of vital interest to ev-

Farm ery farmer at the

Profits present time. How

this desirable end can

be accomplished is Very properly a

subject of careful consideration on the

part of every thoughtful farmer. There

are two practical ways of increasing

farm profits under present conditions,

viz., by collective effort and by indi-

vidual effort on the part, of farmers.

Both are important and neither should

be overlooked under present condi-

tions.



Under the first head come coopera.

tive selling enterprises, and in some

cases cooperation in various phases of

production, such as threshing and bar-

vesting. Also the exerciSe of mass

influence in the readjustment of trans-

portation rates, which vitally affect the

farmer’s prosperity and in the ad-

vancement of other legislation which

will be helpful to the public as well as

to the basic industry of agriculture.

These are matters of organized effort

‘ in which: gratifying progress is being



mode. my will. undoubtedly be help-

‘ nun» making farming morelprofitable,





 





 





but it will be a mistakefor any farmer

to rely on them wholly to this end.





There is another way in which ev-

ery farmer can help himself to the

same end through his individual effort.

And this is more true of Michigan

farmers than of those of any other

state, because of the great diversity of

our production and the consequent

possible variation in the production of

every farm. In the deflation of values

of farm products some products have

suffered to a much greater extent than

others. For example, eggs bring a bet-

ter relative price than any other farm

product at the present time, because

production has not kept pace with de-

mand. The Thanksgiving turkey and

the Christmas goose are also still in

the luxury class. This is an indication

that more attention could be profitably

given to poultry on the average, farm,

particularly with a View to the produc-

tion 0“ winter eggs. Some classes of

live stock also afford a better market

for farm-grown grains than is else-

where available. Some staple products

also offer better prospects than others

so far as probable price is concerned.

There is great possibility of varying

the acreage of production of staple

crops on the average farm to the profit

of the farmer, and there is still great-

cr opportunity to increase the side

lines of production with assurance that

these will add materially to the profits

from next year’s operations.



'l‘herein lies a profitable field of

thought ‘for every Michigan farmer,

who has a great advantage in that nat-

ural conditions favor a wide line of

production, for much of which he has

a readily available market. in nearby

centers of population. This is a nat-

ural advantage which should be turned

to account in next, year’s operations as

never before.





HE tendency is to





. increase the pro-

A Greater duction of potatoes on

Patato soils too light for the

Acreage production of small





grains and in lati-

tudes too cool for the economical pro-

duction of corn.



But under favorable soil conditions

yields due to the effect of changing

weather influences, vary so that. the

demand for the crop is over—supplied

some years and not. fully satisfied oth-

er years. This brings about a wide

range of prices which may result in

loss to the grower or bring a good

profit. If facilities could be made

available for the manufacture annually

of from fifty to three or four hundred

million bushels of potatoes into flour,

starch, dairy feed or fuel alcohol, as

is now done in some countries where

potato production is put on a more

substantial basis, it would prove a

great boon to this crop, to our agricul-

ture and to the nation in general.





N the days when

the Farmers‘ Insti-





The Value ,

, tutes were popular,

of D3" me of the state speak-

agreement ers advocated the use





of raw rock phos—

phate at one of the northern Michigan

institutes. In the discussion that fol-

lowed, a son of the soil got up and

asked, "\Vhy don’t these institute fel-

lows get together before going out and

agree on what they are going to tell

to us? Here's a fellow who says that

rock phosphate is all right, and a

month ago another fellow was around

and said that we should use nothing

but acid phosphate. How are we com-

mon folks going to know what to do

when the doctors disagree?”





Then one who was at that time

prominent in the agricultural affairs

of the state arose and said: “It is a

good thing that these fellows disagree

and that there is disagreement on all

subjects of more or less importance.





_ If we. all had. agreed. _that»_the wooden-





 





 





plow was all right, we would stillube'v





using it. Disagreement is often an im-

portant factor in progress.”



Disagreement has its value in pro-

gress, for- it is often the progress

through which truth is made most ev-

ident to the public. Disagreements pro-

vail because our experiences and view-

points vary. They are valuable be-

cause tbey give an opportunity to con-

sider both sides of a question before

there is an agreement on the right

course to pursue.



Do not break off diplomatic relations

with your neighbor because he disa-

grees with you, for it may be that

some time you may have to ccnfess

that he is right.





CLOSE study of





K e i» any particular

11 elvp ".9 rural locality would

t e anon undoubtedly show a.

Strong surprising set of in-





fluences flowing out

to every phase of national life. The

business, social and moral contribu-

tion made by the thousands of rural

communities over the country to our

nation has been such that under no

consideration can we as a people af-

ford to permit the source of supply to

dry up.



This means that rural life must be

watched with the greatest solicitude.

The nation’s human seed-bed ought not

to be allowed in any degree to lose its

richness, and the life of our farm

youth should have the eye of every

statesman, and of every public-spirited

person upon it to the end that the full

unfolding of the lives of the rising

generation may be accomplished both

for individual and national advantage.





Rural communities need a. satisfying

institutional life. There is required a

something that will give the boys and

girls of the farm a broad View of the

interesting life in which they live. In

hundreds of communities in Michigan

the boys’ and girls’ club work is ac-

complishing this very thing in quite a

satisfactory manner. \Ve would that

there was developed a sufficient lead-

ershi’p that every last farm boyand

girl in the state might have brought

into their lives such inspiration and

information as comes from association

in the most progressive of these local

boys’ and girls’ organizations.





OMEONE has ques-





Stopping tioned t h e ulti-

h B, mate economy in

t e ’9 farming in northern

Leak latitudes because of





the waste of labor

during the winter months. In older

countries the handicap has been over-

come by farm manufacturing. In this

country as time goes on we shall find

in all probability that a larger and

larger percentage of successful farm<

ers will consist of those who have

worked out some program whereby the

labor required for carrying on the rush

work of summer will be employed at

some profitable work when field opera-

tions are at a standstill.





The man who is operating a diversi—

fied farm is more fortunate in this re-

spect than the man who is confined to

the growing of one or two crops. How-

ever, there are many opportunities for

the good» farmer Whose attention is re-

quired on many crops to increase his

net returns for the year through the

profitable use of the idle time of both

men and teams. In this matter the in-

dividual farmer must plan his own pro

gram of work. Only general sugges-

tions can be given. Logically the turn-

ing of raw farm materials into mar-

ketable products offers the widest ap—





plication to farms in Michigan. The





conversion of grains and forages into

animal products is an old task for the

winter, but one that should be given





application to the particular {if

tionoonoaohfarm. .~ ‘ -





more definite study with rega-rda to. its





 

 





slbllities for keeping the men and

teams at work in cold weather. 11%





pair work, pruning the fruit trees and 5

the removal of the brush, cleaning and, '





testing seeds, marketing-'the grain and

live stOck, treating and, sharpening





.fence posts, making crates or other





containers, repairing and sharpening

tools. building racks, cutting wood,

lumbering. and many more tasks can

all be jetted down as possible work

for the farmer during the winter days.





'HIS is the season ;





The‘ for the farmer's



. real vacation. It



, Wmter ' should be definitely

Vacation planned. Opportuni-

ties for securing good

help to look after the live stock are

always greatest during the cold months

and trips will not need to be made in

such haste as is so often the ease in

summer. If no other arrangements can

be made, we offer this suggestion, that

you get ready and take in Farmers’





Week at the Agricultural College, be— .





ginning January ‘30. This annual event

gives farm folks a chance to get away

from the home job for a week and to

get home some very interesting and

valuable information and inspiration

on the great business of farming and

on rural life.





Merry C/zrz'stmur





HEY say you can tell by the way



the squirrels is actin’ that winter

is comin’. Well, I ain’t' no nature

student but I can tell by the way

Sophie is actin’ that Christmus is com-

in’. She’s a—been poppin’ and stringin’

pink pop corn the last few days and

she won’t let me eat the best apples

any more.



Then she’s been makin’ sneaky trips

to town and been

hidin’. things in

the closet. The

other day I took

a look and 'seed

that she has the

nicest sofle pillow

marked a Merry

Christmus for me.

I think it’s for the

parlor sofie, not

for me. But bein’ the case, as it is,

I’m going to buy her a safety razer.





 





The society columns say the ladies





is usin’ them and I always wanted one

of them facial garden rakes to culti-

vate my hirsute likeness.



They dress Christmus trees different

than they used to. It used to be an

ples, popcorn .and cotton, now they go

down to the five and ten cent empor-

ium and buy a lot of glistenin’ that

makes the tree look like it was all

dressed up and no place to go. From

these decorations I’ve learned that all

ain’t gold that glitters.





Christmus is gettin’ to be a day of

financial importance. Some folks buys

them at one dollar down and the‘ rest

like rent, and others do it the other





way—~as soon as one Christmus is over '





they start savin’ for another. So,

Christmus is the culmination, or the

beginin’ of a year of financial en-

deavof.



This givin’ what you think you ought

and gettin’ what you don"t like ain’t

keepin’ the spirit of. the occasion. It

would be a. lot: better if they’d take a

lot of the muss out of Christmus and

put a little more of the Christian spirit.

in it. Love and good fellowship is al-

ways thankfully received and there

ain’t many folks that’s got; to save up

all year on their good nature to give

some at this time of Good Cheer.



But Christmus is worth while for

the happiness it brings the children

and the poor and the suflerin’.

Christmus ain’t all muss after all.

My greet-tho? to you with filo





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7 $1,380 From Three





' HEN the clover huller outfit

W pulled out of the Colclesser



barnyard in October, 1921, it

was immediately noised about that

Reuben would clean up a nice little

piece of money.



“Twenty-three and one-third bushels

of Hubam annual sweet clover seed

from three acres,” they marveled,

"\Vorth not less than one dollar per

pound, or around $1,480 and from that

sand.”



“Nothing but a streak of luck,” said

the wise ones.



For the natives poke fun at the Col-

clesser farm up here in the Cutover.

Not at the buildings, the good-looking,

big modern house and the big barn,

and silo, and sheds, for they are among

the best in the neighborhood. Nor of

the neatness of the barnyard and fence

corners, nor of the level fields fast be-

coming stumpless as Indiana or Illinois

at their best.



They make fun of the sand. \Vhen-

ever the wind blows they look over

south from the village and tell that

Old one—Reuben’s farm’s moving. For

it does blow. And it. does look pretty

light and sandy.



Eight years ago, when the Colcless-

ers, father and son, and the misses,

came to Michigan from Indiana, and

built the too—good-for-this-country

buildings, the natives, in log and tar

paper houses, wagged their heads in

disapproval.



\Vhen the Colclessers pulled stumps

they said right out: in meeting that

that land wasn’t worth clearing.



When in 1915 they spread two ions

of ground limestone to the acre on a

small cleared field and seeded part of

it to rye and vetch and the rest to al-

falfa, and got rye and vetch thicker

than hair on a dog’s back, and eight

good cuttings of alfalfa in three suc-

cessive years, the natives admitted

that they never would a thought it

could be did.





A Semi-Annual Invasion of Rural





TWICE a year, once during the

rush summer months, and again

during the slack winter period,

the countryside is harassed, entertain—

ed, somewhat enlightened and slightly

misinformed by the invasion of a

group of men as earnest in their pur—

pose as a confident visiting football

team. These semi-annual invasions

are as regular and persistent as those

of the fly, and in some cases about as

welcome. But this is sufficient to in-

troduce the target of our remarks——

the fertilizer agent.



Shortly after prices adjust them—

selves, local “hustlers” from the co-

op, village, hardware, elevator, and ev-

en neighboring farms, with the assist-

ance of oratorically-gifted representa-

tives of companies whose goods they

handle, engage in the friendly but in—

tense competition to pile up orders for

“Cracker Jack W'heat Stimulator,”

“Grand Champion Oat Producer,” and

the scores of fancy—named brands of

commercial plant food licensed and

sold in this state. If a conscientious

investigator would account for the

combined efforts of a season‘s cam-

paign it would be surprising to note

the great variety of jokes, stories,

claims, and general information and

misinformation imparted to prospec-

tive buyers and to patient but disin-

terested listeners, in the sale of a sea-

son’s fertilizer. The farmer must sure-

.ly' enjoy many a secret laugh at some

of the conflicting claims and advices

of persistent agents after they have

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TH E M i CH r can F A RCM' E RJ '7





Acres of Sand ~





By L'. G. Parker





In 1919 this field was, plowed and

planted to corn. The corn was follow-

ed by another planting of rye and

vetch, fall sown, with a ton of ground

limestone to the acre in 1920. That

June the growth was all turned under,

and more rye and vetch sown in July.





In March, 1921, the field was again

plowed, another ton of ground lime-

stone and three hundred pounds of

acid posphate to the acre was applied,

and two and one—half pounds of Hubam

annual sweet clover seed, bacteria

treated and scarified, was drilled in

with a common grain drill April 25.



Reuben found out how long these

rows, one hundred and twenty-five of

them, were when he went over them

three times with a hand-hoe, twice

with a one-horse weeder, and twice

with a one-horse cultivator.





The summer was dry, dryest the old-

est inhabitant could remember, and

the crop came slow. Gardens dried up

and some farmers quit hoeing early





potatoes, and the hay crop was short,

and oats and rye in spots did not get

tall enough to bind, but Reuben kept

right on hoeing, and the sweet. clover

kept on growing. Then the rain com-

menced and could not stop. The fall

was warm and wet, and the sweet clo-

ver was three feet tall and better, and

loaded with seed by the middle of Oc-

tober, when it was cut. A grain binder

was used and the bundles were made

small and tied as loose as the binder

would tie them. The clover had stool-

ed out so thick in the row that Only

one row could be cut at. a time.



it as shocked up western grain

style and left in the field about three

weeks. it rained most of the time,’

which rotted down the straw some-

what, and perhaps made it easier to

hull. .



The seed was hulled out with an

ordinary clover huller with canvases

spread under, and it yielded almost

eight, bushels of seed to the acre, or

twenty-three and one-third bushels by





 





 





The Colclesser Hubam Clover Field.





By 0726 Wflo Has Beg/1 T/zerc





rogues and honest men in all walks of

life. The aim of this article is simply

to correct some very evident false im-

pressions of the fertilizer consumer

and to advise him how to avoid real

difficulties commonly met with in pur-

chasing commercial plant l'ood. The

difficulties of fertilizer trading center

largely upon the following points:



1. The proper analysis to use.



2. Price per ton, terms of sale, etc.



3. Mechanical condition of fertilizer

.and condition of bags.



The Proper Analysis to Use.



There is o denying that a great deal

of fertilizer is sold to the consumer

with little regard for its adaptability

to his soil and crop; and not sidestep-

ping the issue, there is no denying

that this is largely the farmer’s fault.

The outstanding observation'of a day’s

fertilizer canvass among farmers is

the little knowledge that the majority

have of the material for which they

pay anywhere from twenty to fifty or

more dollars per ton. The dealer’s

business is to sell fertilizer-as a rule

it is a sideline to another venture———

and, as in other lines of business he

will naturally sell the article which is

most popular with the trade. No one

is in a better position than the farmer

himself to study his soil and to know

its special needs, yet a large number

purchase their fertilizer in a hit-and-

miss manner, giving greatest consider-

ation to price per ton, the brand name

and the dealer’s usually meager knowl-





' edge or commercial plant food. Many.





simply figure that fertilizer is fertiliz-

er and do not. rcalize that the various

analyses are as different as hard and

soft coal or wheat. and oats.



If the farmer would take a few mo-

ments of leisure time to learn how to

read and interpret a fertilizer formula;

to find out, what the general effects up

on his crop arc of the three forms of

plant food which make up a fOrmula,

and to acquire a general knowledge of

the elements which the different. class-

es of soil usually require, he will be

able to purchase commercial plant l’o'od

far more intelligently. The State Ag:

ricultural College at East Lansing, the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture, \Vashington, I). C., or the county

agricultural agent will gladly supply

him with such information in detail.

Practical tests of different, fertilizer

materials upon his various crops and

soils will supply the most certain in-

formation as to the kind and quantity

of fertilizer to supply. All this proced-

ure means merely a little study and

observation, with very little extra

effort.



When the above becomes the gen-

eral practice, the analyses which deal-

ers will carry will be determined by

popular demand based upon the needs

of the community and not merely upon

the special brands with which the

dealer has worked up a trade.



Are Fertilizer Costs Too High?



With the big drop in the price‘ of

farmproduce and the lesserdrop in

fertilizer. costs .many- agriculturists





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weight of salable grain. Besides some

seed and chaff which Mr. Oolclesser

will sow on another field next spring.



The State Farm Improvement Asso-

ciation has contracted to sell this seed

for him, at the market price, which

will not be less than one dollar per

pound. So this is where the thirteen

hundred and some odd dollars come in.



“Oh, yes,” say the wise ones, “but

another year’s crop like Reuben’s will

knock the bottom out of the seed mar-

ket, and then where will he be?”



Here is where he will be. He will

have a lot of good clover hay, legume

hay, that, anything will eat, and he will

have nitrogen-bearing nodules in his

sandy soil, a better farm than he had

before he took off this thirteen hun-

dred dollars. V



The state is introducing this annual

sweet clover not eventually for a seed

crop but for a hay crop. it makes a

lot, of hay the first year lrom seed.

And a legume feed. And any kind of

feed is mighty scarce in the cutover

with the new settler. We have raised

rye and vetch, oats and vetch, billion

dollar grass, and soudan, with only in-

different success.



Besides his seed Reuben thought he

was going to have a lot 01 straw. But

he did not. From the three acres he

got perhaps a good ton of rather chaf-

fy stuff. But Ihc stock like it better

than marsh hay which they are some—

times \vintercd on up hcrv.



A pound of sccd (billed in as above

will sccd an acre. it must. have lime,

inoculation and care likc alfalfa or

biennial swcet clover, but rcsults come

quickly. There is no dango r of winter-

killing, and less chances of lOss in oth-

er wavs because it is all over in one

y‘ar. And the nitrogen-gathering clo-

ver roots build the soil. (‘olclesscr’s

field looks darker for it, and it does

not blow so badly. It will eventually

stop blowing. \\'c will have to think

up another joke.





”iclds





have decided that it no longer pays to

use fertilizer. A little simple figuring,

after the following manner, is the sur-

est and easiest way I know of for

farmers to decide the wiscness of this

decision.



Al: the rate of 200 pounds per acre

it requircs one-tenth of a ton of fer-

tilizer. A $35 analysis would therefore

cost, $22.50 per acre application. With

wheat selling at $1.00 per bushel it

would require a three and a half bush-

el increase to pay for fertilizer used,

considering only the season’s benefits

derivcd by the wheat itsclf. Few fields

in need of fertilizer will fail to respond

with a larger increase. .\ ten bushel

increasc means a $6.00 profit and a

fifteen-bushel increase a $11 profit.

With this general method of calcula-

tion the individual farmer can quite

easily satisfy himself as 10 the chance

of profit in using it on other crops,

under prcscnt conditions.

High Grade vs. Low Grade Formulas.



it is still difficult to convince many

farmers that. in purchasing low grade

formulas, such as 1-7-1 and 1-8—1 they

are paying the long price for their

goods. Freight rates, bagging expense,

grade as in high grade formulas—but

the amount of valuable plant food is

labor, sale’s costs and the other over?

head expenses are just as high in low

less. Therefore, although the price per

ion is less in the low grade formula,

the cost of each pound of valuable ma-

terial is greater. If the purchaser

would buy the higher grade, higher

,priced analyses, such as 2—12-2, 2-12-0,

0-12-4, etc., and use less per acre he





 





.would Surely be making a wiéejsavin‘gg:
Most fertilizer is handled on a con-

signment basis. That is, the dealer

carries and protects the goods, but

must ‘settle each season for only the

goods that he has sold. For cash pay-

ments by July 1 and December 1 he

receives. five per cent discount. The

goods carried over are sold at the new

season’s price. For cash soon after the

car arrives he receives a seven per

cent discount. These are the general

terms of a fertilizer contract and they

are valuable facts for a purchaser to

keep in. mind.



Unless his goods are sold and re-





moved at the car, the dealer can sel-

dom aflord‘ to sell fertilizer at less

than $2.00 or $3.00 a. ton margin. Con-

sequently, where the buyers make a

practice of unloading from the car and

paying cash they get the best price

and usually stronger sacks to hold the

fertilizer. Under recent and present

strained conditions of credit it is not

always possible to pay cash. Not a few

dealers have run chances of no small

loss in carrying dozens of orders on

their books and extending fertilizer

credit. W'here possible, cash payment

is the best purchase. Farmers’ organ.-





izations have been very fairin hand-





ling sales at very Intro-w margins.

Hard Goods and Bad Sacks.

“Tombstone" and lumpy fertilizer

and torn and rotted sacks are about as

welcome to a farmer or dealer as a

heavy summer hail storm. No one

realizes this better than the traveling

salesman who must adjust such dith-

cnlties and complaints. There is a

noticeable decrease with. this sort of

trouble since present keen competition

has taken the place of the post-war

boom. With the great demand for fer-

tilizer taking the whole outputs of fac-





tories there is no denying that a cer!"

tain amount of uncured goods, inferior

sacks, and hard fertilizer came on the .





market. However, manufacturers and

dealers who were fair compensated

their customers for losses. In may

cases the cars should never have been

accepted until the fertilizer was exam-

ined and checked over. As a mic

there are enough dealers in a place to

insure a quantity of superior goods,

and if the farmer exercises a little

care in ordering and accepting his

goods he will not be caught with :1

load of fertilizer to keep over.





 





 





 





 





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CLOVERLAND CAN_ GROW HEMP.





 





I‘RING the summer I was shown



some hemp fiber grown on muck

soil near Seney. The fiber was very

strong and fine. W‘isconsin is a lead-

ing hemp-producer but upper Michigan

may also have possibilities for this

crop.»~C.





 





CANNING CLU B AWARDS.





 





 





SEVERAL members of Michigan

canning clubs have been awarded

prizes by the Hazel-Atlas Glass Jul

Company for the best individual jars

of fruits, vegetables or meals, put up

in glass top jars, it has been announc—

ed by Miss Barbara Van Heulen, of

M. A. (L, assistant state leader of girls’

club work. Elvis Alford, of Detroit,

won! second prize on peppers and sixth

prize on carrots. Jennett Mason, of

Afton. won a special prize on Swiss

chard. Wilhelmina Nichols, of Quincy,

won :1 special prize on preserves. The

United States was divided into four

sections for this contest, Michigan be-

ing included in the northern section.





PROFDBIBBINS TO LEAVE M. A. C.





11F) announcement has been made



of the departure of A. L. Bibbins,

assistant professor of farm crops at

M. A. C., who will take up his duties

wilh the Cooperative Grange League

Federation Exchange of Syracuse, N.

Y. Professor llibbins has been secre-

tary of the Michigan Crop Improve-

ment Association for two years and

has been greatly instrumental in

strengthening 111:1! organization as

well as promoting the use of better

seed within the state. Before gradu-

ating with the class of 1915 he was

prominent in student. affairs having

been junior (hiss pwsident and cap-

tain 01 the baseball team.





A MINNEAPOLIS MILK PLANT.





 





. T a meeting of the “Farm Hands’

Club,” Mayor Samuel A. Carlson, of

Jamestown, New York, spoke of the

enterprise of that city in establishing

a municipal milk plant and system of

municipal milk distribution. The leg-

islature of New York state has passed

an enabling act, and Jamestown has

issued $150,000 bonds to erect a bot-

tling and pasteurization plant. The

city proposes to buy milk direct from

producers, pasteurize and bottle it, and

distribute it to consumers in the same

way as mail is distributed. Mayor

Carlson says they will save enough

money to pay producers more than

they are now receiving for their milk,

and be able to cut down the consum-

er’s milk bill.





FAR-M MAGAGEMENT INFORMA-

TION NEEDED.





 





'R H. B. KILLOUGH extension

specialist in farm management at





_M. A. C., has the following to saywith





1 rm to increased togal production





 





by Michigan farmers: ”With agricul-

tural production normal, industrial

production below normal, the purchas

ing power of the consuming public de-

creased by reason of unemployment

and business losses and the price level

of agricultural products where it is,

the farmer is not content to go on in-

creasing production regardless of cost.

The demand is now for definite farm

cost accounting and farm management

information.”





AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION

RECOMMENDATIONS.





 





A SUMMARY of part one of the re-



port of the Joint Commission of

Agricultural Inquiry relative to the

cause of the agricultural crisis,‘ has

been issued. The commission recom—

mends,‘among other things. that the

federal government affirmatively leg-

alize the cooperative combination of

farmers for the purpose of marketing,

grading, sorting, processing, 01' distrib-





 





 





uting their products; that the farmer's

requirements for credit he met by an

adaptation of the present banking sys-

tem, which will enable it to furnish

credit of this character; that there

should be a warehousing system which

will provide a uniform liability on the

part of the warehousemen and in

which the moral and financial hazards

are insured.





ANOTHER MILK AND ALFALFA

CAMPAIGN.





 





TEAMS from M. A. C. began anoth-



r “Milk and Alfalfa” campaign on

December 15, this time in Van Buren

county. The campaign was scheduled

to last until December 23. As before,

increased average production per cow

is the aim of the campaign work. To

attain this end, growing of alfalfa, the

use of better- sires, better feeding and

elimination of low—producing cows are

favored. Members of the M. A. C.

dairy and farm crops department will

make up the two teams.





 





NEWS ,





Wednesday, December 14.

Rl’l‘Z KREISLER, the famous vio~

linist, may become the Austrian

foreign minister to America. England.

Japan and the United States sign the

“5 5—3” naval limitation agreement~

Floods and landslides in western part

of stare of Vl'ashinglon cause the death

of thirteen people.~Pontiac, Michigan,

will enforce the dance hall ordinance

which bans corset checking.—-Dr. A.

L. Jacoby, psychiatrist of the Detroit

Municipal Court, says we should treat

the man, not the crime.

Thursday, December 15.

HE Irish Dail Eireann is still un-

decided as to accepting the Brit-

ish-Irish peace proposal—Diplomatic

relations between Italy and Turkey

have been broken—The Inter-allied

Reparatlon Commission authorizes the

onebillion-dollar loan to Germany.—

Michigan now has 13,846 inmates in its

state institution. Only eighty of these

are kept under constant restraint.

Friday, December 16.

ASOLINE mixed in kerosene is

claimed to have caused the~death

of one man and seven children in Roy—

al Oak, Michigan—Governor Groes-

heck is to. be one of the old Detroit

newsboys who will sell newspapers on

the streets' for charity purposes.—

Christmas trees are being sold in Cad-

illac at prices ranging from ten cents

to fifty cents: each—Jackson prison

has 1,536 inmates although built to ac-

commodate only 900.

Saturday, December 16..





1:: New York fraNEfm-tem or that

W ms inflame a. crime





 





 





 





A

WEEKU





cents apiece until the police depart-

ment found that they contained booze.

—AA twenty-nine-year—old woman in

Boston was found masquerading as a

man and as the legal husband of an-

other woman during the past two

years —The flu hits Coblenz, Germany,

where the American soldiels a1e sta-

iioned.

Sunday, December 18. ,

USSIA pays Poland fifty billion in

Polish marks as first payment un-

der the Polish-Russian treaty of peace.

—--—A man arrested in Poland confesses

to participating in the Wall street

bomb explosion which occurred Sep-

tember 16, 1929.—The British Parlia-

ment 0. K.’s the Irish peace treaty.—

Secretary Hoover plans to help auto

manufacturers to establish a big ex-

port business.

Monday, December 19.

HE house of representatives pass-

es :1 bill authorizing the president

to spend twenty million dollars out of

the fund of the U. S. Grain Corpora-

tion for Russian relief—Ex—Kaiser

breaks a three-year silence when he

makes public his letter to Maishall

von Hindenbulg, in which he says,

“As God is my judge, I wanted peace.”

Tuesday, December 20.

OONSHINE,” an old gray mare,

seized by the government pro~

hibfliou agents fifteen months ago, has

cost the government $6172 in feed bills

and was sold the other day for 325.5

A poultry breeder in England has pm-

etucml a. cross between, at chicken and

a. may which: he, calls ..

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jthe: address of M





ANNUAL MEETING OF MICHIGAN

STATE GRANGE.





 





OR nearly a half céntury in the

history of Michigan as a state

there has never been a busier and

more interesting week spent by any

organization than that of the Michigan

State Grange in its forty-eighth annu-

al convention held at Flint last week.



In spite of the hard times and the

abnormal conditions on the farm

which would naturally restrict the at-

tendance this year of 1921, there was

the largest delegation, representing

every county in both peninsulas. Head-

quarters were in the big n'ew Durant

hotel and that hostelry was packed

with farmers and their wives on every

floor. The sessions were held in the

large ball room on the second floor.

Grange Steward T. E. Niles, who has

held that responsible office for a quar—

ter of a century, declared it was a

problem to arrange chairs to seat all

the delegates.



Few cities in Michigan have conven-

tion halls large enough to, entertain

Michigan State Grange. Besides the

officers and delegates, there are sev-

eral hundred farmers and their wives

who attend as visitors. As the Grange

is a secret order and there must be a

court in the center of the convention

hall to provide stations for each offi—

cer somewhat as in any regular lodge

room, it was found before Tuesday

morning that the Durant ball room was

too small. During all the sessions the

big hall was literally packed, and the

court was reduced to the smallest pos-

sible space which rendered it difficult

to properly work out the fifth andsi'xth

degrees in all that the ritual implies.

Kalamazoo won over Muskegon for the

1922 State Grange convention.



State Grange really lasts from early

Monday forenoon to Saturday. The

officers must be on hand to get every-

thing ready and there is much work to

do. And the officers must remain un-

til Saturday to clear up the work and

attend to all details. The delegates

consist of a farmer and his wife, two

or more couples from each county and

Pomona Grange. There is not another

organization in Michigan that holds a

larger delegation for a- whole week,

with an equal number of each sex, and

in which the women have for nearly

half ‘a century had an equal svoice in

the deliberation and final vote on ev.

ery question and resolution presented

in the convention.



There were about one thousand del-

egates and visitors present, some of

whom came from the upper peninsula.

Delegates from Dickinson, Iron and

other counties, came down through

Wisconsin by way'of Chicago as the

shortest and quickest route to the can

mention. The. journey takes nearly

two days, or about as long as to ride.

on a train from Michigan to Florida.





The annual address of the Master is: - i





the first thing looked for, after. the

first more or less social session. 'And





 





 

 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





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carefully the Irishes decided





Fall F resheiiing of Cows





N the natural course Of events cows



by nature freshen in the spring Of



the year. This no doubt was due

to the fact that cows, like other ani-

mals, were originally independent of

man, and spring and summer were ob-

viously the only right time for the

raising of calves, the sole work of a

cow at that time.





Today many dairymen, and especial-

ly many small farmers that keep\no

hired help and yet milk from six to

eight cows, prefer having the most of

their cows freshen in the late fall. The

writer is one of the latter class and

is confident that he can bring forward

a few good reasons in favor of fall

freshening in preference to spring

freshening for farmers that mix dairy-

ing and farming.



During the spring season farmers

are doing their best to get the crops

in on time and yet have them in right.

This means long hours in the field,

with the loss of from one to one and

a half hours on each end of the day if

he has a half dozen fresh cows and a

half dozen calves to care for. In the

late fall and winter farmers have time

to give their cows and calves proper





care, besides giving the farmer a Win-

ter’s job.



Most people’s cows are freshening in

the spring. This means more milk for

the condensaries, cheese factories etc.,

consequently a lower price for milk.

Cows properly housed, fed and water-

ed will give as much milk in the win-

ter as those on pasture in the summer,

and give it while the price of milk is

at its best.



No matter whether a cow is giving

a small amount of'milk or a large

amount, it takes just so much feed

to keep that cow and all above that

amount goes to make milk or ‘is wast-

ed. Even then if the fall cow does

consume more feed the price of milk

affects the extra cost and gives a nice

profit, unless the cow is a boarder, and

they never give a profit under any cir-

cumstances.





Two more facts in favor of the fall

cow. “'hen turned out to pasture in

the spring the change in feed causes

her to increase. her milk flow. Then

again, about the time the flies begin

to get troublesome and the pasture

poor, it is time to dry the fall cow up,

giving her a well earned rest.——-M. G.





MakingGood with Pu re-brcds





By J. V. S/zmp





T has been said that “opportunity

I knocks once at every man’s door,”



but some do not recognize oppor-

tunity when she knocks. Much has

sometimes been made of apparently in-

significant opportunities.



\Vhen a man well along life’s road

witlr$50 in cash, a" few grade cows

and some farming experience, starts

in to buy a farm and build up a pure-

bred herd of cattle, he may not think

he has been dealt a full-sized opportu—

nity. However, he will recognize the

fact that he has a full-sized man’s job

out out for himself. Yet these are the

accomplishments of F. L. Irish, of Shi-

awassee county, who bought a farm

some sixteen years ago, with $50 in

cash and a few grade cows, borrowing

an additional $50 to complete the first.





‘payment on the farm. SinCe that time





he has never missed a payment. They,

Mr. and Mrs. Irish, now own the eighty

acres, free and clear, which is worth

much more than when they purchased

it, also a fine herd Of Guernseys which

have been winners at Michigan’s larg-

est fairs.





Before purchasing the farm south of

Owosso, Mr. Irish had made up his

mind as to the kind of farming best

meeting his needs and best adapted to

his farm. A brook of fresh running

water provides fine pasture and plenty

of water at. all times, so Mr. and Mrs.

Irish decided that they would raise

cattle, and pure-bred cattle at that.



After studying the different breeds

upon

Guernseys and a few years after mov-

ing on to the farm they purchased a

registered Guernsey bull and later





.made the plunge by purchasing two





pure-bred cows from a reputable breed-

er of New York state for $450. Some

of the neighbors shook their heads in

doubt as to the outcome. One morn-

ing as Mr. Irish was working at the

back end of his farm a neighbor called

over the fence, “Vere you get dem new

kind of cows?" ‘

"‘Oh, I got them down east,” was the

reply.

“Vat dey cost you?” came the query.

“Four hundred and fifty dollars for

the two. What do you think of them?”

replied Mr. Irish. '

”I‘Vat I dink of dem?" stormed the

dink . you... are. . crazy and





“\Ve’ll see,” came the laughing reply.



\‘(hen Mr. Irish showed these same

cows with some of their progeny and

his herd bull at the Grand Rapids Fair

in 1919 he won most of the prizes of-

fered and sold every animal he dared

let go. He finally accepted an offer

of $750 for the two original cows and

sold a bull calf from one of them for

a good price. His total sales and win-

nings at the State Fair at Detroit and

at Grand Rapids amounted to $1,850.





At the Michigan State Fair at De-3

troit in 1919 he won first. on bull and





get, first on exliibitor’s herd, first calf



herd, first two-year-Old heifer,



grand champion Guernsey exhibited.

Some time after this he saw his Ger-





man friend, who asked, “Vat you do}





mit the cows, get rid of dem?”





“\Vell, yes,” replied Mr. Irish, “I did'

sell a few, I brought home $1,850 from:





stock sold and premiums won at the

fairs, and say, what do you think, I got





$750 for those two cows after theyl

had given me some nice heifer calves:

and a number of bull calves, several:





of which I sold at the fair.”



“Oh, gracious, dot’s too much,” mut-

tered Fritz.



From these beginnings Mr. Irish has

build upra choice herd of Guernseys

and has always found ready sale for

his surplus stock. At the same time

he has been bringing up the fertility

of his farm so that his yields compare

favorably with the majority of the

farms in the neighborhood. He has

taken advantage of every agency

which could help him. He passed one

clean test for tuberculosis and soon

expects to have his herd on the ac—

credited list. ‘



Mrs. Irish is as enthusiastic a farm-

er as her husband and delights to tell

what the Guernseys have done for

them. Mr. and Mrs. Irish have labor-

ed ceaselessly side by side and now are

commencing to see their dreams come

true.



They have recently remodeled their

home, making it much more comfort-

able and convenient and they expect

to remodel their barns somewhat lat-

er. Such is the reward of knowing a

good thing and staying with it.





Pile on some branches before pack-

ing leaVes over perennials for winter

protection; y‘Too- tight packing starts





 





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Economical





telephone service.





universal service is due in large

mg and manufacture.





Switchboards with millions o





recognized throughout the worl

tion and the highest standards





This factory, controlled th





certainty of moderate costs.





Economy in the Bell System

equipment.





 





   

 





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Equipment





Forty years ago the management of the Bell Telephone

System organized for a supply of the apparatus which it foresaw

would be required in the development of its new industry—





The telephone in some countries is the luxury of the rich.

but in America it is used by practically all the people.





This





measure to foresight in engineer-





f parts. other apparatus of high-





est efficiency, and all necessarily of complex and intricate design.

cables and Wires and a multitude of technical devices enable

our country to lead the world in telephone service.





All this telephone equipment is made in a factory which is .





d as having the largest produc-

of workmanship and efficiency.





rough stock ownership by the





American Telephone and Telegraph Company, has been for

forty years the manufacturing department of the Bell System;

with the result that the associated companies secure equipment

of the highest development, made of the best materials, produced

in accordance with the requirements of the public. and with the





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' Gates, Steel Posts, Roofing and Paint.





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. | Don't s end a cent until you get my prices.

You’ll e surprised when you compare With

others. Remember I pay freight and sell only

‘ ‘ direct from my factories 00 you.





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The greatest bar nin. book ever Erinted.

Every page is like riding money. uy now

during this sale. Prices dropped to the bottom.

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- he? «glyx'i‘its 13-“
HE object of this article is to

suggest a few simple rules that,





it followed, will insure just as





good results in placing concrete in cold

weather, as if done in the warmer

months.



To begin with, I would not advise

any one to-attempt doing concrete

work in freezing weather if the mix-

ing must be done by hand, for the rea-

son that shoveling and spreading the

aggregates about, as is necessary to

secure a. well-mixed mass, would of

necessity be so slow and exposed that

even if the materials were hot to be-

gin with, they might easily be cooled

to the danger point before the con

crete could be placed in the forms.



Now, assuming that you have a mix-

er, and that the temperature is around

the freezing point or lower,



First. Heat the water to be used for

mixing to 210 degrees F., (boiling

point). Most all farmers have means

at hand for doing this, the kettles used

for scalding hogs, or if the work is

extensive, a tank that will hold several

barrels may be placed on stones so

as to permit building a fire under-

neath.



Second. Heat all aggregates, sand,

gravel or crushed stone, to about 150

degrees F., this may be done by build-

ing a fire under a large piece of sheet

iron placed on pillars or brick, and the

material piled on top, or an ideal way

is an old smoke stack, or a piece of

steel culvert fourteen to sixteen inches

in diameter, placed so the Wind will

carry the draft through it, and build

the fire inside, and place the material

against and over it until heated good





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and hot. Not necessary to heat the

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Third. Having everything ready,





mix the .aggregates thoroughly and

place quickly in the forms, to insure

that the temperature of the mass will

be not lower than seventy degrees

when placed. A good plan to follow

in charging the mixer, is to determine

the amount of water for the batch and

put this in the mixer first, then a part





of the aggregates, then the required

amount of cement, and then the bal—

ance of the aggregates, all While the

mixer is running, then it” possible, have

the mixe1 so placed that you can dump

directly into the forms.



Fouith. Protect the concrete just as

soon as possible after placing, to re-

tain the heat long enough to insure

the rapid hardening, or “setting” proc-

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FROM eighty to ninety per cent of



the total operating expense on

farms consists of horse and man labor.

Horse labor alone makes up between

thirty and forty per cent of it.



In order to get the most out of man

labor when used in connection with

horse labor, at least twenty miles per

day should be covered in actual till-

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without tiring the horses at four-horse

team is often required.



The four-horse hitch illustrated

above is one which can be easily ar-

ranged at home. The illustration is

seltlexplanatory, the figures thereon

indicating inches. As indicated, two

of the horses will have to walk on

plowed ground. This hitch is a very





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a canvas, building paper straw or

fresh manure, and, of course, the cold-

er the weather, the more care you

should give in placing this protection,

and if severely cold, this protection





should .be' continued for at least five





days after placing.



Fifth. * Don’t remove the forms until

you are sure the concrete has harden-

ed, that it is cured and not merely

frozen. You can determine this by

testing with hot water. In moderate

wintry weather, two to three days is

ample time for the concrete to harden,



By following these simple precau-

tions, a most extensive program of

cold weather concreting has been done

the past three years, with highly sat-

isfactory results, by many of the larg-

est building contractors, and such work

has been generally approved by com-

petent authorities, therefore it is ob-

vious that farmers will take no risks

whatever in doing such concreting

that they may have in mind, during

the season when they have most time

to do it. Right now you can build that

long-wanted ice house, or put the con-

crete floor in the hen house, or your

work shop, and, of course, on any en~

closed work that you may have to do,

an old stove, or a coke—burning salann

der will just do the trick, while founda-

tion work for any of the buildings you

may intend erecting, or fruit and vegc.

table cellars. partly or wholly under

ground, are very easily protected by





simply spreading a canvas or building-





paper over them, and if the materials

are handled along the lines herein sug-

gested, there need be no fear of the

results being anything but the best.





 





 





 





B have heard a great deal of

W late about the \Yar Finance Cor-

poration. To us as well as to

most, farm—minded folks it has seemed

to offer a great deal of relief to farm-

ers, and we have been not a little sur-

prised that the thing has not function-

ed in Michigan. Recently in connec-

tion with our local cooperative enter-

prises we have had occasion to go into

to the matter rather thoroughly and

here are some of the explanations.

in the first place, with our great di-

versity of interests here in Michigan

we are not nearly so hard pressed for

funds as are the

banks of the great

central west. This

may seem hard to

believe, as the jolt

we a re getting

must lead many

of us to think

that we are being

hit just a little

harder than any-

one else in the

world, but it, is

true nevertheless, that Michigan farm-

ers are in clover, compared to those

in many other sections of the country.

In the second place, our own local

banks, as well as hundreds of others

throughout Michigan, are members of

the Federal Reserve System. This sys-

tem, though not entirely satisfactory,

still gives the needed relief at the pres-

ent time, and with less red tape than

is required by. the Vl'ar Finance Cor-

poration At least relations are estab-

lished and in operation, and the pre-

liniinary requirements complied with

Therefore the banke1s say, “Why

change trading places as long as pres-

mm are mm to. take





 





 





 





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care of our legitimate business. In the

third place, to quote a leading banker,

“We are all in debt clear up to our

necks." The rapid drop in price of all

farm products has left a great reduc-

tion in the liquid assets of the farmer,

thus having the etTect of doubling or

tripling his indebtedness. In order

to secure a loan from the “far Finance

Corporation he must show collateral

sufficient to justify the loan from any

other source, and in addition the bank

or other organization must guarantee

payment. This being the case, says the

banker, “Why go to the \Var Finance

Corporation as long as we can handle

the loan from our own pouch, and can

keep that pouch replenished by redis—

counts with the federal reserve.



The weak point in the federal re-

serve, as regards the farmer, is the

short time limit. The farmer’s turn-

over does not take place in thirty, six-

ty or ninety days, nor even six months

or a year in many cases. ‘In view of

the present outlook the renewal privi-

lege offered by the War Finance Cor-

poration up to a threeyear limit looks

good, and should the present financial.

stringency continue unabated it may

yet prove a godsend topMichigan



The Fuel Supply.



In our youthful days it was custom-

ary for the winter’s supply of' fuel to

be prepared a year or more ahead. .1,

look back to the drum m an





   

 





 





boy in school, we looked upon it as

real sport to go forth into the woods

on Saturdays and vacation days and

try our hand with axe and saw. I re-

member how hard it. was then to strike

twice in the same place, and how the

saw must surely cut faster if We got

on and rode. There is something about

the woods that has a strong appeal to

most red-blooded men. l think 1 never

worked in the woods a single day with-

out experiencing keen delight and a

ravenous appetite. An aching back and

sore muscles are not uncommon and a

day in the woods is the best prepara-

tion imaginable for a good night’s rest.



The saw and axe have been worked

overtime altogether too much, howev—

er, on most Michigan farms. It is a

habit hard to leave off. The result is

that many of us now days haVe little

or no woods to work in. We feel like

planting more, rather than cutting

what little there may be left, and we

have learned to depend very largely on

the coal yards forthe fuel supply. No

doubt this has been economy in normal

times, but just now things are unbal-

anced. The average farmer is compell-

ed to work for practically nothing.

Many of our best farms throughout the

corn belt have failed to pay even the

interest. on investment, taxes and in-

aurance, let alone anything at all ten

labor. It. is only the occasions! farmer





 





 





with the help a; the

fig .





thing left for his labor. The bigger the

farm, as a rule, the farther it has come

from breaking even. The income from

hired labor has not paid its cost.



At. the same time organized labor,

especially of the mines and railways,

has been drawing wages close to the

peak. Any reduction has been fought

to the limit, and only comparatively

slight reductions have been secured to

date. i am not saying here who is to

blame, but the fact remains; and now

listen to this. Almost the entire cost.

of coal at the mines is for labor. The

costs of transporting it to your station

and mine are made up more than half

of labor. Half of the remaining cost of

transportation is for coal which, as

noted above, is most. all labor. Thus

we see that. when we pay out good

hard—earned money for coal at very

large per cent of that money goes for

labor. All right so far, but where the

rub comes is the exorbitant. charges

maintained by this labor in the face of

the farmer’s plight, and a buying pow(

er on the part of the public that is prac-

tically paralyzed. It is a vicious sys-

tem that makes such a thing possible,

and will result only in prolonging the

agony incident to reconstruction. Un-

der these conditions we feel that the

less support we can give this system

the better, and the quicker will it find

its proper place, and “business as us.

ual” will again be with us. So we are

buying wood of our farmer neighbors

where we know the money has beet

justly eamed. In our own woods we

are cutting the few trees not suitable

for anything but wood. We are clean-





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.‘NIREWORM INFESTED POTATOES

FOR SEED.





 





Is it safe to me potatoes for seed

which are infested with wireworm?—-



There is no danger at all in using

seed potatoes from a field infested by

wireworms. The wireworms them-

selves 'come from eggs laid by snap-

ping beetles and I would not hesitate

to use healthy potatoes from such

fields for seed—R. H. P.





LINE FENCE DIVISION.





 





Are there any laws in which it is

stated which end of a line fence a

man should build? If my neighbor

built the wrong end of the fence, could

I force him to move it?——E. H. N.



The line fence can be divided only

by agreement or by the fence viewers.

When properly divided each party is

bound to keep up his own end at the

peril of having no remedy for trespass-

ing stock from his neighbor and being

liable for any trespasses by his own

stock on the neighbor. Building the

other end of the fence would be no

excuse.-J. R. R.





WAGES FOR ROAD WORK.





 





If in the township election last

spring the people voted for highway

improvement and voted to pay $7.00 a

day to a man with team, and $3.00 to

a man along to work on road repair-

ing, can the township change the wag-

es to $6.00 to man with team?~li‘. G.





Suppose, for the sake of argument,

that the position assumed by the ques-

tioner is sound, who could complain?

Certainly not a taxpayer, for he is not

prejudiced. Nor could anyone who had

made a contract to work for $6.00, for

his contract stops him. But suppose

he had no contract at all, then certain-

ly he could not complain. If he had a

definite contract, for a definite number

of days work at $7.00 per day he could

recover for work done under that con-

tract even without any such vote at

the town meeting. If he was merely

hired by the day at $7.00 per day and

continued on without notice of change

he would have a right of recover at

the contract price till notified that the

pay would be changed. But when or-

dered to quit or work at $6.00 per day

thereafter, he can do only the one or

the other.——J. R. R.





FEEDING CULL BEANS.





 





What is the feeding value of cull

beans? I had some ground and mixed,

it with other chop. My cows seem to

relish this mixture. Which is the best

to use, wheat bran or buckwheat bran?

Please balance a ration for me. I

have cull beans, light oats, barley,

bran, lots of corn silage and mixed

hay—E. H. C.



Bean meal fed in moderate quanti-

ties makes a very good feed. If fed

in too large quantities the cows pro-

duce a hard tallowy butter-fat. The

butter is so hard and crumbly that it

Will hardly stay in a mass.



Your roughage ration of silage and

mixed hay is deficient in protein. It

would be proper to feed all the silage

and mixed hay that the cows will eat

up clean. Then a grain ration ought

to be used that contains a goodly per-

centage of protein. Your bean meal is

right in line as beans are rich in

protein.



If you will make a combination of

200 pounds of cats, 200 pounds of bar-

ley, 200 pounds of bran and 100 pounds

and feed in addition

about one pound of cottonseed meal

per day I think you will get good re-





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other grain. Then feed a sufficient

amount of the mixture so that the

cows will receive one pound of grain

per day for every four pounds of milk

they produce.





. SEEDING ALFALFA.





 





I would like some information in

regards to growing alfalfa. Would it

be all right to sow it in a cornfield

the last time cultivating? I have a

muck field, well-drained. I would like

to sow to alfalfa if it would be all

right. Also, what time should alfalfa

be sown on a summer fallow?—F. P.





It is not considered a good practice

to sow alfalfa in the last cultivating

of corn. No plant has a good chance

to grow in a good corn field during

the latter part of the summer.’ The

corn is the commanding plant, taking

all of the moisture and shading the

ground to the great detriment of oth-

er plants, even weeds. While a season

might be so favorable that you might

get a catch of alfalfa it would be ex-

tremely hazardous to attempt to get a

seeding in this way. '



It would be better to sow the field

to oats and seed with the oats in the

spring or, if the field is too wet to

work early you could seed later, using

the oats as a nurse crop to keep down

the weeds and then cut them for hay.

This would give the alfalfa the com-

mand of the field during the latter part

of the season, which is the trying

time for all young plants. If you sow

alfalfa on a summer fallow the con-

sensus of opinion is that about the

first half of June is the best time to

sow. Cultivate the land thoroughly

up to that time, destroying all of the

weeds so that the alfalfa can have

the best chance.



Most land should be well limed and

should be inoculated with the proper

bacteria to insure a stand of alfalfa.





HUNTING ON ENCLOSED LANDS.





 





I would like your advice about hunt-

ers trespassing on my land. The land

is enclosed with a fence and I put a

notice near each corner on the high-

way. I caught two hunters in there

hunting with a dog. They claimed

they did not see the notices, and that

if they had they would not have gone

in. I also forbid them hunting on the

other side of the road where I also had

a notice. I did not like the way they

talked, so instead of coming home, I

stopped in the woods to watch them.

They both went across the road to

hunt, and after they got as far as the

woods, one went on with the dog and

the other circled around and came

back in the woods where I had just

driven them out. He told me he was

just looking the trees over. Can I sue

him for trespassing the first time, and

also the second time? \Vhat is the

fine on hunters in Michigan for tres-

passing on land where there are no-

tices? Should I notify the game war-

den, or sue them myself?-H. M.



The statutes of 1917, No. 317, Sec. 3,

provide: “No person shall hunt with

firearms or dogs, or in any other man-

ner on enclosed lands of another, or

upon any farm lands or farm woodlots

connected therewith when notices

have been posted on such lands by the

owner or lessee thereof forbidding





hunting thereon.”





The punishment provided for the

first offense is a fine of not less than

$10 nor more than $100, imprisonment

in the county jail or house of correc-

tion not more than ninety days, or both

in the discretion of the court.



Complaints for such offenses must

be made to the prosecuting attorney

of the county.



The owner may also sue in his‘own

name for damages, the measure of

which is for the jury.—-J. R. R.





     





 





 

 





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By fl/ta





TIVOOD stopped on his way to

A town and made me an out and



out offer on that l‘orty of his this

morning,” Father Allen came into the

barn where Bob was pitching hay.



“ ’Bout time he came out with some-

thing.” Bob replied as he jabbed the

fork into the hay and stopped for a

rest. “He’s been beating about the

bush for two months now.”





“Says I can have it for twelve hun-

dred dollars.” Father Allen continued.

“Five hundred now and the rest on a

mortgage or a contract. His wile, is

bent on getting back to Ohio, and she

won’t give him no rest till he gets out.

Twelve hundred is just what he gave

for it ten years ago, and he's making

us a present. of all his improvements.”



“Not us,” Bob emphasized the word

as he returned to his work. “\Ve’ve

got all the land we can take care ol’

now, and it' we hadn’t, where's the five

hundred dollars coming from?"





“I guess we could raise five. hundred

dollars it" we had to.” Father Allen’s

tone was assured. “We could mort-

gage the farm.”



“A swell chance you‘ve got to get

ma to sign a mortgage,” Bob snorted.

“You know right well she isn’t going

to mortgage her home for the. sake of

saddling us all up with a lot more land.

Ma's idea is to begin to take life.

easier.”



“She’d sign il' I said to.” Father Al-

len boasted, “But I'd no idea ol‘ putting

a mortgage on the place."





a good

can





Bob grinned wickedly. “It's

thing you haven’t, because you

push ma just so tar." he said.



“Ma’s always

me, she, knows

same,” Father

there’s lots 01'





work with

our interests are the

Allen insisted. “But

ways 01' getting money

when you need it.” He paused and

chewed a straw as he watched Bob

work. "I should think Milly’d have a

neat little wad saved up, she’s been

making a thousand a year and living

oft" the old man” he ventured finally.



Ilob laced his lather ang1ily. “\Vhat

Mill). did be.'me she got man'ied is

her own business.” he said, “and what

she earned then is hers. Don’t you go

hinting around I might ask her for it.”





ready to





“\Yho‘s hinting?" Father Allen's

tone was aggrieved. "(‘an't a, teller

make a little remark without your

blowim: up? Even il' I did hint. which





I didn‘t. I don’t see anything so awl'ul

in it. ,\ wit'e ought to be willing to do

anything she could to help her hus-

band along.” IIe strode out 01‘ the

barn bet'ore Rob could reply.



"Just. the same I‘ll bet she has got

a good-sized roll,’ 'he muttered. “I

wonder if ma knows anything about it.

They were jabbering a long time that.

morning ma borrowed the quarter."

He Went. on to the house and dropped

down in a chair by the kitchen door.



Tom came in from the other house

with two letters which Milly had ask-

ed him to mail.



“(live ’em to me.” his father said.

“I’m going to rest a bit and I'll watch

for the. mail man.” He waited until

111a went into the pantry before looking

at the addresses, it didn’t pay to be

too curious when ma was around. One

was to the bank in Milly’s old home,

and the other to the extension depart-

ment of the agricultural college.



He felt the first, one carefully. No

bankbook inside. but then she wouldn’t

need to. send her book to draw out.

money. He wondered if she was writ-

ing to have her account transferred,

or to get money to spend. How much

' did she. have? ,



‘ "-Mitiymust have a snug. little bank

oo’ounrt,” he ventured at Mot-her Al-





Thc Pathfinders





Fat/zer- A/len z'r Tempted





L. Lz'ttell





len’s back, as she vigorously kneaded

her bread.



“If she takes my advice she’ll keep

it right in the bank,” Mother Allen

gave the bread an unnecessary'thump'

“I was a tool that I didn’t leave mine

the1e. ”



“I guess you got a good home with

yours,” he aiose with an injured air.

“But that’s just like a woman. ‘What’s

yours is ours, but what’s mine is my

own.‘ No idea ol’ being equal part-

ners.” '



Mother Allen bit her lip, but made

no reply.



Outside he wandered towards the

road, the two letters in his hand. So

they'd been talking, and 1113 had ad-

vised her to hang onto her money. No

use trying to find'out anything about

it from ma or Bob; it‘ they did know

they’d never tell him how much Milly

had. He studied the letter slyly. W'ho

would know at the bank 11' he opened

that letter, and then sent it on in an-

other envelope? They’d just think

she’d got someone else to address it

for her. He dropped dOwn on the

grass under the big poplar and peered

at the two houses. There was no one

in sight. He tore off the end of the

envelope clumsily, taking with it a bit

01' the enclosure, and drew out a draft

101' $650. More than he could have. 011’

the l’arm in the time Milly had been

teaching!



He replaced the draft in the envel-





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‘Anything else, sir?” The man, who

had finished unpacking his clothes and

laying them out, approached 1espect

fully. “I’ve drawn your bath, tepid,

sir; is that correct?”



“Quite,” Eaton said.

ing else."



“Very good. Good night, sir. If

ther’s anything else, the second button

beside the bed will bring me, sir.”



When the man had withdrawn noise-

lessly and closed the door, Eaton stood

staring about the rooms dazedly; then

he went over and tried the door. It

opened; it was not locked. He turned

about and went into the dressing room

and began taking off his clothes: he

stepped into the bathroom and felt the

tepid bath. In a moment he was in

the bath; fifteen minutes later he was

in bed with the window open beside

him, letting in the crisp, cool breeze.

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sleep; he had undressed, bathed, and

gone to bed to convince himself that

what he was doing was real, that he

was not acting in a dream.



He got up and went to the window

and looked out, but the night was

cloudy and dark, and he could see

nothing except some lighted windows.

AS he watched, the light was switched

out. Eaton went back to bed, but

amazement would not. let him sleep.



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knew it could be no other than San-

toine’s house. It was to get into San-

toine’s house that: he had come from

Asia; he had thought and planned and

schemed all through the long voyage

on the steamer how it. was to be done.

He would have been willing to cross

the continent on foot. to accomplish it:

no labor that he could imagine would

have seemed too great. to him if this

had been its end; and here it had been

done without effort on his part, natur-

ally, inevitably! Chance and circum-

stance had done it! And as he realized

this, his mind was full of what he had

to do in Santoine's house. For many

days he had not thought about that:

it had seemed impossible that he could

have any opportunity to act for him-

self. And the return to his thoughts

of possibility of carrying out his orig-

inal plan brought before him thoughts

of his friends—those friends who,

through his exile, had been faithful to

him but whose identity or existence

he had been obliged to deny, when

questioned, to protect them as well as

himself.



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stared upward to the ceiling, wide



awake, thinking of those friends whose

devotion to him might be justified at

last; and he went over again and test-

ed and reviewed the plan he had form-

ed. But it never had presumed a posi-

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information of the structure of the

house than he as yet had, to correct

his plan further. But he. could not,

without too great risk of losing every-

thing, discover more that night, he





turned over and set himself to go to

sleep.





CHAPTER XII.

The Ally in the House.





HE first grayvof dawn roused

Eaton, and drawing on trousers

and coat over his pajamas, he

seated himself by the open window to

see the house by daylight. The glow,

growing in the east, showed him first

that the house stood on the shore of

the lake; the light came to him across

the water, and from the lake had come





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the c1isp, fresh- -smelling breeze that

had blown into his windows through

the night. As it grew lighter he could

see the house; it was an immense

structure of smooth gray stone. Eaton

was in its central part, his windows

looking to the south. To the north of

him was a wing he could not seev—the

wing which had contained the porte-

cochere under which the motor-car had

stopped the night before; and the up-

per part of this wing, he had been able

to tell, contained the servants’ quar-

ters. To the south, in front of him,

was another wing composed, apparent-

ly in part at least, of family bedrooms.

Between the house and the lake was

a terrace, part flagged, part gravel,

part lawn not yet green but with green

shoots showing among the last year’s

grass. A stone parapet walled in this

terrace along the top of the bluff

which pitched precipitously down to

the lake fifty feet below, and the nar-

row beach of sand and shingle. As

Eaton watched, one of the two nurses

who had been on the train came to a

window of the farthest room on the

second floor of the south wing and

stood looking out; that, then, must be

Santoine’s room; and Eaton drew back

from his window as he noted this.

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back into bed.





The motor driveway

which stretches north from Chicago

far into Wisconsin leaves between it

and the lake a broad wooded strip for

spacious grounds and dwellings; San-

toine’s house was one of these.



Eaton felt that its location was well

suited for his plans; and he realized,

too, that circumstances had given him

time f01 anything he might wish to

do; for the‘ night’s stop at Minneapolis

and Santoine’ s unexpected taking him

into his own change must have made

Eaton’s disappearance complete; for

the present he was lost to “them” who

had been “following” him, and to his

friends alike. His task, then, was to

let his friends know where he was

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thinking of how this was to be done,

he fell asleep again.



At nine he aw0ke with a start; then,

lecollecting everything, he jumped up

and shut his windows. The1e was a

1espectlul, apologetic knock at the

door; evidently a servant had been

waiting in the hall for some sound

within the room.



“May I come in, sir?”



“Come in.”



The man who had attended him the

evening before entered.



“Your bath, sir; hot or cold in the

morning, sir?”



“Hot,” Eaton answered.



“Of course, sir; I’d forgotten you’d

just come from the Orient, sir. Do you

wish anything first, sir?”



“Anything?”



“Anything to drink, sir.”



“Oh, no.” _



The man again prepared the bath.

When Eaton 1etu1ned to his dressing-

100m, he found the servant awaiting

him with shaving mug, razor and ap-

ron. The man shaved him and trim-

med his hair.



“I shall tell them to bring breakfast

up, sir; Or will you go down?” the man

asked then.



Eaton considered. The manners of

servants are modeled on the feelings

of their masters, and the man’s defer-

ence told plainly that, although Eaton

might be a prisoner, he was not to be

treated openly as such.



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plied, when the man had finished

dressing him. He found the hall and

the rooms below bright and open but

unoccupied; a servant showed him to

a blue Delft breakfast room to the

east, where a. fire was burning «in an

old- fashioned Dutch fireplace. A cloth

was spread on the table, but no places

were set; a number of covered dishes,

steaming above electric discs, were on

the sideboard. The servant in attend-

ance there took covers off these dish-

es as Eaton approached; he chose his

breakfast and sat down, the‘ man lay-

ing one place for him. This manner

of serving gave Eaton no hint as to

how many others were in the house or

might be expected to breakfast. He

had half finished his bacon and greens

before any one else appeared.



This was a tall, carefully dressed

man of more. than fifty, with hand-

some, well-bred features—~plainly a

man of position. and wealth but/with-

out experience in affairs, and without

power. He was dark-haired and wore

a mustache which, like his hair, was

beginning to gray. As he appeared in

the hall without hat or overcoat, Ea-

ton understood that he lived in the

house; he came directly into the breaks

fast room and evidently had not break

fasted. He observed Eaton and gave

him the impersonal nod of a man meet-

ing another whom he may have met

but has forgotten.





“Good morning, Stiles,” he greeted ‘





the servant.



“Good morning, sir,” the , man re-

turned.



The newcomer sat down at the table

opposite Eaton, and the servant, with-

out inquiring his tastes, brought pine-

apple,-rolls and coffee.



“I am Wallace Blachford,” the

stranger volunteered as Eaton looked

up. He gave the name in a manner

which seemed to assume that he now

must. be recalled; Eaton therefore

feigned recognition as he gave him his

name in return.



“Basil Santoine is better this morn-

ing," Blatchford announced.



“I understood he was very comfort-

able last evening,” Eaton said. “I have

not seen either Miss Santoine or Mr.

Avery this mo1ning. ”



“I saw Basil Santoine the last thing

last night,” the other boasted. “He

was very tixed; but when he was

home, of course he wished me to be

beside him for a time. ”



“Of course,” Eaton replied, as the

othe1 halted. There was a. humility

in the boast of this man’s friendship

for Santoine which stirred sympathy,

almost pity.



“I believe with the doctors that

Basil Santoine is to be spared,” the

tall man continued. “The nation is to

be congratulated. He iscertainly one

of the most useful men in America.

The President—much as he is to be





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admired for unusual qualities~cannot

compare in service. Suppose the Pres-

ident were assassinated; instantly the

vice-president would take his place;

the visible government of the ecuntry

would go on; there would be no chaos,

scarcely any confusion. But suppose

Basil Santoine had died—particularly

at this juncture!”



Eaton finished his breakfast but re-

mained at the table with Blatchford,

who scarcely touched his food, contin-





ued to boast, in hisqucer humility, of-





the blind man and of the blind man’s

friendship for him. He checked him-





self only when Harriet Santoine ap-





peared in the doorway. He and Eaton

at once were on their feet.



“My dear! He wants to see me

now?” the tall man almost pleaded.

“He wants me to be with him this

morning?” ‘ ‘



“Of course, Cousin Wallace,” the girl

said gently, almost with compassion.



“You will excuse me then, sir,

Blatchford said hastily to Eaton and

hurried off. The girl gazed after him,

and when she turned the next instant





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'to Eaton her eyes were wet.





“Good morning!”



“Good morning, Miss Santoine.

are coming to breakfast?”



“Oh, no; I’ve had my breakfast: I

was going out to see that things out-

side the house have been going on well

since we have been away.”



”May I go with you while you do

that?” Eaton tried to ask casually.

Important to him as was the plan of

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a month in one of the most wide-



ly circulated religious periodi-

cals in the country, that a society had

recently been formed in New York to

spread atheism, free-love and anti-

Amerlcanism. The society has one hun-

dred and sixty thousand dollars for

purposes of propaganda. A young man

belonging to its membership was found,

teaching a class of children to steal.

Presumably the members of this soci-

ety will not cele-

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It means nothing

to them, and they

should not be ex

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it. There are oth-

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choirs that sing “Joy to the World,”

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the‘press that refers to the “Spirit of

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tial for him to know the grounds.



She hesitated. .



“I understand it’s my duty at pres-

ent to stay wherever I may be put;

but I’d hardly run away from you

while inside your own grounds."



This did not seem to be the question

troubling her. “Very well,” she said

at last. The renewed friendlinesS——or

the reservation of judgment of him——

which she had let him see again after

the interview with her father in the

car the morning before, was not ab-

sent; it seemed only covered over with

responsibilities which came upon her

now that she was at home. She was

abstracted as they passed through the

hall and a man brought Eaton’s over-

coat and hat and a maid her coat. Har-

riet led the way out to the terrace.

The day was crisp, but the breeze had

lost the chill it had had earlier in the

morning; the lake was free from ice;

only along the little projecting break-

waters which guarded the bluff against

the washing of the waves, some ice

still clung, and this was rapidly melt—

ing. A graveled path led them around

the south end of the house.



“Your father is still

morning?” Eaton asked.



“V‘lv’hat did you say?” she asked.



He repeated his question. \V'zls her

constraint, he wondered, due to her

feeling, somehow, that for the first

time in their short acquaintance he

was consciously “using” her, if only

for the purpose of gaining an immedi-

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doing the sort of thing he had refused

to do when, on the train, he had avoid-

ed her invitation to present him to her

father. Circumstances now were en-

tirely different. And as he shook off

the reproach to himself, she also came

from her abstraction.



“Yes; father’s improving steadily

and—Dr. Sinclair says-much more

rapidly than it would have been right

to expect. Dr. Sinclair is going to re-

main only today; then he is to turn

father over to the village doctor, who

is very good. We will keep the same

nurses at present.”



“Mr. Blatchford told me that might

be the arrangement.”



"Oh, you had a talk with Mr. Blatch-

ford, then?”



“We introduced ourselves.”



Harriet was silent for a moment. ev—

idently expecting some comment from

him; when he offered none, she said,

“Father would not like you to accept

the estimate of him which Mr. Blatclr

ford must have given you.”



“What do you mean?”



“Didn't Mr. Blatcllford argue with

you that father must be the greatest

man living?”



“He certainly expressed great. admir-

ation for your father,” Eaton said. “He

is your cousin?”



“1 call him that, he’s father’s cousin.

They were very close friends when

they were boys, though Cousin \Val-

lace is a few years older. They enter-

ed preparatory school together and

were together all through college and

ever since. I suppose Cousin Wallace





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Our ”feet/y Sermon—By N. 14. Mchme





ND yet the greatest minds have

been occupied with thoughts of

Christ and his birth. Christmas means

much to literature. John Milton writes

one of his most beautiful poems on

“The Morning of Christ's Nativity,”

which begins,

“It was the winter wild,

While the heaven-born child

All melanly wrapt in the rude manger

les;

Nature, in awe to him,

Had doffed her gaudy trim,

With her great Master so to sympa-

thize.”



Longfellow, the favorite of Ameri-

ca’s versewriters has a miracle-play

entitled, “The Nativity,” while his

“Christmas Bells” takes hold of heart

and imagination:



“I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,





'And wild and sweet





The words repeat.

Of peace on earth. good-will to men!”

Joyce Kilmer was one of the rising



poets of recent years. He was a deep

ly religious man. 111 at ease and dis-

satisfied with himself, he was accus-

tomed to go, we read, to a certain

church in New York, and pray each

noon. The war coming on, he enlisted.

One day he ventured too far in ad-

vance of his company, and a sniper’s

bullet got him. That was a costly bul-

let to America. One of the finest

things Kilmer wrote was, “Gates and

Doors, a Ballad of Christmas Eve.”

One verse runs:



His heart was full of laughter,



His soul was full of bliss

When Jesus, on His Mother’s lap,

Gave him His hand to kiss.”



“There was a joyous hostler

Who knelt on Christmas morn

Beside the radiant manger



Wherei‘n his Lord was born.





ND so one mightogo on, mention-

; maths literaryproducts to which





Christmas has given birth.’ Some of

the greatest stories are woven around

Christmas Day. 0. Henry has one,

entitled, “Gifts for the Magi." A happy

couple, recently married, lived in a

small New York flat. A few weeks be-

fore Christmas the young husband lost

his job. As Christmas drew near,

money got low. The day before Christ-

mas, the bride went out to get her

husband a present. She had beautiful

hair, long and lustrous. She went to

a hairdressers and sold it for twenty

dollars. With the money she bought

a gold watch fob. In the meantime

her husband was buying her a present.

He had a handsome watch, a wedding

present. He pawned it and bought his

wife two bejewelled side-combs, such

as she had wanted. \Vhen Christmas

morn arrived, they opened their pres-

ents, and 10! she had two side-combs

but no hair, and he, a watch-fob but

no watch. But after all, it wasn’t a

farce. Back of it was the Christmas

spirit.



There is no Christ in the Old Testa-

ment, but there is the promise of the

Christ. The words of the greatest of

the prophets come ringing to our ears:

“For unto us a child is born, unto us

a son is given; and the government

shall be upon his shoulder: and his

name shall be called Wonderful. Coun-

selor, The Mighty God, The Everlast-

ing Father, The Prince of Peace.” One

who lives abreast of this description

must indeed be a great God. He has

been called the Prince of the Four

Names.





ONDERFUL Counselor. He was



‘ that. Are we not told that He

“spake as never man spake ?" Do not

His words burn into the marrow of

the-soul today, as they have ever





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told you that it was he— Those are-

the garages and stables over there 'to

the north, Mr. Eaton. This road leads

to them. And over there are the tool-

houses and gardeners’ quarters; you

can only just see them through the

trees.”



Slle had interrupted herself sudden-

ly, as though she realized that his at-

tention had not been upon what she

was saying but given to the plan of

the grounds. He recalled himself

quickly.



“Yes; what was it you were saying

about Mr. Blatchford?"



She glanced at him keenly. then col-

ored and went on. “I was saying that

father and he went through college to-

gether. They both were looked upon

as young men of very unusual promise

—Mr. Blatchford especially; I suppose

father, being younger, had not shown

so plainly what he might become. Then

father was blinded—he was just six-

teen; and—and Cousin lllallace never

fulfilled the promise he had given.”



”I don’t quite see the connection,”

Eaton offered.



“Oh. I thought Cousin Wallace must

have told you—he tells almost every

one as soon as he meets them. It was

he who blinded father. it was a hunt-

ing accident, and father was made to-

tally blind. Father always said it was

not Cousin VVallace’s fault: but Mr.

Blatchl‘ord was almost beside himself

because he believed he had ruined

father’s life. But l‘zltller went on and





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Truth is characteristic of all

It is not surprising that peo‘





done?

He says.

ple were amazed at. the words which





came from His lips. To this day the

New Testament is a mount of more

wisdom than any other book. \Vell

does Rosseau say: “How petty the

books of philosophy compared to the

gospels? Can it be, that these books,

so simple and so sublime, are the

works of mere man? That he whose

life they tell is a mere man? If the

death of Socrates is the death of a

sage, the life and death of Christ is

that of a God.” But He is also the

Mighty God. Along with wisdom there

goes power. it is not enough that He

should speak wisdom. We must know

that with him is the might to do all

that wisdom dictates. As another has

said, “He touches tyranny and it crum-

bles, slavery and it vanishes, wrong

and it falls.”



Everlasting Father. \Visdom is sulr

lime, might is majestic, but the heart

hungers for love. The love of a father

is a very beautiful love. Often father

is away when the children are put to

bed. But when father is at home, they

like to have him tuck them in, with his

big clumsy hands. The love of the

eternal father never goes out. And

added to all this, He is the Prince of

Peace. It doesn’t look like it. There

have been four most terrible Christ-

mases, not white, but red. People who

want to scoff have the opportunity

now. But the end is not yet. The day

will come when he will prove that He

is the Prince of Peace. “He shall not

fail nor be discouraged till he have set

justice in the earth.” Many things

have failed. Government has failed,

politics have failed, armament as a





method of maintaining universal peace ,





has failed. But one has not. failed.

That is the Prince of Peace.





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N indiscriminate use of the words

“citizen” and “voter" has led

many of us to believe that since

the nineteenth amendment the words

are identical in meaning. As a matter

of fact, many citizens of the United



States are not qualified voters, while



in some states, some persons not yet



citizens are allowed to vote.



Citizenship is conferred by the fed-

eral government on persons not natur-

al born citizens, and no state has the

power to confer or to refuse citizen-

ship. In addition, a foreign-born wom-

an becomes an American citizen by

marrying an American. The right to

vote, however, is conferred by the

states, and each state has different

qualifications for voters. Colored per-

sons, for instance, were long denied

the privilege of voting in southern

states, but the fourteenth and fifteenth

amendments to the national constitu-

tion gave them that right. Various

qualifications are required by the

states, as, certain length of residence,

while in sixteen states the law says

that voters must be able to read and

write and in six, voters must pay a

poll tax.



That Michigan women may know

their rights regarding voting, the fol-

lowing concise statements were com-

piled by VValter S. Foster:



A woman born in the United States

is an American citizen whether or not

her parents are citizens, but a United

States woman citizen who marries an

alien loses her citizenship, and can

not vote. She can be naturalized by

court proceedings. The naturalization

of her husband alone will not restore

her citizenship, but the death of her

alien husband or a divorce from him,

followed by continued residence in the

United States, will restore her citizen-

ship. If she was born outside the Unit-

ed States by alien parents, but her

parents became citizens of the United

States before she reached the age of

twenty-one years, then she is a citizen.



“In order to vote in Michigan a

woman must be:



“Twenty-one years of age on elec-

tion day.



“A resident of Michigan for

months prior to election day.



“A resident of the township, village

or ward for twenty days preceeding

election.



“A citizen of the United States, the

wife of a citizen of the United States

or the wife of an inhabitant of foreign

birth, who, having resided in the state

two years and six months prior to No-

vember 8, 1894, declared his intention

to become a citizen of the United

States two years and six months prior

to that date may vote.”



A careful reading of the above will

show that some women in Michigan

who were born he1e of American par-

ents may thus be deprived of the right

to vote, while other women foreign-

born and not yet citizens, are allowed

to’vote.



’No woman, however, can vote unless

she. has registered. Registering is

merely listing qualified voters, and is

nosess‘ary ‘to prevent‘fraudu‘lent vot-





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; son, it can not be done by proxy, and





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in some places a description of the

person is written in the registration

book. Occasionally a voter is required

to sign his own name.



Enrolling is a distinct thing from

registering, though the two words are

sometimes confused. One registers his

name in a book to show that he is a

qualified voted. He “enrolls” in a po-

litical party to show whether he is a

republican, democrat, prohibitionist,

etc. In Michigan it is necessary to

enroll at the primaries, the primaries

being simply the time when you ex-

press your choice of candidates for the

various offices. For instance, if three

or four democrats wish to be governor

of the state, the primaries give voters

the opportunity to register their choice

of these men. It does not make the

man governor. It will be seen that it

is necessary, therefore, to state your

political party at the primary. You

are then given a list of candidates who

are running for office in your party,

and have a chance to vote for the man

whom you think best qualified for the

office he seeks. The names of the men

elected at the primaries are then put

on the regular election ballot to be

voted on at the time of general elec-

tion.



At the primary you must vote a

straight party ticket, you have no oth-

er choice. At the general election the

candidates of all parties are printed

on the slip and you may vote as you

choose. If you vote for the entire

list of candidates in one party you

have what is called a ”straight” ticket.



In addition to the primaries we have

what is known as caucases, when vot—

ers are given a chance to express a

choice for candidates, and to decide





on the attitude of the party towards

various questions. In Michigan all

nominees for township offices are se-

lected by caucus. In addition the sec-

retary of state, state treasurer, auditor

general and state highway commis-

sioner are chosen in convention to

which delegates are elected in cau-

cuses.



Enrolling in a party does not make

it necessary for one to vote the party

ticket on election day. It does make

it necessary to vote the one ticket at

the primaries.





JAPAN’S WOMAN LEADER.





 





NE of the most interesting visit-



ors to the disarmament conference

is Mme. Kaji Yajima, the “Grand Old

Woman of Japan,” who came to pre-

sent a peace petition, bearing the sig-

natures of ten thousand women, to

President Harding. While not an offi-

cial visitor, those who knew Mme.

Yajima say that her influence will be

felt.



Mme. Yajima is an inspiration to all

women who feel that middle life is the

time for giving up. She did not begin

her life work until she was forty~—she

is now past ninety years old. Born of

a respectable, but not noble family,

she was unfortunately married by her

parents while she was quite young, to

a man of intemperate habits. For

years she was forced to work long

hours to support herself and him.

When his death brought release, she

determined to start a warfare on alco-

hol, but first she had to get an educa-

tion. When she was forty years old

she was finally ready to teach, and

was the first woman in Japan to re-





 





 





 





 





The Christmas Spirit Wins





“'I‘here’s a song in the air,



. There’s a stal in the sky,



There’s a mothe1’ 5 deep p1 ayer

And a baby’s low cry.



And the star rains its 1%“?

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For the manger of Bethle em

Cradles a King.”





TWO thousand years since the song

was first sung, and what has the

Christmas spirit accomplished? There

are those who say it has failed in its

mission, prove it by the disastrous

ar, the continued disorganization, the

greed, the b1eaking down of authoiity

the falling off of attendance at church.

Othe1s. forgetting wa1 and disorgan-

ization, see only the groping of the

whole world after peace and declare

that the spirit of Christmas is winning

out. Everywhere men are seeking for

truth and right, they say, and if the

churches are not filled it is simply a

sign that the world is weary of forms

and is seeking the spirit. They point'

out that Christ was the non-conform-

ist of his day, he went into the syna-





gogue on the Sabbath day, but he went

out of it to the fields of corn, much

to the horror of the priests.





The world is seeking the Christmas

spirit, the spirit of peace and good

will. Its reign seems a long time off,

but let those who weary for its com-

ing take heart from Dickens’ words,





“0 blind man, blind man! not to

know that ages of incessant labor by

immortal creatures for this earth must

pass into eternity ’before the good of

which it is susceptible is all developed.

Not to know that any Christian spirit

working kindly in its little sphere,

whatever it may be, will find its mortal

life too short for its vast means ‘of

usefulness.”



Man’s life on earth runs into the

hundred thousands of years; Christ-

mas is but two thousand years old.’





__Yet it has drawn all the nations of the





world together in a search for univer-

sal peace. Are there still some to say

it is a failure ?-—DEBORAH.





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Lessons in the Essentials of Citizenshlp





ceive a teacher’s certificate. With otho

ers she founded a girls’ school in To-

kio for girls of from fourteen to twen-

ty yea1s of age, where she has taught

ever since.





She retired as head of the school

last year, and the girls gave her a.

present of two thousand yen. This she

has used to pay the expenses of her

peace trip. Friends tried to dissuade

her from making the trip at her ad-

vanced age, but she replied, “To die

for the cause of humanity in America

or Japan makes little difference to me.”





Mme. Yajima attributes her long life

and health to four things:





1. She was born of temperate par-

ents who did not drink riCe wine.





2. She led an active life as a girl,

with plenty of out-door activities.





3. She had many responsibilities at

a time when most women are thinking

about their health, so she had no time

to think of her health and worked all

the time.





4. She has never worried nor allow-

ed herself to be ruffled.





 





WOMAN BUREAU CHIEF LIVED IN

MICHIGAN.





 





MICHIGAN hasn’t yet given a pres-



ident to the country, but she has

given recently one of the two women

bureau chiefs, Miss Mary Anderson,

chief of the VVomen’s Bureau of the

Department of Labor. A bureau chief.

be it known, is a high-up official, next

in importance to a cabinet member,

and the appointment must be confirm-

ed by the senate. Miss Anderson was

appointed to her position by President

Harding. There is but one other bu-





reau headed by a woman, the chil»





dren’s bureau.



Perhaps Sweden would object to

Michigan’s claim to Miss Anderson, for

she was born there, and came to Lud-

ington an emigrant girl when she" was

fifteen years old. Arrived here with-

out a word of English she took a posi-

tion as pantry maid, and with an Amer-

ican newspaper as a primer and the

family as instructors learned the mys-

teries of the English language. She

has never attended a school in Amer-

ica; her education was obtained in the

lower grades in Sweden,yand added to

by incessant reading. Yet this emi-

grant girl has won her way to one of

the highest places in the country.





From Ludington Miss Anderson re-

moved to a suburb of Chicago where

she entered a shoe factory. Member-

ship in a union was, of course, inevita-

ble, and she became a member of the

shop committee in which she worked,

in this way coming in contact with

both capital and labor. President of

her local was the next step up,_ and

from that to national organizer for the

National Woman’s Trade League-

There followed eight busy years, and

then the war. She found herself draft-

ed by the government and made arbi-

trator between the government and

the women workers in muniti" s fac-

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did all that he has done, while it stop-

ped poor Cousin Wallace. It’s queer

h0w things work out! Cousin Wallace

thought it was father’s, but it was his

own life that he destroyed. He’s happy

only when father wants him with him;

and to himself——and to most people——

he’s only the man that blinded Basil

Santoine.”



“I think I shall understand

now,” Eaton said quietly.»



“I like the way you said that. Here

Mr. Eaton, is the best place to see the

grounds.”



Theirpath had topped a little rise;

they stopped; and Eaton, as she point-

e’d out the different objects, watched

carefully and printed the particulars

and' the general arrangement 01' the sur-

roundings on his memory.



As he looked about, he could see

that further ahead the path they were

on paralleled a private drive which

two hundred yards away entered what

must be the public pike, for he could

see motor-cars passing along it. He

noted the direction of this and of the

other paths, so that he could follow

them in the dark, if necessary. The

grounds Were broken by ravines at

right angles to the shore, which were

crossed by little bridges; other bridges

carried the public pike across them,

for he could hear them rumble as the

motor-cars crossed them; a man could

travel along the bottom of one ot' those

ravines for quite a distance without

being. seen. To north and south out-

side of the cared-for grounds there

were clumps of rank, wild-growing

thicket.” ‘To the east, the great house

which the trees could not hide stood

out against the lake, and beyond and

below it, was the beach; but a man

could not travel along the beach by

daylight without being visible for

miles from the top of the bluff, and

even at night, one traveling along the

beach would be easily intercepted.



Could Harriet Santoine divine these

thoughts in his mind? He turned to

her ashe felt her watching him; but

it" she had been observing him as he

looked about, she was not regarding

him now. He followed her djrection

and saw at a little distance a power-

ful, strapping man, hall" concealed—

though he did not seem to be hiding—«

behind some bushes. The man might

have passed for an undergardener; but

he was not working; and once, before

during their walk Eaton had seen an-

other man, powerfully built as this

one, 'Who had looked. keenly at him and

then away quickly. Harriet flushed

slightly as she saw that Eaton observ-

ed the man; Eaton understood then

that the man was a guard, one of sev-

eral, probably, who had been put about

the house to keep watch of him.



Had Harriet Santoine understood his

interest in the grounds as preparatory

to a plan of escape, and had she there-

fore taken him out to show him the





him





'guards who would prevent him? He





did not speak of the men, and neither

did she; with her, he went on, silently,

to the gardener’s cottages, where she

gave directions concerning the spring

work being done on the grounds. Then

they went backto the house, exchang-

ing—for the first time between them——

ordinary inanities.



She left him in the hall, saying she

Was going to visit her father; but part

Way up the stairs, she' paused. .



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listening.



As her footsteps on the stairs died

away, no other sound came to him.

The lower part of the house seemed

deserted. He went out again into the

hall and looked about quickly and wait-

ed and listened; then he stepped swiftly

and silently to a closet where, earlier,

he had noticed a telephone. He shut

himself in and took up the receiver of

the instrument. As he placed it to his

ear, he heard the almost imperceptible

sound of another receiver on the line

being lifted; then the girl at the sub-

urban central said, “Number, please.”



(Continued next week).





Left alone, he stood





ANOTHER VIEW ON THE RURAL

SCHOOL.





MONG the other good things in



the November 26 issue of the

Michigan Farmer, I ‘as much inter-

ested in the “Two Views on Rural

Schools,” one by \V. C. Kugler favor-

ing the. one-room school, and the other

by L. B. Reber for the consolidated

school. Both of these writers are farm-

ers and seem to be well qualified to

discuss the question, but each gentle-

man overlooks a vital point which I

wish to bring out.



My experience, is more in line with

that 01' Mr. Reber, since I have had

twelve years’ experience as a teacher,

beginning in the one-room rural school

and ending as superintendent of

schools. Two years as school examin-

er and tour years as county commis-

sioner ol‘ schools may also be added to

my experience.



I am moved to answer the argument

of Mr. Kugler, that the oneq'oom ru'al

school should be given the credit for

producing the superior mental alert-

ness of country school children, be-

cause it is an opinion so honestly held

by a large number of people. It is also

an argument used dishonestly by an-

other class ol‘ people to obscure their

real position as guardian of the old

wallet.



That the country boy or girl has a

condition of mind which fits him or

her for rapid advancement when given

the opportunity, I believe is very large-

ly due to certain rural conditions and

not to the oneroom school, but rather

in spite of it.



We are all largely the products of

environment and in this respect the

country child has the advantage of the

town child. “



The ever present, pleasurable farm

duties afford a proper outlet for child

activities and the working habit is

soon formed. \K'ork and pleasure are

knit together. Well directed energies

pushed to successful conclusions form

the habit of being successful.



In the absence of dissipating influ-

ences the power of concentration be-

comes stronger and thus by natural

growth the farm child reaches a point

where he begins to feel his power and

realizes that he is the equal of his

town cousin who is generally following

the line of least resistance.



Class consciousness and a spirit of

rivalry are now added to the many

other influences that tend to make the

farm boy or girl mentally alert and

successful. '



The problem, then, is to retain rural

conditions and influences and add to

them the superior facilities of the city

schOols. _ ' ' ,.



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History of My Bee Project





NE of the important features of



the high school agriculture course

is the project work. The list of possi-

ble projects for the Michigan boys is

almost unlimited. Whatever the char-

acter of the project might be there are

always two main purposes in view, to

gain practical experience along a par-

ticular line of agriculture and to ac-

quaint oneself with farm accounts.



During my last year’s work the third

purpose developed. This being what I

wish to explain in this article. The

particular project was on bees and the

purpose was to give a financial back—

ing to a high school student who wish-

ed to attend college.



This project was carried on in Grand

Traverse county of Michigan. I will

give extracts from this student’s re-

port. at the close of the season, this

history of the project, to show he re-

ceived practical experience and also

financial gain-AAV. E. Fowrn.



Before beginning the history of my

project, dating from April I, I must

give a little outline of the factors

which contributed to the success of

the project during this last summer.



“'hen I packed the bees last fall I

had three very strong colonies. These

I wintered with one full depth super

on each, in single-colony packing cases.

Each super was full of honey, which

was very fortunate as the winter was

warm and the bees consumed more

honey than usual. The first of April I

unpacked the bees, and found that all

of the colonies had wintered one hun-

dred per cent.



The first of May I received a two-

pound package of bees from Alabama.

I put. them in a hive with a comb of

honey, and full sheets of foundation.

This hive of bees had a select, tested

queen which is now one of my best. At

the same time I made two neucleus,

and gave them untested queens, one of

them was not accepted. I requeened

that, neucleus. but the time which

elapsed in getting the new queen gave

the bees an awful setback.



The first part of the summer was

very hot; and dry. lluring this time

my best colonies made a little surplus

honey, while my neucleus built up to

full colonies. From the last part of

July to the close of the honey flow we

had a rain every week or two, which

was ideal for nectar secretion, and the

bees gathered honey very fast.



The first. of September I had my first

experience of the. summer with swarm-

ing. The swarm came. from a hive

which I least expected would swarm,

as they had plenty of room, and were

not overcrowded with bees, the swarm

was departing when I noticed them.



I had two colonies of hybrid bees

that I bought queens for, one of these

did not, introduce, and I gave them a

queen cell. \‘i'hen the virgin went out

to mate the bees went with her, but I

reunited them with the old swarm,



and they worked good on some founda-

tion I gave them.



The project. has been a success con-





sidering that I am an amateur bee-

keeper. From all my colonies I got

seven hundred and sixty pounds of





honey, and from my two best swarms

I got an average of two hundred and

five pounds each. My two-pound pack-

age of bees matte one hundred and

fifty pounds of honey, besides drawing

out thirty full depth combs, and have

enough stores for winter. I shall al-

Ways buy select tested queens, they

are by far the best.



The account sheets accompanying

this project may be summarized as fol-

lOws: The total value of equipment

at the beginning of the project was





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$104.50. His actual hours of

were eighty, valued at twenty cents

per hour, or $16. His total expenses

including self-labor, were $31.34. He

received for 750 pounds of





Extracted honey ...... . . . . . . . .$152.00

Eight pounds of wax. . . . . . . . 3.20

Premiums . . . . . 15.00





Total receipts ...-......$170.20



His gain being $138.86 for one sea-

son. Production cost of honey per

pound was four cents. His labor re—

turns were $1.74.



The above history and accounts in-

dicates the boy has gained the first

purposes of the projects namely: prac-

tical experience and accounting. The

net: profit of $138.86 indicates that he

has received the third purpose from

this particular project, that of giving

him a financial start through an agri-

cultural college.





 





HOW ABOUT A SKUNK CLUB?





F more boys in Summit county,



Ohio, were of the mind of Vernon

Schovie, who lives on a farm near

\\'est Richfield and who is in his sec-

ond year of pig club work, there would

be skunk clubs as well as pig and

calf and poultry clubs run for farm

boys.



C. F. Tom, club leader of Summit

county, has been to Vernon’s farm and

has seen the small pack of domesti-

cated “polecats” which the lad is rais-

ing for their pelts. It began when he

trapped a female, put splints on her

broken leg, and kept her in a box-coop

in the barn. She has seven little ones

all of which, successfully raised, have

now multiplied to fifteen.



Vernon has rigged up box-coops with





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





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John Hopkins’ Bee Project is Helping Him Earn a College Education.





He feeds

them butchers’ offal. They give no

trouble, he declares, and the price of

the pelts makes it well worth while to

raise them.





MARYLAND BOYS IN EUROPEAN

TRIP.





ARM boys and girls from fourteen



states competed in the second an-

nual international live stock club judg-

ing contest at Atlanta, October 17-22,

under the auspices of the Southeast-

ern Fair Association. The Maryland

team, which won first place, will be

given a free trip by the fair associa-

tion to England to attend the annual

Agricultural and Live Stock Show of

the Royal Agricultural Society, and to

visit the farms of noted live stock

breeders abroad.





The winning Maryland team, which

made a score of 3,001 points out of a

possible 3,600 in judging representa-

tive classes of dairy and beef cattle,

hogs and sheep, included the follow-

ing club members: Warren Rice, Jos-

eph Glackin and George Worrilow, all

from Cecil county.



These three club members were the

champions in a series of community,

county and state contests in which fit-

teen thousand picked boys and girls

competed.



Each of the teams in the competi-

tion at Atlanta, aided by natural judg-

ing ability and careful coaching by ex-

tension agents, had won first place suc-

cessively at county and state fairs in

their respective states. The thorough

and all-around practical knowledge of

live stock necessary to win in such

competition is shown by the fact that





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





the Maryland team was first in judg-

ing Guernsey, Holstein and Shorthorn

cattle and second in . Duroc-Jersey

hogs, two of its members, Warren

Rice and Joseph Glackin, standing

first and second respectively, in judg-

ing all classes at Atlanta.





 





CLUB PRIZES DISTRIBUTED.





IG club prizes were awarded at the



meeting of the North Huron Farm-

ers’ Club at Huron City as follows:

First, a sixteen-week scholarship at

Michigan Agricultural College, to Irwin

Schabel, of Grindstone City; second,

John Kilpatrick; third, Murdock Mc-

Donald; fourth, Feliz Goretski. A lat-

er meeting will be held at the home

of S. J. Wallace, in Port Austin-«M.





CAMPS PROMINENT IN OHIO CLUB

WORK.





S OMETHING over 250 country boys



and girls have been camping, most

of them for the first time in their

young lives, during a series of four

4-H Club camps held in \August in

Montgomery, Washington, Summit and

Medina counties.



Last year only Summit county camp-

ed out, and this year they held to

their idea of separate encampments

for boys and girls. At each camp,

twenty-seven attended. A club picnic,

held on the day the boys’ camp broke

up and the girls came in, attracted

five hundred.





Montgomrey had the largest camp,

with one hundred boys and girls. \Vash-

ington reports a total of fifty young-

sters, only two of whom had ever

slept outdoors over night before, al-

though all were country-bred.





The camps were run on bugle-sched-

ule, with mess and camp site sanita-

tion handled along army lines; ' Class-

es generally took all morning, ranging

in subject from live stock to hygiene

to kodakery. Afternoons were given

to swimming and field sports, and at

night. came the camp—fire sessions, with

talks by the leaders and inter-tribal

stunt competitions.





 





THE CURE.





When you’re really interested

In the job you’ve got to do,

When your heart and soul are in it

And you’ve got an end in view,

Then the hours mean nothing to you

And the outside pleasures fade

And you have no time to envy

Any man the Lord has made.





When you’re really very busy

And your heart is in your work,

You miss the trifling troubles

That so oft annoy the shirk,

You forget life’s petty trials,

And sometimes your dinner, too,

When you’re really interested

In the task you’ve got to do.





Time passes mighty quickly

For the busy man each day,

It is night before he knows it,

All the hours just slip away.

He isn’t thinking mean things

Of his neighbors or the mob,

He is good to know and be with

When his mind is on the job.





If you think the world is dreary, .

And you think that men are mean,



If you’ve time to see the vicious

And the vile and the unclean,



If you spot the faults of others,-

Here’s a certain cure for you: .



Just get really interested , - . ' »

In the wOrk you’re hired

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DUCK RAISING FOR PROFIT.





HE Imperial Pekin is considered



”the best all-round duck for com-

mercialr purposes.



They are non-sitters and excellent

layers, though they are seldom raised

for egg-production alone, but I do not

know why. .A good strain will lay

nearly one hundred and forty to one

hundred and fifty eggs during one sea-

son, and they may always be sold for

cooking, purposes, for they are much

preferred to hen eggs, by bakers.



Poultrymen disagree about whether

they should be raised on water or not,

but it is generally conceded that not

more than fifty per cent of the eggs

average fertile it raised away from the

water, while if raised accessible to wa-

ter, the fertility will run as high as

eighty-five per cent—hence the water

method, Being aquatic birds, they are

awkward on land, and swimming is to

them what litter in a scratching pen





is to confined hens——it furnishes ex- .





er'rise.



Younger than two-year-old ducks do

not hatch well, although the yearlings

make the best layers.



If fed for early eggs, they should be-

gin to lay early in January, and con-

tinue well into July.





Ducks for market are almost entirely





hatched in incubators. They hatch

much better than chickens, and at

least ninety per cent live that are

hatched. They require warmth like

young chickens for only about two

weeks, when they are put out to swim

and paddle around. '



Early ducks bring fancy prices. The

eggs are managed in an incubator just

like hen eggs, except that they require

four weeks to hatch, and after the first

four days the eggs have to be. cooled

for "nearly ten minutes morning and

night.



Ducks graze like cattle, and should

be kept in grassy lots. Their digestive

apparatus is not suited for digesting

grain, though they enjoy some once in

a while. They should be fed twice a

day on a mash food the same as hens

eat. Ducks will also require grit, oys-

ter shell and charcoal, consuming near-

ly twice as much as the number of

chickens would eat. -



Duck raising requires small capital.

Thirty ducks and six drakes will start

a breeder on a large scale because

they multiply rapidly, and their care

will amount to almost nothing.



W. E. MCMI'lJJ-TLV.





AN EXPERIENCE WITH GEESE.





AM a reader of the Michigan Farm-



er and we enjoy it very much, es-

pecially the remedies. I have thought

for sometime I would write and thank

Mr. Kirby for his remedy for geese.

It was published just in time to save

my flock.



Last year was my first experience in

geese raising, and I had nearly a fail~

ure. I started with four geese and one

gander. I had heard so much about

setting the geese for good success, but

that was where I failed. My geese

laid sixty eggs and I set twenty-nine

under two geese. They had so much

nesting material they spoiled all their

eggs. The rest hatched well but went

down a. big ditch to the creek and fail-





. ed to return.





But this year I had my same flock.

Theycommenced to lay on March 3

and laid .129 eggs. I had to keep my

first till one month old sormy first





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them all and start with new stock af-





mm more» chilling than even so-





ty-five cents each. The goslings grew

fine till from two to three months old.

Some weighed eight pounds when they

began to die. '



The paper came when I had lost

fourteen nice ones. Someone was hav-

ing the same luck and had asked for

help. So I opened one of the geese

and found about three inches from the

entrance to the gizzard, worms as

large as the head of a pain and one-

eighth of an inch long. One had eaten

clear through on the under side, but

the last one had left just a thin tissue

clear around the intestine. I began at





Capitalize





 





once with the turpentine and then de-

cided I would put one tablespoon inl

one gallon of water for the flock, and:

I didn’t lose any more. '



I raised thirty-one fine birds

they certainly are money-makers.



There is more money in geese than

any other fowl raised.——Mrs. B. H. T.





and





l





DIPHTHERIC ROUP.





I have a bunch of hens that have.

some kind of disease. Heads get yel-l

low and a frothy substance appears in:

their eyes and mouth. Then sores form

on head and eyes, and swell the eyes-

shut. This substance in the throat:

seems to choke them and makes their

breathing difficult. They eat and drink;

as long as they can. then drop over

and die—F. M.





The symptoms indicate diphtheric

roup. The hens that are in advanced:

stages of the disease will be difficult:

to cure and had probably best be killed .

and burned. Treatment is very unset-3:

isfactory in all types of roup. If you.

have a large flock you might kill the;

worst cases and try to treat the others. 3

If the flock is small and all are more

or less sick it might be best to kill





ter a thorough disinfecting of the

house. Such diseases are largely pre-

vented by having the house dry and

well ventilated and feeding the flock a

balanced ration to keep up the vitality.



Long distance advice on a flock in

the condition you describe is rather

difficult. It would pay you to have a

practical poultryman in your vicinity

look over the birds and give his ad-

vice after a personal inspection.





POULTRY HOUSE‘ BUILDING.





How large a house will one hundred

Leghorn hens require? Also, would a

hollow tile henhouse be damp? Which

style of roof is best for the health of

the hens‘kaF. XV. H.





One hundred hens need about four

hundred square feet of floor space and

this will be furnished by a house tweni

ty feet Wide and twenty feet deep. If

If you prefer less depth to the house,

it could be made Wider to give the re-

quired floor space. But poultrymenx

find it pays to allow about four square





Your Spare Time





sledge, and a box of





spare time.





It is simply chock full





farm talk.





Wilmington





 





Spend your spare time this winter in

your unproductive stump lot.





Take a crowbar, fuse, caps, perhaps a





HERCULES

DYNAMITE





That is all you need to make real farm land

of this stump lot—and you get returns from your





”Progressive Cultivation” —a 68—pagc book—tells

you everything you want to know about dynamite.

of dynamite-on—thc—





HERCULES POWDER, CO.

910 Market Street





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3 95 Buys “IO-Egg Champion

‘3" Belle Ci lncubatori





Hot—Water,Copper Tank, Don lo Walls .

Fibre Board, Self Regulated. $ '

$1.3. boys Into-Chick Bot, 19



m: Broader-0t both (or only





 

   

 





 





 





   

   





a? o m. Short:

0. or wri



hr no M "Insurances."



ls ovmthlnc- Jim Rohon, Pros.





baton-Cmmoag l4 . Rodanls.





GET MORE EGGS





Make more money from.your poultry. Let us

prove to you that Lay or Bust Poultry ’I‘ouix

will make thcm lay. Keep them free from

disease and working overtime to fill the egg

basket. (let. eggs regardless of the weather.

Satisfied users everywhere. Write today. Send

654: for package on our guarantee—money back

if not satisfied.





IKE cum PRODUCE 00., Dept. I, Waterloo, Iowa





 





 





 





We are issuing ;! Bulletin that

If, dust-lilies lhe kind of foul the

if 5 !! farmer now days wants. Send for



this «inscription of Our Pure





fl g

w” Breed Practical Poultry.

'* . The highest class practical stock

\ in hllichigan: stock that each





year Is also now being shipped

to poultry farmers of other states.





You will like particularly the White, Brown and Buff

Leghorns of this breeding; they give the eggs.



Also Barred and White Rooks: Reds: Wyondottes;

Urpingtons; Ancnnus.





STATE FARMS ! SSOCIATION

Desk 1, Kalamazoo, Mich.





' I Both combs.

Whlflaker s R u I o Reds Mic higu'fi

Grcutcst Color and Egg Strain. Free. by blood test

from liarillary white diarrhea. If you are interested

in Breeding Stock, Day Old Chicks or Hatching Eggs

write for our Twelfth Annual Catalog. It is free.





INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence, luich





 





(BigValueBaby Chicks





Eleven popular, money-making breeds.

Easy to buy—priced low. Easy to raise

—husky, healthy, vigorous. And guar-

antttd! Write today for FREE catabg

showing many breeds in ful lcolors.



.5 OHLS POULTRY YARDS and HATCHERY

Box 27, Marion, Ohio





 





 





feet per bird when building poultry

houses. g

Hollow tile hen houses are not usu-:’

ally considered damp if they are prop-i

erly made and have a good dry floor.‘

“'9 like the shed-roof type of poultry‘.

houses as they are easy to build and'

all the water from the melting snowg

drains toward the back. However, the,

other styles of roofs are practically as

good and some breeders like them bet-

ter. If other conditions are all right

and the roof islnot too high, the style

of roof does not have a great influence

on the health of the hens. Of course,

it must be high enough to permit plen-

ty of light to enter the windows and

must be leak-proof to insure a dry con-

dition of the scratching Iitter.——K.





Be sure your chicken, coop is dry

and, free from drafts. Damp cold and





 

 

 





 





 





 





' is dry 00%





 

 

 





 





DA Y 01.0 CHICKS"





and hatching eggs from select heavy

producing stock. Delivery guaran-

,., teed. Wh. Leghorns, Bar. Rocks, W.



Wyan.. S.C. Reds, B. Orp. Cat. free.





GOSH“ POULTRY FARMS. 8-19 PM lol.





 

 

 

 





BARRED ROCKS Surplus breedingstock

nllsold. blure hatch-



ing cg next spring. More cockerels next summer

and fill . From stuck from Parks best pcdigrcedpcns

Gr. KIRBY, Route 1. East Lansing. hitch:



“K “'yandottes, R. I. Red



Barred ROCkS, cockerels from hred-to-lay

stock. HOWARD GRANT. hlnrshall, Nlich.





$16.50 a

m 100 and up.





Postage P A I D , 95%

live arrival guaranteed. FREE feed with each or-

der. 4” lm-eds chicks. 4 breeds ducklings. Select

and Exhibition grades. A batch ever week all

year. Catalogue free Stamps appreciated



NABOH ll.\'l‘(.‘llERlES. (iambicr. Ohio





 





 





 





 





POULTRY





chicks Bahy chicks





Order your baby chicks now from Michigan’s

largest practical Single Comb White Leghorn

egg farm. We are not running a hatchery buy-

ing our eggs all over the community. but we are

running on egg. pullet and broiler form: and

supply all the eggs that go into the incubator from

our own strain of bred-today Single Comb White

Leghorn hens. and have a few thousand surplus

chicks to sell at certain periods of the season.

We turned away orders for thousands of chicks

last spring. as our supply is limited and we

absolutely refuse to sell anything but ourown

stock. 80 order early and avoid disappointment.

We maturatiofacfion in «on, way.

Prices "tunable and! on unification.





’MaahwaWkde LogbomCo., inc.

- .r p. 1 mllwdtmch.





 





   

 

 





 





CHICKS





Send your order in earl for 1922 de-

livery. Our prices are a ways reason-

able. We give you a square deal.





ROYAL HATCHERY,

R. 2, Zeeland, Mich.





BOOKING—1922— o R DE: 12 s

B-A-B-Y C-H-I-X





WHITE LEGHORNS AND MOTTLED ANCONAS

Also Black Lennon-n5. Brown Leghorns. Bu! Loc-

horns. Black Minorcns. R. O. R

Barred Plymouth Rocks. White Plymouth Roots.

Silver Wynndottes. White Wyandottes. W -HA.

H . flocks on free range on separate



Price List.





 





em from





8. 80114 [or

Valuable Booklet with first order for twenty-flu ”more

CW 366 COMPANY

,- Additional Pwltry‘ Ads. on . Po ('1!
’ cow that produced a 31 lb. cow. who in turn produced





. McPHERZION FARM





t “intend 11°"ng bull lfalgesh twig:

o the but at price: w t in reac o a 1'

. GEO. D. O'LABK Vassar. Mich.





' 113111113. 01333





608-46





 





 





 





FARMfiki





 





 





 





BREEDERS’ DlRl-ICTlIllY '





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication





 





 





THE HOME OF





Imp. Edgar oi Dalmeny





Probably





The World’s Greatest

Breeding Bull





Blue Bell. Supreme Champion at the Smith-

field Show 19l9. and the Birmingham Show

1920. is adaughter of Edgar of Dalmeny.



The Junior Champion Bull.Junior Cham-

pion Female. Champion Calf Herd and First

Prize Junior Heifer Calf. Michigan State Fair.

1925). were also the get of Edgar of Dalmeny



A very choice lot of young bulls—sired by

Edgar of Dalmeny are. at this time. offered

for sale.



Send for Illustrated Catalogue.





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

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





 





 





 





 





EGISTERED Aberdeen-Angus, Ten heifers. six



bulls from right to foui'tc1n months Best, of

breeding. thc 1.511111 thy kind that makfi good Reason-

able. Inquire 1“. J. WILIH'. (I111. Mich





 





Guernsey Hulls; for sale 2 sired by

RegiSteredu (1111' Boy of llilll' yon. l sired by Avon~

dale' s (‘ hoite All one y.r old. ready for service. 1 born

July 26th 1921. HI red by Avondale' sl‘, hoic e All beauti-

fully marked fawn and w hite Addi'1 5s DrW R. Baker



Fort St. West. lhone West 6'19. Detroit. Mich.





 





Registered Guernseys





W e ha1e .1 spec ial pr11po~1iti11n on your Bull for next





year that will inteie RI 11111 now .

J M. WIl LT A.\lS North Adams. Mich.





 





Ch ' Guernsey Bulls. 14 and 18 months old Pri1ed

Olce $1.30 1111l15";'10. Dams A It 1"ecoids 6L? and .'1113

lbs. 11. f. and on i1te~t gaie over 60 lbs. milk per dav

Fedeial ac1 reditk- 1i ”1' rd S lLlFliH. tion guaranteed.

0.1 . and II. (1. NA). Albion. Mich.



l

1'1111'1'11nilng four. rc1ently fresh. One due

GuernseY' in “1 ll“( 11. Fine la1g1 heifer calf also one

bull calf 'lh1.~1 are the kind that make Guernse yhis-

tor)‘. 1"1'11' from 111111 r1- ulosis and aborti in l’i'e 11"1'11

prices. C. A \\ llil‘. N! W 21te1'1'liet Mit h r





G U (E R N 5 EV S ltl'Il’iIS'l‘EltI'Il)

Ill I l. CALVI'IS



Uilll lining blood of 11'11rld1l111nip'1ons.

HICKS’( ('IUERNSEY FAR“. Saginaw W. S. hilch.





 





heifers and calves. A four

Guernseys 1ear old I 1mg“ ater May Roe-re

herd bull also a couple of bull calves from A. R stoc k

U. FUWI Ell. Horton. Mir-.h





 





Rt gister Guernsey bull calves out of A.

For SaleR 11am.$411110 eat h if taken soon.

dilllN I BI‘ I S R ‘3. Holland I\Ii('.h





 





’ 1101111 11. wnm, lnc.,





 





bulls and bull calves from dams making

Guernsey Iargc A,R. records. Accredited herd. \Nrile i

for particulars. A. M. Smith. Lake City. Mich. .





 





Reg Guernsey Cows or heifers.

For sale, prices right

GI'IO. 111. CRAWFORD.





1





HoltonJMicIi. ;





 





Grandsons of

King Of The Pontiacs'





Ready for Service





From 27 to 32-Lb. Dams

Sire: u-King of the Pontiac Segis N11.169124 who is bv

King of the Pontiac 11 and from Hillsdale Segis. a 33

lb. daughter of King Segis.

No. 1 Dam:---"l'.2 lbs butte1 and 6‘30 lbs. milk' in 7days.

No. 2 D11 nun-28.9 lbs. butter and 30 day record of 118

lbs. as Junior four year 01 .

No. 3 Dam:---Granddaughter of Belle Korndyke. 2.77

lbs, butter and 640 lbs. milk in '1' days.

No. «l D111n:---A great. cow. 7651115. of milk and 2.8 lbs.

butter in '1 days. .

Other bulls out of good A. R O. dams. with records

from lit to 20 lbs. butter as Junior 2 and 3 year Old.

All nicely marked and good individuals. Ilerd under

Federal Supervision. CA .L AND SEE THEM. For

pedigree and information write Percy Nye. Mgr.





Priced Right for Quick Sale





James B. Jones Farms,

Romeo, Mich.





HERE IS A GOOD ONE





BORN JI'NE 2nd 1920 by IVlAI’Ll'JURI'IS'l‘ DICKUL

HENGERVICLD whose three sisters have each pro-

duced over 1300 lbs. 11f butter in 11 year. 'I‘VVO of them

former “WORLDS CHAMPIONS. (‘alf's dam by an

own brother of a 1248 lb. cow. Write for pedigree.

l“. B. Y, Kalamazoo, Alich.





The Traverse Herd





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

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way,

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

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

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

Traverse City, Mich.





 





 





 





“Top Notch” Holsteins





A Fine Purchase For Some Good Breeder.

Bull born Sept. 21. 1920. from a nod A. R. O.daugh-

ter of a cow that produced 18.9% be. milk and 750.82

lbs. butter: in ‘one year. and is from a son of a 30 lb.





3 31 lb. cow. 1.!

HisG nearest dams daverage 26 lbs. butter in 7 day.a

Handsomel marked in solid colors—a little more

black than white A goodf individual

ice8125. 00: o. b Howell.

S 00 . HOW ELL, MICE.

herds under U. 8. Superiision. II





 





‘, an" no“ accepted in payment of finely bred reg-





 





 





‘OR Sale 01138 113014, entire herd of Holstein: 0011-an





«flawl “$311351- grade and full





figs.” 1111.111...





 





‘ Ill the herd.





l . .. , .

Holstein- Friesran ,1, “1', 1......





FERTILAND FARMS.





DISPERSION SALE





48 High Class Registered Holsteins 48





At farm, 3 1-2 mi. east and 2 mi. south of Mt. Pleasant.

HEATED SALE ROOM





10 A. M. WED., JAN. 4, 1922





Sale consists of 15 daughters of

129022,





Colantha Petertje Penelope No.





13 daughters of Superba Rag Apple Johanna King N 0 218339,





12 daughters of Prince Segis Mercedes Sadie Vale No. 260821, herd





sire and 4 young bulls,





4 other females by good sires.





Tuberculin Tested. Sold on 60 day retest.

Catalogues ready by Dec. 25.





Mt. Pleasant trains





Auctioneer, S. C. TOMEY





W. T. Bandeen, Owner,





met on day of sale.





In the Box, I. J. FISHBECK

Mt. Pleasant, Mich.





 





WINNWOOD HERD





Registered Holsteins





It was through the daughters of

Flint Maplecrest Boy that

Sir Ormsby Skylark Burke





Our Junior Herd Sire

produced the Junior Champion and Reserve Grand

Champion Heifer, at the Michigan State Fair this

year, in a class of 38.

His get won first in Calf Herd, also first in get of

sire, in a class of 13.

A son of either of these great bulls will help the in-

dividuality and production of your her

We have bulls at dairymen’s prices, and we also

have bulls at the breeder’s price, from dams with

records up to 38 lbs. of butter in seven days, and

1168 lbs of butter in one ye r.

Ask us about a real bull,a Maplccrest or an Ormsby.





Rochester, Mich.





 





A BLUE RIBBON WINNER

YOUNG BULL





On the 1921 Show Circuit For Sale at. a low prica.

Out of an . 11.1). granddaughter of Pontiac Korn-

d) kc. Sircd by our SENIOR SHOW BULL, Model

KingSegis Gilista 32 37 lbs.

GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS,

Corey J :Spencer. Owner

III E. Main Street. Jackson, Michigan.

Iierd l'nder State and Federal Supervision





 





_ Reg. Holstt' 1n Friesian bulls sired b1' .'1 gdson of King





of tht l’11111ia1's.11g1sfrom six months to one 1ear





' old the -1l_1 marked and good individuals priced to move





th1m to niaki room for “inter (alvcs. Herd under

Federal and State supervision. haven‘ t had a reactor

Henry S. Rohlt‘s. R. 1. Akron. Mich.





 





are bred bull calves. also good

tul11 rc ulin tested

lll rd I’111 es art rigl1tl.ai'ro Research Farm,

Box A. \oith I'I.nd Detroit. I1111I1





 





151111 Bargain. 8100 gets a light 111|ored_l1ull ready for

service born Apr. 11.]. . rom 217111 llb. dam and

sire w hose six nc: nest dams 111'. 33. 34 lbs butter 7 days.

Herd under state and 1“:d1d11'al supervision. Oscar

VJaIlin Wiscogin F arm I nioni'ille. Mic





 





' Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred

lllllSlelll registered and high-uradc. Price $20 up.





The Wildwood Farm





Jersey Cattle. Majesty strain. Herd on State accred-

ited list. .of M testing constantly done Bulls for

sale ALVIN HA] 1)l<‘N_ Phone 1435 1. (‘apa1'. Mich.





Lillie Famistead Jerseys 1’3“”, gauge“

COLON ('. LILLII‘I. Coopersi'ille .\li1h.





It‘dor Sale ready for service f1 in R 1

Jersey Bill's M ~ ’1. B tested. Will $1311.11?

\III II dd Im’ARKER. R. «I. How. ll .\Ii1h





Francisco F arr-1 Shorthorns

and BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS





Now ofl'ering: —’I‘ hree bulls ready for serv-icr. Alasto-

don. Olansman.Eman1-ip.rtor blood 1n gilts bred for

spring farrow. Seet



Mt. Pleasant. Mich





POPE BROSm 00.,

BIDWELL BUY A BULL

that will put weight on your d it i

erence will soon flay for the bulla '13.? 13113261313312

Scotch and Scott topped yearlings. reasonabh priced.





e guarantee eiery animal to be a breeder. 1"

Test One hour from '1‘.oled11 Ohio. N. Y. C. Redgral





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan





Richland Shorthorns





The place for Bull Bmgains. Two white 1ear-

lings by Imp. New‘ton( hampion and out of Imp.

Scotch cows Also several other real Scotch

calves at low prices.





 





 





 





C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS,

Office 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





 





 





 





Splendid individuals and breeding. Write us your re-

quirements. lli'ov'ni-i'oit l'ai'nis. McGrraw. N. Y





 





H lIol~t1' 111 Bulls icady for service sired b1 11 4" lb

rig-1.1.11.1“... 111.111 11.111. few heifets and .111.

1'e~. B .RItAVY . Akron. Mich.





WE WANT





Beef Cattle Breeders & Feeders





To Prosper and Make Money





In truth the World‘s Best Beefis

made at the lowest cost. If you

have a Hereford Bull or herd. If you would pro—

duce your own feeding cattle—"far better than

you can buy. If we supply vou cattle that are

right. If 1' 1111 would feed cattle profitalilvn'.

Sotham’ s Earliripe Beef



Insures Y our Success Our 51' stem is the rslatisfy-

ing substance of 90 1' cars conscientious service to

the cattle industry of Ameri1a by three. genera-

tions of Sotlian1s.Get the facts. Write, right

now, or wire, address





T. F. B. SOTHAM&SON,





((S‘attle Business Established 1832)

Saint Clair, Michigan





 





 

 

 





Phone2





Herefords





Repeaters. Beau Donalds. Fairfaxes. and Farmers

represented in our herd. R-peater l73rd, a son of

old Repeater, at head of herd. Both sexes and all

ages for sale.





ALLEN BROS.,





(Fa arm at Paw Paw, Mich.)

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





HEREFORDS F01- Sale. ij’sgefigl';





RALPH CALHOUN. Bronson. Mich





 





 





Jersey Thoroughbreds





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

anteed. 'l‘nherculin tested twice a year. If on have

no moue will take bankable note. E. W. Hillary.

411 Free Press Bull ding. Detroit. Mich” Main! "67.





BUTTER ERED ”a”; 1'11““





 





 





 





 





' .‘1": it."





BUY SHORTHORNS 0f Iflellfsral Mi1lii-





S'hoithoin

Breeders Association at farmers prices.





\\ rite I111-

salelist to M. E. Mill1r. Sec' y, G1'een1'.illc Mic.h





' ‘ Shortliorns. {1(‘(I‘flt'lll1‘l -d herds males

Mllklng and ftilliillt.fi.l11\\ pr 11 es Davidson

and Hall.B1:Iand and Beland. Tecumseh \li1. h





 





 





Scotch and Scotch "_lopped males anl

For sale Females. any age. prices right. Ad.

dress Northwestern Michigan Shorthorn Breedeis'

Ass 11. Roy F. Zimmerman. 8130' y. '1 raverse City. Mich.





. we hate a few sele1t (11w. “ill



Reg. Shorthorns' c 1'111es for sale or wouldNtradd

them for Ilolsteins or ltcg Percheron horses



WHITNEY BRO S.. Onondaga. IWi1h.





 





 





at bargains. Cows and young bulls read

Sharlhorlw for use. Spring calves, either sex: (1ng

Poland Cluna pigs. Robert Neve. Pierson, Mich.





' ‘ ' Shorthorns of best Bates l e d'

Mllklng bulls. cows and heifers for 'salbl. e mg.

F. H KUR'I l‘Z. Islason.l\li1h





HOGS

EVERY’S BIG BERKSHIRES





Choice boars. Sows bred or open Satisfactio

anteed. W.H. EVERY. Manchester, Mich. nguar





 





 





 





Jerseys A few extra good fall [1 mr .

Duroc a, choice lot of spring boars of the,3 6:11:15

boned type popular blood lines at reasonable price..-

DI {ODT & BERNS. blonroe Alich.





Breakwater Dunn: Jerseys





SPRIBNG BOARS sired by Panama Special 55th,

BigB one Giant Sensation and Breakwater

Demonstrator. The b°st of the brc d. 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. . Mumford. Owner J. B. Andrews, Mgr.





Duroc Service Boar's820 111111 on?" ,3, .0 “$130 $93?





pigs'810 to 815. All registered or eligible WeA have

one of the largest an best herds in state 9

opportunity for selection. MICHIGANA FARR/I,

Pavilion. Mich.. Kalamazoo Count ty





Pure-Bredh D‘m’" “rag; "113%; £31101“'“"ii.

fair for sale. . _ ”1w _ 13m





 

 





Write for particulars,





 





 





(Concluded from last week).

Swine—Breeding Classes.





Berkshires. ——Senior and grand cham-

pion boar, Hood Farm, Lowell, Mesa-1.,

on Longfellow Double; junior champi-

on, G. M. Middleton, Shellyville, Ky.-;

senior and grand champion sow, An-

cady Farms, Lake Forest, 111.. on Io-

wana Lanore 49th; junior champion.

Arcady Farms. ‘



Poland-Chinas.——Senior

champion boar, Colorado; junior cham-

pion, Colorado; senior and grand

champion sow, S. R. Youkey & Sons,

Thorntown, Ind; juior champion Col-

orado.



Duroc-Jersey.—Senior and grand

champion boar, W. J. Fitts, on Wil-

leta’s King; juior champion, Cold-

stream and Jackson Farm, Lexington.

Ky.: senior and grand champion sow,

Coldsti'eam and Jackson Farm on My

Lady Friend: juni ' champion, Thom-

as Johnson. Camp .hasc, Ohio.



Cl1este1'-Whites.——All champions won

by Mosse & Mosse, Leavenworth, Kan-

sas.



Hampshires.—~Junior, senior and

grand champion boar, Wickfield Farm,

Cantril, Iowa; senior and grand cham-

pion sow, W. W. Vaughn. Lyons, Wis.;

junior champion, B. P. Evans, Shelby-

villc, Tenn.





Yorkshires~8enior and grand

champion boar, senior and grand

champion sow and junior champion





sow. B. F. Davidson, Menlo, 1a.; jun-

ior champion boar, J. E. Brethour and

nephew, Burford. Ont. _

Spotted Poland-Chinas.——Junior and

grand champion boar. Renner Stock

Farm, Hartford City, Ind; senior and

grand champion sow, S. R. Youkey,

'I‘horntown, Ind; junior champion sow,

R. K. Beam & Sons, Ansonia, O.

’I‘amworths—Sr. and grand champi-

on boar. James E. Crum, Dallas City,

lll.: junior champion, B. F. Harris

Farms, Seymour. 11].; senior and grand

champion sow. Harris; junior champi-

on sow, G. Scheer, Bethany, Ill.

Swine—Fat Classes.





Berkshires—Champ. barrow, Minne-

sota: champion pen, Iowa.



Poland-Chinas.—Cl1ampion pen and

barrow. Illinois,





       





and barrow, Nebraska.

Hampshires.—Champion pen and

barrow. Willie Essig, Tipton, Ind.

Champion barrow of show, Minne-

sota.

Champion pen of show, Illinois.





Horses.





Percimrons—Champion American

bred stallion. senior champion stal-

lion. and grand champion stallion.

Laet. owed by \Voodside Farms, San-

dusky, Ohio; champion American bred

mare. juior champion mare. and grand

champion mare, Maplegrove Carrie,

owned by J. O. Singmaster & Sons,

Keota, Iowa: reserve senior champion

stallion. Mai'ouisat. Graham & Blanch-

field, Birch Hill. 821511.; junior cham-

pion stallion and reserve champion

stallion. Jerome. owned by Bell Bros,

Wooster, Ohio: reserve junior champi‘

on stallion. Double Carnot, owned by

\V. S. Corsa, ‘Whitehall. 111.; grand

champion mare. Coquette, E. H. Pet-

ersmeyer. Regina, Saskt senior chain-

pion mare, Glorianna, Ed. Nicodemus,

Wziynesboro, Penn: reserve senior

champion mare, Nacelle, owned by

Singmastei'; reserve junior champion

maie and reserve champion mare, Gar-

nona V Corsa.



Shires—All championships awarded

to Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm, Bush-

nell, Ill.



Belgians—~Scnior and grand champi-

on stallion, Bell Bros. \Vooster, Ohio.

on George Henry; junior champion

stallion, Bell Bros, on St. Marc; sen-

ior champion mare. Harry Stamp,

Roachdale Ind. on Ruble: junior and

giand champion mare Erven Snider,

New Paris, lnd., on Dazey Bell.



Clydesdales.—~Senior and grand.

champion stallion; \Veaver on Wee

Donald Regina, Sask; ieserve senior

champion stallion, Manitoba Depart-

ment of Agriculture on First Princi-

pal; junim champion stallion, Conyng-

ham VVilkesbarre Pa., on Langwater

Fashion; reserve junior champiOn stal-

lion, Fairholme, New Market, N. J., on

Fairholme Revelation: senior champi-

on 1nare,Cluett Williamston, Mass...

on Langwater Jesica: reserve senior

champion mare, Iowa State College on

Peei’ s Lady; junior and grand champi-

on mare, Cluett

Rosabel; reserve junior champion

mare Cluett on Green Meadow Muriel.





 





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Here is a. sample of the letters we

receive every day tram dairymen who

would not think of getting along with-





, out Kow-Kare in the barn. Mrs. Har-





vey Roy, Homer, Ill., writes:





“I’ve thought for some time I'd write

Ind tell you the happy results I secured

from using Row-Kare. Lost winter I

used it just as directed and the valuable

Shortborn cow, we would hove been com-

pelled to send to the butcher for what we

could get is now safe in calf. I have also

used the Bog-Balm with good results."





Barrenness, as well as' most other

60w diseases, Retained Afterbirth,

Abortion, Scouting, Bunches, Milk





Fever and Loss of Appetite have their-





origfin in sluggish genital and digestive

organs. These are just the organs

Kow-Kare acts upon most promptly,

toning up and creating healthy, nor-

mal action. The milk yield improves





at [once through this effective aid to .





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

Schoolmaster l9i9 world’sgrand champion also Wonder Big Type and Giant

Write your wants, all stock shipped on approval.





HOGS.





Cass City, Mich.





 





 





 





en. Letters should we fully the history and ., , of

each case and give. name and address 0! the writer. Initials

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

service becomes private practice and 31 must be enclosed.





 





R. W’. G., South Branch, Mich—You

had better consult your veterinarian

regarding the ailment of your pigs.



Barrenness.—i bought a three-year-

old cow which freshened last May, and

since then she has not been in heat.

How shall I treat her? E. K., Stephen-

son, Mich.—~Give her one dram ground

nux vomica, two drains ginger and one

dram of ground capsicum at a. dose in

feed three times a. day. Feed plenty

of grain and keep her warm.



Bunch on Leg.-—I have a cow with a





: bunch on one leg about the size of.a





Don’t wait for actual disease: use .





Kerr-Kare on your poor mllkers.‘ It

will work wonders and return many

times its cost.





If you on out of Kow—Koae':l go to your





feed dealer, general store or ggist. They

$358“, you the new reduced price—66c and





DAIRY ASSOCIATION 00.. INCL.

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also other Bunches or Swellings. No blister.

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

nomical—only afew drops required at an appli-

cation. $2. 50 per bottle-delivered. Book 3 ll M.

"MERE, M, the antiseptic linimcnt for man-

kind, reduces Cysts, chs, Painful, Swollen

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

delivered. Book“Evidcnce" free.



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large apple and I would like to know

how it can be taken off. C. C. E., De-

catur, Miclr~Either have it cut off, or

paint bunch with tincture of iodine

daily.



Tuberculosis —— Shy Breeders.—ls

there a quick and inexpensive method

of finding out whether a family milk

cow has tuberculosis? I also have

three sows which are shy breeders. Is

there any treatment that is practical?

O. F. P., Pavilion, Mich—Testing cat-

tle with tuberculin is work for the

qualified veterinarian, therefore I ad-

vise you to have the work done well,

then you avoid mistakes and perhaps

financialloss. If necessary your state

veterinarian will do the work. If pos-

sible ascertain the cause of your sow’s

failure to breed, if an acid condition

of genital tract, flush with a tepid salt

solution, made by dissolving a tea-

spoonful of salt in one pint of clean

Treat her daily for a few days

comes in heat, and don’t





A solution of bicarbon-

a proper remedy for





she is served.

soda is

these cases.



Spasmodic Colic—Chronic Indiges-

tion.——I have a mare that has been sub-

ject to what we termed colic. “hen

the attack comes on, she will lay down,

then roll, get up, look back at side;

the ailment seems to be chronic. Late-

ly she has had sevc 'le attacks. I give

her one ounce of turpentine, a table-

spoonl'ul of ginger in one quart of milk

and the second dose caused her bowels

to act, she then. got relief. After the

attack she is weak. How can these

attacks be prevented? S. H. R., Lin-

wood. Mich—Feeding her a good qual-

ity of food, keeping the bowels open,

and prevent her from overloading the

stomach. Mix equal parts of ginger,

gentian, air-slaked lime and salt to-

gether, give her a tablespoonful at a

dose in feed two or three times a day.

Unless she is fed the right kind of

food and regularly, she will not re-

COVPI'.



Cow Gives Bloody Milk—Will you

tell me how to cure a cow that gives

bloody milk? A. L., Decatur, Mich.“

Doubtless her udder has been bruised,

find out, if possible. the cause and re-

move the cause and she will cease

giving blood with the milk. I might

say that careful milking is one of the

best remedies, plenty of bedding is an-

other, prevent other cows from .hook-

ing her, or colt kicking her. Don’t al-

low her to step over high doorsill, or

fence rails.



Teat Obstruction—I have a seven-

year-old cow which freshcned a little

over a month ago. She has one teat

that fails to fill up quickly, but there

are no hard bunches in the feat. F. A.

C., Hastings, Mich—A partial closure

of the milk duct by a membrane may

be the cause and if so, your veterinar-

ian can open through it, which will

soon make milking easier.



Heifer Has Five Teats.——I have a

heifer due to freshen in May that has

three teats on one side of udder. The

extra teat is in the way of the front

teat. Can it be safely tied off with a

silk cord? J. A. P., Milan, Mich.—~If

you intend to remove the small teat

yourself, tie it off, use corded silk or

linen thread, but dip it in tincture of

iodine, also paint upper part of teat

with iodine before you apply ligature.

If your veterinarian treats the case he

will cut off teat, then apply one part

iodoform and five parts boric acid to

wound daily until healed.



Garget.——-Every two or three weeks

one of my cows is troubledwith caked

bag. Have given her poke—root but it

fails to help her. D. H., Lake Odessa,

Mich—Apply one part iodine and ten

parts fresh lard to caked parts every

day or two. Give her a tsblespoonful





of . fluid: extracted, phytolaeee. in feed

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HOGS

DUROO JERSEYS: 3.332%???





sale. CAREY U EDMUNDBK flamingo, Mich





 





Swim pigs by Wolt’s

Orion, First Sr. Yearling

Detroit, Jaekson,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919





Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich.





 





D Herd headed by Great King Orion Col. saris.

um ted by a. good son of King Orion Fancy Jr-

HARRY FOWLER. Sturgis. Mich





Duroc Jersey Swine





Breeding stock for sale at all times at rcasonable

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

any age write, or better, come to farm Best of

Blood line and we guarmtee you satisfaction.

Herd boars. Panama Special 11th and Home

Farm Wonder. Booking order for fall pigs at$l5





each.

Thos. Underliill 5‘. Son, Salem, Mich.





“I oodlawn Farm Duroc bags are from select breed-

ing stock. well mated for size. type and color.

Herd boars, sows and pigs. will ship C.O.D. and furn-

ish Reg. certificate. W. E. Hartley, Alma, Mich.





DUROC sow s and “W brew



Jacks Cherry



Orion King No. 1&‘259 Son of the $10,(XJO bozu: owned



by Longviow Farm. Le Humit. Mo. also young boars

ready for service out. of goo sows. Apply



’l'lil‘] JENNINGS FARM. Bailey, Mich.





 





 





 





 





of the big heavy boned typo‘





For sale nuroggl Write your wants.





AS. BRAY, ()kemos. Mich,





 





LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS





Spri iii” of either sex. Sired by Is- Clusmsn

Gran (J amnion Boar 1920 and Smooth Buster

lst. Jr. yearling 1920. Pricadtosall. Write or H68

them. A. A. Feldkainp, R. 2, Manchester, Mich.





 





LEONABD'S Big Type P. C. Herd headed by Leon-

. and-s Liberator 458,285. the tallest. longest and heav-

iest boned pig for his age in icb. Call or write.

stock in season. Fall pl%at Bargain Prices.



R. L NARI), St. Louis, Mich.





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.

Type Poland China

fall igs either sex, sired by Clunsman Buster and

by over's Giant. Also gills bred for spring farrow

to Hover-‘8 Liberator Priced to sell, satisfaction gust.

anteed. ' DURUS HOVER, Akron. Mich.





 





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

mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mam-moth sows from

Iowa 5 greatest herds. E.J.Mnthewson. Burr 0.1.1! lch.

Big Ty e Poland





The Thumb Herd China“. ‘or 30 days





1 am alluring bargains in Poland Chinnn. My herd

boar which won five firsts grand champion at Bay

City,‘.’nd at rtato Fair in layer). Spring boars, gilts

and pigs. all ages by him. Peace and Plenty and

Tuscola Lad. ()nt of Miss Smooth Jumbo. Model

Magnet. Orange Maid and others. Largest herd of

pnzewmnors in the thumb, sold on approval. W'rite





your wants.

E. NI. 0RDWAY, Millington, Mich.





Spoiled Poland China





Have some good Fall pigs eight weeks old, both

sexes. for sale. Also one extra good boar born

April lst ready for service. CHAS. BABCOCK

or W. I. BEARCE. Ovid, Mich.





L.T.P.C. $ 1 5, $20 & $25





We have a fine lot. of fall pigs sired by Harts

Black Price and Right Kind Clan. HART,

ll‘l.lL(".lll‘2l{ and CLlNE, address F. T. Hart, St.

Louis, Mich.





 





 





 





 





DUROC JERSEYS





spring boars that will improve yo ur hogs, of Orion

(Wherry King. lol. and Pathfinder breeding. zit ren-

sonuhle prices. Write us your wants. Bi‘cd sows find.

gills all sold W. O. TAYLOR, 'ilan, Mich.





 





VV EST View Durm' Farm olfcrs spring boars from

Home Farm 'i'ippy Orion and Pathfinder Prince,

with big bone and type. Ready for service. sown. fall

gilts and spring gills with quality. Write or come and

see them. ALBERT l'lBERSOLE. Plymouth, Mich.





 





D U R OC-J E R5 EYS n’lnnfiefimf‘m“





E. D. HI‘IYIHCNBERK, “'11,,\'l.'uid. l\‘[icli.

from tho, Bmokwatcr stock.





DUROCS Fall pigs $13. registered.





HAROLD WIDDIS, Baroda, Mich.





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“I quality March hours and fall

Chester hltes pigs at a Very low pi‘lccs.sut.isfnr-

Lion guarantecd. l“. W. Alexander, Vassar. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





I CHESTER Whit-cs —-rl“all lyigs only, for sale. A com-

/ hination ofr Wildwomi rim-e and BigSousminn

blood lines. G. l), Springer, R. 6, Grand Rapids, Mich.





A “‘8





' Raise Chester Whites

Like This





the original big producers





success. i can help you. i want to Place one be from

my great herd in every community where sinnot nlr - )7 rep—

resented b‘y thesolme early dcveloperr—rcndy {or market at en!

the ol . Wri for my plan-o ‘ M to Money [ruin lions.”





G. 8. BENJAMIN, R. F D_ 10_ Portland, Michigan





0. I. C. BOARS





shipped C. 0. I).

J. CARL JEVVETT. Mason. Mich.





O. I. C’s.





and May hours at reasonable prices. Weber

Bros, 10 Ml. and Ridge lids. Royal Oak. Mich.





o l c ' s .

. - - ' spring pigs, either no: not akin.

Big growthy stock. 5-5 mile west of Dcpotflitzs Phone.

OT’l O B. SOIIULZE. Nashville. Mich.





 





 





 





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unc yearling hour and last





 





0 I 0 Spring hours and gills no akin. “'e brced and

- - - own the Grand Champion Boar m: “'est Mich.

State Fair. We ship 0. O. i). and Reg. frec.



GEO. M. WELTON dc SON. Alto. Mich.





O. I. C. & Chester White Swine





STRICTLY llIG TYPE WITH QUALITY. anc a

few good semce boars left that I will sell CHEAP.

Also a fine lot of Grits, bred for Spring furrow. They

are of our Prize Winning blood lim-szmd priced to





 





 





sell. Newman's Stock Fm‘ui, R. 4, Mzirletto.Mich

i - -

O. l. C s, Boers and Gills {22%,3353 £52





and! quality 'guaranteed. Ship 0. 0. 1). Elm Front

Stock Farm. WILL THORMAN, Dryden, Mich.

9 Aug. and Se . i and bred



0‘ I' C ' gilts for Mar. fg‘rropwgs

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe, Mich.

0 I C 9 8 A_ ril boars all sold, one A rll

‘ ' l t left and Ann. pigs. MIL H.

PETERSON, R. 2. onia. Mich. “Elinhnrst Form"



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I. C s. 2:31? ri nits bred for March





fart-ow.

A. J. BARKER SON. Belmont. Mich.





 





 





 





 





gilt: bred for spring furrow ho a son of Prince

Bil Bone. Roe. ondfuaranteed sotisfacto .

J. A. WIL tSO‘N. Alina Mi .





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F“ Sula. 0.I.0. Guts bred for

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Fire sale is a place for bargains. We can under-

. so” am fire saloon earth. We are mak-

ing a special price on Big 'l‘ypc Poland China Boom

Sin-d in the purple. \Vc can furnish just what

you want, Over 100 head on hand.



Bell Phone. .IN()- C. BUTLER, Portland, Mich.





L. S. P. C.





l yearling herd bouras lumd as you ever saw, spring

boars by Nov. let, You mn‘l incur the price nor the

breeding. H. O. S“ AR'l'Z. Schnolcraft. Mich.





LARGE TYPE P. C.





Home of the largest herd of individuzih~ in Michigan.

Conn; and sec. Compare and he ('(luvinvedl expenses

paid if not as roprcscnted; priced in keeping with the





 





 





mines Young boars ready _tn ship, that grow into

Winners, also sows. l\. IC. Livingston. Parmn, Mich.

ig type Poland (‘hlnu boars and gills of April furrow.





Balsa one yearling boar that is hard to bent. Prices

right, CLYDE FISHER. It. 3. St. Louis, Allah.

Poland (Winnchading strains





BIG TYPE zit lnwesr prices. Both sex, all





ages, and brcd sows and gills

‘. Middleville. Mich.





 





(1 A. BAIIIN1(}AI{I)N‘C}:..A Ii. 3.





Model 24 Mini: boars and gilts now ready

- in ship. . ometliing good ata right. price

W. J. HAHICIBHAW, Augusta, Mich'





L. T. P.





lg type P.C.Springbonrs and choice fall pi either

sex. sired by Big Bob Nlastodou. Priced 158v} guar-

teed. C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rapids, Mich.





 





China gilts sired by u 900 lb two years old and

bred to :i «in of Mich. 1921 Grand Champion,

HOHI‘IRT MAll'l‘lN. R. 3, Woodland. Nllch.





Polan





 





' place your order for bred gilt. and fall

Hampshlres ping at a bargain. 9th year. 3,

JOHN W . SNYDER, ll. 4, St. Johns, Mich.





YORKSHIRE BOARS





ready [or service. WATERMAN d: WATERMAN,

Packard Rd, Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





 





 





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' 7 yearling rains also ram and awe

ShrOPSh‘res lambs. Buttar and Senator Blb<

by breeding. C. J. Thompson.





 





A Real Bargain at

Kope 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.



5. L. WING, Coldwater, Mich.





600 Breeding Ewes





£51“ :zlile,htl:ho|§c% young oAiilesMbgagtBo Shro shire rams.

05 y ac aces. . O .013 PMAN. .

Roohwoud. Mich. 80





 





 





Registered Shropshire Rams

Priced to sell. Dan Booher, R. 4, Evan. M ioli

' and ewes all ages. Quality

Bag. Shrmmre Rams and price are right. Will

ship on approval. II. F. Mouser, R. 8, Ithaca, Mich





 





 





‘lhropshiresk Yearling and lamb mom with quality,

sired by an imported Winton ram. Write for rices

and description. “KB. McQuilian,





' ' Delaine ewes and ten

Te“ Aged Refldmd ewe lambs for sale.

CALHOON BROSN Bronson. Mich.





 





When writing to advertisers





 





Rockford. Mich.





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please mention the Michi-g‘

igan Farmer.
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Tuesday, December 20.

Wheat.





Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.19; No.

2 mixed and No. 2 white $1.16.



Chicago.—Cash No. 2 red $1.14; No.

2 hard $111176; May $1.14.



Toledo.—-—Cash No. 2 red $1.19; May





Corn.





Detroit—Old Cash No. 2 yellow at

56c; No. 3 yellow $55c; new yellow

Cash No. 3, 520; No. 4, 500.



Chicago.—No. 2 mixed 471/g@48%0;

No. 2 yellow 47%@481A,c.



Oats.





Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 39c; No.

3 White 36@37c; No. 4, 31%@341/2;c. .



Chicago—No. 2 white 361/§@371/éc;

No. 3 white 34@360.





Beans.





Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.30 per cwt.



Chicago—Choice to fancy hand-

picked Michigan beans at $4.75@5;

red kidney beans $6.75.



New York—The market is steady.

Choice pea at $5.25; do medium at

$4.75@5; red kidney $7.25.





and prompt





Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 88c.

Chicago.——86.

Toledo—Cash 860.



Seeds.





Detroit—Prime red clover, cash at

$13.30; alsike $11; timothy $3.15.



Toledo—Prime red clover at $13.45;

alsike $11; timothy $3.121/2.



Hay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $19@20;

standard and light mixed at $18@19;

No. 2 timothy $17@18; No. 1 clover

mixed $16@17; rye straw $13.50@14;

wheat and oat straw $12.50@13 per

ton in carlots.





Feeds.





Detroit—Bran $30; standard mid-

dlings at $30; fine middlings at $30;

cracked corn $27.50; coarse cornmeal

$24.50; chop $22.50 per ton in 100-lb.





sacks.

WHEAT





Slack demand for wheat both for

export and from domestic mills has

been the dominating influence in the

wheat market during the last week

and prices have maintained a slightly

lower trend. The visible supply has

been decreasing and is now smaller

than at this time last year but this

factor has not aided the market par-

ticularly as the Canadian visible sup-

ply is materially larger than a year

ago. The marked disagreement among

the estimates of various statisticians

upon the world’s wheat situation con-

tinues. The International Institute of

Agriculture estimates the world’s

yields, including Russia and some of

the smaller states in the southeastern

Europe at about seven per cent greater

than in 1920. A British authority con-

nected with the International Institute

recently estimated the total surplus in

exporting countries at 200,000,000

bushels more than the world’s import

requirements. It is generally expected

that the government report coming at

the end of December will show an in-

crease in the yield in this country of

25,000,000 to 35,000,000 bushels.





CORN





The movement of new corn has in-

creased about threefold in the last

three weeks. Iowa is the principal

shipper. With growers selling more

rapidly than usual, the man to loan

money to farmers through the War





Finance Corporation in order to with- . B





hold corn from the market has not

been noticeably effective. Complaints

are being made in certain sections that

the banks through which these loans

must be made are not trying to help

farmers. The visible supply‘ of corn

is the largest at this season for over

twenty years and at the present rate

of arrivals is certain to increase still

further. Although there is no reason





for expecting that prices will go ma-

. terially below the present level, it is





equally improbable that there will be

any substantial advance until the win-

ter movement is out of the way.





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fairly well in spite of the small crop

and only small inroads have been made

upon the excessive visible supply. The

International Institute of Agriculture

reports that the 1921 yield of oats in

countries upon which data are avail-

able is thirteen per cent less than





in 1920.

SEEDS





Seed markets maintained a firm un-

dertone as stocks are not excessive

and the crop of red cloverseed in this

country and abroad is known to be

light. Active trade next spring is ex-

pected as seedsmen are not heavily

supplied. Low prices for coarse grains

and a possible campaign to reduce the

corn acreage ay enlarge the demand

for clover seedy?





FEEDS





Most of the recent advance in prices

of feeds has been maintained. Lighter

operation of flour mills has strength-

ened the market for wheat feeds by

reducing the quantities offered for sale

and the firmness in this division has

aided other feeds. Actual buying is

only moderate. If the demand for flour

should broaden, increased operations

at flour mills would tend to weaken

the market for wheat feeds. The price

of bran has already diverted some of

the demand toward alfalfa hay and





meal.

POTATOES





Potato prices are practically un-

changed at shipping points, with the

demand rather dull. Eastern whole-

sale markets weakened slightly. New

York round whites are quoted at $1.65

@170 per 100 pounds sacked f. o. b.

shipping points. Michigan round whites

are $1.45@1.50. In eastern cities the

general range of wholesale prices is

from $2W12.20 per 100 pounds While in

middlewestern cities round whites are

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cars per day, which is less than two

weeks ago and below the average for

this season of the year. Prices are at

about the same level as this season





last year.

HAY





Prices are lower in a number of hay

markets due to an increase in receipts

and a light holiday demand. The per-

centage of low grades arriving is high.

The reduction in western grain and

hay rates to go into effect on Decem-

ber 27 has been confirmed. This may

mean larger shipments from surplus

sections but no decrease in freight

rates from distributing markets and

demand may not enlarge.





BEANS





The market for Michigan beans

holds at about the same level with

$4.40 per 100 pounds being paid for

choice hand-picked stock f. o. b. ship-

ping points. Farmers are receiving

about $4 for beans in the dirt. A good

many beans are being held by dealers

until after inventory time among the

wholesale grocers when broader de-

mand is anticipated. The California

and Colorado bean markets are firm.

The red kidney bean market is weak

with Michigan prices about $6.25 per

100 pounds f. o. b. It is making good

on the prediction given here early in

the season to the effect that it was

in much less-sound position than the

market for white stock.





WOOL





Prices for wool in domestic markets

were again slightly higher last week.

Mills were the chief buyers although

it is said that speculative buying has

been responsible for much of the

strength during preceding weeks. At

the present rate of consumption by

mills, wool must be brought in sooner

or later no matter how high the tariff

is. Some overtures have been made

for the purchase of wool on the sheep’s





 





 





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Wednesday, December'21.





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 281. Active and steady.





Best heavy steers . .. .$ 6.25@ 7.00

Best handy wt bu steers 6.25@ 7.25

Mixed steers and heifers 5.25@ 5.75

Handy light butchers.... 4.7503 5.00

Light butchers .......... 4.25@ 4.50

Best cows .............. 4.50@ 5.25

Butcher cows ........... 3.25@ 3.75

Common cows ........... 2.50@ 3.00

Canners . .............. .. 2.00@ 2.50

Best light weight bulls.. 4.25@ 4.50

Bologna bulls ........... 3.50@ 4.50

Stock bulls . 3.00@ 3.50

Feeders .................. 5.25@ 5.75

Stockers ................ 4.75@ 5.00

Milkers and springers.... 40@ 80





Hogs.





Receipts 2,091. Pigs steady, mixed





hogs 250 higher.





Mixed hogs ............. $ 7.35@ 7.40

Heavies .............. . . . 6.75

Roughs ................. 5.50@ 5.75





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1,118. Market steady.





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

Fair lambs ............. 8.00@ 9.25

Light to common ........ 6.00@ 7.50

Fair to good sheep ...... 3.50@ 4.00





Culls and common ......

Veal Calves.

Receipts 681. Market steady.





1.00@ 2.00





est . . . . . ............... $10.00@10.50

Others 3.00@ 8.00

CHICAGO

Hogs.





Estimated receipts today are 20,000;

holdover 6,658. Market active, mostly

250 higher on butcher grades. Bulk of

sales $6.75@7.05; tops at $7.15; heavy

250 lbs up medium, good and choice

$6.75@6.90; medium 200 to 250 lbs,

medium, good and choice $6.85@6.90;

light 150 to 200 lbs common, medium,

good and choice at $6.95@7.15; light

lights 130 to 150 lbs common, medium,

good and choice at $7.05@7.25; heavy

packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $5.65

@610; packing sows 200; lbs up rough





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Cattle.



Estimated receipts today are 5,000.

Market slow and steady. Beef steers

medium and heavy weight 1100 lbs up

choice and prime $8.25@10.25; do me-

dium and good $6@8.75; do common

$5.25@6; light weight 1100 lbs down

good and choice $7.35@7.50; do com-

mon and medium $5@8; butcher cat-

tle heifers common, medium, good and

choice $3.50@8; cows, common, medi~

‘um, good and choice $3.25@6; bulls,

bologna and beef $3.15@5.75; canners

and cutters cows and heifers $2@3.25;

do canner steers at $2.75@3.75; veal

calves light and handyweight medium,

good and choice at $6.75@8.50; feeder

steers common, medium, good and

choice $5@6.50; stocker steers com-

mon, medium, good and choice $4.25@

6.50; stocker cows and heifers com-

mon, medium, good and choice at $2.75





@4.75

Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today are 7,000.

Killing classes strong to 250 higher;

sheep steady. Lambs 84 lbs down me-





' dium, good, choice and prime $5.75@





10.75; do culls and common $7.50@

9.50; spring lambs medium, good, and

choice and prime $7@9.25; ewes, me-

dium, good and choice $3@5.25; ewes,

cull and common $1.50@2.75; yearling

wethers medium, good and choice at





$8.75@10.

BUFFALO .

Cattle.





Receipts 20 cars; slow; 50@75clow-

er on shipping steers-butchers; ship-

ping steers $7.25@8.50; tops generally

$8; butchers $7.50@8; yearlings $9@

11; heifers $4@7; cows $2.25.@5.75;

bul-ls $3.25@5.25; stockers and feeders

$5.6. Calves $12.



Hogs.



Receipts 50 cars; steady to 25¢

lower; heavy at $7; mixed $7; york-

ers $7.50@7.75; light yorkers $8@8.25;

pigs $8.25@8.50; roughs at $5.75@6;

stags $4@4.50. ~. , *



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no deal ave een reported closed.

Australmew Zealand markets

have been depressed slightly by offer-

ings from the new clip but seem to be

stronger again in the last week or

two. The woolen goods situation in

this country is still unsatisfactory,

with the market weak and dull. At-

tention is centering on the opening for

the next heavyweight season which is

expected before long.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Receipts of eggs at the four leading

cities are still running considerably

ahead of the same period last year.

Prices slumped rather sharply last

week, especially at Chicago where it

is claimed that prices had been arti-

ficially advanced. A reaction after the

long continued rise is not at all sur-

prising. Decreased consumption’as a.

result of tariff quotations may have

been a factor as egg prices at retail

were somewhat out of line with other

foods. Cold storage holdings of dress-

ed poultry are still accumulating rath-

er rapidly. The four leading cities now

have 55,845,000 pounds, or about 10,-

000,000 pounds more than on the same

date in 1920.



Detroit.—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 45@520. Poultry, springs 20@

21c; large fat hens 20@22c; medium

hens 19@20c; old roosters 13c; geese

21@23c; ducks 260; turkeys 43@45c.





BUTTER





General opinion seems to be that big

advances from current levels are not

probable but that the market, on the

other hand, might go considerably low-

er. Toward the close of last week a

steadier tone was in evidence as con-

sumptive buyers were attracted by the

decline in prices.

were affected by the arrival of foreign

butter. The percentage of fancy but-

ter has decreased due to defects com-

mon at this season of the year. Fluc-

tuations on this grade were more vio-

lent than on butter of medium quality.



Prices on 92-score fresh butter were:

Chicago 431/20; New York 44%0. At

Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells

for 37%(«0381/20.





GRAND RAPIDS





Poultry prices for the Christmas and

holiday trade opened the week in

Grand Rapids at the Thanksgiving

week level, with the demand largely

for chickens, ducks and geese. Tur-

keys were in fair supply. Buying of

pork, beef, veal and mutton was only

moderate owing to the holiday demand

for poultry. Potato market was quiet.

Quotations as follows:





Poultry—Live weight, heavy fowls

18@200; light 14@160; roosters and

stags 9@lOc; heavy springers 18@200;

light 14@160; ducks 20(v220; geese 18

((7200; turkeys 36c; dressed 40@42c.



Live Stock—Live weight, cattle,

prime steers $6; heifers $4 @550; cows

$2.25@4; bulls $2.50@3.50; veal, dress-

ed $7@11. Hogs, average $6.50; heavy

$5.50; fat sows $4.50@5; dressed hogs

$10@10.50. Sheep, ewes, live $2@4;

lambs $701}7.50.



Fruit and Vegetables—Apples AA-

grade, Northern Spies $3@3.50 per bu;

Baldwins $2@2.50 bu; potatoes 900@

$1 bu; dry onions $5 per cwt; cabbage

$1.50 bu; celery 20@500 bunch.



Grain—Wheat, No. 1 red $1.04; No.

1 white $1.01; rye 65c; barley 85c;

oats 42c; corn 60c; buckwheat $1.35;

beans, white $3.50@3.75 per cwt; red

kidney $5 per cwt.



Greenville.—Potatoes, market dull;

No. 1 white $1.10@1.25 per cwt.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The produce market is steady with

demand fairly active. Apples are firm

but the poultry market is slow, though

dealers are expecting a good holiday

trade. Fresh eggs are in greater sup-‘

ply, but the market is firm. Butter

and dairy products are active. Apples

sell for $2.50@3.50; cabbage $1’.50@





 





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“mg He" showed himself qualified in





my respect and has more than made

good. Asa business executive he-hos

mrprised and delighted the oflicers

and members of the order. "

In brief, Master Cook’s first annual

address; was a. plea. for a square deal

in 'bus-imss tor miners, for a balanc-

ing of prices on farm prducts [with

those on other commodities to help

put the farmers back on their feet and

restore the world to normal condi-

tions. The address was punctuated

here and "there with a program of

ecnom-y in the conduct of Grange af-

fairs, pointed out the limited amount

of funds available to carry on exten-

sion work and continue the battle for





the rights 'and best interests of the'





farmers of the state.



“We all. know conditions are bad,

business is ' demoralized, discontent

general and crime rampant. This con-

dition is unavoidable following the

war. War has the same effect on na-

tions that a terrible spree has on the

individual, and this is the day after

the night before.



“The farmer cannot and will not do

business except on the very smallest

scale necessary to the bare basic func-

tions while present conditions exist.

His prices are down, others are not,

and ‘business as usual’ is for him en-

tirely unthinkable until an equitable

equilibrium of prices is established.



“Compensation in every line must

be reasonable and equalized before a

condition approaching normalcy can

he arrived at; and the sooner this fact

is recognized by governmental agen-

cies, merchants, manufacturers, labor-

ers, hotel keepers, doctors, dentists

and others, and action taken to correct

the glaring discrepancies, the better

for all concerned.



“Action to arouse public sentiment

along these lines is very much in or-

der just now.’ A thoroughly aroused

public sentiment would do more than

anything else to remind the ones who

seem glued to the rafters that the war

is over and to make them come down.



Master Cook advocated the taxing

of truck and bus utilities to help main—

tain the public highways they use,

which highways are costing the tax-

payers tens of millions of dollars to

build. Railroads seem to be suffering

from unfair taxation in that they are

obliged to furnish their own right. of

way and pay taxes on It, while motor

trucks and busses have their hight of

way furnished by the state.





Other recommendations were fire,

storm and life insurance business in

the Grange be combined; that farmers

organize casualty companies to cover

any jeopardy arising under working—

men’s compensation laws. Conserva-

tion of bird life: decency in moving

picture shows; stricter enforcement of

prohibition laws; higher tribunals con-

trolling wage and labor controversies;

the sale of the Muscle Shoals air ni-

trate plant, providing for its use by the

government when needed; a state in-

come tax law to relieve the burden on

real estate, and increased appropria-

tions for tuberculosis eradications.



Reports of other officers show that

the Grange progreSSed better in 1921

than for several years previous, de-

spite abnormal conditions. There are

630 subordinate Granges in the state,

with a total membership of 41,669. At

the beginning of the year the state

was divided into seven districts, with

a: deputy in each district, whose duties





(are alongmthe line of extension work.





Grange activities have been materially

strengthened in this manner.





Overseer C. H. Bramble, in his ad- ,





dress a taxation. finance and trans-





Magma or" mam—n





three greatest. economicproblems be-

fore the' people today. The need for a.





' state income tax to swell its revenue 1





and not add“ add‘fiiogfl? burdens to al-

ready heavfly tamed property is imper-

ative." He urged that the Grange

through its officers require every eon-

dfidate tor the next legislature to go

on record regarding his attitude to-

ward this law.



Filli- responsibility for the present

economic and industrial crisis in Amer-

ica was laid right at the door of the

federal reserve board by Mr. Bramble

in his discussion of finances and cred-

its.

thought we were at. normalcy as an

agricultural class; but if we were,

then we are now forty per cent below

normalcy, as our purchasing power has





decreased forty pe rcent in the last,

He pointed out that the agri—.





year.”

cultural deflation as in direct propor-





tion to the increase of the gold re;





serve in this country.

Branding the Esch—Cummins law as





the rankest piece of class legislation‘

ever enacted by congress because it‘





guaranteed to private capital a fixed

minimum income but did not fix a

maximum limit, Mr. Bramble demand-

ed' the immediate repeal of the law.

The address of H. H. Halliday, (ll:

rector of agriculture, was a feature of

the week’s program and will be in:

cluded next week. Also the various

resolutions that were finally adopted.

——J. H. B. (Concluded next week).





 





 





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4 Horses, Implements, 10 Cows



Vehicles. feed for winter, etc. included: amidst pros.

porous farmers, excellent markets short walk ltR,

stores. church. etc.. 100 acres rich loamy tillage. part

muck, balance brook-watered pasture and woodland;

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wire-fenced pasture. woodland; 250 apple trees. 100

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Owner unable operate. sacrifices $8800, part. cash. onsl'

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no waste land. two dwellings. plenty of buildings. farm

implements included for quick sale. 315.000 long time

to pay. 6% int. send for description. ' _

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Bafflfll Ruck cackarels Bargain prices now.

W. C. COFFMAN. R. 3. Benton Harbor. hilch.

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April and May hatched. Large lively fellows. Noted



laying strum. \\ illard Webster, Bath. Mich.



that win. lay and pay. 7.3 cock-

orels 3'). to $5 each.



Vi. Browning, Portland. Mich.





S. C. B. Minorca





our 1‘3 lb. cock.





Silver Wyandollces





A few choice. Minorca (locker-

els. great big fellows. sired by

R. W. NULLS. Saline. Mich.





 





WHITE WYANDOTTES





1207 egg average. Cockercls $5.00. Pens $15.00 to $25.90.

Eggs 5‘: (ll) per 1.1 '

l'RANK DE LONG. R. 3. Three Rivers. blich





“7 lilto V\ yuutlottc Cookcrels $5. Bred from establish-

ed heavy laying strain. 50% average egg yield





last winter. A Blauxdiug, 8.1. Greeuvllle, Mich.





 





cockerels. Largo. well bred. heavy

laying strain. $5.00 each, satisfac-

D. A. Seeley. E. Lansing. Mich.





While Orplnglon





tion gun ranteed.





hito Holland Turkeys. White AfricnnGuineas.’l'o—

louse Geese. Stamped addressed envelope brings

prompt. reply. Alden W hitcomh, Byron CentenMich.





Mammoth anze Turkeys





Foundation stock from Bird Bros.

weighing 20% lbs. Flock headed by $50.00 Bird

Bros. Tom. Not related to other Mich. flocks.

Selling cockerels and hens from this flock. fun a

short time. at $15.00 and-$10.00 respectively.





(tome over, or write us.

Wesley Hlle, l/onia, Mich.

Michigan’s





TURKEYSQ Giant. Bronze.





Splendid pure bred birds. Great in size. fl‘ne ' l .

N. EVALYN RAMSDELL. Ionilzil. ifigfi.





Have hens





 





Thoroughbred BOlll'bt R d .

Turkeys hens and toms. Ordehl'I noew.a





wait: till last minute. Willowlierest cult: F »

MRS T. o. M 8. [L3 PlainwgfiMlgi. Mm’





Mammoth Pekin Ducks F ‘ “imé’fie‘un‘

J. W. Drake Farm. R. 4. Pontiac. Michigan.

Pekin Ducks,





W. Chinese Geese, Br. Leghorns. KC.

MRS. CLAUDIA Blfi'l‘TS, Hillsdule. Met.





You“!





 





Spanish. Tyron Poultry Farm. Fenton. Mich.

or Papes Strain. 100 8.0. Giant Black

Northrup Minonca cook a 6 mo. old 32.25 each.





M.SCHAEFER. R. l.





RHODE’ ISLAND WHITES





contest. 30 9386





Essexville. Mich.





 





 





 





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‘7 win over all breeds at the can layin

”CS 35; 50‘“: NO’QS order from his a . Some chicks. ,

K. E JUM’P. R. 5. Jackson. Mich. »

' V ' ‘ Fox HORDJB Rabbit and Skunk ' ‘ Dr. Hensley S. C. But! Leghorn fl ck. Fl

Trametl American dnfiall ages.‘Sendstnmp. original Basket Strain. Ofllciall Certified Elzg

W. E. L CKY. Holmesville.0hlo





bred. Winners at Chicago. Oincinnat . etc. Cookers s

' hudl he ' '





man alienating riceuAmbred‘

who sums. C. Whitaf§om «Mobster





We! In: 0 . B

lum.n.8rfiollndil£h .,8uccessortoli'e_nn’ go roe

-_ .. .th 322;.- ~ g» ‘3. _ i. 1 ~ , . ~ .





   





Now is the time to select 1'

Boufbon'hd “Elle” birds for next season's ma ‘

with best blood lines. For 6 a write

SMI I‘H BRO ., R. 3 Augusta. Mich





Bourbon Red Turkeys {$5333}? hem“



A. D. WES. R. R. 3. Rocldbrd. Mich.

' Bronze Turkeys. Young toms ‘23 to 27 I

Glant Pullets 16-20. top notch individuals. Chmlh."

est breeding. . Mrs. Milan L. Cook. Ithaca. Mink.





S . a e ' v

. atom. “at: M W“

MAURICE A. BEOTOB. B. 3. _ Rockford Mich.
. Signs of the Times Point to a Better Year





Father Time Will soon usher us out of the old into the new. In making plans fer the coming ~





year, important decisions must be made. A subject of great importance and one demanding





your most careful consideration is the selection of





Your Family Reading for the Coming Year





You are choosing for the home, and of course, you will want the reading tastes of each member of the fam-





ily satisfied.





The Michigan Farmer supplies your wants because

it deals thoroughly with your especial interests,

local activities and peculiar farming problems.





tion.





Special attention will be given our Magazine Sec-

It will carry timely helps for the home maker.

Our boys and girls will find in it the possibilities that

farming holds as a life work.





Great questions are up for decision in which you are deeply interested and upon which you will want to keep





well informed. There is no better way to do this than by reading





YOUR OWN HOME FARM PAPER

SUBSCRIPTION RATES





If you wish other papers in combin-

ation with Michigan Farmer, we

offer below a series of real bar-

gains with other well-known publi-





cations.





If you do not find just





 





1 year $1.00

3 years 2.00





2 years $1.50

5 years 3.00





Note the big saving to be made in sub—

scribing for two, three and five years.





 





what you want, send us your list

and we will give you our rock—bot-





tom prices.





All clubs must be or-





dered as listed. No substitutions





can be mad e.





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$l.00

McCall’s Magazine, one year.. 1.00





Total value $2.00





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$l.00

\Voman’s \I'orld, one year. . .. ‘

Today's Housewife, one year.. 1.00





Total value ................ $2.50





.50 .





Both for





$1.50





A II for





$1.80





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$1.00

Modern Priscilla, one year. . .. 2.00

American Woman, one year. .. .50





Total value ................ $3.50





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . $1.00

Boy’s Life, one year. . . . . . . . .. 2.00

McCall’s Magazine, one year. . 1.00





Total value ................ $4.00





All for





$2.25





All for





$2.85





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr..,$l.00

\Vom. Home Companion, 1 yr. 2.00

Christian Herald, one year. . .. 2.00





Total value . .............. $5.00





All for





$3.65





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 'yr. . $1.00

People’s Home Journal, 1 yr.. 1.00

Good Housekeeping, one year 2.50





Total value ................ $4.50

MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$1.00

Pictorial Review, one year... 2.50

American \Yoman, one year.. .50





Total value ................ $4.00





All for





$3.40





All for





$3.25





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$1.00

American Magazine, one year... 2.50

National Sportsman, one year.. 1.00





Total value ................ $4.50





All for





$3.50





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$1.00

Youth’s Companion, one year.. 2.50





Total value ................ $3.50





Both for





$3.00





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$1.00

Mother’s Magazine, one year.. .25

Little Folks” Magazine, 0 year 2.00





Total value ................ $3.25





All for





$2.15





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, I yr...$1.00

People’s Popular Monthly, 1 yr. .35

American \Voman. one year. . .

Woman’s World, one year. . ..

Gentlewoman, one year .......





.50

.20





Total value ................ $2.55





.50 .





All for





$1.90





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DAILY NEWSPAPER CLUBS





Note-—Daily papers are mailed only to R. F. D.

residents or to points where the daily does not em-

ploy newsboy or carrier service. Our rates for Mich-

igan newspapers apply for Michigan only.



Prices quoted include MICHIGAN FARMER

and DAILY PAPER Specified, each for 1 year.





Big Rapids, Mich.

Port Huron, Mich.





Detroit, Mich.





Flint, Mich.





Jackson, Mich.





Kalamazoo, Mich.

Lansing, Mich.





Saginaw, Mich. I

Traverse City, Mich.





Toledo, Ohio





Battle Creek, Mich.





Pioneer ............

Times-Herald .-





Free Press .......

Journal ...........

Times .............





Journal ...........





Herald .............

Grand Rapids, Mich. Press ..............

News ..............





News .............

Citizen '5 Patriot ........ 4,50





Gazette ...........

State Journal ..

Capital News ..





Cour ier ...........

Record-Eagle ..





Blade ..............

News—Bee ........

Times .............





Moon-Journal.-

Enquirer-News ........... 4.50





....... ..$3.50

.......... 5.50





.......... 4.50

.......... 4.50

.......... 4.50





.......... 4.50





.......... 4.50

.......... 4,50

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.......... 4.50





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.......... 4.50

.......... 4,50





...... 4,50

.......... 4.50

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.......... 4.50





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . $1.00

Hoard’s Dairyman, one year. .. 1.00





Total value ................ $2.00





Both for





$1.75





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, l yr...$1.00

Toledo \Veekly Blade, one year 1.00





Total value ................ $2.00





Both for





$1.40





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yI‘...$1.00

N. Y. 'I‘I‘i-VVeekly World, 1 yr.. 1.00





Total value ................ $2.00





Both for





$1.65





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

Literary Digest, one year ..... 4.00





Total value ................ $5.00





Both for





$4.85





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

American Boy, one year~ ...... 2.00





Total value ......... ‘ ....... $3.00





Both for





$2.60





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr.

Pathfinder,

Christian Herald, one year. . . .





. $1.00

one year .......... 1.00

2.00





Total value ................ $4.00





All for





$2.65





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

Good Stories, one year ....... .25

Gentlewoman, one year ....... .2

Mother’s Magazine, one year. . .25





Total value ................ $1.70





All for





$1.45





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr...$1.00

Pathfinder, one year ......... 1.00

Household Journal, one year.. .25





Total value ................ $2.25





All for





$1.70





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. ..$1.00

Swine World, one year ........ 1.00

Poultry Success, one year. 1.00





Total value $3.00





All for





$2.00





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

Gleanings in Bee Culture, 1 yr. 1.00

American Fruit Grower, 1 year 1.00





Total value ................ $3.00





All for





$2.35





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

Breeder’s Gazette, one year. . . 1.50





Total value .......... i ...... $2.50





Both for





$2.00





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. ..$1.00

Farm Mechanics, one year. . .. 1.00

Potato Magazine, one year. . .. 1.059





Total value ................ $3.00





All for





$2.00





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

McCall’s Magazine, one year. . 1.00

Every Child’s Magazine, 1 yr.. 1.50





Total value ................ $3.50





All for





$2.25





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .‘$1.00

Market Grower’s Journal, 1 yr. 1.50

Garden Magazine, one year... 3.00





Total value ................ $5.50





All for





$4.00





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . .$1.00

Power Farmer, one year ...... 1.00

Cloverland Magazine, one year 1.00





Total value ................ $3.00





All for





$2.00





 





MICHIGAN FARMER, 1 yr. . $1.00

McCall’s Magazine, one year.. 1.00

Today’s Housewife, one year.. 1.00,





Total value ..... i ........... $3.00





All for





$2.00





 





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