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In these price changes alone there ’are fortunes, fortunes which should” have belonged to the rural population But with the great changes in farm marketing that are going on, more and more of these profits will belong to them. Farming is a great life now, but the prospects for the future are still greater. « Immune Weekly Established 1843 Copyright 1931 The Lawrence PublishingCo. Editors and Proprietors 1632 LaFayeue Boulevard Detroit Michigan . Tnnnrnon Can]!!! 8384 YORK OFFICE-95 LladisouA mzeo OFFICE- 109 Transportation Bldg.N CLEVELAND OFFICE-H11 [-1013 01 egon Ave.. . PHILADELPHIA OFFICE- 261-263 South Thl 1rd St. ARTHUR CAPPER. PAUL LA \V REVCE _ MARCONMORROW 1.11.011 NNGHAM VF-‘H'ML E fl URIN‘G the past gtfil'yw'ggfi’igj'l‘ag ------ n.1,}:- ---------- Agfigggl I A few y e ar 5 we 33115;? Amwlzé‘gb’ITm-‘T -- .— . G d have had exasperat- 1.11. WATERBURY Businem Manager 0.0 ing things happen to susscnmxon Srgn all of us, and the TERMS on ’One Year. 52 Issues ................................... 85.33 farmer has had his 1" " Yem 1511111911119 ' W ‘ I: :32011 share. He has gone through the deep— savanna; '61 """ 50c 11 year cum for postage Five “111111.260 issuesl cmamu 51111511119110” est Valleys- of Depression and through many a Slough of Despond.‘ But the many trials have shown that he is a good fighter. One of the best signs that he fits there with a come- back (please pai- don the slang), is the way that the Michigan Milk Producers’ Association has been put across. This cooperative effort "was launched at one of the worst possible times to insure the success of such a venture. But still, in a few short months this organization has become an assured thing because of the financial and mor- al backing the farmers of this state have given it. The success of this endeavor is an added indication that the farmers real- ize that they themselves are the ones who can most effectively solve the fundamental problems which confront them and that the “charity” assistance from the outside will never produce the desired results. RATES OF ADVERTISING 65 cents per line ovate type measurement or $7 .70 Der IMMM :wateliuespel' Inch) per l11sertlon.Noudvertla— ment inserted for 1181 than 81 .651 each insertion. No Oblectlonnble :1lve1tlsomenm inserted :11 any time. Member. Standard Form Papers Association and Au lit 3111121111 or Clr culntlon. the Post Ofllce at Entered as Second Class Matter at. of March 3 1879 Detroit. Michigan Under the Act VOLUME CLVIII NUMBER TWENTY-TWO DETROIT; JUNE 3, 1922 CURRENT COMMENT THE MICHIGAN FARMER SAYS: One of the great nations of the earth is determination; it wins most battles. On some farms apparently the chief thing to do is to put the tile into fertile. Culture is a great thing for people and crops. The more you use the better crops and people you grow. There is no excess in success, for sucCess is made up of just enough of the right kind of things. Swatting time is here for flies and roosters. Roosters have served their usefulness; flies never had any. The horse that does the steady pull- ing does more worth—while work than the one which runs a mile in two min< HE status of the French vineyards is apparently an indi- cation of the trend of the times toward temperance. In 1874 .France had over six million acres in grapes and although French wines have held an undisputed position in The French Vine and Wine utes flat. The same With fOIkS- the world for their excellence this, . acreage has decreased until it was con- PTIMISM is one siderably less the four million just be The of the great forc- fore the war. es in life, one Of the Wine making was France’s chief ex- Super- great jOYS 0f life, for port industry before the war, but now OptITTUStS it helps us through it is very seriously affected by the lack / the dreary and dis—' of markets. It is the observation of courasing times. It is the great DOWGI‘ the Department of Commerce in Wash- behind advancement, for optimism ingon that, due to the continued far- builds, while pessimism tears down. For our own selfish sake, for the sake of our family, and community, we should all be optimists, just plain, reg— ular optimists. Now, there are different kinds of optimists. We have the com- mon grass kind who have a faith.that the future will take care of itself in good shape and know that the present is not as bad as it might be. And then there are the regular optimists who base their optimism on facts and good judgment. And still there are the sup- reaching ,curtailment in the export trade, the French wine industry will likely decline and relativelymore at- tention will be given to the growing of other fruits. , Is this not an indication that some can truly have reason to bewail over of parched throats and the world is shriveling up with“dryness? HEN we take upon ourselves er—optimists who float through clouds The Aver- the excitement of of fancy and spread exaggerated good aqe and reading statistics we to the multitudes below. Success soon come to the re: Such a one must have been" he who is spreading the report that the farm- ers are again riding on the wave of prOSpei-ity.. This would be true but—- The sixteen per cent increase in the price of wheat, the forty per cent raise in hog prices and the increase in most all farm products have not brought ex- cessive amounts of money into the rural ‘bunkers. It all helps, but the great share of the big return of pros- " perity is going to the monied holders, ' the in-bctweeners, in the scheme of marketing farm p1 oducts The farmer ’ has just about finished his selling ac- tivities and is now busy with another produced by those who make a busi- year. . ' ness of growing corn. 7 [The mutant! hopeful sign is that If it takes .3 little more'than the av- alization that what is called the average is pretty low. When we consider the average yield of corn, wheat and other crops, the avelage production of the dairy cow and the average losses from pests and diseases as well as the average income from the farm it makes one wonder how some folks get along., ‘ Take,‘for instance, the average yield of corn, 26.6 bushels per acre, this would produce an actual loss on the compare this average with the eighty and the hundred- bushel yields that are the supposed fact that folks are dying‘ crop, even in a high-priced year. Then. it is the average plus the fifty. or seventy bushels which spells sue? “ cess. It’s the plus that brings the profit. 1 It may cost a little more to grow the big crops, but besides growing larger crops, these plus men grow bet- ter crops, and therefore, because of the quality, they often get a better price per bushel. The few added cents in cost and care means added dollars in profits. Isn’t it possible that the most of us are like the old hen who was trying to spread herself? Wouldn’t it be bet- ter if we covered less ground but cov- ered it better? And wouldn’t we be more likely to hatch out better crops in doing so? T is not our pur- pose here to make Boys a comparison between and. boys and pigs, or to Pigs endeavor to show any relation between them, although one is sometimes led to think that there is a. resemblance , between the appetites of the young sters of both the human and porker kind. ‘ No, our purpose is to call to your attention the fact that since the boys’ interest in pigs has evolved from pull- ing its tail to hear it squeak, to the raising of prize-winning porkers, we have had better pigs and also better boys. Somehow the influence of one upon another has been entirely bene- - ficial. There is no doubt but what the boys’ club work has been responsible for this. It has done more than any- thing elsefto instill in the boy a real love for the farm and an awakening to its possibilities. It has also devel- oped in the boys the spirit of sports- manship in competition, and further- more it has developed leadership and initiative in the rural youth that would not have been developed in any other way. And still there is another thing that it has done. Through cooperation the boy and the pig, or the calf, have shown dad that there were some things about farming that he did not know. Let’s just hope that the supply of boys and pigs keeps up so that this good work can go on with increased power. E have. before i us an announce- PSpfay ment of a-bulletin is- 0’50733 sued by the depart- on Frwts ment of _agriculture on poisonous metals on. Sprayed Fruits, which states that “sprayed products are not harmful when proper methods are used.” This recalls what we heard several, years ago, that a sprayed apple'has on it so little poison that it would require the eating of about four hundred ap- ples to consume enough poison to do any serious damage. So it seems that even though the apple is such a good fruit that “an apple a day will keep the doctor away,” in a test, of this kind the apples would necessitate the call- ing of an undertaker before the poison would So it appears that one need not fear any serious consequences if he steal an apple from his neighbor’s sprayed orchard, from the apple at least. But, of course, what he,,may get from his neighbor is another thing. ' N the recent 'con— sideration of the .Our- ship subsidy bill, D’stant prominent farmer rep— ' Markets resentatives h a v e spoken before con- gress in favor of it. It may seem a. crested in 111,11, 111,11 little far-fetched for farmers toebe inv fire the War we were 8_'~ debtor nation and our creditors took our products, in payment for our debts, and used their own boats to carry them in. That. .to a great extent, made our markets. But now that we are a creditor nation we have to seek our markets, and if we want the service. we need in transportation, we shall have to use our own boats to ship in. We are and will be for some timeto come, an agricultural surplus produc- , ing nation and for this reason we ‘ , ‘ should do everything we can to en- 1}, " L c0urage methods which will make our " K trading with other nations easier. In this respect an American merchant marine is a marketing necessity and a thing that the farmers should be vit- ally interested in. With reference to the development of foreign markets it is interesting to note that the Swiss are now' buying American-made Swiss cheese, because the American product is far more uni; form. It seems that this is just an- other example of American ingenuity and salesmanship. T/ze Continua" 2'1 72. g. HIS continues from last week, which is more than my Oughto did. My Oughto has got a pretty good starter, and What you call a over—am- bitious stopper, but the continuer ain’t operatin’. I forgot to tell you last week that part of the bargain for the Oughto was that the salesman was goin’ to give me a course in engineering so I could run the machine, but he didn’t come. I got kinda tired waitin’, so I drove down in our two-passenger one-horse power rig and told him I thought the ambitious tin critter in the barn had rest enough. And besides we, the ' chickens, the pigs f and etc., had got through admirin' » her beauty stand- in’ still. But we would powerfully like to see her in acshun, so we kin see whether she ”is what you call sweenied, or not. He said he could come, but he didn’t yet. If I only kept that $7.00 out of the $247 he would, still have at least $7.00 worth of interest in me. This is one of the inconveniences of payin' cash. . , But I’ve been experimentin’ a little myself, I just put my foot on the but- ton on the floor and she’d start fine. Then I’d push on the foot dingus and she’d get outa the barn , fine, but when I’d take my foot off she would stop; I got her outa the barn several times that way, but every time I would have to push her back and 1 start over again. I did that till I got '1 , , tired, then I gave her her rubdown for .3 “ - 3. the day and quit. Gee! but she is got , , , a nice glossy coat. It sure is a sign _, 5. , of good health, and it seems to me she ‘ '1 ' would be perfectly willin’ to go if we understood each other better. Anyhow, through my own endeavors I learnt how to start and how to stop, and I figure it is a lot safer to learn how to stop before you learn how to continue. ’Cause I would awfully hate , to continue without stoppin’. Some of these days I am goin’ to find where that continuer is and then I will show the family and the neigh- bors my accomplishmunt. . HY SYCKLE. 1 I went by the field of the sluggard I and 10, it was grown on over with ' leaps and bounds. ' creased. ' consumption. ing her own in the sheep grow- ~ ing industry. In 1897 there was in round numbers 1,355, 000 sheep on farms in Michigan. When we examine into other lines of industry we find that Michigan has been growing by Her population has nearly doubled; The demand for her agricultural products has vastly in. Her tillable lands show a marked increase in production. Never 'before 'has marketing facilities beenv so well organized for the benefit'of the sheep growing industry as today. ' The demand for both wool and mutton for years past has been gradually growing stronger. The American flock owner's today produce about 300,000,—. I 000 pounds of wool annually which‘ is only about one-half of the domestic Approximately 200,000 head of sheep for breeding and killing purposes were imported into this coun- try last year. Taking the entire situation into con- sideration the prospects were never brighter for the profitable growing of - sheep on Michigan farms than at the present time. In the central west for sometime past the" demand for well- bred ewes for starting new breeding flocks has been on the increase. There are several reasons for this state of affairs, but probably the foremost one is the shortage (if farm labor and the need for some live stock that can con- vert low-priced farm-grown roughage . and grain into finished marketable _ products at a good price. When feed is plentiful and market price \below . production there is always a demand for live stock, and when cattle are above the money-making line, atten- tion invariably is directed to sheep. cep ' By Leo C. Also, we should not be unmindful that the American people have been edu- cated to demand the nice tender juicy young mutton and. no longer accept the older, coarse, slow-maturing meats, thereby affording good market for the mutton products. To Obtain maximum profit from sheep husbandry on Michigan farms, , , - , , or ‘ Tie Opportunities are Exceptionally Goodfbr Profitaé/e Saeep Production 172 an State ICHIGAN for the past quarter of 7‘ M a century has hardly been hold- 1C Reynolds sheep of the heavy breeds that must be grown before finished for market. It has always been a well-fixed opin- ion with us that more sheep should be kept on Michigan farms regardless of the price of wool or the condition of the mutton market. Market price of flock products fluxuate like other farm produce, but taking it over a series of ’ '- “as. Most Farms Could with Profit Add a Few Sheep to It’s Live Stock. flock owners should make a thorough study of the market upon which they must ultimately dispose of their prod- ucts and- strive to produce the type and quality. of flock products that com- mand top... prices. The medium-size, strong-backed, heavy fleshed and early maturing sheep are always in strong demand at profitable prices It should also be kept in mind that the young early-maturing type of sheep make gains more rapidly and return greater” profit above cost of production than years sheep growing will compare very favorably with other lines of live stock husbandry. Sheep no longer should be classed as “scavengers.” While they convert waste feed on the farm into profit, they have long ago won a fore~ most place as economic producers of profit of farm-grown roughages and grain. Sheep to return greatest profit should not be required to obtain their livelihood from parched pastures and stubble fields alone. While sheep are capable of feeding upon many worth- igan less weeds and by-products on the farm they do best and prove most profitable when given consideration equal to, that given the dairy cow, the growing colt and the fattening steer. Sheep do not require quite so luxuriant pasture as some kinds of farm live stock, yet they must have plenty of nutritious food to grow bone, muscle and wool. Despite discouraging conditions, I believe now is a good time for every Michigan farmer to start a small flock of sheep, or to improve the flock al- ready established. Sheep raising, like other farm enterprises, has its ups and downs. The man who sticks is the man who wins. Two years ago in my locality farmers paid as light as $32 for grade breeding ewes at auction sales. Last fall equally as good stock went begging at $8.00 per head. Peri- ods of market depression offers good, chances to start in sheep growing rather than boom~time when prices are high. A small flock of sheep on the farm will help solve the labor prob lem, keep the farm neat, and tidy and increase the farm revenue. It is advisable in establishing a flock of sheep to get a few good ewes and build up the business slowly, gaining experience as the business grows. Many a man has become discouraged with sheep because he went in too heavy at the start before he had gain- ed experience in handling sheep profit- ably. If sheep raising is to be made profitable on high priced Michigan lands it will not only be necessary to grow the type of sheep which is capa~ ble of converting feed economically into wool and mutton, but to grow crops adapted to the soil and climatic conditions to encourage intensive and efficient agriculture. Spray Injury and Its Control Some. Oaservatiom a:- to It: Cause and Some Suggestions on Making Spraying Safer By Frank A. Wilkcn E often hear the expression, VD “When it isn’t one thing it’s an- other,” especially when there are things to contend with. This ex- pressibn can truthfully be used in con- nection with spraying, and undoubted- ly often is by those who have a spray- ing job to do. First we get a material that we think will control the insects or pests ' in good shape, and we no sooner get its use perfected than we find that it itself does injury. A few years ago there was nothing like Bordeaux mix- ture and Paris preen for the control~0f fruit pests, but the development of Bordeaux injury caused a change to the use of lime-sulphur and arsenate of. lead. This combination looked like the real thing until we come to realize that lime sulphur injury is sometimes a serious proposition. The writer. .has watched with inter- est the change from‘ the use of Bor- deaux mixture to that of lime-sulphur, and also the developments with refer- ence to the lime-sulphur injury. His observations and experiences are given below with the hope that they may - contain some suggestions of value with reference to, eliminating the trouble. ‘ The first time I naticed lime- sulphur I“ injury in my own spraying Work was when the exposed parts of the end trees in the rows had some leaf burn- ing. For a long" time this was puz- ’ li’ as the rest of the trees and the trees were free ‘ Spray [Injury Often Causes Heavy Losses in Commercial Orchards. force of the spray alone could not be considered as the cause of the trouble. The only way the cause of the injury Could be accounted for was that while . the team was turning» to go down an- other row the spray rod was kept play- ing/on those end trees at very close range. This- gave these raw ends an unusual amount of spray quite force- fully applied. These row ends were also [more exposed to the heat of the sun. ' At another time, when spraying dur- ing very hotrweather with the spray gun type of nozzle, the sides of the trees most exposed to the sun were quite severely injured, and in many. les ihemeelflas had spate eter that were brown and soft with injury. Invariably these spots were on the exposed sides of the apples. Two years ago the injury was noted again, more especially on pear trees, and the cause of it studied. In this case also, the injury was ,on the sunny side of the tree and confined to those parts of the trees which were suscep- tible to the force of the spray. Here it was noted that the sides or the tips of the leaves that were first to be hit by the force of the spray were the ones injured. This spraying was done with a spray gun and hot sultry weather followed it. ‘ Following this case of injury some ‘ tests Were made with lime-sulphur and 1 the various Varsenates to see if any conclusions could be reached with ref- erence to the injury. These tests were made on apple and Japanese plum trees. The Japanese plums were se~ lected as they are usually very suscep- tibel to spray injury. The lime—sul- phur was used at the rate of one to fifty in one case, and one to a hundred in another. It was also used in a com- bination with arsenate of lead and cal- cium arsenate. The two poisons were also used alone to determine whether they would cause injury themselves. The Spray was applied with a small outfit, so the force of the spray was not nearly so great as a power outfit and the spray gun, but parts of the tree were drenched, while other parts were just covered with a fine spray. .On none of these test plots was there any spray injury evident, even when lime-sulphur was used at thei . strength of one to fifty on Japanese plums. This seemed to indicate that a drenching of a tree with lime-suls phur or any of the poisons would not cause serious injury. But the experi- ences mentioned before would indicate" that the force of the spray in combi- nation with the heat of the sun is what would cause it. Those parts of the trees which were not in the path of the direct force of the spray showed no evidences of spray injury. Neither, . were those parts of the tree affected. which were protected from the direct heat of the sun. But even with the old disc type of nozzle, when the sp‘ rod was heldytoo closely to the, tree, , (Continued on page 674).: “ ../";‘ WASHINGTON MILK LAW. ‘ city of Washington provides 'for the annual testing of cattle in all herds . producing milk for the Washington ‘_ supply, and where tubercular cattle are found in any herd the tuberculin test must be applied semi-annually until tuberculosis is entirely eradicat- ed. The health officer is empowered to seize all milk or cream coming into the city in violation of the act. The an- nual issuance of permits is required. IMMIGRATION LAW. N amendment to the immigration law which would exempt from the ' three per cent restriction, immigrants coming to this country with the pro- fessed intention of becoming farmers, has been introduced in the house by Representative Steenerson of Minne- sota. The bill provides that aliens experi- enced in agriculture, upon filing on embarkation a sworn statement of their intention to settle upon public 'land and cultivate it, or to farm other property, would be admitted without regard to present limitations. Representatives of the farmers are not in sympathy with this proposition, saying that it will provide a loophole which will practically nullify the three per cent restriction law. They also feel that the American farmers already have enough competition to contend with without importing more foreign— ers to compete with them on our pub- lic lands. The bill will undoubtedly have some support from influential in- terests who are promoting great gov- ernment irrigation projects and swamp land development. TO CONTROL ONION MAGGOTS. NEW method of controlling onion maggots has been used with suc- cess in Oregon._ The method consists of using cull onions for traps for the maggots. “We plant the cull onions from the previous year’s crop in rows through- out the onion field,” says A. L. Lov— ett, entomologist at the Oregon Agri- cultural College. “At seeding time the growers omit planting every one hundredth row and in this they plant the cull onions, putting them in at a depth of from two and one-half to four inches, and six inches apart in the row. The onions grow much more rap- idly than the seedlings and have quite a bit of top growth at the time the adult flies appear in the field. These onions serve as an' attractive lure for the flies, and almost 100 per cent of the eggs are deposited on those onion rows.” When the cull onions are filled with eggs, the onions are removed and de- stroyed. This work is done during the first half of June. From early June to harvest time, other insects keep the maggots in check. Plants infested af- ter the culls are removed are not thin~ ned out, but left as traps for the rest of the season. That the results of this method are satisfactory is evident from the’ fact that in one particular field, only one maggot was lound in 555 onions, out- side of the cull traps—E. A. Kirk- patrick. ' M. A. C. STUDENTS’ PAGEANT. HE fourth annual pageant will be given by students of the Michigan ‘Agricultural College in the Forest of fair en during commencement week in "The theme of this pageant will be the development of games and danCes. .Their evolution from religious cere- E new milk law prepared for the‘ monial dances of the ancient races to modern steps will be depicted. ‘ne feature of the program will be a number in which eighteen men, a representative from each society and one independent, will interpret the athletic games and dances of Greece and Rome. This will include wrestling, discus and javelin throwing, and other sports in which those nations excelled. Music for the entertainment will be furnished by the college orchestra, in- stead of by the band, as has been the custom heretofore. EDISON FARMER FINANCE PLAN. A NEW plan of long-term credits to . farmers is proposed by Thomas A. Edison. Mr. Edison recently came to Washington, and through an interview with Senator Arthur Capper a confer- _ ence was arranged with the special committee of the senatorial agricultur- al block now considering the matter of farm credits. In a brief submitted to the farm bloc committee, Mr. Edison presented some of the salient features in his propo- sition: “Upon receipt of any commodity and after proper weighing, a preliminary receipt for the same is to be given. It is then to be manipulated or graded and three sets of sealed samples are taken, one being given to-the owner "and two being kept by the government. The government thereupon will issue a receipt in duplicate for the commod- ity, one receipt setting forth the quan- tity and grade of the commodity. “The other receipts show the same thing and in "addition give "the holder the right to receive in federalreServe currency at any national bank, he may: choose, fifty per cent of the average value of the commodity as is determ- ined by the prices over a period of twenty-five years without any charge other than the cost of service. and a contribution to the sinking fund. “For this the bank may make a defi~ nite charge for obtaining the currency from the district ‘reserve bank. The duplicate receipt is kept by the owner and contains his equity over and above the 'loan of fifty per cent. This dupli- cate is available for a loan at a .na— ‘ tional bank or it may be sold on the exchanges ,if. held 'by the farmer until he desires to sell. Both certificates may be split up in fractions at the pleasure of the administration.” NURSERY LICENSE REGULATION. HE state law governing the sale of nursery stock requires that all persons whogrow for sale or make a business of selling trees, shrubs, vines, fruit plants, hardy herbaceous peren- nials, also cuttings, grafts, scions, and buds for purposes of propagation, shall take out alicense and have the stock inspected each year. To secure a license, a bond for $1,000, signed either by a surety com- pany or by two personal sureties and conditioned on only selling stock which has received a Certificate of in- spection, shall be filed and a fee of $5.00 paid to this office. The stock will be inspected before the shipping season and if' it is found to be free frOm dangerous insects and diseases, I" a certificate of inspection will be is- sued. A copy of this certificate must Wednesday, May 24. OUR army airplanes were wrecked when caught in a storm near Ok- lahoma City—It is rumored that‘the British government will ask a plan to evacuate Russian territory.—-—Secretary Hughes has to refuse help to the many calls for assistance from European na- tions.———The new German ambassador forgets to bring his credentials, and: therefore, cannot meet President Harding. ’ Thursday, May 25. RUSTEES 'of the American Medi- cal Association has asked the gov- ernment to sell them whiskey for med- ical purposes.—Protopapadakis, for- mer minister of finance in the Greek cabinet, has been appointed premier. He is the third premier Greece has had in a week-«Six are killed in one day in Belfast rioting. Friday, May 26. ITIZENS of Dearborn, Michigan, Henry-Ford’s home town, are en- deavoring to start a Ford presidential boom.—-It is reported that the Stand- ' ard and Golf oil corporations willform a $766,000,000 merger.——The British steamship Egypt sunk off the isle of Ushant and 102 passengers and crew were drowned. Saturday, May 27. TALY Iejects a treaty with the R118- sian Soviet government.—-.—-In Geor- gia ‘a'concern is tryingtavsell rural. mail carriers automobilesfbyfimail at, f 'ers. ——Secretaryof Agriculture Wallace $100 each—The West Virginia electric power tower at Charleston was dyna- mited by striking miners, and as a re- sult eight mines were put out of com- mission. Sunday, May 28. T is reported that Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, has been sentenced to twenty years imprisonment by the French government for supposedly in- citing‘ a revolt.— President Harding is seeking a waterways treaty with Can- ada.—~The United States government recently sold seventy-nine homes :in Wyandotte, erected during the war ac— tivities. Monday, May 29. HE Russian Red forces in Siberia are’attacking the Japanese expedi- tionary forces.--The French Premier stated that France will invade and oc- cupy the Ruhr district of Germany it that nation fails to meet the repera— tion payments due'May 31.——Wind and rain storm in Louisiana destroyed over a hundred oil derricks in that region. Tuesday, May 30. HE Yanks who are now leaving mine district have three days’ leave. to witness the Oberammergau Passion Play.——It is reported that Ger- - many’s prosperity is greatly overesti- mated—The Detroit commissioner ‘of public works says'that .help‘is‘ now so scarce that he cannot get street labor- be given with each order of nursery stock shipped or sold. Persons Who are not nurserymen but whogwish to sell nursery stock “grown by other licensed nurserymen‘, must take out a, license as above, and on the payment of an additional fee ‘of $1.00, and the filing of certificates showing that the nurseries from whom the stock is se- cured have been inspected, may se‘ cure a certificate of inspection for use on the stock. Farmers or fruit growers are allow- \ ed to sell their surplus strawberry and red raspberry plants to their neigh- bors without taking out a license, pro- viding they do not advertise them or in other ways make a business of sell- ing them, but growers of black rasp- berry plants and grape plants must take out a license in order to sell them, as these are actually propagated by the grower, while strawberry\_ and red raspberry plants are natural lay~ ers.-—-—L. R. T. SOY-BEAN MEAL FOR DAIRY ’ COWS. AIRYMEN are becoming interest. ed in soy-beans. Many are mixing. the soy-beans with their corn for mak ing silage, while others are sowing the bean to be harvested as a hay crop. Still others are maturing the crop and grinding the beans to provide protein in the dairy feed. L. V. Wilson, dairy specialist of Minnesota, states that they have been feeding from one to three pounds of soy-bean meal daily to their highest-producing cows. Hev states there is a'great future for eco~ nomical dairying if the present appar ent possibilities of this bean as a pro< tein provided are realized. NEARLY DOU BLED YIELD. ERE is some information that will be valuable to farmers keeping cows. Reports have come from the records of a bull association, which has been running successfully from 1918. The sides used in this associa~ tion are from cows which averaged 679 pounds of butter-fat per year. The influence of these sires on the herds of the association members is remark— able. Here is the result of better ,breeding to date. Average of original cows, 4,497 lbs. milk; 199 lbs. butter-fat; daughters’ average, 4,844 lbs. milk; 229 lbs. but- ter—fat; granddaughters’ average, 7,745 lbs. milk; 388 lbs. butter-fat; increase of milk, 3,248 lbs.; increase of butter- fat, 189 lbs. In two generations the use of pure- bred sires has practically doubled the yield of butter-fat, while costs have been increased but very little. FEEDING SUNFLOWER SILA'GE. l HE Colorado station has just com- pleted some steer-feeding tests with sunflower silage and the follow- ing summary is given: The most eco- nomical returns were secured when sunflower silage was fed in a ration with dried molasses- beet- -pulp, cotton- seed cake and alfalfa. in comparing the value of barley‘ with corn, it was found that the first- named grain had eighty per cent of , the feeding value of corn when fed with sunflower silage, cake and alfalfa. Beet molasses did not seem to make a good combination when used with sunfloWer silage. Steers fed this. feed» were not thrifty. During the last fifty days of the feeding, corn was added “ and during the time satisfactory. was “ 1‘ . queen? cells.- ' is what makes the difference. ' nice. ’ bacteria in moist hay. ‘feed stored in it. - "‘Sspring Consists of a queen. and several thousand workers. .As the Weather gI'OWB warmer the queen commences to lay. 'When' the young bees begin to emerge the quantity of brood is increased, and sit gradually keeps onincreasing as the bees bring in more nectar and pollen. Soon the hive is nearly full of bees and brood. The; queen then starts to lay in the _ drone cells. The colony keeps on in- . ~ creasing until it is too'large for one The bees then begin to build A queen cell is different from other cells in that it is larger and hangs on the comb vertically. The same egg that produces aworker could produce-a queen. The queen larvae receive special food, however, and that hive. the larvae are grown to full size they are scaled up. The colony is then readymto swarm, and at a. favorable time the old queen and most of the bees leave for new quarters. Bad weather during the sw‘arming season may stop swarming, as bees "will not swarm unless the weather is It is very seldom, however, that there is much bad weather at swarm~ ing time. The swarm, on leaving the hive, cir- cles around in the air a few minutes and then clusters a short distance away. There it remains for a short time before flying away to the new home. They seldom get a chance to go farther, ‘however. ‘ k If increase is not desired, the swarm may be returned, without the queen, to the old hive and all the queen cells destroyed, excepting one good one. When increase is desired the old hive should be moved to one side and the swarm hived in a new hive on the old stand. This" forces the field bees of the parent colony to Join the swarm. The supers on the old hive should be removed and placed on the new one. It. is a good plan to destroy all queen cells but one in the parent colony, or .‘ ' 5;" Some Praetiea 5 ‘ if HE normal colony'ofrbéesin the When ‘ ’0 else destroy them all and requeen. O'th- ‘erwi'se the colony may cast another swarm. ' g Swarms should be hived on full sheets of foundation rather than drawn " comb. Then the honey brought in is stored in the supers, just where it is wanted.~ As the foundation is drawn out in the brood chamber the queen occupies every'cell as soon as it is built, so there is no honey stored there » for Some time. Of course, there is not much brood reared, but it is not need- ed at this time. ‘ Many of the best bee-keepers clip / Snggertz'ons on. Steam? Management. By Geo. W. Price the hive, the queen may be freed among them. Where the old method of hiving swarms is used it is a good plan to have some kind of a swarm-catching device on a long pole to reach swarms that cluster up high. A bushel basket on a long pole will, do. In preventing swarming, much de- pends on whether the apiary is run for comb or extracted honey. It is much easier to prevent swarming when run- ning for extracted honey. Then there is a big difference in colonies, some colonies go through the season and Control of Swarming is a Great Factor in Successful Bee Management. one wing of each of their queens. Where this is done the swarm issues just the same, but the queen, being un- able to fly, flutters around on?” the ground in front of the hive. The swarm goes a short distance, but upon discovering that the queen is not pres- ent, returns to the hive. While the swarm is gone, the queen is caught and caged, the old hive mov- ed to a new location and a new one put in its place. When the swarm comes back and the bees start to enter never seem to think of swarming, while others seem determined to swarm no matter what is done to stop them. It may be necessary to dequeen this kind of colony. Dequeening will usually stop swarming when all else fails. It is not generally used, how- ever, except as a last resort, because a queenless colony does not seem to work as well as one with a queen. The season seems to have some ef- fect on swarming. The bees would much rather work in frames than in comb honey sections so the extracted honey producer does not have as much v» trouble as the comb honey man. 115 he adds extra supers as fast as the bees need them and gives plenty of shade and ventilation there will not be much swarming. Of course, the room should be provided just before the bees need it, and not withheld until they are crowded, or they may start queen cells. Some breeders use the Quinby hive which takes a frame eighteen and a half by eleven and a quarter. The us- ers ofthis hive claim that it gives the bees and queen so much room that they have very little desire to swarm. Anyone who tries this hive usually finds this true. Others use a twostory Langstroth brood chamber. This ex- tra story should not be put on until the lower one is almost full of brood. It is a good plan to take a codple of frames of brood from below and put them in the upper story, putting the frames of empty comb in their places. The queen goes above much more readily when this is done. About a week before the honey flow begins the frames should be sorted, the sealed brood put in the upper story and the queen and the rest of the frames in the lower one. A queen ex- cluder should be placed between the two stories. The brood hatching out in the upper story gives room for the first honey that comes in, and the queen usually has room enough to lay in the lower one. In the production of comb honey it requires considerable skill to keep the colonies strong and busy in the supers, and prevent swarming at the same time. The small sections are unnat- ural and the bees sometimes sulk for days before beginning work in them. During this time queen cells may be started. It is a good plan to save a few sections that were not completed the year before and put two or three of these in the center of each super. (Continued on page 562). , _ The ontrol of Heat in Hay ‘ Caring and [1": Relation To Spontaneous" Coménstz’on in Hay 'HE elimination cf excessive heat- ‘ing and spontaneous combus- tion in mows and stacks may be' done away with'almost entirely if hay is put up only when properly cured. The heating process begins as a fer- mentation produced by the growth of When’ condi- tions are right the temperature mounts until the organisms are killed; from then came heating is the result of' chemical action—a . slow oxidation- .when it is away from contact with the air and a rapid oxidation, or fire, when . the heating area breaks through .tO‘the - open air. . 'When one of these fires breaks out there ,may be time to" save the live stock, unless it occurs without warn- ing in the night, but there is small chance of saving the structure and the The danger of spon- taneous combustion must be anticipat- '86 before the feed . is stored. Most farmers kn‘ow"whe,n hay is cured prop- erly, but because of threatening weath~ . * erect-[some other reason some” men , co'linpr‘omise :and‘put in feed that still 338 ‘0 much. meisture, . semee - - thorns ‘-" false sense , salt» ~' has fallen on the cut hay, or water within the stems makes no difference. If the moisture content is low enough the hay will not heat to the danger point. Alfalfa and clover and other hays made from rather succulent plants cause the most trouble from heating, and they should be given particular care in curing. ‘In some parts of the country where rains are frequent at haying time it is hard to get the hay into ideal condition. Some farmers cure it in cocks and use canvas caps, but this is expensive in time and ma- terials. In humid regions the danger from spontaneous combustion in mows and stacks may be lessened by the use of a box-like ventilator, a skeleton tube twelve to fifteen inches square, and of any length desired, depending upon the size of the mow or stack. The cor- ners are two-by-fours and the cross- piece one-by-three’s placed close enough together to keep the hay from falling through and blocking the air passage. Diagonal braces are placed in the box at intervals to keep it from collapsing under the weight of the hay. These ventilators are usually placed acrossfthe mow at intervals of seven or eight feet. In some localities curing frames or tripods are used to hasten curing. They ground so that the air may circulate freely through it. ‘ When a mow or stack has become badly heated there is a strong temp- tation to go in and stir up the hay, '\ 1‘3} . to» a ~. fife/x \ ‘£ '23,; Q but often this is the worst thing that can be done. Admitting air to the hot center of fermentation may be just the thing needed to start a fire. If air does not get in, a part of the hay may be 'charred without starting a fire; gradu— _ ally the mow cools and the only loss ' is the hay that has been carbonized. However, in the early stages when the hay is heating it is sometimes advis- able to move hay from one mow to an- other or to restack. But be sure it is not too hot. by smoke that is irritating to the eyes. Danger of spontaneous combustion is not confined to hay. It may occur in damp fodder and straw, as well as in bins of moist grains and seeds. Cloths, waste, and sawdust saturated with organic oil of any kind—linseed or cottonseed \oil, for examples—are even more subject to spontaneous, combustion than hay. Such oily mate~ rials should not be allowed to accum- ulate or be left piled up in corners where the heat generated can not due cape. Oiled mops or. dust cloths used in the house and oily waste. or rags used in the garage or about the ham "73.17111 gradually dissolve the soap, OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOG TAX. We have a Collie pup eight months old, and we are told that we must pay taxes in advance for the coming year. ‘If not paid by June 15. what legal ac- ] tion can be taken against owner, and when?~——H. W. 0. Being over”i‘our months old the dog ‘ is subject to tax; and if the tax is not paid it is the duty of the proper office to kill the dog—J. R. R. SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS. l have had a tenant in my house since last October. We have served notice on him to get out or pay his rent for the time he has had posses- sion, and he refuses to do either. The sheriff says he cannot set his goods in the road. Are we supposed to fur- nish storage space, as the sheriff said he could not find a place to put the goods? Is the sheriff liable to dam age if he sets the goods in the road? In case we do provide storage, could we have the goods removed at our will?~~(‘. M. The sheriff is protected in removing the goods to the street, and is under no duty to provide storage, sufficient opportunity to remove them and pro- ' tect them being given to the owner; and it has even been held in New York that the officer is not liable for setting the goods out in the rain, be cause he has .no right to delay execug tion of the process for better weather. The proper method is to notify the tenant of the time of removal so that he can protect them—J. R. R. GETTING RID OF FLIES. Have been reading with especial in terest your article in Michigan Farmer of June 25 on “Eliminating the Fly in its Breeding Place.” Would you kind- ly advise us as to just what chemicals to use. in what proportions, etc.?-—A Subscriber. The larvae of the housefly seem to have a tenacious grip on life and con- sequently it is hard to completely con- trol them. They are also hard to reach when buried in their bed of offal. The best means of controlling them in ma- nure piles, out of door toilets or gar- bage cans is tb treat their breeding places with some chemical. Kerosene will kill quantities of the larvae in the manure pile.but there is always a danger from fire and it makes the manure unfit to use as a fertilizer. Chloride of lime or cresol may also be used but if used in the proper amounts may prove a little expensive. Borax when used at the rate of one pound to eight bushels of material will kill most of the larvae and will not spoil it for use as fertilizer. Anyone can make a good compound for killing larvae in the following manner, but great care should be titled in its preparation as it is corrosive as well as poisonous. Formula—Dissolve one-half pound .of caustic potash in one-half pint of ‘water, let stand several hours until .dissolved and cold; add this to one quart of raw linseed oil contained in an earthenware vessel, stirring the while, and repeat the stirring process at intervals of about one hour for from . four to five hours, then let stand over night. This process will result in a soap to which must now be added vslowly, while stirring, one and a quart- : er quarts of commercial cresol, which . For ‘-::.nse,.this compound must be diluted at the rate of one part to thirty of water. The quantity given above will produce from twelve, to fifteen gallons. ‘Apply {onshore This liqaid is also- service. a genuicide when sprayed " used at the rate of one part to one hundred parts of watch—D. B. W. ~ w KEEPING BUTTER swat-:1“. I have heard that butter made of shortening and cream keeps better than if made of cream alone. If this is correct, can you give me the pro portions used?—- .8. Investigation Work in butter- making has shown that the best butter can be made fromvpure sweet cream. During the war, butter was made from sweet cream, known as sweet butter, and kept for months under good condi- tions. The addition of shortening is not a common practice and in the light of the experience of our best butter makers, the practice should be discon- tinued. Your butter should keep well if the milk is separated immediately after milking before it has an oppor- tunity to take up contaminating odors and if the cream is cooled before be- ing mixed with cold cream and the cream ripened quickly and churned often—W. RIGHTS ON LEASES. A leased his farm to B for a year. There was a clause stating that either party might terminate the lease at the end of any year by giving the other sixty days' notice. Each furnished half. but A agreed to furnish all clover seed, provided B didn’t stay long enough to get any benefit from it. B notified A he was leaving at the end of the first year. so A paid him for all of the alfalfa seed sown on a" field the fall before. Has B any claim on A’s alfalfa crop?—Reader. B’s rights end at the end of the agreed year unless a new contract is made. No notice to quit need be given him. Till the end of the year the lease continues—J. R. R. TAX ON LAND CONTRACT. Who is liable for the tax on a land contract? Is the holder of the con- tract liable, or is it the party who her rows the money and is already bur- dened with interest on same and other taxes. Also, please let me know the rates of tax. I understand the rate is increaseg to four per cent after May The vendor is supposed to pay the contract tax, which is one-half of one per cent of the unpaid balance at the time the contract is delivered. There is a provision in the statute that no such contract can be introduced in evi- dence until this tax has been paid. Whoever would desire to prove the contract, must first pay the tax—J. R. OUTDOOR WHITEWASH. Vl'ill you please print a recipe for outside whitewash? Can the wash be colored? How often does one have to renew it and must it be used in a few hours after it is mixed ?——A. W. S. Following are three formulas for outside whitewash: Weatherproof Whitewash. One bushel of lime slaked in twelve gallons of hot water; two pounds of common table salt and one pound of sulphate of zinc dissolved in two gal- lons of boiling watery two gallons of skim-milk. Mix one and two together, stir thoroughly, add three- and stir thoroughly. Government Whitewash for Outside Exposure. S-lake half bushel of lime with six gallons of boiling water. _Keep cov- ered while slaking, strain and add one peek of salt dissolved in but water, three pounds of rice flour thinned to a thin paste with cold water, a half pound of Spanish whiting, and one pound of clear glue. dissolved in hot \ before. , as the plants are recognizablep nghthouso Whitewash. SixtythO pounds of quicklime slak- ed in twelve gallons of, hot water; twelve pounds of rock salt dissolved in six gallOns of ”boiling water; six pounds of Portland cement. Pour the second ingredient into the first, and add the third. Add one ounce of alum to each gallon of water. For a gloss finish, one bar of com- mon laundry soap dissolved in one gallon of boiling water, add to five gal- lons of whitewash. Whitewash may be made a. perma- nent gray color by adding powdered lampblack. Venetian red, creme yellow, burnt sienna and other colors in powdered form may be added to whitewash, but the permanency of the color is very doubtful because of the action of the lime. The frequency with which white~ wash is to be renewed depends upon many factors—~the surface to which it is applied, the permanency of the mix- ture, the care with which it is applied, and the amount of exposure that it receives, so it is difficult to state just how often it would need to be 1e- newed. Whitewash may be kept a few weeks if stored in a cool place—F. E. F. SALE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY. A party is in debt to another party, and lets second party have a spray rig and two cows to pay for it. There was a bill of sale drawn up and just signed by the two men. Isn’t the wife sup- posed to sign bill of sale? There was a place for witness to sign, but no wi ness signed. The debt was over- $25. Could indebted party get 0an orgw back as it is not paid for? Two cows are exempt to household- ers from execution; and the statute requires mortgages and bills of sale of exempt property given as security to be signed by the wife; but if a man has several cows he may give a mort- gage on any, excluding two without his wife joining, for the right of selection is'in him, not in her. Moreover, the statute does not refer to absolute sales at all; and. such sales even of exempt personal property, may be made by the husband, if owner, without the con- sent of the wife, either written or oral. A witness is not necessary to a bill of sale, and the safe, if accompanied by delivery or of less than $50 in value, does not need to be by writing—J. R. GETTING RID OF SAND BURRS. Please tell me how to get rid of sand burrs. ——F. W. K. Sand burrs are annual plants, that is, all the roots do no tlive over winter but the plants come up each spring from the seeds produced in the year Small patches of this weed when they appear, should be hand-pull- ed or cut out with a hoe, taking care not to wait until the burrs are‘ loose and apt to fall but doing this as early The plants should then be burned because the burrs will sometimes mature even after the plants are pulled up. If a large field is infested and it is possi- ble to burn it over, this process will ‘ destroy a large proportion of the seeds. The field should then be put in t-hor- . ough cultivation and well fertilized and can then be planted to some bet- ter crop, particularly some crop that will make a thick growth so as to crowd out this pest. ‘If the soil is not too light, alfalfa is good, or millet can be sown broadcast or in close drills. weed M ‘course, they'have not don a The whole secret of central of this ,‘ p ' swmmne Also" we coursed . (Continued from page 651). The bees will startwork inthese part- ly, drawn sections sooner than if the super contained only sections with foundation. Another plan is to put a shallow extracting 'frame full of comb on each side of the super. As soon as the first honey comes in the bees store it in the comb and then the work spreads to the sections. Plenty of shade helps to prevent swarming. Of course, natural shade is the best and quite a few apiaries are located in orcha1ds. Where there is no natural shade it is a good plan to use shade boards made of rough lumber. ' . Ventilation also helps to prevent swarming. During the honey flow the entrance should be the full width of the hive and if the weather is very warm it is well to raise the hive from the bottom-board with seven-eighth- inch blocks at each corner. A colony with a young queen seems much less inclined to swarm than one in which the queen is a year or more old. Many of the best beekeepers re- queen with young queens Just before swarming time. When this is done lay- ing queens should always be given as brood-rearing will be suspended for a. time if virgins are used. Manipulation of the supers so that there is no break in the work helps to prevent swarming and also stimulates storing. If only one super is given and no more‘ added until " it is com. pleted, the bees will become crowded and may start cells. After work is well started in, the first super another should be placed underneath it. When work is well begun in the second super and the honey flow promises to con- tinue, a third super may be given. placing it next to the brood chamber, the first super next, "and the second one on top. Toward the end of the flow the supers added should be plac- ed ontop. Then the bees do'vnot use them unless they need them. Other- wise a lot of sections might be left unfinished. ‘ Probably the plan most used to pre. vent swarming is that of cutting out the queen cells. This necessitates go~ ing over the colonies every week or ten days. Where one has a great many colonies to care for this makes con~ siderable work so the plan is more adapted to the small beekeeper. The strong colonies should be looked over a little before the time they are ex- pected to start cells. It is not neces- sary to look over the whole apiary, for if the strong colonies have not started cells the medium and week have not done so. If cells with eggs or young larvae are found, they should be crushed with the end of the finger or hive tool. It is not necessary to cut them clear out. When cells are found in the strong colonies, the whole apiary should be gone over and any cells crushed. In about a week or ten days the apiary is gone over again. Some colonies will be found to give up . the notion of swarming after the cells have been killed once or twice, while others have no intention of doing so. Some other method, possibly dequeen~ ing, must be used on these latter. Some effort has been made toward eliminating swarming by breeding from those colonies which show the least tendency to swarm. Many bee- keepers, after years of careful selec- ,.'tion, find that they have greatly re- duced the percentage of swarms 0f 2—— ..-\\-- —’~ - '“Q - .~.,..\ .Jw -- A‘v“. -. a. a .. “‘5’, ,n....., -~__._._—- 2"” .. '~""\' VMM--.;~,_A»,‘.MV.cM- .‘ .7 —~ . ‘ ~ .‘a " WIV A- . r. J... a......<-..§..’..._,_~ , -- av“ —_ 0.- r&__~W~ 37., Q lNCE we plant less ground in gar- , , den truck and cultiVate the small- ‘br patch more carefully and. more ' frequently we enjoy more fruits. for our labor. 'Time was when in coman With other farmers we had'to have a "‘truck patch” that was really a small field. Into‘ that truck patch went ev: erything that everybody else raised, without regard to likes and dislikes, and also without regard to the ability .to cultivate it. But the war, which taught so many lessons, eliminated all the vegetables we do not like and made us more careful about_ploWing up a big expanse of soil to grow up to weeds and sickly vegetables. We nev- er cared a great dad] for cabbage, yet ' we always expected to put out several hundred plants, trusting to the sur- ' vival of the fittest rather than to any great care, simply because we did not- crave cabbage. Now we plant no cab- bage at all, but buy a few heads when. I l ' . By Elia fife/mom! , r». spinach and all the other things that ' must be sown in July or August. If there is a place not needed for those crops it is promptly sown to turnips, ,as turnips will drown out weeds and can, be fed to stock. The fertility of the soil for the two or {three crops is kept up with well-rotted manure, but really it is less trouble and expense to do that than to fertilize a‘ big held once. The soil is as mellow'as ashes and if weeds do appear they are very promptly used as green fertilizer. It may sound like a fairy story to some folks to say that you can get twice as much of! a small plot well tended as a big one skimmed over, but it is true. We even plant feWer'pota- toes and cucumbers and such things as formerly, though these crops go out in the field rather than in the garden proper. The Japanese with their won- derful gardens, depend upon small plots and we may well learn a lesson When the Inability of Getting Spraying I Done at the Proper Time is. the Greatest Obstacle in Spraying, the Dust Sprayer proves Valuable. the cabbage notion strikes us once in a long time. The spring garden consists of fre- quent plantings of lettuce, spinach, onions, early peas, beets, radishes and snap beans. These with the perma- nent asparagus are enjoyed until the middle of June when the next beans, peas, beets, pickles,» lima beans, to- matoes, roasting ears, kohl rabi and such things come in quick succession. Of course, the fall ”brings a wealth of richness in the garden, but it also brings the last planting of snap beans, peas, lettuce, endive, onions and beets as well as the cultivatiOn of the celery of which we are very fond. More time and energy are put on the born, to- matoes and celery than anything else because we depend 'upon them more for canning and for winter use. This season we used the last celery in Jan- uary and, of course, the canned things last until fresh ones come. By having the smaller garden it does not become a drag, but is a real pleasure.’ Formerly we felt that we must have at least twice as many to- mato plants as we needed order to have plenty to give away 0 friends, but‘we have ‘more to give aWay with the small patch than- with the large one. Also we have more time to try new varieties. The vines are. pruned just as trees .are pruned, and while ‘ we do not use the stakes we thin so that they can have plenty of light and ‘air. The same might be said of lima beans. ' We' used to have . poles and poles to care for, but' now a smaller bed with better- care yields‘more than .injother years. , ' p ‘I .. . .- There _ is less trouble with weeds , now; than in'the big patch." When the yearly peas, lettuce, manage ,andtsuch from them as they fertilize and culti- vate. With help so hard to get, and the farmers rushed to death, the prop- osition of a small garden with better... and more vegetables should appear strongly, for the ladies and the chil- dren like to work in a wellkept truck patch when they abhor a big weed grown field. Cut the garden in half and see if you do not increase produc- tion without increasing work. We know, for we have tried it. ' GARDEN NOTES. PLANT seed for the late cabbage crop at once. See that the seed- bed is fine and moist. Danish Ball- head is the most popular variety for winter storage. Drumhead Savoy is a high quality variety and is excellent for the home garden. The first early plantings of garden peas are growing well now. Time to make another planting of the mid-sea- son and late sweet wrinkle seeded sorts. Allow eighteen to twenty-four inches between the row for the dwarf varieties. The tall late variteties need at least three or four feet between rows. These should be provided with brush, wire netting, or something 'sim~ ilar, for support. .. Start the cultivator going early. It conserves moisture and means bigger and better crops. _\ Most people sow seed too thickly, consequently many c'rops require some thinning. When the plants of lettuce, radishes, onions, beets, carrots, etc., are about two inches high, they should be thinned until only the best remain, about two or, three inches apart. Thin- ning allows the-.plants to develop larg- er roots, gives the sunlight a chance, and better plants result. '. ‘ ' rForslugs on, roses '. thereqis nothing " M594“: ”1““ mmnsh spraying 0-,.- gsting‘srh teens e crises. v.) '1‘ ulture' , ‘fi' \ \ _" 'l,’ V .7 A —' , “\m—f— . = . 74% ..___.a..__.. A-; \‘~ \—‘\~\ An unbroken record in the hands of ' the American farmer since 1864 SLOWLY circling lower and lower, all of a sudden Mr. ChickenJ-Iawk swoops swiftly downward, but—— Bangl Caught in mid-air. That accurate, hard-hitting Stevens was too uick for him. For 58 years tevens has built for the American farmer shotguns of unsurpassed accuracy and endurance. It’s easy to prove the accuracy of a Stevens Here’s the test for a full choke: on a piece of paper draw a circle 30 inches in diameter; measure ofl’ 40 yards and fire into it. Your Stevens will throw an even pattern of 0% of the pellets into that circle. A Stevens modiged choke will throw an even pattern of 0%. And a Stevens c linder bore will throw an even pattern of 40%. ry it. Only a perfectly bored gun will meet this test. Remember this: when you buy a Stevens you get the last word in ac- curacy; you get a gun that will last a lifetime; and you get that gun at an exceptionally low price. ‘ Stevens manufactures a complete line of small bore rifles and shotguns of every description. Ask at your dealer’s or write for the interesting catalog describing in detail the complete Stevens line. Address: J. STEVENS ARMS COMPANY Department K330 Chicopee Falls, Mm. Owned and operate the Savage Arm: Corporation Executive and Export 0%“: 50 Church Street, New York The famous Stevens Guarantee Every firearm turned out by the J. Stevens Arms Co. has studied a tag on which is printed the Stevens guaran- tee. This tag is our insurance for Stevens quality and workmanship. fiend carefully this guarantee. PRICE Model 335 Stevens double-barrel, hm inc. tax mcrleu shotgun—other models ranging $32.40 from $19.50 to $36.00 .mavmmw’». r1’fflrtrrtI]!]//4/;/,;,,4,,,,,, , ,,,,,V . , , , PRICE Model 520 Stevens repeating shotgun- $1453th Stevens made the first bammerlesz repeaters. Stevens If you have decided to move t0 CANADA Write to the Supervisor at Winnipeg of misses lOIFL CANADA who will be pleased to put you in touch with a Manager of a branch of the Bank in the district to which you are movmg. 700.3ranches—of which 225 are in Alberta. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia Total Resources Mum "fix ' “lien to m 54‘3"} 31!} .- ‘f‘ ’ 1h 35., ' DOG TAX. We have a Collie pup eight months old, and we are told that we must pay ‘ taxes in advance for the coming year. ‘If not paid by June 15, what legal ac- ‘tion can be taken against owner, and when?~—H. W. C. Being over four months old the dog ' is subject to tax; and if the tax is not paid it is the duty of the proper office to kill the dog—J. R. R. SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS. I have had a tenant in my house since last October. We have served notice on him to get out or pay his rent for the time he has had posses- sion, and he refuses to do either. The sheriff says he cannot set his goods in the road. Are we supposed to fur- nish storage space, as the sheriff said he could not find a place to put the goods? Is the shen’ff liable to dam- age if he sets the goods in the road? In case we do provide storage,.could we have the goods removed at our will?——C. M. The sheriff is protected in removing the goods to the street, and is under no duty to provide storage, sufficient opportunity to remove them and pro- ‘ tect them being given to the owner; and it has even been held in New York that the officer is not liable for setting the goods out in the rain, be- cause he has .no right to delay execu- tion of the process for better weather. The proper method is to notify the tenant of the time of removal so that he can protect them.—-J. R. R. GETTING RID OF FLIES. Have been reading with especial in terest your article in Michigan Farmer of June 25 on “Eliminating the Fly in its Breeding Place.” Would you kind- ly advise us as to just what chemicals to use, in what proportions, etc.?——A . Subscriber. The larvae of the housefly seem to have a tenacious grip on life and con- sequently it is hard to completely con- trol them. They are also hard to reach when buried in their bed of offal. The best means of controlling them in ma- nure piles, out of door toilets or gar- bage cans is to treat their breeding places with some chemical. Kerosene will kill quantities of the larvae in the manure pile.but there is always a danger from fire and it makes the manure unfit to use as a fertilizer. Chloride of lime or cresol may also be used but if used in the proper amounts may prove a little expensive. Berax when used at the rate of one pound to eight bushels of material will ‘ kill most of the larvae and will not ' spoil it for use as fertilizer. Anyone can make a good compound for killing larvae in the following manner, but great care should be used ‘ in its preparation as it is corrosive as ‘ well as poisonous. Formula—Dissolve one-half pound rof caustic potash in one-half pint of '«water, .dissolved and cold; add this to one quart of raw linseed oil contained in an earthenware vessel, stirring the while, and repeat the stirring process at intervals of about one hour for from . four to five hours, then let stand over ’night. This process will result in a soap to which must now be added 3. _ slowly, while stirring, one and a quart- :er quarts of commercial cresol, which -.Will gradually dissolve the soap, For ~l,.use,.this compound must be diluted at 'the rate of one part to thirty of water. he quantity given above will produce from twelve to fifteen gallons. Apply _'so inanure.- This liquid is also service-_.3 331' geneticlde when sprayed let stand several hours until, watch—D. B. W. KEEPING BUTTER SWEET. I have heard that butter made of shortening and cream keeps better than if made of cream alone. If this is correct, can you give me 'the pro- portions used?‘——P. 3S. Investigation Work in butter~making has shewn that the best butter can be made from«pure sweet cream. During the war, butter was made from sweet cream, known as sweet butter, and kept for months under good condi- tions. The addition of shortening is not a common practice and in the light of the experience of our best butter makers, the practice should be discon- tinued. Your butter should keep well if the milk is separated immediately after milking before it has an oppor- tunity to take up contaminating odors and if the cream is cooled before be- ing mixed with cold cream and the cream ripened quickly and churned often—W. RIGHTS ON LEASES. A leased his farm to B for a year. There was a clause stating that either party might terminate the lease at the end of any year by giving the other sixty days’ notice. Each furnished half, but A agreed to furnish all clover seed, provided 3 didn’t stay long enough to get any benefit from it. B notified A he was leaving at the end of the first year, so A paid him for all of the alfalfa seed sown on a field the fall before. Has B any claim on A’s alfalfa crop?——Reader. B’s rights end at the end of the agreed year unless a new contract is made. No notice to quit need be given him. Till the end of the year the lease continues—J. R. R. TAX ON LAND CONTRACT. Who is liable for the tax on a land contract? Is the holder of the con- tract liable, or is it the party who bor- rows the money and is already bur- dened with interest on same and other taxes. Also, please let. me know the rates of tax. I understand the rate is éilmreaseg to four per cent after May The vendor is supposed to pay the contract tax, which is one-half of one per cent of the unpaid balance at the time the contract is delivered. There is a provision in the statute that no such contract can be introduced in evi- dence until this tax has been paid. Whoever would desire to prove the contract, must first pay the tax.———J. R. OUTDOOR WHITEWASH. Will you please print a recipe for outside whitewash? Can the wash be colored? Howr often does one have to renew it and must it be used in a few hours after it is mixed ?—-A. W. S. Following are three formulas for outside whitewash: Weatherproof Whitewash. One bushel of lime slaked in twelve gallons of hot water; two pounds of common table salt and one pound of sulphate of zinc dissolved in two gal- lons of boiling waters two gallons of skim-milk. Mix one and two together, stir theioughly, add three and stir thoroughly. Government Whitewash for Outside Exposure. Slake half bushel of lime with six gallons of boiling water. ,Keep cov- ered while slaking, strain and add one peck 3 of salt dissolved in but water, three pounds of rice flour thinned to a thin paste With cold water, a half pound of Spanish Whiting, and one pound of as» glue dissolved in of one part to one hundred parts of 3 before. 1 as the plants ar'e'recognizable; Lighthouse White-wash. Sixty-tWo ’ pounds of quicklime. slak- . ed in twelve gallons of hot water; twelve pounds of rock salt dissolved in six gallons of boiling water; six pounds .of Portland cement. Pour the second ingredient into the first, and add the third. Add one ounce of alum to each gallon of water. For a gloss finish, one bar of com- mon laundry soap dissolved in one gallon of boiling water, add to five gal- lons of whitewash. 3 ‘ . Whitewash may be made aperma- nent gray color by adding powdered- 'lampblack. Venetian‘red, crome yellow, burnt sienna and other colors in powdered form‘may be added to whitewash, but the permanency of .the color is very doubtful because of the action of 'the lime. The frequency with which white- wash is to be renewed depends upon many factors~—the surface to which it is applied, the permanency of the mix- ture, the care with which it is applied, and the amount of exposure that it receives, so it is difficult to state just now often it would need to be re- newed. Whitewash may be kept a few weeks if stored in a cool place—F. E. F. SALE OF EXEMPT PROPERTY. A party is in debt to another party,” and lets second party have a spray rig and two cows to pay for it. There was a bill of sale drawn up and just signed by the two men. Isn’t the wife, sup— posed to sign bill of sale? There was a place for witness to sign, but no witness signed. The debt was over- paid $25. Could indebted party get onleI cg‘w back as it is not paid for? Two cows are exempt to household- ers from execution; and the statute requires mortgages and bills of sale of exempt property given as security to be signed by the wife; but if a. man has several cows he may give a. mort- gage on any, excluding two without his wife joining, for the right of selection is‘in him, 'not in her. Moreover, the statute does not refer to absolute sales at all; and. such sales even of exempt personal property, may be made by the husband, if owner, without the con- sent of the wife, either written or oral. A witness is not necessary to a bill of sale, and the safe, if accompanied by delivery or of less than $50 in value, does not need to be by writing—J. R. GETTING RID OF SAND BURRS. Please tell me how to get rid of sand burrs. —F. W. K. Sand burrs are annual plants, that is, all the roots do no tlive over winter but the plants come up each spring from the seeds produced in the year Small patches of this weed when they appear, should be hand-pull- ed or cutout with a hoe, taking care not to wait until the burrs are loose and apt to fall but doing this as early The plants should then be burned because the burrs will sometimes mature even after the plants are pulled up. If a large field is infested and it is possi- ble to burn it over, this process will destroy a large proportion of-the seeds. The field should then be put in t-hor- .ougn cultivation and well fertilized, and can then be planted to some bet- ter crop, particularly some crop that will make a thick growth so as to crowd out this pest. ’If the soil is not too light, alfalfa is good, or millet can be sown broadcast or in close drills. The whale secret of contra of this swig-Mme Augie" 'rrts court-101;, (Continued from page 651). .The bees will startvwork inthesepart- 1y, drawn sections sooner than if the, super contained only sections with foundation. Another plan is to put a shallow extracting frame full of comb on eabh side of the super. As soon as the first honey comes in the bees store it in the comb and then the work spreads to the sections. Plenty of shade helps to prevent swarming. Of- course, natural shade is the best and quite a few apiaries are located in orchards. Where there is no natural shade it is a good plan to use shade boards made of rough lumber. , . Ventilation also helps to prevent swarming. During the honey flew the entrance should be the full width'of the hive and if the weather is very warm it is well to raise the hive from the bottom-board with seven-eighth inch blocks at each corner. A colony with a young queen seems much less inclined to swarm than one in which the queen is a year or more old. Many of the best beekeepers re- queen with young queens just before swarming time. When this is done lay- ing queens should always be given as brood- wearing Will be suspended for a. time if virgins are used. ' Manipulation of the supers so that there is no break in the work helps to prevent swarming and also stimulates storing. If only one super is given and no more' added until‘it is com- pleted, the bees will become crowded and may start cells. After work is well started in, the first super another should be placed underneath it. When work is well begun in the second super and the honey flow promises to con. , tinue, a third super may be given, placing it next to the brood chamber, the first super next, "and the second one on top. Toward. the end of the flow the supers added should be plac- ed ontop. ‘ Then the bees do not use them unless they need them. Other- wise a lot of sections might be left unfinished. ' Probably the plan most used to pre- vent swarming is that of cutting out the queen cells. This necessitates go. ing over the colonies every week or ten days. Where one has a great many colonies to care for this makes con- siderable work so the plan is more adapted to the small beekeeper. strong colonies should be looked over a little before the time they are ex- pected to start cells. It is not neces- sary to look ove1 the whole apjary, for if the strong colonies have not started cells the medium and wear: It cells with eggs have not done so. or young larvae are found, they should be crushed with the end of the finger or hive tool. It is not necessary to cut them clear out. When cells are found in the strong colonies, the whole apiary' should be gone over and any cells crushed. In about a week or ten days the apiary is gone over again. Some colonies will be found to give up the notion of swarming after the cells have been killed once or twice, while others have no intention of doing so. Some other method, possibly dequeen- ‘ ing, must be used on these latter. 3 Some eflor‘t has been made toward eliminating swarming by breeding from those colonies which show the least tendenCy to swarm. Many bee- Jkeepers, after years of careful selec- tion, find that they have greatly re- f duce'd the percentage of swarms 33,03: ‘ The I ‘\ 2m...» 4. A -»—-.:\~\, ,-. ‘-‘-’-,~. -./,\.. _.._~ 1“,...“ -« ~w~a—. - ’“www ,1 m, 33 -~ ..~-—. “7%!” /U» T. ‘ y’v‘“~‘“h\vmw~\ .. a. .4 .1 ~——4 “ww‘m—w—W“ l,~ ‘ I ’ I -..5 ' A, ‘ ,1.qu NEW We ‘ ‘ M“ ‘A “J” ..~—~ tw-‘-\r’w W. __ -4 _ m- WWW ‘. fl... _ l ‘ ‘NN—- .— .9... -a my” u... _~ ,..—-_ may. *I, J,,_ ’~.A-M- - ,—i v. r Wv‘” \, ” ‘ , inow than in 'the big patch" , . ,gBy' 'iNGlliwe plant less-swam insat- 1 _ den'truckand cultivate the small- ' ghrpatch more carefully and more frequently -,we' enjoy more. fruits for our labor. Time Was when in common with other farmers we had to have a ~‘p"truck patch” that was really a small‘ field. Into‘ that truck patch went ev-~ erything that everybody else raised, without regard to likes and dislikes, and also without regard to the ability .to cultivate it. But the war, which taught so many lessons, eliminated all the vegetables we do not like and made us more careful about_plowing up a big expanse of soil to grow up to weeds and sickly vegetables. We nev- ‘er cared a great deal for cabbage, yet we alwaYs expected to put out several hundred plants, trusting to the sur- ’ vival of the fittest rather than to any great care, simply because we did not crave cabbage. Now we plant no cab- bage at all, but buy a few heads when no. as a spinach and all the other things that ' must be sown in July or August. If there is a place not needed for those crops it is promptly sown. to turnips, ,as turnips will drown out weeds and can; be fed to stock. The fertility of the soil for the two or three crops is kept up with well-rotted manure, but really it is less trouble and expense to do that than to fertilize a big field once. The soil is as mellow'as ashes and if weeds do appear they are very ,promptly used as green fertilizer. It may sound like a fairy story to some folks to say that you can get twice as much off a small plot well tended as a big one skimmed over, but it is true. We even plant fewerflpota- toes and cucumbers and such things as formerly, though these crops go out in the field rather than in the garden proper. The Japanese with their won- derful gardens, depend upon small plots and we may well learn a lesson When the Inability of Getting Spraying Done at the Proper Time is the Greatest Obstacle in Spraying, the Dust Sprayer proves Valuable. the cabbage notion strikes us once in a long time. The spring garden consists of fre- quent plantings of lettuce, spinach, onions, early peas, beets, radishes and snap beans. These with the perma- nent asparagus are enjoyed until the middle of June when the next beans, peas, beets, pickles, lima beans, to- matoes, roasting ears. kohl rabi and such things come in quick succession. Of course, the fall 'brings a wealth of richness in the garden, but it also brings the last planting of snap beans, peas, lettuce, endive, onions and beets as well as the cultivation of the celery of which we are very fond. More time and energy are put on the Corn, to- matOes and celery than anything else because we depend upon them more for canning and for winter use. This season we used the last celery in Jan- uary and, of course, the canned things last until fresh ones come.‘ By having the smaller garden it does not become a drag, ‘but is a real pleasure.’ Formerly we. felt that we must have at least twice as many to- mato plants as we needed order to have; plenty to give away 0 friends, but we? have 'more to giveaway with the small patch than‘ with the large one. Also we have more time to try new varieties. The vines are- pruned just as‘ trees are pruned, and while ‘ we do not use the stakes we thin so that they can have plenty of light and ‘air. The same might be said of lima beans. i We' used to have , poles and miles to care for, but'» now a smaller “bed with better care yields more than . infother years. ' ' There , is less trOuble ’With biweeds ‘ “, then the ‘ ra‘dis ' ’s and such , as, _ lettuce. 1 d 3' ‘ gForvslu from them as they fertilize and culti- vate. With help so hard to get, and the farmers rushed to death, the prop- osition of a small garden with better, and more vegetables should appear strongly, for the ladies and the chil- dren like to work in a wellkept truck patch when they abhor a big weed grown field. Cut the garden in half and see if you do not increase produc- tion without increasing work. We know, for we have tried it. GARDEN NOTES. PLANT seed for the late cabbage crop at once. See that the seed- bed is fine and moist. Danish Ball- head is the most popular variety for winter storage. Drumhead Savoy is a high quality variety and is excellent for the home garden, The first early plantings of garden peas are growing well now. Time to make another planting of the mid-sea- son and late sweet wrinkle seeded sorts. Allow eighteen to twenty-four inches between the row for the dwarf varieties. The tall late variteties need at least three or four feet between rows. These should be provided with brush, wire netting, or something ’sim- ilar, for support." V Start the cultivator going early. It conserves moisture and means bigger and better crops. \ Most‘people sow seed too thickly, consequently many crops require some thinning. When the plants of lettuce, radishes, onions, beets, carrots. etc., are about two,incheshigh, they should be thinned until only the best remain, about two onthree inches apart. Thin- ning allows {Implants to develop larg- er roots, gives the sunlight a chance, and better plants result. . '. ’ etheregis nothing "base then An unbroken record in the hands of * the American farmer since 1864 SLOWLY circling lower and lower, all of a sudden Mr. Chicken—Hawk swoops swiftly downward, but—— Bang! Caught in mid-air. That accurate, hard—hitting Stevens was too quick for him. For 58 years Stevens has built for the American farmer shotguns of unsurpassed accuracy and endurance. It’s easy to prove the accuracy of a Stevens Here’s the test for a full choke: on apiece of paper draw a circle 30 inches in diameter; measure 011740 yards and fire into it. Your Stevens will throw an even pattern of. 0% of the pellets into that circle. 1 " A Stevens modi ed choke will throw an even pattern of 50%. And a Stevens cylinder bore will throw an even pattern of 40%. Try it. Only a perfectly bored gun will meet this test. Remember this: when you buy a Stevens you get the last word in ac- curacy; you get a gun that will last a lifetime; and you get that gun at an exceptionally low price. - Stevens manufactures a complete line of small bore rifles and shotguns of every description. Ask at your dealer’s or write for the interesting catalog describing in detail the complete Stevens line. Address: J. STEVENS ARMS COMPANY Department K330 Chicopee Falls, Mass. Owned and operate! 6y (be Savage Arm: Corporation Executive and Export Oflices: 50 Church Street, New York The famous Stevens Guarantee Every firearm turned out by the J. Stevens Arms Co. has attached a tag on which is printed the Stevens guaran- tee. This tag is your insurance for Stevens quality and workmanship. Read carefully this guarantee. PRICE Model 335 Stevens double-barrel, ham- inc. tax merless shotgun—other models ranging $32.40 from $i9.so to $36.00 {gig Model 520 Stevens repeating shotgun— 34350 Stevens made the first hammerless repeaters. Stevens If you have decided to move to CANADA Write to the Supervisor at Winnipeg of nglllfimm tor: CANADA who will be pleased to put you in touch with a Manager of a branch of this Bank in the district to which you are movmg. 700.Branches‘-—of which 225 are in Alberta. . anitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia 2 , ‘ Total Resofirces _ _ i K Pl“ LL41)» “4/ ‘5 .t-lif'i '. %% was“ i \I\. .41.”. . .ttu' \- . . ~\- "‘5 v ‘ ,._ t5. . . _..\ DO RABBITS INJURE TREES? SAW the article in the Michigan Farmer about rabbits injuring the trees. I wish to say that rabbits do injure trees around the woods quite a bit. On the north side of me there are five sections of woods, and on the _ south side five sections. Four miles from where I live there isa young orchard in the woods. After the snow melted I went to that or- chard. I did not find any trees ruined by rabbits, but that is'no proof that they do not injure trees. Close by that orchard there is a twenty-acre swamp. The rabbits had all the poplar, birch and blackberry and raspberry brush that they could eat. Consequently “ they did not eat the apple trees. I had one Bismark tree which stood four feet high, the trunk about two feet. The snow drifted around the tree and every limb was girdled. A rabbit does not stand on his fore- feet when he girdles a tree, but sits on his haunches. The reason rabbits girdle young saplings is that the trees get loaded with snow, which bends them down, and the rabbits can peel the saplings for eight feet. When the snow melts, the tree starts to grow in spring but dies later.—Isaac Kirkman. THE RURAL MAIL BOX. HAT do the patrons who live on .the left hand side of the route, as traveled by the carrier, think of the new ruling which requires all box- es to be placed at the right hand side? If they are doing as the writer is, they are, at considerable effort, suppressing \a fine" assortment of cuss words, while they wade across the road through several inches of mud and water. The roads here are not paved,.the most of them are not even graveled. The authorities at Washington seem very anxious lest the carrier should get hurt if he turns to the left side of "the road to deliver mail. Do they imagine the traffic on the rural routes is as congested as it is on the main streets of our large cities? If the life of the carrier is endangered by turning to the left side of the read, how about the patrons who reside on the left side, and must walk across the road to take and get their mail? Are they to have no consideration? On the farms where there are children, they usually go for the mail. Is there any consideration for their safety in the new ruling? The placing of the 1Hu1al boxes all on the 1ight side of the mute makes no saving Whatever, in fact it will be more expensive, for the carrier, for it will make a lot of extra wear on the .seat of his pants, and it will also take more time to deliver the mail. -VVith the box on the left side the carrier can“ put mail in the box without leav- ing his seat at the wheel of his car, While for a right-hand side box he must slide out from under the wheel, and get to his feet to reach the box, or else he must keep the seat clear of mail, and slide back and forth. He usually carries most of the undelivered mail on the seat beside him. As for the carrier keeping to‘the right hand side of the road as he makes his rounds, any one familiar with country roads knows it is not done. Each person drives where the . driving is best, be it right, left, or 7 middle, and when two meet both turn tofihe right/and pass. If the authori- the at Washington want to make a real improvement on the rural routes, use that will be a real convenience to ”til patrons, let them require the car. frdnt of his car, in letters at least eight inches long, U. S MAIL. Cars look pretty much alike, and at present there is nothing to distinguish the car with the mail till it turns up to a box The carrier would not need to display the sign except when on his route. With such a sign prominently display- ed the people would be more inclined to give the carrier the right—of—way. I commend the matter to the authori- ties at Washington. . If the carriers had any voice in the new ruling I will Wager one hundred to one that they would vote down “all boxes on the right hand side of the route, ” and I know to a certainty that the farmers would. Is the rural delivery for the benefit and convenience of the people in the country, or to carry out some fool idea that some one at Washington has thought up? I hope the farm papers will take the matter up, and ragitate it until the ment on bonded indebtedness and in- terest charges, which leaves our oper- ating expenses less than $6.00 per $1, 000 valuation, while in some of the , rural school- districts in neighbor Mur- ray’s township the tax rate, according :to the. report of theschool board for 1920-21, was $6.50 per $1,000 valuation. The tax rate for the villages" and some of the: city schools of Ingham , . .1 ' as“: 31,000 valuation which included par-1 any city of its size in the state and according to a published report is $12.45 per 81, 000 valuation. ' ‘ The larger school district principle, has nothing to fear I believe from fair truthful open criticism. It is the biased insinuating. half-truth- criticism that is apt to do the most harm.— B. .W. Cade, Secretary Board of Edd. cation. , N otcs from a Michigan Farm ByL. B. Reéer T seems odd to speak of a, wet rain but some rains actually are wetter than others, regardless of the amount 0f water falling.- -We,are. hav- ing a wet rain today; one of those driZzly, cold, soggy rains which makes you hug the fire, even if. it is summer time. It was just such a day, a number of years ago, up in Osceola county, that I had to go for the doctor. lady living near the parsonage had-an 1021111,»ng ‘1) {11 l Ill ....... li‘ 1 "WW I, p “1 l’ll’ll‘ farmers are allowed to put their mail boxes where they belong, on the same side of the road that the dwelling is. ——Apollos Long. REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL. N one of your recent editions I no- ticed an article over the signature of C. H. Murray, relative to the Has- lett Rural Agricultural School which, it seems to me, in fairness to the boys and girls of other communities, should‘. not be allowed to pass without ex- planation. Hence I trust that you will be able to find space forthis, at least partial explanation. I infer from the views expressed by neighbor Murray,,in the article above referred to, that he sees two main ob- jections to the larger school district system, viz. financial and transporta- tion. . None of us are really satisfied with the “lumber wagon” means of trans- portation which neighbor Murray re- fers to. Two springs of experience teach us that wagon transportation would be reduced to not more than two or three days each spring were it not for the few short stretches of road (one to six rods) that could. be easily made passable but are allowed to re- main year after year. Neighbor Murray seems to insinuate that children should not be required to ride ten or twelve miles without blankets. “So say we all.” In the first place no child is required toKride ten miles in this district, and I think investigation would prove to Mr. Murray .that at no time were the children without blankets, and even if the children really lost from school the few days necessary for wagon transportation, at the close of the school year , they, would be much farther advanced than in the average one-room school. ' ‘ Now a few Words about the tax prob- lem. No doubt neighbor Murray 11b tended to" be fair in his article but forgot to give the valuation of the farms cited. All who have even casu- ally considered the tax problems real- has that school taxes are assessed upon a per cent basis and I submit that is o buildleou- ’J) J‘Tmfli’fb‘fi: (":5 34?\ / ll 1W“ 0% H] W! 0 l ”l lull: attack of epizootic. People don’t get epizootic any more, but it was a ser- ious diSease at that time. We had never even heard of such a thing as a telephone so it was up to me to ride to town, five miles away for the doc- tor. Our horse was old and his back-7 bone stuck 'up like a fishes fin; we had no saddle so I rode bareback through the rain. It took me the best part of the day to go and come. When I got back the old lady was sitting up to the table and eating a hearty meal. heap resentful to think she was so well. For two weeks I ate standing up, as that equine backbone had nearly split me in two. Farmers are slow to adopt new things. The radio fad is fiOurishing in the cities, but I do not know of one farmer who has installed a set. I note that the state officials are afraid of going broke and have lopped off a few millions from the appropriations for buildings at state institutions. Our county had more delinquent taxes this Year than it has had for the past ten years put together. People will wake up after a while to the fact that the farmer must prosper as well as the city folks if the state is to prosper. Oats are up to a fine stand but the weeds are flourishing in the oat,fields to an unusual degree. Those people who admire the golden rod may have my share of them. The pesky things have roots like a. rope and are heap hard to, kill out. ‘My worst triai,‘ though, is wild morning glory or bind weed. I plow, harrow, cultivate, hoe and cuss_a little but the pesky things flourish in spite of all. Crab grass is a pale and sickly invalid compared with the vitality of bind weed. It is curious how weeds do scatter. A few years ago I noticed a patch of chicory by, the roadside a-couple of miles away. Now it has marched re- lentlessly to within a few rods of my line and an occasional plant appears on my place. A few years ago, wild carrot was introduced in baled hay. A few plants appeared on a neighbor's place and people admired the flower stem; now it is all over the county and is one of our worst weeds. Can- ads thistles, wild carrot. bindvced, crab grass and chicory” Mather with I felt- make life interesting. Our cultivated plants‘ have to be coddled, fed pap with a silver spoon and you almost have .to‘ sit up with» them nights. and: even then they give up without a struggle when the weeds compete with them for moisture and fertility, Why doesn’t some plant specialist immert< alize his name by endowing our tame grains with the vitality of weeds. An old , Weeds are interesting things. I no- ticed up north that whenever we burn~ ed over a slashing fire weeds grew up thickly although there had never been a fire weed there before. The wild blackberries and raspberries never were sprayed, trimmed or cultivated, yet they never froze or died out'as . our tame ones do, and they bore an abundance of finely flavored fruit. It was a queer thing that the cut-over pine lands always grew up in scrub oak and poplar instead of a new growth of pine. All the corn borers, Mexican bean beetles,‘ bole weevils, San Jose Scales and melon bugs in the world could not phase our wild plants or the weeds but just let‘one of them get on to a cultivated plant and it immediate- ly succumbs without a struggle. Well, by gravy! This sounds like the wailing of a confirmed pessimist; must be the effects of this wet rain. I better put on a new record. This rain is just what the doctor ordered. Our ground was hard as rocks and we had to stop plowing. Now we can make the plow slip along the furrow with ease and watch the warm, brown earth roll over. We never had better prospects for a big fruit crop. Young trees have made almost as much growth as they made "all last summer. Take it all around, you can’t beat old Michigan; we may growl at her meods . and tenses, but she never fails us, here’s to hen—L. B. R. FRUIT NOTES. VERY light Baldwin and Northern Spy apple crop is in prospect in Western Michigan’s fruit belt but the outlook for practically all other,fruits,. with the possible exception of raspber‘ ries, is very encouraging. The Baldwin and Spy trees were conspicuous by their shyness of bloom this spring. They were all the more conspicuous as this was supposed to be their heavy bearing year, the last large crop being harvested two years ago. There are many Baldwin orchards in the state and James Nicol, of South Haven, has always said that they have paid off more mortgages than all other apple varieties grown. But this season they will not qualify in the mortgage- lifting-class. They are not hearing be- cause of lack of fertilization, as most of the commercial growers thoroughly nourished their trees in accordance with the best known practices. Despite the fact that last winter was not severe and the temperatures at no time fell to any low marks, raspberry canes have been seriously injured, pos- sibly from disease and a small crop‘ of this fruit is in prospect. Strawberries promise a bumper pmdiwtion and first "pickings in Berries county pm _, ,giit‘he in the ‘ l i' . x}; V '\ . 1 ‘ V ‘ if convenienc Viprofusion of Water, light and air, . those three physical 'facts which render existence -possible may be reckoned the universal benificence of grass. Itbears no blazon-ry” of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance or splendor, but its homely hue is more enchanting than the 1in or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air, yet should its harvests fail for a single «year famine would ‘depopulate the ~world.” ‘ ‘ ‘ The above lines are taken from John James Ingall’s beautiful ode to grass. . Grass is such a common thing in this rich, well wa- tered land of ours that we take it for granted, not giving it cred- it for many good things or stepping to think just how much we are de- pendent -upon it. We turn it with the plow and till the soil until not one green spear shows. We continue cul- tivation until the humus is depleted and the soil- becomes lifeless, and the, rains wash the top soil away and gully the hillside". Grass bides its time to return and restore the destruction we have wrought. The grass fields do not wash, they become richer rather than poorer with the lapse of time. They attach us to the land. Our, affections are not deeply set on a plowed field or ' a corn crib. It is the pasture with its inhabitants, the frolicking lambs, the pigs in clover, the sturdy colts, with their big gentle mothers, and the rug- ged brighteyed calves, that touch the heart and make us happy to be a part of the great wide country. In the past we‘have not esteemed pastures as we should. They feed man- kind. Each evening sees the cows come home from their work of trans- forming nature’s carpet of green into the richest of food for man—foaming milk, rich cream and yellow butter—— the most perfect food, the most whole- some food for all the young. Their flesh is grass. The steers graze the rich pastures till they are filled, then they lie' down in a herd on the hillside contentedly chewing their ends for an hour or two and making grass into juicy steaks, the food that has enabled those who ate thereof to dominate the world. The races of men who wear wool have always been the leaders of civili- zation. Wherever the golden hoof has trod there has come prosperity. The white fleeced sheep eagerly nip the tender grass and are the medium through which pastures clothe man- kind. There is something that comes from living amid broad pastures and caring {for good live stock that makes great souls in men; that gives them faith; that makes them sane, patient, endur- ing, clear thinking; that imbues them with a deep love for their land and for their country. But to get down to “brass tacks,” ‘ the man who has been raised in mod- ern America will ask, “Does it pay him in dollars and cents? Where is the profit?” Who can tell? How many 'of you Can tell how much money your pasture fields Were worth to you last year? Most of us have been inclined j to regard them from the standpoint rather than most so ' _ in and add nether = The By P P. Pope ~ EXT in'importance to the divine 'turn of $8.60 per acre. .' he southern Michigan counties. lands used for pasture are largely those‘upon which little or no labor has been expended. All the labor, all the manure, all the lime, all the drain- age, all the fertilizers go to the plow land. Little expense is put onto the grass except to fence it, so what it re« turns is most all profit. When we credit it with the gallons of milk pro- duced, the rolls of butter, the pounds of wool, the growth on the young pigs, lambs, calves and colts, and the health- ful maintenance of the aged stock, it will not be surprising if we find the net profits from the grass acres gieat- er than from any of the acres in plow land. . Of Course, it would not be practic- able nor possible to find the exact profit, resulting from these various sources during any one year from the pasture lots, but drawing upon person- al experience as we are often required to do when looking’for facts, we are able to give from old records with young growing steers these figures. (1) Two cars of native steers grazed the season through on sixty acres of improved land pasture made a net re- This was on land valued at $50 per acre, and at a time when cattle were worth but half their present value. (2) The following year this same pasture made an aver- age daily gain on forty steersof two and one-quarter pounds from May into September. (3) One car of steers graza ed on wild cut-over land gained 250 pounds each in 160 days. They were allowed approximately‘five acres each of land that we had purchased at less than $10 per acre. (4) One car of steers, let out to another party to be grazed and cared for byrthe head re- turned just $3.00 for each one that they cost. Let us net despise grass. It is more to be prized than work, yea, than much hard work. WHAT SHOOTERS SHOULD KNOW. HOOTERS write every few days asking if a three and a half dram load of powder is all right for a six and a quarter pound gun. It might be safe in the gun but it would “kick your head off” and you would be lucky if the recoil didn’t break the stock. There seems to be a tendency to use ten-gage loads in a twelve-gage, twelve-gage loads in a sixteen-gage, and sixteen-gage in a twenty-gage in order to increase the killing power of shotguns. These heavy loads really defeat their own ends. The shot is mutilated more,'the patterns are poor, and due to the increased resistance of the de- formed shot the velocity drops off more rapidly. ‘ Authorities agree that three and three—quarter drams of powder, and one and one-eighth ounces of shot in the twelve-gage: tWO and a half drams of powder and threequarter ounces of shot in the twenty-gage are properly balanced loads and no advantage is to be gained in using heavier ones. One should not expect a twenty-gage gun to carry a twelve-gage load any more than you would think of having a pony draw the load of a cart horse. Manistee county is to try its hand ‘ Wat mi“- The Holland- , at raising sugar beets. 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HISladder will hook over a tree limb when pruning or picking fruit ing in case of fire or when repairin the'roof. .. - Use twoeby-four-inch strips for long pieces and they should be long enough - to reach the- highest place that you will need it for. I prefer sixteen feet for general purposes. Pieces three inches wide and one'inch thick will do for cross pieces. Nailvthem‘securely so there will be no danger of a fall. If you have a home blacksmith shop take two strips of iron about fourteen inches long and put two holes in one end of each for screws. Bend the other end into an arch and attach them to the ends of the ladder. Have fairly sharp points on the arch- es so it Will hold the ladder firmly in place on roofs and make the arch broad enough so it will fit over large limbs. It will prevent many a fall, as most limbs will stand considerable weight when the ladder is only leaning against it.—J. L. F. AN INFIRM ALFALFA SEED-BED. ARMERS are coming' to realize more and more the importance of a firm seed—bed for successful alfalfa growing. The upward movement of moisture requires a well-compacted soil, with particles pressed closely to- gether, in order to lift it to the surface. and bring about vigorous germination and growth. This was never more clearly demon- strated than on the Harry Stevens farm south of Gaylord. Alfalfa was seeded last season on this place on a sandy soil which evidently had not been very thoroughly firmed. The field was just being plowed when the writer visited it May 10. Absolutely the only place where the alfalfa had been able to germinate and grow was where the wheels of the drill had left their com- pact trail. There were the rows of alfalfa, fine and vigorous, folloWing those wheel marks, with occasionally a plant where a horse had stepped, but that was all. It was a most striking illustration of the fact that the roller or the cultipacker are most necessary in fitting a seed-bed for this crop—H. C. Rather._ BEAN CULTIVATION. ANY duties made'it impossible to publish in season the informa- tion We intended to give on the selec. tion of» bean varieties, thevplantlng of the‘ Crop, etc. This information was given, however, in Professor Cox’s art- icle which was run last week. we are sure that those of our readers who grow beans found much valuable, in- or will hook over the ridge of a build-‘ recent alfalfa 0 formation on varieties and the best practices in planting from. Professor, Cox’s article. . * Despite the fact that spring work had' been delayed, farmers are‘now rapidly catching up on their work, and observations in several of the import- ant bean counties would indicate that a. large percentage of the‘ acreage .is being planted in good season. The majority or the fields, too, have been well fitted which promises to give the crop a fine start. Right after planting it is a fine prac- tice to use the spike-tooth harrow on the bean ground. If one can go over the field a couple of times before ‘the young plants are coming through, he will find that his after cultivation will be less exacting. The first time. through with the cul- tivator, the implement 'should be ad- justed so that the teeth will cut to a fairly good depth in the middle of the row. The shovels near the rows should be adjusted to run near. the beans and yet. not cover them. Be sure that the leaves of the plant are thoroughly dry when you are cultivat- ing. Dirt clings to the'wet leaves and starts trouble with diseases—B. W. EXPERIENCE WITH SOY-BEANS. HE soy-bean will in time fill a very useful place in our farming, wheth- er it be used as a soiling crop, or for feed. As a feed it is rich in protein and will go a long way in balancing rations where clover is not available. On soils that are slightly acid soy- beans can be grown much better than other legume crops. Although this crop may be grown “ without inoculation, it is advisable to make certain that the roots are sup- plied with -nodules for producing ni« trates. I have found the pure culture method easier and apparently as effi- cient as inoculating with soil from soy- bean fields. When planting for silage, the beans 'may be mixed with corn and planted , together or put in by the use of extra, seed boxes furnished by some planter manufacturers. The quantity of seed used will, of course, depend on how thickly one desires to plant. It usually requires from four to ten quarts per acre. ' For hay I get best results when the seeds are put in drills twenty-four inches apart. I cultivate the rows once or twice during the season. The seed ing can be done with a grain drill by stopping up a part of the feeds, or a corn planter may be used by widening it out and then straddle one wheel mark on the return trip. Seeded in this manner will require from one-half to a bushel of seed per acre. In harvesting for hay, I cut- the beans when in bloom or by the time the first pods form. At this stage of grewth they retain the foliage much better and the stems are soft and make a superior quality of hay. The best method I have found for harvest- ing is in cutting with a self-reaper. I have, however, mowed and raked the crop up before the leaves were dry enough to haul off. Being broad these leaves hold sand quite badly when har- vested with a mower. Ito San is a leading variety for all purposes—W. W. Schworm. * A. C. Baltzer, of the M. A. C. dairy extension department, and County Agent R. W. Tenney, have formed .a. new cow-testing association in Eaton county with twenty-five farmer mermv here with herds aggregatingwl'cows. , It is one of the, fiWdS inlaid _ W? “‘9‘ a = . ._ “a..-“h _.... ,VW. ”Wu-N W“ -- ».../ 6 1%tvwma-w-W...‘ ._ ,a-fi uni-«w - when the Ford- A century ago on r grandfathers re- placed oxen with horses. Today, a far greater change is taking place. M echani— cal power now supersedes the horse! HE power-farmer of toe ; ~': day presentsa striking - figure, a living symbol of the new agricultural era— the era of Fordson Farming. Now, with mechanical pOWer he accomplishes in days what formerly required weeks- sometimes months of labor. His. crops are bigger, his prof- its greater, his time for pleasure doubled. And, what is perhaps the greatest reward, the toil, the slavery, the drudgery of old- fashioned farming is rapidly passing. This remark-able advance in farming methods is made pos- sible by the perfect combina- tion of the Fordson and the Standard Equipment specially designed to be used with it. In developing this line of Standard Equipment,the man- ufacturers have provided econ- omy of first cost and economy of operation that is such an outstanding fea- ture in F ordson Farming. During the time the Ford-i son was being perfected, the O l i v e r l N o' . 7 Plow was 11 n d e r- going its ' exacting tests. 80, ' \“m‘ f I \ ’i/Aéz—z ,. l5. sontractorwas completed the Oliver No. 7 became its plowing partner. The plow is so constructed that the center line of draft is Oliver No. 7—theplowing ’ partner (fthe Fordson in perfect alignment with the center line of draft on the trac- tor. This scientific alignment avoids side draft, and the plow turns a clean furrow. Nor is there any loss of power. The Oliver No. 7 is so light running that there is no stress on the tractor. N o effort is re- quired by the operator to do the most thorough plowing. Every unneCessary part has been eliminated. Strength that means long life is builtin every detail. Steel parts are heat treated and castings are of tested strength. 1n g is merely a matter of work- ing a lever to operate a jack. This jack arrangement—- which is an exclusive Oliver feature—gives such apurchase on the lift that it is extremely easy to change . the depth of 5 I. r 9,3)- t h e b o t t o m s without stop- pi n g or with- out even slowing down. The power lift is tripped by simply touching a lever that is To adjust the depth of plow- ‘ 0w,Prof1t 1n Farmin Without the Drudgery (.3 Oliver Single Bottom Sulky For deep mouldboard plowing in trashy conditions with the Fordson. Similar in constructionto world famous No. 7 gang. Roderick Lean Automatic Harrow Fitting the seed bed the Fordson way with the Roderick Lean Automatic Trac- tor Disc—s special F ordson Harrow. Roderick Lean“Cutmore"Mower Attaches without changes to the Ford- son. Power taken direct fromdriveworm. Makes a one-man outfit with Fordson. The AmscoTwo-Row Cultivator Cultivating corn is easy for the Fordson farmer with the Amsco Cultivator-spec- Special Oliver Orchard Plow Fordson orchard 8 lowing is done thor- oughly with the liver special orchard gang. Branches and trunks are not injured. Good Work With Roller Pulverizer Final Fitting of the seed bed with Ford- son power and the roller pulverizer has meant more bushels for many farmers. ’ The Amsco Tractor Drill Tractor speed and accuracy utilized bythc Fordson owner with the Amsco special drill. Force feed makes positive planting 7* Money-Maker Ensilage Cutter FordsonsilofillingwiththeMoney-Maker done quickly and cheaply. Strength and scientific design give perfect work. isl for the F ordson. Made for hard work. The Money—Maker Hay Press Baling hay with the Fordson and Money Maker baler' is an important operation to the former with large hay acreage. so conveniently placed that the operator need not turn his head. _ Sixty-fiveyearsofplowbuild— ing experience is one good reason why the No. 7 is built so well that it has been known rFordlDt-talersEverywhere Sell Standard 'Fordson‘Equipme Wood Bros. Individual Thresher The Wood Individual Humming Bird ‘ Thresher and F ordson make short work of threshing. All grain is saved. , from the beginning as Stand- ard Plow Equipment with the F ordson. The long, profitable service built into the plow as a.result of that experience is ’7 your assurance of plowing . satisfaction the Fordson way. Farm implements are your cheapest investment. The University of Mis- souri found the im- plement cost of pro- ducing a. crop of corn last year to be only one- -ninth the totayl production cost acre. 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He made goodd in ever Way 1835years of use. widower. no children a man of finest character, well educated. ‘are‘el inan ’12,“! 0". en 1"stat0. e e» ._. o '.’ oogpfe‘n I o cu ft. 2001113. ndah tle Addres hl .Hernrn R. 31591811. .ipluet usP r is m In News From Cloverland \ _ ByL.zl.Clla:e- LOANS TO‘ FARMERS. ‘ T a special meeting called at the instance of the county agricultural agent and the agricultural committee of the county board of superVisors, the Ontonagon county board of supervis- ors has authorized a loan of fifty dol-T lars to any Ontonagon county farmer making application therefore, to assist in the purchase of seed for spring planting. The aggregate of these loans is not to exceed $2,500. The operation will be conducted by the banks of the county 'cooperating with the seed dealers. The Herald, of Ontonagon, explains this action of the county as due to the poor crops in some sections last year, the lack of outside work during the winter, and‘the unusual severity of the winter itself. These loans become due six months after date, and are rather iron-clad in char- acter, seizure of crops being agreed upon in lieu of repayment at date. ' INTERESTING LAND CLEARING ' WORK. held in Iron county the second week of May and were largely attend- ed. From thence the train passed over into Dickinson county. In these schools farmers do not look on: they actually do the work under expert direction. Although many of them- have been used to land-clearing in their own way they are free to concede that there are many new tricks to be learned in this way. Farmers who have once been miners sometimes think they know all there is to be known about the use of dynamite, but when one of these saw a large stump moved neatly with four- {teen st'icks, when he was positive it ‘would require thilty, he admitted that there wer'e a few wrinkles in the game he had not acquired. Much interest was manifested in sev- eral home—made devices for helping rid the land of stumps. “Paul Bunyan’s hammer” and the “scissors stone-boat” saved much backache, and, as one farmer expressed it, a deal of “cuss in’,” while the “frost trip” made an- other farmer feel like “cussin’,” when he thought how much trouble he had been put to in all these years, releas- ing the chain from the stump on the stump-pile, when this simple device, that any blacksmith can make, would have saved him much of his trouble and labor. On one farm a simultan- eous discharge of nitroglycerine spe- cially prepared for the purpose, in- stantaneously made a ditch five feet wide, three and a half feet deep and five rods long, on swampy ground, en- cumbered with roots and submerged logs. From such reports as are at hand, it seems our‘farmers are learn- ing many new tricks in land-clearing that will stand them in good stead in the coming years. They are also learn- ing that they can send in to Marquette to the office of L. F. Livingston, who is directing these schools, and get ad- vice and drawings for the construction of home-made devices that cost almost nothing and save much time, expense and labor. «. LAND-CLEARING SCHOOLS IN " JUNE. ._ ‘ HE schedule of land- clearing schools to be held in the upper peninsula, this season, lists the follow- ing schools during June: Newber‘ry, Friday, June 2; Bakefield, June 3; , Shingleton, June 6; Negaunee, June 7; Humboldt, June 10; L’Ahse, June 12 . HREE land-clearing schools were’ star, June 15; Lake Linden, June 16;* June 19; Alston, June 22;' Toivola, Covington, June 24; . Wakefield, June 26; Bessemer, June 27; Ironwood, June' 27.. This ends the tour. A SHEEP ENTERPRISE. HE Menominee Herald-Leader of May 12‘ recounts the experiences of G. R. Weaber, of Iron River, in the sheep business. His first experiences were not entirely happy. He had pur- chased a herd of 1,632 head of sheep, but the first winter, both as to‘severity and price of feed and mutton, was a‘ hard one. While there is ample feed during the summer and fall, Mr. Wae- ber saw that it was absolutely neces- sary to provide ample winter feed also and permanent quarters for his sheep. He must grow his own feed as far as possible. It was necessary to get cut- over land from a large land-owner that would give easy terms while the busi‘ ness was getting established. This wasdone. A lambing-shed was erect- ed and, during the winter, some five hundred lambs were successfully ad- ded to the flock. It is believed that Crescent Cut Ranch is destined to be a successful enterprise in this. district. MINES AND, TAXES. IN some assessing districts of the upper peninsula as high as ninety- eight per cent of the taxes are paid by the mining companies, according to Mr. L. P. Barrett, assistant state geol- ogist, and mine appraiser for the state tax-commission, addressing the Mar- quette Rotary Club on. May 15. In mining districts/the average ratio of mine taxes to other taxes will run' about seventy—five per cent, Mr. Bar- rett said. The problem of arriving at iron mine valuations is more difficult than in the case of farm property, be- cause there are very few transfers of mine real estate to guide the assessors in arriving at valuation. In arriving at the valuation of iron mines, Mr. Barrett explained; there are. taken into consideration the quantity of ore belonging to the mine, the aver- age profit that has accrued and is like- ly to accrue from the sale of this ore, the probable duration of the mine, and the present worth of the mine calcu- lated at six per cent interest, with an allowance of another six per cent for depreciation. This method yields re- sults that are unquestionably close to the true cash value of the mine. Dur- ing the past ten years the profit as ascertained by the state tax commis- sion has been about four per cent, or. taking the royalty paid to the owners of the feed, about seven per cent. Taxes ordinarily average about thir- ty cents per ton of ore shipped, but last year they were eighty-six cents, or about one—third of the selling price of the ore. There seems, therefore, no question that the iron mines are taxed,’ like farm property, to the limit. Much of this increased tax 'goes for local purposes; there having been a four hundred per cent increase in the tax burden since 1914. FEDERAL AID ROADS IN MlCl-I- ' IGAN. INCE the year 1916 there has been completed in Michigan 241.7 miles of federal aid road. At thepresent time there is under the course of con struction, or~ funds allowed for the building of 455.4 miles. This gives a total mileage for the state of this type of road: of 6971 miles.- There remains \ u... ‘;W»“1.q.. , ,.... _.. . v..m.m.,‘....~‘.,. . / t... .1 ‘ _... ., ~v~ M-) .:,.;.,.;.'W_m. m. Nth_».”"‘ "‘"f’a‘rw’h ‘ m.‘ v. ”xv?" ,‘t—ucrfl‘ 5.. r "‘ «1 ‘H‘ .mra hm“ I * IN order to know what'type‘ of‘ap- - amplifiers c0st more than the detector -' TYPES OF RECEIVING SETS. paratus is best suited to his indi- vidual case one must know the ap- proximate range, cost and generalde- pendability of the different types of receiving sets that will pick up the, radiophone broadcasting stations. A receiving set consists of two main parts, the tuner and the detector. In general, receiving sets may be classi- fied according to the type of detector employed. A crystal set is the very simwest'form and may be built at home if one desires to do so. The vacuum tube receiving set" is the one most commonly used, however, on ac- count of its much greater sensitivity and consequently greater range. These are the only types that are used to any exteiit today.” ‘ Frequently we see radio apparatus advertised to have a certain definite range, _but such statements are mis- leading and the range is usually over- estimated for ordinary work. However, it is safe to say’ that an efficient crys- tal detector set will serve adequately to receive the concerts and programs from broadcasting stations located withinthirty or forty miles and a vac- uum tube set from' stations three or four hundred miles distant. These ranges are only approximate and un- der favorable conditions that may be . greatly exéeeded. , The cost of the apparatus depends,. of course, very largely upon the range of the set. With a crystal detector no batteries are necessary and since these, together with the vacuum tubes, are the most expensive parts of the ordinary equipment, the cost of a crys: tal receiving set is much less than sets which employ the vacuum bulb or_ audion. It is possible to purchase this type of receiver for about twenty dol-— lars and the results are often surpris- . ‘ swarmmmmumnmnmmmnuumrmnunumummy Recently a United States Senator, who is activel en aged ‘in trying to defeat the “joker ’in t c Free List which guts a 100 per cent duty on agricultural Potas , asked why I'Do You Want Duty-Free the farmers were 'not represented at the ' hearings before the Senate" Finance Com- mittee when the subject was under consider- ation. A man, who attended these hearings, called the Senator’s attention to the factthat three owners of farms had appeared, repre- senting New Jersey, Missouri and Indiana; ' that the New Jersey Federation of County Boards pf Agiculture, and the Representa- tive of the ew Jersey State Grange ap- ared; that the Representative of the ational Grange madea statement; that the National Farm Bureau Federation and the Representative of the National Bureau of Farm Organizations had been actively work- ing for free Potash, and that the Washington Representatives of these Agricultural Or- ganizations represented millions of real far- . _ mere, who paid gobd money to belong to these organizations and to support their repre- sentation in Washington, 11 on whom they depended to look after legis ation affecting farmers’ interests. Later on it developed that other Senators had this same thought—that the farmers were not asking that Potash remain on the Free List. There can be no question that all farmers most strongly object to paying two ~ dollars for a dollar’s worth of Potash. Ten people, representing farmers, fertilizer manufacturers, producers of imported ot- ash, and former producers of American gotash, appeared before the Senate Finance ommi‘ttee, or filed briefs on the subject. Of these, nine asked that Potash remain on the Free List and one asked for the duty. Why then have the Senators come‘to believe that farmers are indifferent about the matter? ‘ - The explanation is to be found‘in the fact that the “United States Potash Producers’Asso- ciation” maintains in Washington an organ- ization which is very active in urging a duty on the farmers’ Potash. At the hearing their propagandist shouted: “Where was the American farmer yesterday? Where was the farmer of the South, who uses more Potash than any other farmer in the coun- try? . . . Where was the American Farm Bureau Federation, which has its offices in Washington? Where was the National Bu- reau of Farm Organizations, representing ' thousands of farmers?” This was clear bluff, for these organizations were represented and they,.have taken their stand squarely for. Free Potash. But the bluff, constantly repeated, seems to have made an impression that will be costly to the consumers of Potash, unless imme— diate steps are taken to show the Senators that farmers are very much in earnest about the matter. The farmers’ representatives in Washington must be supported by the farmers at home. The only eg‘ecti've way to do this is for farmers to write to 0th of their UnitedStates Senators at Washin ton, urging them to see that the “j0ker”at t e end of Paragraph 1635 be struck out and that Potash used in fertilizers remain on the Free List, where it always has been. The Senate is now considering the Tariff Bill. Write your Senators today. During the time when foreign Potash could not be obtained, Potash sold at more than ten times the prewar or the present prices. Then the American producers, some of whom are called the “Borax Brigade”, had the oppor— tunity of profiteering to the limit, and of selling at very high prices Potash of an in- ferior, and sometimes injurious kind. Now they ask for “protection” in the form of one of the most excessive duties in the whole Tariff Act. Unless the farmers act promptly, they are likely to get it. SOIL AND CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE H. A. HUSTON, Manager 42 Broadway New York POTASH? ,ing. Under very favorable conditions these sets have been known to pick up broadcasting stations two and three . hundred miles distant, although as stated before, they cannot be depend- ed upon to work regularly more than forty miles. ~ There are many makes and types of vacuum tubes being sold today. ”A vacuum tube requires two separate batteries. in its operation. One is usu- ally a six-volt storage battery and the other an eighteen to forty-volt dry bat- tery. These are‘ seldom included in the price of the set and must be pur- chased separately. The storage bat- tery costs about $17 and the dry bat- tery two or three dollars. The vacuum tube may be purchased for from five to eight dollars. These items usually bring the cost of the complete outfit to about $75 or $80. This type of receiv- ing set can be depended upon to have a range of three or four hundred miles. Next week we will take up a detail- ed discussion of the simplest form of crystal detector receiving set, one that may be built at home. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, _ Why do the vacuum tubes used for tubes? A much higher vacuum is necessary in the amplifiers. , . ' How expensive'are the head ’phones for a receiving set? _ _ They may be purchased for seven Nor eight dollars. ‘ g . What instruments are necessary if one is'JQCated within a few miles of 1a broadcasting station? , . :Dfouble Billie tuning, coil. ,crystal do; J SALT should be free The crystals r flakes of ordinary salt age herd Ind slow d: from Moisture IIIIIIIIIIIIM/M Did you know that salt, free from moisture, means you are getting all salt—full weight of salt flavor and salt benefit? The soft, porom, quick dissolv- ing flakes of Colonial Special Farmers Salt are free from. mois- ture and 31133.“ tion. That is whyitdoesn ca orhardenlike ordinary salts, and that is one reason why a 70 lb. bag is as big and does the work of a lOQ lb. bag of ordinary salt. Remember. only salt that dissolves completely. instantly. is good salt. Best for every farm purpose-cook- mg, baking. butter making, meat cum: and table use. Buffalo; N. Y. Boston, Mass. Will/IIII/II/II/IMI ’ The soft 001th gov-cue notes of ssolvlng ' ' SPECIAL THE COLONIAL SALT COMPANY—AKRON, OHIO . Chicago, Ill. Atlanta, Ga. 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Mn One piece Crank °' ”has has: Isa-hum. on, {he freight you paid on slum: Fran of unless 9:6? sass-m .... ”was , _ ‘ chum; ,mmmmmamcmumwoum NATIONAL FARM EQUEPMENT so, me. (in ‘98 ("l'lfiMl‘iERS ‘3 I. I‘) l. i" T J —______..__k_._ Big drop in fence prices— _ freight prepaid. Write CDTPR‘CE‘I en t slog, showing big gAlALgEJ . , price cuts on 160 styles M 496 Cleveland. Ohio ROW - BLATEST a 1 at price ality Price eludes 5-RoomHome$ \9 = paints, hard ware, roofing. etc. Materials cut to fit. Our system makes it easy for . :nyoge to elrect tlsiis out}: '- ‘ - . ive un now. even ' - - latent floor plans to dioce- from. Send {gr circular No. 2118 m: moons com-Any, any crrv. momma" in- . .1 lumber, millwork, I: does not suit specialty. Farmer Agents Wanted. Iar free. THEO. B RT & SONS. Fruit Packages and Quart THE E. J. ALEXAN ER PAINT—$1.17 PER NEW YORK if”??? 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They are brightening body and cab combinations, and with tires, ' up the landscapes throughout the country, power tire pump, electric lights and starter, flitting everywhere,covering many miles in ‘ fenders etc. Liberal terms if you haven’t few manlrutfs, deliveringimatihines and S'IIIX- the ready cash. ice, an e pin to spee up rosperity. e . . dealer’s red speged truck is the most useful . Flagrhg McCormick-Deering dealer as his sw1ft Red Baby comes along, or go 3;: sagalgrgli:Siglréffigy'fiagfi earned to his Store to pick out the truck and body ’ ' ' style you need’ for your work. The closer This International Speed Truck, which you investigate this Speed truck, the better is putting new life into the implement in- you will like it. If your hauling is on a larger dustry, is the ideal truck for any farmer scale, remember that the International and business man who wants fast, depend- ’ Motor Truck line is‘made in eleven sizes able haulage at low cost. Ask the McCor- from the ISOO-lb.'speed truck to the 10,000- mick- Deering dealer about the “Red lb. heavy-duty unit. Write for catalog. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY ' Chicago . ofAmerica USA ' ’ (Incorporated) 92 Branch Home: and [5,000 Dealer: in' the United Stabs Nita-P? v. : -' , ‘ ; ___ 7 , w __A” ’ ‘ ‘ x ., _ _ . j ’ 7' I ' . .. ‘ ’ -' .uwu . . (A .7! E , .e .'\y Speed Truck, Open I30dy and Full Top . BOOQ-lb. Truck,With Stock Rack . Speed Truck. Grain Box Body and Enclosed Cab‘ .— wk) . _. c ,.\ w..-“ -MM,w\ _.~A,-.- r' \.V V \ FOR .‘ LOW ,. COST", HA'U LING' ‘ . , a .nm A ,. A ”sum, ' ~951W~fu~y¢ , 4......” K ._../‘ —-‘~'.\-—-/". ' i.,i...-._ _‘_‘. v '.-l.’r #- x Princess Juliana, of Holland, who recently celebrated her thir< teenth birthday. 33 £5 contest. This is Anton Lang, who takes the part of Christ in .the famousOberammergau passion play which is now being given. The plane was wrecked at St. 1,600 miles from its destination. These Nashville, Tenn., high school girls defeat their 'boy school- mates, members of Reserve Officers’ Training Camp, in a rifle ”wk ms This is the Portuguese hydroplane which attempted to fly from .Lis- bon, Portugal, to Die de J’eneiro, Brazil, a trip of 4,260 miles. Paul’s Rock, near the Equator, Lady Astor ‘jokes with her former Virginia negro servant, whom she had not seen in years. than $1,700. These Roumanian princesses are to be bridesmaids at a royal Serbian wedding. William McKettrick and his family, part of the population 01' Scot— land, have just moved to Canada. The cost of their trip was more a” i it- .. aé. a: 5m 1 5" ‘ ~—‘ A view of the Detroit Masonic Temple now under construction. When completed it will be the largest in the world. J ‘- The Prince of Wales is elaborately entertained upon his visit to China... He is shown enjoying a sedan chair ride. He arrived in Here is a group of Russian Soviet delegates to the Genoa Eco- nomic Conference. These are the delegates who are causing the China about the time the Civil AWar there started. conference so much concern. ‘— v- w copyright by Underwood h Underwood. New York By May OMEN will often do for beauty’ 3 sake what they would not do‘ for any other reason, but no . one can be really beautiful without be- ing in good condition physically. The tendency with most American ‘ women is to keep too thin when under thirty and weigh too much after thir— ty. Look at the table below and see if you weigh what you should. for your height and age. Use an average it your height measures in odd inches. But whether you are too fat, too thin or just right, there are certain general rules of health that should be observed. The tabs! afsitrcéu is. nothing mm than dczsgtuéat you can well, and doing well wfiétwerjuu a’o wit/1'— out a thug/2t of fame —Longféllow. Woman’s Interests Are You Too Fat or Too Thin? E. Foley winter the doctor need not be consult‘ ed in the spring. If you are too thin you will need to eat foods that are fattening. First, they should be simply prepared and easy to digest. No fried or rich foods should be eaten because they'are a tax on the digestive system, and“ cause the body to lose energy which must be supplied by food needed to build up the body tissue. In other words, they are digested at too great expense to the body machinery. Milk, cream, milk and egg puddings, cream soups, cereals eggs prepared any way except fried, meats roasted, broiled or boiled Table of Average Heights and Weights.——Women. 4 ft. 4 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. Age. Sin. 10in. Oin. 2in. 15 101 105 107 112 20 106 110 114 119 25 109 113 . 117 121 30 112 116 120 124 35 115 119 123 127 40 119 123 I27 132 45 122 126 130 135 50 125 129 133 138 55 125 129 133 138 The body is more than half water, and so enough must be taken every day to supply the body tissue. Besides this, water inside the body is even more important as a cleanser than wa- ter which is used on the outside. Just as’it keeps the outside clean, so it also carries off the inside impurities. As Ponce de Leon drank from ‘the fountain of youth, so every woman could retain her youthful freshness for many additi‘onalyears by drinking ev- ery day from eight to tenlglasses of good pure water. One or two glasses, either hot or cold, should be‘drunk upon arising, at least twenty minutes before breakfast. This acts as a tonic to the digestive tract and aids the body in carrying off the waste, insur- ing bright eyes, clear complexion and freedom from headaches. Part of the daily water supply may be taken with fruit juices, as lemon or fruit-ades, either hot or cold. The next aids to good looks are the fruits and vegetables, which come in many forms, from the lowly turnip to the aristocratic hothouse tomato, and from the ordinary apple to the less common pineapple. They are all best when eaten fresh and uncooked, but whether cooked, dried, canned, salted or stored, they are valuable. A good rule is at least one fruit or one vege- table each meal, and more if possible. Most fruits and vegetables contain ' considerable cellulose, which is not di- gested in the human body, but which gives bulk or ballast and acts like lit- -tle scrubbing brushes in the digestive tract. Among the best brush-like foods are raw celery, cabbage and greens. Vegetables and fruits have other good qualities to recommend them. Most of them are rich in vitamines, whiehv stimulate the appetite and help . th. Green and highly colored ”‘v getables, as lettuce, spinach and oth- “ r greens, beets and carrots are rich 11 iron and make good red blood. Dan- 'elion greens are an excellent spring ionic, and are much more pleasant to Me and less expensive than medicine. " men {More eaten during the 5 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. 5 ft. 6 ft. 4in. , Gin. 8in. 10in. 0in 118 126 134 142 152 125 132 140 147 156 128 135 143 *151 158 131 138 146 154 ' 161 134 142 150 157 163 138 146 154 161 167 141 149 157 164 171 144 152 161 -169 176 144 153 163 171 177 -——these are all good, fruits and vegetables. A light lunch between meals and before going to bed, of crackers and milk, bread and butter, cocoa or plain ice cream, usu- ally does not: spoil the appetite and helps to add a little weight. For the woman who weighs too much, the problem is usually harder than for the underweight person, and just as serious. Of course, the princi— in addition to, pal aim is to avoid- foods which make. body fat. Cream, fat meats, sugar and all starchy'foods should be eaten sparingly, and all rich pastry and ‘ candy avoided. Bulky foods, which sat- . isfy and yet do not add weight; as: raw cabbage, spinach, lettuce, vegeta- bles of all kinds and fruits may be eaten in abundance. Considerable lean meat may be taken if plenty of vegetables and fruits are eaten also. Skim-milk, buttermilk, or fruit juices, between meals often satisfy the hun- ger and yet do not add flesh. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. If eggs are dipped in coldJVater be-* fore being put in hot water' to boil the shells will not crack—L. M. T. A little sassafras kept on the pantry shelves will drive away ants—L. M. T. I have found that if one will jab an old pen in soap a few times, and then“ wipe it off, it will write.—.-B. B. Pickled Currants—Wash and stone the fruit, and then weigh it. Cover with vinegar and let stand over night. In the morning add as many pounds of sugar as you had fruit, and stir ev- ery day until Sugar is dissolved. Heat some vinegar on the stove while the cabbage is cooking and the odor will not go through the house. Oilcloths should never be scrubbed with suds, but carefully swept with a soft brush and washed with a cloth dipped in milk and water ,half and half. Dry and polish with an old soft cloth. In this way the oilcloth will keep its original color a long time. --A. G. ' Eat StraWberries and Cream By Alta L. Lz'tte/l ROBABLY no other popular fresh Pi‘ruit is so often unsuccessfully canned as strawberries. While there are many reasons for this, the most usual one is that the berry, which is very delicate and quickly cooked, is canned by the open kettle method and allowed to cook to long, thus losing its shape and color. ' But however successfully canned, no cooked strawberry is so deliciously flavored as the fresh one, so the wise housekeeper makes the most of straw- berry season and feasts her family while the picking is good. Strawber- ries and cream, strawberries washed and left with stems and hulls to be dipped in powdered sugar, strawberry Shortcake, strawberry pie, strawberry mousse—many are the ways to serve the fresh fruit. Opinions differ as to whether the Shortcake shall be cake or biscuit, but no tastes disagree as to the amount of berries. In either case it is the berry that makes the dish, let the skeleton be what it will. Strawberry pie is a favorite in some homes. Heap a pie shell with ripe, firm berries and another with whipped; cream. Or it may be covered with a meringue and browned in the own. For years I have prepared strawber- ries for winter use in exactly two ways. One is sun-cooked—or “stub “9.31 J Lil‘- kissed " 2.5., this family calls $1.17!! the, mu:- prepare, allow equal weights of sugar and fruit—using only perfect berries—- and two cups of cold water for every three pounds of sugar. Cook the sugar and water until it threads, then add berries and cook for fifteen minutes after the fruit begins again to boil. Pour onto large platters, cover with glass and set'in the sun until the sy- rup thickens. If you have an unused room with a southwest exposure this is a good place to finish the cooking, as it is safe from accidents and dust. The platters may‘be moved from the south windows to the west as the sun moves, and two or three days should suffice to finish the fruit. The berries may be stored the same as jelly. ‘ Sun-cooked berries are delicious for tart filling, jelly rolls, filling for layer cakes, and one glass made into a mouSSe with a pint of whipped cream makes a. dessert fit for a king. For canned berries I use a govern- ment bulletin method which gives a delicious flavor. Wash and hull the fruit and put in an enameled kettle, which is not chipped, or any acid-proof kettle. Allow one-half pint of sugar and two tablespoons of water to every quart of berg-19s., Boil slowly fifteen minutes, cover and let stand over night in the kettle. In the morning pack the cold barrios in hot, atomized jars, put on new, sterilized rubbers, and screw down the tops until they just touch children my van will :est sinus", 3m ' s prof n3 calmer—and boil exactly eight min~ utes. Remove, tighten tops, and wrap in paper. These may also be used to make strawberry mousse. To make the mousse whip one pint of cream with‘one‘fourth teaspoon of salt and one'cup of the fruit until it is solid to the bottom of the dish. Then turn into a mould with a tight top, and pack in equal parts of salt and ice for three hours. If the cream is thin soften a teaspoonful of gelatin in cold water, melt over a dish of hot water. 9 HOW \TO DYE EFFICIENTLY. Household Editor.——I am sending di~ rections for dyeing with home-made dyes, at the request of the editor. When dyeing cotton boil the‘goods in the solution for from thirty to forty minutes. If wool, first ‘boil the bark or root solution, and then soak the goods from one to two hours, until the desired shade is obtained. Following are the solutions: Black c'urrant juice to dye red. Hickory bark for black. The inner bark of white birch for or ange. Hoop-ash for yellow. The roots and bark of dogwood for scarlet. In- digo herb for blue—M. P., Dafter, Mich. (Thank you—Ed.) To Color Cotton Brown—For ten pounds of goods use one-half pound of catechu dissolved in hot' soft water, and one-half ounce of blue vitriol. Put. the two togetheriin a tub with enough warm water to cover the goods. Stir in this twenty minutes, then lift out and put into another tub in which has been dissolved two ounces of bichro- mate of potash. Stir in» this twenty minutes, wash, and dry. If not dark enough repeat the process. Blue on Cotton—For one pound dis» solve in sufficient cold water to cover one ounce of copperas. In another ves- sel of hot water dissolve one ounce of prussiate potash, (potassium ferricy anid). Dip the goods in the copperas water, wring them out and dip in pot ash water. Repeat the process three times, air the goods, add to the goods one-fourth ounce of vitriol, stir well, then put the goods in and stir cons stantly ten minutes. Hangup to dry. ———Mrs. L. E. 0., Ann Arbor, Mich. (Thanks are due L. E. C. for the directions—Ed.) KEEP MILK AND BUTTER COOL. URING hot weather the housewife who has neither ice nor cellar finds great difficulty in keeping milk sweet and butter in good shape. The following method, suggested by Fred G. Person, of the Colorado Agricultur‘ al College, if used, will be of consider- able assistance in this difficulty. " Pack’a large stone jar, three, four, or five gallon capacity, in a box of wet sand having the sand five or six, inches thick under,.and around the sides of the jar. Place a tight cover over the ‘jar and box and set in the shade. The 'milk; and. butter that is placed in this jar will keep in excellent shape for' some time, Keep‘the. sand thorough. ly wet as this is the important factor. Samantha says; Some wornen who,{-. are mighty particular about who their; m l fit it: 0 Raise; a The rug shown above 1': Congo/rum Gold-Seal Art—Rug No.388. In tlzeg x12foot size the price i: only $16.20. {or W; H ~ 2:3 a $5“: _ ”fly ' mun ’7 O (168’ w l I . If ’S a thb 1:,tt De ngoleunf Pro (“lain till pattern 3;qu O A glance at the patterns illustrated here can give you only a slight idea of the ‘ a“ beauty and charm ofGOld- S‘mlCongoleum A ‘ _ Art—Rugs. Cylnd this . x --\ . , k ,_ . . flo 112086 Gaunf But even more Important than the beau— , .,_ . . . or- (19%,. ”Vi/[u] patter tiful patterns are the practical labor- (Olly add ’ sav1n<1r qualities. lhese rugs are made W. u... 0/ ) . h I on a strong, waterproof base, and have a . . , y firm, smooth, long—wearing ‘ enamel’ sur- face. Dirt will not grind into them, spilled things “’1“ not stain or penetrate them. So Easy to Clean With Congoleum Rugs on your floors you bid good-bye to the tiresome scrub— bing that wooden floors need and to the back—breaking cleaning that woven rugs require. To clean them, all you ever have to do is to go over them lightly With a damp mop. CONGOLEUM / INCORPOR Philadelphia New York Chic Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas mm mm _ These Beautiful Rugs are Practical and Economical— . t} Gold Seal ONGOLEUM ART-RUGS The rug in [lie kitchen is szgoleum Cold-Sm/Rzig No. 508. In, tlzeri) foot rise the prim i; only $8.10. LOO/c for tlzis Gold Seal This (lold Seal is pasted on the face of every 11 e n u i n e Congoleum (,‘ulrl—Sr'rll Art-Rug. Look for itl You don’t have to tack or fasten these modern rugs to the floor. The}! lie per— fectly flat with never a wrinkle orturned— up edge or corner. No matter which room of your home needs a new rug, you can find :1 Congo- leum pattern that will suit it in size and coloring. All the Congoleum Rugs are attractive, from the simple tile and wood— block designs for the kitchen to the hand— some, elaborate ones for bedrooms and dining rooms. The low prices will be a pleasant surprise. Note the Low Prices 6 x 0 {m s sin 0 x 9 feet $12.15 7}? x 9 feet 10.10 0 x 10}; feet 14.15 9 x 12 feet $10.20 The rugs illustrated (me made only in llu‘fivr large \i'Zr'S. rugs are "HM/C 111 other (listens to lmrnnmiw ail/1 (him. I}? x 3 feet 55 .50 3 x 4‘3 feet $1.50 3 x 3 feet 1.00 3 x 6 feet 2.00 Owing to high freight rates, prices west of the Mississippi, in the South and in Canada are higher than those quoted. The 5min! COMPANY ATED ago San Francisco Boston Pittsburgh Atlanta Montreal Attractive New Styles for Home Dressmakers nil-slung No. 4017: Junior's Dress. (‘ut in 2} N0. 3080: Child's Dress. Cut in 4 N0. 4020: )IisM-s’ Dress. Cut in 3 N0. 4027: Lmlies’ Dress. Cut in 7 sizes: 13, 14 and 1‘3 years. A 14—year sizes: 1. 2. 3 and 5 years. A 3—year size sizes: 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18~ sizes: 36, 38, 40, 42. 44. ~16 and 48 inches size iequires 4h yards uf 32-inch ma- will require 114; yard of 36—inch mate- year size requires 5% yards of 32-im-h bust measure. A 38-inch size requires lt‘l'iéll. rial. material. 63:} yards of 40—inch material. The No. 4018: (iirls’ l)ross. (‘ut in 4 N0. 3006: Girls’ Dress. Cut in 4 No. 4003: Ladies’ “Apron Frock.” width of the skirt at the foot is about sizes: 6, 8, 10, and 12 years. A 10—year sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10-year Cut in 4 sizes: Small, 34—36; medium. 2 yards. size requires 33.; yards of 32—inch ma- size requires 3% yards of 32-inch ma- 38-40; large, 42—44; extra large. 46-48 No. 4025. Ludies’ Dress. Cut in 7 teriai, terial. inches bust measure. A medium size sizes: 34, 3G. 38, 40; 42. 44. and 46 inches NW 4902: Girls. DN'SN- (‘Ut in 4 N"- 39.2: "03‘!“ “Overalls.” Cut in requires 414 yards of 36—inch material. bust measure. A 38-inch size requires sizes: 4‘ 6, S, and 10 years. A (3—year 4 sizes: 2. 3, 4 and 5 years. .A 4—year The width at the foot is about 2% 41/3 yards of 40-inch material. The size requires 31; yards of tithim’h ma— size requires 2",}; yards of 27-inch ma- yards. - Width at the fOOt is ilbOUt 2%: yards. ti-rial. teriai. ”arm - ~w..." ‘WW ”MW“ 4v” m «r.- Explanations—Ch means chain, istitch (pull loop through the one on' heck"); sc, single crochet (with one loop on hook, pull loop through both the designated- stitch of preceding row Sand the'filoop on hook); dc, double- ero- chet (pull loop through stitch, then thread over hook and pull through both loops on hook); tr, treble crochet (thread over hook, put hook through stitch below and pull loop through the stitch, thread over hook and through two loops on hook, thread over hook and through remaining two loops); dtr, long or double treble crochet (thread twice over hook, put hook through designated stitch and pull the loop -through, which gives four loops . on hook, thread over hook and through two loops, thread‘ over‘ hook and through remaining two loops). "The design‘forthis chemise yoke, - of‘ next three points; 12 ch, 1 do in. fl although apparently intricate, will be found quite easy to make. Cotton No. 50 or 60 will be suitable. The yoke is composed of two pat- terns, a rosette design and a lace de- sign, both of which are square, and the little crosses are made in the join- ing together of these squares. The front consists of rows of lace designs, headed and bordered by the rosette design. The back is a row of the ros- ette pattern, as also are the sleeves. The whole is trimmed with a running for a ribbon and a lace edging. For the Rosette Design. First Row.—-—Make a ring of 6 ch, in which work 1 dtr and 3 ch eight times, then join. Second Row.——‘Sc 1 on the top of dtr, 1 ch; 1 tr, 3 dtr; 1 tr in the middle stitch of 3 ch, 1 ch. Repeat seven times and slip stitch to the top of first scallop. Third Row.-—Tr 1, 1 picot>(of 5 ch, 1 dc in the first); 1 tr in center dtr; 7 ch, 1 tr, picot; 1 tr on next scallop, 9 ch, miss 2; 1 do and 4 tr in next 5 ch; 2 ch. Repeat three times. _ The squares are joined side by side by two points and the loop of chain between. For the Lace Design. First Row—Ch 13, 1 tr in first ch; 9 ch, 1 tr in the same place; 9 ch, 1 tr again in the same place; 9 oh and join to the fourth of the 13 ch. This forms a' small square. Slip stitch (same as so) to the fifth 9 ch. _ Second Row.—Dtr 2 divided by a pi- cot in the middle stitch of loop; 8 ch, miss 2, 1 do and 4 tr in next five stitches, 1' ch; 2 dtr divided by a picot in the same place as before, 9 ch. Re- peat three times. These join together exactly as the rosette designs. Commence by work- ing a length of 13 rosette patterns for the front, then across the middle of this, add 4 graduated rows of lace pat- terns, lst nine, 2nd seven, 3rd five, 4th three. its the points come together" the little crosses will appear. At each end of these rows ‘place a rosette de- sign, and three across the bottom.’ The front is now formed; The length of 13‘ rosette “designator the back is next worked as previously directed. For the sleeves 15' designs are re- quired with one'ex'trajfor, a' gusset, “w is put in {cornerfise [Join the. the t at‘ihfe fourth pat- Would You Not Like to Make a Daisy Design Yoke? ; Daisy Design Chemise v01... so... loop of the chain only. The three points which come together on both sides of this must be left free. Allow seven patterns for the shoulder strap, ’and. attach to the back in the same way. ’ , Now work the outline around the inside of sleeves and the base of the yoke, beginning at the corner of the gusset of the right sleeve. First Row.—Dc in the point, 12 ch; 1 dc in loop, 12 ch; 1 do in the junc- tion of the next two points. Proceed thus to the loop before the three free points, then 11 ch, 1 do in first point: 1 tr in second, 1 dc.in third; 11 ch, 1 do in next loop; 12 ch, 1 do in junction next loop; 12 ch, 1 do in corner point. Continue in this manner, working 12 ch around the sleeves and across the back. Second Row.——Of—small holes, 1 tr, 2 ch; miss 2 and repeat around, work— ing 2 tr with 5 ch between at the cor- ners, and contracting slightly in the hollows to keep the outline of the squares. Lace Edging for Neck and Sleeves. First Row.—-—Work 12 ch from point to point, as before, all around the neck. At the corners where the three free points lie make 1 do in the first, 1 tr in the second, and 1 dc in the third. Second Row—Small holes as before, contracting slightly at the corners. In the succeeding rows the corners must be so contrived that the work lies flat. Third Row—For the ribbon 4 dtr are worked off together in a hole; 4 ch, miss 1 hole; 1 dtr in next tr; 4 ch, miss 1 hole and repeat. Fourth Row—Dc 2, close before the single dtr; 1 picot, 2 dc close after, 7 ch. Repeat. Fifth Row.—-—Tr 4 with 3 ch between each in the center stitch of 7 ch; 1 oh and repeat. Sixth Rows—Sc 1 in second tr of group, 1 ch; 1 tr, 3 dtr and 1 tr in second stitch of center 3 ch; 1 ch, 1 sc in next tr, 6 ch. Repeat. Seventh How—Dc 1 in loop, 5 ch; sc 1 on top of scallop, 5 ch. Repeat. Eighth Row.~Tr 1 in last stitch of first 5 ch; 1 picot, 1 dtr in the so at top of scallop; 1 picot, 1 tr in the mid- dle threads of dtr; 1 picot, 1 tr in next ch, 2 ch. Repeat. When the edging is worked around the sleeves the yoke is complete. To attach to the garment the front must be firmly basted in position, and but- tonhole worked in each stitch. This pattern was taken from our Needlecraft Book No. 65, which con- tains many other useful patterns, and can be had by sending fifteen cents ‘to The Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. Also better send fifteen cents for our Needlecraft Book No. 10, which gives full directions, plainly illustrated, for making all kinds of crochet stitches; it is very useful to beginners in cro cheting. ., ‘ HOME QUERIES. _,_....._ C. D. J., Wyandotte.-—Make a ce- mentlof plaster-of psi-is and water and use to “fasten the brass 6n the lamp bowl. “ - ' - ' “ mean—m manmmm [5 ,sood anesthesiasttaths :1 7 . . “ dishomrations‘from a marble slab rub well with a paste made of two parts one part pumice stone and one part finely powdered chalk, mixed with a little ‘water. Then wash off with soap and water. If the marble is white'cover with a paste made of Fuller’s earth and hot water and let stand‘ for twenty-four hours. Then scour with soft soap. E. B.—-The moth is.a tiny white mil-7 ler, a little larger than a moSquitofi." They are attracted by the light, and often fly about after the lamps are I lighted. It has a rough-haired head and narrow, pointed wings. I should view with suspicion any small miller found in hiding, and treat it thorough- ly to a liberal dose of. gasoline to be on the safe side. Rural Health and Sanitation Conducted by Dr. C. H. Lerrzgo ANSWER IN NEXT ISSUE. LEASE be sure to give me an an- P 'swer in the next issue of the pa- per. This is .a very important matter to me.” I quote from a letter that came to- day. Every week I get a number of letters that express this desire, that an answer be given in the very next. . issue. ' > To save you from disappointment I may as well tell you that in nine cas- es out of ten this is impossible. The next issue of the paper is probably ready to go to press when your letter gets to me. I can’t even promise that your reply will go in the next follow- ing. Nor can I assure you that it will be printed in the paper at all. If it is just a matter that concerns you, and no one else, the chances are that it won’t be printed, because space is lim- ited and the few letters that can be answered in the paper must be those of general interest. But you can get an answer, very quickly, on any matter concerning health, by the simple process of put- ting in with your letter an envelOpe addressed to yourself, and stamped. I suppose the reason you have neg- lected this is because you think that I don’t answer letters personally. But I do. It is part of my business. And it is much better for you than depend. ing upon an answer through the pa- per. About the only letters coming to me that I do not answer are those in which the writer does not even give name and address. NO GOVERNING LAW. Is it the law that a woman shall have a, doctor in attendan'Ce at child- birth? I know many women who had large families without either a doctor to suit your particular case. It is al- ways a wise thing for a fat person to ' make sure by a physical examination that he is free from disease; If there is no disease there is just one remedy. Cut down your eating. Cut it down twenty per cent for two weeks. If that does not do the business out it anoth- er ten per cent. You will not suffer. FEVER WITH TUBERCULOSIS. Does tuberculosis of all kinds. bone, glands, etc., as well as of the lungs,- cause a daily l‘ever?—B. C. At some stage of the disease there is a daily fever with all cases of tuber~ culosis, no matter what the tissue af‘ fected. The fact that fever is not present does not prove that the case is non-tuberculous, however, because there are many stages in which the disease is still contagious but does not produce fever. GOITRE MAY PRODUCE FEVER. Can a toxic exopthalmic goitre cause 39 gaily temperature of from 99.2 to Exopthalmic goitre may produce either high or low temperatures. In some cases of profound poisoning it sends the temperature down below normal; in others it may produce four or'five degrees of fever. ONYCHIA OF FINGER-NAILS. Have had trouble with my finger nails for several years, but getting so bad they interfere with my work now. It commenced with the thumbs becom- ing red and swollen around the back of the nails. There is intense itching at times, seems to be at the root of nails, then gets painful and next morn? ing pus oozes from between for a day or so, then the same thing over. The nails are rough and thick and part of ’ I‘HE dress designs shown on can easily be expense. Order patterns direct The price is twelve cents each. How to Order Me Pattern: for simplicity is the keynote for this summer’s styles. made by home-dressmakers at a Michigan, and be sure to state pattern number and size wanted. the opposite page are all simple, They very small from Michigan Farmer, Detroit, or a, registered midwife and had no trouble. not so very many years ago either, but someone told me it is now against the law.-—A. S. . There is no law that can make a woman have any attendant at child- birth. The law does provide, however, that all persons who attend, for pay, must be registered as midwives or physicians. It is a wise law and saves the lives of many mothers and babies. QBESITY. What is the cause of obesity? Is there any way to get rid of too much flesh? There are a lot of companies advertising a remedy but the makers are usually in need of some of the dope. Could you tell me of something to‘ help? .Please do.——Reader. Sometimes obesity is due_ to disease. Then medicine j‘ is; needed, but to do any figlg‘h‘t‘idrug fl : reassess the ewe my nails are loose from the top half way back. They are very painful after doing a big washing, and at times the ‘ skin becomes very dry and White and can be sealed off around the nails. I have tried liniments, salves, also poul- ticing, but get no benefit. Please tell me what to do for it as I must work with my hands doing housework, bak- ing bread and the like, for a large family.—J. C. F. . The trouble seems to be onychia, probably of the simple form since you are otherwise well. Use peroxide of hydrogen to get rid of the pus, then dress the nails with powdered boric acid, pushing .the powder in around, the nails where possible. At night apply a compress of boric acid‘ and " water. Where this condition is due to! eczema ot‘ the nails much relief isob- tained by wrapping“ the ends of " the fingers in an ointment of salicylic 0H, s . wisest; ‘5‘“"0: ' - ,. H THE CR. , ,. . ‘ ~ V ,. I .. . ;_, . . -‘.‘r ‘ ; _ Copyright. 1921. By Littldlflirown A: Company . . ' _ « ‘Q 4‘" v n ‘,u . .- t ’ _ '~ N CHAPTER I. ‘ T was over. The rambling house, with its rickety, old-fashioned fur- niture—and its memories—was now deserted, except for Robert Fairchild, and he was deserted within it, wander- ing from room to room, staring at fa- miliar objects with the unfamiliar gaze . of one whose vision suddenly has been warped by the visitation of death and the sense of loneliness that it brings. Loneliness, rather than grief, for it had been Robert Fairchild’s promise that he would not suffer in heart for one who had longed to go into a peace for which he had waited, seemingly in vain. Year after year, Thornton Fair- child had sat in the big armchair by the windows, watching the days grow old and fade into night, studying sun- set after sunset, voicing the vain hope that the gleaming might bring the twi- light of his own existence—a silent man except for this, rarely speaking of the past, never giving to the son who worked for him, cared for him, worshiped him, the slightest inkling of what might have happened in the Robert Fairchild was as a person dost. The ordinary pleasures of youth had never been his; he could not turn to them with any sortof grace. The years of servitude to a beloved master had inculcated within him the feeling of self-impelled sacrifice; he had for- gotten all thought of personal pleas- ures for their sake alone. The big chair by the window was vacant, and it created a void which Robert Fair- feared‘ to learn. Once, on a black, :whieh had» served aside/father’s bed- stormy night, they had sat together, father and son; befdre the fire, silent for hours. Then the hand of the white- haired man had reached outward and rested for a moment on the young man’s knee. “I wrote something to you, Boy, 3. day or so ago,” he had said. “That little illness I had prompted me to do it. 14—1 thought it was only fair to I I ’m Always 1.” A Slew By Genevieve D. O’Neill . There’s pop an’ mom an’ ’Lizabeth— They don’t do nothin’ wrongs . That’s what you’d think from heann’ what They say the whole day long. But jus’ becus I’m little, shucks! I’m allus in a stew— I’m scolded like I don’t know what, Weren’t they once little, too? If I was you an’ you was me, Say, now, what would you do? The other day I happened past dim days of the long ago to transformil‘ jElfifiapfbesafieleowm the‘hall . awuo, lieshef. him into a beaten thing, longing for-m1 What; ‘Lllfié’hescg @4151?“ 9‘} loo" exit the final surcease. And when the ethffl‘l‘ielnibest fiddéyL—Yfiyl! fitterahflglowfi came, it found him in readiness, wait- ing in the big armchair by the win- dows. Even now, a book lay on the frayed carpeting of the old room, where it had fallen from relaxing fin~ gers. Robert Fairchild picked it up, and with a sigh restored it to the grim, fumed oak case. His days of petty sacrifices that his father might while away the weary hours with reading were over. - Memories! They were all about him, in the grate with its blackened coals, the old-fashioned pictures on the walls, the almost gloomy rooms, the big chair by the window, and yet they told him nothing except that a white—haired, pa- tient, lovable old man was gone~—a man whom he was wont to call “fath— er.” And in that going, the slow pro- cedure of an unnatural existence had snapped for Robert Fairchild. As he roamed about in his loneliness, he won- dered what he would do now, Where he could go; to whom he could talk. He had worked since sixteen, and since sixteen there had been few times when he had not come home regularly each night, to wait upon the white— haired man in the big chair, to discern his wants instinctively, and to sit with him, often in silence, until the old onyx clockton the mantel had clanged eleven; it had been the same program, day, week, month and year. And now flL A CR ES—fll’: Fertilizer W 01.1.? Uaa’ouéted/y Prove a Bonanza at a Hair T 0722?. I‘ tooki'raulittleusip ’Hl'l Hi how-Yuan}; (13 An’ jus’ stuck in my th-umhgor,lmpng—-;i-g. A teeney little dip«- , _,_,q ”0.) When ’long come Aunt Elizabeth , Who grabbed me by the hip. An’ then, not very long ago, I happened past the shed. We have a can of paint in there- A dandy shade of red. Now, red’s my favorite color, an We have a cat pure white. I thought I’d make her prettier An’ so I grabbed her tight An’ painted her a lovely red—- ’Twas just the other night. But mom an’ pop an’ Lizabeth— My goodness gracious me!— They raved an' swore an” scolded Jus’ as mad as they could be. An’ then I got a lickin’. My! I feel that lickin’ yet. If pop himself had used that paint, They wouldn’t mind, you bet! You Wait till I grow up an’ see! They’ll every one regret. child could neither combat nor over- come. _ ' \ What had been the past? Why the silence? Why the patient, yet impa- tient wait for death? The son did not know. In all his memories was only one faint picture, painted years before in babyhood: the return of his father from some place, he knew not where, a long conference with his mother be- hind closed doors, while he, in child- like curiosity, waited without, seeking in vain to catch some explanation. Then a sad—faced woman who cried at night when the house was still, who faded and who died. That was all. The picture carried no explanation. ' And now Robert Fairchild stood on the threshold of something he almost you. After I’m gone, look in the safe. You’ll find the combination on a piece of paper hidden in a. hole cut in that old European history in the bookcase. I have your promise, _I know—that y'Ou’ll not do it until after I’m gone.” Now Thornton Fairchild was gone. But a message had remained behind; one which the patient lips evidently had feared to utter during life. 'The heart of the son began to pound, slow and hard, as, with the memory of that conversation, he turned toward the bookcase and unlatched‘ the paneled door. A moment more and the hollow- ed history had given up its trust, a bit of paper scratchedwith numbers; Rob- ert Fairchild turned toward the stairs, and the small room on the second floor ~ turned toward the light. room. v . There he hesitated before the little iron safe in the corner; summoning 'the courage to unlock the doors of. a dead man’s past. .At last he farced himself to his knees and t0‘the numer- als of the combination. ' ‘ . The safe had not been opened in years; .' that was evident from the creaking of the plungers as they fell, the gummy resistance of the knob as Fairchild turned it in accordance with .the directions on the paper. Finally, a. great wrench; and the bolt was drawn grudgingly back; a strong pull, and the safe opened. - A few old books; ledgers in_sheep— skin binding. Fairchild disregarded these for the more important things that might lie behind the little inner door of the cabinet. His hand went forward, and he noticed, in a hazy sort of way, that it was trembling. The door was unlocked; he drew it open and crouched a moment, staring, be- fore he reached for the thinner of two envelopes which lay before him. A mement later he straightened and A crinkling of paper, a quick-drawn sigh between clenched teeth; it was a letter; his strange, quiet, hunted-appearing fath- er was talking to him through the medium ’of ink and paper, after death. Closely written, hurriedly, as though to finish an irksome task in as short a space as possible, the missive was one of several page's—pages which Robert Fairchild hestiated to read. The secret—and he knew full well that there was a secret—had been in the atmosphere about him. ever since he could remember. Whether or not this . was the solution of it, Robert Fair- child did not know, and the natural reticence with which he had always approached anything regarding. his father’s life gave him an instinctive fear, a sense of cringing retreat from anything that might now open the doors of mystery. But it was before' him,- waiting in his father’s writing, and at last his gaze centered; he readzl My Son: ' Before I begin this letter to you I must ask that you take no action what- ever until yo’u have seen my attorney ——he will be yours from now on. I have never mentioned him to you be- fore; it was not necessary and would only have brought you curiosity which I could not have satisfied. But now, I am afraid, the doors must be ’un- locked. I am gone. you have been a faithful son and you are deserving of every good fortune that may possibly come to you. I am praying that‘the years have made a difference, and that fortune may smile upon you as she frowned on me. Cer- I'LL DROP ONE OF ’MY FERTILIZER CRYSTAL l N THIS BASIN OF E. WATER AND AFTER ".1” l T ES ”3:50“ L, " SPRAV MY TOMATO PLANTS 7:; K l‘ a, ’ " “mum , WASHING * You are young, _ -'-_.-- ~—~ c‘-’ ‘ l ‘ m ‘ taminghgm Wi‘e ‘me 'no longer” .3 My *rrace'is run; i am beyond earthly fortunes. . . , - Thereforerwhen you have finished with this, takefthe deeds . incles'ed hr the larger envelope and go to St. ' Louis. There, look- up" Henry F; Beam; ' ish, attorney-at~law, in the Princess Building. He will explain, them to you. . I cannot find the strength, now that I face it, to tell you what you may find if you follow the lure that the other envelope holds forth to you. _ There is always the hope that for- tune may be kind to me at last, and- smile upon my memory by never let- ting you know why I have been the sort of man you have known, and not the jovial, genial companion that a father should be. But there are cer- ~tain things, my son, which defeat a man. It killed your mother—every day since, her death I have been haunt~ ed by that fact; my prayer is that it may not kill‘ you, spiritually, if not physically. Therefore'is it not better that it remain behind a cloud until such time as fortune may reveal it— and hope that such a time will never come? I think so—not for myself, for fwhen you read this, I shall be gone; .but for you, that you .may not be. handicapped by the knowledge of the thing which whitened my hair and aged me, long before my time. If he lives, and I am sure he does, there is one who will hurry to your aid as soon as he knows you need him. . Accept his counsels, laugh at his little eccentricities if you will, but follow his judgment implicitly. Above all, ask him no questions that he does-not care to answer—there are things that he may not deem wise to tell. It is only fair that he be given the right to choose his disclosures. There. is little more to say. Beam- ish will attend to everything for you if you care to go. Sell everything that is here; the house, the furniture, the belongings. It is my wish, and you will need the capital—if you go. The ledgers in the safe are only old ac- counts which would be so m-uch Chi- nese to you now. Burn them. There is nothing else to be afraid of—l hope you will never find anything to fear. And if circumstances should arise to bring before you the story of that . which has caused me so much dark- ness, I have nothing to say in self-ex- »tenuation. I made one mistake—that of fear—~and in committing one error, I shouldered every blame. It makes little difference now. I am dead—~and free. ' My love to you, my son. I hope that wealth and happiness await you. Blood of my blood flows in your veins—and strange though it may sound to you— it is the blood of an adventurer. I can almost 'see you smile at that! An old man who sat by the window, staring out; afraid of every knock at the door ——and yet an adventurer! But they say, once in the blood, it n ver dies. My wish is that you succee where I failed—end God be with' you! Your Father. For a. long moment Robert Fairchild ' stood staring at the letter, his heart pounding with excitement, his hands grasping the foolscap paper as though with a desire to tear through the shield which the written words had formed about a mysterious past and disclose that which was so effectively hidden. So much had the letter told —and yet so little! Dark had been the hints of some mysterious, intangible thing, great enough in its borrow and its far-reaching consequences to cause death to one who had known of it and a living panic for him who had per- petrated it. As for the man who stood now with the letter clenched before him, there was promise of wealth, and the threat of‘sorrow, the hope of hap- piness, yet the foreboding omen of . discoveries which might ruin the life ‘ of the reader ,as the existence of the writer had been blasted—until death had brought relief. Of all this had the letter told, but when Robert Fairchild read it again in the hope of something tangible, something that might give even a clue to the reason for it all, there was nothing. 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J n tr ourwet/ysemm—By 1v iNCE more it is the case of the bad son of a good father. Such are more frequently seen than good sons of bad fathers, though the \latter are by no means unknown. Par- ents do strange. things. The very con- ditions and training that haVe been" the making of a good man, they will often «ignore, in the training of their own son. Amon was not a. good king, yet he had the sense to provide. a splendid tutor for his son. Josiah was a good king, but we are led to infer that he did not make any such provis- ion for his own sons. And they "show- ed it. One son managed to be king for three months, and the other for eleven years, and both were distinguished "for In the words of the historian, they “did that .which was ‘evil in» the sight of Jehovah.” Why is it that good fathers so frequently make the fatal mistake of not providing for their sons as well as their fath- ers provided for them? I mean, in a moral and spir- itual way, not in clothing them and feeding them and sending them off to college. It is easier, however, to de- scribe than to do. A boy is reared amid conditions that compel him to work and to make an effort for every- thing he gets. In doing that, he ac? By middle life, say, he is well to do. His sons do not need to toil as he did, and he boasts that they don’t, and, 10! they do not pos- sess the power of application, the abil- ity to meet hard conditions and sur- mount them, the moral fibre to resist temptation. Pity the poor little rich boy! Pity the king’s son! He doesn’t know what real life is. Hence when the son of wealth and social position does develop character, and all the qualities that make the strong man, he is usually a very strOng man. Such was Josiah, and such were Gladstone, Washington, Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, and such is Reverend Maude Roy'den, the great English woman preacher. their weaknesses. HEN Josiah was told (if God's teaching through the finding of a forgotten book ,he responded by de- claring a religious revival. When his son is told of God’s teaching through the prophet, he responds by cutting up the book and throwing it into the fire. History is made up of retrogression as well as progress, though the general course of history moves forward. Men have often attempted to stifle the message of the Book. Sometimes they have burned it, sometimes kings 'have forbidden its use among their people. But thus far the Book has al- ways survived“ these attacks. In the early days of Christianity, the order went forth to seize all copies of the gospels and other ChriStian writings and destroy them. Hastily were the precious documents gathered up, plac- ed in stone jars and buried. In the dry air of the ‘east, they Were perfect: ly preserved. In recent years, many of these ancient manuscripts have been discovered, until fifteen hundred cop- ies of_various parts of the; great book . are now in various libraries of “the World. One of these Wersionslgis the" Sinaitic. It was found by. Dr. Tischen— ' dor'f, a German scholar who spenthis life studying the ancient versions .of Scripturap ‘ " ‘ , Que 3d 3' in 1844 :while; he» wasp-s i e. * t 1 j K V. 2%.? . .p: leaves of parchment out of a boar where they. had. been thrown, to build fires, with. After a few moments ex- amination he .knew' that he had found one of the most'aneient copies, of the Old Testament. He‘was- so overjoyed ‘however, that the monks began to sus- pect that these sheets were valuable ' ' and they refused to“ part with (any; more of them. » , I . IFTEEN years later Tischendorf _ came back, armed witha Commis~ sion from the Russian emperor. He was allowed to look at a bundle at parchments, tiedup with a piece of string. Going into his room alone he spent the night looking at them. “I knew,” he says, “that I held in my hand one of the most precious Biblical treasures in existence.” After some negotiations he was successful in get- ting possession of this bundle of worth- less-looking material, and took it to Europe. It is now known as the Sin- aitic manuscript and is one of three of the most valuable manuscripts of the Bible in existence. It consists of the New Testament complete, parts of the Old Testament and'some apochryphal books. grad (if the bolsheviks haven’t de- stroyed it). Probably the most suc- cessful method of destroying the Bible is by ignoring it. Let it be kept in the house. Let it contain the family record of births and deaths, but let it remain on the top shelf of the book? case, to be dusted off at each spring cleaning. That is the most successful method for making the Bible an un- known book. - A bishop once called at a. home, and While waiting for the father to come, he talked with the little girl. She said she went to Sunday school. “Then,” said the bishop, “You must know what is in the Bible.” “0, yes, sir, I know’ What’s in the Bible. Sister’s picture is in it, and the picture of her fellow, ‘taken when they were out at the lake. And a lock of baby John’s hair is in it, and a receipt for making angel food cake. They’re all in it.” HE Bible is an expanding book. It grows. Not that chapters are added to the Bible, but that it grows in One’s life. The Bible will mean a. thousand times more to one person than to an- other. Chapters that do not make any impression on a child hold a universe of meaning for the adult. national peril, or in hours of soul dis- tress it almost seems as though cer—. tain passages were written for the par- ticular occasion. In the Sepoy rebel- lion, when. the outlook for relief for a regiment Of British soldiers was black, .General Havelock read the forty-sixth psalm: “The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge." More than that, the Spirit that permeates the Bible is working in .the world to- day. There are chapters of missionary conquest as wonderful as any narrated in the. book of Aets. [Read the life of Mary Slessor, a white woman who for thirty years was the only white person in the midst of African tribes. Or read the story ’of Stewart of Lovedale. God is still at work. Those who hear the diVine voice are brothers of Jere- miahvand all others who have wrought at His command. THESUNDA‘Y sci-tom 95.3.30," . 9; , __ roams: ii. SUBincr.+Jehdiakim rat: to ' .“"_stroy’ God‘s: Word. .1 . _ ' It is in the library at Petro- . In times of a... a ,‘1 ‘- prints and- the reports of surveyors. Here was an assay slip, bearing fig- ures and notations which Robert Fair- ' 'child could not understand. Here a receipt for money received,\ here a vari-colored map with lines and fig- ures and conglomerate designs which Fairchild believed must relate in some manner to the location of a mining camp; all were aged and worn at the edges, giving evidence of having been carried, at some far time of the past, in a wallet. _More receipts, more blue- prints, then a legal document, sealed and stamped, and bearing the words: County of Clear Creek, 68 State of Colorado, _ ' DEED PATENT. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That on this day of our Lord, February 22 .., 1892, Thornton W. Fairchild, having presented the neces- sary affidavits and statements 0f as- sessments accomplished in accordance with— ’ On it trailed in endless legal phrase- ology, telling in muddled, attorney- -like language, the fact that the law had been fulfilled in its requirements, and that the claim for which Thornton Fairchild had worked was rightfully his, forever. A longer statement full of figures, of diagrams and su1veyor’s calculations which Fairchild could neither decipher nor understand, gave the location, the town site and the property included within the granted rights. It was something for an at- torney, such as Beamish, to interpret, and Fairchild reached for the age-yel- lowed envelope to return the papers to their resting place. But he cheeked his motion involuntarily and for a mo- ment held the envelope before him, staring at it with wide eyes. Then, as though to free by the stronger light of the window the haunting thing which faced him, he rose and huriied across the room, to better light, only to find it had not‘ been imagination; the words still were before him, a sen» tence written in faint, faded ink pro- claiming the contents to be “Papers relating to the Blue Poppy Mine,” and written across this a word in the bold- er, harsher strokes of a man under stress of emotion, a word which held the eyes of Robert Fairchild fixed and staring, a word which spelled books of the past and evil threats of thefuture, the single, ominous" word: “Accursed ! ” CHAPTER II. NE works quickly when prodded by the pique of curiosity. And in spite of all that omens could foretell, in spite of the dull, gloomy life which had done its best to fashion a matter- of-fact brain for Robert Fairchild, one sentence in that let-tei had found an echo, had started a pulsating some- thing within him that he never before had known: “-—It is the blood of an adventurer. " And it seemed that Robert Fairchild needed no more than the knowledge to feel the tingle of it; the old house suddenly became stuffy and prison-like as he wandered through it. Within his pocket were two envelopes filled with threats of the future, defying him to advance and fight it out—«what- ever. it might be. Again and again pounded through his head the fact that only a night (if travel intervened be- tween Indianapolis and St. Louis—_- within twelve hours he could be in the office of Henry Beamish. And THE CROSS CUT By Courtney Ryley Cooper Copyright by Little. Brown a Company WWW”..«$§M§”W€€&33X33 :zzzszczczz.unseen-area.z:.... (Continued from page 667). » ing of a traveling bag and the cashing of a check at the ciga1 store down on the corner. A wakeful night while the train clattered along upon its journey. Then morning and walking of streets until office hours. At last: f‘I’m Robert Fairchild,” he said, as he faced a white~haired, Cupid- -faced man in the rather dingy offices of the Princess Building. A slow smile spread over the pudgy features of the genial appearing attorney, and he wav- ed a fat hand toward the office’ 5 extra chair. “Sit down, son,” came casually. “Needn’t have announced yourself. I’d. have known"you—just like your fath- er, boy. How is he?” Then his face suddenly sobered. “I’m afraid your presence is the answer. Am I 1ight?” Fairchild nodded gravely. The old attorney slowly placed his fat hands together, peaking the fingers, and star- ed out of the window to the grimy roof and signboards of the next build- ing. _ “Perhaps it’s better so,” he said at last. “We hadn’t seen each other in ten yeaxs—not since I went up to In- dianapolis to have my last talk with him. Did he get any cherrier before—— he went?” “NO ,, “Just the same, huh? Always wait- ing?” “Afraid of every step on the veran- da, of every knock at the door ” Again the attorney stared out of the window. “And you?” “I. 9” Fairchild leaned forward in his chair. “I don’t understand.” “Are you afraid?” “Of what?” The lawyer smiled “I don’t know. Only— ”and he lean~ ed forward—“It’s just as though I were living my younger days over this morning. It doesn't seem any time at all since your father was sitting just where you are now, and gad, boy, how much you look like he looked that morning? The same gray-blue, earnest eyes the same dark hair, the same strong shoulde1 s, and good, manly chin, the same build—and look of de- teimination about him. The call of adventure was in his blood, and he sat[ there all enthusiastic, telling me what§ .= he’intended doing and asking my ad- vice—Lalthough he wouldn’t have fol- lowed it if I had given it. Back home was a baby and the woman he loved, and out west was sudden wealth, wait- ing for the right man to come along and find it. Gad!” White- haired old Beamish chuckled with the memory of it. “He almost made me throw over the law business that morning and go out adventuring with him! Then four years later,” the tone changed sudden- ly, “he came back " “What then?” Fairchild was on the edge of his chair. But Beamish only spread his hands. "Truthfully, boy, I don’t know. I have guessed—but I won’t tell you what. 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CHICKS .100 Barrens 8.0 W Leghorn 11nd Sheppard's Ancona chicks for June delivery. Stock from trap nested stock with egg records from 200 up 10279. We pay all shipments and guarantee safe. delivery Ordrezr now as our suppl is limited. Write for catalo Byron 0enter Pou try Farm. Byron Center M ch. STRONG CHICKS from our S. 0. English White Leghorns and An- conas. Records of 200 and up, at 120 each by pre- paid parcels an st, 100 per cent alive guaranteed. Ach ic well hatched is half mined. Riverviow Poultry Farm, R. 2, Zpeland. Mich. Now IS Y‘OUR‘ CHANCE Put in your order for June chicks at 9% cents. And April hatched pellets.- Bred from Heavy hi3; Strain from our own free range poultry farm live delivery guarant ee.d VII Illage View Poultry Fallm. R. 3. Zeelsnd. Mich. Rhode Island Beds. 00%“. 11 . .19?" 9”“ mmmd§a§d_ 1 has? m..~ be» WHITE LEIllllllllS-AIGDIIS 60, 000 pulleis for l922 delivery. Because we raise on such a Iremen- dens scale we can furnish ullels ai exiraerdinary low prices. or hear egg reduction gel Ilre Z. P. STIIA II. Pulleis for sale every Week. catalog and price list free. [Zeeland Pullet Farms Zeeland, Mich. “Pioneer Pullet Producers“ ; ABY CHIX The Old Reliable Breeds S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS English and American Strains 1 Barred Rocks Anconas S. C. Brown Leghorns HERE we are. justa few hours from your door. with baby chix from the best breeds. Our growth from one small incubator to 22 .000 egg capacity has been steady and de- notes honest dealing Get our prices on chicks from our healthy. free range, heavy laying . stolgk. send today for handsome catalog in co rs CITY LIMITS HATCHERY 8-. POULTRY YARD, Routes, Box ll Holland Michigan BABY CHICKS Price List. Prepaid to You. Purglared Stocg5 Wh. & Brown Leghorns 10. 00 5.60 3.00 Bufl' Leghorns 12 6.50 3.50 Black Le horns 1.3 00 7.00 3.75 Anconas Minorcas 13.00 7.00 3.75 11.1. Reds 13.00 7.00 3 75 Barred Rocks 7' 13.00 7.00 3.75 But! a Wh Rocks 14. 00 7.50 4.00 Wh. & S L. Wyandottesls. 00 8.00 4.25 Bufi' Urpingtons 15 .00 8.00 {3(5) Black Langshans 18. 00 9.50 5. Brahmas 10.50 5. 50 20.00 Start the season right with chicks that can be de- gended upon to produce profitable heavy egg pro- ucmg hens. Mall orders to J. KREJCI 2165 East 86th St.. Cleveland. 0 .meméia as... E4515 swears»: Montana-1M ”firs-n.1,.“ . .i a» security ,. PULLETS” COLUMBIA Baby Chicks Buy your English Strain White Leg- horns and Ancona baby chix from the ColumbiaHatchery They are vigorous purebred. heavy- iayingstock. Ship- ped by parcel post prepaid. S eoial price on 1. lots. Columbia Hatchery. 2 .Mnln Sh, Holland.flMich. CHICKS Thorough- bred Varieties of Tom sBa Whit te Leghorns. S C. Rocks. ron English rks Barred Strong and Healthly chicks from tested heavy producing stock correct in lumage and color as well as being EXC ELLE '1‘ LAYERS. per cent live delivery guaranteed. Order your May and June chicks now at my new low prices. Interesting catalogue free. Importer. BRUMMER S POULTRY FARM. Holland, Mich, LOOK! Box 26. T‘s'r—nirr . Baily We chicks for 1922. POSTAGE PAID 95% live ar. rival guarantee (1 MONTH’S FEED FREE with each order. A hatch EVERY week all year. 40 breeds chicks. 4 breeds ducklings. Select and Ex» hibitiion grades. Catalogue free. stamps appre- ciate . Nabob Hatcheries, Dept. 15, Gambler, Ohio CHICKS Have shipped thousands each season 9 since 190 . Let us send our prepaid prices. Freeport Hatchery, B0112. Freeport,M1ch Your success Useful Anconas upon m, 3",... .1. Mlchi an' s largest poultry show. (Grand Rapids) won [at and 2nd cock .best shape male. 5th cockerel. 5th hen. 3rd 11 list. 4th pen. utility andh exhibition pens. every birde Hogan tested. eggs and chicks at hatchery rises with three times the quality. My 18 page boook- ret “Useful facts about Useful Anconas' tells depends man thin s on ought to know before buying e se- whexye chigan' s Anoona Headquarters. College view Farm. R. 3. Hillsdale. Mich. ” 0 d C ° k $13.?“ a... Day 1 inc 5 W horns Ask for our free catalo eand price B.Le orns list for Ma land Juned i.very Minor-can 11.1! EROE. J eromo. Mich. BABY CHICKS We have just the chicks you have been looking for. the large. strong. vigorous kind from free e flocks that have been culled for heavy on :m uc on Shipged prepaid parcel Safe Errivlalm arantee Ask about 8w .spullets. ate. . Gilt Edger“ Poultry Farm. Zeeland. Mich, S. C “Block gmnfimufing'wnw 1 1-2 MILLION . acts a '..m1€nainmumim 4 wmmwu‘k. «kamifivsshwsénfi‘mw. 1 a W «I: ems»? $1.1: The Value of,Competition 7726 Story of a Boy Who Won, Last and W072 ,quzn \ ERHAPS one of the most coveted P honors among club boys and girls is the county championship in his or her particular line. Then if the county championship has been won, the holder of 'such honors looks for- ‘ward with hopeful anticipation of win- ning the state championship. If he or she has worked hard and everything came through all right and the state honoris Won, it is a great deal of sat- isfaction to be the winner. But if you are the loser and only by the fraction of a margin, then often it is of more value to have lost. Because, as a rule, ihe harder you are thrown, the higher you’ll rebound—just like a rubber ball, By Johnny . as a certain: person has put it. When you have been defeated but had ex- pected to lose, it comes as a matter of fact, but to accept defeat when compe- tition is keen makes you muster all the courage you have to smile and say, “I Will” Probably because of the popularity of the hog on the farm today, and of the larger 'number of pig clubs and the closer competition among them, the honor of winning with a pig is one of the highest of honors, and always attracts attention. Among those‘starting' club work last year on the same basis ,as many oth~ ers, Was Frank Pifer, of Charlotte. Frank Pifer and the Pig that Won Him the State Championship. advice. Our Letter Box HIS letter box will be where the boys and girls can express their views, tell of themselves and things about the farm, or ask The most interesting letters each week will appear here. Address your letters to me. «Uncle Frank. Dear Uncle Frank. I am very busy with school work, woxk on the farm, and a hundred and one other things to do. After school lets out I will have a little more time and will then write more. I have always enjoyed the Michigan Farmer, but with the contests it is doubly interesting. I wish we might have had an essay contest on “Moth- ers, ” or something pertaining to “Moth- er’s Day,” this last week, as I like the essay contests. I am sending my list of answers to the questions for this week. ——Ever your friend, Ford Chapman Leslie, Mich. I am sorry your suggestion did not come earlier. It is a good one. Am glad you like the essay contests. I do, too. Dear Uncle Frank: C I am sending you the answers to the Read-and-Win Contest. I have tried before but have not won any prize. I hope I may succeed sometime. I am a girl thirteen years old. I ‘in— tend to go to Shelby high school next year in a new school house. I live on a fruit farm and always enjoy picking fruit during the summer. I am taking lessons on the piano. I would like to be a music teacher and a domestic science teacher. Our community is very wideawake. We have a literary society, grange and community circle. In these organiza- tions we have helpful programs for farmers and women. I go to church and Sunday School mostevery Sunday. Our fruit trees are in blossom and everything looks , beautiful here. I have many things to write about but must stop.—-—Your Pal, Carol L. Kerr, Shelby, Mich. You are ‘ fortunate to live in the Oceans. fruit section and in a wide- awake community. A live community helps much in .the enjoyment of life. Let's hear from my Pal again Dear Uncle Frank: I have been reading the letter box and think it very interesting. I like the Read- and- Win Contests the best, because I am not very good at writing essays. I live on a 160-acre farm three miles from town. I have never lived in the city, and don’t think I waxitto. If I could have my choice I would take the farm. I love to fish and hunt. I am fifteen years old. I have caught about twenty trout since the first of May. There are not many fish in the creeks as they have been fished out.. Our school is out the sixth of June and we are going to have a picnic. My sister and I have been catching rats. We have caught thirty-three this spling but last summer we caught about ninety. I would love to receive a letter from Margaret Campbell -——Els1e Gill, Kal- kaska, Mich. Don’t you think that because -you may not be good at writing essays is the very reason why you should write them? Practice makes perfect, you know. ' Dear Uncle Frank: I like the Boys’ and Girls’ Depart- ment, and enjoy reading the letters. I live on a one hundred acre farm, thir- teen miles from Detroit, and would en- joy having you visit us. We have three horses, ten cows, two calves, fifty baby chicks, fourteen baby pigs, and the mother, besides some shoats. I have .a garden all my own and .ex- pect to sell all I raise. On the farm we raise grain, hay, potatoes, melons. sweetcorn and garden truck for mar- ket. the milking, take the cows to pasture, have breakfast, and when I have time, ' help mother some before school. Am in the fifth grade and like my school yrork. I am your nephew. Merle Head- . 93’ Thanks 'Ior the invitation to visit you, but how about you coming to see 3 me?I . I will show you boys the Mich- . I rise at 5:30 a. m., help papa do. Lest-‘nl-Luswienunwwsn . a.» .1 W. .1...,..; The club ’- of which Frank bécame a member has a large membership and is”cne of-the flrst‘to choose the Berk- ” shire breed. This was his first year in the work, which shows that previ- ous experience is not always neces- sary in order to be a Winner. Frank sent his pig to the state fair. His pig was not entered inthe open class" but was placed first-in the club class and winning over the first ‘and second prize winners in the open class- es, which Were owned by members -frcm the same club as Frank. He then had the very “delightful". experience of'showin’g his pig at his local county fair against a pig owned by his sister. who is also a member of the club, and of being beaten by her. Most boys dislike being defeated by their own. sister, but the true sports man that Frank is, he took his defeat without a whimper, or either waited and let out his stored-up “enthusiasm? to sister when he could get her some- _ where out of ‘hearing. At any rate, this defeat evidently gave Frank 8. new coufiige for he “sailed in” and won the county championship. Now he has been awarded the state cham- pionship and a scholarship at the Michigan Agricultural College, which is given as a prize. Besides the honors which have just been mentioned, Frank won first in his home county fair’s judging contest, which prize was a free trip to the In- ternational Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. Besides winning so many prizes the first year there-has been the satisfac- tion of watching his pig develop out into prize-winning form under his own hand, the “pleasure” of being defeated , , by an own sister, the thrills of deféat and victory, and now, with thefounda- tion laid for the raising of pure-bred swine, we can expect more prizes and honors in the future. WHY I LIKE THE FARM. By Mary Rennells, Marion, Mich. Age Seventeen Years. I like the farm for a number of rea- sons, but the reason foremost in my mind is the peacefulness and quietness which surrounds farm life. The quiet- ness. is like balm to a tired body or a. sad heart. It seems to soothe and quiet the soul; The next foremost reason, in my mind, is the healthfulness. How much better a' person feels, when they get up with the sun and breathe the fresh morning air which causes the blood to rush through your system and you feel like a new person. What a. con- trast in getting up when the sun is four hours high, eating a hurried break: fast, going to an office, spending thé day, then coming home tired and dull at night. The farm- is nature’s school. It is here that nature holds herxclasses. She makes you acquainted with all of her children, the plants, animals, birds and insects It is on the farm that you learn to appreciate God’ is handwork, which oft- on is essential to perfect happiness. ness. Last. but not least, is the independ- ence and liberty enjoyed on the farm. Your neighbors are not always «~e'om- plaining about the chickens, or you ,, running the lawn mower at five a. m. ' ' In fact. you are a king of your own 5 ' farm or home. 0 forms of recreation. ~ AN our sport contest, base ball was ' the sport that scored the heaviest. Twice as. many picked it as their' favorite sport than selected other I was very glad to see that so many girls like base ball becauSegwhen played for the fun and exercise in it, it' is a dandy game for both boys and girls. Next to base ball, swimming was the most popular sport. In this there were about as many girls who liked the Old Swimmin’ Hole as there were boys. ' Certainly during hot weather there is nothing more refreshing than a plunge in nature’s bathtub. . - Camping was about one-fourth as popular as baseball, and fishing ran camping 8. close race for third place. Many liked hiking, others preferred reading, and some liked work. Those who do consider work as aesport cer-‘ tainly are fortunate, because they are undoubtedly doing the kind of work they are adapted to, and therefore en- joy it. it is great when you can get joy out of your job. The thought that has occurred to me is that all real sport is wholesome and upbuilding physically and _mentally. And there is nothing better than to use the play spirit which is inherent in all of us in some good constructive play. ' Here are the prize winners in this Sport Contest which appeared in our issue of May 20, and what they wrote: By Muriel .Young, Grand Rapids, 1 MlCh. My favorite sport is swimming. It is a useful and enjoyable sport. There are three reasons why it is useful: First, in times of emergency; second, as a body builder, and third, as a rec- reation. - By Ruby Stables, Traverse City, Mich. Age Fifteen Years. ,Of the many sports I enjoy, “camp- ing and tramping” is my favorite. It afiords many pleasures; brings one in contact with nature; makes one heal- thy, strong and vigorous; affords vari- ety in education, and, best of all, in- spires one to believe God created a. world of which we may be proud. By ,Elmer J. Smith, Battle Creek, Mich. Age Sixteen Years. I think base ball is the best develop- ing game and more scientific than any other. It teaches team work, competi- tion, fairness, accuracy, alertness, coolness and efficiency. To become a proficient base ball player requires years of consistent training. Base ball is typically Amer- ican. By Maurice L. Hartung, Levering, . Mich. Age Eight Years. The sport I like the best is picking Wild flowers, because they are so pret- ty. They are messengers of spring. I love the lillies. They are so pure white. Mama says they are like God’s angels. I like all flowers. By Yanda. Sanborn, Morenci, Mich. My favorite sport is reading. Read- ing not only entertains, but is teach- ing. I like great men’s biographies, animal stories and traveling. Ancient history also appeals to me. There is some reading that has a bad effect upon people, but we must try to pick out the best, if we, can. The boys won out this time and it is rather natural they should, but I was very much pleased in the way the girls responded to this contest. In ,, fact, I believe there were as many , girls entered as there were boys. There were many other young folks who gaVe interesting answers to this __ contest. For instance, Esther ,Kripes, .Of-Erie,,Michigan, gave the following ongbasket ball, which contains many it gas too long- _/ . V.‘ >‘ a! thoughts. but»! was disqualified e p‘o’rt‘Resu-lts By Uncle Frank ’ 2 ' - --Wilbur Bigelow, Holly, Mishigan. \ It gives one inspiration, also independ- ence, and more self-reliance than I ever felt before I played it. Other games have given me momen- tary‘” pleasure, but basket ball makes me alert, and leaves me with a feeling of joy in life. ’ ' The game makes use of every mus- cle and part of the body. It has made me lots stronger and has given me more healthy appearance. ‘ The game of basket ball has certain rules regarding it, thus bringing mem- bers of teams into closer fellowship with each other. The rules also teach Read and W 1'72 OR the coming week we are . using another -Read-and-Win Contest. The ten questions are below. Please answer them as concisely as possible and don’t forget to mention the number of the page on which you found the answers. The five most cor- rect and neatly arranged papers will bring their writers one dol- lar each. This contest closes on June 8. Please mail all your let- ters to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, 'Detroit, Michigan. 1. How far apart should soy- beans be drilled for hay? 2. What spraying mixture fol- lowed the use of the Bor- deaux mixture? . What effect does living amid broad pastures and caring for good live stock have upon men? ' 4. How may the danger of spon- taneous combustion in mows and stacks be less. ened? ‘ . How wide a range has a vaccum tube radio set? 6. When completed, where will the largest Masonic Tem- ple be located? 7. What is good for slugs on roses? 8. Who is the great English woman preacher? . When cooking cabbage What will keep the odor of it ‘rom going through the house? 10. What is the keynote to suc- cessful handling of young pigs? 60 O1 :9 . you to have a regard for opponents and for his rights as well as your own, thereby helping in a spiritual way. Basket ball has been proven a good sport by above statements, for the def- inition of a sport is that it must be an improvement to mental, physical, and spiritual beings. It also gives pleasure.” AdvanCe Notice Drawing Contest. A great many boys and girls have expressed a desire for a drawing ”con- test, so in our issue of June 10 we Will announce one. I mention it at this time because some of the boys and girls who get their papers late may not have the time they wish to spend on~ the drawings before the contest closes. You may choose your subjects and your method of drawing. The contest will close June 15. The usual prizes will be given. Boys and Girls Who Want to Car- respond With Others.. Sophia M. Rutkowski, of Wallace, Michigan. Alma Forester, Freeland, Michigan. Elizabeth J. Carpenter, Springport, Michigan. LaVinnie Ferrin, Davison, Michigan. Mable Goodwin, Portland, Michigan, Amelia Warczinsky, Minden City, Michigan. Lucy Burt, Abbottsford, Michigan. Clarice Evans,‘ Romulus, Michigan. Helen Frost, Howell, Michigan. Rhea Taylor, Jenison, Michigan. Elwood Foote, Holly, Michigan. Lela Hagadone, Oxford, Michigan. H rvey Mills, Boston, Michigan. -- ~ our circa 81'. Special for June and July $10.00 and $12.00 Per 100. Our English Type White Leghorns and Brown Leghorns are the greatest laying strain of today. ’ Eleven years of breeding has made this stock good. With long deep bodies and large combs. They have the egg producing qual- ities in them. Blood Will Tell Eleven years of hatchin and shippin chicks _ assures you good first c ass chicks. e guar- * antee safe arrival and satisfaction, or your money back. , 17,000 Chicks Every Week Till August 15th. ” Prices for June and Jul 1922. . - * S. C. English type W ite Leghorns, are good and profitable layers, and our ; extra selected are of the very best layers. . It has never been our aim to put out cheap chicks, but to give our customers chicks that will be goodlayers and bring our customers a good profit. We have been in the poultry business eleven years and are offering you chicks of the best layers at a very reasonable price. Per 25 Per 50 Per 100 Per 500 Per 1000 S.C.Eng.Type W.Leghorns,extra selected $3.00 $6.00 $12.00 $57.50 $115.00 -S. C. English Ty e White Leghorns 2.50 5.00 10.00 50.00 100.00 S. C. Brown Leg orns, extra selected 3.00 6.00 12.00 57.50 115.00 S. C. Brown Leghorns, standard 2.50 5.00 10.00 50.00 10000 We ship chicks by parcels post and pay the postage up to your door, and guar- antee safe arrival. Our terms are cash With order, but we will book your order if you send one-fourth of the amount with the order, and the balance just before chicks are to be shipped. . Prompt Shipment Order from this adv. to save time and we will write you at once when to look for the chicks and also will mail you our instructive catalogue, or write for“ catalogue before ordering. The Wolverine Hatchery, H. P. Wiersma, Proprietor, . Zeeland, Mich. Baby Chicks Ten Weeks Old Pullets Best Laying Breeds on Earth 25,000 large strong super-hatched chicks every week I from Hogan tested flocks culled out annually by our Poultry Experts. Prices F or June and duly $3. 0.1 'whhixe Eeghmns Per 50 For 100 For 500 Per 1000 ng is ’. eg iorns S. C. Brown Leghorns $525 “0'00 “7'50 39500 S. C. Mottled Anconas Broilers (Odds & Ends) M 00 $7.50 $35.00 . Extra Selected Stock at 32.00 per 100 higher. Thousands of Satisfied Customers Make Big Money Mr. F. L. Hess. Chicago. Ill., writes: Mrs W.\‘ttenbncli. Amherst. Ohio. ‘ I avera ed 11?. eggs at day from 140 of writes: “ sold $357.30 of eggs in your pm ets and sold, 51.38.00 worth of two months from 200 pullets of eggs in February. your stock." Raise Good Stock and Reap a Golden Harvest Intelligent chick buyers of today do not take chances with ordinary stock. Our enormous output enables us to sell these money makers at a price that positively cannot be equaled. ” We Ship Thousands of Chicks Each Year . Every shipment is sent by PARCELS POST PREPAID. and we guarantee 100% live delivery. Order‘dircct from ad. or send for illustrated catalogue. Write for Prices on Pullol‘s. Wyngarden Hatchery, Box it, Zeeiand, Mich. Pullets Cockerels Pullets Chicks—Eggs—Breeding Stock—From Proven Layers BARRED ROCKS ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS ROCKS. Official Records 213 to 257 at M.A.C. In Dec. at Nat’l Laying Contest No. 3‘ 4 Pullets avera ed 24.5. I have won 5 specials so far at this contest,some records. WHITE LEGH RNS. Won cup best utility pen Zeeland [22 pens]. Mr. Fore- man Judging. 1st and 2nd pens Holland Fair. lst Hen West Mich. State Fair. . Why take chances when you can buy stock of this kind at bargain prices. Spec- ial prices on May, June, July chicks. Write for catalogue. G. CABALL, Box M, Hubsonville, Mich. ANCONAS “Superior Qual ty” Baby chicks and fertile e s from M. A. 0. selected 250 e 3 strain hens. matln is: free. ' MAlgNlNGS ANCONA F RM, Goldwater. Mich. Barron White Leghorn mg: 33,, ,1? each. Park’s Strain Barred Rock pullets 10 weeks old 81.10 each. Write for s ecial prices on large lots. ROBT. UHRISTOPH L. R. 4. Holland, Mich. ‘ good chicks. EXt'a winter. Order chicks from pure bro layers, Tom Barron White Leghorns 100,512: Brownd Leghorns. 100. $12: Anconzw. 100. 813. Postpaid an - where. Catalog free. Queen Hatchery. Zeelnnd.Mioly1. 1922 delivery now . BA BY c H lc Ks ready White L081 hornn.White Rocks. Bnfl Orpinaton. éed Roctkl.dR. I. Rhed‘si. Bilge}: Minorcasli. 81s . uni-an so are to an we srriva . oat id DBRAND HATCHERY. rentofm'izn EGGS AND DEA Price List Free Box . Pardee's. Ialip. ht. RY. 8. C. Reds. W. Wyand )ttes, Barred ROCkS Bred-today stocanbyclllcks, Plan now on more 9 gs next eggs, cockerels. Howard Grant, Marshall, Mich. Buy Chicks Where" Quality Counts. All my flocks culled. You get chicks from nothin bgiezi'gdiye'ihkstfoe iam‘lkflaii'ism'iniiizh'flab . a u wee e . . 0001;, 133 w. Main St... 2.391333, ich. Day Old Chicks. 8. 0. White Leghorn. They are from the biz thrifty.persistent producing stui!‘ ARDEI'S o for whichMuoalwhlte Pou try Yards are becoming PERFECT Duckhn s noted. W .know we Gamay!- you mtlsffitwn. Sand for l. K I N g _ Poultry Ya . Caro. Mich. GUARANTEED CHICKS, AND Pmm‘ Low prices for purebred stock. Single Comb English I Mmlw Turk. a. bone 8 lb. “.00. Toms 10 lb- Mam. Bram awnings. m 10. Pro m an . Ralph Wise Nurseries. Box 151, Hogan. 1133' “hits. Brownltothom and fig?“ “drags-gt! J g ‘ nmam9”..°mm,g¢f§igmwoh§gg a, 30;; " Additional Poultry as...” m. m . \ _ . ‘ , . - .. ..,..: new ammo. in; new $0. Radish strain_White Leghorn. Brown Le horns. one I S. C W. leghorns Our Specialty ‘ ' Get the BIG PROFITS, with ‘ . Baby Chicks That Are PURE BRED Place with us AT ONCE. your order for Baby Chicks. Our supply is limited and we refuse to sell anything but our OWN STOCK, so we advise to not delay. Buy from Michigan‘s largest prac- tical Single Comb White Leghorn Egg, Pullet and Brbiler Farm. We supply every egg that goes into our incubators from our own strain of BRED TO LAY UTILITY S. C. White Leghoflu and have'a (cw thousand surplus chicks to spare at certam periods of the season. We GUARANTEE each customer ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION. Drop us a card TODAY for interesting PRICES. before placing your order elsewhere. Chicks dehvered at your door byTarcel Post Free. 100% ALIVE. Sample of many testimonials that show, JUNE CHIX MAKE BIG PROFITS Niles. Mich” Feb. 14. 1922 Simon Harlema and Sim. Holland. Mich. Dear Sin: . . ‘17): 7th of June [on year we bought 600¢hix from you and bad splendid mum with them. Raiud 550. have 100 Ibo! have not been culled. began laying Nov. 15 and on now laying from 60 to 70 eggs per day. 1 ruins! and 22111an ml 1:: and 3rd prize: at our poultry show hm at Niki. or. Mrs. Mari Feizhnsr. Nils: Mich. SIMON IIARKEMA & SONS, Holland, Mich. BABY Eight leading Standard Va. ' rieties. Every chick from pure bred. healthy. carefully selected stock. ‘We are not jobbers. We personally know what we are selling. Delivered at your door. parcel post prepaid 100% live delivery guar- anteed. Catalogue tree. MUNCIE BABY CHICK CO. Lock Box 274, Muncie, Indiana 5373K m. GUARANTEED Postage Paid. Live arrival fiafiségmd. ' ODAY for val bl FR XVII-ht: T “I Yeour Chicks" also to Raise 90$ 0 interesting Catalog. describing convincing- l . WHY you should purchase our Better Hatched" Chicks. Coco crativooBrcedin I and Hatchint 00., Box , 'I'IR . OHIO. ’ DAYOLD CHICKS White Leghorns 812 per 100: 86. 50 for. 50; and 83.75 for 25. Barred and White Rocks .White W‘yan- dottes and Rhode Island Reds 817 for 100; 9.00 [or 50: and 84.75 for 25. Order from this ad. terms cash with order. Custom hatching 5c per egg. hatchery capacity 9600. Hatchery 4_ miles east of Mt. Morris on MtMorris road one mile north and one east. Valley Phone No.14.5. ROSS WADE. Prop. Meadow Brook Hatchery. Mt.Morris. Mich. Free ROYCROFT Book B-A-B-Y C-H-l-X WHITE LEGHORNS AND MOTTLED ANCONAS Also Black Leghorns. Brown Leghorns. Bun Leg- horns. Blapk Mlnorcas. R. 0. Rhode Island Reds, Barred PlymOuth Rocks. White Plymouth Rocks Silver Wyandottes, White Wyandottes. WE HATCH om irom Hoganized flocks on free range on separate (arms. Send for Price List. Valuable Booklet with first order for twenty-five or more CRESCENT EGG COMPANY Allegan . Michigan Ila & June delivery rices. Barred Plymouth Rocks, to Books. R. I. Re 8. Black Minorcas. White Leg- horns or Anconas. 25 for 85.60; 50 for $10.00 or 100 for $16.00Iprepaid.100$ live delivery uaranteed. Our 12th year producin ‘ehix that please. uly price 2c lessper chick. Green awn Poultry Farm. R.3.Fenton, Mich. ' Fishel St in. dand la ers. Snowy White Rocks Eggs 31.5315: 53.7530: it. . I00. All prepaid. Mrs. Earl Deh nhoii', Vanburen.0hio. SINGLE COMB BUFF LEGIIORN baby chicks. Willard Webster, 8. 2. Bath, Mich WIIITI'AKER’S RED CHICKS d E to Hatching. Both Combs. Blood tested at whl‘t'esdlarrrhoee. Mi chigan’s Greatest Color and Strain. Write for Free Catalog. TERLAKES FARM, Box 39, Lawrence. Mich. Baby Chicks $12.00 im t hi $1 50 ttl t $11280 .nd 1u a c 21 eggs. . per 80 n8 0 . per . as are Igniting 17 varieties of pure bred fowls; Chick- ens.Geese. Ducks Guineas. also ~breedin stock. Bond for prices and cir cular. coking now or early delivc . CLINTON HATCHERY & POULTRY FABMIE. Wilmington, Ohio. , ~ Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs 3,332,, g,- ,1 cod stock. Park’s st! ain Barred Books. Heavy lay- . re “1.1m “if.“ “warm“ wee-- y. no uan y. 8 no a. s- akevicw Poiilltry Farm. Box 3. B. 8. Holland. Meigh. Bred-to-Lay White Wyandottes -‘ ans laid 1170 e s i Jan. E 82.00 15: . 93192. nvnn'linniin roufilliar Aim, am “in t Bans. Greenville. Mich. , DAY OLD CHICKS B R k . (I ‘ mm“ 1’5. BOV‘I’iN? 5‘32.“in 9n . .mmfl switcher." "-‘3’awhkldx'ztéejifiifidém -ifixm " 1 some...“ ' fl a. concrete foundation will 4§1Wmi1§¢am "vitae-meagcasmsviwrts. .. W: _ JUNE POULTRY SUGGESTIONS. E like colony houses on skids. The skids can each be made of two large planks nailed togeth- er with the end beveled like a sled. A large, hole can be bored in the end of each skid to hold a rope or chain. The floor is built directly on the skids. Notches are made that will hold two- by-four pieces and then the floor boards can be nailed down. The sled- like foundation for the building gives it strength. The floor is raised high enough from.the ground tokeep out rats. The building can be easily mov- ed when fresh soil seems necessary for the young growing stock. It is not necessary to have colony houses unpainted and scrappy looking. Even a. roughly built small building can be greatly improved by painting the corners White and the remainder a. barn red. The paint saves the lum- ber and increases the life of the equip- ment. It pays to remember that poul- try equipment costs money to replace and when we protect the surface with paint we help save the building. Sometimes a large poultry house on have a. space between the sills and the. cement where the wind can blow through. . This makes a draught across the floor. Be sure that the foundation is tight and it will help prevent colds. In build. ing a poultry house it pays to‘set large iron bolts in the cement founda- tion and then bolt the sills down. This makes you feel easier when severe wind storms sweep over .the farm. Several poultrymen in our section have tried giving tomato juice to the brooder house chicks as an insurance against leg weakness. It is recommend- ed by the Michigan Experiment Sta- tion and has proven useful], especially in bad weather when the chicks have to be confined. A few extra cans'of tomatoes will be stored up this sum- mer for use with our young flocks next spring. In planting the garden it pays to re- member the needs of your next sea- son’s chicks. I find that they relish onions, beets and mangels when con- fined in the broader house and this succulent feed is of great value in keeping chicks healthy. In some cases where chicks have had digestive trouble, a few feeds of boiled rice has been useful in improv- ing their condition. A drop of Castor oil with a medicine dropper will often brace up a chick that has started to paste up. The chicks must be studied and treatments given promptly. Nearly all chick troubles are easier to prevent than to cure. No hurried treatment can quickly make up for a week of neglect. We give brooder chicks a fountain of water as well as one of sour milk, , although some poultrymen recommend only sour milk for the first two or .threc weeks. I find that the bréoder chicks become very thirsty during the hot weather and they seem more con- tented when they can drink both the .water and the milk. We often mix our supply of sour milk with equal parts of water. Then it does not clog the feeders so readily and it-seems more efficient in quenching the thirst of the young chicks. SETTING HENS HAVE LICE. . I have lost three setting hens by red- mites and all the chickens Lhave lice. I have dipped them and used a lice powder withoutgre‘sults; have also sprayed the coop. Do you know of anything that would take care' of this trouble. which “Will’s"‘ybarmlessfito the eggs. The blue ointment is. thor- \ grade vaseline. hatching eggs I when applied to the? 3' ,chickens?—.—-—Mrs.‘C. A. D. ' " - ‘ We have found blue ointment- very satisfactory for protecting the setting hens'from lice, and it has not injured oughly mixed with equal parts of low- Then'rub a small bit of the ointment under each wing and under the vent.' It should.be rubbed in thoroughly so it will not come off- on the eggs or be peeked ofi by the hens.. This treatment for lice is usu- ally good for six months and is more quickly applied than powders or dips. The .blue ointment is poisonous and should be placed on the highest shelf. We spray with the commercial coal tar disinfectants for red mites. Spray the nesting box thoroughly before making up the nest for a. setting hen, and mites will seldom cause trouble. For red mites on hen roosts you can use kerosene oil or the old engine oil drained from an automobile crank case. Paint the roosts on all sides and soak up any cracks and crevices near the roosts which may harbor the mites. TURKEY WITH WEAK LEGS. Please tell me what ails my turkey. She seems to lose the use of her legs and is weak in back also. Her legs and hips tremble. She seems in good health otherwise; has laid twelve eggs and is now wanting to set. When she sets for a time she is worse and can hardly walk—J. B. , Leg‘ weakness is a trouble for which there is no remedy. Sometimes a bird recovers without treatment. At other times the weaknessincreases until the bird has to be killed. Sometimes trou- ble with the legs might be due ' to rheumatism. In such cases the‘bird is apt to recover when the weather con ditions are good. A turkey that is laying is apt to be in fairly good health. Possibly the weakness in the back and legs is due to some physical injury, like a. kick from some farm animal. ANIMAL FOOD FOR GROWING CHICKS. 0 part of the ration for growing chicks is of greater importance than that of animal food. There are sources of supply of‘ this on the farm not to be had where chicks are con- fined to pens and small runs. Aside from the insect life to be gathered by the busy brood on a free range, there are earth worms to be had in abund- ance during spring and early summer. It seems to me that there is no form of animal life that will set a brood of young chicks quite so crazy as these same earth worms snatched fresh from the earth. The brood soon learn to know what is coming when one steps over into their run with a fork: Such a scrambling as takes place when a dozen or so wriggling creatures are thrown up! The zest with which the chickens yank at the free end of a. worm protruding from a. chunk of earth is sure a pleasing sight. In supplying animal food for chicks. in this way it is necessary to be care- ful that no chicks are covered with the forktu-l of earth as it is dropped from the tines. Indeed, chicks thus excited ,. so get in the way that there is scarcely room to shove the fork tines into’the soil. ’It is suregreat sport. ‘ .- Quail, the farmer’s best bird friend. ‘ eat chinch bugs, potato-beetles, striped cucumber beetles, wireworms,,m-cuti worms, army . gragshoigem; s I I ulna.“ f...“ _ \ some ,nfi nyouv interest yam, Will you a descripticnof'our -- ; . ‘ Here is, ' stock sue woman wants. do in clivgrodoclna poultry a .t It is rovi out « tea [as indigo hannfisof 93amerpoultry people who y . . ~ , . bu , . . White. Brown . and Buff ll~ urns; Anconas; Black Minorca; Barred.Bufi and Wh te Rocksflihode Island Reds; Wyandottcs; Orpingtons. , This s ckis called and bred on the plan or the state Agric tnral College. and al the Hens in-the Breed- ins Colonies are practical egg-producing Hens. - - It you will send for a descri tion and off record or this Pure Breed Practical Pou try). you wi find stock that it willpayl you to buy. Buy ay Old Chicks this year and see is 9 results you will get. , EIGHT WEEKS OLD PULLBTS We shall have 6000 Eight-weeks and Thus-months Pullcts to sell in May. J une and Jul in all our breeds. Orders can placed. now for can Pallets. We will send you'descrlptlou and Price List. STATE FARMS I SSOCIATION ~Box A47. Kalamazoo. Mich. - ~ From .Michisan's Old Reliable Hatchery. American and Eng- lish Wh to Leahorns. Anco as. Barred Plymouth Rooks nd .1. ds. Strong sturd chic from Grand bred to lay oaaniafiégreo range breeders. Sent b red Parcel Post. prepaid. 1 live de- livery at your door. uaran e aatis action. or your money bac . . each week. 14th season. Get tedimt tnl, low rllce and~ vii‘luable glue- tra res es. s on . p your on orders where you get best goal??? at low prices. w. Van Appleilom, R. 7, Holland, Mich. (100,000 Reliable Chicks for 1922 . 0! quality. real value for your mones. An- conas Bmwn Leg orns. American an Eng- lish White Leghorn attainskwlth the long deep-bodied loop‘ combed ind that lay . the large white eggs. from Ecuamscd so- \_ lac Post paid to our door at reduced prices. Get our in ormaton and co list free before you buy elsewhere. PAUL DE GROOT. Prop. . Reliable Poul Farm & Hatchery, ul.ndg M Che, Ra Ra "Os ‘ 111’s BABYCHICS Makes Producers! ' For years we have been building 1: utility heavy laying strains of exhibit: tion quality so 10o eachoandu Safe am l'nar ' ‘P- va NI- teed by RP. Prepaid. Catalogue tree. Ovie's Poultry Farm & Hatchery. .32 State St.. Marion. Indiana Twelve most popular varieties. Hatched from flocks which have been bred for quality and culled for heavy egg production. 100 percent live de- livery guaranteed by parcel post prepaid. Mankel Ideal Hatchery, Box B. Upper Sandusky, Ohio 200.000 Baby Chicks POI; 1922 Shepard’s Anconas. English White Leghorn: and Brown Leghorna and Barr Rocks. Why pay two prices when you can buy direct? Our chicks are from strong. orous flocks of fine quality and excellent layers. hicks es‘hi prepaid with 100% live arrival mangtreed. ‘31:!” now. cata- logue free. ~ KNOLL HATCHERY, R. 12, Holland, Mich. BABY CHI CKS Leghorns. Barred Plymouth Rocks Bull PI In th Rn k . W . menses. sis: hemiszmi.i.h*§§i§3- O 01' . or . . 01' . . CHICKEN uncanny. noxsu. Fcnton. inching? EGG BRED CHICKS, fimfighuhfm’ roe r cstock. 1! cars ex rience in hatchi nd read- in bite Leg ornl. Bland Rocks and 25:01:}; Cir- cu ar. Frank eina. Box 6. Comstock Park, Mich. CHICKS—BRED-TO-LAY 8. O. W. Iaegklzorns. 8. C. Lamps and Barred Rooks. Quality chic that pleuemuarante ed full oount,im i alive on arrival area a aid.‘ Circa ar. . SUNNYBROOK FOUL! Y {ARM . Buildup, Mich White and ban Bu Hierade Profit Payin B etc-Lay Chin. From tcsCe enstrain. Bestfoun atmonstockever produced. Hatc ' e asiduokincldo varieties. Clr.stam ap . Laurence on try Farm. R. 'l, Grand Rapids: Mich. 5. C. Black Minorca Essa summer; pen $2.00 per setting. R. W. MILLS, Saline. Mieh. TEN EGGS ror hatching from pure Toulouse . G . tour dollars and fifty cu. (84.50). insured 33ml 610st geld. ‘ ~ runs. A r s UT wonrn, Allen. Mich. w Chinese ‘ se- eggs 400 each Pekin duck 31.50 - Ion-s 8.0. Br. L i. 1.50 2 88.00 per 100. Mrs. Claudia Betetg, ofilltdalo. filial: SINGLE "COMB WHITE LEGIIORNS. bab chicks and hatching en's from 'our dock of hi Eggs-clan , hfixmbinogai‘enranu. Write forcfi 'Hatcliin 'E a “”19““ I. ”5' I .....m. w.“— are “as W so. , shinny an. @531! Band. T ‘ , j ’ _: . . . . E9m8,_ . V leVer weevils, and 108 Other I. _ :_ ”was?" “- '.’. 3‘ . . “ .3 I cfarmerponltty-Im ' ! HA! HA! infig’fihgi CHICKS ' N. Pitta!ord.llioh._ . .rm nieces Mm " WK-»— w... § ' White Diarrhea. _ Diarrhea Remedy. ‘ packages, raised 300 White Wyando’ttes te‘ arrhea Remarkable Experience of Mrs. C.M. Bradshaw in Prevent- ing White Diarrhea The. following letter will no doubt be of utmost interest to poultry raisers who have had serious losses from We will let Mrs. Bradshaw tell of her experience in her ' own words: “Gentlemen; I see reports of so many losing their little chicks with White Diarrhea, so thought I would .tell my experience. I used to lose a great many from this cause, tried many r‘emedies and was about dis- couraged. As a last resort I sent to the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 507, Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White I used two 50c and never lost one or had one sick after giving the medicine, and my chickens are larger and healthier than ever beforeg I have found .this com-. 'pany thoroughly reliable and always get the remedy by return mail.--Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.” Cause of White Diarrhea White Diarrhea is caused by the Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This germ is transmitted to the baby chick through the yolk of the newly hatched egg. Readers are warned to beware of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until it kills half your chicks. Take the “stitch in time that saves nine.” Re- member, without some infected chicks. Don’t let those few infect your entire flock. Prevent it. Give Walko in all drinking water for the first two weeks and you won’t lose one chick where you lost hundreds before. These letters prove it: Never Lost a Single Chick Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally I sent for two packages of Walko. I raised over 500 chicks and I never lost a single chick from White Diarrhea. Walko not only prevents White Diar- rhea, but it gives the chicks strength and vigor; they develop quicker and feather earlier.” Never Lost One After First Dose Mrs. Etbl Rhoades, Shenandoah, Iowa, writes: “My first incubator chicks, when but a few days old, be- gan to die by the dozens with White Diarrhea. I tried different remedies and was about discouraged with the chicken business. Finally I sent to the Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa, for a box of their Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing for this terrible disease. We raised 700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never lost a single chick after the first dose.” ‘ You Run No Risk We will send Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy- entirely at our risk —-postage prepaid—so you can see for yourself what a wonder-working rem- edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby chicks. So you can provchas thou- sands have proven—that it will stop your losses and double, treble, even quadruple your profits. Send 50c for package of Walko— give it in all drink- ing water for the first two weeks and watch results. You’ll» find you won’t lose one chick where you lost .hun- dreds before. It’s a positive fact. We guarantee it. The Leavitt /& Johnson National Bank, the oldest and strong- est bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands back. of this guarantee. You run no risk. If you don’t find it the greatest little chick saver you ever used, your money will be instantly refunded. WALKER REMEDY 00., Dept. so1. Waterloo, Iowa. ) on your positive guarantee to - are“: 2:: we...“ at rm in ’ , or 1.00 . / (r. o. , check ‘ ) ‘_ nooecoop-eoseeeoe-usooqec-cnouns-once 0:013. F. Don't e‘oo‘ one... d.'...;"“""°' there is scarcely a hatch' "after the chicks are outdoors. , ing. leg weakness among early-chicks sari-me Hens EAr’se‘es. We have a number of hens setting and some of them eat their eggs. What is the cause of this and what can we do to stop it? The ducks are fed skim-milk and corn at the nest, they receive nothing else. Would it do any good to let them have oyster shells?——S. H.M. It is very unusual for setting hens to eat their eggs and the habit may have started because the [nests are too deep and the eggs are broken by the hens jumping down upon them. The remedy would be to make the nests rather shallow so the hen can step in on the eggs. The hen that steals her nest in the hay or the fence corner makes only a very shallow nest and the eggs in such nests are seldom broken. Hens that are not laying do not usu- ally crave much shell-making material but it might be best to furnish your setting hens with shell and all the oth- er items in the ration that laying hens need. This helps the broody hens to keep their bodies in good condition during the strain of setting. If the nests are darkened it may help to pre— . vent the egg eating. BLUE OlNTMENT FOR LICE. Please tell me what we can do for hen lice—G. B. Blue ointment mixed half and half with low—grade vaseline is a sure treat- ment for lice and will protect the hens for about six months. Place a small dab_under each wing and under the vent and. rub the ointment in thor~ oughly. To keep lice and mites out of a new henhouse the commercial coal- tar disinfectants are very useful. You can keep mites away from hen roosts by painting the roosts every few weeks with kerosene. If the nests are protected from mites and lice, with an occasioinal spraying and the rroosts are also sprayed, there is little danger from these pests in the remainder of the house. ointment keeps the hens free from lice there will be few. if any, lice around the poultry house. SOFT-SHELLED EGGS. Please give me advice on hens that drop soft~shelled eggs. Mine are White Leghorns. I keep before them ovster shell, charcoal and dry mash all the time and'plenty of sweet milk from the cream separator: they have free range. I have eighty hens and they have laid well all winter, but now I find several soft eggs every morning under the roost—E. G. F. eggs when they are in good condition and have plenty of oyster shells. Some- times a hen that is overfat will lay soft-shelled eggs occasionally. In a are laying heavily an occasional soft- shelled egg might be found, due to conditions in a few of the birds over which ‘the poultryman would have lit tle control. A few such losses may be unavoid- able and if the hens have a balanced ration, plenty of oyster shell, and are not overfat the loss from soft—shelled eggs will be very small. CHICKS WITH WEAK LEGS. I have baby chicks that were hatch- ed in March, that have trouble with their legs. They are well otherwise, but they cannot stand up. They are fed rolled oats and ground corn and wheat. , Also sour milk and sometimes cottage cheese—Mrs. S. L. Leg weakness is often caused by the early chicks spending too much time on the warm and dry broader house floor. It seldom causes much trouble Tomato juice has recently been used with suc~ cess in preventing leg weakness. We have been\successful in prevent- iy'ciitting stew fresh sods for each If blue : Hens do not usually lay soft-shelled j large flock of well—managed hens that ' . as. To your door prepaid rc l t. L' l‘ j ‘- thu Ad. and save delay in your «fete bfi? «M75312: 33:33:33: . Order from 'f ‘ s. C. White Lechorns, s. c. Brown Leg., 8. c. Bufi' Leg. ........................... 10c Each Barred Rocks, S. C. R. l. Reds, Anconas 13c ” White Rocks. W. Wyandotees, B. Minorau, R. C. R. 1. Red; ................... 15c " White & Bufi‘Orpngt-ons ............................................................ 16c " Odds a. Endn Broiler Chicks 3132110.; -' ’ . Catalogue Free for the Asking Wolf Hatching & Breeding Co., Gibsonburg, Ohio Ancona .Baby chicks The S. c. Aneonas have proved to be the most valuable fowl for the farmer today. We have the Bred-To—Lay Sheppard Strain, ,. and are offering these chicks at extremely ’ low prices,let us have your order and prove to you the wonderful laying ablhty of our bll‘dS. For those who prefer s. e. White Leg- horn: we have some of the very best stock obtainable. Get some of our chicks and you will be on the road to success. We. ay all Parcel Post charges and guarantee chicks to reach you in first-class condition. Prices of Selected Chicks for May. per 50 per 100 per 500 per 1000 S. c. Anconas $7.00 $13.00 $62.50 $120.00 5. C. White Leg. $6.50 $12.00 $57.50 $1 10.00 Satisfaction guaranteed. . Zeeland, Michigan Prompt shipment. ll. 4, Order direct from adv. I. ll. Wyngarden, CHICKS-PULLETS Baby - 8 Weeks Chicks ! Pullets ~ for at June Bargain .. Delivery Prices Free Range $53338 Send in your Stock. order NOW. Tom Barron English White Leghorns Brown Leghorns——-Anconas Live Arrival and Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed WE SAVE YOU MONEY Send For Free Bargain List Today Superior Poultry Farms & Hatchery, Box 2053, Zeeland, Mich. Reduced Prices for June Delivery English Type White Leghorn Brown Leghorns . Get your order in at_ once for these dates as they will soon be sold at this price. Our chicks are from heavy laying selected breeders. with large combs and deep bodies. Our chicks are hatched right and Will live. Safe arrival guaranteed. Order direct or send for our illustrated catalog. ROYAL HATCHERY, R 2, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN ZELBUY HUBER'S , “LRELIABLE cmcn§| ll I. Special Summer Prices By Parcel Post Prepaid. Guarantee Live Delivery.- Don’t fail to take adVantage of these prices for they will include our Number On G ad L Chicks. Our stock is bred for Quality and Heav E 'Prod ct' . W'l ‘ ' e r e xi of chicks from 25 on up. Our 13th Year. ,- gg " "m ‘1 “up any ““mbe" R. C. S. C. White and Brown Leghorns and Odds and Ends at 10 cts. S. C set 12 cts and s. c. Reds and Barred Rocks at is cts. s. c. Butt 0 ‘ ton s. .gl ‘ ' White Wyandottes at 15 eta. S. C. Buff Minorcas at 20 cts. rpmg s. C ack Mmorcas and 30,000 chicks every week. Order direct from this advertisement. Attractive Catalogue Free. Huber’s Reliable Hatchery, East High s:., Fostoria, Ohio. ‘ Baby Chicks Pure Bredxfor 1922 ‘ LOOK AND LISTEN WHAT WE SAY As T0 PRICE‘ 2 FOR JUNE & JULY Bred To Lay and they do it. Buy them, try them and be convinced. Quality means HATCHING EGGS Sick Baby Chicks? W. . f. mm mamas mm s... r s. envy; I-JLEclionNs ‘ 33:3;me ... .. , ‘ 1.5fi§m%ifa firsfis'fifififimfifi“mxx ;: l ! I’IIIIIH" III But think of the hundreds of lives lost yearly. Are you safe? anteed protection for your home, your property and your lives by installing the k . it... savages asstkéikéaavar. “3M .fiat urwamrwsrumflwuwar awe-haw MULEx-HIDQE' “Nor A KICK ' INA M/LLION FEE r ROOFING -—SAHD—— SHINGLES m To the Careful, Intelligent ' ‘3un FIND the MU'LEHIDE dealer in your town and trust him. He believes in quality ' rather than Price. Your trade relations with .x..m:;«.-ammm:. : as ska—s :92." m " insight..3;as.¢.,s§':>¢v.asa»;xsszw.ras." , is . . , . :‘r...,l,:..» BHyCL T is unfortunate that so many good dairy farmers do not realize the value Of T. B. eradication. This pos-- sibly is much more common among farmers who just keep cows because they think that they need them. In my extension work, I have heard farmers remark that they couldn’t dis- pose of any cows, evenif they knew they Were boarders, because they had to have all the stanchions filled to keep the barn comfortably warm‘, and that they needed so much manure each year. Fortunately Michigan has a number of counties that are opening the way to a successful T. B. eradication cam- paign. '— Livingstbn county, Michigan, a coun- ty which has more Holstein cattle and leads with the number of pure-bred Holsteins, can now boast of this one feat. This county has in the last fifteen months tested 34,288 head of cattle and has the remarkable report on this test to show that only 1.41 per cent of this large number reacted. Living- Does T. B.Test1ng Pay? Bo/ander ruin a farmer more quickly, from a financial‘ standpoint, than to have a number of his best cows react to the _ T.VB. test. As in all other things, it , , usually happens to the animals he » prizes the most, so besides being a financial loss, it is a big help to set him on the road to discouragement. ‘ . Thereis probably no disease that is ,y ',r affected more than tuberculosis when - a; general clean-up campaign is con‘ ducted. Its importance is more notice- able than any other disease, possibly because the whole product of the be- vine animal is used for human cOn- sumption, whether it be consumed in the way of milk, butter, cheese or meat. The seriousness of this disease and its root of evil is perhaps not fully realized until we stop and think that about ninety per cent of the people in this country are using this product in some way or other every day and a large percentage of the, public .depend on this for the major part Of their maintenance. ‘What folly it is for the public to be seeking and prescribing ' ' ston county, with this low percentage, cures, if we don’t first get to the root . hlm W111 be bOth Pleasant leads all other counties in the United of the evil and establish a preventa- States. By all indications, before the tive. and profitable. "Not a Kick in a Million Feet ” LEHON COMPANY of CHICAGO Offices and Factory: 44TH TO 45TH STREET 0N OAKLEY AVENUE (I, IIIIIIII IIIII IIII “DIE ' I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" IIIIIIIIIIIIImII IIIIIIIIIIIIIII Every Year by Lightning, an Appalllng Progeny Loss. .ulllllll1'll“ IIIIIIIIIIIIIIHWM III ""WI"""'"""'"IIWH'IIIm'""""""IIIIIImm........ II'I IIII IIII'I". “L“"hl IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! IIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIII'IHIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IlIiIIIIIIIIHIIIIII'IIIIIIIn”:I 'l'hllum'l ”HIIIIIII'I'l"IRIIIIIIIIlIIIIIII'IllhlIIIIIIIIIIIImIYi ""II'II'IIIIII IIIIIIII EHII III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII‘IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi” .I'I'w I III II on can get guar- books for this year are closed, Living— ston county can proudly say that .ev- ery cow in the county has been tested. There is possibly nothing that will Holsteins Sell Well at Howell By Our Live HE state of Michigan is rapidly becoming noted for the splendid quality and rugged thriftiness of its dairy cattle; buyers, from eastern seaboard districts have been coming to,Michigan every year, of late, in in- creasing numbers to purchase our Hol- steins because testing operations, for tuberculosis, have developed a smaller percentage of reactors than in any oth- er state in the Union. The Holstein breeders of Livingston county have probably done more than those of any other county in helping to win for Michigan its present enviable reputa- tion as a dairy'state; in the district Much credit is due agricultural in- stitutions for the efforts they are put- ting’forth, in spite of all their ob- stacles. Stock Reporter gle exception, in the seventy-four head that were sold, they exhibited the quiet tractable disposition so highly prized by breeders of dairy cattle. The auc- tioneer was J. E. Mack and the pedi- gree work was done bfiS. T. Wood; these two men have a reputation for working well together but on this oo- casion they outdid all previous records in teamwork, selling cattle. The sale pavilion was filled to capacity and, . mixed with the crowd; were many I prompt and persistent bidders. Several ‘3 breeders of note from a distance were present, including D. D. Aitken and M. H. Piper, of Flint; R. N. Johnson, 2 /SE ECUR' I' immediately surrounding Howell are Allenton, New Jersey; John M. Den- located many of the herds that have nis, Riderwood, Maryland, and H. G. SYSTEMI helped to make Livingston famous. Hoover, Toledo, Ohio. , 3:111:33:tfigdgl'mlnggfglgggnggg 332% I1‘s ht: gage?“ £1352??? 03:21:; “assumes? I The McPhersons deserve a large share The highest priced "cow in the offers . buying lightning conductors. Proper installation is the pagruamount feature in the purchase V at the credit for the DODularity WhiCh ing was bought by M1150” BTOtherS, on ' warranties.S::.§EE.P.§III.IV:.S:S.§I:IS.SI:2:3:.:S.S:.:Snssszls‘tses““" the city of Howell enjoys as a leadmg South Lyons» for $660: the same firm "ng‘15,".;:’:,§;3§,§ig‘é‘féggfifiq'flétfifi fizfiggfigtgge investmentis held by no a Holstein-breeding center; so firmly es— bought another cow for $550 and one ‘. ' Delays are my dangerous Anypmhmrofasmvmn SYSTEMcan hm tabllshed has been the reputation of for $405. .All of the above animals . . anofl‘iaal Okay on his installation free of chargeby writing us and describing Ix. Livmgston county, as a producer of were con31gned by R. B. McPherson. , 1 “fade. Wntemday 101' our b°°k°f °°mplemmf°mm°n and pamcum heavy-milking Holsteins, that hun~ Dutchland Konigen Sir Rag Apple, the "i E ECUBITY LIGHTNING BOD COMPANY 601 Pine Street, Burlington, Wisconsin RFLEX STICKER *4S-S ; HBWIT'I'E OMB-P - Price- Quality—the best buy of all. Costsless than I In a I l e r en nes- morvoilpower. A sizes 2197_E-| o-kl-ndhv Elm-Cl Mo. ‘2 m. 1.1-. MOST POWER" LEAST COST 9%? ‘ mea 1310113 '11: colors explain! dreds of carloads of grade and pure- bred dairy cows are purchased there every year for shipment to eastern points. In the recent past many important auction sales of pure-bred Holstein cattle have been held in the sale pavil- ion, on the fair grounds at Howell; the foundations for many herds in Michigan and adjoining states have been laid with cattle purchased at the " quu" re jlmau's drq “rim grgfi-mfefigomg: “wax“ sales referred to, but it is probable purchased by M. H. Piper, of Flint, ..~. happq. c‘d'.133'§" c“ g in mm ENG shun" wohx KS, that the offering which went through for $400. . -. , - “ 2197 the sale“ ring on Saturday,IMay 20, dur- The censignors were: R. B. and M. , ing‘the’ R. B. McPherson consignment sale averaged .higher in quality than the R. B. McPherson herd for the last " three years, said in his four-year-old form at this sale for $415. Mr. Mc- Pherson paid $2,000 for this bull when ' he was a, calf and his only reason for selling him was because he is related to his large herd of young heifers. C, W. Gordon, Fowlerville, was the lucky buyer of this wonderful sire. An una der-yearling hull of great merit was bull which has been at the head ‘ofi ‘5 i . ' J. McPherson, MuSolf Brothers, .0. s, I, , .. Heeg &- Son.SBu'rrUHoover, W. J Ire- ‘ ' h°w’°“::°R 8”. i ‘ ' any band of cattle ever sold at this land and J. B. Toole'y- The names and :ééEE-Efa‘mw “ng ““1“ Rafa Farmers ASk About point. The first fifty head sold, averh addresses of the buyers of cattle are fiegroafyend for _ ‘ aged $2.23, a splendid showing when as follows: John S. Chestnut, Font “mule. ' , . ‘ MS I L O S the history of recent auction sales of C Weber, Brighton: ' F. J. _ 1, “'“""""‘ Class Holsteins is taken into consideration. Bowen, 0 A. Binceman, Grey " ‘ .' Low Price--Agents Wanted . QUALITY MFG. CO» Hum M3. The cattle came into thou ring in H‘ Please Mention The Michigan Farmer _ when writing to advertisers I l I I I I I l ' small gas engine. ' compelled to drink W. 'L. Meyer, Fowler- vil-le; W. Griflin. Howell; E. H. Wor- vie, Salem; E. B. Clark, Grand Blanc; P. F. Grandall, Howell; Yates Hunt, Fenton; W. 0. Hoover, West Toledo, Ohio; M. Van Vorce, Ann Arbor; J. L. ‘ ’ ' ES. Standing «95.8011, Chel- , ‘ see; John M Dennis, Ridgewood, Md, ' . " E. A. Hardy, Rochester; H. C.- Hansen. TLansing; Detroit Oreamery Company, ' 'Mt; 'Clemens; 1116; C. W. Gordon, Fowlerville; J. H. Comer, Wehberville; Musolf Brothers, South Lyons: H B. Clark, Northville; Harvey 'S. DaviS, Willis; J. M. Wn~ -liams, ' Howell; ; G. V. - Cook & Son; Fowlerville; C. F. Rudolph. Fowler- ville; Orla Jacobs, Gregory; V. N: Johnson, Allenton, N. J.; C. 0. Olson, Fowlerville. Water fer Dairy Cows ATER is the largest portion of the ration of the dairy cow. Its supply is just as essential as \ ' any other part of the ration. It has been found that the dairy cow herself analyses practically sixty per cent wa- ter, and her milk contains about eighty-seven per cent. It is therefore, of first importance to the health and economic production of the dairy cow that the water supply be considered an essential part of the dairy equip- ment. During the summer months the dairy cow requires a large amdunt of water to keepvher cool and comfort- able, to promote digestion and produce a large milk yield. An inadequate supply of water even though the ration may contain all the essential ingredi- cuts will curtail production. While pasture, especially during the early summer months contains a .large amount of water, it does not contain near enough to meet the requirements of the dairy cow. A few farms have the advantage of ' natural water supply, either from con- tinuous flowing springs, small creeks or rivers. This is a priceless asset to the dairy equipment. The farm that does not have the advantage of nat- ural water for live stock purposes must supply it from a well. This can be adequately arranged without a very large outlay of capital. On my farm I have a small river running through my permanent pasture. I also have a ‘ water system equipment that supplies my cows with water in a large tank in the yard.' I use both a windmill and I consider the wind-_ mill the most economic pumping pow- er. I only use a gas engine when we do not have wind enough to run the mill. Our windmill has been pumping ' water for over thirty years and the ' only cost incurred has been for paint ‘ and oil. The water supplied the dairy cow ' should be as fresh as possible, and The dairy cow should never be from stagnant pools or small bodies of water that do not have a fresh supply. If the water is supplied from a large tank in the yard, the tank should be kept clean and protected from the weather, both during winter and summer. If water- pure. . bowls are used in the stable they should be kept sanitary. Pure, clean, sanitary water is one long ‘step toward ' stamping out “TB’” in the dairy herd. LIVINGSTON COUNTY COW-TEST- ING ASSOCIATION REPORT. IVINGSTON county, one of the foremost dairy counties of the state, has haddin operation a coopera- tive cow-testing association since the middle of January. An additional mem- ‘ her was taken on last month, making a total of twenty-two active breeders - 1n the work. The association announces that the boarder cows are :beginning to show up, there being four unprofitable ones sold for beef during the last month. One pure-bred sire was purchased, one “ cream separator installed, forty cows 7* produced over forty pounds of butter- fat and five produced over fifty pounds. tfy 733119 cows produced over 1, 000 milk (1 twentyathree pro- , ’been taken up and $50,000 of the $60, 4 937. 2 pounds of milk and 32.7 pounds of butter-fat. J. G. Hayes, owner of a herd of six pure- -bred Holsteins, had the high but- ter-fat average production, averaging 1,426 pounds-of milk and forty-nine pounds of butter-fat for the month. Mr. Hayes also had the high producing cow, showing up 1,250 pounds of milk and 70.3 pounds of butter-fat. Among the other noted improve- ments, two members started keeping daily milk records of their herds. In most every case the cost of producing milk and butterfat has been lowered by using more economical rations. Pasture is doing nicely and it is ex« pected that the cows will make a bet- ter showing for May.—A. Proctor, WOULD IMPROVE DAIRY BUSI- NESS. SEVERAL of the leading representa- tive dairy cattle breeders recently held a conference with the chief of the dairy division at Washington to formulate a policy for improving the dairy business, especially the pure- bred dairy cattle work. The most important suggestion for building up the average production of milk throughout the country was the wider use of pure-bred sires. This pro- gram of eliminating the scrub and grade sires must be consistently and‘ perSistently pushed. To this end, the cooperative bull associations was con- sidered the best known method for distributing surplus bulls into new ter- ritory. It was the concensus of opinion on the part of these leaders that breed associations discontinue the practice ofigiving money prizes for animals at fairs and expositions but rather to de vote these funds in putting on educa- tional exhibits. More attention should be given to production records in the awarding of prizes on dairy animals. The economic advantage from the use of pure-breds should be stressed in ed- ucational exhibits. Private and public sales came in for some censure. It was decided that rep« resentatives of the dairy cattle asso- ciations meet and draft a code of eth- ics for sales which would eliminate some of the undesirable conditions and practices now obtaining. It was rec- ommended further that the sale prices of all pure-bred animals be published instead of the prices of a few excep- tionally high sales. MICHIGAN MILK Pnoouc'sns' PLAN DEVELOPING NICELY. HE Michigan Milk Producers’ As- sociation reports that the sub- scription of the stock for its plant at Adrian is now nearing completion. The capital stock of the Michigan Pro- ducers’ Dairy Company, which is the name of the new company, is $120,000; of this, Lenawee county has guaran- teed $60,000 and the members of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Association are to subscribe the remaining $60,000. Mr. B. F. Beach and Helmer Rabild, of the association, together with a num- ber of its board ‘of directors, have“ attended meetings of the milk produc- ers in the Detroit area where plans for the subscription of the stock have. Teigler,‘ Dexter; H. O. Lester; Oske. ‘ spray. cent of the subscription accompanies l the application for stock and the re-i mainder is paid in three notes payable ‘ inA‘one, three and five months. More than one-third of the capital stock has already been (paid. in cash. / ieHIEVEmrui The reward of pure breeding; the accomplish‘ merit of quality. Success has again contri- buted more laurels to the already remarkable record of Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny The Sire Supreme At the International Live Stock Exposition, where gathers each year the elite of North American Cattledom to compete for the cove- tous awards. five more honors have beenbe- stowed upon the “get” of Edgar of Dalmeny. You too may share these honors. A bull by this world famous sire will prove a most Valuable asset to your herd. Write us today. WILDWOOD FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN W. E. SCRIPPS, lfrop. Sldney Smith. Supt. are always welcome at the farm. Prices are rea- . Holstein-Friesian sgsfifiggflcufigl‘mfik herd. Prices Larro Research Farm. EOISTERED Aberdeen-Angus. Ten heifers. six Rbulls from eight to fourteen months. Best of breeding. the growthy kin d that make good. Reason- able. . J. WILBER. Clio. Mish inquire F Brookwood Guernseys Birmingham, Mich. During the past year. we have completed Ad- vanced Registry with 7 Guernsey Cows—two of which were heifers with their first calves. The average butter-fat production of these cows was 650 pounds, and three of them were leaders of their respective classes for the State of Mich. We have for sale a number of good bull calves from these cows and their daughters. sired by Bosetta’s Marshall of Waddington. No. 54429, Grand Champion Bull at the Michigan State Fair last year. Our herd is not large. but it is select. Visitors sonable. considering the quality of the stock. JOHN ENDICOTT, Proprietor Registered Guernseys A fine bull ready for heavy service 8125.00 J. M. WI LLIAMS. North Adams. Mich. ‘For Sale Guernsey Herd Bull . ' . ‘. M K. ldf 5,000.00. 3123.3. ggnningfififi’éai ixsiya.d§;.‘;§.§ce°§iig. Fall . C . W” “”efii’tiidii‘if‘éizorrffiiis, eOamden. Mich. ~REGISTERED GU E R N SEY S BULL CALVES Containing blood of we rid champions. l‘llCKS' GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. W.S. Mich. ' Guernsey Bull 14 mo. old 850. Bull RegIStered calf 825. May Rose breeding. also heifers. E. A. BLACK. Howard City. Mich. Registered Holsteins It was through the daughters of Flint Maplecrest Boy that Sir Ormsby Skylark Burke Our Junior Herd Sir: 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 wrll help the in— dividuality and production of your herd. 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 year. Ask us about a real bull.a Maplecrest or an Ormsby. JOHN H. WINN, Ina, Rochester. Mlch. Cluny Stock Farm Offers Cluny Konigen Pantiac Hen- gerveld No. 254554. , Born September 20, 1920 A son of our Junior Herd Sire Dutchland Koni- gen sir Rag Apple whose two nearest dams aver- age over 35 lbs-butter and 720 lbs. milk in 7 days. The 7 nearest dams of the bull we offer average over600 lbs. milk and 28 lbs. butter in 7 days. His dam is an extra good individual with a won- derful typ udder. Her record is 19.774 lbs. but- ter from 4 0.8 lbs. milk at 3 yrs. 7 months. Combining the blood of King Segis Pontiac. Pon- tiac Korndyke. King of the Pontiacs. Colantha Johanna Lad and other great sires he spells Pro- duction, Breeding and Type. He has an extra straight top line and is good in every way. A little more black than white. Price 3150-00 R. B. McPherson, Howell, Mich. are right. Box A. North, End. Detroit. Mich. v r! r l and is. as.» s. accuse-hm ii: at 1:50 Ilse-5.11% fin“... within reach 0 all. rite The Traverse Herd We have what you want in BULL CALVEB. the large. fine growths type. guaranteed right in every way. TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL ‘ . .J—v . - Yul:~ r. Mioh' They are from high producing A. B. 0. ancestors Dani's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and quotations, stating about age desired. Traverse City, Mich. Fri i n heifer and bull calves, purebred “0M0"! re lesstgred and high-grade. Price :20 up. Splendid individuals and breeding. Write us your re- quirements. McGraw. N. Y. is 1 0.3... EKCH Bull calves ready for service. Grandsons of King of the Pontiacs. From.dams with A. R. 0. Records of 27 to 29 lbs. for seven days—Federal Tested. . J. B. JONES FARMS "Romeo, Mich. - ' o riin Holstein-Friesian bulls priced Beglflfled {oasellfiZ lb. breeding. guaranteed 0. K. shipped on approval. B. B. Reavoy. Akron. Mich. I l , Registered Holstein Bull . 2. 1919. Dam at 8 l‘.22. 920milk 8951b. Efiifefifil 7 r. 305 days 15,281 milk.6541bs.bu_tter. She X. it. 0. daughters, one above 20 lbs. in '1 . . He is sired by a Zilb. grandson of Colantha Johanna Lad. Also three heifers 2 yr. old, one fresh heifer calf by side. Other two due in May. Bred to sire above. ‘State andPngeral fulldagclzlrgéigtgg h d.Pl (if iksae. eigreesan rgduest. r 0%Elggl ‘SICE. OLOUGH, RZ. Patina, Mich. ' f the famous Pontiac HOIStem BU“ calves £21,331 for sale at a bargain on our ranch north of Clare. Michigan. For part-y iculars W. O. OORNWELL. Saginaw. Mich. Fill Sale King 38ng Breeding Bulls of show type that are out of A. R. 0. Dams. Grand lliver Stock Farms Gory J. Spencer, III E. Maln 8t. JACKSON, MICHIGAN HERE is A GOOD ONE Born .June 2d 1920 by Maplecrest DeKoi Hengerveld whose three sisters have each produced over ‘ bs. of butter in a year. Two of them former World s Champions. Bulls dam has just been tested and made nearly 27 lbs. hWe belie‘yce Eh? Will dinake 30 lbs. at r ext res enin . ri e or pe igree. . he u gF. B. A Kalamazoo. Mich, Whitney Farms Holstems A grandson of Duchess Skylark Ormsby ready for ser- vice. Nicely marked bull calves from three weeks to six months of a e. These calves have the type and are priced to sel . Herd under Federal supervision. Pedigrees and prices from WHITNEY FARMS: Whitney. Mich. , 32 Lb. Bull, $150 Pure bred. registered. federally tested. Dam. is dau- ghter of King Segis Pontiac 37 lbs. Good individual mostly white. 1 yrs. old. Guaranteed healthy and breeder. Priced to sell quickly). Pedigree on re nest. ALBERT G. WADE, W its Pigeon. Mich gan.I BARGAIN PRICES ', for three young pure bred Holstein, bulls. whose dams all have hi h milk and butter records. Send for pedi rees an rices. JOSEP H. BRE ER. Grand Rapids. Mich} three high grade Holstein heif- $250 Buys ers. two yrs. old. all milking and one registered Holstein bull, old enough for service. Herd under federal and state su rvision. . HENRY S. BOHLFS. . l. Akron, Mich. a registered Holstein Bull ready for $75 buys service. Sired bylziléb. bull, nearly all er hite and not a reactor in our . w bonus ROVER. Akron, Mich. $50 A Y gets a granddaughter of Maple ear Orest Korn. Kong. from best herd in Wayne Co. 0 Testing Ass'n. Federal tested. no ow M. L. McLAULIN, Redford, Mich, reactors. Herefords represented in our herd. Repeater 173rd, a son of old Repeater, at head of herd. Both sexes and all ages for sale. / ALLEN 31205., ’ ‘ - (Farm at Paw Paw, Mich.) Office 616 50. West St., Kalamazoo, Mich. a few choice October bull calves Herefords ready to shi . Come get your ick. E. J. TAYL R. Fremont. ich. Cows Registered Herefords $2.2, 5313'". bun... RALPH OALHOON. Bronson. Mic . for sale. Two good bulls 8 and 20 mos. Bag- “Quinn‘s old, also oung cows. Prices reason- able. REED SCHU 'l‘Z. R. 8. Homer. Mich. Jersey Thoroughbreds Few cows and bull calves. Best breeding line. Guar- anteed. Tuberculin tested twice a year. If on have no money will take bankable note. E. W. asvar . 509 Free Press Building, Detroit. Mich.. Main 12 . ' Jersey 00w three years old one heif- One registered... one and one-half year's old. and one hei or one ear old. Jersey heifers eligible for i t ation. rice 8200. High] bred. "3 s r G. F. raids, Milford, Mich. Lillie Farmstead, Jerseys fifi‘fl'ggifl‘f COLON C. LILLIE. Ooopenville. Mich. BUTTER . BRED ”first?“ CRYSTAL 8P DIG BTOOK ABM“. Silver Creek. A legsn County. Michigan. For Sale Jersey Bulls at???” ‘3’“? Lad Majesty breeding. WATEBMA A WATER- MAil. Packard Rd" Ann Arbor, Mich. _ ‘ ‘ wool. Repeaters, Beau Donalds. Fairfaxes, and Farmers lambs is indicated in advices 're- ceived by the United States De- partment of Agriculture from the west- ern sheep country. This means a. smaller supply of Contracting of both wool and lambs has reached large dimensions during recent weeks. Numerous large operators are reported to be scouring the country for new crop lambs and many sales at nine to ten cents per pound are reported, with the latter price being generally refused in west- ern states. The price last year was five to seven cents. Fleeces on the sheeps backs are‘ selling as high as thirty—five to thirty-eight cents per pound, with some clips, including the Jericho clip, selling up to forty cents. The situation is attributed to a short- age of ew‘es, the over age of many breeding flocks, 'and losSes of early spring lambs on account of cold weath- y. A. » \sv Hogs in the Condition of this One Are er and the backward spring season. A winter lamb and sheep market higher than the trade anticipated, a shortage in the visible supply, and the recent sharp, upturn in wool values have cre- ated bullish sentiment in the markets. Money, which was tight last fall and in the early winter, now appears to be abundant and large speculators and western feeders are buying freely. This fact, combined with the short crop, leads many in the trade to be- lieve that the coming summer and fall supply of both feeding and fat lambs at the large market centers will be far below normal. Present conditions indicate that many lambs will be held in the west for fattening for next winter’s market. ' "‘ Some reports indicate that large speculators and feeders have already contracted approximately half the lamb crop in Idaho, Oregon and Wash- ington. According to the best infor- mation available, the summer market- Ward movement from these states will be late in getting under way, and will probably not reach sizable proportions before the last of July or early in August. Ewes wintered‘poorly and because of the backward spring were not only late getting on the range but started the grazing season in poor flesh, with the result that February lambs, the than that of later lambs, had a poor start. ’ The April lamb crop is very short, according to all reports. Many flock- masters tried to lamb the April crop on the open range but cold weather caused heavy losses. Breeding flocks are seriously over-aged but there is an acute shortage of. young stock and it is believed that a. yeryhttractive mar- ket'will be necessary. to draw any large quantity of breeding. flocks ~ to the shambles. Young lewes are -'in istrongdema daflcver-tbe _. . n f on re Holstei -Fri' 1 bulls read F mm: - tf sorv‘ioe."el=rhlilnetre whose: If.“- u ‘ ‘ H l ' tible. Are Kept Free from Pig Worms and Other Hog Pests. crop of whiCh Was more nearly normal ‘ "rep . that very few young western ew’ will. ‘ , reach market centers during the com- _' ins seaspn. . . . WATCH oursoa PicwoRMs. . ANY ,farmers believe that, older hogs are, immune to round pig worms, but that pigs are most suscep- These worms have‘been found working havoc 'in both. The worms delay or stop growth because they cause a loss of appetite. That brings on general unthriftiness. In six inches of the small intestine of one pig, sixty- three worms were counted. The pig, before being killed,- had been losing weight daily. , To prevent round worms keep the pigs coming. Keep them in clean, dry lots where rubbish and c'obs'are burn-N . ed regularly. Drain the pastures and lots. Don’t throw corn into mud. If there is an outbreak of round worms the Result of Good Care. .Such Hogs‘ use santonin and calomel, equal parts. five to ten grains each for a loo-pound pig; seven and a half to fifteen grains for the 200 to 300-pounder. ' Allow free access to such condi- ments . as air-slaked lime, charcoal, powdered sulphur, or common salt.— E. W. Gage- . SPOILING GOOD PIGS. T weaning time the pigs usually; look smooth and attractive. It fre- quently happens that after they have been separated from the mother only a. short time they look rough .and be- gin to show symptoms of becoming runty. Here is one of the most difli—,I cult tasks of the hog raiser. But comfi paratively few men can keep the pigs looking sleek and thrifty during the period immediately after they have." been taken from the mother. ‘ n .,.-. , ' 5» v.a.,,...,_. ado». hf... . W ., ,_ WMWn—wm we... .:., The keynote to the successful hand-fl A ling of the. pigs at this time is to have them on a nearly. full ration of slop and grain before they are removed from the sow. If this is done, they, will scarcely miss the milk when it is , removed from them. The pigs Will begin eating when they are only three or four weeks old. If acreep is pro- vided at this early age so that the sow cannot interfere with them while at their meal, they will develop an appe- tite for a. little shelled corn. If the. corn is soaked, they will start eating it earlier. However, after the pigs have learned to eat the corn there is no‘particular advantage in soaking it.- ”The pig feeder will also aid the lit- tle fellows in their fight with intestinal worms by providing a full ration dur4 ing this particular period’ and “ until ' [the pigs are weighing around seventy- ‘ five pounds. . Much less loss,o_f flesh. and fewer runts will be. caused by worms where .the_._feeding i " done. »- ’7' ,. 7 1 .3»; ..,»; ... « Ham” '4‘.“ ”- . ,.. _... r... per . ' who buy it of DETROIT PACKI For HEAVES, COUGHS, DIS- TEMPER, INDIGBSTION Acudltlolrr and Worm Emllsr. Wind. Throat. Mail and Blood. Use In large one tor Hooves; It not utiflastory. uneasy rstusrisd. One large can often sullsisat. \ Indigestion saum Hoavas— and more troublesin inhorses than all other diseases combined. Kssn Newton' 3 compound on hand. i: s s the horse in good condition. owarilotllitl 1:33;? tha’n anything obtainéd for similar Two pounds net in large can. or '(5 doses; [3 ounces in small can. Economical and eats to use. less is small. Powder form. in air-tight cans. On in market ovsr 30 years. Used in Veterinary prac- tice many years before. Equally etl'ective for Cattle ind 30:3. 65s and ”.25 nor can Sold by Dealers or by Parcel Post ‘ 'rI-Ia NEWTON REMEDY co., Toledo, Ohio ‘-—-- lurposos. Aqua Bee l'lives, Section Boxes Comb foundation. Smokers. etc. [0 Complete outfits for beginners. Agents 0 for the A. 1. Root Company. in Mich— ] igan Send for catalog. Beeswax .. , wanted and 16 Berry Baskets q u “t crates A grade wood quart I baskets, Band waxlined paper baskets Special odor of 200 waxlined aper baskets post- paid for 81. 0. to towns within 150 miles of Lansing. ‘ Send for Price List. M. H. HUNT & SON, Box 525, Lansing, Mich. - to - ve on or money sufficient 8to r Elordinary cases. co. 463 Fourth Ma. Pittsburgh. Pa. ”eP Pk guarankte- bwc. 81kg MINERAL REM! Y SOY BEANS WANTED Chicago Heights Oil Mfg, Co. Chicago Heights, III. CATTLE INAUGURAL Hereford SMt. Clair, Mich. Wednesday, June 14 10 YOUNG BULLS (Most of them Ready for Service) 40 Open & Bred Heifers (Some Have Calves At Side) ‘ T. B. T t lid Be Istration Papers with each A i l. es 3 g M10111 " ma Oonslgned by up-to-date GA N BREEDERS that under direction of B. Sotham & Sons. pro- duce peerless Hereford Baby Beef. to melt in the mouths of delighted oonsum gatronizing butchers Every progressive farmer who understands will attend Hike It Sale to wise-upo nt is movement ORD oIEIIIKE JUNE 13th AT. Just prime cattle. true Herefords of the best bloods of Earths best beef breed; Fairfaxes, Disturbers. Line-bred Aaneties. etc. topped from herds of hon- est breeders to sell honestly to honest buyers. and benefit all concerned. The sale managers will be glad to send you catalog and full particulars. Write right now. Addre _T. F. B. Sotham dz Son, St. Clair, Mich. calI es for Milking, Shorthorns £33 A1542 cows. ROSEMARY FARMS. Williamston. Mich FRANCISCO FARM SHORTHORNS FEDERAL ACCREDITED HERD ~ One red'Scotch bull ready for servrse. Two bull cal- ves ten months old. Pol land-China weanling I 5 ready to ship. P. P. Pfi POPE, Mt. Pleasant. Mic . ‘ . \ Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. Sc ch Clayton unit Scotch To and Milking Shortlfgrns torsale all ages.W .J. Hi nkle 65', 8130' y, Flushing. Mich. FOR SALE Pulled Shorthorn Cows & Heifers in calf and call by side Also a few young bulls. Hamil headed by Victor Sultan and Royal Non- Dare We can please you in richly bred cattle with L unlit yat tamers’ prices. " - GEO. E NBURDICK MIT ch County Farm. Goldwater. Mich CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib- ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of each case and give. name and address of the writer. Initials only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the service becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed. Leaking Milk—Have a. Holstein cow that leaks nearly all of her milk. Is there a remedy? J. O. B. Ypsilanti, .Mich.——Milk her three or four times a. day, or use teat plugs. Cow 0ver—eats.——What can I do fora. cow that gorges on ground feed and corn. C.H .S., Wayne Co.—~Limit her supply, and feed more roughage, also keep bowels open. Barrenness.——I have a. cow that had «her first calf one year ago; she ran with bull all last summer, but she is not with calf, and fails to come in heat. I also have another heifer which freshened last fall, shehas never been in heat since she calved. I am anxious to breed both. B. F. McC., Galien. Mich. ——Yohimbine is the best known dmg to stimulate the sexual organs into action, but it is expensive. Give each cow one dram of ground nux vom- ica and one ounce of powdered licorice in ground feed twice a day. In treat- ing these kind of cases. unsatisfactory Iesults may be expected. therefore, do not expect too much, but keep up the tIeatment for several weeks. . Abnormal Appetite.—I have a few hundred baby chicks, several of them die daily. They pick each other and the ones which are most picked die. I was advised to feed them raw meat, but it failed to save them. Mrs. J. 8., Davidson, Mich.——I can give you no better advice than to recommend that you clean and disinfect your incubat- ors, chicken house, yard, keep food away from the chicks until they are two days old, and don’t keep them housed too long, let them out to run on the ground. Change their food sup- ply and be sure it is of good quality. Diarrhea.——My chickens take sick suddenly, wings drop, comb turns a daIk color, they pulge and die in twen- ty- -fouI hours. Have been feeding cook- ed potatoes and chop. D. W. McC., POIt Hope, Mich. —If you will make a complete change in theil feed it should help them Mix equal paIts of ginger, powdeled gentian, cinnamon, and bi- caIbonate of soda, togetheI. A tea- spoonful is enough fOI half a dozen hens and it should be given to them twice daily. Weak Chicks.——I have a lot of Rhode Island chicks a little oveI two weeks old; they have been smaIt and healthy till a. few days ago, when some of them got so they could not walk. Their legs spread out and they was unable to stand and they stop eating. Have been feeding them oat meal and thick milk, and they are kept where it is warm and dry. Some of the others show same symptoms. Mrs. M. L. 11., Rhodes, Mich. —Doubt1ess you have given your chicks good care, they have been housed in a warm, comfortable place, fed a good quality of food, but they go wrong and die Perhaps they me not haIdy stock, or may have been fed befOIe they were forty- -eight houIs old, or they may have chilled on ac- count of exposure. Are your coops flee from lice and mites? Change their feed. Ailing Horse.—Please tell me what would be good for a horse that fails to perspire, but pants badly when he is working. F. _M., Remus, Mich.— His bowels should be kept open, the skin kept clean, he must not be over- exerted, and during extremely hot sul- try weather rested, or requiIed to do light work. Give one- ounce doses of sweet spirits of nitre in drinking wa— ter three or four times a day, only, when you find him not perspiring fair- ly free. Worms.—I have ten last fall pigs that me not thrifty; they are fed on middlings and skim- milk. Have noticed some of them passing worms which are several inches long F. A. S. Fowlerville, Mich. —To destroy intes~ tinal worms starve the pigs for twen- ty-four hours, then give for each fifty or sixty pounds of body weight, in some slop or water, two and a half grains each- of: santonln and calo- mel, one dram of powdered areca nut and a half dram of baking soda. It may be necessary to repeat the ddse in ten or twelve days. I would also suggest that you collect the excrement . ,and lime it; ”all? will prevent related boar pigs large enema tor slam‘gsservioe The Maple’ s Shorthorns Kirk Levington Lad, by imported Hartforth Welfare, in service. .Bulls and heifers for sale. J. V. Wise, Gobleville, Mich. 'BIDWELL SEQ'SIHBMS that will. put weight on your dairy calves —the diff- erence wIlI soon Ra ayfor the bin] Now selling good Scotch and Scotc toppedyearlmgs. reasonably. riced. e guarantee every animal to be a breeder Federal Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. Y. C. .B. BIDWELL STOCK FARM, Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan Richland Shorthorns Annual Sale June 2lst at the farm. Thirty Heifers—Fifteen Bulls. Best lot we have ever offered. Write for Catalog. Plan to attend Special prices on Bulls in order to make room fo/ this Sale Office at . H. Prescott & Sons, lleril at Prescott. lick. Tawas City, Mich. Central Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn. offer for sale both milk and beef breedln , all a as Wri ite M. E. MIL LER. Sec'.y Greenvi le. Migh ‘ ‘ Shorthorns of best B t b eed . Milking bulls, cows and heifers fSrBZaIer mg E. H. KURTZ. Mason. Mich 9 agood Shorthorn, I'iced Don t you want“ in keeping withthe lees? Do you want asood DUROC‘JERSEYS Pathfinder bear fig? E. D HEYDENBERK. Wayland. M Big TY__P_E CH____ESTER Wii____lTES The prize winner kind from the best prize winner bloodlines. Eari' developeIs. Icady for market at six months old. have started more breeders on the road to success than ally ‘man living I want to lace one hog in each community“ to advertise my erd. Write for agenc and my plan G. SJ.BEN AM N. R. 1“ D. 10. Portland. Mich. CHESTER We are all sold out of Boar. Bred Sows and Gilts. For spring igs write WEBER BROS” Royal Oak. Mich. 10 Mi 0 and Ridge Rd“ Phone 408. igs by Monster. Chester Whites gopnrusg herers Monster, RaleighB.. ChFoiceiL Prince and others. Money back guarantee. L.Bodimer. Reese. Mich. ‘ , ' bred gilts and fall Igs of excel‘ CheSter Whltest Ientvauallty and bregdlng. Satis‘ faction guaranteed. Alexander. Vassar. Mich. a S I O. I. C. & Chester White T‘y'fi‘éeimgtdfit Airlrairg We are sold out of everything but II few choice fall gilts. Will book orders for Sprin nlrpigs. 0c; the best Prize winning blood lines. Wil sh i.0p0 D. And record them free in purchaser' s name NEWMAN' S STOCK FARM. R. 4 Martlette. Mich. 0' l C fall gilts ready to breed Orders booked for ' sprbin pigs. W Iite or call and see our herd. We ship C. nd Regi ter free. GEO. M. OWEL LI‘IB’ION & )N. MiddleIille. Mich. 0 I c and Chester White Spring Pigs from prize~ - . - winning stmk of the most populaI blood lines. We ship 0.0 ..D, register in huI er s name and guarantee satisfaction. John C. Wilk, Almz.l Mich. 7 O. I. C S Choice Aug. and Sept open gilts also ROBERT MARTIN, R. 3. Woodland Mich OLO‘pfir‘I‘kiE {fid‘fiififim 51m“ Pig-“e M ch ODI‘O . l M “DOS 0 I C Brede ilts all sold. Orders 0 for spring pigs BERKCSHIRES CRO EY 2428-30. First;o Ngticonnl Bank Building. Dot t.roit Michi igan - Breakwater Dumc Jerseys Only a few left. Gilts bred for summer furrow. Fall ilts - open. Very good Fall ars. Large enough for light service. Prices reasonable. Mail orders a specialty. BROOKWATEJII FARM, H. W. Mumford, Owne er .8. Andrews, Manager. All It ARBOR, MICHIGAN ’llIIIi’I‘ v Spring pigs by Walt’s Orion, First Sr. Yearling Detroit, Jackson, Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 Phillips Bros,Riga,Mich. Saws 8: Gilts bred for July. Aug. and Sept. far-row for sale at reasonable prices. Also a few high class spring and fall boars ready for service and one 2 yrsold boar. a. grandson of Panama special, at a. bargain if you can use him. We guarantee satisfaction. Write for prices and description or better come and see them Visitors always welcome. Sows bred for spring farrow all sold 'I'lIos. Underhill &. Son, Salem, Mich. Collinsdale Duroc Farm, Lyons,Mich., R .1. Greatest Blood Lines In“ Duroc Hogs Herd Boers by Great Orion Sensation, Pathfinder, Duration and Great Wonder I Am. Now have for sale three yearling boars by Wolverine Sensa- tion. For sale at all times. sows, gilts or boars registered. Sold under a positive guarantee and worth the money. Write for prices, L. A. BURHANS, OWNER AM SELLING a‘great offering of bred Duroc sows and gilts March 4th. They are mostly bred to Orion Giant 00]., son of Ohio Grand Champion. Get on mailing list for catalog. l‘,AYLOR Milan, \iich WHITNEY FARMS DUROCS Well grown fall gilts. either bred or open. A most excellent line of splin%pigs at. farmers rices. Sev- eral extra fine boars tock is immune Pedigrees. and prices /from Whitney Farms. Whitney, MIch. Woodlawn Farm Duroc Hogs A well kept herd, best of blood lines. with size and breeding qualities. stock of all ages for sale at rea sonnble prices. W. E. BARTLEY. Alma Mich. Michigana Farm Durocs Boers. open and bred sows and spring pigs. Satis- faction guaranteed. MICHIGANA FARM Pavilion. Mich. Duroc Jersey Hogs: we us 11 ,Pure'Bred have good boarsand sows olmall ages for sale. Reasonable prices. Larro Research Farm. BoxA, North End, Detroit. Mich. DUROC JERSEYS: sale. CAREY U. EDMONDS, Afew choice bred gilts for Hastings. Mich Westview Duroc Bred Sows all =sold. Have two spring boars left at a Preasonable price. Will book orders for A ril It My P.igs ALBERT EBERsolln, Plymouth, Mich Bred sows and ilts red for Aug. and Duroc 13739! Sign. farrow its choice read5 for service boars hippo?” on odhapgroval Satisfaction guaranteed. . Monroe, Mich. heavy boned. low down t Duroc Jerseys breeding stock for sale. ype AS..BRAY Okemos. Mich. Bred Gilts all sold. Now 031314 ring some choice fall Duroc Jerseys : Wm M“!!! A. J. BARKbEiOtk & SON. Belmont. Mich. O I C Bred saw 5 all sold Booking orders ' ° for spr“ing1\£igs.N DanSI ille. Mich. O I C pigs at very reasonable prices fbr 0June and July shipment “ .THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich. 9 last fall gilts due Aug. and Sept 0' I' C 5' Spring pigs not akin. Big T.ype 1.2 mile west of Depot. Citizen Phon OT HSCHULZE, L. T. P. C. Fall Boars zitburguin prices. Fall gilts open or with breeding privilege. Iiic or sec the. R. 2, ltianchcster. Mich. Spring boars A. A. FII‘LDKAMP, Big Type Poland Chlna ,. 5.5 each Sired by Clansullln Buster and Hmers Liber‘atOI Also gilts bred fox Sept furrow at $10 each, All stock shipped on appr'oml (‘om nd see them or write DOIIUS HOnVElt, Akron. Mich. NaslIIilIe. Mich. 30 youls we IIaIc been breedill Bi T e For Poland China hogs (m the samge farlgn. We IIzIIe sold over IUI head ouch 5"eal fol the lastll'l years fol bleeding purposes. here' I: a 1i asunl The farmer has found our kind you profitable. “I now 0591- 25 sows and gilts bred for summer farm lw 830 $50. -JNO. C. BUTLER. Portland Mich. L. T. P. C. Gm“ bred 1'0? Spring litters all sold. Am oils ring Iery choice Sum- mer Gilts bred for June and July litters also Fall Bears and Spring Pigs. Cl5dc FISIHI it ‘3, St Louis, Mich. L.T.P.C. $15, $20 & $25 Spring pigs with real breeding at the above plires. We are also offering a few choice fall gilts bred for summer furrow. Hart dz Cline. Ad- dress F. T HART St. Louis. Mich. Large Type P. C. Largest herd of ind'ndualys in pstatc EIer5thing sold Nothing to offer until splillg pigs ale ready to ship- I thank you. W. F. LIVINGSTON. Purina. Mich- Big Type P. 0. some Iery choke boars double Im. mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from IoIIa' s greatest helds. E. J. Mathewson. Buerak Mich. BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS Bred gilts for sale. Choice individuals of fish breed- ing at prices within your reach. Come see them or write. WESLEY HILF J, 11.6, Ionia. Mich. Poland Cllillas. Some real cl 9 Large Type carIying Mastodon Clansrzrlaslh’ stggg Yankee blood. Eventhing legistered, prices light. ERNEST E. REA liillman Mich. Large St Hagn P- C. DOUIIHQ mkoreu for) sale 5ou at present. I than W‘AR’l Z, Schoolcraft. Mich. Ig Type P.(‘ Boar pigs that can ’t be be t BSich by Big Bob hiastodon and PetePAi'Pgahifgil head to pick from. C. E. Garnant. Eaton Rapids, Mich. BIG TYPE Poland Chinas. leading strains at lowest prices. Both sex, all ages, and bred sows and gilt G. ABAUMGARDNER, R 2 Middleville. Mich. Big Buster. Chester Vl'hite March boars Sired Type by Models Giant and Hills Big Out of randaughters of Alfalfa Wonder. UCIA NHILL. Tekonsha, Mich. EONARD’S B. T. P. C. Herd headed by Leonardo Liberator Orders booked for boar igs at weaning time. Call or write F. It. LI'I.ONARD St. Louis. Mich. book your order for spring boar pigs now HamPSl'lerSf Af ew gilts. now ready for summer far- row. JOH NW. SYNDE.R R. 4. St Johns. Mich. ' ' / For sale. Faill f 1| Hampshlres to farm, in Sepéoasrgrin: “salts bred I R BAUSERMANI R 1. Three Rivers. Mich. SHEEP A Real Bargain at Hampshire Rams all registered at .25 .00 Come or write while the picking is 00d. , , _-. . SJ" WING. . Co I watcfimohp Kope Kon Farms We offer 40 big healthy yearling Shropshire and A sec: .matmfim.afll “rs-sagas. .;..s..‘ismmmmemawa. ‘ ‘ t GRAIN QUOTATIONS Monday, May 29. Wheat. Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.23; No. glgixed and No. 2 white $1.21; July . 2. Chicago.———No. 2 red $1.26; No. 2 hard $1.23@1.27; July $1.18%. Toledo—Cash $1.25; July $1.21. Corn. Detroit—Cash No. 2 6635c; No. 3 yellow 65c. Chicago—No. 2 mixed 59%@611Ac; No. 2 yellow 606961140. Oats. Damon—Cash No. 2 white 44c; No. 3, 4 c. Chicago—No. 2 white 37%@41%c; -No. 3 white 35%@39c. Beans. Detroit—Immediate shipment $9. , New York—Choice pea beans $9@ 9.25; red kidneys $8.75@9. / ' Chicago.~Michigan choice, hand- picked $8.50@8.65; red kidney accord- ing,to quality $8.50. and prompt Rye. Detroit—Cash No. 3, $1.06. Chicago—No. 2, $1.001/2. Seeds. Detroit—Prime red clover, cash at $13.75; alsike $11.50; timothy $3.25. Toledo—Prime cash $13.75; alsike $11.50; timothy $2.90. Feeds. Detroit—Bran $29; standard mid- dlings $30; fine middlings $31; crack- ed corn $30.50; coarse corn meal $28; chop $24 per ton in loo-pound sacks. H ay. Detroit—No. 1 light timothy $23@ 23.50; standard and light mixed $22@ 22.50; No. 2 timothy $21@21.50; No. 1 clover mixed $17.50@18; No. 1 clover $17@17.50; rye straw $14@14.50; wheat and cat straw $13@13.50 per ton in carlots. WHEAT - The long struggle in May wheat at Chicago appears to be at an end. Heavy deliveries, large receipts at pri- mary markets, a slender demand for ‘cash wheat and favorable growing weather for the new crdp were the un- doing of the “bulls.” The price of cash wheat at Chicago has dropped about 20 cents in the last week and is now below a shipping basis compared with southwestern points instead of being at a premium as it was a short time ago. Demand for flour broadens spas- modically but total purchases are moderate. Although buyers have been indifferent, receipts at primary mar- kets for the last ten days have aver- aged approximately 1,000,000 bushels per day, the largest on record at this time of the year. After the drastic de- cline which has already taken place, further losses should not‘be severe as both mills and exporters are expected to be more willing to buy. On the oth- er hand, unfavorable weather for the new crop is about the only factor that can bring a pronounced upturn within the next few weeks. The spring wheat outlook is excellent with ample mois- ture even in the states which have sufiered from drouth for the last sev- eral years. CORN Wet weather has made corn plant- ing later than the average and may prevent an increase in acreage. The crop where planted, is, making 3. fav- orable growth in most sections. Re- ceipts of corn at primaries in the last two weeks have been the largest on record at this season and about twice as large as the average. The market has weakened along with wheat but the loss has been relatively small. Ex- porters are buying moderate quantities but Argentine corn is becoming more suitable for shipment and is being pressed upon the European market al- though it is still priced higher than American corn. ' OATS ‘ The oats crop is less promising than either wheat or corn as the acreage is small and the crop late. Cool weather is needed to bring it through without Serious damage. The domestic and ex- .port demand for oats has broadened again but the receipts are about 25 . per cent larger than the average for ‘ this season of the year. uu‘hnm- g i ll w l |hiz 1‘; In» \ lain. 1;:an nus; his" En FEEDS Demand for by-prod-uct feeds gener‘ ally slackens a great deal at this “868,-. son but it is even smaller than usual. Only gluten feed and hominy feed are showing much strength, due partly to limited operation of corn industries. HAY Alfalfa hay prices remain weak in most markets with some new crop'of- fered. Prairie hay is also sagging but prices upon good quality timothy hay are firm, with the old crop well ship- ped out in many sections. BUTTER Unusually broad mand for butter is the chief prop un- der the market at the present time. Prices have been easing slightly but have held well in view of the big in- crease in receipts at principal mar- kets. Butter going into storage at present consists chiefly of shipments contracted for at a higher level of pric- es, the owners storing in the hope, that file market will advance enough to let them out. A slightly lower level of prices will not be surprising within the next two or three weeks when the supply usually reaches peak for this season, but on the whole'the market is .in excellent shape and the decline should be small. ~ Prices for 92-score fresh butter were as follows: Chicago 340; New York 351/20. In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells for 33%@34c per pound. POULTRY AND EGGS Although receipts of eggs are run- ning above any recent year and stor- age holdings at the leading markets are 40 per cent larger than the aver- age of the last three years, prices are holding rather steady. The supply us- ually tapers more or less from this time on through the summer. The supply of poultry arriving at the lead- consumptive de- ' t» v.n..‘.‘s.x9~‘nz.‘.M:--Qw.sassauamifiu’xm flag-2.3.x...“ wt, » may. :m; -. 2.2» . ing markets from week to week since the first of‘ January has been above the average, but the consumers have bought freely and frozen stocks in storage were reduced to 53,000,000 lbs. in the first four months 'of the year, the largest decrease in that at least five years. . Chicago.—Eggs, fresh firsts at 24@ 24%c; ordinary firsts 22@221;éc. Live poultry, hens 24%c; broilers 36@460; roosters 14c; ducks 300; geese 26c; turkeys 25c. , , Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and graded 24@250; storage 271,5@281,éc. Live poultry, broilers 47@52c; hens at 27 28c; roosters 17c; geese 13c; ducks 50; turkeys 30c. BEANS . The Michigan bean market reached a new height last week, closing at $9.25 for choice hand-picked white stock f. o. b. shipping points. Extreme- ly light stocks are the principal reason, period in combined with insistent demand for a“ limited quantity. The situation is ex- tremely strong with those who have any beans left in position to name their own price for them. ‘ POTATOES Lighter shipments of old potatoes permitted prices to recover slightly in the last few days. Northern whites are bringing $1.35@1.40 per 100 pounds sacked f. o. b. shipping points and $1.40@1.50 in the Chicago carlot mar- ‘ket. About half of the market supply consists of new potatoes which are bringing around three to four cents per pound. . WOOL After a brief breathing spell the wool market took another upswing last week. Price‘s were slightly higher at seaboard markets and considerably higher at interior points. Some Texas wools were sold at pricesequivalent to 46@521/40 at Boston and 50c was paid Live Stock Market Service Wednesday, May 31. DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 510. Market steady. Choice steers ........... $ 7.50@ 8.50 Handyweight butchers. . . 8.00@ 8.75 Mixed steers and heifers 7.50@ 8.00 Handy light butchers... .. 7 00@ 7.75 Light butchers ........ . . 6.00@ 7.00 Best cows ......... . ..... 5.50@ 6.25 Butcher cows ....... .. . . . 5.00@ 5.50 Common cows .......... 3.75@ 4.50 Canners ................ 2.50@ 3.75 Choice light bulls ...... 5.50@ 5.75 Bologna bulls ........... 4.50@ 5.25 Feeders ...... 6.00@ 7.25 Stockers ................ 5.50@ 6.50 Milkers and springers. . . .$ 45@ 75 Veal Calves. " Receipts 1194. Market 500 higher. Best .................. . .$12.00@12.50 Others 6.00@11.50 Hogs. Receipts 3187. Market 100 lower. Pigs ...... ..............$ 10.90 Mixed hogs 10.90 Roughs ..... 8.85 Heavies 9.50@ 10.50 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 221. Market steady. ' ’Best lambs . . . .'. . . . '. . 13.00 Light to common . . . . . . . 5 00@ 8.00 . Fair to good. sheep. . . . 6:00@ 6 50 Guile and common . . . . . . 1.50@ 3.00 CHICAGO Hogs. Estimated receipts today are 36,000; holdover 5,882. Market 15@20c lower. Bulk of sales $10.15@10.75; tops at $10.80; heavy 250 lbs up $10.40@10.50; medium 200 to 250 lbs $10.45@10.75; light 150 to 200 lbs at $10.70@10.75; light lights,130 to 150 lbs at $10.25@ 10.70; heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $9.35@9.75; packing sows 200* lbs rough $5@9.40; pigs 130 lbs down medium $9.25@10.30. ' Cattle. Estimated receipts today, are 14,000; '» Market y-steady; camera and bill re; lower. Beef steers medium and heavy weight 1100 lbs up $8.70@9.25; do me dium and good $7.85@8.70; do common $7.25@7.85; light weight 1100 lbs down $8.40@9.25; do common and medium $7.25@8.40; butcher cattle heifers at $5.90@8.45; cows common at $4.35@ 7.25; bulls bologna and beef $4.10@ 6.35; Canners and cutters cows and heifers $3@4.25; do canner steers at $4.75@6; veal calves light and handy- weight at $8.50@10.50; feeder steers $4@7.85; stocker steers $5.75@7.75; stocker cows and heifers $4.10@6. Sheep and Lambs. Estimated receipts today are 24,000. Fat lambs 25@50c lower; sheep steady to 250 lower. Lambs 84 lbs down $10@15; do 85 lbs up $9.75@15; do culls and common $7.80@9.50; feeder lambs $13.50@15; spring lambs $8.25 @1085; ewes $3.50@7; ewes cull and common $1.50@3.50. BUFFALO Cattle. Receipts 90 cars. Market 25c high- er. Choice to prime shipping steers 1400 lbs and up $8.75@ good to choice shipping steers $8.2’5@8.50; light na- tive yearlings good quality at $8.75@ 9.25; best handy steers at $8.25@8.50; handy steers and heifers $7.75@8.25; light Michigan butchering heifers $6.50 @750; best fat cows $5.50@6.50; cut- ters $3@3.75; canners $2@2.50; best heavy bulls $4.75@5.50; heavy bologna. bulls $4.50@5; common bulls $4@4.50; best feeders 700 to 800 lbs ~$6.50@ 7.25; medium feeders $6@6.50~; stock- ers good $5.50@6; light common-$4@ 5; best milkers and springers $75@ 100; mediums $35@50. ' - Calves, receipts 2,500; higher, with ‘ tops at $13. ,, . . ' ' Hogs. Receipts 90 car. Market is steady. * Heavy $11-15@11- 5; $11.35@11.50. ’ ‘ _ - _ Sheep and Lambs. "Receipts 15 cars. .Market is slow.- Tog lambs .$15.@16 ; yearlings at. $12.63 , 0; . rs 8.1.5.9.Q8sz . $4 6.3. yorkers and pigs - véltéiSsouri and Iowa; ranged as high as c. advance is shown by the performance at the three year. The January series closed seven to fifteen per cent higher than the auc- tion in December. and the May series just closed was five to fifteen per cent. higher than arch. vance in this country. Mills are being forced to buy and the American Wool- on Company has withdrawn all its lines of goods presumably to reprice them in line. with the raw wool mar- ket. April consumption of wool by the — mills was less than during March: GRAND RAPIDS Michigan strawberries began mov- ing in Grand Rapids this week, open- ing. prices on the city wholesale mar- ket ranging from $4@4.50 a case. The crop, which is unusually large this season, will not begin moving inrgreat volume until next week. Canners have announced they will take all the her- ries available at their contract prices, which range from $1 1.25 a case, the crates returned. Th s has strength- ened the feeling that prices will be fair despite the large crop. The berry deal was overshadbwing all others. Boxes were in good demand and pric- es $2 per 1000 higher. Baskets also have risen 250 a dozen. Demand for vegetables was good early this week and were mainly steady, except On old potatoes, ‘which have sagged to 75@ 850 a bushel with supplies liberal. Leaf lettuce soared at the close of the hothouse crop' but turned weak as more outdoor came in. Poultry was easier with the supply larger. Eggs were steady at 21@221/2c. DETROIT CITY MARKET The marketing here was very brisk, the market being crowded with both. buyers and sellers. Green onions and spinach were in greatest demand while potatoes, eggs, poultry, rhubarb and ‘- horseradish were plentiful. The prices are as follows: Asparagus $1.25@2 per dozen bunches; eggs 28@35c per dozen; horseradish $2@3.50 per bu; potatoes $1.15@1.40; poultry 28@35c per‘ pound; rhubarb 25@40c a dozen bunches; spinach 50c@$1 per bushel. THE JUNE HOG R‘UN. What appeared to be the vanguard . of the June run of hogs arrived at the markets last week. Combined supply at ten points increased 18 per cent and was considerably larger than the average for this season of the year. The price list was scaled down slight- ly but this was followed by a snappy recovery, again»- indicating. that, the June break will not be severe. The discount ,on heavyweights is less than is usual at, this time of year but the spread is beginning to widen and should increase considerably with- in the next two months. The report on cold storage holdings ‘ of hog meats and lard on May 1 for the country as a whole, was more re- assuring than for the six leading pack- ' ing. points. Stocks of hog meats were only 591,222,000 pounds as compared with 593,937,000 pounds a month pre- vious. 1 is 825,403,000 pounds. Lard stocks. increased approximately 10,000,000 lbs. during April but the average increase in that month during .the last six years has been 9,000,000 pounds and the sup- ply on May 1 this year was only 95,- 882,000 pounds, compared with a six— year average of 113,400,000 pounds. The breeding cattle population in the pastoral country was reduced below ' normal during the period of deflation.- With financial conditions easier, range- menare endeavoring to rebuild their herds. . Prices for breeding so‘ws have . , advanced 25 to 50 .per cent with a prose,” * will rise still further. , .g‘ i. p’ect that they ‘comlnefsALEs. g; H ereforda—e-June ‘14. ‘T. E B ,5, Son. ,St...cigtr, Mich." < ‘ “ M - in [Ohio for delainek clips. . Offers in ' The world-Wide character of the ’ - ‘ London auctions this ' March was five to, fifteen per cent higher than January, The emergency tariff alone ‘ has not been responsible for the ad» The six-year average on May 7 , . \ WM-«rxe, , \ ' 1 1 ' seller’s favor. (39L markets continue very firm ‘ and With a strong upward trend, 'according to “advices to the State Farm. Bureaus 1922 wool pool last week. There is an undenied scarcity of good wools. In face of a possible . domestic Consumption of 700,000,000 pounds of wool this year, the domestic clip promises not’to exceed 250,000,000 pounds. Foreign wool markets are in— oreasingly firm and have swung to the Reports from Buenos Aires, Argentine, dated May 24, state , that continued heavy buying of coarse cross-bred wools was rapidly diminish- 4 ing stocks of the only wools still avail- able. On that market 21,000,000 pounds of coarse wools were sold in three weeks. American inquiries for choice wools met 'with . disappointment. Only inferior Argentine wools' were report- ed coming onto the markets now. Speculators are very active through- out the United States. In TeXas on May 24 they were reported to be buy. ing wool on the sheeps’ backs at thir- ty~five to forty cents a pound, or about double what was. paid last year. A large block of Texas wool sold at San Angelo on May 24 to eastern buyers at forty-five to fifty Cents a pound. Michigan wool prices are following the general improvement in the wool mar- ket, according to the bureau, which is pooling Michigan wool in its third an- nual wool pool. The bureau is pooling and grading locally, making a cash ad- vance of forty per cent to the wool growers. Considerable wool was re- ported coming into the bureau’s cen- tral warehouse at Lansing. ' WORLD’S DAIRY} CONGRESS. NVITATIONS have been issued by President Harding, acting under an authorization by congress, asking fif- teen nations, colonies and common- wealths to send representatives to par- ticipate in the world’s dairy congress, which is to be held in one of the lead- ing cities in the United States in Oc- tober of 1923. This will be the first international dairy meeting ever held in 'the United States. The plans on foot will make it the biggest and broadest meeting ever held anywhere. BETTER STOCK INCREASES DE- MAND FOR BETTER SIRES. ANY agencies are at work pro— moting better live stock. Perhaps no single agency is more potent in its influence than that large class of farm~ ers and stock‘men who. have tried out pure-bred stock and .found such stock better money~makers than grade ani- mals. There is yet to be found asin— gle instance where a farmer who has changed from grade or scrub‘sires to pure—breds has gone back to the old method. According to reports from the department of agriculture, 7,488 live stock owners have agreed to use pure-bred sires of geod quality for all classes of animals kept on their farms. During April, of this year, 497 persons qualified in this campaign. This num- ber is three times as great as in the corresponding period a year ago. \ .THE ELEVATOR EXCHANGE. RELIABILITY and promptness con- tinue to build business success if the history of the. youthful farmer owned and controlled Michigan Elevat- or Exchange, the largest cooperative grain, hay and bean marketing asso~ .ciation in the state, is to be consider— 1 ed. The Enchange has grown from "twenty-three to 101 elevators since October, 1920. During the past eight- een months it has ymarketed more ' than $6, 000, 000 worth of grain, hay .,:;and beans for its membership, accord- ‘ "ing, to an announcement made recently 1’- V‘thOIlSind chem'ntfees for the, P001 Started. as a “department of the Farm Bureau the Exchange has pursued the policy of complete and reliable ser- vice and prempt’ returns to farmer shippers. Early. results of this policy soon enabled the Exchange to 'take its place among the big farm products marketing bodies in Michigan. Today the organization is widely known as the Michigan Cooperative Grain Mar- keting Organization which has 101 ele- vators coordinating their grain, hay and bean sales through a central sales office. , . . Last week the Exchange announced that the St. Joe Valley Shipping Asso- ciation, with plants at Niles and Bu- chanan, has been added to the Ex- change membership. FILLED MILK LEGISLATION. O we want a federal law that will make it impossible to sell filled milk for real milk? The man who feeds dairy cattle and produces milk, cream and butter is anxious to keep the market for these products safe from the competition of colored and camouflaged cocoanut fat. The mother, too, who is doing every- thing possible to keep her babies strong and healthy and to give them the best chance she can in this world, wants to be assured that when she buys the vital health and growth-pro- ducing fat that she is getting the real article and not the fats from the . cocoanut tree in the South Sea Islands. Already the states of New Jersey, Colorado, Utah, California, Wisconsin, Ohio, Oregon, Maryland and Kentucky have outlawed filled milk. The bill now before congress was passed this past week in the house by a very large majority. The senate is yet to con- sider it. PACKERS AND STOCK YARDS ACT. RECENT decision by the United States Supreme Court clears away, it seems, all obstacles to the full endorsement of the packers" and stock- yards’ act, according to Secretary of gricultural Wallace. The supreme court holds that commission mer- chants, traders and other peOple who operate in the yards come under the act. INTERNATIONAL ALBUM. IE 1921'edition of the Internation- al Review and Album is now ready for delivery. These handsome cloth- bound volumes may be had by address ing B. H. Heide, Secretary-Manager, International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, and inclosing $1.00, the price per volume. FARM NOTES. The Loan & Deposit Bank of Grand Ledge is financing a corn campaign in Eaton county, accepting the notes of farmers and. boys who are unable to raise the necessary money to buy cer- tified seed. The bank is cooperating with County Farm Agent R. W. Tenny. * It ’3 Wisconsin potato growers can under- sell Michigan producers in their own state, according to testimony given the Michigan Traffic League before the Michigan Public Utilities Commission, which is hearing charges presented againstthe present rate zoning system and high transportation charges. a .11: t . _ ‘ Leelanau county fruit growers pool- ed their orders for nursery stock this spring. They. recently received several . , . besides many thousands <01 ether kinds ity, marketing organizations afilli-; ated with the State Farm Bureau. of fruit trees. .- , :1: In :1: President David‘Friday, of M. A. 0., has been elected chairman of the ad- visory committee which will have charge of the economic land survey to be initiated this summer in either An— trim or Benzie counties. State Com- missioner of Agriculture John A. Doelle will direct the survey. . =1: :1- :1: Ezra Levin has been appointed di- rector of agricultural development by State Commissioner of Agriculture John A. Doelle. He has been connect- ed with the department for some time. >11 * * 1 Michigan Canned Food Company, of Detroit, with‘a number of factories in the state buying farm produce, has pe- titioned the ocurt ,for dissolution. Its largest factories are at Owosso and ICroswell. Its plant at Greenville, while completed, has never been op- erated. >1: 31* * Sale of asparagus by weight and tip grade is being advocated in western Michigan where dealers have been re- tieing bunches purchased from farm— ers, into smaller ones and charging high prices for them. A dozen bunches have been made into fourteen and fif- teen by this method. * * The “baby chick” industry in the H01land-Zeeland-Jamestown territory in Ottawa county is expanding by leaps and bounds. Hatcheries at Hol— land shipped» more than a million chickens this spring, almost entirely by parcels post, and into practically every state in the Union, without many casualties. >1: * * Ithaca is to become a more import- ant dairy center. The Gratiot County Creamery Company has been organiz- ed there and $6,000 worth of machin— ery installed. It may later be turned into a cooperative project. :‘r— * * John Kroboth has the reputation of having ‘sold the largest beef animal ever marketed in Hartford in recent years. It was a three-year-old Hol~ stein bull which tipped the beam at 2,445 pounds. . * :1: A. J. Hutchins, county farm agent of St. Joseph county, has resigned to become superintendent of Cehterville public schools. His resignation is ef- fective September 1. :1: =1: :1: The Benzie county cherry pitting plant of the Grand Traverse Packing company will be located at Benzonia. The Case Lumber Company plant will be used and water will' be taken from Cold creek. ECONOMIC LAND SURVEY. HE first economic land survey in Michigan will be conducted in Charlevoix county under the. joint aus- pices of the State Department of Agri- culture, the Miéhigan Agricultural College and the University of Michi- gan. Work will begin about June 1 and the field campaign will be under the direction of Prof. H. W. Stewart, of the University of Wisconsin. Charlevoix county has been picked to start the survey because of the gen- eral diversified conditions found in the county. It has both good and poor farming lands, reforestation problems, and vast natural resources. The sur- vey is to baa/model and of such great importance that its promoters believe next legislature. The Michigan Agricultural College will have charge of all soil analysis . work. Prof. Ernst Bessey, of the col- lege, and Prof. L. H. Harvey, of Kala. mazoo State Normal School, are to carry on the botanical work. , Prof. L. J. Young, of the forestry depart- ment of the University will direct the forestry work. On trial. Easy running, easilycleaned. Skims warm or cold milk. Different from picture which shows larger ca- ; pacity machines. Get our plan of easy 1 MONTHLY PAYMENTS . 11' and handsome free catalog. Whether .‘ " dairy is large or small. write today.‘ RATOR co. SI! E7.016:CAN SEP‘B‘aInbridgc. N. Y. Hennery Eggs, Broilers Wanted Ship to Boston, which demands best quality and pays highest prices in the world. Express costs little more than local points Ask your agent Prompt returns. Write for weekly quotations. Re ferences Nat. Shawmut Bank, Dun or Bradstreet McArdle Live Poultry &. Egg 011., Boston, 16, Mass, FRESH CRUDE OIL Protect. your 11033 with TRENTON ROCK CRUDE OIL the greatest natural panaca for stock and poultry. I am a producer of this valuable product and sell on a money- -back guarantee if not eat- isfactory. Write for details. S. H. STAGGERS. Box 279. Redkey. Ind. NATURAL IEAF TOBACCO: Chewing. 5 lb. 31 50; lO'lb.. $1. 50: smoking. 51!) $1.25; 10 lb. $2. Send no monefi. Pay when leceived. Tobacco Growers Union aducah. Ky. M Id dM 11w 101113 Homespun Smoking Tobacco ”‘50 .“20 "f. 31' 75. d. livery guaranteed. We furnish free rcdpe for pre- paring. Smoking Tobacco Exchange, Sedulin Ky. smokin or chewing 'l OBACCO. Homespun Collectgondelhery: 51b. $1.:50 10 lb., $2.50; 20 lb..84. Farmers' Asso’ n. Paducah, Ky lb.. 51:10 1b.. 32. 50. Homespun Tobacco3 rend no money Pav when received. FARMERS’ ASSO' N, Jonesboro. Ark. 'IOC BRINGS POULTRY GUIDE. POULTRY . BABY CHICKS From v'Select, Heavy Laying Hens inIS. C. White and Brown Leghorns. Black Minor-can, Anconas, Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. JUNE PRICES S. C. White and Brown Ieghorns and Anconas. Chicks 35: 100. $10.00; 500, $47. 50: Books, Reds and M 1} orcas. 50. $6.50: 100, $13.00;.‘3(10.$62.50 Postfmd to your door and full live count AR Order from this ad. and save time. REFERENCE.ZEE. LAND STATE BANK, Instructive Circular Free Colonial Poultry Farms, Zeeland, Mich. semi-monthly poultry paper. 3 months. summer trial. Box D, Montpelier, Indiana the. program will be readily sold to 'the- LWEEJSEN kfiat famousd F errisWhite Leghoms an increase your ' 1t fit P d d. BARGAINS tétniite§f°eg§ 11.5.1 lgfezz . . years. Eggs—chicks—pullets— hens-males. Records to 313 eggs. pnpnld 1! I Lu mu. m on BE catalog mud Bola-I of GEORGE B. FERRIS Baby Chick Prices Slaughtered English and American Leghorns now $1100 per 100 deliv.eied Amonas $12. 00. Rocks $1500.01” flocks cannot be beat £01 egg production. 0111 Anconas are Champions. Only one grade—the best. Special prices for larger orders. Catalogue free. Progressive Poultry Farms, Bon. Holland. Mich. ' ‘ Dr. Hensley S C. Buff Leghorn flmk. Egg orlglnal Basket Strain. Officially Certified Egg bred. Winners at Chicago, Cincinnati, ct(. Cockerels breeding hens and chicks at. bargain prit es. Also bred to lay English Strain S. O. hite Leghorn chicks for 922. Discount. on Earl Orders. Hillside Hatchery Farm. 11.3. Holland.Mic . SuccessortoHenr) DePreo RHODE IS LAND WHITES win over 1all breeds at the egglayin 11;. contest. 3061139 55; 5088; 00315 order from Some chicks. H. H. JU MP? bin. 5, Jackson. Mith. s Brown Leghoms, excellent layers Vigorous farm - - range. Selec gspostpaid “1.231 30. -_ ":45 $2.50;100.$5. Floyd Robertson B.1.Lexington. Ind. ' S anlsh. Minorcas. Rocks Top Quality CI'IICIIS Rgds. .‘I’Sjyandottes. Owing: tons. TYRONE POULTRY FAR Fenton, Mich STRICKS POULTRY FARM Hudsonville. Mich” R 11.4. Box M. S. 0. English White Leghorns. Official records from9hensof208 to 244. 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