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CURRENT COMMENT





THE MICHIGAN FARMER SAYS:





Health is wrapped in the apple skin.

The community, twenty years hence,





is measured by its schools of today.





According to Confucious the greatest

fault is to cleave to a fault.





Legumes pay their board and leave

buried in the soil a valuable, if not an

appreciated, gift.





The greatest success in the dairy

business comes when a pure-bred dairy

herd gets into the hands of a “pure-

bred” dairyman.





,T was back in 1905





A Tax M-that the state of

ichigan inauguiated



F or a road building cam-

Roads paign. Since then

over $83,000,000 has





been expended in the state for road

construction and maintenance. The

greater portion of this has been used

during the past eight or ten years.

With a business that involves so much

capital, it is natural that those who

supply the funds would become inter-

ested in the problems of road financ-

ing. The taxpayers of the state are,





therefore, watching eagerly the atti~





tude of our law makers on this ques-

tion during the legislative session

which has just opened at Lansing.





A number of schemes have been pro-

posed for financing the construction of

new roads and the maintenance of old

ones. One of 'these is a property tax

on motor vehicles. Another would in-

crease the license tax. A third would

place a mill tax upon all property to

raise funds for this purpose. Still an-

other is a tax upon gasoline. Finally,

there have been proposed various com-

binatious of the above mentioned

schemes.



Possibly the gasoline tax has attract-

ed as much if. not more attention than

any of the other proposals. Its spon-

sors who are many, contend, in a broad





- way, that this tax would distribute the





expense of road building and up-keep

on those who use the roads most. They

say that with such a tax trucking com-





panies and those who use the highg





ways for carrying passengers would

pay into the state treasury according





.to the amount of travel they do.





The members of another large group





are opposed to this gasoline method of





financing road expenses. They contend

that this tax would favor the rich man





in that heiwould pessibly pay lessthan‘

Mr. Average Citizen, who may happen.





to make much use of his car or truck.

They further contend that the city than

who drives his car, or truck. ninety

per cent of the time on city pavements

objects to contributing his full quota to

the lip—keep of country roads.



From this brief survey and the fact

that all. the other proposals have both

ardent \friends and determined on-

emies, it is apparent that the road tax

will be one of the innportant measures

to be‘fought out at the presentsession

of our legislature. The questiou should,

therefore, receive the careful consider-

ation of farmers. Both the State As-

sociation of Farmers’ Clubs and the

State Grange in annual session indors-

ed this method of financing the cost of

road building and maintenance.





S we cross the

threshold of an-





The , other year we wish to

Road ’3 extend a word of en-

Rouqh couragement to him



who has chosen for





life work the culture of the fields.



He who has aspired to the steward-

ship of a plot of God’s green earth, on

which to rear a family comfortably and

well, has aimed high. There is no nob-

ler occupation under the heavens, if

We View it from the standpoint of ser-

vice in the world’sgreat work. Back.

of all progress along the pathway of

civilization, has ever been an intelli-

gent, prosperous agriculture.



The bumps we have taken during the

recent past, have been severe; they

have tried the souls of most of us;

they have come quick and hard. But it

now appears that the balance of the

world has been preserved. While mat-

ters have gone hard with us the tide

will turn; it always does. Indeed, if

we mistake not, it has already started

in thedirection of better things. The

business barometer gives reason for

greater faith in the early return of

more prosperous times.



But the progress will be slow as in-

dicated in an article elsewhere in this

issue. Thcre is but one sure way to

get out from undei a burden of debt

and discouragement, and that is to dig

out. This way out is neither easy, nor

fast, for the course is steep and rough

and there is no elevator.



Because the way is thus‘, the world

calls loudly now for men who are not

afraid of work—red-blooded men with

stout hearts and healthy minds and

willing hands. Since the dawn of his-

tory it is thoso homely attributes that

have brought forth the things worth

while.



_So let us take heart at this, the be-

ginning of a new year, and resolve to

put the best there is in us into our

work, having abundant faith that the

best things in life will return to us.





N these days of gas-





The V a)” e ohne go— —carts and .,

chugging tractors, it

of sometimes looks as if

The Horse the horse might be





consigned to the mus-

eum and labeled, “Old-Dobbin, an ex-

ample of ancient motive power.”



It is true that the horse will not oc-

cupy the same position in the world’s

economics as he did in the past. Mo-

tive power has changed rapidly in the"

past century and it is well that it has,

for transportation improvement has

been the greatest known stimulant to,

civilization. It has annihilated. dis-





tance, and brought peoples together.





and in doing this it is bringing about a

greate1 human understanding.



But withal, the horse still plays an

important part. He still furnishes a

cheap source of power for plowing, and

is the most economical to use for short

hauls But greater than these is the





Onejof the greetings which makes , .

farming attraCtivfc is the “elation .





"one has with living beings. Acids from





the dog, there is none with which we

form more pleasing associations than

the horse. Much of the recreation also

of young farm folks is spent with ani-

mats. Itisfoatmetethatitisso, for

there is no more wholesome recreation

for children than the time they spend

with pets. ‘



We have encouraged calf chibs, pig

clubs and chicken clubs. In such club

work "the young people form pleasant

relations, but the projects are mostly





based on the pecuniary interest in ag—,





riculture they amuse. In the forma-

tion of colt clubs we would. encourage

the great affection which usually ex-

ists between man and his horse, and

besides the raising of the colts would

prove profitable, f01 students of agri-

cultural economics say that there is

need for more horses to supply the





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coming farm demand. Colt clubs would»





prove to be another factor which would

encourage the boys to stay on the

farm.





0U should not get





, us wrong. In this

A" Power comment we are not

to Azo" dealing with a close,

tobacter or even distant rela-





Ktive~of the weed which

furnishes the nicotine of commerce.

Azotobacter is a real friend of man.



His business has a peculiarly close

relation to agriculture. He competes

with the importers of nitrates from

Chili, with the nodules on leguminous

plants, and undoubtedly will keep right

at his line regardless of the develop-

ment of Muscle Shoals. This friend is

alive, resides in the soil, eats sugar

and carbohydrates from which he gets

the necessaiy energy to fish nitrogen

out of the air to combine with other

elements in compounds for healthy

plants to feed on.



Azotobacter is a little particular,

however, about the conditions under

which 'he labors. An acid soil is an

abomination to him. He prefers an

abiding place where there is plenty of

lime and solutions of potaSh and phos-

phoric acid. He also is mulish should

the temperature run low but is very

amiable and active when the summer

heat has reached his home.





Under the favorable conditions men-

tioned, he becomes a real factor in

making soil fertile. At the famous

Rothamsted Experiment Station, soil

on which vegetation ha. been allowed

to fall back on the ground and decay

for a periodof thirty years, showed an

increase in its nitrogen content amount-

ig to one hundred pounds per acre per

year. Azotobacter was very largely

responsible for this increased supply

of nitmgen. We hope some day to

know how, on our farms,‘to multiply

the like of him a million fold.





F some odd individ-





O uai who had much

, ' patience could go out



Cincke'} and organize into

Population camps the chicken





population of the state

and there train them in the ways of

the military order, he could put on a

dress, parade which, for size, would

startle even those who have been in

the presence of chickens all their lives.



For instance, if these companies of

chickens could be lined up" eight

abreast, they would form a solid col-

umn reaching from the city of Detroit





'to the Straits of - Mackinaw- Or. if





they were loaded upon ton trucks and

these traveled along the highway three

rods apart, the number 20f trucks re-

quired‘to carry this army would make

a line 275 mil-es long. Then again, if

all the people of the state decided up-

on ”having chicken for dinner each day





-.until the entire chicken population of





fact that you Can make friends with a\ the state was censumed at least a half





horse. This is something you cannot





do with the steely steeds of today.





month Would be required for the feast.

Another way of impressing the mind





D0]?



state can-do. Intheaourse of “on

these heart from Michigan'lay 53, 382 336

dozen e359. These placed end to end

Would make an egg chain reaching

nearly around the world. Or, you could

travel in your flivver at the rate of.

400 miles a day for fifty days and only

move from one end of this line to the

other. ‘





Michigan's poditry business is no-





small part of her agriculture.





UDGING from the,





Free result of a vote in

'S the lower house of

eeds congress, taken on

May Go the Saturday before





Christmas, there isa

chance that our federal law makers

may have the heart to discontinue the

long‘established custom of appropriat-

ing a third of a million dollars for the

distribution of free .seeds. The'elimiA

nation of the free-seed method of com-

paigning may occasion a change in the

practices of congreSsmen, but the farm-

ers and gardeners will be affected only

to the extent of having less feed to

keep the house mouse contented-





.4198? Effects





ELL, the holiday festivities is

over and I suppose about as. many

resolutes is already broke as folks. All

there is left of the holidays for lots of





folks is the payin’ for them. So many-





folks buy their presents with their fu.

ture.



They say there’s lots of folks in the

city what live like the Prince'of India

on a dollar down and a dollar a week.

You kin buy fur coats, diamond rings

and lots of other what you call essen-

shuls of life that way, but I never

heaid of you bein’ able to buy just

plain, ordinary, in-

significant bread

and butter like

that.



Seems like lots

of folks has lots a

' fun livin’ on their

future, but the

way some a them

use their credit

ain’t no credit to

themselves or nobody else.



Maybe it’s all right ’cause it keeps

factories runnin’, but it seems like

when atwenty dollar clerk lives like

a million dollars it’s too much like

bein’ What you ain’t. It looks like

some folks spend so much time bein’

what they ain’t, that they never get to

be what they ought to be. They spend





 





so much time gettin’ on a hill top and .

yellin, “Hurray For Me.”





Now, Abe Lincoln and lots other

men what has accomplished things

didn’t waste their energy ‘yellin’ for

themselves, but when they did yell it

was for other folks. But they spent

most of their time doin’ the things

what made them famous.



One writer Says something about if

you make good enough rat traps the

world will wear a path to your door,

even if you live in the woods. Seein’

thatthe rat populashun of most cities

and even farms, is greater than their

human populashun, I think that is

light.



Sophie just looked at this and said

that anyone kin see that I ain’t got rid

of all the grouchiness of the holiday

festivities.



“A full stomack maketh a empty





head," said a man what had 3. empty





stomack, but a full head: And when

you ain’t got nothin' in your head you

use your disposhun which usually ain’t

the sweetest thing you ever 866.1 -.



' I tell Sophie, "Never mind, the sweat

bye and bye is coming.” Then QM

looksatme southbound scram?!

time tonal: 1:59th and gotcha”

. , , RY SYCKW.





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AIIEVICES for reclaiming marl from





 





.2541» ed. They are, however, well

along in the experimental stage. I

M wieli to give my impressions of a marl

, extractor which I saw recently.



Thi__§ was a small outfit, involved but

‘ little capital and labor, but seemed to

.3 _ be doing the work very satisfactmily.

7}, It was designed by William Peterson

l 4 I. ' and Elwin Parmeter, two farmers who

. ' live in Kent county, Michigan.

'-‘ I ‘ They started work on Round Lake.





Harvard, Michigan, and are still work-

ing ' on it. By way of explanation,

Round Lake is ‘just one of the many



'.hundreds .of small lakes dotting the



“land here and there which contain



'«m‘arl», and while these men have got

many hundred tens of marl out of this

lake, they have made a very small dent

in' the total tonnage that is there to be

extracted.



This outfit cost about $700, and was

largely home- made. All the mechan-

ical work is done by a six-horsepower.

engine and all this engine does is to

run two reversible drum hoists; One



' hoist pulls a scraper out into the lake



and drags this back full of marl. The

other hoist operates a dump on a gin

Z I pole which gets the marl, out on dry



. land where it can dry out before haul-



ing.



,, The scraper full of marl is dragged

. I up an incline and dumped into a buck-

>_ ' .et.‘ The, other drum hoist then pulls

I i ' this bucket up a cable attached to a



7_ . gin pole where it is tripped. Then the



- ' , *reversible hoist drags the bucket back



._ to the place where it is filled as the

E scraper delivers its neXt load of marl.



“5 t The day I was there, they were get-



t' ‘ 'ting a scraper full of marl out of the





 





 





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UCH comment is being made” by

thinking breeders on the big

type hogs that are so much in

«1 demand at the present time. We have

4’ ’ not forgotten'the sm'all pudgy type of

‘but a few short years ago, that our

present type has supplanted. We now

, ‘ understand why they were not hogs

' that would make money for the breed-

4 er "and farmer. -The market was dis-

l . 2" s; ’ culminating against them and what the

”, , market demands is what the breeder

’ ' must'produce. .

Justwhy the public should always

go to the extreme in all reform is hard

to understand, but past history shows

that this is true and possibly always

will be. Yeals ago when the small,

blocky, square hog became popular,

breeders developed the type until they

were small, poor breeders and nothing

, 'mucli but a little bunch of fat. Hogs





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market weighing 150 pounds; 200

" ,pOunds was a very large hog in those

days. Now the .very opposite condition

"is to be found among breeders every-

Vhere.

Dangers From Extreme Big Type.

‘ Students of breeding and animal de—

lve opulent have always noticed an in—





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that a small animal will be

',term a neat, trim refined ani-f





lake beds have not been perfect; ' __





,a small three- -acre lake located near-





would be mature and ready for the ‘





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lake every two minutes. “The bucket

holds about a third of a cubic yard, so

it will be seen that there Was a cubic

yard of marl being delivered to the_ pile

each seven or eight minutes. Accord-

ing to William Petersen, out of each

ten-hour day, they get in about nine

hours of continuous work.



The hoists are controlled by levers

within the reach of one man so there

are only two men needed to operate

this rig.‘ There is little machinery to

get out of order and it looks like an

outfit well within the reach of a com-

pany of five or six men who realize





their need for marl, and have a lake,





reasonably close from which the marl

can be extracted.





A (Cheap But Satzsfizctory Device for [Mining Mar/flow Latte Beds"

P I. J. Mathews





Telling what they have learned from

experience, William Peterson, the chief

designer, explained that the size of the

bucket is necessarily dependent upon

the strength of the gin pole. A third

of a cubic yard of marl is pretty heavy.

The engine and hoist give plenty of

power to transfer more of this up'xthe

cable, yet the gin pole they had would

not allow more to be carried.



When a new bed is to be opened up,

it is first necessary to cut away the

grass and rushes that grow near the

edge of the lake. The machinery is

set up just as though the marl was to

be recovered, but instead of the marl

scraper being attached to the cable, an

ingenious cutter made out of two bean





 





 





One‘View





of the Successful Home-made Marl Extractor Perfected by William





Peterson and Elwin Parmenter.





ity. Thus it can be seen that size and

quality can only exist in the same ani-

mal in relative proportions, that is

largely determined by the size and rate

of development of the. ‘aniinal. The his-

tory of practically all breeds of lie

stock will bear out this statement, as

they have all suffered at one time and

another from mistakes in this connec-

tion. Breeders of hogs can see the fu-

ture of the big type if they will stop

and think a.bit. Too many breeders

do not give enough thought to their op-

erations. An exaggerated big type is

going to be just as bad, if not worse,

for the industry than was the small

type of a few years ago.

The Middle Ground.



From the history of other breeds we

can see that there isa middle’ground,

where a combination of size and qual-





ity will yieldgreatest returns and pro-1





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ill the Big Type Hog Gct Too Big?





Some Pertinent Comments 072 Me Suéjec‘t éy G. H 007m





duCe animals suitable for the purposes

for which they are intended. There

should be a determination of this mid—

dle ground and the establishment of a

type that can and will be reproduced

more or less regularly with a reason-

able assurance of uniformity. If breed-

ers could agree on such a type and all

would get such an animal firmly fixed

in their minds, the dangers that we

fear would not be encountered. It is

the duty of those men who are close

students of breeding to outline the dan—

gers of exaggerated type that is con-

fronting hog breeders today and point

out the dangers and the inevitable re-

sult.



Just why present-day breeders can

not see the dangers in such practices,

is strange. The thoughtful breeder

thinks not only of one generation but

far into the future and the effects that





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puller blades is used. This is dragged

back and forth across the grass, cut-

ting it into pieces. Then the men go

in with pitchforks and throw. out the.

pieces of sod. This gives them a clean

surface to start work in. ‘ .



There must be a pulley fastened out I

in the lake somewhere so the hoist can

pull the scraper to the far edge of the

bed and then return the scraper full of .

marl. To do this a boom must be built

about the area to be worked. This is

done by using pine timbers bolted at

the corners and then trussed inside by

welding silo hoops together. “You can’t 4;

get this boom any too strong,” says - ”

\l1.Peteison.»

The device that holds the boom pul- .

lcy so it can be moved from one posi-

tion in the bed to another is an ingen-

ious A-shaped rig made out of timbers

with a board nailed on the top side to

hold it in position against the outer

edge of the boom. When the cable is

slack, a raised bench can be used to

push back the A-shaped framework

with the pulley. It can then be moved

to another location along the boom and

a new area of marl opened up.



The scraper itself is made largely of

iron and weighs about 400 pounds. This

weight makes it “bite” the marl more

effectively and keeps it right side‘up.

There is no bottom to it. The back is

rounded at the top so the marl will roll \

up and the top is of board slats that

can be. set to regulate the “bite” of

marl that is taken. The incline up

which this scraper goes with its load

01' marl consists of planks stuck down

into the marl and then securely bolted

at the lower end. In addition, a piece

of sheet iron is put on so the scraper

will not catch onto these boards as it

comes up with its load.





 

   

   

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





his work will have on it. The breeder

who lives only in the present will 'not

be in the business a few years hence,

unless he changes his policies. Breed-

ers of other animals have never been

able to increase the size of their indi-

viduals beyond a certain point and still

retain their quality, and We feel safe

in saying that swine men will not do it

either. The early history of our swine

ancestors would indicate that the one

thing we have always had to attempt

to improve in swine, was quality. I

Breeders must determine what will .

present these undesirable qualities to ~~ ”4'.“

the lesser degree and combine the I

greater number of desirable qualities.

Outstanding Features of Present Type.



In practically all papers and from

nearly all breeders of big type, the

things that are emphasized are height,

length, arch of back, and weight. The

mad scramble that is going on to pro-

duce a hog/“that stands higher, that has

great strength, and that has a greater

arch of back, is leading many a breed-

er toward ruin and failure.



. It seems to the outsider that they

have lost sight of many of the qualities



that should always be locked for in~ .

cbrlect type hogs. It would be inter~ ' .

esting to see the typaihat some breed- . ‘1

ers would have if\ they ‘could bring'

about all the changes that the\y are.

clamoring for now.» We predict that .

not many men would be proud to ‘

claim it.



, The points that are emphasized in”.

the majority of advertisements are

length of legs, length from head- to tail; .1 -



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WANT DUTY CUT ON FEEDER

CATTLE. '





HE Illinois Agricultural Society,



representing 80, 000 farmers, is ask

ing for a reduction in duty on Canadian

g feeder cattle as fixed in the McCum-

ber-Fordney tariff law. According to

a report to the American Farm Bureau

Federation from Howard Leonard, of

the society, Illinois cattle feedeis have

learned to app1e01ate the nice Canadian

feeder cattle because of theii superior

quality. The present duty has already

resulted in the receipt of amuch small-

er volume of Canadian cattle in our

markets, thereby curtailing the supply

of quality feeding cattle.





NEW FRUIT MAN ADDED TO

STAFF.





MICHIGAN Agricultural College

extension staff will be increased to

two men by the addition of H. A. Card-

inell, extension pomologist of the Uni-

versity of Missouri, who will assist T.

A. Farrand, secretary of the State

Horticultural Society, in field work. Mr.

Cardinell has had a wide experience in

fruit growing, especially among the

western farmers. He graduated from

the agricultural college in 1915 and

joined the Missouri staff in 1919. He

also spent quite a few years on some

of the famous fruit farms of the west.





FARM COST ACCOU NTING.





ISCUSSING the objectives in agri-



cultural cost accounting, in a pa-

per read at the meeting of the Ameri-

can Farm Economics Association at

Chicago, December 28—30, Dr. Henry C.

Taylor, chief of the bureau of agricul-

tural economics, said that probably the

most important purpose of agricultural

accounting is to furnish the basis of

making a choice between two or more

lines of production.





TO RE-PUBLISH BOOKS.





ONGRESS has voted to appropri-

ate $200,000 for printing and dis-

. tributing the publications entitled “Dis-

eases of the Horse,” and “Diseases of

Cattle.” These old books first made

their appearance about thirty years

ago, and have been out of print for

many years.





NURSERYM EN FORM ORGANIZA-

TION.





T the end of the horticultural meet-



ing many of the prominent Michi-

gan nurserymen got together at the

Hotel Pantlind in Grand Rapids and

fmmed a Michigan association of

nurserymen.



.The puipose of this organization is

to further the interest of the nursery

business with respect to legislation, to

promote keen competition, to draw to—

gether harmoniously the nurserymen

_ and their customers and to further all

commendable horticultural develop-

ments. One of the first things the as-

sociation advocated was the licensing

of nurserymen.



The officers elected were: President,

B. G. Monahan, of Detroit; vicepresi-

dent, W. F. Illgenfritz, of Monroe, sec-

retary-treasurer. C. A. Krill, of Kala-

mazoo. The tollowiiig executive com-

mittee was also elected: I Edward S.

G1eening, of Monioe; George A. Haw-

ley,o of Hart; R. J. Coryell, of Birming-

I ham; F. E. Beaty. of Th1ee Rivers.





1'





' STATE BUDGET IS 6. K.’D. .

DGET requests, amounting to $32, -

4,092. 98 for the operation and

no of. state departments and





' degrees.





institutions for- the two .years begin-

ning July 1, 1923, were approved last

week by Governor Groesbeck and the

state administrative board.



The board also passed on, without

approval, to the legislature requests

totaling $21, 610, 560. 29 for the year

1923- 24 and $7, 336, 205 for the year 1924-

25. This total includes large amounts

wanted by institutions for building pur-

poses and for the purchase of real es-

tate. The requests of the university

for $7,277,000 and of the agricultural

college for a substantial amount are

among these items.



The following recommendations,

which were adopted, were made by the

board in submitting its report:



First. ———That the recommendations

submitted to this board by Mr. Croll,

for the maintenance and operation of

state institutions, totaling $7, 353, 408 for

the fiscal year 1923-24 and $7,335,517

for the fiscal year 1924-25 be approved.



Second—That the recommendations

relative to operating expenses of the

different state departments, totaling

$4,311,340 for the year 1923-24, and

$4,402,097 for the year 1924—25 be like-

wise approved.



Third.——That «the requests of the

highway department, tax commission,

military establishment,_ naval, militia,

department of agriculture and depart-

ment of conservation be submitted to

the legislature, without definite recom-

mendation at this time, because of a

possible change in state policy.



Fourth—That the soldiers’ bonus

sinking fund, amounting to $1,816,000

for each of the said fiscal years, and

the war loan sinking fund amounting

to $480,000 be likewise approved.



Fifth ———That the amount of $200 000

requested for the appraisal of tubercu-

lar cattle be approved.



Sixth. ——That requests for miscellan-





Wednesday, December 27.

LINDED nine years ago, Albert

Owitz may regain his sight by hav-



ing a pig’s eye transplanted—Eight

train union chiefs were found guilty of

conspiracy to obstruct interstate com-

merce for their activity in the railroad

strike last fall.—Will Hayes, chief of

the. motion picture industry, lifts the

ban on Fatty Arbuckle films, but most

local censor boards still retain the ban.





Thursday, December 28.

RTICLES of incorporation have

been filed at Lansing for the Home



Rights League whose avowed purpose

is to make less eflective the eighteenth





amendment.——Twenty-two civilian emg





ployes were arrested for being involved

in a conspiracy to loot the United

States navy. —~—A lone war vete1anar1n-

ed with a monkey wrench, held 200

Ku Kluxers at bay in Peru, Indiana.





.Friday, December 29.



I T is reported that Henry Ford is go-



ing to build a $6, 000, 000 manufactur-

ing plant at Hegewisch, Illinois, a sub-

urb of Chicago —Stanilas Wojciechow-

ski has been sworn in as the new pres-

ident of Poland ———All December heat

records for Kansas were broken when

the temperature registered: .Vsixty-two





Saturday, December 30.

A N Arizona Indian" found the charred

bo ies of the mobison aviators.

Colonel ,. M. Marshall andLieutenant





 





 





eons items of state ex—ponse be approv-

ed, as well as those for the mainte-

nance of the different examining

boards.





Seventh. ——-That of the $16, 641, 221. 29

requested by the various departments

and institutions for building purposes

for the biennial period, the items listed

and recommended by Mr. Croll,

amounting to $2,396,556 are regarded

by this board as necessary. The re-

mainder of the building requests are

submitted to the legislature for its

action.





THE GERMAN PURCHASING

POWER.





9



HE purchasing power of consumers

in Germany is greatly reduced, ow-

ing to the drop in German exchange.

This is being felt in the milk trade in

Berlin and other German cities. In

November, according to the represent-

ative of the United States Department

of Agriculture, less than 99,000 gallons

of milk daily were consumed in Berlin

as compared» with 440,000 gallons a

day before the war. The American con-

densed milk trade in Hamburg is com-

pletely at a standstill, as cdnsumers



cannot buy the milk.





There is a heavy reduction in the

demand for lard in Germany. Other

animal oils are in poor demand, but

the margarine industry is said to be

increasing. The Germans are depend-

ing more and more upon vegetable oils.



Germany is requisitioning $2,500,000

tons of grain for which it is paying

very low prices. This grain is to be

used to lower bread prices for the la-

boring class. In an effort to further

cheapen food prices in Germany the

government prohibited exportation of

tree fruit of which there was an abund-





Charles Webber, seventy-five miles

g'om Tucson, Arizona—San Diego,

alifornia, has the highest suicide rate

in the country, while New York City

has the lowest.

Sunday, December 31.

HE old Polk street depot in Chica-

go, which was erected in 1884, was

entirely destroyed by‘ fire just before

Christmas.———Twenty—one United. States

senators are for bringing all the United

States soldiers back from the occupied

Rhine district—The actors in the

world-famous pageant play at Oberam-

mergau are poverty stricken because

of the depreciatidn of the German

mark.

Monday, January 1. \

ITH 400,000 refugees forced upon

her, Greece is becoming a good

market for M—ickn‘gan beans. She is ex-

pected to consume about 95,000 metric

tons of the Michigan product—Georges

Clemenceau, the famous “French tig-

er ” turned over to the American Field

Service. Fund $20,000 which was the

profit of his recent speaking tour in

this country. '

Tuesday, January 2. I

AFTER accumulating three- fourths

of the world’s gold, the United





States is now preparing to move some.

. of this back to Europe.





Improved bus-

iness conditions in Europe is the cause.





é—Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the noted





ant crop. This resulted in anxover- -





supplied market,‘ low prices,:a'.nd_1much

fruit left to rot on the trees becau‘seit





did not pay the farmers to pick and '





ship it to market.





LIVE STOCK REPORTING SERVICE

PROVES VALUE.





HE market reporting service“ on



live stock recently established by

the Bureau of Agricultural Economics

of the Department of Agriculture its

considered of more importance to. the

southwest producers than the new

stock yards in Los Angeles, according

to a report from that city. Since the





' receipt of the'market information fur- ' ,

nished by the Lbs Angeles office of the"



' bureau, price diflerentials between var-

ious lots purchased from different pro- ,





ducers have been materially narrowed

even in the most remote farming dis-

tricts. This spread has narrowed to

twenty-five cents per hundred pounds

instead of one dollar or more as often

existed’ in the past, and two practices

are today almost abolished, one the

speculator making a margin on 'a

known market through rapid action

among remote producers, and the oth-

er the large outfits in certain sections

taking up the smaller lots in their

vicinity at a margin difference. Simi-

lar encouraging reports are coming

from other sections in regard to the





‘ usefulness of the bureau’s market news





service. 1





COST OF KEEPING HORSES"





OME interesting cost studies are



being made by "the bureau of agri-

cultural economics. A survey made

recently by the bureau indicated that

the cost of keeping work horses in the

corn belt in 1921 was about $100 per

head. Exclusive of pasture the annual

ration per head consisted of forty hush-

els of corn, twenty biishels of cats, 1. 3

tons of hay and 1.8 tons of straw or

corn stover. During the year Sixty—six





hours of man labor were required, to _





care for each horse.





The average farm value of the work





stock was $123 per head.





During the year each horse worked 4





an average of 723 hours. On the basis





' of a ten-hour work day. the average





cost was $1. 37 per day, or 13.7 cents

per hour of actual work done. The

horses on some farms worked two to

three times as many hours as those on





other farms, showing a widely varying“

degree of efficiency on differentfarms. .





ON AGRICULTU RAL CREDIT.





THE position of the American, Farm

Bureau Federation on the bill

which would afford credit to agricul-





ture running from six months to three





years, was outlined by Gray Silver, the

Washington representative of the fed«





eration, before the senate banking and . ‘





currency committee. He said the fed-

eration would add to the Lenroot-An-

derSon bill among other. things a pro-

vision for a large central fund which

would make the system more elastic





than would be the case if the bill were.‘ ‘

passed as in its present form. He 11m:-

cated that the fund would be similar. .





to the War Finance Corporation fund.





He suggested that a limit of $5,000,090.35:

for each of the twelve federal 19.111173;

land banks’ farm credits departments





is too small and that it should

creased to $10,000, 000 each, He ,

have this capitalisation 01,1119 ,1; "

discounting'agencies supp, _ "

this large central} fund am



not by the federal term loan





French actress, who has been danger- A I I





A42.





m; .3.‘ .





.__. —-—~...,«..., g. «Y
m’writer recently made; a 1-,1‘06

, mife"‘tripithrough Michigan, and

,aflone conclusion that he drew was





. :mrinemgan has one of the brightest

urea. in pear production that it has-





any fruit which it is now growing),





1' andmn Wh care considering devoting

their entire energy to apples, cherries

“ and men who are; considering devoting





:thought to the production of the pear.





The, western :states along the Pacific

could not continue their. pear,growing





{if they did not give the orchards more





if. the Pacific Coast.





v





I gjeitacting’ care with regards to blight





~'control' than. does the state of. Michi?

gan. ,In.other' words; pears can 'be

grown more cheaply and easier in

Michigan than they can be grown on

Pears in a general

’ Way grow in Michigan in spite of the

care rather than because of the care

> they receive. Blight control is not sys-

tematic and while blight may be bad

certain years, this past summer it was

relatively light when compared with

the attack which one is accustomed to

see along the Pacific Coast.





SOQn after crossing the‘Indian line

one begins to note how the highways

are lined with'pear trees. It is surpris-

ing toxsee how well these trees do with

the care they are giVen; but all over

western Michigan there are splendid

orchards which are a testimony that

pear growing can be made very suc-

cessful when the trees are given the

proper care.



Visit the orchard, for example, of

George Hawley, at Hart, Mich. There

you will find one of the finest blocks of

Bartlett pears in the state. Or visit

the C. D. Kistler orchard at Ludington.





. 'While he has. not gone into pears ex





‘tensively, you will find some beautiful

specimens of the Bartlett and Flemish

Beauty in his orchard. One of the most

interesting orchards to visit is that of

E. H. Broe, near South Haven. Broe

is a very successfulpez'ir grower. He

has a fine, large orchard of pears, spe-

. cializing in such varieties as Bartlett,

Howell and Flemish Beauty. Some of

his trees are new fifty-three years old.

' A year ago the larger trees produced

as high as fifty-nine bushels per tree

«and this year these large trees will

(probably average forty bushels. ' He is

demonstrating that pear growing can





, be made very successful in western





 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





40!- ~eating and for canning.

rte understand why pear gro‘Wers on the





Michigan. Or visit the orchard of Mr

James Nichol, at South Haven, and

you will find a‘very fine“ block of Bart-

lettpears. I can enumerate a great

,many'orchards where pear growing is

being carried on quite extensively.

Varieties to Plant.

The. Michigan Horticultural Society





' 3 Has studied the question of varieties





for this state, recommending that the

g'Bartlett, “Keifl'er and Seckel be genen

any planted, while in the south end of





' the state! the Clapps, Favorite, Howell





and Bose can be added The Bartlett,

of course, is a standard variety, both

It is hard





Pacific Coast can get $75 or $80 a ton

-~for.Bartletts and perhaps growers 'of





. ;'Michigan might sell for half the price

gbecaus'e the Michigan Bartlett’s area

“highquality, they are white when can-'





. d, they are of a delicious flavor and

*ar‘e’well thought of by the trade; but





9; bably” one reason why there is a





t discrepancy in. price is due to

,f t that pear growing has not

developed extensively "enouglrin

(to warrant the putting up of

,7 Image by the canneries. ‘When



does come, the price should '





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. to formnew buds and those remaining



fiWilla be greatly strengthened and the"



. fruit ‘ produced will be. much larger.

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be double worked probably to be groWn

at its best. If the growers that plant

Kieffers can bud or graft them over to

Basic they will have a more vigorous

tree; or in some sections they are tak-

ing the Anjou, a fine-pear but a shy

bearer yet an extremely‘yigorous grow-

er, and are grafting that over to the

Bose. This seems to give the Bose

more vigor and productiveness.



Occasionally a man will say one

trouble With pears is when grown in

Michigan and New York they will not

keep like the ones on the Pacific Coast.

There may be an' element of truth in

that and there may not be, but I have

seen good eastern Bartlett pears, pick-

ed in early September and taken out

of storage in the middle of October

that we’re in excellent condition for

canning and it is evident that they

will keep long enough for any trade if

these pears are properly handled.



In planting pears one should always

consider the question of pollenation. It

is well to plant the pears in blocks,

two to four rows of a variety and then

bring in some other variety. In this

way pollenation will be taken care‘ot‘

and big crops can be expected.



s Stocks to Use.



Formerly pears were planted entire-

ly on French roots but these are sub-

ject to a. form of root louse and are

very subject to the attack of blight and





are rapidly being done away with. The '





French root, however, is adapted to

very ‘heavy soil. The Japanese roots

which some nurseries handle are rela—

tiyely resistant toblight and insect at-

tack. on the' root. but they will not

adapt themselves to heavy soil and

should be planted on the.lighter loam.



There is a new pear coming out in

the south known as the “Pineapple

Pear,” which has been grown there for

forty-two years and is seemingly im-

mune to blight. This might make a

most excellent stock for Michigan pear

growers to use, at least, it would pay

to investigate it on a small scale.



In addition to using the right stock

in fighting blight; one should cut out

the blight, especially the held—over

cankers in the winter time. These can

be detected easily when the trees are

bare and steps should be taken to cut

them out. In cutting year trees, how—

ever, one should always have the

wound and tool disinfected. Corrosive

sublimate is a good disinfectant to use

on the tool at each output is not good

on the wound. Cyanide of mercury is

much better to use in' sponging off the

wound after the cuts are made. A solu-

tion which is commonly used now on

the coast is one part corrosive subli—

mate and one part of cyanide of mer-

cury to .05 part of water, or two large

tablets of each substance and One

quart of water. This solution must not

be kept in metal containers.



Pruning.

To growing pears they should be

pruned to make strong, sturdy trees,

and the right type of pruning will, in

a way, help to control blight. One

should avoid a,tree where the main

branches all come out at one point.

Either grow a typical center or a modi-

fied center tree and have your main





branches well spaced. Keep these main .





branches about- equal size as the tree

develops by giving each about the

same amount of pruning each year.



‘ Old, pear trees sometimes have far





'too many spurs. They develop an enor-





mOus number of weak'spur clusters. By





thinning out ”a third ‘or a fourth of‘

these clusters the” remaining buds will





hereinvigorated, ‘new wobd [will start





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





   

 

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 





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grow pears on French roots. Wear‘e

finding now that with the blight re-

“sistant root We wantwell-drained aim

and some of the' lighter loams will

grow pears very successfully, as dem-

onstrated in the pear belt of western

Michigan which, on the whole, consists

of rather a light type of loam. These

soils should. be given good tillage or

mulching and tillage could be carried

0n until about the first of July, and

then, perhaps, cease under normal con-

ditions. Where the. ground is too de-

void of organic matter, cover crops can

be added- to good advantage. One

should perhaps avoid, however, too

great a stimulation or the growing of

too rank a wood growth as this is more

subject to blight.

One reason some of the Michigan





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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ed their grade or " pack. 7’ 1'

some of the bet,ter pears of Michigan,

if they were very carefully graded and

packed in boxes would bring the top

market price, but. whatever container





is used the pears should be graded





carefully as to size and freedom from

blemish. If put up in a nice pack they

will soon force their way into the mar-

ket and should bring a fine price. It

would not take very much of an effort

to get the large manufacturing towns

of Michigan to eat more pears than.

that state will produce in years to

come.



' There is a huge market ’output for

pears "because the industry over the

country as'a whole is declining and,

therefore, the demand has been stimu-

lated. 'Probably some of the most prof-

itable horticultural investments in the





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fact th 11‘ taking the’

market because the, eastern; States ‘

have quit growing pears. There is an

increasing demand for canned pears,

especially the Bartlett, ‘and this Output ~

alone should take care of a huge ton-

nage of that variety.





Pears are also being dried and there

is a big demand er-the high-grade fall

pears and Bartletts for selling in bush-

el baskets and other containers for

home canning. , . .



When Europe gets back on its feet

there will be an increased demand

again for Bartlett pears; ',



Michigan would do well to look into

the future of pear growing. To organ-

ize their pear industry groWers could

form a sort of society ’or group where.

they could meet and discuss blight con-





   





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,development of a huge business in the





   

   

   

   

 

 

 





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SHADE TREES IN HIGHWAY.





 





What is the law in regard to cutting

down shade trees along the road?

What distance do they have to be from

the center of the road before one has

the right to cut them ?—-H. R.



The. owner of the land owns the

shade trees and has the right to cut

them at pleasure. The highway com-

missioner is the only other person who

has the right to do so; and he can do

it only after notice to the owner to do

so nd giving him reasonable o'pportu-

nity 0 remove them, and then he has

no rig t to do so unless the removal is

reasona ly necessary to put or keep

the road in unobstructed condition for

travel. Any statute attempting to de-

prive the abutting owner of his title to

the trees without day in court and



compensation is merely void—Rood.





 





COLLECTION' OF ACCOUNT.





 





Last spring I built from old scrap

lumber lying in the barnyard, a chick-

en house, brooder house, roost, drop-

pings board and nests in another house.

There was no contract made, but the

owner was satisfied with my work. I

worked ninety-six hours, charging fifty

cents per- hour. The owner refused to

pay, saying I spent too much time. He

offered me $20, which I refused. I sent

this fellow my bill, telling that I would

charge six per cent compound interest

from November 1, 1922. How long

should I keep that up to have said bill

valid?——-P. M.



Simple accounts outlaw in six years.

Compound interest cannot be collect-

ed, but only simple interest at five per





cent—Rood.





 





‘SIZE OF PULLEY.



I am building a power ice cutting

machine, using a three and one—half

horsepower engine and twenty—eight-

inch saw, the engine pulley is seven

inches face and ten inches diameter.

What size pulley should'l use on the

saw arbor and what speed should the

engine be governed to? How much

set does a saw require?——D. D. P.



In regard to the size of a pulley for

driving an ice cutting machine, you

have not stated the speed that your

engine runs, but the average farm en-

gine should run from 400 to 500 revo-

lutions per minute. With a ten-inch

pulley on your engine the speed of the

saw can be found by multiplying the

speed and the‘ diameter of the engine

pulley and dividing the result by the

speed of the saw. '



. ,;If we assume the engine to run 400

revolutions per minute and. about 650

as: the speed of the saw, then, 400x10





‘ divided by 750 equals six inches the





diameter, approximately. For a speed

‘ Of five‘hundred revolutions per minute

‘ the“ w, ~ then, 101400 divided by





 





 





   





 

   





   





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the diameter ’for the saw pulley.



Increasing the speed of the engine to

500 revolutions per minute would give

a speed of 937 revolutions per minute

in the first case, and 625 revolutions

per minute in'the latter case. '



Since I do not know‘the speed which

the saw should run it would probably

be advantageous to try the larger pul-

ley at an engine speed of 400, and if

found that the saw speed is not fast

enough the engine speed can be in-

creased. The same can be done with

the smaller pulley in case the larger

does not 'give enough speed—H. H.

Musselman.





 





PRICE OF KEEPING COWS.





 





Would you please say what you be-

lieve to be a fair price for the keep of

a cow? All I want is just what the

feed is worth as near as possible, and

as I rent the farm and I move in the

spring I get no benefit of manure. I

am feeding her two bushels of silage,

about four pounds of ground oats and

alfalfa hay twice a day, What she will

clean up.——W..C. B .



As you say you only want the price





of the feed the cow consumes, the

problem is a simple one. Simply weigh

the ensilage and alfalfa hay the cow

consumes in a day and use this as a.

basis of calculation for the time you

keep her. ‘



If you charge the market price of

the feeds you would really get some-

thing for your time in caring for her,

because you would save the cost of

marketing. You can figure ensilage at

one-third the price of mixed hay.



Nothing is said as to whether the

cow is giving milk or not. Probably

not, or mention would have been made.

But where a cow gives milk, the value

of the milk should be taken into con-

sideration.





 





DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION.





 





If a man dies leaving quit-claim deed

of all his real estate to his wife, and

if wife marries again, can husband No.

2 claim a share of the property? Can

heirs of wife by husband No. .2 claim

heirship to said property? Is it best

for wife to make quit-claim deed to‘

heirs by husband No. 1? Can husband

No. 2 claim household goods that wife

and husband No. 1 bought? ~Can heirs

of husband No. 1 claim their portion

that their father purchased, if no will

is left by the mother? ,Or do all share

alike? What share of the household

goods can husband No. 2 také?_—E. W.



All the w‘oman’s children take in

equal shares, whether of her first or

any other marriage. Her surviving hus-

band, there being no will, takes one-

third of' the personalty, and the chil-

dren the rest. When the first husband

died his children inherited. two-thirds

of his ,personalty, and the widow one-





   





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When Ee‘ndmg Inquiries.





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What is deeded away during life

does not descend to the heirs; but the

heirs of the first husband took two

thirds of the land he then owned, and

his widow inherited the other third,

there being no will.—-Rood.





 





HOGS FED TOO LIBERALLY.





 





Please tell me why our hogs do not

gain. We feed three times a day of

ground oats and barley. .Have corn on

the cob on the feed floor all the time.





The chances are your hogs have be-

come stalled on 'corn by too liberal-

feeding for too long a time. Hogs may

be fed lavishly and yet poorly fed.

Feed plenty of ashes and charcoal,

with a little lime, sulphur and salt ad-

ded, give them some sort of roughage,

such as good bright alfalfa or clover

hay, then balance the grain ration by

feeding one—tenth as much tankage as

you are feeding of barley and corn com-

bined. Do all of these things and be

sure that they are not infested with

worms or lice, and you will see im-

provement in short order.——Pope.





 





SOW EATS CHICKENS.





 





I have a sow that raised nine fine

pigs and is a good sow, but she started

to eat chickens and simply craves for

chicken. Is there a cure for that?—

‘J. D. S.’



There are only two sure ways that

I know of of stopping a sow from eat-

ing chickens. One is to keep the sow

and the chickens .apart, the other is

to butcher the sow. The taste for

chicken is often acquired through acci-

dent, either by stepping on one and

injuring it, or by fighting chickens

away from the feed. The craving is no

doubt caused by a lack of animal food





in the ration and where this is supplied





in the form of tankage, hogs seldom, if

ever, acquire the chicken-eating habit.





If you will‘ supply a pound of tankage-





a day to this sow and keep her entirely





away from the chickens or the chick-.





ens away from her for atew months,

it is possible she will forget the habit.

Otherwise it would be best to pork her

and replace her with another of less

carnivorous tendencies—Pope.





 





CONTRACTS OF MENTALLY IN-

COMPETENT.





 





Agents for stock companies, by mis- '





representing and, lying to an old man,

induced him to subscribe for large

amounts of stock, he not having the





money to pay for them. They got him





to give his notes. They then sold his

notes. to. banks. The old gentleman

since thenhas been adjudged incompe-

tent to doibusiness, and they 11 fve put

a guardiamrover him Now my

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couldb‘e‘“ hit up. nwoula, _ ., .

advantage also, of giving ms sateen-u "

other highly developed line of horticul' .

ture "rather than encouraging 1:60me

‘of the specialization on one:.or two

fruits. , . ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ 4

Over a ten-year period we can say

that pear growers on the Pacific Coast

have practically always made money‘s "

owing to the increasing demand for

this product. ‘ That is the reason they '





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





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in most sections. . ‘ / . .

Michigan is ideally located for the





canning and eating varieties of, pears.

It does not have to grow varieties

which are poor and have no quality,

but can produce the highest quality of .

varieties and. can have a. splendid mar-

ket right at her door. ‘





 





 





 





 





be up to the company to settle for the

notes ?-——B'. . . I,

The fact that he has since been ad—r "

judged incompetent is no determina¢ , ,, ‘

tion that he was so incompetent when J '

he gave the notes.- But if it can be

shown in the suits on the notes that he

was then incompetent there can be no

recovery—Rood.





 





FORECLOSURE.





 





The former owner of my farm holds

a mortgage on the farm. Interest is

due December, 1922. If I fail to pay

the interest, and he forecloses, how. .. '-

long will it‘be beforeuI will be forced . I _,

to move off?‘ Am I entitled to next . '

year’s crops grown on the farm?—R. B.



About fifteen months. All crops not

harvested before the purchaser at the

foreclosure gets possession belong to





him.-—;R00d. ,





 





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ALFALF





 





Next spring I wish to sow alfalfa

with winter wheat. Would it be advis‘

able after toprdressing with farmyard

. manure? Would it be advisable to sow

lime on the wheat, and what would be

the best time to sow alfalfa?—O. L. B. '





On land that contains sufficient clay

so that it will heave “honey comb” by

the action of the frost in the spring, it . , ._

is best to sow the seed before freezing ,

is over, even before the snow is gone.





 





 

 

 





 





The action of the frost covers the M; I ‘

seed. J , ‘\ I ‘

If the soil is sandy or gravelly so ’





 





 





 





frost does not produce this result, then

it is prtjbably better to defer the seed-

ing until the land can be harrowed to

cover the seed. ,

.In either case, the top-dressing with '

manure will be of prime importance.

It would have been better to have ap— ,

plied the lime last fall when preparing ,

for wheat and incorporated it with the. ‘

surface soil.. . ‘

It will be all'right to apply lime in

the spring, if you harrow the .land.

Lime must be mixed with the surface

soil to give results. ' ~ ' ‘

Most experiments seem to show that _,

one is not as apt to get a stand," of L

alfalfa with wheat as he is with'red

‘clover, probably due to the fact that'yf“

the soil is not inoculated for alfalfa. '





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Will you please tell me what the . _

is in regard to the limit that 'va g

can be taxed per $1,000 fer road. I j

funds? Also where to find it in a'~ "

book.—-—W. D. .. . P » 3 .



The state caustitution provid' ’

the tax for road purposes-Ts- 7

anyone 'Yearemeed 13 ’



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T is. a profitable winter occupation

£015 Michigan's two hundred thou-

sand fariners to decide what each





will contribute in forage, grain, truck

and fruit to the sum total of Michigan’s





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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:agricultural production.





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- stock kept.

, tamer who insists on seeding timothy





Every ‘farm in Michigan, whether

13:53 or small, represents a unit out of

which. Michigan’s agriculture is built.

These units vary ivithin wide limits as

.to. the type of farming pursued. They

also vary greatly as to their compara-

tive production per acre. The varia-

tion in production per acre of similar





3 crops on the different farms is due to





a great many causes. «

One of the important factors in de-

termining high average acre productidn

per farm is in carefully planning what

crap each acre is to contribute in ad-

vance so that the farm work can be





' - arranged for the best distribution of





available labor throughout the season.

The yield per acre has been reduced

on many farms because there was no

time to give the seed- -bed that, extra

harrowing or cultipacking prior to

sowing.



Winter the Time to Plan.



The farmer has been accused of be-

ing a poor bookkeepg and he undoubt-

edly is, for bookkeeping, or other rec-

ords, is‘usually on a yearly basis and

there are tifnes in the year when he

is “the busiest man on earth,” but dur-

ing the winter there are many times

when he likes to get out his “old stub

pencil” and figure on the granary door

or other convenient tablet.



If he would figure out a definite ro-

tation of crops over a certain cycle,

such as three, four or fiveyear rotation,

so that he would know just how each

acre is to be used, it would go a 10mg

toward syste‘matizing his farm

work and in distributing his labor uni-

formly over the year. Many farms are

operating in Michigan on a definite ro-

tation system and they are in the high

average yield per' acre class. If a farm-

er believes, as many do, that his farm

is the exception that proves the





. and it just simply will not- fit into a

deflniterotation, he at least can de- 1





termine the crops to be grown for two

seasons in order to plan for the hay

and fall grain seeding as well as for

the spring—sewn crops.

Relation of Crop Acres to Live Stock

on the Farm.- .

In planning what crops to grow care

must be used in determining the





acreage of each to inSure an abund-





ance of home-grown feeds. Live stock





is kept primarily as a home market for ,





the feeds produced. The kind of feed

grown should be adapted to the live

For example, the dairy





with his clover is defeating his own

purpose. The first consideration in

planning what crops to grow on a live

stock farm shOul‘d be given to the pro-

duction of a legume hay. Alfalfa, clo-

ver, sweet clover, Or soy-bean hay is

available to the live stock farmer as a

source of dependable cheap roughage.



In planning for the grain crops for





i ' I ,1 feed select those that will balance up





the-roughage used. Michigan live stock





.. men can afford to give more attention





__to barley as a source of starch. It is

a more economical feed to produce in





‘g-xsome sections than is corn. ‘In the





southern counties some attention





should be given to soy-beans as a high





tei'n feed and to field peas for the

same purmse in the northern counties.

Planning for Cash Crops.



crops are said off the farm in





was“! cash crops from Which





 





to choose. While this diversity otters

the opportunity of arranging the Crop,

rotation to a greater nicety, yet like all

complicated situations, the man who

studies it out to secure the advantage,

is obliged “to use more gray matter

than where a simple rotation is the

Object.



Several questions ought 'to be an-

swered_ when choosing a cash crop for





the rotation. , The first of these is, can .





the crop be marketed to advantage

from the lecality in which you are

farming? There are some good potato

soils in Michigan on which it would be

unwise to grow the crop, because the

cost of marketing would be too great.



Secondly, can the soil be kept in

good fertile condition? High produc-

tion must be maintained if one counts

on staying in the farming game. The

crop production plan must so fit into

the soil recuperation plan that average

yields will tend to increase rather than

to decrease.



And thirdly, will the use of the crop

affect the live stock policy? Possibly

you can grow one crop well but its in-

troduction may disturb, or occasion a

change in the list of crops grown for

the stock. This in turn, may make

meat or milk production more expen-

sive.



Finally, how will the use of the crop

take care of the labor question? Will





it tend to pile up labor at certain sea- '





sons and cause other periods to go

begging for things to do, or will it bet-

ted distribute throughout the months

the demand for both horse and man

labor?





A GOOD POTATO CROP.





 





N a letter from Lloyd Fishell, of Fen-



wick, he desor'ibes his method of

growing two acres of potatoes and the

yield as follows:





I ploWed sod ground during the first '





week in May and harrowed it five

times before planting. The seed was





 





treated for scab with corrosive subli-

mate, and planted June 15. Before the

plants were large enough to cultivate

they were worked twice with a spike

tooth harrow and then cultivated twice.

I sprayed five times with a 4 6- 30 Bor-

deaux for blight, hoppers, etc. The

patch passed inspection and I dug from

the two acres just 750 bushels.





YIELD 817,“ NOT 300 BUSHELS.





 





A LETTER has just been received



from Arthur Ranta, of Calumet,

stating that his potatoes yielded 317

bushels per acre instead of 200 bush-





els, as reported in these columns in ‘





our issue of December 9.





 





WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE.





 





THE executive committee of the

American Farm Bureau Federation





. has re—appointed Gray Silver as Wash-





ington representative of the federation

for the coming year, and has pledged

him their full support and cooperation

asyhead of the Washington ofiice.





 





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Adjustment from one power to

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CONCRETEFLOOR FOR Hoes.





 





' E think aconcrete floor for the

feeding of hogs is the, only thing.

We have many reaSons for so thinking.

First of all, we are assured of a place

where we can feed our hogs and know

that they are going to get it\all, which

Of course, means a saving of feed, be-

cause in the old way we found that

they have the feeding lot all rooted up

and some of the corn would get cov-

ered up for days at a time. When it

was unearthed it had lost all of its

feeding~ qualities.

After every feeding we clean the

floor of all cobs and manure so they

will have a, nice clean place to eat at

the next feeding. We believe that the

old saying, “cleanliness is next to God-

liness,” applies to the care of dumb

animals as well as to the human be-

ing. It surely has paid us for» all the

expense it was in building. We used

large stones in bottom, well hammered

down, then put about four inches of

concrete on top. That gives you a

floor that will last a lifetimeand will

save its cost in feed along every year

if you are feeding any hogs at all.——F.

H. South.





BLANKETING THE PERENNIALS.





 





HE other day a farmer, who is al-

ways doing things on time, was

drawing strawy manure upon his

strawberry plants, the shrubbery beds

about the house and also on the flower

borders.



By taking pains to use manure clean

of weed seed, he has found little trou-

ble from weeds the following year. The

plants, however, respoud promptly in

the spring. This, he thought, was due

both to the protection afforded, the

plants during the temperature changes

of the winter and spring, and also to

the addition of readily available plant.

food at a. time when it is needed to

start growth promptly.





 





'BAKING POTATOES SELL WELL.





 





THE potato show in Grand Rapids

early in December demonstrated

that consumers are willing to pay a

premium for a superior product, even

in years of bountiful crops, according

to C. C. Wells, general manager of the

Michigan Potato Growers’ Association.



The exchange shipped fifty bushels

of assorted baking potatoes to the show

and despite the fact that any quantity

of potatoes, could be bought from farm-

ers at thirty-five to forty cents a bush-,

e1, the association had no trouble in

selling the selected stock at eig'hty

cents a. bushel,



“We are finding throughout the na-

tion a well defined demand for a grade

of potatoes that is better than the U.

S. No. 1,” said Mr. Wells. “That is

Why our tubers shipped under the

Chief Petoskey brand are bringing pre-

mium prices.” He predicted that the

day is not far distant when Michigan

shippers will be supplying the market

with a special baking grade of pota-

toeS.——-M. '





BREAKS WORLD’S RECORD FOR

CORN PRODUCTION.’

CCORDING to an announcement b

the Ohio State University, .William

H. Gilmore, of Croton, Licking county,

Ohio, has broken: the world’s record for

corn yields by averaging 134.31 bushels





 





of lands.





 





The Edwards Motor Co. :

219 Main St. Springfield. 0.





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_, cost atomization. _





 





 





Farm. Prhcflber and: Expefl'ezzcesf Terra





the area, before plowing under.





of air—dried, shelled corn on ten acres ;

The. record is official; both"

the field and the yield have been mess-f

ured/and certified by univerSity repre-



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This is the third year, thatMr. Gib '

corn per acre on this land. Thisryesr ‘ .





he left no'stone untamed in: an effort





to break the record. The seed-bed Was , .





a clover sod, heavily manured on half

The

manured portion also had 500 pounds

per- acre of eighteen per cent acid phos-

phate and the other five acres each

had 2,500 pounds. of mixed fertilizer, an

0-10-10. , - -

The seed was sowmthree feet sac

way and thinned to three stalks per

hill. The thick sowing proved suc-

cessful. '





 





TREES PAY TAXES. I





 





LAST week we visited with Mr. M.



E. Cole, of Oakland county, who

reminded us that by selling a couple

of loads of Christmas trees out of a.

swamp on his farm this year, he has

taken care of the tax problem very

nicely. Two years ago he had consid-

ered the swamp land 33 total waste.

Now, however, it has become an asset

since trees rapidly grow up where oth-

ers have been wmoved.





 





 





Opinions and Comments





By Our Readers,





 





 





WANT QUAIL ON SONG BIRD LIST.





 





FIND the farmers about here unani-





mous in wanting quail placed upon ‘





the list of song birds in order to pro-

tect these birds from the hunter’s gun.

We would like these birds perpetually

protected. They are the real friends

of__the farmer.—P. M. Baucher, Stanton,





THINKS NORRIS BILL SHOULD.

, PASS. >





 





T begins to' look like congress would



do something to aid the farmer. But

that body has become so uncertain that

One cannot, tell what they will do.



I believe the Norris bill would come

nearer getting “the answer” than the

rural credits bill, because the farmers"

can raise a plenty of farm products

but the trouble is to get the price for

them. Some object to the Norris bill

because they say that it will put the

government into “big business.” Is

there any serious objection to that?

Isn’t the government into the biggest

business in the c'ountry——that of trans-

porting the mai1?—E. G. Storm.





 





BELIEVES DRIVERS 0F TRUCKS

SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL PERMITS.

I LIVE where I can observe the work-



ings. of the newly developed trans-

port system. While it has many ad-

vantages there are some things about

it that are not to the general liking of





the public.

My idea, is that a good many of the





 





things which occur to get the transport





companies in bad repute, could be ov-

ercome if the men who drive the trucks

were more careful. Perhaps they





should have a special permit, such per- ~ .

mit to be issued only after the man, »





has, shown ability as a, truck driver





with full knowledge of the rules of the. .





road. The permit should be recallable

upon proof of disobeying road rules. I

also think that'every truck should 1h?

provided with‘ a mirror whiCh' I

enable-the driver to note tram

rear. Often one is obligedto; fol

slow ‘ truck for, long distances on

row roadbeds,“ because the driver:

truck cannot ’hear the horn

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football gridirons these days. In

urtnseetem Michigan a contest

with “bigger stakes was recently play-

at Members of the crew of the “land-

clearing special” formed one team; _the

stumps were the enemies of their par-

ticular gridiron; and interested visit-

0118. looked from the sidelines. Farther

away were the eyes of the world,





 





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l ' Larry, with Every Muscular Fiber





' - Tingling, is Ready for Any Task.





watching. The prize was net 21 cham-





helping td settle one of Uncle Sam’s

’ last ' frontiers.



Yes, it was all a game to Larry Liv-

ingston’s hardy crew of college men,

1 4 lumberjacks and former soldiers. The

W; . factor that was most of all responsible



!. for the success of the train was more





 





‘ than good management. It was the

1 '. enthusiasm cf the crew, kindled and



kept burning by Larry Livingston him-

.‘3 ’ self.

<5 Swinging a sledge hammer and load-

ing stumps with dynamite and picric

acid, jerking them out with a tractor

or capstan machine, and bending your





Weary back over the handpower pullers.





it’s repeated day after day. And there



isn’ t very much fun in standing in cold

’ water for hours while blasting a ditch.

‘ , But these men of Livingston’s attack

'1 1 . their job at 'each new scene of action

with no visible diminution in their zest.





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Words of love weren’t wasted be—-





train, but it was apparent that Larry

hadga place in the hearts of his help-

ers. He was in on all the peculiarly

, difficult jobs. One day when the car

’ used for the kitchen and dining-room

Ll . 1 _ caught fire, it was Larry who climbed

V . up and extinguished the flames by

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pouring water from a coffee pot. When

the fliVVer, tractor, or trucks were be—

. ingmcarefully piloted down a couple of

4): planks from the flat car to the ground,

very likely it is Larry-at the wheel.

”f . Whenever a spirited game of horse-

1,), ‘ shoes was in progress, Larry was there.





 

 

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

 

 

 

 





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e xperte, Rejoicee when he Gets Arolmd

nee-LikeT his.





In Working with his men, Larry is a

real comrade; in playing and eating

with them, he’ s a prince of good fel-

lows; and in looking after their wel-

fare, he’s like a fussy mother..





So much space gone, and still not a

word about the men themselves. A

separate story might be written about

each. For'instance, there is “Dyna-

mite” McAdams, a 'former University

of Wisconsin athletic star. He lives

up to his nickname, not only in knowl-

edge of the explosive, but also in dy-

namic qualities. Along with him is Jack

Donnelly, a .towering Irishman who

likewise knows considerable about the

whims ofdynamite as it reacts upon

stumps. Jack tells about going aboard

a houseboat in Hampton Roads once

upon a time:



“ ’Bes man aboard ship,’ I says. And

I got thrown overboard.” One infers

that the other man must have been

from another world.





Two other college men were Nick

Kessler, a giaduate of the forestry

course at M. A. C. in 1918, and George

Amundsen, who attended the Univer-

sity of Wisconsin. Along with A'mund-

sen in working with the stump pullers

were “Shorty” Dickinson, a graduate





 





 





This 7-year-old Son of C. E. Powell

Operates the Blasting Machine.





of the two-year short course at M. A.i

Assisting Kessler]

with the home-made equipment was1





0., and Jim Ogg.





“Mike” ‘Bolander. Sidney French,

eighteen years old, a future college

man, ran the tractor, and I. L. Werner

took care of the plow.





-With the train moving each day, the

men find it difficult to keep stocked

with clean clothes. Sometimes they

turn washerwomen themselves. Jack

and Shorty—theMutt and Jeff of the

crew—«built a fire on the shore of Ot-

sego Lake one afternoon, heated water

and in shorter time than is required to

start a dog fight they set up an ama-

teur laundry and proceeded to do bUS-

iness.





 





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Every vital point of wear is strongly re-

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This “Cornbelt” arctic is ideal for

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FROSTBITE.





HE first treatment‘of frostbite

should begin when the attack oc-

curs. It consists in restoring the

circulation to the tissues by the grad-

ual process ,of rubbing with snow or‘

cold water, rather than forcing it by

the hasty process of artificial heat. In

cases of severe freezing this should be

persisted in as long as necessary to se-

cure a good color and active circula-

tion. While doing' this the patient

should be made as comfortable as pos-

sible and should be strengthened and

stimulated by hot drinks and by hot

applications to other parts of the body.

This gradual restoration of the circula:

tion, bringing it back in the same way

it went, restores vigor without injury

to the blood vessels.’ Hasty restora—

tion by applying artificial heat breaks

doWn blood vessels and causes death

of tissue. Severe cases should always

be given the advantage of a few days’

rest in bed to complete restoration.



Following frostbite the patient is

very sensitive“ to cold. Frostbitten

hands or feet get'Cold very easily. They





’ become numb and tired. As they grow





warm they itch intolerably. Often the

burning and itching from warmth of

the bed drives 'sleep away. In some





cure.



The ulcers of frostbite must be treat-

ed with every care to prevent infection,

for the tissue is of poor quality as to

resistance. They must be kept surgi-

cally clean and dressings changed eve-

ry day. It is economy to give the ul-

cerated part absolute rest until healed.

The itching may yield temporarily to

the application of cool water, to a. 10-

tion containing camphor, tar or men—

thol. But the important thing is to

build up the devitalized tissues and re-

store'a good circulation so that there

will no longer be this undue suscepti-

bility to cold.



First, build up the nourishment of

the whole body. Next, give special at-

tention to the affected part. Nutrition

may be encouraged by daily massages.

Improved reaction may be obtained by

bathing the parts twice daily in cold

water and following this by active rub-

bing. Protection should be given by

special clothing, such as warm gloves

for the hands and woolen stockings for

the feet. Nothing should be worn to

cramp the circulation. '





IN AUTO ACCIDENT.





I was in an 'auto accident about

three months ago and shortly after-

wards I became afflicted with pains in

my chest which seem to bother mostly

underneath the lower ribs. Sometimes

they are quite sharp and cutting, at

others dull. Could they be nerve pains

due to the accident? Would .you call

them serious ?~Knockdown.



Nerve pains do not often persist in

a healthy young person unless there is

some damaged structure behind them.

You should have a careful X-Ray ex-

amination. There may be fractured

ribs. There may be torn ligaments or

a. rupture of the diaphragm. The use

of the fluoroscope would be an aid to

diagnosis. As regards life, I do n6t

suppose the injuries are dangerous, but

you should never allow yourself to go





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HOW SHOULD ONE- TREAT CHIL-

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I am bothered with ‘chilblalns year





after year. I should. like to know how

to protect myself against them—Sub.

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‘ strayed tissue. After it has developed,





cases ulcers developand are hard to I





on in a. condition of impaired efficiency. ‘





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the cure only comes as new tissue is .

formed, and while that process is go- “

ing on there is much itching and burn- ‘ '

ing and many disagreeable symptoms.

that are hard to control. Shoes must

always be both stout and reomy. The.

circulation has such a struggle that it '

will never do to allow the least con-

striction. Woolen hose are helpful but

they must be worn uniformly, not w001 -

one day and cotton the next. When

coming into a warm room after a. trip



in the cold the sufferer will avoid

much unpleasantness by, taking the '

precaution of removing footwear in a. '-

cool room and bathing the feet care- . ,

fully in tepid water and rubbing well _ .

with a. dry towel before sitting down

in the warmth. It must be remember-

ed that chilblains often indicateim1

paired nutrition. One who has them

year after year, in spite of reasonable

care, should give especial attention to

an attempt to build up the body by

special diet, the drinking of milk and 7

addition of butter, cream and fats in

larger amounts, more hours of sleep.

and every measure possibly to build

up the strength of the tissues.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





GAS IN STOMACH.





I have a great deal of stomach trou-

ble, much pain and bloating after eat-

ing. My doctor giVeS me a'laxative

and thinks that washing out my stom-

ach would do good, but I have tried

that and it is very distressing and did

not seem to help. Sometimes eating

a few crackers seems to relieve the

pain temporarily—J. ‘N. M.



Your trouble/is probably due to an

excessive amount of hydrochloric and

perhaps other acids in the stomach. I

.do not think that washing the stom-

ach would give you more than tempor-

ary relief, and knowing by experience

what an ordeal it is for the average

patient, I do not advise it. It might

be dangerous, too, if there should be ~

an ulcer of the stomach, as is possible.

In grave conditions of this character

you owe it to yourself to get the very

best and most thorough treatment pos- »

sible. Halfway measures should'not , ..

be considered. First you should put a

yourself in the hands of a doctor who‘ ’5

is competent to examine the stomach

contents and find out exactly What con:

dition is present. You cannot possibly

.know how to proceed until this is done.





 





 





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FINGER NAILS BECOME LOOSE.’ 4





Can you tell me the cause of finger 5i .'

nails coming loose, and what to do to ' . J.

stop them ?—M. L. ’



There are several diseases which‘af- .,

feet the finger nails destructively, but

there is quite a'probability that if you

are otherwise iii good health this is ,,

only a local trouble due: to some con- {

tagious fungus. Ringworm sometimes

affects the nails. I suggest that you

observe rigid cleanliness and apply an

antiseptic of a rather mild character,"

such as boracic acid. "





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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TONSILITIS VS. DIPHTHERIA.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





\ When a person has tonsilitis is it



likely to run into diphtheria? W'e had



a case of diphtheria. .We would have



some satisfaction in knowing if this is



likely.-——P.arents. ' ‘ ,

-. To give you a frank answer, I must

say that the probability is that the dis 2

ease did not change, but only the. diagi’

needs. If the doctor did not“ get alab-

oratory reports-however, or ‘if'a‘mis-e‘

.take was made in the remakes decaf

happen at times. it"is’ fair toirememb

"that such a mistake in diagnOs ,, is

4. very easily»vmade.r; , "

men rhist its only a ,
' soap and water.





. (Garget) is very common





12-2jerr’ect a cure.





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DDER ailments of cows, mares,

sows and ewes are pretty much

preventable. It is not expensive



to do it. First and most important of





, all single things is cleanliness.





In order to keep the udder clean, the





animal should be kept}; a clean place.





She should not be allowed to live in

her, own filth. Besides, the udder

should occasionally be washed with

The animal should

be housed in a building that is properly

ventilated and well supplied with fresh

air. Her bowels should be kept open.

Daily exercise is a simple and usually

efiective remedy for sluggish bowel ac-

tion. -The diet is also a. big factor in

preventing udder ailments.

Congestion of the Udder.



In cows, congestion of the udder

in heavy

milkers. Before and just after calving

it is a i‘ule that the mammary gland is

enlarged, hot, tense and tender, and

that a swelling may extend forward





,. from the gland on the lower surface of





the abdomen. In two or three days,

when the secretion of milk has been

established, the calf allowed to suck,





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pouring upon them hot water, care be-

ing exercised not to scald the patient.

As much milk as possible should be

drawn off from the inflamed gland, and

should be milked every two or

three hours, not forgetting the benefit

of gentle hand-rubbing of the bag. In

my practice I lessen the work of milk-

ing by inserting a self-retainingmilk-

ing tube in each teat. In case suppur-





'ation ‘takes place, ,the parts must be





opened to allow the pus to escape free-

ly. Belladonna ointment is a useful

application to subdue pain. Phytolacca

and lanolin is another useful external

remedy for garget. If the parts are

indurated and hard, apply compound

iodine‘ ointment. If. gangrene occurs,

the unhealthy tissue will need to be

removed and the parts treated antisep-

tically'.





MICHIGAN’S ALFALFA CAMPAIGN.





 





ROF. J. F. COX, head of the farm,





crops department of the Michigan

Agricultural College, has 2just returned

from the west where he assisted in the

purchase of 350,000 pounds of Utah





 





 





This Past,Fai| Mr. Baltzer, Dairy Extension Specialist, Found-a Number of

Very Promising Calves on His Trip Through Cloverland.





, or through hand-rubbing, this swelling





leaves.





, Congestion of the udder may merge .

into active inflammation with exposure





to cold or wet, with standing in a cold

draft,‘with blows to the udder, w‘ounds,

or overfeeding on\ rich food, or with

insufficient stripping of the udder in

milking. In the period of full milk the

organ is so susceptible, that any ser-

ious disturbanceof the general health

is liable to fall upon the udder. 2





Thesymptoms vary in different cas~

es. If, followingexposure the‘animal





' shivers, the surface of the body and





legs become cold, after which there is

a flash of heat, some fever, quick





,‘breathing, p less of appetite, and less

milk, 2or the milk flow may be entirely





suspended in the affected quarter, or

quarters.



Manimitis occurs in two forms: In

the mildest form it is confined to the

superficial structures of the gland,

while in the other form the. interior of

the gland is affected.



‘ Treatment.





The treatment should be prompt and

energetic, as the longer the case is neg-

lected, the more difficult it becomes to

The treatment should





 





 

 





 

 





 

 





 

 





nibrace the employment of both local

and constitutional remedies. If the

.els are costive, gIVe a cathartic,

13 don’t forget that the application of

suspensory bandage is one of the

guest impertant requisites in the treat-





common alfalfa, and 250,000 pounds of

Grimm alfalfa seed for Michigan farm-

ers. Beside the supply already secur-





f ed another million or fifteen hundred'





thousand pounds may be obtained if.

required.





The alfalfa program of the agricul- ‘22





tural college calls for two million acres

of this crop in the state by 1927. From

1919 to 1922 the acreage in the state

increased from 78,000 to 348,000, and

with the present new

acreage will come close to 500,000

acres next year.2 '-



Much of the imported seed does not

stand Michigan wintei, but the Grimm

and northwesteln common will do well

here. Last year more Grimm seed was

used by Michigan than all other states

combined. 2The state used 280,000

pounds of Grimm and very near a mil—

lion pound‘s of northwestern common.



,It is possible that within a few years

Michigan-grown seed will supplant the

northwestern-grown variety. This year

there will be about 150,000 pounds of

Michigan-grown seed offered, and M.





A. C. is encouraging the use of2 Hardi-





gan alfalfa, which has beenjdeveloped

by Prof. Frank Sprague arter reurteen

years of _efiort. Tests. show that this

variety will produce as well as north-





, western varieties and that its seed pro--





duction will equal that of the varieties

grown where we now get our seed

Supply. ' ,





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De Levels in use

arators combined?

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For just one reason, which is based





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the De Laval is the most profitable. They

know that a poor separator can soon waste all

their profit and that a De Laval soon pays for

itself. The De Laval you use is built on the

same principle as the creameryman’s. ..





Of the exhibitors at the National

Daily Show use De Laval Separatots





At the 1922 National Dairy Exposition an

investigation among the exhibitors of purebred

dairy cattle disclosed the fact that 86%, of them

use De Laval Separators. These exhibitors of

purebred dairy cattle are the cream of the

world’s best dairymen—they know the best

separator and use it. Butter made from De

Laval cream also won first place in every class.





Of the Separators in the leading





More butter is made and more cream separa—

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state. ‘ According to an investigation by a prom-

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in Minnesota are De Lavals—almost two out of

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ciate‘ De Laval.





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enough butter-fat to pay for new De Lavals.

Get the most out of your butter-fat’with a new

De Laval. See your De Laval Agent or write us.





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for carrying. poison in connection with

I the destruction of potato bugs and 6th-

Iei'wise, where cows can get at them.

i There are a surprisingly large number

of instances of sickness and death

among cattle from this cause.' Even

potato vines that have been subject to

bug poison may be dangerous.





APPROVES LAND SETTLEMENT

PLAN.

, HE state executive committee of

ii the American ”Legion has approved

,the land settlement plan for service

irecently prepared and promoted by the

lState Department of Agriculture, and

three experts of the department have

been assigned to the oversight of its

execution. ‘





CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL PRO-

MOTES AGRICULTURE.





HERE are now some seventy-six

consolidated agricultural schdols

in Michigan modeled after that at Otter





nated the idea ‘in this state in 1912‘.

In 1917 the legislature made provision

for state aid to such schools, and since

the revisions in the law made in 1919

and 1921, the organization of schools

of this character has gone forward very

rapidly, especially in the Lower Pe-

ninsula. I



The board of education of Portage

township, Houghton county, in’recog—

,nition of his services in establishing

3the first such school at Otter Lake,





 





has voted to change the name of the

Otter Lake Agricultural School to the

John A. Doelle Agricultural School. In

commemoration of this change of

name, a community meeting was held

a few weeks ago, which was largely at-

tended by the farmers and their fam-

ilies of the neighborhood and by edu-

cators and friends from away. There

was much speech-making in English

and Finnish and a general- good time.



On this occasion for my revisiting the

school, I was greatly interested in See-

ing how the school has had a part in





x the agricultural progress of, this one





time isolated, retarded farming commu-

nity. .‘Originally the school building

steed in a large tract of timber with

no town or farms surrounding it. This

time I found two stores, a new church

and dwellings clustered about the

schpolgrounds. The church is*,lighted

from the teacherage of the school by

electricity. . “ ‘ _ . ” . _



Time waewhen there were” duly fifty





Ichildre'n at the schcel: ‘Now'vth‘ere are

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sary. The children are brought to

school in five busses,‘some of them

four miles from home. The equipment

of the school includes forty acres of

landfsome pure-bred hogs and chidk—

ens, farm tools, etc., as well as labor-

atories, domestic science, manual train?

ing rooms and other facilities, together

with the usual layout of a school. It

also serves as a community center for

the farmers. , -





RECOMMENDSWAR ON TUBERCU-

‘ LOSIS. '





T its December meeting, the Mar~



quette County Board of Supervis-

ors was asked to make an appropria-

tion of $3,500 to pay the county’s share

in a campaign of bovine tuberculosis

eradication, which the assistant, state

veterinarian of the department of agri-

culture plans to put on. The board ap-

pointed a committee to take the mat-

ter into consideration and this commit.-

tee has now recommended that the ap~

prOpriation be made. '





WILL TELL OF THE RESOURCES

OF CLOVERLAND.





DRTHERN Michigan will have a



place in the National Outdoors

Exposition to be held in the Colliseum.

Chicago, during the first 'week of May,

1923. The cost of the exhibit is tobe

financed jointly by the Upper Penin-

sula Development Bureau and a group

of city commercial clubs. Floor space

forty-two by twelve feet in size has

been taken. The exhibit will depict

the ‘hatural resources and points of.

scenic interest in the peninsula. '





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PLAN ANOTHER YEAR’S PROGRAM.





0 supervise the land-clearing work



of the Michigan Agriéultural Col-

lege in the Upper Peninsula during the

winter months, the staff at the Mar—

quette office has been assigned to par-

ticular sections of the peninsula. Mr.

A. J. McAdams, dynamite expert, will

have direction in the, counties of Me-

nominee, Dickinson, Iron, Baraga, 0n-

tonagon, Houghton and Gogebic; while

George Amundson will have charge in

the eastern counties, including Mar-

quette, Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft, Luce,

Mackinac and Chippewa.



In each district winter meetings are

tobe held to'deal with the problems '

peculiar to each locality. It is planned

to hold at least ten meetings in every

county. The buying of explosives in

carload lots Will be considered.



In the summer campaign of 1923, the

train will be composed of trucks rath-

er than railway trains, which gives eas-

ier access to the points where land-‘

clearing schools are to occur. Mr. L.



'. F. Livingston is in general charge of

this work. Information will be secured

during the Winter meetings relating to





the actual number of acres cleared in 5

, Michiganduring the past season.





CANADA' TAKES UNITED srArEs

CORN. ,





CCORDING to‘ statistics canada

took half of the corn which was





exported from the United States in

In- other wbrds, she took 38,582,:1. .,





1921. p

806 ibushels. However, much of t-his

eventually went‘to Europe for C_anad-‘

ian statistics show that only‘12,_000,0,tl0

bushels were imported from thisjcoun=

try for home consumption. ' '



- The second largest foreign "at"

for? American corn was , the



lands .wmehgmeda 11.845364 ‘ _

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is almost universally

‘ those who have studied the facts.

cent price changes have been favor-I





A 0 the average person increasing

prices mean a revival of busi—

ness and “better times " Declin-





i115 prices indicate depression and

“herd times.”





The business manager and student

of trade study prices and closely watch

price changes. This viewpoint is tak-

on for the reason that business is con-





‘- sidered gond’when profits are. the re-,





sult of trading. Profits are greater



and more easily made when prices are

Losses occur more generally

when prices are declining. Therefore;

the man who buys and sells wants





prices to be on the up- swing. Rising





prices resulting in increased profits

cause an expansion of business. More

workmen are needed. Employment is

more universal. Raw materials, are de-

manded. Everyone ‘is_ busy and re-

ceives an income with which to buy

more goods. Decreasing prices have

the opposite effect. As long as profit

is the primary incentive in industry

this condition will prevail.



It is quite natural, then, that the in-

creases in prices during the last few

months are looked upon favorably by





 





 





 





,Mr. S.

county has an excellent crop of Dun-

can’s Yellow Dent from which this ex-

hibit was carefully selected. This use

of the very best adapted seed is one of

thetsurest ways of cutting production

cos s .





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the business world. That we are get-

ting back to a stage of good business

conceded by

Re-





able to the farmer. The decreased pur-

chasing power of this great body of





our population is becoming a thing of





.E _ the past according to the reports. Dur-





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ing the past year wholesale prices of





-/all commodities have risen ten and a





" E~ half per cent while those" of farm prod-





ucts eighteen and one-quarter per cent





__ according to theindex numbers of the

7 ..; United-States Bureau of Labor Statis-

j_,t,ics. -

‘ .gthe farmers as a whole are in a'better





This quite clearly indicates that





relative position, than they were one

year ago. Reports seem to be optimis-

tic from all quarters. In looking for-

ward and trying to forecast thefuture





trend ‘it iswell to reconsider the caus-

es of our recent depression and see if

. they havé been removed.





The fall of prices during 1920 and





921 was not confined to the United

States.





It took place all over the

Other countries Suffered more

Economic activities are not





 





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By Iohn T. Homer,

Dept. of Economic:, M. 11.0.





, creased'buying power of the people. If





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- cautious during the next year.





the buying power of Europe is not re-





_7there can be no real prosperity unless





contingency and be on the safe side





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there are bOund to reflect on the pros- '





perity of. America. Business depres-

sions, like the one we have just expe-

rienced, are due primarily to the de-





we are dependent upon the buying pow-



ed of Europe for a return of prosperity

we are vitally concerned with anything

which influences that buying power.





Approximately fifteen per cent of the

agricultural products 'of the United

States must be sold abroad orremain

as a surplus to be thrown on the home

market. This surplus, if it does ‘not

’go abroad, is what forces the price

down. At our present rate of produc-

tion 'it is necessary that we seek a for-

eign outlet for some of our products.

If conditions are such that this foreign

market can not take our surplus pro-

duction then prices naturally suffer.

There has been a great disorganization

of industry all over the world due to

the war. Political conditions in Europe

are in a very unsettled state. We do

not know what to expect from that

quarter. We are vitally concerned

about it.





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the price of farm products in general

the rise has not been on all the prod-5

ucts of the farm. The potato marketE

is in a. bad condition. An increase inE

the price of cotton does not cause the;

purchasing power of the Michigan;

farmer to rise. This increase of the

past few months has not been of sig—E

nificance to the farmer in every in‘E

stance for the reason that a great partE

of the produce of the 1922 season has

passed out of the fa1me1 5 hands. The

increase in prices and the signs of im-E

provement have made the farmers.

more optimistic and' will probably;

cause them to buy in anticipation ofI

better times during the coming year. E



The American/farmer should be very!

Thei

improvement which appears to be on:

the way might be delayed. If agricul-E

tural price increases are offset by in-E

creases in the prices of other products

then the farmer will find himself in no

better position. The European market

is going to have a great influence on

what the American farmer receives for

his next year’s work. If there are large

crops in other parts of' the_world; if





stored; if there are unfavorable politi-

cal developments in Europe, then the

year which has such a hopeful birth

will die in gloom. The fact that the

price of farm products depends upon

Europe taking the usual quantities, is

evident. ’It is also quite clear that





the farmer prospers. The farmer can

not prosper unless the prices of his

products are such that he can buy the

things he needs on a favorable basis.





The increase in the wealth of an in-

dividual or a nation is the result of

producing more than is consumed

Profits can be 11101 eased either through

better prices for the product sold or

decreased production costs, The future

price of agricultural products is de—

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thlngs might happen to cause the in;

come from the 1923 crop to be smaller

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tremely unwise for us to speIPd for

things not needed. Costs must be cut.





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CLARENCE O’BRIEN. 313618121! 111111

LAWYER. 52 Southern 81(13er PW
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EN Northern Spy trees that have

been watched for. the past ‘few

years from the standpoint. of produc-

tion have shown good records for early

‘productiveness. It is usually supposed

that Spies do not mature until fifteen

or eighteen years of age. But these

trees at the age of twelve have pro-

duced 1177/8 bushels. One tree has

already produced over ten barrels.

The records kept on these trees as

well as others throughout the state

are for the purpose of testing out the

value of bud selection and the propa-

gation of nursery stock. The thought

is that buds and scions secured from

high-producing trees will produce

young trees which will inherit the pro-

ductive qualities of their parents. This

has proven true in a case of some of

the citrus fruit, but has not been defi-

nitely decided with reference to apples.





RADIO BENEFITS FRUIT GROWERS.





 





URING the past year the disti'ibu-§





tion of weather reports by radio. ,

has proven successful. Especially has: .. .

this been so in the fruit districts of‘. ‘

New York, Pennsylvania and the Vir-ll 5'

ginias. The Pacific states were alsoi _‘

served in a similar manner. To governx ..





times of spraying and to protect‘

against late spring and early fall frosts,

the radio service has been found well

adapted. No doubt it will become uni-

versal in the future. -





INEW FRUIT SOCIETY FORMED.





NEW county horticultural society

was organized at a recent meeting

of Newaygo fruit growers at Fremont.

D. H. Brake, .of Dayton township, was

elected president; Carl Kimbell, of

Fremont, vice-president, and B. J. 01-





the organization work.





BENZIE MAKES GOOD SHOWING.





ENZIE county..brought upon herself; Q; ""





new honors when she entered the*





Apple and Potato Show at Grand Rap-1





ids early in December. She put her:

self in the front ranks as a fruit coun-j





ty when she took nearly every large;





prize offered and a great many of the .





smaller premiums.



The prize for the best and largest-

display of fruit was captured by the,

Benzie County Farm Bureau with a col-





lection of plats from fifteen growers in* 3‘





the county. Most of the barreled apfi

ple prizes were won by Benzie growers}

and the big fifty—bushel prize was gath-‘

ered in by the Crystal Lake Orchardsi

In the ten-bushel class, Benzie got'

first, second and third, A. J. Rogers,

Jay Robotham and Crystal Lake Or-

chards, all of Beulah, being the prize

Winners.



In the five-bushel class, Crystal Lake

Orchards got first and A. J. Rogers,

fourth. A. J. Rogers took first in the

ten-tray class and the county as a

whole toOk eighteen firsts out of twen-

ty-two in the plate classes opened to

Northwestern Michigan. '

'Benzie county made her debut, or

rather, had her coming-out party at.

this show. As this was a pronounced

success, we are anticipating to see

Benzie prominent in future state horti-

cultural occasions.





M. A. C. BOYS GAIN HONORS AT

NATIONAL FRUIT SHOW.



HE M. A. C. judging team which

took part in the contest .at the

National Fruit Show at Council Bluffs,

Iowa, was separated from first place]

' by only thirteen points. Cyrus A. Boy-!

er, of Bangor, was the high man on

the Michigan team. He was awarded

third place in the [individual contest.





 





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December, 1922, exhibits from CANADA were “E; m:





th f 11 win rizes: ' ' 5% W -

awarded 6 0 0- . g p . . FOREMOST AMONG 3m GRINDEBS

Grand Championship and First Prize for Hard Red Crash and grim; allthalgrgmgthat Emma-rug?

Spring Wheat. In this class Canadian exhibits won 19 . a$?d°‘;(°a‘;§‘;,’fran3' ,‘if ,3“? .‘ffin,;:;:':° f . '.

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24 out of 3512mm gwarded. p . . \ . LIGHT musllégfiragflw wscm'

First, 2nd, 3rd and 4th prizes for Peas, winning 4 out 10 sizes—2 to 25 mp. «.mol'e. 613 SW Egon;

of 5 prizes awarded. It pays well to investigate. 8 OZ .





. JP.“ II C .,South Be d,”

Grand Championship and First Prize for Rye; first .Thel) N, W’ er ° “





prize for two-rowed Barley. ‘ '

Grand Championship and Sweepstakes for Clydesdale SPRAY Yofl‘DFleggsTBEEs





Senior Stallion; lst prize for Clydesdale 4 and 6horse ~ . 2 ‘





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Championship for Galloway Steers; twelve lst. and 2nd . . ‘ , os‘aefiysl. 5:29.“...

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Miss Jane Adams and Mrs. Lucy Just one of the heavily armored trains used to patrol the railway . First airplane picture of Mt. Ta-

Biddle Lewis attend the Wom- system in southern Ireland and ,to protect men engaged in mainte— coma, whose majestic peak rears

an’s Peace Conference. , nance of way work in the “hot” region of that waring island. to a height of 14,408 feet.





A group of. wives of the delegates who attended the fourteenth an- This is a new and remarkably comprehensive group photo of .Scan-

nual governors conference in a three~day session at The Green- dinavian royalty that has Just been received. King Christlan X





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Miss Antoinetta Miller, aged 19, and “Hopeful”, Emma S. Redol has been promoted Ambassador Harvey has been summoned home

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CHAPTER XXIII.

The Plot is Revealed.



ARDLY realizing what he was do-



ing or why he was doing it, Fair-

child seized Anita in his arms, and

raising her to his breast as though she

were a child, rushed out through the

cross-cut and along the cavern to the

fissure, there to find Harry awaiting

them.



“Put ’er in first!” said the Cornish-



_ man anxiously. “The farther the saf-

'er. Did you ’ear anything more?”

Fairchild obeyed, shaking his head

.in a negative to Harry’s question, then

squeezed into the fissure, edging along

beside Anita, while Harry followed.



“What is it?” she asked anxiously.



“Harry heard some sort of noise

from above, as if the earth was crumb-

ling. He’s afraid the whole mine’s go-

ing to cave in again.”



“But if it does?”



“We can get out this way—somehow.

This connects up with a spring-hole; it

leads out by Crazy Laura’s house.”



“Ugh!” Anita shivered. “She gives

me the creeps!”



“And every one else; what’s doing

Harry?”



“Nothing. That’s the funny part of

it!” The big Cornishman had crept to

the edge of the fissure and had stared

for a moment toward the cross-cut

leading to the stope. “If it was com-

ing. it ought to ’ave showed up by

now. I'm going back. You stay ’ere.”



“But—”'



“Stay ’ere, I said. And,” he grinned

in the darkness, “don’t let ’im ’old your

’and, Miss Richmond.” ' -



“Oh, yOu go on!” But she laughed.

And Harry laughed with her.



“I know 'im.

’im.”





“That’s what you said about Miss





Richmond once ! ”





“Have you two been talking about





me?”

“Often."





reached the end of the fissure.

“‘Come ’ere—both of you!

’ere!”

“What is it?” ' .





“Sh-h-h-h. Don’t talk too loud, We’ve

been blessed with luck already. Come





’ere.”





He led the way, the man and woman

In the stope the Corn-

ishman crawled carefully to the stag‘

ing, and standing on tiptoes, pressed

his. ear against the vein above him.

Then he withdrew and nodded sagely.





following him.





 

   





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"But can’t I go along—wherever





nouncement at_ last. “You can ’ear it!” you’re going?”





“But what?” .



"Get up there and lay your ear

against that vein. See if you ’ear any-

thing. And be quiet about it. I’m-scar-

ed to make a move, for fear some-

body’ll ’ear me.” ‘



Fairchild obeyed. From far away,

Carried by the telegraphy of the earth

——and there are few conductors that

are better-—was the steady pound,





Harry quietly.

knock somebody’s block off!”



“But—I’d rather be there than here.

[—1 don’lxhave to get in it. And—I'd

want to. see how it comes out. Please

——!” she turned to Fairchild—“won’t





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O’er the hills the new has speeded,

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Anita had guessed Harry’s conclusims.

.The nearest mine to the Blue Poppy

was the Silver Queen, situated several





hundred feet above it in altitude and .





less than a furlong away. And the

metal of theSilver Queen and the Blue

Poppy, now that the strike had been

made, had assayed“ almost identically

the same. It was easy to make con-

clusions. ‘ L '



They .reached the mouth of the Sil-





ver Queen. Harry relieved Anita from f,





her position on his shoulders, and then .

reconnoitered a moment before he. gave

the signal to proceed. Within the tun-

nel they went, to follow along its reg—

ular, rising course to the stope where,

on that garish day when Taylor Bill

and Blindeye Bozeman had led the em

thusiastic parade through the streets,

the vein had shown. It was dark there

—no one was at work. Harry un-r

hooked his carbide from his belt, lit it

and looked around. The stope was

deeper now than on the first day, but

not" enough to make up for the vast

amount of ore which had been taken

out of the mine in the meanwhile. On





the floor were tons of the metalhready ‘





for tramming. Harry looked at them,

then at the stope again.



“It ain’t coming from ’ere!” he an-

nounced. “It’s——” then his voice drop-





_ ped to a whisper—“what’s that?”





Again a rumbling had come from

the distance, as of an ore car traveling

over the tram tracks. Harry extin:





d to guished his light, and drawing Anita





’E’s got a wye about





Then there was silence——

for Harry had left the fissure to go

into the stope and make an investiga-

tion. A long moment and he was back,

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it traveled along the hanging wall.

Now and then a rumble intervened, as

of falling rock, and scrambling sounds,

like a heavy wagon passing over a

bridge. Fairchild turned, wondering,

then reached for Anita.



“You listen,” he ordered, as he lifted

her to where she could hear. “Do you

get anything?” _‘



The girl’s .eyes shone.



“I know what: that. is,” she. said

quickly. “I’ve heard that same sort of

thing before—when you’re on another

level and somebody’s working above.

Isn’t that it, Mr. Harkins?”



Harry nodded.



“That’s it,” came tersely. Then

bending, he reached‘for a pick, and

muffling the s und as best he could

between his knees, knocked the head

from the handle. .gFollowing this, he

lifted the piece of hickory thoughtfully

and turned to Fairchild. “Get your-

self one,” he ordered. “Miss Rich-

mond, I guess you’ll ’ave to stay ’ere.

I don’t see ’ow we can do much else

with you.”





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—————than home. And I’d be scare

death here. I wouldn’t if I was along

with you two, because I know—” and

she said it with almost childish con-

viction—“that you can whip ’em.”





Harry chuckled. .





“Come along, "then. I’ve got a ’unch,

and I can’t eye it now. But it’ll come

out in the wash. Come along.”



He led the way out through the shaft

and into the blizzard, giving the guard

instructions to let on one pass in their

absence. Then he suddenly kneeled.



“Up, Miss Richmond. Up on my

back. I’m ’efty—and we’ve get snow-

drifts to buck." ‘



She laughed, looked at Fairchild as

though for his consent, then crawled

tothe broad back of Harry, sitting on

his shoulders like a child “playing

horse.” ,



They started up the mountain side,

.skirting the big gullies and edging

about thelhighest drifts, taking advan‘

tage of the cover of the pines, and

bending against the force of the bliz-

zard, which seemed to threaten to

blow them back, step for step. No one





 





and Fairchild far to the end of the

stope, flattened them and himself on

the ground. A long wait, while, the

ruinbling came closer, still closer;

then, in the distance, a light appeared,

shining from a side of'the tunnel. A

clanglng noise, followed by clattering

sounds, as though of steel rails hitting

against each other. Finally the tram-

ming once more—and the light ap-

proached. ,



Into view came an ore car, and be-

hind it loomed the'great form of Tay-

lor Bill as he pushed it along. Straight

to the pile of ore he came, unhooked

the front of the tram, tripped it and

piled the contents. of the car on top oil

the dump which already rested there.

With that, carbide pointing the way,

he turned back, pushing the tram be-

fore him. Harry crept to his feet.



“We’ve got to follow him!” he whisa

pered. “It’s a blind entrance to the

tunnel som’eres.”



.They rose and trailed the light along

the tracks, . flattening themselves

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strike,” came scathingly. “That other'

stope down there—1’ ~



“Ain’t nothing but a. salter proposi-

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Red spots of anger were flashing be-l

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were so anxious to buy us out. And

that’s why they started this two-million

dollar stock proposition, when they]

found they couldn’t do it. Th'lay knew!

if we ever ’it that vein that.it wouldn’t é

be'any time until they’d be caught on

the job. That’s Why they’re ready to,

pull out—with somebody else’ million.

They're getting at the end of their;

rope. Another thing; that explains

them working at night.”



Anita gritted her teeth.



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They’ve been telephoning Denver and.

holding conferences and all that sort!

of thing. And they planned to leave!





these’two men behind here to take all}





the blame.”

“They’ll get enough of it!” added





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could see that they were making a3





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They ain’t no children, Blindeye and

Taylor 1311. And ’ere’s where they start

getting their trouble.”



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distance. Harry stopped to peer ahead.

Then he tossed aside his weapon.



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myself but I’ll take the big ’un. You

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Blindeye.” '



“I’ll get him.” .



Anita stopped and groped about for





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They went on, fifty yards, a hundred.





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keep the passover feast. Sunday is

pre-eminently the day of joy and wor-

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was not supposed to be a long, tedious,

uninteresting day that killed people off.

_If kept in the right pirit, it proves a

day of enjoyment now. '

~In America, Sunday has come .to be

a holiday rather than a holyday. It is

observed with auto riding, picnicking,

and the great national Baseball games.

Such/things may be relaxation, but

they are not worshipful, anddo not

leave a' good after eflect. Sunday

ought to be used for doing good. That

was the Master’s way. It could be em-

ployed by hundreds of church folk a‘s

tire day when they might bring some

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the lives of Lincoln, Washington, Mc-

Kinley, Garfield, Lloyd George, Booker

T. Washington, Napoleon, Helen Kel-

ler, John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, David

Livingstone. William Carey, Wilfred-T.

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Jackson, Daniel - Boone, Benjamin

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Fulton, Madame Curie, Marconi, the

'Wright Brothers, Luther Burbank, An-

drew Carnegie, Edward Bok, Jacob A.

Riis, and many others. Ittheseare

read to him or his sister, at acompar—

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walls of memory. “South!” by Sir Er-

nest Shackleton, describing his adven-

tures at the south pole, is a wonderful

900k, and will make a fellow’s hair

pretty nearly stand straight up. 'One

has to give some thought in advance to

all this, of Course, but it pays. Then

there are games for Sunday afternoon,

that keep the children occupied and do

them no harm.





HE question arises with many



whether they should allow their3

youngsters to play outdoor games on!

Sunday. Why not? If not too rough,

and no fights follow, the out of doors

will do them good, not harm. It is pos-

sible to be too strict or too lax. It is

the commercialization of Sunday, the

use of it to make money out of, that

does harm. I listened to an ofl‘icial in

the Presbyterian denomination, a min-

ister, as he argued that boys should be

allowed to play amateur baseball in the

back lot on Sunday, if they wanted to.

This Would be thought too much of a

good thing, by many, I presume. It

will require all our best thought to

make the day mean its most, whether

we be young or old. A prominent writ-

er puts it thus. “The greatest foes to

the proper observance of Sunday are

not the seventh‘day observers, nor the

foreign element accustomed to the con-

tinental Sunday, nor the great mass of

non-Christian pleasure seekers, but the

first day Christians, who are the selfish

patrons of Sunday excursions, Sunday





theaters, Sunday newspapers, and such V





things,‘all of which require in a large

city the labor of thousands of persons

seven days out of seven.”





- OMAN‘S side of the Sunday ques-

tion is a big one. Pa and the

guests can go into the parlor and talk,

after the big Sunday meal, but Ma

must wash the dishes. And what is

more, she has to work most of the

morning, to get the big dinner ready.

From what I have heard and seen, I

judge that many country folks have a

real grievance against their city cou-

sins who drive up Sunday morning at

ten o’clock, appetites all prpeared for

chicken and all that goes with it. A

hundred times people have said to me

“I was all ready for church last Sun—

day, when relatives arrived, and we

had to stay at home.” Why don’t you

tell them to bring their dinner along





with them, and give them the .full priv- -‘ L





ilege of picnick'ing'in the front yard?

Of course, if the country folk unexpect-

edly drive up to the door of their city

relatives,_ at other times of the year,

turn about is fair play. But it is unfor-

tunate and a bit thoughtless for any

family torch any other family of the

privilege of going to church when they

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- . enough ’to use the‘irsledge and drill as ‘_

weapons, they werewhirled about, bat-





tered against the hanging wall, and

swirling in a daze of blows ‘which

seemed to come from everywhere at

once. Wildly Harry yelled as he shot

blow after blow, into the face of an

ancient enemy. High went Fairchild's

voice as he knocked Blindeye Bozeman

staggering for the third time against

the hanging wall, only to see him rise

and to knock him down once more.

And from the edge of the zone of light

came a feminine voice, almost hyster-

ical with the excitement of it all, the

voice of a girl who, in her tensity, had

dropped the piece of stone she had

carried, to stand there, hands clenched,

figure doubled forward, eyes blazing,

and crying:



“Hit him again!

him again-{or me



'And Fairchild hit, with the force of

a sledge hammer. Dizzily the'sandy-

haired man swung about in his tracks,

sagged, then fell ,unconscious. Fair-

child leaped upon him, calling at the

same tim'e to the girl:



“Find me a rope! I’ll truss his hands

while he’s knocked out!” “ ‘





Anita leaped into action, to kneel at

Fairchild’s side a moment later with a

hempen strand, as he tied the man’s

hands behind his back. There was no

need to worry about Harry. The yells

which were coming from farther aIOng

the stope, crackling blows, all told that

Harry was getting along'exceedingly

well. Glancing out of a, corner of his

eye, Fairchild saw now that the big

Cornishman had Taylor Bill flat on his

back and was putting on the finishing

touches. And then suddenly the exult—

ant yells changed to ones of command.



“Talk English! .Talk English, you

bloody blighter! ’Ear me, talk Eng-

lish!” ,



.“Wliat’s he mean?” Anita bent close

to Fairchild.



“I don’t know—I don’t think Taylor

Bill can talk anything else. Put your

finger on this knot while I tighten it.

Thanks.”



Again the command had come from

farther on:



“Talk English! ’Ear me-I’ll knock

the bloody ’ead off you if you. don’t.

Talk English—like this: ‘Ther up

your ’andsl’ ’Ear me?” ,



Anita swerved swiftly and went to

her feet. Harry looked up at her wild-

ly, his mustache bristling like the

spines of a porcupine.



“Did you"ear ’im sye it?” he asked.

“N0? Sye it again!”



“Throw up your ’ands!” came the

answer of the beaten man on the

ground. Anita ran forward.





“Its a good deal like it,” she answer-

ed. “But the tone was higher.”



“Raise your tone!” commanded Har-

ry, while Fairchild, finishing his job of

tying his defeated opponent, rose, star-

ing in wonderment.

came:



“That’s it—that’s it.

like it!”



And Fairchild remembered, too—the

English accent of the highwayman on

the night of! the 01d Times Dance.

Harry seemed to bounce on the pros-

trate form of his ancient enemy.



f‘BilI,” he shouted, “I‘ve got you on

your back. And I’ve got a right to kill

you. ’Onest I ’ave. And I’ll do it too

~mmss you start talking. I might as

well kill you as not. It’s a peniten-

tiary offense to ’it a man underground

unless there’s at good reason. So I’m

ready to go the. ’ole route. So tell it—





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1st Prize. $10 $100 $200



2nd Prize. 6 5 100 260

3rd Prize. 3 26 60 126

4th Prize. 1 10 20 76

6th Prize. 1 6 16 26

6th Prize. 1 6 10 16

7th Prize, 1 6 10 16

8th Prize. 1 6 10 16

9th Prize, 1 6 10 16

10th Prize. 1 6 10 16





 





 





Prizes Next 20 highest scores will get the mon-





ey sent in for seeds, up to $6.00, re-

turned to them. Their seeds will be free.





Fun For TheI'Whole Family These Winter Evenings





HEN I was a young fellow just starting the seed away the time these days and evenings, take a try at that.



In the “type' case” above there are 20 of each letter in



the alphabet.



of these “type."





figured by the scale below will get a prize up to $500.





See‘ how manygwords you can make out

The one who, gets the most pomts





Make up the





You and the family can have a lot of fun .out of this.

And maybe you can make some extra money that Will





Ask For A Duo am Good Myumq1 You may not





e'ect—or maybe





you dont Want the seeds shipped until you're pretty near

ready to plant ’cm. Don't hesitate on that account. Send

your money in and we‘ll send you a due bill for the amount

which you can use with us any time within one year, same





\ S 2 Is: But right OH I ran out of "e" letters. I had too many of

\‘é ‘5 a; x, q, z and v. So I reworded the ad II.” I used up EIIIB extra. money for quick remittance, depending on,

. y, \5 g !§:§\\ most of the type. It was 'sure_'a puzzle but it_was a heap ow much seed you want to order of me.

\\\, x: 5 wk of fun at theta Of course I didn’t try itagain but went. largest possible list of the longest possible words.

\\ 5 " {NN . gas: to the prifitshop and bought me a hatful. of type, so

a 1.5 a ‘- 2;"; ave enoug next time. . _ _ _

\;\\\\\‘Ea:;-;3ihi§’§f Now if any of you folks banker after something to pass come In mighty handy this spring.

\\=:e- “Seeds That Yield A 5 Id 3' F' Id”

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\WES :; \. You'll Bejuylng Seed Soon-Anyway; Send Money Today; Let Order and Solutlon Come Later.

‘,\.-__-,_,§Q;v “ gt, Kill 2 alrdililitwnh 1 eiofne. Yém’ll be buyglg seeds k

‘ V 9.0: . 3‘ " VT: an we . You' u some'o me, 0 course; an ma'be now 'ust ct h't s d t to s

\\s.‘\\§ ,\ fik\\=‘l "' serge froym some other aged house. I want you to buy all your admin I y W d 08 8 you wan

-- :\~‘ F: ‘, ‘-‘ l of me. That's why I can afi'ord to offer you this inducement. Also I get

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51-" ,‘(.!,"‘\‘.",““‘u " '1: lot of brand new customers this way. and once I get new customers,

‘=. \t. . ‘37 \ usually keep them for life. So. sunce 'ou arc going to buy seeds nny-

\ ‘ \ a \ hollkl'llwon'b‘figfl ya? a cert". to. try or the big prize. You might as

\ . we I two I own one 3 one. .





 





of the prizes; , . . . _

Of course, everybody can't wm, so don’t cry if





highest you'll get. the rize,

and you’ I ct it as.qu|ck y as

the mail w: 1 bring lt' when the

judges finish, So let‘s don't.

take this too seriously. Send

me our seed order, lar e or

smal , and have the_fun 0 try-

ing to win thrown rue—maybe



ou’ll get the big money. V ho

Knows? If ou don't like to work

puzzles. send me your order for seedl‘

anyway. I'll give you my regular

square deal.——Hnnnr FIELD



P. 8. Ask for my new seed catalog. .



And come and see me some time.





 





IIm's I “Puzzle-Id" You can feel, file in Answering





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This is not like other “ uzzle ads". I run these ,5;:;‘,:3£J;‘,";£2,{;;:"cg‘,§;,52°,.‘3,:,',,

for the wholesome fun an entertainment and thrills .2; 1; :2 I :2 ~ 1: 1: :2

they give my customers. I don’t approve of “puzzle ,, ., ., 5 ,, ., fl ,,

games” aimed to palm of? articles pcOple don't want .. ya .. 5 u ... so ..

at exorbitant prices. You folks .will be buyin seeds :2 1: :2 z :1 1: :9 z:

anyway, and you might as well have 3. Into fun ,=. .,_ ,, , ,, ,, ei .,,

thrown in as we go. ' _ . u u n m u u 100 u

If you get the highest score you wm. Therewnll be :2 :2 :1 11 2: 2: m 1:

no doubt as to the real winners. Everything is plain ,, u .. g u u it: "-

and easily understood. If you have the most words n u u u u .. ,9“ ..

and the longest words as per the score card, you Will " H “ is u n 225 H





win and there will be no, question as to the Winners





get left. But you can bet that if your answer scores





 





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and so on by squaring the number of

letters in each word.



'Addltionsl Credit of 20 Points for

you each word regardless of length. a

points ofljor each letter left over.





 





 





 





SUGGESTIONS FOR WINNING





Lay out the alphabet twenty times on

a'shect of paper. ‘hat is, put down

20 A’s, 20 8'5, 20 C’s, etc., and as you

' make a word, check off the letteis you

use. This will help you, and will also

kee you from using more than 20 of

each letter.



You may have other methods to keep

track of the letters you use, but this is

a suggestion that we believe would be

very easy to follow.





 





 





 





FOLLOW THESE RULE. _



I. The insurer with the largest score as per the above score scele will

receive first rise. The second largest the second‘fme end so on. .



2. In can ease, unnunt of the prise will be stemmed according to

the prize qualified for as shown by the sbovetable of prises. '



L 3. The person winning the first prise will receive an estrs special

prise of $26.00 for ml: week before ebrusry 28th: This Will be deter-

mined the date of the tmerk on the envelope in which the ouehfy-

ing remittance shows to ve been mailed. regardless of the amount of

money sent in. . _ _ ‘



4. Only single words, sppeerlng in Webster's Dictionary they be used.

Hyphensted or compound. obsolete. archaic. cent. slang, colloquial and

foreign words. and pro r names. single letters, prefixes and suffixes.

may not be used. Type cft over will be counted against your score. at





be rate of 2 ints \- letter. , _ .



‘ 5. Each w‘h‘id wi I count for the number of points made by multiplying

the number of letters in the Word by itself. That is, words of two letters

count 2 x 2 or 4; 6 lettcrs count 0 x 6 or 36; 20 letters count ‘20 x 20 or

400. etc. An additiogal credit of 20 points will be given for each word

r ardlcse of its lengt .



“is. Only one prize will be awarded in any one household. but all

members of the household may assist in the solution. Where it is appar-

ent that two or more lists have been prepared together. only one prize

will be given.



7. Write your words on only one side of the sheet: ut your name

and address on each sheet; put your unused letters and nel score at the





HENRY FIELD SEED 00., Dep’t. 7





as cash, to pay for seeds when you want ’em.





SPECIAL PRIZE FOR EARLY LISTS





_ For each week prior to February 28th, 1923 that your

list is mailed, we will add an additional prize of 825.00 per

week to any first prize you \vm. _

vclopc in which your qualification is mailed is postmarked

January 3rd,. 9 weeks before February 28th, and your

score is the highest, and is qualified by a $5.90 order you

would win_3500 plus $225.00. or $725.00 total.

qualified thh a $2.00 order. and your qualification arrived

three weeks before February 28th you would receive the

$200.00 prize plus $75.00 which would make 8275.00.

Therefore send in your qualification as soon as possible. If

you wm any of the first prizes you Will receive the addi-

tional prize of $25.00 per week. .



Send your money to qualify for the difl'erent prizes to-

day. Your list'of words and score can follow later. These

special prizes wxll count from the day that your qualifies.

tion is mailed. You can order. your see

we will send you a due bill which will be good for one

year for the amount you send. .



FREE llcnry Field’s “Seed Sense” and big 1923 Catalog



.Whether you work out the puzzle or not send for'lour

big free 1023 catalog. We will also send you a copy of our

free magazine "Seed Sense"

Most people like it better than magazines they pay for.

it funnier than the Sunday comic. and the kids like it too. . It teaches

them a lot about seeds. .



If you send.in an answer to this puzzle. of course you will get the,

magazine and the catalog. too. and the catalog will help you to select.

what seeds you will be wanting—but whether you send in the list.

nnswcring this puzzle or not, send us your name and address so that

we can send no a catalog and a copy of the magazine. It is all free.

Write me to by.





For example, if the en-





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later; too. as





You will like this magazine.

Some think





bottom of last sheet: put other correspondence and order on other sheets.



8. In ones of ties, [or any prize ofiered, the full amount of such prise

will be given each tying contestant. . '



9. An one me submit an answer except persons who receive their

mail at S cnandoo . Iowa. our employees. or their families.



10. All answers and remittances to be considered must beer your

local postmark not later than Febr. 28. l923. the date the contest closes.



II. Name of prize winners and the winning list will be published as

soon as possible after February 28th in “Seed Sense" free to all [023

customers and to those answering the puule. '



l2. Three prominent citizens of Shenandoah will act as umpires. and

their decision is accepted as final by all contestants.





Shenandoah, Iowa.

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better than any other, it is when the



crisp cold days of autumn and winter-

are with us. ‘



In many modern homes the value of



graham flour is underestimated. The



graham that makes the most delicious





- and nut-like bread, is ground at the

' mill directly from the farmer’s wheat.





It will be slightly coarser than the

sacked graham procured at the grocery

and much sweeter and better flavored.

By asking the miller to give your

’wheat what is called “the first crack”

you will have a nutritious and highly

delightful breakfast food. Cook this

the same as cream of wheat and you

will ask for nothing better. ,



Hot. graham gems are a welcome ad

dition to the breakfast table on a. cold

morning. In one family where the

mother was a splendid New England

cook the writer recalls that when win-

ter approached the main part of the

Sunday morning breakfast was always

baked potatoes, and graham gems.





 





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N OTHING draws at the heart

strings more than pictures

of home activities. They hold in'

themselves many pleasant mem-

ories.



This week we offer five prizes

in aluminum ware” for the best

pictures depicting home activi-

ties, either inside the home or

about the farm. The first prize

will be a preserving kettle, the

second a serving tray, while the

third, fourth and fifth will be

sauce pans with cover.



Address all letters to House-

hold Editor, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit, Michigan, before Janna.

ary 12.



Pictureswill be returned if re-

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When you have baked beans for supper

try serving hot’graham gems or Boston

brown bread with them.





sponge and part or all graham flour.





family of six:

Plain Graham Loaf.



1 quart good buttermilk



4/; cup melted shortening



2 teaspoons soda and one'teaspoo

baking powder '



1,5 cup molasses or sugar



1 cup white flour or one egg.





drop clean from the spoon.





loaf tins.





gem pans in a hot oven.

' Nut Loaf.

2 large cups buttermilk

1,4 cup melted shortening. .

1 teaspoon soda and one

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The following are a few recipes for

various forms of graham bread for a





Add one teaspoon salt and enough

graham flour to make a batter that will

This will





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1 .cup chopped‘nut meats



1. cup chopped raisins. .



Add graham flour to make stiff bat-

ter, beat well, {put in loaf tin, let rise

fifteen minutes and bake in medium

oven. . ‘ *



Raisin loaf is combined the same as

plain loaf with one cup of chopped

raisins added. ‘



Boston Brown Bread.





1 quart good buttermilk 1 -.



1A cup~me1ted shortening '



1 teaspoon salt



2 teaspoons soda and one teaspoon

baking powder





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1‘1 cup corn meal

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One egg and. enough graham flour to

make stiff batter. Steam three hours

in pudding basin or baking powder

cans. and bake twenty minutes in me-

dium even. , . ‘ , .



., Yeast Graham Bread.



Take the light sponge as for regular

white bread, mix in two and one-half

quarts of graham and enough white

flour to make the hard loaf. Let rise,

mold into loaves, let rise again and

bake in steady Oven. ‘ ‘



To vary this bread if you like it

slightly sweet, add to the sponge one





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cup of molasses and qwrtbr teaspoon .





of soda.





A Cake and a Story





I AM a young girl eighteen years old

and would rather do the baking

than be off to a moving picture show

as some girls would, but my mottois:

“There is no disgrace in the Family

Cook Book, so learn while you are

young.” My grandmother taught me

this when I was a little girl and lam

very thankful to her.





it certainly does take a lot of cake

here, as I live on a 120-acre farm and

with hired help, threshing men, unex-

pected company, and everything else

included, a heap of baking has to be

done. Lhave done most of the baking

for the last five years; having been

alone for weeks at a time. It makes

one wonder sometimes what to bake,

but when asking my brother he always

says this one cake.



I have found it a good idea when

making a cake with soda in it to add

about one-quarter of a teaspoonful of

baking powder. It makes it much bet-

ter. The cake recipe I am sending you

makes two large cakes and will keep





l moist longer than lots of others I have





made. I find it a good idea to try a.

cake by dropping a little of the batter

on a. greased tin before putting the re-

mainder of the batter in the larger tins

for then, if your cake is too rich‘ I find

it a good idea to add a little more milk

or water, or a little flour. It does not

make the cake tough if you “are care~

ful how much you use. I always use

a level teaspoonful or cupful unless

otherwise specified.



I always like good cake and think it

a helpful idea to pass them on to oth-

ers. A number have asked ‘for for this

cake recipe, and it is-my favorite. I

hope you will like it. . 4'





Marble Cake.

Light part:

Whites of two eggs

1 cup white sugar

15 cup butter or lard

172 cup sweet milk .

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder.

Dark part:

Yolks of two eggs

\1 cup brown sugar

1A; cup butter or lard '_ .

17% cup sour milk ’

1,5 cup molasses

17$ teaspoon cloves

$9 teaspoon auspice-

'2 cups ,flour '

1 teaspoon soda. , .

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Household _ Service





'PORK CAKE.





 





I am sending my pork cake recipe

for the lady who asked for one a. short

time ago.



First carefully look over and wash

one pound of English c-urrants. Add

to this two pounds of raisins, one-cup

of grated cocoanut, one cup of walnut

meats and one-half pound of candied

citron, out fine. ‘



Then sift eight cups of flour, two

heaping teaspoons of ground cloves,

three of cinnamon, one of nutmeg and

two tablespoons, rounding, of baking

powder together. 7



Now put one pound of clear fat pork

through the meat: grinder. Use the

medium plate in the grinder. Put the

pork in the dishpan and add one table-

spoon of soda. Pour over this one pint

of boiling water. .Next add three cups

of brown sugar andone cup of cookv

ing molassesNow stirin the flour and

then add the fruit. ,Put into tins if

possible, with tubes in the center. Bake

one hour in a moderate oven. This

'makes four good-Sized cakes. The cake

is much, better after standing. The





citron can be left‘out if too expensive. ,





——Mrs. F. L.





CLEANING WITH GASOLINE.





 





I never have much success cleaning

with gasoline. The garment usually

smells and sometimes rings form. Can

you-tell. me something that wouldhelp





this?——Mrs.nF. M. ' ,.

W'hen cleaning always hoep a, moist_





ring around the Spot and. with the“





sponge, work with an outWard motion

‘from the center 'of the spot. This Will\

tend to prevent leaving a. ring after

cleaning. When tlfie cleaning. is amen

ed put about one-third part vinegai‘in





the water with which you dampen the

cloth before ironing. This will remove ‘





the scent of gasoline and will prevent





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Choose a. piece -,of' ' tender be

weighing about~t¥l .‘ __ ' '

in a kettle, cave " _

quarts of see: V Ken ,well





Weather ‘ reads





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First Prize..

Mrs. W. C. 8., Grant Michigan.

Canning Beef.

Cut 'meat into pieces convenient for

packing into fruit jars. Do not wash.

Where ‘cans are nearly full put in a





‘small: piece of suet and one teaspoon





of salt to a quart jar and partially seal,

but not tight. Put jars in a' boiler con-

taining rack, or having a board with

holes in it, placed in the bottom. Boil

three hours. Remove jars and tighten

covers.



Pork may be canned in the same

way by omitting the suet.



For Spareribs. —Boil and place in

jars. Cover with lard.



Cook the soup bones and can soup.



Slice the cured ham. Fry slightly.

\Pack in jars and cover with grease.



Corned Beef.



To each 100 pounds of meat use:



6 pounds salt



4 pounds brown sugar



14 pound saltpeter.



Cut meat in pieces, the size desired,

and put a small guantity of the salt,

sugar and saltpeter mixture in the bot-

tom of the crock. Rubeach piece with

the mixture and pack tightly, sprink-

ling each layer with the mixture until

all is packed. Place board on the meat,

covered by a good weight, and the





‘ meat will make its own brine.





Sugar C’u’red Hams.



To each 100 pounds of ham, take

' 5 pounds salt



6 ounces pepper



4 ounces pulverized saltpeter



1%. pounds brown sugar.



Mix well, lay hams on a board where

they will not freeze—flesh side up.

Rub on the mixture, all that will lay

on. Repeat once a week for three

weeks. They are then ready for use,

unless one prefers to smoke them.



Bacon.



Side pork may be prepared for bacon

in the same way as the hams, but not

using as much salt.



To Dry Beef.



For twenty pounds of beef:



1 pint of salt



1/. pound. of brown sugar ‘\



1 teaspoon saltpeter.



Mix well and divide in three parts.

Rub the beef well with one part the

next day rub in the second part, and

the third day the third part. Place in





' a jar and turn every piece everyday





for eight or ten days. Then hang up

to dry.

Headcheese.



Use all meat of the head except the

fattest part. Soak well and clean. Add

some meat from the legs if desired.

Boil all the pieces until very tender.

Then remove all“ bones, season well

with salt, pepper, and sage if desired.



Have a square of cheesecloth‘placed

in a' steamer over a kettle. Pour the

meat into the steamer. Let stand until

cold. By pulling the cloth closely

around the meat, before it starts to

cool, a cake is formed.



Mince Meat.



3 pounds meat



5 pounds apples



3 pounds sugar.



,2 quarts sweet cider



2 pounds or more of raisins



9 teaspoons each of cloves, cinna-

mon and «allspi'ce



1 teaspoon nutmeg



Have meat and apples chopped and

well mixed. B011 raisins in a quart of

watergthen add sugar, cider and spic-

es. Pour this liquid over the meat and





, apples. The mince meatamay be placed

in crooks and set in -a cool place or





where it may even freeze. Or, if pre-

ferred it may be packed and sealed in

fruit jars.



. . , Sausage.



*80 po‘unds meat. '

._ ounces of salt





 





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2 cups sage if desired.



A good proportion for the meat is as

follows: Two pounds of lean pork to

one pound of fat pork. Grind the meat

fine, mix well with other ingredients

and pack tightly into sausage bags.

Hang in a cold place to freeze.



Pickled Pigs’ Feet.



Cook feet until tender. Remove the

bones. Add small amount of ’vinegar

to liquid in which feet were boiled and

pour this solution over them. Stand in

this liquid until cool.





 





Second Prize. .

Mrs. J. E. H., Lawrence, Michigan.

My beef I can the cold-pack method.

Have never had a jar of it to spoil,

and it tastes like the fresh meat. Then

the parts. that are not? so tender and

nice we make into sausage.





Bologna Sausage.



Grind real fine:



50 pounds of beef



5 pounds pork



3 pounds brown sugar



3 pounds fine salt



3 ounces saltpeter



3 ounces black pepper.



Mix well and fill in muslin casings.

(It must be packed tight so there areE

no air spaces in it). Then let it lie in?

a cool place where it will not freeze.

After four weeks smoke it over a hot

fire so as to partially roast it. We

think it superior to any of the sau-

sages we can buy at the butchers.



Corned Beef.



100 pounds of beef



6 gallons of~ water



8 pounds salt “



. 2 pounds granulated sugar



2 ounces saltpeter '





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2 ounces baking soda.



We always pickle and then smoke

the four large pieces of pork. I like

this way of putting. down pork sau-

sage. We put it in casings, hang it in

a barrel and smoke it just a little. I,

then cut it in pieces the right size for

the table, pack it in gallon stone jars

and place them in the oven, roasting

it slowly tilll think the water is cook-

ed out of it. Then take it out and put

a weight on it till it is cooled, and then

if there is not enough grease to cover

‘it I use melted lard.



We always make a lot of scrapple

Take the head, shanks, liver and any;

odd/pieces that are left, boil till veryé





tender, remove all bones, put through; .





the meat grinder, then return it to the§

liquid in which it was cooked, addi

more water, and when boiling stir in:I

cornmeal, to make about half ‘as stiff

as cornmeal mush, cook for fifteen or

twenty minutes, stirring all the while.

Then add white flour to finish thicken—l

ing, season with salt and pepper, dish:

out in milk pans, or anything not too1

deep, cut in slices about a quarter-inch

thick and fry. We can eat this every

morning all winter long for our break—

fast. Ii a little melted lard is poured

on the top of it after it has cooled and

kept in a cool place it will keep a long

time.





 





The letters written by Mrs. F. K.,

New Lothrop, Mich; Mrs.. D. R. W.,

Rochester, Mich., and Mrs.,D. R., Con-l

way, Mich., who won third, fourth andI

fifth prizes respectively, Will be pub—

lished next week.





PUMPKIN BISCUITS.





 





Beat one egg, add a cupful of

milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugam

a pinch of salt, two cupfuls of sifted’

flour, two tablespoonfuls of' baking

powder. Then add two-thirds of a

cupful of drained and stewed pumpkin

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know the time. under his

To find out, he pillow. _

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Horse or Cow Hlde.

We make this cost to measure

from the hide you send. Write

’ usfor special low price.



Any Kind of Skin

We make up any kind of skin to

suit your needs.



Also Ledles' Coats and

Furs, Robes. etc.





   





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T is, an achievement worthy of note

for any boy to Show a litter of pigs

in a display where over 300‘head of

hogs are on exhibit and win the junior

championship, but when it is done un-,

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THE OLD APPLE TREE.





 





BY BERNICE CORNELL.





A hundred years or more’it stood,

And braved the winter’s snows,



A splendid bit of hardihood, '

It fears no wind that blows.





 





We have .been in the tanning

business since 1878 and guaran-

tee satisfaction.





FRI-2E Emits: 23.1“"





Write for it today





Reading Babe 8: Tanning Co.

:16 East St. Reading. Mich.





 

   

 

 





 





 





   





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The big,hea.lthy, vi orous straw-

berry Without a fau t. Gives last-

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our customers $1500.00 an acre.

Beautiful color, and a flavor you

can’t forget. 17 to 35 fill a quart.

Resists drought. Bearsearly and

late. Many growers Will discard

all other kin s. we also save you

money on the most thrift and

profitable varieties of Straw erry,

Grape, Raspberry Blackberry

and Dewberry plants. Crown in the

famous Michigan Frail: Belt. Packed to

reach you fresh and Vigorous. We ship

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if you order now. Our





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story. Write for your copy tonight.



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Box 58, Stevenevllle. Mich





 





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 





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Large. hardy heavily rooted plants, free





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Baldwin's Big Berry Plant Book





enlarged to meet growing demands.splen- '

dldly illustrated. A practical ’



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strawberries, r a s be r r l e I.

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or estln spring and latest

in tall varieties. All true to

name. Freshly dug to fill your .

order. IT'S FREE—Write tonight. ‘





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It stands alone upon the hill,



It’s rough, old arms tossed high, »

For winter winds are sharp and chill,

And they pass not kindly by.





But when the springtime breezes free,

Come whispering in May,



Behold the rough, old apple tree,



Is one huge, sweet boquet.





All through the long, hot summer day,

It lends its shade to all, '



And there the children love to play,

There sounds the night bird’s call.





Oh, dear, .brave. kindly apple tree,

So staunch and true and fine,

You’re like an old, old friend to me,

May I make thy standard mine?





 





 





Short worked, it becomes a feat to talk

about. This ten-year-old lad showed

that he has the makings of a real hog

man by his pluck and perseverance.





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The local county agent tells the story

thus:

“Wayne Short, aged ten years, join-





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looking. Of course,

if you were handsome,

probably 'say’ “No,” whether you were



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enough and will change to myself

second or two.

do almost any kind of work with a





 





 





cling, and~yet old enough to have good '

ense. Brown hair and. ‘quite good‘

[wouldn’t ask you

because you'd





Well, I’ve \been talking of you about I

for a

I can.





I’m a “boy" girl.





ed the pig club last spring, and bought team. I like todrive a car just as fast





3. Poland China gilt through the farm as it

The country around everything that is unlady-like.

overalls and a cap and folk?1 tell 111er I'd

— “ ' 1” 10 i o , on

and when- the heavy' floods which trifling; sggpg; face‘of ng Y ( y





bureau office.

where their farm is located is very low,





struck us came on, the Whole farm,

including the hog yard, was under wa-

ter for a considerable time.





It was so muddy that at farrowing-pup;

time Wayne h‘ad to build up a platform name.

, of straw about eighteen inches deeprin





order to furnish a dry place. The sow





farrowed eleven pigs, and raised all Of main your niece, Florence Isenbarger. .





them. These.pigs were t‘arrowed May





28, and at the time of the hog show in times, doesn’t it?





will go. ride horseback and most

I wear‘





I am taking music, lessons and ex»





pect .to bea great musician some day.

Ahem!





Suppose I’llsucceed?



My sister and I have an Airedale

PrinceSs Chink Kootang is her

We-call her‘Chink. She can do





anything but talk and we sure think a

a





lot of her.





IVell, I must close. With love, I lie--





The imagination does .run riot some-

It is fine to live.a'





the county, they averaged 160 Pounds- full and active lifenbut I think it's wise

Wayne had no pasture whatever for to observe the speed limits, don’t yOu?

his pigs, as it was all drowned out. He ,Let’s hear from the “boy girl" again. .





was, therefore, forced to carry green

sudan grass, cowpeas and soy-beans

nearly half a mile in order to feed this

large litter. .'



In spite of these difficulties, he

brought his lifter to the swine show

where over 300 head of hogs were on

exhibit, some of them" entered by the

very best breeders of the surrounding

country, and in the open class, won

first prize junior boar pig and junior

champion. In the club division in

which there were over eighty pigs,

Wayne took first prize litter over all‘

breeds."



The story of this lad’s spirit and

gameness might well be an inspiration

to a great many of us who are, perhaps

too prone to become discouraged.

Wayne Short was coufronted with

seemingly insurmountable difficulties,

yet by sheer persistence and hard work

he won out. We are glad to have him

lined up with the ever-growing number

of enthusiasts who are raising good and

dependable Poland Chinas. He has set

an example that might well be emulat-

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advice.

Address your letters to me.——Unc





 





Our Letter Box?





HIS letter box will be where the boys and girls can express their

views, tell of themselves and things about the farm, Or ask

The most interesting letters each week will appear here.





1e Frank.





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:

Please don’t think me a “jabber

heels,” but I just— can’t keep still.

Is it very cold in Detroit? We went

up on a hill today to go skiing and, my

goodness, but up on a “pinnacle” like

there is in our country, you would just

about freeze. .

We have a little colt as I told you

in my other letter.‘ If you ever‘ say an

ugly colt this is one. If you pinch her

she will kick just‘ awful, and if you

rub her forehead she will bite just

awful. .

Well, don’t you think my letter is

getting long? I do.- I will c10se for

this time-Forever your niece, Frances

Carleton, Metamora, Mich. ,





I think I would kick, too, if I were

pinched, but rubbing the forehead is

different. _ . ,





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:

I have never written to you but have





ceeded, but I shall not give up yet.

Do any of the cousins read books? If

they do, I‘wonder ‘if: they read “Peg-

_0’ My Heart?” I am eighteen next

. spring. I have brown eyes and brown

I am five feet five inches and

weigh 104 pounds. , .-



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tried to get a prize but have not we .





see Uncle Frank’s picture in the paper.“





a picture taken and put in the paper.

We would like to know it” you are old

or young. Please tell us how old you

are or if you have your picture in the‘

paper we can guess. ’



Well, as this is getting long I will

ring off. Hoping my letter will escape

the waste basket, I remain, your. niece,

Irene Horton, Fowlerville, Mich, R. 1.





Your desire for my picture has been





fulfilled lately, I believe. I .am not as‘,





old as I look or as. young'as I Zeal.

How old'is Ann?





 





Dear Uncle Frank: . -



I have tried very often to win in the

Read-and-Win Contest but did not. It

I do notwin I always think of the

many others that try to win and do

not. I may win sometime because of





the motto, “If there/is a will there is ~





3. way.”———Your Niece, Leona._Finkbein-.

er, Ann Arbor, Mich, R. 3.

I like the tone of your letter. ,





, Your

motto is agood one” “ ~ 5 '





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Dear Uncle Frank; ' .‘

Gee, but I had» a good laugh when

the Michigan Farmer came yesterday

and I saw those pictures. ' Some kids’

imaginations differ quitea little. don"t

you think?- I am getting quite "curious,

though. and you; '

“We .





 

   

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 





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Dear UncleFrank:



Well, I wrote you 3.

ago, perhaps seven months, ut it is

nearly time to ’write again. I’m not a.

good writer, I’ll admit, but am trying

hard to improve, because it’s a real

asset to be a good writer.~ ,



I noted in the issue of December 16

in the Boys’ and Girls’ Department; a

letter by Miss Georgia Brown. I will

second the motion about her idea ofe

expressing ideas. She has the right

idea about loafers. My idea is this:

In Mecosta county, the districts pay:

tuition for pupils in high school. I’m

one of them, probably I fool ’some in

school but realize I shouldn’t. But I

don’t want to be dead either. /’ We cer-

tainly learn something while we are

there, because it costs the district mon-

ey.—Yours very respectfully, Arthur

O’Neill, Paris, Mich.



Seven months is quite a time for

even a boy to_ be silent. It’s all right

to' have fun, but one must learn also,





for educating young folks, costs money.





I would suggest, Arthur, that you be a.

little more careful of details.





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This picture was drawn by one who

knows very well‘ what Uncle Frank

looks like. He is a good artist and also

a good letter writer, for he wrote the

following letter to go with the drawing.

I think they are both good, don"t you?





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My Paw -and“Maw;thInk you be





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Qy Marjorie BroncoJ Custer, Michigan.





Helen Cummins, South Haven, Mich,





I "agree With you that everyone needs R F. .D. 5.





to make a few New Year’s resolutions

and I am sending you five that I be-

'lieve are wOrth while. They are as

follows: -



, 1. Begin the New Year by looking

pleasant, and try to look on the bright

side of things, as a; happy smile will

often lighten the spirits of one notvso

fortunate as yourself.



2. Remember the other. fellow, for

America is only a "free country for

those who do not tread upon the rights

of others.‘



3. Lay out your plans carefully for

the year and then try to do better each

day. ,



4. Do not give way" to feelings but

consult your consciencewhen in doubt

as to what isthe right thing to do. '



5. Try' t5 make yourself useful to

the_world as well as yourself,. as it is

the good that people do in this world

that lives after them and not the things

that any one could have done.





By Faith H. Goodell, St. Joseph,

Michigan.



1. Resolved, to get A marks in my

studies the rest of the school year.



2. Resolved, to do my best in all I

do, whether work, play or studies.



3. Resolved, to always be on time

wherever I go.



4. Resolved, to always find time to

help others.



5. Resolved,“ to do unto others as I

would that others would do unto me.





THE WINNERS.





ECAUSE of the lack of space only

two” of the Resolution Contest win-

ning papers can be printed. The above

two are the first two winners who get

Michigan "Farmer pencil boxes. The

following are also winners and get the

prizes indicated.

Nickled Clutch Pencils.

Ruby Clum, Plainwell, Mich.

Kenneth Munson, Constantine, Mich.,

R. 3. ~

Ma

Irene Warsou, 305 South Jackson

Street, Bay City, Mich. .

Florence Laird, Chelsea, Mich., R. 4.

Lola Court, Allen, Mich.

Susie Lurtz, Fair Haven, Mich, R. 1.

Mildred Halsey, Charlotte, Mich.,





“Leona Carpenter, Byron, Mich, R. 2.

WANT TO CORRESPOND.

Marlgfrgt Helmker, Prescott, Mich,





Dorothea Fullmer, Milford, Mich.

Vgelgia Roose, Grand Rapids, Mich,





Alice Stokes, Coleman, Fla.





Jacob Toxopens, 37 Chestnut‘ Street,

Muskegon, Mich.





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IE will start the New Year





with our favorite contest.-





The answers to all the questions

given below can be found in this

paper. Give your answers as

short ‘as is possible to give them

correctly and tell the pages upon

which you found the answers. It

is not necessary to repeat the

questions on your paper nor is it

necessary to give your answers

in sentence form.



To.the ten “most correct, neat

and concise papers we will give

the following prizes: The first

Michigan Farmer pencil

boxes; the next three, handsome

nickled pocket pencils, and the

next five, Michigan Farmer maps

of the world and new Europe.

The prize papers and all other

correct and meritorious papers

will entitle their writers to, a

Merry Circle button.



This contest closes January 11.

Please send your letters to Uncle

Frank, - Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Michigan.



1. What is the ultimate pur-

pose of the hog?

2. How much longer was the





number of sheep and lambs on

feed in December than a year

ago?



3. How many cow-testing as-

sociations were there in opera-

tion in July, 1922?



4. What makes better nesting

material than straw?



5. How much Michigan-grown

alfalfa seed will there be offered

for sale this year?



6. What is good to serve with

baked beans for supper?



7. What should Sunday be

used for?



8. Is sowing timothy with clo-

ver' good for the dairy farmer?



9. What causes an increase

in the wealth of a nation or an

individual?



10. What kind of soil should





- pears grafted on Japanese roots





be grown on?





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.Mich., Box 223.





Esther Short, Gobles, Mich., R. F.





Minnie Wallaker,

Mabel Campbell,





Marie Robinette, Holloway, Mich.





Thompsonville,





Traverse City,

Mich” R. F. D. 5, Box 64.





 





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L“ organization.





~ ,‘ viii be glad to receive your suggestions





oped a real Merry Circle in this department.

‘ chosen by you and the merriness has been contributed by you.



In order to show that we have a regular Merry Circle, we have

made, up a. Merry Circle design and a club button.

shows the design The color of the button is blue and white. Those



who have seen it say it is a very neat looking button. -

I hope you will like it.

To get one of these buttons it will be necessary

for you to get all of the questions in a Read- and- Win

”Contest, correct and in accordance with the rules giv-

en with the cantest.

_ sending in papers of merit in any of the other con-

tests, such as the drawing, poetry and little essay.



These buttons will begiven to all who make meritorious answers

to these contests, whether they win a prize or not.

the ten best papers in each contest'will be—given as usual. .



The distribution of these buttons will start with the Read-and-





The Merry Circle-





THROUGH the activity of you boys and girls there has devel-





The name was





The illustration





You may also get a button by





The prizes to





Perhaps this is just the beginning of a real Merry Circle organi-

' . zatiOn. With your help it may develop into a big and worth while





1 UNCLE FRANK.





 





 





 





 





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'——the feed recommended by own-





ers of successful poul farms. breeders

of fancy stock and dea are everywhere.

Darling's Meat Scraps are clean and whole-

some. contain over 60% protein, brings

, health and strength to chicks-more eggs





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T is best to have breeding flocks

mated at least ten days to two

weeks before the eggs are saved for

hatching. This is apt to eliminate the

results of previous matings and guar-

antee a satisfactory per cent of fertil-

ity. If several cockerels are mated

with a range flock it pays to watch’the

birds until they become acquainted and

serious fighting stops. A fine young

cockerel is often seriously injured by

being constantly chased from the feed,

hoppers. Because a cockerel is not

good enough to lick the boss of the

flock it does not mean that the bird

might not be a useful breeder under

other conditions. ,



There is not enough profit in artifi-

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.Thie broodet is a chick-saver and a .money

maker. It raises more and better chicks. at

less cost than other brooders. StoVe is est

in the world to hold fire—air-tiiht and self-

regulating. It burns soft coal—t e chea



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fuel costs in half. Stove WI



also burn ard cos ,- w ,



. coke. etc. Regulator main-



2. tains even heat night an



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for 500 or IOOO chicks. g

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_ Freight Paid east of the

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per tanks—double walls—do

air space—double glass doors

-—a real bargain at $18.26. "





breeding flock. It is all right for the

flock of matured pullets that are being

forced for winter eggs. The breeders

need their strength to produce strong





 

   





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'INCUBAToR PATENTS.





I have an incubator of a hot water

make. Have been informed by the

maker of it that it will take care of

2,400 more eggs. Would I have the

right to build an incubator like it and

attach it to my machine? Would I

have the right to sell the chicks that

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Most incubator companies have their





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a. case between one incubator company

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on the company patents.



Of course, there are certain princi-

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LAM E H ENS.





Over two months ago one of my hens

got lame and gradually others became

lame also, until there were seven, of

them. Their combs were red and all

appeared in a healthy condition. They

only limped a little at first, but gradu-

ally got so lame they could hardly get

around and did not care to eat. Two

have died. Our hen house is dry and

kept reasonably clean—I. D.





Lameness is a symptom of tubercu-

losis and also rheumatism. In such

cases it pays to make a postmortem





. examination of the internal organs. If





the liver is covered with the greyish

nodules the birds probably have tuber-





‘culosis. This is not curable and any





birds showing symptoms of lameness

and rapid emaciation should be killed

at once to prevent the disease from

spreading. If you have a valuable. flock

in which tuberculosis is suspected it

will pay to have a veterinarian inspect

the‘birds and make recommendations.





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FATTENING GEESE.





 





Will you please tell me the best way

to fatten geese? Should they be left

“on range ?——R. G.





Geese are very often fattened on the

range, preferably in a cornfield. . They

are given plenty of water and a shed

for shelter and make their gaihs by

eating all the corn and fodder which

they will consume. Buyers of geese

for fattening often use this simple

method for finishing them.



Geese are sometimes pen fattened.

About twenty 0r thirty birds are pen-

ned in each flock where exercise is re

eluded and food consumption encourag-

ed. A moist mash of two-thirds corn





meal'cnd one-third shorts can be given





each day. Twofeeds per day of corn

. atscan. supplement thermash.

' geese".are ,199". tatten'ed they





r the rationing {poi-loci they will need





hits

Even during





vegetables or some form of roughage

and it pays to keep the pen bedded

with oat straw. The bedding helps to

keep the birds clean and they will eat

a part of it.



Geese can be fattened by forced feed-

ing with noodles and this is often done

for the highest xclass markets. How-

ever, I think that'the cornfield method

of fattening saves a lot of labor and

is generally satisfactory.





 





FATTY H EA RT.





The sack that the heart is in is filled

with a yellowish matter and large yel-

low chunks. One was as full as the

sack could hold. The roosters only

are affected. Does this hurt the meat

and will they do for breeding purposes.

They all seem well and the liver and

lungs look all right.-—Mrs. J. G.





_ Possibly the yellow lumps around the

heart are only fat and if the bird is in

otherwise good condition it would be

all right for food. Birds are also sub-

ject to inflammation of the heart mem-

branes and exposure to dampness and

cold is considered the usual cause of

such trouble. Fowls also have inflam~

mation of the heart sac and this is

often called dropsy of the heart. These

heart difficulties cannot be diagnosed

while a bird is alive so no treatment

can be given.





If the other birds in your flock seem

strong and vigorous they are probably

suitable for breeding purposes in spite

of any heart difficulties you have found

in birds you have killed. I could not;

pass on the value of such a carcassfor

food. I





 





PdutTRv TROUBLES.





I would like to know if I am over-

feeding my hens? I find a healthy dead

one about once a week when I go out

in the morning. They seem to have

no colds or anything wrong. Last sum-

mer one had white spots all over her

liver. They have clean houses and

plenty of straw to scratch in. I keep

'pans of warm water all day for them,

dry ground cats in a self-feeder with

bran among the oats. In morning feed

the whole eighty- eight get about ten

quarts of screenings with a quart of

wheat as a scratch feed. Clover chaff,

a few boiled potatoes and peelings' is

the noon feed. At night one and one-

half quarts of shelled corn. Oyster





shells are available all the time. The .

hens seem to be fat. Some of the hens ‘





have scaley feet also. ——-Mrs J. F. M.



A hen that dies‘suddenly may have

suffered an internal rupture caused by

straining in laying. Apoplexy is a cause

of sudden death among heavily fed

hens that are overweight and underex-

ercised. The hen with spots on the

liver may have had tuberculosis. Lame-

ness and rapid emaciation are other

signs of that disease.





Scaly legs are caused by mites which

burrow under the scales. They‘can be

destroyed by" rubbing the legs with a

cloth soaked in kerosene oil. In severe

cases it pays to wash the scales with

warm soapy water to remove the in-

crustations and then apply the kero-

sene.



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I have a flock of turkeys, but for the

last two years they die when matured.

I intend to do away with all but the

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last two years—Mrs. J. H. W.



You give no‘symptoms which might

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orous he may be all right to mate with

unrelated hens which you can purchase

from another breeder. But if you think

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GETTING AT DAIRY TRUTH.





COW-TESTING associations have

’ brought-out a grist of informatiim

on. the possibilities of dairy-cow im-

provement and on the efficiency of var-

ious methods and practices Every

jump of fifty pounds in annual butter-

fat production was accompanied by an





, increase of about $16 in income over





,cost of feed. The more fat produced,

the bigger this income. A few heavy

produCers are better ‘ than a larger

number of light yielders.



The average production of the 21, 234

cows whose twelve— month records have

been studied, was 6,077 pounds of milk

and 248 pounds of butter-fat, or about

fifty per cent more than the average of

all the dairy coWs in this country. The

records show that splection of animals

and better methods of_ feeding raise





 





address by B F. Beach, of Detroit,-2.8-_

, sistant secretary of the State associa- '

Mr. Beach told how the stowage '





tion.

sociation is helping the milk' producers

to solve their marketing problems. He





said that in some cities the milk dis~_ ‘





tributors are glad to deal with an as-

sociation of milk producers, such as.

the units of the state association, be-

cause then each distributor knows just

what his competitor is paying for milk

and he is able to deal collectively with

the producers on a business basis.—

Mills.





 





THE FARMERS KNEW FIRST.





FACTOR often overlooked in mix-

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digestibility. ,Long ‘before chemists

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average production rapidly during the

first year or two that the cow-testing

association is in operation, but the fig-

ures for subsequent years show small

gains. This is proof enough that there

is still much room for improvement in

the breeding of cow- -testing association

cows. '



Each year more farmers realize the

value of the testing association as a

basis for he1d improvement. On July

1, 1922, there were in operation 513 as-

sociations, including 12, 458 herds and

215,321 cows, as compared with 452 as-

sociations the previous year. The num-

ber of associations in Michigan has

grown rapidly this past year.





SAGINAW MILK PRODUCERS

OR‘GANIZE.





EARLY one hundred milk produc-

ers of Saginaw county organized

the Saginaw branch. of the Michigan

Milk Producers’ Association December

20, at the court house. A board of di-

rectors comprising seven members was

chosen as follows: George Deindorfer,

Henry Doerr, W. W. Dunham, Edward

Watson, John Cowles, Timothy

O’Hearn and William Steckert. This

board will meet later to elect officers

from among the directors. '

In organizing as a branch of the

state association, the local farmers





latter organization, anl also have cre-

ated a. county unit through which many

of the affairs will be conducted. The





‘local milk producers, however, made





the reservation that they will not at-

tempt to deal with milk distributors

until their membership

brought to within seventy-five per cent

of all county farmers who supply milk



A constitution for the county organ-

ization wasadopted. The second Tues-

day of December was agreed upon as

the date for the annual meeting of the

. branch association.



A good part of the meeting. consist-

ed of a discussiOnof conditions'and an





 





 





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By Giving Much Care to the Selection of His Sires H. M. Atwater Has Devel-

Oped an Unusually Fine Herd on His Kalamazoo County Farm.





corn, oats and flaxseed made. a. good

feed for fattening cattle. Later, how-

ever, the chemists discovered that the

digestibility of these grains accounted

for success attained by the farmers. .



In one locality here in Michigan, I

found considerable buckwheat shorts

were being fed. These shorts cost al—

most as much as oil meal.

value, however, was scarcely more

than half that of the meal.



In figuring a ration for best returns

this matter of digestibility is of prime

importance. It does not seem hard to

remember that cor‘h, oats, bran, cotton.—

seed meal and gluten. make. an ideal

grain mixture. If it is fed liberally

with silage and clover or alfalfa hay,

it will give Satisfactory returns.- My

observation in the cow—testing work





shows that the best returns are made





where the dairyman feeds a. well-bal-

anced ration. '



Strange as it may seem‘, there are a

lot of farmers who do not feed their

cows as well as they know how. The

tester in his monthly rounds helps

these farmers to put their knowledge

in practice. Little changes often mean

a great difference in the net returns at

the end of the month. In going over

the records carefully the tester is able

to show definitely where'the farmer is

losing out by following wrong feeding

methods. In mixing good"rations em-

phasis must be placed time and again,





upon digestibility of feeds—S. P. S-‘





 





NEW DAIRY SPECIALIST AT

M. A. 0.





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average of the butter-fat production of , ,

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WHAT ARE HOLSTEINS WORTH?





" A 1

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HE following letter‘which is self-

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_ ; aggressive county agent of Livingston

‘ 1 county: '



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county has been received, and appre—



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i “Pure- breds. —Springing cows with



' no A. R. O. backing, $125 and up;



i fair to good individuals with average



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year—olds, good condition, no A. R. 0.





ing, good condition, $100@250; year-

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good A. R. 0. records, $50@200.

“Grade Holsteins.——Thin and back-

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.. @125; good close-up springers practi-

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PLAN SAGINAW COUNTY GRAIN

SHOW FOR JANUARY.





, LANS for a county grain show, to

take placesjn Saginaw the second

or third week in January, are being

made by the newly organized Saginaw

County Grain Growers’ Association.

Saginaw farmers have been invited to

exhibit corn and small grains, though

seeds of all varieties may be entered.

Arrangements for the show are in

charge of the new oflicers of the asso‘

ciation: President, Edward Davis;

first vice-piesident, A. W. Johnson;

second vice- president, Frederick Kueff-

ner; secretary, Douglas Bow; treasur-

er, Lawrence Bannan.





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I am wondering if the milk pail does

not come from the stable where the

) Cows are placed in comfortable and at-

~ tractive surroundings, at .little fuller

[than it does where the barns and yards

‘ re constantly in the height of dis- ‘





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unusual opportunity to’ study the '





_ associate these habits with their suc-.





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is known in most well-regulated dairies. .





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5 Grand Champions»





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cows Egg





Lillie Elsi-instead Jerseys

mo; old.





Registered-

J. L





HEREFORDS





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10 of the above sired by our $5200 Repeater

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11:11am) manna. 3.74. Howell. Mich.





. or. sale. 3 heifers

calves, 6





I“

freshen this-fall. 2 bull to

Mich.





d to

Colon O. Lillie. Ooopersville,





cattl‘el' oung’bnlls for

sale. erdlaooredi .





Jersey

Lake Odessa, Mich.





. CABTE B,





F_or Sale at Farmer’s prices. .

earlmg bulls 8 yearling heifers 1) ll

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. lated. This is an opportun-

ty to start in good stock at a moderate price.





ALLEN BROS. ’ ,





 





 





 





breeding. Ours is symbolic of the best. Mediocrity

is not tolerated.



Our success can also be yours. Our young animals

are the finest examples of breeding and will do much to

improve your herd. Get the blood of the King of Sires



EDGAR 0F DALMENY

into your herd and you will have individuality. distinc-

tion and quality.

The services of our Grand Champion Stallion.

" GEORGE HENRY

are available.

Your correspondence and inspection are invited.





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

w. r. scams, Prop. SIDNEY suns, Supt.





 





 





 





 





Angus cattle. Two bulls

le ven months old. One

Priced reasonable

Clio. Mich.





Registered fhfidgfig‘i‘t to e





ashow bull. large and growthy.

Inquire of F. J. WILBER,





FOR SALE





I

various ages. LA





Registered Guernseys





Another crop of calves. Choice bull calves $75, their

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breedin an records will please you.

a . xi. WILLIAMS, No. Adams. Mich.





registered Aberdeen-

and heifers of

Davlson, Mlch.





Several

Angus bull

NO 131108.,





 





G U E R N 5 EV S 63£§.1%EE&?£HBSJ‘J5





of world champions. A. R. 00 ws. Federal inspected.

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

F sale Registered Guernsey cows,



0" ing also bull calves $50 each.

dams. JOHN EBELB. R. "





wmnwnnn HERD





Regisinled Holsteins





2





Ask us about a Real Bull a

Maple Crest or an Ormsby.





JOHN H. WINN. Inc.. Rochester, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVBS, the large.

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way,

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

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

quotations, stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Trove as City, Mich. ‘





May Rose Breed-

Registered A. R,

Holland, MiCh.





 





heifer and bull calves. purebred

d and high-grade. Price 8‘30 up.

d breeding. Write us your re-

MCGraw, N Y





' Friesian

“nlSlelll registers

Splendid individuals an

quirements. Browncroft Farms,





 





 





COLAN I HA BULLS offer for sale both milk and beef breeding all ages

. . . Write M. E. MILLER. Sec'y, Green i ,Micn.

All ages. from high-produoin dams. Also a few

registerelc’i dand higiizigrade Ho stein cows 2t firmlers'

ices. 0 recs an prices upon reques . C can . e



Ezra under g‘ederal supervision. Mllklng Shorthorns 8135;] ffggfiscog‘g



WHITNEY FARMS. Whitney. Mich ROSEMARY FARMS. Willinmston: Mich



. i _ ‘

ets daughter of Hazelilet Idlenze. His .



350 a year Ewe nearest dams average 3Blbs. butter Clayton Ulllt Shorthom Breeders' Assn. Scotch,

686 lb. milk 7 days. ago 48 months. Herd Federal SOOECh To and Milking Shorthorns

tested. M. L. McLAULIN. Redford. Mich. for sale all ages. W. J.Hink ey. Seo’y, Flushing, Mich.





Herefords Fer ‘Sale'





5-2 and 3 year old

heifer calves by side. price 3150 t

Also 2 bull calves born in April. price~





heifers. with

0 $175 each_

875 each,





registered Polled





' COLE & GARDNER





Hudson; Mich.

or for sale.





HEREFORD n... n...



a 2000 lb. tried sire.



can show his progenyCan't use longer. priced to sell.

E. J. TAYLOR.‘ Fremont. Mic .





Public oAuction

Jan. 23,1923 ‘





3 miles east of Lennon, 2 miles north and 2

miles west of Swartz Creek or 9 miles westof

Flint on Lennon road. ~ '

5 Polled Sliorthorn cows and heifers;5 Short-

horn cows and heifer and 1 Shorthom bull.

O. I. C. Hogs, 6 tried sows, 3 bred gilts, 3

open gilts, 6 fall sows and 6 fall boars. ‘

Andy Adams, Auctioneer

‘ Catalogue on Reqwrt.





. Claxton Bros., 8: Dieck

Swartz Creek, Mich.





BIDWELL s





that. will put weight on your dai

erence will soon gay for the bull.

Scotch and Scotc ~topp_edyearlings.reasonably. riced.

We guarantee every animal to be a breeder. I! ederai

Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N Y C. R. R.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM, a

Box D, . Tecumseh, Michigan

‘ ' i i . '-

Milking 3?:di‘éfi'ifofi 22io222§°lifilybeeinfio

milk. Beland and Beland, Tecumseh, Michigan





FOR SALE





Polled Shorthorn Cows & Heifers





in calf and call by side. Also a few‘young bulls.

Herdl headed by Victor Sultan and Royal Non-

parei .

We can ,please you in richly bred cattle with

quality at fanfiers’ prices.



G O. E. BURDICK. Mgr.

Goldwater. Mich.





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HORTHORNS





BUY A BULL





% calves -the dili-

ow selling good





Branch County Farm.





Bichland Shnilhorns





Special offer on several bulls'at Farmers’ pric-

es. Suitable for grading up purposes where

beef is required. Also several high class herd

headers of the best of breeding.





0. ll. Prescott & Sons,





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





 





 





Central Mich. Shorihom I Breeders’ Assn





 





 





 





For Sale King Segis Breeding





Nine months old bull, whose seven neare‘st dams





average 27.72. >

this age. The others are all sold.





Grand River Slack Farms





Gorey J. Spencer, 1!! E. Main St.

JACKSON, MICHIGAN





. 1 ted in payment of finely bred reg



E 66" “Ole istered Holstein bull dalves. uality

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

one. o. obsess. - . . . v





assist. Mich‘

‘ REGISTERED





80089





one of t

bred herds.





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This is the last of my nineteen of





HOLSTEINS‘





Yam Bulls that will please you in breeding; individ-

hem are very desirable





Federsll acc ited.

Fowlei-vllleiegllch.





Pont'ao.

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Shorthogn Bull .3: 3.333332%}:





. A. BABNU . Union City, Mich,





 





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Ready for Service Bears

gired by Panama Special 55th and Big Bone Giant





ensation.

snooxwa'rnn FARM nn Arbor loll

' .1A B. Andreivg’ladego?





H. W. Mumford. Owner.





ansrlnboa’rs.80mrel‘ ‘

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bull-sire, f I .. , .. ‘

“m” m eight or book, feta: .

from the block talking.»



and papers ’cnlarg'ennl‘them.

of them lay any Stressed-the

growth, evenness of flashing, .

percentage or the proportion orghigh} of ' consumptioig‘was reached; [thud

priced cuts in the carcaiss,"and the like.

One would think that all the

qualities of a he; were

\len‘gth, height and arch

have' always thought thatthe function pounds.

of a hog was to produce bacon, liam 138%, poun

and lard and the type of hogs

would produce these in the greatest use

amount, of the best quality'and with pOpular.





to study the advertisements and editor-

ials on present-day big type hogs, he

would surely never guess that they

were trying to develop a. better pork were twent

producer; he would no doubt feel that. tie being fed in eleven corn belt states

they were attempting to

athon or derby contender.

present-day breeders are not going t

lose their heads to the extent that they





wild hog which was so fleet of foot,

but short on pork.

with the breeders should point out sota.





nnoorwninn nunoc JERSEYS,





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V‘Eo _. , um ANS seine: meow?“

.“ra‘t‘eof f ; th j~,thp'r oidjsevéz‘i‘ayesrsssm

dressing? tistics show this. in isisiho Io‘wrpernt





 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





. been going, down tronfr:1911.l;sinées

desirable 1915 the tendency has beép‘in inborn-

bodied in ‘ or direction. In "1911" ‘ the “per "capitag : ‘

tlon -‘ for the cougtry was. 1263

133;" 1915 it had dwindled to

ds. The increase of wages '

that then began having its effect and the

of meat gradually became more ,

It is now calculated that the , '





 





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and other prizes. Such was the remarkable performance



- . - 616 60. West St. Kalamazoo Mich. . » _

of our animals at the 1922 Michigan State Fair. What ' ’ - < - ' .

coma)!” hem, proof of me unvmm‘mmi or“, F s 1 n f rd ”a h “ bred t Elbe itelalist possible cast, (11s the typing use of mea’; Willi averagef 150 pounds ,‘

anirn s or more representative of the idea for w ic we 61'0 0 00m an O are 0 0 6 American fee er 8 00 Gr ‘erson Or . . ‘

have strivenl Our success is the natural culmination of or a e fidga‘finfifi’g‘gé’fi Woofilforfi 10°“;- d g » g p p t 3 year 0 1922

our efl’orts and our reward for years of careful and costly E ' am ton. n ' for- ,.





If one unfamiliar with hog type were. MORE _LlV E STOCK FED.





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SURVEY made by the department- ‘ a-

of agriculture indicates that there “

yvseven per cent more QM“





 





produce a mar— December 1 than a, year ago. 'Iowa led '

Surely the with an increase of fifty per cent, fol-



o lowed by Illinois with thirty-five. per

cent, and Nebraska,» Missouri and

South Dakota twenty-flye per cent in-

crease each. All of the states showed

increases except Michigan and Minna

Outside the corn, belt there ap-

pears to be a fifteen percent increase

in Utah, ten per cent in Lancaster, Pa.,

way of thinking concerning ‘present- district, and a slight increase iiiMon-

day hog types. Study the history of tana. On account of the decrease in

early types and the changes that have acreage of sugar beets there .is a con-

taken place; consider that the ultimate ’siderable falling Off in cattle on pulp '

purpose of the hog is “to be born,‘ grow in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming.

fat and‘be killed,”,and we feel sure The number of sheep and lambs 011 -

that you will see the handwriting on feed December 1 was twenty per cent

the wall and turn from the present greater than a year ago. The largest '

tendency of greatly. exaggerated big increase is in the irrigated region. In

type swine. ' ' the eleven corn belt states the survey



.. showed a ten per cent increase. Michi-

PRESCOTT SHORTHORNS AT THE L532633:Stggvggntttyilvenpgzient more



. INTERNATIONAL. Cost. data on 500 droves of cattle Ob— ‘

~ tained in five corn belt states for the

T the biglnternational held at GM winter feeding season of 1921-22 is

cago early in December. the cattle about tabulated in‘the bureau of agri-‘

entered from the Shortliorn herd of cultural economics. The figures show

C. H. Prescott & Sons. of Tawas City, that the financial returns for last win-



did their duty in making known to the ter’s feeding were very satisfactory as



world that Michigan is a good place to compared with the previous season. In‘



breed cattle. _ 1 western Iowa and eastern Nebraska an



Entries from this herd Won first in average profit of $15 was realized.



the junior yearling bull class; second 3- D. Jennings, who conducted the



in the two—year-old bull class; second investigation, says that since cattle/ ~ '

on the best pair of bulls bred for or feeding is a. method or getting corn to ‘ l '

hibitor; fourth inythe getrof-sire class, market, the price returned by corn fed

and seventh in the young herd class. to cattle may be compared with the

The White bull recently advertised in market priCe of ‘ corn in determining

this journal was sold to Remington & the relative profitableness of the two

Graham, of Caro, and Peter Zimmer- methods “disposing of corn. These

man and Son, of Traverse City. The Iowa and Nebraska cattle returned

first prize junior bull mentioned above about sixty-five cents a. bushel for the

_was also sold to the, Allen Cattle Co.,_ corn fed them, or nearly twice its farm

of Colorado for $2,000. ~Prescotts re- price. ‘ ' ' '





will again Simulate the ancient type of





 





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Men of influence





these dangers constantly and do all

that they can to bring about alnormal
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_ . 'g

i , yards of the 61ty as a more prominent

place for the shipment of live stock.





- got well enough to stand, but is unable

- to walk. The whole trouble is in the





' fore, all things conSidered, you had





I the second time in early part of March





D trolt, due to the rapidly ow-

inflation. has developed the stock





The Shipments for the month of No-

vember amounted to 23, 589 cattle and

calves, 61. 485 hogs and 58,261 sheep.

All classes of stock show substantial

increases over.the shipments of a year

ago except for sheep.’ ‘ ,





WATCH SOWS’ WINTER RATIONS.





- ceives in the winter and the last

half of the period in which she is

carrying her litter will largely determ-

ine the strength of the 'pigs when they

are ‘born and the success that she will

haVe when farrowing. -



Sows need some legume forage and

of these alfalfa is by far the best, but

«if this is not'to be had red clover hay

will do well. This may well be fed in

a small rack in the lot. This pr'ovides

much‘ of the mineral requirement in the

ration. When once this method is tried

it is not discontinued. When fed in

this manner sows will consume from

two and one-half to three and. one-half

pounds per day.



Corn should make about half the

grain ration. It should not be fed alone,

for the sows‘ Will have more or less

trouble at farrowing time and the lit-

ters will not be as strong and healthy

as when other grain mixtures are fed.

For a lOO-pound ration the following is

a good one: Shelled corn, fifty pounds;

ground oats, forty pounds; tankage,

five pounds, and linseed meal, five

_.pounds Another is mixed as follows:

forty pounds of shelled or ground corn

thirty-five pounds. of ground oats;

tvventy pounds of middlings, and five

pounds of tankage. This should be fed

at the rate of about one pound for each

100 pounds of body weight during the

first half of pregnancy period. Gradu-

ally increase then until this amount is





doubled during the last half of the:





period. . Do not feed in a self-feeder as

the animals will get too fat.



A; good mineral mixture to be fed

-with these-feeds would be equal parts

of salt and bonemeal or raw rock phos-

phate. The raw rock phosphate should

be finely ground. This mineral mixture

should be kept in a self-feeder and as

dry as possible—G. H. Conn.





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Veterinary.





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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-

ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of

each use and give. name and address of the writer. Initials

only are published. When a reply by mail' is

service becomes private practice and 31 must be enclosed.





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Open Blood vessel.—-I have a. cow

due to freshen April 10 that occasion-

ally gives bloody milk from one quara:

ter of udder“ This blood comes fox

day or two, then she is all right for

four or five days. I have treated her

for garget but she failed to improve.

W. J., Sand Lake, Mich.—‘—Gentle milk-

ing is the only remedy for her, the

blood vessel must be allowed to remain

closed. *





Partial Paralysis.——-I'have a sow that

got hurt while driving her. into the

barn. She remained down for ten days,





right hind leg, she has been in this

condition for five weeks. 0 N G., Ovid,

Mich. Her recovery is doubtful, there—





better butcher her for meat

bone may be fractured.





Nervousnees.——Heifer due to freshenW





Her hip





acts nervous, shifts position While we

milk but has no teat or udder trouble.

w P _ Munlslng, M1.ch —.G1've her°

round nux vomica, a

and a tablespoontu-l

M feed twice





 





-HE ration that the brood sow re- ‘





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planniyng to remodel your old one? rite

and tell us about it. Let the Jamesway

engineers give you the benefits of their ex-

perience in planning and designing thou-

sands of barns and farm buildings. Let

them build your burn on pafier—plan for

you the most practical, wor -sav1ng fea-

tures—provide plenty of storage space,

sanitary feeding and cleaning arrange-

ments and, most of all, give you plans and

specifications which you can hand to any



’ ood contractor and be sure of getting a

guilding that will give you the most for

your money in good materials and labor.

Also get_ Jamesway ideas on hog houses



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Make Money on Poultry Too'

Raise more poultry and make hens lay





 





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Address Nearest Office





 

 





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this part of my Barn Free

with JameSway Service





“This end of the barn shown above contains two silos, a two-story feed

room big enough for all the storage space the barn needs, a feed elevator,

power plant for the milking machine and a number of other units.

pared with my original plans I can figure that I got this end of the barn





free after submitting my ideas to the Jamesway engineers,’

Jamesway- p-lanned, Jamesway-equipped and Jamesway ventilated modern dairy barn.





Send Us Your Barn Problem





Com—





’writes the owner of this





when eggs pay with Jamesway poultry

equipment. Find out how Jamesway Feed-

ers save work and feed. Also Jameswav

Waterers Brooder Stoves, All- Metal

Nests ar‘ other Jamesway equipment.





There’ a Jamesway Service

an Near You

Ask to have him call! Let him tell you how

little it costs to own J amcsway planned

buildings, fully equipped with Jamesway

equipment and properly ventilated by the

Jamesway engineers. The buildin shown

' above costs its owner only about %70 per

month. What would yours cost?

Write For This Jameoway Book

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The Jamesway Farm Engineers





JAMES MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Elmira, N. Y.





Minneapolis, Minn.





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SAW YOUR OWN LUMBER





wlt h I Howell Portable Saw Mlll.

high price building lumber at the more cost. of sewing.

lumber, lath and shingles.





Big Money In Custom Sawing





made in severalsizee suitablefor tractors of any size. Also Edgers, Plan

Lath and Shingle machines. erts for tree Ont-log, 3-8.





IR. R. HOWELL & 60., Mfrs.





Turn your standing timber Into

Big demand for

Keep your engine busy the year round making

for yobr neighbors.

Howell saw mills are

ere.





Minneapolis, Mlnn.





 





 





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Duroc Hogs , meet

Woodlawn Farm present day require-

ments. length. size and quality. Young stock for

sale at reasonable prio‘fia I13md fully unranteed. Write

your yant s. W Alma, Mich.





for Mar. and April falrrow. priced right

ltU SH 81105..

[I ndefeated under year Duroo boar of Michigan and

junior champion at state fair and a number of at





[101115 fm «ale. Sensation and Pathfinder breeding

predominating. Michigana F arm, Pavilion, Mich.





 





Choice fall pigs

and sows bred





Romeo. Mich





 





 





D m sprin boars, gilts. summer and fall pigs

'- tor as. e. Reasonable prices and satisfaction

guaranteed. Jesse Bliss A Son, Henderson, Mich.





UUROC—JIERSEYSP DO you want-a good





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DUROC-JERSEYS





CAREY U. EDMONDS.

Durocsw





money back.





 





Springe Boats

forsa

Hastings. eMich.





Prolific. tbig b’one. best. breeding. ill to 81.).

Write for l.tl0n Satisfaction or

0K ES. Hillsdale. Mich





 





The 1:129 winner kind from the best prize winner



bloodlln s. Earlv develnners, ready for market at



911 a"lino!“ 3 old. “I! 1111:: 838“ “31:” fireedetmtoonlthe



to sue ass I Wan ace



One ”In? 1: each ogngnnlty to advertise my herd,

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' mm" “a '13"; Portland. Mich.





a..n

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‘ . ' w soldn or Bo . Ohoice

ChOStel’s ”31.3321... For flimmedfitreasbi ment





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Migflfilg affine riidge 11111.. Phomogls' R° a "





CHESTEP WHITE BOARS

m m- summer-1.1.1:





prices.

whites: Choice tshdngfllts bred to





 





 





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2nd rl sir Alsofsll

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Bic TYPE CHiSLER wmrrsI





Registered 0.1. C. Boars





J. CARL JEWETT. Mason. Mich.





0 I C 50 last spring pigs either sex not

akin. Big growthy stock. recorded





free. 5 mile west of BDe(pot. Citizs Ph

OTTO HULZE.

O I C (E Chester White Swine strictly big

type with quality. The kind that





grow large. A few spring pi seither sex

ewman 8 Stock Farm 4. Mnrlette. Mich.

Spring gilts and service boars for





0

0' I. C 3. sale. Prices right.

A. J. BARKER & SON, Belmont. Mich.





one

Nashville. Mich.





 





 





 





’ Spring pigs. Pairs not akin. Also

0' I r 3 August and Se t pigs. MILO OII. gElT-

ERSON Elmhurst Farm, onin. Mich. Citz Phone

0 l C 20 large growrhy gilts farrow 1n Mar.

so fall boar Eggs

CLOVER LEAF STOCK ARM, Monroe, Mich.

bred for April far-row at





0- 10 Ca GILTS reasonable rices.



C. J. THOMPSON.‘ Roe ford. Mich.

0 df l i l’ t. . l7

0. I. c's. terrain... stinger: 90:15: .1.





Extra good boar. Stock shipped on approval

RED W. KENNEDY, Pvmouth. Mich





Registered 0. I. C. Boars





.‘H. W. MANN, Dansville. Mich





Spring Boats Now Ready To Ship

8VV.ARTZ Bohoolol'aft. Mich



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Lone Maple Farm .1... Pemmzldxns.“ 1.. 5

represented F R. Dave .1 Son,R . 3. Belding.Mloh.





 





 





 





 





 





P O 1819““: bpars and "at?” ready for

31%”: “might. 8°" 61;. Innis. 1141011.





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POI d rln has 1! lts.1

@Large Rawhide: Libergtor arridnéfislilhecnren:

Immunod by double treatment? bath



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Largest in Mich. Pi-





ready t 3111 ,

from the herd that o p why not order »





askglven so man their





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





the hog business. the hut! that m on goodm they

have quality as well as s .‘ ,

W. E. LI N GSTON. Patina. Mich.





 

 

 





 

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





LARGE TYPE POLANDCHINAS





Boiaérs agidb gilts for sale from one .of the best herds in

iredb y B' 8 Cinnamon Mich.

pig; 2:386113'1 M and ma 0mg 9 Iguild Daddy gong. _

vs 115 a t .-

N.F. BORN NRO . an 00 emovel' no ."





 

 





   

 

 

 

 





write to Farms, Mich.





L..TP.C.





Choice Gilts $25 to 340. Rome $30. Fall Pigs $15. ,

HARTA AND CLINE, Address 13‘. T. HAR '1'. St.

Louis. Mich.





 

 





 





 

 

   

   

 





 





 

 

 

 





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





Spring gilts sired by a grandson of National Grand

Champion Sow and bred to a. grandson of National

Grand Champion boar. Now ready to ship



P. P POPE, Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





BIG TYPE POLANDS





A few choice boars of March furrow sired by Eman-

cipator 2nd. Double treated for cholera. and ready

for service. Come over, or writ



ESLEY HILE. Ionla, Mich.





 





   

 

 

 





 





 





 

 





   





 





eonard’ s Big Tvpe P C. gilts sired by Leonard's

Liberator and Orange Clansman and fall Pi

bargain Prices. ER .LEONAltD. St. Louis, slob





 





 

 





Big Ty pe P. 0. some very choice boars doubleim-

mune, out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from

Iowa’ 8 greatest herds. E.J. Mathewson. Burr Oak, Mich.





 





   





Large Type Poland Chinas

Spring boars sued by Foxy Clansman 1922 Grand

Champion and by F’s Clansrnan 19’0 Grand Champion

Mich. State Fair. Also two choice 1921 fall boars. All

immune by double treatment Come and see them

or write. A.A .FELDKAMP, Manchester, Mich.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





' From Mich P1oneer herd

Boars at Half Pnce of Big ’1 ype Poland Chinae

We have been breeding them big for 30 years. Our

hogs represent the blood lines of Giant Buster, The

Clansman. Liberator, n'I‘he Yankee, Big Bob, etc.





Write for what you we

JNO. C. BUTLER, Portland. Mich





 





Big Type Poland China spring boars





service weighing over 200 lbs. Sircd by Hover' s Lib-

erator 131; prize Jr. yearling at ’luscula. Sanilac and

Saginaw fairs, Also f all pigs atslf) eath. Shipped

on approval. Gilt ts held for Public Sale. Feb b. l.



.(H ),VER Akron, Mich





7,, i; ,.,z“,',;;-

$153? z i.





 





L T P C Gilts bred or open, two good boars 7'

Ileft. They have always made good. :i



and will again. Write for my prlan of selling. xii

M..PA'1‘RIC Gd. Ledge. Mich. i





 





' ready for 591' ice. P ' dto

ChOlce Boars sell Also sowsvand gurge





C. E. GARNANT, Epton Rapids, Mich





Walnut Alley Big 'Iype P. C. gilts now readyto

ship they are bred to the best- boar I have seen

this fall. .16 {E GORY, R 3, Ionia. Mich. W"





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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9T ype Poland Chinas





G. lgiAUNl(y}ARDNEll.. 2.‘ Middleville. Mich.





 





spring boars and bred gilts from





1 sows to select from. Place your





10th

4. s: Jyoehne. Mich.





Hampshires





order now or you mm be too late.

JOHN W. SNYDER





 





B_red gilts $20. $2.. ): bred sows 330.

(L'Guarantee safe delivery. reg-

C. F. LUCKHARD Bach. Mich.





Hampshires,





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For Sale





1 -3 yr. old Percheron Filly



4-10 yr. old Percheron Mares



2-5-9 yr. old Belgian Mares



4-9-11 yr. old Percheron

«Geldings -





MICHIGAN Ali-R’l.

BULLEGE

ll. 8. Hudson, Farm Supt ’





SHEEP





Kope-Kou F arms.

Offers the best in yearling Shro shires

of course. Also choice of the est lot





of Ram Lambs you will see this year.

Follow M 29.





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S.L.Wing, Coldwater,M1ch.

d ea 11 guaran-



For sale toewlb‘i'egadglg. anVVriatve oracnmi'am

Geo. '1‘. Abbott. Palms. Mich.. Tel. Deckerville 78-3.

(id 0“ 50 head Rams and Ewes all ages. no better



3L! 3 flock in State. Write or phone



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- , Additional stockkls- who! 31.
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, January 2.

- Wheat.

Detroit—No. 2 red, 81.34%; No. 2

mixed $13215; No. 2 white $132543.

Chicago—No. 2 hard $1.17%@1.19%;

December 81.1814.

Toledo—Cash $1.33.

Corn. -1, ~'

Detroit—Cash No. 2 at 77c; No. 3

yellow 76c.

Chicago—No. 2 mixed at 71@71%c;

No. 2 yellow 70%@72c.

Oats.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white at 500;

No. 3, 48150.

Chicago—No. 2 white 43@431/zc; No.

3 White 41346942150.

- Beans.

Detroit—Immediate

shipment $7.40.





and prompt





Beyond an increase in the“ eastern

demand, the oats market shows no spe-

cial feature but "follows the trend in

other grains.





SEEDS





Clover seed prices have recovered

slightly from the recent slump. Quo-

tations are a little lower,than at this

time a year ago when an advance of





about $2 a bushel followed during the ’





winter. The increase in demand as a

result of improved conditinns generally

may entirely offset the increase in the

crop. The new tariff also is a decided

check upon imports. Producers who

have not already sold are rather con-

fident and are not, offering seed freely.





HAY





This market is running quietly-with

the receipts light due to small country

loading. As a result, prices show but





inquiry for apples. .

holding" about steady with movements

moderate.





Michigan A—2%-inch- Baldwins com-





buti'the trade" is .

After. sagging ., _ , .

then rebounding to-Nsii, cents, the ;;





Supplies aremoderate also. and ‘ _

Grand Rapids egg’market steadied inst:





GRMDRAPID





“135. j.





is sheath i





mend $450605 on the Chicago market; .nbetore New Years and consedilenfly ,

2% inch Greenings are mostly at $5; began theseason in a. little better-item.





Spies $5.50@6. ,

. BEANS



The bean market is quiet but prices

are holding. "' W‘holesale grOCers are

mostly busy with inventories and are

doing little buying while feware being

offered from‘ producing\sections. The

choice hand-picked whites are q

at $7.65 per 100 pounds f. o. b. Michi-

gan. shipping points while red kidneys





are 58. .

‘ BUTTER





On recent daystrading in butter-has continue





been barely steady. A

followed holiday activities and dealers





have been a little more free to let go TH





at slight concessions to keep stocks





~ Receipts are

. being. made

a. 10 per cent increase with April (and

May eggs selling around or under 20

cents. _ .

.cept potatoes and eggs werev‘higher

this week than during the same period.

uoted a year ago. ’Wheat is 16 cents hi

rye seven ,



wheat 25 cents,





cwt. higher.





that production Will show

Prices on all farm products ex-

her,





cents, ‘- com. 20 cents,





dull with more of them being





dull demand has fed tolive‘stock. ' , . .

E MICHIGAN EGG-LAYING con.

TEST.I





larger-and predictions-fire". I .~





. ‘ .‘qk. ., ~

. beans $13.50b pegéowtng _.

he 3 $2 per cwt. and am 8* ,per;:

g Leaf lettuce market is — ..

Quiet with productiou heavy. Potatoes, ~





New YOrk.~Choice pea at, $8@8.50;

red kidney $8.25@8.50. ’

Buckwheat.



Clean’milling grain $2.25 per cwt.

Rye.



Detroit. Cash No. 2, 910.



Chicago—87 3/; @F 88c.



Toledo—910.





little tendency to fluctuate and are

now ruling about as reported in recent

weeks. In New York timothy of No. 1

grade brings $26.50; Philadelphia $22;

Pittsburgh $19; Cincinnati $17; Chica.

go $22 and Kansas City $12.50.





FEEDS





There is general dullness in the feed

trade with little evidence of improve-

ment in the west. Stocks in the in-

terior seem adequate to meet the small

demand, while production Appears of

sufficient volume to keep stocks up. In

a few sections dealers are now anxious

to be relieved of some of their supplies.

Hominy feed is down, while linseed

and cottonseed is being held fairly





firm

POTATOES





During the holiday week, potatoes

were‘steady on leading markets. At

northern shipping points, a little weak-

ness showed, however, the movement

has not been large. In the eastern

markets northern potatoes have been

selling at $1.05@1.35, while in Chicago

the range has been from 75@900. At

shipping points prices run from 55





@ 65c.

APPLES





Just now there is only a light wire





from accumulating. Fairly good—sized

arrivals from Denmark are reported .

in New York. - Closing prices for 92- Mr. E. E. Shaw‘s pen of White Leg-

score are: New York 5355c; Boston horns gave up first place to the. Leg-

540; Philadelphia 55c; Chicago 500; horns of J. A. Hansen, of Corvallis,

‘Detroit 46@48c. Dragon. ter. %1 ngon’s Leghorn hg'avle

. “ ‘ lai a to a 0 eggs so an .

DETROIT C" Y MARKET S‘lfiaw’s Itietghorns hay}? apégtagf ($7528.93

. e nex ie comes e . -

n5“er‘ilitas£§stfitif$e°tfniwo§eii§ dottes from the Evergre-ee Poultry

market have been for apples, cabbage,. Farm, 0f Greenville, M1011}: “pm .a total

poultry, cauliflower and celery. (1,52%; eggs. drgenfionfie 11321330131121:

Beets, potatoes, hogs and veal are in Eoct SLaonvsrilne with a' total of 279 eggs ..

only moderate popularity among buy- asfi. 13' (1 th cond four-week

ers, While carrots, parsnips, onions, T. ‘5 conc u es “e se

pumpkins and squash are very slow period during which the Evergreen

gettingout of the hands of the grower Poultry Farm Whlte Wyandott’esvlegld

into those of the consumer. The sup- BRIE: 310%?cggfitgf Rhgkigfigme next

ply of apples has been heavy with '. n St‘lyf 155 and third is

fancy moving at $2.25; No. 1, $1.50@2; Wlth an“) a 9 Whi‘zggsi no“ with

No. 2, 75c@$1; a moderate supply of J- 1’" ansons e Leg J

beets are selling at $1@1,50 per bush-





179 eggs. During this period ‘Ml‘v ». 8

el- red cabbage is bringing $1@1_25 Shaw’s White Leghorns laid 130 eggs.

per bushel; dry onions range from 750





According to the recorgs {hehheavier



- . - breeds are gaining on e eg orns in

@$1.25 according to quality, parsnips .- .

$1@125; . potatoes 50@6i)c(;@{urnip: at their egg production In this contest.

$1 (141.50; veal brings 6, 7c;' ogs . , '

14g: live poultry 23@25c; ducks 27@ COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.

30c; geese 280; turkeys 45c. These _ M , . '-

prices represent wholesale values and Shonthorns and o, I. c_’s,—January 23, ,

do not refer to salesin small quanti- Claxton Brothers & Diecks, Swartz

ties which generally rule a little above Creek. - . ,

those quoted. ‘ Chester Whites—March 8,





Live Stock Market Serviee,





|Poland Chime—February 1, Doris

Wednesday, January 3.





During the last week in ‘December





Seeds.





Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$13.30; March $13.45; alsike at $10.75;

timothy $3.40.



Toledo—Prime red clover cash at

$13.35; alsike $10.95; timothy, new, at

$3.50; old, $3.55.



Hay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy $16.50@17;

standard $16@16.50; light mixed 816(1)

16.50; No. 2 timothy $14@15; No. 1

clover $14.50@15; rye straw $11.50@

12; wheat and oat straw $11@11.50

per ton in carlots.



* Feeds.



Bran $34@34.50; standard middlings

$33@34; fine do at $35; cracked corn

-$35.50@36; coarse cornmeal $34; chop

$29.50@30 per ton in 100—1b sacks.



Fruit.





Apples.———Jonathans $5.50@6 per bbl;

Wageners $4.50; Greenings $501525 a

bbl; Kings $4; Northern Spies $5.50@

6; Baldwins $4.75@5; cranberries at





$5.50.

WHEAT





The long coutinued advance in the

wheat market has been checked and a

sharp setback occurred in the last few

,days. The advance had been due in





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Hover, Akron; February 17, Witt .

Bros, Adrian; February 27, J. E

Mygrants, St. Johns; February 28,

Charles- Wetzel & Sons, Ithaca;





 





March 1,





" ; during? December-





part to speculative activity based on

supposed needs of Europe and the

prospect of governmental aid to for-

eign buyers. The decline likewise was

caused partly by disposal of specula-

tive holdings when foreign interests

failed to buy wheat in volume and the

possibility of credits from our govern-

ment to foreign purchasers began to

look remote. Again primary receipts

of wheat in the United States instead

of declining nearly .50 per cent from

the first of November as they normally

do at this seas0n have increased slight-

ly as a result of a freer car situation

and the attraction of higher prices.

Last week they were the largest on

record for the-corresponding period. In

spite of all change of emphasis in the

wheat market, a prolonged downward

price trend is .not anticipated as there

is no accumulation of consequence in

the United States, stocks of Canadian



‘ wheat in advantageous position for

winter export are not unusually heavy

and foreigners show increased interest

in purchases on moderate breaks.





CORN





The corn market weakened even

sooner than wheat when the demand

slowed down but the decline has gone

far enough to attract export buying and

,bringabout resumption of sales to the



.- Western feeders as well as to the east-

ern distributing trade. Receipts at pri-

_mary markets last week were the larg-

est on record for the corresponding

-week. In spite of the heavy farm con-

'sumption it appears that the move-

vment to market will be relatively





heavy.

‘ RYE





, . Exports of rye during November

~ totaled 5,431,000 bushels and ' practi:

‘ ‘cally the same amount was cleared

. ,. In spite of the in-

ease in the crop and the heavy move-

;mentihe visible supply ~of rye 4at the





at marketspresentsno problem.-,f ‘I'Receipts’j 401cm.“ Marketis tower ‘





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 482. Market steady.

Best steers / $ 8.50

Handyweight butchers . .

Mixed steers and heifers

Handy light butchers .....

Light butchers ..........

Best cows

Butcher cows

Common cows . .



Canners . N . .



Choice bulls



Bologna bulls

Stock bulls . . . .'. .........

Feeders



Stockers



Milkers and springers. . . .$



. Veal Calves.



Receipts 1,040. Market is generally

500 lower.



Best . . .. ......... . ...... $14.00@14.75

Others . . . . . . . . 7.50@13.00

. Sheep and Lambs. .



Receipts 1,900. Sheep slow; lambs



25c lower.

Best lambs . . . . . . . . . . .814.50@14.75

Fair lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00@13.50

Light to common . . . . . . . . 9.00@11.00

Fair to good sheep. . . . 6.50@ 8.00

Culls and common . . . . . . 2.50@ 4.00





MOO-JON

CMOOO‘COOOMOU‘I





o-qcn'cnqo





, 6:50

6.00

'40@70.00





“ ‘ Hogs.

Receipts 4,406. Market steady.

Mixed hogs .............$ 8.85@ 8.90

Pigs and lights . . . . . . . . . . &00@ gig?)





Roughs .

Stags 4.50@ 5.00





BUFFALO





Cattle. f



. Receipts. 80 cars. The market is

steady. Shipping steers rat' $10@11.50;

ggt5cher grades $8@9; coWs at $2L50@

Calves, receipts 1,500. =Market is‘

strong. Cull and choice $15.59. “





' $9.10





$9.75@1L75; ,.feeder;_steers $5.75@7.EQ;

‘stoc'ker ‘steers ati4.25@7.50;‘ stacker .

_ lower; others classes steady. f4





sheep and :La‘inb’g, . » .'?'33m’3=5m' a





Choice lambs $15.50; cull to Ehoiee $8





@1450; yearlings $11.50@13; sheep at '





$3@9.25;

$6.50@8.

“ Hogs.





Receipts 90 cars. Market is strong.

Yorkers $9.25; pigs $9.25@9.35; mixed





wethers $8.50@9; ewes at





7.50; stags $5@ 5.50.

.r CHICAGO





Hogs. .

' Estimated receipts today are 33,000;

holdover 11,235. Market fairly .active

and 10@15c lower. Bulk of sales $8.40





@865; tops $8.75; heavy 250 lbs up 79





$8.40@8.75; medium 200 to 250 lbs at

$8.40@8.60; light 150 to 200 lbs $8.50

@875; light lights 130 to 150 lbs at

$8.40@8.70; heavy packing sows 250





lbs up $7.50@‘8.15; packing sows-200‘

down .





lbs up $7.40@7.75; pigs 130 lbs

$7.75@8:40. ' .

Cattle. ‘





Estimated receipts today are 10,000.

Killing classes steady 420525c higher;

top. beef steers $11.50; beefsteers me-

dium and heavy weighfflloo lbs up at

$11.50@12.75; do medium and :good at

$7.85@11.50; do, common $6.35 7.85;

light weight 1100 lbs (down at 9.75@

12.25; do common and medium at $6@-

9.75; butcher cattle heifers at $4.50@

10.50; cows common and medium $3.85

@8; bulls belogna, and beef $4@6.35‘;

canners and cutters cows and. heifers

$2.75@3.85; do cannersteers at $3@4;

veal calves“ light, 3 and handywei’ghtfat





cows-and heifers~i33225@5.25. .

- Sheep and Lambs.





" Estimated receipts today are 13 09.:- " ‘





Fat lambs very, -slow;l~classes ’bidd ‘





2841b:

men $9 50ers; sprin’slalfibs

, @855. was still





. ridge.-

2.00!!!





@925; heavy $9.15; roughs $7@ --





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work recently done at the experiment

station at Geneva; New York. ,Nine

soils In diflerent parts 'of the state

were treated with fertilizers and ma-

nure. Treatment Ewan also given a.

highly productive soil and also to very

'poor one. Barley was the test crop.





One of the results reported by the '





specialists is that in all the soils com-

mercial fertilizers gave much larger

yields of barley than did the stable

manure. The amount of nitrogen, phos-

phorus and potassium applied per acre

was the same for the manure as for





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. Another interesting fact brought out

was that when commercial fertilizers

were added the amount of water-scin-

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increased, especially nitrogen and po-

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soil this increase Was maintainedat

the. same level for several months;

while on the other hand, after produc-

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fore the crop had completed its growth ,





the soluble plant food in the "soil was

reduced to a level which was main-

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These results are thought to indicate

that plants accumulate a. large amount

of the nitrogen and mineral ingredi-

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stages of growth, and that in green-

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and for the production of such crops

as cab'bages, potatoes, and wheat an

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sential to successful crop production. ,





CORRECTION IN LIST OF OFFI-

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AN error was made in thepublica- 10





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Association of Farmers’ Clubs. The

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0#2 new angles to fertilizing pm-

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00.. Detroit, Mich. 30 years in business





 





cranium 111111:





$3.50 Per Thousand, and up- hoeslthyfot:





mendous bearing plants guarantee big on of lusoi



berries. Best varieties for all kinds 011.038.111.111 11%

varieties such as list ton, Bun Special, Premier. ar-

vel. and Cooper. The world’ angrestest new Everbeu.

lnfl Strawberry CHAMPION ull line of Raspberries.

Blackberries and Asparagus. Greatly Reduced Prices.

Our customers are making up 108120000 per acre gm





smalltruits. Ls stock sood Grape Plants





thousand.

utiful new color-catalog free. W'ts Today,

Bridgman. illcliln.





8|"an NURSE“ 60.. Box 25.





EARLY- BIG YIELD





STRANBERRIES‘





Melts as high as 81200 r sore with In plants. Ask.

her GIBSON. the 1111:1153. the “1013! the "

isita. Reasonable prices; quality guer- ’

ed. rite for free catalog today. ' ”

Lists best. varieties Strlwberrles. Rasp-

berries. BI-ckberrios, Crepes. Etc.

m SHOE NURSERIES,

B. 3-1.





9 f 1. .

Bridgman. Michigan ‘CATHLOQ .





 





H E Av E su Is your own horse afllctsd?

Use 2 large esns. Cost $2.II.

"Mach if not satisfactory ,

one can at $1.25 often sufficient. In powder form.





Mostlorcol.’ " NEWTON’S





‘ ‘ A veterinary's compound (I:

/- orses, Cattle and age.

Hesves. Coughs, Distemper.

Indigestion. Worm expellet.

Conditioner. At. dealers’ C





30 yeors’sale

ionic. our





THE NEWTON REMEDVD 80011





- SHEEP





1400 Breeding Ewes

FOR SALE





in lots of 50 or more. black faced from 1 to 4 yrs old:

no broken mouths, in good condition, located 22 miles

S. W. of Detroit; on Detroit and 'Ioledo electric and

Dixie Highwa. Telegraph address. Rockwood.

Almon B. Chapman. So. Rockwood. Mich.





Registered Ilelalne Ewes Broilh

F. H. RUSSELL





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tlslng miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word.

display type or illustrations admitted.





’Minimum charge. 10 words.





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified ~advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan farmers.

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.





at classified rates, or in display columns at commercial rates.



Rates 11 cents a word. each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

Count as a word each abbreviation.

Remittances must accompany order.

Real estate and live stock advertising have separate departments and are not accepted as classified.





Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department





initial or number. No





 





 





 





Rates in Effect Detober 7,1922





ston, of Rushton, and, the correspond- 20





log secretary is Mrs. Sara. Brodebeck.

of Ithaca.

that their lists are corrected as above.





MORE VEGETABLES FOR FARM-

ens.





HY is it that the average farmer

and his family go without the





‘malny good things that the city dweller





considers a necessity. The city man





pays large“ prices for things which the,

farmer declares he cannot afford, when





all they cost him is the trouble of





' growing?





Spinach from May until September

—asparagus fresh until June by having:

a bed heavily mulched for late bearing,

rhubarb .fresh from Thanksgiving until

June, by taking up the roots; letting

them freeze and putting them in a

lighted cellar for winter growth. Peas

and other summer vegetables all sum-

mer instead of for a few weeks, by one

cessive plantings of different sorts.

Lettuce and radishes from May until

Thanksgiving, by' planting in the cold

frame—an average size frame will fur-

nish. many treats of out-of—season daint-

ies. If the overbearing strawberry and

raspberry is planted you will have

these delicious berries from May until

severe freezing'weather comes in the





. fall—end once you plant them you will





never use any other kind (that is if

you buy a good variety).



Then there is com salad, artichoke,

Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, salsify.

collards,‘ cross, endive, sorrel, parsnips,

parsley, sweet peppers, and many oth-

er dainty green vegetables that the .av-





‘ erage farmer never uses.





If one should judge the edible vege-

tables by the average farmer’s garden,

I am afraid that many vegetarians

would decide on change of diet.





 





Club workers should see 24





All admixing copy

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Special Notice W, m





fended {hr the Clamfird Department mun reach this of“ ten

day: in aduanrs ofpublira lion date.





MISCELLANEOUS





 





 





 





SILVER FOXES We are making very special prices

011 nineteen twenty- tree pups if bargained for now.

Our stock is very best quality, all pedigreed and

registered. Victory foxes are Good foxes. Buy now,

11y later. save one-fluid. Voiman &Hughes, Mus-

egon. Michigan.





$0MESPUN TOBACCOd. Chewing; 5pcunds.fl.;75



20 pounds. 85, 81110 king; 5 pounds,



10 dopounds 82; pounds. 83.0 Send no



money. pay when received 00- Operative Tobacco

Growere,Paducsh. Kentucky.





NATURIAL LEAF TOBACCO. Chewing: 5Pounds



6; 1011111118. ' 20 pounds. 35. Smoking;

519011111111 1:26 10 pounds. 32. Pay when received.

Tobacco Growers' Union Paducuh, Ky.





 





BURNING BROODER STOVES—Rcal ones;

none better. They'll save yourhstch.» Guaranteed.

30 days' trial. Prices ’wsy down. Folder free.

090. Wetter-hunch, Infsyotte, Ind.





(TOA L





KENTUCKY TOBACCO Three year old leaf. Pa for

tobacco and postage who on received. Chewing lel.

8.1135 smokin‘g 10 lbs. 81. 50. Farmers’ 91111139.!)

anesvllle. y.





 





FOR SALE, Millions of Strawberry and other glans“

Standard varieties. Everbearing Strawberries.



Blackberries; Aspar s roots. Shrubs



McClure. III-





berries and

Alennd of Co. Nurseries,





. etc.

FREE CATALOG CarpenterJ 5 Auction School. 1.1111?l

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est in world To Opens soon. Tuition 8100 H

Bldg. Kansas City. Missouri, and Atlanta. Georgia.





FOR SALE—Registered American Bull Terriers and

(‘ollies—Hsyneehurst Kennels, Jackson, ch.





POULTRY





 





DON'T BUY CHICKS 1i: HATCHING EGGS UNTIL

all» and price cescn Barred Rooks. White



Pant-its today Discount on early or-



Fsrma lstchery,B . 4.213e-





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RUFF ORPINGTONS. Barred Rocks. Young' s White

ghorns. Guineas. Illustrations. Fenner Bailey.

Montgomery, Mich.





 





SINGLE COMB Black Minor-ca Cocksrels guaran-





teed 94-810. Chas. Schoet, Allenton. Mich





 





GET EVERGREEN POULTRY FARM' 8 cheap

prices on pure bred poultry .c‘hickans. turkeys. ducks,

geese. gu‘ln as. baby c‘hlcks best laying strain. I

traced cats og free. Evergreen Poultry Farm Hatch-

cries. Hampton Iowa.





order

or free

Successors Far.





BABY CHICKS]. Save 8.3m 810£er100blncln



now. PuIIets Is. 41nont



catalog. 1). T. arrow Chickeries.

Moms-sh Company, 1300:1le





“Hus. ‘ MI





erels direct from Hollywood Farms. every breeder

personally selected by Prof. Foreman of .A. 0.

Quantity Limited. Quality the very best. Circular

free. Maple Haven Farm, R. 5, Jackson, Mich.





 





QUALITY CHICKS AND EGGS—25,000 Standard

Bred Breeders, 12 varieties. Best laying strains.

Incubate 15,000 eggs daily, (‘ataiog free. Reason-

able prices Free live delivery. Missouri Poultry

Farms, Columbia. Mo.





STERLING QUALITY CHICKS from 14 Varieties.

aimed BrR'Id CertifiedI Stxock. Prices Right.

11: y ammot ate ery Hi bland cw

Farm 30x6 . Ethel, Mo. g V1 Poul”





 





MANY VARIETIES pure bred poult .bsby chicks

and pigeons at low prices. 100 page 0k in colon

describes them. Mailed for 5 cents. Frank Foy.

Box 9, Clinton. Iowa~





CHICKS. From free range selected flocks bred to

lay All popular varieties. Prices right. Send for

catalogue. 100% delivery guaranteed. Homer Hatch-

ery, Homer, Michigan.





 





SILVER LACED and White Wyandotte Cockerels.

$3. 00. two for $5. 00. mtra choice, $5. 00 each. Sat-

isfagtlon (guaranteed. C. W. Browning, R. 2 Port-

an e





 





BABY CHICKIS stronflvhealthy. hardy. White. Bar-



;gdsléoléllr‘sélt Rde I. lyarn'lttttesaeasgy raised? be-

u y aIre roper 11 ch e ronk



Range Chick Hatchery, harlotte, Mich. 9 arm





 





SELE‘C’IED CHICKS from best strains at. living

prices. All populal varieties. First hatch in Jan-

uary. Hatchin eggs Write for circular and price

let. Litchfiel Batchery,L1tchheid icb.





QUALI’IY CHICKS for delivery each week the



11:11:1ng ‘l'st. l278.0 C VtVIliite Enid Broswn Leghorus.1I00$r

ve ewe asog rec t. d d



Box B. Zeeland. Mich. 1111 or Hatchery,





 





 





SILleiR Spangled Hamburg Cookerels t 2. .

and Sam} (firhu’ J. G. Philpott. Port Bagel-{3.9330

. . ox





 





68 VARIETIES Fine pure bred chickens, ducks .geese

tzuréreMys, stock 6 s, chi k L .

MER Ausgign M gnu urge cathlog 50. AA.





BARRED ROCK Oookereis for sale.





Fennville. Mich. Henry Vickery.





MICHIGAN 8 Best Giant Bronze Large



blitztroi‘m Anglelrica slbiii‘l strains Both utilliffio

urni u



dell Ionia, Mich. nre ‘ stock. Evelyn





and

ems-





TURKEYS. Mammoth Bronzy Beauties.





Eugene Ramsdell, Eanover.M M". ‘





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GIANT RONZE TURKEYB. flVi

33.“ Pg“ ”53°“ purabred

Intedstock.WriteMrs.Ee1-ry tebbins.Saranac,Mich,





 





200 GIANT 8. 0. Black Minorcs cooker-sis e b

:2. 25 each. Mike Schnefer, n. 1. Easemiie. 33:1:





 





GEESE—Toulouse. African' Emden.

Roucn, Runner, Muscovcy.

Hass Bettcndorl, Iowa.





DUCKS—Penn.

Price reasonable. , John





 





PEAFOWLS. Pheasants. Bantams, Pigeons. Guinel

Pigs. John Hess. Bettendorf. Iowa.





 





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HELP WANTED

A YOUNG MAN 23 years old.





 





Was forwd to quit

chigan Agriculture College on account of being

partially deal.Dcsi1-es a position with a progressive. '

successful farmer. Box G-7l Michigan Farmer.





win PAY $200 monthly salary and furnish rig and

expenses to introduce our guaranteed poultry and

stockipowders. " 683. Springfield.





Bigler Company. .1

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WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from pedigreed cock. ..
RITE for the free Harness Book which tells you

why Olde-Tan harness wears twice as long as any

other high grade harness.



Every spot where there is excessive wear, strain or

pull is protected by tough metal, shaped and fitted so

that rounded metal parts are adjusted one against the

other, thus taking away all corner pulls and sharp strains.

No patching or mending of this harness because there

are no places for Olde-Tan Harness to wear out. When.

you buy Olde-Tan l-Iarness you do away with repair bills.



There is 70 year-old tanning skill behind Olde-Tan





supervised the production of Olde-Tan Harness, following

every step through the tannery and harness factory until





known throughout America for its superior quality]

Olde-Tan Harness has every adjustabe feature—





8 5'





leather. Three generations of tanner-manufarturers have





the harness is ready for your horses. No wonder that it is





yet few buckles are used. These are placed only where _





Down





convenience in putting on and taking off the harness

15 essential. No place where there is excessive strain

or pull Will you find a buckle on Olde-Tan harness.





You don’t have to worry about your harness, if you

are sure about the quality of the leather and if it has

metal-to-metal constuction. Olde-Tan Harness is nothing

radical or "new style”. We just recognize the fact that

nothing wears like metal. We merely place metal against

metal to make sure of longer wear. Then, in addition

to that, the finest leather that can be tanned is used.



Every Olde-Tan Harness is sold under a guarantee

which protects you during the entire life of the harness.

Make no mistake. Find out all about Olde-Tan before

you buy another set of harness. Write for the free



- flatness Book today. ‘You may as Well have the last

-w in harness—especially when it costs no more than

any other harness you would ,buy.





Puts This Harness

OnYour Horses





Write today for Free Olde-Tan Metal-to-Metal Book

which tells you how for only $7.50 down you put this Olde-

Tan Metal-to-Metal harness on your horseSrYou will find

in this book information which any man buying harness

should know. The Olde-Tan Harness book tells how Olde-

Tan Leather is tanned, all the different processes from





the raw hide through the liming and washing pits into

the'tanning drums and out again, finally to be made into

what leather experts declare is the finest leather to be

found in the whole world. Remember, our offeris to

send you an, Olde-Tan Harness absolutely no money

down. After the first payment of $7.50, you may pay the

balance in easy monthly installments. .





ouble Wear Certain .

Metal-to-Metal Does It ‘





Metal-to-metal c0nstruction. Metal

bushing. ‘ Leather held tight without play

or friction. Note special riveted metal

extension in breeches.





. lfilever this in metal-to-metal construc-

tion. All pull strain and wear is on metal.

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. Babson Bros, Dept. 9101

19th Street and Marshall Blvd., Chicago, Ill.

'Please send me free your Olde-Tan Harness Book and





all about your $7.50 down. and easy monthly payment

offer on Olde-Tan Harness.





Ask for our. free harness book. Get



our copy even if you don’t “expect to



' uy harness right away. Learn about



‘ how metal - metal - construction —- and



Olde-Tan leather have doubled the life of a harness. Learn



whyyou should buy a tanner-manufacturer harness. Mail

coupon today and free book will be sent to ypu at once. '





Babson Bros. 19th Street and Marshall Blvd.





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