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CURRENT COMMENT

THE MICHIGAN FARMER SAYS:

Droughts evaporate many farm prof-
its as well as moisture.

Sheep ticks are a nuisance, but a
tick of the clock means some valuable
time is gone forever.

There isn’t a thing the sun shines
upon but what casts a shadow. But
if you will face the right way you will
see the sun and not the shadow, is the
suggestion of an optimist.

It takes many of us a life time to
learn, how to live. Many others
“flunk” when it comes to life’s final
test because we tried to get through
without learning.

It is wise to observe speed limits in
farming as well as on the road. But
so many farm “engines” are hitting on
only one cylinder, so it is impossible
to speed them up to get to Good Crops
by the end of the season.

MPROVEMENT in

I - methods of manu-
mproolnq facturing to better
Farmmg the quality of the
Methods product and lower its
labor cost has been

very marked in this country during

recent years. Successful‘efforts along
this line have been largely responsible
for the unparralleled industrial devel-
Opment of our country during the past
decade. “Quantity production” is a
much used term which has been the
key to success in the development of
economic manufacturing methods.

There has also been a very notice-
able improvement in farming methods
within a generation, and even in the
last decade. Naturally this change in
farming methods has not been as rapid
as the change in manufacturing meth-
ods, and for obvious reasons. Farm
production units are much smaller
than manufacturing units. There are
nearly 200,000 farms in this state, as
compared with 8,000 factories, in round
numbers. The man power of the aver-
age factory is more than a hundred
times as great ‘as that of the average
'_ farm,rhence economy of labor is natur-
ally given more consideration and can
be made the subject of more costly
_ experimentation.

But economy of labor is not mere
important in the factory thanvon the
., farm.- Under present conditions it is
relatively less important. There is

 

7 the crowded seetlons

and make a careful Study of labor
economy in connection with the opera-
tion of their farms. And this study
should be made in connection with the
possibilities of quantity production
along some one line, with ,side lines
carefully planned to distribute labor
employment throughout the year. Just
the other day we heard two progres-
sive farmers discussing the possibili-

,ties of economizing labor in the bar:

vesting’and marketing of the potato
crop, which was the factor of quantity
production on their farms. This dis—
cussion related to the possibility of
saving labor by sorting and sacking
the crop at digging. time, thus elimi-
nating a future expensive handling.
Various methods were discussed, some
of which' will doubtless be tried out by
these farmers, not only to their advan-
tage, but to the possible advantage of
their neighbors if they watch the re-
sult of these experiments.

This is but one of innumerable exam-
ples which could be cited to illustrate
the possibilities in developing improv-
ed methods of accomplishing farm
work. Farmers have done a great deal
along this line in recent years, as evi-
denced by a maintenance of production
with decreasing man power on the
farms. There is opportunity for far
greater improvement along the same
line as a means of increasing the net
revenue from the farms of our state.
We are too prone to View economic
production as a means to the end of
increased production and lower prices
for our products, rather than in terms
of increased wages for the labor ex-
pended by farm owners in producing
them. .

E have plenty of

The evidences of the

. saying, “Tell me what
Ame-rlcan you eat and I’ll tell
Diet you what you are.”
Especially has the

farmer had demonstrations of this in
his live stock and poultry feeding. But
we seldom think of this phrase from a
national standpoint.

Other nations will undoubtedly not
dispute us when we say that America
is the best fed nation on earth. Neith-
er will they argue the statement that
America is the most industrious, ener—
getic and intellectual nation existing.
And we believe that credit is due: the
farmer in cooperation with. the na-
tion’s great transportation and distrib~
uting system, for the feeding of in-
genuity and industry into the Ameri-
can people.

We are a better nation today than
we were yesterday. We are also bet-
ter fed; our diet has greater variety.
For instance, in 1919 our railroads
hauled 20,000,000 tons of fruits and
vegetables, or sufficient to furnish each
man, woman and child with two and
one half pounds per day. In .1899 the
tonnage was only 4,582,573. In other
words, the tonnage of 1919 was 430
per cent of 1899, while the population
was only 140 per cent of the latter
period.

Inasmuch as this factor is undoubt-
edly the basis of all American achieve-
ment, is not this achievement of Amer-
ican agriculture and distribution wor-
thy of pride and comment?

E have, had plen-

The Trend ' . ty of evidences
Toward 1n the city that this

. age is recognizing the
Recreation value of play. Schools

now have gymnasiums
and swimming pools as necessary
parts of their educational equipment.
Churches, too, have added them for

‘ use in their work for religious‘and

social advancement. Practically “all
cities provide playgrounds and small
parks for the recreation of those in

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most an essential part OI their busi-
ness activities, while at base-ball
games, grandfathers and grandmoth-
ers are seen as enthusiastic as the
vigorous youth.

But not alone in the cities has the
value of these recreations been recog-
nized.’ In rural sections tours have
taken the place of meetings, and- en-
durance tests for listeners to 'long
programs have been replaced by ama-
teur baseball games, horseshoe pitch~
ing and other athletic games. Camps
and hikes which teach‘by doing rather
than by listening are prevalent among
young folks.

This tendency ‘toward recreation is
a step toward greater sanity for it
means a better balanced living. It
means a better view of life and its
problems. All work and no play
makes Jim an old man, as well as
Jack a dull boy. ~

It is truly a welcome change when
it is not a crime for father and
mother at fifty to act like twenty and
“to go like sixty” if they want to.
How much inore enjoyable it is to do
this than to go through certain stages
of ossification formerly required for
the various ages. This may well be
called the age of youth. '

HILE the deve1~

ments of the

R?"""‘ past week have not
Strike De- settled the strike sit-
ve’opments uation so far as the

railroads and the hard
coal mines are concerned, there is a
greater feeling of optimism regarding
the possibility of a general tieup of
railroad transportation and a more
general belief that there will be a Set—
tlement of the railroad strike in some
sections and that it will gradually
wear itself" out in other sections with-
out a really serious interruption of. bus
iness. It is believed that the announce—
ment of pending shut—downs of manu-
facturing plants, due to a shortage of
available coal, will have a salutory ef~
feet in the adjustment of the situation.
There is also evidence, of strong gov-
ernment pressure looking toward the
resumption of work in the anthracite
coal mines at an early date, which will
prove reassuring to millions of domes-

tic users with empty coal bins. While

congress cannot be expected to take
the initiative in the passage of’reme~
dial legislation at this session, that
body will undoubtedly back up the ad!
ministration by ”granting the President
such powers as he and his associates
in the administrative department of
the government may believe necessary
to aid them in averting a serious in-
dustrial crisis at this time.

In any event there is every reason
for the maintenance of optimism on
the part of Michigan farmers, who are
in an especially favorable situation in
having a wide variety of products to

market and exceptionally good home ‘

markets in which to sell them. There»
will be somehardships, particularly in
the marketing of highly periShable
products, which may be unavoidable,

and there are lik'ely to be some unfav--

orablevr market reactibns resulting from
the uncertainty of the situation, but
these disturbances should, for the rea-
sons above noted, appear at their min
imum in this state.

T is said that it

, to start big ones.
Boy 3 Small acorns have

Little Calf grown to many a big

' ‘ oak. A lantern start~
ed the Chicago fire. A thought of
freedom started the United States. A
slight push has been the downfall of
many a man; a little boost has helped
as many otherS‘ toward success.

In farming we have little boosters, and there’s nothin'alike bein‘ i‘h pm-

Who have by their examples shown
”many the way to success.

Threw; ..

 

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work throughout the country

We have a good illustration in Wash
ington county, Colorado, of how their
example helps progress. There] the lit-
tle boys’ little calves have been the
cause of twenty-six purebred herds
of dairy cattle being started on as
many farms because the boy of the
family became interestedrin the local
calf club. There are 126 pure-breds
in these herds that would not have
been there had it not. been for the boy.
And now in many eases these herds
are owned jointly by Dad & Son.

The least that can be said for the
club work in general is that 'it has
changed the entire attitude of many
boys and girls on farm life and life im
general. For this reason, we need not
fear the future of farming, because the
widespread influenCe of club work as-
sures us that it will be in good hands.

And what is just as important is that ,

it is rapidly changing the attitude of
the present day farmers on the value
of pure-bred live stock and improved
farming methods.

May we not conclude that these lit-
tle: boys are going to be the big men
in farming, and that their little calves
are going to be big factors in the rapid
development of profitable dairying?

‘ Stn'ées

EEMS, like strikes is popular things
now days. For inst. there’s men
what will go‘ to a baseball game and
yell their heads off to see the pitcher
make the other fellow strike-out.

 

Likewise there’s men what make it
their business to go around the coun-
try yellin’ their heads off tryin’
other

to
people strike-out, and
sometimes t h e y
succeed.

And b e c a u s e
t h e y sometimes
do it, it looks like
I’m goin’ to get
most of my win-
terfs coal outa the
wood lot. I think
y o u k i n c o m e
around a n y time
this winter and see me saw ’cause I'll
be keepin’ warm tryin’ to get stuff to
keep warm with.

I’ve been powerful busy the last few
days cuttin’ up rails to get somethin’
to do our threshin’ with. It just makes
me feel like threshin’ somebody, but
it’s kinda hard for me to find out,
whose the one to thresh.

Now, it seems to me that the man
what is at work don’t like to strike-out
any more’n the man What is at bat
’cause strikin’ out is a losein’ game no
matter where. you do it. And the in
nocent bystanders don’t like it neither
’cause there’s lots more fun in a hit
and run game. ‘

VV-hen you strike-out you don’t hit
the object your aimin’ at. You spend
a lot of energy tryin’ to do somethin’
you can’t succeed in doin’. To produce
results you gotta meet the issue fairly
and squarely and you gotta treat your
opponents in what you call a sports—
manshiplike way. And that’s the kind
ofgame the innocent by-standers like.

Now, it’s human nature to be selfish,
even in baseball and we feel glad if We
kin get the umpire to call it somethin'
it wasn’t. So, it kinda. seems to me
that the big trouble with this indus-

make

 

trial game is that they ain’t got n0‘ .

good umpiies. Seems like they got to
get somebody what is fair and square
to tell whether the fellow is struck
out or ought to have his base on balls.

I’ve just been thinkin' I’ll try to get
a. job umpirin’ the home games ’cause
some day maybe they will want me to
umpire some of these industrial attain

 
  

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MICHIGAN is the real home of the
silver fox in the United States.
It contains more rancnes and more
foxes than any other state. Thei1
value runs into the millionsof dollars,
and during the last three months it
has practically doubled through the
annual increase in pups.» The industry
is now so important in the state that
a breeders' association has been form-
ed and it was successful in bringing
to Muskegon, last December, , the
second Annual Silver Fox Show where
more than $500, 000 worth of the sil-

'ver-black beauties were exhibited. It

has alt-1,0 demanded and obtained the
services of specialists in parasitic dis~
eases, who are at work at the Michi-
gan Agricultural College.
' Millions Invested In Foxes
"The fox farming industry in the

1 United States now represents an in-

vestment of approximately $8, 000,000
counting animals and ranches,” stated
Frank Ashbrook, expert of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. “And you
will find ranches scattered through al—
most every northern state from Maine
to Washington. We estimate that
there‘are at least 500 ranches contain-
ing about 12,000 to 15,000'foxes in
captivity. The reason for this remark-
able growth is found in the rapid de-
crease in our supply of wild animals
the ex-
traordinary price which silver “foxes

have brought and, the ready sale of‘
. the breeding stock and pelts.

“In spite of the large number of
foxes now confined in pens, the indus-

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T he Raising of Black Sliver Faxes 2: an Esmé/irflea’ and Profitaé/e Industry

 

” By Edwy B. Reid

try is new, developing rapidly within
the last ten years. The keeping of
fur bearing animals is different than
ordinary farming, for the fur bearers
are not‘ domesticated. To be sure, on
some of the ranches a few foxes are

sufficiently tame so they will eat meat '

ye
.

These $1,000 Babies Were All

out of the keeper’s hand, but on the

majority of ranches they slink out of

sight like black and silver shadows

upon the approach of either the keep—

er or a visitor.

ls Fox' Raising a Successful and
Profitable Business?

“I am often asked whether fox farm-
ing requires any particular ability or
knowledge and my invariable reply is
that to make a success one should
‘know the habits of the animals, what
they eat, how they should be fed, the
different properties of feed supplied,
and the diseases to which foxes are

 

subject and the parasites which in-

habit them. It also involves a

knowledge of pelts, the requirements

of the markets, value, the methods of
taking the pelts and disposing of
them to best advantage. "

“I have found many of the owners

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Produced In a Single Litter

of the ranches rather reticent, not de-
siring to put down on paper all of the
information which they have regard-
ing feeding, breeding, disease and
other problems. This reticence, 110w-
ever, has been largely overcome in re-
cent years with the formation in this
country of the American Silver Fox
Breeders’ Association and the National
Silver Fox Breeders’ Association of
America.

“To date the raising of foxes in the
United States has been largely for
breeding purposes. TheSe Associations
were organized for the purpose of

Fur Industry

providing the breeders with records
and improving the stock, but they are
also interested in the upbuilding of
the industry. In Canada, where the
industry is much older, many of the
fox ranches are operated on a strictly
pelt basis; that is, the foxes are raised
so that the pelt may be taken for the
market. The average price obtained
for pelts last year, when prices were
low, ranged from $300 to $350. The
best fox pelt sold for a little over $600.
These average prices, however, do not
represent the average value of the
foxes produced for, of course, the
majority‘of ranches are still producing

' foxes to be sold for breeding purposes

and pelt only the culls or non-breed-
ers. Skins of an exceptional quality
have brought from $1,500 to $2,500.
The pelts in greatest demand or those
showing a high degree of quality and
finish—~the extra dark full furred skin
with a good thick underful supporting
a goodly number of rich silky guard
hairs. The tail must be reasonably
long and carry a white tip. Quality in
fur is a governing factor the same as
in jewelry and. all other things of per-
sonal adornment. Size is of little con-
sequence where quality is present.”
The Boom Days of the Industry
The early history of fox farmers of
Prince Edward Island is fraught With
frenzied fiance, breeding stock selling
as high as $34,000 a pair, and in-
dividual furs or pelts selling as high
as $2,700. It, reads like a romance.
As soon as fur producing profits
(Continued on page 244) -

Michigan’s Crop Achievements
14m Show” éy Her Repeated ”firming: at tée Imematibna/ Hay and Grain Show:
1 By H. C. Rather

HEN at the first International

Grain and Hay Show, held at'

Chicago in December,.19l9, Michigan

farmers took more than two-thirds of

the places in rye and soft red winter
wheat and made a remarkable show-
Wiseacres said
’twas an accident. When in 1920 those
farmers went back and duplicated the
feat the word passed around that it
was a mere coincidence, but when in
1921 Michigan products returned with
greater triumphs than ever, the
aforesaid gentle-men scratched their
heads and calculated that the perform-
ance-was becoming a fixed habit.

Sixty out of a possible 76 places in
rye, 31 out of a possible 70 on soft
red winter wheat, additional firsts in
yellow corn, white wheat and timothy
hay, and' numMous places of high
merit in barley, oats, corn, soybeans,
clover, alfalfa and other classes, is a
three-year record of which Michigan
growers are justly proud.

Just now the interest of the Michi-
gan grower, however, is not centered
in retrospect. He is looking ahead to
a bigger and better showing than ever
for 1922. Already the Hutzlers, Mr.
Beck and Mrs. Johnson, and her son
of South Manitou, are vieing with each
other to see who is to bring added

~ prestige to, the already internationally

famous island grown Rosen Rye.
Sedgwick and Horton, of Parma,
among the first to grow the variety;
Farley Bros, of Albion; Berridge, of
Greenville; Starr, of Grass Lake, and
Comai‘rjof’ Chesaning; Arbogast, of
“Union City, along with 25 or 30‘others

[say they are going to make the rye
.. class a big one, while Gormley, Dun-

but. and others in the U. P. are rising-
‘6 mark that the North still can kick"

through with quality second to nobody
as witness their record at Chicago in
’19 and ’20.

C. D. Finkbeiner, of Clinton, twice
winner of second place with his Bed
Rock Wheat, gets his morning exer-
cise on the business end of the fanning
mill handle these days and he says,

Skiver, a new exhibitor from Birch
Rim, led the way at the CrOp Im-
provement Show last winter with an
elegant sample of Manchu soybeans,
and he is out for bigger game this
year. Bill Blue, of Homer; Gifford
Patch and Lewis Bros., of Clarklake;
Coy, of Mason, and others, are pre-

 

The 1922 Show of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association

“It’s .first this time for me or I’ll eat
the screenings for breakfast food.”
Vietengruber, of Frankenmuth; Jew-

ett, of Mason, and MacVean, of Al-,

legan, equally industrious with the
screens and blower, vow that C. D.
will have some breakfast.

“Count me in on the corn" is the
word from Charley Laughlin, and
Charley is looking for a mate to that
Sweepstakes medal which he won in
1920. “‘I am after one of them, too,”
says Bow, of Saginaw, and his neigh-
bors, Johnson, Geddes and Kueffner,
also have collections over” the clock
shelf and they're planning additions.

pared to show Michigan’s prominence
with this valuable legume.

One needn’t be at all surprised if
Olaf Nelson, _of Cheboygan County,
and L. 'L. Lawrence, of Decatur, aren’t
stepping right out with the one, two,
three ones in alfalfa seed with some
of the new Hardigan, and there are a
lot, of the men in the State who never
have entered before that are unlim-
bering, making ready to send in seed
or grain and take away their share of
the $10,000 premium list. ’

More than that, however, is the
prestige to the grower and the State

for quality seed. It was no less a per-.

sonage than Dean G. 1. Christie,
Superintendent of the International
Grain and Hay Show, who remarked
last winter that the whole country
recognized Michigan’s achievements
in Crop Improvement. That this is
having concrete results is borne out
by the fact that a large percentage of
the early ordels for seed rye this year
ale coming from other states, and the
Michigan C1op Improvement Associa-
tion, the o1ganization that fosters the
growing and keeping pure of Michi-
gan Pedigreed Seeds, has for the past
two seasons experienced greater de-
mand for seed, both locally and from
out of the State, ' than her growers
were able to supply.

Back of it all, of course, is the work
in plant development by the Michigan
Agricultural College. More than 95%
of Michigan winners and a goodly
portion of those from neighboring
states, have been varieties developed
by the Farm Crops Department at M.
A. C. That part is invaluable. But
the farmers themselves with their
Crop Improvement Association and its
rigid self-applied rules of purity, qual-
ity, and vitality, are really making the
plant-breeding work of the College
broadly and permanently effective.

The International Grain and 'Hay
Show is North America’s rallying
point for the elite of the crops world.
It is to grains and seeds what the
Livestock Exposition, held at the same
time, is to the livestock industry. A
winning there gives the grower inter-
national prominence and an interns.
tional market for his products and
Michigan farmers are not slow to take
advantage of this most helpful asset
to their business of producing and
marketing quality seed.

   
   
 
     
    
 
    
   
    
    
  
    
  
   
    
   
     
 
   
     
   
  
  
   
   
  
    
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
   
  
   
    
    
  
  
    
  
   
      
       
     

 

 

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McCOOL HEADS LIME CONFER-
ENCE.

 

N‘recognition of the extensive lime
investigations carried on by the
soils department, at M. A. C., Dr. M.
M. McCool, professor of soils, has
been invited to preside over a three-
day lime conference to be held at the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville,
Sept. 11-13, under the auspices of the
American Association of Agronomy.
Prof. L. E. Call, of Kansas Agricultural
College, who is president of the as-
sociation, will be unable to attend,
and Dr. McCool will fill his place. ,
Twenty-three states will be/ repre-
sented at the conference, which is the
first national meeting of its kind to

be held. As soils of the country be
come more and more depleted, the
need for lime increases and the

realization of its place in soil rebuild-
ing is felt more and more, according
to Dr. McCool. At the Knoxville meet-
ing he will present results of experi-
ments carried on in Michigan by him-
self in collaboration with Dr. George
Bouyoucos and C. H. Spurway.——Hen.

 

BABY BEEF SHOW AT STATE FAIR.

 

OSSIBILITIES of baby beef produc‘
tion in Michigan to supply the De-
troit market will be stressed in the
exhibit of beef cattle to be shown at
the Michigan State Fair, Sept. 1-10,
by the animal husbandry department
of M. A. C., under the direction of
Prof. George A. Brown.
The exhibit has been planned to
show correct type rather than merely
to win prizes. Three animals in par-

ticular will illustrate what may be
done in production of baby beef. They
are the Hereford steer Autocrat,

weighing 830 pounds at 10 months;
Brandon’s Best, a 11-months-old Aber-
deen Angus steer, weighing 863
pounds; and a 11—year-old Shorthorn
steer, weighing 812 pounds. The last
named shows ideal beef type and con-
formation, although he is not pure
bred.

Eleven animals in all will be shown
in the beef cattle exhibit. Several of
them have taken prizes at the Inter-
national Livestock Show ~at Chicago,
notably Blackbird Brandon Ii, senior
Aberdeen Angus sire, who as a year-
ling, won second prize; Plumb, Square
and Level, a junior herd sire, who
took first prize and was junior cham-
pion as a calf at the Michigan State

Fair two years ago and who took
fourth prize at the International in
1921.

That Detroit meat dealers are com-
pelled to import young beef from
other states when it might be supplied
by Michigan stock growers is pointed
out by Prof. Brown. The college ex
hibit therefore is in the nature of a
lesson showing what may be accom-
plished.—Hen.

FOR CLEANER CLOVER

 

NE of the undertakings of the

Farm Crops Department, of M. A.
C., is to cooperate with the clover
seed growers in the production of
weed~free clover seed. The larger
clover growers have made an organiz-
ed effort -in this work to rid their
fields of weeds. In cases Where the
weeds were not very bad, they were
cut out during the growing season.
But in other places where they were
more prevalent, the weeay patch was
avoided at the cutting time.

Prof. Cox, of the Farm Crops De-
partment, says that the market is 211-
ways stronger for weed-free seed. In
the past this sort of seed mas been
' reduced by eliminating the weed

  

seed by machinery. 'This greatly adds.

to the cost of the product. In the
past the presence of sticky cookie and
thistles in many Michigan clover fields
has greatly lowered the value of the
seed. Through this organized effort
the growers will eliminate weeds from
their fields, and thus produce a high
quality product at a minimum of cost.

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WILL POTATOES PROVE UP?

 

HAT those who are expecting this

year’s potato crop in Michigan to
prove a bumper one should not count
their chickens before they emerge
from the shell” is the warning issued
by research workers in the botany de-
partment of the M. A. C. experiment
station. Specimens of potato plants
affected by late blight have already
been received, and unless the proper
measures are taken in time, this dead-
ly parasitic disease is almost certain
to ravage many of the northern coun-
ties of the state, it is said.

Cold, wet weather such as has pre-
vailed during the early part of this
summer in many sections is leading
to the spread of the blight, points out
Dr. G. H. Coons, plant pathologist. In
both 1912 and 1915 large crops of
potatoes were in prospect, but in both
seasons the blight cut the total
product to a fraction of the anticipated
amount. Hence Dr. Coons raises the
question, “Will the 36,000,000 bushel
crop be harvested and will it be worth
harvesting?”

Thorough spraying with Bordeaux
mixture is the remedy advised by the
M. A. C. specialist. Applications of
100 gallons to the acre should be made
every 10 days, beginning when the
plants are from 6 to 10.inches high.

i,
VNEWS ,

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 23.
W0 die when a Michigan Central
train was ditched at Gary, Indiana,
by railroad strikers—C. W. Bryan is
taking the place in'politics of his fam-
ous brotl1e1r,VVm. J., by running for

governor in Nebraska—Less than one”

per cent of the traffic over the Gratiot
Pike near Mt. Clemens is horse-drawn.
—The United States Department of
Agriculture warns farmers against
rain-makers who claim to be able to
produce rain during droughts.
Thursday, August 24.

HE “Big Four” railroad brother-

hoods call strike on the Southern
Railway because of the presence of
guards—Because of coal shortage the
Ford Motor Company is using oil for
fuel.—Fourteen thousand miners .in
Iowa who have been on strike since
April 1 have returned to work.

Friday, August 25.

HICAGO opens its annual fruit
market on_ the Municipal Pier,
where Michigan fruit is sold on the
cash—and-carry basis—Michael Collins,
the great leader for Irish freedom, has
been assassinated—The United States
Steel Corporation gives 156,000 day
laborers a twenty per cent increase in
wages—The crew of the British steam-
er Mexican Lady went on strike be-
cause it was not equipped with elec-
tric fans.
Saturday, August 26.
VER 600 hens are entered in the
State Fair egg laying contest.—
Seventeen are detained to have trial
in connection with the secret radical

 

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It is necessary to spray oftener in
cold, wet weather. When even a lit-
tle blight has been present in a field,
it‘is advisable to delay’ digging where
soil conditions permit until the tops
are dead and dry, in order to prevent
infection of the tubers at digging
time. -——H.

COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION BUYS
NEW BUILDING \

 

HE Saginaw Cooperative Market-

ing Association, consisting of 144
farmers in the territory surrounding
Saginaw, have bought the» A. W.
Wright office building in that city as
a site for a grain elevator and a co-
operative marketing store.~ This is a
two-story building which has river
frontage. The store and offica in it
will be opened in a few weeks, and a
grain elevator Will be erected at the
rear of the building at a later date.
This association was organized last
November with the aid of the Saginaw
County Farm Bureau. It entered the
seed and fertilizer business late in
February and since then has done ap-
proximately $15,000 worth of business.

PHEASANTS INTRODUCED IN U. P.

 

HE Calumet Sportsmen’s Club has

received from the State Game
Farm, near Mason, 88 hens and 12
roosters of the Chinese ringed-neck
pheasant for breeding purposes. The
birds have been released in Keweenaw
County in the vicinity of ~farms, the
farmers having agreed to feed the
birds until they have become accus-
tomed to their new environment. The
clubmen will provide the grain for
this purpose during the first year.

M»

WEEKU

gathering in the woods near Bridge-
man, Berrien county.——The New York
parley between the railroad men and
the brotherhood leaders failed because
the executives would not give in on
the seniority clause.

' Sunday, August 22.

Two agents of American Near East
Relief were held up in Turkey and
robbed of $30, 000. ~—F01ty thousand Ar-
menians and Taitaiians are starving
because locusts have Iuined their
crops. —Colorado police have rounded
up thiIty-thiee persons who were .con-
ducting operations in Colorado, Florida
and (Cuba to fleece the grain and stock
manipulations. —A new belief is start-
ed in New York which contends that
the souls of the dead live on stars.
Monday, August 28.

P RESIDENT HARDING gives the

miners and mine owners twenty-
few hours to settle difficulties in the
anthiacite fields to avoid seizure of
the mines by the government. —Henry
Ford announces he will shut down his
plant September 16 until profiteering
as the result of stIikes is ended. ——Mrs.
Peter F. Quidmt, eighty-five years old,
looped the loop in an airplane and en-
joyed it so much she must do it again.

Tuesday, August 29.

THE Russian Soviet government

states that it will back Germany if
France attempts to occupy the Ruhr
district. -—John Drysdale, a West Vir-
ginia farmer, died the other day at the
age of 126.——Leon Trotzky, Russian-'
Soviet leader, is going to Berlin to
hold Red meetings.

  

. the experiments get under warm;
"meetings will frequently be '

This is the first introductmn of the
pheasant in this section, according to
the “Calumet News.” Owing to the
close resemblance between the pheas4
ant and the partridge, especially of
the females, the Calumet club will
post notices ‘during the coming par-
tridge season calling attention to the
need of hunters’ discriminating be-
tween the trim species.
is hardy and it is believed that it will
be able to exist in the 'north country
during the Winter. Its appetite for
weed seeds and noxious insects should
recommend it to the farmer, it is
claimed. It is predicted .that the
pheasant and native partridge will
eventually cross.

A similar consignment of pheasants
was received in 'Marquette County,
late in July, and distributed. The
birds were about three-fourths giown
Dr. A. W. Deadman, V. S., of Mar-
quette, was in charge of their distribu-
tion. Other counties of the peninsula
have also received shipments of
pheasants, it being the purpose of the
State Department of Conseivation,
which has charge of the Game Farm
near Mason, to ascertain what coun-
ties are best adapted for these birds.

 

JUICE MANUFACTURERS WANT
LOWER GRAPE PRICE

 

EGOTIATIONS are now on be-

tween the grape grewers and the '

juice manufacturers, which will great-
ly influence the price for Michigan
grapes this season. The manufac-
turers are asking for contracts at the
price of $35.00 per ton, as compared
with $120.00 a ton a year'ago. The
growers are resisting the efforts of the
manufacturers to make contracts at
this price, as they say the reduction
is too great, and it would result in the
crop being sold at a loss, as the prices
for spray mateflrials, other materials
and labor are still high.

The large growers’ associations are
urging non-members to withhold their
consent from these contracts as they
realize that if some sign, it will break
the resistance of others, and after the
contracts become prevalent they estab-
lishthe price that outside buyers pay.

TO PROVE VALUE OF LIME AS
‘ FERTILIZER

 

HROUGH the cooperation of the,

Agricultural C o l l e g e , county
agents, France Stone Company, which
will supply the lime, and the Michigan
Central Railroad, which will transport
it free of charge, lime tests involving
twelve counties are being started. The

purpose of these tests is to show the ‘

value of lime as a soil builder when
applied intelligently and persistently.

In each of the twelve counties,
which include Barry, Berrien, Br'anch,
Calhoun, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson,
Lenawee, Oakland,‘ St. Joseph, Van
Buren and Washtenaw, the county
agent has chosen four farms, which, in
his opinion, represents the main soil.
types of his county. On each farm a
six-ame project will be established,
when the various plots will receive
lime in different quantities and
methods of application. The hope is
to receive from these ‘tests' some
definite information as to what lime
application is best for the various
types of soil. .

These tests,will run for four years,
and the experimental plots in each"
county are always open to the observa.
tion of visiting farmers. Also after
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mans were planning their first

gas attacks in Flanders Fields
to destroy human life, a worker in the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture was industriously investigating
the possibilities of a gas attack on the
wily Peach Tree Borer. After several
months of labor, he marched forth
with some charges of Paradichloro—
benzene and sent the borer forces
scurrying into their dugouts never to
fight again. An ounce of Paradichloro—
benzene, worth about «a cent and a
half spread in a narrow band around
the base of the tree, in the latter part
of September or in early October and
covered with’three or four inches of
earth—three minutes work, . all told,
now spells the doom of one of the
worst enemies with which the peach
growenhas had to contend.

Paradichlorobenzene is a white
crystalline material in appearance,
similar to EpsOm Salts, and was a by-
product in the manufacture of mon-
ochlorobenzene. It evaporates slowly,-
giving off a gas which is heavier than
air, and which is poisonous if breathed
continually for a great length of time.
It is insoluble in water, and will not
evaporate rapidly enough in cool
weather when the temperature is be-
low 50 degrees F. to kill the insects
‘ satisfactorily.

The peach tree borer has always
given the fruit grower one of the big—
gest battles encountered in the indus-
try. Every year it costs the growers
millions of dollars both in damage to
trees, and in remedial measures. Young
and old trees alike are attacked and
killed if left to the ravages of the
borers, and those not actually killed
are left weakened and subject to at-
tack of diseases and other insects. -

The eggs of the insect are deposited“
on the tree in the summér and early
fall, all_ of the worms being hatched
by late September. The young worms
soon burrow into the bark and spend

LONG1 about the time the Ger:

1422 Easy W ay of (Jung Hard-to-Pronouflce Paradzcé/oroémzme D063 Me Trzcé

'5 ,, BYA. Freeman Mason

the summer. feeding on the 'inner bark
and sapwood tissues, killing the
growth at that point. Their galleries
may be as much as six or eight inches
long and two inches wide in spots, gen-

erally extending up and down the tree.

Large quantities of gum and frass
exude from the burrows, making a ring

the base of the trunk. The egg is red-

.brown and one moth may lay from 200

to 600 eggs in a season. These eggs
in turn hatch out and make the brood
for the following season. Worms of
all sizes may be taken rrom the trees
in the summer, ranging from the tiny
larva just hatched from the egg to

effects of the Paradichlorobenzene.
The results were grouped under two
sections, those blocks treated before
September fifteenth and those treated
afterward. It was found the ounce and
half ounce treatment gave 97.5 per
cent and 95.1 per cent control respec-
tively when used after September
fifteenth. - The trees treated before
September fifteenth did not turn out
as well because a lot of borers hatched

 

 

 

 

Left, Rubbish Cleared Away FrOm Trunk; Center,- Material Applied In a Ring Around Tree Not Touching Bark;
Right, Earth Piled Up Around Tree to Prevent Escape of Gas

of gum about the tree at the surface
of the ground when the infestation is
severe. '
The larva or borer, is a white or
light yellow worm, with a reddish
brown head, and grows to approxi-
mately an inch in length at maturity.
Upon maturity‘ the worms leave the
burrows, and spin a rough cocoon near
the surface of the ground, and usually
attached to the tree, and three or four
weeks later, a steel-blue clear-winged
moth emerges from the cocoon.
Mating takes place and the female
lays eggs immediately thereafter, de-
positing them singly or in groups near

the mature borer, ready to pupate.

In the summer of 1920, the Extension
Department of the New Jersey Experi-
ment Station put on thirty-six demon-
strations for borer control with Par-
adichlorobenzene in all parts of the
state, on all soil types ranging from
the lightest sands to the heaviest red
clay. Almost 4,000 trees were treated,
some with one ounce, some with a

\half ounce, while others were left un-

treated for comparison. The dates of
application ranged all of the way from
August third to September twenty-
third. In the spring, several trees on
each block were examined to note the

out after the material had been ap-
plied, and did not go down into the
ground, but stayed up high on the
trunk, thus escaping the fumes. To
be truly successful in insect control,
any remedial measure should be effec-
tive before the insect does any dam-
age. Therefore the proper time of ap-
plication“ of Paradichlorobenzene is
after the eggs have all hatched out,
but before the worms have done much
boring. The material is therefore ap—

plied to best advantage late in Sep:

tember or early in October. One point
must be borne in mind in this connec-

(Continued on page 245)

Dairying by Guess and by Gosh
[rifle Best W 4y to Keep Star Boarder: 222 Your
By’. Earl W. Gage

600 lbs. of butter in a year, if he had /cost of which was very little—prac-

S the dairy herd comes fresh for,
another years’ yield of milk, it
is a good time for the farmer to

start testing his cows and knowing
what each one does—or does not. The
dairy farmer who does not keep sys-
tematic records of each milking cow
in his herd is not doing justice to
himself nor to his cows. He may be
over-feeding a record-producer or he
may be over-feeding a worthless scrub,
either of which is not a paying proposi-
tion.

A farmer may have a world-record
cow and not know—it if he 'does not;
test. Tom Barron, of Brantford, Ont.,
never would have known that he had
a cow capable of producing nearly 1,-

not been testing Bella Pontiac. As a
result of a year’s ~testing, this cow ad:
vanced in value from between $200

,to $300, to a value of anywhere be-

tween $5, 000 and $10, 000. Pretty good
pay for only one year’s work on one
cow! ~

The actual time of weighing and
testing, probably did not take Mr.
Barron over two minutes a day for
weighing the milk three or four times
a day; while the testing was done by
Government-employed men in Athe
Record of Performance, the actual

 

 

tically nothing but the cost of board
and lodging for the, inspectors while
at the farm two days a month. In ad-
dition, the cow was tested under
Record of Merit rules part of the time,
for which the owner is required to pay
the supervisor $3 per day and travel-
ing expenses. It is doubtful if the
whole cost of having this cow’s milk
tested officially for a year was more
than $150. This was money well in-
vested, but before it was invested, Mr.

Barron had himself carried on tests '

that demonstrated something of the
great possibilities of the cow“ But
suppose, on the other hand, he had
kept blindly on? What an opportunity

would have passed right by the Bar:

ron farm!

The dairy farmer has three systems
of public testing open—two applicable
to those who keep pure-bred cattle—-
one of these open to put one breed,
Holstein-Friesian; the other, open to
all dairy or” dual‘purpose breeds. The
third is the cow testing association
open to all dairymen whether they
keep pure bred COWS or grades. «All
should easily be able to get into one

‘ or other of these three plans for test-

Herd

ing cows—Record of Performance;
Record of Merit, or Cow—Testing As-
sociations, and receive the benefit
which comes from contact with others
interested in a similar line of work.
There may be farmers who, for
various reasons, are. unable to take up
testing in any one of the three public
systems mentioned, but who would
like to know what each cow is doing
in the herd. This may be done by
following the following rules; To do
any job 'well, we must have proper
tools. This applies to cutting wood,
digging a ditch, or to any one of a
dozen pieces of work on a farm. So,
for testing cows, we must have suit-
able tools. These are: a milk scale,
preferably of the circular-dial, two-
hand type; milk pails all of the same
weight, a milk sheet properly ruled
for days, or three days a month weigh-
ing for each cow; and a lead pencil
attached to the milk sheet for con-
venience. If every dairy farmer went
no farther than this and weighed each
cow’s milk regularly throughout this
year, he would have taken a marked

step in advance over the “by guess and
'by gosh” method of simply not know-

ing what his" cows are doing or not

doing.

, The milk scale can be bought from
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able.
rules dictated by common decency. It
“allied itself with everything that was
_ demoralizing,
‘private or public life.
:cajoled and bribed and threatened. It
'tprostituted government.
Lnothing‘to' come between it and its

'many ‘Vdrnnkaids as possible.

T least every Michigan farmer is
A interested and concerned. in the

production of certified seed
potatoes. Comparatively few are in a
position to grow such. seed because of
soil and climatic conditions, yet every
farmer who grows potatoes for com-
merce and all who produce for home
and local use will be anxious to avail
themselves of seed that will increase
yields from 10% to 25%.

The certified seed business .is still
young. In Michigan it is scar'cely
three years old. But the evidence al-
ready accumulated shows clearly that
a happy combination of high class
potato land and unusually favorable
climatic conditions are combined in
many of our northern counties and
some southern sections to enable the
farmer of these ,localities to grow
ultra-superior seed tubers.

The extended potato tour of the past
two weeks was designed to acquaint
farmers of these localities with the
peculiar requirements for producing
such seed and to inform others of the
advantage in using healthy seed hav-
ing, as one of our newly made citizens
stated, “wim, wigger and witality.”

The potato tour took us through
Missaukee, VVexl'ord, Grand Traverse,
Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboy-
gan and Otsego counties. Field in-
struction was given largely by J. W.
Weston, potato extention specialist of
the Michigan Agricultural College, and
Mr. Moore, secretary of the Michigan
Potato Association. County Agents
Johnston of VVexford, Drake of An-
trim and Charlevoix, Dr. Huston of
Grand Traverse, Cavanaugh of Emmet,
Jewel of Cheboygan and Otsego were
responsible for local arrangements.
They planned a heavy program which
admitted of no loafing. In future is-
sues from time to time we shall give
experiences of many of the fifty or
more farmers visited, but space at this
time will only permit a general resume
of the lessons learned during the tour.

Booze

UST now the Literary Digest, poll-
J ing the country, finds indications
- of a respectable minority element,
mostly in the; cities, that would tilt

‘the prohibition lid sufficiently to ad-
‘mit the use of light wines and beer as

common beverages; and yet would re-
tain national prohibition! '

It can’t be done.

This nation cannot exist half slave
and half free, said Lincoln in his time.
I believe it as true now to say that
it cannot exist half “wet" and half
“dry.” -

It will have to be the one or the
other.

Liquor always has been a deter-
mined and shameless violator of the

'law, it is the world’s most depraved
'and vicious lawbreaker.

The saloon,
when we had it, defied regulation. It
would not: be even halfway respect-
It would not obey the simplest

vicious or ‘rotten, in
In politics it

It permitted

  
 

hich was to turn out as
It had
actually besotted the Nation before,

step by step, We began to rid our-

serves of this curse.

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It now we should make the sale of.

   

We first learned that it was only
wide awake farmers who were under:
taking to grow certified seed. The
rigid rules and regulations laid down
by the Michigan Potato Growers’ ”As-
sociation and the high standard of in-
spection work demanded by the men
picked by the Michigan Agricultural
College make it imperative that the
growers who follow the program laid
down have a working knowledge of
the best agricultural practices of the
district. This very fact together with
the earnest and aggressive interest of
the county agents gives assurance
that the product offered by these men

 
    
  
  
 
 

        
 

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out in the row between the hills were
cut off by the cultivator and the root
system was thereby robbed of much
feeding surface.

Rotations were also given attention.
We' observed 'fields where potatoes
followed alfalfa, sweet clover, common

clover, alsike, June grass sod, pasture

lots, etc. It was very evident that
these progressive men had reached a
general conclusion that it was best to
precede the potato crop with some
legume crop. It appears that sweet

”clover and alfalfa are in general favor

in this regard.
Many fertilizing projects were seen

   

    
 

 

 

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will in every way meet the require‘
ments of potato seed users.

Cultural methods were emphasised.
Among the things vividly pictured to
the minds of the travelers was early
spring or late fall plowing; the ap-
plication of barnyard manure to the
sod the season before the potatoes
are to be planted; the breaking up of
the sod with the disc before plowing;
harrowingthe ground frequently be-
fore planting to make the seed bed
firm yet have it worked up to a good
depth that the tubers may have a
chance to develop without too much
resistance on the part of the earth;
harrowing many times after planting
to conserve moisture; to keep down
weeds and to prepare plant food for
the plants later in the growing sea-
son. There were many opportunities
to demonstrate the damage that may
be done by cultivating deep after the
plants have attained some growth. In
many fields the side roots reaching

in the inspection trip. Definite data
on these can be had only at digging
time when exact results can be given.
The general impression, however, is
that the plots where commercial fer-
tilizers were used were better than.
those not getting applications, particu-
larly on land lacking in fertility. An
important lesson was that com-
mercial fertilizers aid in making the
farm-yard manure do double service.
Insect troubles and potato diseases
were given much consideration.
Especially was this true of ailments
affecting potatoes for seed purposes or
that have but recently come among
us or those for which aids in control
have but lately been discovered.
The now famous potato leaf hopper
got her share of the campaign pro-
paganda. The secrets of her life were
revealed by Mr. Weston at practical-
ly every one of the fifty or more farms
visited: How she drills a hole into
the‘mid-rib of the leaf from the un-

 

‘der side, lays eggs and when these

hatch out how the offspring in the
form of little/larvae eats away the tis-'
sue and prevent the sap from flowing

to the portion of the leaf “beyond;

were painstakenly told to every farmer
by the potato extension expert. The
failure of sap to reach the end and

other parts of the leaf results‘in the

burned appearance of the tissues,
hence the term “hopper-burn.”

There was ample opportunity to see
from the fields visited that spraying
with a 4-4-50 Bordeaux mixture under
at least 200 pounds pressure so that
the spray would be well-spread on the
under surface of the l f as well as
from above, did control the leaf hop~
per by driving him to other plants.
In one instance where a nozzel had

”failed to work on one side of the row
' the hoppers had migrated to the un— '

sprayed side. This spray also con
trols the aphis or plant lice, reduces
damage from a number of plant dis-
eases and stimulates plant growth.
In two or three instances the results

of this stimulating effect was very
pronounced.
In connection with the tour pro«

grams were held at Manoton and
Boyne City and at the fine farm home
of Thomas Buell, President of the
Michigan Potato Growers’ Association,
at Elmira the big picnic and final
program, were held. Much of the in-
formation and instruction given in the
fields were repeated on these pro-
grams together with several phases of
the broader aspect of the potato busi-
ness and farming in general;

The tourists stopped at nearly 69
farms and probably six or. eight hun-
dred growers, mostly men who are
producing certified seed, were able to
get first hand information on the
many problems they have to contend
with. The Michigan Farmer wishes
to congratulate those who designed
and carried out the splendid educa‘
tional program.

BusineSs'Not Yet Dead

By, Artflur Capper

light wines and beer legal, how long
would it be before we should have
these alcoholic beverages “spiked”?

You may depend upon it their alco-
holic content would not remain
stationary.

The drinker would demand more
and more “kick,” and not even martial
law would keep the booze sellers from
giving it to him. The inevitable re-
sult would be—national prohibition on
the statute book and in the constitu-
tion—but booze everywhere else for
all who wanted it, and as long as they
could stand up and drink it and had
the price.

In this struggle with the dying drink
traffic, the Nation is now exhibiting
the customary first phase of prohibi-
tion enforcement. Every prohibition
state has had to pass thru just such a
marked reaction. The “wet” interests,
of course, will make the most of it, it
is their last hope. For the time be-
ing, judging from the Digest’s poll,
the “wets” appear to have won many
by their treacherous light wine and
beer propaganda. To'this extent the
Digest’s poll is rather a startling
demonstration of the strength of the
“wets.” Prohibition may .as well
recognize that. the—booze business is
net‘yet dead. We must, keep up the

fight, until-the pendulum swings back
to strictly bone-dry prohibition, which
it is certain to do, and “the cat dies. ”

A striking example of the laxity of
the moment, is the exposure of the
U. S. Shipping Board. To gain a few
dirty dollars selling booze, this board
did npt hesitate to compromise the
good name of the American people,
dishonor their flag and de’base their
government in the eyes of the world
by putting it in the humiliating posi-
tion of violating its own laws and con-
stitution. In order to gain a few more
dollars to bolster up its merchant
marine it has turned these ships into
floating saloons at the very time
when, thru our Department of State,
we have been sanctimoniously request-
ing the government of Great Britain
to put a stop to booze-running under
the British flag between "that country
and this!

Thanks to the shipping board, what

a spectacle we are for an upright peo- -

ple and Nation!
While with us a great effort is now
being made to override the Volstead

Act and restore wineand beer, foreign"

lands are getting’ ready to take the
water-cure. Central Europe ‘will have
prohibition in a few years, reports E.

L Hohenthal, just retm'ned from five- "

 

months’ investigationrin those coun-
tries. The anti-liquor movement is
making rapid headway in Germany,
Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and even in
Italy. Scotland, famous for its whisky,
a land of hard drinkers, has begun
voting itself dry by the local option
method. World prohibition cannot be
far around the corner.

The American people have every
reason to be steadfast in stamping out
the drink traffic, every incentive to
hold fast to prohibition. It has stead~
jly increased their bank deposits, built
more homes than were ever built be-
fore in a given.time, caused more
money to be” spent for the necessaries
of life. This country’s booze bill was
two billion dollars less last year than
in the years when we'had saloons.

Two billions a year for 12 years
would pay our war debt.

There is much t6 indicate that 17 15
million Americans, formerly steady
drinkers, are now on the water wagon.
We: should makeit easier for them to
stay there instead of harder.

So many states have proved that
prohibition is effective that to say we
cannot have bone-dry national pro-
hibition is ridiculous. Just now we
should be its vigorous and aggressive
champions. One. thing is certain. ,
Whatever Congress may do this noun '
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The 11. P. Land Cleaning Train

The Lands-Clearing Schools

- ' .By L. A. C/zare

HE series of thirty-eight land-

clearing schools, which have been
conducted in the Upper Peninsula, this
season, hnder the direction of the
Michigan Agricultural College, came
to an end with the school near Iron-
wood. It is estimated that 10,000 peo-
ple—mostly farmers—attended these
schools, which resulted immediately in
the clearing of 86 acres, or about two
and one-half acres to the school. The
series ‘was worked to a schedule,
which was not varied, rain or shine.
It has been a thoroughly business-like
operation throughout.

Among the various devices for
stump-removal, employed at these
schools, it is said thatthe most popu-
lar among the farmers has been Paul
Bunyan’s “hammer,” which is a mai-
let—shaped contrivance that adds
greatly to the power of horse or man
in eradicating a stump. Constructing
ditches by the use of dynamite has
also been an eye- opener to the
farmers, it is stated, since this pro-
cess has been used in places where
other means was quite impracticable.

'Among the schools, the Otter Lake
settlement, in Houghton County, holds
the premier position for attendance, it

is reported, since there were approxi-
mately 650 people at this school,

which was conducted on the grounds . l

of the well-known Otter Lake Agricul-
tural School. Wakefield, Gogebic
County, claims the honor of the larg-
est number of certificates granted to
farmer students at any school—258 in
all. The total number of stumps re-
moved in all schools is estimated to
have been 6,000.

Now that the series of schools is
over, the equipment made use of by
the land-clearing train‘has been dis-

' tributed. The two tractors have been

returned to the Menominee firm which
loaned them for the schools. Much
of the other equipment has' been
stored at the Upper Peninsula Experi-
ment Station at Chatham, for use,
probably neit year. In this connec-
tion it ought to be stated that the
rumor that has gone abroad that
worthless sandy lands are to be clear-
ed, is emphatically denied by Larry
Livingston, in charge of land- clearing
schools for the Agricultural College,
who insists that no lands that are fit
for forest purposes rather than agri-
culture will be cleared of stumps un-
der his direction.

 

 

 

 

 

It's Easy to Rip Them Out When You Know How

Potato-Growers’ Meeting

(Continued from last week)

At the business session on Wednes-
day morning General Manager A. B.
Large pointed out that there were now
128 associations affiliated with the Ex-
change as against 119 a year ago.
Progress has been made in improving
the standard of shipments. The
quantity of potatoes moved last year
was less than for the previous season
on account of the crop conditions.
Total amount .of business done ag-
gregated $1,777,829.11. The average
pooling price for. September, October
‘ and November was $1.705L for Decem-
'ber, January, February/and March,
$1.58, and for April, May and June,
$1.362. The Chief Petoskey’s packed
in branded sacks netted an average of
8%0 above U. S.- number one grade.
The, total rejections _of potatoes for
the season of 1920 were 393 cars and it
-' {cost $46,106. 23 -to make adjustments.
ear the rejections were but

gt “of adjustments W

was cut to $9,093.58, or a trifle more
than one-half of one per cent of thé
sale value of the potatoes.

The financial report read by Secre-
tary-Treasurer C. A. Wood the total
assets “of the Exchange to be $79,-
485.47 of which $22,736.66 is cash in
bank and $22,431.22 is due from local
associations. Liabilities include mem-
bership fees of $12,800 and a total
surplus reserve to date of $61,331.31.
After returning to the membership as-
sociations $15,048.08 there is remain-
ing in the surplus reserve $46,283.23.
The 'total operating expenses were
$76,338.50. Commodities handled dur-
ing the season were 2,439 cars of pota-
toes, 28 cars apples, 10 cars cider ap-
ples, 19 cars of celery, 5 cars cab
page, 5 cars wheat, 14 cars of rye, 78,-
550 lbs. of seed potatoes, 19,900 lbs. of
beans, and 200 lbs. vetch.

The Sales Department as, reported
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On the farm there are pictures for
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PIGS HAVE COLD

 

Our little two-weeks-old pigs have a
cough. We had to change their sleep-
ing quarters because we had a sow
that was due in a few days. So we
put the little pigs outside and they
were sleeping on the ground, but we
had a box over them. They caught an
awful cold. Could you tell me what I
could do for them.———H. H.

Your pigs have no doubt taken cold
from exposure. Hogs are susceptible
to colds the same as people, but
harder to doctor, especially at two
weeks of age. About all you can do is
to see that their bed is clean and free
from dampness, dust or drafts. They
should have shade in the heat of the
day and shelter at night. Observe
these things and if necessary regulate
the food of the dam to keep their
bowels in good condition and they will
no doubt be all right in a few days—-
Pope.

DRAINING MUCK

 

Can you give me some idea of cost
of tiling 160-acre farm, 80 acres muck
(not deep), and 80 acres muck spot-
ted with clay and sandy loam with

direct outlet into dredge ditch.———Mrs.
'H. A. S.

Ordinarily muck land, which is un-
derlaid with clay, will require prac-

 

tically the same sort of drainage as

clay land, because after the muck has
been drained it will settle and work
into the clay so that there will be
practically no muck left after a. few
years of cultivation. I would suggest
that this be drained about four rods
apart. If, however, you have two feet
of muck it might be drained five rods
apart. The tile should be laid at least
three feet deep and better three and a
half feet if you have two feet of muck
because the muck will settle at least
a foot leaving your tile only tWo and
one-half feet underground.
suming that the tile in this cas, will
be laid in the clay subsoil. If the tile
are spaced four rods apart it will take
approximately 600 tile per acre.

If soft clay tile are used, they will
probably cost, delivered at your sta-
tion, about $35 per thousand. Glazed
tile would cost around $45 per thou-
sand.
cost for tile $21 to $27 per acre. The
digging should be done for around 500
a rod, which will‘ cost $20 per acre
where the tile are spaced four rods
apart. I am assuming .in making these
calculations that you wish this farm
thoroughly drained so that it will be
suitable for nearly all kinds of crops,
especially cultivated crops. If the

The Michigan State Depart-

ment of Agriculture
By fo/m A. Doe/[e

T has been my thought for some
time that the public should be» bet-
ter advised upon the powers and
duties of their State Department of

‘Agriculture so that they might avail

themselves of the services that the
Department is equipped to render.

The Michigan Agricultural College
Agricultural Publications, The State
Grange, The Gleaner-s, The Farm Bu-
reau and the Farmers’ Clubs have all
rendered valuable services and have
been great mediums through which in-
formation to the individual has been
disseminated. The great work done
by the Michigan Agricultural College
never has been, and I doubt if it ever
will be, fully appreciated, due- to the
fact that but few of the citizens of
Michigan realize the splendid service
Which she has rendered and is render-
ing to the State and Nation.

The State Department of Agricul-
ture, being somewhat new in its or-

ganization, I feel that as a. matter of.

good citizenship it is my duty to in-
form the public as best I can of the
service that this Department can ren-
der so that those who contribute to
its support can avail themselves of
those services. '

It is well understood that where de-
partments of government are properly
organized, they will be clothed with
authority and embrace all of the activ-
ities necessary in order properly to
function.

It is also a fact that in order to have
an efficient and economical govern-
ment, there should be no duplication
of work or conflict of authority in its
different departments.

These facts were recognized ’by the
Legislature of Michigan during its last
It enacted a law creating the
Department of Agriculture, and trans-
ferred to this Department matters per-
taining to animal industry, the state
food and drug Commissioner’s depart-
ment, work heretofore performed by
the Veterinarian Board and Commis-

  

sioner of Immigration. It also trans-
ferred and placed in this Department
the inspection and regulation of or-
chards, vineyards and nurseries, in-
spection and regulation of apiaries,
testing of'agricultural seeds, analyses
of commercial fertilizers, testing and
examination of insecticides, analyses
and testing of commercial stock foods,
investigation and improvement of mar-
ket conditions, and matters pertaining
to state and county agricultural fairs.

It is the work of the‘ Commissioner
of Agriculture to co-ordinate and cor-
relate the work of all of these bureaus
and agencies so as best to serve the
agricultural interests of this common-
wealth.

In order properly to determine what
line of action to pursue, the first thing
to do is to ascertain the facts. This
is done by gathering statistics in re-
gard to all’ matters pertaining to Agri-
culture. Statistics should be obtained
by those who understand their value
and who know best how to c pile
them when they are gathered.~

Reliable information obtained in re-
gard to conditions affecting one branch
of agriculture often has a bearing upon
matters pertaining to_ other branches
of agriculture. By having the different
bureaus in one department, all of the
information obtained by them is avail-
able for all. '

Perhaps one of the most far-reach-
ing provisions in the act creating this
department is the one which provides
as follows:

>“It shall be the duty of the State
Department of Agriculture to foster
and promote in every possible way
the -agricultural interests of the State
of Michigan; to cooperate with agri-
cultural agencies in the different coun-
ties of the State and, of the Federal
government; to foster direct trading
between the producer and the con—
sumer; and to prevent and assist in
preventing by all available means au-

(Continued on. page 247)

 

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drains 1'0 rods apart.

I am as-4

This would mean that it will,

‘tributed to the heirs upon closing of '

   

    

   

  

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be. possible to get satis‘Tac:
tory drainage by spacing the tile
The upland
will cost practically the same as the
lowland when tiled four rods apart.
The drains on the high ground, how-
ever, should not be put in more than
two and one-half feet deep.—Robey.

 

 

SEEDING ALFALFA WITH WHEAT

 

Would like to know if it isn’t pas-g
sible to get a seeding of alfalfa and
sweet clover, sowing it with wheat. It
would seem if sowing them alone late
m August will secure a“ catch, chances
ought to be good seeding with wheat.
Putting these seeds on in the spring
when the ground has become hard and
the wheat has got a heavy top 3 ems -
to choke them‘out easier than red
Icalméer, which seems to start quicker.—

Late in August is too late to seed
alfalfa or sweet clover, even when
seeding alone. That is, it is taking a.
big chance in getting them well
enough established to prevent winter
killing. If you defer sowing until
September 15 and then make these
plants battle for existence with the
wheat plant, a quick vigorous grower,
you are lessening your chances very
much.

If sown on wheat in the spring, there
is only a short time before the wheat
is removed and the alfalfa has the
entire field to itself. There is no dif-
ficulty in getting the seed covered suf-
ficiently when sown in the spring on
wheat if you sow early before the frost
is out of the ground. These seeds do
not want to be covered deeply. .

I apprehend the reason why the al-
falfa or sweet clover does not catch
as well as red clover is because of ab
sence of proper bacteria. The soil
should be inoculated for these plants.

Or, perhaps your soil is somewhat
acid. If so, it must be limed for these
plants.

LIEN ON SILO

 

I bought a farm, not knowing that
the silo was not payed for. I under-
stand that the company has a lien
note on the silo, but I cannot find
where it is recorded. The company
has a lease on the ground it stands
on. Will I have to pay for it?——B. R.

The purchaser of the land without
notice of title to fixtures in any per-
son other than the owner of the land
takes the fixtures free from such
latent claims. Actual possession by a
tenant is notice to all persons dealing
in the land of the rights of the tenant
in the premises; but a leaSe without
actual possession .is no notice of the
rights of the tenant; and under the
facts here we see no such possession
by the lessee as would give notice of
its rights—J. R. R.

RIGHTS OF VENDEE ON LAND
CONTRACT

I

 

A husband buys a house and lot on
a contract, pays a small sum down,
but dies before he has fulfilled the
contract. The contract was in hus-
band’s name. Can the widow sell the
personal property to pay for it, and
have the deed in. her name?—Mrs.
M. B.

Upon the execution of the land _con-
tract, the purchaser becomes the
equitable owner of the land. Upon
his death his interest descends to his
heirs subject to the payment of the
balance of the price to the vendor.
Only the heirs are entitled to a con-
veyance, and if there are no children,
parents, brothers, or sisters, of the
husband nor issue of any, the wife
would be the'heir. Otherwise she
would only be one of the heirs.

The personal property is primarily
liable for payment of the debts of de-‘
ceased and cannot be, applied to pay
the balance on the bcontr-act until dis-

  

the administration—J. R.- _R.' _,

    

 

 

 
  
 
   


 
  
 

 

 

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VERY acre you sow to winter Wheat this fall
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Experiments conducted by exper-
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Buy brands containing 14% or
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When You Come to the

ichigan State Fair

This 15 a wonderful week for the citizens of Michigan. Our State
Fair gives us an opportunity. to see what our great State has accom-
plished 1n the past year.

Also, it gives us all an opportunity to get acquainted with our
neighbors and what your neighbors have done toward the common good.

Every farmer within reachevof Detroit should come to the State
Fair. And while you are in Detroit, make it a point to

Visit the
Michigan State
Automobile School

If possible, we want every Farmer in Michigan to know and appreciate what
this institution stands for. It is one of the best friends the farmer boy has. Thous-
ands of boys from the farm have found this School their firshand biggest'step to
Success. . _ .
Brmg Your Boys

Go through the school with them. See for yourself what we teach,—-and how.
Look into every nook and .corner of our great institution and notice the complete—-
ness of our equipment; the thoroughness of our instruction. Then notice the type
of young men who come here to be helped on the road to Success.

- Here we are teaching hundreds upon hundreds of young men how to care for and
handle all kinds of mechanical equipment prOperly,~——autos, trucks, tractors, light-
ing plants, gas engines, etc. It is one of the most complete and comprehensive
courses of instruction to be found in a trade school.

Come Any Day

School is open to visitors from 8 A. M.Eto 9:00 P. M. Class
hours are 8:30 to 5:00, also evening classes Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 7:15 to 9:45. Take Woodward Avenue car at Fair
Grounds and get off at Parsons Avenue right in front of our
School. Interesting booklet free to every visitor from the farm.

Come! It’s worth a special trip. And bring the boys.
We’ve helped thousands of them, and we can help yours.

MICHIGAN STATE AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL,

1009 Auto Bldg., 3729 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.
A. G. ZELLER, President

 

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McCall’s Magazine, one year.... 1.00

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All for $1.75. A new Oil lamp that gives an amaz-

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better than gas . or electricity, has been
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Use This Coupon for Your Order

THE MICHIGAN FARMER,
Detroit, Michigan

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for which send me Michigan Farmer

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each for one year.

   

     

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Cuts Four to Seven Acres (1 day with one
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medium corn on sand 3 land. Although I am an
old man 65 years oI I cared for ten com; and
out 150 shocks a day. I recommend your machine
for work in any kind of corn in any oil .

Yours truly, SiIas Shallenbarger. Colon Mich.

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MORE ABOUT WILD MORNING- .By So doing he is not only endanger-
GLORY ing' himself, but others also.

'I‘ will glye Mr. “Apollos” credit for
FEEL like taking exception to the striking one harmonious note, and that
spirit in which the ,query concern is to establish some kind of signal or

ing wild morning-glory is answered in lettering that would distinguish Uincle
your issue for‘August 19. Not that Sam’s man from others. Agood thing,
the means suggested for getting rid of boost itI—L. C. W.
the pest—thorough cultivation—would
not accomplish the desired end, but WHAT’S THE' CAUSE OF THE
that the writer would have one get TROUBLE?
the impression that it would be a com— ~
paratively simple matter. Just .exact- ASK you is the Farm Bureau
ly the reverse of this is the experience haven’t got a bigger job on hand
we have had on this farm In fact than ever, for if the farmers can’t solve
we believe that ridding a field of the big Questions of the hour who
quack grass or Canada thistles is easy can?

COmDaI’ed to this dreadful weed. What ails the coal miners and the

'That the weed is increasing in its railroad worker?

distribution is evident by the number Are they not willing to “deflate,”

of farmers reporting it when the SUb' to take their medicine along with the

ject of bad weeds is mentioned, and farmer? They want and are going
we have seen it in a number 0f neigh— to have and are in a fair way to get
boring fields. Just now It came to be the same wage they got two years
there, or on our own farm, is more ago. ‘
than we can say, but we know we have When ten per cent of our popula-
it and that we must fight to the finish tion hold up the other nmgty per} cent,
to get rid of it- including the government, our country

On our own l‘arm we have the morn- is getting to be almost as good a place
ing-glories in but one field and here in to live in as Russia.

but two or three patches aggregating _ Where does the farmer come in in

‘not more than one-fourth of an acre. the scheme of things? For two years

When first noticed the seriousness was farmers have worked a little harder

not appreciated, but the last three than ever and a large part of them

years the plants have been hoed. had but little more than what they
spaded, raked, and burned most have eaten as pay for their labor.
thoroughly. This present summer the Thousands of Michigan farmers, and
patches have been gone 0V91' three I dare say it is the same in other
times a week, making at least fifty states, are still owing for the past
times over them, and still an 00— two years’ taxes and interest.

casional plant shows itself. These are An awful hOWI goes up when the
dug down to the branch rootS—at farmers talk about restricting produc-

least 16‘inclles—and then three feet tion to the end that they may get liv-

each way to get all the branch I'OOtS. ing prices for “that they produce, but

The surface roots are White, but the there isn’t a man in the United States

deeper roots are brown. As fast as today smart enough to tell ’us of any

dug these roots are dried and burned. other way. Just as long as the farm-

So that while anyone who knows ers depend on Nature or the vicissi-
how plants grow, knows that by keep- tudes of the seasons to make a scarcity
ing the green matter above ground just so long they may and will be get-
hoed off they may be killed, still we ting nowhere all the time.

must not minimize the WOlk 1equired Where the Joker comes in, though,

tSo get lid of wild morning- gloly—C bumper crops instead of being a bless-
..Langdon ing to this nation are a curse, makes

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TH'E RURAL MAIL BOX.
crops than he does for medium or
N a recent issue one, Apollos Long, small crops and when he gets but lit-
waxes bold and attacks Uncle Sam’s tie for what he produces he has but
system of keeping to the right in re- little purchasing power and, therefore,
gard to mail delivery by the rural car- can buy, but little of the goods pro-
l'lel'S. There are many orders which duced by the industrial workers, thus
seem foolish to those that have not making the Wh01€ nation hard 119- If
studied closely the details connected that isn’t true, show me.
therewith, sent out by the post office, A. A. LAMBERTSON.
department.

In regard to this particular order it
was one of the wise acts of the post ,
oifice department. I am not writing as I ’M going to give you my experience
one who has had no experience. I in making a ewe own her lamb.
have carried mail for thirteen years, You can print it if you think it would
and with an auto for seven years and interest any one.
with all my boxes on the right for six A Lincoln sheep sheared twelve
months. Most carriers use a Ford, and pounds of wool. She could have
if the carriersits in the middle of the raised two good lambs, as she had so
machine, which all carriers do with 'much milk. We found her lamb back
whom I have talked, suffer no loss oil, in the field and carried it to the barn.
(pants) because when they once plant She refused to own it, so I decided to
themselves in the middle of the seat try my skill.
they stay there for the whole trip, I tied her up. She kicked and
unless some thoughtless patron stamped and butted the lamb for ten
I most give up the idea of beat-
fill a deep rut neair the: box, that he ing her out.
has to move. If the boxes were on Then a new idea came to me. I
both sides of the road he would have washed the lamb with .soap suds and
to have his Wife continually patching rinsed it. It was so pretty and white
his breeches, ‘ ' when it dried. I put perfume all over

Those with whom I have talked also the lamb and also on the sheep in her
say, and I see the same thing many wool, and in twenty-four hours she
tithes a day, that" a carrier simply was owning the lamb. That ended my
moves along with the traffic all boxes trouble. I got the idea from reading
on" the right side', imstead of dodging of a. lion tamer who used-perfume on.

 

FERFUMING EWES

 

hither and thither among. the regular lions when taming them.-_—-Mrs. David ,
.trafiic where he has no business to. be. Harley. . .. .

farmer gets‘t’ar less money for bumper

    
 

   
 

 

 

 

  
  

  
   
    


  

 

 

  

 

IN gthe‘territory adjacent to. St.
‘ Louis, in both Illinois and Missouri,
the farmers are having considerable
trouble with flag smut in their wheat.
In 1921 only 72 square miles were af-
fected, but this year over 700 square
miles show evidences -of this disease.
Methods of Control will undoubtedly
' prove . inefiective,- so smut-resistant
varieties of wheat will be planted. or
the soft winter wheats, which are
highly resistant to this disease” are
Red Rock, Stoner, F-ulcaster, ‘Mam-
moth Red and Dietz. 0f the hard red
winter varieties Illinois 10110, Kan»
red Illinois 12-41, and P-1068 are re-
sistant to this disease.

 

, A RECORD POTATO YIELD

 

CGORDING to government esti-

‘ mates, Michigan’s potato yield
will outstrip that of every state in the
union except New York. If weather
continues favorable, the state will pro-
duce a. crop of 35,162,000 bushels,
against 27,200,000 bushels in 1921.
The“ 1920 census shows this state
fourth in acreage and fifth in produc-
tion and the sale of potatoes. New
York, Wisconsin, Maine and Minne»
sota are the only states which ap—
proach’ Michigan in the production of
this great food essential.

SELECT PLENTY OF. SEED CORN

 

HE Minnesota Experiment Station

advises farmers to select about
twice as much seed corn as they will
need for 1923. It is estimated that
about fifteen medium sized ears will
plant an acre, and that the average
farmer the country over will use about
eight bushels of seed. If he spends
two days selecting and sorting his
seed, he will have plenty to choose
from next spring. '

What is left over from the double
amount selected that has stood a good
germination test can readily be sold
to advantage, or may be kept as par-
tial insurance for the next season’s
seed. The best time to select the seed
is when the leaves of the plants are
still green, but the husks are begin-
ning toturn yellow and the ears well
dented. It is also necessary to select
the corn before danger of freezing,
as it contains quite a little water be
fore being dried and would be injured
by freezing.

A GRASSHOPPER FUNGUS

 

N South Dakota, they have found

that a fungus disease is killing
large numbers of grasshoppers. This
disease, when present is readily dis-
tinguished by the peculiar way in
which the hoppers die. When attached.
by the fungus the hoppers first become
sluggish, then climb to the tops of the
tallest vegetation where they secure
the death grip and cling until their
bodies disintegrate and fall apart.
Wet and hot weather is favorable for
the development of this disease. It
is hoped that experimentation “will re

sult in a means of artificially inocu- ~

lating the hoppers with this disease.

 

A NEW EGG SHIPPING SCHEME

 

OLK County, Wisconsin, is the first

one in the country to market its
eggs through its creemeries. This co-
operative shipment began in July
when the eggs were shipped in refrig-
erator cars, with butter, to such big
markets as New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. The farmers of the
county'have readily taken to this plan
and are using the twenty‘creameries
or the county as their market outlets.
girlie}? are receivingabout 8c per-dozen
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an Exide Battery) goes on long hauls; and
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tric street vehicle is coming into its own. _
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You are, perhaps, most interested in. the
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automobile. It is known as the long-life
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0 need now to pay double for electric light and

engine power. You can get both from one plant.
at One cost with the Fairbanks-Morse Double-
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At the same time that this remarkably efficient
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F ranCISco Farm Notes
By P. P. Pope

 

 

 

 

Value of Cooperative Efforts

E are permitted for the moment
to turn aside from the routine
work of the farm and consider

some of the larger problems that'efiect
each one of us. Many of these prob-
lems call‘for cooperation, for acting
collectively. The 100,000 farmers of
Michigan who .comprise the State
Farm Bureau, and
most of whom
read this paper,
are among the
leaders of the
Nation when it
comes to collec-
tive action. Dif-
ficult as it may
have been in the
past for farmers
to stick together,
they are rapidly
learning in this enlightened age that
there is great strength and influence
in union, and are setting aside their
petty grievances, which are bound to
appear in any organized body, and
staying with the crowd through thick
and thin.

The success of all cooperative en-
terprises rests in a very large measure
with the leadership, and so long as
the management of our collective af-
fairs remains, as at present, in the
hands of men with level heads, stout
hearts, and great souls, we may feel
safe, and have confidence that our col-
lective efforts will work only to the
good of ourselves and to the welfare
of the whole country.

But present day problems are not
all collective by any means. ,VVe may
feel safe and sure in lending our
heartiest support to our farm organi-
zations, but we must not expect them
to do all things for us. Individual suc-
cess in this world is won very largely
by individual effort, and it is to our
individual problems that each of us
must first address himsexr.

The time is past and no doubt gone
forever when the farmer who farms
for a living can afford to produce an
inferior article for the market.
Whether it be cattle, or corn, or ap-
ples, or onions, it is the quality product
that commands the price and brings
the profits. True, the quality product
always costs a little more, but the
margin of profit is always greater, and
it is this margin that determines the
economy in the case. Economy of pro-
duction in the future must be the
mark to shoot at. There is a wide
range in production costs that stamps
the methods of some with efficiency,
others with extravagance, and it is
often the case that the most ex-
travagant are those who can least
afford it. True economy does not al-
Ways mean saving, it more often
means spending, but spending wisely
that the returns may be proportionate-
ly greater.

Conservative expenditures for qual-
ity seeds are always bound to). pay.
Half or more of the corn in my com-
munity is grown from a. few choice
ears of seed that originally came from
the State Corn Show in 1907. The re-
turns haVe' been a. thousand fold and
more. Intelligent use of lime, of tiles,
of fertilizers, and of manures in con-
nection with our soils will invariably
bring greatly increased returns to the
individual. Many times have I seen
the economy of expenditures for such
demonstrated beyond question. And
good bulls, good boars, good rams.
There is scarcely any limit to their in-
fluence for good. They are bound to

 

win through sheer merit along with\
their sisters and mothers and daugh-
ters. I hope and expect some day to
see the herds of scrubs as rare on
the farms of Michigan as the best of
the pure breds are now. They will
mean more satisfaction, more comfort,
more conveniences, more wealth; a
higher type of citizenship and a big-
ger place in the world for Michigan
agriculture.

 

LET THE MEMBERS KNOW

 

00 many cooperative associations

dealing with farmers are operated
on the' same principle of secrecy as
lodges, with the result that their mem-
bers are not aware of what is going
on, and become dissatisfigd and dis-
gruntled, as should be expected from
such secret management.

If members are taken into the con-
fidence of the executive and made
familiar with the workings of'the or-
ganization; with its difficulties with
the methods of conducting the busi.
ness and the proposals for future op-
eration, it would strengthen their loy-
alty and do away with a great deal of
unnecessary criticism and dissatisfac-
tion. A poultry producers’ association
has the right idea. In order that its
shippers may be informed concerning
the intimate details of the organiza-
tion through which they do business,
the manager of the company each
month issues an auditor’s financial re-
port that gives the details of the busi-
ness of the‘ past .month with the ac-
curacy of a regular bank statement.

The statement includes detailed
items under the heads of assets, liabil-
ities, operation of business and the
cost of operation.
assures the member that the finances
of the organization are being properly
guarded. It increases his faith in the
integrity and business ability of the
manager. By' mailing it out to the
members with their returns, but little
extra postage is involved and the time
spent in preparing it and in auditing
the books is well worth while. Most
of it would be spent on a yearly audit
in any event, and by doing this month-
ly it is easier to keep track of the
various items. The quickest way to
develop the confidence of the members
in the management of a co-operative
association is for the latter to extend
their confidence to the individual
members—E. W. G.

ANOTH ER BULL EXPERIENCE

 

FTER reading the farm notes by

Mr. Pope, of August 5, I would
like to say that we have a. bull placed
here by Mr. A. This man recommend-
ed him to be a very good breed bull,
his six nlearestltesting an average of
28 lbs. butter-fat.

B., and also ten others, did not un~
derstand the reading of a. pedigree
and signed up to use the bull for three
years at $6.00 for each calf, and gave
notes at once.

Later B. learns to read a pedigree
and finds that the dam of the bull has
no record. I suppose if the bull had
100 dams and only six tested it would
mean his six nearest tested dams, but
we all supposed it would start with
his own mother. I guess we have all
learned something.

Mr. A. makes a, business of buying
Holstein. bulls and letting them out

on this plan. , Can A anything be, done

 

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H 0G bi’heders of Benzie County are
_ glad to know that the local banks
have enough faith in them to ,plehge
financial support to the Benzie County
Duroc Jersey Hog Association. A tour
of the county was recently made by
the association . members accompan-
ied by N. Pearson, of the M. A. 0., who
used the opportunity to give instruc—
tion in judging.

 

FALL PIGIS HOLD OWN IN FEED
TESTS

N a. Minnesota pig-feeding experi-

ment, it was found that spring pigs
made a hundred pound gain on slight-
ly less feed than fall pigs, but that
the cost of gains was lower for the
fall pigs because of cheaper feed
prices .during the winter. Fall pigs
also sell at a higher market price
than the spring farrowed ones, so on
the whole are as profitable, if not
more so, than those which come from
the spring pig crop. ‘

 

FATTENING TH E CALF

NIMAL husbandry specialist, W.

H. Peters, of Minnesota Experi-
ment Station, says that weaning, ship-
ping, dehorning, castrating and sud-
denly changing the calves from grass
to dry feed often checks completely
any gains for three to six weeks. If
any of these causes can be eliminated
the checking of growth will be less.
Therefore, fattening calves on the
farms on'which they are born should
produce good results as this eliminates
shipping and change of feed. The
castrating should be done when the
calf is young, as should also the de-
horning, which should be done with
a caustic. They should be started on
grain in the fall before they are
weaned, as they will produce greater
gains with less feed than if bought on
the ope-n market in the fall.

It has been found that calves make
gains almost as fast as two and three
year old cattle, and will make a hun-
dred pound gain on about two-thirds
as much feed as the older cattle. They
appear to grow rather than fatten for
about the first one-hundred-thirty
days, but from then‘on they accumu-
late fat rapidly. The average feeder
of baby beef should figure on a two-
hundred-day fee-ding period in order,to
make‘ a satisfactory finish on the calf.

SUPPLEMENTARY"FEED PAYS

EEDING tests in Minnesota show

that it pays to feed grain during
the summer while the dairy cows are
on pasture. In these tests 'it was
found that three hundred cows fed
grain while on pasture averaged 301.9
lbs. butter-fat in a year. The average
feeding costs, being $49.35. Seven
hundred cows on pasture only aver
aged. 237. lbs. butter-fat for the year.
The cost being $41.87.'

The average gain from feeding ex-
tra grain was 64.3 lbs. butter-fat,
which at 400 per pound would have a
value of $24.71. The increased cost
of feeding summer grain was $7.28,
leaving a net gain of $17.48.

 

MICHIGAN LEADS IN CHERRY

PRODUCTION

WITH 9,085 tons of cherries packed
by commercial canners in Michi-
gan during the past season, this sea-
son takes first place in the production
of. this fruit. According to Dr. A. C.
Todd, Secretary of the Michigan Can-
ners Association, the average price
paid growers for canning cherries was
6c ,per pound, amounting iii all to $1,-

- ‘7 £90,200. .Dr. ‘Todd asys the number 'of
bearing cherry trees in Michigan has

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Save Money

on your land-clearing this fall!

DU PONT CHEMICAL ENGINEERS have cut your land.-
clearing costs by producing Dumorite, the cheapest and
best farm dynamite yet made. Use it and save money.
Equal in strength to 40% dynamite, stick for stick. Has the
slovv, heavy action of “20%”. Non-headache. Non-freezing. And

Dumorite—one-third more per dollar.

Go to your hardware dealer or general store and order your
fall supply—and remember that you can blast stumps with
Dumorite in any season of the year.

Write for free IDS-page Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives, a
complete manual covering the latest blasting methods.

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS. 85 CO., Inc.

Ask your County Agent
how (be Federal Farm
Loan System “will help
you clear your land.

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A Real Self-Oiling Windmill o, ,,,,,.,.,.,,.

Oil an Aermotor once a year and it is always
oiled. Every moving part' 15 completely and fully
oiled. A constant stream of oil flows on every
hearing. The shafts run in oil. The double gears run in
oil in a tightly enclosed gear case. Friction and wear
are practically eliminated.

 

Any windmill which does not have the gears running in oil is only
half oiled. A modern windmill, like a modern automobile, must have
its gears enclosed and run in oil. Dry gears, exposed to dust, wear rapidly. ,
Dry bearings and dry gears cause friction and loss of power. The Aermotor
pumps in the lightest breeze because it is correctly designed and well
oiled. To get everlasting windmill satisfaction, buy the Aermotor.

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Big Money made on small investment.
Demand for older greater than ever.
Quick. clean profits with little labor
and expense. Sizes up to 460 bbis.
daily. Also fluid Power Fresnel .
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undo full line of accessories, _
such as iuice evaporators, ‘
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recs catalog gives full details.

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THE HICKS LIGHTNING ROD C0.
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More than forty years experience
ork guaranteed.

._Hybi'id No. 2 wheat (white
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growth straw, oflerin at 815 per bu bags extra, F.
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Conducted by Stuart Sat/6y

 

 

TELEPHONE TRANSMITTING SETS

HE C. W. (continuous wave) or
telephone transmitter is just as
simple as the spark transmitter,

although it is more costly. The most
expensive part of a telephone trans-
mitter is the source of high voltage
for the plate current of the transmit-
ting tube.

The simplest ’phone set is one which
operates with “B” batteries for the
plate supply of the tube. The parts
needed for such an outfit are as fol-
lows: One coil of thirty turns of lamp
cord wire, tapped every other turn,
one amplifier tube with socket and
rheostat, ninety to two hundred volt
“B” battery, six volt “A” battery,
microphone (ordinary telephone trans-
mitter).

connect the “A” battery, rheostat
and tube in the usual manner, connect
the grid to the top tap ot‘ the coil and
the negative “1)" battery to the bottom
tap. The positive tap oi" the “B” bat—
tery goes to the plate. No grid con-
denser or grid leak is necessary in this
hook-up. Connect the negative side
of the “A” battery to a tap near the
center of the coil. The aerial and
ground are also tapped onto the coil.
Wind three turns 01' wire into a coil
just large enough to fit inside 01‘ the
large inductance and connect the
microphone across it.

The set is now ready for operation.
The best way to test it is to listen i‘or
the voice by means of your own re-
ceiving set. Tune the set with the
aerial disconnected, then try placing
the aerial connector on several differ-
ent taps. You will have to rely on
the reports of outside receiving sets
for the proper place for the aerial tap

since the set is not strong enough to.

operate an aerial ammeter. This out—
fit should have a range of five miles
with a 100 volt “B” battery or ten
miles with 200 volts. By substituting
the amplifier tube with a five watt
transmitter tube and installing a mo-
tor generator set to supply 350 to 500
volts [or the plate, the range will be
increased to thirty or forty miles. An
aerial ammeter should then be install-
ed in the ground circuit and the set
tuned to show a maximum reading.

Remember you must have a license
to operate this set as well as the
spark set and the wave length must
be exactly 200 meters. As yet the gov-
ernment has made no distinction be-
tween the operators of amateur spark
stations and amateur ’phone stations
and even though you do not intend

to use your C. \V. transmitter for code

work you must be able to send and
receive at ten words a minute in on
der to operate a ’phone station.

A transmitter of this description
Will not interfere witlrthe reception
of the broadcasting programs on 360
meters to the extent that the 200
meter spark station interfers and for
that reason it may be used quite freely
even while the concerts are going on.
This type of transmitter may be used
for inter-communications as much as
you like, however, it is unlawful to
use it for broadcasting music, lectures

or other kinds of entertainment.

Q. What is a power amplifier?

A. It is a one or tw0 stage ampli-
fier which uses “hard” tubes that will
stand two or three hundred volts for

the plate supply.

Q. What is the Armstrong circuit?

A. Any electrical circuit which sets
up oscillations by means of a vacuum
tube comes under Armstrong Pat. No.
1113149 and is called an Armstrong
circuit. An ordinary regenerative re-
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See Its WOnderful
New Motor

The new Super-Six motor is a revelation
even to Hudson owners.

It brings, we believe, the most vital ad-
vancements made by any ’car in recent
years. Every phase of motor operation is
affected. You will note especially the

 

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Coach _ — — 1745 Hudson does the things you require of it.

Sedan - - — 2295

N rds can conve its charm. You must
Freight and Tax Extra 0 W0 y

take a ride to discover its wonderful dif-
ference. éYour dealer will gladly arrange
to take you for 'a drive.

A Ride Tells All

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- _ . $1200 Secures Equipped Farm 1 P" " LE: Ideal Dair Farm
cut DItChlng Near Un.versity 0‘ MiChigan ggRAORSlg in Cloverland, Mich. lOOyncres under

- 1 Pleasant home and 30 acres overlooking lake; stores. the low. balance in second rowth timber.
and TerraCIDg ' - schools, churches. depot. handy; wood to sell during Water ranging through place. Buil lngs include 5-
CO ST , . coming coal-short winter. heavy cropping tillage. 200- room house. large barn. poultry house. granary. root-
' ‘ bbl. apple orchard. acre strawberries: good ‘I-atory house. large toolhonse. pighouse. Stock includes 10
1100.86 barn. poultry house. 850- Owner called away cows, 2 horses. 4 brood sows. 1 boar. 75 chickens, 10 . (
$000 less than value buildings. gets it. team. ('OWS turkeys. 10 ducks. 5geese, hay. grain and farm tools.
sheep. hogs, poultry. auto truck. full implements and Seven miles from three towns of 15.000 population
if taken now 14 A. rye 4X A. potatoes. vogethIBS. each. Tar macadam roads from farm into each town.
berries included, only $1.. needed. Details p3 6118 Milk selling at 100 per quart. and sell all you can
B? Bargain OMB-10¢ FREE- STROUT FARM A EN- produce. Will sell farm complete with stock at 8.50
C . 814 BC Ford Bldg.. Detroit, Mich. per acre. part ‘cash. patience on easy terms. or Will.
take cit ro erty in exc ange. _
y pWELLIAM DURAIB, Marquette. Mich_

 

160 Acres For Quick Start I
8 Cattle, 3 Horses, 76 Sheep For Sale Fine 200 acre southern Mich. farm

Hogs. poultry. 4 acres beans. oats. hay. stovewood, one mile to ci you state trunk line.
vehicles, machinery, tools included if taken now; modern hldg.. 300 loads of grain and feed. 30 head

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flaggsfifi “unezggnfifofgfnflgcfizdm markets; 100 acres fertile tillage: 62 apple. pear. gentleman's home. Price for everything $32,000 would
gout, Buildsbejéflgldmrgcea dykmleyegg_noflej o, plum. peach. cherry trees; small fruits; pleasantly consider house in City or small farm. UWner. Box
' tractor. Works in my poll. Gro'at money-nvingseory to: situated S-roorn house; Ito-ft. burn. sheep shed. Owner 1013, Michigan Farmer. Dem-cit. Mich.
' you now. Do not take chance: on loan! crops. Write. unable operate. $6500 takes all, easy terms. Catalog \
heather: Bitch-r I and" 60.. In: 515 Occasion. Ky. 81‘?” dMfithieson ‘9 Kinsman. Strout 1‘ arm Agency, F0 Sat “The Lehndorff Farm"; 240 Acres. 10'
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equipped dairy farm. gOongvenient to Detroit and. water. A. F. LEHNDORFF, Rogers City. Mich.
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in; gigaiiémfiin‘i; milk cans and heating Water. Will sell either with or without stock and e uip- sewn"'%3£‘F%“'8°oi&§l“’c(§iii’83.23.1333: Mexico
‘ ' '__ bl ' ‘ ment on reasonable terms. Address Owner ock ' ' ~ v . ’
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A- W. FRENCH & COMPANY, For Sale 12%;;011? nfvs'oflddloaDmydsolglalllfeugxlf-il‘
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DETROIT’ MICH' ' 240 acres level. dark loam. near Gladwin. Mich. water in barn and house. For more particulars write
8 ring-watered pastures. flowing well. two dwellings. Mrs. BRUSJE WILSON, , Mariette. MlCh

 

 

 

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Farms and Farm Lands scription on application. 60 other terms. ‘4 frames“ house. dasemegte gum...) is? “00“ pun,"
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“Whistling Jack” returns to dresses
after eight years as a boxer,

gangster and truck driver.

 

How is this for a summer picture? These ski stars hold mid-sum-
mer tournament on Mt. Ranier, the only place where skiing can
be held in summer.

 

 

 

 

Fred Plaisted, age 72, defeated J. H. Riley, 78
years old, in ”a. professional
hibit.

sculling ex- er,

 

A honeymoon auto tour around the world is planned by Mr: and
Mrs. R. Jileflries. ‘He will write their experiences while Mrs.
M Jeflries will give musical entertainments to pay their way.

 

 

 

 

 

The flying cruiser in which Dr. Martins of the Brazil navy and ‘U.
S. Lt. Walter Hinton will fly from New York to Brazil and up the
Amazon for a thousand miles.

 

 

Chas. W. Bryan succeeds his broth-
Wm. Jennings, as the silver-
tongued orator of Nebraska.

 

Oopnllht by Underwood c Underwood, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. T. Simons, a prosperous Iowa
famer, sails for Germany to see
the Oberammergau Passion Play.

 

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This car was used in the Safety First campaign in East St. Louis,
Illinois. The messages it carries have been effective in decreas-
ing auto accidents in that town.

 

Columbia University has Mrs. A. P. Crawford,
aged 7], as a summer student in philosophy
and literature

 

 

 

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Thirty- -seven were killed and many injured when the fast passenger
Iron Mountain line train ignored a block signal and ran into a.
freight train standing on the main track.

 

  
  

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What Has Happened So Far:

After the death of Thornton Fair-
child, an aged minerof Cripple-creek
district, Robert «Fairchild, his son,
reads a letter. From this he learns
of the Blue Poppy mine coming into
his possession, but nothing of the mys-
tery and silence that surrounded hIS
father’s days. He interviews his at-
torney and leaves immediately for the
‘west to claim the property. Upon ar-
riving he cannot help but feel the
mystery and illusiveness of the situa-
tion. Even Mother Howard, his
father’s old friend, seems to hold
something back. Squint Rodaine and
gang work against Fairchild. A strange
friendship grows between Anita Rich-
mond, whose father is in the clutches
of Squint Rodaine, and Fairchild.
Morrice Rodaine is in love with Anita
Richmond. Harry Hawkins, an old
friend of Fairchild’s father, arrives to
aid in the prospecting. By an ex-
traordinary plan Harry manages to
get the mine unwatered. At an old-
fashioned dance Fairchild meets Anita
Richmond again and they have sev-
eral dances together, much to the an-
noyance of young Rodaine. A real
hold-up is staged and one injured.
Young Rodaine swears the guilty par-
ty to be Harry Hawkins.

Trouble For Harry and Fairchild

“I don’t believe it!” Anita Rich-
mond exclaimed with conviction and
clutched at Fair-child’s arm. “I don’t
believe it!”

“I can’t!” Robert answered. Then
he turned to the accuser. “How could
it be possible for Harry to be down
here robbing a dance hall when he’s
out working the mine ?”

“Working the mine?” This time it
was the sheriff. “What’s the neces-
sity for a day and night shift?”

The question was pertinent—and
Fairchild knew it. But he did not
hesitate.

“I know it sounds peculiar—but it’s
the truth. We agreed upon it yester-
day afternoon.”

“At Whose suggestion?”

“I’m not sure~—but I think it was
mine.”

“Young fellow,” the sheriff had ap-
proached him now, “you’d better be
certain about that. It looks to me
like that might be a pretty good ex-
cuse to give when a man can’t produce
an alibi. Anyway, the identification
seems pretty complete. Everybody in
this room heard that man talk with
a Cousin 'Jack accent. And Mr. Ro-
daine says that he saw his face. That
seems conclusive.”

“If Mr. Rodaine’s word counts for
anything.” '

The sheriff looked at him sharply.

“Evidently you haven’t been around
here long.” Then he turned to the

crowd. “I want a couple of good men
to go along with me as deputies.”

“I have a right to go.”
had stepped forward. g

“Certainly. But not as a deputy.
Who wants to volunteer?”

Half a, dozen men came forward,
and from them the sheriff chose two.
Fairchild turned to say good-by to
Anita. In vain. Already Maurice Ro-
daine had escorted her, apparently

Fairchild

against her will, to a far end of the-

dance hall, and there was quarreling
with her. Fairchild hurried to join

“’Ey yourself!”
voice.
“Come out—and be quick about it.

It was Harry’s

Hold your light in front of your face--

with both hands.”

“The ’ell I will! And ’oo’s talking?”

“Sheriff Adams of Clear Creek Coun-
ty. You’ve got one minute to come
out—or I’ll shoot.”

“I’m coming on the run!”

And almost instantly the form of
Harry, his acetylene lamp lighting up

 

 

‘ Doééin at Me Fair
By M. B. R.

Poor 'old Dobbin at the fair,
Shining, sleek, in ev’ry hair,
Neatly groomed from head to tail
Yet how little the avail!

Once he entered head on high,
Admiration of each eye,

Now he comes with drooping ears
At the laughter, ‘jests and jeers,
As the dashing autos go

Thru'the gates of county show.

And alas! what has he done
That he should be the butt of fun?
Fat and “comfy,” good to see,
As of yore, yet, somehow, he
Doesn’t feel just quite at home
Where the whirling autos come;
Like cat in strange garret there,
Poor old Dobbin at the fair.

Once he held proud reputation

Of best fam’ly horse around,

And he felt in all the nation

Not the equal could be found,

Of his pretty, gracious lady, .

Who .held the reins just as she should,
By each neat manipulation

Showing gentlewoman’s blood.

Now a hot tide thr~u him courses
To his brain, for wellbred horses
Feel the stigma and the shame,

When low-bred people make them
game;

And he hears a “female” gay

In yonder auto coarsely say,

“See, oh see, that ‘one-hoss shay’!”
Like a fossil Dobbin feels

When the boisterous laughter peals,
'And he sees her pointing there

To his turnout at the fair.

Yes, indeed, like a back number,
Poor heart broken, Dobbin feels,

And he knows he ne’er can lumber
Past those flashing, dashing wheels;
Worst of all to see his lady,
Laughing-stock of latter day,

And he hopes he may not cumber
This old earth long, anyway.

But presto, change! New “pep" and
courage

Breaks in on his doleful dream,

They are passing—famous judges—

Gentlemen of old regime.

They lift their hats high to his mis-
tress;

Pat his flanks as on they go,

Saying, “Yes, a true fine lady,

Debts all paid, and nothing shady

In her life, as all well know.”

And so with head high in the air,

Proudly Dobbin leaves the fair.

 

 

the sheriff and his two deputies, just
starting out of the dance, hall. Five
minutes later they were in a motor
car, chugging up Kentucky Gulch.
The trip was made silently. There
was nothing for Fairchild to say; he
had told all he knew. Slole, the
motor car fighting against the grade,

the trip was accomplished. Then the '

four men leaped from the machine at
the last rise before the tunnel was
reached and three of them went for-
ward afoot toward where a slight
gleam of light came from the mouth
of the Blue Poppy.

A consultation and then the creep-
ing forms made the last fifty feet.
The sheriff took the lead, at last to
stop. behind a boulder and to shout a
command:

“Hey you, in there.”

his bulbous, surprised countenance
with its spraylike mustache, appeared
at the mouth of the tunnel.

“What the bloody ’ell?” he gasped,
as he looked into the muzzle of the
revolver. From down the mountain
side came the shout of one of the
deputies:

“Sheriff! Looks like it’s him, all
right. I’ve found a horse down here——
all sweated up from running.”

“That’s about the answer.” Sheriff
Adams went forward and with a mo-
tion of his revolver sent Harry’s hands
into the air. “Let’s see what you’ve
got on you.” I

A light gleamed below as an elec-

tric flash in the hands of one of the

deputies began an investigation of,the
surroundings. The sheriff, finishing
his search of ’Arry’s pockets, stepped

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back, with a look of conjecture.

“Well," he demanded, “what did you
do with the proceeds?” ‘

“The proceeds?” 'Harry
blankly. “Of what?”

“Quit your kidding now. They’ve
found your horse down there.”

“Wouldn’t it be a good idea—” Fair-
child had cut in acridly—‘L‘J‘to save
your accusations on this thing 'until
you’re a little surer of it? Harry
hasn’t any horse. If he’s rented one,
you ought to ‘be able to find that out
pretty shortly.” ‘

As if in answer, the sheriff turned
and shouted a question down the
mountain side. And back came the
answer: '

“It’s\ Doc Mason’s. Must have been
stolen. Doc was atathe dance.”

“I guess that settles it.” The of.
ficer reached for his hip . pocket.
“Stick out your hands, Harry, while
I put the cuffs on them.”

“But ’ow in bloody ’ell ’ave I been
doing anything when I’ve been up ’ere
working on this chiv wheel? ’OW—?”

“They say you held up the dance
tonight and robbed us," Fairchild cuts
in. Harry’s face lost its surprised
look, to give way to aglance of keen
questioning.

“And do you say it?”

“I most certainly do not. The
identification was given by that hon-
orable person known as Mr. Maurice
Rodaine.”

“011!
other—-”

“Just cut your remarks along those
lines.”

“Sheriff!”
below.

“YBh!”

“We’ve found a cache down here.
Must have been made in a hurry—
two new revolvers, bullets, a mask, a
couple of new handkerchiefs and the
money.”

Harry’s eyes grew wide.
stuck out his hands.

“The evidence certainly is piling
up!” he grunted. “I’might as well
save my talking for later.”

“That’s a good idea.” The sheriff
snapped the handcuffs into place. Then
Fairchild shut off the pumps and they
started toward the machine. Back in
Ohadi more news awaited them. Har-
ry, if Harry had been the highway-
man, had gone to no expense for his
outfit. The combined general store
and hardware emporium of Gregg
Brothers had been robbed: of the a1=
ticles necessary for a disguise,—also
the revolvers and their bullets. Rob
ert Fairchild watched Harry placed in
the solitary cell of the county jail

stared

One thief identifying an-

Again the voice from

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surances that morning would bring a
Four charges hung .
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jug, ,ef burglary, ‘of highway robbery,
and worse. the final one of assault
with attempt to kill. Fairchild turned
wearily away; he could not find the
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' The
probing operation had been com-
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least the charge against Harry would
not be one of murder. That was a
thing for which to be thankful; but
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the dark, winding street toward the
main thoro'ughfare. Without Harry,
Fairchild now felt himself lost. Be-‘
fore the big, genial, eccentric Cornish—
man had come into his life, he had‘
believed, with 'some sort of divine
ignorance, that he could carry out his
ambitions by himself, with no knowl-
edge of the technical details necessary
to mining, with no previous, history
of the Blue Poppy to guide him, and
with no help against the enemies who
seemed everywhere. Now he saw
that it was impossible. More, the in?
cidents of the night showed how swift-
ly those enemies were working, how
sharp and stiletto-like their weapons.

That Harry was innocent was cer-
tain,—-to Robert Fairchild. There was
quite a difference between a joke
which a whole town recognized as
such and a deliberate robbery which
threatened .the life of at least one man.
Fairchild knew in his heart that Har-
ry was not built along those lines. .

Looking back over it now, Fairchild
could seehow easily Fate had played
into the hands of the Rodaines, if the
Rodaines had not possessed a deeper
concern than merely to seize upon a
happening and turn it to their own
account. The highwayman was big.
The highwayman talked with a
“Cousin-Jack” accent,—for all Cornish-
men are “Cousin Jacks” in the min-
ing country. Those two features in
themselves, Fairchild thought, as he
stumbled along in the darkness, were
sufficient to start the scheming plot
in the brain of Maurice Rodaine, al-1
ready ugly and evil through the trick
played by Harry on his father and the
rebuke that had come from Anita Rich-
mond. It was an easy matter for him
to get the inspiration, leap out of the
window, and then wait until the rob-
ber had gone, that he might flare forth
with his accusation. And after that—.

Either Chance, or something strong-
er, had done the rest. The finding of
the stolen horse and the carelessly
made cache near the mouth of the
Blue Poppy mine would be sufficient in
the eyes of any jury. The evidence
was both direct and circumstantial."
To Fairchild’s mind, there was small
chance for escape by Harry, once his
case ‘went to trial. Nor, did' the
pounding insistence of intuitive knowl-
edge that the whole thing had been
a deliberately staged plot on the part
of the Rodaines, father and son, make
the slightest difference in Fairchild’s
estimation. HOW could he prove it?
By personal animosity? There was

the whole town of Ohadi to testify
that the highwayman was a big man,
of the build of Harry, and that he

spoke with a Cornish accent.
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spears and shields, and the bows and
the coats of mail. ” "And the builders,
every one, had his sword girded by,
his 'side, and sd’builded.” “So we
wrought in the work: and half of them
held the spears fromthe rising of' the
morning till. the stars appeared,” (No
eight-hour day there!) And, in fifty-
two days the wall was done.

EHEMIAH was one of those lead-

ers who unite faith and works.-
He prayed as he worked. Prayer does
not take the place of work. But pray-
er lightens work, and makes it more
efficient and relishabley. “Bfit we made
our prayer unto our God, and set a
watch against them day and night)?
One of the most successful generals
of the Civil War, on the confederate
side, was Stonefwall Jackson. As a
youth, in West Point Military Acad— '
emy, he had adopted ‘two mottoes;
“You may be whatever you resolve to
be,” and, “I can. do all things thru
Christ which strengtheneth me.{’ In
the confederate army he was known
as the praying general: He was one
of the most brilliant fighters this
country has produced. Tall and raw‘
boned, he rode a sorrel horse, which
his men said, “could not run except
toward the} enemy.” He had regular
prayer-meetings at headquarters. In
his earlier days, we are told, while he
was an instructor in military science,
he had developed the; habit ’of con-
stantprayer. When he dropped a let-
ter in the mail-box he offered a silent
prayerfor the one to whom it was
sent, and when he received a letter,
he prayed for the one who sent it.
Prayer, in Jackson’s case, did not take
the place of fighting. He was relent-
less in his preparations for a conflict.
But it gave a new spirit to the whole
thing. His men idolized him.

N the other side! of the great con-
flict, was General 0. 0. Howard,
who was also a praying man. He lost
a hand in battle. After the war was
over, he was raising money for a negro

' school in the south. The stump of his

arm greatly pained him. 0ft times,
when in a crowd, some one would
bump against his arm, causing shoot-
ing pain. General Howard said this
woilld greatly irritate him, and he
feared that he would grow into a
peevish, grum, old man. He resolved
to pray for all he met, especially for

‘those who unintentionally hurt his

arm. This grew on him, until he pray-
ed for all pe’rsons who came to see
him. “God bless him,” was constantly:
in his thoughts. So much for modern
editions of Nehemiah. New editions
are greatly. needed. ~

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there is to be a new application of
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He sayé- Proverbs is right: “out of the
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sUBJEb'r: l—Nehelmiah Rebuilds the
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The world was far from ‘bright.
Down the dark street the man wan-
dered, his hands sunk deep in his
pockets, his head low between his
shoulders,—only to suddenly galvanize
into intensity, and to stop" shert that
he might hear again the voice which
had come to him. At one side was a

' ‘big house,—a house whose occupants
he knew instinctively, for he had seen
the shadow of a woman, hands out-
stretched, as she pasSed the light-
strewn shade of a window on the
second floor. More, he had heard her
voice, supplemented by gruffer tones.

. , And then it came again.

‘ - " It was pleading, and at the same
‘ time angered with the passion of a
person approaching hysteria. A bark<
ing sentence answered her, something

' that Fairchild could not understand.

\' He left the old board sidewalk. and

crept to the porch that he might hear

the better. Then every nerve within
him jangled, and the black of the dark-

_ ness changed to red. The Rodaines

were within; he had heard first the
cold voice of the father, then the rasp-
ing tones of the son, in upbraiding.

More, there had come the sobbing of

a. woman; instinctively Fairchild knew

that it was Anita Richmond.

It was her voice, high, screaming.
Hysteria had come,——the wild, racking

_. hysteria of a person driven to the

breaking point: -»

“Leave this house—hear me! Leave
this house! Can’t you see that you’re
killing him? Don’t you dare touch
me—leave this house! No—I won’t
be quiet—~I won’t-you’re killing him,
I tell you—l”

And Fairchild waited for nothing
more. A lunge, and'he was on the
veranda. One more spring and he had
reached the door, to find it unlocked,

.' to throw it wide and to leap into the

hall. Great steps, and (he had cleared

,J the stairs to the second floor.

A scream came from a doorway be-
fore him; dimly, as through a red
screen, Fairchild saw the frightened
face of Anita Richmond, and on the
landing, fronting him angrily, stood
the two Rodaines. For a moment,

‘. Fairchild disregarded them ‘and turn-

ed to the sobbing, disheveled little
being in the doorway.

“What’s happened?”

3, “They were threatening me—and

5' father!” she moaned. “But you
shouldn't have come in—you shouldn’t
have——-”

“I heard you scream. I couldn’t help
it. I heard you say they were killing
your father—”

The 'girl looked anxiously toward an
inner room, where Fairchild could see
faintly the still figure of a man out-
lined under the 'covers of an old-fash-
ioned four-poster.

“They—they———got him excited. He
had another stroke. I—I' couldn’t
stand it any longer.”

“You’d better get out,” said Fair-
child curtly to the Rodaines, With a
suggestive motion toward the stairs.
They hesitated a moment and Maurice
seemed about to launch himself at
Robert, but his father laid a restrain~
ing hand on his arm. A step and the
elder Rodaine hesitated.

“I’m only going because of your
father,” he said gruffly, with a glance
toward Anita.

Fairchild knew differently, but he
said nothing. The gray of Rodaine’s
countenance told where his courage
lay; it Was yellow gray, the dirty gray
of a man who fights from cover, and

r . from cover/only.

. “Oh, I know,” Anita said. “It’s—

. » it's all right. I—I’m sorry. I—didn’t
/ _ realize that I was screaming—please

., forgive me—and go, won’t you. It

5" \‘means my father’s life now.”

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.Whereabouts of the KitchenSink

Plan Its Location and H ezgr/zt or to Convenience

ERTAIN it is that the sink is one
C of the biggest savers of time,

strength, and labor in the home
-——when properly located—and one of
the greatest burdens when missing or
of the wrong type.

Strange as it may seem, the recent
investigation of farm home conditions
of the Department of Agriculture
shows that thousands of women are
struggling along with no sink at all
or, at best, a very poor and badly
placed one.

The size of the family and of the
kitchen determines the size of the
sink, but a short sink with ample
table and shelf room near it may be
more convenient than a long sink.
Two smaller sinks, one for the table
dishes near the dining room and the
other for general use in the kitchen,
are very convenient.

The material should be the best
available, non-absorbent of grease as
well as of moisture, and there should
be no cracks or square corners to in-
crease the work of keeping it clean.
A wooden sink,’ even when it receives
an annual coat of paint, will absorb
moisture and grease which attracts
insects, and is likely to be swarming
with bacteria and to “sour” and have
an unpleasant odor. Even drainboards
of wood are not best, unless they have
a waterproof finish of varnish, oil or
paint. If a wooden sink is necessary,
it is better to have it metal lined,
provided the sheets of metal, which is
usually tin, zinc, galvanized iron, cop-
per or lead, are soldered where they
are joined and all parts of the sink,
including the tops of the sides, are
covered with the metal, so that there
is no chance for the wood to absorb
moisture. Another plan is to have a
cement sink built into a wooden frame.
and lined with sheet copper or tin to
make a smooth surface.

Enameled-iron sinks are smooth,
last well with careful use, and may
be easily kept clelan, but they are more
expensive than iron. Porcelain sinks
are similar to the enameled ones,‘ but
their price is almost prohibitive.
Perhaps the ideal plan, if cost is not
to be considered, would be to have
an enameled or porcelain sink for the
tableware in the kitchen or pantry
near the dining room and an iron sink
or soapstone sink for the heavier
kitchen ware.

The double sinks, with one basin for
washing and another for draining
dishes, are very convenient, but un-
Eortunately they are relatively expen~
sive. A small sink with a rubber stop-
per for its escape pipe may be used
as a dish pan.

If possible there should be} a Wide
shelf or drain board on each side of

 
   
   
   
   
  
    

 

the sink on the level with the rim of
the latter, one to receive soiled dishes
and the other clean ones. Some house-
keepers have these covered with zinc.
As in all other places where it is
used, the metal must be neatly fitted
and closely fastened down, so as not
to leave any chance for loose, rough
edges, or to provide breeding places
for insects or a lodging place for
grease and dirt.

If there is no place for permanent
drain boards, sliding or hinged shelves

may be used. A right-handed person
usually holds the dish in the left hand
while washing or wiping it, and the
dishcloth, dish mop, or towel, in the
right hand. It is convenient, there-
fore, to have the dishes move from
,right to left as they pass from dish-
pan to rinsing pan, and from rinsing
pan to drainer and tray. They should
be kept in mind and provision made
for soiled dishes at right and for a.
drain board at the left of the sink.
E. W. G.

 

 

Make a Twin-Leop Doily
T/zz's Tel/r

Explanations—Ch chain

means
stitch (pull loop through the one on

hook); sc, single crochet (with one
loop on hook, pull loop through both
the designated stitch of preceding row
and the loop on book); dc, double cro-
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, whichgives four loops
on hook, thread over hook and through
two loops, thread over hook and
through remaining two loops); (short
stitch, sc; long stitch, tr.)

Use crochet cotton No. 50.

Ch 25, join in a loop; ch 4, work 45
tr in loop; slip stitch into first, 6 ch
and 1 short stitch in every other
treble. Fasten off neatly. Repeat loop,
threading the 25 ch thru first loop and
then joining into a second loop, and
make sufficient of these double loops
to form doily. These double loops
should be joined to each other by‘two
of the little outside loops of the bot-
tom big loops to two of the little loops
of the top, big loop of the next' twin
loop. Sixteen of these twin loops will

be found a ‘ convenient numberp'for a .

    

You How

   

doily, but this may be varied accord-
ing to taste.

When these are joined into a ring,
start the edge at the bottom. On the
second loop from the joining, 1 short
stitch, 3 ch, 3 long stitches into next
but one loop; 3 oh, and 3 long stitches
into same loop; 3 ch, short stitch into
next loop but one.

Repeat twice; then place» another
short stitch in the upper twin loop at
the “fourth little loop from joining; ch
3, and-3 long stitches; 3 ch, 3'1ong
stitches into next loop but one; short
stitch into next lower twin loop in the
second little loop from joining. Con~
tinue around the row. For‘the last
row into each hole between the long
stitches put 1 short stitch; 6 ch, 1
short" stitch; 9 ch, 1 short stitch; 6
ch, 1 short stitch; then ch 9 and short
stitch into the ‘short stitch between
the points; 9 oh, and continue through-
out row.

For the Heading—Put 3 tr, 3 ch, and
3 tr in fourth loop from the joining; 3
ch, short stitch in next loop but one, 3
ch. Repeat; 30h. Continue the row.
2nd Row-Tr 3, 3 ch, 3 tr in pbint,

Ith'en ch 6 and short stitch ‘in short

stitch of last row; 6 ch. Repeat point,
and then without any chain, go on
with next point in the next hole Con-
tinue throughout the row. i ’
3rd Row—Is a repetition of
My wt

' mannerisms of its women.

    

The 'next row is 1 short stitch into
point, 3 oh, 1 tr in third tr; 3 ch, 1 tr
in first ch; 3- ch, 1 tr in point. Next
four rows are long stitch and chain in
every other stitch. For the last row,
2 short stitches in first three holes,
and only one in every fourth hole.

This pattern was taken from our
Needlecraft Book, No.41, which con-
tains a number of other pretty pat-
terns, and can be had by sending 15
cents to Michigan Farmer, Detroit,
Mich. Also better send another 15
cents for Needlecraft Book, No. 10,
which gives full directions, plainly
illustrated, for making all kinds of
crochet stitches.

“MOdCStY”

AM not an antediluvian, I do not

even date back to the day, of wasp
waists and trailing skirts. I never
owned but one corset, which I wore
a few times and discarded as the most
uncomfortable thing imaginable next
to high heels. As for prudes,
don’t grow in our county. The Lord
blessed me with normal eyesight and
being a descendant of Eve, I have a.
knowledge of good and evil.

God forbid that I should put an evil
thought in the heart of any girl.

There are many fine ,women and
beautiful girls whose good taste and
sense of refinement will not allow
them to follow the extreme of any
fashion, but' there are also a great
multitude who make the styles more
extreme as do the women of the un-
der.world

A nation is judged by the dress and
Anything
that lowers our morals is a menace to
our nation. The girls of today are
the women of tomorrow and if they
are so innocent as not to know where
Certain acts lead, it is high time they
Were warned.

I’ll tell you rightlhere, my. definition
of a “prude.” It is a woman—she it
mother, sister, or friend—who is too
modest (?) to tell these girls, the
majority of whom desire to do‘ right,
the things every girl should know to
protect her virtue. She is bound to
learn facts some time “and somewhere,
and if she learns them through suffer-
ing and shame, mother is largely to
blame.

I believe in the same standard of
purity for both sexes. I love to see
boys and girls comrades in the real

 

' sense of the word, but there is too

much so—called frankness displayed to
keep any degree of dignity. ~
I wish if you have not already done
so you would read “The Day of the
Beast, ” by Zane Grey, and “Her
Father's Daughter,” by Gene Stratton
Porter.
Modesty, fair flower
To woman given
In Eden’s bower—
A gift from Heaven.
——Mrs. B. O. R.

 

Squash Cakes—Boil, mash and cool.
two pumpkins, season with salt, pep-
per and a grate of .nutmeg, add two
cupfuls of cream, three tablespoonfuls.
of “butter, two beaten eggs, a pinch of
powdered cloves, and enough flour
sifted with one teaspoonful of baking
powder,

they '

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OW that it is again, time to start
N fixing the children a cold noon-_

day lunch, intended to take—the
place of dinner, we must be very care-
ful and particular that this lunch is as
nourishing as it should be. When we
adults eat a light noon-day meal we
find that the process of digestion con-
tinues, without a feeling of under-
nourishment‘; this is especially true
during the winter months when few
of us are engaged in hard physical
labor. The childs system is different;
it is engaged, not only in furnishing
energy for the healthy young body,
but in building bones and muscles for
the quick development of the child’s
body. A child of school age is not
equipped to store energy or nourish-
ment. If he over-eats, the result is a
case of indigestion and if he does not
eat sufficient amount of nourishing
foods, it may soon be observed in the
general weakness and stunted growth
of his body.

Do not get the idea that a child’s
luncheon must be of the light frothy
varieties. It should certainly be pack-
ed as daintily as possible, but it should
also be substantial foods. If you ex-
pect your child to be strong and
healthy there are certain essentials
which must be put in the lunch box.
One of the foremost of these is .milk.
Most children will enjoy a glass of
rich milk at noon, but for those who
do not drink milk, tasty dishes should
be prepared that use milk in the mak-
ing. '

If great care is not taken, the chil-
dren will soon tire of the more
nutritious parts of the luncheon. To
prevent this, provide a variety; it is
also often advisable to almost exclude
sweets from the school lunch. If a
child dulls its appetite with sweets
before touching the. rest of the meal,
that child would be better off with—
out so much_ sweets. However, some
sort of dessert must be provided, but
this does not imply that half of the
meal must be dessert. A pleasing and
nourishing sweet for school lunch is
most any one of the various forms of
gelatin puddings that can be quickly
and easily made at home.

It is not enough that the child’s ap-
petite should be satisfied. If you
were engaged in making a cake and
sent your little daughter to bring you
a cup of butter, but instead of bring-
ing butter, she would fill the cup with
beans, you wOuld be no better off than
before sending her. So it is with the
child’s appetite. That is Nature’s
way of calling for more material with
which to build a bigger and stronger
body and it is not a call for food but

arauon‘ of “the School 9 a
‘ Luncheon '

for nourishment to give strength.‘

It is sometimes advisable to ask
your child’s teacher to cooperate with
you in regard to the eating habits. It
is very essential that children should
masticate their food properly. They
should not be allowed to grasp their
lunch and go rushing out to play.
Does your child do these things? His
teacher will be glad to inform you if
questioned regarding his habits—N. P:

SHOE VARNISH

 

A waterproof shoe varnish resem-
bling patent-leather'in luster is com-
pounded of shellac, one ounce; alcohol,
three ounces; a pinch of lampblack
to color. Owing to the unfavorable
action of alcohol on leather, this shoe
varnish is not to be recommended for
brand-new shoes; but to rehabilitate
old shoes to a pristine shine it is un-
surpassed.

The tendency of shoes being crack-
led by it may very largely be averted
by first treating the leather to sev-
eral coats of fish oil or vasaline, ,well
rubbed in, over which a very thin
coat of paraffine is applied hot, and
the excess immediately wiped off; the
shoes should then be burnished with
cotton flannel until the surface is
smooth, and apparently dry' and free
from oil or paraffine. The shoe var-
nish is then thinly applied with a small
sponge fastened to a Wire. Several
thin coats put on several hours apart
may be necessary to get full luster.
After that, usually one- thin applica-
tion is sufficient. Patent-leather paste
polish, rubbed over it and burnished
with flannel, softens the glitter, and

leaves a very handsome bright sur-l
advantage to'

face. The chief other
be derived from its use comes from
its resistance to water. It is, there-
fore, invaluable when applied to pre-
serve the good looks of the sides of
the soles and heels of shoes to be
worn in bad weather; and even to
waterproof their bottoms—M. A. C.

NEW-FASHION ED NOTIONS

 

The new autumn suits are much;
longer as to skirt and jacket length.
The short bloused jacket is some
worn, but the long straight lines of
slimness hold high favor. The jacket~
may match the skirt in color Or not
as one’s fancy moves, but a black one
becomes useful and conservative when
worn with other dresses and skirts.
One sees a good deal of jackets in con-
trast, as red, biege, sulphur or white
embroidered in black. They are good1
looking and practical for street wear.

Household Service

I would like so much to make a
dress form. Can you tell me just how
and what material it will take. My
size is 36, but there are three neigh-
bors interested, and we will appreciate
any help you can give us.—-Mrs. C.
H W.

,I am sending you a very complete
article on this subject, which was
published in our journal’ of April 9,
1921.. I trust it will give you sufficient
instruction and. that you and your
neighbors are successful with your
dress forms. It is splendid that you
can'work together, and I feel sure,
from experience, that you will find
them in a practical aid in your home
dressmaking.

I am a subscriber of the Michigan
Farmer and would like to know of
some \new materials for esses that
are being worn this fall. would like
something. that Would be practical and
» that I could use for general wears—7

Mrs B ‘ _ L .

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Wool ratine is a very popular fall
material and when made up in dark
colors one has a serviceable dress.
This material comes in 54-in. width
and therefore cuts to a good advan-
tage. Scotch tweed and Sweden
checks, also 54-in. Width materials, are.
much seen as Old Sol journeys toward
the South. The indispensable serges
and tricotines are always good look-
ing and practical.

 

I have an ivory toilet set and by an
accident the nail file was broken from
the handle. The jeweler in this town
cannot repair it. Can you tell me
where I can have it done ?—Mrs. M. C.

There seems to be no jewelry shop
in this city that does this kind of re-
pair work. Would advise you to send
the file back to the store from which
the purchase was made and they in
turn would return it to‘ the manufac-
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at remarkably low prices.

Don ’t min it.

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Hudson’s 4lst Anniversary Sale, coming right at the time of the State Fair,
ofiers double inducement to those who
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Letters

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-Dear Uncle Frank:

I am afraid that if you were to in-
vite all your nieces and nephews to
dinner you would have quite a crowd.

I have been trying to get acquainted
with you people by reading your let-
ters,'but I am afraid thatwont do you
any good unless I talk a little, will it?
FOr fear that you won’t know me when
you see me, I will say that I am sev-
enteen yearsold, five feet six inches
tall, weigh 140 pounds. I have dark
hair and my‘ eyes are grey—so every-

Found In 0111’; Letter BOX,

Mere Pages are line Winners in Our Snnp-Snoi Contest

doing this summer.‘Well, it originated
'from last summer. Mother gave me
four speckled hens. Of course, they
laid eggs and one of our neighbors
told me shewould give me a setting of
white Pekin duck eggs for a setting
of those hen eggs, so we traded.

I had seven ducks and two drakes,
nine in all. Mother helped me raise
them for I had never raised ducks be-
fore. We fed them‘ bread and milk,
and kept them shut up in a pen made
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Quaint Rural Scene From Howard Sherman, Edwardsbu-rg, Mich.

body says—I don’t know for myself.
. Well I must close my chatter. Ydurs
truly, Ralt’ord G. Kroft, Lewiston,
Mich.

Some dandy crowd we would have if
we all got together. Chatter again
when you can, Ralph.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I thought I would write to you, as
it is raining.

When I was in Canada we had a
school fair. I took some potatoes and
some chickens and wrote a story. I
took first on my chickens and second

 

“Harold and His 0. l. .," From His
'Sister, Isabel Fisk, Clinton, Mich.

I did not get anything
on my potatoes. Our school took
thirty-two prizes. There were only
nine pupils. We made a collection of
weeds and took first prize on them.

I guess I will close.—Your.Nephew,
Lyle Murry, Caro, Mich.

I congratulate yOu on your prizes.
Your school certainly made a good
showing. I hope you will write me
again as part of your rainy day occu-

on 'my story.

. pation.

 

Dear Uncle Frank: .
I have been reading as many of the

~ letters written you by the other boys
‘ and girls, that I really feel acquainted

.r' with you and all of them.

I must tell you what I have been

  

we let them run about and, Say! You
should have seen those ducks grow.

Well, we killed one for Christmas,
which left eight. This spring the six
ducks began laying in March and laid
335 eggs up to about the twenty-first
of June.

I set all of the eggs under hens. The
first eggs that were set hatched pretty
good, but I guess it was too hot for
the last ones. -

When they were hatched off I had
201 ducks. I have lost several, that
is, they died, and a great number of
them have run off and I couldn’t find
them. I have 165 now.

Mother has forty Toulese geese. It
keeps father, mother and myself all on
the hump all the time—Mildred Walts
ers, Eckford, Mich.

Your duck experience is interesting.
It would be interesting to know how.
you come out financially with it this
fall.

 

Hello, Uncle Frank!

No doubt this is a bold beginning,
but really, Uncle, I want to be ac-
quainted right away, as I know it will
surely be worth while. - '

According to the little remarks
made by you after each person’s let-
ter, I think you must be a great uncle.
That’s why I think I’ll like you all the
more. _ .

I’m a little farmer lass of sixteen,
although I hate to Call myself one.
You may think me mean to hate the
farm, but I can’t say much for it.

The only things that interest me on
the farm are my pets, which are a
rabbit, dog and an owl. ‘

I’m a junior at school. We ride in
a buss, which I detest most severely.
The knocks and bounces make it so.

Well, uncle, this letter is getting
somewhat stretched, so I’ll stop here.
Your new neice, Bertha 'Hayes.

I am so glad you want to get ac-
quainted, but your opinion of the farm
disappoints me. Try joining some
Boys’ & Girls’ Clubs and I’ll bet you’ll
have fun enough to change your
opinion.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I am 14 years old and will be in the
tenth grade this fall. I am going to
take the following subjects: Latin II
(Caesar), English II, Geometry and
Ancient History. Also chorus, which
takes thirty minutes of the day. I also
take music lessons and I expect to be
in a musical this fall. '-

My father is a leather dealer, so he

\

_ plqs, now. Don’t you?

has a truck, but we have a “big” car
too. We live on a small farm, but we
have a larger one further out In the
country.

I have the work of taking the traffic
census on the road by our house. Traf-
fic census is counting the cars, trucks,
etc., that travel on the road. I have
to work from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m., or 14
hours. But I get $4.20 per day.

Well, I will close for this time.
Clara Foote, Traverse City, Mich.

It looks as'if your school work would
keep you busy, but I hope not too busy
to interfere with your interest in this
department. That is a nice job you
have, even though the hours.,.are long.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

At last I have come to the .con—
clusion that I would write to you and
your pals. Well, say, I believe some
of them are also my pals. I just fin-
ished a letter to a member of the
club. I would like to write some more
too. Maybe I will in a few days.

I’ll bet you wish you was in the ap-
ple orchard eatin’ some fine, fresh ap-
Um! Apples
are sure great “stuff.” Come on, be-
fore you’re too late! We had lots of
cherries this year and belieVe me we’ll
have some; great nice plums this year,
too. There’s where I shine, out under
the plum tree, while the sun shines.
I don’t care much about these moon-
shines. Ha! Ha! That is why I said
sun shine.

How do you and the: “kids” like
these fine summer sunshiny days?
They are all right, I guess, but as it

happens the water is too cold to call,

“Come, on ‘in, the water's fine!” We

haven’t gone‘bathing yet this year be-

cause the water really is too . cold
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“Dodge Brothers Solve Travel Prob“-
~ lems,” From Mary Dodge, Romeo, M.

around here. Be! ho! Isn’t that too
bad?

Well, I must close, because I’m
afraid you won’t want me to come
again if I take up any more space.

I, will now say goodbye; Your Pal,
Esther Taylor, Ellsworth, Mich.

I changed “Farewell” to “Goodbye”
in the last sentence in your letter.
Farewell means too long a departure
and we want you to come again, soon.
I was, and I wish I was again, in the!
apple orchard, plum orchard and also
in the water. Where I was, on my
vacation, the water was fine.

From Our Junior Poets

TWO PIGS

 

Johnny Jones, he bought a pig;

It wasn’t so very big.

He fed it much, and oh! it grew,
Until it weighed twelve hundred two.

Now Johnny’s Dad, he bought a pig;
’Twas not so awful, awful big.

He! fed-it lots, but it never grew,
’Twas like a stunted kangaroo.

And Johnny (said, “Now, Dad, it’s you,
You ought to join the pig club, too;
Your pigs don’t grow because they
know,
That you’re not in our Pig Club Row.
——By Paul B. Herman,
. Coldwater, Mich.

 

A LITTLE GIRL

 

Her eyes are like forget-me-nots,
So loving, kind and true;
Her lips are like a pink sea-shell,
Just as the sun shines through;
Her hair is like the waving grain,
In summer’s golden light;
And, best of all, her little soul
Is, like a lily, white.
—By Arthur Schrader,’
Ypsilanti, Mich.

 

AFTER THE SHOWER

 

After the shower was‘over,
In the eastern sky was seen,
The most magnificent rainbow

Of pink, yellow, purple and green.

The evening sun was setting,
It made such a pretty sight,

To see the bow and the setting sun,
That lonesome cheerless night.

The sky seemed to be shrouded
In a pink and golden robe,

While the clouds looked like sail boats
That were lined with glittering gold;

Though that gorgeous
faded,
Into a lonesome night,
I’ll never forget that evening,
When I saw that, that pretty sight.
——By Editha Engwall,
East Lake, Mich.

scene SOOD

' THE EARLY RISER

This morning a rumbley, bumbley bee
Flew to my window and buzzed at me.
“Zame on you! Zame on you! Zleepy—

head; , ’
Open your eyes and hop out of bed;
Fill up your lungs with the morning

a r,
Pdlishhyour teeth and comb out your
air.”
Then bumping and bumbling he flew
away,
Over the borders of flowers gay.
I hopped and I hurried for, no, siree!
I wouldn’t be beat by a bumbley bee.

.. . '—By Robert A. Cook,
Age 13 years. Ithaca, Mich.

  

 

  

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,‘ By Uncle Frank

”ITHER a lot of my pals were on

their. vacations or they did not

, know what they would do with five

" dollars if they had it, for the returns

from this contest were as light as any
we have held so far.

But the investment suggestions I
received were good. They were the
sensible kind which indicates that
boys and girls know how to use money
in the right way. However, judging
'from the results, the girls are the
ones most interested in handling
money.

Because‘of the lack of space I can-
not print the winning papers this
week, but next week I will give all

 

ANOTHER SPELLING
CONTEST

The last spelling contest was
a real success, so we will try
the stunt again. This time I
ask you to make as many words
as you can out of the letters
contained in the word “Agricul-
ture.” The use of the letters in
any word moreoften than they
are found in “Agriculture” will
disqualify such words. Proper
names will also be disqualified.
The five boys or girls giving the
largest number of words will re-
ceive one dollar each. This con-
test will close Sept. 7th. Please
address all your letters to Uncle

 

 

 

Frank, Michigan Faimei De<
troit, Mich.
five. The winners whose papers will

appear next week are:
Faith Harriet Goodell,
seph, Mich., R. R. 1.
Beatrice Fach, ROSe City, Mich.
Elmer J. Smith, Battle Creek,
Mich, R. R. 9.
Marie L. Blatt,

Mich.

Leona Finkbeiner,

Mich.

Quite a fewJ of the investment pa-
pers we received had some very good
suggestions, but they violated the
rules of the contest by going over the
hundred word limit. Perhaps in the
future We will print some of those not
fortunate enough to win a prize on
this account, but have interesting
matter in them.

With the contest papers I got a
nice lot of letters. I appreciate all
these letters, as the reading of them
constitutes the most enjoyable part of
my work. One thing pleases me
greatly and that is the unselfishness
expressed in so many of the letters.
Most every letter expresses the
thought that its Writer does not want

St. Jo-

Brown ,City,

Ann Arbor,

to make the letter so long as to crowd 1

others out of the space.

 

 

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Light in weight but sturdy in build—
' economical of gasoline, tires, and oil—rugged
and reliable in all the service of the farm.

Cord tires, non-skid from and rear; disc steel wheels,

dcmountable at rim and at

hub; drum type lamps; Alemite lubrication; motor driven electric horn; unusually
long springs; deep, wide, roomy seats; real leather upholstery in open cars, broad-
cloth in closed cars; open car side-curtains open with doors; clutch and brake
action, steering and gear shifting, remarkably easy ; new type water-tight windshield.

MAXWELL MOTOR CORPORATION, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
MAXWELL MOTOR CO. OF CANADA, LTD., WINDSOR, ONTARIO

‘The Good

MAXW

 

 

I have thought often of the feeling

of disappointment that must come to
those who write letters with the an-
ticipation of having them appear in
“Our Letter Box” and then fail to find
them there. However, it would be
mechanically impossible for me to
print them all, so the best I can do is
to pick a few here and there for pub-
lication. But all are read and en-
joyed, so I hope you will keep. them
coming, especially as they seem to be
getting more interesting all the time.
The vacation period with all its
varied activities is about over and
snon you will,be back at your regular
school for another year. Some go
back with regret that the vacation is
over I presume,
deubtedly look forward with anticipa-
tion to the coming year’s work. Re—
gardless‘ of how you feel» about it, I
hope. all ;of you are. going back to do
the very best you can. You are cheat-
ingnoone, but yourself if you don’t.

 

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while others un- ‘

sch Shoes

H-B Hard Pan-n
Ask for it by name---

This is Michigan’s famous sci-vice shoc. It wcars
like iron. Only the “bend,” the choicest part
of the hide, is used in the Hard l’an solc. A
special process of rc—tanning makcs the
shoe water—resistant. It is roomy and
comfortable, and will stand up under
gruelling wear. H. B. Hard Pan serv—
ice shoes are sold by reliable shoe
stores at $4. and up. Lighter service

shoes at $3 and up.

; Herold-B

Favorites with Michigan 740 0Q

Sturdy, good- looking dress shoes All leather-~-

Herold—Bertsch has been a. household and all EOOd
word for shoe quality in Michigan
homes since Cleveland was president.
Your dealer will recommend this line
of footweaP unreservedly. Roomy,
comfortable. long~wearing dress shoes,
priced at $5 and up.

HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE Co, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sold throughout Michigan by Reliable Shoe Stores

SEND FOR BOOKLET

leather

 

 

 

When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention
The Michigan Farmer

Club Prices Slashed

OFFER NO. W
MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.
Capper’s \Veekly, one year.

McCall’s Magazine, one year.
Total subscription value ...... $3.00
ALL THREE ONLY $2.00

OFFER NO. 8
MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.
Capper’s \Veekly, one year.

Mother’s Magazine, one year.
Total subscription value ...... $2.25
ALL THREE ONLY $1.50

OFFER NO. F
MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.
Capper’s \Veekly, one year.

Poultry Guide, one year.
Total subscription value. . . . .$2.50

ALL THREE ONLY $1.75

OFFER NO. U
MICHIGAN FARMER, one year.
Capper’s Vl eekly one year.
Boy’s Magazine, one year.
Total subscription value ...... $3.50
ALL THREE ONLY $2.25

OFFER NO. V
MICHIGAN FARMER. one year.
Capper’s Weekly, one year.

Swine \Vorld, one year
Total subscription value. $2.50
ALL THREE ONLY $1. 75
— — _ — — — — - _

Use This Coupon for Your Order.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER,
Detroit, Michigan.

Gentlemen z—Enclosed find $ ....... '

for which send me Michigan Farmer
and publications in Club Offer No.. .. .
each for one Year.

Name
Post'Oflice

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LAYING PULLETS

. Do You Want Some Laying Pullets in 4 Weeks from Now.

We have a few hundred White Leghorns that are past 4 months old that we will selllat thes months

price

This bargain is oflered so that you may order the pullets at once.

These Pullets are now beginning to make comb and should be put into

laying quarters right now.

They should begin to lay' In 4 weeks or less.

Also we are offering the same bargain in a limited number of other Pallets:

Barred and White Rocks; Rhode Island Reds;
White Wyandottes; White and Buff Orpingtons

Bend f r o r nblication, Homestead Farms and Price
Here a‘i'e 8:111: real bargains in all these Pullets: also Cookerels. Ducks, Geese and Turkeys.

- STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION

201 Chase Block

Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

POULTRY
so 2. on per

Baby Chicks oceandog.

Hatching eyggs. 81.50 per setting to 81500 per 1
We are listing 17 varieties of pure bred fowls; Chick-
ens. Geese Ducks uiness. also breedin stock.
89nd for prices and circular. Booking now or cair;
deliveré. LINTON HAT CEEBY POUL
Wilmington. Ohio.

PULLETS

Barron 83min 8 0

 

Yearling hens Si. 00 each 395 per 100
Good he ealthgIE selected birds. no culls or weaklings.
BAY POULTRY FARM.
R. 4. Holland. Mich.

Whittaker’s R. I. Reds

200 Single Oomb Red pullets at 82. 50 to $5 each. Also
Cocks and Cookerels of both combs From stock
blood tested for bacil lary white diarrhoea. Write
for catalog. Interlakes Farm. 80x39, Lawrence Mich.

Bred-to-Lay White Wyandottes
70 i J

59 1181133. laid iillVEftgg‘ EIIilNui’ 0U fifi‘ 1% 00 r 15; 810

Ending & Sons, Greenville, Mich

 

 

 

 

FERRIS.934M III! I!“ M.

ANCONA PULLETS

I have 800. 3 months old utility selected Ancona pullets
which I will sell at 81 30 each. Order at once and avoid
diesappolntment Thomas Beyer. R. 4. Zeeland. Mich

 

 

cm '0' year old hens. S C. W. Le horn Barron’ s

O 3! strain. Order now while they last. ”8 tatrl:

I'lal'itm and not the best from trap nestoedstoc

%m cosrd flom 20011 tom BY NOENTEB
ULTRY FARM. Byronto Center, Mich.

,' . d.W w yandotte Breedi
Barred ROCk“ Stock at bargain prioesnow n:
HOWARD GRANT Marshall Mich

Barred Rock Cockereis

 

 

all-egg st From stock ktrom Parks’
rous. e l h tohedb
were” °1....1:'...1...1.l”1i'.i'i

 

Sold PULLETS Out

This space belongs to Simon Harkema
and Sons. Breeders of American—Eng-
lish Strain of S. C. W. Leghorns.

Chicks, Pullets and Breeding Cockerels
in season. Sold out for season of 1922.

Simon Harlem and Sons,
Holland, Mich.

Pullels Gookerols Pullels

Barred Books From From Layers

Laying contest winners. Records
213 to 257. Write for catalogue.

G. CABALL
12.4. 1 Hudsonville, Mich.

gmffiirr LOOK!

POSTAGE PAID. 95$ live
rival guaranteed
MONTH‘ 8 FEED FR
with heaoh order 40 Breeds
chicks. 4 breeds duo kgslln
select and exhibition grades.
0 aogtal .iwsstam app”.

Gambler, 0.

 

 

 

 

mBarred Ruckus.” sstrs'w‘risr“ to
tine. Mich . -

Circular

per mile 11.12% ,blflp'

 

MASH HELPS EGG YIELD

 

‘ HE. farmers in Ohio are finding
that ~"feeding a, mash as a. supple-
ment to the regular grain ration great-
ly increases the egg yield. On the
farm of M. I. ' Hanson, ,of Monroe
County, 110 Brown Leghorns pro-
duced seventy eggs a. week on the
old-time grain ration. When given in
addition a mash of two parts corn
meal and one part each of ground
oats, ground wheat and meat scraps
or tankage, the same hens layed 362
eggs in the third week, or an increase
of 425%. This, of course, is an un-
usual increase, but the average in-
crease on twelve farms was 71%.

It is advisable to gradually acous~
tom the hens to any change of feed
and, in some cases, satisfactory results
are not obtained because the change
is made too quickly.

A good way to make the hens eat

the mash is to give them practically

no scratch feed in the morning, but
to have the mash. hoppers accessible
to them. '

The results of this work also show
that summer feeding pays well.

POULTRY CULLING FAKES

 

ROFESSIONAL p o u 1 t r y cullers,

such as have been reported in this
state, are active in Wisconsin. These
fellows go from farm to farm culling
the farm flock in an apparently busi-
ness-like way. They guarantee to
take all the culls at a. good price. The
profitable part of the scheme from
their standpoint is that they cull out
the good hens and leave the farmers
the poor ones. .Farmers should beware
of these professional cullers and if
there is any doubt as to the standing
of these follows the local county agent
should be consulted.

RECORD FOR EARLY MATURITY

 

HE M. A. C. Poultry Department
has a barred rock pullet which
laid her first egg when three months
and fifteen days old, which breaks all
records for early egg production. She
is the daughter of a 302-egg hen, that
was mated to a male bird noted for
early development. Her sire’s full sis-
ters are now leading in the National
Canadian Contest .and he is demon-
strating his prepotency of early matur-
ity by producing pullets that come
into egg production before four months
of age. This clearly indicates that
proper breeding and selection will
bring results.

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MEAT SCRAP BETTER FOR HENS
THAN TANKAGE

 

N tests, which involved the flocks

of twenty~three farms, the Ohio Ex-
periment Station has found that meat
scraps give better results as a. pro-
tein food than either digestor tankage
or milk. High grade tankage contain-
ing fifty per cent of. animal protein is
all right, but much of the tankage is
of low grade, often containing as low
as fifteen per cent protein and having
as filler animal hair, hoof and horn,

 

   
      

        

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which is hard on the. hen’s digestion.
Meatscraps are of a. more uniform

quality, and usually bring more eggs.
One farmer got thirty eggs a. day less.

from his flock of mm hundred when
he substituted low grade tankage for
meat scrap. _
The milk contains ”a good amount
of animal protein that is fine for hens.
but it should not be counted as a. sub-
stitute for meat scrap in a dry mash.
It contains such a. large percentage
of water that the hens have to gorge
themselves in order to get enough pro-

tein to keep at a. high laying capacity:

Milk, however, is a fine adjunct to use
in poultry feeding.

 

HE_Ns EYES SWELL , _

 

I have some hens whose heads swell
on one side so they can’t see out of
the eye on that side. Some of them
have a froth or foamy substance by
the eye. On some of them a little
bunch sticks out on the side where
the swelling is. Some of the hens get
over it but most of them die after
some time. ——F. P.

The hens have a form of roup which
has resulted from a. cold. The nostril
becomes clogged due to the cold and
soon accumulations of cheese-like pus
form and bulge out near the eye.
Sometimes the nostril can be cleaned
with tissue paper and rubbed full of
camphorated vaselene and the swell-
ing will soon go down. In other cases
it is necessary to make a. cut in the
lump and remove the matter. Then
rub camphorated vaSelene in the
wound or wash it with a disinfectant.
It is usually necessary to remove the
matter several times before the wound
will heal. Sometimes a cure occurs
quickly. In other cases the hen will
gradually grow worse and die. The
natural vigor of the hen is the determ-
ining factor. Such cases are best pre-
vented by keeping the birds from
catching cold.

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RABBITS LOSE HAIR

 

We have a nest of ten Belgian
hares, born July 9th. When they were
fourteen days old the mother died.
Since then we have been feeding them
on warm cow’s milk. They new cat
dry rolled oats and all kinds of green
stuff. They do not drink quite so
much milk as they did four days ago.
July 29th we noticed that the smallest
bunny was losing its fur. It eats just
as readily as do the others. Its eyes
are bright and it is very active. The
lur is now all off its body except for
the long black hair. There is some
lur on the haunches yet and the head
and feet are well covered. July 3lst
we noticed that the bunny next larger
is losing its fur in the same way. Can
you give us any information or advice
on this condition ?—C. W.

When rabbits have mange or skin
diseases try using an ointment made
of equal parts sulphur and lard. Rub
this into the skin thoroughly. The
next day wash the skin with castile
soap and warm water. On the follow-

'ing day the ointment treatment should

be repeated and on the next day more
scrubbing with soap ‘and water. This
will usually make a cure, but is a
treatment not to be used in cold
weather. If the rabbit is healthy a.
new crop of hair may appear in a.
short time. ‘

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WEARING SPECTACLES

 

By Doctor 0. H. Lerrigo

IF you are forty or past, and you

suddenly discover that your vision
is not what it used to be, don’t be
alarmed. It is nothing more than a
natural deficiency. It means that the
crystalline lens of the eye is not so
flexible as heretofore. It is beginning
to harden. It never willwork again
quite as well as in the old days and
you must give it the artificial aid of
a glass with a slightly convex lens.

The fitting of spectacles assumed in
middle life to adjust such natural
changes can be done without any use
of “drops” in the eyes to dilate the
pupils. The real need for “drops". is
when there is astigmatism or some
other error of refraction and the doc-
tor needs to examine the whole eye
Very carefully. This is even more
likely to be required in children who
need glasses than in adults.

The fact of the matter is that it is
more important to have the eyes of a
child correctly fitted than those of the
adult. When children, especially those
in school, require spectacles, it is
usually because of near-sightedness
(myopia). The ciliary muscle, which
controls the lens of the eye is exceed-
ingly active in children and a proper
examination is quite impossible until
it is put at rest. That is, why medi-
cine is dropped into the eye by the
doctor before the examination is made.
The medicine quiets the muscle and
the doctor is able to see properly and
judge of the real condition. Perhaps
it is worthy saying that homatropin,
the medicine now chiefly used by doc-
tors for eye examination, is quite
transitory in its effects, the eye be-
coming active again in 36 hours or
less.

Never make the mistake of using
spectacles bought at a - notion store
or of a travelling peddler. It is great
folly to trust the care of your pmcious
eyes to some man whom education in
the specialty is limited to a few weeks
training in “fitting glasses.” You need
one thoroughly trained, not alone in
the eye but in all of its relations to
the whole human complex.

When you get your glasses let the
doctor tell you just how to wear them,
and have him personally examine the
frames to see that they are properly
adjusted. To give full efficiency, not
only must the centers of the lenses
correspond to the ocular centers, but
the distance of the lenses from the
eyes must. be proper. There should
be just sufficient space to prevent the
eyelashes from touching the glass.

“. BAD BREATH

 

I have had a bad breath for over a
year. Have taken medicine for
stomach but get no alien—Mrs. E. H.

Bad breath is often due to other
than stomach trouble. Decayed teeth
and diseased tonsils are often respon-
sible. Chronic nasal catarrh is a fre-
quent cause. A bronchial cough with
accumulation of mucous often causes
a bad odor from the mouth.

.RUSH OF BLOOD

 

- I am a-‘woman, 24 years at age, and
have two boys, two and four years of
age; my husband died a year ago.
Could you tell me what causes my.

 

 
  

  

with my two children? I am about
five feet tall and weigh 135.——-—Mrs.
A. W

Such manifestations do not neces-
sarily indicate any disease, but are
symptoms 'of easily disturbed nervous
system. They are akin to blushing.
There is no treatment. The varicose
veins may be improved by cold bath-
ing and gentle massage. I hesitate, to
make any prescriptions for matrimony
excepting to say that I see no reason
why not.

ACID STOMACH

 

I have been t1oubled for some time
with an acid stomach. I have been
to local doctors but received but very
little help. At times it is almost un-
bearable. Is there help for my trouble?
If so please give it through your Rural
Health Column. I think perhaps there
are others as bad of this trouble as
myself.—-Miss J. M. J. '

Acid stomach is a very general
term and may mean much or little.
In general I suggest the very careful
mastication of all food, and the in-
clusion in the diet of leafy vegetables,
potatoes cooked in their skins, and
the drinking of fresh milk.

BROKEN VEINS

 

Please tell me the best and quickest
relief from big veins. They give me a
lot of pain and distress but I must
keep on with my .work.—G. F J

You will get most immediate relief
from wearing elastic supporting band-
ages 01‘ stockings. It is well to find
the cause. If you are too heavy re—
duce your weight. If your heart ac-
tion is poor build it up. If you have
flatfoot get the fault corrected. There
are many different reasons for broken
veins. Find the reason and have it
corrected.

SUPPOSED CANCER

 

I have a sore on my under lip which
a surgeon called a tumor. He told me
that I would have to have it cut out
and I would also have to have all of.
my lower teeth and a part of my upper
ones pulled and that he would have
to take some kernels out of my
throat, on each side. It was a very
serious operation and did not give
much hopes of passing through it. This
sore has been on my lip about 2
months.~«B. L. .

Your doctor could give such advice
only on the supposition that the tumor
is a cancer. Even at that he is pro—
posing very radical treatment. It may
be necessary. Certainly you should

.have some treatment promptly. But

first get some other experienced sur-
geon in consultation. Then take
prompt action on their joint advice.

When a cancer has involved glands it

is doubly dangerous.

HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT?

 

Ninety-nine chances out of one hun-
drpd you say ath—a-lete, even if you
are a high school student, or perhaps
a regular collegian. Where do you get
that extra syllable? The word is ath-
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accent on the first syllable. Don’t tell
folks what an ath-a—let-ic chap you are.
They’ll think you’d better exercise
your brains more and your muscles
less.
accent on “let.”

bleed to rush up over my neck and

nervous; or some times it does this
when I an. neither. I also have vari-
coed veins very bad, but they den’t
mam me. would you advise me to

lace in spots when I get excited or '

:1;an isomer to have a homer _

“More milk for all, both poor and
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men healthy,” would be a. motto that;
would make Ill Health our pathway
soon iorsake. , ,

 

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Tests prove that
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t, porous, flaky texture that dis-
Remember the loss through

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Cocks and Cockerels
RALPH s. TOTTEN, Pittsford, Mich_

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Early hatched ckls. Willard Webster.g Bath. Mich

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ANK DELONG, R 3. Three Rivers, Mich

 

 

 

 

 

“e have them. Order your

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SMITH BROS. ll. 3. Augusta, Mich

 

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Shropsh’re Rams ma. fl
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c J. THOMPSOIQIC: “11512.1331 $51311.

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free. ~F. H. Russell,

 

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Box 41, Wakeman, Ohior

Reglstered Soufl'down earlingfieed and than”, 1‘.

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ARE consumers willing to pay 15
knowing that this milk contains a
high percentage of butterfat from
cows tuberculin “‘tested?‘ ~
Dairymen have frequently asked this
question and occasionally they have,
found someone .who has discovered
such a market. They are about as

M r.

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Farmers

scarce as hen’s teeth, but they are
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Contagious Abortion
By W. C. Fair

EVERY owner of cows, mares, ewes

and sows, should be deeply in-
terested in the prevention of infectious
or contagious abortion.

It is a well known fact that infec-
tious abortion causes greater loss to
cattle raisers and dairy farmers than
any other single disease, tuberculosis
not excepted.

Infectious abortion is a specific in-
flammation of the mucus membrane of
the uterus which in pregnant animals
leads to an affection of the fetal mem-
branes and often to the premature
birth of the fetus. The fetus may be
either living or dead, depending upon
the degree to which the; germs have
interfered with nutrition.

Animals which have aborted once
or twice may cease to abort, but they
remain diseased and are likdly to in-
fect others. Accidental causes may
and sometimes do bring on miscar-
riage, however, every abortion in cows
should be considered infectious. Con-
tagious abortion of cattle is ‘a specific
infectious disease due to the Bact,
abortus of Bang, but in mares it is
caused by the Bacillus abortus eqni.
The germs are found in the uterus
fetal membranes, and fetuses of in-
fected mares.__,This disease has not
yet become very common in ewes or
sows; however, it is well to keep in
mind that they are not exempt from
it.

Doubtless the infection is taken up
with the food or water, or through the
genital organs, which may become in-
fected by stable litter, manure or con-
tact with infected milking or stable
utensils, or using syrings, douching
hose or instruments which are, not al-
ways clean.

Treatment—No reliable cure is
known for contagious or infectious
abortion, but the use of vaccines ap-
plied by your vetermarlan to herds
which, are badly affected will prove
beneficial, and the treatment is per-
haps‘worth 'what it costs. However,

the use of vaccines for abortion is

still in the experimental stage. VPrel-

.i'

   

Profit In w(9,111“in Mil-M

cents a quart for good rich milk‘L”

heifer isolated from balance of herd,

[spread abortion infection, by train

 

ed by those fellows doWn in the month.

One of these dairy optimists in
Michigan is M. L. Gillette, owner and
proprietor of Shady Nook Dairy Farm,
two miles northwest of Grand Rapids.
He is supplying a select trade in the
Furniture City with pure Guernsey
milk at 15 cents a. quart and can’t be-
gin to supply the trade.

Mr. Gillette started his route on
Armistice Day, 1921. He was milking
four Guernsey cows then. Four
months later, as a result of Mrs. Gil—
lette’s missionary work day times
among the consumers of Grand Rapids,
Mr. Gillette found it necessary to in-
crease his herd to 13 cows. And still
he is unable to supply the demand.

Mr. Gillette believes there are hun-
dreds of consumers in every city who
are willing to pay long prices to get
good milk, and who really know they
are getting the kind of product they
are paying for.

Mr. and Mrs. Gillette are just
young people, the kind of folks you
find nowadays sticking on the old
farm, practicing modern methods and
getting away with it big. The big
city has no lure for them. They are
contented “down on the farm.”—Run.

ventative measures have given the
writer best results. Equip your farm
with a separate stall or stable for
your cows at calving time.

‘ This maternity barn should be so
constructed that it can be fumigated
with formaldehyde, easily disinfected
and not diflicult to keep clean. Keep
the cow in this barn and treat her
.until all vaginal discharge cease-s. The
aborted fetus and accompanying mem-
branes should be burned as the germs
are very numerous in these tissues.
The manure and litter should be placed
out of reach of your cows.

The disease has been spread by the
introduction of an infected animal into
a healthy herd. Keep the new cow or

 

 

E. C. Fowler’s Guernsey, Elm'Rovgg’
Namounar Dalphin

until after she calves.

Don’t, knowingly, have your cow or
heifer served by a neighbor’s bull’, un-
less you are reasonablycertain that
he has, not been serving diseased cows.
It is true that the bull is only a‘
mechanical carrier of the infection,
but to make him safe, he should be

treated both before and after service, ‘

especially if he is serving infected
co'ws. Treatment of the genital tract
of aborted animals is essential, especié
“ally in cases of- retained placentasf
however, this is work for the veteri-
narian or trained dairyman. Infection
with the abortion organism often leads
to retained placenta and sterility.
Suckling calves from infected mothers

   

 
 

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'35'fectod cows. It is .a great mistake ’60

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through the read; or manure from in-

feed the milk from infected coWs, to
sows, unless it has been sterilized.
Cows which have aborted should
not be sold but kept in tne herd until
they becdme “ceased aborters" unless
they fail to conceive When bred.
About one in five or six have latent
or active infection, and infection prob-
ably through teat in adults and is
situated in ”udder of non-pregnant, and
in womb and vaginal discharge of
pregnant cows, but B. abortus disap-

' pears from uterus soon after parturi-

tion. 0r germs enter .cow through
food and attack fetus in utero through
blood. Young animals may be infect-
ed by milk, or in utero, but infection
does not last long. There are many
healthy carriers never showing signs
of disease.

Suspicious symptoms in a herd are
abortions, retained after birth, steril-
ity, nyniphomania and mastitis in
while B. abortus causes in
calves through milk white scours, in—

 

fectious arthritis and pneumonia.

It is considered good practice to
flush ,vagina of aborting cow until os
closesand discharge ceases, the same
preparation is suitable for flushing
sheath of bull, before and after serv-
ice; use one part Lysol, Creolin, or
Liquor Cresolis Compositus, in 200
parts tepid water. Douching vagina
with this preparation every 48 hours,
for 30 days before cow calves may
prevent white scours and pneumonia,
use this same preparation twice as
strong to bathe the hind parts of
aborting cows, Wash and dry the calf.
Sterelize stump of Cord with tincture
of iodine and dust with one part sali-
cylic acid and three parts boris acid,
and don’t forget that absolute cleanli-
ness of hind quarters of infected cow

will very often prevent mastitis and
white scours of calf. In conclusion
let me say, the fundamental principles
underlying the control of contagious
or infectious abortion are the same as
for the eradication of other infectious
diseases.

Dairying by Guess and by Gosh

(Continued from page 221).

any dairy supply house at a cost of
from $3 to $5, and when properly cared
for, will last 25 years. It should be
kept dry, oiled occasionally, and not
be subjected to heavy loads. It should
be used only for milk weighing pur-
poses. -Good milk pails cost from
$1.25 to $1.50 .each from hardware
dealers or tinsmiths. If there is any
difference in weight, this can be ad-
justed by adding solder on the bottom
of the pail. Although the daily Weigh-
ings gives the farmer the widest pos‘
sible knowledge of what each cow is
doing, by weighing three times a
month is accurate enough for all prac—
tical purposes, say on the 1st, 10th,
and 20th. If a cow gave an average
of 30 lbs. daily f01 a month, she would
be credited with 301131—930 lbs. for
that month.

The milk scale may be hung from
the ceiling of the stable 'or milk room'
by means of a wire or rod; or, it may
be suspended on a wall bracket so
that the pail will be clear of the wall
when weighing. The milk sheet may
be tacked on the wall, or be kept in
a cabinet which can be made or pur-
chased. It should be kept clean by
having a glass or paper for the milk-
er’s hand to rest upon when recording
weights. If everything be convenient
it will not take a minute a day to
weigh and record each cow’s milk in
the herd.

At the end of the month, the totals
should be obtained for each cow, and
these transferred to a Hard Record
Book. On the evening of Dec. 3lst

next, the monthly totals for each cow.

should be added, and the average for
the year made. All cows which have
not produced at least 6,000 lbs. milk,
except their milk tests high in fat,
may be regarded as unprofitable. Some
owners are adopting standards of 8,-
000, 10,000 and 12,000 lbs. milk per
cow per year. When we consider that
the average pounds of milk per cow
is probably between 3,500 and 4,000
lbs. we can see that .there is much
'room for improvement in the dairy
This improvement can be
brought about only through improved
breeding, and by weighing the milk
from'each cow during the whole lacta-
tion period. '

The foregoing is the first step in
systematic improvement of dairy cat-
tle. . The next is that of testing for
milk fat. Fortunately, in the Babcock

'. test we have a comparatively simple

method of determining the fat con-

.fltent of milk. The oWner may test the
milk himsoli by icing a four—bottle

cos about $10. He ought,

 

 

It is very important that the sample
be properly taken. After all the milk

is in the pail, stir and take out about
a tab-lespoonful, placing it in a bottle

having the name or number of the
cow marked on the bottle. Do this
night and morning, preferably for two
or three days. In hot weather, a
preservative will be needed if samples
be taken for more than one day.
Preservative tablets may be purchased
of dairy supply houses. 11’ these sam-
ples are taken once a month during
the lactation period,
satisfactory. Some claim that if sam-
ples for fat testing be taken during
the second and fifth months of lacta—
tion,‘that this gives results accurate
enough for all practical purposes. The
main point is to take samples for test-
ing, often enough to know 110w each
cow’s milk tests for fat. This

the fat basis.
To apply the results:

the month, and her milk tests 3.6 per

cent fat.

month. (When
of fat.)

Although this may look like consid-
erable extra work, when it is once
started and the owner becomes inter—
ested in knowing just what each cow
is doing, the Work is easy and the
time is not begrudged. With every
farmer using systematic methods in
his stable, the work is not only more
interesting, but much more profitable.
——E. W. G.

COW-TESTING AT NATIONAL
SHOW.

 

HE National Dairy Show is dated
for the Minnesota Fair Grounds,
St. Paul—Minneapolis, Minnesota, Octo-
ber 7-14, 1922. Special recognition flis
being given to the grade cow with a.
cow-testing association record.
Michigan is the pioneer state in this
phase of dairy development. Newaygo
county had the first cow-testing asso-
ciation organized‘in the United States.
It will be altogether fitting and ex-
tremely appropriate that Michigan
grade cows with cow-testing associa-
tion records be gathered together from
several counties and sent to the Na-
tional dairy show.

Hogs roughly handled show up With
bruised flesh at butchering time, and
have less value. Chicago packers re-
.cently estimated on carcasses . so
aged, and found a run of 15 per

 

results will be .

Suppose a .
cow has given 930 lbs. of milk during ‘

She will be credited with ‘
930x3.6 plus 100 equals 33.48 pounds :
fat, or nearly 40 lbs. of butter for that

calculating butter I
from fat, add one-sixth to the pounds .

 

is
especially true where milk is sold on .

 

 

[Farmer’

 

 

 

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_ BREEBERS’ DIRECTORY
A change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
on sts before date of publication

  

Titanium
:5 REE-135‘! J

   

They possess the Marked Degree of

Inimitable Quality

They are Distinctly Handsome.
They are Obvsionsiy High Class.

The Name

Edgar of Dalmeny

is an assurance of quality in the world of An-
gus cattle just as the name

George Henry

presupposes excellence in Belgian Draft Horses.
The services of our Grand Champion Stallion,
George Henry are available.

Your Correspondence and Inspection are
invite

Wildwood Farms

ORION, MICHIGAN
W. E. SGRIPPS, Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

 

 

 

 

Aberdeen Angus cattle for sale Every-
RegIStered thing sold until fall. Watch for our

ad later. Come and insi).e$1 (Elglftlmk

Brookwood Guernseys
‘ Birmingham, Mich.

Inquire of
Clio. 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 thiee of them were leaders
of their 1espective classes for the State of Mich.

We have for sale a number of good bull calves
from these cows and their daughters siredb
Rosetta 5 Marshall of Waddington. No. 5442
Grand Champion Bull at the Michigan State Fair
last year.

Our herd is not large. but it is select. Visitors
are always welcome at the farm. Prices are rea-
sonable. considering the quality of the stock

JOHN ENDICOTT, Proprietor
Registered Guernsey Bulls

A two year old grandson of Carrie of Hillhurst. six
dams inB first four generations with A. .Records over
4001bs.B 1“. three with records of over 800 lbs. and
carries the blood of such sires as Don Diavolo of
Linda Vista Pisoilla's May King, Longwater Dicta-
tor & Imp. Nellies Sequai. Herd under Federal _Su-
pervision. E. FOWLER Horton. Mich.

Registered Guernseys

Anothegr crop of calves. ll Choice bull (alves $75, their
(1 l records 11i p ease you
bree 111g amJ.\ .WIIJLIAMS. No Adams, biich.
—I1{IC 6113 I I‘ IIIC I) BULL

G U E R N S EYSIC Cal 1es. Containmg blood

I Id ha 10115 A co ws. Federal inspected.
algigs' (SUERRVSLY FARM. Saginaw W S. Mich

GUERNSEYS

f , l bull. all to istered, $400. if sold this
2131331. 1161 eiIVs.W URDICK. Williamston, Mich.

Guernseys tuberculin tested and free from
IiegISIel’ed contagious abmtion for sale. John .
Chalmers & Son, 1224 Olivia Ave” Ann Arbor. Mich.
or Gemge Chalmers, R. 8. Ann Arbor. Mich.
“females all ages. for sale.

GUERNSEYS
J.R ANK. Calumet, Mich.

Registered Holstems
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

car, in a class of 38.
if!“ get won first in Cal! Herd. also first 1n get of

sire, in a class of 13.

A son of either of these great bulls will help the 1:1-
dividuality and production oi” 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

68 lbs of butter in one year.
iAlsk us about a real bull.a Maplccrest or an Ormsby,

JOHN ii. Wiiiii, inc., Rochester, Mich.

The Traverse Herd

We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the large,
fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way,
They are from high producing A. R. 0. ancestors
Dan‘s records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and
quotations. stating about age desired.

TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL
Traverse City, Mich.

$75. 00 3111781 tariffeimii‘heb‘éx'l n’é’i‘itit‘fiidiffii

' glare average 33.134 bs. btut or for 7 days. on has

, d d tthrec ears
lb "W candid iVALLnl. Unionvillc. Mich.

pure bred bulls. high grade

 

  

Friosian dhelnter and bull mowallgeae purebred

slssnd dbmdim rite us your re:
idBrownorott Page“, McGraw. N. Y.

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' dhi high rode .Eoicteln costs and heifers due to
Mb! B nil: all
gin-hen tins rem At, 11. “Mich.

F111 8an King 31111111111111

.Bulls of show type that are out of

A. R. O. Dams. ’
Grand River Stock Farms

Gory J. Spencer, III E. Main St.
JACKSON, MICHIGAN

Yearling Bull, $100

Pure bredvregistered. federally tested. Dumas 18 lb
3 yr. old daughterl of King SegisG Pontiac. 7 lbs. Good

 

individual, 1inosilyl kl hIi’te di Guaranteedt healthy.

rice 0 se 11 c 9 rec 011 req

ALBERT G. WA DEyw $Vhi hite Pigeon. tMiohigan.
‘ ‘ d bull cal-

Holstein-Fncman swag“... tested

herd. Prices are right. Larrc Research Farm.

Box A, North End. Detroit. Mich

' woe ted in a ment of finely bred reg
‘ “00d IIIIIG later-3d Holgtein bull calves. Quality
of the best. and at prices within reach of all. rite
GEO. D. CLARKE. . Vassar. Mich

856 lbs. butter 19600 lb. milk largest 4 yr.

1 0 Mars ”1"“ as:
W no 0 For only r no on go a -
lgt. Fzzierul tested. yM chLanlin Redford, Mich.

' Bull calf. nearlyk white 30 lb. sire. Damby

Hollglem Pont1acRK01-Bykeiasaldf'ownber 5d. 3500;;1‘1:
i 5 e rocs up. re sows -

“2.11:3: 331313013” bgck.B u 112.1119»; Hillsdaie. Mich.

Money - Making

HEREFORDS

At St. Clair, for sale and
ready for immediate
, delivery.
Registered Cows and their
Sucking Calves
Registered Bred Heiferschgistercd Year-
Iin HeiferSm-Grade Cowso-Unregistercd
if their Sucking Calves—Good Bulls,
various ages.

Our Detroit Packing Go. .. Hereford Baby Beet Con-
tract and the Sotham Heref ford Auction System
guarantees our customers firofitable cash outlet for
all increase and we can finance responsible
purchasers. Come. wire or wr1te. right now.

T. F. B. SOTHAM & SONS,

[Cattle Business Established 1835]
Saint Clair, Michigan Phone 250

Herefords

Repeaters. Beau Donalds, Fairfaxes, and Farmers
represented in our herd. Repeater l73rd, a son of
old Repeater, at head of herd. Both sexes and all
ages for sale.
ALLEN BROS.,
(Farm at Paw Paw, Mich.)
Office 616 So. West St, Kalamazoo, Mich.
for sale. A few extra good

HEREFORD fall calves for sale.

RALPH CALHOUN, Bronson. Mich.

Brookwater Farm
JERSEYS and Duroc JERSEYS

Bred cows and gilts. boar pis . Jersey bulls from
tested dams. Tuberculosis flee erd.
Com etc the farm or write for prices.
BROOKWATEB FA RM. Ann Arbor, Michigan
H. W. Mummrd. Owner. J. B. Andrews, Lessor.

Jersey Thoroughbreds

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

   

anteed. Tnberculin tested twice a year. If on have
no money will take bankable note. asvaiy.
509 Free Press Building. Detroit. Mich. hi ain 1267.

 

J E R S E Y B U L L S ":rafliei‘v’i‘c‘t’.

l b eedi Herd tuberculin tested.
Spermfield OWFRED LnBIODIMER. Reese. Mich.

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BUTTER BRED ”hedged?“
CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Creek. Allegan County. M1ch1gan.
ready for service;

I
For Sale Jersey Bul1s Raleigh
Lad Majesty breeding. WATEBMAN 5 WA ER-
MAN, Packard Rd” Ann Arbor, Mich.

 

F tead Jerse s For sale. 12 heifer!
Lillie b33150 freshen t is fall. 6 bull calves, 6 to 9
111.0 old. 001 011 O. Lillie. Oooporsville, Mich.

 

7 mos. to near yearlings strong
Jersey In" Galves- .an1. 31.1mm... '1‘. B .911...
LSEY. Homer, Mich.

Jersey bull ready for service.
on M. test. Priced

Sophis Tormentern
Remus. Mich.

to sell. J. K. Hatfield and Sons.

The Maple’s Shorthorns

Kirk Levington Led, by imported Hartforth
Welfare. in service. Bulls and heifers for sale.

J. V. Wise, Gobleville, Mich.

BID EU ELL BUY A BULL
that will put weight on your dlalr r§calvesm —the dill-
orcnce will soon Ea y for theb bin ow sell in; g

Elootch and 600110 topped yearlinlgsJeasonablyi‘priced.

We guarantee every anima be a bdree er Bederal
West. One hour from Toledo. Ohio. N.Y

BIDWELL STOCK FARM,

 

 

801: D, Tecumseh, Michigan
Ch Um Bhorthorn Breeders' Assn. 8,cotch
m“ Scotch To and Milking Shorthorns

tor-sale all ages.W W..J Hink ey, Seo’ y. Flushing. Mich

FOR SALE

Pulled Shorthom Cows 81 Heifers

in calf and calf by side. Also a tcwdyoungR bulls.
Herdl headed by Victor Suitanan Royall! on-

psrs .-

We can please yowui richly bred cattle with

“mm” .11. couples
mWyFarm. ' #31qu- “my ,

    

 

  

 

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became known a fox farming boom

started. In the course of a. few years
stories concerning the wealth to be
obtained from this busihess leaked out.
Three sisters were clearing $25, 000 a
year out of their'venture: A small par-

ty of clerks organized a company and‘

made $40, 000 in four years. J. C. Tup-
lin sold a. pup for $9, 000. Charles
Dalton, in 1910, sent a consignment of
25 choice skins to London, which
brought $34,175. an average of $1, 420
per skin.

In 1912 the number of ranches upon
the island had increased to 277, with
899 breeding silver foxes. One hundred
and forty-three of these 'ranches‘were
maintained. by companies while the
balance, 134, were conducted by in-
dividuals. The capitalization of the
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A Black Aristocrat

1anged fiom $725, 000 on which a divi-
dend of 40 per cent for the year was
paid, to a small farm capitalized at
only $10,000 on which dividend of 500
per cent was distributed.

The war (1914) and general condi-
tions resulting from the war killed the
boom and started more serious think-
ing among the breeders engaged in
the fox industry. A conference of fox
men, in the spring of 1915, resulted in
the incorporation of the Plince Ed-
ward Island, Fox Breeders' Associa-
tion. This society started the regis-
tration of silver foxes, according to
the rules and regulations laid down
by the association.

The fox business on the island today
is on a better basis than it has ever
been since the industry was started.
The war, ‘which was responsible for
the rapid rise and fall of the fur mar-
ket and present day conditions, caused
the ranchers to take a different view
of the business. Breeders again fully
realize, as they did when the business
started, that pelt value is .the only
safe and sane basis on which to estab-
lish the business.

Wide Range of Ranch Equipment

“With the success which the ranches
have had in this country during the
last few years and the rather rapid
approach of the price of pelts to that
of breeding stock, I predict a good
future for the business” said Mr.
Ashbrook. “In making the rounds of
ranches I have found foxes being kept
under all s01 ts of conditions and with
widely varying degrees of success. I
have seen pens, including dens, built
for $70 while, other pens under ground
made with concrete cost close to $200
per‘pen. 0n the average, I believe,
substantial pens and dens cost from
$100 to $150.

“These pens take almost every con-
ceivable shape. A rather common
type is a pen 25 feet square with wide
walls 8 to 10 feet high with a 2 foot
over-hang. That is, the wide walls ex-
tend inward at the top a distance of
about 2 feet, so the foxes cannot climb
over the top of the wall. In a like
manner, the walls are extended in 2
feet below the surface of the ground
to keep the foxes from digging out.

"I found that it cost the Canadians
more to feed the foxes than it does

the ranchers in the United States. >
Everything that is fed on Prince Ed-

vantage of purchasing horses at $5200
to $3 50 a. carcass, and in some places
obtaining them free. Calves, a few
days old, are bought at as low as 70
cents and are easily purchased at
$1.50.
bought at 4 cents a. pound and packing
house offal, not used for human con-
sumption, can be purchased aLa very
low figure. The cost of cereals, such
as rice, wheat, etc., also probably can
be procured in this country at less
than on the island. The cost of feed
for a. pair of foxes, including the rais-
ing of the pups, amounts to from $15
to $50 a. pair, according to the facili-
ties and the kind of feed given.
Methods of Feeding

“In most cases all the meat is fed
raw. Some feeders cook all their meat
before feeding, feeding raw meat dur-
ing the breeding season only. The
cereals are used to make biscuits or a.
porridge. The porridge is made by
cooking meat and, securing a. stock in

which the various cereals are then'

cooked. Vegetables, dried blood,

ground bone, ground alfalfa, and limo‘

water are sometimes added to the
porridge. Bread and milk or bread

‘ and shredded wheat waste is fed" quite

extensively. Raw bones are ground
and fed with raw as well as cooked
meat. Biscuits are fed dry and soaked
in milk. All the feeds mentioned are
fed in various ways, such as raw,
soaked or cooked, but all feed must be
clean and wholesome.

“The majority of foxes are mated
during the winter following their birth
when they are not yet a. year old. On
this trip I saw Vixens that had litters
of from one to eleven pups, the aver-
age being about four. Some ranchers
wean the young foxes and others per-
mit them to wean themselves. Quite
a few ranchers believe more young
can be raised if they are taken away
as soon as they begin to eat food. -'

“After the pups are large enough to
take care of themselves and are taken
away from the old ones, the old ani-
.mals are given an inspection. Non-
breeders, non-desirable and cripples
are picked out and fed to be pelted.
This same procedure is followed in

 

 

A “Blue-Blooded" Female

the case of any undesirable pups.

From the crop of pups the breeder

usually retains the best for himself

and mates them according to his own

ideas."

Uncle Sam's Interest in Fur Farming
Since the United States is the

largest producer of raw furs, totalling

about $35,000,000 annually, and is also
the greatest consumer of furs, Con-
gress has seen the Wisdom of aiding
in the establishment of a. domestic fur
producing industry. Studies of the
adaptability of fur bearers to produce
fur of quality in captivity has been
continued at the. experimental for farm
at Keesevflie, New York. The animals
confined there are red and cross foxes,
skunks, racoons, martens and fishers.
At present the silver fox leads in the
number of ranches, but there are also
many persons breeding skunks, rac-
coOns, minke, muskrats and martena.

Beef arid beef scraps can be

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'weeks, so if; the application is made
very latein the fall or if the weather
is coldand 'wet up to freezing time,
following the application, the mound
containing the material should be
pulled away and fresh earth banked
up around the tree.
Age of Trees

Thus far the New Jersey Experi-
ment Station is only recommending
the use of Paradichlorobenzene on
trees six years or older. When tender
plant tissues are exposed to the gas
fer a protracted period of time, severe
injury has been not-ed. Blakeslee re-
ported that in his experiments many
one and two-year-old trees were killed
outright and many more injured by
the gas, while on three and four-
year—old trees a certain amount of in-
jliry was noted, while only traces of
injury were seen on five-year—old trees.
Six-year-old trees escaped injury when
treated properly. However, many
growers in New Jersey used it on trees
as young as two years old last season
without enough injury to keep them
from applying it again next season.

Amount of Material

One ounce is the maximum quantity
needed for any tree. It can be seen
from the foregoing record that the
half-ounce treatments were practically
as effective as the ounce, even on
large trees. This may have been due
in a measure to the favorable season,
and results of other work do not credit
the half-ounce treatment with as great
effectiveness, so itis advisable to use
the ounCe treatment on large trees at
any rate. The best way to measure
out the material is to have an ounce
weighed out at a pharmacy and get a
Small measuring glass or wine glass,
marking the ounce level with a file or
diamond.

Method of Application

The grass and rubbish is removed
from the base of the tree for a dis—
tance of eighteen inches or two feet.
If the borers are deep down on the
roots thesoil is not disturbed. if they
are high up on the trunk, earth is lev—
eled up as high as the topmost gal-
leries of the borers. The Paradichlcro-
benzene is, poured in a narrow band
as close to the tree as possible with-
out touching the bark. Three or four
inches of earth are thrown over it,
laying the first few shovelfuls on it
carefully, so as not to disturb the ring
of Paradichlorobenzene. It is not es-
sential to tamp the earth, altho this
will probably help hold the gas from
escaping.

Cost of Application

The cost of applying Paradichloro-
benzene is very low, from 2%0 to 40
per tree, depending on the amount of
grass to be hoed from the base of
the tree, and the amount of mounding
before the material is applied. A crew
of three men, one hoeing away, one
applying Paradichlorobenzene and one
covering it up can do from thirty to
forty trees per hour, or at a labor cost
of a little over 2c per tree,.while if
hoeing is not necessary, one man can
be eliminated, reducing the labor cost
to about 11/20 per tree.

Compare thiS‘ with the cost of a man
spending from 5 to 15 minutes per
tree, twice a year, at a cost of from 60
to 120 per" tree. Then consider that
the tree is uninjured by the'material,
but considerably injured by the knife;
while with the gas the borers are kill-
ed before they do any damage while
under the old method they could all
most girdle a tree between wormings.

Paradichloroben’zene may now be
secured from many sources, almost all
of the big supply houses handling it.
In ordering it, it should be specified

7 wattheiriaterial is to be finely ground,

' 111 containing peach borers, in

(Continued from page 221i

» tuberculosis,

ing worse.

.seem to be hungry, willstake a mouth-

   

 

Peach hrer

order not to get the ordinary Paradich-
lorobenzene of large crystals.

 

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g Veterinary. e
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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.

Advice through this column is given free to out suburb-
en. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of
each use and give, name and address of the wrilcx. Initials
only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the
cervice becomes private practice and 81 must be enclooed.

 

 

Crib Biting—I have a valuable six-
year old horse that cribs, at least that
is what I term it. I have never saw
him suck-wind, just hooks teeth on
manger, feed box or corners of wood.
Seems to- bother most when fed oats
instead of corn. He is not a hard
keeper. What treatment do you recom-
mend? H. J. G., Twining, Mich.——-First
of all let me say that Crib-Biting in
horses is usually incurable. Covering
stable fixtures with metal and avoid
articles which can be bitten;.feed off
the floor or ground, or remove manger
after feeding. Feed easily digested
food, keep him away from other
horses to avoid acquisition of the trick
or vice.

Tuberculosis—We have a cow which
has a good many of the symptoms of
such as labored breath-
ing, chronic cough. She is due to
freshen right away. Have no veteri-
narian near here. Can I do the test-
ing myself? Is the milk from a cow
that has tuberculosis fit to give a
child past four years of age? Mrs. C.
S., Gros Cap, Mich—When a cow is
suffering from tuberculosis in the ad-
vanced stages a physical examination
will generally tell what ails her; how-
ever, this is not always the case.
inexperienced person is wholly unfit
to make’ this test, because the life of
the animal hinges upon the diagnosis,
besides manufacturers dislike to mar—
ket tuberclin to laymen. Report the
matter to State Veterinarian, and he
will advise you right, besides the ad-
vice is free and the work is done for
you at slight cost. Milk unfit for chil-
dren. -

Bunches On Leg—~Have four-year—
old cow that has several small hard
bunches on hind leg. What had I bet-
ter apply? 0. F., Fowlerville, Mich.—
Clip off hair and apply one part red
iodide of mercury and eight parts lard
twice a week.

Bloody Milk—In May ~I had a two—
year-old heifer freshen. She had no
trouble, bag was not caked or even
tender, as she stood quietly 'to be
milked. ‘Now some blood comes with
milk. T. E, Bay Shore, Mich.——-A
slight bruise of the udder, or rough
milking will cause a cow to give
bloody milk. Dissolve 1 oz. acetate of
lead in one quart of cold water and
apply to bag three times a day.

Stringy Milk—I have a four-year—old
cow that came fresh last February,
now she gives stringy milk from one
quarter and what ever it is it is grow-
R. H. S., Whittemore,
Mich—Give her a teaspoonf-ul of hypo-
sulphite of soda in feed or in drinking
water twice a day. Apply one part
tincture of arnica and fifteen parts
cold water to bruised udder three
times a day.

Indigestion—I have a heifer, 18
months old, which lost her appetite
last March, since then she has not
grown any to speak of. She is very
thin, but my other stock in same lot
looks fine. F. C. H., Clarion, Mich.—
Feed her some grain twice a day, give
her a dessert spoonful of Fowler’s
Solution in either feed or in drinking
water twice a day.

Rachitis—We are anxious to find
out what ails our spring pigs. They

ful, sometimes tumble down and drag
hind legs. Had several get in this
condition and die. We, took a dead
pig to veterinary, the ’only part he
found wrong was the bone and that
was slightly decayed. L. R., Midland,
Mich—Feed less corn, more oats, oil
meal, tankage, green feed and milk.
The pigs should be kept in dry, clean
well-lighted place. Add lime water to
their milk or mix some ”lime with their
grain.

 

Where is the station located that
uses the call letters WGY?

Schnectady, New York, broadcasting
station sending concerts ‘on 360 met-
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ANNUAL SALE

New Stock Pavilion

Hillsdale Co. Fair Grounds
_ Thursday, Oct. 19, 1922
'50 Head Boars & Gilts

Better than ever
“There’s a reason”

F. E. HAYNES, -
Phone 603 Osseo, Hillsdale, Mich.

"Pigs is Pigs” But‘
Hayne’s Pigs is Hogs

Watch this space for further
details

HIGHLAND SHORTHDRNS

We are ofiering two splendid white yearling bulls
by Imp. Newton Champion and a few extra good
heifers and young cows at very attractive prices.
For full particulars write to ‘

C. H. PRESCOTT & SON,

Herd at Prescott, Mich.
Office at Tawas City. Mich.

Claradale Milking Shorthorns

We invite the discriminating breeder and farmer. who
is injneed of a real bull. that will transmit the com-
bine qualities. beef. milk. high in butter fat. type.
character. beauty. We do state oflicial milk testing-
Come and see us or write for circulars and reasonable
prices. F.W.Johnson, Custer, Mich., Mason 00. Box 26

Central Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn.

offer for sale both milk and beef breeding, all ages
Write M. E. MILLER, Sec'y, Greenville, hitch.

 

 

 

 

 

' ‘ Shorthorns of best Bates breeding,
Mllklng bulls, cows and heifers for an e.
E. H. KU TZ, Mason, hiich

   

    

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bloodlines. Early developers, ready for market,“

road to success than any man livtns. I want to glues
one hog in each community to advertise, my ad,
Write for agenc and my plan. ‘

Portland. Mich.

G. S. BENJAM N, ll. 1". D. 10.
O I C and Chester White’s. Strictly big type
' ' ‘ with quality. I have nothing to offer
at present, as I have sold my largest herd and en-
tire herd I was fitting for the large shows. to Earle
Morrish, of Flint. Mich I am confident Mr. Morrlsh.
now has one of the very best herds in the State.
ALBERT NEWAIIAN, R. 4, Mariette. Mich

' From Bi T Wonder's

0- L 0! December GIHS Dick. 359d ’3? furrow In

Oct. by Silver Horde. extra good young boar direct
from Silver‘s. Booking orders for spring pigs.

CHAS. H. STEEL, ll. 8. Eaton Rapids. Mich.

CHESTER WHITES

Pig from MONSTER No. 107335.
beat. FRED L. BODIMER,

 

 

S t a r i: right
‘ with u Boar
They are hard to
Reese. Mich.

 

We are sold out of Boats. Choice
CheSters spring pigs. For immediateshi menb
of_ spring pigs. write WEBER BROS , Roya 08k.

Mich, 10 mi. and Ridge lids... Phone 408.

O l C fall gllts read to breed. Orders booked for
W. .h ‘épgnfipigsd R rite] orfcall and see our herd.
eai . . . eiser ree.
GE8. M. wnnarnon asses. Middleville, Mich.

 

 

 

o I Gilts to farrow in Aug. and

‘ ' ' Se t. and March boar pigs.

OLOVERLEAF s'rood’rARM. Monroe. Mich.

0 I C "Bred gilts all sold. Orders
' ' ' booked for spring pigs.

A. J. BARKER & SON, Belmont. MiCh.
O I C Bred sow's all sold. Booking orders
' . ’ for spring pigs.

H. W. MANN. Dansville. Mich.

’ last fall gilts due Aug. and Sept.

0' I. C 5' SpringOpigs not. akin. Big Type.

1-2 68!: f De t. Citizen Phone.
mile w OTTO LET’SCHULZE, Nashville, Mich

L. T. P. C. Fall Boar‘s

at bargain prices, Fall gilts open or with breeding

privilege. Write or see them.

A. A. FELDKAM P, R. 2, Manchester. Mich.
Spring boars

Big Type Poland China a, 3,5 each.
Sired by Olzuisman Buster and Hovcrs Liberator.
Also gilts bred for Sept. furrow at $40 each. All stock
shipped on approval. Come and see them or write
DORUS ROVER, Akron, Mich.

 

 

for sale. ENTIRE kherd just
Shorthorns passed. State Tuberculosis test.
J. A. BARNUM. Union City, Mich.

 

’ agood Shorthorn, priced
Don t you want in keepin‘gwith the times?
ROBERT MARTIN, . 3, 'oodland, Mich.

Milking'Shorthorns 232
ROSEMARY FARBIS.

 

calves for
Also '1 cows.
W'illiamston. hilt-h

 

Mind“ Shorthol‘n Bull Calves l to 12 mo.old. Best
g Clay breeding. These are good calves pricorl
IRVIN DOAN & SONS. Croswell, Mich_

HOGS

Saws 8: Gilts

bred for July, Aug. and Sept. fari'ow for sale at.
reasonable prices. Also a few high class spring
and fall boars ready for service and one 2 yrs.old
boars. 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.

Thos. Underhlll &. Son, Salem, Mich.

Collinsdale Duroc Farm, Lyons,Mich., l~'.l.
firealesl Blood Lmes in Huron Hogs

Herd Boats 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

of the best. Duroc
You want one sows obtainable. We
have them for sale. Fall giits and tried sows.
Our herd boar headed 2nd prize aged herd at 1921
Illinois State Fair. MICHIGANA FARM, Kala-
mazoo County, Pavilion, Mich.

AM SELLING

a great offering of bred Duroc sows and gilts March
4th. They are mostly bred to Orion Giant 001., son
of Ohio Grand Cham ion. Get on mailing list for
catalog. . . C. TAYLOR, Milan, .‘xlich.

to sell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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
sonsble prices. W. E. BARTLEY, Alma. Mich.

DU ROG JERSEYS:

sale. CAREY U. EDMUNDS.

Duroc Jersey Hogs: we usuall
Pure-Bred have good boars and sows of all
ages for sale. Reasonable prices. Lurro Research
Farm, Box A, North End, Detroit, Mich.

Westvie v Duroc Bred Sows

all sold. Have two spring boars left at a reasonable
price. Will book orders for April & May Pigs.
ALBERT EBERSO E, Plymouth. Mich

 

A few choice
bred gilts for
Hastings. Mich

 

 

F r 30 years we have been breeding Big T5636
0 Poland China. hogs on the some farm. 9
haye sold over 10C head each year for the last 1:3 years
for breeding purposes. There's a reason! The farmer
has found our kind very profitable. We now offer 25
sows and gilts bred for sum mer furrow 530-450.

JNO. C. BUTLER, Portland, Mich.

LARGE TYPE POLANDCHINAS,

Roars and grills for sale from one of the best herds in
M ich. Hired by H's Clunsmnn Mich. 192.] (‘- rundCham-
‘ Alashn. y and “"8 Orange and Daddy Long
Legs 2nd. Give us a visit and look them over if not;
write to N. I“. BORNOR, l'al‘ma, Mich.

Gilts bred for Spring litters all

L. T' P. ' sold. Am oil'ering very choice Sum-
merGilts bred forJuuc and July litters also Fall Boats
and Spring Pigs. Cljde Fisher, R 3. St. Louis, Mich.

Francisco Farm Poland Chinas

Big, Stretchy Spring Boars as good as grow. Pairs
and Tries not akin. Can spare two or three of our
good herd sows bred for Sept.

P. l’. POPE,

 

 

 

Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

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

Spring pigs with real breeding at the above
prices. We are also offering a few choice fall gilts
bred for summer farrow. llart & Cline. Ad-
dress F‘. '1‘. HART, St. Louis, Mich.

' LARGE TYPE P. c.

Largest in Mich. Pig ready to ship, why not order
from the herd that. has given so many their start in
the bog business. the kind that makes good, they
have quality as well as size.

W. E. LIVINGSTON, Patina. Mich'

‘ and “'e have a fine bunch of
Blg TYPe POI 3 spring pigs representing the
best blood lines and all cholera immune. We raise
them to sell. If in need of a real herd boar prospect,
come over. Visitors are always welcome.

WESLEY HILE. Ionia. Mich.

 

 

 

 

Big Type F. C. some very choice boars doubleim-
mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from
Iowa's greatest herds. l'I.J.Mathewson.Burr Oak,Mich.

 

L ‘l' P 6 Spring boars and gilts now being shipped.
- - - - at farmer prices. They nevorlast long.
There's a reason. ’l‘hey talk for themselves. Call or
write M. M. PATRICK. Grand Ledge. lVIich.

 

BIG Type P. C. Boar Pigs. Sows and Fall Gilts bred
for Sept. to Big Bob Mastodon and Peter A Pan,
son of $1075 Boar. C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

Poland ChinasJeading strains

BIG TYPE at. lowest prices. Both sex, all

ages, and bred sows and gilts.

G. A. BAUMGARDNER, R, 2, Middleville, Mich
EONARD’S B. T. P. O. Herd headed by Leonard's

'Liberutor, Orders booked for boar pigs at weaning
time. Call or write E. It. LEONARD, St. Louis, Mich.

Large Type P. C. A few springfyr. gilts bred
H. O

 

 

 

for Aug. and Sept. arrow.
. SWA R'I‘Z, Schoolcraft, Mich.

 

P O. Swine. Sows and pigs. sows bred for Augfand
. ° Sept, farrow, spring and fall boars, best of breed.
lug, satisfaction guaranteed.R.W.Mills, Saline,Mioh_

 

Big Type. Poland China. the kind that
walnld “'8’; makes good. Bears and gilts ready to
go, A. D. GREGORY, R. 3, Ionia, Mich.

 

Bred sows and gilts bred for Aug. and
Dunn: Jersey Sept; farrow. A few choir-o ready for

 

service boars. Shipped on apfiroval Satisfaction .

guaranteed. F. J. Drodt, . 1, Monroe, Mich.
offers choice gilts of Orion

Oakwocd Pam Cherry King and Walt’s Top

Col. breeding bred to Pathfinder‘Orlon for A112. and
Sept. furrow. RUSH BROS, Romeo, Mich.

DUROC-JERSEYS

We offer a real herd header in Brown's Prince
Orion 159149. Type and breeding all that could
bedesired All stock immune. Priced to sell.

WHITNEY FARMS. Whitney, Mich.

 

 

, DUROC-JERSEYS €2ul§3a§f§§§f°i2l

E. D. HEYDENBERK, Wayland, Mfch.

 

° Chester White March boars. Sired
318 Type by Modern Giant and Hill's Big
HILL, ,TokOnsha. Mich.

 

 

L. '1‘. P. 0. March Bears and llts
Lone Maple Farm ready, Prices reasonable, stocgk as
represented 1". R. Davis & Son, R. 3, Belding,Mlch.

 

' book your order for spring boar pi s new
llamnSlllfes A few gilts. now ready for summesr far-
JOHN W. SYNDER, R. 4, St. Johns. Mich.

1‘0 W .

 

' Tamworths. The long red bacon hog.
“calm Farm (‘hoice spring pigs of either sex for sale.
Also a few yearling sows bred to fax-row in Aug. and
Sept. Everything registered and priced right.

W. F. ALLEN, R. 2, Clinton, Mich.

 

HORSES
BELGIAN DRAFT HORSES

See our Exhibit of Belgian Draft Horses at the Mich-
igan State Fair. We
hard in the world to select from. Good Draft Horses
are the best and cheapest power on the farm. Brood.
mares that. raise colts and do your work can not be
beat by any other power. Buy the right kind other!“ ,
just once and you will have war to sol , We
some real bargains in broo ,mares.

 

Buster. Out of gwfiifihwrs of Alfalfa Wonder.

Ow ,
Company's PRAIRIE FARM, Alicia. Mich ' ‘* '

“31.6 mi "CHESTER’IWHEESA

The prize winner kind from the best price winner"

 

six months old. I have started more breeders on the, .

 

 

have the largestland best -

  
  
    
      
      
     
       
        
     
  
  
 
  
   
   
    
    
   
   
     
   
    
   
    
     
  
   
  
     
       
    
   
   
  
  
  
    
  
   
   
   
   
   
    
  
   
     
  
   
  
   
   
  
     
  
    
  
   
     
   
   
  
   
  
    
  
    
 
 
  
  
  
  
 

 

 

 

        
  
        
       
       
     
        
 


 

  

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS
Tuesday, August 29.
Wheat
Detroit—No. 2 red, $1.08; No. 2
mixed and No. 2 white $1.06.

Chicago. ——No. 3 red $1. O3$§@1.03%;
£10622 hard $1. 06%@1.;07 September

Toledo. ——Casl1 $1. 08;

$1. 07.

September at

Corn

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 690; No. 3 yel-
low 68c.
Chicago—No. 2 mixed at 62@621,éc;
. No.2 yellow 621A@630
Oats
Detroit—Cash No.2 white, 380 for
,old and 36c for new; No.3, 34c for
new.
Chicago—No. 2 white 34@36c; No.
3 White 321/2@34c.
Beans
Detroit — Immediate and p r o m p t
shipment $6; September $5. 50 per cwt.
New Yo1k—Michigan and New York
red kidney, $8. 75@8. 80.
Chicago—Michigan c h o i c e , hand-
ggked, $9639.15; red kidneys at $8.75

Rye
Detroit—Cash No. 3, 730.
Chicago—69140.

Toledo—74c.
S‘eeds

Detroit—~Prime 1ed clover cash at
$10; alsike, $10; timothy, $2. 75.
Toledo—Prime red clover at $9.75;
alsike $10.10;‘timothy $2.70.
Feeds
Detroit—Bran at $25; standard mid«
dlings, $26; fine middlings, $30; crack-
ed corn, $32; coarse cornmeal at $29;
chop, $24.50 per ton in 100-lb sacks.
Hay
Detroit-No. 1 timothy at $17@18;
standard and light mixed, $16@17; N0.
2 timothy $14@15; No. 1 clover $15@
16; rye straw $11.50@12; wheat and
oat straw $10.50@11 per ton in car
lots.
Fruit
Chicago—Pears, Early Clapps $1.25
per bu; peaches, Elbertas $1.25 per
‘bu; plums per 16—qt case $1; black-
berries per 24-pt case $3@3.50; grapes,
baskets 5@51/2 lbs 20@22c; apples,
Duchess $150622 per bbl; Wealthies
$4@4.50 per bbl.

WHEAT

Wheat prices have: been moving over
a narrow range in the past week and
the market shows signs of stability.
Exporters and millers have been mak-
ing purchases on the breaks but do not
follow the market on upturns as the
receipts which have declined about 25
per cent from the high point of the

season remain considerabl above the
corresponding period i previous
years. A ten—year average of receipts

by weeks at primary markets shows
that the peak of the movement has
been reached around the last week in
September or the first week in Octo-
her when winter wheat is still moving
freely and the spring wheat movement
is at its height. In addition to the big
run of spring wheat the market must
still bear the brunt of the. Canadian
movement. Harvest is progressing in
that country but the receipts at Cana—
dian terminals are only about one- third
as large as they will be during the fall

months.
CORN

The corn market has maintained a
strong tone during most of the past
week. Further damage reports were
numerous from Nebraska, Kansas and
Oklahoma and parts of other states
but the total reduction in the crop
prospects compared with the govern-
ment’s August 1 estimate is probably
not over 100,000,000 bushels. The
greatest source of strength is the con-
tinued demand for cash corn which
has been absorbing receipts above the
average right along and in addition
has reduced the Visible supply at term-
inals by 70 per cent within three
months. It is generally believed that

the farm supply at the end of the crop
year will be but little above normal.

OATS

 

There is nothing urgent in the de-
mand for oats. Receipts since the new
. crop started to move have been falling

behind the average for the correspond-

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ing season but stocks at terminals are
large and are gradually increasing.

SEEDS

The timothy seed crop is estimated
by the Department of Agriculture to
be five to fifteen per cent less than
that of’last year. Both the acreage
and the yield per acre are smaller than
a year ago. Cloverseed markets have
been stronger in the last week al-
though the outlook for a good crop is
favorable. Since July 1 receipts of
timothy seed at Chicago have been
3,704,000 pounds compared with 5,466,-
000 pounds in the same period a year
ago and 1,590,000 pounds two years
ago. Receipts of clover seed this year
total 1,375,000 pounds against 3,504,000
pounds last year and 1,430,000 pounds
two years ago. "

FEEDS

The southwest is showing interest
in the bran market but otherwise the
demand for feedst-uffs is negligible, al-
though piices are practically the low-
est of the season. Flour mills are said
to be storing feeds instead of selling
at the prices offered. Cottonseed meal
stocks at mills are about twice as large
as at this time last year. The high
price for flaxseed compared with other
grains is expected to bring an early
movement after harvest. With the de‘
mand full, process for linseed oil meal

are weak.
BEANS

The market is dull and slow. Sell~
ers are usually ready to accept any
reasonable bids. Foreign white beans
have piled up in first hands and are
now pressed for sale at very low pric-
es. Michigan white beans are not quot-
ed. Red kidneys are dull but with quo-
tations fairly steady. Roumanian pea
beans are quoted at $6@6.25 and Jap—

 

anese marrow at $4@4. 25, while Mich-
igan marrows bring $9@9. 2.5

Hay markets are irregular, some be
ing strong and others weak, depending
upon the volume of receipts. Demand
at all points is dull. Some hay is go-
ing into storage but dealer‘s avoid all
but the low grades which are selling
at big discounts in consequence.

WOOL

Seaboard wool markets are reported
to be moderately active with prices
firm, with the exception of fine comb-
ing wools which have eased slightly.
The dull season in wool manufacturing
generally lasts until after Labor Day,
and the wool tariff still is a matter of
conjecture. Foreign markets have been
strong and the impression is wide-

spread that an eventual shortage im-
pends.

The Boston market is quoted as fol-
lows: Michigan and New York fleeces:
Delaine unwashed 52@53c; fine un-
washed 43@45c;ha1f—blood unwashed
46@47c; three- -eighth blood unwashed
45@46c; quarterblood unwashed 41@
42c.

POULTRY AND EGGS

Egg prices have advanced about four
cents at Chicago from the low day of
the year. Dry hot weather and the
moulting season have reduced produc-
tion so that the supply of fresh eggs is
inadequate to consumptive needs and
10,000 to 12,000 cases are being with-
drawn from storage daily at the four
leading markets. The poultry mar-
ket is working lower. A rather large
carryover of storage poultry is expect-
ed when the new storing season starts
and in addition it is generally believed
that receipts this fall and winter will

Live Stock Market Service ‘

 

Wednesday, August 30.

DETROIT

Cattle
Market steady at opening, but clos-
ed lower.
Best heavy strs, dry- fed. .$ 8. 00@ 8. 50
Handyweight bu, dry-fed” 7. 25@7. 75

Mixed strs, hfrs, dry-fed 5.50@ 6.50
Handy light bu., dry-fed. . 5.00@ 5.50
Light butchers ......... 4.00@ 5.00
Best cows ......... . . . 4.75@ 5.00
Butcher cows ..... . ..... 4.00@ 4.50
Common cows ......... . 2.75@ 3.00
Canners 2.00@ 2.75
Choice bulls ...... . . . . . . 4.75@ 5.00
Bologna bulls ......... . . 4. 00@ 4.50
Stock bulls ...... . . . . . . . 2. 50@ 3.50
Feeder ............. . . . . 5. 50@ 6.25
Stockers .............. 4. 00 5. 50
Milkers and springers. . . 40. 00@75. 00

Veal Calves
Market is steady on good, very slow
on culls and heavy weights.
Best ............... . . . . .$13.00@13.50
Others . . . . . 4.00@ 12.50

Sheep and Lambs

Market steady.

Best lambs . . . . . . .$12.50@13.00

Fair lambs ............. 9.00@11.00
Light to common. . . . . . . -, 6.00@ 8.50
Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.50

1.00@ 2.50
4.00@ 4.50

Culls and common .......
Heavy sheep

Market steady.

Mixed hogs, 220 lbs down.$ 9.85
Heavies, 220 lbs up...... 8.50@ 9.25
Roughs . 6.75
Stags 4.50@ 5.00
Plgs 8.50

. CHICAGO

Hogs

Estimated receipts todarare 18,000;
holdover 10,555. Light weight are very
active, around steady, little doing on
others. Bulk of sales at $6.40@9.65;
tops $9.75; heavy 250 lbs up $7.70@
9.25; medium 200 to 250 lbs $8.85@
9.75 light 150 to 200 lbs $9. 40@9. 75;
light lights 130 to 150 lbs $8. 75@9. 60;
heavy packing sows 250 lbs up $6. 50@
725; packing sows 200 lbs up $6@
6.65; Pigs 130 lbs down $7. 25@8. 50.

   

    

Cattle.

Estimated receipts today are 11,000.
Market steady to 150 higher. Beef
steers medium and heavy weight 1100
lbs up $10. 35,@11; do medium and good
$8. 15@10. 35; do common $6. 25@8. 15,
light weight 1100 lbs down at $9.15@
10 60; do common and medium $6@
915; butcher cattle heifers $4. 85@9;
cows $3. 65@8; bulls bologna and beef
$3. 85@6. 60; canners and cutters cows
and heifers at $2.50@3.75; do canner
steers $3.75@4.50; veal calves light
and handyweight $11@12.25; feeder
steers $5.50@8; stacker steers $4.75@
7.50; stocker cows and heifers at $3.50
@550.

Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today are 15,000.
Market steady. Lambs 84 lbs down
$12@13; do culls and common $8. 50@
11.75; spring lambs $8. 75@11. 25; ewes
$3. 50@7. 50; ewes cull and common at
$2@4; breeding ewes full mouths to
yearlings $5@11. 75, yearling wethers
$11. 50@13

BUFFALO
Cattle

Receipts 15 cars. Market is slow.
Choice to prime shipping 'steers 1400
lbs and up $10@10.50; good to choice
shipping steers $9@9.50; heavy grass
steers, good quality $8.50@9.25; light
native yearlings fancy quality $10.50@
11; medium to good at $3.50@4; best
handy steers $8.50@8.75; handy steers
and heifers $7@7.25; western heifers
$6.50@7; light Michigan
heifers $6@6.50; best fat cows $5.50@
6.25; medium to good $4.25@5; cutters
$2.50@3.50; canners at $1_.50@2; best
heavy bulls $3.75@4; heavy bologna
bulls $3@3.25; best feeders 700 to 800
lbs $6@7; medium feeders at $5.50@
6.50; stockers, ‘good at $450615; light
common at $3.50@4; best milkers and
springers $80@90; common $25@40.

CaIVes, tops at $14. \

Hogs

Receipts 25 cars. Market is steady.
Heavy $9. 25@9. 50; mixed and yorkers
$10@10. 10; pigs and lights $8. 75@9. 25.

Sheep and Lambs. _

Receipts nine cars. Market strong.

wethers $7@8; ewes $4. 06$. 50.

butchering .

. b
Top lambs $14; yearlinsgs at $8@10; “th

      

be 25'per cent larger than a year ago.
Spring chickens held until later in the
fall will gain in weight but the in-
crease may bemore than .oi‘fset by a
decline in the priceobtained. .
Chicago.-——Eggs, checks 15@16c per
dozen; fresh firsts 23%@24c; ordinary
Ii'rsts 20@210.‘ Live poultry, hens 21c;
broilers 24c; springersv240; roosters
1355c; ducks 21c; geese 180; turkeys

25c per pound.

Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and
graded 21@22c. 'Live poultry, heavy
springers 28@30c; light springers 23
@24c; heavy hens 22@23c; light hens

18@19c; roosters 15c; ducks 18@20c;

BUTTER

Delayed shipments of butter arrived
on the distributing markets early last
week but the increase was absorbed
with only a small decline in price and
the market was firm at the close. Pro«
duction is believed to .be falling off .
rather steadily although there is some
irregularity in the changes in arrivals
at the leading markets from week to
week. Owing to hot weather the per-
centage of under-grades is rather ex-
cessive. Consumptive demand is high-
ly satisfactory on the whole and the
position of the market is relatively
strong.

Prices on 92-score fresh butter were
as follows: Chicago 341/2c; New York
36340. In Detroit fresh creamery in
tubs sells for 32@321/éc.

POTATOES

The potato markets have shown a
little more strength in the last week.
The total carlOt movement remains
large and consuming centers report
large arrivals of nearby stock. North—
ern round whites are beginning to
show up. New Jersey is the principal
shipper, with Idaho, Minnesota, Colo-
rado and New York following in order.

APPLES

The apple market continues weak,
with the carlot movement about 60 per
cent larger than a year ago,. New
York, California and Michigan leading.
Good apples are quoted at 50 cents to
$1 per bushel in midwest consuming
markets compared with $2@3. 50 a
year ag o.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

The supply of cucumbers and to-
matoes was heavy but the offerings of
other products were light to moderate.
However, the demand was good for
both cucumbers and tomatoes but slow
for apples, cabbages, radishes, celery,
and green onions. The prices are as
follows: Duchess'apples 500@$1.25 a.
bu; Wealthy apples 400@$1.35; cu-
cumbers 4OC@$1.25 per bu; cucumbers
(dills) $1.50@2.50; cabbage 30@60c a
bu; carrots 75c@$1 per bu; grapes $3
@4 per bu; potatoes $1@1.40 per bu;
peaches $1@3 per bu; peas $1.25@1_.75
per bu; plums $1.25@3.25 per bu; to-
matoes 500@$1.50 per nu; green “on-
ions 25@600 per dozen bunches.

GRAND RAPIDS

Apples, peaches, pears and plums
were selling at prices less than the
cost of production on the Grand Rap-
ids markets this week. Supplies were
liberal and the demand was weak, par—
ticularly for apples and plums. Ap~
ples were selling at 30@50c per bu.,
except Strawberry applies which rang-
ed from 75c@$1.25 per bushel. Lom-
bard plums, some of the best ever pro-
duced in western Michigan, were a
drug on the market, moving slowly at
25@500 per bushel, packages returned.
The Grand Rapids Growers‘ Associa-
tion has been shipping on an average
of five and six cars daily. It also is
shipping pears, peaches and apples,
putting‘up fancy grades with its grad-
er. Bartlett pears were selling on this
market this week at 600@$1.25 per
bushel, mostly around 75c@$1. Peach-
es ranged from $1@3 per bushel, ac-
cording to variety, grade and color. A
few.Elbertas and New Prolifics came
from the Grand Rapids territory while
whole truckloads of this variety were
offered from Benton Harbor. Canta-
loupes were easy at $1@2 per bushel.
Watermelons were selling at $1@1. 50
per dozen. Early grapes were selling
at $1 per half bushel, or $2@2. 50 per
dozen five-pound baskets. Potatoes '
were dull at 60@70c per bushel. T6-‘
matoes moved 1310le at 30@40cj per. :
The market was This

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‘ Potato Growers’

'-,owers ‘

   

Meeting

(Continued from page 223).

by R. S; Wellman shows that prevail-

ing freight rates militate against the
Michigan grower and .to the advantage
of the fariners of- Wisconsin, Minne-
sota and other western states. The
development of the Petoskey Brand of
Russet potato has reached a point
where jobbers in some'districts are
asking for the exclusive sale of this

' brand in their respective markets. The

prices received for this branded stock
varied from 1 cent to 15 cents above
the price received for U. S. No. 1 stock.
The shipment of this stock amounted
to 346 cars. The establishing of a
special sales agency was endorsed by
Mr. Wellman who felt that the first
year’s work had built up connections
with reliable dealers to a point where
the success of the arrangement was
assured. He advocated the confining
of sales to a relatively small territory
easily reached by transportation con-
nections with the commercial potato
districts. . This year 783 cars were sold
to Ohio points, 586 cars to Indiana, 562
to Pennsylvania, 272 to Illinois, 79 t
Michigan, ‘50 to West Virginia, 48 to
Kentucky, 39 to Washington, D. C,, 14
to Virginia, 3 to Missouri and one each
to Maryland, North Carolina and New
York. , ~

Editor C. C. Wells of the Michigan
Potato Grower’ s Exchange reported an
income of $2,527.71 from subscriptions
and $3, 751. 29 from adveitising. The
total expenses allowing $3,000 for sal-
ary charges made the cost of the pa-
per to the association about $2,600.

New directors elected were S. E.
Rogers of East Jordan and O. S. Wood
of Barryton to fill the vacancies due to
the expiration of the terms of C. A.
Wood and Oscar Weirich.

Resolutions were, adopted favoring
closer cooperation with other coopera-
tive associations of the state, endors-

ing Pres. Friday’s program for the
Michigan Agricultural College, and
recommending that whenever any

member of the Board of Directors is
elected to a salaried office in the Ex-
change that he resign from the Board.
At a meeting of the directors follow-
ing the delegate meeting, Henry Curtis
was re-elected president; Fred Smith,
vice-president; S. E. Rogers, secre-
tary; treasurer, O. S. Wood. The ap-
pointment of a manager was posts
poned till the September meeting.

WILL MARKET CERTIFIED
' A POTATOES

 

SO far as is known Michigan potato
. growers are the first to work out a.
comprehensive plan for growing, in-
specting, advertising and sellingcerti—
fled seed potatoes. Their plan, which
is backed up'by an effective system of
inspection and no small amount of ex-
perience, is explained in the following
resolutions considered and adopted by

both the Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-
change and the Michigan State Farm
Bureau.

(Resolution adopted by the Executive
Committee of the- Michigan Potato
Producers Association; August 16th,
1922, at Cadillac:

1. Whereas, it is necessary that a
satisfactory plan for the sale of Certi-
fied Seed Potatoes must be immediate-
ly perfected, the following sales plan
is adopted and its acceptance by the
Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange
and .the Michigan State Farm Bureau
is urgently desired;

2. The Executive Committee of the
Michigan Potato Producers Associa-
tion recommends that the Michigan
Exchange and the
Michigan State Faim Bureau co- oper-
ating «be official Selling Agencies for
Michigan Certified Seed Potatoes.

3. Fifteen‘ cents per hundred
weight ’shall be allowed for selling,
advertising and final 1 pection. The
Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange

"shall receive ten cents per hundred

weight for each hundred weight s‘old
If: all e' for selling and final

inspection, and for each hundred
weight sold by the Exchange, the Farm
“Bureau shall receive five cents for
adequate advertising. For each hun-
dred weight sold directly by the Michi-
gan State Farm Bureau, the Farm
Bureau shall rceeive fifteen cents per
hundred weight for selling, final in-
spection and advertising.

4. The Michigan State Farm
Bureau and the Michigan Potato Grow-
er’s Exchange shall co- -operate in the
final inspection of certified seed pota-
toes, employing inspectors apprOved
by the Michigan Agricultural College.

A minimum price for Michigan
certified seed potatoes, based on the
cost of production and market condi~
tions, shall be fixed by‘the Executive
Committee of the Potato Producers

  

 

Association. I'This .
clgfnge by the committee when advis-
a. e. , '
6. It Zis recommended that the
Executive Committee'of the Michigan
Potato Producers Association be en-
larged to include» a representative of
the Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-
change and a representative of, the
Michigan State Farm Bureau.
Executive Committee,
Michigan Potato Producers Ass’n.

 

Resolution adopted by the Executive
Committee of the Michigan Potato
Producers’ Association at meeting held
August 16th, 1922, at Cadillac:

Resolved by Michigan Potato Pro-
ducers’ Association that no certified
seed be sold at a price which will bring
the grower. less than one dollar per
bushel after deducting established
selling costs.

Executive Committee,
Michigan Potato Producers’ Ass’n.

State Department of Agriculture

(Continued from page 224).

thorized by law, the sale of unimprov-
ed lands and lands not suitable for
agricultural ‘development within the
State by fraud, misrepresentation or
deceit and the publication of false or
misleading statements or advertising
matter designed to effect such sales.”

By the authority vested in the Com-
missioner of Agriculture by the first
part of this section, he is able to fos-
ter and promote all movements that
tend to better agricultural conditions
in the State. He is always in a. posi-
tion to extend a helping hand. In
short, he is able to “keep the home
fires burning” where all those interest-
ed in bettering agricultural conditions
can gather around and be sure of as-
sistance, encouragement and a wel-
come. By the authority vested in him
by the last part, he is able to put the
State stamp of disapproval upon mis-
directed or injurious activities, and
evoke the strong arm of the law Where
fraud or deceit is practiced.

A majority of the activities of this
department are of the preventative
nature rather than the curative. I
think I could safely say that 80 per
cent of the activities of this depart-
ment are along preventative lines and
that 9.0 per cent of the benefits that
accrue to the State of Michigan by
virtues of the operation of these bu-
reaus come from the work done along
those lines.

The legislature from time to time
has proceeded under their police pow-
er to enact laws for the protection
and safe—guarding of the interest of
the individual. Judge Cooley says, the
police power of a state “embraces its
whole system of internal regulation,
by which the state seeks not only to
preserve the public order and to pre-
vent offense against the state, but also
to establish for the intercourse of citi-
zens with citizens those rules of good
manners and good neighborhood which
are calculated to prevent a conflict of
rights and to insure to each the un-
interrupted enjoyment of his own so
far as is reasonably consistent with a
like enjyoment of rights by others.
* * * * It comprises that portion
of the sovereignty of the state which
was not surrendered by the terms of
the federal constitution to the central
government. * .* * * Finally, it
has been said that by means of this
power the legislature exercises a su<
pervision over matters which inVolve
the common weal, and enforces the
observance, by each individual mem-
ber of society, of the duties which he
owes to others and to the community
at large.” .

It is under and by virtue of legisla-
tive authority, under the police power
of the state, that a great deal of the
work of this department is being car-
ried on. It may be truly said that
we are honestly endeavoring “to in-
sure to each, the uninterrupted enjoy-
ment of his own so far as is reason-

ably consistent with a like enjoyment
of the rights of others.” At the same
time, we seek to “enforce the ob-
servance by each individual member
of society of the duties which he owes
to others and to the community at
large.”

It is only when some individual or

corporation violates the law and the
department has to go Into court in
order to protect the rights of the state
and the individual, that the general
public hears of the work of the de-
partment. Yet, while
portant,
of our work. For instance, under the
law providing for the
commercial fertilizer worth $10.00 or

more per ton, and the regulation and,
we find that when any;
firm or corporation wishes to dispose

sale thereof,

of a commercial fertilizer in the State

of Michigan, they must first file with:
brand or;

this department the name,
trade mark, a certified copy of the
analysis, a sealed glass jar containing
not less than two pounds of the ar-

ticle thus to be sold or offered for sale, I
and must then pay a license fee of ,

$20.00.

All commercial fertilizers so regis-f

tered are sampled once. a year or more,
to see that they are keeping up to
grade, and a copy of the findings is
always on file in this department. The
samples are taken by the inspector
from several different bags and in a
manner that will allow him to get a
fair average of the product. If the
test is found to be’under grade, the
matter is taken up with the proper
parties, and if a. readjustment of
prices is not made and a refund to
those who
tilizer, an embargo is placed upon the
product and it is not allowed to be
sold in the state. In most cases, the

manufacturer of the fertilizer complies ,

with the requirements of the depart—

ment and there is no trouble and the‘

public hears nothing of the work of
the. department in the case. In all
cases, the department traces the un-
desirable product to the source of the
supply and shuts it off, in this way
preventing the product from getting
into the hands of the local dealer
where it would defraud the public.

In the Bureau of Foods and Stand-
ards, the inspectors are continually
working to see that the public is not
short—weighted, sold goods that are
not properly branded or that are in-
jurious to _l1ealth. JVVhi’le the general
public may know or hea1 little about
it, neve1 thcless their interests are be—
ing safe- guarded night and day by
then public servants. Figuratively
speaking, this department is standing
at the gateway of every home in this
commonwealth, and/ saying to the dis—
honest manufactu1er and distxibutor
of misbranded, short-weighted or in-
jurious. products, “Thou shalt not
pass.”

price is subject to

that is im—‘
it is but a very small part‘

inspection of ‘

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We have taken in trade for New Port Hur-
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USE

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It’s Nature’s first and natural remedy
for sick and weak soil. Fertilizer
or manure will do it no good. unless =
worked in after the use of LIME-
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(Abbreviated Edition)
HE correct "grades of 'Gargoyle Mobiloil. (at
engine’lubrication oflTractors are specified in'
the Chart below. ‘
A means~Gargoyle Mobiloil "A"
8 means Gargoyle Mobiloil “B" ‘
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temperatures may be experienced.

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Vacuum Oil Company‘s Board of Automotivc

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manufacture and some 30 separate tests

of each batch.
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1 9 out of IO lubricating oils are more by—
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